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[David76]

Looking forward to this one

 

[Gemma]

30 hours-ish to complete the main storyline, with "many dozens more hours" of gameplay available on top of that.

"This will differ significantly by player, but in terms of targets set during development, the idea is that the main route should be able to be completed within around 30 hours," producer Yasuhiro Kitao said.

"The game as a whole is quite massive and contains many dozens more hours' worth of gameplay, but if we are talking about the main route only, it shouldn't take much longer than that."

As with past From Software games, players can transfer save data from one playthrough to the next, when they'll also face tougher enemies.

"With the world being so vast, the game is designed so that it can be cleared without necessarily experiencing everything," Kitao said.

"Some players will prefer to try and explore the entire map the first time while other will leave some areas for exploration in second or subsequent cycles."

 

[Legion]

Looking forward to this one and expect it to be a proper challenge. I played and completed the Souls games and they drove me barmy.

 

[Gemma]

Elden Ring Review - Absolutely Astonishing Adventure - Game Informer

From Software's dark fantasy action RPG offers up an incredible, unforgettable adventure.

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Elden Ring is FromSoftware’s best, most approachable, and difficult game yet

The open-world Dark Souls successor is staggering in breadth and challenge

www.polygon.com

Elden Ring review - truly epic

FromSoft's latest achieves the seemingly impossible, taking a precisely tuned, dungeon-delving ARPG and setting it loose in an achingly beautiful open world

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Elden Ring review: an unmissable journey through the most impressive open world to date

Elden Ring is an action-RPG with an open world that's not only incredibly rich, but pushes you to succeed in so many brilliant ways.

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Looks like it's excellent and is blowing all other games released this year out of the water so far.

 

[Legion]

I'm finding the 'recommended level' for areas difficult to gauge. I can barely get a hit in on Godrick but then I go elsewhere and demolish some boss elsewhere almost too easily.

Margit was tough as nails but then the area after was pretty simple. I think with making summoning materials much easier to farm and seemingly infinite and a horse that can get you through areas without having to fight at all, they've just made the non-optional bosses stupidly hard.

The thing is, I don't want to summon but it seems like it's the only way to get through it... perhaps I'm under-levelled but given the ease I get through the area, I'd assume not.

It's a great game though.

 

[David76]

How much exploring are you doing? So far in my own playthrough, I felt like the Bosses are kind of gatekeepers which forces you to check out the surrounding area.

 

[Gemma]

This is my first proper bash at a Souls game. What is the point of the bloodstains and messages? They're bloody everywhere and really distracting and seemingly pointless??

 

[Legion]

The bloodstains show you how other players died and messages are left by other players also - sometimes helpful, sometimes not. You can turn them off by playing offline, although you'll not be able to summon help from other players (still can summon NPCs) but on the plus side, you'll not get invaded either. I think anyway.

 

[Dylan]

Loving this game but my god there was a difficulty spike at Stormveil Castle. Think I'll be coming back to that

 

[David76]

I'm just there now and should be tackling the boss today. It's a brilliantly designed area.