I skipped it because /v/ said it was bad but now I don't know
>>727725549Its fine, you will get a lot of shitposters about its but if the character animations don't feel unpleasant to look at its still a solid 7-8/10 game in contrast to the 9/10s a lot of the other game in the series are.
>>727725549>listening to anything this board has to sayThat was your first issue.
if you are the type to skip an earlier game to get to a newer one sooner than no, dont bother. you wouldn't like it.
It could become your favorite Souls-game.You could also end up hating it.It certainly has a lot of cool shit, but also many things to hate. Hard to say, ultimately.
>>727725549It's as good as the others, saying it's bad is a meme by non-players. Look at the two biggest sources of online DS2 hate>Asmongold >MatthewmatosisBoth suck donkey cock at games and have horrible opinions. New souls players are depriving themselves if experiencing From's best DLCs just because they got memed into not playing a good game
>>727725549It isn't bad it's just the least impressive Souls game From madeIt's a good 7.5/10 game
>>727726336Demon Souls is worse than DS2
>>727726812Careful, you're going to upset non-players
It's heavily flawed but still decent. It's worth at least one playthrough so get it if it's on sale. There are some parts I consider pretty bad but the decent parts outweigh them. t. only played scholar not vanilla
I think it's a good game but can be frustrating for most since the healing animation takes a while. Also the gank squads, you have to be very careful when entering rooms. There is a lot of unironic bullshit in the game, Shrine of Amana is probably the worst place in the entire series. It's also the most "video gamey" of the series. Level up ADP, don't ignore it. Once you get into the game it can be a blast with the build verity, weapon variety, and spells variety. If you get to the DLC it will be fun, almost all the best bosses are in the 3 DLCs. The story isn't great compared to other entries. I really like interacting with some of the NPCs like Maughlin, Straid, Vendrick, Vengarl, and Pate. There isn't any of the iconic NPCs or any specific moment that is tragic in the game but I like how most characters develop.For my money it has the best areas in the series. Majula is comfy. I never felt like that in any other game.
>>727726812Des is the game that started this whole series. So it is getting a free pass for being the worst one.
>>727727076>Also the gank squads, you have to be very careful when entering roomsSo exactly like how every single fucking soulsborne game works? Well except ER, where you are now mowing down hordes of enemies.
>>727727076>For my money it has the best areas in the seriesI am an unironic DS2 fan. It has almost no good areas. From a visual point of view or gameplay there is unfortunately so much ass
>>727726812I think each game has it's charms and weighing best vs worse is reductive.>>727726102>>MatthewmatosisHe hated DaS1 but was loathed to admit it.
>>727725549I had fun and that's all that matters.
>>727725549You sound like a complete retard, so go ahead and your pile of shit.
>>727727309>It has almost no good areas.I thought the Dragon Shrine was good because the giga nigga dragon warriors were sentient enough to know honor. I was expecting a hellhole after the dragon lair but I was met with a pretty nice atmosphere and it is probably one of the more unique places in the series.
>>727725549it's arguably the worst one and i always enjoy tearing this game apart for its flaws but it's still fun and worth experiencing. i actually tend to appreciate it more these days since it has more in common with des and das1 than what came after it and i like that kind of thing more.
>>727725549>is the best soulsborne game worth playingKill yourself right now
>>727725549Its really fun anon, but be sure to turn off double click and maybe level adaptability if you having trouble dodging
>>727725549>I skipped it because /v/ said it was bad but now I don't knowyou're extremely low IQ, you'll not get anything out of playing this game. You should be at work, running from place A to place B, that's what you're supposed to be doing if you let random niggers dictate what you should play or shouldn't. Literal niggercattle, I despise you
>>727727781>Literal niggercattle, I despise youit takes one to know one
>>727725549Its worth at least one play though. And the DLC's are some of the best From put out
>>727725549Yeah it's worth playing, just don't aggro 600 enemies at once like a retard and you'll be fine.
No. I love souls-type games and I didn't even get halfway through DS2. It's complete trash.
>>727727076Uh oh, the youtube viewers are herePLAY THE GAMES
>>727728243>t. Asmongold
Scholar of the first sin is poorly balanced. DLCs excluded it peaks in difficult at the Iron Keep and then everything after is easy except another spike in difficulty at the shrine of Amana.
>>727725549Bought it last weekHate adaptabilityHate petrified NPCsHate to search branch of yoreIt's just bad
>>727728536I also played it on the PS3.
>>727727290Most Soulsborne fights where you have a large group of enemies typically have the majority of them visible outside of the occasional guy hiding to the side of the doorway and unless your rushing into the center of the room only 1-2 of them alongside a weaker ranged opponent will agrro at a time.DS2's issue in this regard is that to many enemies are aggro chained together and the ranged units are too annoying (Allone Archers, Amana Handmaidens to name two) and so it can come off as cheap.
>>727727948right back at you
>>727728970>Hate to search branch of yoreHow is branch of yore any different from other progression keys
>>727730048not him but if it's the scholar version, i never did like how they put them everywhere. all that did was make you backtrack to areas that were already open in vanilla. and usually for no good reason. like they put one on the path to the genderswap coffin in the tutorial. there's just no real point to most of them. the ones in vanilla were fine but the additional ones from scholar are just no good and there's a lot of them.
>>727731390Yeah base DS2 had 8 branches and 8 things to unpetrify with only three being for needed to unlock NPCs and only one of those three being mandatory.Scholar keeps those but also adds an addition 11 and starts locking random areas and even a boss on the former regular progression path behind them.
>>727729161>many enemies are aggro chained togetherThey are only "chained together" if you run in like a blind retard and aggro everything in sight.
>>727732254Compare something like the first room' of the Duke's Archives after you get past the Boars, to the first room on entering the Iron Keep proper.Beyond that differences, look at the enemy layouts and they way they engage you as combatants.
>>727725549It's bad, but there's a couple of good things in it like Straid
>>727726336Demon Souls is a solid 8/10The level design is superbThe same cannot be said about DS2
>>727735342oopsie meant for >>727726812
>>727726336nah. ds2 is my favorite dark souls game. i got bored of ds3 after beating the lord of cinder and unintentionally dropped ds1 after quelaag. ds2's the only one that held my attention
My motivation for playing DS2 was watching some eceleb videos on it...
