Dark Souls II has to be one of the biggest downgrades in gaming history.
There is a nonsensical part where you have to use a torch to light a steel beam in a windmill to make the boss easier. Then after beating the boss, you take a lift up the windmill to find yourself in a lava infested castle.
That is bad enough, but when compared to how well the world in Dark Souls interconnected it is diabolical.