Elden Ring

What can I say?   Elden Ring was fan-fricking-tastic.  Fromsoft has made a few different style games recently, but this was like stepping into an old comfortable pair of pants.   This was Dark Souls but in an open world.

Of course there were recycled elements, which was initially off-putting, but then these are all optional bosses and having them tweaked to different difficulties and skills was fantastic - in classic DS, there is no way to easily replay a boss, this gives you a number of ways.

I've played through as a strength based warrior and a mage, but I'm putting in on the shelf for a while now to get to some other things.  So good.  SO GOOD.