What people complain about and love in 2026
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THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG.
Action, RPG · $59.99 · out since 2022 · from the Steam descriptionDifficulty complaints in ELDEN RING split across unfair boss attacks, long retry loops on single bosses, a harsh opening and a hard expansion.
OneStar read 2,330 Steam reviews of ELDEN RING posted from Dec 2025 to Oct 2026. Of the 2,330 people who reviewed ELDEN RING in OneStar's sample, 26% complain and 75% praise it. The top complaints about ELDEN RING are difficulty (45% of complaints), gameplay and design (16%) and controls and UI (7%). In OneStar's sample of ELDEN RING reviews, 1% of reviewers say they're quitting. OneStar's report on ELDEN RING was last updated on Oct 29, 2026.
What goes wrong
Go ahead and say gitgud, im not spending 10 hours dying over and over to a dozen+ mechanics and attacks all timed differently with feints and multiple phases for every single boss.
If you're not sick of the sight of Souls games, though, the open world is a terrible addition. Pacing is dead and buried, the usually stellar map design is relegated to only existing in dungeons,...
No strafe running/attacking is a critical limitation.
After couple of hours in the game, i think the game lacks content. Devs should really put more work in for the community!
The performance for the game is awful.
What goes well
probably the best game in my entire library
Great gameplay, the perfect balance of difficult gameplay and good story. I will be playing this game over again
Might be the best game I've ever played. Loads of content. I'm still finding places I haven't been in the base game after 300 hours. High quality, high value product all around. Highly recommend.
Easily my favorite game of all time as far as story and world building go.
Best looking game ever made
Reasons for quitting
The main complaint of the 20 reviewers who say they stopped or are quitting
What they use it for
241 of 2,330 reviewers said; shares are of them
AMAZING STORY AMAZING OPEN WORLD This game Is a fromsoftware Master piece you dont get games like this anymore playing Vanilla alone is incredible then even the modding community adds even more to...
I picked up the game again to finally 100%, I decided to run a melee class this time since a ran magic last time, long story short magic makes everything easier and now I purchased my first gun to...
I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone enjoys this game or other games like it. Clunky combat, laggy input, enemies with aimbots, enemies who spam, terrible camera angles, enemies that...
What they ask for
60 reviews ask for something
Who is saying it
The biggest clear differences between audiences; 2 more with a free account
RecommendationNot recommended: mention gameplay and design 1.5x as often as everyone (33% vs 23%).
RecommendationRecommended: mention difficulty 1.2x as often as everyone (58% vs 49%).
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