Recently released FromSoftware title Elden Ring will be getting maintenance done on its online servers within the next few days. The Game of the season contender has been earning stellar marks from critics since its review embargo was lifted a week ago. Elden Ring has even become the highest-rated game of all time on OpenCritic.
While fans and critics alike happen to be heaping praise upon the dark fantasy adventure thanks to its environment design, satisfying combat, art design, and music, the game's rollout was not as smoothly as its developer and publisher may have hoped. PC players happen to be reporting consistent performance issues, specifically associated with the game's framerate. More widespread problems have cropped up as it pertains to Elden Ring's online servers, however, because they supply the necessary infrastructure for that game's invasion and summoning multiplayer features, as well as the messages system. In addition, some players have found the game's servers to become unreliable and unpredictable, with lots of Xbox players unable to connect to Elden Ring servers at all.
FromSoftware and publisher BANDAI NAMCO are aware of these problems and are focusing on remedying them. A tweet in the official Elden Ring Twitter account addressed the server issues and stated that servers for each platform is going to be receiving maintenance this week to “help improve some multiplayer functions”. Each system will be having its servers worked on at different times both today and tomorrow. The particular times happen to be indexed by follow-up tweets by FromSoftware.
Servers for #ELDENRING will undergo maintenance within the next few days to help improve some multiplayer functions.
Times and maintenance length for each platform is going to be listed in the following thread.
Thank you ahead of time for your kind understanding.
— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING) February 28, 2022
With any luck, these will be the last major fixes that should be designed to Elden Ring's online servers. The inspired enemy design, exploration features, mysterious world, and gameplay offer lots of fodder for interesting discussion. However, the online discourse has been dominated by Elden Ring's technical shortcomings and server problems. The earlier FromSoftware fixes these problems, the sooner fans can get to referring to the heart from the game itself.
That isn't to state that players shouldn't be frustrated with the state from the game's online functionality. On the contrary, it is important to hold developers and publishers accountable when they ship games that contain bugs, performance issues, or server problems. While Elden Ring might 't be in as rough shape as controversial releases like Cyberpunk 2077 or Battlefield 2042, a swift fix still must be delivered to keep general PR all around the game as positive as possible.
