I did not give Elden Ring the benefit of the doubt as a longtime skeptic of FromSoftware's style. To be honest, this game made me look like a total idiot in its wake. After spending over a year confidently saying that I knew I wouldn't like it, this game brought me in and gave me the most genuinely unforgettable fantasy RPG experience I have ever had. The characters, the artwork, the pacing... All perfect. A nitpick would be that I'm not the biggest fan of the score/music, but everything else is so VASTLY superior to its competitors that it's almost not worth bringing up.