> Most people who have a life that includes more than gaming (kids, business, partner, other hobbies, etc) don't have that time available What's the goal here?

> Most people who have a life that includes more than gaming (kids, business, partner, other hobbies, etc) don't have that time available What's the goal here? Is it to complete the game or to enjoy the experience? If it's the former, are you really enjoying the game? If not, why are you playing it? If I'm playing a game I like and it takes me 100 hours to finish it instead of 50 then I consider that a win. Not all character progression is created equally. Spending 40 hours grinding honey badgers would be one thing (ie overly grindy). But in Elden Ring you're talking about optional areas ie additional content. > I just failed to progress over and over again. Maybe I just suck and should 'get good', In BotW you could make gold to improve your armor, you could get different armor sets, you could get stronger weapons (eg particularly Lynel weapons), etc. I'm less familiar with the analogs in Elden Ring but they're there. You can totally go and do some optional area, level up and and come back and cheese the content if that's how you want to play. Elden Ring isn't forcing you to "get good".