Elden Ring

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3153 Ratings

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  1. snootchie
    Aug 11, 2023
    3
    One of the most overrated games of all time. I was only 1.5 hours in before I decided to return it (for PC, Steam). Not exactly sure why there was so much hype. It's essentially like an early 2000's game with 2020's graphics. Narrative-wise... well there isn't really one. Combat-wise... well it's just the exact same, dated combat system from Dark Souls. Seriously. This game is overratedOne of the most overrated games of all time. I was only 1.5 hours in before I decided to return it (for PC, Steam). Not exactly sure why there was so much hype. It's essentially like an early 2000's game with 2020's graphics. Narrative-wise... well there isn't really one. Combat-wise... well it's just the exact same, dated combat system from Dark Souls. Seriously. This game is overrated and did not deserve the hype it got.
    Baldur's Gate 3 IS as groundbreaking as everyone said this game was. Skip this one and pick up BG3.    … Expand
  2. agq
    Jul 28, 2023
    4
    This is easily the worst From Soft game ever made. Played through this game entirely feeling as though it was the end of From Software making good games. Where do I even start, the game will either overpower you in certain areas, or be under-powered compared to the areas you may have previously traversed. The would feels lazily made with many rehash enemies and bosses from previous areasThis is easily the worst From Soft game ever made. Played through this game entirely feeling as though it was the end of From Software making good games. Where do I even start, the game will either overpower you in certain areas, or be under-powered compared to the areas you may have previously traversed. The would feels lazily made with many rehash enemies and bosses from previous areas in this game and other From Soft games. The world is really more or less a "Souls-borne gallery" with no real heart, passion, or soul poured into the making of the game.… Expand
  3. Nixoid
    Jun 1, 2023
    3
    No balance. Some of the mechanics are simply clunky. Neither aesthetics, nor balance, fights, story and this huge empty world
  4. Elias1750
    Mar 29, 2023
    0
    Wie ist es auf dieser Webseite möglich eine Bewertung im Nachhinein zu löschen?
  5. illuvatar94
    May 16, 2023
    2
    It's not fun! Eu não achei divertido ou que fizesse valer toda a atenção
  6. PublicEnemy1
    May 15, 2023
    0
    Boring, repetitive combat and should be called Tedious the game. If you want fun look somewhere else.
  7. jesus_3
    Apr 2, 2023
    0
    Fights with a bad camera, technical graphics are not pleasing to the heart.
  8. bxon11
    Mar 10, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. elden ring is one big prank . **** open world . bosses cannot be killed
    bad art desgin . dont buy this game you will unstall it in 3 - 5 hours after . i feel bad for those that love the game and give it 10/10 . As if they were the mother who tells her ugly son that he is the most beautiful son in the world    … Expand
  9. NicMart97
    Feb 25, 2023
    2
    Really annoying mechanics. I love a good challenge and loved Dark Souls but when a game resorts to **** and sneaky tricks to beat the player, that's when it loses me. It's hard but in a more frustrating and hollow way than in a fun and practical way. Not a horrible game by any means but if you don't have the endless hours to grind or pour in the time to get really good, I wouldn't botherReally annoying mechanics. I love a good challenge and loved Dark Souls but when a game resorts to **** and sneaky tricks to beat the player, that's when it loses me. It's hard but in a more frustrating and hollow way than in a fun and practical way. Not a horrible game by any means but if you don't have the endless hours to grind or pour in the time to get really good, I wouldn't bother to pick it up.… Expand
  10. Skyrimfan
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    This game sucks this is just a copy of Elder Scrolls series they could have at least be original with their game do not recommend buying this for you your son or any of your family including your grandma but your grandma will probably die if she sees this game
  11. fredijuts
    Jan 31, 2023
    0
    This game is a complete and utter disaster, failure, stinky **** of a game. If one of my friends says that his favourite game is this i would hire a hitman to kill them because they don’t deserve to live anymore.
  12. MarleyW
    Jan 28, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler alert This game f’ing sucks literally a grind fest between every boss… Expand
  13. playstationwinr
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    Would rate it lower if I could. 0 storyline. Bosses are all the same. Yet another copy and paste game like the rest of fromsoft. Trash.
  14. Sadik13
    Jan 13, 2023
    2
    Poor level design with a lot of copy&paste Few good boss fights and that’s all the game has to offer
  15. Roxaskun
    Dec 16, 2022
    0
    Todo jogo souls é igual,esse é só mais um com mundo aberto, não entendi o porquê de ganhar o goty,e está no Xbox, então é mais um motivo pra ser ruim
  16. EldenRingisBadd
    Dec 10, 2022
    1
    Cons:
    No animation canceling making the game feel clunky as your not able to tell your character what to do as its stuck in a 2s animation you can’t get out of in the middle of a fight
    Roll animation and roll negation damaged are not synced as you will take hits within your roll animation constantly. Little support for PC controls PC performance bugs, such as game freezing up and not    Cons:
    No animation canceling making the game feel clunky as your not able to tell your character what to do as its stuck in a 2s animation you can’t get out of in the middle of a fight
    Roll animation and roll negation damaged are not synced as you will take hits within your roll animation constantly.
    Little support for PC controls
    PC performance bugs, such as game freezing up and not responding every time to click quit game
    Cutscenes are awkward as they are stuck behind cutting in and out of black screens and changing camera perspective
    Little explanation for the game and the mechanics, it didn’t tell me the imperative detail of progression being leveling up until I had played for almost 4 hours
    Insufficient explanation of core game design decisions and mechanics that the developers left to hope the players would just spend hours without this knowledge until they figured it out
    Lack of early game narrative gives your character a lack of purpose as your just running around a world you know nothing about and don’t care about to kill enemies you know nothing about and care nothing about
    It’s hard to call a game like this an “RPG” because RPGs usually have good immersion however the immersion is broken with this game once you get a loading screen and are teleported away every time you die, which happens a lot by design with this game
    Enemies always respawning also breaks immersion and makes you clearing an area feel unrewarding

    Overall this game is a **** fest where you spawn in with no purpose and are tasked with killing enemies that attack quicker than half your attacks, attack animation duration(something you can’t cancel). Who also hit you during your roll animation(not synced to negation bad game design) making the core draw of this game the combat a poor experience.

    Pros
    Good character creation
    Expansive world
    A lot of unique enemies
    Difficulty
    Customization of combat style

    Although this game has some pros they are greatly overshadowed by the long list of cons    … Expand
  17. Kratos8005
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Same graphics , same gameplay, full of bugs , **** story , it's an awful game , so overrated
  18. GR1MR34P3R451
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Disgusting gameply
    Boring af
    Too big
    Doesnt deserve goty tbh
    Would definately not recommend
  19. MrWolfbear
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    The worst 549 SEK (equivalent to ca. $53 or £43.4) ever spent.
    Save your money for some other game.
  20. boopdoops
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    Easiest souls game with a lackluster story and ps4 graphics in 2022 actually so disappointing
  21. neolight
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    this game is empty, not interesting and also not SO hard as people talk about it lol
  22. YairRyev
    Dec 8, 2022
    0
    El juego es bueno en general, el punto negativo es la historia ya que al parece debes leerte todos los ítems para saber con certeza de que se trata. Solamente hago contrapeso por lo de GoW
  23. violet97
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Elden Ring is developed by From Software and published by Bandai Namco Games
  24. Marinne
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Elden Ring foi uma experiência bem meme desde o seu lançamento. Joguei no PC e o desempenho estava péssimo, nos consoles em alguns casos não foi muito diferente. O jogo não me prendeu em nada, um mundo aberto bem genérico e preguiçoso.
  25. quantumo0o
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    you can see Elden Ring Gameplay here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUWsFmk5YSs&list=PL4t2-oblqZc_GVE5MyZnhasxJvvDE72Ou
  26. GreenhouseSlk
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    Garbage trash only **** play this peice of this What a garbage of the year damn lol
  27. sa51196
    Nov 24, 2022
    1
    I don’t like the general warts in it. But Alexander the Great negs in my booty hole
  28. SOMUTIE
    Nov 22, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 31 cektirmiyo goood hsheuxbhduebhd
    Popoyok meme yok annneneenenene yarrrak bi    … Expand
  29. LukaPingvin77
    Nov 20, 2022
    0
    Nah it just stupid i played it like 1 and its worst don't buy this game i not good.
  30. Imhooked1234
    Nov 17, 2022
    0
    Looks and plays like a ps3 game, no story, poor graphics, gameplay loop, characters etc are all **** imo
  31. KrillerBomb
    Nov 15, 2022
    0
    It's literally just a walking simulator except you might have a dagger sometimes.
  32. Slorp
    Nov 13, 2022
    0
    Bland mostly empty open world, only thing to do is fight randomly generated looking deformed enemies that lack creativity, basically they're deformed and ugly looking, only cool looking enemy is the last boss called the elden beast because he isn't a cliche lame deformed ugly monster like every other enemy. The world is depressing and the game just puts you in a bad mood, story is nonBland mostly empty open world, only thing to do is fight randomly generated looking deformed enemies that lack creativity, basically they're deformed and ugly looking, only cool looking enemy is the last boss called the elden beast because he isn't a cliche lame deformed ugly monster like every other enemy. The world is depressing and the game just puts you in a bad mood, story is non existent aside from some convoluted item descriptions and they make no sense anyways, everything is vague and dumb. Combat is the only thing to do and it sucks too, just hit, block, dodge repeat, it is slow and boring, there are some weapons that do a special type of attack like laser beam and such but they even managed to make those special weapon attacks slow and boring. The game is just bad, most overrated game I've ever seen. Avoid it and save your money.… Expand
  33. Danny134
    Nov 13, 2022
    0
    No es un juego para todo el mundo, despues de 60 horas de gameplay he decidido abandonarlo, no por dificultad, sino porque quien mucho abarca poco aprieta, es el caso de este juego, demasiado largo en mi opinión...

    Tal vez no este en el momento de meterle 100horas a un juego, y en un futuro me parezca la obra maestra de la que todos hablan
  34. Atres18
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    el juego es una basura total no explican como por donde y no entiendo nasa y no me vengan decir nasa es una opinión nada mas.
  35. Dirtybird55
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Horrible designed game. Controls are outdated and you can't escape reality in this game. There is no story and no direction here
  36. Cristianpl
    Nov 6, 2022
    4
    Jogo subestimado, muito lento e movimentações travadas como todos os jogos linha.
  37. BumHtoi
    Nov 4, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. over rated **** of all time just another same souls gameplay and nothing more boring game… Expand
  38. Ameer141
    Nov 3, 2022
    0
    the game is big garbage, the world is empty, graphics like from 2013 2014, overrated game
  39. Nooob
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    Same Combat mechanics for 13 years already (2009) just added with a Open World more like Open Field...
  40. IRON_MAN
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    Overhyped Darksouls Game. Just another Darksouls with open world and boring story.
  41. Ashura12
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    Granphic is terible in 2022 very bad story is understinable no points where to go
  42. pjdebeer
    Oct 30, 2022
    1
    Looks pretty, but the very poor design is just lazy. Making Bosses massively, vastly overpowered and giving players a feather duster weapon to wave at a Boss travelling at you like an atomic bomb is terrible unbalanced rubbish. Fanboys and propellor heads with nothing better to do probably like this kind of junk, everyone else will just demand a refund for a completely unplayable game.
  43. felixmoysich
    Oct 6, 2022
    0
    Very average game incredibly overrated. First hours fighting and exploring was fun but it then becomes really repetitive and boring so I had to stop playing. There are much better RPGs. I rate it a 6/10.
  44. Brivdomatajs
    Aug 22, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To much all. Boring, boring. Very big world, but does not have a lot good things.… Expand
  45. Banana_Boy
    Aug 16, 2022
    0
    I have never played a FROMSOFTWARE game before and I usually don't like hard games but I now have 70 hours in the game and I am still only 80% through the game. There are so many new areas to explore and over 200 bosses. All in all I love this game.
  46. Sand_Sand
    Aug 3, 2022
    0
    ss23 says it perfectly

    (With Elden Ring, Fromsoft proves it has finally lost sight of what makes their games fair and rewarding and has caved in completely to artificial difficulty. Fights in this game are either trivial or littered with poorly thought out fast attacks and combos, with dramatic AOE effects in bossrooms to cover up the horrible design choices. The gameplay has barely    ss23 says it perfectly

    (With Elden Ring, Fromsoft proves it has finally lost sight of what makes their games fair and rewarding and has caved in completely to artificial difficulty. Fights in this game are either trivial or littered with poorly thought out fast attacks and combos, with dramatic AOE effects in bossrooms to cover up the horrible design choices. The gameplay has barely changed since DS3 and does not equip the player with the appropriate toolset to handle its range of enemies. Even worse, they have somehow regressed in quality, with slower rolls, less i frames, input buffering, input delay, inputs disappearing. The damage done in the last third of the game is so bizarre that I cannot even begin to comprehend the thought process. It feels like From really wanted to make an open world game, designed a huge and interconnecting map, and everything else just played second fiddle: littering the landscape with uncreative, sparse and repeated dungeons and encounters, scrapping together unused boss and enemy designs from previous games and slapping it together without thorough playtesting or thoughtful user-oriented design. In summary, after several hundred hours of From games, this is the game that has now tarnished my image of From as a company that holds their games to high standards and respects the player.)

    i cant say it better.    … Expand
  47. 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
  48. Steviecali
    Jul 26, 2022
    0
    One of the worst open world games I've played. The graphics are dated and uninspired. Constant FPS issues even on console. The publishers boasted that they consulted George R.R. Martin for the story. There is no story. This game is a soul-less mess where players will constantly have to look up guides just to find out how to finish "quests". Game difficulty is artificially tooOne of the worst open world games I've played. The graphics are dated and uninspired. Constant FPS issues even on console. The publishers boasted that they consulted George R.R. Martin for the story. There is no story. This game is a soul-less mess where players will constantly have to look up guides just to find out how to finish "quests". Game difficulty is artificially too difficult in some parts with stupid gimmicks. Boss fights are boring and repetitive. The UI is horrible and many of the stats (for a stat based game) are not shown in game. This is another game where the reviewers and various streamers are paid shills. I would have more fun poking my dogs petrified poop for 12 hours with a stick on a 102 degree day then continuing to play this garbage game.… Expand
  49. Malkk
    Jul 24, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I like the games that have more then one end but they did not do it so will… Expand
  50. Pittsy
    Jul 24, 2022
    0
    Just a poor excuse of a game. Tired of games focusing on graphics only and people highly praising gaming companies for it when the story and controls are lack luster.
  51. Elden_is_shi_t
    Jul 15, 2022
    0
    One piece is your uncle and this game is a piece of **** because its **** did you create the game with a phone or what? 10/0 relly bad game
  52. EldenRingIsbs
    Jul 7, 2022
    0
    This game has game progression bugs that will make you unable to continue the game. Bandai Namco refuses to fix it.

    Steam post dated may 13, 2022 https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/4417479689917543303/ Here's a post on steam from april 25, 2022 https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/3279192886601937642/ Reddit post on March, 2022 with the latest    This game has game progression bugs that will make you unable to continue the game. Bandai Namco refuses to fix it.

    Steam post dated may 13, 2022
    https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/4417479689917543303/

    Here's a post on steam from april 25, 2022
    https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/3279192886601937642/

    Reddit post on March, 2022 with the latest comment saying it happened a month ago.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tkkrbp/malekith_gamebreaking_progression_bug_no_cutscene/

    Twitter user claiming same bug on march 22, 2022
    https://mobile.twitter.com/kumikats/status/1506470329275027459

    Twitter user claiming same happened to them. It follows the pattern said by multiple people online of and even mentions the detail some users notice of the bug occuring after dying at the same time as Malekith.    … Expand
  53. ytmerc
    Jul 7, 2022
    0
    0 через те що немає української озвучки в цій грі та навіть немає українського інтерфейса
  54. Stephen_K
    Jun 19, 2022
    1
    Great visuals, large world, extremely unintuitive gameplay. Combat? Ridiculously off balance area of effects and hitboxes that dont match visuals, laggy responsiveness, AI counters everything while you get to slash at an ankle here and there ad naseum, one slight screw up and your dead. Combat is a complete turn off, totally regret this purchase.
  55. 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
  56. darkjaguar7676
    Jun 15, 2022
    2
    Fanboy fodder. Games that do not have a save-on-demand feature are by the very definition, insane. Why would anyone want to traipse across a vast world, with little to no help against enemies that are way too difficult and not scaled? I am incredibly biased because I hated Dark Souls. This seems to be because it was developed to be an MMORPG, not a single player. I played for about 30Fanboy fodder. Games that do not have a save-on-demand feature are by the very definition, insane. Why would anyone want to traipse across a vast world, with little to no help against enemies that are way too difficult and not scaled? I am incredibly biased because I hated Dark Souls. This seems to be because it was developed to be an MMORPG, not a single player. I played for about 30 hours and wasn't enjoying running around collecting items that didn't have any effect. To me, this was a waste of time, and other than the decent graphics (except for the clipping) I saw no reason to play this, nor the reviews being as positive as they are.… Expand
  57. BTA86
    Jun 8, 2022
    0
    The guys have a half-truth in the "complexity of such games", this particular one is raw, they kill through the walls, the enemies often teleport or stand on the contrary (I just met this xs mb), but to say that "this is a Masterpiece!" in my personal opinion, insanity. Teach Don't Teach Boss Movements, of course this can help depending on the person and their degree of assimilation (andThe guys have a half-truth in the "complexity of such games", this particular one is raw, they kill through the walls, the enemies often teleport or stand on the contrary (I just met this xs mb), but to say that "this is a Masterpiece!" in my personal opinion, insanity. Teach Don't Teach Boss Movements, of course this can help depending on the person and their degree of assimilation (and this is time and nerves, a **** cloud of nerves). So why is it needed at all, will it be fixed? Clean up bugs, right?And after all, the problems that I indicated above exist in many games that came out, but for some reason, the pancake "master's creation" scored 97 on metacritic, what did it deserve? The only thing to praise the game for is the visual, everything is half of the game, and most of it just migrated from other games in the series, including enemies and bosses with slightly changed textures ("Schaub is not exactly the same" and some still scold ubisoft for monotony, seriously ?). So do you really need such a game with twisted boss stats, so that when you get 10-15 deaths, you go back to farm souls in the previous locations?In my opinion, this is **** I did not pay for the game, I confess, but I always do this, first the torrent if I feel that the game is worth it, I buy it. And this creation causes the most ambiguous feelings. So no, until they fix it, I see no reason to take it.… Expand
  58. JLKahn
    Jun 6, 2022
    0
    This game is a steaming pile of garbage. how it got 10 out of 10 across the entire critical spectrum is beyond my comprehension. It fails all three metrics I consider important for judging the quality of a game, which are Gameplay, Story, and Graphics.

    The gameplay is just your standard Dark Souls gameplay with the added feature of a jump button. The story is told so indirectly it    This game is a steaming pile of garbage. how it got 10 out of 10 across the entire critical spectrum is beyond my comprehension. It fails all three metrics I consider important for judging the quality of a game, which are Gameplay, Story, and Graphics.

    The gameplay is just your standard Dark Souls gameplay with the added feature of a jump button. The story is told so indirectly it might as well be non-existent. and graphically it's seriously outdated.

    I swear the developer must have paid off the critics to give them 10 out of 10 across the board. This is not a 10 out of 10 game. I probably would have been more generous in my review if the reviews of this game were honest. It's at best a 7 out of 10 game. But the hype surrounding this game has made the critics and whole gaming community lose their collective minds. Don't drink the Cool-aid. This game is not nearly as good as people want you to believe it is.    … Expand
  59. Yourmumsbills
    May 19, 2022
    0
    Guess you REALLY have to be into this kind of game. Incredibly boring, walk around kill things,die. Not much in the way of any story. The world design is nice, just a shame the graphics look several generations old. I'd sum this up as very tedious. Wish i hadn't bought digital now as i can't sell it to some from software bum boy who likes playing the same game over and over.
  60. TheLiveCoach
    Apr 29, 2022
    0
    Yet another repetitive entry in the most overrated franchise in the history of mankind. Do you enjoy clunky, garbage combat with backwards controls, tons of unoriginal enemies, boss and minion alike, praised by the bird brained who seek validation in getting "gud" but if animations had any accuracy - would be insta-killed every dodge? Don't worry, those massive monsters usually die byYet another repetitive entry in the most overrated franchise in the history of mankind. Do you enjoy clunky, garbage combat with backwards controls, tons of unoriginal enemies, boss and minion alike, praised by the bird brained who seek validation in getting "gud" but if animations had any accuracy - would be insta-killed every dodge? Don't worry, those massive monsters usually die by attacking their feet in between the five minutes it takes for them to even attempt to stomp you. Do you enjoy the most empty world full of useless items with deep empty names, unintuitive crafting and boring levelling? You prefer your UI to look like Paint developed assets, a map that looks like a coffee-spilled archeological wastebin bag and your cutscenes to be retartistic since every NPC is supposedly great by speaking slow, utterly nonsensical lines? Better dodge roll spam away from any Fromsoftware product and every mentally deficient idiot that praises these pure garbage games. That's the real difficulty these titles present the gaming community.… Expand
  61. ParvaNaturalia
    Apr 27, 2022
    0
    Apart from performance issues, this is one the best games ever. If you have a next gen console (xbox series/ ps5) buy it. Just buy it.
  62. 010101010100
    Apr 24, 2022
    0
    lost so many hours of gameplay. I always properly exit the game, but when I came back, it said i didn't exit properly (i did). As soon as i read it, I knew something was wrong. Now i have 4 less hours on my save file, and all of my items i just got are gone. I'm not going to spend the next 4 hours just trying to get to where i ALREADY WAS. this was a problem when the game first came out.lost so many hours of gameplay. I always properly exit the game, but when I came back, it said i didn't exit properly (i did). As soon as i read it, I knew something was wrong. Now i have 4 less hours on my save file, and all of my items i just got are gone. I'm not going to spend the next 4 hours just trying to get to where i ALREADY WAS. this was a problem when the game first came out. FIX YOUR GAME. i was stupid for thinking FROM would have fixed this asap or that it wouldn't happen to me because it hadn't happened yet. you'd have to be the biggest chump to play after something like that. I'm not gonna try to get my stuff back just for it to delete again. the worst games I have ever played saved properly. Regardless of literally anything else in the game, it not saving makes it garbage.… Expand
  63. Pzoli
    Apr 22, 2022
    2
    I am not the type of person writing a lot of reviews, but in this case I believ it is an obligation to warn those players out there that this game is definitely not for everyone.
    I bought the game for a lot of money and expected a huge challenge, as I knew about the difficulty of souls games. I was prepared. I thought.
    After 19 hours I decided to get rid off the most frustrating gaming    I am not the type of person writing a lot of reviews, but in this case I believ it is an obligation to warn those players out there that this game is definitely not for everyone.
    I bought the game for a lot of money and expected a huge challenge, as I knew about the difficulty of souls games. I was prepared. I thought.
    After 19 hours I decided to get rid off the most frustrating gaming experience I have ever experienced from my consol and deleted the game. Not one minute did I feel any kind of fun spending with this game. In my opinion it is completely unfair and thus annoying.
    Furthermore there is basically 0 story. Vague storytelling? No. It is no storytelling. Terrible.
    Beautiful graphics? I would not consider it such. Often times I was not even able to realize there is an NPC next to me, because it disolved into the background.
    Music? When my 6 year old son without watching, just listening to what I am doing points out how terrible the music of the game is, I realize why my frustration spending with this title is so big.
    I honestly do not understand the extremely high critics reviews, why they call this game a milestone. Maybe for a niche group of players who like to be annoyed and frustrated by a game, it delivers, but I did not have fun with it for any second.    … Expand
  64. sdgfeeder
    Apr 17, 2022
    0
    This game gives me anxiety. People think it's a classic, personally it's the least amount of fun I've had playing a game. It was torture.
  65. ss23
    Apr 17, 2022
    4
    First of all, let me preface by saying that it is never acceptable to knowingly release software that clearly cannot perform its main function reliably. Why should this be any different with Elden Ring's frame stutters? It has been a month and a half without any real fixes. I do not recall the same level of compassion with Cyberpunk.

    With Elden Ring, Fromsoft proves it has finally lost    First of all, let me preface by saying that it is never acceptable to knowingly release software that clearly cannot perform its main function reliably. Why should this be any different with Elden Ring's frame stutters? It has been a month and a half without any real fixes. I do not recall the same level of compassion with Cyberpunk.

    With Elden Ring, Fromsoft proves it has finally lost sight of what makes their games fair and rewarding and has caved in completely to artificial difficulty. Fights in this game are either trivial or littered with poorly thought out fast attacks and combos, with dramatic AOE effects in bossrooms to cover up the horrible design choices. The gameplay has barely changed since DS3 and does not equip the player with the appropriate toolset to handle its range of enemies. Even worse, they have somehow regressed in quality, with slower rolls, less i frames, input buffering, input delay, inputs disappearing. The damage done in the last third of the game is so bizarre that I cannot even begin to comprehend the thought process. It feels like From really wanted to make an open world game, designed a huge and interconnecting map, and everything else just played second fiddle: littering the landscape with uncreative, sparse and repeated dungeons and encounters, scrapping together unused boss and enemy designs from previous games and slapping it together without thorough playtesting or thoughtful user-oriented design. In summary, after several hundred hours of From games, this is the game that has now tarnished my image of From as a company that holds their games to high standards and respects the player.    … Expand
  66. slakis
    Apr 13, 2022
    0
    Horrible game. Constantly get immediately killed in any area I explore. Only critical hit from behind works. No objectives are shown. Guarding with shield does little to stop damage. Can't tell if you've completed the objective in an area. Can't tell the strength of the opponent. I get that I normally have to work my up in level but then the game should start with the immediateHorrible game. Constantly get immediately killed in any area I explore. Only critical hit from behind works. No objectives are shown. Guarding with shield does little to stop damage. Can't tell if you've completed the objective in an area. Can't tell the strength of the opponent. I get that I normally have to work my up in level but then the game should start with the immediate areas around me being easy. It offers a piece of equipment but then tells you it's not useful in its current form. Young S/W developers with egos try to develop a game that beats the player. Someone needs to tell them that the point of playing a video game is to have fun and enjoy it. This game is miserable. Waste of money.… Expand
  67. fkonradt
    Apr 11, 2022
    4
    Nothing special. Wooden mechanics sold as features.
    I spend like 5 hours and I have hard time to force myself to continue.
  68. AshYams
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. accidently aggro'd the dung eater now he won't speak to me this game is a steaming pile… Expand
  69. LM2020
    Apr 5, 2022
    0
    So frustrating. I raged quit tonight after putting in over 100 hours. Not even due to a boss fight. The game is unbalanced in its difficulty. This game is for a tiny subset of gamers. I have a stressful job, I look to games to blow off steam and this game achieved the opposite. I don't even feel accomplished after defeating a boss, just relief. Why would anyone subject themselves to this?
  70. enquel
    Apr 5, 2022
    0
    I've registered on MetaCritic only to give a fair review for PC version. This game is so bad. An indie game with such basic issues would receive 0 points, so this is how much I give it. Bad controls, outdated graphics, input delays. Lacks concealed as "being hard to play", and strangely high critics reviews.
  71. Cibb98
    Apr 5, 2022
    0
    Horrible empty open world, very generic, literally the same as the other souls games.
  72. Shunior
    Apr 4, 2022
    1
    PS2 graphics? Check!
    Awful controls? Check!
    Insanely overhyped? Check! Absolutely overrated? Check! Same animations as DS3? Check! You can't swim in this open world game that has water? Check! Boring empty open world? Check! Praised by critic as next level of open world games? Check! Fanboys treating it as best video game of all time? Check! Should you waste 60 dollars on this    PS2 graphics? Check!
    Awful controls? Check!
    Insanely overhyped? Check!
    Absolutely overrated? Check!
    Same animations as DS3? Check!
    You can't swim in this open world game that has water? Check!
    Boring empty open world? Check!
    Praised by critic as next level of open world games? Check!
    Fanboys treating it as best video game of all time? Check!
    Should you waste 60 dollars on this "Masterpiece"? Never!    … Expand
  73. MingledLotus24
    Apr 3, 2022
    3
    I dont like it too much. Neither aesthetics, nor balance, fights, story and this huge empty world. It requires very much time for exploring and game rewards your exploration with very little of something. Sekiro is like million times better. Cant understand how same team was able to make ingenuous sekiro and this. Continue to playing however - maybe later will change my mind
  74. ColdHand
    Apr 3, 2022
    3
    Bloody hell, this game is bad. Let me be clear : If you've ever played a soulsborne (Sekiro was different. Bad, but different.), you've already played Elden Ring : same animation, same layout, same concepts... at this point, From Soft became a caricature of themselves. Dark Souls 3 and Bloorborne were good, though. So what's the difference ? Both were known for their excellent levelBloody hell, this game is bad. Let me be clear : If you've ever played a soulsborne (Sekiro was different. Bad, but different.), you've already played Elden Ring : same animation, same layout, same concepts... at this point, From Soft became a caricature of themselves. Dark Souls 3 and Bloorborne were good, though. So what's the difference ? Both were known for their excellent level design. With this open world, the laziness is over 9'000 : you're dropped in the middle of and empty land and have to figure out not only how to do things but worse, what to do. This game is a disgrace.… Expand
  75. BorInn
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    The Worst game ever made by From Software, the details lack polishing, a step backward in all aspects compared to the previous work.
    If you want play a From Software's game, Elden Ring is the least worthwhile work to play.
  76. Welpasian123
    Mar 29, 2022
    4
    Welp, im just here to raise awareness for my fellow asian players on the language issue who can't play because the game is locked in select languages like chinese, korean, taiwanese. For my fellow users that have to create a hong kong, japan acc for their credit cards to work because it doesn't work if the region is for example the united states. For my fellow users who don't have physicalWelp, im just here to raise awareness for my fellow asian players on the language issue who can't play because the game is locked in select languages like chinese, korean, taiwanese. For my fellow users that have to create a hong kong, japan acc for their credit cards to work because it doesn't work if the region is for example the united states. For my fellow users who don't have physical copies on sale on the stores near them. For my fellow players who can't get a refund… Expand
  77. Ultima777
    Mar 26, 2022
    0
    Recomiendo encarecidamente la versión de ps5 o pc. La versión de Xbox serie x está bien, pero tiene una carga más lenta, una velocidad de fotogramas y gráficos más bajos, además hay muchas quejas sobre la carga de datos que a veces tienes que eliminar y comenzar de nuevo.
  78. Baddo
    Mar 25, 2022
    0
    This game is so **** ass i hope who ever made it loses their keys every morning when they are late to work and gets shampoo in their eyes every time they shower
  79. Dubie27tb
    Mar 25, 2022
    2
    The title of this game is Elden Ring Not Dark Souls. If you told everyone this game was gonna be like that with a terrible multiplayer that is the dumbest thing i have EVER EXPERIENCED as far as the process to get friends to join. You advertise a Open world Co-Op multiplayer game , but in actuality its a single player game that has a limited co-op/ restricted multiplayer accessThe title of this game is Elden Ring Not Dark Souls. If you told everyone this game was gonna be like that with a terrible multiplayer that is the dumbest thing i have EVER EXPERIENCED as far as the process to get friends to join. You advertise a Open world Co-Op multiplayer game , but in actuality its a single player game that has a limited co-op/ restricted multiplayer access availability. False advertising. Yes this is a beautiful game but it is really made to be a single player game. Also button inputs do not register they are delayed, there is also camera lock issues as well. Sorry but this is my opinion, its kinda harsh but the game i thought i was gonna get to play wasn't what i saw in leading up to the hype.… Expand
  80. david016
    Mar 23, 2022
    2
    World building was great, gameplay unfortunately made it very challenging to enjoy. heavy input lag on most actions as well.
  81. Anthonydavis77
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    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
  82. teringlijer
    Mar 21, 2022
    0
    amazing game best of fromsoftware yet. Im curious what will be there next game after this succes.
  83. Baexchu
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    I don't like this game, this game same like the other Souls gamee, the combat is meh, can't swim, i hate this game
  84. jrocbaby
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    The beginning is very promising, but halfway through the game falls apart. Technically it's subpart, very bad frame rate on pc, multiple items that aren't working, tons of glitches that are being abused.

    Design wise it's also disappointing, lots of very quick bosses instead of nice rythm based combat. There's also a ton of reuse concerning bosses. The worst part is that it was clearly an    The beginning is very promising, but halfway through the game falls apart. Technically it's subpart, very bad frame rate on pc, multiple items that aren't working, tons of glitches that are being abused.

    Design wise it's also disappointing, lots of very quick bosses instead of nice rythm based combat. There's also a ton of reuse concerning bosses.

    The worst part is that it was clearly an early access title but they didn't market it as such so they could ask full price. Disgusting way of running your business.    … Expand
  85. Natcyka
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    Loved the game, but lost all my 40 hours of progress because of a stupid bug
  86. snrnrp
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    Optimization is too vicious.
    I7 10700K + RTX 2070 SUPER.
    When I fight with the boss, I don't get 60FPS.
    It's really a tremendous optimization.
    I can't believe it's a 2022 game.
    I don't support 21:9 monitors and 144Hz!
    The server has many errors.
    Multi-play is often disconnected!
  87. Jonesmojo
    Mar 18, 2022
    0
    May seem rude but my entire playthrough was built on sword of night and flame. I know it was OP but it made this game enjoyable for me. It didn’t hurt anyone else. All my upgrades were poured into that build along with how my stats were. I can reset stats but the upgrades I used on the weapon and other things have made it a waste. I will most likely start the game over and eventually itMay seem rude but my entire playthrough was built on sword of night and flame. I know it was OP but it made this game enjoyable for me. It didn’t hurt anyone else. All my upgrades were poured into that build along with how my stats were. I can reset stats but the upgrades I used on the weapon and other things have made it a waste. I will most likely start the game over and eventually it will get shelved.… Expand
  88. Cmdr-scorpion
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    Disconnession to the server areDisconnession to the server are insane,...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................… Expand
  89. RoverDiscover
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    Most overrated game EVER. Graphics from the 360 era, the character has the mobility of a piece of wood, and the AI is a joke
  90. valrond
    Mar 17, 2022
    1
    I'm writing this after the nerf of march 17th. They have made a lot of builds useless, wasting a lot of time and materials creating this builds, now they are gone.
    The game was pretty good for a souls game, very addictive, but now, they have just killed any will I had to play the game. Why waste time creating a build if they will just nerf it when it works?
  91. Shiloh203
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    Save your money. Dated, archaic combat system. Tons of reused assest from other souls games. Nice, awe inspiring open world with nothing in it. The world is barren, but nice to look at. Armor and weapons are few and far between. Ocean wide and a puddle deep.
  92. Emeraldirish
    Mar 16, 2022
    3
    After over 150 hours in, completing the main story and the vast majority of side content, falling in love with this world and then slowly but surely growing to hate it I can say with absolute certainty that in my opinion this is from softwares worst game.
    I know that is a bold statement and giving this game such a low score seems extreme but hear me out because this isn’t just some review    After over 150 hours in, completing the main story and the vast majority of side content, falling in love with this world and then slowly but surely growing to hate it I can say with absolute certainty that in my opinion this is from softwares worst game.
    I know that is a bold statement and giving this game such a low score seems extreme but hear me out because this isn’t just some review bomb. I’m a souls vet, I have played every from software game still available, I have played and replayed DS1, DS2(only twice because yeah no     … Expand
  93. Landons
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Network failure at launch during preorder for Xbox, comes with bugs. The land is uninspired, dark and bare, with nice character model details that just blend with the dark colorless world. It feels boring real fast, same kill animations time after time, Exploring is encouraged with finding more on how to plat the game but dang..... It's not something that feels rewarding. I'm someoneNetwork failure at launch during preorder for Xbox, comes with bugs. The land is uninspired, dark and bare, with nice character model details that just blend with the dark colorless world. It feels boring real fast, same kill animations time after time, Exploring is encouraged with finding more on how to plat the game but dang..... It's not something that feels rewarding. I'm someone who's liked the previous darksouls and in love with Sekiro but this is just a bland wastelands game stuck on hard mode. Imagine playing 10 hours using the same spell and attacks through the game, i was lucky enough to preorder a physical copy to send back.. It's almost like the company just paid alot of people to just give it a good rating.. Yet, it's trash.… Expand
  94. navi14
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Es LITERALMENTE el mismo juego de siempre, la gente llora por el cod o el fifa que siempre es lo mismo pero es que este juego podría ser un DLC del primer dark souls y no pasaría nada, mismas MECANICAS, mismos GRAFICOS y misma OPTIMIZACION. Es patético que este "juego" tenga mas de un 1 ya que es lo mas vago que he visto, es un copia y pega con 0 talento y diseñado para que los 4 calvosEs LITERALMENTE el mismo juego de siempre, la gente llora por el cod o el fifa que siempre es lo mismo pero es que este juego podría ser un DLC del primer dark souls y no pasaría nada, mismas MECANICAS, mismos GRAFICOS y misma OPTIMIZACION. Es patético que este "juego" tenga mas de un 1 ya que es lo mas vago que he visto, es un copia y pega con 0 talento y diseñado para que los 4 calvos edgys se crean buenísimos por dedicar 500h en completar un juego que con una dificultad mas sencilla se tardarían 3 o 4 horas. Nefasto y de lo peor del genero.… Expand
  95. daleeous
    Mar 14, 2022
    0
    Clunky combat, cheap enemies, poor graphics, and awful leveling system. Vastly overrated.
  96. Beaterbot
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    Just another Dark Souls with an open world. The UI is awful, the story shines by its lack of development and the graphics looks dated asf.
  97. ThaddeusMagee
    Mar 13, 2022
    2
    I’m astonished at the reviews for Dark Souls 4. This is the dark souls you already know and love (or hate). To put it simply: if you don’t like dark souls or fromsoftware’s previous titles, stay away from this. It’s more of the same. There is nothing new here, other than an expanded map you can move through freely.

    Because dozens of games do horseback riding better. Do exploration better.    I’m astonished at the reviews for Dark Souls 4. This is the dark souls you already know and love (or hate). To put it simply: if you don’t like dark souls or fromsoftware’s previous titles, stay away from this. It’s more of the same. There is nothing new here, other than an expanded map you can move through freely.

    Because dozens of games do horseback riding better. Do exploration better. Do map design better (there are no cities, towns, or anything other than ruins here), do leveling better. This is the exact same dark souls formula that fromsoft has always pumped out.

    Don’t be fooled by the hype. It’s dark souls.    … Expand
  98. Crapcrap
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    most overrated and most boring game of all time, game crashes every 15 min, the graphics aren't that great, it's overhyped by fanboys!
  99. Kustosh
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    Game graphics looks like from 2006. Other languages than english were probably translated in google translator lol. Stupid texts on the ground, i mean, they are really stupid, and with zero point. Im really dissapointed, gameplay is boring. Story even more. At least we know which company pays for good reviews.
  100. Sirpupsalot
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    e is trash - it plays like a janky game with old gen graphics and interface that belongs in the late 90s.. not 2022
    Complete false advertising It’s a pretty game that’s terrible underneath. Zero storyline.. apparently it’s a uNiQue MeTHoD of Storytelling.. but seems to me just a way to 1) not have to pay for voice actors because almost every NPC apart from a choice few are complete mutes    e is trash - it plays like a janky game with old gen graphics and interface that belongs in the late 90s.. not 2022
    Complete false advertising It’s a pretty game that’s terrible underneath. Zero storyline.. apparently it’s a uNiQue MeTHoD of Storytelling.. but seems to me just a way to 1) not have to pay for voice actors because almost every NPC apart from a choice few are complete mutes even human characters 2) hiding the lack of programming ability to maintain loops or behaviors for the NPCs - so a) everytime you touch a grace or fast travel anywhere - every NPC / flower / bird goes back to the same exact spot and starts their day like some weird Truman show - Groundhog Day **** b) no immersion and no permanence in the game - might as well just run past every bad guy until you get the main boss because as soon as you go somewhere to level up every single bad guy will be reincarnated in the exact same spots, walk the exact same paths and do the exact same thing
    c) the can’t program interactions with the bosses with the environment well and limited environmental destruction so they have to lock you in the room with every boss so you ‘can’t escape’ but realistically it’s because they can’t program these creatures to interact with the world C) Making the game a complete grind to level up “to make the game difficult and rewarding” - nah bollocks - it’s just because the game is much more shallow than it advertised and so it makes pointless grinding and one hit kill bosses you have to flawlessly fight again and again just to pad out this lifeless game. I mean seriously? How do these giant monsters survive underground in a cave etc with no food - it makes zero sense.. It’s a pretty open world game where there’s no point to anything and nothing you do changes anything - it’s just a game for people who like collecting herbs and leveling up for hours and don’t care much the story    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

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  1. The Mako Reactor
    Apr 4, 2022
    95
    Despite some annoying performance issues, Elden Ring is a masterpiece. The combat, enemy variety, exploration, music, and open world are top notch. I’ve been playing it daily across all platforms alongside other games all month, and look forward to doing that all year as I try new builds, help friends, and try to do everything I want in this triumph of a video game.
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  2. XboxAddict
    Mar 25, 2022
    100
    Elden Ring rewards your curiosity in many ways, be it items, runes or a pathway to another area, but mostly it’s a story to tell your friends when you are sharing tales around the bonfire. It does not force feed tutorials down your throat, but instead it leans far the opposite way by not telling you much at all and lets you explore and find things out on your own. There is no true quest log, no points of interest on a map or no arrows pointing you in the right direction, so there is a good chance you’ll miss some of the best caves and areas of the game. Because of all of this, Elden Ring is forcing me to find all of that out on my own and it is one of the most rewarding games I have ever played. I will continue to explore the Land Between for many hours to come. I’m just not in a hurry.
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  3. MondoXbox
    Mar 14, 2022
    92
    Elden Ring manages to draw the player into a fascinating world for many hours, with refined gameplay that fits perfectly with the freedom granted to the player. A sumptuous but imperfect work, which fails to completely overcome some of the historical flaws of Hidetaka Miyazaki's productions. Flaws that, however, can't diminish the scope of a masterpiece destined to leave an indelible mark on the videogame world and to set new standards for the souls-like and open-world genres.
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