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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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  1. Positive: 84 out of 84
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 84
  1. May 25, 2022
    100
    Elden Ring is FromSoftware taming the monster they created, not by filing down its teeth and claws, but by giving players the weapons and armor to endure it.
  2. Feb 23, 2022
    100
    Elden Ring is not only the best game FromSoftware has released to date, but it's also one of the best open world games I've enjoyed in recent years. We are facing a title that manages to perfectly mix each of its elements, and the results really could not be better.
  3. Feb 23, 2022
    100
    Deep, wide, and absolutely packed with adventure, Elden Ring's immense, deadly open world is nothing short of game-changing.
  4. Mar 4, 2022
    100
    Here, exploration is everything. Elden Ring is an RPG but one which elevates role playing to the point of vérité. You are as much the stranger in a strange land as your avatar; basic controls and some mechanics are explained in what passes for the game's tutorial, but that’s about it. There’s no quest log, no icon-studded mini-map, no on-screen overlays or bread crumb trail telling you what to do next, or even where to go. Everything else must be learned, either decoded from oblique item descriptions in-game or gleaned from invaluable internet communities. Death is not so much a setback to be avoided as a necessary staging post on the path to enlightenment. It may sound daunting in theory but in practice it’s exhilarating. Every inch of progress in Elden Ring feels earned, and is thus infinitely more rewarding for it.
  5. Mar 2, 2022
    95
    Elden Ring is a true soulslike that does some wonderful things with the concept of an open world, and its hands-off exploration. I haven't had so much fun with an open world since Red Dead Redemption 2. A difficult, satisfying, and otherwise excellent game!
  6. Elden Ring is neither a step forward nor backward for the famed developer, but rather a shift to the side. It’s a different kind of FromSoftware game, one that mixes stampeding mounted combat in a vast world with more intimate, terrifying moments in dark caves and cramped castles. I’m having a grand time with it, make no mistake, but it’s not my favourite FromSoftware game to date.
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    Mar 7, 2022
    80
    Elden Ring needed to be fresh and bold, and it succeeds, putting you in charge of your own adventure. However the open world has some uneven terrain. [Issue#12, p.80]

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  1. Feb 26, 2022
    10
    This is the ultimate version of Dark Souls thanks to its vast and gigantic open world.
  2. Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Elden Rings difficulty might not be for everybody, as often souls-borne games are. While people online are complaining about PC issues, 6 ofElden Rings difficulty might not be for everybody, as often souls-borne games are. While people online are complaining about PC issues, 6 of my friends have not had any issues with the game so far. I just completed my first run on the PS5 with a full strength build, and can I just say wow… this game is amazing. This game has over 100 hours of content that don’t utilize recycled content at all. Every single area has new designs, new enemies, and new loot. I don’t understand how people can complain about the graphics, I played the whole game on my TV and I was blown away with how good the game looked. FromSoftware has incorporated new mechanics into the game while keeping the style of the Dark Souls franchise, and even managed small changes to mechanics from old games that offered quality of life changes that just make your life just a tad bit easier. While I will say this game will be too hard for a casual gamer, if you put the time in and don’t get too frustrated when your back is against the wall(I mean to say after you’ve died 100 times to the same boss which happened to me with a couple of them) you will fall in love. Please show love to the creators of this game that spent 5 years of their life for your enjoyment to the this perfect creation, and feel free to take my review and spread it, as there are too many trolls online! Now to start NG+… Expand
  3. Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Absolutely amazing game I've always loved dark souls games but could never finish them this is the first I've been able to get past the 3 hourAbsolutely amazing game I've always loved dark souls games but could never finish them this is the first I've been able to get past the 3 hour mark tho it's still crazy difficult the world is massive and beautiful bosses are challenging and fun the only flaw I see is the locked frame rate as I have a hi end PC that could most definitely be capable of pushing out more then 60 fps Expand
  4. Feb 26, 2022
    10
    Потрясающая игра, будьте прокляты те, кто ставит 0/10, мелочевке истерички, обиженки и прочий сброд.Потрясающая игра, будьте прокляты те, кто ставит 0/10, мелочевке истерички, обиженки и прочий сброд.
  5. Jan 15, 2023
    9
    This game is big it’s like Dark souls 1 2 and 3 combined I love this game but would I recommend this to a soulsbourne newcomer maybe thisThis game is big it’s like Dark souls 1 2 and 3 combined I love this game but would I recommend this to a soulsbourne newcomer maybe this game is hard just like the other games I would recommend dark souls 3 to a newcomer but elden ring is actually a kinda good beginner souls game because it’s open world so you can move away from anything but dark souls 3 has an easier difficulty so both are great soulsbourne games for beginners depending on what you’re looking for Expand
  6. Mar 13, 2022
    6
    After days and days of seeing this game praised to the end of the earth and back I picked up a copy to try my hand.

    I strongly recommend
    After days and days of seeing this game praised to the end of the earth and back I picked up a copy to try my hand.

    I strongly recommend waiting several months for some updates to make this game playable. I will revisit this review when the game's technical mess is fixed on PS5 or PC.

    Pros
    - The bosses are very cool and quiet unique, and very fun to fight (when the fps isn't falling through the floor)
    - The world is very beautiful despite the old engine
    - The variety of classes, weapons, and items to pick up is great and fun to play around with
    - The open world is great to explore and very enjoyable, feels very fun to feel like I'm discovering secrets

    Cons
    - From a technical perspective this game is a mess. The frame rate is abysmal, even in performance mode but especially in quality mode. I couldn't play more than 20 minutes without getting motion sick, and had to stop several times because of this
    - Frame rate is about 40-55fps, never stable, and was occasionally dropping to less than 20.
    - The game is intentionally hostile to anyone who hasn't played the previous games and is very inaccessible, and has no interest in engaging new players to its obtuse systems
    - The UI is actively terrible. Finding items, figuring out how to upgrade items, figuring out what to do with runes, even closing the map, are all made intentionally obtuse for seemingly no reason. A simple example; the button to open the menu and to close the menu are two different buttons for no good reason, completely wasting the limited buttons available on a controller. Every button was very unintuitive to me

    This is a game made only for fans, and even though I think there's a lot to be enjoyed, feeling like the developers are constantly trying to hamstring me in stupid (and not game play related) ways and sell me a product that is extremely unoptimized is not my idea of fun.
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  7. Apr 8, 2022
    0
    Final boss is garbage. Uninteresting and unnecessarily hard. Best game in the world to not buy or play. Ever!

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