My Elden Ring review

The positives

+Excellent world with the best exploration out of any game ever
+Fantastic visuals and animations
+Some great and visually stunning bosses
+Diverse builds
+Great movement. Jumping and crouching specifically made the game much more enjoyable than Dark Souls 3
+The 2nd best horse riding out of any game (still 5/10)
+Legacy dungeons have amazing level design
+Lots of content
+Doesn't take much disk space
+Great combat and normal enemies + generally good hitboxes
+Great customization
+Memorable characters for a FromSoftware game
+Lovely artstyle
+Some of the best looking armor and weapons from any game
+Amazing atmosphere
+Amazing visual design for almost all enemies & bosses
+Spirit ashes were a stroke of genius. They add an another layer of depth into the Dark Souls combat system

The negatives

-The optimization is very bad
-The camera doesn’t work very well
-The horse combat
-The entire late game (Mountaintops of The Giants)
-Forgettable soundtrack
-Bad rewards for exploration usually
-Repetitive bosses (the bosses are still okay in general, but for a boss focused game it’s disappointing how few unique bosses there are. The reusing of bosses also drags down some of the original fights)
-No lip movement animations
-No proper story and quests (not a flaw necessarily, just my own preference)
-No new content type by the end game. It's the same evergaols, caves and dungeons for the whole game
-Combat is pretty much the only gameplay activity that can be found in the game, but luckily that combat is good
-Coming from Dark Souls 3, some of the main bosses were quite disappointing and low quality mechanically
-Too many delayed attacks
-Some enemies make it feel like playing a strength build is invalid
-No pause button????

Score: 9.0/10

My Elden Ring review The positives +Excellent world with the best exploration out of any game ever +Fantastic visuals and animations +Some great and visually stunning bosses +Diverse builds +Great movement. Jumping and crouching specifically made the game much more enjoyable than Dark Souls 3 +The 2nd best horse riding out of any game (still 5/10) +Legacy dungeons have amazing level design +Lots of content +Doesn't take much disk space +Great combat and normal enemies + generally good hitboxes +Great customization +Memorable characters for a FromSoftware game +Lovely artstyle +Some of the best looking armor and weapons from any game +Amazing atmosphere +Amazing visual design for almost all enemies & bosses +Spirit ashes were a stroke of genius. They add an another layer of depth into the Dark Souls combat system The negatives -The optimization is very bad -The camera doesn’t work very well -The horse combat -The entire late game (Mountaintops of The Giants) -Forgettable soundtrack -Bad rewards for exploration usually -Repetitive bosses (the bosses are still okay in general, but for a boss focused game it’s disappointing how few unique bosses there are. The reusing of bosses also drags down some of the original fights) -No lip movement animations -No proper story and quests (not a flaw necessarily, just my own preference) -No new content type by the end game. It's the same evergaols, caves and dungeons for the whole game -Combat is pretty much the only gameplay activity that can be found in the game, but luckily that combat is good -Coming from Dark Souls 3, some of the main bosses were quite disappointing and low quality mechanically -Too many delayed attacks -Some enemies make it feel like playing a strength build is invalid -No pause button???? Score: 9.0/10