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Playing the game blind at launch, with what seemed like the entire world at the same time, was one of my favourite gaming experiences of all time.

I don’t know if it’s the best of all time but it’s definitely the best gaming experience I’ve had in several years. I wish I could erase my memory of it and do it all over again.

I can tell Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time just by the fact that everytime I step in the lands between, I feel like I'm at home. There aren't many games that give me this truly unique feeling.

For me it IS the best game ever. I am at my 14th run right now - 1150 hours in, and i am still excited to play again and again, watch endless lore videos and discover some corner of the world i havent seen before every playthrough. Its just a masterpiece.

My first playthrough of ER was definitely the best gaming experience ive ever had. It took me months to finish it, and i was absolutely enthralled for almost 200 hrs. It has it's flaws, like anything, but that first go was just pure magic for me. Its THE game I'd erase from my memory to experience again for the first time if given a chance.

I have never felt what I felt when I played Elden Ring. It was like being in another world. It felt magical. For me, this made it the best game ever.

This was my first souls game, I know I’m not alone with this. And despite a large crowd of new players complaining it was “too hard” I decided I would still try my hand at it despite it’s difficulty. I struggled, it was probably the hardest gaming experience of my life when starting out, from adjusting to the controls to the complexity of gameplay. I had been playing games, specifically RPGs all my life so I expected I’d be somewhat okay at it but nope. But I stayed. I wanted to play this game. I wanted to “get good.” And I did. I remember I spent ages trying to beat Rennala. Not a relatively hard boss at all but one that was fucking punishing when you were like me, a newbie that didn’t understand that you cannot afford to just spam attacks and dodge rolls stand there and take damage. It look me a few days of trying on and off. I beat her on my first try on a separate game file my second time around. This second time was also the play through where I’d beat Malenia. But this was genuinely the best gaming experience my life. It was so fulfilling. The lore, the story, the customisability is actual insanity. I love, LOVE, the fact you can just take any weapon you like and carry it through the entire game. I can’t properly describe the love I have for this game and what it bought to the table and I don’t regret buying it on a whim one bit. I’m dying for the DLC since it definitely looks like it’s going to expand on the characters and area of lore I’m most interested in. FromSoft has stolen my heart and gained all my respect. Especially since we’re now apparently in an area where many game devs think it’s okay to release unfinished games for a quick profit.

I’ve been gaming off and on for the past 40 years. Started with Atari 2600 back when I was a little boy, and I can tell you that this is by far the best game I’ve ever played. No game has kept me playing almost 2 years since its release. I start new characters to try different builds and weapons and I never get bored. My favorite thing to do is dropping my summon sign and help others fight Radagon/Elden Beast .

Elden Ring is a masterpiece.

Take it from someone who has never played a single “Souls” game or “Souls-like” prior to Elden Ring. I took a huge gamble spending $60 on a game from a genre I had no idea if I would like. And man… it was worth every penny. Now in my top 5 favorite games ever and IMO the best open-world game I’ve ever played.

The best part of ER was it's world design. For my first playthrough I felt like was Frodo carrying a ring to Mordor and exploring the amazing world on my way there. Every little shed, cave and castle meant new adventures and sense of exploration. It was truly the best gaming experience I have ever had when it comes to world exploration.

Opening the double doors and stepping out into Limgrave and seeing the magical world was a unexplainable feeling on my part. It was the first time I ever played a From Software title so this might have been a boost but I’m quite sure I will remember the moment for the rest of my life.

One of the best modern games for sure. You get more than your money’s worth in an era with battle passes on launch and full of bugs. Also it’s playable offline which is becoming rare sadly.

Fextra, you’re dope man. You’ve saved me a lot of time in ER and LotF with your guides 👍

It's not only one of the best games of all time but we also must take in consideration the huge impact Elden Ring made on gaming industry in general. Still very interesting game to come back and replay.

From Software is definitely my favorite developer. They’ve been so consistent.

I have been an avid gamer for 30 years, I have hundreds of completed games under my belt from just about every genre, but I have NEVER before done back-to-back playthroughs of a single one of them... until Elden Ring. I repeatedly catch myself already planning my next playthrough by the time I walk through the gates of Stormveil Castle... So, yes Elden Ring truly is the greatest game ever made

I just started playing ER 4 days ago and it is my first From Software game ever and I somehow already sank 40 hours into this game while still being absolutely clueless whats going on. Without your guides I would have probably given up already but now after these 40 hours I start understanding the game and just how magically this world is. I am so hooked it is crazy.

Honestly Fextra, you have been an asset to this franchise, and others, for creating such a great community with your Fextra-Wiki!! Honestly cant really say that anyone else has accomplished that. Your opinion is such a great compliment to these great games!! Cheers brotha and dont stop!!

Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 are my heart. Makes me happy to be alive to be there for these games.

Literaly never played fromsoft prior and ngl I'm playing through bloodbrone rn because of this masterpiece

I know this is gonna sound incredibly normie, but genuinely this is MY favorite game of all time. I’ve been playing video games since 1994 and I have so many games that I still love and will gladly play to this day. But this game just did something for me that I can’t even begin to describe. I have replayed it multiple times and every time I have, I literally can’t help but do every single side quest and explore every single cave even tho I already know what is in them. The satisfaction and fun this game has given me, it is like no other.

1500 plus hours, Countless play throughs, endless theory crafting, amazing discovery of the lore and story, immense love of the world, the characters and untold anticipation for the the new DLC. Elden ring has become associated with escape and joy.

I personally love how elastic the build making is. Unlike in a typical RPG I don't have to invest points into some complex skill tree but I can immediately gain some variety in my playstyle by just swapping a weapon or slotted spells. Let's say I want to be an assassin. In a typical game I would probably invest from a dozen to several dozen nodes in a skill tree just to max my build in bows, daggers or poison for example. Here I just have my attributes focused on dexterity and this just allows me to swap between daggers, whips, claws, katanas or crossbows - all fitting for the type of character I want to play. Of course it also adds to the flavor that this is a third person action games and I can see all these cool attacks up close animated in great detail with a huge variety of weird, fucked up critters to test them on. On top of this the fact that what would normally in games be "skills" is tied to items we find instead of stuff you unlock per level makes it so that exploration is much more rewarding. Each dungeon won't just give me a exp, gold or a weapon with a new + 15% fire damage but might provide me with an actual unique spell or ash of war. Another whole other draw of Elden Ring to me is just the type of world we get to explore. I'm fine with the open world trend and I'm glad we get to have games with more high fidelity and realistic graphics. But a lot of this has been used to just create pretty boring looking games. Even in fantasy worlds like Skyrim, Witcher or Dragon's Dogma pretty much all the landscape is just filled with typical european forests, plains and mountains. Elden Ring actually has a unique and fantastic looking world. You'll have a whole land covered in pink rot, an underground with what looks like stars on the ceiling, a city covered by the corpse of a dragon, a snow covered mountaintop connected by giant iron chains with corpses of giants sticking out everywhere. It comes a bit closed to the weird fantasy worlds we used to see in games like Planescape or Morrowind yet with the graphical fidelity closer to modern games.

The only real flaw of the game is reused assets for side-dungeons/ duplicate bosses. The dungeons are all fun, though and usually have some items worth exploring for. Duplicate bosses have always been a soulsborne thing - and with the right boss I think they can be more fun than not. The power fantasy, build variety, exploration, mystery and overall quality of the game is unmatched in recent memory. OoT was my 'best game of all time' until Elden Ring. Its the best game ever - cannot wait for Shadow of the Erdtree.

100 hours in and still exploring new places like it’s day 1. The creativity and scope of this game is on a whole other level.

Elden Ring is amazing. So amazing that I had the chance to play it for free through the Steam shared library of a friend of mine, who was never online meaning that I could play whenever I wanted, and still felt compelled and happy and honored to pay 60€ and buy it. I owed it to From Software for giving me the chance of experiencing something I never experienced in any game ever before.

Elden Ring was my first take on the Souls genre! I loved every minute of it! Time to install it again :D

After leaving it for a while and coming back to it to see if my bias/opinion has changed...nah, it's the best game I've ever played and I've played just so many games since the early 90's.

I have sunk nearly 300 hours into this game and made 4 different builds. I don't see this stoping anytime soon.

I wish I can experience the First game play again, It was " Magical"

One of the best for sure! I'm at 2k hours and I'm still going.. I always have things to do, sometimes I like to do coop for the harder bosses if not you can find me at arena, trying new weapons, ashes of war, spells or incantations.. the only thing the game is missing for me its covenants

I have been playing games for over 20 years now, I'm in my 20s still, played all the Souls games, and between all of them is Elden Ring, I put Elden Ring in my top 3 best games of all time, this is a game that made me feel games have a lot more potential than what they are, that sense of wonder, exploration, and even the combat & the bosses, are just out of this world. I give it a straight 10 out of 10, very exceedingly few games I give to them that score.

Elden Ring is the only game that I constantly want to go back to and start a fresh game to this day and not even want to finish it I just want to play it

As an elder statesman of gaming, IMHO Elden Ring is one of the greatest games I've ever played. In fact I actually stopped playing games for a couple of months after I finished it and contemplated not playing games again as it really was everything I had envisioned I ever wanted a game to be. Truly a masterpiece.

Best gaming experience I've had in a long time. Went in got my a$$ kicked multiple times and pushed through. Beat it 10 times with 10 different builds thanks to Fextralife. Went on to beat all the Dark Souls games, Sekiro, Armored Core, and Lies of P. Wouldn't have tried these without playing Elden Ring and I'm thankful because these games are amazing. Would recommend to anyone to give it a shot and power through.

Honestly, especially for a game as massive as it, it’s as unfathomably close to perfect as I could hope for

ER grew on me more over time, my first playthrough was a mix of "wow an open world souls game" and "hmmm in not sure if open world is the best idea", however after about 150 hours , three builds and going back and playing DS1 again I can say I really love this game now.

This is a good idea for a series and I think too often video channels try to rip apart or mock things rather than celebrate them. I have beaten Elsen Ring over ten times between two characters. Played it solo and cooperatively with someone who had never played a Souls game. I am not a skilled Souls player and feel I largely win through grit more than mastery. One thing that I don't think your video mentioned, perhaps because it is a Souls staple, is the community. Whether it is through in-game messages, or summoning random support, you can feel that you are not alone even solo. Sure I did not trust half of the messages to hit a wall, but I still hit them and when they were true, I was grateful. It is one of my favorite games without question. Removing recency bias I feel that would still be true.

Yes. Best videogame ever without a doubt.

I went back yesterday for the first time since it came out to help my friend beat the Elden Beast. I wish I could play this game for the first time again. It’s honestly just perfect imo

That crab wrecking you was golden. Magnitude..on so many levels, makes the game untouchable.

it's definitely my favourite game so far, just wish they'd bloody make a standalone pvp version where you can find lobbies easily, matchmaking is way smoother, genuine ranked system, different game modes like 6v6 halo style, capture the flag, battle royale, moba etc etc ya know, just take the best of what's worked in online games, but with the depth of elden ring combat/systems etc it sounds so good in my head, really hope we get a standalone pvp hub for this wonderful wonderful game

Not only is the gameplay enthralling but the lore is deeper than any other game I’ve ever played. The use of environmental storytelling, real-world archeological examples, and lore that still leaves us asking questions makes it one of the greatest games ever.

1600 hours into the game help me.......i can't escape..

Legacy dungeons fantastic. But the open world side activities and assets became painfully repetitive well before the end. When the Caelid dog creatures started showing up in the snow area. My mates and I knew we were done.

I’m not a gamer but I’m completely addicted. I wake up in the night thinking of strategies and what I need to collect.

I started playing Elden Ring 2 months ago. Since then it has become my all-time favorite, and most played game on Steam

Fextra Life, thank you 🙏 for your buildups and tips for all of these games including, Lords of the Fallen. Elden Ring was an immersive game! The gameplay was phenomenal and riding your horse through out the map was awesome. The combat system, very fluid just like their previous souls games. Can’t wait for the dlc

Elden ring isn't perfect, but it's my most favourite game ever. The remembrance boss fights are top tier from gameplay to voice acting to osts. Level design is stunning and oh damn man is the game beautiful? My criticism is focused on caves and catacombs. They feel a bit repetitive at times.

I’m over 120hrs in one playthrough including the dlc which is pretty insane when probably have 150ish hrs in bloodborne total including multiple playthroughs, ng+ runs, chalice dungeons, and dlc

As a casual gamer, I spent 200 hours in the world of Elden Ring. I haven’t played in month, eagerly awaiting for the DLC. This is the only game that did that to me. BG3, while completely different, has the same effect on me. Happy to see such high quality games being made for mature audiences.

I platinum’d this game on PS5 when it initially released (400+ hours) and recently re-purchased on PC in anticipation of the upcoming Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. I have been a gamer since the ‘90s and Elden Ring is truly a top game of all time, if not truly the best.

Yes it is.. There are better looking games, gameplay wise better games and games with better story but elden has it all.. It's the complete package

I can’t say this for certain, but almost 1000 hours in and on ng+8/level 501 on main character with another character at level 150 and ready for ng+, I think a HUGE factor in holding my attention is how amazing the soundtrack is and how well it pairs with whatever area you find yourself in. Limgrave, Liurnia, and Altus Plateau, most especially.

i am just playing it. i consult your guide if i'm stuck and boy, would i be stuck without it. but i'm trying to play it on my own up to the limit when i'm totally desperate. it's funny how really "open" the game is. sometimes i have to skip far ahead in your guide, sometimes i have to back track to earlier regions. anyway, thank you for the good work and yes, ER is THE BEST game ever.

Elden Ring was an amazing experience ill never forget. Poured over 100 hrs with two different builds & playthroughs. I don't think its THE best game but it is one of the best games ive played for sure.

I never thought I would play an open world game several times, over and over, just to create a new build. Elden Ring has the best gaming experience.

This game literally checked every box I’ve had in my head since I was a kid. The only thing they could possibly add was some sort of random dungeon generator akin to bloodborne to keep the exploration fresh. 10/10 masterpiece from me. The TRUE feeling of exploration in a bleak world full of dungeon crawling. Open worlds lose me when there is no internal depth to the map. Elden Ring and the souls series in general has always had that covered.

It's certainly my favourite game of all time so far and honestly don't have a reasonable complaint to bring forth I have hundreds of hours and more than a few characters using a multitude of different playstyles absolutely beautifully brutal game everyone should play this game to the end

For me yes.. As of now Elden ring is the best game of all time. I’ve never had my sky high expectations so blown away by anything, not just in games, in practically everything. It’s not a perfect game, but I have never experienced highs like that since I played metal gear solid at 11 years old or super Mario 64 before that.

The first time experiencing vistas of Siofra River or Lyndell Royal Capital, I was awestruck by the sheer beauty of the world.

My brother and I have over 1160 hours of play time on Steam and only last week I found that there is a Golem down the cliff in Caelid

For me it's still Fallout: New Vegas thebbest game ever. Elden Ring is a fantastic experience though. Truly has some of the best build variety of any action rpg ever made and that alone gives it brilliant replayability. Looking forward to the expansion whenever it does come out.

I have been gaming since Pong...if you dont know what that is, its a damn old game. I never really tried this series and when i did i hated it. This game came out and after watching a vid you had made, I decided to try it and wow was I BLOWN away. What a game. I even bought your lifetime sub so i could keep enjoying it, to mark off the map as I went. I stopped after many months, and now after watching this vid, im DL'ing it again to once play haha. The best game ever...i dont know, but there is something about it that is Way AMAZING and UNREAL. I cant think of a current game that sucked me in like this one did. Ive enjoyed Remnant 2, Starfield, and other mega games, but they didnt or havnt held me like this world has. Looking forward for my DL to finish and for me once again to walk this world(and run at times) and see what i find!

I remember being worried that the marketing wouldn’t work, that it started too late. But boy was I wrong.

I know I’m very late to the party but I just started playing Elden ring last week and I actually agree with you. I’ve never felt so immersed in a gaming world. I love the fact that there are so many different builds you can make and some of them make the play experience completely different. Plus I’m enjoying the challenge. Its so satisfying when you finally beat a boss you’ve been trying to beat for hours

Not my favorite but its the best overall game ive ever played. From the art style, enemy type, to the beautiful world(here's looking at you Haligtree). Its an absolute masterpiece and havent played anything like it. Ever

After getting the platinum back in late April 2022, I haven't picked up Elden Ring since, mainly so I wouldn't burn out on it. Now I'm really looking forward to starting a fresh character and venturing out in the new expanded world (without using your wiki, having forgotten much)... and hopefully early next year.

My favorite game used to be Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and then I played Dark Souls Remastered and that became my favorite. I finally got the chance to play Elden Ring last week and I have to say it is now my favorite game so far

Easily the best gaming experience I've had since Morrowind. I really can't fathom how they managed to lay out the landscape so perfectly. Playing lords of the fallen 2 recently made me appreciate the level of perfection that went into elden ring.

Best action RPG no doubt!! the carefull upgrades from software did over the years on each game resulted on this new beloved franchise that we will forever hold dear... I would like to see the same analisis for baldurs gate 3, that one might be the best turn-based...

Definitely in the top 5 games I ve ever had the luxury of playing .

Last year around Christmas I got invaded by a guy named Santa souls and he dropped me and my friend some stuff and just left

I just hit 1023 hours, and on my 3rd build. it's the best game i have ever played mainly because the game just never stops giving. Just when you think you've seen it all, i guarantee you haven't.

For me personally, it is the GOAT. It surpasses other legendary games like Zelda OoT and mass effect 2. I will never forget the experience of fully loving the game then findinf out there is a massive underground area almost the full area of the main map. It was so impressive i just stared in awe and haopoiness because there was more game to play.

Elden ring was my first souls game. It was incredible. Top 3 of all time easy. After I went back and played every fromsoft souls game. Now I’ve played lies of p and lords of the fallen etc… I wish fromsoft would drop a souls game every 2 years non stop.

I wholeheartedly agree that ER is the best game ever made. After beating the game the first time, I genuinely cried, knowing that I could never experience it for the first time again. Although I still play ER and am currently on NG+8

ER was definitely more of an experience than most video games. I've replayed it 3 times and it was still good each time. The combat was good but discover was definitely bigger for me. I've tried NG+ a couple times but just ended up starting over fresh. Being naked and having to find stuff to survive is my favorite part. It's a shame you can only discover an area once.

To me it's on the throne with the best, alongside Witcher 3. Also I'm happy you continue with Elden ring Videos because that's the reason I originally subscribed your channel 👍🏻

I have to say LOTF has a lot of aspects I’d love to see the next From game adopt. The magic/catalyst system, better looking armor and weapon sets, armor color customization and alternate world scenarios (even done at a much smaller scale say certain idols that are rare and hard to find) would be amazing added to their normal formula.

I’ve been gaming since 1988 and this is at the top of my long list of games. Still play it for some jolly cooperation.

Skyrim and Elden Ring are the only 2 games I’ve played that make me want to erase my memory and start them all over from scratch. They’re so special.

Great vid! Excellent point on nothing really being locked from you as long as you’re observant. 10:27. Just started a new Int play through and it got me thinking about whether this game is my all time fave and I think it is.

Overrated game in my opinion playing 80 hours, good but no where near the best game status ALOT of other RPGs are closer to.

It’s in my top 5 all time list for sure. What I would give to bottle the feeling of that first play through, or that first time blindly descending down “the” well.

been a gamer for almost 30 years and i'd put Elden Ring in my top 3 games of all time. sometimes it's number 1

It's definitely in my top five, I'm to nostalgic of Dark Souls and the older fallouts and Elder Scrolls games unfortunately for it to be my all time favorite although it is a heavy competitor

I'm 40 now. Haven't enjoyed a game this much since... not sure, maybe Diablo 2 or Neverwinter Nights or HoMM3... but yes, it actually is the best game I ever played. Thank you Fromsoft.

I haven't been able to let go on Elden Ring since its release, which is probably the best way for me to describe, just how unique of a gaming experience ER has been/still is to me. I've purchased 3 other games since the release of ER, of which I have yet to do a complete playthrough on any of them. I am simply obsessed with Elden Ring, in a way that I've never been with any other game before that. And YES, I am gonna play ER, after typing this comment.

Only Lies of P kept me playing till the credits rolled after playing Elden Ring and says a lot about how good LOP is and just how hard it is to find a game that even keeps you playing like ER does. I am still playing ER this many months later and have to say it is my favorite game of all time.

Never played a souls like game ever. I play a few FPS games and I play a lot of things on easy mode because I just do not have the time to invest so many hours into gaming. That all went out the window with Elden Ring and I sunk close to 350 hours into this game. I have never ever felt a sense of accomplishment playing a game like I did with Elden Ring.

Definitely one of the best rpg and open world games ever made. It's in my top 3 open world games of all time alsongside Red Dead Redemption 2 and Witcher 3

I shudder to think how close l came to not buying it. What a gaming experience l would have missed! I know you were sometimes being sarcastic, but l, for one, do agree with what you’ve said in this video. Absolutely iconic game for this time in video game history.

You already know that just the DLC alone will be better than every game released in 2024

If they put The Twin Maidens near Hewg. Then yes, perfection.

You are perfectly correct, it is by a mile the most immersive perfect experience I’ve ever had with a game

The more games I accumulate, the more I go back to Elden Ring

I personally still play it with a passion... lately I thought if for some reason I could only one game anymore for the rest of my life I would probably choose elden ring. I simply love every aspect of it