Everyone Is Wrong About Dark Souls 2

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

The main reason for the problems DS2 has is also because Bandai Namco gave Fromsoft only a year and a half to develop it. this is primarily the reason why the game has so much cut content as well.

[@EldenLord-wh4ov]

Fuck Bandai

[@NinjapowerMS]

The lack of content isn't even the underlying issues though. Enemy placements and overall just unfair gameplay all around. FromSoft at the time was riding the dark souls is hard so they did every BS thing possible going against Miyazaki's quote that DS is difficult but fair. DS2 has a death counter in its hubworld. * Edit I'd argued enough already about this years ago. Go cope somewhere else the death counter speaks volume of what their game philosophy in that game + Iframes being locked into a stat you have to specifically research.

[@Mat69420k]

​@@NinjapowerMS yeah man like DS2 is the only Soulsborne that has an achievement for dying if I'm not mistaken "This is Dark Souls"

[@676ida3]

Is there really a cut content? Ds2 is 2nd longest souls game next to elden ring

[@andy34isabor89]

​@@676ida3 Bro I "beat the fucking main story" and had more areas and shit to do so I dipped tf out 😂

[@EKk8819]

9:13 what a pure Dark Souls moment, knock her off the edge so she can land on the ground, then he falls into the water and dies, then she jumps in after you for no reason!

[@diodoxystar]

Beautiful jank side of the game. Grand theft auto V ragdolls are janky and fun in a same playful sense Sure. Sometimes even helps you

[@EKk8819]

@@diodoxystar Yea but souls is hilarious like this, 1 side u could be stuck trying to kill this girl forever or until u level up, or u can have some fluke happen and she does it herself.. there's just so much intangibles in these games, its what makes them so memorable.

[@andieallison6792]

LMAO

[@NaplesFTW]

My favorite part of this game is how the boss music immediately and abruptly stops the frame the boss's health hits 0

[@ErinLynagh]

doesnt this happen in every souls game...?

[@MAX-de8fe]

@@ErinLynagh not true youre stupid

[@PierreLucSex]

Litteraly DS1

[@justanaverageguy7293]

replaying ds1 and can confirm it also does the same thing

[@LegacyLunatic]

​@@ErinLynagh In DS1 and DS3 the music only cuts off after the "Victory Achieved" text. In DS2 the music cuts off as soon as the boss is dead, which is much worse imo.

[@rodrigonm97]

One thing i like is the whole theme of DS2 focusing on Human kingdoms. The gods are long dead and humanity is at fore front.

[@Evanz111]

Something Dark Souls 2 had which I wish they kept are the Bonfire Ascetics. Letting you skip to NG+ in certain areas to get new loot and re-fight the bosses was a genius idea. It’s the closest the series has had to a hard mode (without requiring you to beat the entire game again)

[@LordShrek13]

or the covenent of champions (also in ds2) that makes every enemy stronger and not stop respawning

[@A1phaz0ne]

Those would be worthless though in DS1 and DS3, no? Pretty sure DS2 was the only one that added new equipment to its NG+ cycles

[@beaup.2643]

​@@A1phaz0ne Basically. The only thing I think 3 added in ng+ was more rings. So it would essentially just be to add challenge which I don't think is a good challenge, just sliding the number scales up on enemy health and damage

[@mereen750]

​@@A1phaz0neTrue. Bonfire Ascetics would be worthless in DS1 and DS3. The bosses there are so shit that you don't wanna replay them.

[@Evanz111]

@@A1phaz0ne For me I mainly enjoyed using the Ascetics when I enjoyed an area and wanted to grind it, as well as stocking up on items and curatives (especially with how much more important they were in DS2) - plus getting the boss soul again for alternative equipment

[@Extendo23]

Dark Souls 2 was my first souls game, so it'll always be special to me. Definitely has issues, but goddam it has the sauce

[@anthonyrygalski6424]

Heide knight cosplay goes hard. It was my first, it's great, it's just not favorite. Still a banger in a series of bangers.

[@Extendo23]

@@anthonyrygalski6424 Heide Knight is a top 3 FromSoftware Knight armor, and it ain't 2 or 3

[@RWM0]

Same here. I hated it at first, ended up puting it down for like a year until I watched a Vaati video and fell in love with the lore lol

[@iam3sparta3gaming16]

So real

[@Nomine_s]

Don’t get lost in the sauce bro. It’s not that deep. We’re watching dark souls.

[@Bil-XL]

Dark Souls2 has probably the best NG+ cycle in the soulsborne genre Edit: Nioh 2 and Lies of P are not soulsborne, people are replying saying those games are better, but I’m not talking about soulslike I’m talking about soulsborne

[@fatbrokeboi6917]

@KZbinChannelYass-w7l what.. 😭

[@Yemmer]

@@fatbrokeboi6917it’s just a bot, ignore it, interactions are exactly what it wants.

[@MiraakUnofficial]

​@@fatbrokeboi6917don't engage with that just report and move on.

[@GuilhermeLPC]

you mean the only good NG+ cycle 🤣

[@Lukart59]

it wins this category by default because it actually makes changes.

[@LosoaII]

In retrospect of it all. I kind of love DS2's theme the most. Every character who kind of gets the whole cycle of the world looks at you and thinks right off the bat "Yeah you're nothing. Just another guy throwing their undead life away to an unachievable goal, and even if you do take the throne, you'd just be another squanderer that lives and dies just like the other kings." ....And yeah. They ain't wrong. It's all pointless, going through all that bullshit led to nothing. And then Aldia fucking jumpscares you to scream his seethe about the reality of the world. Then hints to you that there could be something more. Something that can actually be done, if you're willing to commit to the bullshit. And then you do the DLCs and they're fucking hard as shit, but by now you do it knowing there's a real ending beyond this, a goal that is tangible and only obtainable by doing all said bullshit. And in the end of it all...There actually is. A true release from the curse of undead. Unknown to the rest of the world except to you, the one that willingly did what was needed to earn it (translated to fighting and killing big boss monsters and gank squads) idk I just kind of look at it like that.

[@IsraelSolosGaza]

Who asked 😂

[@giantotter319]

@@IsraelSolosGaza I did

[@MyNameIsDecember]

Really well said mate. It tells you plainly what it is going to be and the ending where you just say 'I'll figure out another way. Screw you guys i'm going home" is fantastic. Ds2 always be my favorite :)

[@DirectOcean23]

@@IsraelSolosGaza yo username sucks lil bro quit trolling and go back to class

[@buttermilk5364]

I asked ​@@IsraelSolosGaza

[@that1scribbler]

"Lets see if i first try Fume Knight, full power, no statues down. I dont really remember his moves, but im sure ill figure it out." *immediately cuts to charlie outside the boss door* "Allllright im back, here i come!"

[@Dominator1039]

4:02 red guy 12:23 Pursuer before it was cool 20:02 Decrepit Tall Prisoner 28:32 Maybe the real boss was the friends we made along the way 34:18 Decrepit Prisoner (with freak) 42:42 Walmart Quelaag 47:44 Pope and friends 52:08 Limbo boss but with babies 56:10 An Ironic Statement followed by karma (101 Dalmatians) 1:02:57 Pile of Corpses with culinary skills 1:06:49 Oprah if she gave out rats 1:09:56 Trip to the dog park 1:14:09 Boney Guys 1:17:29 Mom from Binding of Isaac 1:20:29 Medusa 1:22:29 Titanic with spinny guy 1:26:38 Walmart Ornstein 1:29:15 Demon with sword 1:34:06 Balrog 1:37:06 Jumpscare Warning 1:37:43 Gargoyles x4 1:47:11 Voidskulker 1:52:42 Archer and red guy 1:54:30 November Rain Live (best base boss in game) [looks like mc from Blasphemous{yes I know this came out first}] 1:57:30 Frogger fights back 2:01:49 Chadstadt 2:05:15 How to Train (kill) Your Dragon 2:10:19 Dragon with too much health and a stupid attack 2:17:17 Tall Prisoner back in his prime 2:19:30 Beating up the elderly 2:22:05 Twodusa 2:29:32 Queen from down under (what does squalid queen even mean?) 2:40:20 Smaug after Taco Bell 2:47:30 Demon with sword but blue 2:52:10 No statues down (Big Sword guy) 3:00:26 Who is the janitor for this arena (Please dont commit seppuku) 3:07:37 Invisicat 3:17:26 Arthur and his Round Table Silence the Chaos 3:24:04 Test of Strength 3:26:18 Freaky with the finger also she looked like what??? 3:29:27 Fire Finale with Friend from before 3:33:41 Clocking out

[@wesleyhicks5851]

Best description of these bosses. I love it

[@Venom-xd9st]

How about a description of the actual boss names?

[@kevinberg4623]

@@Venom-xd9stno

[@Dominator1039]

@@Venom-xd9st you can do that if you want bruv no one is stopping you. It's also way more of a hassle to get the correct name and making sure you spell it right so I'll pass.

[@pempotfoy6206]

Soo unfunny

[@ZeldaFanZordecai]

Mandatory list of DS2 features and innovations; Powerstancing Bonfire Ascetics Actual NG+ changes Soul Vessel item for respec options Effigies allow mobile restoration of humanity Introduced omnidirectional targeted rolling (could only roll 4 cardinal directions in 1) Parry while 2 handing weapons Full movesets in either hand Guard breaking & critical followups Spell Deflection 2 handing shields/off-hand Sprinting & jumping into enemies pushes them out of the way to prevent being overwhelmed and cornered (huge issue in 1) Spice items to lower Spell stat requirements Max HP chipping til 50% (25% with Ring of Binding) to deter thoughtless/spam attempts at scenarios & bosses NPC Ghost/Gravestone feature Red Eye ring pulls enemy aggro to player to help NPC survive fights Covenant switching is free and easy 3 Arm slots (had 2 in 1) 4 Ring slots (had 2 in 1) Infuse shields Upgrading shields improves all stats & not only Stability Torches + torch interactions Hybrid consumable items Healing/consumables on ladders Environmental interaction (water pots give fire resis (Iron Keep), oil lowers it, water lowers lightning resis, etc.) Additional stamina cost per successive roll to prevent roll spam (rip DS3) Introduced movement during bow and item use Pyromancy actually balanced with Fire Seed upgrade system Poise actually balanced (yikes 1) with automatic get out options at certain thresholds (like being able to roll out after 2 hits) Only blacksmith could repair fully broken equipment (nice immersion/charm) Pharros lockstones Interactive/choice quest w/ Creighton and Pate Timing window on rolling-attack direction Twinblades Feint mechanic Hexes Etc.

[@weirdman1737]

Which ruined by abysmal level design, and overall animation speeds... And not sure if all of those are actually pros, or just paraphrasing controversial features that dropped out for better game design.

[@ZeldaFanZordecai]

@@weirdman1737 They're definitely all pros. The level design is fundamentally identical to 1's without the interconnection of separate levels, which is fine because 2 starts you out with warping specifically to deliberately reduce the massive trek times of 1. Also animation speed? Lol. That's a new one...

[@xavier_got_ya9169]

​@@dirtycash36yeah.. exactly lol. "The game just doesn't feel fast enough" "the world design is bad" Proceeds to completely ignore every flaw in every other Souls game to praise them, but nitpicks two tiny flaws of Dark Souls 2 and says those flaws completely destroy the game. Tell me you can't form your own opinion without telling me you can't form your own opinion 🤡

[@bloodywolf6483]

Still a garbage game

[@EmiDivinity]

Your beloved ds3 wouldnt have existed without ds2. Show some respect. ​@@bloodywolf6483

[@fablejoey3666]

At first I thought this was gonna be a 3 & a half hour video essay from Charles about DS2... honestly wouldn't have minded one bit.

[@_Error__]

I think there's something like that but forgot the person who made it

[@Ssosmooth69]

@@_Error__I think you’re thinking of Hbomberguy. That video isn’t that good tbh.

[@_Error__]

@Ssosmooth69 Yes I watched that a while back

[@jak199527]

@@Ssosmooth69it's an excellent video.

[@Nechrome9]

​@@Ssosmooth69I love DS2 but yeah the points he made were awful

[@Zoomerremover]

2 is a sequel and a side story directly connected to Manus in the first game and a different take on the undead curse. Genius idea for a sequel. Even if it’s the weakest in the franchise, that doesn’t make it a bad game.

[@williammoore1030]

Have always liked it, I did a no death no bonfire run to get the rings that make weapons invisible. I played it for hundreds of hours.

[@C3lticlord]

yeah this game has the best lore

[@Ayuima69]

You are right. Being a bad game makes it a bad game though.

[@Zoomerremover]

@@Ayuima69 “weakest” doesn’t mean bad. I never said that. Don’t put words in my mouth.

[@Ayuima69]

@@Zoomerremover Dark souls 2 is just bad. Says me. I have more good things to say about call of duty ghosts which people say objectively is a bad game. You can still like it even though I think it's an overall bad game.

[@hihowrya370]

2:07:05 "I've been thoroughly exploring and couldn't find Estus Shards and Sublime Bone Dusts"...looks like someone didn't thoroughly explore...

[@exi8550]

Ds2 pvp was god tier. Basically every weapon was viable in some way, and hybrid builds were super fun, like longsword firemage.

[@selfishvideos3375]

i used to run dual great lances, and the slow speed of the thrusts would throw people off and allow hits! They didnt have crazy hit boxes, didnt have high damage, but the way they were simply made turned them viable! I really miss the slower, back and forth feeling of DS2 pvp, which also allowed spells and non-meta weapons a chance to excel. Game was rough but in my opinon, still good

[@deejayf69]

Bro's on a crusade to redeem DS2 in the eyes of the public. I'm all for it. Was my first Dark Souls 💪

[@IsraelSolosGaza]

Didn’t ask

[@thetower8553]

me too needless to say I got thoroughly thrashed

[@jakeheape8349]

U know Its definitely not my favorite but it's still very good 👍

[@jakeheape8349]

​@@IsraelSolosGaza no one asked if u asked

[@junkolover9518]

I'm about to go on crusade to dislike every comment of FBI agents praising DS2. I guess recommending me 20 videos of "Dark Souls II is good, actually" wasn't enough, so they decided to buy Charlie as well.

[@KalKirin]

ds2 was my first souls game and ive been hooked on the genre ever since. i remember stamina was the meta in ds2 with the stam regen shield and ring. can we please get a compilation of charlie saying 'out of stamina'?

[@_GRAMPS]

Love dark souls 2 personally I think the game has the best set of armor’s out of the entire franchise

[@liitdiit]

agreed

[@brookbrook2959]

It's too bad most of us use Laughlin's shitty clothes for the whole game lol

[@AshRaf-to5gu]

True

[@Sporkonafork1]

When I think of fashion souls I think of Dark Souls II

[@therealgooseman2358]

​@@brookbrook2959speak for yourself, I always rush Drangleic Castle to get the Faraam set, then I wear it for multiple new game cycles

[@SonKunSama]

Also pro tip for everyone playing this game: popping multiple lifegems stacks the healing effect so you don't have to wait until the effect of one has run out before you pop another one.

[@Jojo-b5y]

Nah everyone knows that

[@Venom-xd9st]

@@Jojo-b5yI didn’t before reading this lol

[@blacklighthologram5339]

DS2 is my ultimate comfort game. Whenever I need to relax, I play the background music when you enter Vendrick's tomb. I'm even planning on getting a quote from Vendrick tattooed on me, "seek strength. The rest will follow."

[@kevinberg4623]

I like majula background music a lot

[@SERIOUSLYFKyoutube]

I've spent so much time in Majula, I've practically got Shanalotte's dialogue tattooed to my brain. Everything she has to say just oozes that unique aesthetic that DS2 has throughout. "Bearer of the Curse, I will always be by your side... Until hope has fully withered..."

[@armorrazuken]

Majula theme is still best theme music in the elden soulsborne dies twice series.

[@lowresolutionbunnyfeng3919]

DS2 fans harping about a singular OST that is pretty good, meanwhile not having a single memorable OST past that.

[@KnightArtoriasOnTheMoon]

​@@lowresolutionbunnyfeng3919 Sir Alonne's theme

[@EldenLord-wh4ov]

​@@lowresolutionbunnyfeng3919I dunno I liked Vendrick's boss theme

[@codenekomata6704]

Majulas theme is good when it's your first time hearing it, after that its high pitch noise makes you want to throw your headphones away.

[@IsraelSolosGaza]

Who asked 😂

[@jasonesnayra3526]

People will never understand the peak of ds2 multiplayer. A time to be alive

[@TallicaMan1986]

@@jasonesnayra3526Easily has thr best arenas and the most variety of multiclassing.

[@xavier_got_ya9169]

​@@TallicaMan1986 this. It was always the most balanced Souls game as well. Sure there were still some balance issues, but nowhere NEAR as prevalent here as it is in other souls games.

[@johnhorak2000]

Also this, I enjoyed DS2 invasions the most

[@multibubbled-il2bp]

@@xavier_got_ya9169 I loved all the ways there were to get around turtles. Was always fun to invade someone using the Scythe of Want and see how they visibly panicked when I could hit them around their shield. And the guardbreak attack was great - if you knew about it it wasn't hard to avoid generally, but it gave an easy way for most weapons to punish greatshield turtles that didn't respect the guardbreak. Gower's ring was neat. baiting parrys instead of reaction parrys was also great - loved using attacks and then parrying on prediction. I played the hell out of DS2s multiplayer - played it so hard I burnt out on DS3s pretty fast. I also think the idea of souls-style games giving way to change your s and recovery frames interesting, though I think agility was a poor implementation and was also too poorly explained for how hard it would be to organically notice what the stat did and how it was best raised.

[@AIIahGachaHeat]

@hello866t7 We DO NOT 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚 BECAUSE Kiemi39 𝙄𝙎 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧

[@Bes7iA]

best covenants and dual wield system in all souls

[@SpankinYaBoy]

The way people talked about DS2, and how many people say "skip it" made me think the game was going to be terrible... I decided not skip it and give it a try and I am so glad I did. If you are reading this and are on the fence or skipped DS2 because everyone told you to, I strongly recommend giving it a shot. Was honestly one of my favorites given how low my expectations were and how pleasantly surprised I was.

[@tinminator8905]

@@SpankinYaBoy Maybe we come from different circles of the internet, but DS2 has very good steam reviews and Critic scores. When it came out the sentiment was overall positive and it split the fanbase into people who liked DS1 and DS2 more. Later on I feel like people stopped playing it and reading one of the few hate threads from the time, never played the game and just ran with the narrative.

[@enyraries]

Ugh maybe I'll have to try it again. I've beaten 1, 3, and elden ring multiple times. I've tried ds2 probably 5+ times and never finished it bc it's just so annoying. The vibe of ds2 is fantastic, but it just didn't have the world connectivity of ds1, and while it adds so much cool stuff, it also adds so much BS that I couldn't overlook. The best part of ds2 (that I've heard) is the ng+ which I've never gotten to, and vibes, which only got me to want to play it, until I figure out why I quit. Which I might find out again soon lmao

[@MrAw3sum]

I haven't played any dark souls and everyone is sucking Dark souls off so I tried a bargain bin dark souls 2 and it was miserable. I don't understand how any of that is supposed to be fun.

[@enyraries]

@MrAw3sum yeah ds2 is garbage play 1/3 or elden ring. 1 is simple, elden ring is very open world which has its ups and downs. 3 is the most straightforward

[@Toothydeere]

@@tinminator8905 as someone who almost exclusively played DS1 for 2 whole years in highschool, when DS2 released, all I saw online was hate for the game. I don't remember if it was just the adaptability thing, but I vaguely remember people hating that it didn't feel like a FromSoft game, they hated the healing animations, and that the PvP was really janky, even for a souls game, due to the backstab mechanics and connection issues.

[@RAZORlukic]

BTW This is for Charlie and any other DS2 Enjoyers that may not know, you actually have another way you can kill this boss in. First like Charlie, you can run to the lever which makes them hit the gate and crash you you fight the horse. The other one I prefer, literally just find a way to hit if while it is racing towards you, you can do it with bows or Spells, you can even hit it with a meele weapon, although it's much harder and will likely hit you. After you gets it's health to around 25%, the boss misses the jump in front of the gate and falls, then you just run to it, give it a little push of the edge and you win.

[@AshRaf-to5gu]

Thanks for mentioning it. Its one of the delightful little things DS2 did.

[@RAZORlukic]

@@AshRaf-to5gu IKR, I always do this strategy, it''s just more fun

[@iam3sparta3gaming16]

Charlie, I have been preaching this shit for years. The majula soundtrack caries by itself

[@Nomine_s]

🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@whitegenome22]

🥒🥒🥒🥒🍑🍑🍑🍑💧💧💧🫦​@@Nomine_s

[@icebear1934]

The areas for PvP are genuinely so elite, they are made very well & are extremely memorable along with the arena. With atleast 60~70% of all the weapons being perfectly fine to PvP with & demolish still with. It was very cool. Plus only souls with HIGH DMG UNARMED/FISTS COMBAT!!!

[@jojo-ln7zd]

The annual souls marathon is something all souls fans do, even if they have not put that name to it yet.

[@therealgooseman2358]

1:48 Say what you will about DS2, the opening cutscene is GOD TIER

[@SerSerington]

Seeing Charlie have “a hoot & a holler doin it” is why I’m still subbed after all these years.

[@leko8398]

I like the rat covenant.

[@Nomine_s]

I like the mouse one 😱 Logitech I mean bro. It ain’t that deep 😮

[@lepindre9193]

because you're one of them deep down

[@knotknight514]

Rats. We're rats. We're da rats.

[@nachalnik5738]

​@@knotknight514I'm the giant rat that makes all of da ruuules

[@TheSixthChildEva04]

@@nachalnik5738 Let's see what kind of TROUBLE we can get ourselves into!

[@hxhiscool8]

I never realized how sick the backstab animations in this game were wtf ????

[@middleagedmutantninjaturtle18]

i cant believe among all the bosses, he died the most to Royal rat authority

[@Shetyre]

it had the coolest looking dragon armor. also king vendrick and aldia nailed their VA

[@DefinitivelyNotIceBlocker]

Dark Souls 2 is by far my favorite dark souls, I do challenges in ds games as a hobby, and this one is genuinely the most fun to do these. Sorry for the broken english btw

[@CallsignSeven]

0:36 Thats why he's my goat. Dark Souls II is sick af

[@joshuapickering6000]

I’m glad some people share the same sentiments

[@timcoklan_blin779]

Im doing plat right know and its so much fun

[@jeri8512]

Hell yeah it is I love dark souls 2

[@ryu-bx6wo]

Bro conveniently skipped Frozen Outskirts 😭😭😭

[@Whyiseveryhandletaken6942]

A small price to pay for sanity.

[@yourdad5799]

And? People would skip Izalith and Blightown if they were optional too

[@aneurysm.]

​@yourdad5799 braindead take

[@JupitVerse]

I can consider that dark souls 2 have the best dark magic spells in any of the game besides the Elden ring

[@ryanator7935]

They’re honestly better than Elden Ring stat/damage wise. Only difference is they’re not as flashy and use the old spell system.

[@lepindre9193]

bro miracles are horrible to play in that game solely because of that shitty system they should have kept the demon souls system

[@marylandlax3]

Oh yeah the black orb spam is so fun, I’d collect every black orb spell each run and I’d have like 150+ between bonfires, it puts the game on easy mode lol

[@lepindre9193]

@@marylandlax3 If only miracles and pyromancy had the same cast number on their base spell 😔

[@AIIahGachaHeat]

@@lepindre9193 We DO NOT 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚 BECAUSE Kiemi39 𝙄𝙎 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧

[@francico235]

"this is mirror knight, right? oh, nope, it's Looking Glass Knight" that got me laughing so hard

[@TheSoulGage]

Charlie doing LongPlays is such a treat.

[@TallicaMan1986]

DS2 has my favorite Guts build. None of the other games come close. Not only are enemies trying to gank you all the time, but you need the throwing dagger, the fire bombs and the repeater cross bow to look cool as shit while getting ganked. Dodging attacks and throwing daggers and stunlocking enemies and what not. And the different stances as well. Some of the terrain requires you to be super nimble with a big sword. My favorite is invading a guy who has a summon where I proceed to do a 2v1 on shaky terrain.

[@credzic]

I remember tuning in to the livestream for a bit the other day and seeing him tilted Af at shrine of amana 😂

[@Elavationproductions]

The bots are always absolutely insane on Charlie's comments

[@Nomine_s]

Broken bots 🤖 this dude breaks bots all day. You ever heard him referred to as Florida Jesus? He legit looks like him but Jesus is dark complexion. He is depicted S white in America. What country are you from man?

[@wetslop]

@@Nomine_swhere did jesus come from in a comment about bots

[@Average_Joe273]

Very fun to watch Charlie play the souls games, and he's legitimately good at them. Watching him no damage kill Fume Knight with free aim was awesome! I can't wait for his ds3 playthrough

[@ToneTone126]

I'm glad he made an edit for this playthrough. I was trying to find time to watch almost 20 hours of the stream vods that I've missed 😅

[@recognizerarcade]

DS2 is my favorite FromSoft game. No joking, no "irony" intended. I really love it. It's Dark Souls through and through, but with enough King's Field to remind you there's more to FromSoft than Miyazaki. Great game.

[@mastertunnelrat8051]

What elements does it take from King's Field?

[@flarespitfire]

​@@mastertunnelrat8051one that I can remember is pharos lockstone puzzle.

[@nrnjn8547]

No point, you did not beat lud and zallen, king's pets

[@xaf943]

V\I'M WAY BETTER THAN ANY KZbinR AND YOU CAN'T SAY OTHERWISE !! I'M WAY BETTER THAN ANY KZbinR AND YOU CAN'T SAY OTHERWISE .,.,🔥🔥🔥

[@xaf943]

Irrelevant

[@adamchoy7594]

Yeah you say can't say DS2 is a good game if you're gonna purposefully avoid one of the worst area and bosses in gaming history... spend hours dying to invisible horses and THEN tell me you think DS2 is a good game

[@nrnjn8547]

@adamchoy7594 No kings pets is the best boss and he left the best boss in the game. How can he like something if he hasn't even experienced its best aspect. People play ds2 only for kings pets. Once you beat kings pets, delete the game and throw your computer away, cuz ure never gonna experience peak, quite like that in ur life.

[@PauperoftheFishies]

​@@adamchoy7594I mean, I can do that I just don't go there on subsequent playthroughs, it's completely optional

[@xwindscythe96x]

Power spike for gaming at 30? Bro my power spike was like 20, I'm in a downward spiral in all games I play skill wise atm

[@DonMcGlass]

Charlie's adventures with Chordagoth were the first videos I watched of his, him honoring that legacy with Goof Juice makes me smile.

[@CamJHolt]

I played Dark Souls II at launch and loved it despite the jank. Descending through the Shrine of Amana and the Undead Crypt, then finding Vendrick, was SO atmospheric. The DLC launches, playing with everyone, discovering secrets… so good. I miss those days 😢

[@Justin-xf8gp]

I'm glad someone is saying it! This game surprised me so much earlier this year when I finally bit the bullet and finished the game. It was one of the most enjoyable DS experiences I've had

[@hexginnkgo]

I think the main issue that people have is a first time Scholar run. Scholar is inherently more difficult than the OG version for several reasons and especially during the beginning, the enemy placement. Not that it's not still a fantastic game which is absolutely is but for a first time player or at least not a frequent Souls player, it's a rough introduction to the genre and Fromsoft.

[@xRevTheoryx]

- BEST PvP and invasions - Longest game, beside Elden Ring - Bonfire Ascetics - Most build diversity before Elden Ring. Even after Elden Ring, DS2 holds its own for having actually viable builds. You could play with magic, miracles, hexes or any weapons and perform well. DS3 for example made it IMPOSSIBLE to make a miracle based build until NG+ or extreme late game/dlcs. - God tier fashion - Incredible aesthetics - A lot of unique ideas, like rewarding players for feats such as completing the game without resting on bonfires - BEST NG+ with a lot of new addictions, making it more than just "play it again but this time it's harder" Not a game without flaws, but in my opinion an excellent game that can definitely keep up with other souls games

[@6mophrenz8]

1:39:45 Two trained well creatures in one day… that’s a state of bliss that is very well known as very rare

[@jronyt4058]

1:58:15 I think a lof of ds fans agree when I say demon of song is one of the coolest looking boss in the whole series. The concept is just very well thought out in my opinion.

[@VygoUwU]

Insane darksouls 2 situation

[@DatDan.]

shut up

[@vineetdodd9915]

2:00 You mean Palpatine looking woman

[@Natedog-gx3nj]

Exactly

[@Eskeletor_210]

I loved DS2 because that was the first one I beat

[@nuclearocean]

DS2 wasn't my first, but it still holds a special place in my heart. I played it right after entering uni during 2020 lockdown and it felt like a dream. Or a fairy tale that you hear in your childhood and remember only some bizarre bits and pieces. DS 2 probably gave me the same warm feeling that OG Zeldas gave to 90's kids I will die on the hill of defending it, at least its vibes and art direction

[@JoeyReload]

I started my souls journey on Darksouls 2 back in 2015 on ps3, If we ever ran into each other on the iron keep pvp bridge I love you and I hope life is treating you well. Thanks for the memories.

[@johnhorak2000]

I played all souls in last years. DS2 after Elden Ring actually. DS2 is absolutely great. Has a lot of ideas which were polished in Elden Ring. I enjoyed it more than DS1.

[@hussien04]

Me too, ds1 is overrated and ds2 is very underrated

[@RevoltOfAges]

DS1 is still the GOAT, but I love DS2 so much. Honestly I think DS3 was missing a lot of the same sense of adventure, that game has some incredible bosses but I don’t have nearly as much fun exploring most of its levels

[@johnhorak2000]

@RevoltOfAges DS1 had most creepy vibes. I was scared all the time. Especially in that pitch dark level with bone monsters. Amazing level design.

[@Yourdad619]

@@johnhorak2000yo same especially in the nito boss area idk what it was called but when I played that it scared the shit out of me

[@SappyEuphoria]

Yapping starts 0:00 Yapping ends 3:35:45

[@masterX390]

This was the last souls I play, DemonS, DS1, DS3, even bloodborne, 1 day, I just decide to buy it, and I was amazing, yep it has his flaws, but as you keep playing you end up loving it, especially the DLC's. Dark souls 2 has top tier DLC's of the whole Souls saga.

[@ZBlinkZ]

Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you're also the murderer at the same time.

[@hipblickstick]

the greatest shames in ds2 historty is dying to this guy" proceeds to die 3 seconds later lmfao

[@yoshiyohan]

Having played the entirety of DS1, 2 and 3, I still hold all three of them in equal adoration. 2 may have had issues, but I still found it INCREDIBLY fun.

[@evanpinto]

Dude did you legit just drop a 3 hour on the best souls game?! Damn I remember when this was fresh I lived with some of my bandmates in a lil local band. We hooked up 3 tvs and 3 PlayStations and just went to town on this game for a solid 2 weeks lol. Good times

[@Cindy-v9r]

ive beaten all of them many times. ds2 my favorite one. then bloodbourne

[@mauriciorosademoraes9209]

17:39 that's not hitbox. Early roll. You don't have invincible frames in all Rolling animation, just the initial "falling into ground" part

[@scarton333]

That game was in the first video I watched from you in 2015. So glad to see big boys back and has evolved since those times

[@MrNickLegit]

I love Dark Souls 2 SoTFS, it is unfair as fuck in that version but so rewarding when you get through that shitty section you’ve been stuck on. So many cool mechanics (besides adaptability) that were only used here until Elden Ring. All the areas are unique and beautiful in their own way and it really wasn’t that hard as people make it out to be. I platinumed or 1000/1000 achievements with my one character all the way on playThrough 3 without every leveling up adaptability. I didn’t know what it was because I didn’t want to spoil myself by looking anything up. So of course I played this game in extra hard mode.

[@Yarael_Poof66]

Dark Souls 2 is guilty pleasure for me

[@deadasfboi]

The reason you only here negativity at first is because it was a different then the first one. Dark Souls 1 was always hard for me to beat, but with Dark Souls 2 I thought it was easier. Not everyone felt the same, so when I finished Dark Souls 2 back around the released date. I was shocked to hear Pewdiepie himself say Dark Souls 2 is hard, that's really what boils down to this scenario. You don't switch up the sequel, like that new Joker movie.

[@Abedeuss]

Because it was easier. You have basically infinite number of healing items and healing mid-combat is easier.

[@TallicaMan1986]

​@@Abedeussnot to sure about that the amount of people crying because this game ganks you back to back to back leads me to believe this game is harder than people try to let on. Dark Souls 1 and 3 were easy because it's a 1v1 majority of the time. It also allows you to study the moves easier rather than fighting a boss and 5 of its henchmen running around attacking you at a distance. It also does a lot of random BS that are instadeaths.

[@icycrusader1947]

​@@TallicaMan1986The thing is that DS2 is incredibly easy and incredibly hard. It is not mutually exclusive. If you buy gems after every boss and focus ADP investment then you will most certainly have a baby game easy mode as you tank any environment and additional given Bonfire Astetic (definitely spelled that wrong) you can farm easy bosses and then skip half of the game no cheats or glitches required. On the flipside if you attempt to play it like any other Souls game you are immensely oppressed by the noxious gank and annoyingly long travel to the bosses since the bonfire is a few states away from a smelting demon or a singing skeleton frog. These are objective truths that nobody likes to admit but clearly anybody who played has experienced.

[@elektra8535]

​@@icycrusader1947if you played like any other souls game you will never get ganked, the only times i can remember of actual ganking in the game is the room full royal knights before the ruin sentinels and all the double wielding ghostlike knights in the Sunken king dlc which you need to find their armor to made them tangible so you could them and those armor happen to be in a room guarded by more knights

[@KosMachine2955]

Charlie testing the poison weapon on the dlc, where all the enemies are immune to poison and calling it bad was pure gold

[@someonethere8126]

I love ds2 getting love and also it's funny how you didn't understand how sir allonne hit you even though you rolled way too early. Lovely video

[@FunStuff-jx3fm]

Bro really likes dark souls 2

[@Kenos347]

No surprise it is a very good game

[@luckymark571]

​@@Kenos347A very good game of what no to do in the future

[@Day100]

​@@luckymark571Elden Ring moment

[@ObiJohnKenobi67]

It has by far my favorite story in the entire souls series.

[@hivekin]

shit mb i didnt know i was wrong

[@xaf943]

I'M WAY BETTER THAN ANY KZbinR AND YOU CAN'T SAY OTHERWISE !! I'M WAY BETTER THAN ANY KZbinR AND YOU CAN'T SAY OTHERWISE .,.,🔥🔥🔥

[@MerlinTheStank]

@@xaf943otherwise

[@Wire_Eat3r]

I love how displeased Charlie always looks and sounds whenever he gets hit by a boss or enemy

[@TheFewAndOnly]

i like when charlie was tricked into falling onto a ledge with no possible way back up aside from dying

[@Jordanpree]

I can't believe Charlie is the Bay Harbor Butcher 😭

[@Kamylospl]

i dont like the arguments of oh it has jank, oh adaptability, oh bad areas. Every souls game has some of these issues, no there is not a single person that will tell you that ds1 resistance is a good stat

[@andrewstephens5885]

DS1 doesn’t “require” you to level resistance to progress. also most times it feels jankier than DS1. Still like the game though but damn is it like being smacked with a wet rag.

[@Kamylospl]

@@andrewstephens5885 you level up in ds2 so fast that getting some points in ADP is a non issue. And technically you are no required to lvl up any stat to beat the game

[@andrewstephens5885]

@ fair point, some of the hits you take before that point are straight bs though.

[@BuffShotgunsMW3]

Hot take but i actually like ds2 more than ds1

[@michaelcarroll5801]

Same bro - or more like equal now that I think about it

[@ludokrus3564]

thats dumb

[@BuffShotgunsMW3]

@@ludokrus3564 how

[@AshRaf-to5gu]

Me too bud.

[@teckdeck6480]

I love how in the leave ending our character is one of the few characters who will never go hollow due to the crowns yet they're still cursed with the mark of the undead so they're essentially immortal they have the power to see what happens after the age of fire and perhaps even after the age of dark

[@FalseShepherd]

Dark Souls 2, in my opinion, had the greatest OST in the entire trilogy. The theme for Majula is equivalent to you coming back from a hard adventure and just wanting to rest. The theme is so good.

[@leho_123]

Every Souls game is overrated to the moon. Watching your gameplay with eyes open should be enough for everyone to see how bad and boring it is, dodge, roll, poke, maybe chug potion, repeat until boss dies.. all with garbage level animations. But of course the blind sheep mob mentality somehow empowers Souls fanbase to have godtier mental gymnastics.

[@m3d1ated42]

Have you considered that maybe it's just YOU who doesn't like them. They wouldn't be game of the year if they were that bad.

[@leho_123]

​@@m3d1ated42 Have you considered that you should judge something on its own merit devoid of praise, critique, reputation, bias? Watch the gameplay long and hard and tell me the combat is fun or looks good. Its objectively, undeniably repetitive and basic-- dodge, poke, potion, repeat. Thats the definition of bad but everyone eats it up like the sheepish drones they are.

[@bloodywolf6483]

​@@leho_123ci have so many hours in this games but you are so right kinda boring if you really think about it

[@elektra8535]

​@@leho_123its engaging when you are the one playing, i hate turn based games i find them boring as shit, i tried final fantasy, persona, etc none of them click for me but i wont say that is objectively bad game design

[@zubleo8590]

Go back to your overrated mainstream games with garbage ass gameplay 😂

[@danielbeck6300]

The way he dodged on the old iron king flame attack. 1:35:35 - good shit

[@Th3derekfisherrr]

The whole interaction with licia was comedy from the moment he said “hey licia ☺️” as if shorty was a crush of his since highchool ☠️🤣🤣 8:05

[@B-Man-69]

9:36 lmao Licia said if she can't have you, the ocean can't either 😂😂

[@fighterofbosses]

did he miss Cerah the Old Explorer, Ancient Soldier Varg and the Afflicted Graverobber in sunken crown ?

[@Coast2CoastFlyin]

"I don't remember there being so many trash mobs!" My brother, this is Trash Mobs: The Game. There's more trash mobs before the first of the Old Lord Souls than there is in the entirety of DS 1 and 3 combined.* I remember liking this game more than DS3 for awhile, but I went back to it a few years ago for a Return to Drangleic event, and boy howdy was it a grind. Lot of great ideas, not a lot of great executions of said ideas *I don't actually know if this is true, but it certainly feels like it.

[@CoryMontour1]

it's definitely the odd ball but I do like the attempts to try new things compared to the first. plus Majula will always be the best hub. that aura of mystery when first starting is untouchable.

[@zacbranch2083]

Charlie dying to Lost Sinner now but beating Maleina in 24 attempts his first time fighting her is just insane to me lol.

[@christianjaybermudez6447]

They hate it because it has more humanoid types bosses, have ambushes left and right and too much traps when this story is when the chosen undead took the dark age ending (the age of man) it makes sense to have more humanoid and human strategies like ambushes even some monsters adapted some strats from them

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Charlie: I'm gonna tell everyone why they are wrong about Dark Souls 2. So let's watch this three and a half hour let's play I did explaining why, shall we?

[@EDIshames]

thanks for taking the time to show DS2 some love Charlie!

[@angeljones8911]

“Less ads for longer videos” gives me an ad legit every 13 minutes on the dot.

[@paulbiner5437]

Take a shot every time Charlie says "that was a close shave" challenge level: impossible.

[@titusg4247]

It's crazy how Charlie still doesn't know about the Pursuer strat where you run across the ledge after he's dropped on that platform, then cause him to despawn and die when you run back.

[@toddhoward5555]

Wait there are people who argue it's a bad game? Nuts. It maybe a little shitty for a Souls game, but still above and beyond most games out there.

[@VerkrKoS]

Yeah for some reason some attention seeking weirdos decided this was the game to pick on