Hello, this is my backloggd, same username as my letterboxd! Normally I do comparisons of people in my life to characters in the game but I didn't really understand the Elden Ring lore, and there were a lot of characters. I can do this:
ELDEN RING
Tarnished = Me
Malenia = Hard R
Melina = Winnie from Work
Miquella = Y**i from Work
Torrent = My Pet Fish, Chup Chup
Ranni = Zeta
Roderika = Kirsty
Gideon = Mitch

I don't give anything 5 stars unless it really deserves it, but Elden Ring deserved it. It had perfect gameplay, a great sense of exploration, interesting story that you could really sink your teeth into, a beautiful soundtrack, and lots of polish that made the game feel wonderful to play. Overall it was a great experience and can't recommend enough.
The open world worked really well with a Fromsoft game. I've played all Dark Souls + Bloodborne, still need to play Demon's Souls and Sekiro, but so far Elden Ring was my favourite. If you struggle with an area, the ability to go away and do something else to get stronger really works well with the open nature of the game. Unfortunately, this also has a slight drawback - because of how big the world is and how many characters you meet, it's much harder to follow NPC quests than it is to do so in, say, Dark Souls 3. That being said, it is doable, you should just bring a journal or something.

Overall, a great game, and one that I'll be replaying at one point. Good job team!