After years of waiting, the anticipated next game in developer FromSoftware's arsenal of difficult and yet rewarding fantasy action titles is here. Elden Ring has been a game drawing not only the attention of fans of FromSoftware's previous titles such as Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and the Dark Souls series, but thanks to the creative addition of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, other fantasy fans have shown interest in the game as well.
Releasing worldwide yesterday, Elden Ring has seen some stellar reviews, making it one of the highest rated games of all time even before many were able to get their hands on it. Citing an incredible open world, challenging combat and more, many reviewers have given Elden Ring the highest rating available. However, now that the game is in the hands of players rather than just reviewers, some are pointing out some problems with the game.
PC performance is always a tricky thing to get right, as so many PC players rely on different hardware to get games running. Elden Ring PC players though are having struggles no matter what hardware they're running. According to one Reddit post, even specs as high as an RTX 3080 are struggling to run the game past 40-50 FPS. This has been a frustrating thing for many PC players who often spend the extra money required for a high-end gaming PC in order to see performance that is better than a console.
Despite patch 1.02 being released for Elden Ring in the hopes of improving performance and fixing bugs, PC players are still struggling to run the game. As usual, online communities facing similar issues can be extremely useful for a gamer experiencing issues with performance. The Elden Ring community is currently recommending that players who are unsatisfied with their performance on PC to force eldenring.exe to run in high performance mode through Windows. Others are reporting that switching the power plan in Windows settings to balanced can help as well.
These fixes do not work for everyone though, and much of the PC community is left feeling frustrated as they wait for Elden Ring to be better optimized for the platform. Some other PC players though are having little to no problems running Elden Ring, and have decided that the game itself is at fault rather than people's machines. Despite PC players reportedly being able to play Elden Ring earlier than console players, some are left unable to play the game at all.
Elden Ring is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
