The best Souls game of them all
>>748957914Souls II is arguably the only one in the series that gets better on subsequent playthroughs when you know more about the game. First run of this game is miserable though.
>>748958441That's mostly because so many players try to bum rush the enemies when the game goes out of its way in the tutorial giant forest section to demonstrate you're meant to take it slow and bait enemies one at a time (far more crucial in DS2 than any other Souls game)
>it will never be 2014 again>you will never be carrying shitters through Heide's with your endless array of Lightning Spears again>you will never be facing fresh faces on the Iron Keep bridge with your dumbass builds again>you will never get endless invasions as a rat/darkbro againI WANT TO GO BACK BROSTAKE ME BACK
>>748957914Best DLCs but the base game is shit.>>748958441Very true, especially because you have no idea why your rolls have no i-frames.DS2 has by far the best build variety of any souls game, idk why they never brought back the dark/fire damage scaling mechanics
>>748957914It earns its stay by basically saying "learn my ways or you can't have 80% of the game you bought," most of my hours are in the early game.
>play a sunbro>nobody bothers to summon youI get that most bosses are pretty easy, but I still like to summon people for the fun of it.Doesn't help that once you get the Warriors of Sunlight covenant, your soul level will probably be all over the place. Unless you beeline towards it.
>>748958880>you'll never hear aldia's speech for the first time againMemezaki could never write a good character like this.
>>748958880Original dark souls 1/2 multiplayer really is something that can't be recreated with the modern landscape. Elden Ring almost managed to do it for about a week or two before everyone found out about the blood blade and the one moon katana.
https://youtu.be/l-NT_oUESNQ?si=NfrsWnYsrwBRSk-w&t=150
The base game is KINO, the DLC's are abysmal dogshit.
>>748962823contrarian king
I like it just because killing enemies enough times stops them from spawning. It's one of the stupidest design decisions in other souls games to not have it happen.
>>748962823>Filtered by Sanctum Soldierskek
>>748958441My first playthrough of DS2 I hated it. I replayed it earlier this year, having more knowledge about the lore/story, the mechanics, and how to reach every area. It was probably the most fun I've had in a Souls game since I played Elden Ring for the first time in 2022. I couldn't believe it because I had immensely disliked this game and now it's one of my favorites. DS2 is truly something special.The story is so much better than DS3 too. DS3 not following up on DS2's ending is proof Miyazaki is a hack
>>748957914Name one positive thing about it.
>>748963220It filtered your casual, retarded ass.
>>748963445This room is a good filter for Ds3niggers because they will just try to run by all of them and die repeatedly trying to go through the fog wall
>>748957914I’m playing through it for the first time with sotfs and man they really love to gangrape you. I don’t remember 1 being like this. Luckily they have the kill mobs enough and they don’t respawn. I hate branch of yore and the pharroh cubes, too gimmicky, just give me the fake walls that I can break.
>>748963220>Second best atmosphere in the series (only surpassed by Demon Souls)>Greatest build variety in the series>Best armor / fashionsouls in the series>Best DLCs in the series>Kino torch mechanic
>>748964618>>Best armorReally never liked any armor set in particular, to be quite honest.
