Elden Ring

Elden Ring is simply a game that the player naturally adapts to their own style of play. Challenging at times, vicious at others, but mostly incredibly fun. The enjoyable pace makes the hours of play pass by like water, and each path opens up a few more, only to come together again after a fair amount of exploration before the next big reveal. [Issue#318]

Elden Ring is a superlative title, one of those works capable of becoming an event and becoming engraved in the collective imagination. It achieves this by remaining faithful to its formula and exporting its identity to the concept of the open world, achieving its own personal approach, resulting in a world that is visually stunning, and that works with overwhelming precision in terms of mechanics. An excellent videogame that also maintains the concreteness of its proposal.

Elden Ring packs its intricately crafted world - a world which should be used as a reference point for open-world design moving forward - with more impressive boss fights and secrets than you can shake a giant greatsword at. Although its punishing combat system may not be to everyone’s taste, it is an essential experience both for FromSoftware newcomers and seasoned veterans alike.

Elden Ring is a crowning achievement of over a decade of Miyazaki’s and FromSoftware’s work, and an amazing example of how to find a whole new level of fun in a well-known and somewhat worn-out formula. The open world turned out to be a perfect fit for the genre and you can still tell this masterpiece was created by the famous Japanese studio. I honestly haven’t been so excited about a game since the first Dark Souls.

Elden Ring feels like the natural evolution of a video game series that continues to reinvent itself after more than 13 years of its birth. FromSoftware is simply the best at what they do. While there are some technical issues and repetitive structures and creatures, Elden Ring is a cruelly wonderful piece of work and one of the best adventure games of recent years.

The years of waiting were worth it, Elden Ring is brilliant. It offers a huge amount of content, a beautiful world and addictive gameplay. But the series does start to feel a little bit stale.

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]

Elden Ring 10/10! A legendary masterpiece that will never be repeated. The story is absolute perfection and captivating from start to finish. The world design is stunningly vibrant with breathtaking colors and diverse terrain that leave you in awe. Add to that the deeply satisfying, fluid gameplay and incredible combat variety, and you have an unforgettable gaming journey.

Elden Ring is the pinnacle of the Soulsborne genre. It features fantastic bosses, tons of enemies to fight, dungeons to explore, and an open world that's dying to explore. Has all the hallmarks of a masterpiece; fantastic music, great graphics, awesome art direction, and great voice acting. I really enjoyed this title. It has a lot of awesome mechanics! I recommend buying it and the expansion. Fromsoft remains the best company! A masterpiece!

Beautiful world and at times fun gameplay and character progression. Story extremely lacking and large difficulty spikes can leave you banging your head against the wall. Personally don't enjoy spending my evening farming runes to try and get powerful enough to progress.

худший соулс. куча неудачных геймдизайнерских решений, от добавления открытого мира, до дизайна боссов в духе секиро. единственные нормальные аспекты в игре - это сеттинг и лор, но понятное дело ради этого не стоит играть. 30 часов нормального геймплея разбавленного на 200 часов мусорного геймплея. длс чуть лучше, чем обычная игра, и возможно только ради него стоит играть в эту игру в принципе. мессмер и бейл - два лучших боссов соулсов, больше этого в игре нет практически хороших боссов

Tried getting into Elden Ring a few times, but it just doesn’t click for me. Combat feels slow and clunky, dodging isn’t responsive, and enemy animations are hard to read. Coming from Lies of P, Lords of the Fallen, and Wuchang, this felt like a downgrade in terms of gameplay feel and polish. The world looks big but felt empty and aimless early on. I understand why people love it, but it’s not for me — at least not yet. Might try again later and update my thoughts if it clicks.