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?

  • FunnyUsername [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    The funny thing is I think Bloodborne is far and away the best of those types of games. One of the biggest reasons I disliked Dark Souls 3 though is that there was too much Bloodborne in it. Either the wires were getting crossed because it was developed while Bloodborne was coming out or Fromsoft decided that's just the direction they want to take the series. Combat is faster, enemies stunlock you more, you have way more stamina. Bloodborne isn't really Dark Souls 2.5 so I enjoyed the change of pace but I don't enjoy it when it's added into a series that's kind of famous for forcing players to be slow and not rush things.

    I also don't like how much of the game is "remember dark souls???? Remember gwyn? Remember this place?" It just feels lazy to me and it kinda makes me butthurt that there's barely any of that fan service for Dark Souls 2 because I consider it to be the overall best speaking purely of gameplay.

      • FunnyUsername [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah I think the DLC in ds2 is the best content in the series although I've never completed the ringed city

        • Arkhamasylumresident [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Ringed city is actually my favorite in the series, unless we are also counting bloodborne then that would belong to “The Old Hunters”. Still the Dark Souls 2 DLC are also great

        • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Most of the ringed city is pretty bad but the boss fight at the end with

          spoiler I guess

          Slave knight Gael, after he kills the last of the pigmy lords.

          Is an overall high point of the series, and probably one of my favourite boss fights in any videogame, right up there with the Grigori fight in dragon's dogma.

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        3 years ago

        It's really interesting how every From game seems to have its DLC be the high point. Such good level design, combat, and boss fights in all of them.

        Though I feel like the difficulty can also go up a BIT too high in them. I've only ever beaten Orphan of Kos once, and I've never beated Gael.