Rita Wulff

Watched a bit of maxor's elden ring video until it reached the point where I went "oh yeah, this is where I gave up on the game. maybe I shouldn't keep watching just on the rare off-chance that I actually go back to the game one day".

For real though, playing through crumbling farum azula is one of the worst gaming experiences I can recall ever having.

Elden Ring was such a mixed bag for me.
Some parts, CFA in particular, just felt actively hostile towards me.
If you are so opposed to me playing, then maybe I should match you by no longer playing.

Thinking back on it now
I think I wanted to like Elden Ring more than I did. It's why I stuck with it for so long.
Everyone was talking about how it was the best thing ever, and I wanted to find that same magic.
But throughout the experience my feelings on it remained lukewarm. It has some really great stuff, some of the best stuff From Software has ever done, but it also has some of the worst stuff they've ever done, and that weighed heavier on the scale for me.
Not to mention all the boss repetition increasingly got on my nerves, especially when some of the fights didn't feel worth it.
Eventually I hit a point where I didn't want to keep going. I was making my way through an area which was extremely player-hostile, like it didn't seem like it wanted me to enjoy anything about it, not even the challenge, and I gave up partway through.

Which makes it the second FromSoft game I have played, and not finished, after Dark Souls 2. (which is an entirely different beast of complaints)