HIGH Looks gorgeous, but at the cost of 60fps on console.
LOW A torturously unexciting puzzle gauntlet midway through the campaign.
WTF Key story beats presented like the holographic recordings from Tacoma.
HIGH Looks gorgeous, but at the cost of 60fps on console.
LOW A torturously unexciting puzzle gauntlet midway through the campaign.
WTF Key story beats presented like the holographic recordings from Tacoma.
HIGH Expands on everything that made its predecessor great, while adding much more.
LOW Getting eaten by the same Rancor over and over.
WTF I think I’m back to loving Star Wars again.
HIGH Leon’s new defensive knife skills are an inspired addition.
LOW Some of the craziest moments of the original campaign are no more.
WTF Leon evading a dual chainsaw attack in the most bizarre and dangerous way possible.
HIGH High-energy, fast pace and refined systems.
LOW Making the first boss a balls-hard Sekiro homage was a huge mistake.
WTF Where is that village key? And why are arrows so expensive?!?
HIGH Stunning a group of enemies with a pistol barrage, then pulling off chain executions.
LOW Wanted: Dead‘s performance on XBX is a dumpster fire.
WTF Umm… where’s the rest of the game?
HIGH Compelling investigative storylines.
LOW Minimal challenge in battles.
WTF Elise can cause literal storms!
HIGH It’s one of the richest open worlds ever created.
LOW Endless imvasions.
WTF Seriously, how is anyone supposed to figures these sidequests out?
During the (approximately) six hours I’ve spent in the Lands Between during the recent Elden Ring closed network test, my initially-high expectations were quickly met — and then surpassed with ease. The feeling I was left with after the trial period is one of genuine interest and intense anticipation to dive back in. It seems that not a single minute of the three full years FROM Software reserved to develop this vision went by in vain. I was also glad to see that George R.R. Martin’s contributions are present and impactful, his influence seen in some deep layers of lore, worthy of peeling off and revealing one by one.
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