As it turns out, the most controversial and criticized mechanic from the Dark Souls series was cut from Elden Ring

From Software games are often criticized for their high difficulty, but even when players manage to come to terms with it, they quickly find other reasons to be outraged

Elden Ring almost featured a weapon and armor durability system, one of the most controversial mechanics in the Dark Souls series, which was repeatedly criticized even by fans of From Software's work.

Remnants of the mechanic were discovered in the game's code files. Players were supposed to receive messages like “weapon broken”, “armor at risk”, and “armor broken”. The discovery was made by JesterPatches while digging through the Elden Ring distribution files.

It is unknown at what stage From Software decided to abandon this mechanic and for what reason, but most of the game's fans are certainly not too upset by its absence.