13. Elden Ring
Developer: FromSoftware | Release date February 25, 2022 | Steam page: Elden Ring
What is Elden Ring? Elden Ring is one of FromSoftware’s major IPs, which has already demonstrated how far they can push players to the brink of a nervous breakdown with action RPGs like Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls.
The developers are known for dark and complex action RPGs. Therefore, Elden Ring is also an epic with a sinister world, in which even Game-of-Thrones author George R. R. Martin was involved in the story.
We take on the role of a tarnished one, who is supposed to command the power of the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord of the Lands Between. Elden Ring offers a vast world with large dungeons. We can change our character’s appearance and collect weapons, armor, and magic for combat. In addition to a multiplayer mode, the title features an asynchronous online mode, where we can sense the presence of other players.
MeinMMO author Christoph Waldboth was even able to defeat some bosses from the expansion.
With Elden Ring, mastermind Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team not only managed to wonderfully transfer the established formula from Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls to a broad open world, but they also made the