Elden Ring is the worst Soulsborne ever (except Dark Souls 2) – Reader’s Feature

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A reader is disappointed by Elden Ring and complains about a lack of new ideas and some of the worst boss battles since Dark Souls 2.

So it’s getting on for two months since the release of Elden Ring and it’s pretty obvious that it’s not only going to be game of the year but will go on to be regarded as an all-time classic for years to come. Despite what my headline says I certainly agree with the first thing and while I think all-time classic is going too far it’s clearly a very good game. It is however, the worst Soulsborne game Hidetaka Miyazaki has ever made.

Miyazaki was not the director for Dark Souls 2 (he was busy making Bloodborne at the time) and so I feel that dismissing that game out of hand is perfectly reasonable. Even if you don’t know who Miyazaki is, almost everyone considers Dark Souls 2 the worst of the series and I think it can easily be ignored in this conversation.

Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls 3, and Bloodborne are all fantastic games though. In fact, I’d argue that Bloodborne is the best game ever made, with an atmosphere so thick you need a chainsaw to get through it, an amazing game world, amazing storytelling, and fantastic combat and bosses. For me, it is the pinnacle of Soulsborne gameplay and an incredible artistic achievement.

I’d say much the same about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice which for, largely pedantic, reasons is not considered a true Soulsborne game. That’s largely because of the more involved combat, which is amazing, as are the bosses.

The Souls games are older now but the circular level design and boss battles are all still great and yet I think these are two things that Elden Ring falls down on. That and the fact that Demon’s Souls is 13 years old now and I really don’t think