%95 percent of your games will play out as follows:
1) load in
2) kill some zombies
3) find a clue or two
4) spontaneously die because some guy in a bush 200 feet away shot you in the head

But the other %5 is pretty fun

Elden ring pulls from all of fromsoft's prior projects. It does nothing new, but it does everything extremely well.
Aside from a few small and infrequent performance issues, the game runs well for me and I've enjoyed the core gameplay more than any other previous fromsoft game, there is more variety and the exploration adds a very welcome break from combat to enjoy the beautiful, carefully crafted world. There is tonnes of content, with a truely massive map and over 75 unique bosses.

DO NOT EXPECT A STORY

I was sure that there would be more than the typical fromsoft delivery of lore since the inclusion of George RR Martin, however you receive about the same amount of story as dark souls 3, and quests work similarly, by having to meet specific NPCs at specific places and specific times with no guidance. This is the only real letdown I have found to the game, it does not bother me, but if anyone was hoping for something more, this is not the case.