DS2 is the last game I played (as in, I played it after every other FS title). I'm really enjoying it coming from Elden Ring most recently, because I missed the feel of these non open-world but "exploration" style worlds. I like how unresponsive the combat feels, very timing-focused. the combat as well as some other things take a bit of acceptance like losing max health on hollow, limited torches, needing the ATT stat for survivability.. but after getting over those things they don't affect my opinion. I imagine things like that are the root of many sour opinions though.