I had a really good time playing this, and it's a time in my life I'll always remember fondly, but it has a lot of issues that I found soured my experience early on. Boring areas, boring linear design, boring bosses, just this great sense of "I've done this before". Thankfully the game picks up at Irythill and rarely dips again for the rest of the runtime. The DLC is also absolutely amazing, with one of the best and most immersive areas I've played in a fromsoft game with The Ringed City.