Shadow of the Erdtree, the recent expansion for FromSoftware’s popular action RPG Elden Ring, has garnered a lot of positive reactions from fans and critics alike. With a lot of new content for players to engage with, it has built on what made the original game successful while creating meaningful changes to its gameplay loop.

However, the expansion has seen a few of its problems being criticized by players with many focusing on issues with its graphical fidelity on both PC and consoles. While these were problems in the original game as well, a recent update has many players questioning FromSoftware’s suggestions on how to fix frame-rate issues with the game.

A Recurring Issue for FromSoftware

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Elden Ring’s graphical woes continue with its new DLC.

Graphical issues have always plagued FromSoftware titles with even Bloodborne and Dark Souls III coming under fire for featuring models and textures that many felt could have been better. However, Elden Ring aimed to change all of that with its expansive open-world that leveraged ray tracing technology on current-gen consoles to deliver an improved experience.

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While the title does improve on the graphics and visuals of its predecessors, it has seen a lot of complaints from players in terms of its performance, having choppy framerates in certain areas that impact player immersion to a large extent.

An Unlikely Fix for Elden Ring’s Graphical Woes

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Poor framerates in fights like these would certainly ruin the experience for players.

The recently released Version 1.12.3 patch notes for Elden Ring are in the news for all the wrong reasons on account of a suggestion from FromSoftware, with some of its players posting about its potential effectiveness.

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A post, for instance, questions how using the “Rebuild Database” function on the PS5 could help with framerate issues.

It goes on to justify this disbelief, elaborating on how the function works on consoles.

Other users were quick to chime in, with some questioning FromSoftware’s recommended fixes for framerate issues on PC.

However, some users seem to think that these suggestions could help.

Other reactions to the patch notes were quite humorous, with some users choosing to inject a little humor into the conversation.

However, other players seem to have no issues with the game whatsoever.

A few players also seem to think that FromSoftware’s suggestion is legitimate, urging people not to be too dismissive of FromSoftware’s recommendation.

Graphical woes aside, Shadow of the Erdtree has its players marvelling at its new story beats and content, proving to be a hit for FromSoftware even as the debate rages on the challenge that it presents through its bosses.

And with Hidetaka Miyazaki apparently preparing to get started on a new project, perhaps the company could finally address its technical problems once and for all.

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