Recent reviews by Wondeer <3

To make the review easier to understand I'll write down the positives and negatives as checklists.

Positives:
- The world is huge, beautiful and incredibly immersive. You can wander around for hours always stumbling upon new places and content to do, wether it be bosses, dungeons or gimmicks.

- The combat is second to none, and is a lot more diverse compared to previous souls-games. You can build around basically any weapon type and can still keep up with the most "broken" builds, which enables lots of build diversity and playstyles.

- The game is incredibly challenging just like any other souls-game. However, Elden Ring gives you lots of ways to prepare for the different bosses and challenges, which makes it much more "casual friendly" like swappable ashes of war, ashen summons (especially the Mimic Tear), and some very special builds which are incredibly easy to build into.

- Bugs are basically non-existent for the size of the world and the game itself is incredibly polished, with amazing attention to detail in interactions and general actions.

Negatives:
- Torrent (the mount) sometimes feels pretty clunky to ride on, and the general movement and camera movement can sometimes make intense situations even more hazardous.

- I suffered a bit from framdrops when exploring vast areas, aswell as some minor bugs like Torrent not responding to the whistle when you ring it (he responded the second time when I did call him).

Conclusion: An amazing game worth every penny and more, suffering from some performance issues and a very souls-esque movement and camera issues that didn't take much away from this masterpiece of a game.

9.9/10 (because nothing is perfect)

This game is kind of a mixed bag for me. In and of itself it's kind of mediocre and the game developers don't seem to pay that much attention to it anymore. However, the game's biggest strenght, the simple mechanics, is what really carries it for me. The game is really easy to get into but has a really high skill curve due to it not featuring any sort of aim assist or bloom and overall being very punishing against inexperienced players, especially against higher elo players.

The game's matchmaking system is very simple and is pretty much comparable to any other game's in the industry. If you win enough, you rank up, you loose enough, you derank. This ranking system is what has held this game alive for all these years. It's REALLY difficult for people to reach the top and as someone who has only reached LE (Legendary Eagle), the 4th highest rank in the game, I can safely say that the game demands dedication, and much of it. This might scare newcomers but it's what in my opinion makes the game so appealing, especially after so many years of playing.

Overall I think the game is a very skilldemanding game with a huge skill curve which is very rewarding whilst you've mastered it. With decent graphics and great mechanics it still holds up today in this fps-crowded landscape. And also, it's free! <3

7.5/10