Elden Ring

 PlayStation 5
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12214 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,341 out of 12214
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  1. DARYLDONALD93
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Incredible video game. Absolutely spellbinding stuff here from the legendary from software. Oh yes. 75 characters baby!
  2. Joe627487136
    Mar 18, 2022
    5
    For the major souls entry newbies. Buy it u won’t regret.

    Here for all souls hardcore, I think u all will agree this: Really Fk this game. I’m a big souls fan and DS3 is my favourite games in history. How the fk, can they do this? Literally, except from Melania, there is not a good single boss fight. Either it is unbalanced or it is full poorly designed as trying to read your    For the major souls entry newbies. Buy it u won’t regret.


    Here for all souls hardcore, I think u all will agree this:


    Really Fk this game. I’m a big souls fan and DS3 is my favourite games in history. How the fk, can they do this? Literally, except from Melania, there is not a good single boss fight. Either it is unbalanced or it is full poorly designed as trying to read your controller input. WTF, I’m so done with it as I love souls and I wanted a souls with proper boss fight not fking spamming L2 but learn pattern and doge properly. Fk u FS why for the FK sake just to compliment for the major casual player base? To sell more? Fk u FS really, don’t tell me the fking dlc bosses will be again this bad.    … Expand
  3. spaznick
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    I never wrote reviews, this game is an absolute masterpiece. I’m floored, all the haters that are throwing shade on reuse of prior code base etc etc have no idea how games are made.

    This game is a marvel and absolutely the best action RPG I have played in at least 5 years.
  4. ThePeoplesVoice
    Mar 2, 2022
    9
    Elden Ring is one of the games that directly grabs my attention. I had a lot of fun directly from the start. You really need to know your enemy's to beat them. Building the right skill set and finding fitting items is key for survival. The open world looks fantastic and it has lots of opportunity's for exploring. What should not be surprising, but sadly it is in these times. The game runsElden Ring is one of the games that directly grabs my attention. I had a lot of fun directly from the start. You really need to know your enemy's to beat them. Building the right skill set and finding fitting items is key for survival. The open world looks fantastic and it has lots of opportunity's for exploring. What should not be surprising, but sadly it is in these times. The game runs fairly well after release. I had no mayor issues or crashes. On my PS5 it runs a quite steady 60 fps, with sometimes a minor drop but it's hardly noticeable. Only the graphical assets could be tuned a bit. Sometimes you see textures like grass etc being rendered to sharper images.… Expand
  5. MentalChaos
    Mar 2, 2022
    8
    Nice game, but i preffer bloodborne or sekiro
    Maybe because i dont like the open world concept, in general map feels so empty, just trees and rocks, and a lot of mini bosses
  6. Frank2929
    Jan 16, 2023
    0
    Most overrated game of all-time. Janky combat, poorly balanced difficulty, and poor performance.
  7. Nooob
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    96? By Critics you must be Kidding. The game has lots of problems. And it's not a game changer just Darksouls with Open World boring story.
  8. denni5m
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    this is the first game in years that gets a 10 from me. Dark souls turned up to 11 and they fixed all the annoying things about the previous games like giving restarts closer to bosses. The world is awesome and exploration feels so great that its on par with Red dead 2 or the witcher 3. Must have game for anoyone calling them selves a gamer. graphics are Dark souls nothing more nothingthis is the first game in years that gets a 10 from me. Dark souls turned up to 11 and they fixed all the annoying things about the previous games like giving restarts closer to bosses. The world is awesome and exploration feels so great that its on par with Red dead 2 or the witcher 3. Must have game for anoyone calling them selves a gamer. graphics are Dark souls nothing more nothing else needed, stop complaining.
    it runs a little choppy and inconsistent on ps5 and even worse now after the 1.02 patch 4 days after release.    … Expand
  9. ghettie
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Absolutely loving it! The world is beautiful and well created. Don't listen to them stupid GTA fans saying it's an empty shell. It's deep and full of surprises. Game of the year 2022.
  10. PhillusMaximus
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    The beste game from Miyazaki so far and it doesn't deserve this low user score.

    given, this game (just like any other soulsborne game), is not intended to be liked by everyone. from software (or in particular Miyazaki) creates worlds where they establish their (oftentimes twisted) fantasies which happened to be liked by a small community. this community grew over the past years larger    The beste game from Miyazaki so far and it doesn't deserve this low user score.

    given, this game (just like any other soulsborne game), is not intended to be liked by everyone. from software (or in particular Miyazaki) creates worlds where they establish their (oftentimes twisted) fantasies which happened to be liked by a small community. this community grew over the past years larger and larger (probably because more and more people got tired of plain guided 0815 story games) to a point, where elden ring created so much hype, that a lot of people from outside the community got sucked in.

    so naturally, there are people that expected their standard game format and got not even closely to what they expected. no questlog, way too hard, no quick safe, blah blah blah...
    but to complain about a game not being what you expected, even though you had no idea what you could expect from the franchise, is a bit hypocritical. that's like buying need for speed and complaining it's no race simulator like gran turismo.

    so yeah, i think the critics score and the player score are both reasonable, but not fair.
    the critics knew what was coming and reviewed it under known aspects of the franchise, while the user score results due to the mentioned misconceptions.

    to me, this game is all i could have ever asked for. i love digging into the lore and trying to find out wtf is happening, as well as having to form a strategy to beat a boss, instead of just spamming my best move over and over (let's ignore the sword of night and flame for sec).
    but i get it, people don't like it because it's not the casual entertainment you can relax to for an hour after work (or school), just coming down and not having to put too much time or brain in.

    so in conclusion: the game doesn't deserve the negative feed-back it gets, but I can understand where it's coming from.
    nonetheless, this is the best game from software has published so far! im already past 50+ hours into it and haven't even closely finished my first run.    … Expand
  11. AceAscendus
    Aug 9, 2022
    0
    By far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty openBy far the worst souls game ever made, the open world is extremely boring and full of copy+paste content. There is no fun way to traverse the open world. Boss fights are low quality and again a lot of them are copy+paste, I am talking about big story bosses that get shamelessly reused! It shows that FromSoftware didn't have enough time to develop this game properly. The boring empty open world is filled with wannabe pokemon summons called spirit ashe summons, you like collecting pokemons in your souls games? I don't. There is no meaningful reward, the game is too big for its own good, next time provide less quantity and more QUALITY, like previous souls games.… Expand
  12. TheDude222
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    In progress. But this game has been something truly special for me. I know a lot of people are having some performance issues and can understand the frustration with that and don't hold it against them. For me though this game is as good as it gets. I haven't had the issues others claim to have and I've played games more in the last 5 days then I have in a long time.
  13. bullshark
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    I didn't think they could outdo Dark Souls 3 & that it had all been done in the other games. And then there was Elden Ring. Amazing refresh, tons of cool new additions, rewarding for noobs and Souls veterans alike. Never coulda pictured a BOTW-style open world until now. A MUST.
  14. Mack9419
    Nov 4, 2022
    4
    I regret buying this mid game wasted my hard earned money, I bought it because of the hype, after playing it I felt like I wasted my time, the game has no story, the graphics suck, the gameplay is clunky, the game is mid
  15. Bati-Madness
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Sorry this game is overrated.
    Grafik, Gameplay and soundtrack?
    Very boring. It's only dark souls 4 with open world.
  16. ScottPilgrim
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    amazing masterpiece of a game. only needs a few patches to iron out the stutter here and there, ability to disable the compass hud only while keeping your health bar, and of course the main gripe of mine, the ability to disable the auto-center camera while running. but besides those 3 issues the game will be perfection when fixed. i'm just going to give it a 10 star rating because i knowamazing masterpiece of a game. only needs a few patches to iron out the stutter here and there, ability to disable the compass hud only while keeping your health bar, and of course the main gripe of mine, the ability to disable the auto-center camera while running. but besides those 3 issues the game will be perfection when fixed. i'm just going to give it a 10 star rating because i know that those issues are fixable. but all the same its a masterpiece nothing comes close to this game. fromsoftware does it again… Expand
  17. Davimolinam
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    não tem nada igual a experiencia de mundo aberto que esse jogo proporciona, estou com 90 horas e a sensação de descoberta ainda é presente e o choque com os cenarios e combate é inovador sempre
  18. Zappaza
    May 14, 2022
    1
    Не фанат таких игр, да и хватило меня не на долго в элдер. Здесь видна рука шизофреника(для япы это норм) чтоб такое безумие придумать, я не сторонник в массы вносить безумие патологии.
    Первое, что бросилось это постоянное утюжка территории, одно и то же час за часом, лично у меня нет на это столько времени. Для меня это дикость, так было в диабло больше 20 лет назад, меня тогда это    Не фанат таких игр, да и хватило меня не на долго в элдер. Здесь видна рука шизофреника(для япы это норм) чтоб такое безумие придумать, я не сторонник в массы вносить безумие патологии.
    Первое, что бросилось это постоянное утюжка территории, одно и то же час за часом, лично у меня нет на это столько времени. Для меня это дикость, так было в диабло больше 20 лет назад, меня тогда это немного напрягало. Но сейчас такая механика это громадный минус разрабам чтоб растянуть прокачку на % 50-60, да и на большее их фантазии не хватило. Игра сильно растянута искусственно, это видно с самого начала. Девиз: Под качайся дней так 20-30(а лучше 50) чтоб самое ничтожное нечто тебя не грохнуло в первого раза.
    Второе, игровая механика. Искусственно создано иллюзорная сложность, но это просто обман, манипуляция сознанием это искусство. Всё просто hero/Х урон, hero/Х хп, вот и вся сложность, не адекватное поведение мобов. Многим нравиться когда они приходят от игры в ярость или у них психоз, назовем это самобичеванием, проще мазохизм. Таких у нас есть определенный % и довольно большой(армия пополняется), что является не нормальным, диагноз ставить не буду(многие знают), но это скажет любой психиатр.
    Третье, пустой большой мир, растягивание опять игры.
    Четвертое, многие считают это куском РПГ, но это кусок иллюзии, от общения толку просто ноль. НПС что то болтают на своей волне.
    Пятое, качество графики экономное, так как ракурс взят в точку и видишь чёткость и красоту, не много в сторону минус 10 лет.
    Шестое, безумное не бытьё, не понимаю зачем я здесь. Всё сложно так, а смотришь и понимаешь нету в этом здравого смысла(логики). Скачи туда не понятно зачем.
    Много ещё чего можно добавить, но я не судья, это просто моё мнение.
    Игра должная быть в интерес, а не в моразм.    … Expand
  19. Timenick
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This is by far the best Open World Game you can play on PS5. No generic objectives. Everything is hand-crafted and there is unique stuff to discover everywhere. The landscape is far and diverse and has great verticality.

    The gameplay is similar to Dark Souls 3 with lots of additional features like jumping, horse riding, stamina breaking, crafting, sewing, and destructible environments    This is by far the best Open World Game you can play on PS5. No generic objectives. Everything is hand-crafted and there is unique stuff to discover everywhere. The landscape is far and diverse and has great verticality.

    The gameplay is similar to Dark Souls 3 with lots of additional features like jumping, horse riding, stamina breaking, crafting, sewing, and destructible environments for the many open world boss fights against giant enemies. Customization is great and derpy as you expect in a Fromsoftware game. The enemies are epic and horrifying with very interesting and creative looks and designs. It´s very challenging but you can always choose to further explore the open world than being stuck on a boss for hours.

    There isn´t much story, it is the same obscure apocalyptic lore puzzle like in Dark Souls but the few npc quests are memorable and rewarding. Sound design and music are top notch.

    The game runs at stable 60fps in performance mode with very few frame drops. Graphics aren´t as good as some PS5 exclusives but the art style and design of the open world and the enemies make more than up for that.

    Overall a great game and the closest open world to Zelda BotW in terms of diversity and open world design. 10/10    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. emilepelletier
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    Amazing game. What you expect from FromSoftware in terms of challenge and world design. The graphics are not the best you can find out there but at the same time they’re not straight from 2010 or early PS3 like the ridiculous haters claim… come on.
  22. EricArgentina
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Los modos de dificultad simplemente agregan opciones para que la gente pueda poner la experiencia a su propio nivel. A la gente de From Software le gusta hacer gatekeeping. Va un 0 por no tener modo fácil.
  23. ekabon
    Mar 9, 2022
    6
    Decent From Software game, but performance is abysmal. Non-stop stuttering is making it borderline unplayable. Low score until fixed
  24. Gizzy86
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Best from soft game ever!! no problems on my ps5 with this game!! I recomend this game to everybody that likes a challenge!! For all these teenage revieuw bombers they dont now nothing about quality go play some call of duty!
  25. Oburi85
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    I loved every second of it. It is just the perfect Soulsgame. Sure, there are some troubles with grass appearing a lil bit late but you got no microtransactions, the game is so huge with so many stuff to miss (yeah EA, you can fill up a game with no dlcs and make many missable areas just for fun!)...
    Fromsoft didnt promised anything and hell, they deliverd!
    I am just amazed by the game    I loved every second of it. It is just the perfect Soulsgame. Sure, there are some troubles with grass appearing a lil bit late but you got no microtransactions, the game is so huge with so many stuff to miss (yeah EA, you can fill up a game with no dlcs and make many missable areas just for fun!)...
    Fromsoft didnt promised anything and hell, they deliverd!
    I am just amazed by the game and start speedrunning now.    … Expand
  26. GalletaSuprema
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    I've been playing fromsoftware games since 2009, every single one of them are truly masterpieces, Elden Ring is not the exception, and after playing more than 500 games in my whole life, I can say that Elden Ring is the best and most perfect open world ever
  27. heretohatetlou2
    Mar 10, 2022
    3
    It started fun but dropped off severely when its gameplay put itself through a wringer. High intensity fights let large issues shine through. This is on PS5. There is the atrocious combo of input delay accompanied by input stacking. You are punished for playing reactively rather than predictively, despite reaction based gameplay being a large part of souls-like games. The input delay canIt started fun but dropped off severely when its gameplay put itself through a wringer. High intensity fights let large issues shine through. This is on PS5. There is the atrocious combo of input delay accompanied by input stacking. You are punished for playing reactively rather than predictively, despite reaction based gameplay being a large part of souls-like games. The input delay can get you slammed with unfair hits you would have dodged otherwise, and then the input stacking will take the action you WANTED to do, and force you to do it after it's needed, at a time where it will most likely cost you. This game is on next gen and has been in development for 13 years with tons of FromSoft release to learn from. There is no excuse for this poor design and such simple technical issues. It could be so much better, but the way it limits itself through these issues makes it unfun and awkward.… Expand
  28. dozibsa
    Feb 26, 2022
    6
    At least the customers who bought the finished game aren't testers waiting for a patch.
    Critic scores that do not agree with users are no longer fair.
  29. Fonta99
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Amazing game. If you liked any past From Software game you'll love Elden Ring. The game is great. Gameplay is definitely great, similar to DS3 but with new stuff. The open world is really nice, I don't know how people are saying it's empty, IT'S LITTERALY FULL OF STUFF, every new place has something new. The game is enormous, it seems it won't end. I played for 20 hours and I'm stillAmazing game. If you liked any past From Software game you'll love Elden Ring. The game is great. Gameplay is definitely great, similar to DS3 but with new stuff. The open world is really nice, I don't know how people are saying it's empty, IT'S LITTERALY FULL OF STUFF, every new place has something new. The game is enormous, it seems it won't end. I played for 20 hours and I'm still probably at 10% of the total game. It has issues of course, framerate drops, stuttering, pop in, and stuff at a distance is really bad to look at. But the game is great, from software always had some problems at optimizing their game but in the end it's the fun you have and they make great games. It's not definitely a 10 but because people are giving it a 0 which is crazy, i'm givint it a 10, normal vote would be 9. Play the game before saying it's empty. It's almost impossible people already finished the game especially with seing every place and without rushing.… Expand
  30. Saijax05
    Feb 28, 2022
    5
    Игра вообще не меняется со времён даже демон соулс. Тот же интерфейс. Те же анимации. Даже графика ужасная. Минимум нововведений. Пустой и никчёмный открытый мир, в сравнении с бладборн и дс3 эта игра просто мусор, не заслуженно перехваченныйИгра вообще не меняется со времён даже демон соулс. Тот же интерфейс. Те же анимации. Даже графика ужасная. Минимум нововведений. Пустой и никчёмный открытый мир, в сравнении с бладборн и дс3 эта игра просто мусор, не заслуженно перехваченный
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96

Universal acclaim - based on 86 Critic Reviews

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  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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