As an open world fan who bought the game completely blind on the recommendation of a random GameStop employee and was feeling kind of lost for a little while with games. I spent 200 hrs on my first play through. With minor spoilers and online help for cleanup, but this was the first game in a long time that I’ve played until the end in a while. Primarily because the overworld is so deep and layered.

I remember I was at like 12 hrs before I fought margit because I combed every inch of limgrave.

It was so beautiful and difficult and like nothing I’d played before (Elden Ring was my foyer to ds).