i've become increasingly irritated by the popular-contrarian take that fromsoft games are actually super deep and meaningful stories. i think they're well-realised worlds with a lot going on in them but are they super deep? what is there to learn from immortality? nothing, man, nothing. it's wizard problems and i don't feel deeply one way or another about them.

i enjoyed this plenty but it will pass through me like cheap beer. i want my games to be nastier, more aggressive, more confrontational than i think fromsoft are generally capable of. boss battles - even boss battles i have to do 50 times in a row - aren't fucking with me. fuck with me a bit.

playing this made me think about reducing my elden ring score down a bit, and i had a great time with that pile of wizard problems.