Even with my expectations sky high, it still destroyed them.
At 33, with a demanding full-time job, a wife, and a packed social calendar, I put 160 hours into it in 3 weeks. I was either eating, sleeping, working, or playing Elden Ring.
It's pretty difficult to overstate just how amazing it is. I've never played something that felt so grand before.
I still think Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 have fewer flaws (hell, BB is a perfect game outside of technical issues) but those games are significantly less ambitious than ER.
Very well deserved.