Y'know, it's the quintessential contrarian's Dark Souls. It does weird things that differentiate it from other Souls games, but a lot of what it tries results in failure. I do like some of the changes, but a good majority of the crap it does makes it terrible. The suffering in this game is exacerbated in the Scholar of the First Sin edition since they messed with enemy placement to the point where I was quickly frustrated on every other level. The worst of these levels is the Shrine of Amana. It's clear that the game is not anywhere near the majesty and sheer quality of From Software's greatest works, but it was certainly a vital game for moving the series forward and trying new things along the way. Not my favorite Souls game, but I appreciate it nonetheless. (I much prefer the non Scholar version btw)

Oh yeah, and they made the Uchigatana's hitboxes a lot worse lmao!