ShittyDarkSouls

Yep, exactly - best PVP, best DLC, every weapon has a place in a build somewhere. Doing a run-through with a weapon you've not used before is fun. Challenge runs like 'equip six elemental daggers' (or six elemental caestus!) are actually a laugh, swap between them as needed to keep your damage high. I finished an SL1 run of all the DS games in anticipation of Elden Ring coming out; Scholar is by far the most brutal, 2 is a close second. (DS3 feels like a puzzle box at SL1 to me; DS1, I hope you like casting fireballs and the hand-axe moveset.) It feels a lot more replayable than the other Dark Souls games to me.