Why was it so soulless?

I don't give a shit what anyone says when Gwyn's theme started playing I got all choked up

Except what I just fucking said you retard. Andre was among the last non-hollow blacksmiths in Lordran and was crucial to the success of the Chosen Undead. Of course the bell of awakening would call for him, he's the only known black smith to use the black ember/coal.

>Charges at you with 1 frame start-up
>Takes off half your health
>"REEEEEEE"
Even after like 10 playthroughs I just face check him with a 100% shield held up for 99% of the fight, fuck that fight.

>He never hollowed over the indefinite amount of time between 1 and 3

they had smiths in ds2 as well. so that's not really an argument.
also andre probably had to learn it from somebody in the first place.

Too much pandering to the rabid autists that obsess over Souls games

What part of the bell of awakening don't you understand? It bring people back to life even if they crumpled to dust as hollows. This is how Siegward returned even though he hollowed in I. The state of the DaS III world is so utterly fucked you literally have to bring people back from the dead to rekindle the flame.
Nobody cared about DaS II smiths, one was a bizzare Demon Souls reference and the other was a babbling retard. Also there was the Crow with the nice ass.

Siegmeyer != Siegward

>Nobody cared about DaS II smiths
i agree. they were just pandering. there was no actual lore reason or explanation that went into andre being there like:
>Andre was among the last non-hollow blacksmiths in Lordran and was crucial to the success of the Chosen Undead. Of course the bell of awakening would call for him, he's the only known black smith to use the black ember/coal.
you can't even assume andre is the best thing because the chosen undead isn't really important in dark souls. there's been tons of people who linked the flame, so why not one of their blacksmiths? i wonder what blacksmith yhorm used.

>ds1 onion is the same onion as 3
why are you even arguing lore if you have no fucking idea what's going on?