Only 4 Open-World Games Are Better Than Elden Ring

FromSoftware's Elden Ring is more than 4 years old by this point, and the open-world genre continues to cry out for a new game that can match its brilliance, replayability, longevity, and surprising accessibility. Elden Ring still regularly hits 50,000 concurrent players on Steam, an absolutely absurd figure. The well-supported Crimson Desert probably came the closest to recapturing that lightning, but it's way too divisive to be on the same level. Elden Ring deserves every single ounce of praise thrown its way, and "Shadow of the Erdtree" arguably set a new standard for expansions (even if I am partial to Bloodborne's "The Old Hunters," myself).