Elden Ring is the game on everyone’s mind as of late but not everyone is particularly thrilled at FromSoftware’s latest achievement. A few salty devs criticized Elden Ring on Twitter and the rest is kind of history. We have got all the details on this week’s Roundup including a few extra Elden Ring stories.
In other news GTA V will be cheaper on PS5 than Series X, Gotham Knights got an official release date, Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp has been delayed, and Kotaku’s union won a big fight.
This week’s 5-Second Review Brian knows what he likes and the Coming Soon section ushers in Tunic for good Zelda feels and Stranger of Paradise for maximum chaos.
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00:00 – Ubisoft, Horizon devs trash Elden Ring
05:52 – GTA V will be cheaper on PS5
06:42 – Gotham Knights release date announced
07:17 – Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp delayed
08:09 – Kotaku’s union wins fight with owner
09:28 – 5-Second Review
09:50 – Coming Soon
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[Metacritic] Elden Ring Metacritic
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-5/elden-ring
[Steam Charts] Steam Charts Elden Ring top 3
https://steamcharts.com/top
[Twitch] Main Twitch page
https://www.twitch.tv/directory
[MP1st] Ubisoft and Horizon devs blast Elden Ring UI, performance, and quest design
https://mp1st.com/news/ubisoft-dev-sony-devs-throw-shade-at-elden-ring-ui-performance-quest-design
[Reddit] If Ubisoft developed Elden Ring screenshot
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/t7q55h/if_ubisoft_developed_elden_ring/?ref=share&ref_source=embed&utm_content=body&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=7cdcb6a1db864c64b65e2277941b11f9&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=t7q55h
[Dexerto] Asmongold calls out Ubisoft and Horizon devs
https://www.dexerto.com/elden-ring/asmongold-calls-out-delusional-horizon-and-ubisoft-devs-critizing-elden-ring-1779551/
[GameRant] Elden Ring is still being review bombed
https://gamerant.com/elden-ring-is-still-being-review-bombed/
[YouTube] Lance Mcdonald Elden Ring potential DLC thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=EEG5EZe1Tlc&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=LanceMcDonald
[YouTube] Nikobellic Elden Ring Speed run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9lDh8IX8g4&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=nikobellic
[GamesRadar] Barely half of Elden Ring PC players have beaten the games first major boss
https://www.gamesradar.com/barely-half-of-elden-ring-pc-players-have-beaten-the-games-first-major-boss/
[VGC] GTA V will be cheaper on PS5
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/confirmed-the-full-gta-v-package-is-10-on-ps5-and-30-on-xbox-series-x/
[Twitter] Gotham Knights release date announced
https://twitter.com/GothamKnights/status/1501558438681317380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1501558438681317380%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Farticles%2Fgotham-knights-release-date-2022
[IGN] Gotham Knights release details
https://www.ign.com/articles/gotham-knights-story-trailer-release-date-batman-game
[Twitter] Nintendo delays Advance Wars Remake indefinitely
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1501559021848965120
[Fanbyte] Stalker 2 delayed
https://www.fanbyte.com/news/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-delayed-indefinitely-as-ukrainian-devs-focuses-on-employee-safety/
[The Gamer] Kotaku Union GMG wins big labor struggle
https://www.thegamer.com/kotaku-union-wins-labor-struggle/
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Imagine criticizing the lack of tutorials, when it is an actual core component of From Software experience.
So someone on the internet is is salty and water is wet
And bunch of new world players playing a game that's gonna flop soon. Flop culture
I've played ER. I've played Skyrim. Both are games are good, but skyrim is better…. ER is a rip off and the stolen by product of the innovation of what betheseda has created since the mid 2000's with oblivion. Sure; ER is pretty, but NOT visually stunning. The target locking is unique…NO; mmo's including BOTW has been using it for some time now. Dying light plays better and is open world, albeit smaller scale and its control dynamics fair better than ER's. The camera SUCKS donkey BA… in ER!!!
I try to hit something with my weapon whilst facing the object and in direct line of the thing and MISS…WTF!! "Damn you skulls I'm pointing @ you!!"
The difficulty is insanely arduous at best. This is absolutely NOT necessary even for a souls like game. Most players would prefer a diff. option in the menu.
Skyrim and its modding puts ER to shame. I'll still play ER cause "man oh man I am not going to waste my money, but all the while… I'll be like WTH didn't they just do this with another game and discover more stolen ideas originating from skyrim like the music I hear whilst traversing limgrave; which the background music does sounds vaguely familiar.
Let's be honest people. A lot of liek open world rpg's with a fair amount of content to tinker around with and in, but truly in 2020's with all but a small percentage of tech bottlenecks removed there is little to no excuse for devs to sideskirt projects and relegate game design to old school limitations and in no way shape or form should we the gamers and consumers accept anything less than perfection…ER with all truth is far from perfect!! Hell look at how grass, brush, bramble, plants move and sway when your character traverses through it.
"Yeah that's right…IT doesn't move!!" Immersion failure and for 2022 that is a FAIL in my book.
Once the PS5 releases I'm sure I'll have a blast playing it . . .
Cry Ubisoft you will never be in the top again after you destroyed far cry and assasin's games!
4:16 Imagine being a horizon fan and believe that horizon is actually better than a SOULS GAME!!!
Imagine being associated with battlefield 2042 and thinking you have any credibility.
Elden Ring is the first game since BotW filled to the brim with ambition, and has set a new benchmark for Open World games. I just don't see how another game is going to top this in quality any time soon (its so good its even impacted my hype for BotW2 and Starfield…)
Ubisoft is the last studio that has any right to criticize another game
Horizon forbidden sux ass and is nothing compared to the god like nature that is Elden ring. All these game developers need to learn to git gud or go home.
the thumbnail is perfect 😂 that's how imagine their salty faces
Elden Ring is an amazing game. The best I’ve played in the past 8-10 years. I’m a Pc gamer and played pretty much every major title except mmos ( hate microtransactions). Horizon zero dawn and it’s sequel are trash. That woke fat face lead character and poorly written quests and open world just didn’t interest me. As for Ubisoft, they never make good games anymore. Just open world amusement parks with shit transactions and forced grouping in some games because they can’t make ai actually good, just stack on a bunch of bs hp. Their games have weak af character creation too. There’s really nothing to like. Watchdog legions was so woke and strange. It was next to impossible to find anyone normal looking too. Terrible co-op and driving. The crew 2 also mutant drivers are terrible controls, mostly related to the camera. Overpriced cars and forced pvp to unlock anything good.
Horizon is overrated anyways its mediocre at best
Bruh wow you suck, Elden ring has one of the worst UX's in all of gaming that guy is right. On pc, it does not even show m/kb controls. Does it mean it does not deserve a good rating? no, but also i like how you did not mention the PC version which is lower. I also like how you fail to acklowledge that the comment about pc stability/performance, IS ABSOLUTELY correct.
Still not understanding the hype of Elden Ring especially when it runs so badly to this day on PC. They aren't wrong about the UX though. The interface hasn't aged well at all. Roll, dodge, slash and repeat. The world is void, bland and empty compared to the likes of Horizon
Was really looking forward to playing Elden Ring day one, but I'll be waiting until it can hit a consistent 60 on my PS5
Advance Wars, a cartoonish fictional wargame is delayed… Red Alert 2, an actual wargame with Russia as the enemy, OK to sell. Strange world… LOL
I'm just glad my character on Elden Ring doesn't talk to himself all the time like Aloy does on Horizon. Lol
Good thing games aren't made for Devs lol
Get em B man
I didn't know The Onion was still around
Should change their name to U be Salt 🧂 😏
ubisoft talking shit about a games UI or quests makes me have to rethink if they make the division or not, because that shit was BAD.
"Here's your little list, now go here and do this." 20 year old quest and open world design and they expect to compete with Elden ring.
Aloy is probably the most unlikable main character of any game I've played. Nothing to relate to and she is ugly and has a poorly designed face. Looks like a plump bulldog with those cheeks.
Look, I just finished HZDFW, im really disappointed how technically poor parts of this game are, in my 90 hr playthrough i was falling through floors, not able to make jumps because the platform i needed to land on just let me sail straight through it, robots were popping in right in front of my face, but, the fps was solid, but there were a lot of bugs, now im 65 hrs into elden ring, apart from the frame rate being all over the place, ive had no bugs, not a single one….but the performance is nowhere near the 60fps target, now, elden ring doesn't get marked down for this, but HZD has been marked down for its technical issues, this is why the devs are unhappy, not with elden ring, but with reviewers willing to give elden ring a pass due to it's biblical epicness. Either review a game to a standard or dont, you cant just look past serious fps issues because you love the gam more than another one you marked down.
Eel in Ring is amazing. Of course other devs are salty. Eldin Ring doesn’t hold your hand. Not knowing what to do will lead you to other places and you get rewarded for it. It’s great!
LOL Ubisoft, what you expect from a games company that deliver what players want on their game???
you should look at the mirror and ask yourself " did u gave what player want on your latest game ??? "
I used to love assassins creed series, but what you gave us on the latest AC game?? a cheap knock off from god of war from what I saw.
what a small person you're. disgusting
Horizon fans don't care, we got both games
They're just upset that now they have to actually do work the next time they make a game
Players new to Souls series stuck at Margit: I finally beat him after 55 tries, I had to grind to lvl 70 at Limgrave first! Man that was hard!
Souls veterans: Wen't straight to Margit after starting dungeon and beat him the first try.
Its the performance issues that really makes the meta-critic score feel unearned for me, especially for the PC version. Crashes, stutters, stuff that can actively detract from otherwise awesome gameplay loop. Its also frustrating to mention these issues and then be informed they arent real problems and that im just tilted cause im bad at the game. I mean yeah i bad at the game, but i like being rewarded for learning the combat, sometime id do more if it didnt feel like im litterally fighting the game engine. Heres hoping against all odds From commits to seriously patching performance fixes
That the UI is convoluted is a valid criticism IMO.
Well it's true… Elden ring ain't that cool lol
It's just a trend right now🤣🤣 it's overhyped. Horizon deserves more hype than this game honestly….. and just on a side note….. you can customize your UI😉
Big words from experts with reused tower climbing simulators/servers running on potatoes and walking sim developers whos games are buggy asf anyways
Eldin Ring should still have an immediate and easy pause option.
Eldin Ring is garbage, graphics suck, play style is pure crap
Let the salt flowith
It's a fun game, but not pretty whatsoever.
I mean what's remember the facts being the ubisoft's titles as of late have been buggy glitchy and broken is all hell in most cases hell for honor is still glitchy it's been years since that game came out I actually ended up losing my PlayStation and helping to go over to my Xbox and obviously I had to start for Honor over again and it still gives me free content is that I didn't pay 4 emotes executions xcetera and that game has had time to figure at shit out