It took me a WHILE to get into this game. Trying to jump into it after Dark Souls (Remastered) made me really notice how different it is. After taking a break and focusing on other games, I gave it another chance and played through it and its DLC and found it to be okay, but not deserving of the immense hate it gets. The artificial difficulty and forgettable boss fights are what make it the black sheep among its legendary siblings.