Elden Ring Critique - FromSoft's Troubled Masterpiece
13,240A comprehensive review and analysis of Elden Ring, the latest game by FromSoftware.
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This video talks about what Elden Ring gets right and wrong, mostly focused on key gameplay features like exploration and boss fights. For a game heralded as one of the greatest masterpieces of our time, it certainly doesn't live up to that expectation. It's a title that I'm equal parts amazed and disappointed by.
Chapters -
0:00 - Introduction
2:32 - Exploring The Lands Between
12:18 - Dungeon Design
18:06 - Reduced, Reused, Recycled Content
26:52 - We're In The Endgame Now (and it's rough)
33:35 - Evolution of Combat in Soulsborne Games
35:56 - Boss Fights: Elden Ring's Fatal Flaw
46:22 - Defensive Play & Spirit Ashes
50:39 - It's Not All Bad
54:26 - Conclusion
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