The misunderstood middle child of the Souls-trilogy (hot take, I know). Compared to DS1, the lows of this game are arguably as bad as the worst parts of DS1, if not worse, and significantly more frequent. On the other hand, this game features by far the most creative ideas and additions to the formular, a lot of which have become mainstays to future FromSoft games.

Significantly more punishing, "unfair", and tricky than any other game of the trilogy, but also by far with the most interesting actual story and its most central characters delivering the most memorable speeches in a Souls-game, ever (for me at least).

Getting into the game is, by all means, a fight, but the reward for "clicking" with the game is completely worth it.