As much as I appreciate the scope and ambition of this game, and the vast variety of weapons, magic and ashes or war, I personally prefer a more linear path in these kinds of games.

Not every boss is going to blow you away, many of them are good old gank squad type fights or are just reused throughout the game, but there's certainly some amazing fights here too both visually and gameplay wise.

I still highly recommend it and it's no doubt game of the year.