I really like the souls series and I feel like dark souls 2 isn't as much of a numbers game as ds1 was. It gets really good later on and the DLC is great. The combat is really standoffy though because of parry monsters and shield breaks. It really relies on adapting and with my birdman build, I'm unstoppable. Pve is decent if anything with a couple lackluster bosses, but the rest of the game might as well be considered excellent. My opinion, I love it, but I'm dived in csgo right now.