I’ve played through most of the soulslikes I put my mind to but I still haven’t played/finished DS1/2.
I started a playthrough of DS1 and got to Quelaag but didn’t actually fight her because I was cursed and wanted to cleanse it first - couldn’t find my way back, unfortunately, and didn’t want to look up guides lol. And now the save is gone, so I’ll have to start over - ie. I probably won’t play anytime soon :D
Haven’t played DS2 yet because I wanted to play them in chronological order.
What about you?
Never put off any of them, I replay (a few runs/NGs) them at about regular intervals (one or two titles per year).
Just like Dooms, and Quakes - which is a bit more often the 20 or so other titles I also (re)play from time to time.