Elden Ring is an enormous beast rich with all the subtle lore and intricate world-building FromSoftware is known for, only it’s now spread throughout an interconnected open world with lands seamlessly transitioning into each other. This is an incredibly impressive feat as FromSoftware’s first Soulslike to adapt its traditionally linear formula into an open world, especially considering how diverse the Lands Between’s biomes are between Limgrave, Liurnia, and Caelid alone. That said, extrapolating this formula into an open world wasn’t without its sacrifices.