Elden Ring is an action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, released in February 2022. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with world-building contributions from novelist George R. R. Martin, the game features an expansive open world called the Lands Between. Players assume the role of a customisable character known as the Tarnished, who must explore this world, battle formidable enemies, and seek to restore the Elden Ring to become the Elden Lord. The game builds on the challenging gameplay mechanics familiar from the Dark Souls series but introduces a more open-ended structure with vast exploration, dynamic weather, and a day-night cycle. It offers deep lore, complex characters, and an interconnected world filled with secrets, dungeons, and powerful bosses. Elden Ring takes place in the Lands Between, a fictional realm over which several demigods rule. It was previously ruled over by the immortal Queen Marika, who acted as keeper of the Elden Ring, a powerful force that manifested itself as the physical concept of order. When Marika shattered the Elden Ring and disappeared, her demigod children began fighting over pieces of the Ring in an event called The Shattering. Each demigod has a shard of the Ring called a Great Rune, which corrupts them with power. In the game, the player character is a Tarnished, one of a group of exiles from the Lands Between who are summoned back after the Shattering. The player must traverse the realm to repair the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord.
Role-playing (RPG)AdventureActionFantasyOpen worldexplorationmonstersknightsviolencemedievalbrutalmagicsword3ddragonsdeathhorseXbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
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Character
Epic, earnest, grave and richly built.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
9 profiled raters. Loved most by The Thrill Chasers; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
Reviews
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- devontaeThe case forThe Thrill Chaser★★★★½
Got destroyed by the Tree Sentinel for an hour and then the game opened up and I forgot to eat. The world is the star. The bosses are the tax you pay to see more of it.
- cartographer_cyThe Cartographer★★★★★
A world that does not care whether you understand it, which is the highest form of respect. I read the item descriptions like scripture. Caelid is the best bad place in games.
About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
- Developer
- FromSoftware
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware
- Released
- February 25, 2022
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Dantelion
- Time to beat
- 46 h rushed · 119 h main story · 176 h completionist
IGDB rating 9.5/10 from 2303 ratings.
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