Like Micha’s character’s magic crown, the Elden Ring has two faces.
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Maurice Weber is considered by connoisseurs to be a friend of crisp theses, which he recently proved once again. “Hot take,” he postulated rising twitch star on Twitter: »One of the reasons why Elden Ring is so absurdly successful is that we all needed a game to fall in love with. Everyone from the Settlers fan to the Battlefield pro is stumbling through and getting beat up by the Tree Warden just to feel something again.«
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You could read criticism between the lines: If there had been other blockbusters, wouldn’t Elden Ring have been so successful? Over 12 million sales out of hopelessness?
This can be discussed excellently, with Etienne Gardé, known as a Dark Souls advocate Rocketbeanswho is also currently on his Youtube channel GrumpyEde through Elden Ring dies fights
Next to Maurice and Micha at the discussion table is another GameStar colleague who doesn’t know what to do with the Elden Ring – namely Fabiano! In his column for GameStar.de, Fabiano listed several reasons why the Elden Ring doesn’t excite him. And got some approval in the comments.
Elden Ring certainly has facets that can be criticized – even beyond the entry hurdle, including the frustrating level of difficulty. Cryptic staging, no classic story, very mechanical gameplay full of repetitions – can that be really good or even masterful?
Elden Ring seems to have two faces. And that’s what we need to talk about.
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