For me this is the best From Software game. The atmosphere and level design are on point. Gameplay feels better than Dark Souls or Elden Ring, because it focuses on your engagement in combat. It encourages you to maintain an aggressive play style since a decent amount of bosses can be staggered by successive attacks. The parry/counter system also works better, because it is an integral part of combat and not some wonky shield waving. At last also the story is pretty cool and also comprehensible, even if you don‘t want to read item descriptions all the time, which is also a weakness of other Souls games.