Jenuall wrote:Cool - I had picked up on the out of order nature of things and figured that might have been part of the reason. I really like that once you reach the Firelink shrine near the start you've got several directions you can head off in and the game allows you to actually make meaningful progress in them without sending you back.
Also the design of the locations is just much better than what I recall from DS3, the way things loop back into other areas and you feel like everything is connected is just a really pleasing experience!
Yeah from Firelink I think you can do 8 bosses as your first...(some of them require certain...starting choices...but not are glitches/squencebreaking...that would take the list up to about 15!)
So while there is a "suggested" order in difficulty, it's also pretty easy to go other ways. (Particularly Pinwheel which requires no special items or knowledge of unlockable shortcuts...just to pick that direction first)
(Edit- Also the first DS3 boss is a complete beast btw]
Also everything is connected...other than...well...you'll see. And the DLC)