I've only played 40 hours of this game, and none of it being afk which I did end up doing some of that in the Dark Souls series. But good god man, this game is beautiful, it's got some good pacing in my opinion. And the bosses all feel so nice to fight. Only thing that got me bummed is the random frame stuttering and complete drops from time to time but other than that this game is amazing, it was well worth the wait and I am so excited to see more of what this game has to offer.

Edit. Get the Seamless co op mod, it optimizes the game and allows you to play the game with friends how it should be. P.S Alexander gonna make me act up one of these days