I started with Bloodborne. I was super sketchy about buying a "difficult" game, as I gave up on challenging games a long time ago. I just want a good story and something to continue my general avoidance of television. Well, I pretty much rage quit the first night. Day two was a string of successes followed by being totally hooked. I finished Bloodborne and wanted more. I grabbed Dark Souls because people kept saying it was the best in the series. I was immediately hooked on it as well, the varied play style was a big draw for me over Bloodborne. Now I'm almost done with my first play through and I'm looking forward to another. I picked up Demon's Souls on the sale that's going on right now and by god, I'm hooked again. I'll probably pick up DaS2 later this summer when I'm done with Witcher 3 and Destiny slows down again. In closing: So far I like Dark Souls the best, as it feels like a real open world RPG. I like the combat in Demon's and Bloodborne a little more though and the frame rate problems in Dark Souls were a source of occasional irritation. As for the plots. Dark Souls didn't hook me the way Bloodborne did, but it's definitely interesting and enough to keep me going. All in all, I went from avoiding the series due to its supposed difficulty to falling in love with the whole blasted thing. It gets a big thumbs up.