>>719157316
>Why is replaying this so much less fun than replaying the souls games?
Because it is empty, my friend. The DLC is hundred times worse (I almost didn't finish it,but I wanted to fight final boss before screeching redditors nerf him to hell and back).
You can do basically everything there is to do in a single playthrough, and because it is so dumbed down and casualised, there is no reason to go through it again. Chances are you already curbstomped everything on your first playthrough, so why would you do it again with mage build? To curstomp everything again?
The game has excellent presentation and it is joy to travel around discovering stuff, but when that is done, you'll realize how badly the enemy positioning is done.
Going through Sens Fortress after you finished ER is wild experience.