Elden Ring Catch-all

Metacritic also says it’s a “must play” so none of us have any choice here.

Oh well it's only $60 for PS4/PS5 both digital versions. Guess if you get a disc PS4 version can install PS5 for free too.

Edit: Never mind, looks like it's $60 across the board. PC, PS, Xbox.

beanman101283 wrote:
UpToIsomorphism wrote:

Do I need to play this, and how many controllers will I break if I do?

Eurogamer says it's "Essential" so I guess you do.

Also, Howmanycontrollers.com says 2 to 3 controllers.

Here's a performance breakdown if you want something ahead of launch. I'm sure Digital Foundry will post a more detailed video in the next few days. It's important to note that is without the Day 1 patch, so that could improve some of these:

Summary:
Uncapped FPS on all versions.
Xbox One S runs at around 25-30FPS
Xbox One X runs at around 30-35FPS
PS4 runs at nearly 30FPS
PS4 PRO runs at around 28-33FPS
XSS's quality mode runs at 32-37FPS
XSS's perfomance mode runs around 45-50FPS
XSX's quality mode runs at 35-40FPS
XSX's perfomance mode runs at around 45-50FPS
PS5's quality mode runs at around 40-45FPS
PS5's Perfomance mode runs at around 55-60FPS

I am taking Friday off. I ended up going PS5... the Souls RCE exploit on the PC has spooked me away from it even though I have a good enough PC to run it at 4k/60..

Preordered PC via fanatical. 50 instead of 60 dollaradoos.

Damn FOMO. This game wasn't even on my radar. I only spent any significant time with Dark Souls: Remastered and barely put any time in to DS2 & 3.

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I was going to hold out, but one can only show so much willpower. In for Xbox series X.

Bloodborne was the Souls game I made the most progress in, with the help of multiplayer assists. I’m trying to avoid spoilers, but can anyone tell me if this game is supposed to offer similar drop in multiplayer, so I can get some help with bosses when I get stuck?

jonnypolite wrote:

I was going to hold out, but one can only show so much willpower. In for Xbox series X.

Bloodborne was the Souls game I made the most progress in, with the help of multiplayer assists. I’m trying to avoid spoilers, but can anyone tell me if this game is supposed to offer similar drop in multiplayer, so I can get some help with bosses when I get stuck?

Yes. You can summon in help in the form of either AI or real people.

MrMattyPlays

detroit20 wrote:

I hope From Software releases some kind of wiki for the game, so that us slow players can get hints and tips when everyone else has finished it and moved on.

There are player-made wikis for every Souls game, and they're indispensable.

I get the feeling I'll never finish this game but be okay with that. My weekend is already booked up with a camping trip but next week productivity will be very low I predict.

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farley3k wrote:

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I chuckled at that. Feel bad for that person and the money they spent; maybe they will come back to it in the future.

It’s a satire account, was posted in Discord as well.

In case you missed it and are buying on Xbox:

pandasuit wrote:

If you buy on Xbox use the official Xbox rewards app on your console to get 6000 points for your purchase. There’s an Elden Ring specific reward card right now. That 6000 points can be redeemed for ~$6 for future purchases.

I redeemed $50 worth of reward points to make the purchase then got the ~$6 back.

It’s not quite as nice as some of the PC deals I saw for preordering but I’ll take it.

Well sh*t it's $45 on GMG with code 06QVP3-V01NKP-K2707M. Had to do it. Steam it is. Preloading.

Stele wrote:

Well sh*t it's $45 on GMG with code 06QVP3-V01NKP-K2707M. Had to do it. Steam it is. Preloading.

Me too. I just did the same thing. The hype got me! I don't know the last time I bought a game on release that wasn't a Nintendo game.

Also, I've only ever played, maybe, the first 25% or so of Dark Souls 1 several years ago.

vlox_km wrote:
Stele wrote:

Well sh*t it's $45 on GMG with code 06QVP3-V01NKP-K2707M. Had to do it. Steam it is. Preloading.

Me too. I just did the same thing. They hype got me! I don't know the last time I bought a game on release that wasn't a Nintendo game.

Also, I've only ever played, maybe, the first 25% or so of Dark Souls 1 several years ago.

Dark Souls 1 is the best From game until now. The Remastered version is fantastic. If you Elden Ring, you should go back to that.

This may be a good place to mention that there are subreddits dedicated to having people ask for help in Souls games. Summonsign is one of them. You can get help for older Souls games that way.

Stele wrote:

Well sh*t it's $45 on GMG with code 06QVP3-V01NKP-K2707M. Had to do it. Steam it is. Preloading.

Welp, that helped me get over the edge. I was waffling between GMG and Fanatical earlier today when both were at $50, but I wasn’t ready to pull the trigger. Glad I waited.

steinkrug wrote:

These review scores are making it hard to stick with my decision to finish Horizon Forbidden West first.

I always knew that would be a problem. My hope is to get to a good stopping point in Forbidden West, and then it can become the gentile game I come back to when Elden Ring kicks my ass.

Fedaykin98 wrote:

This may be a good place to mention that there are subreddits dedicated to having people ask for help in Souls games. Summonsign is one of them. You can get help for older Souls games that way.

GWJ discord would probably work for this game the next month or two.

steinkrug wrote:

It’s a satire account, was posted in Discord as well.

I did not know that, clearly hahahaha.

Stele wrote:

Well sh*t it's $45 on GMG with code 06QVP3-V01NKP-K2707M. Had to do it. Steam it is. Preloading.

Welp, FOMO and this code got me. Looking forward to it.

The MrMattyPlays video he said even his high end rig had pauses and other poor performance.

Wait so we can play at 6pm eastern on Thurs? But consoles not until midnight? Wow.

Release times

Stele wrote:

Wait so we can play at 6pm eastern on Thurs? But consoles not until midnight? Wow.

Release times

Yup. I look forward to diving in as soon as I get out of work.

The only thing I haven't heard about is if Elden Ring still has the same online PvP exploit that the Dark Souls games had, so I'm going to start in offline mode and keep it there until someone says it's safe to go online.

I am not sure whether I hate GwJers' enabling more than I despise my own weakness.

After reading the last two pages of this thread, I ordered the game on Amazon for £45 (which is an astonishing throwback price, and gives the lie to the prevailing notion that current gen games must cost more the 60 quid).

45 seconds later, I cancelled my order...

5 minutes later, I placed a new order...