If you just want to act smug on the internet please go to another site that’s more catering to your antisocial personality.

I thought the open world was fun and I liked traveling far across the lands. It reminded me of playing shadow of the colossus when I was a kid. I am not an optimized gamer so I slowly explored everything and had fun getting lost.

I agree and feel as though you showcased better reasons than I could articulate. Thanks for your input.

It was personally that I just felt the movement and attacks were a bit more fluid than DS1. Bosses were just easier to me than stuff like O&S that I suffered with in the first dark souls. Still I love all entries and I don’t want to punish ds1 for being less refined in some ways than later entries 🫶🏼

DS2 was a lot easier to me than other dark souls entries (Didn’t play DLC) which helped soften the blow of that mechanic.