A definitive ranking of poison swamps in From Software games

[This is a repost of this post I originally made on Cohost on 4 October 2022.] Assembled with the assistance of Zandra and Val. These swamps will be judged on two axes: Fun: How enjoyable it is to play through the swamp as a zone in a video game. Swampiness: How effectively the swamps invoke a feeling of depression and despair. Of these, Swampiness is of course the most important, but fun is certainly not a negligible factor. So we begin, in order from least to greatest. #8: Harvest Valley (Dark Souls 2) Fun: C+ Swampiness: F A decent area to walk around in. Full of sexy ladies and big strong men who will suplex you given half a chance. Neat to explore, not too difficult to survive, kind of bullshit in a couple ways but not too bad. However, it's not a fucking swamp. It's just a bunch of poison gas in a mine! It's only even in here because Dark Souls 2 doesn't have any better candidates. Poor show, DS2, poor show. #7: Bodhisattva Valley Floor (Sekiro) Fun: C- Swampiness: C- This…