I have literally never preordered a game before. But I did for ER simply because I wanted the experience of being involved in the hype-day1-reaction phase of a game.Anyway, yes Elden Ring. Very looking forward to it, and according to some crap I just read it's apparently the current most pre-purchased game on Steam. I need a bribe to pre-purchase stuff typically, but I so think this will be a weekend 1 buy for myself. It seems to be shaping up well, and I'm relieved that it was delayed for more polish since I really want this to be a smooth sendoff to the... Soulsverse? Since it feels like a set up to cap off at least this iteration of the series.
I don't even love Souls games THAT much. But I don't have a PS5, don't care about Pokemon and won't play FPS parkour Dying Light so Elden Ring is pretty much my only anticipated game of 2022.