For what I enjoyed about Dark Souls 1, what a disappointing sequel! The troubled development really shows in the pacing and world design of the game, both feel so messy. Some areas have some particularly bad enemy placement like Iron Keep and Shrine of Amana. There's a ton of bosses but they really range in quality.

I like Majula as a hub area, and the general gameplay is still fun. But I neither view the game interesting nor an improvement compared to DS1.