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[Discussion] Dark Souls vs. Elden Ring: Do you prefer DS's interconnectedness or ER's open world?
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Dark Souls by far. Elden Ring was great but so much of the game was a slog to go through.
So much content just added to pad the world so they could call it an open world. Mindless copy-paste of the same enemies, same dungeons, same assets and same bosses. Would have greatly preferred a smaller but more unique world, more shortcuts and more interconnections.
I did enjoy the map of the Elden Ring DLC though. I don't think I have ever seen such a vertical map in a game before. Just looking down every time and thinking "can I go there?" felt great.
Start going down a random well in Leyndell, follow down into Subterranean Shunning Grounds, past the hidden wall in the Cathedral of the Forsaken, past the hidden wall in the Frenzied Flame Proscription, down into Deeproot Depths and the Nameless Eternal City, ride the stone coffin to Ansel River Main and finally get a glimpse the Lake of Rot which restarts the cycle 👌