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?
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?
One of the problems with matthewmatosis' review is that his complaints about the combat all revolve around him not grasping how the game expects you to deal with multiple enemies. E.g. he complains that the Prowling Magus fight makes it so that you can't see a bunch of the congregation if you lock-on to the priests at the back of the church. A lot of the game's early encounters are supposed to teach you to turn off lock-on when dealing with multiple enemies, but a lot of people just brute force these fights by pulling individual enemies away using ranged attacks.
What? The prowling magus is like Pinwheel 2.0. Who even complains about him?
As I mentioned earlier in my comment, the DS2 review by YouTube channel, matthewmatosis uses Prowling Magus as an example of "artificial difficulty" alongside the twin dragon riders you fight midway through Vendrick's castle.
Killing Prowling Magus is borderline a hate crime though and if I have a spare aesetic I usually refight the old iron king instead so that his death doesn't weigh on my conscience. :)