After watching Elden Ring’s extended gameplay preview many, many times since it was unleashed last week, I’m starting to think that the much-anticipated 2022 title is already doing some things that show it will almost inevitably improve upon some of the biggest weaknesses of modern open world games.

To be transparent, I will admit that I previously compared Elden Ring‘s hype to Cyberpunk 2077‘s hype, and I will stand by that warning. We should all be aware by now that there is no such thing as a guaranteed great game, and we should all prepare ourselves for the ways the nature of the development process (as well as the unique challenges of pandemic-era game development) can make even the most promising games fall well short of their potential.

For that matter, Elden Ring‘s recent delay should make it clear that Elden Ring is, at the very least, not quite finished. As such, what we’ve seen so far are only glimpses of an incomplete version of the final game and curated glimpses at that. We really just met Elden Ring, and we really don’t know it well enough to start talking about our future with it with total confidence.

Still, what little we’ve seen of Elden Ring so far (relatively speaking) has already made it clear that the game will seemingly address two of the biggest weaknesses of many modern open world games: conveying the thrill of organic exploration and creating a genuine sense of danger.

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