9.5 hours in, killed all the Lords, haven't finished the game, don't think I will.
As the warrior, all I do is trade blows or use Rage, which removes my energy requirements, and proceed to spam heavy attacks. I don't even bother blocking attacks anymore, I just eat them with my face and drop my healing prayer. It's easier and faster. This also removes any fun for landing a satisfying hit, since I'm getting blasted at the same time. Combat just ended up as meh, like a boring chore.
The bosses are all gimmicky or a boring DPS race as a warrior, since its too hard to move out of the way of a swing and it takes you forever to attack with heavy weapons (hell, even most one-handed weapons take way too long).
I didn't really feel much when playing this game. Atmosphere, enemies, bosses, new loot, finding a new area, nothing made me feel anything. Even the check points. I didn't go "Thank god, a check point!" like I would when playing Souls for the first time.
And the ability to run people over while sprinting with a shield up is a nice idea, but beyond broke, since its instant and knocks most of the enemies down, allowing for follow up attacks with no risk.
