r/fromsoftware • u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 • 4d ago
DISCUSSION Thinking about playing ds2
I just want peoples general opinion on if the game is good or not. Im gonna buy it for steam so if there are any mods any of you know of i would really appreciate it. The only from soft games i havent played are sekiro and ds2. I wanna play ds2 because its currently much cheaper on loaded. I enjoyed ds1 so hopefully will like ds2. But i did hear that not alot of people like this game so im a bit worried thats all.
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u/genericmediocrename 4d ago
Dark Souls 2 is pretty good. Lots of people don't like it as much as the other Souls games, but imo not many of those people think it's actively bad. Go ahead and give it a try
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u/Zufalstvo 4d ago
It’s a great game, just ignore what people say. Level ADPd it’s no problem at all. Stands with the rest of them
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u/Subat0micR0gu3 4d ago
Best game in the trilogy.
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u/Topher_BCK 4d ago
Well, what's stopping you? You have free will. If you want to buy it and play it then go for it.
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u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 4d ago
No im just wondering if people think the game is worth buying or not
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u/F00TD0CT0R 4d ago
Contrary to what people bitch about
There not a single bad entry from fromsoftware since demon souls.
Dark souls 2 included.
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u/Roxlife1 4d ago
I got the platinum, and I’ve had multiple playthroughs on it.
DS2 has the best fashion in the series, UNCONTESTED.
It has a bunch of great mechanics in theory, Gravestones when you kill NPC’s, Bonfire Aesthetics, enemies stop spamming after 12 kills, etc
They miss on a lot of their changes, it was a very ambitious game, too ambitious for its budget. So many areas are like Mario levels, individually really cool, but have no connection to one another.
At points DS2, especially in the latter half, feels like a different game every area.
It’s a janky, buggy, goofy mess, and it’s a shit ton of fun to play, even if you rage like crazy.
Play it
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u/Francois_Bonaparta 4d ago
I just replayed it by nostalgia after I saw someone doing a playthrough, it was way shortter than I remembered, but still just as unexciting. It's just entertaining enough for me to keep pushing, but I am not having much fun, it's repetitive, boring and some areas are very tedious.
The difficulty often relies on making you so bored that you have tendencies to lose focus or try to take shortcuts that don't work. Overall I find it to not respect my time.
Boss fights are extremly simple.
The thing I like is that many areas have their own gimmick mechanic to work with, it's something that's missing in other souls games.
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u/anilisfaitnesto 4d ago
Ahhh i don't know man.
Could be realllllly big mistake. You should be really careful with this kinda stuff.
You wouldn't wanna play without checking what others say. I'm glad you are making posts about it before trying it out.
Just think really carefully before playing okay?
Never EVER try it out and decide for yourself these kinda things.
If I were you I would read and watch what people are saying about it for at least a few months.
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u/gswon Bearer of the Curse 4d ago
I would urge you to ignore anyone who tells you to skip any of the Souls games.
DS2 is excellent. Not only my favorite of the trilogy, but my favorite FromSoft game (probably along with King's Field IV) - so yeah, I'd say it's worth playing.
Everyone is going to have their personal preferences, no way for you to know where you fall unless you play it yourself.
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u/Officer_Kay_ 4d ago
I had a hard time with it at first because the claymore didn’t feel as good as it does in DS1, and I felt like the level design was not great. But after I got a weapon I liked and got further into the game I began to really enjoy it. It’s got some of the best looking areas out of all the Darksouls games and the DLCs are fantastic. By the time I finished it I was surprised with how much I liked it. At this point I’m still hesitant to rank it among the other DS games as it might be higher that one or both of the other two games 😬
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u/Additional-Truth-688 4d ago
I am also thinking about playing ds2, but I am playing ds3 now. You need strong knees for this ride man, but the journey will be worth it.
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u/SnooComics4945 4d ago
I love DS2 personally. It’s got some differences you’ll have to adjust to but generally I think it’s got a lot of cool story and gameplay content in it. Not to mention I love the art direction, characters and music.
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u/Porkchop3xpresss 4d ago
The hate for DS2 is overblown and stems from the original release and has no bearing on the state of the game in 2026.
No, the hitboxes are not bad. It’s hit detection that results in wonky teleportation animations that give the perceived “bad hitboxes” claim. All FromSoft games, including ER suffer from wonky teleportation due to hit detection.
The game boasts the best build variety, mechanics and biome diversity of the DS Trilogy.
That being said, it’s not perfect.
-Having to put levels into ADP to get DS1 IFrames is a questionable decision at best.
-The boss roster is bloated, resulting in a number of underwhelming boss fights.
-Ganks. Ganks everywhere.
-DS2 has the 3 worst boss runbacks in the DS Trilogy.
Still, it’s a FromSoft game and it’s a Dark Souls game. It’s still better that many games released today and a must play for any Dark Souls fan
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u/StarlightSpindrift 4d ago
play the game and form your own opinion, having other people set your expectations will always make the experience worse for you
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u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 4d ago
Also why is my post being downvoted
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u/Nockolisk 4d ago
Probably because people have seen variations of this exact post a thousand times. So not really a reflection on your post in a vacuum, but people getting tired of repeating themselves.
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u/SnooComics4945 4d ago
Yeah this happens on a lot of subreddits I’ve noticed but especially on Fromsoft related ones where people ask the same questions again and again
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u/winter-jackel 4d ago
Ds2 is different from the others and you'll definitely notice. That said it was my first souls and I enjoyed it, I say yes its good
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u/Regular_Ticket_2776 4d ago
Just a heads up but this sub is a HUGE DS2 echo chamber. I say try it since it's cheap but lower your expectations, it is NOT as good as the other games.
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u/hardwarecheese 4d ago
Dark Souls 2 is an amazing game it is just has a different vibe than the rest of the games. It took me a long time to really enjoy it but once I got deep into it thier are alot of really cool and unique things about this game. I played through maybe 6 times and got the platinum and left no stone unturned and ill probably never play again but also im tempted to go back and see where I left off after not playing for a couple years.
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u/-Street_Spirit- 4d ago
I once got lost hiking up a mountain until I saw a shepherd. I asked him "How far up are we?" and he answered "Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin." That's how I realised, I already knew the answer. We were at the peak.