An absolute masterpiece, BUT far from being fromsoft's best title. gonna list some quick negatives.

- too much filler, reused enemies/bosses
- very spiky and unbalanced difficulty, ♥♥♥♥ spirit ashes (me trying not to write the games too easy)
- having sending gates (teleporters) everywhere ruin the exploration and the open world level design
- unkillable npcs just ruin the damn immersion. why the ♥♥♥♥ even is this a thing?
- having background music outside of bosses was a bad idea, I really liked the atmosphere sounds in previous games.
- the slow walking ghost that shows you caves is really the stupidest most ubisoft design ever, didn't expect from to stoop that low.
- no solo pvp invaions? I never was mainly interested in pvp but it was a great part of the hostile environment and was always a great rush being invaded out of nowhere and having to fight for your life, goodbye to that ♥♥♥♥ now. where every invasion is 1v2. also some very fun areas like the raya lucaria rooftops are totally no-invasion which is stupid.

I really hope froms next game isn't open world and doesn't have spirit summons but ofc it's looking like they will after such success.

some positives
+ great replayability
+ great build variety
+ amazing lore, most characters are exceptionally well written
+ they built upon the previous games play styles really nicely, identified what moves were being overused etc and built the bosses moves to abuse those (love the delayed attacks)
+ the world building is amazing and the best in the series, never have i felt a world as alive as this one. Seeing, hearing about rumors, myths, customs related to some religions/cults/gods in early game and little by little discovering the birthplace of it, and getting to kill that very god feels really amazing.
+ Regal Ancestor Spirit

An absolute masterpiece, BUT far from being fromsoft's best title. gonna list some quick negatives. - too much filler, reused enemies/bosses - very spiky and unbalanced difficulty, fuck spirit ashes (me trying not to write the games too easy) - having sending gates (teleporters) everywhere ruin the exploration and the open world level design - unkillable npcs just ruin the damn immersion. why the fuck even is this a thing? - having background music outside of bosses was a bad idea, I really liked the atmosphere sounds in previous games. - the slow walking ghost that shows you caves is really the stupidest most ubisoft design ever, didn't expect from to stoop that low. - no solo pvp invaions? I never was mainly interested in pvp but it was a great part of the hostile environment and was always a great rush being invaded out of nowhere and having to fight for your life, goodbye to that shit now. where every invasion is 1v2. also some very fun areas like the raya lucaria rooftops are totally no-invasion which is stupid. I really hope froms next game isn't open world and doesn't have spirit summons but ofc it's looking like they will after such success. some positives + great replayability + great build variety + amazing lore, most characters are exceptionally well written + they built upon the previous games play styles really nicely, identified what moves were being overused etc and built the bosses moves to abuse those (love the delayed attacks) + the world building is amazing and the best in the series, never have i felt a world as alive as this one. Seeing, hearing about rumors, myths, customs related to some religions/cults/gods in early game and little by little discovering the birthplace of it, and getting to kill that very god feels really amazing. + Regal Ancestor Spirit