After putting in several hours on All of the Dark Souls Games (not including Souls like titles from FROM software) This still is the best one, best online out of the trilogy and second best offline. Surprisingly has the least amount of cheaters despite the later titles having done more to fight cheating. Oh yes, as of this review plenty of people are still playing this game online, no need for connectivity mods (in fact those mods are doing more harm than good) as long as you know the rules of what level range of both your weapons as well as your character works best in what areas you won't be waiting long. Gameplay wise, DS1 has probably the most realistic weapon physics and with less "phantom" range on attacks than the sequel titles have. Most of the enemies use realistic move sets, it's not plagued with heavy set monsters with infinite stamina that can lunge at you as if they were as lite as Peter Pan (DS3) or move like marionettes getting caught on corners like you were playing a Nintendo 64 game (ds2). You can tell the most love went into this game. Don't get me wrong, DS2 and DS3 are not terrible, but DS1 is still the GOAT.