Elden Ring

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Elden Ring is a masterpiece – a surprisingly accessible, massive iteration on the Dark Souls formula. Suffering has never been so much fun.

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Elden Ring is a masterpiece - a surprisingly accessible, massive iteration on the Dark Souls formula. Suffering has never been so much fun.

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10/10

Tamoor Hussain (GameSpot)

Elden Ring takes the shards of what came before and forges them into something that will go down in history as one of the all-time greats: a triumph in design and creativity, and an open-world game that distinguishes itself for what it doesn’t do as much as what it does.

February 23, 2022 |

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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.

February 23, 2022 |

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10/10

Mitchell Saltzman (IGN)

Recommended

Aoife Wilson (Eurogamer)

Grandiose, mysterious, but now a touch more welcoming, Elden Ring tweaks the FromSoft formula to open up its world.

February 23, 2022 |

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Tamoor Hussain (GameSpot)

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Mitchell Saltzman (IGN)

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Aoife Wilson (Eurogamer)

Recommended - (Read Review)

Grandiose, mysterious, but now a touch more welcoming, Elden Ring tweaks the FromSoft formula to open up its world.

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
3DNews	Иван Бышонкoв	7.5 / 10	03-19-2022	The grandiose world of Elden Ring looks great, but is filled with monotonous content. FromSoftware does not even try to offer something new and just tramples on a familiar glade, where the Souls series has long settled.	Read review
ACG	Jeremy Penter	Recommended	02-23-2022	Video Review	Read review
Areajugones	Cristian M. Villa	10 / 10	02-23-2022	‎Elden Ring is a resounding step up from today’s soul-like standards. FromSoftware thus gestates a video game like no other has created, in which a gigantic and absorbing universe will surprise players again and again despite the dozens of hours they accumulate. Elden Ring is, without a doubt, one of the great candidates to become the GOTY of 2022.‎	Read review
Ars Technica	Kyle Orland	Recommended	02-23-2022	I can appreciate that Elden Ring doesn’t want to hold a player’s hand and gently guide them to the next point of interest, as so many other games do. But that lack of guidance often seems to slip into a willingness to let a player wander aimlessly if they’re not careful. Players who use guides or rely on the in-game hints from other players may not feel this issue so acutely, but aimlessness has been a major feature of my time with the game so far.	Read review
Atomix	Rodolfo León	100 / 100	02-23-2022	‎Even with more accessibility options, Elden Ring continues to offer a highly challenging experience that will test not only your skills as a player, but also your patience. At the end of the day, we have a game that excels at absolutely everything it does and that shows us that, no matter how refined any formula is, there is always a way to improve it even more.‎	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	William Schwartz	Recommended	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is an absolute must-play game for 2022, but set aside some time and some patience.	Read review
AusGamers	Joaby	Recommended	02-24-2022	Surely there can’t be an Elden Ring 2, because they didn’t hold anything back here. There’s enough content for about three games, and I haven’t finished it yet. It just keeps on giving. And with that, From Software may have delivered the last game you’ll ever need.	Read review
BaziCenter	Omid Sedigh Imani	10 / 10	03-12-2022	Solid gameplay, over the top world design, terrifying boss fights, eye catching visuals, deep combat mechanisms, endless possibilities, and many, many other things can be said about Elden Ring, but non of them can truly describe it for what it is. Elden Ring is out of this world, and you will have to play it.	Read review
But Why Tho?	Arron Kluz	9 / 10	02-23-2022	Even with its few issues, Elden Ring is an absolute triumph that will surely please all of the many players eager to get their hands on it. From Software’s track record with the genre has been incredible to see, especially as so many competitors have tried their hands at it with very few finding success. The studio is truly the master of soulsborne games, and Elden Ring proves that conclusively.	Read review
Cerealkillerz	Gabriel Bogdan	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring surpasses all expectations, eliminates all doubts that we had and surprises more than any other soulsborne game so far. If you can live with rare repetitive bossfights and enemy appearances due to the open world design, you’ll get the most extensive and exciting game FromSoftware has created so far.	Read review
CGMagazine	Preston Dozsa	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	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.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Elliot Attard	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	The hype behind Elden Ring was always going to be a challenge to match, yet the game succeeds in almost every way. This detailed and exciting world is full of wondrous moments and brutal fights as the excellent Souls gameplay finds itself being utilised in a freshly open-world format. The variety of ways you can approach combat and the sheer volume of viable tools you can use to take down gruesome and frightening foes makes for an experience that never gets old. A game unwavering in its vision, Elden Ring stands out as a monumental 2022 release.	Read review
Chicas Gamers	Estela Villa	Recommended	03-04-2022	Elden Ring is a game for lovers of the genre, who will undoubtedly enjoy it due to its extensive mapping and the endless hours of entertainment it will provide. Although it’s not perfect due to some performance issues or the graphic quality that is not typical of current consoles, we can say that it is a very good game to spend hours and hours and hours with…	Read review
COGconnected	Mark Steighner	98 / 100	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is an awe-inspiring achievement. Both a summary and bold step forward, it fuses FromSoftware’s best and most effective ideas with an endlessly engaging open world. Its combat is the most refined of the series, challenging yet accessible to new players. Elden Ring includes an incredible amount of quality content. More importantly, it offers a captivating, polished experience fraught with danger and filled with beauty.	Read review
Cultured Vultures	Mike Worby	10 / 10	02-23-2022	An uncompromising vision of wonder and terror, Elden Ring is the ultimate dark fantasy odyssey. It will ask much of players who tackle its challenges but the rewards of seeing your adventure through more than make up for the effort.	Read review
Daily Mirror	Eugene Sowah	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a beautiful but brutal game that stays true to its Souls roots, I will say that it’s not for the faint-hearted as completing quests is equally as difficult as the dungeons and combat sequences. However, FromSoftware has added another great game to their already impressive catalogue. Elden Ring is certainly one of this years must-have titles as it’s an experience like nothing else.	Read review
Daily Star	Tom Hutchison	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	It has been equal parts a pleasure and hell to play Elden Ring. Because this is an amazing game and the developers have built a mind-boggling but nightmarish world to live and fight in.	Read review
Destructoid	Chris Carter	10 / 10	02-23-2022	10s aren’t perfect, since nothing is, but they come as close as you could get in a given genre. The new leader to beat in its sector, we’re talking pure ecstasy.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Alex Tudor	10 / 10	01-28-2021	Elden Ring is a masterpiece. From its expertly crafted open-world design that rewards the player for taking the chance to explore to its riveting lore, FromSoftware has delivered what can only be described as a deliberate and thoughtful experience. While some of its visual stylings are starting to show its age already, Elden Ring’s gameplay is the result of years of fine-tuning to be as rewarding as it is challenging. Many wondered if FromSoftware could put the level of detail into an open world that they have with their previous games. They’ve achieved that, and so much more.	Read review
Digital Trends	Giovanni Colantonio	4 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	While technical frustrations hold back its full potential. Elden Ring astonishes with fantastic open-world design and consistently rewarding exploration.	Read review
Digitally Downloaded	Matt Sainsbury	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	With Elden Ring, we’re in masterpiece territory.	Read review
Easy Allies	Brad Ellis	4.75 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is an unforgettable journey that masterfully weaves in its excellent combat with an expertly crafted world, resulting in one of the best open-world games around.	Read review
Echo Boomer	João Canelo	Recommended	03-14-2022	FromSoftware achieves another triumph in what is the biggest and boldest synergy between all its previous entries from the last three decades.	Read review
EGM	Mollie L Patterson	Recommended	02-23-2022	Any gripes I have at this point, though, are very minor in the grand scheme of things. Every time I think I might be growing tired of FromSoftware’s modern-era releases, the studio does something to rekindle my interest again—and Elden Ring has me feeling like the Bed of Chaos. Given my current knowledge of and expectations for what still lies ahead, I’ve probably got at least another 40 hours until I see the end credits. Could something happen in that time to make me change my feelings on the game? Absolutely. For now, though, I will be shocked if Elden Ring does not end up being one of my favorite games of the year—if not my #1 spot, just like Dark Souls once was.	Read review
Eurogamer	Aoife Wilson	Recommended	02-23-2022	Grandiose, mysterious, but now a touch more welcoming, Elden Ring tweaks the FromSoft formula to open up its world.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Francesco Fossetti	Recommended	02-23-2022	The journey in the territories of Elden Ring will be long and unforgettable. Impressive in the amount of content, density and construction of the game world, Hidetaka Miyazaki’s latest work will most likely represent a new paradigm for FromSoftware titles.	Read review
Fextralife	Fexelea	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is FromSoftware’s Magnum Opus, and it’s hard to imagine them making a better game. The only negatives are performance related, which can by and large be overlooked. Elden Ring delivers on a scale that few games ever have, and likely ever will again. A day one buy for RPG and open world fans. Don’t miss out on this once in a decade experience!	Read review
Forbes	Erik Kain	Recommended	02-23-2022	Still, frustrating (and unexpected) PC porting issues aside, Elden Ring is an unabashedly challenging, unflinchingly engaging and unbelievably well-designed game set in a truly unique fantasy open world brimming with places to explore, treasures to unearth and enemies to vanquish. It’s bloody great. I can’t wait for you to play it!	Read review
Game Informer	Daniel Tack	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring represents a truly amazing combination of various game elements that all come together to create something fascinating, special, and unforgettable. Elden Ring isn’t just the best game this year; it’s one of the best games ever made.	Read review
Game Rant	Pam K. Ferdinand	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	More than an open-world Dark Souls, FromSoftware’s Elden Ring offers a new experience that will still feel familiar and satisfying to fans.	Read review
Game Revolution	Jason Faulkner	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Games like Elden Ring only come once or twice in a generation and raise the bar on what the medium can offer.	Read review
Gameblog	Joniwan	9 / 10	03-05-2022	A must have action-RPG with deep combat systems and an very interesting open-world. Sadly all is not perfect and graphics are totally outdated and AI have some problems.	Read review
Gamefa	محمد حسین کریمی	10 / 10	03-04-2022	Elden Ring receives the legacy left by Breath of the Wild and promotes it by adding its Souls-Like formula.	Read review
GameGrin	Artura Dawn	10 / 10	03-02-2022	ELDEN RING is the most accessible entry to a FromSoftware title to date, with plenty of things to explore, do, and enjoy. Those even mildly interested by the premise should give it a shot.	Read review
GameMAG	Unknown	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is the true triumph that FromSoftware was striving for all those years. Complete and utter triumph.	Read review
GamePro	Dennis Michel	94 / 100	02-23-2022	‎FromSoftware surpasses itself and creates a magnificent masterpiece that is unique in terms of open world design.‎	Read review
Gamerheadquarters	Jason Stettner	9.3 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a brutally unforgiving game, from its difficulty to the dreary tones it presents and at the same it’s quite wondrous to take in being a strangely addicting offering.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Johnny Hurricane	9.5 / 10	03-05-2022	While no one wants to call Game of the Year in March, Elden Ring stands at the top of a very tall hill. If you play one game this year, make it Elden Ring.	Read review
Gamersky	心灵奇兵	9.8 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring has created an epic and magnificent world, reaching the top of the series in terms of the breadth of the map and the depth of the battle system.	Read review
GamesBeat	Jay Henningsen	100 / 100	02-23-2022	Maybe I’m just becoming jaded by all the games lately that I think were overhyped and then underdelivered, but Elden Ring is a rare example of a game that grabbed ahold me and won’t let go. I’m joyfully exploring every inch of the land and delighting in my discoveries, and I don’t see myself stopping any time soon.	Read review
GameSkinny	John Schutt	10 / 10	03-03-2022	Almost nothing compares to Elden Ring in quality and depth. This is a game everyone should try at least once if only to get lost in the Lands Between.	Read review
GameSpace	Ed Orr	9 / 10	02-24-2022	A gorgeous and wonderful open world adventure full of discovery, magic, and the same threat that exemplifies FromSoftware’s Souls series. Elden Ring is more than another Dark Souls Game., mixing a natural evolution of the series with an open world concept and a greater level of accessibility for those that want to experience the infamous You Died screen.	Read review
GameSpew	Richard Seagrave	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Combining the deep and challenging combat FromSoftware is known for with a vast and varied world that’s always a pleasure to explore, Elden Ring is quite simply incredible.	Read review
GameSpot	Tamoor Hussain	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring takes the shards of what came before and forges them into something that will go down in history as one of the all-time greats: a triumph in design and creativity, and an open-world game that distinguishes itself for what it doesn’t do as much as what it does.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Joel Franey	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	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. Despite the occasional excess, suffering has never been as much fun as this.	Read review
GameWatcher	James Bentley	10 / 10	03-14-2022	The Darkest Souls are often the brightest	Read review
GameXplain	Adam Conner	Recommended	02-23-2022	Video Review	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Henry Yu	10 / 10	02-23-2022	FromSoftware effortlessly immerses you into the beautiful world of The Lands Between, with challenging enemies, secret treasures, and deep lore tucked away into every corner. This is, without a doubt, FromSoftware’s best project yet, showcasing a culmination of all their previous games. I can’t wait to jump back in The Lands Between… See you there, fellow Tarnished.	Read review
GamingBolt	Rashid Sayed	9 / 10	02-23-2022	FromSoftware returns with all of its traditional offerings in Elden Ring, but the real star of the show is its exceptional open world.	Read review
GamingTrend	David Flynn	Recommended	02-23-2022	This level of freedom has never been seen in a Souls game before and thankfully, it works (mostly).	Read review
GBAtemp	Scarlet Bell	9.8 / 10	03-21-2022	Elden Ring is the most fun I’ve had with a video game in years. I went into the game expecting to have a bit of fun and came out 100 hours later craving more. If you’ve been on the fence with the Souls series, there really is no better time to jump in.	Read review
Geek Culture	Jake Su	9.6 / 10	02-23-2022	An almost neverending treasure trove of amazing combat experiences interspersed with an inviting world full of surprises, Elden Ring is FromSoftware’s best game ever for its fans, and that is no mean feat.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Juan Jesús	10 / 10	03-01-2022	‎A better told story, an immense and very interesting lore that we can perceive impregnated in each wall, book and NPCs. A living world where races and factions hate or love each other and act accordingly when viewed, a very fun open world exploration just like in traditional dungeons and caves.‎	Read review
God is a Geek	Mick Fraser	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Deep, wide, and absolutely packed with adventure, Elden Ring’s immense, deadly open world is nothing short of game-changing.	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Karol Laska	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	Dark Souls… Dark Souls never changes. Are you sure? Because although Elden Ring draws handfuls from the achievements and mechanics of its predecessors, it contains many novelties – including this one, monumental, called the open world. Painful as never before.	Read review
Guardian	Simon Parkin	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	This is a massive world, astonishingly rendered and seemingly limitless in its creative diversity	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Adam Beck	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is one of the best games in years, with a breathtaking vast world to explore, and one of the most satisfying combat systems in an RPG. This is the accumulation of FromSoftware’s work over the last thirteen years and an evolution on its inspiring formula.	Read review
Hey Poor Player	Jon Davis	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	If FromSoftware was The Fellowship of The Ring, then Elden Ring is Mt Doom; the terminus of an epic journey spanning over a decade. It consolidates all the acclaimed Japanese studio’s ideas into one cohesive and brilliant package. Its art design, lore, and world design are arguably the studio’s most inspired work to date. And considering these are the folks that created Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, this is high praise indeed. Elden Ring’s open-world design is almost puritan in its purpose, reflecting the single-mindedness behind all the previous Souls games.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Álvaro Alonso	98 / 100	02-23-2022	‎FromSoftware signs a title that, more than a new IP, looks like a swan song; the culmination after 13 years perfecting a genre. The ideas and learning of his latest works converge within the richest and most exquisitely designed open world that our feet have ever trodden. Elden Ring is a madness that seems impossible to beat.‎	Read review
IGN	Mitchell Saltzman	10 / 10	02-23-2022	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.	Read review
IGN Italy	Damaso Scibetta	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring brings the “soulslike” formula into a new context, broad yet coherent and cohesive, and from this point of view it is a very successful new beginning for the genre for which FromSoftware has become famous.	Read review
IGN Middle East	Mohamed Shorbgy	9 / 10	02-23-2022	After a lot of waiting, FromSoftware was able to pour their many years of experience into Elden Ring, and with the participation of famous writer “George Martin” on the story front, we now have the best Souls game ever.	Read review
IGN Spain	David Oña	10 / 10	02-28-2022	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.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Nathan Misa	4.8 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	A must play for action-RPG fans looking for deep combat systems and an expansive open-world that truly rewards exploration.	Read review
INDIANTVCZ	Jan Kalný	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a game about which a lot of positive and very few negative things can be said. But we’ll keep it short: this is easily a game of the year contender and quite probably FromSoftware’s best title yet.	Read review
Jump Dash Roll	Luciano Howard	9 / 10	03-17-2022	Elden Ring is Dark Souls done in an accessible way and given the open world afforded to Link in Breath of the Wild. In short, it’s fabulous.	Read review
JVL	Kikitoès	10 / 10	02-23-2022	The game leaves no respite to the player who is constantly solicited, whether to contemplate a truly fantastic world, in every sense of the word, face a tough challenge, explore and think for himself. And it’s this melting pot of exhilarating emotions that makes Elden Ring more than a great game, it’s a true masterpiece.‎	Read review
Kinda Funny Games	Kinda Funny Gamescast	Recommended	02-23-2022	Video Review.	Read review
LevelUp	Luis Sánchez	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is everything we dream of and much more. It is the natural evolution of a franchise that has captivated several generations and is now ready to capture many more. Elden Ring will be the most talked about game of the next decade. It’s proof that FromSoftware is a master of its craft and a testament that it dominates the genre it has created. Those who try to do something similar will remain mere imitators: they will never reach the level of sophistication achieved in Elden Ring.	Read review
M3	Billy Ekblom	10 / 10	02-23-2022	‎Elden Ring takes everything fans love about the Soulsborne phenomenon and applies it to an open world. A wonderful, fascinating and incomparably beautiful world that connects a stranglehold on the player from the first moment – completely without falling. No gamer, no matter what you think of the previous games, should miss this.‎	Read review
Marooners’ Rock	Matt Kowalski	9.1 / 10	02-24-2022	From Software revamps the Open World genre by blending a world of high fantasy with their formulated unforgiven enemies.	Read review
Merlin’in Kazanı	Ersin Kılıç	95 / 100	03-13-2022	Despite some technical glitches, Elden Ring has managed to be a satisfying, surprising and fully-experienced game.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	9 / 10	02-23-2022	A masterful blend of Dark Souls and Zelda: Breath Of The Wild that makes high demands of its players and yet still remains surprisingly accessible and adaptable.	Read review
MMORPG.com	Josh Knowles	9.5 / 10	03-16-2022	You will enjoy this game if you can stomach the abuse that Elden Ring dishes out. Even if you cannot, there is so much out there that you can do if you aren’t afraid of running from scary fights. Some locations can be less fun than others, and some bosses create skill-based stopgaps. Elden Ring is all about picking yourself up, dusting yourself off, and sometimes finding something more enjoyable to do. It’s worth the investment.	Read review
MonsterVine	Diego Escala	4 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring feels like the culmination of everything FromSoftware has been building upon with each of their games. Unfortunately, some severe performance issues hamper what’s easily one of their best games yet.	Read review
New Game Network	Alex Varankou	85 / 100	03-14-2022	Elden Ring is an unrelenting, engrossing, challenging, and marvelous experience. It brings the Dark Souls formula to an open world setting without skipping a beat, with all of its cryptic nature, punishing combat and wondrous level design. It’s still not for everyone, but those who dare enter this realm may find themselves in one of the best games of the year.	Read review
Niche Gamer	NECRO XIII	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Anyone looking to get into the Souls games and ride the wave of hype can do so fairly easily this time around with Elden Ring.	Read review
NoobFeed	Sarwar Ron	100 / 100	02-27-2022	Elden Ring is the game every fan of the exploration aspect in video games has been waiting for, and also the game crafted for players in need of a real challenge, one that will ask everything you have got to get good.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	Onur Kaya	9 / 10	03-10-2022	A beauty that says “don’t be afraid” to those who are afraid of souls games, and the cons are controversial.	Read review
Paste Magazine	Dia Lacina	8.5 / 10	02-23-2022	But more than anything, I want to hear the stories that friends tell me of the first time they got wrecked. Not so that I can tell them “Welcome to Elden Ring, motherfucker.” But so that I can remind them, “Don’t give up, skeleton.	Read review
PC Gamer	Tyler Colp	90 / 100	02-23-2022	An open world action RPG from FromSoftware that reaches new heights, but spends too much time in the familiar.	Read review
PC Invasion	Jason Rodriguez	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a spectacle and a marvel to behold. Although there are some issues, the overall experience remains deeply engaging. It’s one of the best open-world games I have ever played.	Read review
PCGamesN	Jordan Forward	10 / 10	02-23-2022	A supercut of FromSoft’s very best work, transported to a totally new space. Elden Ring is not only a masterpiece by its developer’s lofty standards, but in packing so much density into the Lands Between, it lights the path ahead for open-world games in general.	Read review
PCMag	Gabriel Zamora	3.5 / 5 stars	03-03-2022	Elden Ring is a wonderful action-RPG that features thrilling combat, an amazing open world, and tons of replay value. Unfortunately, its PC performance needs work.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Paulmichael Contreras	9 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring feels like the game FromSoftware has been building up to ever since Demon’s Souls released in 2009. A huge open world filled to the brim with challenging enemies, characters sporting obvious influence from George R. R. Martin, and the typical drip-feed of lore FromSoftware is famous for crafting all combine to form an intoxicating adventure you won’t soon forget. Yes, the formulaic nature of these games is absolutely showing after three console generations, but as the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!	Read review
PlayStation Universe	David Carcasole	10 / 10	03-02-2022	Elden Ring took the best parts of previous FromSoftware games and expanded them across a living open-world with endless discovery, excitement, and danger. It’s not lost the edge of previous titles, but it is the most approachable FromSoftware game yet, and is an excellent point for players to jump in on if they’ve not tried previous titles. While its technical issues can be annoying, even they can’t dampen the experience of playing Elden Ring. FromSoftware’s latest is an artistic, innovative and cultural achievement like nothing before it.	Read review
Polygon	Michael McWhertor	Recommended	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is FromSoftware’s most accessible, and difficult, game yet	Read review
PowerUp!	Leo Stevenson	Recommended	02-24-2022	It appears there may be an endless number of things to do in Elden Ring and that’s fine by me. I never want it to end.	Read review
Press Start	Harry Kalogirou	9.5 / 10	02-24-2022	While it feels like the impact of Breath of the Wild is waning as the open world genre starts to stagnate again, Elden Ring stands out as not only an achievement in FromSoftware’s hall of fame, but also as an open-world RPG. Elden Ring is without a doubt, FromSoft’s most ambitious undertaking yet, and like Dark Souls before it, I believe it will leave a permanent mark on both the open-world genre and the games industry in general.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Francisco Maia	95 / 100	02-23-2022	‎With Elden Ring, From Software de-graces an ideal model in open-world game design.‎	Read review
Push Square	Liam Croft	9 / 10	02-28-2022	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.	Read review
Reno Gazette-Journal	Jason Hidalgo	9 / 10	03-20-2022	Elden Ring remains a compelling experience thanks to its incredible breadth and scope combined with its excellent combat and litany of options for curating your own unique journey. Is it a massive change from the Dark Souls formula? Honestly, you can name it Dark Souls 4 and it would actually fit quite well. At the same time, it represents the best iteration of the Souls formula to date as well as the potential of the series moving forward. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m dying to hop back and play it again.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Ed Thorn	Recommended	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is an action-RPG with an open world that’s not only incredibly rich, but encouraging too. This game will be the talk of the Blighttown for years to come.	Read review
Saudi Gamer	عصام الشهوان	9 / 10	02-23-2022	A successful new direction, adding some improvements while offering a large open world full of secrets.	Read review
Saving Content	Evan Rowe	5 / 5 stars	03-03-2022	Elden Ring is an incredible game full of moments that rival some of the most memorable experiences I’ve experienced in over 30 years of video games. It is that rare precious thing that shows you something new and rekindles the bonfire of excitement within you that made you fall in love with the medium in the first place. Moreover, it is a game that overwhelms you with joy and excitement constantly, even as it’s kicking you in the gut and throwing sand in your face. Technical issues are a real concern, but those are things that can be fixed; the core design of Elden Ring, something you can’t just fix with a series of updates, is nothing short of a masterpiece. Elden Ring has absolutely blown me away, and while the game’s brutal difficulty and penchant for inscrutability aren’t for everyone, I cannot recommend it strongly enough.	Read review
Screen Rant	Christopher Teuton	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a nearly perfect game.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Oto Schultz	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is the embodiment of From Software’s best work yet. Top-notch quality of another huge soulslike adventure persists, especially in the cryptically epic story cowritten by George R. R. Martin and in the ingeniously vast and visually stunning world of Lands Between that sets the new standard for open world games. And of course, you can expect a lot of dying, rolling, and rage-quitting. Elden Ring is a must play for every fan, but it also makes so many good steps towards accessibility for greater audience.	Read review
Shacknews	Sam Chandler	9 / 10	02-23-2022	Simply put, Elden Ring is Miyazaki and FromSoftware’s magnum opus.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Adrian Morales	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring feels like a culmination of everything that FromSoftware has created in the past 13 years. Refining, reworking, and incorporating the best parts of their whole catalog into one complete package. The Lands Between is one of the most extraordinary open worlds I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. It’s a world that you can’t help but lose yourself in for hours at a time thanks to its classic RPG sense of exploration and curiosity. This is the cherry on top for a team that has been firing on all cylinders for over a decade. Elden Ring is a triumph.	Read review
Skill Up	Ralph Panebianco	Recommended	02-23-2022	Video Review	Read review
Softpedia	Cosmin Vasile	9 / 10	03-08-2022	Elden Ring is everything that I dreamed of and more. Although I did expect From Software to refine the Souls recipe, I was quite surprised by the large amount of new mechanics and how well the Souls formula has been implemented in an open-world environment.	Read review
SpazioGames	Domenico Musicò	9.3 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a superb take on the soulslike genre, an astonishing evolution and a decisive step forward for From Software’s scale of ambition. Elden Ring is a dream come true for every fan of Miyazaki’s works.	Read review
Stevivor	Luke Lawrie	9.5 / 10	02-24-2022	Overall, Elden Ring is slightly held back by some lacking information in the UI, the uneven nature of the difficulty towards the endgame, and the inconsistent performance on the PC platform. Despite this, it’s an incredible experience and will be one of the best games you’ll play this year.	Read review
TechRaptor	William Worrall	9 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring takes the best elements of all past FromSoftware games in recent memory and mashes them together. While it’s not inviting to newcomers, this is certainly the definitive FromSoft experience.	Read review
Telegraph	Dan Silver	5 / 5 stars	03-04-2022	Hidetaka Miyazaki’s new opus is one of the best-reviewed games of all time. This is why…	Read review
The Games Machine	Erica Mura	9.7 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is the culmination of 15 years of work that have allowed From Software to improve, title after title, those consolidated foundations that have already given life to some of the most acclaimed games of all time, united by compelling stories and unparalleled gameplay.	Read review
The Outerhaven Productions	Keith Mitchell	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring Review	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Jason Coles	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is the game Souls fans have been waiting for. From the open world design, to riding into battle on Torrent’s back, and the dark narrative woven through the world, this is a clear Game of the Year frontrunner that will have us all ensnared for a long time to come.	Read review
Too Much Gaming	Carlos Hernandez	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a triumph of a video game that still found ways to surprise me even after crossing the 70 hour mark. I can’t get enough of this game as this is definitely one of a kind. A rare gem that only surfaces once a century. A game that will shape how open world games are made, even future souslike games, making me excited for the games that come before it.	Read review
TrueAchievements	Luke Albiges	4.5 / 5 stars	03-11-2022	Elden Ring is very much ‘just’ From doing what From does best, this time performing its greatest hits on the biggest stage to date. And what a wonderful thing that is to witness.	Read review
TrueGaming	Unknown	10 / 10	03-01-2022	Elden Ring sets new standards for open world content, and takes the series to new horizons that only make us more eager for what its future might hold.	Read review
TrustedReviews	Alastair Stevenson	4.5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	After spending 50-plus hours playing it, I can confirm Elden Ring is the most developed and welcoming Souls-series game ever made, with the added narrative and open world making Elden Ring feel far more accessible to From Software newcomers.	Read review
Twinfinite	Zhiqing Wan	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Is this the best FromSoft action RPG ever made? For now, perhaps. It’s definitely up there with Bloodborne. But given the company’s track record, I’d no longer be surprised if they come back in another six years with a new IP that surpasses all expectations yet again.	Read review
Unboxholics	Σάκης Καρπάς	Recommended	03-04-2022	The Elden Ring, at first, fails to describe itself and you feel that it is losing part of the Souls temperament but very quickly it gives you the biggest awareness slap you have received from a video game. Until you recover, you have entered deeply and violently into the most important and immersive world that the medium has known in recent years.	Read review
VG247	Sherif Saed	Recommended	02-23-2022	What ultimately matters, however, is that Elden Ring succeeds at almost every goal it sets out to achieve. It’s the culmination of years of refinement of FromSoftware’s formula. Mechanically, and thematically, this is a game making a statement: that you can buck industry tendencies even as you adopt their trends.	Read review
VGC	Jordan Middler	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a fantastic game that can still deliver the unmatched thrill of defeating a tough boss after an hours-long battle. Those who worship at the church of Souls-like will find a game that’s basically everything they ever wanted.	Read review
Video Chums	A.J. Maciejewski	9.3 / 10	02-27-2022	Although I still find the original Dark Souls to be FromSoftware’s magnum opus, Elden Ring is an undeniably amazing game. At the end of the day, it’s sure to delight most Souls veterans but it probably won’t convert many non-fans.	Read review
VideoGamer	Josh Wise	9 / 10	02-23-2022	There are no other dynamics quite like it in games; they acquaint us with an array of miseries and charge us money for the privilege.	Read review
Washington Post	Christopher Byrd	Recommended	03-04-2022	“Elden Ring” is a game about discovering and pushing the limits of possibility. It dares you, over and over, to keep pushing, making this unlike any other adventure I’ve experienced. It would be understatement to say “Elden Ring” has exceeded my expectations. After 40 hours — and with so much more to go — I don’t even know what I expect from it anymore. Its sheer scale is humbling. In terms of square footage, “Elden Ring” may not be the largest game ever made, but no other experience has made me feel quite as small.	Read review
Wccftech	Francesco De Meo	10 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is not only the best action RPG developed by From Software but one of the best open-world titles ever made. A masterclass of game design, Elden Ring isn’t just a game but an epic dark fantasy journey that no one will be able to forget for a very long time.	Read review
We Got This Covered	David Morgan	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a marvel with scope and diversity of mind-boggling proportions. At the risk of hyperbole, it has dethroned Bloodborne as my favorite game of all time. It’s all I’ve been able to think about since I got my hands on it, and the only thing I want to do now is play it with the rest of you.	Read review
WellPlayed	Jordan Garcia	10 / 10	02-24-2022	Backed by an incredible and rewarding open-world design, Elden Ring is a masterclass in every facet that it brings to the table. Without a doubt, this is FromSoftware’s magnum opus.	Read review
Windows Central	Miles Dompier	5 / 5 stars	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is a masterclass in open-world game design. FromSoftware has poetically fashioned a gorgeously haunting universe that begs to be explored. It’s a quintessential action RPG and an obvious contender for game of the year.	Read review
Worth Playing	Chris “Atom” DeAngelus	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	Elden Ring is exactly the game people were hoping it would be. It’s the biggest FromSoft Soulslike to date, with a ton of polish and a bucketload of content. It won’t change your mind if you don’t enjoy the genre, but Elden Ring accomplishes what it had set out to do. Not every new feature hits, and it sometimes felt a touch too familiar, but when the biggest complaint I can think of is, “It feels like some of the best games ever made,” that is a sign of its quality. Elden Ring is the game we’ve all been waiting for.	Read review
Xbox Achievements	Matt Lorrigan	90 / 100	02-23-2022	Elden Ring offers up a gorgeous open world that is enticing and exciting to explore, along with excellent combat variety, amazing bosses to fight, and intricate dungeons to tackle. It might feel a little familiar, but this could well be FromSoftware’s best game to date.	Read review
Zoomg	محمد صادق تواضعی	9.5 / 10	02-23-2022	It’s an almost perfect package where the variety of combat methods varies thanks to the skills of weapons and spells.	Read review
ZTGD	Jae Lee	8 / 10	02-23-2022	While the technical issues of the barebones PC port and the familiar trappings of the open world formula substantially soured my experience, Elden Ring is still an impressive achievement of fusing compelling world design, exploration and combat.	Read review

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Elden Ring, developed by FromSoftware 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.

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