I wanna preface by saying Elden Ring is truly a refreshing take on Dark Souls, based on that alone I think it's a better game than DS3.

Bridging off of that, this game feels and plays like a collection of everything FromSoftware has gathered with all their previous titles; all that experience, knowledge, and soul was poured into Elden Ring to make it their best title to date.

Everything about this game is simply put amazing, the world is so intricately and carefully crafted, the lore and story are richer than ever before, the mystery is sublime, and the sheer scale of this game is absolutely insane. The environments of Elden Ring are honestly the most fun I've had exploring a fictional world in a good while.

George RR Martin's contribution to this game was honestly the key to bringing Miyzaki's ambition for Elden Ring's world and this fresh take on the Souls-like formula to life. Maybe I'm biased as a big fan of ASOIAF to some smaller details like the nuance to geographical placements of castles and their fortifications that built the game's fictional integrity to insane heights, but Martin's influence on the game's story, world, and lore is undeniable.

As with all FromSoft games, everyone's journey through them will be mostly unique but Elden Ring takes this to the next level with the insane amounts of customization and freedom you get. You can have so many different weapons, summons, spells, armors, and so on. The huge amount of ashes also allows for you to truly make your own playstyle even if others will use the same weapon or a similar build. It's a lot different from previous Dark Souls games in that sense.

The combat is really seamless, all the quality of life improvements and additions make this game probably the most fun I've had with any Souls like game. Even mounted combat which I was skeptical about functioned amazingly.

The bosses were masterful, some of the fields in which you fight some of the main ones accompanied with the absolute CREAMER tracks elicited some feelings of hype out of me I hadn't felt in ages. The amount of bosses is also just simply put mind blowing, they're not reused a lot either which I loved.
The hints for future DLC are also incredibly interesting and hype.

But yea I didn't talk about everything in the game since it's MASSIVE even now after pouring 50h into it I feel mesmerized by its size.
I only got 1 out of 4(?) endings and definitely have not beat all the bosses(though I beat over 60% maybe), but I completely adore the game and look forward to the many replays I will have of it.