Elden Ring straight up does not work on [some] PCs

Submitted by twovests in killallgames (edited )

People in r/EldenRing are defending this, saying you just have to do some of the following. These aren't jokes:

  1. Verify game files
  2. Disconnect your keyboard and then reconnect it
  3. Download this file from Google Drive and put it in your folders
  4. Uninstall Epic Games Launcher
  5. Force Steam input for controller
  6. Uninstall vJoy
  7. Go into the Nvidia control panel. Go to your windows bar and search "graphics". Click on "Graphics Settings". Choose desktop app and click "browse". Search through your drive for the game files and set the options to "High performance". Start the game. Also turn off Steam overlay.
  8. so much more bullshit

I'm sure a fix will come out, but it'll go on sale by then. I feel pretty burnt on this The first time I bought into hype for a non-Nintendo AAA game, and it's literally unplayable :(

EDIT: clarify, not all PCs, but several (mine included) it is literally unplayable

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hollyhoppet wrote

aside from some stuttering (likely poorly optimized shader caching) the game works fine for me and several people i know and i'm having a blast. i'd say my pc specs are about mid, cpu is on the weak side. a game this big and complicated it's unsurprising that there are issues with some configurations and Gamers are known to be a little obsessive about things.

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twovests OP wrote

On my side it does not even start :(

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hollyhoppet wrote

oh no ;___;

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twovests OP wrote (edited )

Yeah :\

The Steam reviews are poor because of performance, and those don't include the people who can't even start the game. But I am happy it works for you on PC though!!

Not sure what the common denominator is. (I'm running this on Windows, I refunded before trying on Linux.)

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devtesla wrote

the can't even launch problem that people know about has to do with anti-cheat and steam accounts with multi-byte unicode characters, not sure if that applies to you. They mentioned it in a blog post

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