A game I originally was fairly disappointed with and still feel that the first quarter or so of the game is a bit lackluster. But this, along with Bloodborne, has perhaps the best bosses From Soft has made yet. The story, as well, serves as a great continuation of the themes and questions set up in both DS1 and 2 and, with the DLC (ringed city and Gael), provides an incredibly satisfying and melancholic end to a trilogy. The characters, the settings, bosses and side-quests are all overflowing with such a heavy, apocalyptic sadness and darkness in a way that so incredibly enhances the overall theme of the horrors and tribulations and suffering that comes out of artificially perpetuating the order of the world and the difficulty of accepting that everything, at some point, must come to an end. Might as well be, along with DS1, an excellent metaphor for accepting death and the short-sighted idiocy of preserving human life at all costs. As of now I enjoyed this game and feel it is a lot more memorable than Elden Ring but there is a chance that that could change over time. Definitely a game that I personally really enjoy but also fully understand other people's problems with it.

EDIT: Currently at the end of replaying this game and the DLC all the way through for the 5th or 6th time and I have to say that this game definitely impresses me and resonates with me a lot more than Elden Ring managed to.

Reviewed on Aug 13, 2022


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