I like DS3 but I have my fair share of problems. But first things first. DS3 is the most polished Dark Souls title and the amount of quality especially the bosses were improved a lot adding many phases and very clever designed world map. Fast travel, and many more comfort additions make this game feels very fun in theory. My main problems are that these game resemble one another - duh.
But what I mean with that is the gameplay stagnation of the games. They add weapon arts which is just not enough for me personally. But what bothers me the most is the online game design as well as the community. Let me start by saying Im a fan of playing online for the inscription of other players it’s such a unique feature in modern gaming that makes me feel connected. But when kindled which you might want because of the extra hp, you will get invaded - all the time, you want to help out a friend or the other way around a person will come and kill you with annoying builds and tactics to ruin your day and also kindled is a result of using an consumable, finite. I tried many covenants to test if I can somehow change being invaded but I couldn’t find a reliable way. People might say get good, or play offline. But I have only so much time to invest in a game and also there a so many builds that most people won’t really make a one on one but rather just waste your time. I feel like this is a design choice that doesn’t respect the players time. And playing offline will cut away very unique features of the game. I wish you could actively kill a specific person in the map like in Bloodborne or would’ve have a way to make it coop-friendly like Nioh.