>This game has fans

>this op is a shitposting faggot

>This faggot didn't put points in Adaptability

>>384131438
get gud

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>this game has fans

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>This game has fans

SHOCKWAVE

>>384131438
>can't handle shockwaves

>>384131438
ADP was the worst thing to happen to ds2. After you get it up to around 20, it starts feeling playable, at least. It's just fucking awful until then.

Get agility up to 93 and the game plays way smoother than the original. While I don't think they handled it particularly well by having this boilerplate stat, it's another option at your disposal in an RPG. You don't really have to upgrade it if you're just going to be wearing heavy sets and tanking attacks.

>>384131573
>old school RPG
>you must intelligently distribute your skill points to be successful
>people dont know this

Hmm

someone on here mentioned that you have to dodge late as fuck for it to work without leveling ADP

>>384131438
Well the boss is kind of difficult for new players with shitty characters and equipment. For most people it's the 2nd boss in the game and it's already so fast that the char has almost no chance to heal and so strong that it mostly kills the char in very few attacks plus having like 5 or 6 different attacks that in themselves can vary too.

Ultimately it was just too high a hurdle for a boss that early, especially considering how much of a pushover many of the later and by lore considerably stronger bosses are.

>>384131573
I don't get this. How come the player "falls" down despite the red meter never moving?

>>384132393
I-frames begin on first frame of roll animation and extends from there.

So yeah, you want to time it just before the attack hitting you. Which honestly is how I prefer it to work since the change in parry frames from first to like seventh always fucked me up, I just stuck to rolling in DS2.

>>384132576
Fist attacks drain stamina rather than health initially until all stamina is gone at which point the target collapses and starts taking proper health damage from then on.

>>384132576
Haven't played the game, but it looks like the green bar is probably stamina and you ''pass out'' if it goes to zero.

>>384132576
Because the green meter is moving. I only played morrowind for about two hours but from what I remember that's the player's stamina. If I had to guess, unarmed attacks aren't lethal so they only damage your stamina. When that runs out, you fall down and pass out.

>>384131438
>He doesnt seek the enemies' butt in Spanking Simulator 2014

>>384131573
Level up dat agility dude. and its called manage your stamina you donkey

>accidentally hit my buddy with the ballista like an idiot
>run in there and distract the pursuer out of guilt
>guy hits it bullseye and half the fucker's health is gone

>one Summon and two npcs helping with the robots in the belfry
As long as you have people helping with the boss fights the game is the same shit as the original

If you don't like it that just means you never really liked Dark Souls for what it was.

>>384132576
>>384132804
>>384132823
Hand-to-hand first drains your stamina and then your HP once you're on the ground

Nothing more annoying than getting knocked down and slowly being beaten to death while you can't move

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>>384131438
>Feel inspired to give it another go since it's been forever since I actually played it
>Dump levels into ADP until I get 100 agility
>Actions are still delayed
>i-frames are still nonexistent
>Enemies still randomly decide to just have 0 delay on their attack making it effectively impossible to even get a quick swipe on them
>All the early game shields are literal gutter trash

Nope, still shit

>>384133084
Can't you just down a stamina restore?

>>384133141
>It's easier to see without the torch
This will never cease to piss me off.

>>384133141
>i-frames are still nonexistent
But you get 12 at 99 agi, which is as much as a non-ninja flip DS1 fastroll and is equip load independent.

I swear, like half the shitflinging at DS2 says it's impossible and cheap, and the other half says it's hyper-casualized bullshit. It's an okay game.

>>384133381
It's okay at best, but in comparison to the other games which is what it always comes down to, DaS2 just doesn't feel as good.

As much as people want to say "Just get ADP fag", I've literally played both 1 and 2 just this week and can confirm 2 feels like shit even with the recommended ADP. Even beyond that, needing to level a stat just to be able to play the game the same way as a base level character in any other game is shit design.

>>384133267
That actually makes perfect sense. Have you never been outside at night?

>>384133381
The biggest problem is that random enemies have no windup on their attacks and never stagger.

The game is just too difficult for the much vaunted dark souls fanbase.

>>384133649
Oh, it's got problems. I pin most of it down to the hyper-mocapped animations compared to traditional stretch n snap, leaving a lot of stuff weightless. And sluggish. Floaty. Other memes.

That's just a plain bad look.

But y'know. S'okay. Far as Hack n Slashes go, the series is between Bamham and God of War, some nice tonal stuff gives it a tad of a legup.

>>384133141
>No good early level shields
How many dicks fo you suck?

>>384133649
>Even beyond that, needing to level a stat just to be able to play the game the same way as a base level character in any other game is shit design.
The idea was to make the game difficult even to people who mastered dark souls.

>>384133857
>Appeal to realism in Dark Souls 2 of all fucking things
This is just the first of many things wrong with your stupid post.

>>384133141
Been playing through sotfs recently, with the original (on PS3) having left a bad taste. I'm honestly loving it. I got my ADP up to 16 and haven't experienced any real issues with rolling. There are a few enemies that have a really small window of opportunity to get a hit in but I think it's generally improved from vanilla. The leather shield is fine for early stages until you can get the kite shield from the seller in Majula.

My real issue is that the first ~2-3 hours contains the most dull gameplay in any souls game. Boring enemies, boring bosses, no equipment. Game really begins after you kill Lost Sinner. Going through Drangleic Castle onwards with a +10 lightning greatsword has been loads of fun.

>>384133267
the torch greatly increases the visible range and in many places the level design is made so that the distance will only be illuminated by the torch, making perfect use of the torch mechanic

>>384131438
But Pursuer is the one good boss in that game, OP.

>>384134096
It's true though, I distinctly remember the only good early shield being the pre-order DLC one.

>>384133649

Most souls games feel like you get a fair shake against really tough enemies. DS2 feels like you're at a disadvantage from the get go but the enemies themselves aren't that tough, only the circumstances (most notably the focus on multi-enemy combat)

>>384133267
Sotfs seems to have changed that. If not, tweak your brightness settings.

>>384131438
>Rolling on the outside of a stab
He deserved it, desu

>>384134217
I agree.
The first couple hours the game seems infinetely more difficult than ds1.
Beating the pursuer, the 3 fagets and sinner all feel extremely challenging and good.

However, after that each path basically starts of at the same difficulty as the first one and it becomes way too easy. Even the great bosses at the end of the other 3 pathes are basically just pushovers since they don't have nearly as punishing movesets as the sinner.

So all in all the game becomes almost too easy after clearing the first path.

>>384133141
the problem with this webm is that this is the only hallway in the game where the lighting system was used properly.

This and a cliffside in No man's wharf.

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>>384131650
>flawless CEMU emulation
i know, just let me shitpost

>>384134689
Feels sotfs has been rebalanced with the dlc in mind. I'll probably go through it after killing watcher/defender but before nashandra. Looks like they're building you up to the dlc which is the actual end game content. Could be wrong of course, never played it but heard there are some tough bosses in there.

>>384131438
He didn't even get hit, fucking bullshit game!

>>384133149
wooow wtf how was I supposed to know I needed potions???

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I know.

>>384135087
I hope you are right
I picked up the game on sale recently and just about cleared all the regular content and started to become disappointed

though I really like the huge variety in areas and the game feels like a great trip

>>384134176
I've never played it, I don't give a shit. I'm just pointing out it's an entirely normal thing and there's no reason to expect it to be different. Also, realism? Really? Don't pretty much all games try to achieve a semblance of realism when it comes to fucking LIGHTING? Are you retarded? What other things are stupid about my post? Go on.

Is the DS3 DLC any good?

>>384135460
Yes.

>>384135460
Ashes of Ariendel is meh until the final bossfight, which is one of the best in the game
The Ringed City is amazing the entire way through

I liked Dark Souls 2. I know it has flaws, but it was just a really enjoyable game still for me. I loved the world, I liked the NPCs, the secrets to find, power-stancing was awesome. It was honestly more memorable of a game than 3 for me.

>>384135460
yes

>>384135670
Bad games tend to be pretty memorable.

Whatever the magic was good. I had some good magic fights also heavy armor is no joke in this game
i don't know why everyone constantly whined about poise when havel monsters are so hard to kill even with buffed weapons

>>384131650
making my way downtown

>>384131438
>This franchise has fans

>>384131438
git good

*teleports in front of you*
nothi-ghfhhffjhfjhghhggiuugg

>>384138906
kek

>>384132919
>Level up dat agility dude. and its called manage your stamina you donkey


Protip: Weapon level is actually more important than agility. Your weapon level is a flat percentage (ex. if you have 75 in long blade, that gives 75% hit chance) Meanwhile, agility only adds agility/4 to your hit chance score.

>>384131438
>bl*e covenant
>using the balista trick
>dex fag
>plays a girl character

Deserved, really.
At least he doesn't have 99 lifegems

>>384135460
Just as the ds2 dlc, better than the base game.

>>384134176

Next time, let's make torches cause darkness instead of light since you hate fucking realism so much.

>>384132919
>and its called manage your stamina you donkey
>be demigod
>If I don't crawl at a snails pace everywhere a crab can kill me

>>384139401
>be demigod
At that point you could just cast 'restore stamina' or have at least some clothing with a permanent 'regen stamina' enchantment, you faggot.
At least play games before you shitpost about them.

>>384131520
>needing to put points into a stat so you don't get magically hit by attacks even though you clearly dodged them
Dark Souls 2 was a mistake.

>>384139591
That's where luck should apply, and if you have it at a negative, shit like that can happen to you.

>>384139691
No, that's where no stats should have an effect at all. If you dodge an attack, you dodge it. Enemy attacks should automatically snap on to you, you should be teleported to the end of their weapon, and you shouldn't take damage mid roll when you're clearly out of their LoS.

If agility made you roll further or something, that's a little different, but we're talking purposely butchering and sabotaging the players roll mechanic to make room for another stat which isn't right.

>>384139348
The base gameplay is still bad.

>>384140025
God damnit, change those first two shoulds to shouldn't.

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the most fun I had in Dark Souls 2 was getting summoned for Pursuer and shooting the host with the ballista. I spent a couple hours just getting summoned over and over for that.

>be undead
>have no cardiovascular system
>still have the stamina of an overweight 67 year old who smokes 50 a day
explain this soulsfags

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>people say this boss is worst in the series

>>384140025
I was just making a joke, dude. I agree that if you miss something, you shouldn't be hit by it. Similarly, if you hit something, it should be hit. So both Morrowind and DS are shamefurr.

>>384140329
The DPS race is pretty shit, but Kings are one of my favorite fights.

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>This game has fans

>>384132919
fuck off ramsay

>>384140646
Works on my machine :^)

>>384131438
Though seriously any fag who says that every death is fair and is your fault can eat a bag of dicks the game has it fair share of BS

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>>384139591
yeah instead it's all better when you have a mechanic to not take damage from any attack right from the start of the game without any investment

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>dark souls is over

Someone post the sentinal's webm

>>384140646
How's using a 5200RPM HDD in 2017?

>>384141601
Go back to your faux RPGs.

It's not the best designed for sure, DS1 will carry that trophy.

In terms of PvP and the sheer fun you can have with it though, it wins. No way to match the fun of powerstanced greathammers, the chicken wing, the dorito combo, and much more. Even though it's not perfect because things like jesters exist, it's certainly better than anything Roll Souls 3: Summoning Phantom edition can offer

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>>384131438
>This game has fans

>>384141601
Honestly yeah, it is.

>>384142340
yeah well you're stuBid

>>384142000
nice trips/
DS has run its course tho so don't be too sad. They will make more games so cheer up. DS3 and BB were amazing

>>384142467
shut the fuck up faggot it doesn't count when 1 does it

>>384139691
>>384131520
>Fans actually defending shit game programming.
>"I-i-its okay when dark souls does it!"

>>384142484
easy mode babby spotted

>>384131438
>I will support my argument with one example

>>384133979
Yeah this is probably my only complaint. Every fucking enemy has a billion poise, it's impossible to fight several at once because of this.

>>384131438
he can't hit you from the right, not the left you idiot

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>>384131438
>enemies have spacetime destroying weapons

>>384142741
There could be a mechanic where your character randomly shits himself if you don't have enough points in your Bowels stat, and that would technically make the game harder, but obviously it would be fucking awful. Harder is not always better.

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Sup

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>>384131438
>This game has fans

>>384139591
>needing to invest points in skills to make them better
Fuck why can't it just be as good as it can possibly be right from the start I hate having to actually play the game

>>384139591
>why does this action RPG have RPG mechanics

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>This game has fans

>>384131438
>Roll early and get clipped in the foot
>Roll in the direction of the attack
>Get punished for being a fucking idiot
>Whine and cry that it's the game's fault
This is why I like DaS2. It's really the best casual filter in gaming.

>>384143336
Any ARPG in which stat investment trumps player agency is fundamentally flawed. Yes, that includes your precious Xbox Elder Scrolls.

>>384143504
If you didn't start with the black sheep of the series and develop stockhold syndrome over it, you'd know rolling into attacks is the best option 9 out of 10 times.

>>384133141
>try new playthrough
>for the first time decide not to listen to /v/ and level up ADP
>literally nothing can touch me
>3 out of 4 souls and I still haven't died yet

I think you just suck, anon

>>384143151
That games really hard

>>384143151
Sauce?

>>384139691
>>384143336
You guys are fucking retarded, the issue that dude is talking about is the hitboxes not the iframes. Increasing adaptability to increase iframes so your shitty ass hitboxes are less likely to be hit when the dodge is over does NOT fix the underlying issue. That being shitty ass hitboxes. Adaptability does NOT make your hit boxes more accurate OR smaller. So increasing adaptability does literally nothing for the thing they have a problem with you deluded fanboys. It's a fundamental flaw, not a "feature".

>>384142941
that argument and example both are fucking retarded
in reality this is what stat investment is fucking for, to make the game a little easier and also giving you a choice how
tell me what are you arguing for even, you want a game with as little upgrade choices and players impact on the game? also you tried comparing random events to something that isn't random, but a player choice when and where to roll obviously

go back to ds3 with their god-mode rolls and little-to-none stamina cost

>>384143151
She's not even playing

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Dark Souls 2 is so shit you can cheese most of the bosses by just spamming projectiles. The other Souls games pre Bloodborne had this issue too but in DaS2 its just insane, none of the bosses even try and stop you. I feel like this was somehow part of the game's design, given some of the buttfuckingly dumb enemy placement.

>>384143668
>If you didn't start with the black sheep of the series and develop stockhold syndrome over it,
I started with DaS1: Prepare to Backstab Edition. I like it a lot, but I like DaS2 more.

>you'd know rolling into attacks is the best option 9 out of 10 times.
Considering that you don't even need to roll against the Pursuer at all outside of a single attack combo, I don't know why you'd ever think that that rolling into a 10 foot sword would be safer than just strafing around him and hitting him. Especially if you can't actually time your fucking rolls to begin with. Idiot in the OP rolls almost a full second early.

Pursuer is probably one of the best casual filters in gaming now that I think about it.

>>384135221
>How was I supposed to know a 5% short blade skill means I can't hit anything? I'll just steal this table knife, because I shouldn't have to buy a weapon.
>Nobody told me Stamina mattered. I'll just run everywhere because waking's too slow
>He cant kill me, he's unarmed.

>>384144168
See >>384144121

>>384131438
Rolled too soon.

>>384144350
she is though. pretty sure its Cathrine too.

>>384144350
Just like /v/

>>384131438
>its that one anon who makes webms of his game lagging horribly somehow

how do you do it? i played a lot of dark souls. 12 hours a day for a week when it came out and i have never had any of this lag stuff happen to me. Seriously; How do you do it? did you mod your game or what?

>>384144401
Only 2 was lenient with dashing, with no punishment over hard turns and outright being a better defensive option than 2's garbage rolling.

>>384144395
>even in that edited bullshot the level geometry is broken

>>384144689
>i played a lot of dark souls

This is Dark Souls 2, not 1.

>lag

That's not what lag is you fucking retard.

>>384133857
yeah, there is this thing that reflects sun's rays and give some subtle lightning to the environment, moon I think it's called. You wouldn't see shit underground, no matter how much your eyes try to adapt

>>384144689
I'm pretty sure these are from release when the games hitboxes were COMPLETELY fucked, now they're only pretty fucked...

>>384144849
Shut the fuck up, this is literally lag. The game is lagging behind the player, because it thinks the player was in a position he was not.

>>384144849
nice troll. Go back to wizard chan you cretin.

>>384144737
What did he mean by this?

>>384144494
i was talking about ADP and you direct me to a post about about hitboxes
do you have brain damage?

>>384143151
I'm a fan.

>>384145012
>I'm pretty sure these are from release when the games hitboxes were COMPLETELY fucked
Obviously.

>now they're only pretty fucked...
Only on a few enemies, and Pursuer isn't one of them.

>Shut the fuck up, this is literally lag. The game is lagging behind the player, because it thinks the player was in a position he was not.
He roll way fucking early into an attack and got clipped. You're fucking blind.

>>384144689
All old gifs, op is just starting a bait thread. All of these are from release day.

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Is this the Dark Souls funposting thread?

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Thank god the totally real A team came back for BB right guys

>>384145021
What, want me to spell out 2's tracking down to the very last startup frames makes strafing worthless?

>>384144979
If it's completely dark, sure, but there seem to be other sources of light in the webm.

>>384142467
the first grab was definitely garbage but the second one was legit.

The issue with the second grab is more that enemies in the series can often pivot as if they were on a lazy susan. The positioning was correct, but it still seems unfair because of the pivot.

>>384131650
>zelda haters don't know how to take high-quality videos

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>>384145272
Seems like it.

>>384145401
The second one is unfair because of the bloodstain

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>>384145581
Cool beans

>>384145445
the worst part about this death is that it's 100% reproducible. You will always get bamboozled if you stay behind a mimic, despite that being the most logical behavior. Even if you are too close to their sides you will get grabbed. You HAVE to either kill it fast enough, have enough range, or back off before the animation begins. It's a black hole vortex of death.

Watching ENB shitting on almost every aspect of DS2 is comfy.

>>384145749
>ENB
Turned into a real shitbag after the red jelly incident

>>384145790
Honestly he's too kind to it.

Good God, how often do these bullshit hitboxes happen when you guys play the games?

>>384145616
oops I didn't actually watch it all the way to the end, I see what you mean. I've had that happen to me at least once as well, because of IG.

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>>384145707
Unfortunately, as shitty as DaS2 is, grabs have always been bullshit in the souls series. Winter lanterns, those cyclops ogres, the jumping gru from 3, mimics etc... There just shouldn't be grabs in souls games

>>384145749
literal nobody

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This game has fans.

>>384145292
>fight orphan of kos
>shockwaves literally everywhere

if I knew how to make webms I'd be the shitpost king of this thread

>>384145881
Pretty often in Dark Souls II. Not so much in the others.

>>384145749
Wasn't he the one to call it better than 1 at release?

>>384146006
He was playing it during development and and said he was having more fun with it than he did with 1 or Demon's. His opinion has since changed.

>>384144395
In DS2 you can literally walk around most bosses and they won't hit you.
Plagues humanoids especially hard

>>384145881
Personally, I didn't experience any until BB and 3
Not saying they didn't exist in the others though

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>nintendo party games still has fans

>>384146006
>>384146124

this is precisely why first impressions are so dangerous; you haven't had enough time for the more subtle flaws to reveal themselves.

>>384145368
I have no fucking clue what you were trying to say in that post, maybe you should try taking an English class.

>>384146136
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

>>384143331
>>384143336
>Dark Souls 1 didn't have it
>was better in every way
Slugging base player movement so you need to put souls into a stat so you can hopefully make it back to what was previously the standard is fucking retarded, especially with how shit hitboxes are in 2.

If you can master the movement of the game from the start you deserve to be free from bullshit like in the OP

Op's pic is a cheater anyway. Two estocs and look at all the hp pursuer is losing. He just hit it once.

>>384145881
~600+ hours in ds2, never encounter those things
join in the thread, apparently they happen every two steps and and the game is literally unplayable

So does anyone agree that DeS movement and dodging was the best after BB?

>>384145207
Yeah, I'm in the middle of SotFS on PC right now and there's only a few enemies that have had annoying hitboxes, though they're all pretty much fine right now.

Also, I agree he got hit by the attack in terms of dark souls 2's mechanics, but the sword still did not impale him and it leads to really silly shit like this, but again this is from launch.

>>384146124
I wouldn't doubt 2 was in a playable state at some point, then got fucked up beyond belief due to focus testing. Too many mechanical inconsistencies, most contradictory and often breaking the game itself.

>>384146295
Don't get into discussions you know nothing about next time.

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DS2 can't decide whether it wants to be a dungeon crawler or ARPG, gets stuck in-between and struggles to make any of its components actually fucking work.
There's far better ARPGs like DS1 or 3.
There's an incomparable number of better dungeon crawlers starting with Grimrock 2 which came out in the same year.

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>>384146451

>>384146687
At least he's nowhere nearly as broken as DS2 NPCs.

With all this shit in these webms I'm surprised /v/ likes this series as much as it does

Post the webm where pursuer stabs someone behind him then rolls into place.

>>384146451
That's literally a leftover from 2, someone post the floating NPC invader webm.

>>384146828
There's a reason 2's hatred is so intense and detail rich.

>>384131438
Rolled too early. Git gud or level adp.
>>384133141
l i t e r a l l y git gud

>>384146828
You can find downsides in any souls game but DS2 is a fucking piece of shit compared to the rest of them.

>>384146518
This.

I've played through Demon's, Dark Souls and DS2 and have never experienced something like that in the webms.

>>384146954
The reason being that /v/ is full of shitters that can't admit they're bad.

>>384145272
Man this boss was so fucking annoying. I died so many times to his 2nd phase. I could maybe dodge his super sweep 1/10 times was bullshit.

And the game teases you by putting two useless npc summons outside who die in 2 seconds and deal fuckall damage

>>384147104
Or maybe the people capable of forming arguments are right and you fell for the hardcore meme on a series that isn't even hard.

>>384146689
What's wrong with this? The lightning one?

>>384147230
he doesn't like the way they look in the bottom

>>384146968
What are we looking for here?

>>384147108
I don't know why everyone overhypes DaS2's DLC so much. It is still terrible.
>3 NPC player boss
>boss that summons velstadt
>blue smelter
>white tiger
>TWO white tiger
>massive frozen wasteland that's annoying as fuck to traverse

Is it literally just because of the somewhat memorable bosses and that's it? Because that's all I can think of.

>>384147224
Literally shockwaves, dude.

>>384147104
>/v/ is full of shitters that can't admit they're bad.
That's not true. At least half of those shitters are people with short-term memory problems who struggled through a boss fight 20 times, got gud, and can now beat the boss, but act like anyone who didn't do it on their first try is mentally deficient because that NEVER happened to them.

>>384147210
>Isn't even hard.
>Half posts in this thread bitching about things that are clearly difficulty-related.
Forming an argument doesn't really mean much when the argument is fucking retarded, but thanks for your input.

>>384147392
I think they're overrated as well. I think the levels in them are great though, especially the fire tower one. In general the DLC bosses are pretty shit

>>384143151
rip u

>>384147230
The entire weapon takes the colour of the effect even if it'd make no sense. It implies the entire mace should be hot/electrified as opposed to the detail shown in DaS1. The crystals also look awful in comparison, as does the catarina armour.

>>384146002

this is exactly how I died to the titanite demon in the catacombs

fucking hated their sweeping staff bullshit

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not a glitch or anything but still hilarious to watch

>>384146968
Does SotFS look like the first example? Where are these from?

>>384147392
I just got the crowns and was done with it. The 3 npc boss was fucking horseshit, frozen wasteland unfun, smelter area was a timelimit fuckfest etc.

I still enjoyed most of the dlcs but I'm glad I decided not to pull my hair out on some of the bullshit

>>384147482
Difficult in the sense of poor design meant to please mouthbreathing casuals who get a kick out of a regular series like Souls and therefore see nothing wrong with fucked hitboxes, lingering startups and recoveries, bot-like tracking and so on. Everyone beat this trash no problem, some even fell for your bullshit and endured the DLC.

>>384147752
No.
These are from pre-release demo and final release.

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>>384147752
pre release footage

>>384147652
>there were people that took DS1 pvp seriously

>>384147752
No, Scholar is just the retail game with bloom and shiny metal.

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>>384147392
>all 3 dlcs have the same high poise knight enemies that swing fast in a 780 aoe.

>>384147029
> that instant of terror
kek

>>384147767
I can see how people might find them enjoyable compared to the base game, but so many people say "you should buy SotFS if you haven't played the DLC, it's so worth it!" and it seems like madness.

>>384145790
...what the hell happened here?

>>384145448
>zelda devs don't know how to make high-quality game

Wow, what an abortion of a game

>>384148035
They made 4 bad games in a row, so...

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>>384147970
>either can't get their weapons or they have generic-ass movesets

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>>384131438

>This game has fans

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imagine being smug and feeling like a "hardcore gamer" after forcing yourself to suffer through this series and its hilarious bugs and horrid design flaws. the power of /v/irgins everyone, game of the year

>>384148172
wow, wtf? I hate resident evil now

>>384148008
I fell for the same meme and bought it again on ps4. Honestly it was pretty much the same experience I had with vanilla dark souls 2. Frame rate was better I guess.

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>>384147752
>Does SotFS look like the first example?

Nope, SotFS has almost no real graphical updates outside of some dynamic shadows here and there.
Otherwise it looks just as terrible.

>>384146318
>was better in every way
Hahaha, Miyahacki dicksuckers are so deluded

i dont like ds3 as much as 1 or 2. i just started so il give it a chance but im at some stupid tree thing tgat i have to hit in the groin. im garbage but i dont know how to damage him after i break the eggs

>>384148236
All I seem to hear about SotFS are negatives. Mostly due to the weird as fuck enemy placements and no other real, worthwhile changes.

>>384148172
someone needs to make some chill beats with this gif

>>384147224
isn't this an AoE attack?

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>>384147392
When praising the dlc they are not talking of the extra shitty co-op areas. Those are just ignored even if you like the game.

Don't see anything wrong with 1 tiger or Elana even if he summons Velstadt. Kinda only fucked there if he summons it twice.

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DaS > BB > DeS > DaS3 >>> DaS2
Objectively correct order

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because I know someones gonna say it: no, this isn't caused by dsfix or any other mod, its part of the normal game

t. ps3 player

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>>384148398
It's not a god awful game, but compared to the rest of the Souls games, it's pretty weak in comparison.

>>384148398
Nah the enemy placements are somewhat better, even if they don't make a lot of sense some of the times. It's just not that big a difference from vanilla that people hype it to be.

If you haven't played ds2 there's literally 0 reason not to go with sotfs though

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>>384148428
>Lofi Hip Hop Radio 24/7 Chill Gaming / Study Beats

>>384148505
With regards to the tiger, I brought it up to emphasize how they merely make 2 different bosses but with the same thing. If there was just the 1 tiger boss, that'd be fine.
With Elana, summoning Velstadt was just another instance of them re-using old assets.

>there are niggers ITT defending that shit in the OP
you people are fucking retarded, he clearly dodged out of the way. It's shit programming.

I find it funny how 99% of the Dark Souls 2 haters are casual shitters. Im replaying right now btw and its still the most fun game in the series

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>>384148551
Best part is that you simply can walk on the air to the left.

>>384148727

The same thing happens in DaS and BB

>>384149017
Okay but it doesn't count, those are A-team.

>>384148610
dats what im sayin my man

Rolling faggots finally got what they deserved lmao
the butthurt will never cease

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>this game has fans

>>384140329
i never understood why people talk so much about kings

it was literally a cakewalk

>>384149153
What's wrong here exactly?

>>384148875
See, it's never about the quality of the game. You never see mouthbreathers like this talk about art, story, bosses, level design, music or anything else of value because there's nothing praiseworthy, it's always the tired old hardcore meme of a regular ass game.

>>384149187
That it's a videogame and clearly doesn't belong on this board.

>>384148875
I think the reason I didn't like it because I played through all of DS1 right before and lept in. It didn't have the same sense of map congruity that had me enamored with the with first game. I think it does get a lot of undeserved hate though.

>>384149170
I don't remember the abyss being paved with cakes.

>>384149153
I love New Londo. It and Tomb were the only good lord areas.

>>384149008
Thats what you get for playing like a scared little bitch

>>384149205

Holy shit I never read a more pretentious post in my life please kill yourself immediately

>>384143151
>tfw you can tell when she starts losing concentration and enjoying it

also, ew. saggy tits.

>>384143473
just FUCKING ROLL you retard

>>384149317
Tomb of the giants was great. I don't know why it gets shit on all the time. It has an interesting mechanic that changes up gameplay, a challenging set of enemies unique to that area and not reskins. Interesting NPC encounters. Worthwhile items. A nice view of Demon Ruins and Ash Lake. Atmospheric as fuck. Nito is a bit underwhelming, but he's by no means the worst boss.

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>>384146136

>>384139591
>>384131520
Attunement also works for that, so at least casters don't get fucked completely.

>>384133267
I also learned you can use torches to discover invisible enemies anon. Strangely enough invisible things still cast shadows.

>>384143039
Oh you hate these guys too. Good to know.

>>384149205

>because there's nothing praiseworthy

The gameplay and replayability, you know, those things that make a good VIDEO GAME
Retarded nigger

>>384149170
it depends on your build
my guess is you were a tank

>>384149410
I'm sorry for actually enjoying the games and not being into them just to anonymously pretend I'm good at games.

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>>384149317
Absolutely agree.

Tell me what your least favourite is.

>>384149205

You are the cancer killing this board

>>384141601

>open up quake, the "most hardcore" shooter ever made
>enter a match
>fire a rocket at this dude
>he moves out of the way
>"oh he must just have a high dodge stat"
>shoot rockets at him 5 more times and all of them miss


Look, I know this is going to upset quakefags but it just isn't fair that people can have max dodge just by having quick reactions and a good keyboard. Doesn't playtime mean anything to you?

>>384149626

But im good at games, you are not
That alone makes your opinion nothing but trash

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>>384149552
>thinking these are comparable

Dark Souls fanboys are truly the most delusional of all. I am so happy the series is finally dead.

>>384149595
no, i was 2 hander + rolling

havel, ring of favour and protection and a claymore

after i switched from shield to 2handing most bosses became a cakewalk. i had more trouble with regular enemy encounters than bosses.

>>384149913
Why aren't they?

>>384149153
What am I suppose to do here?

>>384149979
by havel i meant havel's ring

>this thread
>all these webms
Is this actually the worst series of all time?

>>384135670
Yeah im playing through it again after the original version and im having a lot of fun. I still prefer ds1 but i dont hate ds2 as much anymore

>>384150001
One is doing a 360 rotation on its stomach and the other is standing on legs and turning to face you?

>>384150118
Dark Souls is a good series but its extremely overrated.

>>384150135
The minor movement of spider lady's legs is not at all proportional to how much she's turning

>>384131438

git gud

>>384146262
I don't get it

>>384150374
no

>>384150435
When is Bloodborne coming out for PC?

>>384150418

You need to have autism

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Damn all this salty DaS2 posting has really made me to play the game again. Are people still playing? Any PvP going on?

>>384150692
Nobody is playing this garbage.

>>384150260
No, but one makes sense logically, even if the animation is poor. The other doesn't make sense at all, and it's supposed to be a sequel.

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>>384150118
The souls game have incredible base gameplay, they're just made by incompetent developers that somehow never have the time to polish the end product. I feel like most of the reason the Dark Souls games feel so abused is because they're made by japs.

It just seems like all the major Jap publishers are renowned for being greedy jew cunts that fuck over their userbase on the reg.

>>384131650
GOTTA
GO
FAST

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>>384148505

>>384150782
how the fuck does it make sense logically?

>>384150771
please be angry somewhere else, fag. I bet you think DS1 was the best game lmao.

>>384146798
>drinking_problem.jpg

>>384150952
Lords of the Fallen is better than Dark Souls 2.

>>384150904
It makes sense logically because something with 8 legs would have no problem rotating. Something laying flat on its stomach would have an incredibly difficult time rotating. How is this simple logic not clear to you?

>>384146798
There's a reason why agility makes Estus-drinking faster.

>>384147330
Severe downgrade.

>>384147029
Clumsy dumb knight.

>>384151015
thats not even funny man

>>384150692

Yes, the online still surprisingly active

>>384151015
Ur mom is can lords of the fallen onto my dick.
>>384151118
Nice.

>>384151015
Ok, a lot's been said, but let's not get crazy here.

>>384143473
fucking drink you retard and then roll

>>384151067
Because the legs aren't fucking moving and just skating along the ground
And something with four legs wouldn't have problems turning either. Hell I only have 2 and can do it just fine

>>384151118
It's because casting and magic isn't screwy in DaS3. Early game caster builds are weak shit from what I've seen, but late game it takes some excessive work to get it down.

>>384151106
>>384151195
>>384151214
3 (You)s. This should be enough to buy the DaS3 season pass. Thanks losers.

>>384146645
what? DaS3 is worse than DaS2 in every possible way

>>384151298
Like I said, it makes sense LOGICALLY even if the animation (legs not moving) is poor. Something with 4 legs would have a problem rotating 360 degrees, if its fucking belly was flat against the ground, you utter retard.
Do you just defend DaS2 to the point where you ignore any sense entirely?

>>384151387
cringe

>>384131438
>artifacts

I like how you're pretending this isn't shopped

>>384151501
>cringe

Cringe

>>384151416
I wasn't defending it, I was just posting a similar webm, I didn't even say anything until you got upset lol
Yes the rotating lizard is awful. The rotating spider is awful too

>>384149008
The backstabs in DaS1 were a joke.

Dark Souls > Demon's Souls > BB > DaS2 >>>>>>>>>>>>> DaS3

Any other order is objectively wrong

>>384144428
>justifying % based hit/miss system in a game where you can walk right up to somebody and swing in their face

>>384142467
>even bothering to fight Iron Golem when Tarkus exists

>>384151606
You admitted that you couldn't see the difference and then went on to defend your standpoint, regardless of how idiotic it was. Don't try and backpeddle because your argument fell apart.

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>>384149170
>he didn't get the full redeye at level 11

>>384151624
Ah, the very important shooting mask room. Every castle needs one of those.

>>384148483
Yes, and it's a bullshit attack just like the spin of the undead giants, but in the webm the guy dodged too early.

>>384151698
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRxoWPovfwI

>>384151739
what backpeddling?

>>384151895
The chain spin attack is completely fine, you literally just wait for it, then use the massive amount of time to get a hit in, then run away and wait for it again. If this is what you were referring to. Just takes patience.

>>384131438
HAHA ITS JUST A HARD GAME FAG GIT GUD!!!! XDDD

>dark souls '''fans'''

>Demons Souls
Improved on King´s Field and started the Souls series

>Dark Souls
Open World

>Dark Souls 2
Improved PvP and introduced a new movement mechanic that finally made roll spamming less viable, later dropped by DaS3 for no reason

>Bloodborne
Improved on the Souls series combat and dropped some of the RPG elements, becoming its own thing

>Dark Souls 3
???

Dark Souls 3 added literally nothing to the franchise, Its a bastardized Bloodborne that should not even exist

>>384141601
Even if you're shitposting, there are people out there who legitimately believe the Souls games would be better if you could just grind through everything instead of relying on player skill. This is something the cheap knockoff games always get wrong, and it's depressing to see people miss the point so hard.

>>384152153

>its hard

No it isnt shitter

>>384132270

>hit enemy
>dont actually hit enemy

GREAT GAME DESIGN

>>384152069
If there is enough room then you can just walk away and wait, that's right but in closer areas (like layer 3 of a common farning glyph), it's shitty, for me atleast, because there are pillars which could block you, also because they 100% one hit ko you in frc dungeons.

>>384133649
DS1 is literally just half of a game, it's fucking awful past Anal Rodeo and not even that good beforehand.

>>384149170
It's literally one autist who keeps spamming it over and over

>take cover behind a giant wall
>enemy from the other side of the room attacks and his sword clips through the wall killing me
>LE GIT GUD THE GAME IS HARD BUT FAIR THAT WAS YOUR FAULT

>>384152387
Layer 2*

>>384150829
Why is every fucking casual shitter retarded nigger using this fucking shitstick club?

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>this game has fans

>>384152470
anor londo isn't that good either, it just looks kinda cool
painted world is great though

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>>384152336
Stay casual shitter.

>>384149586
Gameplay is the single worst aspect.

>>384149634
How can I say anything but Izalith?

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I love how contrarians and people who played DS 2 before DS scramble together trying to pretend that DS 2 isnt a mess.

The ONLY thing DS 2 did better than the original is the fact that you can use multiple items at once. Thats it. Everything else is a downgrade. It was so bad that Miyizaki felt that he had to play the next game safe due to how much of a huge failure DS 2 was and added almost no new gameplay mechanics because of it.

DS 2 actively ruined DS 3.

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>>384151853
And who could forget the amazingly designed portrait room?
Eat your heart out, Anor Londo.

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>>384152718
Anor Londo had a room with a painting though!

Does demon's souls have any of this nonsense? never see wacky webms of that game

>>384152718
>guys we need to put in a portrait of the queen to show shes evil.
>shall we create a new room in the castle for it?
>nah just stick it in one of the dozens of empty rooms we have
>shall we furnish it as well to add detail and such
>nah fuck that, that means creating assets and putting work in.
>we'll just use that time making the game more DIFFICULT. thats why everybody likes DS right?
>yes, triple the healthpool for that dragon boss.
>one hit kill, that'll be EPIC
>the fans will love DS2 because its so hardcore

>>384152832
But was the room half open with the painting slapped into the corner, touching the floor like some furniture mover forgot it?

>>384152967
There was that one fight.

>>384134984
Talk about a wind waker

>>384152967
Demon's Souls flaws are more about game mechanics that were poorly implemented, but were forgiven because it was the first in the series.
Like world tendency, huge stacks of healing items, item burden, no way to forgive if you accidentally hit an NPC, somewhat confusing weapon upgrade system, pure bladestone those sorts of things.

>>384152967
none of the games really have any of this. There is some "shockwave" stuff but its not as bad as the autist with the webms is posting. he has heavily modded his game or something and his computer cant handle it.

-t guy with 1000s of hours in dark souls 1&2

>>384152718
What about the room with the 4ft drop? I hope the inhabitants could climb chest high walls, because their guests sure as hell can't.

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>>384131573
DELET
E
L
E
T

THIS!

>>384152470
Honestly once the magic wears away, the original isn't that much better. Only areas I really enjoy are darkroot, sens, anor londo and duke's. Yeah the overall world design is great but would I ever want to go through undead berg or blighttown again? Don't think so pal.

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>>384133141
>using shields

>>384153064
>people probably expect some sort of O&S-tier bossfight here, what do we do?
>just copy one of the first bosses you fought 15 hours ago twice but make one shoot arrows from a pillar - don't worry, no one will ask how he got his fat undead ass even up there
>also add some silly stuff like a two foot drop after a door, a two-headed horse running around in the hallway, acid-puking statues on wheels, a long elevator with a gimp chained onto a cage at the end, doorways that are too narrow for those large characters that live in the castle and oh, storage rooms - STORAGE ROOMS EVERYWHERE!