Yes, I have definitely seen a giant rip off his foot and start trying to club me with it before... Oh wait. Malenia is widely considered one of the most challenging bosses ever and she's totally not like any other. Maliketh idk, I guess Ive kill him too fast on both playthroughs to have a good opinion on him. He seems a bit easy.

Otherwise - shit, I'm almost done my second playthrough using totally different gear, stats, and skills and its like I'm playing it for the first time again. It's been so much fun sitting down to play almost every night for a year now. Granted I don't get hours a day to game anymore, but for my 1-2 hr nightly gaming sesh - elden ring has been the most fun I've had since xcom came out for ps4, and before that, probably when I got Skyrim for my ps3. That's 2 other games in the last 12 years that have been as much fun (for me) as elden ring has been.