Yeah, yeah, I know. It's old, filled to the eyeballs with jank and unintuitive mechanics, the world is nonsense, etc. It goes on. But I think this game has the best level design in the whole series hands down without being tied to areas needing to link to eachother in every capacity.
The opening of demon souls is probably the most brutal if you're new to the series. Almost overwhelming. You have to beat the first boss to even upgrade your weapon, you have no healing, and when you're done you have 4 different ways to choose. The areas themselves are filled with alien and madness and all sorts of bizarre things the series would never replicate. It's bosses are... weird, and the enemy design is strange, for sure, but just for the 'experience' factor Demon Souls is my strong 2nd.
The opening of demon souls is probably the most brutal if you're new to the series. Almost overwhelming. You have to beat the first boss to even upgrade your weapon, you have no healing, and when you're done you have 4 different ways to choose. The areas themselves are filled with alien and madness and all sorts of bizarre things the series would never replicate. It's bosses are... weird, and the enemy design is strange, for sure, but just for the 'experience' factor Demon Souls is my strong 2nd.