Dark Souls 2 is the best worst game ever.
It's not as good as DS1 or 3 in many ways. In some it is better.
But even if you consider it the worst in the series, it's still miles above a lot of other games. And it's even more amazing that it is still good with all the BS that happened in its development. They basically had to remake the entire game in like 5 or 6 months before release because of pressure from the publisher not liking what they had prior to the re-work. It also has the most content in the entire trilogy. Only Elden Ring is bigger with more stuff.