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to this day I don't understand why people started adding borne to the end of Souls. it started happening before the game even came out too! by now we should all understand and accept that it's on the same continuum and the extremely minor ways in which it's unique aren't enough to warrant inclusion in the name.

anyway my answer is one of the first three games depending on the day of the week. the first two are perfect while Dark Souls 2 has a bunch of interesting tangents it goes down that make me feel like it overcomes most of the common criticism. Bloodborne is a step below and Dark Souls 3 is just fine.

having said all this I don't think there's been diminishing returns by FromSoft. Bloodborne by design is more restrictive and that puts a cap on how much I appreciate it. DS3 is just them spinning the wheels in narrative and level design, it's still unmatched mechanically.

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