One of the few times I've wanted to vomit and laugh simultaneously.

Here :)

Seems the focus shifted away from being a victim and more towards being a badass hunter.

If that is how you feel than I would say save yourself the trouble and forgot about this title. It will not sway you

I like the idea that upon your defeat, you are supposed to turn into a monster yourself. I hope it's not the silly 'getting gray-faced' like in Dark Souls 2, where there isn't a huge difference from your undead self and your living self.

Don't tell this woman.

so, to be clear, were you excited for the graphics? Or were you excited for dark souls 2? Because your comment very heavily implies the former, and not the latter.

I know this is random, but my favourite thing to do in the game is use those talking orbs when I summon people in. I can't help laughing like a complete idiot when that voice starts talking to you "HULLO!" "THANK YOOU" "VERY GOOOD"

It's like a fighting game in the sense that your character doesn't level up... it is actually the player that is leveling up.

At the risk of sounding even meaner than the "pranksters" here- What kind of neckbeard follows a goddamn graphics engine on Twitter?

It's common sense in RPG's to talk to any npc's until they start repeating themselves. I don't see how this is much of a problem myself.