Let’s head any suspicions about this being a hit-piece off at the pass: Elden Ring is brilliant. The combat, always the jewel in the fetid crown of a FromSoft game, is precise, brutal, and fair. It’s a combat model that has you sitting and thinking about it long after you put down the controller. It also works as an open-world game, which is a feat for the genre. The story begins with achingly beautiful illustrations and solemnly voiced nonsense about
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