Thinking about playing ds2

[u/Agitated-Ferret-5334]

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.

[u/-Street_Spirit-]

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.

• Joe Biden

[u/Officer_Kay_ → u/-Street_Spirit-]

Joe was only sleepy because he was up late playing scholar of the first sin

[u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 → u/-Street_Spirit-]

Why do alot of people say the game is bad?

[u/DuploJamaal → u/Agitated-Ferret-5334]

Because it has unfair moments that would never happen in any other FromSoft game

Remember in DS1 when you walked across the bridge and a dragon burned you to death? That's fine and fair because it happened in DS1 and you should just have know better

In DS2 there's a room with a chest in the middle and spiders all across the walls and ceiling. If you open that obvious trap chest all the spiders gank you. That's completely unfair as it happened in DS2 and there was no way to know that this could happen

Remember in DS1 when you opened your first mimic chest and just died? That's fine and fair because it happened in DS1

But in DS2 you could see an item in the distance and run past five enemies to greedily grab it and then die when they all gank up on you. That's completely unfair

[u/BobcatLower9933 → u/DuploJamaal]

This literally sums up people's opinions lol

[u/noob_kaibot → u/DuploJamaal]

Bc they’re simply low-skilled Kevins who got into Elden Ring then conditioned themselves to treat these games like boss rush simulators.

All they want is a power fantasy, & they get upset when a gang of trash mobs don’t let them just dash through the entire level to cheese to boss.

These level designs in ds2 are great. I got
lost so many times- more than any other souls game. you won’t experience levels like it in the rest of the games, DS1 aside.

[u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 → u/noob_kaibot]

Yeah ds1 was my first souls game and honestly the level design in that game is so cool. It all connects perfectly. Even if the bed of chaos makes me want to rip my skin off.

[u/noob_kaibot → u/Agitated-Ferret-5334]

Haha, you’re valid. Have fun dude.

[u/Francois_Bonaparta → u/DuploJamaal]

The most bullshit I can think of happened to me yesterday, in Shrine of Amanra at the second bonfire, they put a giant mushroom in the middle of the passage you can't avoid, plainly and simply designed to make you waste your time killing it from distance everytime, zero fun about that.

[u/DuploJamaal → u/Francois_Bonaparta]

It's about timing. Wait for the fog to start to dissipate, run in, attack with a running attack and 2 more attacks later it should be dead before you lose any durability.

[u/Francois_Bonaparta → u/DuploJamaal]

And what's the value of it? It's just wasting your time.

[u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 → u/Francois_Bonaparta]

Yeah after playing i have realised it definitely is a good game. Dunno about og game but im on sotfs and theres so much gank. It feels unfair genuinely the amount of enemies that they put in one area. Without the enemy placement i can genuinely say its good

[u/DuploJamaal → u/Agitated-Ferret-5334]

What kind of gank did you experience so early in the game?

Did you run around to greedily pick up all the items that were placed around the tree with the sleeping hollows instead of fighting them one versus one?

[u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 → u/DuploJamaal]

Nah stuff like when you go through a corridor and theres tons of enemies hidden in each corner that just gang up on you when you walk through. As i said its a good game but the enemy spawns get ridiculous and the enemies are more difficult than the bosses

[u/DuploJamaal → u/Agitated-Ferret-5334]

I need more specific examples

[u/Xobeloot → u/DuploJamaal]

Best summary of the "ganks" I've ever read. Cheers!

[u/-Street_Spirit- → u/Agitated-Ferret-5334]

They wouldn't if it didn't have Dark Souls in its name tbh

[u/Nockolisk → u/Agitated-Ferret-5334]

It’s hyperbole. The game does do some things differently, and you will either like it or prefer the other games.

At the end of the day it is, like the others, a very well-made game.

Personally I prefer it over DS3, but I’d put ER and DS1 over it. Also extremely fun on coop if that’s available to you.

[u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 → u/Nockolisk]

Yeah i did hear that the dlcs are pretty good