I am 40+ year old gamer with a wife and two kids. Time for gaming very precious so I need to choose my games very carefully.
I love the Bloodborne art. One of the reasons I talked my wife into getting a PS4 was Bloodborne. I loved running around with sekiro. I love the whole idea of Dark Souls. I never got far in these games because I am not good enough in blocking and dodging.
Then came Elden Ring. I started with Vagabond but after couple of hours I restarted the game with a sorcery oriented Astrologer. At level 81, after 68 hours of battles in and out of saddle I have beaten couple of dragons, couple of bigger bosses, many smaller bossess. There are bosses I still get wrecked by. I will beat them. I know.
I cannot overstate how much I love this game. All the challenges and bossess are beatable. Now, or later. The world is fantastic and pushes me every evening to explore further.
I also have to say I got the game just couple of weeks ago and either I am lucky, or all the bugs have been resolved, as I did not experience one crash or other issue with the game.

I am 40+ year old gamer with a wife and two kids. Time for gaming very precious so I need to choose my games very carefully. I love the Bloodborne art. One of the reasons I talked my wife into getting a PS4 was Bloodborne. I loved running around with sekiro. I love the whole idea of Dark Souls. I never got far in these games because I am not good enough in blocking and dodging. Then came Elden Ring. I started with Vagabond but after couple of hours I restarted the game with a sorcery oriented Astrologer. At level 81, after 68 hours of battles in and out of saddle I have beaten couple of dragons, couple of bigger bosses, many smaller bossess. There are bosses I still get wrecked by. I will beat them. I know. I cannot overstate how much I love this game. All the challenges and bossess are beatable. Now, or later. The world is fantastic and pushes me every evening to explore further. I also have to say I got the game just couple of weeks ago and either I am lucky, or all the bugs have been resolved, as I did not experience one crash or other issue with the game.