Episode 21 - The Elden Ring Review Debate and The GabeN iPad is Inbound

Deep Fried Gaming

Another week, another high-profile release. From Software's Elden Ring has finally pulled into the station, and it's lugging behind it a string of 10/10 reviews. This game looks to be a real heavy hitter and one that will potentially change open-world games as we know them for the better. However, there's no denying the many issues plaguing it. These issues are present on nearly every platform to varying degrees, some more severely affected than others. Reports suggest that the only way to play Elden Ring with smooth performance is to play a PS4 copy on a PS5 Console. With this being the case, the question has to be asked: should this game have received so many perfect scores and accolades? Perhaps reviews have become too lenient towards games whose performance and optimization are sub-par. We discuss this issue and the possibility that gamers are becoming fed up with the lack of polish on new games and the day one patches that still don't fix glaring performance issues.

We also take a ride on GabeN's Steam Boat and chat about the newly released Steam Deck. Who is the target market for this product and will it be able to properly compete with the Nintendo Switch? We offer our thoughts on the device and one of the more perplexing moves made by an early adopter.

Timestamps

Housekeeping- 1:40

Elden Ring- 6:23

Steam Deck- 19:01

Email any questions, game suggestions, comments, and hate-mail to

[e-mail]. They might get read on the show if deemed worthy..

Also, check out our partner website at Harddrivesigma.com for articles, reviews, blogs, the Deep Fried Gaming homepage, and more.