Elden Ring

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12214 Ratings

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  1. Flatley88
    May 14, 2023
    0
    Boring, repetitive, overrated. Big world but empty. Dark souls 3 felt a ton better that this.
  2. Oldeyes659
    May 14, 2023
    10
    One of the best games I really like this game All software games are great
  3. FattiBanga
    May 13, 2023
    10
    I have always struggled and gave very quickly on soulslike games but Elden Ring changed everything for me.If you are still one of those please try again and stick to it until the end it will be an amazing experience and you will become a fan.
  4. brain123
    May 13, 2023
    0
    Outdated graphics with Unbalance game with terrible controls doesn't make it hard, the game is frustrating.
  5. Damas
    May 12, 2023
    10
    The best game in my life, together to RDR2. It's fantastic and beautiful in all aspects
  6. MrMordicai
    May 12, 2023
    10
    This game is phenomenal from start to finish, the world, the bosses, the lore, is all incredible. This game is truly a masterpiece.
  7. noblescion
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Greatest adventure the medium has ever seen. Nobody has reached the pantheon that the art design and world-building in Elden Ring has reached — and do not expect anyone to come close soon. Glory to Hidetaka Miyazaki’s FromSoftware.
  8. Sugination36
    May 11, 2023
    10
    It is a perfect game. Fun, challenging, gorgeous, a massive map, pacing is excellent, and the open world has no restrictions.
  9. fedeteem07
    May 11, 2023
    10
    Es el juego perfecto con unos gráficos absolutos y perfectos, con una jugabilidad y dificultad increíbles y perfectamente balanceadas. Un mapa enorme duplicado de forma subterránea pero al mismo tiempo totalmente diferente, con una cantidad de objetos maravillosa y un Lore sencillamente perfecto
  10. Nico123456
    May 11, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tiene un buen mundo abierto, pero no me da ganas de explorar si cada enemigo que me encuentro me mata de un golpe… Expand
  11. Gamerbro69
    Apr 5, 2023
    10
    This is the perfection of fantasy gaming. It was my first Fromsoft game and still my favorite! Incredible worldbuilding, characters, and gameplay! Hard but balanced — except for that super difficult boss at the end of the tutorial!
  12. CnPx98
    May 6, 2023
    5
    The game is extremely rushed and full of issues which lets the good sides down. For example the Ps5 version still hasn't even got vibration support! The game has been out a year now and they still haven't bothered. Instead they will patch a rune glitch which is slower then killing a bird then resetting at a site of grace. PvP in this game is terrible compared to every single other soulsThe game is extremely rushed and full of issues which lets the good sides down. For example the Ps5 version still hasn't even got vibration support! The game has been out a year now and they still haven't bothered. Instead they will patch a rune glitch which is slower then killing a bird then resetting at a site of grace. PvP in this game is terrible compared to every single other souls game. The ashes of war are extremely unbalanced. It's so easy just to win by doing something completely broken. Summoning has completely killed the game for me. Instead of them being a slight boost to distract the boss for a couple seconds so you can quickly sort yourself out. Instead they grab the bosses agro for ages so you can get half their health down if not more and have little to no risk while doing so?! Because the bosses are built around this mechanicthey are a mess if you don't use them. The open world map was amazing and some of the best work from software has done but the enemies are just copy and pasted several times you get sick of seeing the same ones. Even most of the bosses are just regular enemies with a health bar at the bottom of the screen! Including the same health. You get rats and countless other enemies in some places which have 100 HP and a rat in another place with 1000 with the exact same texture! Why didn't they change the texture to match the environment and then change its health so it feels more consistent. This is across the hole game. Within the 1st couple zones you would have already thought more or less everything with a few exceptions. It's just gonna be different health bars from then on. The story isn't bad. The lore is easier to follow in Elden Ring. I thought the fingers looked cringe thou. Faith has seen a huge upgrade making faith builds actually more viable.
    There is a ton of spells to choose from aswell. Ashes of war seem like a good idea but in practice I think it would have been better if they had a few weapons with a set ash of war that you can't change. That way the weapon would be balanced around it. If you can throw it on anything you get broken weapons that are far to op. All in all Elden Ring would have been good if it wasn't rushed out the door. And they didn't have summoning.    … Expand
  13. tashkelevra
    May 5, 2023
    10
    I refused to play this game for a year, convinced I'll not be able to. And when I gave it a try, it changed my life. I was addicted in the first 10 minutes, only stopped after about 450 hours and a platinum trophy. The world building is incredible, the characters are amazing, the story is intricate and awesome, and Malenia became one of my favourite characters of all time. I don't haveI refused to play this game for a year, convinced I'll not be able to. And when I gave it a try, it changed my life. I was addicted in the first 10 minutes, only stopped after about 450 hours and a platinum trophy. The world building is incredible, the characters are amazing, the story is intricate and awesome, and Malenia became one of my favourite characters of all time. I don't have enough words to praise this game. Thank you Fromsoft, Myazaki and George RR Martin. Yeah, I was mad at you,GRRM, for not writing Winds of Winter and got stuck on this game, but not anymore.… Expand
  14. eduardoasc
    May 5, 2023
    9
    Never play a souls game before but this is one of the best games I play in 2022. I fell in love with this kind of games and i look forward for the dlc
  15. DjogoKujo
    May 4, 2023
    10
    This is easily one of the best open world games ever made! After playing Red Dead Redemption 2 i was left pretty disappointed by open world games for a long time. Then Elden Ring came out and the rest is history. One of the best settings and gameplay in any open world game ever! The environments are just full of character and the locations are some of the most unique in any video gameThis is easily one of the best open world games ever made! After playing Red Dead Redemption 2 i was left pretty disappointed by open world games for a long time. Then Elden Ring came out and the rest is history. One of the best settings and gameplay in any open world game ever! The environments are just full of character and the locations are some of the most unique in any video game ever. There are endless builds you can use. I played with dual Rapiers and was pleasantly surprised that dual wielding weapons of the same type unlocks a unique dual wield attack animation that does a lot of damage if fully executed. There is so much content in this game that my first playthrough took over 150 hours!… Expand
  16. Nikitawr
    May 3, 2023
    10
    The best souls-like game out there. It's perfect for the hardcore fans and for those who just want to hang out in a souls-like world and feel what it's like to play those kind of games. I'm saying this because this game is NOT HARD. You can create your own challenge, but at the same time you can just create mage, use summoning and game will because much easier.
  17. zarathustra_
    May 3, 2023
    10
    What else is there to say about this masterpiece, soundtrack phenomenal, lore deeply vague and intriguing, combat has a the perfect mix of Sekiro, Bloodborne, and all previous souls games combined.
  18. Benetka
    May 3, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Krasse cutscenes … Expand
  19. Loop2zer0
    May 2, 2023
    10
    My desire for story games is gone, one of my friends told me that you should try the Elden ring, it’s got high ratings and got the game of the year. I told myself I was going to give her a chance, and I didn’t think I was waiting for the greatest game in the history of games The game prepared the passion for the games
    The Best game ever 10/10✅
    By the way, it's not medicine
  20. Icciess
    May 2, 2023
    10
    This game is literally a masterpiece, i don't care if someone says it is trash because it isn't and the game got what it deserved. 10/10
  21. AdaLovelace
    May 1, 2023
    8
    Suffered for about 40 hours before I gave up on mindless wandering, repetitive bosses, and clunky, frustrating combat dynamics. Perhaps I needed to revise my build, or maybe try a different gameplay style but I decided it wasn't worth my time. Deleted and moving on. Happier for it.
  22. Cephandrius
    Apr 30, 2023
    10
    This is the first game in years that has pulled me in and grabbed hold of me. I've never played any Dark Souls games before so I wasn't ready for the difficulty. It was frustrating at first but the game gives you chances to improve and the feeling of overcoming real challenges can be really gratifying. If you're after satisfying combat and an immersive world with a huge amount to discoverThis is the first game in years that has pulled me in and grabbed hold of me. I've never played any Dark Souls games before so I wasn't ready for the difficulty. It was frustrating at first but the game gives you chances to improve and the feeling of overcoming real challenges can be really gratifying. If you're after satisfying combat and an immersive world with a huge amount to discover then is for you.… Expand
  23. KillerQueen009
    Apr 30, 2023
    0
    لعبه تراش ومنفوخه وزق على الي يحبها العالم خايس والاستكشاف من ازبل ما رأته عيني والقصه معطوبه والبوسز ميه فيه بعضهم يمشي والبعض الثاني تراش واغلب الميني بوسز مكررين ومخيسين وحتى بعض البوسز من الاخر لعبه زي الزق لحد يلعبهالعبه تراش ومنفوخه وزق على الي يحبها العالم خايس والاستكشاف من ازبل ما رأته عيني والقصه معطوبه والبوسز ميه فيه بعضهم يمشي والبعض الثاني تراش واغلب الميني بوسز مكررين ومخيسين وحتى بعض البوسز من الاخر لعبه زي الزق لحد يلعبها
  24. Mr_99
    Apr 30, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The world looks so beautiful, every character design looks awesome. And does anyone wanna tell me why game industries make open world games so **** great. But if i am going to be completely honest the combat really felt slow, i usally like games way more linear.… Expand
  25. rp36
    Apr 29, 2023
    7
    The high critic score is a case study in what happens when hype builds for so long. Similarly with all these 10/10 ratings. More and more people simply cannot think for themselves.

    This is arguably the worst soulslike game (better than DS2). The open world is large, but lifeless. The exploration can be good, and really does shine when you come across legacy dungeons, but the open world    The high critic score is a case study in what happens when hype builds for so long. Similarly with all these 10/10 ratings. More and more people simply cannot think for themselves.

    This is arguably the worst soulslike game (better than DS2). The open world is large, but lifeless. The exploration can be good, and really does shine when you come across legacy dungeons, but the open world is such a waste of time. The bosses are a smidge better than those of DS2, but there are so many with so few having high quality. The delayed attacks are so frequent it makes fighting jarring. Not difficult, just jarring and lacking in rhythm.

    I've platinumed Bloodborne, Sekiro, DS3, and DS2 (and completed DeS and DS1)...this is my least favourite by far. Though I can see how on an objective level it's superior to DS2.    … Expand
  26. bhappenstance
    Apr 29, 2023
    10
    Have never played a Souls game before. Elden Ring is one of the best games I've ever played, full stop. Incredibly difficult/challenging, but rarely unfair. An insane and gorgeous open world dense with lore -- worth every minute of exploration. I've put nearly 300 hours into ER, and can't wait to play more.
  27. holznudelhauer2
    Apr 27, 2023
    0
    Elden Ring has been one, if not the biggest disappointment in my time gaming by now.
    While the world certainly is well thought out and beautifully designed, the game is poorly optimised.
    You cant take one step without running into any sorts of pop ups or frame drops at some points. (luckily the frame rate drops have almost completely been solved by now) Nethertheless the game does not    Elden Ring has been one, if not the biggest disappointment in my time gaming by now.
    While the world certainly is well thought out and beautifully designed, the game is poorly optimised.
    You cant take one step without running into any sorts of pop ups or frame drops at some points. (luckily the frame rate drops have almost completely been solved by now)
    Nethertheless the game does not care a **** about telling you where to go or what to do, so that you will be stranded in this gigantic world without a clue on where to go, which will then result in countless deaths due to you running into enemies which are way to overpowered.
    And once you find the right NPC to move on, you will be met with a cryptic information dump, which cant be processed quick enough, so that you will almost certainly end up on Youtube trying to figure out what the F to do.
    In my over 80 hours with this game I have only been able to kill the first five story bosses. 80 HOURS!
    And I am not even counting all the time used to look up things on the internet related to this game.
    I don‘t want to spend the little time I have left of the day being torn in half over and over again by a boss, which took me an additional 3 hours to find.
    The overall gameplay loop just consists of running around trying to level up, getting side tracked and finding a random side boss and finally trying to kill named boss for the next few attempts of dying, respawning, running back (whilst being constantly annoyed by regular enemies on the way) and then being killed by the boss again.
    For anybody who hasn‘t anything to do and has 200+ hours of free time: This is your game.
    Otherwise I can not recommend buying Elden Ring.
    Yes, the story is certainly great, the boss designs are cool, but it all comes down to the same frustrating same gameplay loop. Overall not a great game.
    If you do still consider buying a other Souls Game get Demons Souls Remake, it is way better without the open world aspect.
    And one last thing: This isn‘t meant to be personal in any kind of way. If you like Elden Ring its cool to me, but please try to accept my opinion on the game aswell.    … Expand
  28. Yani96
    Apr 27, 2023
    10
    Just perfekt the beste Open World Game of all Time , just a masterpiece……..
  29. dangerfar
    Apr 26, 2023
    6
    I'm frankly pretty surprised how widely acclaimed this game is. The huge world is devoid of anything interesting other than battles, the score is terrible other than a few standout bossfights and in the open world score is often bad enough to become actually grating, and there's nothing resembling the faintest bit of interesting story or lore here as there are no concepts in it fleshed outI'm frankly pretty surprised how widely acclaimed this game is. The huge world is devoid of anything interesting other than battles, the score is terrible other than a few standout bossfights and in the open world score is often bad enough to become actually grating, and there's nothing resembling the faintest bit of interesting story or lore here as there are no concepts in it fleshed out enough or given enough background to be even vaguely compelling.

    The combat, though it is wonderfully varied in the way you can approach it, in practice ends up becoming fairly tedious b/c the game is challenging enough that you don't really have time for experimentation/exploration (unless you can stand a lot of repetition), you just need to optimize a build and some builds (particularly magic) are spammy and repetitive. And again b/c of the annoying repetition that comes with wandering around and dying, you end up having to look things up to get sufficient tools to make meaningfully progress to actually open up the places you can go. Thus having such a large open world becomes fairly meaningless as the joy from exploration is sucked out of it.

    On the one hand the open world and and leveling system with diverse possibilities and the very impressive variety of enemies and environments is very attractive and makes me want to like the game, and has driven me enough to spend some 50 hours with it and at times really enjoy the experience (mostly when I was able to explore without dying constantly and the world was still new). But on the other the above detractors end up adding up to a rather drab experience overall where I feel like I'm running around without much interesting to do. Compared with say Skyrim which has rich possibilities to explore the world outside of combat with a sensational score to go along with it, playing games like this just feel fairly empty.

    But I guess they have a large audience. Sadly it seems I'm just not one of them.    … Expand
  30. BlackLung17
    Apr 26, 2023
    8
    A game with one of the most magnificent worlds that frankly I think I’ll always remember exploring.
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Universal acclaim - based on 86 Critic Reviews

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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    100
    Elden Ring is simply a game that the player naturally adapts to their own style of play. Challenging at times, vicious at others, but mostly incredibly fun. The enjoyable pace makes the hours of play pass by like water, and each path opens up a few more, only to come together again after a fair amount of exploration before the next big reveal. [Issue#318]
  2. Cubed3
    Jun 2, 2023
    90
    Elden Ring serves as a testament to open world video game design. There is a true sense of accomplishment once that rock-hard enemy has been slain and, something that compels a player to relentlessly do it over and over again until they succeed is truly rewarding. The world is humongous and an epitome of how exploration should be encouraged, by intriguing players to see what is over the hill. Elden Ring is an unmissable, must-play, gaming experience with surprises galore.
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  3. T3
    Aug 11, 2022
    80
    Elden Ring's engaging combat, mythology and dynamite orchestral soundtrack goes a long way to overshadow an aggressive open world that punishes exploration from the beaten path. Fans of the Souls genre are in for a treat, while newcomers will need to persist to reap the benefits.
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