re: Elden Ring looks phenomenal.

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You can play the game. You can beat the game. All you need to really beat souls is time and patience. The real reward is not beating the game. It’s what you learn about yourself in the process.

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This (although the last sentence is a little dramatic lol)

Just finished my first ever souls game by beating Demons Souls. Remember taking forever just to make it to the first boss. Then remember it taking forever to figure out a way to beat the second boss. Then FINALLY made it to False King Allant and after a couple of attempts realized that there was simply no way I would be able to beat him.

Figured out that I was simply underpowered with my weapons and cheated a little to determine that something like the Dozer Axe was what I needed and I figured out a way to collect the shite necessary to do all the upgrades.

From what I've been able to gather, it seems like once you figure out the core concepts of one of the games you'll likely be able to play all of them pretty well.