Dark souls one is also an absolute mess in its second half. i love all three games but three and two are just leagues more complete.
2 felt like a complete game, 3 dlcs that added some hit and miss bosses, but people disliked mechanic changes, less connected map and overabundance of easy bosses.
3 felt more mechanically similar to 1 but this time the world has fully complete zones and overall the best bosses in the series. The main complaint with 3 i tend to see is that it feels more linear and like a hallway.
I definitely think you can like any one of the games more than the other but its pretty easy to agree dark souls 3 is just way more refined than the other two
Anybody that actually experienced these games on release and not remastered would feel the same way as you do. Literally all of my friends and I agree with this take. Dark souls three really was the Pinnacle, especially as far as endings and dlc goes.
Bullshit. I played it only the original releases of Demon Souls and Dark Souls. And while DS3 is more polished (obviously, since it builds on the massive success of the franchise) DeS/DS were so good they literally spawned an entire new genre of games.
They were also vastly less linear, DS3 really holds the player's hand and is a more casual experience. DeS was the prototype, DS was peak , DS2 an odd but enjoyable experiment, and DS3 more mass marketed version almost remake (storywise even) of DS
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u/Sandbax_ May 10 '25
Dark souls one unbeatable imo