Elden Ring has been out for a month now and aside from all the praises the game deserves, many journalists failed to mention the performance issues that plague all possible versions of the game. In the following video, we're trying to show you how From Software's latest diamond in the rough performs on Playstation 5 in its two graphics modes and when running the PS4 app via backward compatibility. Unsurprising, the only version we can enjoy is the latter, even though framerate doesn't remain perfectly steady either when you get past the castle and reach certain areas.
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Commented on 2022-03-25 19:48:46From Software makes some of the best games, no one can deny that. However, as great as their games are, they are equally as bad technical wise. Dark Souls 1 launched 11 years ago and they still haven't learned how to release games without performance issues.
I hope after Elden Ring, From Software hires better programmers who know how to work with engines and properly optimize games. They sold over 12 million - well past that now - copies of Elden Ring, they already have the money and there's no excuse to have "Blighttown - The Game" in 2022.
Commented on 2022-03-25 22:04:40on the topic of FS programmers, I feel like they might be friends of Miyazaki and he refuses to replace them. i wont criticize him if thats the case.
Commented on 2022-03-26 12:29:21 In reply to capnkimoHowever, it's still a business and in-line with Japan's culture of serving the best service and product for the customers, it has reached a point where most people lost the patience to overlook the technical issues after doing it so many times already.
Of course, it's From Software's games and they can release them in whatever technical state they want, but the public - specially now that their games are becoming more and more successful - is starting to backlash against these issues. They're no longer an indie studio, of which their games only sell 1-2 million copies.
For better or worse, From Software is a AAA studio now and they have a responsibility to release their games in the best state possible. I love their games, but like Digital Foundry said, it's unaccepatble that they are still releasing games in this state after all these years.
Commented on 2022-03-27 09:08:47 In reply to capnkimoI got several performance issues and bugs too. Maybe BluePoint Games makes a remake some day :D
Commented on 2022-03-27 21:25:36 In reply to capnkimo
Commented on 2022-03-31 09:03:21 In reply to nostradamus
Commented on 2022-04-03 22:02:54