Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is the highest-rated release of 2024 so far, beating JRPG hit Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and roguelike darling Hades 2
Jun. 18, 2024Metacritic says Shadow of the Erdtree is one of the best gaming releases of all time, and you can’t argue with Metacritic
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In our ownElden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree review, Joel Franey wrote that the DLC “had a lot to live up to, but gorgeous vistas, superb boss fights, and a range of fun new gear sweep you through a massive expansion that feels half as long as it is. At this point, it’s almost getting boring praising FromSoftware every time.”
Joel gave the game five stars out of five, and it seems other critics are on the same page. The expansion holds an aggregate score of 95 onMetacriticand 94 onOpenCritic, putting it ahead of major new games such asFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthand even beloved indie hits like Balatro, Animal Well, andHades 2. In fact, Shadow of the Erdtree ranks as number 36 amongMetacritic’s top games of all time, sandwiched between Baldur’s Gate 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
This is all a bit apples and oranges, of course; review scores are just markers of subjective opinions, and you can’t necessarily directly compare an evaluation of an expansion pack to that of a full new game. But these scores do give you an idea of just how great early players think Shadow of the Erdtree is, and we’re now in very rare critical territory.
Now this is Shadow of the Erdtree prep:Elden Ring mad lad turns every enemy (and animal) into DLC gatekeepers Mohg and Radahn, still beats the game in 9 hours.
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