Is Dark Souls 2 Really THAT Bad?

[@Skumnut]

Come watch me on twitch www.twitch.tv/skumnut ;)

[@rarefishtycoon6430]

Dumb soul 2

[@fairulaiman9648]

@@rarefishtycoon6430 come on, let's do another game. Let it die sudaverse.

[@shaw2024]

@@rarefishtycoon6430 you spelled it wrong, it's called "best souls 2"

[@andyjohnson1067]

Don’t know why I’ve never tuned into the stream.. Definitely chiming in next time!

[@jeremyphillips3087]

No

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

All the energy and money went into the intro cut scene to this game, it looks incredible.

[@R1R1R2]

Have you seen the trailers for this game?

[@tehCostHD]

It’s CGI. Of course it looks great. That isn’t game graphics, that’s just animated by an animation studio bruh

[@oceanman6375]

@@tehCostHD your point being?

[@tehCostHD]

@@oceanman6375 because he said all the time and budget went into this, even though the game developers didn’t even make this lol. It’s made by a CG animation company…

[@oceanman6375]

@@tehCostHD Yea guess who pays that company...

[@martk647]

Playing dark souls 2 is like punching someone in the face and then he called the rest of his gang to beat you up during recess at school canteen.

[@MeIoTheYellow]

I'm glad to see someone play Dark Souls 2 and not decided it was the worst shit they played before trying it, barely trying, dying and then using that as confirmation. I really do, thanks Skumnut. The Bandit starting with 1 INT is fucking hilarious, he's one of the best classes to start with to get minimum requirements for boss weapons but his 1 INT causes Straid to feel sorry for him 'cause he's too stupid for anything he has, he genuinely sounds sorry for you when you talk to him. It's even funnier when you find out the minimum you need is 3 INT. L M A O

[@Skumnut]

im actually really enjoying it fr

[@jeremyphillips3087]

If he were smarter he wouldnt have turned to crime.

[@bickern4301]

I just started it today and Im really excited im aiming for a hexer/pyro and Im happy that im going to have more options for my pyro than I had in the other games

[@danieladamczyk4024]

Among many games ds2 is amazing.

[@NisseDood]

Sweet Shalquoir is best npc. Hoh Hoh! What's happened to you? You have that glint in your eyes. And the scent…Of one with quite the catalog of sins… Oh, don't feel bad. I'm sure your mother's still proud…Hee Hee!

[@dreamyatonement4931]

“Ya’ll wanna see gameplay? I’ll show you gameplay” 7:40 boldened by the flame of ambition.

[@R1R1R2]

someone must extinguish thy flame

[@athmil8302]

Personally I find dark souls 2 to be the worst of the souls franchise. I don’t think it’s a bad game though just worse than the others. I’d rather play ds2 than most other games out there.

[@dylanschmeichel2008]

When I first got into fromsoft games I played dark souls 1, then bloodborne, then ds3 etc. Whilst waiting for ER and the demons souls remake to come out I decided to try out ds2 and had extremely low expectations. Whether or not they played a factor is debatable but I was astounded as to how much I enjoyed the game despite all of the popular hateful opinions about it. Its different sure but it felt niche rather than poorly crafted. Funnily enough after Elden Rings release considering it took a lot from dark souls 2 I was actually disappointed because they seemed to actually be worse than they where in dark souls 2. Where Bloodborne and dark souls 1 are my absolute favorites, dark souls 2 is for certain in second place from my perspective.

[@OscarDeLaHoyad]

Try Sekiro if you haven’t, it’s my favorite fromsoft game by a mile and i have tried Bloodborne, Ds3, Ds1 and Elden Ring

[@knavenformed9436]

@@OscarDeLaHoyad Difference being that Sekiro is a wildly different game than the others. Kinda hope Fromsoft branches out again like they did with Sekiro.

[@blackvalio4060]

ER and ds2 have nothing in common what do you mean

[@heartbeat4atinman]

@@blackvalio4060 ER has powerstancing and twinblades, it's literally Dark Souls II II

[@blackvalio4060]

@@heartbeat4atinman ER has every good mechanic from every game they have done before. Its not a ds2 exclusive. So i guess by your logic is dark souls 1,2,3,bloodborne,sekiro 2

[@fk4998]

Ds2 is awesome, the weapons were amazing. Even the hardcore covenant, where if you reach rank 30, you get buffed fists doing about 300 damage.

[@Lively_Boss]

Dark Souls II looks amazing for it being made like 2014

[@spacebat3657]

thats like, 50 years ago

[@granimations2510]

@@spacebat3657 8

[@ericschuster2680]

are you kidding me? game looks like ass.

[@deepwokensucks8664]

@@granimations2510 you didn't get the joke

[@granimations2510]

@@deepwokensucks8664 it wasn't funny

[@amberhernandez]

One thing I love about Shalquoir (the cat) is that she's voiced by Hannah John-Kamen, who I am down terribly for. I would unironically commit unspeakable acts to have her talk to me like she does in game, even for just a minute.

[@rowan2901]

Best comment of the year

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

I like how this is a legit argument for why you like the game.

[@TheMorbidAsshole]

My man its been 11 months. Hope youre ok

[@SunsetChannel]

And here we are again. Dark Souls 2, my poor little child, I will always love you no matter what anyone say.

[@TheCanadianGuy56]

I'm one of the weird fans where this is still my favourite souls game, being able to poise vs bosses felt fantastic, now this game definitely had it's issues, but it had so many viable playstyles

[@cobble3317]

How many of those were 'fun'

[@TheCanadianGuy56]

@@cobble3317 the playstyles? Almost all of them, you could rock a heavy build with high poise and greatswords power stances, or a quick dual katana, or single scythe build, hell dex/str and the fist weapons was my favourite, magic was just op, only faith really wasn't fun.

[@cobble3317]

@@TheCanadianGuy56 Poise working is case enough for me to try this out at least

[@TheCanadianGuy56]

@@cobble3317 right? If you get the havels set with decent endurance, with the two handed buff of a giant weapon, you can outpoise bosses, people hated it in pvp. Make sure if you're new level adp a lil, it makes rolling better

[@kazreaper1785]

@@cobble3317 I'd suggest getting adp to level 20 as quick as you can as it makes all animations faster

[@goosemanVEVO]

DS2 has grown on me over time. I still dont like how every enemy encounter is just a gank in a really awkward enviornment. But it really stands out as its own style of souls game. And I really like how lonely the game feels.

[@areallybadgamer3042]

If DS2 enemy encounter are all Ganks, then ds1, ds3 and bloodborne are literal gangbangs. And don't get me started on Elden Ring. This excuse has been used way too much and it's literally blaming ds2 for something that they actually didn't change from ds1. Come on, seriously guys?

[@tyleroberg9986]

@@areallybadgamer3042 imo the ganks are more annoying in ds2, you may feel differently

[@hheshhhhsh5959]

Yeah I think in ways I like it better than DS3. Like DS3 was more about the boss fights and DS2 is more about the journey than the destination.

[@leadfaun]

@@areallybadgamer3042 no man, they’re worse in DS2.

[@mralloc23]

@@hheshhhhsh5959 especially when you finally find King Vendrick.

[@guyfromnj]

The biggest problem with ds2 is that you have to get that one stat that governs the I frames when you roll up to like 25 before you can dodge properly. If you up that stat first then focus on the others it will change your play through drastically.

[@jarrarwinks8470]

I started and did not touch adp at all, I somehow beat the game, but damn did it suck sometimes to roll(Didn’t make me have much hate towards the game at least). Level adp early, made the difference on my second play through.

[@maran947]

Same here my first playthrough was with nothing skilled into adaptability...

[@guyfromnj]

I did the same thing on my first play through.

[@Foxtail190]

See, I dont really agree with that. I played through the game amd did the dlcs without touching ADP once. And not once did I feel like I truly needed it to prosper. (Obviously it'd make for an easier time, but it didn't feel necessary)

[@RipDoveStudio]

It's not a problem, it's designed that way intentionally so you can't have a character that's just good at everything early. You can't dump points into being tanky, having damage, and being able to dodge everything. You have to prioritize rather than being just given invincibility.

[@liqaKnight]

Skum saying "check this shit out" has the exact same effect of vegeta pointing his thumb at himself.

[@KokkoroKai]

Your channel is really under rated. I legit think your channel just needs that magic algorithm boost and you would blow up. Either way I’m loving the souls content

[@RaewCZ]

Watch videos in 0.25 speed

[@beetogarcia9983]

Bro, I made it to the first of giants or whatever and the amount of enemies that popped made me wonder if I was playing cod zombies or dark souls.

[@saltydog7482]

I just finished dark souls 2 for the first time yesterday. And I love how my reactions at these parts were most identical

[@Katkinks]

Gonna be completely honest here ds2 is neither a bad nor good game it’s just meh in my opinion like a 6/10 by itself but when compared to the other souls it’s like a 4/10 for me but it’s still worth a few playthroughs so like overall it’s 5/10 and if anyone says it’s complete dogshit or that its perfect and are unwavering with those opinions they’re probably just not worth the conversation I’ve certainly dealt with a few of those people both irl and online they’ve all been pretty bad experiences

[@R1R1R2]

Can confirm. Just because you like something doesn’t mean it’s perfect, and just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s garbage.

[@CapraDaAlbaRegia]

It's not perfect, it is riddled with issues like all of from's games (each has it's own collection) but I do confidently think it is by far the best game they put out of this style.

[@LJAndrews1986]

I never touched this game from it's reputation alone, bought it last month on sale and its stopped me playing Elden Ring. The sheer amount of builds and depth is insane. Even bare fists is viable. Sure the gank can be cruel but you won't fall for the same shit twice. Fantastic game with a unfair reputation.

[@DistributionMackerel]

Dark Souls 2 had its problems on release, which SOTFS fixed the vast majority of - but the deep truth is that most of the flak this game catches is because it's not Dark Souls 1: Again If it had a different brand name, it probably wouldn't have the rep it does

[@spideyfan1024]

@@DistributionMackerel that doesn't make any sense since people literally criticize DS3 for being too much like DS1

[@DistributionMackerel]

​@@spideyfan1024 My dude, I was there for both games pre-release and launch; I still remember the gamefaqs board getting clogged on DsII opening day with awful takes about it not being DsI. What you said is true in that Ds3 gets a lot of complaints for aping a lot from the first game, but that doesn't mean that the complaints about DsII didn't happen, just that the bigger a series community gets, the more schizo it can act, which holds true to this day even *today* you can go on the Dks2 or 3 reddits to talk about those games and you will still see these complaints for them

[@spideyfan1024]

@@DistributionMackerel doesn't matter, my point is that their are much much more complaints people have other than "it's not ds1"

[@DistributionMackerel]

@@spideyfan1024 ok

[@alfredocha3886]

0:46 dude changed his mind in less than a minute into the video

[@jarrarwinks8470]

Its decent, it has some huge problems and flaws, but also has some great moments, and amazing dlc, Majula(BEST HUB), some really good characters, a few great bosses, pretty good pvp, best fashion souls. 7.5/10, just my opinion though. Also, Amber Herb only run when?!?!?!!?!!??!!!?!!?

[@quackatit]

It doesn't have huge problems. It has minor problems and a few changes which the fans of the previous game can't handle.

[@R1R1R2]

Hello Mr Winks. Glad to see some gentlemen in this comment section.

[@thenobody7509]

I love dark souls 2 and it's the main game I return to, I'm not sure what it is but there's just something different about 2 which always draws me back and always gets me to play it again. If any of the souls games gets the blue point treatment going forward I hope it's ds2 thought ds1 would still be appreciated man imagine these games looking like their cinematic openings.

[@Foxtail190]

On God Id be squeeling if bluepoint picked this up. I love this game for its sheer magic selection. Things like Soul Vortex and the entirety of the Hex category just make me super happy as a magic lover.

[@tordjarv3802]

Of all From Software games I have played DS2 is the only one I didn't finish. The reason for this is simple, I felt like FS had a brainstorming session after finishing DS1 around "what can we do to make DS better" and then they had 1 billion different ideas and could not exclude any of them and just added all without considering which would work well together. I got bored and gave up after finding my twentieth enormous boss that insta-killed me with blunt force trauma after running around trying desperately to find some humanity so that I would not have 1 hp. However, I will acknowledge that I had some of the most awesome Dark Souls moments in DS2 so it was not all bad.

[@sonicshadowNT]

DS2 will go down as the most over-hated game in recent history. It definitely has things worth criticizing, but it’s still better than most AAA games that came out in its time. I have and will always love DS2.

[@jarrarwinks8470]

Its nowhere near as hated as many claim, if you want the most overhated game this isnt it, go look at something like TLOU2(Not saying its amazing), I will say Ds2 is the most criticized for sure, but majority do not hate it. Also, does not help that those who dont like it and fans of ds2 are so vocal they drown out most criticism or praise, or take it as an idiot praising trash or an idiot hating on pure gold. Anyways, I must say ds2 is a solid 7.5/10 for me, and from what I see that is pretty average. Though I will say its dlc did totally outshine the game, and its levels sometimes reminded me of Ds1’s later half, still it has many great moments, great pvp, amazing build variety, and some classic bosses that are memorable and fun. I will say it definitely is better than a lot of AAA games, but then again not to high of a bar lately these past couple years.

[@spideyfan1024]

it really isn't. It deserved a lot of the criticism it received. maybe not all of it but most of it.

[@dvdivine1962]

It's the most hated dark souls game.

[@toledochristianmatthew9919]

It was also nominated game the year it was released. I am shocked dragon age Inquisition won. But ds2 is no sloucher. It earned its awards.

[@sonicshadowNT]

@@toledochristianmatthew9919 Yeah Inquisition winning is still the most confusing GOTY pick of all time

[@berk-berk-berk]

00:02 Gamer discovers pre-rendered cutscenes

[@James-lx4tt]

Krispy Kreme gives free doughnuts when the red light is on

[@makdrumz]

Game is fine. I started playing it 3 days ago (long time souls veteran) and I am having fun (till Elden ring DLC). I shouldn’t have stayed so many years away from it due to bad ratings. I find it being better than DS1. While it is a bit incoherent and bit empty at times, it is overall a pretty packed souls experience but it lacks the Miyazaki factor for sure.

[@mynameed7720]

Skumnut, just recently got into watching your channel, and happy to see you're liking DS2. Now you gotta get that Chicken Leg club in the Iron King DLC

[@axis8396]

There's some meme stuff like ADP and Soul Memory the actual gameplay isn't nearly as bad as people say. Though there's definitely severe flaws like every Souls game

[@Helios_Therian]

I always spoke well about how there aren't any I-frames in the game and how that caused a different approach to combat. Imagine my face when people told me years later that ADP gives you more I-frames. This was unironically my first souls game and I've always stayed just baserly outside of range, weaving in and out instead of rolling in Souls games ever since.

[@hak-en-slash4636]

DS2 was the first fromsoft game I played (elden ring is the second) and it is one of my most played games on steam. It’s far from perfect but it felt like a solid starting point because the combat was slow giving me enough time to really learn ever enemy. It’s a solid game, it’s not as good as the other ones from what I have seen, but it is still a very solid game.

[@fairulaiman9648]

I really hope sumo gesture is still there. That gesture alongside with modded havel or ported it to elden Ring as secret gesture would make it as best game ever.

[@king-of-the-hill7741]

Honestly, this is my first souls game ... and my favorite ! Ive finished it a more that 14 times ... still goated

[@pockystyx4087]

My favorite Souls game; too many good memories to count. Fun PvP and co-op (RIP PC servers), and a lot of fun and viable build options to mess around with.

[@BlackBeardedDuck]

How can co-op be good if we can’t properly play with friends

[@pockystyx4087]

@@BlackBeardedDuck i mean; it WAS. First souls game to implement a way to get around the whole soul memory system with a ring slot item. As for it being fun; well, just watch Happy Souls. PC got borked thanks to the servers getting taken down. Namco Bandai also seems reluctant to even fix the online for the first 3 souls games either. So if you wanna play with buddies; stick to console. If we're lucky; once development for Elden Ring's DLC and patches wraps up, they may take a look at the problem. Maybe. . . who knows with Bamco.

[@ambience273]

13:58 that door is a shortcut. you can jump from the ledge in the other side to there.

[@alextapia8798]

One day, skum will surely play this again. maybe not, but one day.

[@zachattack4666]

It would be a Christmas miracle

[@TheArnoldification]

most of the hate I have for ds2 comes from the extremely cancer ds2 subreddit rather than the actual game, and as for the actual game im just dissapointed because I know how good the game could've been if development wasnt such a shitshow

[@SgtSnowballs]

DS2 was my first Souls game so it has a special place in my heart

[@ehmolekkkkk]

Man, I love this game, you can play this as messed up as you want, and as long as you put effort, is viable, I beat the entire game without armor or weapons(and without ADP, but that is because the translation team put RES as the abbreviation in my language, so i thought it was resistance, and ignored, because I didn't want to waste points in defense when I am naked anyway), and I'm usually average to bad in those games, I also beat the bosses in a other save powerstancing the 2 great shields from undead crypt, I remember being 1 shot by the giant lord when I was farming him, and asking myself "how the hell I avoid this attack?" Then I remember that shields can be used to defend ...then I fight him without the lock on, and it was way easier to see and avoid his attacks.

[@blazegg8209]

A lot of quality moments in this one. Amber herb...the move camera tutorial stone...and much more. Classic skumnut!

[@M.G.F427]

Based on my experience: DS 2 is overhated, tbh I enjoy it as much as DS 1

[@johnyknow8389]

I beat most of DS2 (besides Eluem Loyce) truly blind, and spent like 300 hours on one character back when I was on Xbox. One of my favorite games of all time, even if some aspects are infuriating.

[@Blawg23]

8:10 my dog came back to life 10:25 my hamster became super man

[@jinzogabriel1910]

i never got past dragonrider because i sucked at the cheese and just now, 3 years later, i find out you had to go down💀

[@mralloc23]

I mean he's not that hard of a boss fight to begin with. I think the cheese strat is you count him taking 7 steps towards you and then just go around his shield side and he'll lunge off.

[@bobwayne6100]

what is the music playing in the background in the beginning? someone help, it's been haunting me

[@paulroche7588]

I’m always scared to say this, but I personally love ds2, now I didn’t always feel that way, it took a couple play throughs to understand that you have to play 2 different from the others, if you play the same way you play 1 and 3 you’re gonna have a bad time, at least in my experience Also yea the run to chariot and the fight itself is awful, I beat it on my first play through and I’ve skipped it everytime afterward cause of how much fun I didn’t have

[@areallybadgamer3042]

Ds2 is hated for being a good sequel. And by that I mean it's hated because it added and changed things to not make it just a copy of Ds1 just like Ds3 and Elden Ring did

[@marioplumber3378]

@@areallybadgamer3042 i hope this is a joke, its hated cause it has really shitty mechanics and poor design choices

[@broomey8449]

I love how they make it obvious they don't want you to have the same playstyle from the first game just by watching how the enemies attack you

[@jarrarwinks8470]

@A Realky Bad Gamer. Its hated by a smaller group because it has pretty bad mechanics, its buggier than the rest often, has some terribly designed levels, and many mediocre and bad bosses. Still its positives make it decent, but its not the perfect sequel you are treating it as, especially since your only defende is ds1 and ER have some reused assets, but when you think or it ds2 is just ds1 with a twist of no Gwyn at the end, it even also reuses assets like the other games do, that is FromSoftwares thing, and ER is really not Ds1, it’s similar in really basic plot points for a few, but changes a lot quickly, then goes back into ds1 a bit with someone burning themselves, then goes and does what ds2 did and branches off but in a different way. Think about it, all of them are ds1, even Sekiro and Bloodborne are ds1. Also, hate is rooted in a reason often times, never because your w of everyone hating ds2, most of us like the game even, or think its ok, its that any criticism is taken as toxic idiotic hate. A small group truly hate the game, saying its hated for being a good sequel is like saying the Star Wars Sequel trilogy is hated for being great, its not, its hated for being a sequel that betrays its core fanbase, but with ds2 it didnt want that, the creators were going to give us a better product, but 2 years got taken off development, along with them being forced to launch on at the time last gen aka ps3 and 360 instead of ps4 and xbox one. But hey, got to be the heroic white knight in your basement I guess, defending a game and hating all who criticize it, and yes it is a good game, and yes you should have your own opinion, but the line is drawn at making crap up and spewing literal lies.

[@rory2094]

ds2 has to be played more like an rpg than the others, stats are a lot more important in 2 i agree, hence why the sl1 run for this game is so painful, it is my favorite dark souls game and probably my favorite game of all time

[@mrcheesemunch]

It was the first one I played and I honestly don't get the hate for it, I agree it's probably the shittiest of them all but it's hardly the worst game ever or anything.

[@glubtas]

The only gripe and I mean the only gripe I've ever had with this game is the hitboxes sometimes messing up the spacing with enemies or players, its literally always like one inch farther than how far you think you are to hit something.

[@HermeticJazz]

Now that I know you can't swim in Dark Souls ... all my characters are now Tyrone.

[@gallow_]

"It's not even touching me" ds2 unoffical slogan

[@xterelmattc4609]

It is 100% the worst souls game..but In no way is it a bad game at all, I think people need to understand how high the bar is at fromsoft, this game was developed by the Bteam while the A team worked on bloodborne and you know what I enjoy the shit out of ds2, I think it's a great game at the bottom of a list of other great games. If that makes sense 😅

[@gravint3294]

10:54 *Points to 1 intelligence* 12:39 *Points to 1 intelligence again* My god you are the funniest person I have ever seen

[@djx7134]

It's the (second?) best and the worst at the same time. Best or second best multi-player (depending on where you rank the first Dark Souls). I spent ungodly hours hunting other players down all across the world, using all sorts of goofy troll builds and such. Back then, invading was great because there was so much variety. You never knew what you were gonna get. And damage wasn't so high that you had to 1-shot other players to succeed. I also loved getting invaded because, again, so much more variety when 1-shot capability isn't mandatory to pull W's. And co-op is good too, of course, though for me that gets boring pretty fast. But as a strictly single-player game, it was by far the worst of Souls, BB, Sekiro, and Elden Ring.

[@minecraftmaster12245]

lmao what ds1 has the worst multiplayer what are you talking about

[@djx7134]

@@minecraftmaster12245 Elaborate.

[@R1R1R2]

@@minecraftmaster12245 idk man Soul Memory sounds pretty f*cked up to me. None of the trilogy are perfect but letting hosts be invaded by higher level players AND not being able to summon because your friend bought some arrows? Sheesh

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

Dark Souls 2 was my first dip into the Soulsborne series. Ah, I still remember the time I didnt know my Cleric could two hand the mace, and instead ran around punching Hollows with my chime instead.

[@Scorchlette]

Skumnut's the only guy to nearly die before he even starts the game.

[@tray84]

11:20 I've been stuck at fire giant for like half a year. been playing on and off cuz i can't beat him(not leveling vigor first playthrough)

[@DrJones0801]

DS2 is the worst Fromsoft game, but that still makes it one of the greatest games of the past decade. The pvp was some of the most fun I've had in any videogame.

[@obadiahluna4215]

Dark Souls 2 is my favorite Dark Souls. I think it tells a better story, and has far more interesting armor and weapon combos. Its wayy more fun with friends and every environment has color and flavor!

[@AdamSmasherReal]

You have bad taste

[@ITanmanI]

16:42 "This has to be the worst area in this game" Shrine of Amana: Allow me to introduce my self

[@pizza.doctor]

Years ago that's where I stopped playing. After er i beat ds3 and restarted DS2. Wish the servers were up on PC. Fuck shrine of Amana and the dumb torch mechanic

[@ITanmanI]

@@pizza.doctor my first playthrough of ds2 I somehow just breezed thru this area but my second playthru years later had me stuck there for almost 2 hours lmao

[@draugr7693]

DS2 is the weakest game in the series but it's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be and i still enjoy playing it every now and then although i do think that a lot of stuff they changed and added in the Scholar version is just annoying bullshit.

[@friendlyreaper9012]

Tried this game and went in with low expectations because I heard people call it janky and boring. And after a few hours I just felt it, they were completely right. Dsrk souls 1 feels better to play

[@WolfXrd]

I got the platinum for this game somehow, guess it's cause I hate myself. Nowadays I can't stand it at all, from time to time I start asking myself "Why not play DS2? It's not that bad and the DLCs are nice" then I will try it for 30 minutes and quit...

[@unendingessence4001]

played aint that bad controls are quite bad and the attacking animation overlap is so fucking bad but its so easy to get used to dont overclick just do it like a second of 0.5 second of delay

[@Buticas2.0]

So far i'm on Undead Crypt with a pure str build, my toughts are that the maps are beautiful but sometimes empty for its size, the bosses so far have been so easy that some of them don't feel like major bosses at all, also the combat against enemies is really fun and i feel really inspired to try other builds.

[@TalFx]

Glad I discovered your channel bro

[@AstralLaVista]

"Wanna see some gameplay" *rolls to death* 😅

[@Eclypse-1]

i bought ds2 a few years back thinking id hate it, ended up having two 50hr saves not too long after buying. it's a great game with tons of flaws.

[@mr.watson3237]

This is the first video of yours ive watched, and it is absolutely godam hilarious! Please continue with this playthrough, show ds2 some love.

[@plaguehound1179]

Ds2 was the first dark souls game I ever played, it's what made me fell in love with from software and tho the game does have it problems, it will always have a special place in my heart

[@featheredice]

8:00 OMG ur BK lol! Incredibly funny to watch - 100% you are the game journalist of DS2

[@xenon3759]

Dark souls 2 was easily the most fun I’ve had playing through a dark souls game with a friend. Whenever we finished the game we genuinely had no idea why it was so hated

[@imafirinmahlazahr]

If you kill the necromancers in the chariot fight, the skeletons will stop respawning

[@larkerpudwig]

No it’s not that bad, it’s just different. Still a very fun game, anyone who’s on the fence and loves the souls series go ahead and play this one

[@lucashouse9117]

I thought the first one was the worst.

[@Skumnut]

ds2 gets way more hate lol

[@KokkoroKai]

The first one is strange to me because everything before talking to the queen is incredible. Afterwards the second half of the game is unbearable, a first full playthrough is worth it but sheesh

[@thomasmckinney7279]

I feel like the title to this should be am I really so bad at dark souls 2

[@Loshywashyy]

Hey skumnut your content is amazing I love watching your videos all the time! Keep making these videos they are great!

[@whytho1637]

Hot take: I am currently enjoying DS2 more than Bloodborne.

[@MintTastic]

Early gang but also literally my favorite souls game

[@SnoppleWopple]

Ds2 is so good but it’s hella easy. The bosses barely do anything

[@klefthoofrobert787]

It's not "that bad" it's just not up to par with any other Fromsoft soulslike.

[@russian_knight]

Dark souls 2 is clunky, sure, but let's be honest it's not that much worse in terms of gameplay from dark souls 1, it's much too overhated. The story alone is absolutely fucking brilliant and is in my opinion better than ds1 and ds3

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

It is in fact superior, because more great swords have the amazing unique two handed r1 moveset. The one with all the flashy blade movements.

[@logangomes2922]

Playing ds2 right now somewhere in the gutter and ngl the game is pretty good so far dispute everyone I know saying it is a terrible game even thou they only played like 20 mins of it. Only complaint I have about the game is clunky movement and hit boxes. But besides that good game so far

[@logangomes2922]

Ignore my grammar pls I reread and my brain said na not today my bad

[@pandaofdoom8635]

I finally got round to playing DS2 a few weeks ago after having beaten every over FromSoft souls like title and I have to say, I think it's reputation as the worst in the series is pretty deserved. It's certainly not 'terrible' but it's definitely the only one I can't really say I enjoyed going through and the only one I haven't finished (bouncing off of it at the Shrine of Amana) and probably never will. 5/10

[@iroquoiskaram8639]

16:20 lmao I beat it on my first ever try, it doesn't suck

[@spiggly_digg]

Yeah, he never kills the witch that revives the skeletons, doing that makes it a whole lot more enjoyable

[@trillwill9735]

Rip to the rock that taught me camera movements 🤧🤧

[@sasaki999pro]

Enjoying mediocre things doesn't mean you're stupid, or have bad tastes. Not everything you consume needs to be high brow fine art. If it entertains you, it entertains you. Now ignoring or denying the objective truth as it stares you right in the face? THAT DOES make you stupid. Thats the problem with MOST DS2 fanboys. They will do everything in their power to lampshade all the issues with the game, using irrelevant anecdotal evidence "I've never had any problems with it" Despite the mountains of hours of video evidence showing that the problems do in fact: Exist. _What aboutisms_ "Yeah well what about lost izalith huh? what about the Chalice Dungeons? What about Dragon God or Ancient Wyver-" Ignoring the fact that the rest of the fandom had already harshly criticized those aspects themselves anyways, but to them its DS2 that is "Unfairly Maligned". *_They'll try to deflect_* "You just don't like it because its not like Dark Souls 1" ignoring the fact that Fromsoftware has released several titles since that resemble Dark Souls 1 even LESS than DS2, that have all been universally praised for their outstanding *quality.* "Its still sold the most copies!" Sales figures are irrelevant, Madden NFL games sell more than the entire Dark Souls franchise, I wouldn't use that as a example of them being up to par with the quality standard, and I *certainly* wouldn't use that as an example of them being BETTER games than Dark Souls. They'll talk about all the build diversity yet still insist "Bro just level ADP" And when they get desperate they'll just resort to excuses. "The project was too ambitious and the Developers had to rush to staple the game together after the director left, its not their fault the other half of the studio was working on a scaled down exclusive for a hot new console, besides once you get used to the jank its pretty fun!" Yes yes of course, you could say the exact same thing for *_Sonic 06_* right down to the very origin story... Point Being, like DS2 all you want, make it your favorite video game of all time, cherish those fond memories. But don't try to deny the fact that it still forever rests as a dirty stain on the Fromsoft seal of "Quality Game Design" and don't cry salty tears when people challenge your opinion when you make objective statements like: "Dark Souls 2 is the best game in the entire series!"

[@АлександрРоманишин-е6с]

Dude, you are a legend. I know you wrote it a long time ago, but I would love to add. 1). Weapon repair. It’s stupid. That is why it never happened in next games, or you had to be downright degenerate to let your weapon brake in DS3 or BB. Tying fps to weapon brake is just genius. 2). ADP. It’s funny when people say: level up adp to 25 and have regular I-frames. It’s weird, because I thought that evading/rolling was skill-based (again it never appears further) 3). Slow ass gameplay. It really is slow. 4). Bosses. Are straight boring. Even their lore is dumb which concludes in a single sentence “It happened so long ago, that nobody remembers”. It is shit. Also, I can count really memorable bosses using 8-10 fingers. Others are just badly designed. 6). Boss runs. Just forget about it. 7). Level design. Just one example: Iron Keep that slowly drowns in lava, where you get via elevator going up from damn windmill 8). My personal favourite: inconsistent lore. To many characters that are important but you can’t backtrack some events. Old Iron King dying to Two golems? Memory entering? How do you get items there if it is a blasted memory? If you kill a giant lord, why has he not become a tree?

[@pizza.doctor]

In this game even if you git gud, you fight so many enemies your weapon breaks

[@crestfallenwarrior5719]

As a standalone Game? No. As a member of the Souls family? Yes.

[@applecidergaming]

2:44 mans IS the fluted helm from demons souls fr fr

[@windlink4everable]

"When did this come out, 50 years ago?" More like 8 years. I guess that's forever ago to you young people.

[@jarltrippin]

I don't wanna put the first game down or anything but it's honestly the only game in the trilogy I can't go back to. It's not that I haven't tried, I just can't stay interested long enough to complete a second run of the game. But Dark Souls 2 has this unique atmosphere that invites me back every so often and I can't say no. And Dark Souls 3 is just fucking epic.

[@A8EL]

the first time i played ds2 i got massive mmorpg vibes, i dont know why tho

[@Krasilt]

man not even me spending 7 fucking hours at the forest of the fallen giants on my first playthrough had that skill issue 😭😭😭

[@zackwilson4607]

When I played ds2 I tried to make Guts and there was a fire gernade spell I was trying to get for his arm cannon and I lost the spell but pulling a random lever. Only way to get the spell is to replay the game in ng+ and that was the last time I played ds2. That was years ago.

[@Gnarkkotik]

If anyone has the OG version for ps3(not SOTFS) if you go to Majula and go behind the world death count statue(if messages can still appear) can someone tell me if the message that says “visions of happiness” is still there?.. it’s my message and I wrote that the day my mother died..this was the only game she watched me and my brother beat and it holds a special place in my heart. She loved the view of the water I wrote it almost a decade ago Love you all❤️

[@pyke6855]

Should we tell him about the Shrine of Amana?

[@fwmind]

when from softs most disliked game in the past 10 years is ds2 u know they doin sum right

[@buddyunholy9133]

I read "softs" as "scholar of the first sin" at first and my brain malfunctioned while trying to get the point of the comment

[@fwmind]

@@buddyunholy9133 lol

[@mralloc23]

My first dark souls experience was me and my cousin playing his copy of ds1. We didn't really use any guides and eventually made our way into the depths. Eventually we found the gaping dragon, who disintegrated our drake sword (the only good weapon we had). We then realized we needed to get back to the surface to Andre. Unfortunately we fell into the pit of basilisks and got cursed with half life. After a few attempts with no good weapon and only half hp, we realized this playthrough was absolutely trashed. I think he sold the game after that lol. In comparison, I don't think dark souls 2 ever sets you up for that bad of a failure.

[@ameshizen381]

You know damn well that last part is not true. Iron keep run to smelter is case and point how ds2 sets you up for failure. All that shit you mentioned in ds1 was preventable

[@mralloc23]

@@ameshizen381 technically all deaths in all dark souls are preventable. So your point is a bit moot. Iron keep knights are comparable to Anor Londo knights and painting guardians that are put in areas with high potential for gravity deaths. There's plenty of annoying areas in all dark souls games.

[@Foxtail190]

I really frickin want a DS2 Remaster. I think it would be fucking amazing if they could rework the world DS2 created, and help alleviate some of the issues it had.

[@rumpelmeister]

Man for real I hate this game