You now realise DS2 wasn't that bad
You now realise DS2 wasn't that bad
Jeremiah Taylor
Nathan Reed
It's certainly a classic compared to Bluepoint's deformed creation,
Carson Smith
Gavin Russell
It was good, yeah. Just not as good as its predecessor
Luis Ross
It's the bets game in the series
Sank 150 hours in it and going to start another playthrough soon
Ryan Sanchez
nah its still crap with unfinished stuff everywhere
emerald herald still best upgrade point girl tho
Wyatt Martinez
>played sekiro
>actually liked it
>alright time to give fromsoft a chance
>play ds1 and have a good time with it
>jump to sotfs
>becomes one of my favorite games and my most played ds in my library
>finally get to DS3, the dark souls that I actually wanted to play when I started the trilogy
>dislike every area until after the catacombs
>almost lost my will to play it after the cathedral of the deep
>force myself to finishi it
>play the DLCs before the final boss of the base game
>friede turned out to be my favorite boss in the franchise and the one who kicked my ass the hardest (including charmless Sekiro bosses and that black dragon in another DS3 DLC that I forgot the name)
DS3 had so much wasted potential. The worst areas in the game are played one after the other in the first 8 hours of gameplay. That was extremely retarded.
Jaxon Sanchez
In this thread we list things Dark Souls 2 did that were far better than Dark Souls 3. I'll start:
>No bonfire and no death challenge where you can beat the game without resting at a bonfire or dying to gain a reward and bragging rights
>Non-linear first half of the game allows you to rush straight to the areas of the game that contain the items for your build
>Chugging Estus immobilizes you, and the heal isn't instantaneous meaning trying to chug while someone is sticking close to you will result in death
>Stamina regeneration is tied to weight, so a character at 10% burden will recover their bar faster than a character at 70% burden, giving an advantage and a reason to make a low burden character
>Poise exists and armor provides relevant, but not overpowering damage reduction, giving an advantage and a reason to make a high burden character
>Phantoms and Dark Spirits cannot chug estus, spirits can only heal via spell useage which is slow. This makes fighting outnumbered even without mob assistance possible since any damage you do sticks
>Can only perform four rolls before running out of stamina
>Can only perform 5 attacks of a rapier or straight sword before running out of stamina
>Parrying has longer recovery frames and consumes more stamina, making parry fishing riskier and makes parrying require higher skill
>Power stance allowing for unique combinations of dual wielding and unlocking an alternative moveset for weapons
>Being able to use the full moveset of a weapon in your off-hand including running, rolling, backstepping, etc. attacks rather than just being able to do a basic R1 swing and blocking with the weapon as it is in Ds3 (lmao who would ever want to weapon block)
>Bell Tower covenant providing two unique optional areas to PvP for Titanite Chunks, Slabs, and Twinkling, making farming for upgrades fun
>Bonfire ascetics to replay bosses you like and or gain items from NG+ and beyond without grinding through the whole game again
David Foster
the bosses are still shit tho
Colton Hall
no bear seek seek last
Charles Torres
Agreed. And all the boss music sucks besides the dlcs. HOWEVER I still played ds2 the most and still pick it up from time to time to make some build
Brody Howard
never played dark souls, should i just skip 2 and play 1 & 3?
Noah Jenkins
I don't think you should
1 > 2 > 3
Jace Moore
It was always excellent, and the last Fromsoft game to have that weirdo charm where you feel like it might be a game made by crazy people.
Nathan Gomez
DS2 was the best game in the series and Shanalotte is the best girl.
Dominic Evans
>2009
>What the fuck is Demon's Souls, never heard of it.
>2012
>Dark Souls is a masterpiece, Demon's Souls was worse in pretty much every way
>2014
>Dark Souls 2 is alright, not as good as the first one but that also had a lot of flaws too
>2016
>Dark Souls 3 is fantastic, Dark Souls 2 is actually shit now
>2020
>Dark Souls 3 is shit, DS2 is actually fantastic, DeS is a masterpiece and lets all pretend that we all actually played it
Noah Gomez
DeS is, always has been, and (probably) always will be, the second worst souls game.
Jacob Scott
It was pretty shit, but Emerald-chan's milkers were slightly redeeming.
Leo Roberts
Its not terrible but definitely the worst of the souls game and probably just a bit better than Sekiro
Jayden Reyes
Yea, but now people are fellating it's shitty circus music, re-used assets and brown 'n bloom palette like it's a masterpiece unironically because "new game bad"
I still refuse to believe that this many people have actually played the game. It was literally unheard of before DS and even then barely anyone on here had played it, but now they're are hardcore DeS fans crawling out of the fucking woodwork to shit on the remake.
Cooper Martinez
SiR stop shitposting and draw more comics
Carter Ramirez
>Yea, but now people are fellating it's shitty circus music, re-used assets and brown 'n bloom palette like it's a masterpiece unironically because "new game bad"
People have been doing that since the announcement of Dark Souls. God the fucking DeS babies would not stop whining about Dark Souls for the longest time lol
Joseph Lopez
That happens for a lot of niche things. See the witcher 1, Far Cry 1.
Samuel Reyes
DS2 came out when (((youtubers))) realized they could make money by shitting on popular things, so it became popular to shit on DS2.
David Lewis
Bloodborne really was the end of FROM. It completely ruined them, and the general perception of all their games.
Asher Adams
Dark Souls 2 is the result of a very fucked up development cycle and studio interference. If you keep that in mind looking at it, you can still find a lot of value in it.
Isaac Barnes
>You now realise DS2 wasn't that bad
Yeah it was even worse than I remembered.
Chase Foster
all souls games are garbage repetitive shit that requires you to repeat the same part of the game over and over again until you finally understand that small part
Camden Russell
I feel that's the case for both sequels at this point. Both were a bummer after DS1, which is real ironic when you consider parts of the game like Lost Izalith.
Colton Hill
>now
I'm not a filthy pleb that gets my opinions on games from the internet. I knew when I was playing it that it was good.
Jordan Bennett
Video related.
Fuck off with your sour grapes. When PC release happens then you will still play it.
John Nguyen
soul memory
Liam Bell
No, you fuck off.
I'll never play the Demon's Souls remake, not even if it gets a PS4 release.
Kayden Cooper
It wasnt that bad
It was the worst game ever created
Landon Lee
>now
I knew for a while, OP.
Thomas Morales
Well it's happening too.