Go into any Soulslike dedicated community(/vg/, xitter, reddit etc) and people will universally denounce the bosses in Demon's Souls as gimmicky and the "runbacks"(aka the fucking game world) in Dark Souls 1 as being too long. The reality is that the souslike fanbase was never in it for an experience that demanded even an iota of critical thinking, they just wanted a gimped action game because DMC or Ninja Gaiden were too inaccessible for them.

Kisame…we’re selling