@@jeremiahlb1 Not really. Started with bloodborne and then went 1 -> 2 -> 3 and 2 is indeed sticky. DS1 is slow and clunky, but it still feels better than 2.
The thing is most people play DS1 first and they learn the lessons the game teaches you. Go slowly through areas, lure enemies one by one when necessary, analyze the situation in general before rushing in. Then they play more runs and they get good at the game and start to rush areas and stuff and think they are "good" at playing souls games. After that they play DS2 (expecting to hate it of course) and play carelessly like they did on their later DS1 playthroughs getting mad that the game "ganks you" because they ignored every single enemy and act surprised the enemies didn't ignore them back. I've seen this pattern over and over and that's probably the reason why most people that like DS2 played it as their first souls. So they play the game as someone new trying to learn and realize the game don't even gank you as you can normally not agro more than 2 or 3 enemies if you kill them as they come to you and not just run like a retard ignoring everyone when you don't even know how to get away because you never play that area before. 6:40 "I hate this game because I couldn't be bothered to kill one single enemy with 2 hits before opening a door and he killed me from behind" it just perfectly shows the mindset of the typical DS2 hater you're mad because a game actually wants you to use your brain and analyze the situation before rushing like a dumbass. The game is fiiled with explosive barrels and overall environment tools to easily deal with enemies, but people couldn't be bother to try to think some kind of strategy before agroing every single enemy on the area.
@@gokhan2429 ok so the movement system works similar to Breath of the Wild for example which I've never seen anyone complain about, but there are also improvements in movement like the ability climb ladders faster and use consumables in them. Also the game has like so many animations for weapon attacks depending on movement that were introduced in this game. So I just don't agree with the statement that "the whole game feels downgraded" like do you remember playing Blight town before the remaster?
"Running past everything to get to the door hasn't worked the other 30 times I've tried it, and I've even repeatedly said I know that doesn't work in this game...but maybe try 31 will be different."
Nearly every DS2 player who has an overly negative opinion of the game. The game has so many problems, but that’s a self inflicted issue. The game punishes that more than the other games and actively rewards taking it slow because it despawns enemies killed 12 times. Clearing out those DLC coop areas was a nightmare but made trying annoying bosses a lot less annoying since I was always ready and not stressed just to get there.
Park has it instilled in her brain that ds2 can't be good, and its honestly not a bad thing. She can be pretty dumb at times with her approaches to the game especially the multiple times shes fallen off a cliff because shes reading chat and still complains. The fact that she has to constantly remind herself to be open minded towards the game but naturally regresses back to the complaining state shows that she is genuinely not enjoying the game and thats okay.
@@elvickRULESwhat if you didnt have to kill every enemy in the area 12 times to be able to progress without constant ganking? would it be a worse game for that?
@@MrShitcakes69 You don't have to, especially in vanilla DS2 since they didn't just copy/paste enemies everywhere thinking that was a good idea. In fact some areas in DS2 have so few enemies that they seem pointless. But people don't know what they're talking about with the problems that DS2 actually has because they just meme it and call it a day. Let me posit YOU a question. What if you engaged with a game based on the mechanics it actually has rather than engage with the game based on the mechanics it doesn't? Which do you think will result in a better time? I wonder.
@@parkenharbor that's awesome. I saw this and was gonna binge the rest, that would be helpful. Especially since there'll be endless runs to watch. Keep up the awesome con7
@@josephalmy5869I’m wondering too… I was so lost cuz I missed the first 5 min and just kept it playing, seeing her join nato threw me off and just assumed it might be a mod🤣
I always have a soft spot for DS2. You are completely right about how experimental it is, and I really appreciate that about it. For example, I like the idea of enemies despawning. I also like the abundance of NPCs to summon, Lucatiel's story, and the theme of ambitious women who drive kings to ruin. And I loved the feeling of powerstancing great/large clubs and pancaking the enemies. I'll never get the special rings for deathless and no bonfire runs, and I'll never beat Sir Alonne hitless, but I still love it all the same.
Likewise about the rings but dark souls 2 is hands down my favourite game in the series. The human enemy bosses are a good thing in my eyes, the overlapping level design leading to a sense of wonder and faux size. The storyline is awesome, Vendrik being misled into a war just for Nashandra's endless appetite to the dark, the story of the Milfanito. I also unironically prefer the combat in 2. Yes there are problems and I wouldn't say otherwise, but it's still my favourite game in the series.
@@TimothyGod Dark Souls 2 has two insane challenges built into it. Illusory ring of a conqueror. Illusory ring of the Exalted. Conqueror, beat the game without dying. Exalted, beat the game without using a bonfire.
If you are going for these rings, do not skip the ending credits as it can mess up the reward. They are perhaps the hardest things From Soft have put into their games. (thankfully they aren't achievements)
Before elden ring it was the only one with power stancing and it's still the only one you can I fuse elements on boss weapons. Infusing moonlight greatsword with magic so it's has more magic damage was brilliant
@@hibarikyoya854Powerstancing, yes, but not dual-wielding from innate special weapon properties, such as Brigand Daggers. I can only speak on Daggers but I found them the most fun dual-wield/PS moveset to use amongst all in DS3, even compared to ER!
I don't agree to the "many flaws" (it has some, but some things some people see as flaws I see as strengths, for instance agility stat, slow combat pacing, unreal world connections), but I agree to the dreaminess-thing. Fuck, I love this game - way more than any other soulsborne (except bloodborne wich I don't know due to the lack of a PC port).
It always bothers me people don't get this. It's taught early on that you don't want to aggro the whole map. Running away is a last resort. I like this because it's an incentive to methodically explore levels and not just sprint through. To me this game is more chill than DS3 for that reason. You aren't meant to be spam dodging and healing. Just lots of good 1v1 battles
@@3ericwyeah 1v1 battles when the majority of rooms have like 6 enemies both meelee and ranged, I finished ds2 sotfs yesterday for the first time, and it wasn't fun like ds1 which I loved, it has serious artificial-difficulty moments
@@3ericw That's horrible game philosophy though. If I've already explored an area, why would I want to continue killing the same enemies over and over to get back to where I died. That's just a massive time dump. The levels shouldn't generally force you to have to clear every time, that just becomes tedious as all hell for no reason.
I went back to get all the trophies on DS2 last December and felt very nostalgic going back to it, hopefully we will see you do a deathless run at somepoint 😅
Dark Souls 2, while extraordinarily different and definitely considered the black sheep of the soulsborne series, is 100% my personal favorite Dark Souls game. It was my first introduction into the series courtesy of TheMediaCows old DS2 playthrough and from there I was hooked not only onto the Souls series, but RPGs in general. Sure it has many questionable decisions and many aspects of it are less than stellar, but it holds a special place in my heart and I will always consider it one of my favorite games of all time. Besides, the world, RPG elements, and gameplay are all uniquely catered to my individual tastes my pure happenstance
I don't think I would say that Dark Souls 2 is my favorite game in the franchise, objectively saying, DS3 would take that title. But there's something about it that I can't quite explain and it holds a special place in my heart that the others don't. It's the from soft game I have the less hours played, but it's the only one I finished only once, so it's the one I took the longest to finish on my first playthrough. The reason for that is the level design, it's the only from soft game that, in my experience, what killed me over and over again were not the bosses, but the levels. And this made me get a lot of souls from corpse runs and spend it on trying different equipment. Because of that, it was the only from soft game that the rpg elements really flourished to me in the first run, when usually I'm the one who sticks to the first weapon I like using. But replaying those levels the last thing I want so I'll probably never touch the game again
Don’t feel bad. As someone who’s played all the games ds2 just wasn’t for me I tried to force myself through it same as you, and I think it’s hilarious we quit at the dumbass chaos king that boss is awful
same, i defeated every main game boss (except last) and also defeated fume knight but after defeating him i realised that i am just wasting my time and i got so bored from this game. Never playing ds2 again in my future
@@indoserver1345i was in the same boat and couldn’t for the life of me me get into this game. I tried the seeker of fire 2.0 mod for ds2 and it actually made the game much more enjoyable. I’d definitely give it a shot if you’re ever interested in playing ds2 again
...no, its because it has sloppy design choices. i never read peoples thoughts on 2 when i played it and i came to the conclusion on my own that it was sooooo boring.
This video gave me ptsd flashbacks of my own time when I forced myself to finish this game. Throughout my entire playthrough I kept saying to myself that it's all going to be worth it and surely the ending will be satisfying despite me having absolutely zero fun so far. Well it wasn't worth it and honestly I just regret putting myself through it. The entire game was a slog and I should've just dropped it the moment I realized I'm not having any fun instead of forcing it. I guess it's been a learning experience one way or another.
Dark Souls II is specifically not designed to be rushed through, even compared to something like a DS3, Elden Ring or Sekiro. Everyone looking for that kind of experience will get dissapointed. This might simply not be a game for speedrunners. They went for an old school design with this game, which i highly appreciate btw. Planty of hectic "modern" games out there. Very few games of this quality are forcing a methodical and slower paced approach nowadays.
I get where you’re coming from however I still don’t agree that the slow play style works with souls games. Having to play through awfully placed and obnoxious enemies at a slow pace just makes the game repetitive and frustrating. Especially when it comes to boss runbacks. I like the idea they were going for but i don’t think they executed it well.
Having to kill the relatively strong enemies before the executioner chariot fight 12 times was just annoying and tedious. The boss fight itself was also gimmicky and kinda annoying imo. Another thing that pushes me away is that I usually like playing Souls PVP but the netcode and general floatiness of the animations feels the worst to me out of the souls games.
Dark Souls 2 is in a superposition where it is simultaneously the best Souls game and the worst one too. Like it does so many things wrong but it also does so many things right.
Man, I loved DkS2 back when it released. The lore was kind of weird and didn’t have the same impact on me as when I discovered the original, but it had fantastic fashion, the multiplayer was my favorite of any From game, and I loved the challenge of it. The DLCs were also great. It’s the kind of game you can really sink your teeth into.
This is the only souls game where I didnt want to listen to metal music while playing it. It just felt calmer and casual, compared to the absolute epicness of dark souls 3 and sekiro, the aggresiveness of elden ring and bloodborne, and the methodical pace of dark souls 1 and demons souls.
Oh fun fact about this game. If you look deep into fromsoft lore, the first games they ever created were the kings field series, and shadow tower as well. While miyazaki was clearly innovated with demons souls and dark souls by kings field, shadow tower and shadow tower abyss were both worked on by the main director of Dark souls 2, which is interesting considering the differences of dark souls 2.
@@ExpertContrarian hey man it feels great killing bosses to say shepherd of fire by avenged sevenfold. Especially if you've played black ops 2 origins cuz that intro was badass as all hell
Incase you do ever try a deathless run (im up to your skeleton lords fight), use alluring skulls for the mini skellies. Just keep tossing em every couple of seconds while you clear them out
She is brute forcing the game way too much, you really can't have a good time with this game like that. Gotta go at the game's speed and play how it wants you to.
Just so you know ADP is not just for I-frames it also lets you use consumables faster. I don't blame you for quitting when you did. Everyone was talking up the DLC as so amazing and I got to it and was just like wtffff it's literally the worst gank squad situation all over. I hated how every boss was so easy (except for some DLC bosses), but getting to the bosses was out of this world!
Whoever designed DS2 just thought DS as a series was hard because it threw too many enemies at you. They did not once consider level design(hence why you go up an elevator to the bottom of a volcano), or enemy placement at all.
@@Zeratultheking Not only do you go up an elevator to the bottom of a volcano, you go up an elevator, while you're inside and already near the top of a broken tower whose top you can see from the outside, into the bottom of a volcano.
The DLC is the best of the game. And most of peoples problem is playing it like fools running by everything, when the mechanics very clearly are designed to force… you know, engaging with the game. It punishes how everyone plays the other Soulslike games by rushing by 99% of it. That’s on you. Vanilla isn’t even bad about that. And other than Smelter Demon run and the Co-Op areas of the DLC, the Scholar version isn’t either really… if you actually play through the game rather than run through it. Game has so many legitimate problems but most people focus on their self inflicted issue of not being able to cheese it by running by easily to magic door
@elvickRULES There's a reason why DS2 is the bastard son of the series. I played DS2 just like you said, didn't act like a fool just running past everything and the ads on the way to the bosses were 10x harder than any boss in the DLC. All this work to get a mess of a boss. Which makes the game not as enjoyable or rewarding as the others. And ya you're right thats not even the worst part about DS2. OP was definitely getting punished for trying to run past everything, but to her credit she was trying to feel out a path for a deathless run. You cannot fight every rank and file enemy and brush past every gank squad if you want to do a deathless run. Its possible, but not feasible.
Honestly by the time you got to lost sinner, the rule of thumb is to question everything much like poke the chest in DS3 you never know when the game is gonna throw you a wrench against you. Some of these were obvious that you took them for sure. But yes this game is harder to enjoy it, certainly watching go through brought memories for sure
All her problems with the game could've been solved if she did not try to run past enemies. That strat works for the other Souls games not DS2. You have to kill them if you want to comfortably explore the game. The enemies stalk you forever.
@@Ghorda9in yet 99.9% of videos of people calling the game bad and “gank!” Crying are running a marathon and it failing miserably because they seemingly went out of their way to punish that play style. So clearly “it works” doesn’t really work because it’s why everyone says the game is bad. I like the game and still would say it’s a bad game but not for that reason because I don’t play like an idiot doing the same thing over and over hoping it finally works instead of just changing how I engage with a different type of experience
Watching this poor woman try this game, with the RAPIER of all weapons, made my skin hurt. Please, i beg you, use something that does not suck, oh god allmighty.
Don’t know why ppl say this is the worst souls game there is to me this was far better than ds1 like I beat ds1 twice but I’ve beat ds2 so much im on like 8000 hrs or on new game 50 or 51 like it’s the only souls game that is challenging
Dark souls 2 is like: "remember how annoying Blighttown and Depths was in DS1? How about we make essentially all of the starting areas that annoying? Also, remember how impalanced multi-boss fights were in DS1? How about we double down with every other boss fight being a multi-boss? Oh, and remember how the cluniciness of DS's mechanics separated it from other TP-fighting games? Bet people would love it if they were even cluncier ..." In my opinion, DS2 is like the culmination of the worst lessons the developers could've possibly taken from the success of it's predecessor.
PvP was the reason people played this game. ADP made PvP, and you could also cancel attacks for mix-ups. Fight clubs at Iron Keep. Loved it. PvE Garbage
@ 52:05 you can see the Key to the Embedded appear on the ground and rotate into your character's hands, before they use it. I'm not sure that it is supposed to work that way, but it looks really cool! That was shortly after the enemy glitched out, and wouldn't get back up, even with HP remaining, so your game might have just needed a reset.
DS2 gives me this strange nostalgic feeling, even though my first playthrough was only a few years ago. I think it's the music, it's kind of haunting...only way I'm able to explain it xD
I recently played and finished DS1R for the first time, mostly blind, and absolutely loved it. I was excited to play DS2. After about 4.5 hours of fighting with the game's shit movement and camera controls, horrid hit boxes, enemies recovering from being stunned and hitting me back during my 2nd swing, enemies seemingly having infinite poise, enemy attacks with ZERO fucking windup and thus no counter-play (guaranteed damage) EDIT: rereading this I think what I actually meant was enemy attacks where the damage is applied to you on the first frame or 2 instead of during or at the end of the attack so you have no chance of reacting to it without taking damage :EDIT, absolutely bullshit enemy attack tracking, arguably unfair enemy placement at times, and other stuff I can't remember at the moment, I quit, uninstalled, and went straight to DS3. If you love DS2, by all means love it. Screw my opinion of it, play what you like. But holy shit i hate it with a passion.
I can't say my experience was the same as yours, especially when it comes to animations and such, but I have my own problems with the game. With most of the Souls games but especially DS2 I think knowing stuff some of it's quirks before playing smooths things out beforehand. Unfortunately with DS1 I'd already watched a bunch of videos to convince myself to buy a controller to finally play it but by then I already knew too much about the game to be surprised and had an optimal build. I also feel like there's some stuff that is so good I couldn't justify playing around with anything else (e.g. FaP ring, Havel's Armor, Grass Crest Shield). DS2 is something I have fond memories of because I had to muddle through it on my own, cheese and all. Things like Adaptability = i-frames (still an insane decision decision) and that being patient clearing enemies one by one is the better way to go most of the time. I do think it feels slippery and sludgy but that's something I had a problem with in DS1 too, at least jumping controls are a bit more natural. I feel like if the fog doors weren't passable without killing mobs it might set expectations for the player better. The huge amount of enemies, ambushes and limited i-frames on fog doors seem like they're trying to discourage you from rushing past them, but in practice most players are like me and will try to run anyway. Was a very different design philosophy from the first game.
@@yuza1032that’s why enemies despawn to balance the runs to the boss. It’s very clear to Me that the intent was to discourage how people don’t engage with the previous games as intended and just run by everything. But despite that they knew they had to balance it out a bit if they make you take the enemies down. Most of the movement jank is from lack of full 360 movement. I think it’s like 16 point movement or something stupid. And the lock on is trash but it’s still trash in Elden Ring too so 🤷♂️
DS2 is in such a weird place. I started my souls experience with it, and in some ways it's my favorite of the series. But holy fuck does it have some downsides! ADP is a problem, some of the boss and area designs are too shallow. I feel like it would benefit with less areas and them being more fleshed out? Though, I do like that it's linear, but you can choose different paths. That made it way more replayable than DS3 for me. And playing DS1 after 2 and 3 - I just couldnt get into it. I have played DS2 so much cant seem to enjoy it anymore though, but that took me over 700 hours....
Poor guy, i feel sorry for people who starts with ds2, i started with ds1 and i really loved it the lore, gameplay, world design, bosses (except bed of chaos)... I couldnt feel the same way when starting ds2 as ds1 tutorial was better spent like 5 hours dying then deleted it, didnt have the motivation to finish it like i did with ds1 , next day installed it again, after 15 hours in the game i deleted it again. I couldnt ask for a refund as i bought the game a long time ago sadly
@@mtb71999 I still finished DS1 though! I just didn't love it and want to come back for a second, third playthrough. DS1 has a couple of the coolest bosses and weapons in the series, for example the gold tracer and Artorias are two of my favourite weapons/bosses in the game.
Yup this was my experience with DS2 after having played the other From games. Just miserable and trolly the entire way through. I feel like people say it's good as a joke to lure in other new players to also make them miserable.
This game has some great moments, but they are overshadowed by how many terrible moments it has. To be honest, people try so much to excuse this game, but the amount of troll moments it has doesn't deserve any excuse
I finished ds1 for the first time recently and I started ds2 bc I wanted to complete them in order and I just don’t have the same motivation and connection I had with dark souls 1 😭😭😭
if you just keep pushing through it will eventually click, for the first little while when i played it i felt the same way, but once i got a little ways into it and was better leveled and comfortable i realized how much i love this game
i'm also playing the trilogy in order for the first time and i thought about dropping ds2 too but then i ran through the game smoothly, honestly most bosses are underwhelming and easy, the areas are the real enemies as they are too much annoying, and the level design is trash compared to ds1. Even tho i finished the game i don't think it was worth it lol, but now i can finally jump to ds3
Dark souls 2 isnt even bad, its the stupid scholar of the worst sin rerelease, base ds2 with the dlc is actually really enjoyable, especially finding cool powerstance combos like when i learned u can powerstance different weapon classes like great hammer with great axe, longsword with rapier etc and making your own loadout to stomp the game with
@@Star-Commander-VongDS2 is way better lol. Only bet improvement in Scholar is the shortcut in the wharf. Big woop. Scholar fucks up the tutorial area with a branch statue for no reason. 🤪Most changes in Scholar make the game worse. Instead of taking the chance to fix hitboxes, rework the lighting system so the torch matters in the whole of the game and not like 2 areas, etc they just copy pasted enemies everywhere haphazardly. Spooky ghost horse in a prestige castle? Sure that makes sense gotta reuse another boss for no reason.
The only thing i understand when people say DS2 is their favourite souls game, is that it is the longest traditional souls game. But now with Elden Ring I have to say traditional.
I had the same reaction to the looking glass knight today... I'm to the point where IDK if it's worth finishing. Maaaaybe coming back to at some point. Every boss has been a let down. 😅
It's not just a single thing... It is many small details that make this game a very flawed game and if you can look past those flaws you can have a decent gaming experience.
The thing I've learned about DS2 is that, the more you hate it the harder it becomes. After 100%ing it, I hated a liiiittle bit less but I still dislike it LMAO but the DLC bosses are sick though.
I thought part 2 was really easy, but the blacksmith the sarcastic one keeps complaining so I hit him with my sword and he killed me, but every time I respawned he'd kill me over and over I actually had to restart the game because he wouldn't stop killing me.
@@shaphier7057 😂 yeah I know I deserved it but I had to try, you give up souls you collected to open his shop and he's really disrespectful no gratitude for you helping him, I still think it was funny like I'm dead I'm back I'm dead he's just standing there waiting to kill me when I respawn at the fire 😂
why is she using that stupid rapier, who's idea was that. its pretty good for the bosses but dog shit for regular enemy and especially for weak one hit enemy use any wide attack weapon and it would be so much easier
The fact that lots of people who are great in DS1 and DS3 think DS2 is bad is one of the reasons why I love it. It manages to oppress literally everyone, and I love it for that! Plus it's just that this is more like a personal, intimate, slow experience than the others.
Always fun finding a creator, binging a bunch of their vids, and then realizing a certain video is actually brand new. The Parky vs DS2 drama is hot off the presses!
DS2 Scholar of the First Sin is my favorite Dark Souls game. Took PVP to the next level, still miss the PVP covenants and rewards. The fire aura you had around your body if you had over a couple hundred PVP kills was dope. Amazing DLC with some awesome bosses. introduced powerstancing which Elden Ring adopted. Bonfire ascetics allowing you to fight bosses over and over. Introduced tons of new magic like hexes. The game is definitely underrated. Fun fact, it’s actually the best reviewed game of the dark souls trilogy. It gets a bad rap
I remember going through this game and about halfway through I knew it would be my only playthrough of Ds2. I don't think the game is horrible it just wasn't for me.
Definitely not the best of the Souls games but it does have my favorite DLCs and some of my favorite weapons. It'd be cool to see DS2 remade in DS3's engine, that would be pretty sick
@@Pearlem It's not really a matter of what's better or worse. It's a matter of which DLCs I enjoy, DS1 DLC isn't bad but I'm not super into it, DS3 DLC 1 was pretty meh, Ringed City is great, haven't touched Bloodborne but its DLC does look amazing. Regardless I still like DS2 iron and ivory DLCs a lot more than DS1 DLC and DS3's Ashes
@@tinminator8905 I know it uses havok physics engine but based on what on what I read it's a branched off different engine from DS1, 3, BB etc. But for BB, DS3 and onward they used a revamped version of the DS1/DeS engine
@@lllXanderlll They are not using the havoc engine, they use an in house engine that uses some of the havoc engine's base for physics and such. For every single one of their games they revise the engine. That is how in house engines are. Games get more complicated and different functionality is needed. DS2 uses different file formats and has some internal structuring that differs, but that is not the engine.
Agreed. This was my first DS and after my initial attempts and getting annihilated by enemies, something clicked and it just stuck with me. I played it consistently for a couple of years, NG+ and beyond, several character builds... I love this game. I love the level design of DS but DS2 is the one! (IMHO...)
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calling DS2 sticky, is the most accurate thing HarkenParbor has ever said
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cuz yall play ds backwords
@@jeremiahlb1i dont know what this means
@@jeremiahlb1 you mean Sark Douls
@@jeremiahlb1 Not really. Started with bloodborne and then went 1 -> 2 -> 3 and 2 is indeed sticky. DS1 is slow and clunky, but it still feels better than 2.
My favorite part of this game is that I could run it on integrated graphics during high school so I was able to play in class.
samme bro, this is my favorite game in the souls series . those times when i played with my buddies was a great time.
bruh you can play any souls game except elden ring on intergrated graphics
@@indoserver1345 nah fam, dark souls remastered runs ass on integrated , I had one
bro go to settings make it 800x600 res and it works perfect with 60fps@@shamimaramannan375
@@UnknownUnknown-uq5rv dude you can play ER, i think u have more than i3 10th gen as a processor
THAT'S ONE THING TO LOVE ABOUT DARK SOULS 2! There's a cat that sells you shit
God tier comment
Side note probably also the only redeeming thing about the game in it’s entirety
@@trashc4nn Not just the cat,but Majula in general is the best thing about ds2
@@kolapstrio5060 agreed
@@trashc4nn Na, it has a LOT of redeeming qualities, it's just that it has some egregious flaws.
Dark souls 2 is what people who don’t play any of the games thinks the whole franchise is like
The thing is most people play DS1 first and they learn the lessons the game teaches you. Go slowly through areas, lure enemies one by one when necessary, analyze the situation in general before rushing in. Then they play more runs and they get good at the game and start to rush areas and stuff and think they are "good" at playing souls games. After that they play DS2 (expecting to hate it of course) and play carelessly like they did on their later DS1 playthroughs getting mad that the game "ganks you" because they ignored every single enemy and act surprised the enemies didn't ignore them back.
I've seen this pattern over and over and that's probably the reason why most people that like DS2 played it as their first souls. So they play the game as someone new trying to learn and realize the game don't even gank you as you can normally not agro more than 2 or 3 enemies if you kill them as they come to you and not just run like a retard ignoring everyone when you don't even know how to get away because you never play that area before.
6:40 "I hate this game because I couldn't be bothered to kill one single enemy with 2 hits before opening a door and he killed me from behind" it just perfectly shows the mindset of the typical DS2 hater you're mad because a game actually wants you to use your brain and analyze the situation before rushing like a dumbass. The game is fiiled with explosive barrels and overall environment tools to easily deal with enemies, but people couldn't be bother to try to think some kind of strategy before agroing every single enemy on the area.
@@ancientdragon6049 bro whole game is just seems downgraded comparing to 1, especially movement
@@gokhan2429 ok so the movement system works similar to Breath of the Wild for example which I've never seen anyone complain about, but there are also improvements in movement like the ability climb ladders faster and use consumables in them. Also the game has like so many animations for weapon attacks depending on movement that were introduced in this game. So I just don't agree with the statement that "the whole game feels downgraded" like do you remember playing Blight town before the remaster?
Parky slowly realizing Ds2 deathless is a real bad idea.
Oh yeah, I was however able to do it with the morning star you find in Majula as bleed helps.
But you get a ring for it
"Running past everything to get to the door hasn't worked the other 30 times I've tried it, and I've even repeatedly said I know that doesn't work in this game...but maybe try 31 will be different."
"It's not me that's bad it's the game." LOL
Nearly every DS2 player who has an overly negative opinion of the game.
The game has so many problems, but that’s a self inflicted issue. The game punishes that more than the other games and actively rewards taking it slow because it despawns enemies killed 12 times.
Clearing out those DLC coop areas was a nightmare but made trying annoying bosses a lot less annoying since I was always ready and not stressed just to get there.
Park has it instilled in her brain that ds2 can't be good, and its honestly not a bad thing. She can be pretty dumb at times with her approaches to the game especially the multiple times shes fallen off a cliff because shes reading chat and still complains. The fact that she has to constantly remind herself to be open minded towards the game but naturally regresses back to the complaining state shows that she is genuinely not enjoying the game and thats okay.
@@elvickRULESwhat if you didnt have to kill every enemy in the area 12 times to be able to progress without constant ganking? would it be a worse game for that?
@@MrShitcakes69 You don't have to, especially in vanilla DS2 since they didn't just copy/paste enemies everywhere thinking that was a good idea.
In fact some areas in DS2 have so few enemies that they seem pointless. But people don't know what they're talking about with the problems that DS2 actually has because they just meme it and call it a day.
Let me posit YOU a question. What if you engaged with a game based on the mechanics it actually has rather than engage with the game based on the mechanics it doesn't? Which do you think will result in a better time?
I wonder.
Ngl, im surprised there isnt a DS playlist. Awesome run, and congrats on no death
So true I’ll make one, and thanks!!!!!
@@parkenharbor that's awesome. I saw this and was gonna binge the rest, that would be helpful. Especially since there'll be endless runs to watch. Keep up the awesome con7
What game or mod is this actually called? I didn't catch the name
@@josephalmy5869I’m wondering too… I was so lost cuz I missed the first 5 min and just kept it playing, seeing her join nato threw me off and just assumed it might be a mod🤣
im confused on the no death? she died several times. is it only like main story bosses no death or something?
I always have a soft spot for DS2. You are completely right about how experimental it is, and I really appreciate that about it. For example, I like the idea of enemies despawning. I also like the abundance of NPCs to summon, Lucatiel's story, and the theme of ambitious women who drive kings to ruin. And I loved the feeling of powerstancing great/large clubs and pancaking the enemies. I'll never get the special rings for deathless and no bonfire runs, and I'll never beat Sir Alonne hitless, but I still love it all the same.
Likewise about the rings but dark souls 2 is hands down my favourite game in the series.
The human enemy bosses are a good thing in my eyes, the overlapping level design leading to a sense of wonder and faux size. The storyline is awesome, Vendrik being misled into a war just for Nashandra's endless appetite to the dark, the story of the Milfanito.
I also unironically prefer the combat in 2.
Yes there are problems and I wouldn't say otherwise, but it's still my favourite game in the series.
@@phalanxiatheroan863I'm sorry? What's this about special rings???
@@TimothyGod Dark Souls 2 has two insane challenges built into it.
Illusory ring of a conqueror.
Illusory ring of the Exalted.
Conqueror, beat the game without dying.
Exalted, beat the game without using a bonfire.
If you are going for these rings, do not skip the ending credits as it can mess up the reward.
They are perhaps the hardest things From Soft have put into their games. (thankfully they aren't achievements)
@@phalanxiatheroan863 do they do anything cool?
Despite its many flaws, this is the one I most fondly remember. Feels like daydreaming when playing it.
Before elden ring it was the only one with power stancing and it's still the only one you can I fuse elements on boss weapons. Infusing moonlight greatsword with magic so it's has more magic damage was brilliant
@@hibarikyoya854Powerstancing, yes, but not dual-wielding from innate special weapon properties, such as Brigand Daggers. I can only speak on Daggers but I found them the most fun dual-wield/PS moveset to use amongst all in DS3, even compared to ER!
Yeah, ds2 has this fantasyish, dreamlike aesthetic that I really liked, vs. the gritty dark tha ds1 and 3 has
i totally agree
I don't agree to the "many flaws" (it has some, but some things some people see as flaws I see as strengths, for instance agility stat, slow combat pacing, unreal world connections), but I agree to the dreaminess-thing. Fuck, I love this game - way more than any other soulsborne (except bloodborne wich I don't know due to the lack of a PC port).
dark souls 2 is underhated
edit: past me just wasn't ready dis game is so good
Thank you, fook this heap
Overhated
ok whatever you say
Pov: you never played the game
@@VR00100 i changed my mind since making this comment
Rushing past enemies is the worst thing you can do in 2 lol
It always bothers me people don't get this. It's taught early on that you don't want to aggro the whole map. Running away is a last resort. I like this because it's an incentive to methodically explore levels and not just sprint through. To me this game is more chill than DS3 for that reason. You aren't meant to be spam dodging and healing. Just lots of good 1v1 battles
i'm not sure about 1v1 battles tho@@3ericw
@@3ericwyeah 1v1 battles when the majority of rooms have like 6 enemies both meelee and ranged, I finished ds2 sotfs yesterday for the first time, and it wasn't fun like ds1 which I loved, it has serious artificial-difficulty moments
@@3ericw I'm sorry did I really just read "lots of good 1v1 battles" as a description of DS2 SotFS?
@@3ericw That's horrible game philosophy though. If I've already explored an area, why would I want to continue killing the same enemies over and over to get back to where I died. That's just a massive time dump. The levels shouldn't generally force you to have to clear every time, that just becomes tedious as all hell for no reason.
DS2 becomes slightly less awful when you have like 30 ADP and your character no longer moves in slow motion
I'm glad she finally explained what Cat Mario meant because I had no idea
im still lost as of 32:08
@@jaylenpeoples6517google cat Mario and look for videos from 11 years ago. It’s a troll Mario like game solely designed to kill you in dumb ways
@@jaylenpeoples6517 it clearly hit lmao
The story during the rat king... captivating, incredible, world class writing
I went back to get all the trophies on DS2 last December and felt very nostalgic going back to it, hopefully we will see you do a deathless run at somepoint 😅
Dark Souls 2, while extraordinarily different and definitely considered the black sheep of the soulsborne series, is 100% my personal favorite Dark Souls game. It was my first introduction into the series courtesy of TheMediaCows old DS2 playthrough and from there I was hooked not only onto the Souls series, but RPGs in general. Sure it has many questionable decisions and many aspects of it are less than stellar, but it holds a special place in my heart and I will always consider it one of my favorite games of all time. Besides, the world, RPG elements, and gameplay are all uniquely catered to my individual tastes my pure happenstance
I liked it, it was my first souls, but i like blood borne and dark souls 3 better, and of course elden ring but dark souls 2 is still good.
@@Whattatwistbased opinion. Bloodborne is my all time favorite if we're talking every soulsborne game instead of just dark souls
That's usually how it goes. The first game you play is the favorite
I don't think I would say that Dark Souls 2 is my favorite game in the franchise, objectively saying, DS3 would take that title. But there's something about it that I can't quite explain and it holds a special place in my heart that the others don't. It's the from soft game I have the less hours played, but it's the only one I finished only once, so it's the one I took the longest to finish on my first playthrough. The reason for that is the level design, it's the only from soft game that, in my experience, what killed me over and over again were not the bosses, but the levels. And this made me get a lot of souls from corpse runs and spend it on trying different equipment. Because of that, it was the only from soft game that the rpg elements really flourished to me in the first run, when usually I'm the one who sticks to the first weapon I like using. But replaying those levels the last thing I want so I'll probably never touch the game again
Don’t feel bad. As someone who’s played all the games ds2 just wasn’t for me I tried to force myself through it same as you, and I think it’s hilarious we quit at the dumbass chaos king that boss is awful
U mean burnt ivory King?
same, i defeated every main game boss (except last) and also defeated fume knight but after defeating him i realised that i am just wasting my time and i got so bored from this game. Never playing ds2 again in my future
@@indoserver1345i was in the same boat and couldn’t for the life of me me get into this game. I tried the seeker of fire 2.0 mod for ds2 and it actually made the game much more enjoyable. I’d definitely give it a shot if you’re ever interested in playing ds2 again
@@aaronrio4271 maybe for dlc only :)
@@indoserver1345 you gotta admit tho fume knight is a top tier boss
People hate on Dark Souls 2 because it seems to be “the cool thing” to do just like hating on Nickelback
...no, its because it has sloppy design choices. i never read peoples thoughts on 2 when i played it and i came to the conclusion on my own that it was sooooo boring.
This video gave me ptsd flashbacks of my own time when I forced myself to finish this game. Throughout my entire playthrough I kept saying to myself that it's all going to be worth it and surely the ending will be satisfying despite me having absolutely zero fun so far. Well it wasn't worth it and honestly I just regret putting myself through it. The entire game was a slog and I should've just dropped it the moment I realized I'm not having any fun instead of forcing it. I guess it's been a learning experience one way or another.
"I will try and keep an open mind with this game."
*lie detector goes brazy*
It seriously feels like she went into this game _wanting_ to hate it.
@@Star-Commander-Vongas does everyone online apparently. The only person I see online who didn’t would be the TH-camr yazmania and silver mont.
@@zzodysseuszz Playframe. Dan Floyd (and Dan Jones) of Playframe unironically consider it to be the BEST game of the trilogy.
Dark Souls II is specifically not designed to be rushed through, even compared to something like a DS3, Elden Ring or Sekiro. Everyone looking for that kind of experience will get dissapointed. This might simply not be a game for speedrunners. They went for an old school design with this game, which i highly appreciate btw. Planty of hectic "modern" games out there. Very few games of this quality are forcing a methodical and slower paced approach nowadays.
I get where you’re coming from however I still don’t agree that the slow play style works with souls games. Having to play through awfully placed and obnoxious enemies at a slow pace just makes the game repetitive and frustrating. Especially when it comes to boss runbacks. I like the idea they were going for but i don’t think they executed it well.
Having to kill the relatively strong enemies before the executioner chariot fight 12 times was just annoying and tedious. The boss fight itself was also gimmicky and kinda annoying imo.
Another thing that pushes me away is that I usually like playing Souls PVP but the netcode and general floatiness of the animations feels the worst to me out of the souls games.
The game feels kinda it was made by someone who only knew dark souls through memes and rage quit TH-cam compilations.
i call it dumb design
Dark Souls 2 is in a superposition where it is simultaneously the best Souls game and the worst one too. Like it does so many things wrong but it also does so many things right.
No not even. Ds2’s lowest lows are higher than Ds1’s highest. Ds1 was a complete mess in everything it did. Demons souls kinda gets a pass on it.
@@zzodysseuszzQuit smoking crack dude
Man, I loved DkS2 back when it released. The lore was kind of weird and didn’t have the same impact on me as when I discovered the original, but it had fantastic fashion, the multiplayer was my favorite of any From game, and I loved the challenge of it. The DLCs were also great. It’s the kind of game you can really sink your teeth into.
This is the only souls game where I didnt want to listen to metal music while playing it. It just felt calmer and casual, compared to the absolute epicness of dark souls 3 and sekiro, the aggresiveness of elden ring and bloodborne, and the methodical pace of dark souls 1 and demons souls.
Oh fun fact about this game. If you look deep into fromsoft lore, the first games they ever created were the kings field series, and shadow tower as well. While miyazaki was clearly innovated with demons souls and dark souls by kings field, shadow tower and shadow tower abyss were both worked on by the main director of Dark souls 2, which is interesting considering the differences of dark souls 2.
Pretty weird
@@ExpertContrarian hey man it feels great killing bosses to say shepherd of fire by avenged sevenfold. Especially if you've played black ops 2 origins cuz that intro was badass as all hell
I'm not proud of this, but in Junior High my friend told me to play cat Mario and I beat the whole game.
Awesome!! 🥳🎉 I've been so excited for this run!!
Incase you do ever try a deathless run (im up to your skeleton lords fight), use alluring skulls for the mini skellies. Just keep tossing em every couple of seconds while you clear them out
Hey man I fw your vids, they’re very impressive. Keep it up.
hey thanks a lot man! much appreciated@@DemonInPain
You can also use a greatsword and kill all of them
19:50 classic souls mental breakdown 😂
She is brute forcing the game way too much, you really can't have a good time with this game like that. Gotta go at the game's speed and play how it wants you to.
Got into Dark souls remastered thanks to you!!
Just so you know ADP is not just for I-frames it also lets you use consumables faster. I don't blame you for quitting when you did. Everyone was talking up the DLC as so amazing and I got to it and was just like wtffff it's literally the worst gank squad situation all over. I hated how every boss was so easy (except for some DLC bosses), but getting to the bosses was out of this world!
Whoever designed DS2 just thought DS as a series was hard because it threw too many enemies at you. They did not once consider level design(hence why you go up an elevator to the bottom of a volcano), or enemy placement at all.
@@Zeratultheking Not only do you go up an elevator to the bottom of a volcano, you go up an elevator, while you're inside and already near the top of a broken tower whose top you can see from the outside, into the bottom of a volcano.
@@ZeratulthekingThey also make you fight 4 powerful beings because some knee high rubble blocks the path to Drangleic Castle lol
The DLC is the best of the game. And most of peoples problem is playing it like fools running by everything, when the mechanics very clearly are designed to force… you know, engaging with the game.
It punishes how everyone plays the other Soulslike games by rushing by 99% of it. That’s on you.
Vanilla isn’t even bad about that. And other than Smelter Demon run and the Co-Op areas of the DLC, the Scholar version isn’t either really… if you actually play through the game rather than run through it.
Game has so many legitimate problems but most people focus on their self inflicted issue of not being able to cheese it by running by easily to magic door
@elvickRULES There's a reason why DS2 is the bastard son of the series. I played DS2 just like you said, didn't act like a fool just running past everything and the ads on the way to the bosses were 10x harder than any boss in the DLC. All this work to get a mess of a boss. Which makes the game not as enjoyable or rewarding as the others. And ya you're right thats not even the worst part about DS2.
OP was definitely getting punished for trying to run past everything, but to her credit she was trying to feel out a path for a deathless run. You cannot fight every rank and file enemy and brush past every gank squad if you want to do a deathless run. Its possible, but not feasible.
Honestly by the time you got to lost sinner, the rule of thumb is to question everything much like poke the chest in DS3 you never know when the game is gonna throw you a wrench against you. Some of these were obvious that you took them for sure. But yes this game is harder to enjoy it, certainly watching go through brought memories for sure
All her problems with the game could've been solved if she did not try to run past enemies. That strat works for the other Souls games not DS2. You have to kill them if you want to comfortably explore the game. The enemies stalk you forever.
it works really well in ds2, it's just harder, it's also the best strat in certain areas even, also don't forget alluring skulls exist.
*chortles in Yearn 😂*
@@Ghorda9in yet 99.9% of videos of people calling the game bad and “gank!” Crying are running a marathon and it failing miserably because they seemingly went out of their way to punish that play style.
So clearly “it works” doesn’t really work because it’s why everyone says the game is bad. I like the game and still would say it’s a bad game but not for that reason because I don’t play like an idiot doing the same thing over and over hoping it finally works instead of just changing how I engage with a different type of experience
1:30 That did NOT sound like fig at all😭😭😭
I couldnt do ANY souls game deathless cause i know my dumb ass will make a silly ass mistake in the easiest boss
Then you'll be better next time lol. I'm about to start a ds1 deathless, but with a randomly made build. And if i die, round 2. Ding ding
@@TimothyGod My worst fear is dying in the late game. I dont wanna have to do it all again bruh
@@goncaloguimaraes4185 same here. But inshall not go hollow
@@TimothyGod I never did. I beat all the bosses in the game already. I linked the fire and will unleash the age of dark in new game +.
@@goncaloguimaraes4185 Atta boy. Keep it up chosen undead
Watching this poor woman try this game, with the RAPIER of all weapons, made my skin hurt.
Please, i beg you, use something that does not suck, oh god allmighty.
I used to hangout in majula when i was bored or upset used to pretend that i was actually in the world
Don’t know why ppl say this is the worst souls game there is to me this was far better than ds1 like I beat ds1 twice but I’ve beat ds2 so much im on like 8000 hrs or on new game 50 or 51 like it’s the only souls game that is challenging
Seeing your channel grow is cool keep it up
This hurt my head to watch, so many enemies left alive all the time and never killing them to get killed by being overrun.....
Parky uploaded a vid=depression cured❤
My favorite boss: A bunch of old men. Peak design.
That Havel facetank run did unspeakable damage to your Dark Souls skills.
You try to facetank and outheal literally every second clip.
Cat Mario
I must have been in a fugue state when I played this game because I don't remember a single thing from it
Dark souls 2 is like: "remember how annoying Blighttown and Depths was in DS1? How about we make essentially all of the starting areas that annoying? Also, remember how impalanced multi-boss fights were in DS1? How about we double down with every other boss fight being a multi-boss? Oh, and remember how the cluniciness of DS's mechanics separated it from other TP-fighting games? Bet people would love it if they were even cluncier ..."
In my opinion, DS2 is like the culmination of the worst lessons the developers could've possibly taken from the success of it's predecessor.
Park Souls is such a good name man
PvP was the reason people played this game. ADP made PvP, and you could also cancel attacks for mix-ups. Fight clubs at Iron Keep. Loved it. PvE Garbage
@ 52:05 you can see the Key to the Embedded appear on the ground and rotate into your character's hands, before they use it.
I'm not sure that it is supposed to work that way, but it looks really cool!
That was shortly after the enemy glitched out, and wouldn't get back up, even with HP remaining, so your game might have just needed a reset.
Feels like the DS2 dev team got the guy that made I Wanna Be The Guy in as a consultant.
DS2 gives me this strange nostalgic feeling, even though my first playthrough was only a few years ago. I think it's the music, it's kind of haunting...only way I'm able to explain it xD
I recently played and finished DS1R for the first time, mostly blind, and absolutely loved it. I was excited to play DS2. After about 4.5 hours of fighting with the game's shit movement and camera controls, horrid hit boxes, enemies recovering from being stunned and hitting me back during my 2nd swing, enemies seemingly having infinite poise, enemy attacks with ZERO fucking windup and thus no counter-play (guaranteed damage) EDIT: rereading this I think what I actually meant was enemy attacks where the damage is applied to you on the first frame or 2 instead of during or at the end of the attack so you have no chance of reacting to it without taking damage :EDIT, absolutely bullshit enemy attack tracking, arguably unfair enemy placement at times, and other stuff I can't remember at the moment, I quit, uninstalled, and went straight to DS3.
If you love DS2, by all means love it. Screw my opinion of it, play what you like. But holy shit i hate it with a passion.
I can't say my experience was the same as yours, especially when it comes to animations and such, but I have my own problems with the game. With most of the Souls games but especially DS2 I think knowing stuff some of it's quirks before playing smooths things out beforehand. Unfortunately with DS1 I'd already watched a bunch of videos to convince myself to buy a controller to finally play it but by then I already knew too much about the game to be surprised and had an optimal build. I also feel like there's some stuff that is so good I couldn't justify playing around with anything else (e.g. FaP ring, Havel's Armor, Grass Crest Shield). DS2 is something I have fond memories of because I had to muddle through it on my own, cheese and all.
Things like Adaptability = i-frames (still an insane decision decision) and that being patient clearing enemies one by one is the better way to go most of the time. I do think it feels slippery and sludgy but that's something I had a problem with in DS1 too, at least jumping controls are a bit more natural.
I feel like if the fog doors weren't passable without killing mobs it might set expectations for the player better. The huge amount of enemies, ambushes and limited i-frames on fog doors seem like they're trying to discourage you from rushing past them, but in practice most players are like me and will try to run anyway. Was a very different design philosophy from the first game.
@@yuza1032that’s why enemies despawn to balance the runs to the boss. It’s very clear to
Me that the intent was to discourage how people don’t engage with the previous games as intended and just run by everything. But despite that they knew they had to balance it out a bit if they make you take the enemies down.
Most of the movement jank is from lack of full 360 movement. I think it’s like 16 point movement or something stupid. And the lock on is trash but it’s still trash in Elden Ring too so 🤷♂️
you just suck at it and jump on the bandwagon
I have never heard of you before today, but now I have another dope ass soulsborne streamer to watch
DS2 is in such a weird place.
I started my souls experience with it, and in some ways it's my favorite of the series. But holy fuck does it have some downsides! ADP is a problem, some of the boss and area designs are too shallow. I feel like it would benefit with less areas and them being more fleshed out? Though, I do like that it's linear, but you can choose different paths. That made it way more replayable than DS3 for me. And playing DS1 after 2 and 3 - I just couldnt get into it.
I have played DS2 so much cant seem to enjoy it anymore though, but that took me over 700 hours....
Poor guy, i feel sorry for people who starts with ds2, i started with ds1 and i really loved it the lore, gameplay, world design, bosses (except bed of chaos)...
I couldnt feel the same way when starting ds2 as ds1 tutorial was better spent like 5 hours dying then deleted it, didnt have the motivation to finish it like i did with ds1 , next day installed it again, after 15 hours in the game i deleted it again.
I couldnt ask for a refund as i bought the game a long time ago sadly
@@mtb71999 I still finished DS1 though!
I just didn't love it and want to come back for a second, third playthrough.
DS1 has a couple of the coolest bosses and weapons in the series, for example the gold tracer and Artorias are two of my favourite weapons/bosses in the game.
Thanks you for playing it, even though it's not your cup of tea and it irritated you, you persevered through.
Which is better than most folks.
a game from 2013 looking like a game from 2003
Shut up
Yup this was my experience with DS2 after having played the other From games. Just miserable and trolly the entire way through. I feel like people say it's good as a joke to lure in other new players to also make them miserable.
i get why people don't like it but honestly speaking it's probably my favorite one alongside ds3
@@swag_tortoise Same dude, and also that was my first soulsborne experience. I WAS FUCKED D:
I really like DS2, even though I did not know that I had to level agility. Not sure what it is, but I honestly like it.
Nah, mate. We say it's good because it's good. It's the best.
git gud
This game has some great moments, but they are overshadowed by how many terrible moments it has. To be honest, people try so much to excuse this game, but the amount of troll moments it has doesn't deserve any excuse
Thumbnail got me clicking.
Commentary and gameplay got me watching
Just gotta watch some Ymfah. He's always saying this is Best Souls 2. And DS2>DS3. Of course, he also says dex>sex, so there's that
He's right on every count.
“i love medusas” has the exact same energy as calling vampires draculas hahaha
I finished ds1 for the first time recently and I started ds2 bc I wanted to complete them in order and I just don’t have the same motivation and connection I had with dark souls 1 😭😭😭
ds2 best
if you just keep pushing through it will eventually click, for the first little while when i played it i felt the same way, but once i got a little ways into it and was better leveled and comfortable i realized how much i love this game
NAHHH same im honestly debating dropping it 😭💀
i'm also playing the trilogy in order for the first time and i thought about dropping ds2 too but then i ran through the game smoothly, honestly most bosses are underwhelming and easy, the areas are the real enemies as they are too much annoying, and the level design is trash compared to ds1. Even tho i finished the game i don't think it was worth it lol, but now i can finally jump to ds3
Force yourself through it so that you enjoy DkS3 even more
"this is a troll game, but the water looks so nice". DS2 in a Nutshell
Dark souls 2 isnt even bad, its the stupid scholar of the worst sin rerelease, base ds2 with the dlc is actually really enjoyable, especially finding cool powerstance combos like when i learned u can powerstance different weapon classes like great hammer with great axe, longsword with rapier etc and making your own loadout to stomp the game with
Nah, dude, base DS2 is a gross mess.
@@Star-Commander-Vongyea its pretty bad
@@Star-Commander-VongDS2 is way better lol. Only bet improvement in Scholar is the shortcut in the wharf. Big woop.
Scholar fucks up the tutorial area with a branch statue for no reason. 🤪Most changes in Scholar make the game worse. Instead of taking the chance to fix hitboxes, rework the lighting system so the torch matters in the whole of the game and not like 2 areas, etc they just copy pasted enemies everywhere haphazardly.
Spooky ghost horse in a prestige castle? Sure that makes sense gotta reuse another boss for no reason.
@@elvickRULES Wrong on every account, but nice try.
I will admit that it's the probably worst of the 3 souls games but I've got a soft spot for ds2 cause it was my first souls games
The only thing i understand when people say DS2 is their favourite souls game, is that it is the longest traditional souls game. But now with Elden Ring I have to say traditional.
59:27 the legend of tacgnol returns
This game is truly rage inducing. I don't remember ever raging in a souls game as much as with this one lmao
Skill issue
I had the same reaction to the looking glass knight today... I'm to the point where IDK if it's worth finishing. Maaaaybe coming back to at some point. Every boss has been a let down. 😅
It's not just a single thing... It is many small details that make this game a very flawed game and if you can look past those flaws you can have a decent gaming experience.
I actually think it's far better than ds1 and ds3
@@kennyji840That's a very valid opinion. I personally think DkS1 is overrated and DkS2 the worst of the Souls games
She said give me the name of the guy who made this. I was saying that about Halo 4 and whoever made the prometheans
Sane persons who don't like something never show their hate. Remember this whoever read it
Your definition of sane is way off tho. Because absolute majority of people do in fact show their hate. And majority by definition can't be insane.
The thing I've learned about DS2 is that, the more you hate it the harder it becomes. After 100%ing it, I hated a liiiittle bit less but I still dislike it LMAO but the DLC bosses are sick though.
I tried replaying DS2 and I was shocked cause I thought it was way worse than I remebered it being.
I thought part 2 was really easy, but the blacksmith the sarcastic one keeps complaining so I hit him with my sword and he killed me, but every time I respawned he'd kill me over and over I actually had to restart the game because he wouldn't stop killing me.
deserved
@@shaphier7057 😂 yeah I know I deserved it but I had to try, you give up souls you collected to open his shop and he's really disrespectful no gratitude for you helping him, I still think it was funny like I'm dead I'm back I'm dead he's just standing there waiting to kill me when I respawn at the fire 😂
I will never punish myself and play through this game again.
why is she using that stupid rapier, who's idea was that. its pretty good for the bosses but dog shit for regular enemy and especially for weak one hit enemy use any wide attack weapon and it would be so much easier
To this day DS2 is my favorite of all souls borne…those stupid mods or whatever she has on would definitely ruin the experience for sure
I ain’t even watch the video yet but had to say that you already got my ass good with the thumbnail lol.
You’re talking about her tits right
The fact that lots of people who are great in DS1 and DS3 think DS2 is bad is one of the reasons why I love it. It manages to oppress literally everyone, and I love it for that! Plus it's just that this is more like a personal, intimate, slow experience than the others.
Always fun finding a creator, binging a bunch of their vids, and then realizing a certain video is actually brand new.
The Parky vs DS2 drama is hot off the presses!
to me this was always the most fun dark souls game, still less sticky and shitty mechanical feeling then ds1 🤷
49:46 when the grown up responsibilities hit
I was considering replaying ds2 because i was starving for some souls content. Thank you for reminding me how bad of an idea it was
Ngl my favorite moment is throwing the boxes to their demise and oofing them from a clif...
"Haha i do that."
"This fight is so bad"
Twitch chatter tells her how to make the fight so much more easy
"I dont wanna do that tho"
"This fight is still bad"
OOF
DS2 Scholar of the First Sin is my favorite Dark Souls game. Took PVP to the next level, still miss the PVP covenants and rewards. The fire aura you had around your body if you had over a couple hundred PVP kills was dope. Amazing DLC with some awesome bosses. introduced powerstancing which Elden Ring adopted. Bonfire ascetics allowing you to fight bosses over and over. Introduced tons of new magic like hexes. The game is definitely underrated. Fun fact, it’s actually the best reviewed game of the dark souls trilogy. It gets a bad rap
ds2 deathless would be an achievment!
I actually got had, thought the fire alarm beeping was my fridge 😔
I remember going through this game and about halfway through I knew it would be my only playthrough of Ds2. I don't think the game is horrible it just wasn't for me.
lmfao the npc just shouting “who are you” has me dead
How is this deathless is she dies so many times? Genuine question
Please please please do a Lies of P walkthrough!! Game is so good!
Definitely not the best of the Souls games but it does have my favorite DLCs and some of my favorite weapons. It'd be cool to see DS2 remade in DS3's engine, that would be pretty sick
Ds1, ds3, and bloodborne all have better dlc.
@@Pearlem It's not really a matter of what's better or worse. It's a matter of which DLCs I enjoy, DS1 DLC isn't bad but I'm not super into it, DS3 DLC 1 was pretty meh, Ringed City is great, haven't touched Bloodborne but its DLC does look amazing. Regardless I still like DS2 iron and ivory DLCs a lot more than DS1 DLC and DS3's Ashes
Fromsoft has used the same engine for all their games since Demon's Souls.
@@tinminator8905 I know it uses havok physics engine but based on what on what I read it's a branched off different engine from DS1, 3, BB etc. But for BB, DS3 and onward they used a revamped version of the DS1/DeS engine
@@lllXanderlll They are not using the havoc engine, they use an in house engine that uses some of the havoc engine's base for physics and such. For every single one of their games they revise the engine. That is how in house engines are. Games get more complicated and different functionality is needed. DS2 uses different file formats and has some internal structuring that differs, but that is not the engine.
Wait, did she just... not finish the game after so much struggle?
Understandable
trashy
'I will try to keep an open mind'.
Proceeds to bitch and moan throughout the entire game -.-
Cause it’s a shit game
Agreed. This was my first DS and after my initial attempts and getting annihilated by enemies, something clicked and it just stuck with me. I played it consistently for a couple of years, NG+ and beyond, several character builds... I love this game. I love the level design of DS but DS2 is the one! (IMHO...)
I didt finish ds2 bc i didnt enjoy it, so props to u for playing it that long
If you dont Like it, is because this game is not for you...
For my part, I really like DS2 and not DS.. gustos..
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