This review is for the based game ONLY, not including the DLC content etc!

There is nothing really bad to say about the game. I will get this out of the way though. The levels are super linear and don’t connect to other levels. Instead they have elevators and doors that connect to parts of a level you have already been in. These are just shortcuts that don’t actually do anything else but save time. While it is really great that they added these I would have enjoyed the Dark Souls 1 approach of making the levels have branching paths.

Coming from Elden Ring & with a lot of practice, Dark Souls 3 felt like one of the easiest souls games I've ever had in my 1st playthrough and leveling up seems pretty quick almost as quick as Elden RIng leveling imo. Not a negative nor a positive just things I want to point out. Otherwise I only have praise. The combat is solid, not as smooth as Elden Rings but still decently playable even in "today's standards" as a friend of mine once told me, way better than DS1 by 10x!

Bosses fights in the game are all unique & fun to go up against, at least some of them. The ones that are “bad” are just mediocre. Dark Souls 3’s story is really sad and thought provoking but it doesn’t overlap with the gameplay instead telling it through the bosses and the environments as you’re playing the game. The lore can be uncovered by reading the item descriptions but I would recommend just watching a YouTube channel VaatiVidya for that.

The music always fits the themes of the game and enhances them to a different level. The game’s atmosphere is not anything special by the impossible standard Fromsoft has set for themselves but it is still recognizable and really immersive and not bad by any means.

Dark Souls 3 is a near perfect game where there are no bad parts but only a few mediocre parts. There are no perfect games but this is absolutely one of those special ones that get so much right and some parts are so close to perfection I just absolutely can’t give it anything else but a true 10/10.

Cannot wait to play the DLC soon, and start more NG+ to try out different weapon builds in the coming future....

This review is for the based game ONLY, not including the DLC content etc! There is nothing really bad to say about the game. I will get this out of the way though. The levels are super linear and don’t connect to other levels. Instead they have elevators and doors that connect to parts of a level you have already been in. These are just shortcuts that don’t actually do anything else but save time. While it is really great that they added these I would have enjoyed the Dark Souls 1 approach of making the levels have branching paths. Coming from Elden Ring & with a lot of practice, Dark Souls 3 felt like one of the easiest souls games I've ever had in my 1st playthrough and leveling up seems pretty quick almost as quick as Elden RIng leveling imo. Not a negative nor a positive just things I want to point out. Otherwise I only have praise. The combat is solid, not as smooth as Elden Rings but still decently playable even in "today's standards" as a friend of mine once told me, way better than DS1 by 10x! Bosses fights in the game are all unique & fun to go up against, at least some of them. The ones that are “bad” are just mediocre. Dark Souls 3’s story is really sad and thought provoking but it doesn’t overlap with the gameplay instead telling it through the bosses and the environments as you’re playing the game. The lore can be uncovered by reading the item descriptions but I would recommend just watching a YouTube channel VaatiVidya for that. The music always fits the themes of the game and enhances them to a different level. The game’s atmosphere is not anything special by the impossible standard Fromsoft has set for themselves but it is still recognizable and really immersive and not bad by any means. Dark Souls 3 is a near perfect game where there are no bad parts but only a few mediocre parts. There are no perfect games but this is absolutely one of those special ones that get so much right and some parts are so close to perfection I just absolutely can’t give it anything else but a true 10/10. Cannot wait to play the DLC soon, and start more NG+ to try out different weapon builds in the coming future....