Elden Ring

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7.8

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  1. xWildWolfx
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    I’m addicted to this game! Dark souls gameplay, breath of the wild exploration, Skyrim inspired map and tons of replay value this game is a masterpiece. If your looking for the perfect game to keep you playing for thousands of hours, this is the game!
  2. MexicanFake
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Simplemente impecable , ademas , yo no tuve ninguna clase de problemas de rendimiento.
  3. Ryanhanseng
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    It's basically dark souls 4 placed in an open world-like setting.. which is fantastic! when the great critic reviews came out, I knew people would buy it and not know what they're getting themselves into.. hence the bad user reviews but as a fan of everything fromsoftware puts out, Iapprove of Elden Ring!
  4. vinkur
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Whoever is review bombing this game definitely hasn't made their way past the first open area by any means or hasn't even played the game. If you take a look at whatever lies past the first open area, you'd understand what massive game this is not only in terms of scale, but also in terms of art direction. I've never played anything like this and I've been playing videogames since theWhoever is review bombing this game definitely hasn't made their way past the first open area by any means or hasn't even played the game. If you take a look at whatever lies past the first open area, you'd understand what massive game this is not only in terms of scale, but also in terms of art direction. I've never played anything like this and I've been playing videogames since the early nineties. I'm a huge souls fan exactly for this reason: FROMSOFT NEVER DISAPPOINTS! This is a top tier game. I'm only 25 hours in and cannot believe the amount of work and love FROM has poured into this title. If I had a chance I'd go and thank each and every one of the developers for providing us such titles and not choosing to do something like other studios do for more revenue. MUST PLAY!… Expand
  5. Kir_Kostis_I
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    The game is really fun and enjoyable as long as you know what you are doing. I really had a blast playing this game.
  6. Clover230
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    It's fine but it's just another souls game with many recycled asset and animations

    It's cool and i'm enjoying it but it's nothing new or innovative
  7. N90nl
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    A perfect masterpiece one of the best game I've ever played without review bomberd this game would get score higher than at least 9.5.
  8. lilsebastien
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Masterpiece. That is all. Masterpiece. That is all.Masterpiece. That is all.Masterpiece. That is all.Masterpiece. That is all.
  9. Zanatraz
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Blows every other open world game out of the water, huge amount of customization and fantastic combat, runs perfectly on PS5.
  10. DevynL
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    Being my first “Souls” game, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself so far. The game starts out in an open world that is yours to explore. The leveling system is great, combat is exemplary, and the graphics are beautiful. There’s not a single part of the game that doesn’t have unique terrain, enemies, or a breathtaking view. The enemies are expectedly hard, and all unique to their regards. Even ifBeing my first “Souls” game, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself so far. The game starts out in an open world that is yours to explore. The leveling system is great, combat is exemplary, and the graphics are beautiful. There’s not a single part of the game that doesn’t have unique terrain, enemies, or a breathtaking view. The enemies are expectedly hard, and all unique to their regards. Even if an enemy is overwhelming, you can always leave to level up and come back when you have better gear. Being able to hop into your buddy’s world or vice versa, and taking on areas/bosses add a whole other level of enjoyability. There’s something about teaming up on a boss that gives you hell and taking them from different angles with your friends that makes it that much more fun. I currently have 40 hours in the game, and still have 60+ more to go easily. So far, it’s been an incredible experience and it’s hard to put the controller down. I can’t wait to traverse more of the endless lands, and encounter even more incredible enemy’s.… Expand
  11. KingFungus
    Feb 28, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its game of year for 2022 its mix from dark souls series and bloodborne and sekiro… Expand
  12. eojlc
    Mar 2, 2022
    7
    The critics have got this one wrong.

    Elden Ring has suffered from timing. This was a game we needed during the pandemic not after, and a game that needed to be released before Sekiro – from which its gameplay is a downgrade; before the Demon’s Souls remake – from which the graphics are a downgrade; and far closer to Breath of the Wild - which it hasn’t fully understood desperate liberal    The critics have got this one wrong.

    Elden Ring has suffered from timing. This was a game we needed during the pandemic not after, and a game that needed to be released before Sekiro – from which its gameplay is a downgrade; before the Demon’s Souls remake – from which the graphics are a downgrade; and far closer to Breath of the Wild - which it hasn’t fully understood desperate liberal plagiarism. Elden Ring, and it is disappointing to write this, feels much more like a large-scale fan-made Dark Souls 3 mod for Breath of the Wild than it does the next artistic offering from Miyazaki & co.

    It is difficult to pinpoint what, if anything, is actually new. The gameplay is a mirror image of Dark Souls 3 save for the guard counter, which is an easy and accessible miniest of mini-game versions of Sekiro’s poise system. The open world style of legacy dungeons and procedural dungeons is lifted straight from BotW - if only the crucial beauty of allowing the player to traverse anything and everything were lifted too, there’s nothing elegant about watching your avatar hop clumsily around a slightly too lumpy rock. Those reviewers calling this a new benchmark for open-world games can’t have played The Witcher 3 or Breath of the Wild.

    Sekiro proved that unique combat systems can not only exist but thrive within the broader souls-like formula. With Elden Ring, From have returned to the tried, tested, and frankly hackneyed. After the three-year wait one can’t help but be a little disappointed not to be enjoying the next step in the evolution of souls-like combat.

    While Link’s ability to climb or Wolf’s grappling rope are sorely missed when roaming Elden Ring’s open world, it is a deeper Dark Souls mechanic which most noticeably grates: loot. Almost every weapon you pick up in Elden Ring will be worse than what you currently have equipped because you’ve likely been upgrading that as soon as you possibly can to take on some of the extraordinarily difficult bosses. Imagine if, rather than repeatedly travelling back to vendors to sell most of what you pick up to keep upgrading your Uchigatana, you simply kept finding better Uchigatanas, or better yet a variety weapons that you could pick up and start slaying with. Wouldn’t this make slaying mobs in the wilderness more enticing?

    It frustrates to find an exciting bit of gear but feel that using it will retard your progress in the game as enemies will now die in four hits rather than three. A defence of this system may be that one is intended to replay the game using different builds. However, there is far too much repetitive travelling for this to be as limitlessly replayable as the Dark Souls series or Bloodborne.

    Perhaps Miyazaki has given birth to the golden cow of the souls-like and now needs to stop milking it. While Sekiro was a masterpiece that proved impenetrable for too many, Elden Ring is your favourite band selling out with a pop song that more people can enjoy but may well disgust a good chunk of the fanbase. The commercial angle is confirmed by the comically apparent involvement of G.R.R Martin, whose presence is mysteriously eclipsed by his absence.

    Elden Ring isn’t From’s best game, and it may well be their worst. What it is, however, is fresh souls-like content, which is always fun for as long as it lasts.

    After a long string of 9 out of 10s, Elden Ring unfortunately feels like a 7.    … Expand
  13. westsiderocker
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    From Software hat sich selbst übertroffen und mit Elden Ring ein Meisterwerk geschaffen.
  14. ACme01
    Mar 9, 2022
    1
    Let's start by saying that I played, replayed, and loved the DS games. Let's also preface this with me admitting that I saw the reviews for the game before playing it and that may have affected my expectations.

    Anyway, I wonder if most of the critics played this on console. I played it on PC and it's very far from the near-perfect experience most of them promised. The controls alone    Let's start by saying that I played, replayed, and loved the DS games. Let's also preface this with me admitting that I saw the reviews for the game before playing it and that may have affected my expectations.

    Anyway, I wonder if most of the critics played this on console. I played it on PC and it's very far from the near-perfect experience most of them promised.

    The controls alone are some of the clunkiest I've seen. G for map, E + an arrow key (and if you're on a 60% keeb, this is really annoying), etc.

    There's also the way it almost seems designed to make things difficult for you unnecessarily if you're on a KB+M. Yes, I know the usual advice: play it with a controller instead, and so on.

    But if you release something for PC, you should plan for KB+M. You shouldn't expect your players to have to invest in a controller for a single game that has already cost them $60.

    It's clear that even after all the critique levelled at them for doing the same thing in DS games, FromSoft still hasn't learned a thing about porting to PC or KB+M play. You'd be astonished how flawless your own gameplay can be only to be interrupted repeatedly by a camera seizing control or the auto-targeting locking onto a mosquito when you're trying to deliver a final blow to a boss.

    That's my main gripe, but it's not the only one. There's also the frame-skipping and input lag. I haven't died to any bosses yet, but I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before that instability hits me at a critical moment. And I'm on a 5950x with a 3090.

    Yes, I've heard the argument to just treat this as another hurdle or another level of difficulty to make the game more interesting, by the way. But while I don't mind intentional difficulty, I mind sloppy sources of annoyance. I don't play games to be irritated by someone else's oversights or laziness.

    Finally, I'm a little let down by parts of the game, I think. I like some things - some things genuinely seem new and add interesting mechanics to the gameplay FromSoft offers. But too many things seem to still be stuck in the DS world. I've seen bosses like these before. I've seen enemies like these before.

    Maybe the promise of something new and revolutionary got me expecting too much. But this was neither new nor revolutionary. I'm almost done playing through it, and I'm thinking I won't replay it... which isn't how I want to feel after playing an open-world game.    … Expand
  15. vikven
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    My favorite From Software game to date. It combines all the best elements from previous games and puts them in the best open world I’ve ever seen.
  16. stu0508
    Mar 23, 2022
    0
    I hate this game. Anything that takes progress away from you when you die is not my kind of game, add to that i find my friends grinding to bump up their runes so they don't lose them all and can make the next level. It's just tedious for me. Ruthless for the sake of it. I didn't even notice the prologue at the start, it's just ridculous. Guides i have read online say it is a good idea toI hate this game. Anything that takes progress away from you when you die is not my kind of game, add to that i find my friends grinding to bump up their runes so they don't lose them all and can make the next level. It's just tedious for me. Ruthless for the sake of it. I didn't even notice the prologue at the start, it's just ridculous. Guides i have read online say it is a good idea to have a pen and paper to remember stuff? F right off! That's not a game, that's a job! Playing Horizon Forbideen West i can turn on how much the game helps me, how hard the enemies are, how tanky i am and that is brilliant, i can make it stupidly hard or not. I don't want some other nerds idea of a good game whether i like it or not, i want fun. This is a grindy death grind of bleak boring old gamey ness. People who like these games weird me the f out! And for the record i beawt Margit in the first day of playing it, i just hated every minute of it and sold it after that. It's not fun.… Expand
  17. Ollyoxenfree
    Apr 11, 2022
    4
    Honestly tried to like the game because I did like the atmosphere and general world. But it soon became more frustrating than enjoyable. The game is grindy, repeats bosses, glitches out in frame rate during boss encounters (looking at you tree sentinel), and there is such a lack of any story which is funny because they attached George R Martin to this. Did he not bother to finish thisHonestly tried to like the game because I did like the atmosphere and general world. But it soon became more frustrating than enjoyable. The game is grindy, repeats bosses, glitches out in frame rate during boss encounters (looking at you tree sentinel), and there is such a lack of any story which is funny because they attached George R Martin to this. Did he not bother to finish this story either ? Like what really happened here? This game is FAR from a 10/10. This souls game is hard just for the sack of being hard with little to no reward. Such trash and will NEVER give into hype again.… Expand
  18. RAGEGAMERINO
    Apr 12, 2022
    3
    i seriously just made an account so i can rant over this crap game. i‘m sorry i have to give it such a bad rating but i feel from my heart that somebody needs to lower it’s score. don’t get me wrong, i played demons, ds 3, sekiro etc. but man do i hate this game and everything it stands for. spare your fn time - don’t buy it. so here starts my rant:

    i played like 140hrs and this game is    i seriously just made an account so i can rant over this crap game. i‘m sorry i have to give it such a bad rating but i feel from my heart that somebody needs to lower it’s score. don’t get me wrong, i played demons, ds 3, sekiro etc. but man do i hate this game and everything it stands for. spare your fn time - don’t buy it. so here starts my rant:

    i played like 140hrs and this game is just not coming to an end. like in a bad way. it’s tedious. after all that time i‘m doing all the same crap like at the start, there is literally NO development in any case. it’s just fighting over and over and over and over and over and over again. which could be OK, but the highly appraised combat system is like the same sh*t like EVER. with all it’s flaws like 15 years ago. camera? super crap. hitboxes? super crap. movement? super irresponsive crap. what, theres a crappy endboss which is totally unfair cause he just spams 5 super range attacks in a row that one hit kills you over 50m? we‘ll just copy that boss later on and DOUBLE him. wow. what exceptional GAME DESIGN. now i know some virgins are gonna come up with git gut: why should i waste my fn time memorizing a tedious unfair boss by battling it 20 times? it’s just a waste of time. and the thing with difficulty is: i don’t mind difficult games. i played through returnal with six deaths, which is pretty ok i think. some say it’s the over all harder game. but you know what? it’s responsive. every button you press is immediately carried out on screen. returnal is a fn gaming heaven with hard but fair combat and the smoothest controls ever made. elden ring on the other hand is just so sluggish and lame and slow and sloppy and SO. FN. UNPRECISE. every hit i take, i‘ve 100% foreseen and pressed the damn block or roll button but the game is just so slow and badly designed… i have no words. i swear to god if my character ONCE more stumbles around like an idiot after a hit and not lifting up his shield like i tell him to, i‘ll fn break the controller in half. ITS JUST BAD GAME DESIGN. ok if the combat is bad and irresponsive, maybe roaming and exploring is cool. just two words: open world. just ride or walk 5000km to see… whatever copied ruin or magic tower or dungeon. it’s just typical open world BS. you could compress it into a nice 80hrs and it would be okish but that… which brings me to my next two points:

    the music fn sucks. it’s like 5 tracks made of annoyingly undesdinctive ambient crap music which KILLS your ears already in limgrave after a good 10 hrs. it’s so annoying i turned the music off. for the first time in my 25yrs gaming history. the atmosphere could be a plus. but whats that? everything ruined. dark. broken, bla bla bla. it’s the same fn stuff youve heard like 10 times in a row with every from soft game. i cant stand it anymore. but worse: the storytelling is STILL AS SH*TTY AS IT HAS EVER BEEN. don’t get me wrong, you don’t have to explain everything for a good story, i‘m in the filmbizz, i know that. but that crap is just so random undefined snot, i have no fn clue who i am, the people around me, the world and places and especially what i am doing. all atmosphere gets so compromised by this non-storytelling, i could not care less about ANYTHING in this game. who am i fighting right now? why? where am i? why has he a lion on his back or breaks the reality?.. plus: you have such unsatisfying choices all over this game it makes me angry. why give me the choice to change ANYTHING, when i have NO FKN clue for whom, why and what for i make the choices. spoiler free example: i could tell you you have to make a life changing decision RIGHT NOW by saying either PIDGEON or YELLOW. you have to choose. so you choose just out of random with no fn clue why and what for. thats how EVERY decision in this game feels. you just give up to care. it’s just REALLY BAD GAME DESIGN. in the end it’s just a repetitive, unresponsive, unfair, tedious, badly designed game with bad music and even worse storytelling. i‘m so done with it. it’s so boring me out i cant even comprehend. maybe it’s fun a few hours but after all this time i couldnt care less about anything that happens randomly and screams in my face: I‘M SO BADASS WITH MY BADLY DESIGNED COMBAT AND BOSSES WHICH YOU HAVE TO STUDY 50 TIMES WHILE DYING WITHOUT YOUR FAULT BECAUSE I SPAM A RANGE ATTACK WHICH YOU’D HAVE PROBABLY AVOIDED IF I DID ANYTHING YOU PRESSED IN TIME. if you want a soulslike play ds3. its shorter, more tense and pretty much the same crap, but less crappier. OR play returnal: the epidome of good game design, responsive controls, hard but fair combat and great music and superb (still cryptic) storytelling. where returnal is a bright shining star on the night sky, elden ring is an old sh*tstain on the side of a portable potty on the most disgusting construction site of the third world. 3/10 bussi baba    … Expand
  19. DweezilMoon
    Apr 12, 2022
    2
    my main complaint is that it is so dead, lifeless and somewhat dinjuncted. It is beautifull, and the map has tons of lovely crafted areas, but there is no interaction between the different areas at all. The enemies are incredibly stupid, starting with their ultra short sight , lack of peripheral awareness to the way they uterly ignore the world around them (ignoring corpses they aremy main complaint is that it is so dead, lifeless and somewhat dinjuncted. It is beautifull, and the map has tons of lovely crafted areas, but there is no interaction between the different areas at all. The enemies are incredibly stupid, starting with their ultra short sight , lack of peripheral awareness to the way they uterly ignore the world around them (ignoring corpses they are basically trodding on, suddenly missing companions, ... etc) just to return to the same short patterns. For all that matters you are fighting braindead zombies, and you do that with 2 buttons, a roll and a jump (how innovative!). I just found it pretty boring to be honest. All in all it felt like a very basic single player (don't get me started on the "multiplayer" part ... there is more littering in ER than in Cyberpunk 2077's street) action MMORPG.

    The "story" completely failed to grip me too, so that didn't help

    I reinstalled "Dark Messiah" (2004!) after playing Elden Ring, and whilst it doesn't have the vast spawning map, and it obviously looks dated (uses the Source Engine too btw;), the way the enemies notice what goes on around them, move far from their predefined patterns, run back to get reinforcement when they are wounded and even use the environment to their advantage was refreshing compared to Elden Ring. Same with the combat mechanics (which includes stuff like climbing beside jumping... can you imagine?!), and the story, whilst not Oscar worthy (you can't slap, but you can kick, so still not bad), is presented in an entertaining manner.

    I also bought a game on sale a few days ago called "Tainted Grail : Conquest". There is no real time combat, as it is basically a rogue like-TC:G (think "Slay The Spire", but with some shiny 3D graphics and really weird and gross monsters. I highly recommend it if you're looking for another kind of RPG), but the atmosphere is very similar to that of Elden Ring (it also happens in an afterlife of sort and has the same "you're supposed to die often!" approach), and even THAT world feels more lived in than ER's. The story is told well, the characters you meet in the different areas even interact with each other through you, and there is some persistence when you kill mobs ... something I also very much missed from Elden Ring.

    so ... . Elden Ring is "okay'ish" ... but definitely not worthy of any real praise in 2022.    … Expand
  20. Mouxpez
    Apr 24, 2022
    3
    Although it is beautiful and the design is great, enemies are so dumb and robotic it feels like you're playing a vintage game that's had a very expensive face lift. You can sneak up on enemies that are directly looking at you and avoid almost any foe with ease. And I'm not playing on easy mode. Forget about range weapons, these seem to be an after thought. Menus and leveling system areAlthough it is beautiful and the design is great, enemies are so dumb and robotic it feels like you're playing a vintage game that's had a very expensive face lift. You can sneak up on enemies that are directly looking at you and avoid almost any foe with ease. And I'm not playing on easy mode. Forget about range weapons, these seem to be an after thought. Menus and leveling system are pretty poor too. Still can't make sense of how to map certain items to shortcuts. Not what I'd expect for a premium title.… Expand
  21. station1984
    Apr 27, 2022
    0
    PS4 or PS5 Versions:

    If you are an expat living in Asia or have the desire to play the game in English, tough luck because you will get the game in Chinese whether you like it or not. Sony will not issue a refund. Neither Sony nor Bandai is willing to announce that an English language pack is coming for English speakers living in Asia. The entire menu is in Chinese.
  22. Kdot1
    Apr 30, 2022
    4
    This game really forces you to play co-op
    OP enemies Ashes of war bs Boring story Go kill 1,2,3.. boss
    Absolute mess It's flooded with stupid mechanics it forces you to use
    And the compat is is just not fun
    I was waiting for this game cause I adored bloodborne But what a waste of hours playing waiting for for the game to grasp me
  23. ChasingFalcon
    May 9, 2022
    4
    They should've stopped after Limgrave and than my oppinion wouldn't be so negative.
    Bad grafic for 2022, way to repetitive, way to much enemy recycling, bad balancing.
  24. Mihai2103
    May 10, 2022
    4
    I can not say that this game is the best ,game of the year .For me it's just repetitive,long,with very poor graphics and often annoying.The most you struggle to do level up ,to run after a weapon that you upgrade to be able to pass a boss otherwise you have no chance,can not select difficulty.Sometimes during some fights you can not press the buttons if you do not confirm something youI can not say that this game is the best ,game of the year .For me it's just repetitive,long,with very poor graphics and often annoying.The most you struggle to do level up ,to run after a weapon that you upgrade to be able to pass a boss otherwise you have no chance,can not select difficulty.Sometimes during some fights you can not press the buttons if you do not confirm something you have previously found, for example a weapon. The graphics are pitiful for a super "AAA"game,Demon Souls has 10 times better graphics.Those repetitive bosses, a long world, big but useless. I do not recommend, I recommend only Demon Souls to those who ask me. The last game from Software,I've played Bloodborne before. I will not repeat the mistake buying another game from Software.… Expand
  25. Smisswiss
    May 10, 2022
    2
    Tying coop with pvp is one of the most brain dead decisions to an otherwise excellent game. Some continuously argue that "it's part of the experience" or "just get good", it goes against the very fabric of the core gameplay which is play your way or play your build. PvE has always allowed for greater freedom in viable builds, while some builds are less efficient and others more, it doesn'tTying coop with pvp is one of the most brain dead decisions to an otherwise excellent game. Some continuously argue that "it's part of the experience" or "just get good", it goes against the very fabric of the core gameplay which is play your way or play your build. PvE has always allowed for greater freedom in viable builds, while some builds are less efficient and others more, it doesn't truly matter as practicially any build will work throughout the entire game. PvP on the other hand is by nature an exercise in group intelligence. in PvP people quickly filter down to what works best and what works quickest. What this translates to, is a jarring difference in how the game plays out when youre PvPing or PvEing.

    So that comes back to my original complaint, that a forced invasion when you're playing with friends, turns a rather chill or relaxed exploration game, into yet another PvP meta game. If you don't run the cheese builds, or know of every explotative environmental advantage, then tough luck, you'll have to start all over again.    … Expand
  26. onil
    Jun 16, 2022
    0
    The open world is amazing, there is so much detail to this game. But I can’t really call Elden Ring a game, because games are fun. Elden Ring is not fun. Its very simple why it is terrible.
    Elden Ring punishes you in more ways than just charging you $70, by giving you re-used Bosses, lots of dead ends, terrible game logic, zero fun, and a broken controller. Its mainly the terrible boss    The open world is amazing, there is so much detail to this game. But I can’t really call Elden Ring a game, because games are fun. Elden Ring is not fun. Its very simple why it is terrible.
    Elden Ring punishes you in more ways than just charging you $70, by giving you re-used Bosses, lots of dead ends, terrible game logic, zero fun, and a broken controller. Its mainly the terrible boss design, I get killed at full health in two hits while taking 30 minutes to recover from the last attack! And to just arrive at the boss fight, you have to deal with a plethora of nuisances that deal unreasonable amounts of damage. And by late game, you can only really level up your character and weapons by killing the bosses that kill you in less that 10 seconds. What really aggravated me and lots of other Elden Ring players was the Godskin Duo, the most annoying boss in the entire game. They are near impossible to fight without dying immediately. I know Elden Ring has one of the largest and most detailed maps, good graphics, and is a great challenge, but it all comes down to how much fun and joy you can have. There is no fun and joy in this. Zero. It is mentally draining to play. You should only buy Elden Ring if you an absurd amount of time on your hands and if you hate yourself.    … Expand
  27. Arafel-Kralizec
    Jun 6, 2022
    2
    Boring, repetitive and PS3 graphics.... You never know where is the F**ing quest, and you're all the time disturbed by other players, or their sh*ty messages ....
  28. HyperionHere
    Jun 18, 2022
    6
    This game is a very broken masterpiece. Its open world is beautiful, although quite repetitive by the end. The Catacombs or Dungeons spread throughout the world get boring very quickly, although that's quite common in lots of games. The Boss battles are either laughably easy or excruciatingly unfair, and the high difficulty in some bosses may lead to most players just using the same brokenThis game is a very broken masterpiece. Its open world is beautiful, although quite repetitive by the end. The Catacombs or Dungeons spread throughout the world get boring very quickly, although that's quite common in lots of games. The Boss battles are either laughably easy or excruciatingly unfair, and the high difficulty in some bosses may lead to most players just using the same broken builds to compensate for the piss poor balancing and boss design. Gank bosses AI is some of the worst, leading to you fighting two very aggressive enemies at the same time in a room with almost no way to split aggression.

    All that said, still a decent game, but nowhere near the quality of the other games Fromsoft has made outside of Dark Souls 2.    … Expand
  29. eriatarka
    Aug 9, 2022
    6
    Elden Ring is an entry in the catalogue of From Software of extremes. I felt immense joy discovering new zones. I felt excitement at new weapons and spells and armor and talismans. I felt disappointment at recycled enemies and dungeons. I felt absolute dread at the forward directions of games they're going to release at many of the boss fights. As such Elden Ring has to have some of theElden Ring is an entry in the catalogue of From Software of extremes. I felt immense joy discovering new zones. I felt excitement at new weapons and spells and armor and talismans. I felt disappointment at recycled enemies and dungeons. I felt absolute dread at the forward directions of games they're going to release at many of the boss fights. As such Elden Ring has to have some of the lowest low points of any souls game, even lower than pre-SOFTS DS2.
    I've played these games since Dark Souls 1, and played every entry, and I'm confident in saying its the worst entry. This comes about not because the game is bad overall, but because where the game is bad it's atrocious.

    positives of the game: the open world is gorgeous and huge, the ashes of war system is brilliant and adds a great deal of variety, the art direction has never been better only being out by bloodborne in my opinion, the story feels more present and well written, there is a lot of stuff to do, inclusion of duplicating remembrances is convenient, bell bearings are also super convenient, theres more emphasis on elucidating some of the games more opaque features than in previous games

    negatives of the game: endgame bosses don't feel like they've been playtested, poor balancing of many things like endgame areas, dungeons outside of the legacy dungeons feel very hastily thrown together and cut and paste, horseback mechanics (which were a big part of the marketing) feel like an afterthought that was glued on after most of the game, drop rates are very abysmally low , spirit ashes don't feel like they were well balanced, platforming still feels like an afterthought, graphical performance leaves something to be desired, the tediousness of some side dungeons make them super easy to skip on subsequent playthroughs, there's very little incentive to collect great runes because they offer nothing if you don't use a rune arc (despite the fact that the item description misleads the player into thinking it does), enemy variety plummets significantly after the capital, item crafting seems half thought out and becomes irrelevant late game, many enemies feel like they were designed with sekiro in mind but were just ported into elden ring, still glitchy in areas that should have been ironed out by now

    Elden Ring is basically Dark Souls 4, for better and for worse, with every step forward in design there seem to be two steps back, for a game described as being more RPG oriented and more open world it feels like much of it is still oriented very much around the combat, which in itself isn't bad, but even the combat has changed for the worse. ultimately many promises were brought with the game and some of them just were not fulfilled. an open world of untold proportions was promised, and for the first three zones it is, but the late game areas become increasingly empty and bland, the horse combat was promised to be new and fun but it seems so poorly optimized its hard to imagine it wasn't just tacked on at the end. Difficulty is incredibly schizophrenic. Boss fights in the late game seem poorly designed and become less challenging battles and more of tests of patience for when their year long combos will end. all in all more of the same and different in the worst ways.

    A good game marred with incredibly low lows, but a good game for people who are more about the souls-like brand. an incredibly polarized game for an incredibly polarized age.

    TLDR: not the worst game in the world, not the best    … Expand
  30. Eyo82882
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Combat is ass, could have it better if it wasn't such a boring gameplay roll, jump attack and roll again… Expand
  31. akerior
    Nov 18, 2022
    0
    Its disappointed and very very overrated game. Gow RAGNAROK is absolutely better.
  32. Tifa123
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This is one one the worst game i ever played in my life
    The graphic in the game looks ****
  33. Popoo
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    This game is disappoint me really bad
    The graphics in the game is awful and the story
  34. Dantemax29
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    There are a lot of bugs, glitches, but the worst thing is the FPS drop. At the same time, the quality of the graphics is a pit from 2010...
  35. nopnog7091
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    As you explore the world of Elden Ring you’ll love it more and more. It has been 10 hours of playing yet but i feel like there are endless things to discover.
  36. LongMuckDong
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Brilliant souls evolution, and the new subtle layers or accessibility are SO welcome: my fave souls and open world to date!!
  37. excellins
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    One of the most overhyped and terrible game this generation. A complete copy and paste of Dark Souls. No innovation. Poor graphics, yet reviewers lie and are biased because its a from aoftware game.
  38. Dougwesker
    Mar 7, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Combat is real basic it hasn't really changed since demons souls on PS3.

    The open world didn't really add to it just made getting from A to B a chore.

    Never once did I have to change weapon I had the uchi since the start of the damn game.

    And the copy and paste was unreal I rolled my eyes seeing the same structures and layouts repeatedly and the bosses where worse, the amount of times the godskin bosses showed up was especially lazy. Also had some bosses just flat out go afk in the battle like the Dragonlord placidusax.

    Not a bad game, above average but the overhype is real.    … Expand
  39. dllizhiyang
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    1060 6g@2k I dont see any performance issues. This game is a love letter for all souls gamers.
  40. FadingDawn
    Mar 6, 2022
    8
    Initially I gave it a 4 but after approximately 80 hours of gameplay I've had to adjust the score a bit. If you play the game like a normal Dark Souls game where you follow a linear path, you'll end having the worst time of your life with this game. There are certain dungeons that I have skipped entirely because of the frustration they cause even after levelling up (mostly due to otherInitially I gave it a 4 but after approximately 80 hours of gameplay I've had to adjust the score a bit. If you play the game like a normal Dark Souls game where you follow a linear path, you'll end having the worst time of your life with this game. There are certain dungeons that I have skipped entirely because of the frustration they cause even after levelling up (mostly due to other than combat-related mechanics), and the rewards you get from finishing dungeons in general often end up being very disappointing, but I would still say that it's a worthy addition to the Soulslike genre. I also tried multiplayer for the first time ever (coop only), and offering a helping hand feels very satisfying.… Expand
  41. WayTooBad
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game has so many shills that are so quick to dismiss any legitimate concerns or problems, it's hilarious. The game looks like dark souls 3, runs like turd. 3090 at 2k resolution drops frames left and right. No DLSS. It's probably not a zero but to offset those shills I'm giving this title a zero.
  42. Markytos
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    He jugado y he dedicado bastantes horas lo que he podido comprobar es que el juego mas sobrevalorado del mercado, tiempo perdido odioso para farmear, apartado técnico muy pobre, soso como el solo, se libra un poco por el tema jefes y el apartado artístico es bonito sin ser tampoco algo excepcional... Una decepción
  43. Eliotsan
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Elden Ring is the stupidest (not the worst) game i have played for a long time. It requires You to memorize a sequence of actions and button pushes to win. It does not require any agility, talent or brain. Just memory, You can take this game on blindfolded after You memorize the sequence. Each and every opponent can be defeated that way. And of course there are no "two options", there isElden Ring is the stupidest (not the worst) game i have played for a long time. It requires You to memorize a sequence of actions and button pushes to win. It does not require any agility, talent or brain. Just memory, You can take this game on blindfolded after You memorize the sequence. Each and every opponent can be defeated that way. And of course there are no "two options", there is only one option, and one way to defeat an opponent. If You do a mistake You either die, or are severly wounded and will die upon next mistake. It's like a driving license test of a game … Expand
  44. Maromba
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Desapontado com coop limitado desse game, chega parecer brincadeira os cara cria um mundo gigante pra vc anda sozinho,SOZINHO, os game são mt melhor com os parça po!… Expand
  45. Moh683
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    It's really a evolution game of fromsoftware studio
    This studio is always making new things every game they makes
  46. Axelx12
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    All this is is a generic demon souls game grapghics are bad games glitchy and ugly
  47. darksoulr34
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    I am not a big open world fan but this is one of the best games(not just open world) I have ever played with insanely fun boss and gameplay
  48. Heisenberg421
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I would love to play it but almost 20 hours in, the stuttering and texture pop in isn't acceptable at all. I hope it's fixed soon
  49. MareMagnum
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Open world of dark souls 3 with horrible perfomance. A great step back since sekiro
  50. ZonedLive
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Incredible game! Playing it on the PS5 and have come across a bug or two admittedly, but the experience is unparalleled! Yes, it is basically open world Dark Souls… but how is that a negative? Amazing gameplay, amazing world and amazing art direction. The sense of discovery and wonder is unmatched. If you are looking for a difficult, fun, fulfilling and engaging game; look no further!
  51. accursedblade
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    This game has some of the most uninteresting and nerdy stuff I’ve ever seen. Why am I fighting a giant crab with zero explanation? I don’t understand how people feel inclined to progress the game if the story sucks. A game can’t have a bad story in 2022 and be called a “masterpiece”. Such a waste of potential. Plus the graphics look mid compared to Horizon Forbidden West. And theThis game has some of the most uninteresting and nerdy stuff I’ve ever seen. Why am I fighting a giant crab with zero explanation? I don’t understand how people feel inclined to progress the game if the story sucks. A game can’t have a bad story in 2022 and be called a “masterpiece”. Such a waste of potential. Plus the graphics look mid compared to Horizon Forbidden West. And the environments are so dull and bland.… Expand
  52. Jagged_Specter
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    I'll be honest. Just gonna drop this bomb here cause of all the lies these "gaming" journalists put out here. This game is not a freaking masterpiece or a perfect 10/10. That's a fact!
  53. Aloush509
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    ‏ does not respect Arab players, it stated that the game will support Arabic, Now the game does not support the Arabic language
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  54. Guts331
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Because we were lied to, From Software does not respect Arab players, it stated that the game will support Arabic, and now it has been verified, the game does not support the Arabic language
  55. Lilmaze
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Not worth the time nor the money unless you're a die hard fan of the souls series. No story/dialogue/engagement. Map is comically wayy too big and tedius. Just navigating around is one exhausting drag. And as big as the map is MASSVIE portions just feel completely empty & dead... Combat is still outdated and in desperate need of a freshen up/update (it's 2022 for God's sake)! Honestly thisNot worth the time nor the money unless you're a die hard fan of the souls series. No story/dialogue/engagement. Map is comically wayy too big and tedius. Just navigating around is one exhausting drag. And as big as the map is MASSVIE portions just feel completely empty & dead... Combat is still outdated and in desperate need of a freshen up/update (it's 2022 for God's sake)! Honestly this game feels and moves like a Xbox 360/PS3 game... just without the fun.… Expand
  56. Jorge8
    Feb 26, 2022
    2
    From software has been making the same game for the past 10 years. Elden ring is just the new installment on a series of overrated copy and pasted collection of files that their fans have the nerve to “call best game ever made”. Clunky and choppy animations, old art assets, repurpose hero and enemy moves. unpolished lighting. Same old enemy archetypes on new skins. Zero to none AAAFrom software has been making the same game for the past 10 years. Elden ring is just the new installment on a series of overrated copy and pasted collection of files that their fans have the nerve to “call best game ever made”. Clunky and choppy animations, old art assets, repurpose hero and enemy moves. unpolished lighting. Same old enemy archetypes on new skins. Zero to none AAA cinematic sequences, unacceptable facial animation. Rubbish storytelling. Outdated AI, bad audio filtering and occlusion. Shading and material errors. performance issues across all platforms; These are issues that haven’t evolved at all on their past souls games. In essences, the souls series are a one of a kind type of experience that I have enjoyed in the pass. But its 2022 and with games as polish as Red Dead redemption, Last of Us 2, god of war, death stranding and more coming. Its just pretty unfortunate to see gaming news outlets jumping on this 10s crazy thing as if the game is a perfect masterpiece. Fear of backlash maybe? Who knows. Hope this “toxic” quick overview of this new old boring game open some eyes out there. As gamers we should demand better. Don’t change the core of the franchise. But please From Software step up your game in all department. Renew that engine. Get some good animators. Write a coherent story. Make those hero combat animations feel more real. Realistic blood splatters. Dynamic enemy decapitations. Proper cloth and physics simulation. The list of things to bring to your game is honestly a mile long. Or well, like your fans would say. Just Gid gut.… Expand
  57. Cheatingingames
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Playing this with trainer that has infinite hp and one hit kills for all monsters. That's the only way this trash is playable and even with this cheat, it's still boring. I just kill one boss, move to another, etc. So you telling me that's the whole game? That's the game that gets almost perfect metascore? Better metascore than basically any game ever made? This game is complete joke.
  58. Turki441
    Mar 1, 2022
    4
    Bad **** bad **** bad **** baf **** baf shot boring losting bad **** bad bad
  59. burnitdown
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    I'm around 10hrs in and very much enjoying it so far! Boss fights are awesome, combat and exploration is fun, yeah there's a couple of graphic issues but who cares..you don't play souls games for graphics. It's about combat, art design, lore and patience!! All these cry babies review bombing coz they probably suck at.. git gud people lol
  60. KlosHax
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    It has some performance problems but not game breaking. Overall best game i have played so far. Exploration, music, level design, atmosphere, combat and bosses are really good. Sadly becouse of the performance problems people are giving it '0'. Also saw some people that has zero knowledge about the game but still commenting about it and giving '0'. Looks like review bombing to me
  61. miaxsnow
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Its not great just that I'm not having fun playing a game that in reality is a reskin of DS3 and its sad but its the truth, it got overhyped just like Cyberpunk 2077, its not bad like CP2077 but its bad at the point that this reskin of DS3... i cant stress that enough... i tell you THIS is just a Reskin with a open world doesn't feel like DS3 at all i switched from DS3 and Elden Ring farIts not great just that I'm not having fun playing a game that in reality is a reskin of DS3 and its sad but its the truth, it got overhyped just like Cyberpunk 2077, its not bad like CP2077 but its bad at the point that this reskin of DS3... i cant stress that enough... i tell you THIS is just a Reskin with a open world doesn't feel like DS3 at all i switched from DS3 and Elden Ring far to many times and i just can't play Elden Ring when DS3 is just the same and stable, but i tell you this, the open world looks nice i guess but not the next level open world game it was expect from Critics… Expand
  62. MinePlay512
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Elden Ring is a joy and a masterpiece. It's not only one of the best RPGs, but it's one of the best games in general.
  63. pstunner
    Feb 26, 2022
    7
    Update after 41 hours: Poor performance still not resolved and still frustrating. Further you progress in the game the more the flaws appear. Extremely repetitive open world with the same dungeons with no real variety. Worst boss encounters in any FromSoft game. Disappointed. 7/10 is an accurate score. Original: Rating after 15 hours. Unacceptable performance breaks every bit of immersionUpdate after 41 hours: Poor performance still not resolved and still frustrating. Further you progress in the game the more the flaws appear. Extremely repetitive open world with the same dungeons with no real variety. Worst boss encounters in any FromSoft game. Disappointed. 7/10 is an accurate score. Original: Rating after 15 hours. Unacceptable performance breaks every bit of immersion they are going for.… Expand
  64. Gadd07
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    The world of elden ring is incredibly vast and beautiful, the enemies are awesome and unpredictable as previous fromsoftware games but the performance of this game is unacceptable, fps drops screen tearing pop ins can really ruin certain moments in this game, nevertheless im 20+ hours in and i still think this game is a must play and worthy of a solid 9/10 rating thus far but I hopeThe world of elden ring is incredibly vast and beautiful, the enemies are awesome and unpredictable as previous fromsoftware games but the performance of this game is unacceptable, fps drops screen tearing pop ins can really ruin certain moments in this game, nevertheless im 20+ hours in and i still think this game is a must play and worthy of a solid 9/10 rating thus far but I hope fromsoftware will fix some of these glaring issues asap. Is elden ring thus far my goty? Hard to say hzf might stay first for now but who knows that might change… Expand
  65. e0068
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Absolute masterpiece, a benchmark for all games in an upcoming decade.

    FPS drops from 50 to 20 once in an hour for 2-5 seconds. Overall technical level is much better than other modern garbage (like horizon of farcrcy).
  66. Foxtnv
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    frame drops and game freezes when we play online, the difficulty is exaggeratedly ridiculous, it makes no sense, it looks like a Dark Souls 4, the graphics look like a game from 2018.
  67. satoro
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    from software does not respect Arab players, it stated that the game will support Arabic, Now the game does not support the Arabic language
  68. Kaptann
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Don't fall for metacritic score, a lot of reviewers gave it 10's but failed to wrote in their fake reviews how buggy & broken Elden Ring is, seeing a lot of pc/console gamers complaining bout crashes, corrupt saves, frame rate issue etc, would u give it a 10 with those issues?
  69. Tzelanit
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    I'm always the type to laugh off and disregard scores of either 10 or 0 because very few games either are revolutionary instant classics or irredeemable garbage, but after 116 hours of play time (yes, I not only actually played a game before reviewing it, but completed it before I left a review like a sensible human being,) Elden Ring gets a 10.

    I became familiar with the souls formula    I'm always the type to laugh off and disregard scores of either 10 or 0 because very few games either are revolutionary instant classics or irredeemable garbage, but after 116 hours of play time (yes, I not only actually played a game before reviewing it, but completed it before I left a review like a sensible human being,) Elden Ring gets a 10.

    I became familiar with the souls formula back in 1996 while playing King's Field II, and over the years, FromSoft games have become more refined with each subsequent entry. Each game that they've released has provided a great balance of something that feels familiar, but with a little more to consider. There's been a slow, natural evolution in their design principles that have very rarely disappointed. So it's with 26 years of experience with FromSoft's entries that I feel comfortable saying that this comes as close as we've ever seen to these design principles being perfected.

    The leap in approach between each souls game has never been this substantial. Whereas before you had to dedicate yourself to mastering a very specific path through the world, Elden Ring provides an experience where you grow to learn the world on your terms and in the order that you choose. The guiderails are still in place, but you're encouraged to step over them, and the feeling of "what's around the next corner?" is actually somehow exponentially increased with this new open-world design.

    And speaking of open-world games, I typically don't enjoy them because they devolve into henpicky busywork where you're only playing a game to meet a quota, and exploring is typically unrewarding in both an emotional sense, and in a material sense in the way of lacking rewards. In Elden Ring, your time is never wasted if you check around the next bend. The world is large, but it doesn't exist just to create the illusion of scale; there's something to look at or find in every corner that further contributes to the experience.

    A grand majority of the negative reviews that I've seen have been from people who so clearly hate souls games because they're challenging and have been parroting the same talking points for years. "The games are designed so poorly" actually means "I can't fulfill my power fantasy by walking into a room and effortlessly killing 50 enemies" "I have enough stress in my life and I don't need to play a hard game because games are supposed to be fun" actually means "I have too much pride to learn a game on its terms because I should be in full control of the experience." And finally, "these games are so bad" and anything similar to that notion actually means "I've never played any of those games, but people have said that they're hard and that doesn't interest me, and I'm tired of hearing about them because their popularity offends me."

    If you're having a bad day, just read a few of the negative user reviews. You're going to notice a lot of whining children who've clearly never beaten, let alone played a souls game recycling the same handful of hilarious points. I had to take my dog to the vet for surgery today and I was feeling a bit down, but scrolling through these user reviews and seeing "WHAT KIND OF SICK INDIVIDUAL ENJOYS GAMES WITH IMPOSSIBLE DIFFICULTY?" with a 0 scored attached really brightened my day. I've had the time of my life playing Elden Ring, and Miyazaki and the rest of the FromSoft team are laughing all the way to the bank while you drench yourself in your own tears throwing a tantrum.

    Git gud.    … Expand
  70. ronald_23
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    Bom o jogo tem os mesmo elementos de costume dos souls é um game muito bom, só precisa de mais umas otimizaçaões e tá ok
  71. Mubarak1992
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    And our enemy is in Arabic, and they did not add it, and the ads were only translated
  72. InfernoRew
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Immaginavo che il non fosse il classico coop ma hanno voluto far passare una sorta di rivoluzione per un semplice copia/incolla degli altri souls, eliminato istant. Pessimo
  73. Neurotiix
    Mar 1, 2022
    5
    He jugado y me he pasado absolutamente todos los Souls. El principal problema que le veo es que literalmente te sueltan en un mundo en el que no tienes ni historia, ni un objetivo ni absolutamente nada, te pones a explorar mientras te metes en zonas que no debes y mueres mueres y mueres, hasta que de casualidad encuentras el camino hacia un boss secundario. Llevo 15h soy nivel 50 y heHe jugado y me he pasado absolutamente todos los Souls. El principal problema que le veo es que literalmente te sueltan en un mundo en el que no tienes ni historia, ni un objetivo ni absolutamente nada, te pones a explorar mientras te metes en zonas que no debes y mueres mueres y mueres, hasta que de casualidad encuentras el camino hacia un boss secundario. Llevo 15h soy nivel 50 y he matado 2 bosses principales, derrepente voy a un sitio y me encuentro con el boss final, casi desinstalo el juego. La otra pega a comentar es el diseño del mundo, basicamente han hecho copia pega en el 90% de zonas del mapa, mismos animales, mismos enemigos, misma ambientación, excepto en unos muy concretos. Bastante mediocre.… Expand
  74. NORMOLLL
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    el juego esta muy dañado y no logra mis expectativas, es igual que un souls normal solo que mundo abierto ahora
    Misma jugabilidad, graficas aceptables, etc...
    Que decepción
  75. condomsparty
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Потрясающая игра, будьте прокляты те, кто ставит 0/10, мелочевке истерички, обиженки и прочий сброд.
  76. Slashgr86
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    OK I'll try to be honest here. I have to say that this game is the BEST I've seen in years... It's massive its combat is great its rewarding and honestly is addictive. I don't get how ppl rate this badly, maybe it's not for every1 idk... Only bad thing is that after playing and finishing this every other game is gonna feel like pacman. 10/10 for me!
  77. jortegag81
    Feb 27, 2022
    9
    Excellent game, very fun. You are bound to die a looooooot of times, but that's part of the fun, as you will learn from your mistakes and eventually overcome all difficulties. Loving it so far.
  78. PhilScoresStuff
    Mar 7, 2022
    10
    A dream come true for Souls fans. Elden Ring perfected nearly every feature.
  79. 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
  80. Eldenring3106
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This is perfect. I really really love this kind of games I think except the optimization problems everyone would enjoy it much better than now
  81. Bustweiser
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    12 hours in and I’m not even close to being done. Do not worry about optimization that’s really only on pc and somewhat on Xbox. The ps5 is the best way to play and oh my god is it a masterpiece of gaming. You can do what you want at any time you want. It is difficult yes but manageable it just takes time. The people complaining about it being too hard just don’t have enough patience. It’s12 hours in and I’m not even close to being done. Do not worry about optimization that’s really only on pc and somewhat on Xbox. The ps5 is the best way to play and oh my god is it a masterpiece of gaming. You can do what you want at any time you want. It is difficult yes but manageable it just takes time. The people complaining about it being too hard just don’t have enough patience. It’s not a copy paste of Ds3 the people only played like 3 minutes of Both games. It’s a great game. The optimization IS NOT A PROBLEM ON PS5. The people talking about it are probably talking about the pc port. They just don’t realize they are on the ps5 copy of the game… Expand
  82. LovingDan
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This game is a masterpiece, but due to technical problems, they cannot be enjoyed.
  83. Squy78
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Une bouse pas fini, injouable. C'est vraiment décevant de la part de ce studio.
  84. Vertran187
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    This game keeps freezing so it unplayable

    I give up I'm 25 hours in but its so broken From Soft can even fix this problem many many people have since launch. I`m very disappointed in the poor quality of the game its not working on PC at all They have had over a month to fix this but cant be bothered Its Dark souls but bigger and it doesn't work weird unbalanced shoddy mess with nice    This game keeps freezing so it unplayable

    I give up I'm 25 hours in but its so broken From Soft can even fix this problem many many people have since launch. I`m very disappointed in the poor quality of the game its not working on PC at all
    They have had over a month to fix this but cant be bothered Its Dark souls but bigger and it doesn't
    work weird unbalanced shoddy mess with nice combat no story runs like ****    … Expand
  85. 5551raul
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Probably one of the best if not best game I have played of all time, really
  86. ozeearts
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    It has everything I love about souls games, but on top it has exploration like BotW and Skyrim. It's a dream come true imo. This is as good as it gets for me. 10/10.

    60fps arent stable on PS5. It dips to the 40 and 50s occasionally, but that doesn't affect my enjoyment of this game at all.
  87. DonBones
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    Complete garbage, graphics are outdated, music is the same, bosses are repetitive, it's a copy and paste job. Total junk.
  88. Teroniss
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Enjoying the game. Has a lot of content and feels slightly overwhelming at times. Right amount of Souls level nonsense to scratch my itch
  89. Plaminator
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Awesome. Just awesome. This game is the epitome of from software creativity. If you enjoyed Dark souls, Bloodborne or even Sekiro you will like this. Don't listen to all these noobs saying the game is bad, just because they suck at it.
  90. Just-hunter9
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    What a wonderful game i cant explain this masterpiece 10/10 The best game from fs
  91. JD1872
    Apr 16, 2022
    7
    An excellent game overall but too many issues to be compared with some of their best work such as bloodborne and DS3
  92. REGUISTHEFIRST
    Mar 1, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Whenever I boot a game I expect to enjoy a little bit of the time I've invested in it. This is masochism, and although I can understand this works for some, this not how I get dopamine shots.
    No Easy mode has ever ruined any game.    … Expand
  93. broodey
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    beautiful world , lack of boring dialogue , pushes you to adapt different strategies , huge variety of weapons and skills . it is a great game
  94. MathiasBS
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    I’m an avid From Software player, having beaten all their previous Soulsborne games. I’m currently 8 hours into Elden Ring, and I think it’s great. It’s basically Dark Souls with some Sekiro and Bloodborne elements, set in an open world.

    However, as some of the more critical people are stating, I agree that the open world is actually TOO big for it’s own good. Even though the dungeons are    I’m an avid From Software player, having beaten all their previous Soulsborne games. I’m currently 8 hours into Elden Ring, and I think it’s great. It’s basically Dark Souls with some Sekiro and Bloodborne elements, set in an open world.

    However, as some of the more critical people are stating, I agree that the open world is actually TOO big for it’s own good. Even though the dungeons are super neat, I feel like I spend too much time riding around aimlessly on horseback looking for secrets. There is a lot of secrets to find though, but there’s also plenty of big empty areas littered with ruins that look like they could be explorable, but they are not. The horse combat also holds it back a little; when riding a horse, many of the bosses and enemies in the open world becomes very easy and requires little skill, which I think is a shame. Having just finished Sekiro before this, I also feel like that combat is a step back in terms of clunkyness. That being said, it’s still really good and the sense of discovery and wonder is amazing. Not a 10/10 in my book (so far), but still a damn good game.    … Expand
  95. jah_
    Feb 26, 2022
    5
    I wouldn't give the game a "0" like so many others have, but I wouldn't give it a "10" either. It's a Dark Souls game, so it's super difficult and not really for a casual gamer such as myself that plays games to relax between, you know, having a life. If you're a hardcore Souls gamer, tho.. this is for you.
  96. Ksa1
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Bandai namco stated and confirmed on the announcement year of the game that the game will support Arabic UI and Subs, and thousands of arabs pre ordered the game.. anyway.. on the day of release we were shocked that the game doesn't include a single arabic word.. they didn't bother to tell us that they've canceled it before they lunch the game they just went silent and lied to us..
    I hope    Bandai namco stated and confirmed on the announcement year of the game that the game will support Arabic UI and Subs, and thousands of arabs pre ordered the game.. anyway.. on the day of release we were shocked that the game doesn't include a single arabic word.. they didn't bother to tell us that they've canceled it before they lunch the game they just went silent and lied to us..
    I hope that you gamers out there support our community as gamers to make our voice reaches the developers about Bandai's lies and manipulation.    … Expand
  97. yippeekyay
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    Rubbish! bought this game on PSN HK. No where in the title says (Chinese /Kor) like other games with language lock.
    Only has 1 Elden Ring version (alongside Deluxe). Bought it, lo and behold, the game only gives you Chinese interface! WTF? On PSN the description of the game is even in English! Why the hell then is the language not included in the game that they first described it with?
  98. Method__Man
    Mar 4, 2022
    6
    Bland and empty. You basically run around in a mostly empty world looking for encounters. It’s the same as any old souls game, non innovative.

    If you like souls games, this is basically DLC for a previous entry. There is little to no difference Remember, anytime you see 10/10s like this is clearly either bandwagoning or paid reviews. This game is not remotely innovative, and thus cannot    Bland and empty. You basically run around in a mostly empty world looking for encounters. It’s the same as any old souls game, non innovative.

    If you like souls games, this is basically DLC for a previous entry. There is little to no difference Remember, anytime you see 10/10s like this is clearly either bandwagoning or paid reviews. This game is not remotely innovative, and thus cannot earn a perfect score by default. Even for souls players it’s just more of the same

    Cannot possible exceed mediocre rating. I’m a void, if it was the first ever souls game and breaking a mould, perhaps, but after entry, what?. 5? It’s just more of the same. People critique Farcry for being samey then vomit praise over this clone    … Expand
  99. SBH313
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Such a masterpiece!!! Its amazing in all parts except stability and performance.
    Ps5 version running acceptable on performance mode but could be better.
  100. fatmoron
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    I'm about 15 hours in and confident that by the end of my playthrough I'll consider this my favorite FromSoft game (I've played and loved all of them since Demons Souls). This is their formula at its best, adapted thoughtfully to an expansive and captivating open world environment. While it's not for everyone, I do think it's the best entry point for anybody new to the franchise.
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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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