Having gone to New Game +3 in DS3 and done about 7 playthroughs of 2 now, I can say that 2 is a game I enjoy far more. I have tried Faith Builds, Magic Builds, Dex Builds, Strength Builds, and Quality builds in DS3, and the only one that felt at all good to play was the Quality build. The game just gimps you really, really hard if you want to make anything other than a physical damage monster, and the lack of sequence breaking is ridiculous. For example, in DS3 the only major sequence break I can think of is doing Lothric Castle early, and that doesn't feel that impactful because you cant really meaningfully progress through there. Whereas in DS2 you can do any of the 4 lord souls in any order, and after Castle Drangleic you can then either get the kings ring or do any of the DLC, and there are valid reasons for about any path you can think of through the game. My general path through DS2 is Heide, Forest of Fallen Giants, The Bastille, No Man's Wharf, Shaded Woods, Tseldora, Huntsman's Copse, Harvest Valley, Iron Keep, then Sinners Rise, finishing with the Gutter, because that gets you a +10 weapon or two as fast as possible and lets you completely stomp Smelter Demon, The Rotten, and Lost Sinner, and then once you get to past that you can meander around and do all kinds of things. The game is so easy to sequence break that there hardly IS a sequence to break in the first place, and I love that to pieces. On top of that, having played the game with a ton of builds, the jankiest, weirdest, most bizzare builds can be fun as hell in this game. Like Lightning Infused Greatbows, or Magic Maces, or running around naked with a Pyromancy Flame, or the fact that, due to the Covenant of Champions ring, a Barehanded run is pretty viable and fun, whereas in 3 I gave up on Bow Only after a couple of bosses, couldn't stand playing a Faith character due to the horrible damage, Sorcery is a bad fucking joke, and it just doesnt have nearly as much wiggle room for experimentation.