I'll have a bit of time to get this, since I have to wait until I can afford a PS 5.
Avoiding spoilers is going to be hell, though.
I'm getting it on PS 5 myself; had it pre-ordered since I believe January.
Man, what the hell did I take the Preload for?
Just for preparing the Patch, the Game feels the need to scan through the entire game and then the Patch itself of over 2 GB takes forever to load.....
EDIT: Seriously, what the actual fuck? It's been updating/unpacking/verifying for over 4 hours now!
Edited by Forenperser on Apr 28th 2023 at 1:05:25 PM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianI'm seeing a lot of talk that the issues with the PC port are so bad that the game becomes borderline unplayable at times. Seems console is absolutely the way to go here. What a shame, I neather have a PS5 nor Series X/S, so I guess I wait if future patches manage to solve the issues.
Edited by uncertanSearcher on Apr 28th 2023 at 10:25:46 AM
Even Skill Up is finding the game unbearably bad on the PC, and he's tried almost every graphics setting possible with the hardware he has. Somebody really dropped the ball optimizing the game engine, let alone preventing the install size from being so gigantic.
And it's not just the PC port that Skill Up has beef with either: he was disappointed by the combat, finding it either too spammy or lacking the fluidity of the Souls games, and the open world design suffers from how often only a single path to a destination exists. Try jumping in an unintended direction or getting too clever with the terrain, and the game either prevents you from grappling on the surface or even outright blocks you mid-jump.
I was planning on getting this game on PS 5 so I'm glad I dodged a bullet.
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I'm trying to beat Elden Ring before the game comes out XD I'm on the final boss(es) right now, so I'm confident in my chances.