Elden Ring

 Xbox Series X
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3153 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 2,339 out of 3153
  2. Mixed: 182 out of 3153
  3. Negative: 632 out of 3153
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  1. Hbrass23
    Mar 7, 2022
    3
    Game is janky and the controls really just don't feel right. Grinding for the sake of grinding is bad game design, imo
  2. Pig-El-Mago
    Feb 27, 2022
    3
    Jogo porco de uma produtora preguiçosa, os gráficos parecem de início de geração do Ps3 ou Xbox, pop-ins a cada 2s e fora a terrível performance principalmente nos consoles de última geração e PC. E o pior é essa mídia especializada (comprada) dando essas notas altas... Lamentável!
  3. TheeObscene
    Mar 1, 2022
    3
    This game feels pointless and is just plain boring. Last generation graphics with sub 60 fps.
  4. BerkC39
    Mar 4, 2022
    3
    To start with, this game probably deserves higher than the rating I am giving it but in the light of biased rave reviews the game has received (which would not be accepted by those reviewers unfortunately), I will also provide a biased review according to me personal taste.

    Elden Ring is a dated looking poorly optimized game with interesting and fleshed out character build and combat    To start with, this game probably deserves higher than the rating I am giving it but in the light of biased rave reviews the game has received (which would not be accepted by those reviewers unfortunately), I will also provide a biased review according to me personal taste.

    Elden Ring is a dated looking poorly optimized game with interesting and fleshed out character build and combat mechanics that only seems to serve the niche of gamers who like the soulslike formula. I believe this game having a rave metacritic would falsely give the impression that it's appealing for masses of casual gamers hence my review.

    As a fan of open world RPG genre carrying many other responsibilities which obliges me to not be able to spare extended stretches of time or entirety of my intellectual capacity to a video game, I found this game to be a poor experience.

    There are a few critical points Elden Ring ignores whether it's intentional or not. Game experience is very unguided. You will likely have bad time figuring out how to progress the story or even what the story is, and consequently you will find yourself wandering around weak mobs in a monotone routine if you don't enjoy that kind of tedious exploration. World is quiet desolate and falls into pitfalls Ubisoft RPGs are prevalently considered to fall into while having no cities or areas bustling with energy many other RPGs offer.

    Accessibility is very poor. Bosses are quiet challenging to the extent that even an experienced gamer who just doesn't have experience with genre will have nightmare time unless one enjoys attempting a single boss fight for more than a dozen time especially given that there are often no tooltips or guidance on how to make certain fights easier given lack of difficulty options for user to choose. This often requires player to memorize move set of the boss while dying numerous times where poor optimization causes big problems as frame drops hinder the application of this memorization as well. This is in addition to the fact that game requires almost impeccable gaming reflexes to apply any of the move set memorization to an efficient enough degree to win these fights.

    Overall, I can see the attraction of this game for the fans of this genre but it is not a game that deserves the acclaim reserved for experiences that can be enjoyed by majority of the overall open world RPG genre like the Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2 do deserve.    … Expand
  5. Pretorian
    Mar 10, 2022
    2
    Performance of this game is pathetic, no matter what console you're playing on.
  6. Koeitje
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    Interesting premise, I really love the open world approach in Elden Ring. Graphically it looks fine, but it runs so incredible bad that I had to stop playing. Get the fps up to a stable 60 and its a masterpiece, right now its not worth buying. In a game that revolves around timing these framerate issues are just unacceptable.
  7. Daniel__Drake
    Feb 27, 2022
    2
    O Jogo tem um gráfico de nível de ps3, tem muitos bug, e a falta de conteúdo também se aplica ao jogo! No Xbox o jogo roda abaixo do esperado!
  8. KungfuMonkey
    Mar 1, 2022
    2
    Wow the hype on this game is so absurd. It is not a GREAT game....maybe it is a good game if you are a fan of JRPGs. But all the "Pro Game Reviews" just come off as paid ads.
    There is a lot of complexity to this game, but it is buried underneath frustrating controls and clunky gameplay.
    Risk the spoilers of watching game play vids...take the time to see some of the negative criticism.    Wow the hype on this game is so absurd. It is not a GREAT game....maybe it is a good game if you are a fan of JRPGs. But all the "Pro Game Reviews" just come off as paid ads.
    There is a lot of complexity to this game, but it is buried underneath frustrating controls and clunky gameplay.
    Risk the spoilers of watching game play vids...take the time to see some of the negative criticism. This might be a great game for you...but just going on all the 10 ratings, is a huge mistake. I made the mistake of trusting that so many sites giving this a 10 meant it was a safe bet this is a really good game, and it just isn't. Is it horrible... probably not for some, but it isn't worthy of a perfect score that everyone is giving it.
    Ugh $70 down the toilet for me. :(    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  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. 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
  16. illuvatar94
    May 16, 2023
    2
    It's not fun! Eu não achei divertido ou que fizesse valer toda a atenção
  17. 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?
  18. webera02
    Mar 7, 2022
    1
    I’m happy others like it. I love the imagination and graphics. I paid for the game day one after critics review. Sadly I played 10 hours or so and I’m done. It’s too slow. It doesn’t feel like you are making any progress. The UI looks like it belongs in a $1 bin game store 1990’s indy games. Only progress I could make is stealth play. To me that is boring.

    Again, I’m probably an    I’m happy others like it. I love the imagination and graphics. I paid for the game day one after critics review. Sadly I played 10 hours or so and I’m done. It’s too slow. It doesn’t feel like you are making any progress. The UI looks like it belongs in a $1 bin game store 1990’s indy games. Only progress I could make is stealth play. To me that is boring.

    Again, I’m probably an average or below average player. I own that. I heard Elden Ring was more approachable of Dark Souls game. It may be but apparently I am not even that good.

    My recommendation unless you are a top 30% skilled gammer. Save your money and play cyber punk or assassins creed. Both of those games are amazing. Elden Ring was a big waist of money for me. It may run well, look good, but critics do not give enough warning on how unapproachable this game is for the vast majority of average skilled gamers. Clearly the critic rating system for informing average gamer purchases is flawed. Look at the user scores on these games from now on!    … Expand
  19. DMStump
    Mar 5, 2022
    1
    I tried it and found it impossible. The fighting is clunky and I just couldn't find a way to kill anything. Most things that attack you insta kill you. Its just a really nice fighting game with a nice character creation. Just not one of those go to games you can play over and over again. This game is for those gamers that love a challenge, and sure enough get it. But, this game is just wayI tried it and found it impossible. The fighting is clunky and I just couldn't find a way to kill anything. Most things that attack you insta kill you. Its just a really nice fighting game with a nice character creation. Just not one of those go to games you can play over and over again. This game is for those gamers that love a challenge, and sure enough get it. But, this game is just way too hyped and expensive. I ended up getting a refund.… Expand
  20. deftones034
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Do not buy this game. It suffers from stutters and performance issues. It's almost unplayable. Wait a month or 2 or until they fix FPS. Another overhyped cyberpunk scenario.
  21. JasonVelkhan
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Trabalho lamentável de otmização, sem falar que os gráficos tiveram pouca evolução para outros jogos soulslike, a from software precisa trabalhar mais na qualidade de seus jogos.
  22. Tunisaiyan
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    The game is so bad the graphics are hideous on xbox series x and the framerate too...
  23. dave606
    Feb 26, 2022
    1
    Poor optimizations and FPS, unconnectable servers, mediocre open worlds, combined with previous media bragging, it's hilarious.
  24. TheNotoriousDan
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    Jogo está muito mal otimizado, por favor consertem isso. Não jogue a reputação da from software no lixo por preguiça. Essa mídia especializada é uma piada a ponto de da nota 10 pra um jogo desses. Um desrespeito com os fãs das franquias souls
  25. Flixter
    Mar 11, 2022
    1
    This game is only for the fans of the popular Dark Souls games. If you are new to the serie this will probably be a very frustrating an disappointing experience. Bought it at launch because of the hype and after 15 hours I gave up. It's one big struggle. Together with the pretty low performance on Xbox Series X I'm done playing this. Game.
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. Joel_joppy5
    Feb 27, 2022
    1
    I was very excited to jump in to this game the anticipation was there for many years but after playing the game for many many hours leveling up to level 33 I suffered a glitch where I lost my game save and have to start again from the start this is so annoying that games are released broken on day one and we have to wait for them to get fixed up by patches this is not acceptable by todayI was very excited to jump in to this game the anticipation was there for many years but after playing the game for many many hours leveling up to level 33 I suffered a glitch where I lost my game save and have to start again from the start this is so annoying that games are released broken on day one and we have to wait for them to get fixed up by patches this is not acceptable by today standards.… Expand
  29. Croko
    Feb 28, 2022
    1
    I personally think this game is overhyped. *Note, i have played this game for 10 hours.

    Now before you rage at least hear me out, or i dunno read the summary at the end. Now to be fair, this game has next gen graphics that are beautiful and certainly one for your desktop wallpaper but not that much else. The character design is in depth and makes you feel like you have inserted    I personally think this game is overhyped. *Note, i have played this game for 10 hours.

    Now before you rage at least hear me out, or i dunno read the summary at the end.

    Now to be fair, this game has next gen graphics that are beautiful and certainly one for your desktop wallpaper but not that much else.
    The character design is in depth and makes you feel like you have inserted yourself into this world.

    BUT,

    The AI in this game is abysmal, they patrol the same line no matter what, day in and day out. Their perception is absolutely atrocious and you can sneak around them easily, too easily. You can also just sprint around literally any enemy and effectively become invincible. For a triple A release i do expect better. You end up killing the same footsoldiers in the same forest over and over which slows progress to a complete halt. Oh yeah, and THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT CORPSES. Come on man, at least be cautious about a **** corpse in the road. The voice acting also leaves this game with something to be desired. Every line feels like it is delivered with no emotion, anger or despair. Nothing.

    The "open world" is also very open, true, BUT it fails to fill its openness which is very disappointing. It fills itself with these stale enemies that feel like robots, not humans. Some loot that is completely useless for a majority of the game and vast expanses of admittedly beautiful views. BUT THE FOLIAGE is atrocious. The animation when you look closely is the same waving back and forth of stale fronds despite the direction of wind. Everything feels plastic with moving parts like a machine which is disappointing to say the least.

    The combat also is very clunky. I have played as bandit and astrologer and both control pretty badly. If you dodge continuously you effectively become invincible which defeats the purpose of good timing. The stamina recharges so quickly it might as well not even be a mechanic. The flasks are a good system that i can appreciate but the way they refuel is silly. Having to kill a group of enemies is stupid as it is inconsistent with which groups you can gain them on. Also lack of invulnerability frames means one attack can spell immediate death on you which is frustrating and leaves me feeling cheated.

    There is very little indication of where you are meant to go at all. I understand it is an open game but the only clue is the direction of the light shining from the light respawn point things which do this regardless of level meaning you might end up fighting the first real boss with the same gear you started off with, unfortunately i fell into this trap.

    Even furthermore, a complete lack of story, or at least a well explained version at the beginning leaves me feeling like there is no point to anything you do. The vague explanation in the powerpoint presentation "cutscene" at the beginning is not very motivational and does not make me want to discover what a tarnished is or why i want the elden ring so much. Even if it elaborates later into the story, i'm afraid it will be too little, too late.

    In summary, i must declare this game a victim of over hyping. Too high expectations have crashed this hype train. I will admit, amazing graphics (that aren't plants) and a good premise. However a combination of terrible AI, bad voice acting, an empty husk of a world, bad combat and an utterly unforgiving and vaguely signed world makes for a terrible first experience. Overall, not worth the money or time    … Expand
  30. 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
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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  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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