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Ahead of the Elden Ring Closed Network Test – or beta by any other name – we were lucky enough to get early access to the build for a few days. And let me tell you, it is a generous helping of early game Elden Ring. <\/p>\n

It’s fair to say I played it a lot – for just short of 23 hours, in fact – and I think I’ve scoured pretty much every inch of West Limgrave, the starting area for the game. For the purposes of the demo, there are five character presets to choose from, though of course there’ll be an extensive character creator in the main game. Each of the beta’s five presets actually come with decent equipment, so there are no wrong choices – whichever one players accessing the network test this weekend decide to go for, it’s really about what preferred play style they’re keen to get a feel for. <\/p>\n

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Ahead of the Elden Ring Closed Network Test – or beta by any other name – we were lucky enough to get early access to the build for a few days. And let me tell you, it is a generous helping of early game Elden Ring. It’s fair to say I played it a lot – for just short of 23 hours, in fact – and I think I’ve scoured pretty much every inch of West Limgrave, the starting area for the game. For the purposes of the demo, there are five character presets to choose from, though of course there’ll be an extensive character creator in the main game. Each of the beta’s five presets actually come with decent equipment, so there are no…<\/p>\n

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