I just want to say that the reason I like Mass Effect so much is because of Jennifer Hale’s performance as FemShep. She’s one of the best voice actors in gaming ever, imo. Her performance is so good, it reminds me of Valerie from Cyberpunk. Every line is delivered perfectly. She's even outclassed or was at least on par with Martin Sheen as TIM.
I feel like this might be a hot take (again), but he’s easily an S-tier boss and one of the best From bosses ever. The buildup, arena, visual design, atmosphere, OST, and movement are all genuinely perfectly balanced and at least a 7/10 minimum. I used to hate SOTE because of how imbalanced and stupidly hard it felt to solo at first, but now I genuinely think it’s the best DLC I’ve ever played.
Another hot take, he absolutely clears gael as well. I’m not hating on gael whatsoever, hes an amazing boss, but saying that no boss can surpass him and that hes unmatched is kind of ridiculous. In my book, he's not even better than Friede, Demon Prince, Twin Princes, or Midir in his own game... which already contains one of the best boss lineups in all of Soulsborne history.
Midra’s Manse is just so beautiful. His cutscene, that painting of him with Nanaya, the color palette, good lord, it’s all incredible. And the lore, man... it’s just way too good. He’s absolutely goated, He’s also not that hard, but I’m genuinely hard for him.
Say whatever you want about Dark Souls 2, but the game is more interesting than any Fromsoft game before Elden Ring by far. It’s not the most polished, it doesn’t have an S-tier soundtrack, the enemy placement is questionable, some mechanics are controversial, combat is janky and the bosses are pretty mid. But for some reason, this game has the most soul out of all of them before Elden Ring. Hot take: it’s also the most fun.
The NG+ is fantastic, the build variety is immense, Majula is special, and the DLCs are just so damn fire. DS2 is probably my 3rd favorite From game, i just fcking love ds2.