Not alone about there about Elden Ring, played Soulsbornes games since Demons Souls on PS3 and Elden Ring is the only one I didn’t even care to finish. To me it it felt like a tedious slog to find things like ball bearings and Estus upgrades which you need to keep going to the wiki to find unless you want to wander pointlessly for hours finding stuff you will never use. PvP meanwhile is the most boring and stale it’s ever been with invasions being completely dead and people just using poke attacks on things like Heavy Rapiers and Dual Lances all the time in duals. The beautiful art design and it just being a AAA game in 2022 that’s genuine and not made by a team of psychologist hired to make a game as predatory as possible is really all that carries the game.