OCH Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 The reality is the platform clearly still isn't as high a priority in Japan as consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 The consoles aren’t where they need to be either. For some reason they just didn’t make the game well enough on any platform. However it just seems like PC version is extra busted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Then again, no Soulsborne has ever been without issues. That's just From Soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 10/10… The load times on SX are surprisingly long. It’s not terrible by any means, still 5-10 seconds but I’m already used to not having to wait more than a couple of seconds for loading anymore, hope this doesn’t become more frequent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Caveat emptor for PS5, apparently there's reports of people losing hours and hours of saved progress due to a bug (seen this in the main thread there as well) https://www.resetera.com/threads/elden-rings-constant-crashing-and-progression-loss-on-ps5-is-unacceptable.557230/ But not on PC or Xbox 💪 Good idea to back your saves up to the cloud regularly while it gets fixed https://www.engadget.com/elden-ring-game-save-issues-ps5-performance-framerate-pc-162844517.html Quote Publisher Bandai Namco said that if your console switches off unexpectedly while you're playing Elden Ring or you put the PS5 in rest mode, "saved data may not be saved correctly." It's working on a fix for the issue, but for now it's best for PS5 players to save their progress manually "by exiting the game regularly." Bandai Namco said your data will be saved properly when you open the menu with the Option button and select Quit Game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Another one of those "don't use Rest Mode" moments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 DF’s console breakdown This got really complicated and I tuned out half way through. I think the gist is if you have VRR Tv get the Series X version. If you don’t get the PS4 version and play it on PS5. The disc PS5 version doesn’t get you access to the PS4 version, but the digital edition does lol. Whatever you do be sure to play in frame rate mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 It's probably good advice. But even so tbh as someone playing the worst version people should probably not fixate on it too much and just accept it for what it is, whatever version you get cause none of them are as good as they should be. But the game is good enough to put up with the bullshit, we put up with it for Bloodborne Would be nice to get a version of one of these games tho that runs as expected on whatever hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-runes-selling-ebay-banned Better rates than Gran Turismo, pay attention Sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 Fuck me Not bad for a niche game. 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 More impressive figures. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-06-elden-ring-is-steams-sixth-biggest-game-ever-according-to-concurrent-player-count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 18 minutes ago, radiofloyd said: More impressive figures. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-06-elden-ring-is-steams-sixth-biggest-game-ever-according-to-concurrent-player-count Very impressive. Considering the majority of negatives I've heard concern the PC release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 There are mods which fix those negatives apparently But they can get you banned from online, which is dumb They're also less pronounced over time anyway, it's mostly shader caching stuff so it will be worst in the first 5 or 6 hours or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 I've heard a lot of talk about stuttering and frame drops. Apparently it is also linked be being online. As these issues are less severe in offline mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Nothing about this game's sale success is what I expected 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I wasn’t surprised that it was the biggest Souls game yet but I am surprised at how big it’s blown up now. It will be interesting what other companies learn from this and what types of influence this game has over the next couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I'm not sure it does anything new that could have a big influence as such, as very heavy animation committed combat had already become popular post Dark Souls and that's that game's legacy now I think. The open world is a mash of Skyrim and BOTW. I think the big takeaway from it could be that players aren't afraid of a little friction in their game design, such as difficulty or systems that are a bit obtuse and need experimenting with. It could crack the shell of the mindset that the ubisoft approach is the only 'safe' way to guarantee broad appeal in open world games But saying that I have no clue why it's even selling like this, it doesn't make much sense cause it's not really that big a departure from the old ones which scared some people away. I think it's even harder than those ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I think Dark Souls was hyper influential and a big reason that AAA games got pulled out of that “push X to win” phase they went through around the tail end of the 360 era. I think it opened up markets for Monster Hunter style games. I think it affected a lot of games on a development level either with indies being Dark Souls inspired or AAA games bringing back some challenge. However when the game hits new heights and starts outselling RE8. A game that was super big, had big marketing, had spontaneous viral marketing, it will probably effect games on a publisher level. They will definitely look at this game and be like “Why?” And “How do we do that?” This could be another trend setter, maybe. But what lessons will they learn? I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Maybe people think it’s a Lord of the Rings game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 12 million copies sold Not that I think he's a major factor in this success, but I wonder if they will keep GRRM around for the follow up(s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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