@CatKitCf3pl As someone who played fromsoft games in a really weird order because of circumstances here is my experience and order of games I played:
1-Bloodborn (played a lot at my friends ps4 but never actually owned a ps4 so I only played certain parts.)
@CatKitCf3pl gameplay is def a step up, power stancing is extremely fun in ds2 and the 4 direction dodging was not it in ds1
My main issue with ds2 tho wasn't the spamming of enemies as I saw everyone complaining about. Its the bosses, the bosses are so disappointing having 1 or 2 attacks.
@CatKitCf3pl 4th is dark souls 1: this is where I fell in love. The world and art direction of this game charmed me so bad I beaten it 4 times even tho I only played elden ring once.
Then comes dark souls two which was a disappointment at least in terms of story music and art direction.
@CatKitCf3pl 2nd sekiro: a friend recommended it to me as I've never heard of it. (Took a break from new video games and was only watching stuff online as I didn't have the ability to play.)
3rd is elden ring: same friend recommended it after. ( he never played any dark souls games.)