Your kiss was such a sacred thing to me
I can't believe it's just a burning memory

This game shook me. If you didn't like it the first time, I'd say give it another chance. I know the hitboxes are shit and adaptability should never have been a thing. All that bothered me too, yet very few have told a more effective, horrifying yet touching tale about the horror of losing yourself. It's a much richer narrative than that, but that's really the central theme of Dark Souls II.