Elden Ring once had a different starting location, and while it makes more sense than the one we got, I'm glad they changed it
Souls series dataminer Sekiro Dubi recently found evidence of an alternate starting location in Elden Ring. After your «supposed to lose» fight with a Grafted Scion in the Chapel of Anticipation, you would have washed ashore on a beach in Limgrave instead of waking up underground.