I hadn't heard about DS3 yet, Xcom 2, yeah... And oddly, I found nothing 'wrong' with DS2 by comparison personally, aside that i spent more time grinding than in DS1, and some of the boss fights were much more dragged out by soaky health bars or by multiple enemies at once... oh, and the sunken dlc boss that could summon other bosses without limit? 'that' was annoying as hell.