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  The open world aspect was really tedious. I'd estimate 40% of the time I played was exploring irrelevant/useless areas or riding torrent past a bunch of enemies.
context: As a huge Fromsoft fan myself, this is the second best game they've ever done. Next to Bloodborne that is. I think fans make the mistake of comparing it to previous entries - specifically Dark Souls - but fact is, just because its in open world format, it was never gonna be the same or feel the same at all. It was always gonna be more accesible by design. And while I understand why some people might not like that shift, I personally loved it. It oozes with content. It  has some amazing boss fights. A lot of not so amazing, but that comes with the territory of having a lot of content. Yes, its easier than their previous games, and I think they could've worked out that a bit better, but I understand the choice of making it more accesible, I dont think they wanna gatekeep their products now that they have become very popular. Its not a good business decision. Considering the success the game has, I guess it payed off. >
  
  True, I do think they did far better than any other open world game I’ve played, but still I feel the majority of the exploration is repetitive. I do feel I’m being a bit harsh though, I do really like the game a lot, I’m just really fond of FromSoftware’s other games, and for me, I enjoyed the others more. >
  
  Armorcore is still their best game. >
  
  That's not how you spell Dark Souls 2. I love all of them but christ DS2 is an incoherent mess >
  
  I loved ds2. It's my favorite of the souls games. >
  
  I won’t lie, I thought this was going to be another  “hur dur Elden bad” post. Glad to see I was wrong. I will disagree with it being the worst souls game: that in my opinion belongs to Dark Souls 2. But I do understand your opinion on the open world aspect, it’s a concept I think a fair amount of Souls fans haven’t been too keen on. >
  
  Yeah true, I personally, I enjoyed ds2 a lot on my first playthrough but have never been able to replay it without getting bored. >
  
  I guess homie >
  
  it is just as polished as the others with more content. PvP has always been like that remember giant dad. You still have the same level of difficulty just don’t use summons and boom it is just as hard if not harder than other souls games. And while it is an open world it still has a clear path of progression just bigger “levels” >
  
  Yeah true it is really polished for the most part, but the large amount of content led to cutting corners to some extent. >
  
  Fair