By now I have completed a bunch of FromSoft games and this one has been the hardest one yet. I´m sure that plenty of people will find this one easier than some others in their catalogue, but my reflexes suck ass, and this one´s gameplay is very much about correctly interpreting and reacting to what´s happening. But what I believe to be this game´s greatest strength is that (just like pretty much every other FromSoft game I´ve played) it manages to make the tough learning process extremely fun and addictive. Yes, you are constantly hitting your head against the wall, but you want to do it again and again non stop, and at the same time you start realizing that you were actually learning all this time. Next go you do it a little better, you reach a little further, you are almost there and once you´ve climbed over that wall it´s truly the best I´ve felt while gaming yet.

And all of these statements are true with any FromSoft game, but this one felt a little bit better when completing than the others. Here there´s no real overleveling nor summoning help, the way to get through is just to learn, to "git gud", and once you´ve beaten it it just means you have truly learned.

The combat is really smooth, it really feels great to play, an outstanding transition from the studio into a format of gameplay that´s different enough to what came before so as to feel pretty much brand new. The verticality provided by the jump and grappling hook mechanics bring a lot to the table in terms of exploration and level design. Stealth and it´s incentives are really fun when taken advantage of by the designers as well.

Buy it, play it, try it out. Great stuff.

As a final note, there´s an optional boss that took me like 6 hours to beat, just want to leave a special Fuck You to that guy.