Dissidia is compatible , but BBS isn ' t . <| sep |> Let ' s uhhh . give Zeke the ball . <| sep |> I played 3 first and then played 1 and 2 . I love ds 3 . a lot . I ' ve played it for more than 500 hours and the most I ' ve ever played one game before that was barely over 100 hours . That being said neither ds 3 nor ds 2 captured the feel that ds 1 had . 1 captured the feel of being a small part of a much larger and unforgiving world perfectly . That being said I think 3 improves on most other aspects of the past two games . Obviously the graphics are better but the gameplay is also a lot smoother . Enemies are much more varied and there are way fewer throwaway bosses . Unfortunately I don ' t think any game will give you the feel that Dark Souls 1 did , but if you love souls I think you ' ll enjoy ds 3 for its own reasons .