Funnily enough, I enjoy Elden Ring’s world less due to free usage of fast travel. The cohesion and linking design of the world means less when it’s all a blur of fast travels and ignoring the shape of it all.

I also found running around large open spaces on a horse and having many more reused dungeon assets and items to be less interesting than the very deliberate and more dense world of Dark Souls, but that’s not to say I think Elden Ring isnt great, but it’s a real ideological difference in what you’re looking for between the two