Elden Ring

 PlayStation 5
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12214 Ratings

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  1. The7thRequiem
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    This is my first ever souls game I have ever had the will to play. I played DS, DS2, and DS3 for like an hour and stopped because I just felt like those games weren't made for me. Years later this gem drops and I have to be honest, I haven't been hooked on a game like this since Monster Hunter: World. This game is phenomenal, scary, beautiful, stressing, breathtaking, but mostThis is my first ever souls game I have ever had the will to play. I played DS, DS2, and DS3 for like an hour and stopped because I just felt like those games weren't made for me. Years later this gem drops and I have to be honest, I haven't been hooked on a game like this since Monster Hunter: World. This game is phenomenal, scary, beautiful, stressing, breathtaking, but most importantly.... FUN, which is something not a lot of games have nowadays. The world is expansive and so incredibly detailed. The weapons and armor look sick and the combat is really good, it kinda makes you want to master it since that is what the game is all about, fighting giant bosses. The target lock on camera can get a bit annoying if there are multiple enemies in an area but that's mostly a me type of thing. I have been playing for 55 hours so far and it feels like I haven't even scratched the surface of this game and I really don't want it to end. I really enjoy this game and I feel like this is perfect for newcomers like myself to jump in and lose yourself in the vast world of Elden Ring. It may look a little intimidating at first, but that is part of the challenge. That's what makes this game FUN, the challenge. That momentous feeling after killing Margit or Godrick or even the tree sentinel really gives you an indescribable sense of accomplishment, redemption and pride. Then you keep going, you're getting better, stronger, wiser, and more skilled and to me that alone really makes this game so FUN to me. This game has set a standard and I really do believe that this is my GOTY. I love you God of War: Ragnarok, but this game has really blown my mind.

    11/10 Game of the Decade    … Expand
  2. suli559
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Incredibly well made game. Never have i ever enjoyed exploring as much as i did in this game. Finally a map with not a single icon on it, you start with an empty map, whatever you explore gets added to the map. The online mode is also incredibly fun. Deserves all the perfect scores it got.
  3. SoriddoSuneku
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    This is the kind of game that comes once in a decade. This game is a true Masterpiece!
  4. Thexff
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    Too Much doing the same thing, no innovation... Combat feels bad and outdated, industry has moved on,,, feels old
  5. Yahya7177
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Goood game
  6. bsokevitz
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    I normally don't get on metacritic to post a review, but I adamantly disagreed with a lot of the negative reviews I've seen. I can understand that it might not be the game for everyone, especially if you don't enjoy exploring, but a lot of the reviews just seemed unfairly negative.

    I've played all the Dark Souls games minus Sekiro, and I believe Elden Ring is more than worth the hype    I normally don't get on metacritic to post a review, but I adamantly disagreed with a lot of the negative reviews I've seen. I can understand that it might not be the game for everyone, especially if you don't enjoy exploring, but a lot of the reviews just seemed unfairly negative.

    I've played all the Dark Souls games minus Sekiro, and I believe Elden Ring is more than worth the hype that it's been given. It has these amazingly designed difficult bosses and less run-back time thanks to the Marika Statues that act as checkpoints. On top of that the world is absolutely breathtaking, not because the graphics are particularly amazing but because of how the world itself is designed and its artistic direction.

    The best part about Elden Ring is that if a specific boss feels too hard there are tons of ways to make it easier if you're struggling. You can summon a plethora of different kinds of summons or you can summon some people online to help you with a boss. In addition, if you don't want to do either of those, you can just go to a castle off in the distance, a cave or ruins marked on your map, or just let whimsy take you. This exploration when you get stuck on a boss you feel underleveled for helps alleviate some of that rage you built up from bashing your head against it over and over again.

    Either way, there are some minor flaws in this game, but I just feel that nearly all the design decisions for Elden Ring were amazing. I currently have about 180 hours into the game, and I'll probably put double that in before I put the game down for a break.    … Expand
  7. Jumati21
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    The peak of the souls games. An absoltute masterpiece. The first game in years that its complete at launch.
  8. SvG_RiiTz
    Mar 22, 2022
    2
    In my opinion there's a lot of issues with this hyped game.. I mean a LOT!.. Starting from graphics, idk I feel like the resolution is like 3yr outdated.. Camera and target acquaintance are really trash. Motion animation is very frustrating, thus no action cancel with roll. And the most important thing is that the developers force us to be working while playing.. Need too much attentionIn my opinion there's a lot of issues with this hyped game.. I mean a LOT!.. Starting from graphics, idk I feel like the resolution is like 3yr outdated.. Camera and target acquaintance are really trash. Motion animation is very frustrating, thus no action cancel with roll. And the most important thing is that the developers force us to be working while playing.. Need too much attention and we need to do a self database-like ourselves to get anything from this game ( or googling it, RIGHT.. That's really fun playing like that) . It just takes too much effort that u just miss the fun. I think the devs just thought they were making a game for prodigys and genius people...… Expand
  9. Ponycornosaurus
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    This is my favourite From Software game and, BY FAR, my favorite game of all time. Sure it has some performance issues, but nothing game breaking and that isn't patcheable anyway. Fromsoft was never famous for their performance anyway, take bloodborne for example: constant frame drop, doesnt stop it from being one of the best games of all time.

    Besides the imersion in this game is    This is my favourite From Software game and, BY FAR, my favorite game of all time. Sure it has some performance issues, but nothing game breaking and that isn't patcheable anyway. Fromsoft was never famous for their performance anyway, take bloodborne for example: constant frame drop, doesnt stop it from being one of the best games of all time.

    Besides the imersion in this game is astonishing, i ended up losing the path i was supposed to take so many times and i loved every second of it

    It sure isnt for everyone, just like any other souls game, but for me it is a masterpiece, and a culmination of every piece of good characteristics the other souls games have, mashed up together    … Expand
  10. ProPrist
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    So far the best game from FromSoftware. A ton of new content and features. Amazing story with amazing atmosphere and world build. Absolutely loving it!
  11. AKanMaddox
    Mar 22, 2022
    8
    like it! open field, fun combat.
    could have more accessibility, it causes a bit of stress while playing
  12. nazca666
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Sad to see those types of comments "Graphics are below average and it's boring. If you want a game that's not repetitive with way better details - play HFW."

    So now a good game is determined by his graphics ? ROFLMAO - i did HFW juste before elden, great game and better graphics, but still prefering way more Elden ring
  13. tekkai
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    just perfect , Elden Ring has story, a beautiful open world thanks to fromsoftware
  14. Philippe1983
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    I can´t stop playing this game! If you don´t know what to do or find it to hard, look up some video´s on youtube.
  15. RASel00712
    Mar 22, 2022
    5
    This game is practically dark souls 4 i fell for the hype now i'm stuck with this **** ass game! I used to play souls games when these mechanics where not severly outdated. Fromsoft really needs to stop putting the drag a big sword around and swing like an old lady mechanic in all of it's games (except for sekiro) wich was a fresh wind. So people if you love souls games and want more ofThis game is practically dark souls 4 i fell for the hype now i'm stuck with this **** ass game! I used to play souls games when these mechanics where not severly outdated. Fromsoft really needs to stop putting the drag a big sword around and swing like an old lady mechanic in all of it's games (except for sekiro) wich was a fresh wind. So people if you love souls games and want more of the same in an open world game congrats you found it. To all others stay far away this game is not for you!… Expand
  16. Internets
    Mar 22, 2022
    1
    Graphics are below average and it's boring. If you want a game that's not repetitive with way better details - play HFW.
  17. RASelhanout
    Mar 3, 2022
    4
    Slash....slash...slash...roll.....roll...roll...I don't get the hype!!! The game is boring as hell. Enemies have weird hitboxes. Performance is **** how the hell did this game get almost a perfect score?? The only thing remotely good about this game is the enemy designs especially the dragons. The rest is outdated!!
  18. tiwi110197
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Incredible game with amazing art direction, amazing atmospher, and great soundtrack.
  19. LoRd-D
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    I don't know anything from game because after I bought it from Asia Playstation store I found out there is a region lock and I can't play game in English language.
    OMG what's with these new policies?
    Please make an update and fix it... so we all foreign who live in Asian regions can enjoy playing the game.
  20. Gangie
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Absolute Masterpiece, from a player that has never played a fromsoftware game
  21. Foxx47
    Mar 22, 2022
    9
    Ce jeux est juste génial, je ne vais pas écrire encore une fois pourquoi il est si bon mais juste dire que je lui met 9 et pas 10 car pour moi jour PC il manque un peut de technique.
    Le jeux pourrais être un peut plus beau, la DA est magnifique dommage que les graphisme ne suivent pas, et il y au un manque d'optimisation sur PC et pas de prise en charge des écran 21/9.
  22. Fishyswaz
    Mar 22, 2022
    1
    BEWARE: If you get this game in Japan or other countries in Asia, there is no option to play the game in English on the PlayStation. English audio only. Refunds are being denied.
  23. yahwe
    Mar 22, 2022
    2
    Where do I even begin...

    Open world is a joke. It's a big mostly empty map, and your reward for exploration is always - hey fight these guys and get this item!! The world is static and boring for the most part. Movement or attacking feels laggy in a game that by all appearances should reward fast instincts.there is a huge input queue with no cancellation, so you're locked into the attack    Where do I even begin...

    Open world is a joke. It's a big mostly empty map, and your reward for exploration is always - hey fight these guys and get this item!! The world is static and boring for the most part. Movement or attacking feels laggy in a game that by all appearances should reward fast instincts.there is a huge input queue with no cancellation, so you're locked into the attack you pressed 1 second ago, even if the animation hasn't started and you try to do something else instead. It's buggy, but called "hard" instead. I could go on but the other reviews cover it, so I'll just summarize:

    In general there is no joy to the game at all. The emotional arc of every sequence is "grind, grind, grind, omg I finally beat it". Good for masochists, narrow and painful for anyone else. On the plus side, marketing department clearly did a great job here.    … Expand
  24. Orphen
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    Very fun, better performance than pc

    Gameplay is tried and true, only improves on a fantastic formula
  25. UmberLink
    Mar 21, 2022
    5
    Yet another Souls game. For better or worse, mostly just the same.

    Yep it's a Souls game with a poorly developed open world tacked on, has some repetitive dungeons with minibosses sprinkled around with poor rewards and repeated mechanics. No real advancement to the series, just the same old with a lot of empty, uninteresting (even if pretty) stretches of open world added on. More    Yet another Souls game. For better or worse, mostly just the same.

    Yep it's a Souls game with a poorly developed open world tacked on, has some repetitive dungeons with minibosses sprinkled around with poor rewards and repeated mechanics.

    No real advancement to the series, just the same old with a lot of empty, uninteresting (even if pretty) stretches of open world added on.

    More troll cheese from the devs, some baffling unbalanced bosses, etc.

    If you liked the previous entries in the de facto serial franchise.. you might like this one... just don't expect anything beyond what came before.

    The worst part is that this is a full price, supposedly AAA, game and the graphics look like they're from 7 years ago, the PC performance is inexcusably bad and LOCKED TO 60 FPS. The menus are still a mess to navigate.

    If this weren't by FromSoft people would be **** on it left and right and raging at the company for releasing an half baked product. Alas, sheeps will baa and follow the herd

    Underwhelming    … Expand
  26. Slash1994
    Mar 21, 2022
    10
    No Maidens? No Maidens? No Maidens? No Maidens? No Maidens? No Maidens? No Maidens?
  27. Evenstar1985
    Mar 21, 2022
    10
    This game is phenomenal!!! I'm 100 hours in the game, and I just can't stop playing it, already reached the last boss earlier but I'm skipping him to explore every single corner that I missed, and I can tell you this game still surprising me with everything I discover in this open world map.

    I love the PvP system that you will never get invaded when you playing solo, but only if you're    This game is phenomenal!!! I'm 100 hours in the game, and I just can't stop playing it, already reached the last boss earlier but I'm skipping him to explore every single corner that I missed, and I can tell you this game still surprising me with everything I discover in this open world map.

    I love the PvP system that you will never get invaded when you playing solo, but only if you're in a party with a friend or cooperator.

    Many bosses with unique mechanics, also a lot of copy non story bosses, but I can understand why, still enjoyable none the less.    … Expand
  28. Daknedo
    Mar 21, 2022
    1
    Very buggy, can't even hit 60fps on ps5 steadily even though a game as heavy as Ghost of Tsushima runs at a locked 60fps with no loading time, this is very unoptimized. I die randomly at elevators, horrible grass pop in, dungeons and most other world bosses are copy and paste, game is hard in late game just for the sake of being hard, seems like From has forgot why people play these games.Very buggy, can't even hit 60fps on ps5 steadily even though a game as heavy as Ghost of Tsushima runs at a locked 60fps with no loading time, this is very unoptimized. I die randomly at elevators, horrible grass pop in, dungeons and most other world bosses are copy and paste, game is hard in late game just for the sake of being hard, seems like From has forgot why people play these games. Sekiro and Bloodborne were their best games, and those games were difficulty done right. No matter how much of a tank you're, everything in haligtree and snowy mountaintops will 2 shot you. Enemies and bosses are designed to attack you as soon as you hit square to heal, crucible Knights will just stand there do nothing but as soon as you press R1 their hitting animation will start and they'll hit you first, it's just designed to F you over. I sound like a broken record but the game is difficult just to F with the player. It's unfair, you get gank boss fights in every corner of the game, they went back to dark souls 2 days where they put 500 enemies in one room and they call that fair difficulty. Godskin duo!?? Really!!? Seems like they ran out of time and were like "aha! Let's put these 2 bosses in one room and call it a new boss, oh also. Let's make them self revive". Also, this game shat on the face of every STR player , by making every strength weapons scale with either INT or FAI. Even if you get one of these heavy weapons, it'll be absolutely useless, because every late game boss is gonna be 100 times faster than you, rendering your STR build useless. Btw I can't wait to see this review on r/Eldenring since they're a bunch of crybabies that don't let people criticise their god miyazaki or they'll post these reviews on there.… Expand
  29. Raddic2016
    Mar 21, 2022
    1
    **** pc port of a console game.
    Dont need seventy five characters. Nothing else needs to be said.
  30. oomou
    Mar 21, 2022
    10
    While challenging, and at times frustrating, no open-world RPG has captured the sheer joy of exploration and discovery as much as this game.

    A constantly surprising and compelling world, even at it's most grotesque and disturbing, I have been utterly engrossed in this title since day one. It has restored my faith in, not only RPGs, but video games in general. It treats the player as a    While challenging, and at times frustrating, no open-world RPG has captured the sheer joy of exploration and discovery as much as this game.

    A constantly surprising and compelling world, even at it's most grotesque and disturbing, I have been utterly engrossed in this title since day one. It has restored my faith in, not only RPGs, but video games in general. It treats the player as a grown-up and lets you create your own story, your own myth, in a world that rewards curiosity, bravery and ingenuity.

    It's not a game for everyone. At times it's a game that demands a great deal, perhaps more than many players will want to give. But given the time and the dedication you are rewarded with one of the most memorable experiences in video game history.    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 86
  3. Negative: 0 out of 86
  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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