Elden Ring

"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;s work over the last thirteen years …"

"‎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 …"

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

"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."

"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, …"

"10s aren&s;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&s;re talking pure ecstasy."

"‎Elden Ring is a resounding step up from today&s;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 …"

"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."

"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."

"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 …"

"While technical frustrations hold back its full potential. Elden Ring astonishes with fantastic open-world design and consistently rewarding exploration."

"FromSoftware doesn’t rewrite the medium’s rulebook, but does tear its own tenets asunder while reconstructing them into a cohesive whole that outclasses all that came before it. The Lands Between invites you to explore it with an unparalleled level of …"

"Elden Ring is the game Souls fans have been waiting for. From the open world design, to riding into battle on Torrent&s;s back, and the dark narrative woven through the world, this is a clear Game of the Year frontrunner …"

"Games like Elden Ring only come once or twice in a generation and raise the bar on what the medium can offer."

"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 …"

"Elden Ring is both a refinement and evolution of the Dark Souls formula, presenting an expansive world that&s;s as hostile as it is inviting. Despite the occasional excess, suffering has never been as much fun as this."

"This isn’t just Dark Souls with an open world tacked on. Instead, developer FromSoftware weaves its familiar formula into a massive playground so expertly that we can’t help but wonder how we ever played Dark Souls without it."

"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."

"Elden Ring offers rewarding gameplay, a cohesive setting and gripping lore. Some of the open-world systems feel clunkier than they should, though."

"Deep, wide, and absolutely packed with adventure, Elden Ring&s;s immense, deadly open world is nothing short of game-changing."

"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;s a quintessential action RPG and an obvious contender for game of the year."

"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."

"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."

"More than an open-world Dark Souls, FromSoftware&s;s Elden Ring offers a new experience that will still feel familiar and satisfying to fans."

"Elden Ring feels like the game FromSoftware has been building up to ever since Demon’s Souls released in 2009."

"Elden Ring is a gaming achievement the likes of which we rarely seen, and you will be remiss to not pick it up and see what the hype is about for yourself."

"Simply put, Elden Ring is Miyazaki and FromSoftware’s magnum opus."

"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 …"

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

"An open world action RPG from FromSoftware that reaches new heights, but spends too much time in the familiar."

"Elden Ring is an absolute must-play game for 2022, but set aside some time and some patience."