Elden Ring is generally considered significantly harder than Ghost of Tsushima, primarily because GoT offers adjustable difficulty settings (like Lethal for a challenge), while Elden Ring's difficulty is inherent to its Souls-like design, relying on player skill, build optimization, and exploration to overcome brutal bosses, though ER offers summons and flexible builds to "easy mode" it. GoT is more accessible and focuses on timed parries and stealth, whereas Elden Ring demands mastery of deep combat mechanics and perseverance against punishing encounters, even with its freedom to over-level.
Ghost of Tsushima has moments when it can be hard but there are different tiers of difficulty which can be adjusted to suit your preferred playing style or ability.
Elden Ring is one of the hardest games ever made. This applies to everything form bosses to leveling up. But if you can cope with the difficulty it is one of the greatest games ever made.
Ghost of Tsushima is harder than Sekiro, if you set GOT difficulty to max and do not use any upgrades. Sekiro you can cheese most of boss fights in game. Enemy patterns become predictable. I beaten Sekiro 4 times and platinum.
Combat in Ghost of Tsushima can be surprisingly brutal if you're not prepared. Even common enemies can defeat Jin with just a few strikes, so it's always worth being on guard. Look for visual and audio cues that signal an enemy attack and turn the tables to your advantage.
What game beat Ghost of Tsushima? The Last of Us Part 2 beat Ghost of Tsushima for the Game of the Year title in 2020, although many gamers believe this to be unfair.
No, level 150 is not the absolute maximum level in Elden Ring (which is 713), but it's a popular "meta" stopping point, especially for PvP (Player versus Player) multiplayer like duels, balancing strong builds with matchmaking range. Players often stop at 125 or 150 for PvP to keep matches fair and build-focused, but for PvE (Player versus Environment) or if you don't care about PvP matchmaking, you can level much higher, even up to 200 or beyond.
A viral post on X has put the spotlight on a gamer who is suing FromSoftware for a very strange reason. The player claims that FromSoftware's Elden Ring is hiding a “whole new game” from the players which is hard to access even for dedicated players.
These titles are known for pushing players to their limits with hard mechanics and intense difficulty.
When focusing on the main objectives, Ghost of Tsushima is about 25 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 62½ Hours to obtain 100% completion.
There's no single "top 1" open-world game, as it depends on preference, but The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Elden Ring, and Red Dead Redemption 2 consistently rank as top contenders for their incredible freedom, deep storytelling, and immersive worlds, with Zelda praised for innovation, Witcher 3 for narrative depth, Elden Ring for challenging exploration, and RDR2 for realism.
By default, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is set up for play with two other randomly selected players. However, it's quite simple to play the game solo or even offline.
Follow the wind
Call the Guiding Wind to help navigate toward your current objective. As you explore, you can pick any point on the map and follow the wind to find it, ranging from various Tales of Tsushima to specific points of interest, villages or even collectibles.
It was hard at the beginning, but, once you figure out the enemies' attack patterns, it becomes very manageable. I am now 10 hours in GoT with Lethal difficulty. I find it much harder than Sekiro, but perhaps it will become easier as I progress through the game and gain better gear and more experience.
ELDEN RING is rated M for Mature 17+ by the ESRB with Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, and Violence. Also includes In-Game Purchases. This is an action role-playing game in which players assume the role of a character trying to retrieve a magical ring and become the Elden Lord.
Yes, 18+ games absolutely exist, ranging from mainstream titles with mature themes (violence, strong language) to specialized games with explicit sexual content, often found on PC platforms like Steam or through indie developers due to retailer and console restrictions on "Adults Only" (AO) ratings. These games are identified by ratings like ESRB's AO or regional 18+ labels, covering intense gore, sexual situations, and other adult themes.
Elden Ring Nightreign is now a little easier for solo players, but will probably still give you a total beating. Elden Ring's first major patch sees FromSoft belatedly admit singleplayer is all sorts of unfair, a... You Died (a lot).
The highest level possible is a grand total of 713, achievable when all eight attributes are capped at 99 points. This would require 1,692,566,842 Runes in total.
100% Completionist length
Seeing every corner of Elden Ring and doing as much of the game as you can will probably take you at least 90 hours, and probably longer, up to or even past 110 hours (again, your skill level and general pace will make a big difference here).
There's no single "number 1" PS5 game, as it depends on the metric (sales, playtime, reviews), but Fortnite often tops player engagement, God of War: Ragnarök is a top seller, and critics rave about games like Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3, with Astro's Playroom being a must-play for showcasing the console's tech.
Yes, Ghost of Tsushima includes LGBTQ+ representation, most notably through the side-quest character Lady Masako Adachi, a bisexual samurai who loved both her husband and her female lover, Mai, with Jin Sakai accepting her identity without judgment, which provided meaningful representation for queer players, especially those who are bisexual or pansexual. While not central to the main story, these subtle inclusions, alongside other LGBTQ+ characters in side content, grounded the world and showed queer identities as part of historical reality.
The game received positive reviews from critics, who praised the melee combat, story, characters, performances, and music, though it received some criticism for its implementations of stealth gameplay and open world structure. It had sold over 13 million units by September 2024.