As a Dark Souls Fan - This game is quite different. But the more you play it, the more it shows, that it is still made from the same Company.
At the start of the game you get quite confused usually since there is no real tutorial or arrows pointing the way, so you need to put 1 and 2 together to find out what your actual goal is.
Additionally, if you don't really listen to the characters, you get even more confused.
I would not have completed the game without websites like "Fextralife". (This is not a bad or good thing - It's just the way the players are "guided")

This is the first FromSoftware game I can recommend to both, DarkSouls Fans and people who have never played any Soulslike game. It is more accessible but at the same time just as difficult.

Unfortunately some software problems make it not a 10/10 for me, because of stuff like the FPS being locked to 60, stutters sometimes with the wrong graphic settings and some multiplayer issues.

I can HIGHLY recommend a mod called "Elden Ring Seamless Co-op" (by LukeYui) - With this mod you can play the game from start to finish with a friend. And even though the mod is - at the time of writing this - still in the early stages, it works amazingly well (with its fair share of bugs)

9/10 - Graphics, Sound, Story and Gameplay is top - Software things around it make it not as good as it could be

GOTY imo

As a Dark Souls Fan - This game is quite different. But the more you play it, the more it shows, that it is still made from the same Company. At the start of the game you get quite confused usually since there is no real tutorial or arrows pointing the way, so you need to put 1 and 2 together to find out what your actual goal is. Additionally, if you don't really listen to the characters, you get even more confused. I would not have completed the game without websites like "Fextralife". (This is not a bad or good thing - It's just the way the players are "guided") This is the first FromSoftware game I can recommend to both, DarkSouls Fans and people who have never played any Soulslike game. It is more accessible but at the same time just as difficult. Unfortunately some software problems make it not a 10/10 for me, because of stuff like the FPS being locked to 60, stutters sometimes with the wrong graphic settings and some multiplayer issues. I can HIGHLY recommend a mod called "Elden Ring Seamless Co-op" (by LukeYui) - With this mod you can play the game from start to finish with a friend. And even though the mod is - at the time of writing this - still in the early stages, it works amazingly well (with its fair share of bugs) 9/10 - Graphics, Sound, Story and Gameplay is top - Software things around it make it not as good as it could be GOTY imo