Why are its bosses and levels so much better than 2's?

They aren't

That's just how they were made

>>383532910
2 is disaster so any other souls is better by default

They are exactly the same. That being they are designed to never be backtraked in the opposite location, making the entire experience linear.
Let me ask you this, how often in DaS, BB, and DaS3 did you find a bonfire by coming from the opposite direction that you are "supposed" to?

>>383533943
No shit

its the same shit my dude

I think it would have been better without having teleportation right off the bat

>why is the 3rd game that comes out after the 2nd one better than the 2nd one
really activated my almonds

>>383532910
I'd say that the amount of great bosses in 2 and 3 are pretty much equal. The levels in 3 are prettier and more consistent geographically but also way more linear and less videogamey. I'd rather have 2 than 3, being honest.

>>383535342
Idiot

>>383532910
Because they were made with casuals in mind. Oh, and they're not better. Casual.

>>383532910
Both the levels and bosses in 2 were ruined by shitty and unfun enemy and gameplay mechanics.

Its incredibly difficult to have bosses worst than 2

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>>383532910
Why are its build varieties and online so much better than 3's?

>>383536269
Nobody cares about online

Which DS game is the hardest?

3 actually references 2 a lot, but it's more in underlying structure as opposed to recognizable archtypes and names. Like the tutorial area, 3 & 2 both guide the player by a beam of light in between crevices, there's optional content on the sides to learn about the game but players can just follow the light.

>>383536604
the one you played first

>>383536604
Probably 2, as shields are harder to come by and the game tries to get you not to use them

Is Dark Souls 3 better than Bloodborne? Because I never completed Bloodborne and have been looking at Dark Souls 3 in the PS sale right now

>>383536604
2 and not in a good way.

>>383537008
no

Upvoted

>>383537118
How come?

>>383537284
not him but depends on what you like about the games
personally I like it better than bb because I like the setting of a midevil fantasy game more, but BB has the best dlc, and I'm one of those weirdo's that love chalice dungeons so BB has more replayability

>>383536757
Correct answer

>>383537809
I played them in order of release and das2 was the hardest but mainly because I frames being a stat, and no i frames for backstabs, slower estus etc. BB is the easiest

>>383536757
Only until you learned how to play.

2 is by far the hardest overall. I'd say 1 and 3 are pretty even for the most part, but 3 has a bunch of bosses that are much more difficult than anything in 1.

>>383538894
ok wut...speaking as a player with over 1400 hours in ds2 yeah no. Only mildly difficult boss is the fume knight. Ds3 actually died to that metal dude in the graves zone, sister friede, and darkeater. new game plus i could maybe see for the lost prisoner's red adds and a few other bosses

>>383539129
The levels are harder due to extreme ganking, and on the boss side you've got things like Lud & Zallen, Fume Knight and a million other large humanoids with huge weapons doing multiple sweeping near-OHKO magic attacks with tiny dodge, attack and estus windows, difficult-to-see follow-ups, where armor and shields are completely useless, and you essentially have to do near-perfect runs to beat team.

>>383533873
This. The dks2 bosses were often really similiar but the dks3 were ALWAYS the same. 1st phase, 2nd phase, maaaaybe 3rd phase. The bosses in dks3 were either just fan service or just fucking annoying.

>>383532910
Because that's not a hard accomplishment.

>>383536525
They sure as fuck care about powerstance though. Hate the fact they took it out.

>>383532910
>both have warping
>both have bonfires every ten feet
>both have big dude with big sword bosses
They're pretty much the same thing.

>>383532910
It's not on the level that DS 1 did it, but there is a good amount of interconnection in each section of DS 3. It amazed at times how I could see almost every location I would go to in DS 3 as well, really built the feeling of a solid "world" rather than separate levels, even if you could teleport. DS 3 also adds variety when it does humanoid bosses, like the dancer and gundyr. DS 2 is still a solid game though

>>383540547
>The bosses in dks3 were either just fan service or just fucking annoying.
Soooooo, how about that old dragonslayer?

In all seriousness, most of the bosses in 2 felt like they were just thrown in or were lacking in quality entirely.

>>383532910
B-Team

>>383543920
>dks3
Stop that.

>>383532910
>Bosses
Yes.
>Levels
Eh, barely.

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>>383532910
best bosses in the entire series, gywn tier.
Today I will tell them that DaS2 is still the biggest ass in the entire franchise

>>383543759
The world doesn't make any sense in the first place, so the interconnection is kinda pointless.

>>383544143
Agreed. There was way to many swamp levels in 3 to say that the level design was good.

The Bosses were better than anything from 2.

>>383544329
Cohesively it doesn't make sense, but it's nice to explore a level and have your mental map build solidly. I can suspend my disbelief enough if the game at least appears to make each section believable as a self-contained thing

>>383536604
Mob/exploration difficulty:
DaS2>DeS>rest
Bosses difficulty:
Bloodborne>DaS3>rest

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>>383544642
Mob/exploration difficulty:
DaS2>DeS>rest
>DaS2
>"yes lets throw 20 guys at once"
Almost artificial difficulty aint it.

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>>383535069
Makes me mad that DaS 1 is the only game not to have this including BB.

Honestly my biggest gripe with the souls games is having to warp back to the hub babe to level up.

>>383540547
>Phases

This is a bad thing now?

>>383540547
>1st phase, 2nd phase, maaaaybe 3rd phase.
Only one fucking boss had three distinct phases.

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How to end a Dark Souls fight thread:
>Bloodborne

>>383545959
I love Bloodborne to death, but its lore is such a confusing mess compared to the entirety of DaS.

I don't know how anybody finds any game besides 3 the hardest.

Demon's Souls and Dark Souls were obtuse at the time, but they aren't difficult save for a couple bits here and there.

2 is also not that hard in general, but the amount of enemies it throws at you can be frustrating sometimes.

BB is legit tough, but you're also tougher in it yourself with faster movement, more effective evades, and lots of fast healing, so even when you're being challenged, it feels like "if I was just a bit quicker to react!..."

3 is just mean. Every fucking enemy in the game attacks non-stop with five+hit long attack strings that have very small tells (or in some cases no tells at all) that take up an enormous amount of space. Everything from a hollow to a boss is a fucking frustration. They're not actually any more dangerous than BB enemies, but because you're so much slower and more fragile, it's so fucking easy to die. Every god damn item in the game has ten booby traps attached to it, and the platforming is STILL shit.

Dark Souls 3 is more frustrating than it's worth.

>>383546118
>Every god damn item in the game has ten booby traps attached to it
Name one.

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>>383546065
Not really.
>Blood of an ancient civilisation is discovered (i.e. The Chalice Dungeons)
>Blood is discovered to be an effective cure for illnesses
>Blood is discovered to turn people into beasts and all hell goes loose
I still have no fucking clue where the Old Ones come into play, and they seem like an asspull to me

>>383532910
Valuable game

>>383532910
I accredit to 1/3 Hidetaka Miyazaki returning as director, 1/3 the staff from DSII getting more experience and public feedback, and 1/3 on the game's development not going completely off the rails and needing to be rushed to completion.

>>383547634
Old ones are also linked to the chalice dungeons, first studied by brygenworth then even further bothered by the healing church. Then it's a series of people fucking up like every other souls game