If you like good sword combat and have not played Dark Souls, then you are wrong.
I'm more of TES type of fantasy fan and I usually ignore any RPG games made by the japanese due to their style. I also tend to play games that have at least a moderately good first person view, since third person gameplay just doesn't immerse me enough. Besides, in RPGs im more of a assasin/thief/rogue with a bit of magic mixed in type.