As hbomberguy correctly pointed out, "Boss fights in DSII are just dudes in armour" is secretly a compliment dressed up as criticism, since those types of boss fights are consistently the best in the series

This is why it took them 7 years to finish

Weird antisocial vibes aside, "co-slop" was right there for the taking and they couldn't even think of that

Pouring one out for Mike from RE4, though

Sounds like an accurate simulation of the Blues, good job Big Ant