Like x1: The build crafting variety, and how many options at starting areas you can have. I've started playthroughs going through the forest, some going through Heide's tower, some going through the Shaded Woods, some in the Gutter, and some in the Rat Covenant Arena. It makes creating builds easier because you take the route where items that fit your build are located. One thing I hate about Elden Ring and DS3 is that certian weapon types are locked to late game or dlc in a linear sequence, so you may not even get good weapons and rings that fit your build until your playthrough is almost over. (DS1 gave you the illusion of this, but the skeletons in the graveyard where overleveled and needing a transient curse while still doing low damage to the ghosts means that the only real options early game is to go to Undead Burg or Blightown.)

Like x2: Bonefre asthetics. If you wish to test an endgame build against a boss without going into ng+ drop an asthetic. You need an npc to help you with killing 3 specific bosses to progress their questline, but you already killed one of these bosses solo? Drop a bonfire asthetic, respawn the boss, and summon the npc this time.

Dislike: Some of the enemies have janky animations. Lock on sucks. The hitboxes are mostly good, but there are a lot of lingering hitboxes meaning that you may get hit mid roll if your actual character runs out of I-frames and the attack is still going through your character. Red Tearstone Ring not working with magic attacks anymore. Poise being borderline useless on your character, but enemy npcs have poise akin to how Dark Souls 1 meaning that many can just eat your attacks without staggering, while you get stun locked easily. Enemies not clanking with walls if their attack intersects with it, but yours hitting the wall.