Techdeveloped by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
The game was made in collaboration with fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin, who provided material for the game’s setting.
It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 25, 2022.
Elden Ring is available on Steam for PC, but based on early reports of poor performance and a good number of bugs, PC players may want to hold off until additional patches are released.
The game is presented through third-person perspective, and the player may freely roam in its interactive free form exploration open world.
Gameplay elements include fights, looting, horseback riding, interacting with non-player characters, and maintaining the character’s status through levelling up, enhancing equipment and weapons, and learning spells.
The game’s development lasted approximately six years. Upon release, Elden Ring received critical acclaim, with praise for its open world and gameplay, which was considered an improvement to the Souls formula.
I’m still spending most of my play-through with a massive ax and a shield in my hands, just like I did in Dark Souls. I still face bosses that terrify and bewilder me, forcing me to take stock of my own mental fortitude — and more importantly, my own patience in recognizing their attack patterns and following up with my own tactical responses.
The bosses’ health bars in Elden Ring are fucking huge, reminding me more of Bloodborne than Dark Souls, so I need quite a bit of patience to whittle them down — at least, if I don’t have help from a co-op partner or any of the available helper NPCs, two Elden Ring mechanics that are also present in previous FromSoftware games, to help make them easier.
in Elden Ring, don’t go straight to the big castle or buildings planted at the end of every major area. It feels natural to barrel toward something that looks like it’ll move the story forward as soon as possible, but that’s not really how the game is designed. If you want a massive challenge, go for it, but Elden Ring is structured more like an MMO. The open world is for exploring, doing side quests, defeating minibosses, collecting gear, and leveling up. The dungeons, or castles, are more like raids that jump up in difficulty and hold bosses with multiple phases.
It’s the hardest FromSoftware game so far, harder than Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Sekiro. There are bigger level-jumps between main bosses so it will require a lot more grinding for level-ups between areas. The difficulty spikes up more noticeably from one main boss to the next, often requiring hours of grinding level-ups to stand a chance.
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