"I like Dark Souls 2" | Asmongold Reacts
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The one single phrase that can trigger asmon : I liked ds2
typical ds player to be honest, they somehow got this deep hatred for this game, it ain't even that bad to be honest, at least for me tho.
@@xstreampunk7662 it's definitely the worst one of the series but it's not as bad as people make it
@@xstreampunk7662 It's not.
But in comparison to the original Dark Souls and with the wonky hitboxes especially, it's objectively worse than the original and subsequent titles.
Though there are a few things in 2 that I thought were great ideas( how they handled new game+ for example).
@@Lobsterwithinternet agreed
@@Lobsterwithinternet personally, i prefer ds2 over ds1 mainly because of how ds2 features even tho a lot of them didn't get used much.
i mean a boss would change phase based on your armor, torches can light scones and it will permanently lit up, ambidextrous hands, bonfire ascetic, a covenant where you defend an area and can use traps.
in the end, combat wise, it's acceptable at best but feature wise, i like it more than what others do, and level design wise, i don't think any levels in any DS could even top Shulva or Brume tower to be honest. but it ain't that big of a deal
After seeing him play these games, I really don't think Asmon can shame anyone for summoning phantoms.
I don't shame people if you want to summon phantom you can. Asmon is one soul who think summoning against boss is a since even there not as good as play who solo and no hit these games
@@greenrisingphoenix6110 For real it's something you can use in the game. It's not breaking the game or cheating just to kill a boss
@Sooper there no use to explain what ment to sorry
as someone who loves helping people, I can't understand him.
All I here in this video is "I can't jump attack spam carry therefore game bad"
I laughed so hard when they guy just said his first sentence of the video and Asmon immediately pauses the video to call him an idiot filled with rage lmaoo
Asmon probably liked the game, he played it 2 times with dlc, if he didnt liked it at all, he wouldnt have
@@ra_fun3126 DLC I believe is the only reason i would even touch DS2 at all, although 2 times it depends if he didn't go for all bosses including Co-op areas
@@ra_fun3126
Or he played it so that he can give an accurate assessment of the game and the mechanics. Would you rather be shit on it without playing it? Or you'd probably be like "he played it once and sucked he doesn't know anything." Just bc someome has a lot of hours in a game doesn't mean they can't say it's bad or criticize it.
@@anstorner The DLC was by far the most bullshit part of the game. _What?_
I mean I liked the ideas behind them, but there's so much stupid shit. All of the fire crown areas, the entire snow field full of super-charged respawning death-reindeer. The twin tigers fight. Just the whole fucking fight and its existence.
Seriously, I liked DS2 but if you're gonna claim the DLC was an improvement then wow, we clearly did not play the same fucking game.
@@Lucifronz I just recently played and got to NG+2 Drauglec castle (i wanted to kms so many times trying to get the last spells for the platinum trophy just so i didn't had to play DS2 never again), so i can express my current feelings about this because it changed massively about how i saw this game before and now.
For me the worst area is Shrine of Amana and second Iron Keep, then Frigid Outskirts, Iron Passage then Cave of the Dead.
The why is because these two first areas are 100% required to go through and are CBT both, and in NG+1 and beyond Red Phantoms start to appear everywhere, it made me feel so bad i had to avoid playing any souls until like next month because it truly felt miserable going through those areas 3 times in an row.
Eleum Loyce is terrible to go through after getting rid of the storm because every place now is an gankfest with no purpose aside of making exploring feel horrible which in Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring, Bloodborne rewarded you, here (and all of DS2 areas) punish you with more ganks and invasions, at least the Ivory King is an good boss, but needing to explore the entire place just to fight him is annoying.
Frigid Outskirts is [-h-------------e----------------l----------p-] , Iron Passage the same and both have reskin bosses and one is an gank, so i am not denying that and Iron Passage has mages making you fatroll, nothing more needs to be said.
Shulva Sanctum City has very annoying enemies with their shields and spears with cheap placements to kill you easily, but at least theres not that many that i can tile my roof with them like i would Alonne knights and ice spear golems, and it dosen't look that great, Both bosses aside the ganksquad are fine, but can be extremely annoying either by the weapon you have, or RNG with how many times the dragon jumps, or if she immediately summons Veldstadt .
Cave of the Dead is Black Gulch 2.0, At least Black Gulch did not have enemies to attack you while being stunned by being poisoned and the boss is easy and has an bonfire infront of it , here it's an oneshot and the enemies are extremely annoying and you can be hit alot in the fogwall, and the boss is THE ganksquad, so thats terrible too.
Brume Tower aside of the Brides of Ash and the dumb invasions, it's actually the best of the bunch because the enemies are managable if you want to fight them, and if you dont want you can go past them in several parts, although doors u do need to kill them unless you want it to be Iron Keep 2.0, the game does provide several ways to fight them compared to other places, Both bosses Fume Knight and Alonne the sole reason why i play the entire game in the first place, although having to do the entire game to reach both of them is extremely tiresome.
So i would say you are correct in most stuff aside of Brume tower which that one felt the most fair to me (Iron passage kms kms kms kms), but everything else if it burns i wouldn't care the least
DS2 was my gateway to souls games... this Shit has a special place in my heart
Me too. Although I hate it tbh
same
Same. To me, it still had the most eerie atmosphere of all the From Soft games and to me it's certainly better than DS1 and Demon's Souls.
Shit indeed.
honestly the best souls game is individual
and it is determined by which one was your first
I loved ds2. It was years before I realized the community hated it lol,
Same I don't get it
Some TH-camr made a video "essay" on it and it only got worse from there.
Not everyone hated it the pvp was the only real good thing overall but I enjoyed the game and have over 500hrs in total in that game alot of it was pvp
ds2 had issues but it felt weirdly nostalgic, even if you haven't played it before. just feels like a fever dream. the "too difficult issues" weren't the problem. once you know the damage mechanic its all get good at dodging and then attacking. its the too easy ones that make the game dreadful, especially when the mobs before it are way harder to deal with.
@@GenDrake3 i just played through sekiro and have gotten through shulva and am now on brume tower. Parrying is so instinctual it feels like cheating now. Honestly each souls transfers into the other just fine. Actually sekiro is closest in item usage, because the slowness of items matches the franticness and punishment of enemies in sekiro
I like that the pvp covenant guy that’s obsessed with blood is voiced by Con O’Neil, one of the actors in Chernobyl. He also voices Mohg in Elden Ring.
Yes
Sounds like man’s just like Blood
Voices also Mohg who is obsessed with blood? Coincidense?
I like when he said "Its Mohgin time" and starts mohgin all of his disciples.
His voice is so iconic at this point lmao
If I ever meet Asmongold in person I will tell him "ds2 good" just so I can see him get visually mad in person.
It’s funny as fuck
As someone who’s played ds2 so many times to the point where one of my casual attempts almost got the no death ring recently, it’s just infinitely funny to watch this grown man basically mald so hard over ds2 existing
@@MamaTrixxieAsmri don’t get why people watch this guy. Like he shits in people for liking games that he’s terrible at and can’t adapt to. E.G. DS2/Sekiro/Wo Long
@@DrayLoco I don’t get it either
Like i bought dark souls 2 after completing bayonetta for like the fourth time, if it was truly a bad game, if I had not liked ds2
If I had not played ds2 to death and gotten really good and liked it
I would not currently be on my like, Eleventh play through of Elden ring as I type this(I stopped in the middle of liurnia just to type this as I go rush to get the academy key so I can grab an item for the third of my seven deadly sins (not the anime) themed builds)
Wrath is a Fire build, using frenzied flame mostly, but any other flame incantation I can get my hands on.(a fucking shame since once of the pieces of that build I need is behind SEWER MOGH, who’s only _extremely resistant to FIRE_)
Pride is a dex/Faith lightning build mainly using the bolt of gransax to smite enemies, also has the best fashion(though I may need to find more protective fashion, because carian knight armor has all the protection of a wet paper towel)
And lust I’m making rn, planning on using curved swords mainly(one of which is in the fucking snowfield and the other in caelid
The other four I have a rough idea but nothing solid on them
@@DrayLoco It's not exactly about his opinions of the game; Asmongold mostly reacts to what makes him popular, in the most drastic and most one-sided cases.
He is very enjoyable to watch, and a very good content creator (as much as a regular NEET can be). He simply publicly displays fake opinions to gain popularity.
@@MamaTrixxieAsmrwell yeah, you dedicated a ton of valuable time to a very low-mid game. And that’s your choice, you’re entitled to do it but Asmon’s opinions are a living reminder that you sank that time into a worthless gullet and that’s why you have the reaction you have. I personally love DS2 and don’t mind the problems at all and found his comments valid and funny. What I took from his criticism is more so the hypocrisy of lying that a game is “good” when the player was clearly having such a rough go at it. Fair points all around. In life, you’re going to run into a lot more of this, so buckle up kiddo 😂
This is like penguinz0 if all he did was complain
I thought all that Charlie did was complain? Well it’s still funny and entertaining tho
Dark Souls 2 got me into the souls series as a whole so it deserves a place in my heart.
same first one ive ever played and I actually loved it I wont lie. Def not as well designed as the others but still better then credited for
I absolutely love the game, but it is objectively awful
Like where? In the deepest darkest reaches of your heart? The places where the desires that reside alongside it are not fit for public exposure?
DS2 is fucking amazing
@@found6393 nah man, its the haunting music of majula, and the beautiful story of vendric and his brother, dark souls 2 is awful when inspected close up, but looking through the whole game makes it sweet. Least thats the way I see it
That last PVP clip absolutely killed me 😂
ikr
I wasn't expecting BigDanGaming watching Asmongold.
Same lol!!
To be fair, the Asylum Demon is literally 3 of the bosses in DS1. FromSoft likes to reuse shit. The Taurus Demon is later a normal mob as you try to get to Bed of Chaos. I only played Elden Ring via Seamless CO-OP and DS1 is now my frist true FromSoft experience, but my impression is that reskins is kinda their thing in general. It is not a DS2 issue at all, it is a pattern of behavior.
They reuse shit way too much. It was downright detrimental to elden ring imo
FINALLY someone who talks about the asylum demon
The way it used in DS1 was great though. Seeing bosses you fought at the start was mobs were more fun than anything
@@ullr1438 Pretty sure they didnt' get to finish the last parts of ds1 which is why a lot of shit is reused.
@@bananashapedorange tbf, i feel its kinda warranted in elden ring. a game that big was bound to be padded out with filler, only time i would say it was actually detrimental was when it reused extremely unique bosses like astel.
Don’t forget, this is the same man that got his shit rocked for 90% of DS3 because he couldn’t understand the weight system…
screeching about Hiede Knights like they aren’ easy to parry or poise through..
He’s a casual. Pure invader fodder lmao
For me DS2 was this weird fever dream that felt like a heavily modded fan made sequel to dark souls 1. And at the time i played it. Ngl i loved it. The world felt so huge and i feel like i could have never explored everything. Probably because i was too busy running through parts that had 30 enemies.
hope u learned how to play the game.
They think infinite spawn reindeer in very huge area with zero visual to face 2 bosses at the same time was a good idea.
@@AtreyusNinjai didnt and its still fun as hell to this day
@@schnoz2372 glad to hear👍
Good way to describe it, it's cheaper feeling and more 'arcadey', not anything close to being the nightmarish work of art like DS1 however it's pretty good, mindless, addictive fun, assuming boss battles aren't your main thing and that you make sure to avoid HF Valley.
ive been playing ds2 nonstop for the past like 4 months now. Ive helped like 8 new people through the game all the way and have been doing a ton of pvp. I always really enjoyed it for some reason, although i have more hours in all the other souls game.
if u are a ds2 pvp enjoyer just give it a bit more time, u can rlly ez get an insane amount of playtime in this game because of his pvp, check the mod Blueacolyte if u on pc and u don't know what is it, have fun!.
@@AtreyusNinja definently running the mod, its a must have \[T]/
@@DRKSLS3333 yep it is \[T]/
Its a very fun game still the issue people have with it is that its slightly different. Atleast for me going from ds1 to ds2 the first 2-4 hours were actual garbage hated the game then you kinda figure out how it plays and you good.
Granted there are some awful parts in that game like the runbacks to certain bosses (chariot fool mainly what im thinking of)
PvP is nuts in DS2
I swear Assmang has never beat this game
The worst takes on the internet are about how any souls title is bad. Imagine asmon complaining about this when he plays WoW lmao
One of the greatest skills I developed was liking a piece of media while being able to acknowledge it's flaws or the fact that isn't as good as I believe. This isn't just directed to DS2 fans.
that’s not a skill it’s just being normal
My skill is memes. That's my normality.
@@willcotterill8598 most people on the internet aren't normal
Being able to acknowledge that a piece of media can be good despite its flaws is an equally important skill. This isn't just directed to DS2 haters.
ds2 is literally better version of ds1. if ds2 is trash then ds1 is worst. ds3 is the only different game in between the 3 games.
I do like the way they hold swords. It’s actually accurate to how you actually hold a sword
Vergil: _But they fly so high… 😭_
@@RobertPayne556 I dunno what you talking about since Vergil is accurate too lmao
How is that important?
@@brunoactis1104 it isn't really important but just a cool detail
@@BeamMonsterZeushow they hold the weapons, in ds1/3 and ER they hold it very meh
I've started 100% the achievements in all the souls games starting from 1 up to elden ring, and honestly? Dark souls II was an experimental game that didn't always land with its mechanics, but it quite literally shaped the souls games we have today from so many aspects. It introduced new weapon mechanics, sweet spots on weapons, unique armor buffs, progressive flask charges, 4 ring slots, the list really goes on.
Hate on me but DS2 is my favorite in the trilogy, it's the one I played the most and the one I always go back to play...
The pursuer stuff was great… i thought that was really magic as a concept… a game about hard bosses and in this game there was a boss who’s whole kinda thing was chasing you across the frigen game which was just killer. Wish they did that in dark souls 3 and elden ring.
The closest was Margit popping out of a random peasant in the overworld near the capital I think. Like not a spirit version of him or some rename version, just the guy you fought back in Limgrave calling your ass out in the field to run it back. I don't think a lot of people know about the encounter because you can easily miss it.
@@RaxusXeronos that was a big jumpscare for me lol
@@RaxusXeronos there's also the bellbearing hunter
Margit does that. The Night's Cavalry do that just as much as Pursuer does, really, since they're both optional.
Night's Cavalry in ER was supposed to do something like that.
Instead of spawning at the same set places at night, they would appear in more locations at random.
The biggest truthbomb this game drops is in the opening cinematic
"But one day, you will stand before its decrepit gate. Without really knowing why..."
Thats how i felt entering every single zone. Why am i here? How did i get here? What am i doing? Who am i?
Yeah, it's great.
@@Gyohdon Talking Heads ❤
That's the same in Dark Souls 1, don't be lying.
@@Gyohdon
As if you don't in Dark souls 2? My god, you are such a liar
@@Gyohdon
Just like Demon's souls and Dark Souls there is a crestfallen warrior in Majula. He and the Emerald herald always tell you what to do next. As far along in DS2 as when you meet Frampt in DS1, you encounter Nashandra and she also tells you a lot (it is mostly lies, but you can easily claim that Frampt lies too). But, just as in Dark Souls 1 the exact motivation is very vague. To "ring two bells" is exactly as vague as "Kill the king" and "Find four great souls". The reason why becomes clear much later in both games.
watching this just made me wanna play more dark souls 2....
Dark Souls 2 is a great game. Got all achievements. We do have Dark Souls 1, 3 as well, you can choose what you want to play.
based
@@dedde1311 aren't we all?
The issue with Demon of Song most people didn't realize was that it was the Hand hitboxes as well that grabbed you. This happened all the time until I learned to either roll further one way or run backwards.
The boss is a complete joke once you learn to predict its moves instead of reacting to them. You can literally walk the whole fight.
@@renmcmanus when speedrunners walk entire twin princes fight lol
@@slippers8000 yea. But that takes actual skill. Demon of song can be done with basic pattern recognition.
@@renmcmanus i mean they do use basic pattern recognition, which is why its consistent. I get what you're saying though.
I guess it's the most important thing with DS2, rolling having high end lag really makes you not want to roll so you get a bigger punish/actually get a punish.
u mean Semon of Dong?
The Pursuer ultra great sword is one of the coolest looking weapons in all the souls games imo
Too bad you can't make it glow like the boss does though.
@@BrutalOrc sorcery
Gargoyle badent/craftsmans hammer were my go to weapons.
Ds2 definitely has some of the best weapons.
@@kentrelllooney craftsman’s hammer, gargoyle bident. Two of my favorites that weren’t replicated well in ds3
I know its a meme but DS2 isnt that bad and him malding about it everytime is gets brought up is just kinda ?????
True dark souls fans actually like dark souls 2
Dark souls 2 Enjoyer here
dark souls 2 is pretty good i dont get the fuss all games have their ups and downs
Same I haven't played all of the souls series still but DS2 was my first and favorite of the series so far.
It doesn't deserve the hate for sure, I remember how much fun I had with it when it launched. Original lightning spears were amazing, and Dark Souls 2 spawned the greatest dark souls animation on TH-cam
@@TheRedRaven_ its bad those hitboxes are garbage
@@nomight273 Git gud
The irony is that a lot of stuff he said can be applied to Elden ring\any other darksouls aswell.
Literally. Asmon malding.
'When they reuse enemies its bad, but let's just ignore 30% of Elden ring being from Ds3'
@@Proud11Peacockand the other 70% being ds2 lol
Dark Souls 2 was the game that got me into the souls/souls-like genre. But I do recall a lot of bs from my time with the game.
That is why its a great start. Start of with getting royally fcked thru out a game that isnt that long really but it feels like a long time.
Then you feel like the rest of the games are easy.
It was my first ds game i finished, not the first to play, but the first to finish, which also got me into souls gamesm Watched Super best friends play it, seemed they had fun and got it myself.
Played it only a few weeks ago to run though all the soul games to 100% and i do not remember the amount of BS tbat is in this game. It really felt like they tried to make a souls like game without knowing what made DS1 so good. And whoever made thise co-op challenge areas and more so that Frozen area needs to be fired lol.
It's an okay, game, you can like it, just cant say its a good DS game I feel.
thats everydark souls they all have issues ds2 had cool weapons and duels the lag was still the same as any souls game just a ghost/lag fest
DS2 was my first in the series and that majula music got me immediately. Love the DLC's too and PVP is so fun! I ❤it. I love all the armor sets ❤
hell yeah !
Same here !!! Best fromsoftware PvP experience !
Catfish
@@AtreyusNinjau been commenting on every thing dudes fanboying a game with a toxic and biased community
e sti cazzi non ce li metti ? @@entertainmentgamer1992
"There is no visual indicator you need to kill an enemy in front of a door for it to open"
Dark Souls 3 literally has an area locked behind you doing a gesture at a specific place, said gesture which isis only acquired considerably later in the game when you wouldnt even think of that one spot.
Which place is that?
@@519dha to unlock "that place with dragons" i guess, in the base game.
"There is no visual indicator you need to kill an enemy in front of a door for it to open"
there is literally an Enemy (Archer, so he won't move) right under the Golem Statue, i opened that door yesterday, so u can understand how to interact with those 2 statue by just killing a single enemy, idk what is Asmongolo talking about, and he as well don't know what is he talking about.
@@AtreyusNinja original comment was talking about ds3
@@519dha yes i'm talking about ds3, he was saying that place in the base game were u had to do the gesture of the dragon or something, that allows u to reach .. man let me google the name of that area cuz i don't touch ds3 from years
It’s goes both ways. I like it and can have fun playing it and then I can absolutely hate it and get mad because of the absurd mechanics and enemies that you can’t just run past. You have to kill each and every one or else your dying in front of that dog gate. It’s a love/hate game
Honestly as someone who’s played it to death there’s like two areas where you are forced to engage with anything and that’s huntsman’s copse because narrow platforms make it easy to get sandwiched and iron keep cause the enemies are close to your speed
Otherwise you can probably pull enemies away from the fog gate before going in
At least ds2 doesn’t have enemies able to cheap shot you through the fog gate
Cough
ELDEN RING
Cough
Fucking Niall and malikeths gates I always forget to walk forward and the. Get interrupted mid-summon like my rats are offensive or something xD
The rats are great
Live just long enough to let me do whatever I need breathing room for and it’s always a fun game of seeing whether theyll spawn right next to the boss or off in the next zip code
The cockroach(kindred of rot) and the crystalian are also summons I like, cause they’re both about as annoying to the boss as the actual enemies are to you
6:00 I HATED fighting Belfry Gargoyles but loved learning as I slammed my head on the wall. I finally learned how each one spawned after like 6 or 7 attempts and it was a game of chasing down one guy at a time until they were all dead.
It took me at least 15 attempts to beat the Gargoyles but damn was it satisfying to collect my souls that I dropped from the first attempt.
I loved the journey that the game gave. DLC was also solid AF.
My condolences 🙏
yeah the dlc where u paid to go to a level where u couldn't see shit and got raw dogged by a bunch of fucking reindeers was rlly a great time
@@novasZK all I have to say is tomb of the giants
@@Aiden-iy9du yeah, people act as DS1 is not the champion of terrible map design lol Izalith was literally unfinished and the devs just said fuck it, place a bunch of lava and random mobs and let the players figure out
Reported
The Rotten is one of my favorite bosses in the game, I remember spamming bonfire ascetics just because I wanted to keep fighting him.
I'm sorry for your loss
i would use like 4x of those on him and just get an insane amount of souls
The perfect boss after the gutter and black gulch lmfao
You've got to be trolling... he is one of the most boring, weak, pathetic bosses and he is one of the major/giant soul 4 bosses, which is even worse... Not to mention that the black gultch is a rushed mess...
@@ivankovachev8835 Don't know what to tell you man, I just find him fun to fight.
Dark souls 2 was my first Souls game, thus it will always hold a special place in my heart. Plus Majula will always be my favorite hub, no contest.
There are some really good armor and weapon designs in DS2 that I'm glad *some* made a return in DS3. The Alonne Knight sets were a nice addition, though I always thought the design could be a little better. Specifically the helmets or the shoulders. There's something off about them. They look mildly awkward somehow.
I liked ds2 😊
Ew
Ds2 > elden ring
@@alsoos dork
It’s in my top just cause of how charming it is
@@martk647 weak bait
This game is one of the best experiences I have ever had. At first I didn't like it. It looked and felt less good than DS1. But once you start your journey, ab'nd get used to the mechanics of the game, it's a jewel.
No
@@senzasmentalissues474 Yes
@@senzasmentalissues474 yes
@@senzasmentalissues474 yes
Yes@@senzasmentalissues474
If I had to replay any dark souls game it will be DS2. Even though DS1 was my first game and had the best lore and level design but I never went to ng+. DS2 had the best combat, weapons, and armor. PVP was a blast.
Ds2 pvp is amazing, and is still alive on pc thx to the mod Blue Acolyte
I love DS2 bc everytime I come back I end up in a place I forgot even existed. That game is so damn big.
I like to immerse myself in games if I play 'em, and DS2 made it really easy to feel like a cursed undead. I loved that game. I would attribute the weird world design to the fact the my character is slowly losing their mind and often ended up in new places without really knowing how.
…or why. That is your fate, Bearer Of The Curse.
this is a great outlook. i’m going to give the game another chance with this in mind
Cope
as cool as that theory is, using head cannon to make a game better often isn't a good sign.
@@613-shadow9 honestly, this is the most canon way to look at it cause we are actually deteriorating in the game, i mean opening wise we already forgot our family and the fire keeper warned that we will die which brings us closer to being a blank husk, the thing we are trying to avoid
I really don't get why the first thing people realize on the opening is that the devs are being cheeky about dying when the whole game is about the effects of the undead curse which is about every death removes a portion of humanity then get revived.
10:04 that's because you didn't beat Aldia because doing that ensures the ending is ACTUALLY COMPLETE(all it needed was narration from the demon with the sexiest voice in all of DS2)
Ironically I actually played and beat darksouls 2 before any of the other games. I had nothing to compare it too so I absolutely had a great time
Funnily enough, that's exactly what Fromsoft was going for. The world is meant to feel like a distant memory you cant really distinguish. The repeated bosses, the NG+ enemy placement, the level design, etc.
The world has started to shift (which is more explained in DS3). Everyone is going hollow, no one really know how things were. The rooms werent empty, the elevator didnt take you to magma. What's happening is, you *cant remember* what was in the room, you *cant remember* what was in between, so your brain just doesnt put anything there. In NG+, enemies are in new spots, and make you go "huh, was this here i dont remember it", *exactly* like going hollow.
It's also meant to represent the story of DS1 repeats over and over, slightly different, but same overall story (which is also elaborated on in 3)
As for the repeating bosses, etc, also intentional. They're easier because it's been done over and over already, they repeat sometimes as normal enemies because your memory fails and they blur together, some come from DS1 because of the cycle repeating showing you that it's just the same over and over and over.
The ending is supposed to make you realize that what you choose is 100%, utterly and completely irrelevant, because everything will happen again.
Yeah some of the arguments for the "DS2's design is intentional" are weak, but the thing is there's just too much to be an accident. And to me, if it's intentional, it's really genius. And I really believe it is intentional, it's very weird that FS would fuck up this bad unknowingly unless, like 99% of what they do, there's a meaning behind it.
Edit: If anyone is interested, wtch "A Dark Souls 2 Retrospective" by Ginjy, he explains it alot vetter than i can.
Ginjy's video is great, well said. great suggestion.
ds2 haters are too dum to understand that tho.
@@AtreyusNinjano this is a sad cope by fanboys of the game to explain a rushed game. The reality is the game had development problems and shifted directors.
That’s why the dlc has clear vision. Most of the game is connected logically. If the cope was true it’s done poorly because it should make it so areas are connected differently in NG+ too. But it doesn’t.
NG+ adding enemies is just a way to make it less repetitive gameplay wise. It’s not that deep.
"It's stupid on purpose" lol ok man
the thing that always felt the most fun to me in ds2 was the ranged gameplay, the game gives you the most freedom as a caster than any other souls game, with items like the old iron king crown, playing as a high level hybrid hexer was the most fun i ever had as a ranged combat focused character, the game might be jank and objectively bad compared to all other recent fromsoft titles, and it also becomes clear why if you look at the development history, but i'll always still consider it a good game, and one that definitely has a special place in my heart
@@Shawn_Raz_87 personally, I only use melee and no summons, but I do t judge people for using what the game gives you. I might judge people for cheesing tho
@Shawn Rasmussen That comes from it being easy mode for DS1 in their eyes lol. An improvement to what was already cheating the system doesn't appeal to them.
After playing the souls games and Elden ring all the way through. All I do is chill and wait to be summoned sometimes to help someone with a boss. I’ve helped quite a few with Gael, Nameless King, MANY Elden Ring bosses.
Just finished Lords of the fallen with a friend. We got to the Bird boss in the ice area and we literally just sat in a corner together and waited for the girl to appear. One of us would go wack her real quick (it took like 2 hits at most) and we went back to our corner and waited again. and the final boss for the game was the most boring thing ive ever done.
The burnt ivory king was one of my favourite bosses in terms of presentation on the entire series. Only dragon lord placi tops him in Elden ring
Damn I miss DS2, the PVP really was a you had to be there kinda deal. When it was popping it just felt so good. But in general I also just loved the more king's fieldy vibe it had.
Just play it again then!
it still pops bro
i loved my special invader Glow from the Arena, and the Duels i had with my 2 rings from No Death No Bonfire runs which made my weapons invisible was super fun, although not as competitive as you might hope haha. I even had a nemesis in the Arena, dude was like Level 500 while i was sitting at 120. Think i only beat him once or twice but he always made it fun by playing the Boss
@@Nankeroo u really can't early launch PvP was a true gem
i made a fun anti mage build and not a single mage could even kill me, was super fun.
Asmongold really doesnt let others have different oppinions
If none of the other Souls games existed ...there's still enough of the magic DNA in ds2 to make you want more. Also, red iron twinblade
You can actually see when and how the Heide knights will attack, he's just bad. There is a small movement in the sword before the quick attack
Asmon is indeed.. bad, funny guy but he would've been just as bad as the kid in the video if he didn't play the series in reverse order.
I love how people will complain about literally anything in DS2 even if it's exactly like 1 and 3 for some reason in 2 it's bad lol like the games are known for being cryptic and this guy is complaining about the entrance to Drangleic castle. The 47th most cryptic thing in the series, but since it's in DS2 it's unbearable lmao
Who's going to tell him they put 2 fire mages in with the Lost Sinner on NG+?
Dark Souls 2 is the classic saying "Hell is paved with good intentions."
I was nostalgic for DS2. Then I replayed it last year and there was shit I forgot about like the loogie cave leading to the rotten, or the shrine of amana, or the friggen ancient dragon, or just iron keep and it’s entire army of skeleton knights. I like some of the settings and music, and the first time I saw Drangleic castle it was pretty amazing…. Until I actually got inside and had to fight like 5 ruin sentinels.
Especially scholar of the first sin is so bad. Vanilla was better for single player.
Yep. enemy placement in DS2 was awful lmao. Plust it was blatantly unfair with traps
When you like all of those examples, perhaps the army in iron keep but that place is so cool.
The 5 sentinel shit is a single room tho, what? You just get the items then get the fuck out of there. Iron keep and shrine of amana are fine too tbh.
@@lucasvallet4487 shrine and iron keep are fine? you are a masochist for saying that. Getting diked by all 4 sides is fun lmao. If you are talking about vanilla than it is true.
Man's angry he never levelled ADP
Probably lol
Never needed it myself lol
@@wally-squid7069 i did pvp with 9 adp and it was just fine, right now playing a low agi character cuz i'm a mage (pve) and that other attributes for the slot help too for my iFrames, playing just fine.
Shouldn't have ever been a Stat to begin with.
Asmon being confused on how fantasy physics and environments work… also volcanoes
Given how asmon plays these games, I don’t think he has any merit to judge a ds2 enjoyer
The world design is weird because the Devs originally wanted to do an Elden Ring style open world, but the idea was scrapped, and they just had to put the map together somehow.
A LOT of things from DS2 are in Elden Ring. If ds2 was remade, I feel it would be god tier.
Asmon: "At the top of the elevater, you have magma"
Me as a dwarf fortress player: "As you should have."
Asmon: "It's not enviromentally consistent."
Me: "You what mate? Of cause it is consistent. How else to you get your magma gysir landmines running to drown a single kobold thief under several stories of Amoks blood? Anything less won't send the right message!"
ah a fellow dwart fortress and dark souls enjoyer, Not many of us exist!
I love dark souls 2 it was my first souls game and made me love and want to play all the souls
My first souls game is ds1 and my second was ds3 cause some people said ds2 was terrible but tbh with you the first time i played ds2 I was literally getting obliterated i raged quit and didn't played it for a month but I comeback to it a bit later after finishing ds3 and tbh i change my mind about ds2 lmao Ds2 is actually cool and Im addicted to it ✨
I get that Ds2 definitely has some major cons, but I feel that Dark Souls 1 set a standard in people’s minds of “what dark souls is” and Ds2 threw a curveball and changed a lot, and I feel that people took that harshly, and just shamelessly hated on the game for 2 majors reasons. 1. They never/barely played it and they’re mad they suck or are jumping on the bandwagon. Or 2. They played Ds2 with a standard in their minds, and when Ds2 didn’t meet those requirements in the way Ds1 did, they got pissy.
U are not wrong, but also when ppl talk sg1t about ds2 they seems to forget how bad Ds1 was for some aspects, movesets 4way roll directions not even be able to teleport (the interconnection thing is an AMAZING thing for a first Experience, but then???) Ds1 have some incredibly bad hitboxes but is only a problem when there is ds2 in the title.
In ds2 u have multiple way and u can teleport any time, quality of life.
If the Ds1 standards are:
Actual turnspeed
Not tying s to a stat
actual level design
Non artificial difficulty (i.e shit enemy placement)
Mindnumbingly easy gameplay
the lock on not being a detriment to your gameplay
hitboxes that don't suck you into the attack
Then yeah, people aren't gonna like Ds2.
@@entropy7705 oh so is a problem of hitbox the teleport thing, not that ds2 gives prio to the end of Your roll instead.
Oh so the gank squad is Just bad lvl design and Joseph Anderson in his critique is Just wrong.
Oh because the Lock on in Ds1 was gooAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Oh because your mage and Your tank need so many s, i did pvp with 9adp dodging using My eyes and it was fine, i still had more s than Monster hunter and dmc with 9 adp.
@@entropy7705 I don’t think souls game had “mind numbingly easy gameplay”
We are talking about dark souls, correct?
I remember trying to pass the game without dying, only needing to kill the lost sinner to have access to drangleic castle and then dying because my character glitched in the elevator that took me to the lost sinner. I was literally suspended half a second for no reason and then fell to my death. Never played it again.
Skill issue.
That place with the dragons was cool. The guys on the steps bowing to you lol
"I hate Dark Souls 2 so it's bad" homie should become a game journalist
the ending made me laugh harder than i have in years.
The guy called "Dark Fuck" was the cherry on top.
14:51 a legit catch with clunky animation because ds2 prioritizes YOUR roll to finish its animation, but yes ez to say "bad hitbox"
but thanks for the slowing the video dude so you can clearly see he finished his roll animation = vulnerable 🤣
and you mistake a teleport animation (same problem as sekiro hello) for a bad hitbox, do you even know WHAT A HITBOX IS?
the one that got me the most was the pursuer with it's stab, I was out and it got me still
I agree on the most criticisms on this game but the take on ds2 fighting multiple mobs at once is the part where I somewhat disagree. This feature is intentional not to make the game hard but to change the repeated playstyle used in the previous game (basically circle strafing and lock-on habbit). This game focuses on how you will do crowd control while not relying on lock-on.
You should keep 2 things in mind: 1) People like challenging 1v1s more than unfair hordes of enemies. 2) Not every weapon or playstyle is equipped for crowd control, so your argument makes several weapons and spells useless
my first souls experience and loved every bit of it. ice rapier OP!
this just in: bald man doesn't understand that something being unfinished doesn't make it bad(I wonder what a finished dark souls 2 would've been like)
and there is a theory that a lot of flaws were left in on purpose the elevator taking you to the massive sea of molten iron isn't actually taking you there it's the game skipping ahead to when you get there because your character doesn't remember how the hell he got there and the enemies showing up in places they weren't before could be explained as our character remembering they were there(I like this theory because it implies our undead is telling the story to someone else and he is struggling to remember the details due to his zombie dementia)
I'm quite sure that the elevator from Peak to Iron keep actually goes down, I don't remember it going up, unless you are returning from the keep.
I Love DS2 , it is the only Souls i finished multiple times. the stands the amplitude of weapons , the variety of ambiences … etc just epic .
It's the only one I never finished, despite getting near the end of the game 5 separate playthroughs. I just get really angry at how low quality the game is and I get fed up with playing it.
@@HamsterPants522 You've failed!
@@HamsterPants522 you didnt miss out on anything
@@HamsterPants522 ya for real i have beat darksouls 1, two times i have 100% elden ring and sekiro, as well as thymesia though this is not a fromsoft title. I also am in the procces of beating bloodborne (wich i will probably try to 100% as well) and darksouls three. And i will probably get to demon souls eventually. But darksouls 2 is a game i will never touch again. I bought only because it was on sale for $10 and i still feel ripped off. It is the biggest peice of garbage i have ever seen
@@incius8341 No. The developers of that rushed and sad excuse for a game have failed.
15:15 he is standing in its fist during an attack animation. How is that sitty roll the hill you want to die on???
this game looks amazing!....when is it going to be released?!
the movie?@@BeamMonsterZeus
I beat this entire game on ps3 when it was brand new without ever looking up how to do shit and i never had trouble or confusion over where to go and what to do barring only two scenarios. I was a bit lost first time in frozen eleum loyce tyna figure out how to get past Ava. And then i got lost and confused again tryna figure out how to beat the King because i didnt know about the Giant Souls and had used them for points.
Also literally every fucking boss in darksouls is cheesable in some way, theres always a strat or tactic you can use too and they are designed that way because of how many diff playstyles. I played sword and shield, hammer, clubs, giant clubs, miracles and hex, pyromancer, rapiers and whips. I even did the champions mode for this game and got the rings for no deaths and not using bonfires. I fucking love ds2. Of course it has its pros and cons but thats any damn game you play.
11:20 literally describes the godskin duo
Yea i hate that fight, its cancer
Easiest boss in the game. It's called sleeping pots
Idk why ppl struggle with godskin duo so much
I remember when Asmon bitched about the souls community being toxic and overbearing…how the turntables huh 😅
DS2 has the best fashion outta any of the Dark Souls games. Thats it.
The combat may not be its strong suit with the hitboxes and the mob density, but what i like about the game a lot is the story and the atmosphere, especially in Majula. The world feels like it's closer to an age of dark than the other 2 games, and you can see it everywhere. where there were literal towns in ds1 and 3, there are only ruins left in 2, and all people you encounter are visibly going hollow. The blacksmith lenigrast is a green hollow because he couldn't follow his purpose as a blacksmith and despaired, and all others have already forgotten how or why they came to drangleic. some like maughlin the armorer and Lucatiel lose themselves as their quests progress. The king is a soulless husk. The fire keepers are retired cause even they lost hope and the emerald herald took over to guide the player instead, for selfish reasons. Drangleic castle only has a handful of knights remaining, with all other inhabitants being either dead or lifeless golems. Since Nashandra took over, the entire castle is wrapped in perpetual dark, fitting for a child of Manus. There are a lot more spells, even including an entirely new subclass of dark spells called hexes with their own scaling, since people like Felkin the outcast and darkdiver Grandahl who have a deeper connection to the dark have appeared. The power of the old lords has dwindled to a point where the bosses carrying them barely show them. The Lost sinner has an izalith parasite controlling her, the rotten is nito if he had flesh, just without any necromancy, seaths soul is with a giant mutant spider next to a petrified ancient dragon, and gwyns soul is with a king that burned in the lava of a volcano instead of the first flame. In ds1 and 3 i never link the fire except for achievements because it is against the natural flow of the world and because i hate gwyn with a burning passion for what he did to humanity, so having scholar of the first sin give you a new ending that has you break out of the cycle and free yourself from the curse of hollowing is a huge plus in my book. The bosses might not be particularly challenging, but neither were those in demon's souls. the two games have a lot of design similarities, like the difficulty focusing on areas rather than bosses, the movesets of weapons and parries or the hollowing being a less extreme soul form. what i especially like about ds2's weaponry is that you can buff weapons that have elements on them with spells regardless of the infusion, and that leveling weapons is comparatively cheap since it costs only a few titanite shards.
Mob density? Really?
Let's look at ds1 you just landed in firelink, you go to the graveyard...suddenly alot of skeletons stand up. Okay let's go the other way oh wait 6 Dudes 1 is out of reach throwing bombs at you while fighting the rest.
Like Bro... Really?
Hit boxes were stupid because they didn't know how or didn't had enough time to balance them around the ADP mechanic.
I like to play DS2 when I feel like raging at basic enemies and sleeping through boss fights.
I love Dark Souls 2, it makes me nostalgic
It's a good game
Thats about all it can do other than drive you insane
@@namethefifth7315 weak
@@namethefifth7315 git good
@@namethefifth7315 Skill Issue
Here is the thing, before Elden Ring this is what I thought about DS series, I thought DS1 had the best world/lore, DS2 more fun PVP and cosplay/fun builds, DS3 I thought had the best PVE. Elden Ring kinda combined all 3 for me.
Except pvp
pvp in elden ring sucks fuckin aaaaaaass
Elden Ring PVE is just too easy. There is no tension with the threat of invasion removed and the numerous bonfires placed every where. A big dull treasure hunt.
@@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw yeah and as invader, because of how close each grace is, you either invade where a host is just camping grace or they are already at the fog gate.
@@darkblood1192 I quite enjoyed it, had tons of fun trying different builds and styles, only thing I'm not a fan of is the 10 plus buffs people gotta do before a fight.
The only things dark souls 2 had going for it is power stancing, that one samurai like boss I forgot the name, and the fact that you could at anytime make a certain area go Ng+ to get new items or boss.
It had the best PVP put of any souls games. It had the most build variety out of any of them. Power stancing, heavy, dark, magic, halberds, faith. They all had something to offer
What about the art direction, massive size of the world, the great hub area, the fantastic lore where every NPC is losing their memory due to time being so convoluted, the fashion, the power stance- DS2 rules
man, what ca nu expect fromsomeone who literally said: "yeah i have no problem with ds3 lvl design and boss reused but yeah i hate ds2 so in that case is bad" 🙂 like dfq
Most of the things you mentioned are bad, and points against DS2. The world feels smaller than demons souls's (shout out to the final area that you can't access because of... a pillar that is one foot high, and that it magically disappears), the art direction is laughably bad (they outsourced most of the assets to third world countries, look it up), none of the npc quest made sense or fleshed out the world, lore, or the game philosophy (because the game at large doesn't have one, unlike DS1, bloodborne, sekiro, or elden ring).
I'll give you that a lot of sets do look cool, and power stancing was a nice idea that they expanded wonderfully on elden ring. Majula is pretty neat too, though I personally prefer the nexus.
The biggest downsides of the game for me, other than the terrible, terrible level and boss design, is the music and the animations, they look like PS1 level bad.
@@devildante9 ds1 is much better in that sense, ds1 animations make appear ds2 like a recent game.
the world feels smaller than demon's souls? lol, if u say so.
yeah I think Asmon underestimate the lore a lot cuz imo there is more lore in ds2 then in ds1 and elden ring. Yeah I said it.. I fkin said it. Elden Ring is DS easy mode. Like lets be real. It is not difficult. Bloodbourne is also not that difficult that many morons claim it is.
This man was mentally abused by Dark Souls 2. What a legend...
It was my favorite dark souls because of dual wield combos, being able to fight bosses multiple times, dying having consequences, the map being bigger and the weapons having multiple best choices
i love how he stays true to his words and gets mad in the first 5 seconds 🤣🤣
the exploding barrels in every single room are pretty consistent
I really enjoyed Dark Souls 2! Better than most games out right now, honestly.
No, you are talking crazy
@@pupzemli9232nah it was pretty fun imo
@@twobitgaming no, it wasn't
@@pupzemli9232 yeah nah sorry im still actually enjoying ds2 so it is still fun imo
@@twobitgaming if you like shit it will not turn into gold
Did anyone WATCH him beat this game? Or the DLC's? Because the fact that I can't find it anywhere on TH-cam is making me seriously wonder.
Literally just search asmongold ds2
Lmao you tried to imply he hasnt played it? Lol. Rekt.
That's why you play Dark Souls 2 first. So that you can experience all of its flaws without having anything better to compare it to.
DS2 had three major flaws:
1: Estus chugging speed and rolling s are tied to the adaptability stat, in order to make it worth putting points in there they had to make the base values for those slower/fewer than previous titles, thus it feels awful to play at low levels and OP at high levels.
2: Lot of places to go but not much in them.
3: The teaser videos showed what looked like HDR lighting (see the knight with torch teasers), the released version had this taken out, so everything looked washed out, almost full bright and it showed off all the ugly textures.
ill be honet, i LOVE dark souls 2 alot and i also get mad at alot of the problems but im sure that if somebody can make a remake or actual remaster where i dont miss my attacks because of some weird hitbox then i'd be perfect
yeah even dark souls 1 remastered still has some jank hitboxes unfortunately, the game would definitely have to be remade
@@Echo-vs5ic oh yeah, i think if the graphics could somehow keep that grim darksouls 1 feeling while also being on par with demon souls and like you said fix the hitboxes, it would be PERFECT