My issues with DS2 stem from the enemy spam, the low boss quality, the overall floatiness (slow HP regen even from estus, movement, etc), the areas don’t feel like Anything special.
I think the vibe and the ideas behind the game are cool and I think to myself every once in awhile “maybe I should revisit the game” then I see a vid of gameplay and realize that’s not for me lol.
The fact that the areas to visit are also just the branching paths from your hub also feels kinda bad. That said Majula is incredible and they Completely knocked that out of the park.
I did finish DS2 but gave up during the DLC since those areas are so unfun IMO.
I think it’s a skippable entry if free time is a huge luxury but if you like dark souls this is Definitely still dark souls.
It needs a remake tbh. If they let From Software have another go at it but put Miyazaki and the rest of the DS1/3 crew on the job this time, we could get a genuinely great experience in Drangleic.
Honestly the only motivation I still have for playing DS2 is so I can credibly refute the contrarians I constantly find in Dark Souls communities after that Hbomberguy vid dropped.
From my understanding, a lot of people appreciate the vibe. It’s also designed in such a way that you kind of need to use different tools to complete different sections and you need to be methodical as compared to DS1/3 where you can get by blitzing past every enemy.
I think another issue I had was that once I cleared one branch, since you can do them in Sorta any order, you end up being over leveled IMO.
My issues with DS2 stem from the enemy spam, the low boss quality, the overall floatiness (slow HP regen even from estus, movement, etc), the areas don’t feel like Anything special.
I think the vibe and the ideas behind the game are cool and I think to myself every once in awhile “maybe I should revisit the game” then I see a vid of gameplay and realize that’s not for me lol.
The fact that the areas to visit are also just the branching paths from your hub also feels kinda bad. That said Majula is incredible and they Completely knocked that out of the park.
I did finish DS2 but gave up during the DLC since those areas are so unfun IMO.
I think it’s a skippable entry if free time is a huge luxury but if you like dark souls this is Definitely still dark souls.
It needs a remake tbh. If they let From Software have another go at it but put Miyazaki and the rest of the DS1/3 crew on the job this time, we could get a genuinely great experience in Drangleic.
Honestly the only motivation I still have for playing DS2 is so I can credibly refute the contrarians I constantly find in Dark Souls communities after that Hbomberguy vid dropped.
From my understanding, a lot of people appreciate the vibe. It’s also designed in such a way that you kind of need to use different tools to complete different sections and you need to be methodical as compared to DS1/3 where you can get by blitzing past every enemy.
I think another issue I had was that once I cleared one branch, since you can do them in Sorta any order, you end up being over leveled IMO.