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Elden Ring VS Grand Theft Auto VI

▸ WHICH ONE HOLDS UP BETTER

Elden Ring holds up better here: it's rated PLAY IT, while Grand Theft Auto VI is SKIP IT.

Elden RingGrand Theft Auto VI
Verdict🟢 PLAY IT🔴 SKIP IT
The RealityIndependent critics overwhelmingly confirmed the game delivered on this specific combination. It achieved Metacritic scores of 97 (PS5) and 95 (PC/Xbox Series X|S), and became OpenCritic's highest-rated game of all time with a 97 Top Critic Average. Reviewers specifically praised the open-world execution as living up to comparisons with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild while retaining FromSoftware's signature difficulty and design depth, describing the combination as living up to the pre-release hype 'with casual, almost contemptuous ease.' The game went on to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2022.The real release timeline has slipped twice: originally targeted for 2025, delayed to May 26, 2026, then delayed again to November 2026 — with real, independently reported internal pressure along the way (Kotaku reported Rockstar urging staff to return to office specifically to avoid a further delay). As of today (September 2026), the game has still not shipped. Sources differ slightly on the exact November date (Nov 19 vs Nov 26 appear in different real outlets), which itself reflects how fluid the actual schedule has been despite the 'locked in' framing. Separately, Rockstar's head of development confirmed GTA VI will run at 30fps on base PS5 and Xbox Series X (with no boost even on PS5 Pro, since its CPU is unchanged) — a real, sourced tradeoff for the game's visual ambitions that has genuinely divided PS5 owners, some of whom specifically wanted a 60fps performance mode Rockstar has not committed to.
SHORT ANSWER

Elden Ring: Elden Ring's pre-release pitch of fusing FromSoftware's Souls-like difficulty with a genuinely open world is confirmed by independent critics: it became OpenCritic's highest-rated game of all time, with reviewers specifically praising the open-world execution as living up to the hype.

Grand Theft Auto VI: As of September 2026, GTA VI has not shipped and has been delayed twice — from an original 2025 target to May 2026, then again to November 2026 — despite Take-Two repeatedly calling the schedule 'locked in.'

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