Elden Ringdemands persistence from its players. Go head-to-head against big bosses, die repeatedly, and eventually prevail after sinking lots of time into studying attack patterns, or farming runes, and returning to kick those bosses down. But let’s be real: the game’s first real time-sink is its character creator, and I say this lovingly. There’s loads you can do in there — combine this with the game’s plentiful armor and weapons, and the options feel limitless. And some creative fans have been using the creator in excellent and frequently cursed ways, emulating some of their favorite characters.