Elden Ring is Huge, quite frankly massive. and It could be said, and will be said, by me, that it was TOO big for its own good.

Elden Ring is a good game, a damn good game and I absolutely can see why people think it is one of the best games of all time, but to me it's not. If anything I was disappointed because I've heard all of that and it didn't quite hit for me and It's a shame. However I will summarise it quickly before I go more in depth.

Elden Ring is Dark Souls 2 done right.

Gameplay - Elden Ring is the Gameplay of Dark Souls 3 but more refined and with more QoL features which allow for more fun and varied gameplay... If you don't like challenge. Elden Ring is one of the easiest games in this genre, if not the easiest aside from a few boss fights which were unfairly difficult like Malenia... which I have pure hatred and PTSD of "I AM MALENIA BLADE OF MIQUELLA" taunting on me with every death. Nontheless, if you're looking for a soulsborne game to start with ER is a perfect start for it. Alongside that, if You are a veteran you will absolutely adore the massive variety of playstyles and builds I don't believe many other games can say is possible.

Story - beautiful worldbuilding created by GRRM and built upon by Miyazaki. But other than its lore I believe it is Other than Dark souls 2) the weakest overall story of the catalogue. It is a shame as it had some really good building up but it never really hit. I must absolutely say, I love how I played through the game and found I missed so many people, forgot about others, and only finished a few stories. This is very well done and opens up for more playthroughs, which I will eventually get around to another year.

World - Other than my thoughts on it being maybe too large for it's own good, the most major positives of the game come from the first 2/3s of the game, absolutely beautifully paced until the mountaintops, stunning design with brilliant level design. This is always FromSoft in their element and here is no different. Even the mountaintops is only meh at worst and not even bad. What's been said by most reviews here I will have to say for this. Unbelievable world design.

Bosses - worst part of this game, while being extremely awesome to see and fight initially. most bosses turn out to be redone over and over and over through the game, on top of this I believe a lot of bosses were made unfairly and unfun, like Malenia, like Hourax Loux etc. they could've balanced these bosses so much better.

To summarise, this game is flawed but still great, not on the same level asmost FromSoft Games but far from bad, an unbelievable world, mazing score, great lore and incredibly done gameplay make this games positives really high, but it's bad enemy layouts, reused bosses, bad storytelling make the game unable to reach 5 Stars and thus

I give this game an 8.75/10

definitely buy it

I'll be playing the DLC and will make a separate review for it, I'm very excited

Sekiro is one of FromSoft's finest games ever, it is absolutely incredible and a definite masterpiece of gameplay blending with storytelling. It is truly amazing.

It is a game almost on par with Dark Souls 3 (However I slightly enjoyed 3 more than Sekiro, due to smaller things).

Gameplay - Sekiro is a smooth and crisp game with each piece of gameplay flowing and melding into each other. The fast and high action combat separates itself so heavily from souls combat with more of an emphasis on parrying, allowing fights to be visceral. On top of this, the lack of in depth gear systems streamlines the gameplay loop and makes you more attached to a playstyle so you can learn the skills of this game to an optimum level. However, the game does feature a weapon art system that absolutely blows away any other similar system in a soulsborne game, with the addition of this they compliment combat and change it up in spectacular ways.

World - absolutely stunning world with level design that compliments a mix of stealth and action. Each area felt unique and complimentary to every system and the environmental storytelling devices. The best areas especially come in the latter half of the game, the level design is mainly linear however it is presented in an open style with backtracking and the usual for a soulsborne game. All in all, this game is one of the best put worlds FromSoft have developed.

Story - The story again is presented less linearly than a souls game, filled with storytelling cutscenes and hard hitting revalations, the lore is well told mainly though fully told dialogue and storytelling devices, however they have also kept the item descriptions presenting lore. However, I believe this story, while it is still really good, it doesn't quite hit the levels of bloodborne and dark souls 3

Bosses - Incredibly well done, perfectly implemented with only very few bad bosses, almost all of the great bosses present the hardest challenge in any souls game, but beautifully transitioned into the new style of parry combat, they have excellent hitboxes, move sets and amazing boss arenas. Some of the greatest bosses in the series, most of chich being a surprise so I won't spoil any.

As stated, this game is absolutely marvellous and one of the best I've played, especially for fromsoft gmes, games should take lessons from this

and It deserves every one of this 9.5/10

amazing

Incredibly late to review, so I will sum it up to my best memory

One of the best Open Worlds to date, Night City Felt alive and breathing and was THE main character in this game

Story was Great in places and Meh in others, but overall was Mainly great and the DLC made it a whole lightyear ahead of the main game and added together they ebbed and flowed perfectly, resulting in a generally great story

Gameplay was rubbish... in 2020. Now that the Game fulfilled what was a really good backbone with updates, the gameplay is fixed and fun and resulted in an immersive and well flowing gameplay structure with great combat and great world interaction, driving too was especially enhanced. 2.0 and 2.1 really helped this game achieve what it was growing to. However, the game still had a lot of glitches and a few crashes so It isn't 100% perfectly fixed but really damn close

Overall this game is one of my favourite RPG's I've ever played, and deserves a 5 stars, barely scraping however, with a high 9/10, a really incredible game now, especially as It is almost 100% fixed and almost always on sale

a definite must buy. I spent 140 hours in it for a damn good reason.