An almost direct downgrade compared to the original release, the branches of yore are a frustrating trial of arbitrary guessing and the enemy placement has somehow gotten much, much worse. This on top of the very numerous, very obvious problems plaguing the original Dark Souls 2 but this takes it to a whole new level of inanity. I still can't bring myself to call it outright bad tho, since the core gameplay is still decent (though still by far the roughest in the soulsborne franchise) and the sheer viability of the sheer quantity of playstyles alone is very much worth commemorating.