Elden Ring Is Incredible If You Have a Spare 100 Hours

I'd argue that most people shouldn't have 100 free hours to sink into a video game within a week to two week period. And with games like this they are best experienced within a time-frame like that.

If you do, you probably aren't prioritizing what's important in life. Such as, working on your own personal challenges/issues, advocating/lending a hand when and where needed, or spending time with family/building towards having a family.

Using vacation days for a video game release also seems extremely short-sighted as well. Traveling to Asia or Europe, going to a music festival, or experiencing what numerous cities have to offer sounds much more enriching. Old school video games were much more arcadey and packed full of fun gameplay with good story elements. At least, all my best experiences (Halo, SWTOR, Ratchet and Clank) in gaming were. They respected your time. Now, however, all of it just feels extremely grindy in the name of player retention.