That’s not to say Frontiers is a better overall game, but its open world was much less boring to travel through. Most of Elden Ring is just holding the stick forward to get to another location for 5 minutes or just fast traveling because getting places is just that mundane.
I genuinely think Elden Ring would have been a better game if it wasn’t open world. Kinda felt like they made it that way because every other game does it. Dark Souls had connected level design throughout its entire world, but Elden Ring is completely flat (except the underground caves), so there’s no creativity with connecting levels.
My ranking for games I’ve played in 2022:
SpiderHeck
Vampire Survivors
Elden Ring
Sonic Frontiers
They’re all really good.
