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https://opencritic.com/game/12090/elden-ring

97% through 91 reviews so far THIS IS THE ONE

Dextero - 9/10
Make no mistake, Elden Ring is to the Souls subgenre what Breath of the Wild was to the Zelda franchise; it took a classic dungeon-diving formula and opened it up, adding more choice, nuance, and combat flexibility in the process. It feels destined to kickstart a wave of "did you know you could do this?" YouTube videos, and a deeper discussion of build-crafting. Elden Ring isnt Dark Souls 4 or just Big Souls, but its damn close, and represents the evolution the series needed and manages to be everything else we wanted it to be.

Destructoid - 10/10
As an experience, it's one of the most wondrous and open-ended games I've played in years.

GameSpew - 10/10
Combining the deep and challenging combat FromSoftware is known for with a vast and varied world that's always a pleasure to explore, Elden Ring is quite simply incredible. From the moment you step foot into The Lands Between you'll be engrossed, and while you'll no doubt experience some setbacks on your adventure such as a boss that at first seems impossible to defeat there's always somewhere else to go to cool off, pick yourself up, and perhaps power yourself up before returning to have another go. That is to say, you don't just play Elden Ring; you live in its world for hours at a time. It will consume you, but you'll willingly throw yourself into its maw with fervour.

Playstation Lifestyle - 9/10
Elden Ring feels like the game FromSoftware has been building up to ever since Demons Souls released in 2009. A huge open world filled to the brim with challenging enemies, characters sporting obvious influence from George R. R. Martin, and the typical drip-feed of lore FromSoftware is famous for crafting all combine to form an intoxicating adventure you wont soon forget. Yes, the formulaic nature of these games is absolutely showing after three console generations, but as the saying goes, if it aint broke, dont fix it!

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