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Elden Ring

Elden Ring

FromSoftware·Released Feb 25, 2022·Single player

Platforms
Xbox Series XPS4Switch 2PCPS5Xbox One
Genres
RPGAdventure
Critic98/100
Across 8 reviews
Agreement100%
9 agree0 disagree
Across 9 votes
About

Elden Ring is an action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released in February 2022. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building contributions from novelist George R. R. Martin, the game features an expansive open world called the Lands Between. Players assume the role of a customisable character known as the Tarnished, who must explore this world, battle formidable enemies, and seek to restore the Elden Ring to become the Elden Lord. The game builds on the challenging gameplay mechanics familiar from the Dark Souls series but introduces a more open-ended structure with vast exploration, dynamic weather, and a day-night cycle. It offers deep lore, complex characters, and an interconnected world filled with secrets, dungeons, and powerful bosses.

Reviews

11 reviews
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Kotaku
Ian Walker·Mar 24, 2022
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FromSoftware iterates on its previous work to deliver a frustrating master class in world-building

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Critic100/100
Agreement100%

From Software's latest is a masterpiece of open-world design that places exploration and player agency at the heart of the experience.

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Critic100/100
Agreement100%

Elden Ring is a crowning achievement for FromSoftware and undoubtedly the very best gameplay experience they've yet delivered - and that's really saying something given this developer's incredible back catalogue. The Lands Between deftly combine breathless open world exploration, stunning artistry, immaculate world-building and wondrous adventure with classic Dark Souls combat and dungeon-crawling, resulting in not just the best Souls game to date, but a candidate for one of the very best video games ever made.

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Push Square
Liam Croft·Feb 28, 2022
Critic90/100
Agreement100%

Elden Ring is the definitive FromSoftware game. With a refined combat system packing new ideas and an open world perfect for exploration, it sets a new benchmark for titles of this ilk to strive for. This is the Japanese developer firing on all cylinders — far and away its best creation yet. Elden Ring is an utterly essential PS5 title.

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Critic100/100
Agreement100%

Elden Ring is both a refinement and evolution of the Dark Souls formula, presenting an expansive world that's as hostile as it is inviting

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IGN
Mitchell Saltzman·Feb 23, 2022
Critic100/100
Agreement100%

Elden Ring is a massive iteration on what FromSoftware began with the Souls series, bringing its relentlessly challenging combat to an incredible open world that gives us the freedom to choose our own path.

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