Elden Ring review – an unrivalled masterpiece of design and inventiveness

PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/Series S/Series X; FromSoftware/Namco Bandai
This is a massive world, astonishingly rendered and seemingly limitless in its creative diversityUnder a butter-yellow sky, high up on the Altus Plain, driving my horse at full gallop, I spied a group of peasant women dancing. They hopped between feet, as if on scorching ground, twirling in unison beneath the sails of a neglected windmill. It is a mesmerising scene – one of hundreds you will happen upon while explor