@alarmed_ferret Also you got it wrong. GTA V is 10 dollars for the story mode on PS5, and on Xbox One X it's 10 for Online only, or 20 for online and story. It's not just double the price, it's double the content.
The "criticism" just sounds like they don't understand it's a souls game or what that means.
I'm going to assume it really comes down to jealousy that these other open world games have to put in a lot of work to fill their worlds with quests and collectibles to "make" the player explore and here comes Elden Ring with none of that stuff (I assume) but people are spending so much time expiring anyway.