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.

It was fun enough but all the bosses were too easy with the exception of Mother Miranda’s which felt like oh! Final boss fight? Let’s turn her into a damage sponge + considering this is where the mould ORIGINATED, it wasn’t nearly as scary as re7.

Still, the tie in to Spencer, re5 and concluding the Baker mystery was nice too, felt very satisfying especially since I was lost half the game wondering why there were werewolves, vampires and shit.

There was also so much more they could’ve done with the exploration instead of locking u out of so many places after defeating a certain boss. Felt like wasted potential for a game with such a big village.