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Elden Ring is a fantastic game in all aspects. As Hidetaka Miyazaki has said, this is their most ambitious game ever. When I was first exploring the map inside the game, I was a little doubtful, believing it was blank. Still, when I began digging inside the game, I acknowledged that in this game, there are numerous such caves, dungeons, and mysteries concealed in it, all lingering to be uncovered by me. The game is truthfully a masterpiece in itself, with the graphics on the exact level as in Demon's Souls, which left me astonished and amazed. The most pleasing thing about this game is that its difficulty holds me engaged and continuously drives me to want to play it more and get better at it. I think this game's combat is simply the suited difficulty for me. It's never too effortless but manageable enough to keep me motivated, while it's challenging enough that I ought to prepare and take my moment before I take on a significant fight. The combat inside the game feels generous, particularly as you begin to learn the new skills of combat, blended with spells and unique cavalry combat and hopping attacks. It brought me a bit of an adjustment, but now I'm hooked to this game.
Interactions between characters have forever been a hallmark of story-based and adventure games, and they played a critical part in upholding the player entangled to progress the story. All the characters inside this game and their dialogues are special. Especially when your in-game character and Gwynevere desire to run away and get married, Gwyn plays a protective father figure and endeavors to prevent you. This scene was likewise immaculate. FromSoftware has demonstrated that they are scaling up their games by fetching in unique challenges and producing eminent visual novels.
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The world of the Elden Ring is extensively immense than we can fantasize and comprehend. The Elden Ring is a striking piece of each game's mechanics and gameplay, and it works just fair for this game. The combat inside it is a blend between Dark Souls 3 and 1, and I might call it a "wild expansion" of Dark Souls combat. And the soundtrack used is greatly more promising than any FromSoftware game combined. Yuka Kitamura once again outplayed himself. The magnificence and scale of the open and extended world of the Elden Ring are indeed utterly staggering, and while I have merely dug a little part of the map. The visuals in this game are of exceptionally high grade with slight or no frame drops. Now fuse outstanding graphics and an absolute difficulty with a heart-breaking tale; I won't spoil anything, though the mix of despair, action, zeal, and humankind's lust for the Elden Ring is one of the most remarkable tales I've ever witnessed in my life.
Nonetheless, the game's boss battles and open-world quest are what makes the game shine. FromSoftware is known for the game's trademark environment, which is unique considering the open-world setup. The DLC makes it 10x times more pleasing, though, adding more content, epic boss battles, richer folklore. And the different places of this game that you get to visit in it are captivating and colorful. I was worried about purchasing this after dissatisfaction with previous FromSoftware games, but now I'm delighted I bought it. This game is not Dark Souls; Nor is it simply another overly complicated and serious "sort of spirits" battling uphill, boring battles that I will inevitably give up. FromSoftware ultimately made me their fan. I couldn't find anything to complain about. Straightforward, it's a 9.5 out of 10 with rare minor nitpicks, like Wooper Bosses being a bit too overpowered. At the same time, the DLC bumps it up to 11 out of 10 and basically just an extra penny for an entirely new game. FromSoftware has indeed made a timeless masterpiece.
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Summary
Thank you for viewing my review of Elden Ring, and again I highly recommend this game to anyone, particularly fans of Dark Souls.
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