I've gotten over the idea of moving to a new location for a job. Right now I'm living in a city that I love and would not want to move out just to pursue a career opportunity.
That's definitely a new thing that's come out after COVID hit but there's no going back for me anyhow
Elden ring I think is still much more accessible for a newcomer. If you try Dark Souls 1, you'll realize that the difficulty of the game also learns pretty hard into more tedious aspects.
Getting cursed in Dark Souls 1 means you're HP is capped to half until you find the cure, as an example.
and considering that it's not a huge game studio, minor bugs like this were kind of expected