Should've Elden Ring been Open World?

A common sentiment among Soulsborne fans is that the map is TOO BIG for its own good, leading to open world fatigue. Does this have any legs to stand on? We take a look into both perspectives in this video. I hope you find it insightful 😁

0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Why go open world?
2:44 - The First Playthrough Experience
7:23 - Replayability
15:10 - Did the game suffer from being open world?
16:03 - Should the game have ended at Leyndell? Or could it be bigger?
17:50 - Shoulve Elden Ring have been Open World?
21:07 - Outro

Discussed interviews:
ER "you can see it, you can go there" https://www.gamesradar.com/elden-ring...
DS3 "you can see it, you can go there" https://bleedingcool.com/movies/e3-da...
Miyazaki's played open world games https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/05/2...
30 hour game https://www.famitsu.com/news/202106/1...
Demon's Souls https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...

#EldenRing #Fromsoftware #OpenWorld

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My SGDQ 2021 Demon's Souls Remake Run:    • Demon's Souls (2020) by BertoPlease in 53:...  
My SGDQ 2020 Demon's Souls Original Run:    • Demon's Souls by BertoPlease in 51:42 - Su...  

Find all my PB's at: https://www.speedrun.com/user/BertoPl...
Twitter:   / bertoplease  
Instagram:   / bertoplease