Does this game reduce your stress levels?

[Patrick Wayne]

Or does it raise them?

[spreyz]

raise to the max

[DAWN OF THE DEAD]

Game teaches you no to stress

[Wak]

need to take a break from it every few hours, could be a couple more or less depending on what kinda stuff your facing in the game at the time, running around the open world on your horse kinda = maximum stress imo lol cuz there's so much ♥♥♥♥ scattered about in wack places, an interactive map makes that better tho

[The Ghost Pyro From Outerspace!!]

I've had a great time, except against ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RADAHN. Worst boss in Soulsborne history. I'd rather fight two orphans of kos, and a guardian ape at the same time using original Demons Souls mechanics.

[Delilah Wrath]

Reduce personally.

[Patrick Wayne]

Originally posted by Dante Wrath:

Reduce personally.

So it works as relaxant? Better than alcohol?

[moonsongstress]

I'm sweating blood.....but hey, I'm not the typical souls player....I normally do round-based games.....

[ɸ It That Dwells ɸ]

For the most part, yes. But there are some exceptions.
The Bloody Crows of Cain-- Caelid.

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

I play all of the From games to relax.

[Terminator]

invade somebodies world and relax my friend

[Patrick Wayne]

It's very relaxing game.

[Onni]

Originally posted by FlyAboveClouds:

Originally posted by Dante Wrath:

Reduce personally.

So it works as relaxant? Better than alcohol?

90% better

[Ophidian]

Honestly haven't had any issues. But I'm also not someone who rages uncontrollably at the slightest misstep or tough situation.

All these people breaking Monitors/computers/controllers are insane (though I'm sure at least a few are staged).

Not as relaxing as Darksouls/2 (I literally can't play them, I fall asleep)

[Old Man Gamer (OMG)]

There are plenty of stressful moments. The moment it gets to me, however, I laugh at myself for getting riled up. The worst case, you lose runes. I think I have lost well over two millions runes at this point. Today has been about 300k lost. I found some really awesome items and progressed the story, so it is well worth it.

[Enderspoons]

To completely level with you: Elden Ring has its highs and lows. Any form of combat in a FromSoft game is obviously going to be a stressor. Between combat though, you can also chill out and wander across the vast landscapes.