Elden Ring: despite player anger, a mobilization record on PC!

Gaming News Elden Ring: despite player anger, a mobilization record on PC!

Huge crowd…

For the past few days, February 25th has been awaited by much of the video game industry. Although important, we are not talking about the release of Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask on Nintendo Switch Online, but about the arrival of the Elden Ring. It’s the latest game from FromSoftware Studios, Japanese goldsmiths known for being the makers of the Dark Souls series, consistently delivering hard, challenging, depressing, yet terrifyingly satisfying games. A know-how that earned the studio the title of “Game of the Year” at the Game Awards in 2019 with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Enthusiasm has been all the greater in recent weeks as Elden Ring has been embraced by the press: a masterpiece often considered as moving and revolutionary as Breath of the Wild was five years ago.

And such a reception is bound to excite gamers even more, especially since the game is available for PC, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5. Evidence of this excitement can be seen in the number of concurrent players racing on Steam. At the moment 764,835 players are connected simultaneously on Elden Ring. A figure that puts the title in seventh place in the ranking between Valheim and the recent New World. However, not everyone seems happy with their experience.

The numbers on SteamDB.

…But players aren’t necessarily seduced

In fact, the number of players does not necessarily mean seduced players. Witness exactly how New World reached 913,000 players at its peak and mobilizes more than 16,000 players today. Regarding Elden Ring, as of midnight this morning, there have already been 16,000 reviews submitted via the PC version of the game on Steam. Players are moderately excited at the moment: not by the content of the game that pleases, but by the form. In fact, the technical optimization seems to be the cause of the players’ annoyance. Some people mention the lack of compatibility with an ultra-wide screen (21:9), while it is the problems with fluidity, FPS drop, clipping or even stuttering that are reported by gamers..

On the console side, the technical stability seems to be there without being optimal. It’s the media Digital Foundryspecializes in video game performance tests that suggest the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions run between 45 and 60 frames per second in performance mode. Digital Foundry adds that it is recommended to run the PS4 version of Elden Ring in order to offer players on PlayStation 5 the best possible stability.

A downside that should serve as a cold shower for some players who don’t fully appreciate the incredible experience promised by the media about Elden Ring. A disappointment that is likely to be even greater than last week, Horizon: Forbidden West had rocked the house mainly thanks to its multimedia optimization (PS5 and PS4).. In any case, Elden Ring has not finished talking about him in the coming days.

Elden Ring was released on February 25th for PC, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS4 and PS5.

Source : SteamDB.