I tried the three DS games and failed over an over again until I decided to give BB a try. It was der perfect pace, gave me some W’s early on that made me continue and get better. By now I’ve beaten BB, ER, DS 1+3, haven’t touched 2 yet.

Open world in ER works great because you can choose where to go and what to do. In “classical” DS/BB you don’t have that much freedom. I find it great, because more people are getting into FromSoftware games. I see it as a gateway, as BB was for me.