Ds2 was a 10/10 game. Unfortunately ds1 was like 25/10 making ds2 look like dogshit in comparison. If it doesn't bother you to ride a 2 minute elevator upwards to an underground lake of fire though (or other "they clearly didn't think about the map or ambient storytelling" moments the game has), ds2 is great. I will never stop being salty about it though, I have never been let down by a game more than I was by ds2 on release