Completed first run and then platinumed right after at ng+2. Elden Beast ruins an otherwise pretty perfect game also the difficulty is sort of odd, at least for me. Fire giant was the hardest mandatory boss and Malenia was good but the rest were disappointingly easy at times (Elden Beast just terrible).

Also some of the boss locations are ridiculous but more power to open world I suppose. Still enjoyed it (played it thrice back to back) and the open world is genuinely really beautiful + combat is fun.