ELDEN RING

level 713 needs 1.7 billion souls

i've literally never had less fun with a Souls-like. i'm going back to Dark Souls 2

roll slop

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This game massively improves upon Dark Souls 3 (the other Fromsoft game of this kind I have played). The open world is open, while not "full", there are things to see basically everywhere and things to find and do. I am a person who is quite skeptical of "massive" open world games, but this one was not overwhelming and actually fun to explore. The caves and catacombs became lame after a while, but that just lead to me skipping them as they are completely optional. The game's pace is slower than Dark Souls 3, making the bosses' tells even more clear. This does not mean the game is easier and there are several challenging bosses. I am a very big fan of this slower pace. The bosses are on average of higher quality. The game looks stunning throughout with an amazing score. My biggest critiques of the game are inherited from Dark Souls 3 (and exhibited in Elden Ring Nightreign). There are many unexplained/poorly explained mechanics that you would miss out on if you were playing blindly. The camera, even when locked on, is at times totally unreasonable, while being much better on controller, meaning you won't be using a mouse and have total camera control. At some points and during quests, it is difficult to figure out what to do. I would say that almost everything else I could critique is minor or optional. The game provides an interesting and refined challenge for the player to overcome. A novel addition to Elden Ring is the vast repertoire of tools such as spirits, craftable items and being able to go somewhere else. This means that the player can adapt the difficulty of the game indirectly. If a boss is genuinely too difficult to the point where you don't want to fight it, use more tools or come back later when you are at a higher level. This makes the game quite accessible to players of all skill levels, letting it be played like a classic RPG and like a classic souls-like. Don't be mistaken by my exhaustive list of critiques, this is a wonderful addition to the games of all time. 9.5/10

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