Elden Ring | Critical Consensus
Danielle Partis
News Editor
Thursday 24th February 2022
Tomorrow sees the highly-anticipated release of Elden Ring, the latest Souls-like release by Japanese developer FromSoftware, and looking at the first wave of reviews, it's clear that the game is something special.
Elden Ring is an open-world fantasy romp set in the Lands Between, headed by Souls series director Hidetaka Miyazaki with writing from Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin. Players are tasked with collecting the scattered shards of the titular Elden Ring after it has been destroyed in order to restore it, eradicating power-corrupted foes along the way.
As of writing, Elden Ring stands at an impressive 97 on Metacritic, one of the most critically acclaimed games in recent years, and the 18th highest-ranking title of all time on the aggregate site. Of the 45 critic reviews listed so far, 26 of them are 10/10 or equivalent.
In a 'Polygon Recommended' review, Michael McWhertor said "Elden Ring is FromSoftware's best, most approachable, and difficult game yet."
Eurogamer's Aiofe Wilson called the game "the best and brightest (often literally) the series has ever been," in a 'Eurogamer Essential' review, while GamingBible's Ewan Moore dubbed it as "an unmissable open-world masterpiece" in a 10/10 review.
"This is Elden Ring, and I am utterly besotted," Moore wrote. "The ambitious open-world successor to the Dark Souls series is maddeningly punishing, impossibly vast, and endlessly rewarding. It's also, I am delighted to report, FromSoftware's best game to date; a modern masterpiece that will surely go down as one of the greats."
Elden Ring has been dubbed as FromSoftware's best, most approachable, and difficult game yet
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