Elden Ring

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  • Summary: A New World Created By Hidetaka Miyazaki And George R. R. Martin. ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki creator of the influential DARK SOULS video game series; andA New World Created By Hidetaka Miyazaki And George R. R. Martin. ELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki creator of the influential DARK SOULS video game series; and George R.R. Martin author of The New York Times best-selling fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Danger and discovery lurk around every corner in FromSoftware's largest game to-date. Hidetaka Miyazaki, President and Game Director of FromSoftware Inc. Known for directing critically-acclaimed games in beloved franchises including Armored Core, Dark Souls, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. George R.R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and A Dance with Dragons. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. 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.
  2. TheXboxHub
    Mar 2, 2022
    100
    Apart from the summoning issue that is found when attempting to play with others, Elden Ring is a triumph. It looks great, it plays like a dream and it provides a world in which you can spend hours, just wandering about, picking fights.
  3. Windows Central
    Feb 23, 2022
    100
    Miyazaki and company have delivered a fantasy epic that viciously scrapes and claws its way into the pantheon of unforgettably important video games like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Elden Ring is FromSoftware's most remarkable work so far and stands confidently as one of the greatest RPGs of all time.
  4. EGM
    Mar 11, 2022
    100
    From its humble beginnings as a weird, brutally difficult new project that even its publisher had little faith in, the Souls series has grown into a vessel through which FromSoftware has helped change how we look at, and play, video games. And now, Elden Ring does the same for the Souls series itself. Years of gameplay refinements and revisions blend together with major franchise shifts such as the move to an open world and giving players far more freedom in how they set about saving said world. The result is a title that goes beyond anything Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team have given us before, both as a game and as an experience.
  5. CGMagazine
    Feb 23, 2022
    95
    Elden Ring is an epic. With a beautifully designed open world, FromSoftware takes the Souls formula to new heights and crafts a journey that needs to be played.
  6. SomosXbox
    Feb 23, 2022
    91
    Elden Ring is a real milestone for its developers and one of the best titles we've played in the last few years. The way it mixes the gameplay from Dark Souls with a highly refined exploration offers a really fresh take on the saturated open world market. Despite some notable technical issues, they don't put a stain in the great taste of what promises to be one of the games that leaves a mark on a whole genre, and maybe, the best game From Software has ever developed.
  7. Movies Games and Tech
    Feb 23, 2022
    90
    Elden Ring proves that evolution is a beautiful thing. It retains the brilliance and difficulty of its peers while moving the genre towards a new era. Purists may despise the new direction but I think it retains the best mechanics while offering so much more.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 784 out of 1070
  2. Mixed: 94 out of 1070
  3. Negative: 192 out of 1070
  1. Sekiro1990
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    The best game from FROM SOFTWARE so far

    Some frame drops that will be fixed easily with a patch
  2. kopety
    Jan 29, 2023
    10
    Probably the best video game world you could get lost in. Kinda wish I could experience it for the first time again
  4. Zkarface
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Simplemente maravilloso!
    Miyazaki y su equipo han creado una definitiva obra maestra.
    Un mundo abierto despampanante, un esquema de batalla    Simplemente maravilloso!
    Miyazaki y su equipo han creado una definitiva obra maestra.
    Un mundo abierto despampanante, un esquema de batalla limpio y clásico, y una dificultad endiabladamente atrapante.    … Expand
  5. karsukun
    Nov 10, 2022
    10
    muito bom gostei do jogo melhor q gow
    from sempre surpreende em seus jogos
  6. Tuniax
    Feb 26, 2022
    9
    I'm only rating Elden Ring's single player, as I haven't played the multiplayer yet.

    Elden Ring is truly a masterpiece. FromSoftware didn't    I'm only rating Elden Ring's single player, as I haven't played the multiplayer yet.

    Elden Ring is truly a masterpiece. FromSoftware didn't promise too much. The game has a huge open world that encourages exploration. However, it still feels like a Souls game and that's great. I felt exploring the world a bit like exploring the world of Zelda: BOTW which ironically has been called the Dark Souls of Zelda games. There's something to discover at every turn in Elden Ring, and the Spirit Steed is a good addition and fun to explore the world with your steed. However, I have to deduct one point, the game does not perform very well and can rarely reach 60 FPS and hangs in FPS mode rather at 40-50 FPS. I can't speak for PS5 and PC, but have heard from friends that they have similar performance issues on both PC and Playstation.

    Bottom line, Elden Ring is as big as FromSoftware promised and it's the perfect start to the new year. Unfortunately, the lack of optimization drags the game down a bit for me, which is why I only give it 9 out of 10 points. If you can overlook this point, however, Elden Ring has great potential to become GOTY.    … Expand
  7. Weenston
    Jun 20, 2022
    7
    I'm a big dark souls fan. Completed each multiple times. Elden ring is an amazing game, it has the most refined mechanics, and the mostI'm a big dark souls fan. Completed each multiple times. Elden ring is an amazing game, it has the most refined mechanics, and the most variety in gear and spells. However the map is terrible.
    The legacy areas are incredibly short, then the rest of the game is large empty fields with copy paste dungeons + boss fights. It feels like I've finished the game 5 times in a row and I've lost any interest in ever replaying it. If I was to ever replay this game, I would likely just skip all optional stuff unless I need it for my build, which means skipping 90% of the content.    … Expand
  8. 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 inSave 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.… Expand

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