I can handle 4 girls at once tho))

there are like 20 in elden ring

The worst boss fights can also be said for Dark Souls 3. Is Gundyr a great boss? Do you consider Vordt fun? Is Crystal Sage exciting? Do you enjoy Curse-Rotted Greatwood? Are the Deacons a great fight? I could go on and on and on about these bosses and yet they require the exact same moveset strategy as the great bosses, how is that any good. These archaic concepts at least had some thought behind it since it required some decision making, something not to be found in Elden Ring. Feel free to kill 80% of NPCs you see in that game since it will have no consequence whatsoever. Oh wait, you can't for most of the time anyway since they're protected by a no weapons zone or a magical barrier. So much for your "not hand-holding" eh? Speaking about that, the newest patch literally pops up a window to tell you where the tutorial is, great gameplay design! No hand-holding whatsoever. Half of the NPCs don't even seem to notice in Elden Ring that the world or area has gone bad and seems to mind their own business. In Demon's Souls they react to their area and the awful events that have happened in the game. In Dark Souls they're aware of the undead curse. In Bloodborne they're aware of the blood hunt. Nothing of that is to be found in the newer games. Pointing out stuff that is bad because they clearly didn't have the development time for it (and it's a game from 2009) is just dumb, by your logic CS1.6 is the worst shooter made by Valve compared to now since the weapon variety and graphics aren't there. It's really ironic you complain in your other comments about the lack of innovation in the newer games yet I give a list of issues about the good stuff in the previous games they didn't carry over in the new games. I've also never said that DS3 was a "bad game" or that I didn't enjoy fighting bosses, I just don't enjoy fighting 1000s of bosses that require the same strategy for the cool looking ones while other action games (like Devil May Cry 5, Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden, God Hand etc.) have done far better. But hey, you still didn't give any objective facts. It's all subjective in the end so...

Just to clarify in the end since I can't edit my post; I didn't necessarily say that Demon's Souls is the absolute best game in the series (Bloodborne is probably my favourite), it just has enough interesting mechanics for me to recommend it. For DS3 and Sekiro they played it too safe for me and they needed more stuff to evolve further. I can definitely understand why DS3 is a favourite for most people due to the refined combat but some of the things feel "dumbed down".

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>WORST boss fights in the series by far That'd be Dark Souls III and Elden Ring, ie nothing but a trillion "roll and hit it 'til it dies" slogfest >60% gimmicks Puzzle bosses aren't inherently bad >35% completely unmemorable or absolute garbage tier Sounds like a (You) problem >remaining 5% is just Allant. who is barely even average design by today's Souls standards "Today's Souls standards" are shit so I'm glad >WORST music by far That'd be Elden Ring, or maybe Sekiro; can't seem to remember many songs from that one either >WORST menu and inventory design by far, literally no idea how someone got paid to make that Finally, you make a somewhat normal argument >Most experimental concepts that were later dumbed down FTFY >Oldest and clunkiest gameplay Buzzwords, what do you mean exactly? >4-directional rolls, inability to sprint while locked on - Shortest game without any DLC or extra content >Least weapon, armor, jewelry variety. Worst fashion because of it All of these are good though? >Completely unmemorable NPCs except for the maiden. Patches doesn't count as he appears in every Souls Sounds like a (You) problem >Easily the worst final boss in the franchise. By far Sounds like a (You) problem >Worst PvP (2009 game, have not done any on the remake) >he plays Souls for the PvP That's all I needed to hear, it explains everything