Despite the linear nature of the game, I had a ton of fun with DS3, especially after slogging through the misery of DS2:SotFS. DS3 feels much more modern than the games prior, for better and worse. Level design doesn't feel as inspired as DS1, but combat is insanely fun and the gauntlet of bosses in this game is by far my favorite of any From game. One specific boss in this game took me more tries than it took to fight every boss in DS1 combined, but despite that normally pissing me off I felt like I could do it every single time and the amount of joy I felt after beating him hasn't been matched in this series