No internet; probably they wont ever fix it anyways

As for the actual game: World is bland at best, level design is horrible, combat is smooth but then again very awkward and strange. Be prepared to be absolutely frustrated all the time, not because of the difficulty but purely because of the design choices. You can really tell this is not from the same developer as DS1, as there is absolutely nowhere near the ambiance, atmosphere or any glimmer of feeling in this game. I've been breezing through content up until the bell tower now and nothing is memorable. Not a single boss nor area will stick. Everything is completely disjointed and NPC's have nothing interesting to share in terms of world building.

If you want a quick dark souls satisfaction, go for it but don't prepare to feel similar vibes than playing the first one. Only picked it up because I wanna play all 3 in order before I go and play elden ring.

Ok so after finishing the main game: I kinda 'liked' the second half of the game. It seemed more reasonable apart for a couple of really annoying parts I skipped in drangleic everything went much smoother and in a more 'fun' way than the first half. Was it satisfying at the end? not really. I couldn't care less about the story near the end or when I beat Vendrick and Narshada or whatever her name was.
In the end: story still bland and complete nonsense (sure there will be some nerds calling out the iceberg stuff which i think is mostly fan-made up BS, not a single memorable NPC, few interesting bossfights but overall extremely frustrating ones, interesting weapons and a bit more choice to upgrade multiple and figure out what you like instead of sticking to the same one for a lack of upgrade stuff in DS1.

No internet; probably they wont ever fix it anyways As for the actual game: World is bland at best, level design is horrible, combat is smooth but then again very awkward and strange. Be prepared to be absolutely frustrated all the time, not because of the difficulty but purely because of the design choices. You can really tell this is not from the same developer as DS1, as there is absolutely nowhere near the ambiance, atmosphere or any glimmer of feeling in this game. I've been breezing through content up until the bell tower now and nothing is memorable. Not a single boss nor area will stick. Everything is completely disjointed and NPC's have nothing interesting to share in terms of world building. If you want a quick dark souls satisfaction, go for it but don't prepare to feel similar vibes than playing the first one. Only picked it up because I wanna play all 3 in order before I go and play elden ring. Ok so after finishing the main game: I kinda 'liked' the second half of the game. It seemed more reasonable apart for a couple of really annoying parts I skipped in drangleic everything went much smoother and in a more 'fun' way than the first half. Was it satisfying at the end? not really. I couldn't care less about the story near the end or when I beat Vendrick and Narshada or whatever her name was. In the end: story still bland and complete nonsense (sure there will be some nerds calling out the iceberg stuff which i think is mostly fan-made up BS, not a single memorable NPC, few interesting bossfights but overall extremely frustrating ones, interesting weapons and a bit more choice to upgrade multiple and figure out what you like instead of sticking to the same one for a lack of upgrade stuff in DS1.