I was a massive hater on my first playthrough when it came out but after acutally beating the game years later I admit this one's really good, combat and area design wise is well done enemy design is really bland besides a few zones and bosses, music is great. My main issue with this game is the death blow mechanic I personally find that it takes my focus off of the move they're doing and I just see a big red mark that can mean 3 different things so it just becomes totally unhelpful and distracting. Also the black Smith boss thing is not meant for this game at all literally put a normal dark souls/ blood borne enemy near the end thats insanely unfun to fight. Despite my problems this game is incredible I wish it had gotten dlc.