This game has set a standard and I really do believe that this is my GOTY. Then you keep going, you're getting better, stronger, wiser, and more skilled and to me that alone really makes this game so FUN to me.
That momentous feeling after killing Margit or Godrick or even the tree sentinel really gives you an indescribable sense of accomplishment, redemption and pride. That's what makes this game FUN, the challenge. It may look a little intimidating at first, but that is part of the challenge. I really enjoy this game and I feel like this is perfect for newcomers like myself to jump in and lose yourself in the vast world of Elden Ring. I have been playing for 55 hours so far and it feels like I haven't even scratched the surface of this game and I really don't want it to end. The target lock on camera can get a bit annoying if there are multiple enemies in an area but that's mostly a me type of thing. The weapons and armor look sick and the combat is really good, it kinda makes you want to master it since that is what the game is all about, fighting giant bosses. The world is expansive and so incredibly detailed. FUN, which is something not a lot of games have nowadays. This game is phenomenal, scary, beautiful, stressing, breathtaking, but most importantly. Years later this gem drops and I have to be honest, I haven't been hooked on a game like this since Monster Hunter: World. I played DS, DS2, and DS3 for like an hour and stopped because I just felt like those games weren't made for me. This game is phenomenal, scary, beautiful, stressing, breathtaking, but most This is my first ever souls game I have ever had the will to play. This is my first ever souls game I have ever had the will to play. Doesn't bring anything new to the table except that even if you don't give a damn about your game, you can achieve huge success when hiring famous people.
OK combat I guess, if you don't play on PC that is. The positives this game has: Nice sense of vastity, (although the Erdtree sometimes changes location based on where you are). The game endings are ridiculously bad and you won't understand them anyway. The graphics are meh for a game of these years and the NPCs are garbage characters with 2 lines of dialogue. The rushed release also brought a lot of collision related issues. It runs like my paraplegic great-grandmother with parkinson's disease, because it stutters profusely, crashes every 30 minutes and suffers from input lag.
Overestimated product whose lore is a half-written pile of garbage. The graphics are meh for a game of these years and the NPCs are garbage Masterpiece these nuts.