Elden Ring is a fun souls game that takes many of the great aspects FROM has perfected and presents them to a larger audience. The main difference is the open world allows you to travel is multiple paths rather than only straight forward. In many souls games you push against the hardest section and need to repeat earlier portions over and over to grind your level up, which is hard to understand when a boss or area you have reached in the game is kicking your butt.

In Elden Ring you have much more freedom in where you go and the combat, although quicker, is a bit different and easier than past entries.

Elden's biggest accomplishment is being able to bring soulsborne combat to a wider audience by changing this fundamental aspect of previous souls games.

The only worry I have is that they will bring the same open world aspect to all their souls games and remove part of what makes those games unique, but that is not a complaint with Elden Ring itself.

Elden Ring is a fun souls game that takes many of the great aspects FROM has perfected and presents them to a larger audience. The main difference is the open world allows you to travel is multiple paths rather than only straight forward. In many souls games you push against the hardest section and need to repeat earlier portions over and over to grind your level up, which is hard to understand when a boss or area you have reached in the game is kicking your butt. In Elden Ring you have much more freedom in where you go and the combat, although quicker, is a bit different and easier than past entries. Elden's biggest accomplishment is being able to bring soulsborne combat to a wider audience by changing this fundamental aspect of previous souls games. The only worry I have is that they will bring the same open world aspect to all their souls games and remove part of what makes those games unique, but that is not a complaint with Elden Ring itself.