# PC Gaming general discussion (Gaming PCs, game sales, news, etc...)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** video-games-e-games\
**Created:** [October 21, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gaming-general-discussion-gaming-pcs-game-sales-news-etc/952885 "2021-10-21T07:39:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-gaming-general-discussion-gaming-pcs-game-sales-news-etc/952885/515 "2023-02-06T03:00:36Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> So I’m mildly curious about Elden Ring. What games is it like?

I just documented my playthrough, which has gotten to difficult to continue right now. It’s like Breath of the Wild, but massively difficult. You die all the time and are super weak.

> [@Elden Ring - my thoughts and questions while I play this game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elden-ring-my-thoughts-and-questions-while-i-play-this-game/977759):
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> I loved Breath of the Wild. There is just no contest to me that it is the greatest game of all time. Naturally, I have seen a lot about Elden Ring over the past 10 months and so today, I started my journey into the Lands Between as a Tarnished. I was extremely hesitant, as you can tell since it took me nearly a year to buy it. My time is limited and I have never played a single Souls or Souls-like game. I just don’t enjoy being brutally defeated time and time again. However, I decided to go for…

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