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    A beginner’s guide to Elden Ring: what it is and why you should play it

    Mar 02, 2022 5 minutes

    Elden Ring has a Metacritic rating of 97%. If you type its name into Twitter you will be flooded with praise and anecdotes from players who have already spent many hours immersed in its arcane world. But what exactly is it? Why are people obsessed with it? And should you join them – or is it too hard?

    So what is Elden Ring?

    Elden Ring is the latest game from veteran Japanese studio FromSoftware, the creators of the critically acclaimed Souls series, which began with 2009’s Demon’s Souls and continued through the . It’s an open-world role-playing adventure set in a ravaged place known as the Lands Between, where the destruction of the titular artefact has led to wars and chaos. You play a warrior tasked with restoring the ring and

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