Breath of The Wild VS Elden Ring | Which One's Better?

[@RealHud]

Sorry if my voice is weird. I was congested while recording this video.

[@caloobthenoob]

my guy please do one were its totk instead of botw it would have been a lot more fair but is still agreed with the vid

[@Illmatic092]

you want peace? play botw you want cool fantasy? play elden ring play both of these anyway lol

[@WyvrnOnYT]

Breath of the Wild is better because I don't have a skill issue in it

[@RealHud]

Based

[@ArveTheManAndTheMyth]

Real

[@jakemiller1814]

So many ppl will pick Elden ring up and play it for an hour or so and never pick it back up again due to its difficulty. It took me 5 times of doing this before I actually began to like it. I have about 950 hours combined into BOTW and TOTK. 100 into Elden ring. Those 2 games will be my favorite of all time but Elden ring will always hold a spot in my top 10.

[@ira1420]

For some reason, I don't have a skill issue in er's combat, but botw's combat is too difficult for me so I try to not fight as much as I can

[@xEcuador1]

@@jakemiller1814literally get better scrub

[@tristan_967]

Basically just depends on if you prefer puzzles or challenging combat

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Choose

[@atomicsamurai9742]

​@@jarlwhiterun7478 I would have to say zelda, that fact it's combat basically got it right first time with the lock on system in (ocarina of time) it influenced the souls genre as a whole and to me gives it the win, the games continue to innovate in interesting ways and while elden ring does have possibly better ground combat (horseback combat is better in botw jumping bow bullet time ftw) and better locations /dungeons in elden ring, botw has so many ways to interact with the world you can travel through the air which they even expanded on in the sequel allowing you to travel the sky, elden rings only strength from a gameplay standpoint is its combat when it comes to doing things in the world so yeah to conclude both amazing games but I give it to zelda, I think the witcher 3 should also be part of this discussion because that is possibly the game of the last generation, hearts of stone was on par with the main story campaign in a dlc in itself it was an amazing experience people complain shadow of the erdtree is game of the year nominee should try hearts of stone, after playing that I wouldn't even argue lol some of these expansions go hard I wont even call them dlc they're true expansions on the games, amazing games at that

[@ppo9200]

​@@atomicsamurai9742 elden ring has far better combat,it would be a joke to compare them.Ocarina of time was influential but something can be influential but very flawed or average by todays standard.(for example,super mario bros on the nes is the most influential 2d console platformer ever,but was improved upon by smb3 then again many times.)Elden ring has far better combat than any zelda game. The slow motion in botw is nice but it is only really there to help casual players and is not very fun or rewarding.The swimming like a zora was fun but was limited to not going underwater and there were hardly any water enemies,so what was the point!?The gliding is very nice,but limited by stamina and just not needed in a game where there is fast travel and orse riding.The spectral steed in elden ring can jump very high in multiple areas,similar to rivalis gale,and the spectral steed is summoned instantly. While climbing is nice at times,it was also a pain in the ass,repetetive and mostly boring. Botw was a great game,but anything it has that elden ring does not have is not needed or even wanted.It had so many big design flaws. The world was very much lacking anything interesting.Side quests,gathering items,finding shrines,puzzles etc all just felt so repetetive.900 korok seeds but only about 10 different types of puzzles to find them.Hardly any enemy or boss types,shrines all looked the same and alot were repeats of 1 of 3 combat tests of strength or no puzzle and the spirit orb was just handed to you. Elden rings exploration was far better,it had no flawed design like climbing,weapons breaking etc. Elden ring has an incredible variety of all things:armor,weapons,builds,npc's,enemies,areas,bosses,secrets. Botw was extremely underwhelming in these ways.

[@atomicsamurai9742]

@@ppo9200 I disagree respectfully, I've beaten dark souls 1 2 & 3, played bloodborne but never finished it, elden rings open world started to feel like padding by the end, the spectral steed did nothing but make the world less tedious to treverse, the fact it had a double jump doesn't really help the matter much, the combat while riding it was clumsy at best, the main parts that I liked most were the dungeons they were expertly made and had lots of secrets, and the fact you can play online mutiplayer and help friends that was sick, those are its strengths On the otjer hand those bell ashen summons you get along the way make the game ridiculously easy as you can team up on bosses, by the time I got the mimic there was nothing that could really stop me, by the end it just felt like another dark souls game but with so much padding with the open world, breath of the wild used a new in house engine with real time physics, look up gamespots '' things you didn't know can do in breath of the wild'' theres like 11 parts, people discovered things you can do that the developers never even intended due to the complexity of the physics engine, but elden basically uses the same engine what the souls games have always had its over a decade old at this point and it shows to people that have played these games before, maybe this is your first souls game maybe thats why your so impressed but to me its a good game nothing more, botw and witcher 3 take silver and gold elden ring is just the runner up of the last generation, in my opinion ofcourse, all in all good game nothing groundbreaking or anything that pushes the genre in any way other than maybe the scope of the world, Each to there own tho just an opinion mate

[@ItzSuperFella]

​@@ppo9200 just let him glaze bro

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

The next Zelda game needs to take note from Elden with the legacy dungeons. It's lazy and inexcusable to not include dungeons in a Zelda game.

[@giganticmoon]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 hey uh, botw’s dungeons are decent man, elden’s are cool too. you gotta remember that they’re both different sides of the same thing

[@lotrfan4237]

@@giganticmoondungeons in Botw are trash when compared to previous Zelda dungeons. You know it’s bad when Elden Ring does Zelda dungeons better than Zelda itself

[@giganticmoon]

@ botw dungeons aren’t trash in comparison. ocean king was worse, but still, i get why you’d say they’re bad, it has flaws. also, elden ring isn’t trying to make zelda dungeons. if you’ve played elden ring, you know that the dungeons are really only close in theming, other than that, the puzzles, if they really could be puzzles, are just finding buttons or keys

[@HoboWithAShotgun]

ER dungeons are nothing like Zelda ones. They don't have puzzles, just combat after combat.

[@MrMattaiusify]

@@lotrfan4237not a fair comparison as botw dungeons are more focused on puzzles than Elden Bling

[@madredman]

I have 2000+ hours on Elden Ring (I do a lot of PvP) and also couple hundred hours on BotW. The latter is fun and atmospheric but ER is just a masterpiece in so many ways. I still remember the first 2-3 months of Elden Ring when it conquered the internet - so many memories made PvPing and Cooping. One time I invaded a guy and right before I was about to kill him he did the "please don't hurt me" emote. I stopped and helped navigate him through the entire castle - he then dropped me a moonveil, waved goodbye and entered the boss room. Such an amazing memory that I still haven't forgotten :'( I really wish a game like this would come out in the future.

[@daiminh010]

damn.. that moonveil drop is actually crazy. Moonveil is one of the best weapons in Elden Ring and the dude just gave it away lmao. Now he cant get it again until new game plus

[@madredman]

@ he was a bonk chad lol, ugs enjoyer 😊

[@Henrybram]

Botw I think is better just because of the open world, I feel like exploring in Elden ring is just a task but besides that I think they are equal

[@madredman]

@@Henrybram hmm i feel different about that. I think the world of Elden Ring is far more detailed than BOTW. Also, there is a different level of scale/biomes/etc that make it visually stunning. I do enjoy the ambience of BOTW though.

[@Henrybram]

@ there is nothing to do in the open world in Elden ring, there are barely any quest lines that matter in er but in botw there are so many things you can do in the open world, I love Elden ring so far but it is not comparable to botw in its world

[@giganticmoon]

both are peak idc what you say

[@RealHud]

Real

[@giganticmoon]

@ hud

[@danvoman074]

Dont get so defensive haha is just an analysis which is fair and relevant to do. Both are great games 👍🏽

[@giganticmoon]

@@danvoman074 lol i kno

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Choose. Get off the fence kid

[@justinvigeant3639]

My man BOTW's weapon variety are 3 weapon types with the same exact move sets for each one.

[@Ignatius-ok5kv]

I don’t know if you finished the video, but he said the same thing you did so he’s well aware. It was a part of the large deciding factor in giving Elden Ring the combat point.

[@Blarblur]

People say this but then act like all elden rings weapons play near exactly the same with few exceptions. No offence to you personally though.

[@Simph0ny]

@Blarblur that "near exactly the same" changed alot tho, dual wield, ashes of war, spell, etc... look i love botw/totk and their creativity, but overall elden ring is just the better one

[@Blarblur]

@@Simph0ny uh dude we're talking about the weapon variety in particular. Im just saying that while er has more different weapons they all play near exactly the same

[@Ignatius-ok5kv]

@Blarblur I don’t think I agree on this point. Obviously this is more a subjective opinion, but the way I play, I keep a lot of upgraded weapons on my characters with a variety of movesets and ashes of war. I’m a big time invader in FromSoft games though, so that’s part of why this has developed. But because of this, I’ve been able to play with pretty much every weapon type in the game (thoroughly might I add) and they’re all pretty distinct. We can group some weapon types together though in all fairness. Colossal’s play similarly to colossal greatswords. Greatswords play similarly to great axes and great hammers. Straight swords and katanas are similar as well. Spears and great spears are an easy one. And finally fists and claws. But twinblades, curved swords (especially powerstanced), daggers, thrusting swords (great or otherwise) all play very differently. Plus with the DLC, each new weapon type is incredibly far removed from anything in the base game. Light greatswords, thrusting shields, and the beast claws in particular.

[@Shard783]

Elden Ring has a better World, Soundtrack, DLC, Bosses, Combat, Story, Quests, Art Design and more. BotW has better environmental interactions and better puzzles.

[@Blarblur]

Tbf id argue botw has significantly better world, infinitely better soundtrack and better quests

[@lotrfan4237]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Blarblursoundtrack for Botw is mediocre, it’s just mostly random piano notes with very few standouts. World is empty and the quests are repetitive

[@Blarblur]

@lotrfan4237 very funny

[@Christo_glenn]

@ THIS. It's insane how BOTW gets so much praise for it's exploration, yet all you get rewarded for are with mostly-same, copy-paste shrines and easy deku seed puzzles. There are a few cool setpieces, but the world is so empty.

[@Draconic404]

@@lotrfan4237 man you are comparing ambient music and elden ring boss music, go listen to attack on vah naboris

[@itzkingcringe]

Elden ring soundtrack is probably the best I’ve ever heard

[@RealHud]

The production is very good. I just wish there were more songs that stood out.

[@Cheesehead302]

Personally I think Elden Ring's base game doesn't have a super amazing sound track. There are definitely stand outs, but comparing it DS1 and DS3, I think those games definitely stand above it. Now, Shadow of the Erdtree on the other hand, they stepped up their game imo, nearly every boss OST was incredible, I can put on the Midra soundtrack anytime and get chills from how amazing it is.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Lolol

[@nateB-l7k]

Elden ring is phenomenal, don’t get me wrong. Godrick phase 2, radagon, Elden beast, malenia, limgrave. But botw is perfect. Any of the songs are 10/10, just check out the main theme.

[@itzkingcringe]

@ BOTW main theme is godly. But then again so is many of the Elden ring bosses. BOTW standouts for me really are only the theme, hyrule castle, revali, calamity ganon appears, and dark beast ganon. But Elden Ring everything is so good

[@TheDiamondSea]

BotW’s world is bigger than Elden Ring’s? That…doesn’t sound right at all.

[@Niklas0369]

It has more empty spaces than Elden Ring. That's why it feels smaller.

[@boggle4763]

Less legacy dungeons in botw basically

[@kassamoto_]

He really breezed over that point

[@domin8tion651]

@@Niklas0369ye also the movement is a lot faster than in Elden ring

[@Niklas0369]

@@domin8tion651 And to be honest the sky islands and especially the underground map is a bit dissappointing and repetitive.

[@firenze6478]

Elden ring is what botw should have been. It has actual variety, real dungeons, rewards you with spells, abilities and weapons with unique features that don’t break in five hits, and a variety of bosses that aren’t just reskins of eachother. Also, it has more to do than just hunt korok seeds and shrines and has a fast jumping horse that you can call whenever you want instead having to slowly walk due to stamina depletion. ( not draining stamina during non combat is so genius of elden ring)

[@wukeyuchiha]

Yeah, botw got a HUGE nerf when it had to accommodate Nintendo’s crappy comsoles

[@TheLastGame666]

Elden Ring, the amount of variety in enemies, bosses, dungeons, weapons, armors, equipment, music, visuals etc... Is just insane, I don't think any singleplayer game compares in this regard

[@maxwaver777]

While zelda games set some fundamental foundation that inspired Miyazaki, elden ring is a light years ahead on every aspects, lore, combats, builts, gameplay, graphics, music and art direction, world density and variety and most importantly Fun and exploration. The thrill and a amazement you get from any souls game and ED in particular is beyond not only zelda but any modern game. It's hard to find such a modern game that swallow you in a whole new world that push to ask for more until you feel empty when you beat the game. No Zelda game bring that feeling and really rarely any few games does.

[@OfficialSaqn]

Writing this before the vid but my opinion: I’ve beat both Zelda botw and Elden ring(dlc included) and honestly Zelda botw was the first open world game I ever explored and it was perfect I loved every single moment of it and have replayed it many times since. With this being said though after playing Elden ring I got incredibly into the souls series playing dark souls 3 and sekiro ontop of it and I am an absolute fan of these masterpieces they truly captivate you in their immersive worlds. finally beating a boss you’ve been stuck on for a day or a week or even a year maybe longer is so satisfying and fills you with a sense of power, relief and happiness souls games convey all these feelings cause they are difficult, they are known to be difficult but at the same time they are so godamn good. Like I said beating a boss feels incredible in them due to their difficulty for example Godfrey on my first play through took me days to beat but when I finally did It felt absolutely incredible. It filled me with absolute joy and this kind of joy I didn’t feel until my first rpg which was Zelda botw. so all in all which do I think is better? Well I think they both bring some incredible things to the table and I love them both the same but if I had to choose one it would be Zelda botw as although elden ring is such an incredible masterpiece as I’ve said and I recommend everyone to play and persevere through it, Zelda botw will always have a special place in my heart as it’s what got me into rpg games and it’s what gave me this feeling that I only found once more in souls games. Also if you have the chance to try black myth Wukong DO IT. I got it on release and it was one of the best game purchases I’ve made since Elden ring.

[@Charze07]

Great video man! Just some of my opinions I think the weapon durability in botw is actually a good thing it incourages you to be a scavanger and try out and use different weapons this mechanic really shows in the master sword trials dlc where you have to take enemy weapons and use it aganst them and think hard after you beat a enemy if you want there weapon or not. And i think eldin ring having harder bosses near the end of the game is pro not a con it makes you feel all the more better when you defeat them and gives you a Sense of accomplishment. But yeah thats all glad I clicked on this video keep making good ones!

[@nel186]

It does the opposite effect, it turned me away from combat

[@boggle4763]

Yeah Cus it makes you save good weapons, in turn making you avoid using your weapons

[@Blarblur]

​@@nel186well if you don't fight the enemies with weapons you won't get weapons.

[@mozartdiniz]

Those two are the games I’ve spent the most time playing in my entire life. I agree with pretty much everything you said. Here’s my two cents: I find the BotW world much more enjoyable to be in. I remember spending hours doing nothing really important-just walking around, interacting with NPCs here and there, cooking, climbing, just chilling. That’s something I can’t see happening in ER. I wish ER had some of the armour set styles of BotW. Like, if you wear this armour set, you become resistant to fire, for example. I know we do this via other mechanisms, but I like this approach as well. On the other hand, BotW could learn a thing or two about boss variety from ER, and I wouldn’t mind a more challenging boss fight as well.

[@qualitywarrior8868]

There are some sets in Elden ring with special boosts

[@ppo9200]

Botw has more 'chill' areas but the views and variety of areas is far better in elden ring.Both have great Npc's.Botw would have been far better without limiting stamina in a game with so much climbing.The climbing was far to repetetive and mostly boring.The gliding was nice but mostly for the views.Weapons breaking was not bad but not ideal. In Elden ring instead of cooking you can craft different items,and lots of armour sets,weapons and other items give perks like different resistances or strengths.Obviously build variety is so much better in elden ring. Botw severely lacks variety in every way:weapons,armour,builds,items,enemies,bosses,areas,puzzles,quests,shrines.Everything is very repetetive and very low in variety. Elden ring destroys botw,but botw is still great.

[@Ignatius-ok5kv]

What’s funny is even though Elden Ring has *some* armor sets with little unique bonuses that set them apart aside from raw defense stats (and the DLC added a ton more as well), FromSoft themselves have done this better in the past with Dark Souls 2 of all things… I know, the black sheep of the Souls trilogy. But seriously, a ton of the armor in that game has little added bonuses that are pretty creative at times. Adding extra spell casts (back before they readopted the Demon’s Souls mana bar), stat boosts, I think one item speeds up the rate at which you drink your flask, another improves your “jump” and poisons nearby enemies. It’s no where near BotW in that department, but it was better than Elden Ring.

[@dylanchristie7259]

Botw is a much more relaxing game and more fun to explore but in terms of lore, boss fights, and music and set pieces Elden ring absolutely takes the cake

[@orosztamas1158]

i have literally never seen that entrance to leyndell before lol

[@Fiveisrightout6502]

How on earth are you getting in then? By the deeproot depths portal every time?

[@afonsocaires3233]

Babe, wake up! Hud just uploaded a new vid

[@XCFD_ALX]

For me, I also remember "Limgrave", but "Song of Honour" was even more memorable (the one in redmane castle before the Radahn fight

[@A_Ali173]

Conclusion: Play both (include TOTK) as well Elden Ring is difficult as hell though

[@cjb1373]

They both great for differ by reasons. Both have amazing visuals. Elden ring has more intricate dungeons, better lore, and characters. More enemy and boss variety Breath of the wild has a better open world, way more traversal options, better and more puzzles. Both have great combat, but botw has runes which are amazing

[@ppo9200]

Everything that botw has that elden ring does not have is not implemented well enough or taken to its limits.Apart from certain shrines,the runes were mostly just a nice option. No amount of climbing,cooking or gliding(overrated mechanics)can make up for a terrible lack of area,weapon,enemy,boss,quest,dungeon or shrine variety. I like botw exploration,but the areas are not interesting enough and why keep exploring empty areas just for the exact same sword or ruppees,or to uncover a shrine where you fight the same enemy in a test of strength,or are just handed the spirit orb lol where is the exciting content? Elden ring has an amazing variety of areas,bosses,enemies,armour to find.Botw does not have great combat,it has decent combat,but no actual difficult enemy to overcome,but Lynels are a nice challenge.

[@J0n4THANOS]

I beat Malenia in 6 attempts… Now, Consort Radahn….

[@eggnoggod7432]

Great video! I liked the formatting and points you brought up. While I don't necessarily agree with all of them, such as the exploration point, I think overall this is really well made!

[@alexoatures6484]

Honestly this video could not have been better. You addressed every point and gave it a fair rating. I loved BOTWs exploration but when it came to boss fights or encounters Elden Ring just overshines it. I have to say trial of the sword was extremely fun

[@RealHud]

Very glad you enjoyed the video! I tried making it as good and fair as possible.

[@alexoatures6484]

@@RealHud yeah you have quite the underrated channel

[@aletcetera9883]

I’ve been a die hard Zelda fan ever since my older brother gave me the collector’s edition on the gamecube when I was like five. I love BotW and TotK, but I love Elden Ring just a little bit more. Elden Ring frequently makes me feel the same way I felt as a little kid playing Zelda 1 on my gamecube, running into a room full of Darknuts and Wizrobes or fighting that goddamn Gleeok (which I did very much enjoy seeing make a return last year in TotK). For me it’s Elden Ring > TotK > BotW. Easily my top three favorite games of all time, and they’re all within a less than one percent of perfection for me.

[@durpanda123]

It's a hard comparison, I've played Elden Ring far more because of it's insane amount of replayability. All the different weapons, armor and buils you can use and the co-op/pvp give it that edge which BOTW and TOTK are missing imo. To me they both achieve different things but I think I'd probably have to say I prefer Elden Ring overall. The fact that I'm still playing it today is hard for me to deny.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Agreed. Replayability is high as fuck in From games

[@boggle4763]

Yeah because botw has no ng+ it gets kinda stale and you can’t have multiple characters so you either have to start over or use another account

[@7raziel7]

In the end you MUST play both of them both are master pieces deserving of best games in anyone's list

[@R3twirdled]

It’s so hard to rank these two games because of how different they are

[@remipennel121]

7:32 the Fallingstar Beast soundtrack hit that note for me for some reason

[@V1Salvo]

In my opinion, the best game is easily The Legend Of Elden Ring: Breath Of The Wild: Scholar Of The First Sin Remastered PS5 Pro Enhanced Ultimate Digital Deluxe Edition + All DLC & Original Soundtracks.

[@RealHud]

So true

[@nel186]

Breath of the wild: a kokoro seed hunting simulator

[@nateB-l7k]

Bro I have 899 koroks rn and I have no clue where the the last one is😭

[@firenze6478]

No it’s korok seed AND shrine hunting simulator. With paper mario sticker star weapons as consumables mechanics.

[@_Kazuto_Kirigaya_]

This guy basically said "Heart Seed"(Kokoro-Heart in japanese).

[@_Kazuto_Kirigaya_]

One thing I don't like about most Souls games is that people say, there are all these variety of weapons but my problem is that what do I do with them? Most weapons are stuck behind a stat. Imagine u got a weapon early on that was stuck behind strength, then you started investing in strength, but after some time u got a weapon that u think might suit you better then that strength weapon but it's locked behind Dex. Now u will regret investing in strength and if u wanna re-spec u will have to use a larval tear(granted there are many but there are still limited of them putting a restriction on you. Also u will have to defeat Rennala). That's why I like Lies of P a lot better in that regard. Of course BOTW has a negligible amount of weapon variety compared to ER but tell me if there was a type of weapon that u didn't use(They also start coming with buffs in later parts of the game).

[@xecrus247]

Amazing vid man. I legit was surprised when i saw u only had 2k subs!!

[@Jakreyn]

i went through this entire video thinking this was some big channel, and was very surprised at the like count. This is a super well made video man, nice job!

[@RealHud]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@zacschr1808]

totk rito village before the dungeon is beaten really feels great.. estecicly wish there was a sessional winter so it could become similer to before wind ark is beaten.

[@noooname2568]

I’ve just started playing elden ring again. I played it on release then stuff got in the way. I’ve now come back to it and I’m hooked again - and plenty of people are still playing online (I needed help with Godrick 😅)

[@zzzr0wlit]

If I had to describe what it was like to find anything in either of these games in word it would be: "wow"

[@Brimsurfer]

BotW, all the way

[@BAUFmanBricks]

Fantastic video and category breakdown. I would disagree about exploration going to Elden Ring. BOTW has so many ways to explore and so many tools at your disposal to explore. I felt like nearly every experience in BOTW was unique to me. Being able to climb anything, glide anywhere, use intuitive physics, weather, elements, and items all make for an immersive world that I constantly got lost in. I had several moments in BOTW where I realized I had done something unique and I was treading a path that no one else had done in quite the way I did it. Elden Ring has bigger and bolder exploration moments but I knew it was curated and I wasn’t the only one experiencing that moment. I would temporarily get lost in the moments of Elden Ring and appreciate them, but I knew I was playing a video game because there were always choke points and paths I had to go through with the limited traversal options. BOTW obstacles would constantly have me asking myself, “can I do that?” Answered by “whoa, that worked” and then realizing I could have solved the obstacles 20 other ways. When Elden Ring presented an obstacle it had a linear answer that I could easy look up the online for the solution

[@shiroamakusa8075]

BotW has shit for rewards though. Korok seeds and shrines are simply not compelling finds after the thousandth one.

[@ShadowSnake14]

Botw does not have a bigger map then elden ring ER had underground areas and the hailgtree and farum azula and if you include shadow of the erdtree but tears of the kingdom I would agree is bigger

[@nickcampbell6387]

I didn't know BOTW's map was actually bigger, I think the uninhibited traversal in BOTW makes the map feel smaller. Elden rings character limitations makes the landscape feel more insurmountable and grand. BOTW isn't nearly as guilty as TOTK though, absolutely zero limitations in traversal, making exploring the map more of a chore.

[@rafaelmoura2103]

As far as i heard, open world gaming was a lot about following quest arrows and cheking icons on a map before breath of the wild. Zelda made it about seeing a place afar and going there, and thats why people say botw influenced elden ring.

[@glew3003]

Exploration is actually quite different imo bc of the rewards u get for finding things. In ER u don’t know what ur gonna find. In botw I’m always disappointed to find the same ol shrines and koroks every time I go exploring

[@johntimothyvalenzuela8146]

Imo the only thing that botw has anything over elden ring is the world and combat interactivity, the puzzles and maybe the air gliding? everything else elden ring is better

[@craigmcnamee]

Lifelong Zelda fan since LttP, BotW and TotK don't even compare to Elden Ring. Elden Ring's the Zelda game Nintendo wishes they had the balls to make.

[@firenze6478]

This exactly. I finally just played it after buying it day 1, and I realized that elden ring is the game that I was dreaming botw would be during the pre release hype. Now we wait for some botw fanboy to gaslight us that weapons being treated as consumables adds so much to the game. Such as grinding to replace those weapons every bloodmoon

[@Blarblur]

​@@firenze6478I am that fan boy because I swear to god everyone must have played a different game to me as i constantly had my weapon slots filled. I had too many weapons not to little that's just me though.

[@firenze6478]

@@Blarblur what does that add to the game though. At best, you just said it wasn’t a problem for you. Having enough weapons isn’t even the problem anyway. It’s that turning weapons into consumables forces players to only play in one specific way which is just use whatever you find, or hoard the stuff you like and avoid unnecessary combat unless you want to grind for what you actually like to use. It also ruins the excitement that comes from finding a new weapon where in other games it could drastically change the way you play the rest of the game.

[@Blarblur]

@firenze6478 it made it so i didn't have to choose which weapon to throw out.

[@firenze6478]

@ you can do the same in games like skyrim and elden ring . Classic zelda also didn’t have this problem.

[@Uno-yo2nx]

comparing this is like comparing mcdonalds to olive garden, except theyre the same price

[@Mamhnane]

In the music section it was hard to hear the music. Otherwise, great video!

[@davidwinnerwise1429]

For an open world game, making the Fire Giant compulsory was downright diabolical.

[@RealHud]

Very true

[@RelativelyNormalGameshow]

I've been waiting for a video like this, just so I dont have to make it myself xD Its gonna get long, so bear with me, TL:DR: I dont agree with some points, but your video is still amazing BTW, cca 11:09 you miss a chapter for Graphics ^^ 1) To the first point. I honestly feel Elden ring did it worse. You mentioned BOTW having balancing issues, which I dont find is true. Of course, sections with guardians are hard, but they are hard no matter if you are there early or late, they do crazy ton of damage even with top tier loot. But other than that, you are always put to the same level as the enemies are, thanks to the plethora of lootable weapons. Elden ring on the other hand either makes you feel overleveled or underleveled. The game absolutely butchered any sense of middle ground and the "Now im at adequate level" feeling that Fromsoft can make. And somehow even tho ER restricts you in what you can do (The shardbearer lock), it still doesnt do anything to make you, as you say, "strong enough." I even dare to say that even tho ER have much more amazing and scenic world, it doesn't do anything with its exploration since the stuff you get is well... not worth it most of the time? Recently I heard that in nature, when you are a predator, you don't have to be the strongest. Just be more trouble than you are worth. And thats Elden Ring dungeons for me. Mainly the ones where you can get ghost gloveworth and similar shits. Really the only thing that matters from exploration are upgrade materials for weapons and flask upgrades. But exploration wise most of the world feels empty, because only thing you have there are painfully annoying and boring dungeons, invades, or copy paste enemy encounters just to fill the void. Legacy dungeons are peak tho. And yeah i agree BOTW is more grouned while ER is edgy and dramatic. Both have its charm and depends what one prefers 2) Here I Agree with you. Both games really are kinda tame in exploration and then have some standout pieces among tem but yeah, again, fromsoft cando better. After games like Bloodborne, Sekiro adn Dark Souls 3 where all the music is so distinct and out there, elden ring just sounds like "Any fantasy music ever, but make it EPIC" XD Cant say id listen to any of those since they arent my kind of videogame ost to listen to but I get your points ^^ 3) BOTW Is more inovative. Yes. Moving on 4) As you said, the games are miles apart with what they wanna show and what hardware they are on. Of course ER takes the cake here. BOTW has a certain charm in it, but ER is absolute peak of dark fantasy. 5) I agree botw id overlooked and weapon durability is tiring or annoying, tho its the one thing that helps with the balance of the game. Cant say ER Would have fun combat tho. When I saw gameplays I was like "Wow, this game must be so fun with how many options does it have!" and no. It isnt. It doesnt matter what class you play and what class of weapon you main. Essentially everything in this game feels like a battle of two mentally challenged kids with a stick they try to call any fancy name cuz they just watched the last episode of Power Rangers. essentially is just a prettier looking Skyrim wher you have Fast bonk, Slow bonk, and Special bonk with sprinkles on top. Which is even why I dont agree withthe next point, still, personally, but I do, which is that it makes a great fun combat in Practice, as I feel it does that only in theory. There are so many weapons, enemies, etc that it should be fun! It isn't. Mainly even because the enemies for the most part feel insanely unfair, tanky, and overpowered, no matter in which part of the game you are and if you are under or overleveled, which is something you mention at the end of the video, so at least I see its not just a me problem. Thanks for a great video ^^ - Arak

[@RealHud]

I think everything you said was very fair! Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the timestamp as well, I can't believe I missed that.

[@RelativelyNormalGameshow]

@@RealHud It happens. I miss these things here and there too xD Glad to be of help.

[@connors.8618]

I’d love if the next Zelda has better dungeons and combat difficulty somewhere between TotK and Elden Ring, with a larger bestiary, but otherwise follows the BotW/TotK format.

[@ethan-amir]

9:18 "With games like Grand Theft Auto V and Skyrim changing the scene forever". What do you mean by this? Open world games were popular long before these games. For example, Morrowind from 2002 was a hit. Why did the scene change forever with these two games in particular?

[@MessMerOfAMan]

they really made it mainstream

[@Wayward9]

I don't think Morrowind was really mainstream like other games like Halo and Vice City from the same time

[@WarIsNoMoreCold]

One of the fairer comparisons I've seen between those two on the YT... congrats. I think you got it right on the music section: Elden Ring is the more "dangerous" exploration game, and Zelda is the more "chill" exploration game. And I would put Skyrim right in the middle between xD We are just lucky that we don't have to choose which one to play and can play all of them!

[@TarnishedZorro]

Not the Elden Ring Ost front😭 Besides that, great video👍

[@DragonMasterSubo]

I got BotW at launch with a switch, beat every shrine, and got enough seeds to max upgrades. I barely remember any of it, the world was super empty, there's like only 7 types of enemies, and outside of like 2 town themes I don't even remember the music. Gliding and climbing was fun as hell though. I remember pretty much every little experience in Elden Ring, because they were all super impactful. It has a proper dungeon design with secrets and upgrades, and some awesome hidden areas and side quests. It was honestly just a massive passion project and it shows. BotW felt unfinished to me, with only hyrule castle feeling like a proper dungeon area. ER on the otherhand, feels completely polished everywhere with tons of builds and replayability. ER feels like a once in a lifetime game.

[@RealHud]

Fair enough. I still enjoyed Breath of The Wild, but Elden Ring is on another level.

[@Cfreezy12]

Totk>elden ring. Totk is basically Nintendo flexing saying, we created the most interactive world with botw but we wanted to let you now do whatever the hell you want with it, oh and there’s 2 more maps this time. Enjoy

[@ramen3643]

​@@Cfreezy12 the depths and sky islands both suck, the dungeons are even less interesting than the ones in botw, the story is worse too. the map is also 90% reused besides a bunch of caves no one gives a shit about. the side quests were also marginally less interesting (as if the quests in botw were very interesting to begin with). the only things that are better and are actual meaningful additions are the boss fights and the new abilities. there are maybe a few caves and a few sections preceding the main dungeons that I enjoyed as well, but that's about it.

[@Cfreezy12]

@@ramen3643 you’re entitled to your opinion

[@erikn.9180]

@@Cfreezy12 just wish nintendo would actually listen to their fans and fix the issues botw had, instead they just ignored it and added other cool stuff shifting the style of the game to a sandbox type game instead of an adventure, good game but for me thats not what zelda is about. Hope in the future theyll combine whats good about old zelda formula and new one just like elden ring kept whats good about past games Also you can tell me you think those 3 floating rocks in every region are cosidered a full map, but the depths were nice maybe pretty empty but otherwise extremly cool btw loved how the 3 layers of hyrule are designed fitting the triforce, like depths needs courage, overworld strenght and sky wisdom aka knowledge

[@domin8tion651]

Totk could have improved upon botw in so many ways but they just doubled down and the shrines and dungeons and put more empty space (the depths) they should have spent more time on the game to make more sky islands

[@StanTheManLOL]

Great vid man❤!

[@RealHud]

Glad you liked it.

[@MountainMXOfficial]

Both are some of the best games ever made. I played BOTW back when I was 11 - 12. Best game ever for my childhood. As an older kid now I prefer Elden ring. Both 10/10's though.

[@AndrewBenningfield-ji3iw]

Botw introduced me to excellent open world games, ER blew me away, figuratively and literally.

[@amo903]

Mann I really wish they made botw with elden ring style combat and bosses and some secret areas

[@nafeeafif3176]

12:33 BOTW music was playing when you were praising Elden Ring graphics. Niceeee..

[@shoshopaper4684]

Both games are excellent, Play elden ring if you're looking for a real challenge, play zelda botw/ totk if you're looking for a relaxing experience and a great adventure

[@josecalderon8133]

Elden ring has more than 4 enemies in the overworld lmao. Zelda will need to really up their game in the next generation

[@k1ngkaos252]

I think it would have been a perfect amount if each dungeon had their own enemy themed around the dungeon on top of the constructs

[@justinrisen1929]

So does BOTW what are you on about?

[@Blarblur]

Slime, lynel, moblin, lizalfos, hinox, talus, skeletal varients, bokoblins, keese

[@nateB-l7k]

8:27 I’ve listened to the botw ost so many times, it’s kinda crazy

[@Blade-hf9po]

Botw takes it in exploration. Going wherever you want is a big plus.

[@First-Drop-Studios]

It would if it had content. Most of botw is wasted potential in exploration due to the fact the map is 80% open fields.

[@painuchiha2694]

I don’t like souls gameplay but I am jealous of the world they created lol Totk brought nothing worthwhile to explore while Elden rings dlc looks like a new map. As a Zelda fan I’m jealous of enemy variety and the maps fromsoft created but I much prefer Zelda gameplay. I do think Zelda team gotta step up their game on switch 2 unless they wanna lose another goty award and fall behind fromsoft’s shadow

[@Cheesehead302]

So I'm kinda like the person who wasn't into Souls games and became SUPER into them in the last 4 or 5 years, as someone that for the longest time was super into Zelda. And I still am, but it really showed me just how many problems I have with the Switch games. Enemy variety, progression, unique areas, lore, weapon variety, item variety, is all stuff that is basically non existent in Botw/Totk that Elden Ring some how knocks out of the park. But the thing is, the puzzles are where Zelda can really shine, but imo it just doesn't. Puzzle design in Totk especially feels like a huge step down from that of Skyward Sword or Twilight Princess. Back when I first played Botw, I was much more forgiving of the stuff it was lacking because of how well I thought it innovated, making a really solid frame work for future games in the series and nailing exploration in a way I hadn't ever really seen. But it turns out, a lot of the issues they must've not seen as issues, because they persist in Totk. Shrines and Koroks for example: extremely repetitive reward system, makes the areas you explore feel like you're just getting the same thing everywhere regardless of where you're going, and the reward itself becomes useless at a point. It would be so much better if there were more to do, like quests or something, but it's just shrines and koroks even into the late game, because 90 percent of the quests I kinda just deem not worth experiencing. Like, the system was "good enough" to me the first time, because it gave you an alright excuse just to explore the cool world and scenery. But it really doesn't hold up on repeat playthroughs. The point is, Souls games, not just Elden Ring but basically all of them, I eventually realized scratched a lot of the itches that I had began to feel I was missing from Botw. Even when Botw had just released and I was still in "this is the best game I've ever played" mode, one thing I couldn't do was get far in a Master Mode replay. Like, I realized I had no desire to go back to anything in the world, because there weren't really definitive rewards and worthwhile challenges to overcome. You could imagine how that feeling really became bothersome for me in Totk what with how it's so similar. But with Souls games, I'm constantly replaying them, to the point where I've procrastinated playing a lot of new games do that. Something about the constant improvement, dozens of potential builds, different choices, etc just feels so much more conducive to replaying. I could spend all day talking about this topic (As you can see I'm pretty passionate about both of these franchises lol, this has to end somewhere), but basically, that's my perspective. One thing I'll leave you with is that back when Dark Souls Remastered came out on Switch, I played the demo they had for it. Now I knew nothing about the series besides it was hard and there are knights and stuff. I played for like 5 minutes, had no idea what the hell was going on, and thought the attack animations and roll animations were terrible and unresponsive, went, "why would anybody want to subject themselves to this," and didn't play any Souls stuff for years. Fast forward to 2020/2021, a friend of mine convinces me to get Dark Souls 3, and I said, why the hell not, I probably won't like it. But this time, something was different. I had a lot more free time, so I didn't mind trying to adjust. My friend explained a few basic things like the upgrade system, and how the dodging and stamina worked. And after a while, I realized, hang on a second, this combat and metroidvania exploration is actually like some of the best shit I've ever seen period. And thus, I became a massive fan. These games are really obtuse if you go in blind, but if you get just a few tips, you figure out the basics, and then suddenly you can actually play the game for what it is. So, the point is, sometimes it takes trying it again to realize whether you really like something or not, I'd totally recommend you give it another go if you haven't. But I do understand, it's not for everybody, though.

[@painuchiha2694]

@ I have tried Elden ring and demons soul and while I take not much issue with the gameplay I just don’t like the type of world and characters this is. There’s no reasons to do anything, the music and atmosphere feels boring. The game doesn’t feel difficult in a fair way but moreso in a grindy way like they obviously just want you to level up before you can survive any hit. But more importantly The world feels so dead and I have no motivation to save it lol. Despite that I will agree that technically it’s a superior game in so many ways than the Zelda’s but it’s definitely a game that just isn’t for me. And I’m not unfamiliar with getting into new series or giving games a second or third chance it’s just I realized I have zero interest in the souls universe,mood or aesthetic. With time my taste does change so perhaps someday. it’s just low on my list of game priorities to really get into souls

[@momzilla2010]

Both great and Link will always be a legend of gaming but Elden Ring had more magic, moments of true awe and was just more fun for me

[@edisaputro2464]

Zelda BotW is the best game i've played, no doubt, i spent many hours on this game. I love this game because the puzzles is mindblowing, both doesnt have story like The witcher 3 or RDR, but the combat is very variatife.

[@Yadlina]

the puzzles are made for lobotomized ppl.

[@DeathcoreManiac]

Elden Ring's story/lore are actually next level, it just makes you work to actually understand the world and piece togheter what happened to it, I find the souls games story telling is very unique and innovative

[@nateB-l7k]

Thank god dupe glitches exist in botw. I definitely don’t have ten 103 damage savage lynel crushers on my inventory

[@OOFUS4103]

It’s not about “which should I buy” It’s about “how can I save up to buy both”

[@RealHud]

Very true

[@S1syph_s]

Pirate both

[@Getdown8319]

It’s basically a choice in what do you prioritize creativity, or combat. Both to me are 10/10 games neither is necessarily better than the other.

[@soumyakantigiri]

BoTW feels a little empty in a bright game which made me feel lonely. Elden Ring is such a small map with structure that it keeps the pacing. Is like even if you run for 2-3 minutes you might reach a new location.

[@Greeese]

I know for a FACT he did not give music to botw. Don’t get me wrong I love that game but 5 of the main bosses themes are literally the same theme just remixed. Not to mention the really phenomenal OST’s in Shadow of the Erdtree

[@gabesstarwarscollection]

Elden Ring is better. It has more weapons, world variety, more enemy types, more lore, more outfits, better loot, more complex dungeons, and interesting combat mechanics etc. The only reason to prefer Zelda is that it's cute, and it's on a handheld, and it has puzzles. Although half of the "puzzles" quest lines are more of scavenger hunts, and tedious resource gathering. Elden Ring chose to be hard by making combat challenging, and Zelda chose to be annoying by making you stock up on things like food and weapons that probably shouldn't break or should just replenish on their own. Elden Ring new where to focus it's difficulty... on the actual combat. Not preparing for it. Even stamina depletion goes away if there isn't combat. Still both are must plays.

[@thomasraymond7912]

Malenia's waterfowl feels like bullshit... and then you learn how to avoid it consistently even when she uses it right on top of you. Suddenly it's thrilling.

[@MediaDroid960]

I know this is wishful thinking and likely will never happen, but this video makes me wonder what a zelda souls like would be like. A game that combines the interconnected world and puzzle solving of zelda, with the combat and enemy/boss design of dark souls (Yes I know it probably wouldn’t work, but hey a guy can dream)

[@mohammadalhusaini810]

Both 10/10 games but i feel like you should have added a puzzles option and zelda would take it so it would end in a draw😂

[@Henrybram]

Its hard I think botw is better but I Elden ring is still peak

[@shiroamakusa8075]

ER doesn't have memorable music? Really? The effin' Caelid theme which sounds like flies are buzzing all over you? The majestic Leyndell theme? The Ancestor Spirit boss theme? O come on! I can remember way more ER tracks than BotW ones.

[@jaxsonduggan2344]

in my opinion, combat in Elden ring, especially towards the late game, isn't meant to be fair. Melania for example, is the greatest sword fighter in the game, undefeated, she isn't meant to be fair, she is trying to kill you, not fight you. also Malekith, a gods pet who is protecting the rune of death, isn't trying to be fair, he is trying to stop you. in short, in my opinion, combat in Elden ring isn't about being 'fair' or 'balanced'. its about surpassing insurmountable odds, killing the unkillable. i'm not trying to invalidate your opinion, just share my take! hope someone sees this and gets a new outlook on the game, and i hope Hud sees this, great video!

[@Greeese]

Hey I love elden ring but you cannot excuse shitty boss design because "it’s not supposed to be fair" don’t get me wrong Maliketh is a perfectly well designed boss but Malenia is just blatantly difficult in a way that it feel lazy. I don’t have a problem with most of her moveset but the more I fight her the more I start to hate the waterfowl dance because if you’re remotely close to her and are running a medium load then you can say bye bye to your healthbar

[@monkeydgarp9663]

Elden ring easily

[@vernonbenton2654]

Haven't watched video yet, but why not compare to the stronger option of totk

[@RealHud]

Cause I think Botw shares more similarities with Elden Ring. I'm also getting sick of everyone talking about Totk online, especially hating on it.

[@vernonbenton2654]

@@RealHud In what way? I don't think elden ring and botw/totk are like... similar at all, but I could spot more similarities in totk to elden ring. Both have 3 levels of exploration, both have some variety of crafting system, both have caves, both have status ailments which botw didn't have(besides elemental ones), probs a couple more. To your second point, yeah sure, ok, but maybe switch the vibe up and show love for the game that's been garnering hate.

[@jl_510]

Totk is like the sandbox version of botw. Elden ring is nothing like a sandbox so I guess botw is a better comparison since it’s more limited.

[@rover4436]

There should’ve been a map category different from exploration cause Elden ring imo doesn’t beat botw in that

[@nostalgiapangs3294]

I just had this conversation, it's so hard for me to say but I actually think breath of the wild is the better game, but man do I love elden ring.

[@LucanoGaming]

Both are fantastic games, among the best you can get in the open world sea of games. I do prefer Elden Ring, but BOTW is an experience to be had as well.

[@nateB-l7k]

BotW and ER are two of the best of all time. I really enjoy them, but I do have my complaints. Primarily the re-use of bosses in ER, and the durability in botw.

[@gooseguyfilms4460]

Just started the video, but these games are completely different and a completely different medium to compare. Both are more fun in different ways. I like Botw’s exploration and environmental storytelling more, but Elden Ring’s combat is crazy (it’s dark souls, obviously). Elden ring has way more character customization and flexibility, and Elden Ring has (trying to be unbiased, because the actual Lore and history in botw is really interesting if you ignore the actual central plot) better lore and history. The world itself, is far more grand and majestic in elden ring, but botw has an unparalleled coziness and beauty. There is no better world, that’s purely just your opinion. Comparing Elden Ring’s music with Botw’s is like comparing Tchaikovsky with Beethoven. Both were absolutely amazing, but they were completely different! Tchaikovsky had a far more romantic style and excelled in storytelling (I would say botw is more like Tchaikovsky in this analogy) but Beethoven had grand, thematic music meant more to just play to the audiences emotion than play to the story he was trying to tell, (This is more like Elden Ring). Elden Ring’s music makes the player feel something in relation to what is happening. What’s absurd, is that Zelda actually has more Thematic or narrative writing in its score, meaning it focuses far more on the feeling of the story in important moments (the divine beast scores are underrated in their theme writing, as is the Hyrule castle score and several more); that being said, botw does a really great job with ambient writing too, (even the subtle piano scores can be related to story elements though). Both games are so different, you can’t compare. The Graphics and art style are like comparing apples to bananas! I like Elden Ring, but I much prefer the vibe of Botw personally. I just think comparing them is futile, but regardless, it is interesting to hear people’s opinions. I was one of the few people that didn’t really seem to enjoy elden ring as much as everyone else, so I like to try and understand what they love so much about it.

[@a.sanford8731]

Elden Ring because it doesn't feature weapon durability. Moreover, if they did feature it, it'd have been like in Dark Souls where you don't lose your weapon, it just becomes less effective until you repair it. Nothing breaks up the combat like having to pause your fight to choose your second and third favorite weapons from a roster of backups you didn't want to be using, but are now forced to. Barring that, I would find them difficult to pick one over the other, but I got sick of dealing with that and stopped playing BotW at around the halfway mark. Shame, as it was otherwise a great game. Whereas I've got 863hrs into Elden Ring.

[@danx3504]

I said to myself BOTW is the greatest game ever made until I played Elden Ring. Elden Ring is also probably the hardest game to complete

[@sujetoagradable6642]

As an open world, zelda. As combat system/bosses ER.

[@prevoid1]

I love both and it was Botw that got me into Elden Ring

[@Ned_the_Nerd]

How did bro pronounce Caelid wrong 😭😭😭

[@mtbboy3960]

I wanna see Totk vs Elden ring with dlc

[@Otokage007]

It's a bit unfair comparing a 2017 game vs a 2022 game. A better comparison would have been between ER and TOTK. I still think ER would win though.

[@hehumc3260]

2:08 you can skip it just exploring . there is another wey

[@Gatonessmeowgato]

One question, this video is two weeks old why are you using Breath of the Wild and not Tears of the Kingdom? but I would pick Elden ring of BOTW but if we talking about TOTK then I would pick TOTK over Elden ring due to creativity and exploration, and also I feel like I have more purpose in TOTK than BOTW and Elden ring. Elden Ring gets boring for me though I guess its because I played it 4 or 5 times. The issue I have with Elden Ring is that it suffers from what all open world games have and thats lack of meaning to the main story and quests. Playing Elden Ring alone with no KZbin to help explain stuff you wont know the story and lore unless you read almost every item you get, which is why linear games like DS1 and DS3 I love more because it feels like I have to do things this way because its important where as with Elden ring I can take my time and do what I want which takes away the importance of becoming Elden lord which. But there are ways to fix this such as make killing bosses feel like you actually changed something in the world or becoming Elden lord actually feel like you saved the world, you have to do so much killing bosses that can drive a normal person mad and in the end all you do is sit on a chair (throne). And BOTW also has this issue fighting gannon feels meaningless and the world doesn't feel like it was effected much by him besides Hyrule castle. Why I like TOTK more is because it fixed that. when you first reach the ground you have to go to the base the characters set up near Hyrule which makes the threat feel more real as other npcs actually not just talk but actually do stuff thats related to Gannon. Not saying BOTW didn't do that but it was very little. Elden Ring does show its destruction in its shattered world but if I become Elden Lord what happens do people get saved? infact if you do side quests they intend to die at that point I might as well not do it so they wont die. Ik TOTK gives the ability to players to beat the final boss if they wanted to early just like BOTW which is one of its flaws but can also be one of its pros if you look at it from a dif perspective but personally I don't really like it but it never troubled me at all. Im not saying Elden ring is a bad game at all Im not hating, Im just pointing out it does have flaws that kinda break immersion. Elden Ring is def a masterpiece but it still has flaws that all open world games have. I still think about how the hell an old game like Witcher 3 still has better side quests and choices and overall main story than recent open world games. If Fromsoft would focus on story as well then Elden Ring would be close to perfect. The Lore of the game is amazing but I had to watch a KZbin video for it. tbf thats all of their games but still. My wish is to have a game with Souls like combat with Witcher level story telling and side quests. (that would be the perfect game to me)

[@Gatonessmeowgato]

though elden ring has one thing that makes it the greatest compared to TOTK and BOTW....weapons don't fn break

[@daltonburroughs3811]

The problem I have with BotW is that exploring just isn't worth it. There is no good loot to really find. It's designed to give more enjoyment out of the physics simulation stuff you can do and that just isn't my style of game. Elden Ring is the current standard all open world games are compared to. Skyrim had it, then BotW took it for awhile, and now it's ER.

[@TurtleOfChaos7]

Elden ring is better

[@gregoryroberts9230]

I just really enjoy both of these games. Both are incredible and addicting.

[@StrykerEXE]

BOTW for a more relaxed experience and Elden Ring if you can lock in and obtain skill