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Elden Ring Video Review - An Absolute Masterpiece | COGconnected

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With a lineage of incredible titles, From Software looks to take their patented gameplay to the open world. Pioneers in their respective industries, Elden Ring sees Hidetaka Miyazaki joining forces with George R. R. Martin for what has the potential to be a masterpiece in the medium.

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jonny8971420d ago

0.2 won't make any difference. Should have given a 10.

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Stanjara1419d ago

Performance score is 0.2

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JEECE1420d ago

Lol any other game that runs as poorly as Elden Ring would never get scores like this.

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Crows901420d ago

But are those games AS good?

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JEECE1420d ago

Perhaps not in certain aspects. But running at a reasonably stable framerate is an expected part of a AAA game release at this point. Just because your world/lore/combat etc are good does not excuse your game from meeting basic performance standards.

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anast1420d ago (Edited 1420d ago )

A lot of games with stable frame rates that get auto 10'd and still suck. You don't make any sense. It's reductionary. Provide more information or not. It's not up to me I suppose.

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JEECE1420d ago

Your point doesn't make any sense. You are refuting an argument I did not make. I never said a game that has a stable framerate should automatically get a 10. I only said that a game with a janky framerate like Elden Ring should not get such high scores.

Honestly it's really telling about Fromsoft's fans that they prefer to ignore the flaws in Fromsoft's games and get mad at the people who point them out rather than expecting a stable release.

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anast1418d ago (Edited 1418d ago )

I see I miss read. Thank you.

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H91420d ago

Like Horizon crashing and clipping characters?

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JEECE1420d ago

Yeah, a game with a much lower metacritic score and far more people giving it middling reviews. And an occasional character model glitch is undesirable, but much less disruptive to gameplay than a constantly janky framerate. Especially since Horizon is not really a game that depends on precise timing like Elden Ring (at least the first one wasn't, I haven't played the new one).

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Crows901420d ago

It boils down to this. A game has one chance to get scores out there. Just 1. If we were to heavily punish games that are perfectly playable but have some issues then they would never recover from that score even after the game is fixed.

This isnt something new either. Games have had issues since the dawn of gaming. I'd say unless the game is unplayable due to the technical issues then the score shouldn't be touched.

I would much rather reviewers focus on scoring the game and what is instead of saying it sucks because of bugs. I'm interested in the gameplay and story. We all know many of the technical issues get fixed so it makes no sense to kill a games score because of it.

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victorMaje1419d ago

Playing on PS5.
A 97 on metacritic (universally acclaimed) tells me the game is near perfect.

Great, then, when I start said game & I get frame-rate issues it affects gameplay. Especially in a game like Elden Ring.
When an enemy magically hits me twice without ever moving a muscle (animation doesn’t start), albeit impressive, gameplay once again is affected.
When a game crashes, the whole experience is affected.

When all that happens then said game is not deserving of a near perfect score, unless I’m lying to myself & others, then that’s another story.

It’s a great game, but I have an issue with the industry reviewers considering it a masterpiece (a word I don’t use/take lightly) when clearly (to me) it cannot be due to the issues that are clearly there. If we lower the standard of a masterpiece then we end up just throwing words around.

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Crows901419d ago

@hatchetforce

You know damn well I'm not taking about a .5 difference or some crap like that.

Also never said a 9.5 isn't a great score. But to your point...how is a .5 decrease going to really affect the messaging? They'll still get away with it.

I don't care what other people said on here. But you say the score unjustified...so tell us why you're right and they're wrong. Tell me what's wrong with the game without mentioning technical issues that will be fixed.

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Vanfernal1420d ago

Skyrim says "hi".

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Elda1419d ago

So true.

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Sirk7x1419d ago

The only Souls game that has run pretty much perfectly since launch was SotFS, and even then the 60fps broke the weapon durability lol, since it was tied to the animation frames. Despite performance, every game they've released since Dark Souls are all considered some of the greatest ever made, so they're still doing something right I suppose.
People have been complaining about their optimization since WAY before Demon's Souls.
I dunno. The only AAA games I've played without glaring performace issues, since this gen launched over a year ago on console, have been exclusives. Either developers across the entire industry aren't delivering, or we're expecting too much out of the hardware we've got.

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outsider16241419d ago

I heard about its performance. Is it that bad? How is it on PS5?
I envy the guys who love playing these type of games. These type of games are really not my type. I mean i never could get into Bloodborne..no matter how much i tried.

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0hMyGandhi1419d ago

Bethesda says hi.

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Viljong1420d ago

Not even nearly perfect. This game is reviewed by hc souls fans. No any other person take the job in company which make the review. User score is less than FBW on google.

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Pickledpepper1420d ago

I really enjoy the dark souls games but really not enjoying elder ring, been playing about 10hrs in and just find it boring, its not got the same lore and is more of a hack n slash.
This is just my opinion, but I don't class this as a souls game, I'd give it a 6/10.
Glad some people are enjoying it

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darksky1420d ago

Even Skyrim looked better 10 years ago. Not sure how this is getting such high scores.

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ManMarmalade1419d ago

Graphics, gameplay and story are completely different things.

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ANIALATOR1361420d ago

Apparently its broken on pc

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Elda1420d ago (Edited 1420d ago )

I get that folks love the Souls games & I'm playing the game as well. I'm now 7hrs into Elden Ring & to me the game is just another Souls game that is now open-world & it now has a new name. To me the game is an 8 out of 10.

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Flawlessmic1420d ago

Brillant game, brutal as to be expected, just beat the red wolf and man that was tough with my mage build.

As far as review scores go i think its been overrated though, its still basically just dark souls but open world and the game has a lot of issues, an annoying one is the game not autosaving and losing hrs of progress on ps5, inconsistent framerates which for a game like this there should be no excuses. Espcially as its not exactly the best looking game even if the art direction is amazing.

The lack od direction is also a little rough, i mean its fun just fighting little bosses and doing mini dungeons but a bit more direction for the main quest wpuld be nice xonsidering how vast the world is

Just like with zelda its gotten extra brownie point for not having a map full of markers lol apparently enough to make it the greatest game ever.

Please note im not saying its not amazing, im just saying its not 97 meta critic best game in history good.

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MrChow6661420d ago

I'm on Ps5, The "unable to summon cooperator" thing is driving me nuts and bloodstains don't work...otherwise, I'm totally hooked and that's a rare thing in my case

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Flawlessmic1420d ago

Ohh i havent experciened that thankfully otherwise id still be stuck on the red wolf.

Me and my bro having been co op in the bosses which has helped greatly.

Unfortunantly for him he is the one experiecing the save issue i mentioned so iv had to help him with the same bosses multiple times which is annoying as fuck.

Bandai namco have ackowledged the issue so hopefully they fux all these issues soon.

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OneLove1420d ago (Edited 1420d ago )

Ive been play and I think the quest infos not being there is a big problem. In my opinion it makes no sense. I can understand not having the markers but to not see the quest information themselves is ridiculous. You can miss so much stuff. Idk why others think it's alright.

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Flawlessmic1420d ago

Agreed, to me ages to find the key for the second legacy dungeon or even just to figure out where the legacy dungeon was.

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Sirk7x1419d ago

Write it down lol. This is a Souls game lol; I bet they had arguments on whether or not to even implement an interactive map xD.
The design choices and story in their games are intentionally obtuse. You either love it or don't.
I kinda miss games like this. Ever play Morrowind? You get a quest and an NPC is like "Find the hidden ancient ruins deep within a mountain, far to the East." Then you spend a week trying to find it. Good times.

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Flawlessmic1419d ago

It worked for prevous FS games cause they were a lot more linear you wpuld eventually find the right path.

This u could literally just be lost and have no idea what to do, that not great game design.

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DefenderOfDoom21419d ago

To me a 10 or 7 is the same thing , meaning I have played games that were given at 7 but felt closer to a 10, I have also played games that were given a ten but felt more like a 7 . To me what is a important in a review is the words spoken or written, not the a stupid number .

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Elden Ring: Nightfall Infographic Details Player Favorites

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A new Inographic has been revealed detailing player tendencies.

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Here's Another Look At Elden Ring Running On Switch 2

repsahj|44d ago |News|3|

Is that looking... less tarnished?

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repsahj45d ago

I am not worried from the start. XD

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Neonridr45d ago

definitely looks like it's running more stable now. Here's hoping the delay isn't too much longer for those who want to play it.

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repsahj45d ago

By the way, Isn't it amazing that the person playing in the video is an expert Elden Ring player? XD

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Elden Ring on Nintendo Switch 2 has been delayed to fix critical performance issues

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Bandai Namco and FromSoftware decided to delay Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 in order to improve the game's performance on that platform.

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Babadook784d ago

Tarnished Edition

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Ashunderfire8684d ago

What a name for a title with bad performance right now. Yup Tarnished Edition is about right. They made the right choice to delay this game.

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