I was trying to find a certain item with a friend, until we happened upon an area with a bajillion people invading at.

We spent the next 6 hours there and now I'm not sure if I ever want to go back to playing the PvE section of the game because of the amount of fun I had. I thought that the areas, enemies, and bosses were all incredibly well-designed and very enjoyable, but man PvP is even better. I was afraid it'd be worse than the previous souls games because of the open world allowing for more stalling, however it is probably the best out of all of them. I can't imagine not being able to enjoy this game. It's perfect.

Anyone who complains about performance issues must be lying about their specs or they simply don't have a good enough PC to run this game. I'm barely above recommended and my game plays completely fine, with minor lag spikes that only occur outside of combat in very specific areas.

P.S. reduvia dagger op can't wait to see bleed get nerfed

Edit: By some miracle, I was able to stop my PvP addiction and beat the game with all achievements. Literal game of the year, I can't see how anything could top this.