Explain why this isn't the game of the generation and please use ACTUAL ARGUMENTS

Why did they have to include warping from the start? god damn it

Literally what boss is one-shotting you outside of chalices? You must have put legitimately zero points into Vit
Name just one, go for it

>>repetitive gameplay
False. Each weapon has wholly unique movesets, making them feel different to use. A kirkhammer isn't the same as a saif.
>>RPG elements feel tacked on and redundant.
They feel appropriate and incentivises progression and build variety.
>>Magic might as well not exist, same for ranged combat
Not unless you make specialized builds. Tools actually synergize with the melee centric combat instead of the unsatisfying spell casting builds in past games. Bloodtinge builds make guns an actual viable method of inflicting damage as well.
>>nonsense story
The unconventional, non intrusive delivery of narrative and the lore is what makes the world mysetrious and intriguing and what most games should strive for, instead of relying on low effort expository info dumps and cutscenes.
>>forgettable soundtrack and VA
very, very shit taste
the theater VAs did a fantastic job and the OST is phenomenal, better than the midi farts or Yuka's garbage we've heard in the previous games
>>flat level design, just corridors and stairs
Nice reductionism, but the individual level design is actually very well made in context of the souls games.
>>terrible optimisation severely dampens any successes in aesthetics or gameplay
Last time I checked, it runs at 30fps with no dips whatsoever. And the art direction is strong. The use of eastern european gothic architecture some of the best I've seen in a game. Then you have distinct areas with their own memorable design, like the Nightmares and the Fishing Hamlet.

>Last time I checked, it runs at 30fps with no dips whatsoever
I fucking love BB, but you're just factually goddamn wrong there. I've had some monumental drops at enemies such as One Reborn.

Not that guy but there's also frame pacing issues on top of the frame dips.

MC is last gen dummy.

And that game fell apart after Anor Londo. Don’t reply to me