It was the first challenging game with no difficulty settings or hand holding Ive ever played. I had a shit time figuring out the mechanics and was gaslit by a youtuber into only leveling up endurance and spamming backstabs and fireballs. once I realized that was stupid and actually figured out the game, it was amazing and more rewarding than any game ive played since. Not to mention the atmosphere, weapon/armor designs, world building, and art direction was 10/10 (until lost izaleth and tomb of giants). Still play through it every year and have fun everytime