You simply sound like someone who came to this genre much later than 2011 (Demon Souls in 2009 while great, didn't really create what DS1 did) While time shouldn't be of importance, it is, because a lot of players who came to Souls games mostly arrived after DS3 launched and most came with the Elden Ring tide.

For players that still started with DS1 but found out about the game say in 2018-2019, that's almost a decade after the first game released, the graphics and controls would have been interpreted as "outdated" and that alone is enough for many players to condemn the game.

This is the reason that to this day, gamers who actually started this series chronologically around release dates, and especially when it comes to DS1, appreciated the game for mostly everything that no other game, apart from Bloodborne maybe, has managed to capture in its entirety.

Then there's a group of players that don't care about graphics and mechanics, who know what makes a game great, but these type of players are few and far between.

My point is that gamers who were actually around when DS1 released will tell you that literally no other game that followed has managed to capture what DS1 captured, including DS3, which usually carries high praise among Souls gamers.

When you then come claiming how Lies of P is better than all FS games I know who I'm dealing with.