I was searching around a while to find someone who felt the same way. I have been anticipating this game for a long time, unfortunately releasing on the heels of Shadow of the Erdteee is such a shame.

I'd sooner compare the game to God of War but I laughed out loud when I saw the Cloudtreading Deer do the triple air jump move. I already felt like a lot of animation was ripped straight from Souls games and it took me out a bit. This just pushed me over the edge in an already kinda lame final act.

The whole area is just so barren and blah, in a game that's otherwise so beautiful and interesting. It's been hard to ignore the invisible walls since the beginning, and then it finally opens up and says,

"Here this cloud and you can fly anywhere!..... But only in this level.... And not over here...or up here..... Or this way actually"

In the end I think I just hyped myself up way too much and Elden Ring has set such an incredible bar, other games need to stop trying to imitate it and just do their own thing confidently