This back-to-back marathon of both games has taught me something. IMO, this franchise makes everything else I play feel inferior. It hasn't just set a new bar for videogames; it used that bar to smash most other videogames over the head. I can't put my finger on what it is. I've played a ton of some other games in the last year or two: Skyrim, Borderlands 2, Dragon's Dogma, and while I enjoyed many elements of all of them, they always end up feeling inferior in some way to the Souls franchise.
These games get in your head like no other game I can think of. I'm guessing most people here get that, and know exactly what I mean, which is why I see so many familiar avatars day in and day out.
I don't really know why I posted this. Just feeling the Souls' love these days.
Cheers.