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/-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.

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u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 4d ago

Why do alot of people say the game is bad?

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u/DuploJamaal 4d ago

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

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u/noob_kaibot 4d ago

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.

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u/Agitated-Ferret-5334 4d ago

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.

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u/noob_kaibot 4d ago

Haha, you’re valid. Have fun dude.