Cancel me if you so desire, FromSoft fans, but I have to speak the truth: this is the best Dark Souls game by a significant margin. In terms of world design, bosses, and especially gamefeel, this game is a cut above both 1 and 2. Though it's often described as the true sequel to Dark Souls, 3 departs from (and adds to) the lore and themes of the original to a far greater extent than 2, and many of its characters and levels feel like responses to the first game (most obviously Aldrich's Anor Londo), rather than simply remixing and rehashing the same themes. The two DLCs add more phenomenal bosses to the game, and the "final boss" of the Ringed City is perhaps my favorite in any game, and the perfect conclusion to the franchise. DS3 was unfairly dismissed at its initial release by some hardcore Souls fans. If you're one of them, please give this game another chance. Second only to Bloodborne in the FromSoft pantheon.

Reviewed on Mar 05, 2021


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