The Shepard
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Both botw and horizon zero dawn sold over 20 million each. Its elden ring I'd be more concerned of. I hope it does 20+ million to.
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ELDEN RING | Reviews Mega Thread
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Both botw and horizon zero dawn sold over 20 million each. Its elden ring I'd be more concerned of. I hope it does 20+ million to.
MistBreeze
Member
People should not put so much weight into meta scores or they will miss great games
honestly I enjoyed many 80 metacritic games more than some 90 + ones
Horizon forbidden west to me is so much better than the first game in every thing specially side missions and activities … the pacing. Robots and towns are so much better - still not finished yet -
But still
For elden ring I trust Meyazaki all his games are great and I think he can achieve 97 meta but I have to play first to judge
honestly I enjoyed many 80 metacritic games more than some 90 + ones
Horizon forbidden west to me is so much better than the first game in every thing specially side missions and activities … the pacing. Robots and towns are so much better - still not finished yet -
But still
For elden ring I trust Meyazaki all his games are great and I think he can achieve 97 meta but I have to play first to judge
The Black Knight Sword is a Greatsword, while the Black Knight Greatsword is an Ultra Greatsword. There is an Ultra Greatsword called the Greatsword in these games, and some Ultras just have Greatsword in their names. Yes, this is weird.
Portugeezer
Member
Bless your heart.
. . . still wasting breath in a review thread despite not relying on reviews (written by people who do those interviews and previews you're committed to for "research").
CZY
Member
I think you make a fine observation here but “fresh takes” on soulsborne games are imo more of a niche/fringe thing anyway. You can find them in any thread about any of the games. There’s nothing special about them.
The artful mincer
Member
Agreed but they do exist they are a minority and ideally some of them should review From games.
True but I believe on average they will be more favourable.
I do! If you don't that's cool however at some point you weren't a fan until you played the game and then you were so it's nice to have new comer perspective or someone that didn't like there games in past. This could be positive for the game if people who didn't like the previous games enjoyed this game.
True but if its your job then tough we all have to do things we don't like sometimes and you would be providing a valuable review.
sainraja
Member
Fair enough. And yeah hopefully From was able to achieve that in a way that can satisfy everyone.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
This will be the game that demonstrates just how overrated BoTW and it's open world is, so sayeth the Faithful, so deem ith the Ring 
bitbydeath
Member
Can no longer hold off on putting down my pre-order.
HYPE!
HYPE!
Lethal01
Member
Sorry, I've been sending lots of applications for a new job ^.-
Hinedorf
Banned
Naw, HFW feels in many ways regression from the first game. They really didn't change much at all from the first game so if that didn't get GOTY there's no way in hell this one was going to.
Whereas the first Horizon game kept me engaged throughout, not feeling that way with the second one, too many weapons/upgrades for a game that quite frankly feels like they get in the way more than accommodate the gameplay.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
The price of fromsoft just went through the roof.
Alebrije
Member
Sony must be happy then
splattered
Member
I spoke to some friends and asked if they preordered this "hell no, i don't preorder shit anymore it's stupid" ... basically the general consensus. I did and don't regret it one bit. I just wish it had better preorder bonus... a gesture right? Pffft.
Huevos de Oro
Member
Soooo...is Elden Ring the Dark Souls of Breath of the Wild games?
Calverz
Member
Exact same for me but god of war and horizon zero dawn.
sircaw
Banned
Divorce, adoption, witness protection, you have options
Fbh
Member
Sadly I'm not in the US.
Must already deal with the ridiculous official price from Sony of almost $700, but I'm not willing to go over that which is already ridiculous (considering Microsoft can sell the SX for $550)
Buggy Loop
Member
« An update has just appeared for GOTY, I mean Elden ring
Initial impressions are positive, for sure more testing on the channel soon. »
The artful mincer
Member
Well if you look at the user review scores there are only 12 and interestingly I only heard of endwalker.
However I articulated myself poorly so I will try to explain myself better.
The average is not really important obviously some games are gonna come out on top its the lack of diversity with scores that is the bigger problem.
First out of any of those 45 games are there any you hated, thought was average, couldn't finish etc?
Because I know I have felt those things and they would have been very poorly represented.
I know for a fact that a huge chunk of those games won't have a single individual review below a 7 and that's bullshit.
So I guess on reflection it's not the average that matter but the 7 to 10 ratings system most reviewers stick to that bothers me.
Ezquimacore
Banned
after reading all the reviews, the game is Dark Souls with a Breath of the wild style of open world, which is fantastic because everyone else does the ubisoft open world.
Krappadizzle
Member
People keep responding to my comment like I'm hating on Horizon because their jimmies got rustled. I bought Horizon on launch, played it a few hours and jumped right back to BotW. Tried a few times again over the years but never could get into it.
Bought it again on PC thinking maybe it was the framerate. Nope, still bored. It's beautiful to look at, but the world felt sterile and flat compared to BotW.
Didn't even bother with Forbidden West because I knew Elden Ring would probably do the same thing. Seems I'm right.
ColonialRaptor
Member
Let’s gooooooooo!!!!!!
Alebrije
Member
No, is the Dark Breath of the Wild game....Soooo...is Elden Ring the Dark Souls of Breath of the Wild games?
Tallahassee
Member
TheDarkPhantom
Member
Imagine needing reviews to convince you to pre-order/buy Elden Ring. Have you not been paying attention to what FROM has been doing for the past decade? 
KingGhidorah
Banned
hey From Soft haters, I heard Dragon Age 4 just started production....may you finally get that woke WRPG games you've been longing for
Cyberpunkd
Member
Thinking of going Samurai and Dex build for the first playthrought, one of the reviewers mentioned how it's almost impossible to not be interrupted while casting in late game due to casting time not being affected by poise stat.
Imagine needing reviews to convince you to pre-order/buy Elden Ring. Have you not been paying attention to what FROM has been doing for the past decade?
I've had this game pre-ordered since it was available. As have most people. Those who haven't were likely waiting for more meatier non-NDA'd impressions to get a fuller picture on what the game was going to offer. We're not all drooling retards that are waiting in the rain with our lunch money hoping a kind person will come along and tell us it's ok to get the game.
. . . Jesus, most people in this thread are just excited to play the game and glad the game is getting the attention and praise they assumed it would.
Majukun
Member
so it's a wrong thing that the person that reviews a game knows about other games of the genre, really?
did people alreadt forgot stuff like this?
God Hand Review - IGN
Clover Studio has a knack for creating unique and off-the-wall games, many of which have ties to 2D art and gameplay. Viewtiful Joe was largely a side-scroller set in a 3D world with a cartoony art style and time-altering mechanics. The equally-excellent Okami utilized painting techniques not...
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Soooo...is Elden Ring the Dark Souls of Breath of the Wild games?
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
did people alreadt forgot stuff like this?
God Hand Review - IGN
Clover Studio has a knack for creating unique and off-the-wall games, many of which have ties to 2D art and gameplay. Viewtiful Joe was largely a side-scroller set in a 3D world with a cartoony art style and time-altering mechanics. The equally-excellent Okami utilized painting techniques not...www.ign.com
Hinedorf
Banned
So much this now that they've hit GOTY status already with Sekiro. Whoever can flat out buy From and make it perma-exclusive is going to make a surefire line in the sand for gamers.
Lightjolly
Neo Member
I dont't care about reviews
Unless the game I like or hyped for gets good reviews.
- People
Unless the game I like or hyped for gets good reviews.
- People
Majukun
Member
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
The 1-10 scale in game reviews is broken, I get that, but when you already know that and factor it in to scores, it doesn't make a difference. If all reviewers magically agreed to properly use the 1-10 scale rather than "7 is average", then your problem would be that too many games scored above a 90 rather than a 95, or something similar. It would just scale.
Again, most of the top games not having any low scores is not bullshit, it's just maths. The reviews are only done by a few dozen people, not the millions that actually play the games. Eventually, you are always going to get a very select few games that 100% of a few dozen people thought were at least an 8 or whatever. The odds aren't even that crazy, it's almost impossible to avoid and it would be incredibly strange if that never ever happened.
User reviews may be able to give you a "better" result by providing thousands of ratings, but the problem then is that most of those "reviews" are either 0 or 10 depending on the user's preferences. People put stock in critic review aggregates because the user reviews include... these people.
When that's the alternative, critic scores start to look like a better guideline, even if you don't always agree with them.
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The artful mincer
Member
It's a problem if 99% of reviews are like that yes. This will for alot of people be there first FromSoftware game so some reviewes should cater to them.so it's a wrong thing that the person that reviews a game knows about other games of the genre, really?
did people alreadt forgot stuff like this?
God Hand Review - IGN
Clover Studio has a knack for creating unique and off-the-wall games, many of which have ties to 2D art and gameplay. Viewtiful Joe was largely a side-scroller set in a 3D world with a cartoony art style and time-altering mechanics. The equally-excellent Okami utilized painting techniques not...
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
Literally none of the people I have seen interviews from or have done the previews from are on this list. Nice try though.
WoodyStare
Member
I was just thinking it really wouldn’t surprise me if Sony announced an acquisition within the next few months.
