I just finished this for the first time. I had to emulate it as my PS3 died, what an amazing experience! It was only a few months ago that I played DS1 to 3 and Bloodborne, so I had months of Souls games, including knock offs (Lords of tbe Fallen my fav of the copy cats). It was cool to wrap up all the games in this genre with the OG.
I hate that I wasnt able to use the online elements, but not being able to call on backup made things extra tense.
I can't really rank any of the From Soft Souls-Borne games, as I love them all for different reason, but this being the first gave it something special.
Difficulty wise, I think this is the easiest of them, but maybe I feel that way because of how my skill level improved.
I love the world of Boletaria, and liked how grounded it felt. The Palace and world 4 with the rolling Skeletons are my fav areas. The Latria prison was really atmospheric too.
I just loved exploring the palace more than anything, and killing the fat guard, what a cocksucker he is throughout the game lol. The Castle, Anor Londo, Drangleic caslte, Lothric castle, and Irithyll are my fav DS levels, so I guess I'm partial to Medieval Euro/gothic settings.
I really hope this gets a proper remaster by the guys that remade Shadow of the colossus, and includes the 6th archstone cut content.
Have you guys seen that video by Sana something? He runs through the unfinished level, reminds me Drangleic castle once you run into the Queen sitting on her throne in DS2.
The game ran pretty flawlessly for me until I got into world 5-2. It locked up on me probably 10 times, which forced me to restart my pc. I heard this area ran poorly on the PS3, like Blight Town in DS1, but thankfully it was all I had left to do before finishing the game.