This game is massive. I figured I was halfway through the game… 30hrs later and I might be now. This game is incredibly large and haven’t put this many hours into a game since Pokemon Yellow… had to catch them all.

It’s not just filler either, they continue to expand the game, the lore, the enemies, and new abilities. Just hit the group that kills tarnished and I am floored with this game. As a God of War fan, Ragnarok has an uphill battle for GotY.

Dude, there's only been roughly 3288 hours since the game was released and this guy spent over a third of it (because you know he 100% switched to a different account) playing Elden ring.

Even for a streamer, that's just not healthy mate.

Everyone's different. I don't think there's a need to put a negative connotation on it. For every person like your friend, there's another who just simply enjoys those moments of happiness.

If it took away from important things I get it. But if it was down time, why regret it? Would he have preferred to stream a bunch of shows or movies? Watch a bunch of sports on tv? I don’t regret the hundreds of hours that I’ve pored to games. I have cool memories from them.

Using cancer to moralize a point about how you think other people should live their lives and what they may regret...smooth a silk this one is.

You may not like to co op, but if the game provides it, and is a feature in game, it's not cheating.

I did the whole thing solo, the Elden beast was really easy the first 2 times and then that third time was waaaaaay tougher. But still nowhere near Melania levels. She brutalised me for hours and when I finally beat her it felt like nothing but luck

Yeah but even the worst CoD or FIFA game still make heaps and bounds more money than this ever will. Investors don't care about awards, they care about monetary returns.