I’m gonna say it: DS1 is overrated

This really is not a shitpost but an opinion that has manifested itself over time.

I played DS1 back in the day on my 360. I remember loving the atmosphere of undead burg, the combat, the lore etc. Naturally, as a noob back then , I spent a lot of time dying, exploring and f’ing around a lot not making any significant progress. But I didn’t care because up until Darkroot Basin, which was fine.

But then came Blighttown , which I know is hated by many. But for me, Blighttown marked the end of carefully crafted and atmospheric “level” design and world building . From this point on everything cheaply thrown together as if FS just did not care. Sure we all see the meme of Miyazaki not giving a shit in the second half of any of his game. But DS1s drop in quality comes to soon and never really picks back up.

It’s infuriating to me, especially upon replaying it and I never really can’t call this a “classic” tbh.