There isn't a single legitimate reason to play this over vanilla Dark Souls 2
I do not own vanilla dark souls 2 on steam
I cant think of a reason to play vanilla over this
What does it even change?
There isn't a single reason to play ds2 when ds1 and des exist
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>>729005387I played through both, Scholar is better
>>729005387I played this on the ps3 which was basically vanilla with all dlcs and it was badLater I played sotfs on steam and it was awfulJust do not play slop
>>729005448Those games fucking suck
I just.hate traversing the world of dark souls. I beat the first one and did some pvp it was fun. But after 100 hours I never felt the desire to return to that setting..I bought Ds2 and 3 and didn't play them for more than 4 hours. I hate wading through dark tunnels, ugly caves and ugly dark towers...and the combat is slow as fuck desu....Sekiro was great though, fun game and cool world.
>>729005443>changes many enemy positions, leading to completely different combat encounters>changes positions of some key items like estus flask shards, sublime bone dust, branches of yore>changes positions of petrified hollows that you need to use branches of yore on, as well as a couple of Pharros contraption locations>some minor changes to levels>changes where the pursuer pursues you>adds some weak little fuck who keeps invading you>prepackaged with the DLC>"improved" the graphics by increasing the contrast, making the game look worse in many areasThe tl;dr is that none of it is good, it's just... different. I think the easiest way to understand SotFS is to think of it as OoT: Master Quest, but worse.
>>729005387scholar is better because it has more NPC summon friends pretty much double the amount vanilla had :)
>>729006303And it has more NPC invaders with bloated HP pools who aren't fun to fight
>>729006364the power of friendship is stronger though
>>729005387some armor sets are wayyy easier to get in SOTFSAurous set, Heide knight set, shadow set in particular
>>729006129It's good because vanilla ds2 is trash
>>729006129It is good. It's better in every way
>>729006640>>729006493how though
>>729005673Your mom fucking sucks, shes great at it too, didn't even watch your shitty clip cus ds2 is a bad game
>>729006129Many of the changes are like from some crazy fan mod. Like, let's randomly cram 5 more enemies in this doorway for no fucking reason. Or let's add a big brute here among the annoying little mobs to make it even more frustrating. Just WHY
>>729005443Item locationsThe dull ember to infuse weapons is WAY earlier than in Vanilla which is in Iron Keep. However placing it 5 steps outside McDuff's workshop is extremely retarded.Enemy placement. A good rework is replacing the knights in front of Velstadt and putting them a bit further away rather than glued on the fog gate. A bad rework is putting a fucking guardian dragon in front of THE DRAGONSLAYER boss in Heide's Tower.
>>729006463Yeah that was a good change. But then again you still have to farm for most armor sets, which fucking sucks. It was a missed opportunity to make it like DaS1 where most full sets can be picked up or purchased from merchants
>>729009045>the giant sword in vanilla FoFG>there's an enemy guarding an item perched precariously at the end, and when you turn around a single hollow soldier with a shield drops down, forcing you fight him in a restrictive space>in SotFS>when you turn around, 5 hollow infantrymen drop down and it's just a complete clusterfuck, especially if you're a class with a weak starting weaponMt (least) favorite fuck you is the petrified hollow in Black Gulch.>realize you designed a shit area and that everyone just runs to the second bonfire while tanking the poison>instead of improving it, just place an obstacle blocking off that bonfire>but then ALSO place the item to remove it at the beginning of the areaIt's just so petty, pointless, and stupid. Actual troll decision.
