Love the game, but I also love Dark Souls 2.

Was wondering why Dark Souls 2 Is loathed by some fans and Dark Souls 3 is venerated by the those same fans?

  • a_jug_of_marx_piss [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I like to look at the number and proportion of bosses that do something interesting in the base game (not including bosses that do the same interesting thing as another, like have many of themselves, or have adds)

    Dark Souls: 13/22, 59 %

    Dark Souls 2: 11/32, 34 %

    Dark Souls 3: 10/19, 52 %

    Of course this is subjective, but I bet even the few huge fans of 2 would arrive at similar numbers. I mean, the last giant has like 3 attacks, and you just fight it in a boring room, at least in 1 they put you on a bridge or something when you fought the boring easy bosses.

    I also have a personal hot take: I dislike the direction they went with the story and the PVP in the later games.

      • a_jug_of_marx_piss [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        But can you roll off the Sens fortress invader spawn to swing on one of those swinging blades in DS3? Didn't think so.

        I agree that the added weapon variety and polished mechanics make the PVP combat itself more fun in DS2 and DS3. My problem with them is that they made the PVP too balanced, too focused on fair duels. It took away from the unique hunter and prey feeling DS1 had.