Just started with the DLC, and personally, this crocodile was my least favorite boss I've ever fought in a soulsborne, no contest. Animal enemies are always the worst kinds of enemies in the genre from my experience, with bad hitboxes, poor telegraphing and overall glitchy behavior, and this boss was no exception. It was the one and only time in the game that I lowered the difficulty because I wasn't really having fun, and even then he was incredibly tough to beat as the camera would constantly have a stroke, he would constantly take a step back after his combos which made counter-attacking impossible with a lot of my weapons, attacks that seem to only hit when you're character is already halfway buried into his body making parries and dodges extremely awkward and unintuitive to time, and his grab attack hit me from a mile away (as they tend to do in these kinds of games, which is why I don't think they belong in the genre. But that's a whole different topic entirely)

Absolutely adored the rest of the game, and never really struggled for long against any other boss (yes even Laxasia and Nameless Puppet were challenging but not a roadblock, with Nameless Puppet easily being my favorite boss in the game) so this boss was a bit of a whiplash. It just felt so poorly designed compared to the rest of the game and really soured my mood.

But I want to know other people's opinions, and if anyone shares my pain (shared pain is half the pain, as they say). Also if anyone could tell me if the rest of the DLC is also full of these animal-type enemies or not, would be appreciated. A simple yes or no answer without spoilers would be nice.