Well, I know what I'm doing this weekend.

I expected nothing less from Miyazaki

Wow I did not expect that. I may have to give this a shot, im not a souls fan but with the reviews coming out its definitely worth a look

Nice to see the game lives up to the hype!

The review states it takes inspiration from BOTW!
Can we agree that’s cool or is that against the N4G conspiracy?

That's the highest metacritic score I can remember seeing in a very long time.

Once he said you could summon a bunch of different creatures, I was sold.

The replies to IGN’s review of this game, are citing the games lack of difficulty and some are commenting they won’t play it because it’s too easy. Nowhere in any review I’ve gone over has it said the game is easy. If anything they are saying it’s hard and that some bosses they haven’t beaten yet. I have struggled with FROM games because of their difficulty. Not because I can’t overcome those challenges but because, I don’t have hours upon hours of my time to dedicate to video games like I used to. From what I’ve read, this is more of the same just in an open world format. I can appreciate the developer catering to its hardcore fan base, and leaving sales on the table. It’s a testament to art in general. They don’t necessarily care about the potential to reach a broader audience and have stuck to their guns. From a business perspective that doesn’t make sense to me. There are still a large number of potential consumers they have alienated by making a game like this too difficult for some.

Looks like it's going to be an amazing year for games. Glad to see Elden Ring is doing so well.

Game of the year 2022..Game of the Decade

Seems like a shoe-in for GOTY 2022

It's basically an open-world DS4 or DS3.5 with new additions. I'll be playing this game throughout the entire year,taking my sweet time playing it.

My ps5 copy should be here tomorrow 😃

Elden Ring is about to do to Horizon Forbidden West what BoTW did to its predecessor back in 2017 and it's going to be glorious.

Holy crap. I know it's IGN but even they are pretty unlikely to hand out perfect scores.

97 and no Nintendo or GTA points. This is astonishing

Damn mostly 10's all over 👍

Souls fanatic here but I knew IGN were gonna give this game a super high rating whether the game is good or average because they need to lower the chances of HFW getting GOTY.

Let’s go!!!

Getting this 'game of the decade' nasterpiece on day 1 for my Series X

This looks weak.

LETS GOOO!

Not surprised after I read the Game Informer preview of it. Very detailed and stunning world that From Software worked tirelessly to craft.

Already preloaded!

I can’t tell you guys how stoked I am to play this finally! Hope y’all have a most excellent weekend with this game!

“Reviewed on PC”

No stuttering issues. Hell yeah! Can’t wait!

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Fromsoft at it again. A big GOTY contender. Gow2 and botw2s got some competition.

Gamespot has a habit of changing game score in the last minute, yes , game scores do matters and it's not just a number as they say.

It's crazy this rated higher than horizon zero by such a large margin.

Masterpiece level!
Looking forward to Friday!

Game of the F*cking Year. I can't wait to play it!

Haven't been this excited for a game in years and only game I've ever preordered. Its like botw for adults... Man, this is gonna be good.!!

I must be missing something... this does not look good to me whatsoever. Granted its not my kind of game, but even putting that aside... graphics look average, animations are stiff, the AI seems to be stilted as hell, whacking their swords haphazardly from 2 meters distance not even in the direction of the player.

Can someone explain why everyone is nutting over this?

Man we getting some dope ass games this year for real I hope there’s an unannounced title in the works that’s bout to come out 😍 good year for all 3 gaming giants

this video confuse me on y Breath of the wild
at least in this case is the standard for other open world games
seeing as its compare to this for some reason

Can we get a real review please? Who goes to ign for reviews anyway....or who goes to ign period. 10 would be great if they didn't hand them put like candy.

I’m not reading any reviews or watching any videos. I have it preordered and ready to download.

I just want to experience everything new.

Can’t wait!

Usually don't like souls games, except sekiro, that was an amazing game.

This looks too good to miss out on, best reviewed game so far. Pre install in operation. Stunning piece of art if nothing else.

Well I will probably pass this up on the PC going by PC Gamers review: "There's a 60 fps lock, high RAM requirement, and limited graphics settings (you won't find DLSS or granular options for anti-aliasing). I hoped for better options and performance from a developer that's released several games on PC at this point." Maybe a patch later on? You don't transfer console settings over to PC, on PC FPS should always be unlocked, include DLSS, FSR, HDR, Ray Tracing, and much higher graphic options. Was this ported over? Or built from the ground up on PC? 🤔🤔 We need more PC games built from the ground up, not ports if this is the case.

Funny how no one complains about not trusting IGN reviews when it's a score they want to see.

We need a remake of all souls games for current gen asap. Also Sony needs to hurry up and pump out more ps5s

With all the hype, scores like this aren't surprising.

There are so much to love about Fromsoft soul games (dark majestic world presentation, enemies, especially bosses design, the mysteries, the deep philosophical lore that many seems to be overlooked, the massive amount of weapons, skills, and crafting, etc...).

Sadly, I just cant get into the somewhat limited or repetitive approach to most combat situations (wait, dodge, approach for some damage, roll out and repeat); I tried them all from demon soul, dark soul, to bloodborn etc...just couldn't get into it. I gave them so many tries, but it just doesnt resonate well with me like it would for many other gamers, which is ashame because I do like everything else about them.

The only recent games made by fromsoft that I could get into so far was sekiro (I played fromsoft games back in the day with otogi, tenchu, armor core, etc...) because it allows more flexible approach to combat. I guess I'm so used to the more aggressive combat gameplay from ninja gaiden (even on master), devil may cry, bayonetta, sekiro, or metal gear rising and the likes that I find soul like games combat quite slow and not as challenging.

ahhh Friday cant come fast enough!!

Eventhough the graphics are not that next gen great, I still believe this will be an epic experience! Cant wait to play this gem!!

The load times after death are what really put me off the previous souls games. Are they any better here?

Bought this on steam. Man this is going to be an amazing experience.

I just had a look at the ElAnalistaDeBits youtube video and this is yeat another frame drop and even framareate feast from From Software, the PS5 version is running with PS4 assets, LOL, PS4 Pro destroys the PS5.

❤❤👍👍 Masterpiece 👍👍❤❤

No quest log and no quest markers? Ugh.

I've always sucked at these Souls games, but Elden Ring looks awesome. I'm going to die a lot, but I must play it. haha

Its good, but not that good, Elden ring better for sure

Deserved but it's not the revelation people make it out to be. If it was made by Square, EA, or any giant publisher out there, I guarantee it won't get the recoginition they deserve. People just love and sympathize with the underdog story.

Elden Ring kept me hooked for around 250 hours, whereas with Clair Obscur, well, I just can't move forward with the game. The exploration in the game is so lacking, just a tunnel after another to the next location or awkward jumping and always the same type of a battle waiting behind the corner. Reminds me of FFXIII, which is the least favourite game in the series for me and I played all of them.

I think Clair Obscur is good, but not great. For me personally, Elden Ring is 9.5/10, and Clair Obscur 7.5. I really like what the studio did, though, and they should be proud of it. I just think the hype got away a little bit.