Eh, I've heard that before and it just doesn't work for me. Dark Souls 3 just pulls off the folding space-time thing that much better.

In 3 it feels foreboding, but in 2 it feels silly. I genuinely just think it's the structure. It's like someone said "this is my idea for a sequel" and they just couldn't execute it the way 3 does.

I get what they were going for, it doesn't work for me.