ITT: We say something positive about Dark Souls 2

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>>385206352
It had my favorite weapon introduced.

>>385206352
It might be bad but atleast it's not DaS3

It has a lot of threads on /v/ this past month.

>>385206352
It was a game

>>385206352
The DLC bosses are some of the best in the series, Fume Knight, Alonne, Burnt Ivory King and Sinh make up for the entire game imo.

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>>385206352
It was ignored in DaS3 development, hence why 3 was such a good game, it was so shit mizayaki had to copy DaS1. And even as a copy, it was still better. Pathetic.

>>385206352
the females looked sexy

>>385206352
Twinblades were fun

>>385206680
Yeah, DaS3 was the best one of all three

>>385206352
I'll be honest guys, I liked how all parts of the map branched from Majula
It's the coziest place in all of the souls games and after fucking Black Gulch it was nice to see the sun.

the HUD looked nice

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>>385206632
Same here.

Uhh... it had the most content? Most of it was shit, but at least the numbers were there

>>385207207
>quantity > quality
uhh try again sweetie?

Sorcery was fun as fuck. Blue flame + Soul greatsword was great

>>385206352
it had the best pvp even though iron bridge was an eye sore
the dual wielding system was the best in the series (why did they fucking change it for DS3?)

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>>385207332
>the best pvp ever
then why is no one playing it after barely 3 years and DaS1 is still alive?

I can punch stuff with dual cestus and it will die eventually

>>385207410
rest of the game is mediocre and its attained a bad reputation as a result. people are still playing DS1 for the first time even today since its well known as a cult classic.

dual wielding was fun

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I can give you two reasons why its good

>>385207492
dark souls 1 pvp > dark souls 2 pvp easily

Theoretically it could have been worse (made by a western dev, etc.)

>>385206352
I got it for free from a friend

>>385207617
>terrible netcode (on pc at least)
>everyone backstab fishing for days
>dark magic is fucked
i respectfully disagree

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>>385206352
underrated boss

>>385207840
>dark souls 2
>collosally shit netcode on pc
>every good player using top tier like ice rapier and bracksteer katana for days
>magic is absolutely useless against someone with a brain
i respectfully disagree

>>385206352
majula is a good hub

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>>385206352
It had a decent amount of content plus 3 full fledged DLCs.

I liked the DS2 references in the ringed city dlc

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G O D H A N D

>>385207943
netcode in ds2 was vastly improved over netcode in ds1. this is literally an objective fact.
people metafag in every game. i never found it as prevalent in my 600 or so hours pvping in Ds2 outside of the BB arena and especially in the sentinel arena. Iron bridge was usually anything goes. admittedly this is anecdotal but i'll tell you what i played a long ass time.
And magic was certainly not useless in pvp, we're not talking about ds3 here.
the biggest flaw in ds2 pvp (which i feel like you'd have pointed out if you actually played much of it) was soul memory pushing builds out of level brackets, meaning you either had to waste a ring socket on that soul absorbing ring (lame) or make a new character (even lamer).

>>385206352
It's better than Dark Souls 3.

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>>385206352
Emerald Herald had an idle where she was sitting on a rock kicking her legs, it was really cute.

>>385208187
>NETCODE IS BETTER IN DS2
lmao have you played the game? in dark souls 1 you could at the very least adapt to shitty netcode, but in dark souls 2 fighting a teleporting chinese is impossible that connects
hits after 20 secs
>magic not useless
literally all magic besides HCSM and GC is bad and can be rolled on reaction, and the actual skilled players play in bob arena (which is also broken), iron keep is nothing but trash players, and blue sentinels is dead

Way more interesting than DaS3
SotFS is probably the best value-money out of the series

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>>385206352
i'll be honest, I'm doing my first playthrough of 2 right now and the only complaints I have is:
1:Due to the way defense is calculated Heavy Armor does pretty much nothing other than give you poise.
2:A good chunk of the bosses so far are crowdfights or giants with great weapons. The bosses that ARE original are great, and I've got no issue with the Pursuer or Dragonrider, but when I fought the Scorpioness after fighting the Pursuer, Skeleton Lords, and the Rat Vanguard the first thing that went through my mind was "thank god"

Also, there's waifu's in this game, so that's a step up I guess?

>>385207608

best

>>385207916

gameplay wise it was bland as fuck, but the atmopshere, the arena and music was really nice

It has some all right music. I particularly like Nashandras theme. Too bad about the boss fight though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHjdSM3nHo

>>385206352
That's it for me. The Alva Armor.

>>385207608
I see at least five in that image.

>>385209201
Like what, Anon?

>>385208451
Protip: Use a halberd and its running attacks for group fights. Spin to win.

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Best world map with the most paths from the start.

>>385209297
>tit
>tit
>Long gloves
>Exposed, fit stomach
>Garter
>Pale

Never mind that when they die it's easy to get a good look at the excellent asses.

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best hitboxes

>>385206352
It has good quantity in all departments. Too bad it comes with low quality.
Nice music, nice Majula

>>385206352
Last bastion of weapon variety in a FROM game

Powerstancing was a fun idea

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>>385209307
That's my issue with bosses being crowdfights.
It's as easy as the enemies right on the other side of the fogwall. I could walk slowly through the area and fight everyone in an open space and get the same content. Bosses require you to learn patterns and adapt to new situations and fighting 100 skeletons just teaches you how to run away and kill 1 or 2 targets unharmed and repeat.

Admittedly Skeleton lords was tougher than the Rat Vanguard, which was literally just an army of rats and one rat with a health bar, but my point still stands.

>>385206947
>this is what miyazakifags actually believe
You people are fucking deluded. DS3 was an abhorrent shitfest of a game. 2 exceeds in literally every single way. Even world-building which DS2 obviously failed at. 3 is just a disjointed mess.

The game uninstalled flawlessly.

>>385209429
Too bad my waifu doesn't look as good in the sexy clothes. I do remember that once in a while when they died their butts clipped through the skirt thing and you could see all up in that thong.

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>>385209619

It had 2 or 3 good armors.
It had one good NPC.

That's about it, everything else is dogshit.

>>385209596
>Claims delusion
>Thinks the worst entry in the series is the best
Okay anon

the music in mint julep is the best music in any souls game, bar none.

>>385209683
>thinks what I said implies in any way that I think 2 is better than 1
Again, you people are ignorant, unintelligent monkeys.

>>385209596
>hahahahahaha dark souls 2 better than dark souls 3
>no actual argument why though
lmao
3 has: more fluent combat, better bosses, better pve, doesnt look like a turd graphically and geographically, better intro...
2 has: powerstance i guess? equally shitty pvp with dark souls 3 and ????

>>385206352
I actually enjoyed SotFS a lot. Played it after DaS3 though.

>>385209683
DS1: constant stamina management required, healing is slow
DS2: constant stamina management required, healing is slow
DS3: 30 rolls per stamina bar, also forced ninja flip iframes with instant healing while moving

DS3 was nothing but a distilled DS1+DS2 for casuals

>>385209776
>better intro...
Not him but I'm going to have to disagree with you there. The only thing better about 3's intro is you can skip it.

>>385209776
If by more fluid combat you mean you can panic roll mash to evade with zero timing required and poiseless enemies you can all R1 mash and stunlock with a longsword then sure DS3 has (((fluid combat))).

>>385209582
Well that's why I suggest spinning. When you've got such a wide multi attack, the fight becomes balancing your actions and timing again rather than running away. In ways it becomes even more demanding of experience, since you have to use your attacks efficiently to stay safe when you're not running away.

>>385209429
good thing they put it in DaS3 so, best outfit in a better game

>>385206352
>belts on armor

>>385209913
You can do the same thing in dark souls 2 though, your rolls can have even more iframes and cover kilometers of distance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9puMS4EAEU

>Most replayability in the series.
>Map is huge with a ton of things to do and unique areas to see.
>Best build variety.
>Tons of optional content.
>Most weapons in the series, including ways to use said weapons(ie. Powerstancing).
>Most weapon types and unique movesets
>Biggest spell variety.
>Biggest choice in armor sets.
>Best covenants in the series, most of which are unique.
>Bonfire Aesthetics
>Boss weapons & secret boss weapons
>NG+ & ++ differences
>Best PVP in the series

It has its flaws and is by far the least polished but I love it for what it is.

>>385209776
Real funny faggot ass bitch. You think Making fun of DS2 is a joke? You think it makes you fit in here? I'll fucking murder you.

Yeah posting hitbox wembs is so funny, so funny I forgot to laugh. If you wanna shittalk Miyazaki why don't you come here and say it to me face so I can answer your insults with a swift fist to the nose. Yeah you have a lot to say from hundreds of miles away but I bet if my fists were in reach of your face you would be like a tv on mute with no volume button. So do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut unless you want to die. Next time you think about saying something like that about Miyazaki I want you to remember one thing. I know the guy that created google maps and I can locate you in the time it took me to type this. Don't want anymore problems.... didn't think so faggot. You have any idea what gorilla warfare is? I do, I was in the US Marine Core and I perfected it. I'm fully capable of using it on you motherfuckers. Do you know the dander your in if I find you? I am 100$ serious. Bunch of god damn newfag losers here and I will not have it. At least I've had sex, had girlfriends, and gotten laid, and blowjobbed unlike you virgin piece of DS2 hating, Bloodborne pandering SHIT.

>>385210020
No, DS1 and DS2 you can become OP in iframes.
DS3 forces ninja flip iframes on everything by default as long as you're not fatrolling.
No more tiers of iframes dependant on weight or some other stat, literally forced easymode.

This is why DS1 and DS2 are better, each character has a different feeling and different abilities depending on weight and/or ADP.

It made me stop caring about the lore because it was irredeemable

I was a lot nicer on das3 than I would have without it in comparison

>>385207492
>>385207410
Go on Steamspy friends, across DS2 and SotFS there are more players than on DS1 and on SotFS alone the peak players is higher.

>>385209596
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kshiTrSDles

You're a fucking retard.

Shitting on DaS2 is really shitting on the low hanging fruit

Its like saying Superman 64 is bad.
Oh wow. You are such a critic.

>>385209776
3 tried to take everything good about DaS and BB, but failed and ended up mediocre on all fields instead.

>>385210265
Almost as bad as shitting on DS3, that's fruit soo low it's underground.

>>385210290
No. Bosses were fine and some of the levels were also perfectly good

I mean it offers nothing new. I think that is what you mean unless you are retarded.

>>385210180
DS2 is probably the best iframe wise, you need a decent investment of stats to get dark souls 1 flip ring rolls if you play on the meta level.

>>385210375
DaS2fags are pathetic

You realize you are defending the game they phoned in for a contract while they had all their talent work on BB?
You are tasteless.

>>385210386
>every build just gets 40 ADP
>meta is just 40 levels higher to compensate
wow such good design

>>385210386
>DS2 is probably the best iframe wise
Are you insane?

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This was supposed to be a positive thread.

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>ITT: We say something positive about Dark Souls 2
>People are actually mad about people saying positive things about Dark Souls 2 ITT.
I hate all of you

>>385210465
I've never had a build with over 20 ADP and I did fine in both invasions and the areana.

You don't really get any benefits over 27 ADP, that one extra iframe you get at 40 is a fucking joke, rather pump into HP.

>>385210465
you only need 20 adp (96 agi) to get good rolls unless you have the reaction of a snail, but you can go higher (99 and 100) for backsteps and against vacuum backstabs

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>>385210236
>across DS2 and SotFS there are more players than on DS1

It's a more recent game.

>and on SotFS alone the peak players is higher

Looks like there are significantly less players total though.

Also, found out this gem while looking at the numbers myself. Looks like DaS has had more players in the past two weeks than DaS2 and SotFS, despite being much older. What a shame.

>>385210651
>>385210672
>every build just gets 20 ADP
>meta is just 20 levels higher to compensate
wow such good design

Happy?

>>385210505
He is correct, DS2 is a true RPG where stats and builds matter instead of a pseudo action game where all characters are identical, where full Havels vs naked has the same roll speed, same stamina consumption and the same poise

>ratfags drag you into their world
>get to play dodge the traps as someone chases you
Was actually pretty fun desu

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>>385210759
What did he mean by this? The meta doesn't have anything to do with adp

>>385210770
Why are you only comparing it to 3?

>>385210770
Yeah and HORRIBLE action game because of that

You just explained why the core combat is shit in das2.
Now if they replaced combat with turn based or something and they really focused on an rpg then that would be fine
But the action part is still in the game. And its absolutely garbage.

>>385210759
Meta is irrelevant, the point is I can choose what my character becomes in DS2 (and DS1) I can just hang out at the default 8 ADP and just pump everything else as a mage or as a tank that rarely rolls and just tanks everything with a greatshield.

DS3 gives you no such freedom.

It was fun to play with my soulsfag friend last month, especially the dlc areas since he hadn't played them previously. The ivory king boss was the shit.

>>385210882
No the combat is fantastic and if you're skilled enough you can dodge every single attack in the game at SL1.

>>385210759
yes yes much better than pumping it all into END

>>385211001
The same is true for the other games but with a healthy learning curve.

DaS2 is all backwards.
Seriously. It completely sacrificed being a good action game for the RPG elements. Which means half of the gameplay is broken

I have fun creating characters theoretically in planners for DaS2. But actually playing them is so much worse than the other games.

>>385206352
It uninstalled quickly, and I was able to leave a bad review with no problems

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>>385210643
>People actually say positive things about Dark Souls 2
>like you
I want to kill you
Fuck you

>>385206352
It was still better than Demon's Souls and Dark Souls III.

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SotFS is my favorite Dark Souls game.

>>385208440
Nope. That would be the GOTY edition of Bloodborne. Stay mad though, soulscuck.

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>>385211124
>You are literally not allowed to like anything at all about DS2.
Just because it's a bad game doesn't mean there is nothing positive to say about it.
Even >>385211109 is a reasonable response to "Say something positive"

>>385211071
Yeah I'm sure you had fun running through the tunnel that DS3 is on repeat runs doing all the same bosses over and over in the same exact order.

Meanwhile I was beating Rotten as my first boss and entering the first DLC within 20 minutes of character creation to gear up for my low SM invader char.
Or I was beating Darklurker as my first boss to see if it's actually possible to face him w/o completing anything. It is.

>>385211269
>Yeah I'm sure you had fun running through the tunnel that DS3 is on repeat runs doing all the same bosses over and over in the same exact order.
Yes the gameplay is fun.
I champion gameplay in videogames

DaS2 has bad gameplay.

>>385206352
Easily has the most fun and viable Ultras of the series, especially with powerstancing

I will forever love From for recognizing that powerstancing chicken wings is technically impossible with the str requirement, and as a result making a special case to allow it if you took 99 str

>>385211237
>implying I dont think BB is the best anyway
What do you take me for

It had the best cat NPC in the series

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It has best girl in it.

>>385211794
A cat is fine too

>>385211794
>tfw shalquoir will never whisper sweet nothings into your ears as you rest at a bonfire

>>385211794
catfuckers gET OFF MY BOARD

>>385207916
The battle was pretty kino, but it's far too easy and short. He telegraphs too much, and many of his moves leave him wide open for several seconds.

>>385211364
DS2 has DS1 gameplay.
DS3 has a casualized masher gameplay where every retard can succeed and enemies barely punish mistakes.

So you like easymode.

>>385206352

It's my favorite!

If anything it's harder to say something bad that's not soul memory or whatever the fuck people still whine about even though it was fixed/not as bad as they say. The music is meh but that can be said of the series as a whole.

>>385206352
Best weapon variety, almost everything being viable if you just build for it.
Best build variety, literally everything works; few things are overpowered while nothing is underpowered, only below overpowered at worst (obviously doesn't count for broken straight sword shit, don't meme me).
Best online connection; least lag. Sadly SM kills the balancing the higher you go. BUT it's still to this day hilarious to use Agape Ring to stay below 39k and invade low level players, and as long as you don't use above +1 in gear, it's genuinely the most balanced PvP you'll find in the series.

powerstancing was a cool idea
the pursuer was an awesome concept
magic is pretty good and spice system allowed hybrid melee-caster builds to shine

>>385212064
>DS2 has DS1 gameplay.
No.
DaS2 has shit gameplay. Floaty. Inaccurate hitboxes. Bad movesets across the board.
And worst of all. Inconsistent I-frames

It fails as an action game.

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>>385211794
>>385211874
>>385211935
>>385211963

>>385206352
It introduced cape and cloak physics to the series.WWhich is the best shit ever in my book.

>>385212217

Level adp.

Bam, fixed hitboxes. Everything else is lag or your own fault.

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>>385206352
Everything in Dark Souls 2 sounds like it wheigh tons. You hit somebody with a dagger and it sounds like you just ran them over with a truck.

>>385212432
>that image.
Reminds me of that one anime about the boy who was forced to cross dress and ends up getting molested by two dudes while a bunch of girls watch.

>>385206352
I honestly enjoyed it from end to end. And the DLC was was well handled.

>>385212410
Yeah.
The timing gets easier.

How do difficulty curves work in action games normally?

Heide's Tower of Flame looks absolutely GORGEOUS.

>>385206352
Using magic had the character point his arm forward, instead of straight up. This made going full caster a lot more enjoyable.
In DS1 you could miss targets that were too close, becuase the attack was shot from above and went past the enemy.

I might as well as here:

Do enemies in Dark Souls 2 take random damage or location-based damage? Why does the same enemy alternately take either two or three heavy attacks to kill with the same weapon?

>>385206352
I don't ever have to play it again.

>>385212636

I don't know I don't play action games much. I was just giving examples of ways to "fix" the "shitty" hitboxes.

>>385206352
The gameplay and netcode were cleaner than in DaS or DS3

>>385206352
Majula is the best Soulsborne hub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFo01GRhUvY

>>385212798
I guess you could headshot, even with melee weapons, but this doesn't seem likely.
A lot of the same-looking enemies have different health-pools. Like the Ogres (Cyclops/Hippos)

>>385212916
Anon please.
Everything in the souls games is about timing. Attacking. Evading. Blocking.
All different risk vs reward considerations
So if you strap everything from the gameplay at the core it is sort a rhythm game

Now imagine if with almost every level all the timings would change

If the game were a song then all the notes would be wrong.
It fails as a fucking action game.

>>385212916
>>385212636
>>385212410
The fact is that when your roll, your hitbox stays at your starting position untill the roll is fully finished. This is why you get hit even after you clearly dodged an attack. If they didn't make it like this, you could still dodge attacks physically and still not get hit. Instead you clearly dodge an attack, your hitbox runs out of i-frames and is hit by the attack, and you get smashed/chomped to death.

>>385212798
Some weapons have a distance modifier, like halberds do more damage the further away you are.

>>385213154
That is lag and makes the whole thing even worse.

But it is not what we are talking about.

>>385213217
What are you talking about then?

>>385212798
It could be weapon sweet spots meaning that a weapon does more damage if you hit with a certain part of the weapon. It could be counter damage, if you hit an enemy as they are attacking you might get a counter bonus depending on the weapon you're using, like a spear for example. It could also be hyper armor, some enemies take less damage when they do some moves.

>>385213385
ADP and inconsistent timing to learn in an action game.

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>>385212945
>Soulsborne

>>385207410
BackStab1 is still alive woo ee gee wizzers mr, you shaw ah can play dat der berksterbsools werrrn!?

>>385209370
but theres only 2 paths. you cant go to huntsman corp without the branch of yore and the earliest one is sold by that chick in forest of giants. i guess ylu could maybe grind for the levels and ring so you can fall into the gutter.

>>385212798
Lot of different factors at play here

For starters, there's a 'sweet spot' mechanic for weapons similar to Monster Hunter. Certain parts of a weapon deal different levels of damage if they hit, for example, hitting a foe with the head of your halberd does more damage than them being hit by the shaft, greatswords (And most swords in general) do more damage hitting with the center of mass than the tip)

Another factor is counter damage, which is a bonus modifier that takes effect when the attack hits the enemy during certain points of any animation they make. Like if they are attacking or running and you hit them, they take a little more damage because of the counter modifier. This modifier is listed on the weapon's stat sheet.

And finally, sometimes enemies vary in strength between areas. There's 'higher leveled' variants of enemies placed in the game, usually in later areas. Some enemies that have variants (hollow soldiers in FOFG for example) have different stats between each other.

>>385213672
Not him and I haven't played SOTFS but in the original you can get a branch in the gutter.

>>385206352
Has some good levels. Forest of Fallen Giants, Lost Bastille, Dragon Shrine, Iron Keep.

>>385213672
If you jump in naked you'll survive, albeit barely. Fall damage is influenced by equip load

>>385209370
i really love in DS after the tutorial how you can go to like 15 zones and get to 8 bosses without needing to kill a boss first to progress, that game is so open it's crazy. DS2 isn't as broad but there's still a lot of options on where to progress, DS3 and BB feel really linear compared to the other two.

>>385213672
>2 paths at the start
>As the story progresses more areas become available.
Remember when games used to do this?
Because that's what's happening.

>>385213672
>>385213782
nvm, I didn't read the whole post but >>385213869
is right, you can actually survive without clothes and with 14 vitality I think

>>385206352
The music is perfect.

>>385214003
really? even when naked ive always needed the ring the cat sells. il have to give it another try.
>>385213954
im not sure what your point is. the first game has as many paths you can take as the start.
>>385213782
you might be able to get a branch in tge gutter, its been a while since ive played it.

>>385214334
I don't remember a single tune.

>>385206352
I can't. Really. Everything about this game was trash.
シリーズの恥や

powerstancing was a great mechanic and powerstanced greatswords are one of the most fun things in any souls game

>>385206352
Dark Souls 2 was the best in the series. It has the perfect blend of online and offline play. Also, I'm trying to do a trophy run in 3, and this +1 2 rings thing is a load of fucking bullshit.

>>385214342
>the first game has as many paths you can take as the start.
I haven't played the first game yet.
It follows through with my point that older games used to do that, though.

>>385214342
From the wiki:
>You can survive at 22 Vigor with nothing equipped but the Life Ring +0 (+5% HP) and the Blue Seal (+3% HP), 1480-1500 total HP.

dark souls 2 wanted to be more of an RPG, and thus adaptability completly made sense and is a good mechanic.

>>385214342
The first game has 3, although you won't get all the way in New Londo. If you take the key you unlock an additional couple of paths that you can take.

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>>385213582
autism demands order

>>385214592
I always used to go straight to Belfry Gargoyles and then down the graveyard for a minimal time to Anor Londo.

>>385206352
> Shitty easely forgettable bosses
> clunky and delayed movements
> hardness of the game came from shitty controls, not challenges
> variety of areas was good, esp dlcs
> poor soundtrack with only ONE good track (ancient dragon)
> SHITTY GRAPHICS (member e3 2012?)
> in SOFTS they nerfed most of the bosses even harder
By the scale from -10 to 10 I'd rate it -8.
While DS3 will be 9.

>>385206352
It was a commendable attempt at a souls game.

>>385214851
I usually go directly to the forest, pick up the crest shield, kill the black knight and then immediately Gargoyles.

>>385215134
Why would you do a -10 to 10 scale?
And how can you rate DS3 19/20?

Anyway, most of the difficulty in DS2 is just overwhelmingly many enemies. It's not fun, it's just tedious.

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It tried some interesting stuff, and even if the game as a whole was a mess, some of the ideas held genuine promise. It had a lot of different weapons to play around with, and magic was pretty cool. The DLCs were pretty good. The "story" tried to distinguish itself from DaS1 in a few ways, which was an admirable attempt.

>>385210131
do it faggot

>>385212541
S-source?

>>385206352
powerstancing was a neato mechanic until you realized you could dualwield lances, zweihanders and greathammers, that shit is retarded

>>385207916
I'd like it a lot more if it wasn't in DS2 and he didn't murder your ears on PC

>>385217550
Nigga what the fuck is wrong with powerstancing two grand lances
you gay or something?

>>385206352
enjoyed killing noobs in the rat stage

Its the best souls game

I liked the story for Alva and Zullie

>>385218802
this

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>>385206352
It catered to the Demon's Souls veterans. Dark Souls 1 was a misstep because it focused too hard on 1-on-1 duels, and as a result players developed a passive and submissive gameplay style. As a result, any time DS2 tried to introduce more than 1 enemy, players threw a hissyfit and called it a bad game. But that's because they never played Demon's Souls, in which such situations were common place.

>>385207987
This. So comfortable

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Red Iron Twin Blade.
60 FPS on comfy console
Build versatility
Soul Memory (kept the memes away desu)
Majula is best hub.
World is connected entirely unlike DS3.
Best NPC story's to follow
Drangleic Castle was almost as epic as Anor Londo
Boss Soul vendors were the best
Undead Crypt was amazing, and I never lit the torches until like NG+6, and I can't believe I waited that long.

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best firekeeper
MIB is also good

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>>385206352
Lucatiel
That's all

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I like that on ng+ certain bosses get to summon NPC's once they get their shit pushed in hard enough
It actually makes you feel like the boss

>first time on NG+
>approaching the Skeleton Kings boss
>get sandwiched by two red invading behemoths on a narrow ledge

>>385224456
The only boss that made me use a shield, fuck that thrust hitbox.

>>385224456
Is that seriously a female? i keep hearing people call lost sinner a she.

>>385225120
Yes
Believe it or not, several years of heavy torture will fuck up your appearance