Is it just me or is this game "cheaper" than DS1? I

I wouldn't necessarily say so, there's just more of them.

>>386789913
Ds2 suck but i actually beat it, ds3 i quit 20 hours on and will never touch it again.

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>tfw you beat DS3 for the first time and hurry to a wiki to see what stuff you missed
>a few bits of NPC questlines
>that's it

This was the absolute worst.

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>>386789913
Only problem for me was the lack of content.

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Lol i beat Aldrich and we died the same time, i feel like i didn't deserve the victory because i didn't survive

I don't like 3 nearly as much as 1, but I wouldn't say "cheaper" is the right word. It's just a lot more fast paced than 1, no problem with that.

It's definitely a bit cheaper under the hood

>>386791043
I think the fast paced gameplay doesn't fit Dark Souls that well, it's more a BloodBorne thing, DS1 was kinda comfy compared to this

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>>386790581
>tfw reach the profaned capital
>oh shit this place looks incredible can't wait to explore its interiors
>it's a straight path to the boss room and a useless side area

>>386789913
I actually felt there was less traps and environmental hazards, other than poison swamp, than in a typical souls game and that the game did focus on throwing more enemies at you instead.

>>386790861
Same thing!

>>386791489
The traps in DS1 were fun and felt adventurous, DS3 it's like almost all chests are mimics and when you go pick up an item 10 guys pop out from nowhere, it's not very fun and imaginative

>>386791428
This. But you can say that about more areas. Just think about Irithryl. It is more or less the same wasted potential.

>>386791489
>>386791861
The gameplay was very streamlined. Even DaS2 had more imaginative levels.

>>386789913
thats what you get for playing the worst game in the series. I played through it only because I paid for the fucker.

>>386791390
I 100% agree, but I think the polish in combat controls is one thing that 3 managed to do pretty well, and so I think the fast paced combat isn't out of place enough to be considered a flaw rather than just being different

>>386791923
>>386791428
This is how I felt during all of DS2. I would go to a new area, Harvest Valley for instance, and think to myself "wow, what a cool area with a unique concept! I can't wait to see what kind of cool mechanic or idea they'll use here" and then go on to find absolutely no creativity and an extremely short level.

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The game is also pretty scary at times, i played at night and i live alone and sometimes some enemies screamed so loudly that it made me jump, but i'm not complaining about that just something i noticed

>>386791861
There is one place in the game where opening a chest triggers an ambush.

>>386790719
I agree, game is too easy as well compared to all the other soul series ;/

We can all agree that Dark Souls 2 had the worst characters and levels, but the absolute best weapon balance right?
>Ultra weapons had an actual usable moveset
>Spears did damage and weren't chip damage machines
>Daggers actually could be used for something other than backstabbing
>Fucking fists were a threat
>Unique weapons like the whip sword and smelter hammer with wacky movesets that kept things interesting.
>Magic had actual variety and wasn't just soul arrow with spirals or crystals
it's a shame everything else about DS2 was so bad.

>>386792625
If we're including earthen peak with harvest valley (which it might as well be) then I actually think that section is fairly lengthy and developed. Other than the meme elevator and windmill I don't see why this stretch of the game is so hated.

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>Playing Ashes
>"cool a side area i wonder what treasures and goodies i'll get!"
> Large titanite

>>386792625
At least Harvest Valley had exploration in poison ditches and Earthen Peak was equally explorable with lots of platforming.

>>386794047
>twink smelter sword user
>near naked rolling speed
>trying to 2 shot everything in his path

>he can't poise a single 2h dagger hit and has to switch weapons or die

>>386789913
Dude you have near infinite rolls, just use them and press R1.
Literally the most casual-accessible souls game.

>>386790719

>Play Demons Souls, be shit at it.
>Play Dark Souls, be ok, in the sweet spot here. Difficult, mysterious, manageable.
>Play DS2, gettin too good at the game, things are easy, predictable
>Play DS3, this game sucks! Not enough content I breezed through it!!! REEE!!!

Fuck gamers. They are shit at seeing the bigger picture.

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>>386789913
I had no problems breezing through some of the areas, the fucking bosses, however.

>Let's put a dragon in a hallway and have that be a fight
>Let's have a two part fight where he fucking teleports around and can revive his assistant
>Know what we should do? Have a two part fight where the second phase boss has 3 different AOE's, can lunge at you from just about anywhere, and can combo into his AOE attacks whenever
>Know what would be great? Let's have a boss that has a crossbow, a fuck-huge greatsword and miracles, but let's make his attacks unpredictable as fuck and have him spaz out everywhere like he's been smoking crack, oh and he has an AOE explosion AND can fly around because, why not.
>People really hated the Gwyndolin fight in ds1....what if we did that, but set him on fire and had it regularly use an attack that steals your life and fills the entire screen with arrows!

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>>386796648
Aldrich had me like

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>>386796648
The bosses were the best part of this game.
Twin Princes is probably my favorite boss from all the games and Aldritch's arrows were fine.

And because no game is perfect we have that retarded tree boss.