Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 00:14:00 35bf76 No. 8287
>Marginally easier than DS1 >WORST GAME EVER HOLY SHIT
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 00:24:48 a0d67a No. 8289
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. This should help you understand, it has nothing to do with the game being "easier". If someone is saying that they are probably just trying to fit in.
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 00:40:07 87a626 No. 8298
Please use the catalog.
>>622
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 00:49:31 7dc8ae No. 8303
>>8298 This. I wrote an autistic comparison of the two games in the series in that thread. Use the catalog when making a new thread.
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 01:05:41 a39426 No. 8312
looking back on DaS2 after the hype died down and knowing about the graphics downgrade, and now playing bloodborne and thinking back on the many things about DaS2 that I didn't like, such as the environment in general, I realize that at it's core…DaS2 really wasn't a souls game.
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 01:13:35 102ec6 No. 8317
I found Dark Souls 2 harder than 1, but maybe that's because I didn't spend as much time on it.
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 04:43:48 35bf76 No. 8476
>>8303 Which post was yours jabroni?
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 04:53:46 7dc8ae No. 8485
>>8476 I was this series of posts
>>700 >>794 >>885 >>898 >>951 They're pretty big posts.
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 05:09:34 96007e No. 8490
A good game, AND a good Souls game.
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 16:38:44 812f80 No. 8619
But the game could be considered harder, since it loves to pull bullshit more that DaS or DeS.
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 20:17:12 07fee4 No. 8686
>>8287 Da2 suffers in a few key areas.
>soul memory That single mechanic fucked up so much it's not even funny. It single handedly killed invasions and ruined pvp
The transition from area to area makes no fucking sense. Going from a castle to a lava place in the middle of fucking nowhere was illogical and a bit jarring. It feels as though some areas in between others were cut
The hit boxes ruined the game for me. I shouldn't get hit a mile away from something after I dodge
Anonymous 03/28/15 (Sat) 21:44:23 c1fbea No. 8714
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>>8490 >My face when everything went full anime at/after SoTN. Seriously man, it may have just been pixels but at the time no other games captured that classic horror feel.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 02:47:00 35bf76 No. 8784
>>8686 >soul memory >That single mechanic fucked up so much it's not even funny. It single handedly killed invasions and ruined pvp I've never had an issue with this.
Anonymous 03/29/15 (Sun) 11:28:32 6ac1c2 No. 8869
>I'd give DS1 a 9.5/10
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 05:11:58 774e89 No. 9150
>>8289 What a cuck, he starts by getting butt hurt over gender and womyns and take's about 8 minutes to reach his first good point, being that the turtle knights shouldn't track the player so well.
He's a long winded fuck that:
A. should Get Gud
B. there were some serious design over sights but that's because B-Team etc…
the game is still 8.5 or better and I say better.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 05:50:27 a0d67a No. 9158
>>9150 Did you space out in the beginning or something? The very first thing he says is that he still liked the game, it just didn't live up to Dark Souls for him and he spent an autism filled hour spelling out every little reason why. That's his style, and I enjoy it. I don't always agree with him on every tiny point, but he hits everything.
It is a really minor thing to complain about, but it IS a botched opening compared to any of the other Souls games. This isn't just because it implies the main character should be male, it flies right in the face of how the openings were handed in the previous games. They had no reason to do the opening that way, it didn't make the game better, but they did it anyway and the game is worse off for it even if only a tiny bit.
That was really the entire point he was trying to get at throughout the whole video, Dark Souls II suffers from a lot of bad design oversights that were the result of pointless changes, it could have been a much better game had they put more thought into these things. You can't just say "Oh it was just the B-Team!" as if that somehow excuses everything.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 05:50:59 dfc355 No. 9159
>>8287 It's worse but still good
what makes it worse is the level design by far, there are also some really broken hitboxes but seriously not that many
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 05:54:55 1fbb12 No. 9161
So I'm legitimately thinking about pirating/buying DaS2 when the rerelease comes out. I never played DaS2 but I'd like more of that souls feel since I can't play bloodborne.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 06:00:47 a0d67a No. 9164
>>9161 It isn't a terrible game by any stretch of the definition.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 06:01:31 845ab1 No. 9165
>>8485 wow that's some good shit anon. please accept this. It's of no use to me now.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 06:22:38 1fbb12 No. 9168
>>9164 One other major thing, does it need mods like DSfix or mouse fix so the game runs and controls properly on pc?
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 06:37:37 a0d67a No. 9169
>>9168 It is a much better port than DS1, framerate isn't capped and the rendering resolution isn't locked. Not sure about M+KB controls, only ever played with a gamepad.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 07:11:34 7dc8ae No. 9172
>>9165 Thanks anon, I was hoping someone would read all that shit.
Anonymous 03/30/15 (Mon) 07:44:10 1dcf77 No. 9176
I didn't feel it was easier, but the bosses didn't really feel like bosses. They felt more like the black knights in 1. All humanoid, and not very threatening. It also had quite a handful of balance issues.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 00:39:31 3808ba No. 9427
>broken controls >downgrade and hideous art >shit level design >nonsense world design >reddit-tier lore
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 02:47:55 1fbb12 No. 9471
>>9427 >broken controls Please explain. DaS was unplayable with M+kb without mods, but I can't imagine playing it with a controller personally. Are the m+kb in DaS2 good without mods?
This is subjective.
Vague and unexplained assertion.
Also vague and unexplained assertion. Not that I disagree with you, some of the stuff I've heard about like going up the sky into lava sounds ridiculous. But you literally haven't explained anything to back up your statements.
This is also subjective and not even sensical. Define "reddit-tier lore".
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 02:58:27 35bf76 No. 9474
>>9427 Yet on the flipside
I had a blast. Is it the worst of the Souls game? You fucking bet. But that doesn't make it even remotely close to bad.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 02:59:53 1fbb12 No. 9477
>>9474 This is the sort of vibe I'm getting. It might be the shit of the series, but if it's a 8/10 series, it could be a great game in general.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 04:48:05 42503d No. 9504
I honestly like Dark Souls 2 over 1. I never gave a shit about lore or atmosphere hell I killed all the NPCs in my first play through of Dark 1. Having more bonfires and less shortcuts never bothered me and I really like the bosses in 2 more than 1 the Ivory King was amazing.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 04:50:47 1fbb12 No. 9505
>>9504 I haven't played either game but I think Emerald Herald > Maiden in Black. Are there any errors in my ways?
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 05:15:34 42503d No. 9511
>>9505 No the Maiden in black is fucking ugly.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 05:59:10 2ee703 No. 9530
I thought, that while the level design was weaker.
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 07:14:27 43a79b No. 9552
>>9505 Why?
Anonymous 03/31/15 (Tue) 07:21:27 1fbb12 No. 9554
>>9552 Because she has pretty
eyes .
Anonymous 04/01/15 (Wed) 11:41:23 96007e No. 9885
>bought it day 1 >thoroughly enjoyed the layout of Shrine of Amana >PC players complain it's too hard
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 03:48:40 1fbb12 No. 10681
So does anyone have in depth knowledge of SotFS now?
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 03:52:45 1e798a No. 10683
>>9885 The game came out at the same time for consoles and PC. And who complained the shrine was too hard? The super homing missiles were annoying but you could hear them coming a mile away so they weren't that bad.
Anonymous 04/03/15 (Fri) 15:09:32 2d13b8 No. 10801
>input laggy, unresponsive and slower combat than previous Souls despite cool additions like guard break and fixing backstab fishing >absolutely disgusting hitbox detection >invincibility frames is a goddamn stat >shitty generic world that looked uninspired and failed to draw you in >mediocre level design in general >sound design was a step down (I loved Dark/Demon's Souls footstep sounds… really added to the atmosphere. They were muted in DaS2) >all in all a glaring disappointment
Anonymous 04/04/15 (Sat) 20:17:07 1fbb12 No. 11186
I really want to get this just because I feel like I can play through the game with multiple playstyles instead of just one like in DaS. Magic looks like its own viable build now.
Anonymous 04/07/15 (Tue) 18:39:45 0e93f4 No. 11889
>>10801 So many J games have footstep sounds in them and they sound identical no matter what they are stand on. It's like their sound engineer took one step on the floor and called it a day.
Anonymous 04/12/15 (Sun) 17:10:51 1fbb12 No. 13192
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Well I finally torrented this.
Anonymous 04/12/15 (Sun) 17:49:40 095234 No. 13200
>>10683 They complained that the shrine was hard post-nerf too.
That being said, Shrine of Amana on release was a little bit of horseshit. Mainly that you had to dodge each of the projectiles twice because after one roll they'll just curve around and hit you anyway.
Anonymous 04/12/15 (Sun) 18:06:19 9eb4e5 No. 13203
>>13192 Runes all day everyday
Anonymous 04/12/15 (Sun) 18:43:39 568529 No. 13209
>easier