I'm stuck in this game. Not that I am stuck in where to go, but everything else just seems.... not Elden Ring? I try to play something else, and feel like I am wasting my time not rather playing Elden Ring which is just better than any other game I have right now. Restarted on the PS5 and doing a mage run. Over 50 hours into that with a total of over 200 hours on PC and PS5. I haven't opened up Horizons again since Elden Ring released. And I enjoyed that game.
I still haven't finished it because I started the PS5 run not long after I got to the last zones / hidden zones on the PC version and didn't like my build. I will most likely go back and finish that up too, but will complete the PS5 run now.
I did start Rogue Legacy 2, which is fun to do a few runs in, but the next game I try will most likely be the Knight Arthur turn based Xcomish game. It looks fun, and very different from Elden Ring. I am not sure how to go back to open world games which has been my favourite genre of games (other than souls games). Now that I have a souls open world, looking back at open world games and they are ..... It's like taking a "souls like" game and comparing it to a From Software game. They are miles ahead of the curve and set the standard with every game they release. It's why it's called souls like. It's similar, but not the same. Now From Software has done the same with the entire damn open world formula. Games from now on will be "sure it's open world, but it's not From Software open world".
I agree with Maximillian Doods review. In todays world of game development, featuring DLCs, MTX and the likes, a game with the feature full scope of Elden Ring shouldn't exist. But it does.