10/10, but this is the type of a game that needs to be played at least 2-3 times to understand the story fully.
Sometimes bosses can hit you even if you are down (like chain-attack), yes you can spam dodge while downed but... sometimes you will take the dmg like a champ and be done with it.
Honglan was the hardest boss fight for me (and for many other ppl I'm sure of it :D) and most fun as well, even if it took me ~20+ deaths to fully understand her attack patterns from both stages.
Performance wise 4k all maxed out + DLSS Q + FGX2 above 100 fps all the time, sometimes there are spikes of stutters while traveling but not in boss fights which is good, overall for a UE5 game that's very nice, considering that the graphics are really good.

Just finished this game. It was one of the most hideously beautiful, frustratingly rewarding experiences I've had in gaming. The highs were really high, and the lows were really low. Parts of the game were so gorgeous I just wanted to stop and stare at the leaves and watch the waterfall.

The bosses, oh the bosses! I agree with other players on two things:

1. It genuinely seems the devs saw that Malenia, Blade of Miquella is the most popularly talked about boss in Elden Ring, due to Let Me Solo Her and so forth, so they decided to pattern all their female swordmaster bosses after her. Cool. But um, then they were like, oh and make them mandatory for story progression, and place the first one in the early game. It's like replacing Margit the Fell Omen with Malenia Blade of Miquella. Come on guys. Not cool. Then they did it again, and again, and again.

2. Directly related to 1., but separate: respecs are free in this game and can be done from any shrine (grace). Great, right? Sure. But not when the devs essentially force you into specific builds for each and every boss. Watch any boss guide on this game, and it starts with, "throw out your character and respec into the following build and use the following weapon." No cool. It disrespects player agency and ruins roleplay immersion entirely. So that is an issue.

However, the devils advocate position is: it forces you to interact with different aspects of the game, try new weapons and spells you haven't tried yet, and explore new perk trees you haven't even seen (because they are hidden until you spec into the earlier branches). Alternately, you can do what I did and ignore the guides on YouTube and just learn each boss fight with your existing build.

I defeated most of the bosses in this game with a magic short sword build with magic temperance. Nearly every boss guide on the internet tells you that you have to use a longsword build with fire temperance. So, yeah. Take their advice with a grain of salt. "Git gud" is a legitimate option for most bosses.

There were a few exceptions. I fought one boss using an axe build with the smash attack that grants poise. I fought another boss by turning myself into Malenia using twin swords with leech temperance to out heal their DPS by trading, which worked incredibly well. You'll know it when you meet her. She's nuts.

Graphics and world building:

I have a longstanding interest in Taoist sages and poetry and ancient Chinese culture and art. So playing this game was a real treat. The world shows off a dark fantasy version of ancient Ming dynasty China, which was awesome to behold and spend time in. A lot of the nature, forests, and areas are gorgeous.

Technical: I don't normally recommend this, but for my setup, enabling HDR and setting contrast/brightness and saturation to max actually made this game look WAY better than it does stock. I can't guarantee that'll work on your setup / display, but it was a game changer for me. Out of the box the game feels really dull and flat, kind of like some of the Dark Souls games. It's a dreary look, which works but I honestly felt like I was on Pandora in some of the forest sections with my settings and it was a cool experience.

Performance: I played in 4K 60fps locked vsync with HDR on and FSR set to quality or balanced generally, and experienced a solid 60fps for almost every part of the game with only like one minor exception in the endgame where a certain enemy (huge red birds) had a frame stutter when multiple were on screen simultaneously. 9070XT + 7800X3D.

Some of the bosses in this game (ok, a lot of them) are downright over-tuned and unfair. They can one shot you from full health even at endgame character levels. Some of their attacks leave little if any room to react. The devs have work to do on boss tuning and balancing. But I pushed through and did not give up, spending two days on some of them, like 30-50 attempts each. And I eventually got them. Usually by learning the moves and just getting good RNG. But I have to tell you the elation after winning was worth it in the end. It really does have those controller smashing lows and soaring pat yourself on the back highs we come to souls games for. It rewards persistence and patience.

Overall, I really enjoyed this game and think it's worth playing. It's definitely not for everyone, but if you like a good challenge and have the patience to stick it out, it can be a really fun and rewarding experience.

It's by no means a really bad game, but the combat just feels at odds with itself and this is especially evident in boss fights, where they are very aggressive and allow for very little windows for attack, while any attack from yourself needs to be fully completed before the next action occurs so the slightest mistiming ends up with you taking a hit to the face, the ability to action cancel I feel would vastly improve the experience, I could just run around kiting bosses and hitting them with magic but that just not a very enjoyable process and would just make a tedious boss fight even more so.