Yes, Elden Ring....This should be about the only answer in this thread....unbelievable how its not although a bit of context is required here. Just because something is overrated does not mean it is a bad game. Elden Ring is a good game, maybe even a great game.
If you are to determine how overrated or overhyped something is, you need to take in where the rating or hype is to begin with. There is no game that even comes close to Elden Ring considering you would think it was the second coming of Jesus Christ himself in video game form if you were to believe social media and everyone around release time. That it was a type of game nobody has seen in their entire lives and that it was so revolutionary that it was the most monumental achievement in gaming history.
It WILL win game of the year and lots of people like it, but its overrated im sorry. Theres several aspects of the game that werent a step above anything, some of which include the actual graphics(seperate from art direction), UI, performance, and narrative/story.
The side quests were totally busted.
There is no way to know that person x is waiting for you and he is in y ass corner of the world… it’s not like you are going back there or it’s on the way.
In souls, quests almost worked because you could find some characters on the way since it was more linear.
I find souls progression better, pacing better and I think open world, crafting, constant gathering of crap… it all just introduced bloat. Same with tons of repeated bosses for no reason and poor rewards. Not to mention poor duo bosses.
As for main bosses, I think they were too frantic and hard. Like crazy speeds.
Souls 1 and 2 elegant boss design is not coming back.
These games starter speeding up with bloodborne as it’s the only way to make them harder and you have to make it harder.
Even ds3 is slow in comparison to er real bosses. Er is constant ringed city levels but ringed city was short endgame dlc to the trilogy.
I loved er world. The ambient of capital was fantastic and I love the game above most else. But it’s my least fav souls.
Also horizon fw. The game should be more criticised as most of its core aspects are just bad