I like them fine. Enough to buy them day 1 and finish them. I just don't agree that they're these 9-10/10 masterpieces that every publication and influencer likes to rate them. Especially since they seem to overlook almost all the shortcomings that would otherwise earn any other game flack seemingly just because it's the next banger from Fromsoft.

FromSoft souls games should not be rated as highly as they are. I'm not a fan of soulsborne gameplay and how it's proliferated the hack and slash genre especially since other studios are generally unable to replicate quality that FromSoft is able to create.

The games themselves are technically subpar, visually behind it's competition and lack of overt narrative in favor of environmental storytelling is a mark against it. All the great lore and backstories should serve to enhance the central plot and not be the sole offering in the narrative department.