Elden Ring has been criticized by Ubisoft and Horizon devs Forbidden West

Released at the end of February, elden ring It has proven to be a very popular game, with many players considering the title as one of the tough contenders for Game of the Year in 2022. On social media, most of the comments about FromSoftware are positive, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any reviews being directed at the game.

A good example of this is the recent controversy that took place between software developers Ubisoft and Guerrilla Games are the producers of this series Doctrine killer From Forbidden horizon west respectively. Employees at both companies, the two biggest open-world games successes, have taken to Twitter to criticize elements of FromSoftware’s title.

“fact that elden ring His 97 on Metacritic is proof that game critics don’t care about user experience,” said Ahmed Salama, Director of UX at Ubisoft Stockholm. My life is a lie,” the professional concluded.

Devs criticize Elden Ring’s high rating on Twittersource: Twitter / Play

Rebecca Fernandez O’Shea of ​​Nixxes Software also shared her thoughts on the game. In response to Salama’s comment, the graphics programmer made some relevant notes about PC gaming performancepointing to Low game performance On computers at launch.

He was also followed by Blake Rebush, Senior Mission Designer at Guerrilla Games. The professional he worked for Forbidden horizon westcriticized FromSoftware’s game mission design in agreement with the original tweet, which criticized the game’s high rating on the review aggregator.

Aside from the PC performance issues pointed out by O’Shea, Salama and Rabouch’s criticisms are aimed at points that seem to delight both the public and professional critics. The title gives players the freedom to explore the world as they see fit, discovering novelties and solving puzzles for themselves. Unlike Ubi titles, as pointed out by Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreyer.

“If Ubisoft develops Elden Ring” via https://t.co/ZhRK3Oz2zY pic.twitter.com/N0np0yyFlh

– Jasonschreier (@jasonschreier) March 6, 2022

In the tweet, Schreier shared an image found on Reddit, showing what it would look like “if Ubisoft developed elden ringIn the image, we see a lot of information taking up a lot of space on the screen, with task lists and DLC demos, as well as Tainted giving advice on what to do with the dialogue – which is great Players criticize him in the new horizon.

And do you agree or not on the high note he received resembling the new spirits of FromSoftware?