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Harder to love at first than the original, because it asks more of you; the magick system and the heavier weapons take time. Once they click, the depth is remarkable.

The first half is still the best interconnected world I know. Opening a door and realising you're back at Firelink, from a direction you'd never have guessed, doesn't get old. The second half is weaker, and Blighttown ran like a slideshow on the original release, but the shape of the thing has been copied ever since and rarely bettered.