Vanilla Dark Souls II is more of a 3.5/5, thanks to some lackluster level design and bosses. All of the DLC is great, though.

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Me: seeing Gravemind in Halo 2 "Looks like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors"
Me: seeing Gravemind in Halo 2: Anniversary barfs

Nintendo writers: "What name can we use for the land that's the opposite of Hyrule?"
One writer: "Ummm... how about Lorule?"
Nintendo writers: "..." start cheering and clapping profusely

Fi: "There's a 70% chance that the thing you're looking for is right behind those doors."
Me: "I've played this game before, so there's a 100% chance it's there."
Fi: "..."

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"Where's the big woman?" I ask, three levels after killing her.