Is Elden Ring like Skyrim?

Skyrim inherits the beloved legacy of Morrowind and Oblivion, which had long cemented The Elder Scrolls franchise as a series of great RPGs. Skyrim just pushed through that boundary. On the other hand, Elden Ring inherits the legacy of Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and more all before it.
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Is Elden Ring comparable to Skyrim?

In comparison to Skyrim, Elden Ring's combat is far more complex and well done, and it's understandable why when you have to face some insurmountably difficult opponents.
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What game is Elden Ring most like?

For such people, we've updated this list to include some more of the best games like Elden Ring.
  • 3 Horizon Forbidden West.
  • 4 Assassin's Creed Valhalla. ...
  • 5 The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. ...
  • 6 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. ...
  • 7 Fallout: New Vegas. ...
  • 8 Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning. ...
  • 9 Dragon's Dogma. ...
  • 10 Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War. ...
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Is Elden Ring larger than Skyrim?

Meanwhile, however, Elden Ring has been determined by Reddit user Lusty-Batch to weigh in at a whopping 79 square kilometers, or 30.5 square miles, making it more than twice the size of Skyrim. Skyrim's base game has 343 fast-travel locations, while Elden Ring has 300.
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Is Elder Scrolls related to Elden Ring?

Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki said that while Elden Ring doesn't take inspiration from any one game in particular, he himself has been influenced by other open worlds including Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Elder Scrolls series, and The Witcher 3.
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Is Elden Ring more like Skyrim or Dark Souls?

Elden Ring is much more like Souls than Bloodborne or Sekiro in this respect.
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How many hours is Elden Ring?

If you're pursuing the simplest path to the end without engaging much with side quests, stories, alternative endings or distractions, you can expect a 50-70 hour campaign.
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Is Elden Ring bigger than GTA 5?

At 30.5 square miles, or 79 square kilometers, it is bigger than the map of some classic open-world games like Skyrim or Grand Theft Auto 5, but it still falls short of plenty of others. The advantage Elden Ring has over many of those games is how densely packed with stuff it is.
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Is Elden Ring bigger than Witcher 3?

Adding together the explorable areas of Velen, Novigrad, the Skellige Isles, White Orchard, Kaer Morhen and even the DLC region of Toussaint, The Witcher 3's map comes close but not quite as big as Elden Ring.
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Is Elden Ring like shadow of war?

Shadow of War is very much like Elden Ring in terms of exploring RPG mechanisms but not as hard as the Elden Ring. Like in the previous game, players will take control of Talion is half possessed by the spirit of elf lord Celebrimor set on a journey to make a new Ring of Power.
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Is Elden Ring like The Witcher?

Not unlike The Witcher is Elden Ring, FromSoftware's most recent launch. Also a medieval fantasy action RPG game, Elden Ring derives its inspiration from much darker source material. Even so, the two share a number of similarities – both boast an expansive world and provide a great deal of variety in mechanics.
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Is Elden Ring like Baldur's Gate?

Sure, RPG staples like Baldur's Gate, Divinity, and Dragon Age also emulate tabletop storytelling, and they do it well, but Elden Ring's pacing and atmosphere feel similarly authentic without sticking so rigidly to Wizards of the Coast's fantasy world; wherever you go you get the sense that your adventure would pair ...
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Is Elden Ring difficult?

It's pretty safe to say that Elden Ring is a tough game. Frequent ambushes and enemies that can kill you with a single hit can make the first few hours very difficult.
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Is Elden Ring harder than Dark Souls?

Elden Ring is more approachable than Dark Souls in many ways, but not when it comes to parrying. Parrying in any Souls game is not an easy thing to do. Precise timing is needed to ward off attacks making it a high-risk, high reward manoeuvre.
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Is Elden Ring fully open world?

Elden Ring is an Open-World RPG and Not an Open-World Game With RPG Elements.
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Is Elden Ring the best game ever?

Elden Ring has been out for almost two months and is considered by a lot of gamers to be the best game ever made. It was made by FromSoftware, the developers of the Dark Souls series, and Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin.
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Is Elden Ring repetitive?

This game has a lot of repetition in it, which is not necessarily a problem, but once you've seen the same boss crop up in a slightly different form four times, you do start to get a little bit 'meh' about them.
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How long does it take to beat Elden Ring?

Elden Ring is a massive, sprawling, open-world game that can indeed be beaten in 30 hours, as SpeedRunners have made abundantly clear, but for the average player, Elden Ring will take anywhere from 40-60 hours to complete its main campaign.
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What is the biggest open world game?

List of the biggest open world games. Minecraft is the biggest open world game ever created. It features over 1.5 billion square miles. By comparison, the runner up (The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall) features a 62,000 square mile map.
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How many bosses are in Elden Ring?

While there are over a hundred bosses to fight in Elden Ring, the game has 12 mandatory bosses required to complete the story.
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What is the longest game to beat?

The Open-World Games That Take The Longest To Beat
  • 11 Red Dead Redemption 2 (49-179 Hours)
  • 12 The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind – Game Of The Year Edition (46-395 Hours) ...
  • 13 Elden Ring (47-113 Hours) ...
  • 14 Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (46-166 Hours) ...
  • 15 Dark Souls (42-105 Hours) ...
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What percent of players beat Elden Ring?

Elden Ring is no different. And yet, it's a game with a surprisingly high Platinum completion rate. As pointed out by Push Square, an incredible 7.9% of Elden Ring players have completely 100% beaten the game and earned the Platinum.
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Is Elden Ring a Souls game?

We'll cut right to the chase: No, strictly speaking, Elden Ring is technically not a Dark Souls game as it's officially not a sequel, prequel, or spin-off of Dark Souls.
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Why is Elden Ring so hyped?

There are 2 main reasons why Elden Ring has the popularity it does today. The first reason is that it is a FromSoft game. The second reason is that it is a pretty challenging game.
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Is Elden Ring casual friendly?

That being said, Elden Ring is probably the most casual friendly and accessible souls-game, and it is the best one because of it. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of catering of actual accessibility options but, when you get stuck on a boss you can just go back to exploring.
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