Had to think on it for a bit, but Link’s Awakening is definitely my answer. It’s a quick cozy adventure with plenty of lil secrets to find and doesn’t overstay its welcome. Item swapping can be annoying but I never found it to be too bad

Taunter tongue blue summoning meta sweat try hards in Elden Ring suck. Fortunately they’re so focused on being PvP gods that they have zero situational awareness

I have never had a Dark Souls message be so eerily helpful…

Elden Ring NPC input reading is ridiculous, but it can earn you free healing