Spend 3 hours building character
Spend 2 hours fighting big horse guy
Spend 6 hours exploring map
Spend 8 hours doing side quests
Spend 12 hours killing bosses
Spend 25 hours killing margit

10/10 would recommend

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☑ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☑ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☑ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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--{ My Personal Opinion }--
This is literally the best game I have ever played.
Even after only playing it for a few hours, taking time to level up and enjoy the gameplay this game still gives me adrenaline after beating a boss. If I had the choice to change anything, I'd change nothing.

--{ Review }--
First of all, the game's visuals are incredible. And it's landscape is very interactive. See a giant with a battleaxe thousans of miles away? You are definitely fighting him soon.. see a massive cliff that looks impossible to climb? You most definitely can. Infact loads of cliffs like that have intense lore and precious items hiding right on them and behind is a whole new world you haven't seen before.
The game's lore is also very unique. Even if you might not get it's meaning the second you finish it, soon you'll realize how beautiful it is.
Gameplay-wise it offers a classic Dark Souls system with a dodge, jump, attack, charged attack, consume and so so much more.
If I had to describe Elden Ring with one word, it would be customization. There is so many different things you can wear, consume, places you can explore and things you can kill it's hard to keep track of everything. It's soul upgrading system offers you so much freedom you may run any build out of thousands that exist.
Although it's a challenging videogame, you may also always come back. Stuck on a boss? Don't worry, with just exploring, you may uncover a whole quest line, that will make you find a piece of equipment or an upgrading material which will make the fight easier.
But don't rely only on weapons and level since since without skill you may not get far. Personally if you want elden ring to relax, use magic, if you want to have fun play tank.

--{ Two Last Tips If You Are Still Reading }--
If you are truly struggling at a boss, or a place or you are just lost, ask. If you have discord join the Elden Ring discord server and ask there. People there are very helpful and kind, if you dont have it, download it.
I was thinking ER community is so kind as it's there on every piece of media, but i suggest staying away from it on media platforms such as TikTok or YT. Just warning you. - (Shout-out to "Tyrone" for literally carrying me in-game)

And if you are struggling deciding between buying it or not. Buy it, its so much fun.

Where do i even start with Elden Ring.
The game has one of the largest maps i've ever seen.
With both having a overworld, underworld & numerous secret locations.
Im not too familiar with the Souls genre in general but this was a fun introduction!
The bosses are fun but challenging & they each have unique fighting techniques.
There is a big variety of builds you can create. Everything from magic to strength. Even though i struggled quite a while with certain bosses, i can for sure that this was one of the best games i've played & im happy i got it gifted on my birthday. Thanks akulette :)

Im giving this game a 10/10 & i cant wait to play the DLC when it goes on sale in the future.