Recent reviews by Fanofgaming

It's early access, so it's always hard to tell for sure how the game is going to turn out, but so far everything is very promising. It seems like this game is likely going to be every bit as good as the original.

The original is one of my favorite games ever made, so I definitely recommend this one.

This is a very good game with a very good development studio behind it and an abysmal publisher. Sony nearly killed this game with their bullheaded forcing of the account-linking update, but were forced to back down by the overwhelmingly negative response and the trickle of refund requests that were getting through Steam Support.

The game is so much fun, but be prepared to potentially have to rally alongside the rest of the community the next time Sony tries to pull some ghoul ♥♥♥♥.

An absolute masterpiece. Must-play for anybody who has ever enjoyed any soulslike. At time of launch, performance had some serious issues -- stuttering can get very bad in some areas, even on a strong machine, but that will be fixed with patches. The game absolutely makes up for it.

If you've played Dark Souls, the gameplay is exactly what you expect. Fast-paced, punishing, and absolutely enthralling. As you explore the world, you will gain access to more and more tools to make your character progressively more badass. When you first start, you're fairly weak, but by the end of my first playthrough, I felt like a demigod. There is quite a lot of variety in terms of builds, and each specialization feels absolutely viable in singleplayer. With good planning, you'll feel very powerful once you have a few levels under your belt.

The world is very interesting. Although the game does keep some of the cryptic storytelling from the Dark Souls games, things also generally seemed clearer to me. I could actually tell what I was supposed to be doing and what most NPCs were about. The broad strokes of the story are still vague, but I found them to be more decipherable than usual. As for environments, there are some absolutely stunning locales to explore. More than once, I entered a new area and was washed over by a sense of dread and foreboding not only because of the oppressive design, but also because I knew I was about to have to explore this terrifying place.

Enemy design is as good as ever. Variety might leave you a little wanting -- after 90 hours of gameplay, I absolutely came to realize that almost every enemy was a reskin of some other enemy. They do this a lot. It's not so bad that areas feel repetitive, but you'll probably notice it.

I know it's too early to say, but I honestly can't imagine any game overtaking Elden Ring as the obvious Game of the Year candidate. I'm a huge fan of Dark Souls and the genre it spawned, and this is among the very best that the genre has to offer. Better than any Dark Souls game, and at least on par with Bloodborne. I absolutely recommend it.

its pretty good