Dark Souls 2 Is Not A Bad Game

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[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I think a lot of people can agree that not a single Dark Souls game is bad by any means.

[@faded1146]

All i see is spam now

[@KingseekerFrampt]

I agree with that but I feel like dark souls 2 is just not as good as the others but most people mistake that for it being bad but it’s really not

[@ELIZABETH-hf9he]

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[@potatounicorn9480]

i would say that dark souls 2 is a bad game

[@littlemoth4956]

Ds2 is not bad, it's just not as good. Two very different things.

[@brydus]

Boss Timestamps if you want them: Last Giant - 4:00 Pursuer - 6:12 Dragonrider - 16:28 Flexile Sentry - 19:50 Ruin Sentinels - 22:26 Lost Sinner - 29:00 Old Dragonslayer (Ornstein) - 32:46 Executioner's Chariot - 36:00 Pursuer (Bonfire Ascetic) - 40:50 The Rotten - 46:03 Elana The Squalid Queen (Round 1) - 54:15 Skeleton Lords - 58:04 Covetous Demon - 59:53 Mytha The Baneful Queen - 1:01:56 Elana The Squalid Queen (Round 2) - 1:04:08 Sinh The Slumbering Dragon - 1:09:15 Smelter Demon - 1:13:24 Old Iron King - 1:20:04 Fume Knight - 1:30:10 Aava The King's Pet (Invisible lol) - 1:39:01 Aava The King's Pet (Visible) - 1:41:50 Burnt Ivory King (Round 1) - 1:44:30 Burnt Ivory King (Round 2) - 1:48:14 Dragonrider Duo - 1:54:30 Looking Glass Knight - 1:55:56 Demon of Song - 1:58:16 Velstadt The Royal Aegis - 2:00:03 Guardian Dragon - 2:02:01 Ancient Dragon - 2:03:32 Sir Alonne -2:09:30 Giant Lord - 2:12:18 Vendrick - 2:13:24 Scorpioness Najka (Feat. Bradley of the Old Guard!) - 2:15:11 Darklurker - 2:17:05 Royal Rat Authority - 2:21:49 Prowling Magus/Congregation - 2:23:07 The Duke's Dear Freja - 2:24:35 Throne Watcher and Defender (Feat. Bradley again!!) - 2:27:14 Nashandra - 2:29:06 Aldia Scholar of the FIrst Sin - 2:32:10

[@Island_szn]

beast

[@jonathanpezzelato3361]

No blue smelter demon 😪

[@vijaydizzle]

Thanks bro.

[@rekcr]

Did he not beat Lud and Zallen?

[@michaelj.caboose372]

@@rekcr why would he want to

[@emodeath112]

Fun fact, unlike other souls like games, dark souls 2 actually has a respawn limit for enemies meaning if you kill every enemy on the way to a boss fight enough times they just stop coming eventually

[@Marwington]

And if you want to continue farming or something, you can always either rise the bonfire level, or join the covenant that makes enemies respawn infinitely. This game is really underestimated, especially with how its coop works.

[@ObiJohnKenobi67]

Which helps alleviate the often horrible boss run ups in souls

[@robm2768]

That explains why the shitty gank room stopped spawning before the three sentinels

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

@@Marwington Ehh. Soul memory is just a bad system in the end though. It absolutely wrecks balance in both co-op and PVP after a certain indeterminate point in the level progression. I like a lot about DS2. It's probably the souls game I ended up playing the most overall and I spent a ton of time with its PVP back when it launched. But it's definitely very flawed.

[@mmummumm]

I wonder why other souls games doesn't have that.... oh yeah, they don't need it cause they don't suck balls

[@Nyktophobiac]

My favorite thing about DS2 is just how different it is to 1 and 3 visually. It has some of my favorite looking locations

[@looke7940]

Bosses look pretty bland in comparison to all the other souls games ignoring the actual fights itself tho. You're def right about locations looks, but bosses don't live up to them.

[@SexualWhiteChocolate]

@@looke7940 not only are some of the bosses bland looking but there is almost no good looking boss armour. besides sir alonne, burnt ivory king, dragon rider, fume knight, and throne defenders set. Compare that to ds1 and ds3 where most bosses have a sick looking set that fits the player great

[@Davidandothers]

@@SexualWhiteChocolate I'm an avid ds2 player and I can agree the bosses and boss armor aren't great looking but you got to admit, Majula and dragon shrine are beautiful.

[@erfyw]

Dragon aerie was jaw dropping when you first came across it. (And it lives on in farum azula!) Going from a sunny field into a cave and exiting into the dark, rainy drangleic castle too. While not as good it's probably the most visually memorable for me at least

[@Erick-tv8oq]

In general, DS2’s art direction is better than DS3’s in my opinion. Not on the boss department, but in everything else. DS2’s locations are incredibly memorable, while DS3’s are just bogged down to a grey mess. This is the one reason why I like DS2 more than DS3, because I was so thoroughly enthralled by its world, even though DS2’s bosses are leagues behind DS3’s.

[@helck1153]

Majula is my favorite hub out of the trilogy. Returning to the game, I always get such a sense of nostalgia first walking into Majula. Apart from looking beautiful, it has such a relaxing/melancholy vibe. Perfectly represents the decaying world of dark souls 2 with the occasional unique individuals holding on to a mission/purpose. I am not fully done with DS1, so I don't know if the same happens but love the NPCs coming to Majula little by little making it just a little less lonely.

[@bruhmomentum244]

It'd be relaxing if it weren't for the strongest enemies in the game vibing there

[@jbiel3617]

Do yourself a service and finish ds1. The best soulsborne game in my opinion, maybe elden ring will change that but we'll see, but I agree... Majula is really good, I'd just sit there on my phone listening to the music sometimes

[@helck1153]

@@jbiel3617 Thought it would never go on sale, but it did this Thanksgiving. Brought it right away, sat down to play it today. Just rang the bell after gargoyle. Loving it so far. Does blow my mind that I can't warp from bonfire to bonfire. And so many other things feel different/new( even though its the first)

[@joshmay2944]

Majula is an amazing hub... Its consistently a warm and relaxing home base that you can always come back to throughout the game. I agree with everything you said, you just forgot to mention how good the hub theme music is as well!

[@The.Brother.in.Christ]

This is one of the few things i agree with about ds2 Majula is beautiful

[@Treelias]

Props to Charlie for doing (or at least trying to reach) all of the bosses, even the optional ones like Darklurker. Glad to see he enjoyed it

[@trugo_official]

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[@afriendofjamis]

For me personally, I'm never satisfied with my Souls runs unless all bosses are killed.

[@Zoiberg-nm5tr]

To be honest, Darklurker is best base game boss of em all

[@cameronstandifird8210]

@@afriendofjamis same here.

[@turtlecrossingarea9442]

Did he do the 2 tigers in frozen Elyeum Loyce?

[@mangomane420]

The best part about DS2 is the way the music abruptly ends the exact frame you kill the boss. Shit is hilarious every single time lmao

[@dangeroux6736]

especially with dragon rider cheese

[@Bajanprince67]

Lol this game is a gem

[@Bettersucksaul]

I didn't even notice until you pointed it out and now I can't stop hearing it.

[@otroweonllamadoseba]

Actually i love that detail, the last sound you hear is your hit in the boss and that's really cool.

[@Sternertime]

like a fucking tim and eric skit lol; you almost expect trumpets

[@justdirt]

DS2 really went all in with the medieval Knights and Dragons concept. 40+ bosses and like 15-20 are knights. While 3 are dragons. They did commit to the idea of fallen kingdoms even basing the whole DLC around it.

[@Shadow.in.History]

The Fume Knight can suck it

[@Hello-lf1xs]

I mean, one advantage of bosses being human sized kinda is that it fucks with the camera less!

[@mikecherry7548]

@@Hello-lf1xs CC spotted

[@vidgamarr5126]

When Miyazaki was a young child, he had story books with knights, castles, and dragons all in them but the stories were written in English, and he only understood Japanese. So what he did was he would make up his own stories in his head. His work is truly coming from the heart.

[@shadysorkin9214]

@@vidgamarr5126 This is nice and all but he didn't create this game. Dark souls two was directed by different people.

[@angellizaola759]

Everyone in the comments: "This game has so much build variety!" Me throughout the entire DS series: "I have no idea what these stats do so strength it is!"

[@Cheese479]

Nothing better than just pancaking everything + god himself

[@jonaswest6993]

"I'm already doing more numbers at base level why aren't I using this?" Is always my dilemma

[@prosaic.7944]

B O N K

[@adammasterx5854]

I did a strength build for all the games

[@elikennedy5051]

@@adammasterx5854 strength builds are awesome

[@HarryNinetyFour]

Dark Souls 2 was the first game I played in the series. Not a bad game in the slightest, and I think out of all the souls games this has the best DLC content. Was enjoyable watching this all the way through as must have been 6-7yrs since I’ve played or watched anything on it!

[@austineis3790]

Frigid outskirts*

[@momae1234]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

[@nonakaharu9200]

i think painted world in ds1 AND 3 were absolutely horrible. less than 45 minutes of content

[@cosmic2750]

Reindeer F*ckland was definitely not enjoyable...

[@systemrecords9708]

@@cosmic2750 yeah tue that haha

[@TheNickofTime]

1:31:13 *tries to squeeze in a second attack while Fume Knight is already winding up its next swing, and gets the expected result* “Unlucky!”

[@memenatsuki2577]

lol he probably prayed to the stagger gods not knowing he doesn't flinch

[@codyx2203]

@@memenatsuki2577 mpmmmpm M Lmk oh

[@codyx2203]

@@memenatsuki2577 mpmmmpm M Lmk oh

[@monotonexylophone1623]

@@codyx2203 mpmmmpm M Lmk oh

[@coredefect6134]

@@monotonexylophone1623 mpmmmpm M Lmk oh

[@wolfheri2496]

28:38 Lost it when the invader accidentally fell off the edge and died after gesturing

[@dashiedks]

he 100% did that on purpose.

[@wolfheri2496]

@@dashiedks Either way, it still got a laugh out of me

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

And Charlie didn't even comment on it is what made me laugh even more.

[@sergiorueda5272]

HAHAHAHA

[@lethalkrab]

Imagine being a boss regarded as one of the fiercest warriors in the land, only to be poked 20+ times by a toothpick sword and die by the hand of one guy in a really puffy jacket.

[@pempotfoy6206]

Yep, that's dark souls. Poke a giant god on the leg till he dies.

[@ghostriposte2977]

Goes for every video game ever :(

[@greyngreyer5]

A gambeson?

[@Spaced92]

Well in lore every Dark Souls boss is well past their glory days, besides a select few. Artorias was crippled and weakened, not even at half strength, and is one of the toughest DS bosses. The fire fading also majorly affects the more fantastical creatures like gods/dragons, and O&S are very likely just illusions. Gael and Aldrich are some exceptions.

[@SaveMeXenu]

@@Spaced92 In what world is Artorias one of the toughest DS bosses? What? Literally the only boss in 1 that's even remotely challenging is Kalameet, and even then it's only if you really want his tail.

[@RATGODORIGINAL]

Its absolutely hilarious how Charlie manages to kill some of the harder bosses easy peezy, yet dies so fucking many times at the CHARIOT. *THE CHARIOT*

[@r9nx714]

I died like 30 times.to pontiff on ds3, but killed champion gundyr without getting hit on the first try

[@powerinmisery]

@@r9nx714 Yeah that's weird with dark souls, everyone struggles with different bosses. Some bosses that took me forever were super easy for my friends and the other way around. It's very dependant on the person playing

[@Gsus2Retardado]

i first tried smelter demon and most dlc bosses (including Sir Alonne) yet died more than once to fucking old iron king and the rotten

[@kingjoe3rd]

it's completely based on your own personal perception and ingrained muscle memory where you are dialed in for 90% of the encounters but take a slightly longer time adjusting to the other 10%. it would be cool to see a scientific study as to why that is and what determines as to which parts certain people are slower to overcoming.

[@memenatsuki2577]

@@kingjoe3rd it's all a mental game bro

[@t.p4219]

Charlie: It's an easy boss.... Fume Knight: And I took that personally.

[@Rahnonymous]

"Oh, you wasted all your wedges? Then I got some bad news for you, bucko." 😏

[@aheenobarbushenocied9880]

Just cleared him today using the smelted hammer, needless to say I got my ass handed over to me on a silver platter and the first boss in the game that forced me to scrap my greatshield and pick up proper rolling lol. Also respeccing to wield the hammer was a mistake. I hope I find more of those hollow vessels. Don't give up, skeleton. Ps. The fume UGS is sick, worth it

[@TheHobatron]

Tbh he still made it look *far* easier than I remember it being. Fume had me absolutely raging back in the day.

[@vidgamarr5126]

This game was my introduction to the Souls series. This sparked the flame. It may not be as potent as their other title’s, but having never played this type of game before I was completely obsessed with it.

[@amo1704]

Exactly, same. Few hundred hours on this just from playthroughs and pvp. Was really confused about the criticism this game received on release, until I played the other games in the series.

[@twistedmetal15]

I've played all the dark souls, ds2 is still my favorite

[@horrorking1000]

Yeah this game was a lot of people's gateway into the souls franchise for whatever reason that may be the general fan base just kind of ignores that fact because herka derka git gud mentality but you'll never be able to please everyone

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

i dont understand why people dont like this one i played it coming off of souls 1 and it plays exactly the same with ui improvements

[@vidgamarr5126]

@@charg1nmalaz0r51 I really like the lore, for me it has some of the best lore. After finishing DS2 twice lol I went out to GameStop back in 2016 and bought every FromSoft game available. Sekiro & Elden Ring were day 1 purchases for me and I beat Sekiro back to back in one day. These guys know how to make very good games for your dollar.

[@sethgreco5993]

Penguinz0 is literally the only person I’ve ever witnessed die to the covetous demon💀

[@gascoin3709]

Just like when someone dies to Pinwheel in DS1 😂

[@DepressedCrow]

@@gascoin3709 okay listen, I may have gotten just a little overconfident that ONE time, leave me alone

[@HellishPumpkin]

@@DepressedCrow let me guess, you got roasted.

[@randomcallum]

impossible !

[@dotanon]

@@gascoin3709 LEAVE JERMA ALONE

[@jamespeetz4008]

props to charlie for doing a 2 and a half hour supercut this is the content I need right now lmao

[@rb9882]

Facts! I saved this for my 3rd shift

[@lord_khufu]

Yes very entertainment when my youtube recommendations are just videos i already watched and the "Not interested" button doesn't even working

[@duckerino5691]

@@lord_khufu go on

[@kampybballer21]

This was actually my first Souls game, was quite the experience.

[@Peaceful_Gojira]

As it was for me too.....I stopped after beating the 3 d*ckheads in Lost Bastille, because I didn't have a clue where to go...on top0 of understanding that when you grind an area enough, enemies despawn permanently UNTIL YOU USE BONFIRE AESTHETIC. So, then I went and bought DS3 and enjoyed the shit outta that game, because it's fair and programmed very well, came back, and died to not having enough time for estus/animation cancelling/i-frames/etc. It's such a buggy, mixed bag: it's the easiest IF YOU EXPLOIT (OR PLAY A CERTAIN ROLE) THE SH*T OUT OF IT, but the hardest if you just play the game normally...which no one does, because this game is limiting you in SO MANY levels xD

[@ablebodied175]

Is it your favorite souls game too? I've noticed people who start with DS2 typically find it being their favorite too. Happened to a buddy of mine who I put onto the souls series starting from 2. He absolutely loves 2 but doesn't enjoy 1 much.

[@baconaterlover5399]

Honestly going from 2 to the others must’ve been so nice. I love all 3 and play 2 quite often, but 1 and 3 have a level of polish that 2 lacks. Elden ring looks like DS3+ so that should be good.

[@potatomasher8626]

@@ablebodied175 same here, started with two and absolutely love it. ive played all 3 but learning 2s mechanics made it surprisingly enjoyable. when i got the rest i heard people hated 2 and i couldnt grasp why... for some reason people hate it even tho its such a fun game like why do u hate any souls games- anyway only thing i hated was fighting both smelters...

[@matty_daddy]

@@baconaterlover5399 nice PvZ profile pic. I’ve been playing garden warfare 2 and there’s a surprisingly active community

[@ORMONDROPON]

It is so strange watching him die repeatedly to bosses i beat on my first try, then watching him absolutely annihilate bosses that I had to fight like a dozen times

[@DragonFruitStudio]

That's how it goes watching anyone play these games, my brother dominated Ornstein and Smough but got absolutely dunked on by the Gaping Dragon

[@daifuku75]

​@@DragonFruitStudio How do you even struggle with Gaping Dragon? Like, how is it even possible? I beat all the Lord Souls and even Gwyn 1st try but I can't beat Taurus demon first try to this day, so I guess we all have that easy boss we get fucked by

[@finnish_hunter]

You saying that you beat Aava on your first try? Highly doubt it, maybe with a summon.

[@doan4534]

​@@DragonFruitStudioyour brother is the same with me lol. I died to Gaping Dragon the most in the game after Manus. I beat Artorias on my 2nd or 3rd try and Ornstein Smoug on my 3rd try but Gaping Dragon? That was a lot lol maybe it was one of the first bosses you face in the game and you are still not that good or did not face a very big boss like it until the encounter with it.

[@labounti]

He already beat the game, he's not taking those fights serious and is a little over confident lol

[@NomineName]

Dark souls 2 came to me at a bit of a rough time in my life. It helped me cope with the loss two loved ones and I've played through the entire game so many times now. Majulas song now fills me with a feeling that takes me back to that time, it's nostalgia, coziness and sorrow - all at the same time. Nothing but love for DS2, my favourite in the series by a mile.

[@RokkieSparrow]

I appreciate your existence

[@tubasil8786]

That theme never fails to make me feel so melancholy I loved darksouls 2 so much I played 72 hours over the course of a week that game really got me

[@Soundwave1900]

Same, good sir. DS2 still is my favorite DS game up to date, I'm not even kidding. I absolutely love the atmosphere of it which is totally different in both DS1 and 3.

[@yusgrk3928]

@@Soundwave1900 same, ds2 was my first dark souls and it helped me during a very rough time in my life.

[@incognitotamizhan9679]

Same dude, ds2 had the best atmosphere of all souls games..

[@dirt_dert_durt]

"I'm gonna use the rapier" "Fume Knight was easy, what are you talking about"

[@shanecoyle8053]

He also still died to Fume the most and then slanders him after. Charlie might be a bit of a contrarian.

[@darekpower]

man I remember back in like 2015 when me and my buddy fought fume knight the whole night, we spend like 6 hours fighting him coz we could not block any of the heal spots as we used up those items. when Charlie said it's an easy boss I laughed, Im glad he got a bit of punishment for that remark with all those deaths.

[@trevorlorah4992]

Fume Knight is overrated tbh Sir Alonne is more difficult

[@SaveMeXenu]

@@shanecoyle8053 "might be" lol. You mean is. Always has been.

[@juanhurtado7244]

Fume knight took me 2 deaths. Every other DLC boss fight +4. Fume Knight is so slow and his attacks are so easy to predict. When he shows all his attacks once or twice it's almost impossible to get hit. Just save some stamina.

[@TheWilderCat]

44:30 "And I'm not even using a lightsource, I'm going by pure fucking raw gamer instinct." *Immediantly falls down hole*

[@drewbydoobydoo2918]

These are my favorite moments in moist Charles gameplay.

[@NexusKin]

At least that one didn't kill him and serves as a means of progression.

[@vadim6656]

Dark souls 2 will always have a special place in my heart. It's my first souls game and is what made me love the series. I played ds1 and 3 after 2. Amazing all of them

[@fernandosolorzano2668]

same, in that order too!!!

[@vadim6656]

@@fernandosolorzano2668 I was so happy to experience elden ring :D

[@masteryoda9629]

Same! Majulas song will be in my heart forever!

[@rotundseal3400]

I beat ds2 softs a few days ago with all the bosses down and I just got ds1 and ds3 too

[@vadim6656]

@@rotundseal3400 Enjoy mate :D its truly a special game!

[@Sigma_Gamer862]

It really sucks that so many people didn’t give Dark Souls II a chance, it has a ton of weapon variety and the DLC was some of the best content in the series

[@ixstave4812]

I agree but I honestly felt like the DS 2 DLC was some of the weakest compared to DS 1 or 3. Not bad just kinda weaker.

[@hydrasent563]

Each dlc has one obligatory shitty boss though, but the rest is great

[@gruenenator]

Really? Honestly I'd say the DLC is some of the *worst* content in the series. Some exceptionally frustrating and outright unfair moments really make it a miserable time IMO. When I go back to DS2, I usually just ignore the DLC.

[@josevictorribeirolisboa7576]

No, reskins of weapons don't count as brand new ones....

[@hulkmt]

I finished it and still sucked

[@porkoo7854]

As Charlie was opening up his first mimics I was thinking to myself, “it’s weird how he hasn’t come across any mimics yet”

[@Mas3d_p0ta3rs]

Dude I don't why but when I played I was always paranoid about them in the beginning had the same thought and when I thought "I'm completely safe from mi-" chompy chomp scarred the hella outa me man @w@

[@NexusKin]

I encountered my first mimic in the Doors Of Pharros after I beat Scorpioness Najka. I had acquired Havel's Armor Set and leveled up Vigor all the way to 50 by that point, and it still ended up draining almost my entire health bar when it ate me.

[@DTPandemonium]

The thing I love about this game is the customisability of the experience. All stats and substats make considerable changes on how the game plays (other than endurance with +1 stamina per level after 20, you want stamina regen instead but very end game 99 endurance can be funny with all stamina gear). You can get extremely close to elemental immunity if you get 1k resist towards an element, 100% elemental block shields too, you can have almost 4k hp with very strong physical resistance, You can be a strong omnicaster build using sorceries, miracles, hexes and pyromancies without super gimping your character's hp. You got poison builds that actually kill things with poison alone fast. You can play the game on cbt mode and start as bandit without putting any points in ADP. They designed it specifically for this because once you gain a single point of agility your i-frames increase by 0.1 seconds instead of the 0.033 of the usual on agility breakpoints. Ranged weapons are all extremely good and is at their strongest in the whole series in this game and many more. Almost all weapon types have something broken about them but yes rapier and mace and sometimes the greatsword are the most known ones. Most greathammers can pancake stunlock everything staggerable with the two handed R2. Lances with leo ring can get 1000-1300 damage per hit and they aren't even slow also since leo ring works for every attack hit during the entire attack animation of an enemy active damage hitbox or no it's really broken. Whips, while there isn't many old whip is great for just damage and spotted whip if you dual wield is the highest poison in the game. Greatswords are more 4fun but they have a lot of variety, most unique ones are bluemoon greatsword and moonlight greatsword where the former is a very strong non scaling low stat weapon and moonlight has huge range with 1 handed greatsword attacks while 2 handed becomes ultra greatsword for some reason. Also if you go enchanted infusion It literally becomes a physical damage weapon for some reason. But ye this comment went on long enough...

[@DTPandemonium]

@Flamy Yea it's not even explained anywhere when you actually get the i-frame increase, it's all dataminers. They also could have made it so it's less effective for fast rolls so you wouldn't be gimped so hard if you decided to not level it as long as you stay light. Should have kept mid roll from DS1 as well, it's weird seeing 60-69.9% roll animation especially the latter.

[@syxziz]

This man the Dark Souls Documentarist

[@heyguysinternet]

Dude wth are you talkin about

[@theonewhoismany8072]

@Flamy oooh you didn't get the ninja havel flips the moment you began playing?keep being salty

[@martmine4618]

Chad dark souls 2 enjoyer.

[@esper86]

Dark Souls 2 has always felt like a proper journey you can get lost in to me. It is just so expansive. Thanks for the memories Charlie. :)

[@kryse4806]

the embodiment of "its not about the destination, its about the journey". the enemies and the combat isnt the best, it even had a very troubled development, but despite it all it managed to deliver a world that is so much worth exploring and discovering

[@raventamer99]

@@kryse4806 Am over 60hrs in SL155 on the PS3 and I'm SO GLAD I didn't let the DaS purists chase me away. I can't even with this fanbase sometimes; all of the "key complaints" I've seen I literally roll my eyes at. Again, can't even. I've seen people complain about lifegems and use them anyway. Complain about cheap and tedious enemies on the way to bosses...which they say are easy...which begs the question as to why they need the resources they burned??? fighting mobs...uhh, o-effing-kay, dude. lmfao Complain about cheap enemy placement because they can't beeline/2h spam everything they see, and about those mobs: I made a transition from a soul arrow spammer to a quality battlemage running a +10 Archduke Mace for the reach and poise break and a +5 Curved Dragon sword for subsequent sphincter perforation. I truck most mobs. Anything small and fast-moving are my bane, but other than that, I walked through the skelly knights in Brume Tower twirling a cane whistling 'Funky Town'.

[@user-NameName]

@@kryse4806 the world is a shitty, haphazard amalgamation of areas that don’t blend together at all. It’s like a child glued puzzle pieces together because he was mad that they didn’t fit

[@shawnmarcum8078]

@@user-NameName But it's incredibly varied in terms of environments. It's souls but the "core" ideas such as bosses, level designs with shortcuts are stripped in favor of making something different in each level (such as Harvest Valley's items being inside poison hole pits so you have to get out fast). For how troubled the development was, they learned A LOT about what do players really want from these games. For better or for worse. Mostly better because look at the next four souls games afterwards, which are when they hit probably their best games.

[@user-NameName]

@@shawnmarcum8078 Why is an environment that blends areas together seamlessly less worthy of praise than having completely different areas mindlessly attached to each other? I also don’t see how stating that the next 4 games being better is indicative of DS2’s success. Any reasonable person would’ve thought the opposite, especially considering the fact that it was made by the company’s B-team while the next four weren’t.

[@obsoletetortoise4785]

Loved seeing all of the horrendously wrong “guidance” his stream gave

[@DankbeastPaul]

When he stripped naked for Flynn's Ring I lol'd. And then he kept leveling VIT too.

[@GamingDualities]

Charlie apparently has played every game in existence. practically he invented gaming

[@JK-vy8vh]

@@GamingDualities I went back to mhw and dark souls 1-3 gonna stay there for a long long time bc gaming these days is a joke.

[@GamingDualities]

@@JK-vy8vh try out SMITE Arena or Centuries Age of Ashes free to play

[@yadielreyes7106]

@@DankbeastPaul I've never seen lol use like that. 👍

[@miro007ist]

I really did not expect this. Darks Souls II was my first Souls game. It even was the first game I bought on Steam.

[@trugo_official]

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[@LSK2K]

I am so sorry you had to go through that.

[@LSK2K]

Jokes aside, the controls are the only thing I hate in this game and some glitches when descending ladders.

[@pezus553]

@@LSK2K ever tried using the silvercat ring and just yeeting yourself off them?

[@Pandemia616]

@@LSK2K the controls are literally the same as ds3 😂

[@AgelastSoap]

28:40 I love how he said the invader will fall off eventually, and then when he dies the invader falls after bowing. He definitely wasn't wrong.

[@MartinMorning2]

Ds2 is really underrated, it may not be as good as 1&3 but I love it for what it is, the area and lore is cool imo and some of the bosses are really fun, so glad I got all 3 on disc there all such great games.

[@karenamyx2205]

I agree. Although I rank it last in the series, I'd still give it 8/10. Its def underrated. And I'm glad it's so different and quirky from the others! When marathoning the series, it's a great switch up in the middle of 1 and 3.

[@HandIeDeezNuts]

ds2 also had some of the best looking armour in my opinion the jesters set is probably my favourite set in the entire souls series and the ironclad set is literally METAL TURTLE ARMOUR

[@budvarlager7027]

I legit love the story so much, although i love how other games tell the lore and the story in a heavily cryptic figure it out on your own style (which ds2 has too but considerably less ) , i just love how involved you are in the story of Vendrick and his brother Aldia and his shitty wife Nashandra and the way they interact with you. It just kinda comes full circle in some sort of a "ooooooooooooohhh" moment.

[@user-NameName]

I would hope that some of the bosses would be good when there are like 80 of them

[@georgiosgiannoukas3319]

Honestly, I like it better than 3. DS1 is still the king though

[@Patches_Gaming]

Charlie: "Let me use a Bonfire Astetic and farm the enemies around." Chat Wondering why he isn't fighting the boss like: 👁👁

[@driftermorshu5397]

Because enemys despawn after you kill them 12 times and bosses give 3 times the souls on ng+

[@net173h]

Why not join CoC?

[@tank19768]

@@driftermorshu5397 Yeah but he could get all the souls he wants from killing the NG+ boss, which he isn't doing.

[@driftermorshu5397]

@@tank19768 thats what im saying, asthetics are to farm bosses not enemies

[@Patches_Gaming]

@@driftermorshu5397: Yes this is what the chat was trying to explain to Charlie but he wasn't listening, it was kinda funny, tbh.

[@Alonsuke]

For me, this is the one that has the best "fashion souls", I love so much some of the armors and weapons from here that I wish the other games had.

[@noelcolon4012]

I go Havel on DS2

[@paulturner6834]

Agreed, let’s hope Elden Ring has better or on par fashion souls cause ds2 has excellent armour

[@kelpygp2297]

I'm rocking looking glass knight armour right now, probably the most sexy set I've seen in all 3 + Demon souls

[@chillhour6155]

Yeah my favourite armor set was the lewylynn one, also returned in DS3 as drang armor

[@zeph769]

Bloodborne is the best fashion souls experience though, since the equipment stat differences are minimal and won't make a huge impact on your gameplay so you can just go with what looks the best. Trying that with DS1 is painful

[@mentalelixir7556]

I fully understand the criticisms but Dark Souls 2 is my favorite in the series. It just has a vibe to it, an atmosphere and style of its own, that’s really eerie and beautiful in its completely own way.

[@frogdeity]

It's music and ambiance is my favorite.

[@fuckso2342]

@@frogdeity Same

[@Sohelanthropus]

Completely there with you king, Dark Souls 2 is a masterpiece of its own and my favorite Souls game, its vibe and very chess like gameplay fucking do it for me, beautiful game

[@rundylaw6212]

Largest build variety too & tons of secrets which makes it the most replayable one for me. I feel like there's not much to do in DS3 compared to 1 & 2, then again I probably have 1000 hours in it so I guess the luster wore off. Dual red iron twinblades was probably the funnest build I've ever done in a Souls game, can't wait for Elden Ring to bring powerstancing back. Not to mention you can totally break the leveling curve and become pretty OP if you rush the soul boosting items early.

[@kitsuneandcake]

Dark Souls 2 SotFS is my favourite Dark Souls forever! It has the best ambience and I really like how varied the map is. It feels like you can go so many places from the very beginning. it also feels the funnest to play with friends despite the soul memory mechanic.

[@maxonclifton374]

Ds2 is underrated, played like nearly 600 hours into a single character and eventually acquired everything. I still think it has some of the best pvp in all of the souls games.

[@AttilaGOD]

definitely had the best pvp. i was the same way.. i had TONS of hours put into the game with an insanely overleveld character. i cant say it was my favorite but personally i enjoyed it more than ds3

[@87Regular.]

the game itself was fun 8 years ago but i just dont think it aged well. Except the PvP. I still think its my favorite.

[@qAnon118]

Agreed. I love all from's games & i'm probably more fond of others but cant deny that i spent the most hours in DS2 than any other.

[@jessehoffman2726]

@@87Regular. WHAT "PVP" !?!

[@Hello-lf1xs]

@@jessehoffman2726 It’s back now.

[@level8473]

Ah yes Dark souls 2, the game where the random mobs are harder than the main bosses

[@Sternertime]

or the random mobs ARE the bosses

[@quin0000]

@@Sternertime *magus and the congregation in the distance*

[@o_ver2.094]

@@quin0000 *the dlc gank squad would like To know your location*

[@anderl9812]

You mean all dark souls games...

[@toooydoeur]

@@anderl9812 nope

[@joshuawann2162]

It’s so cool that elden ring coming out has inspired people to revisit the older souls titles. Other great soulslikes out there too, fromsoft inspired so much!

[@brandonscruton8865]

Same thing happened with dark souls 3 and it's dlc, hell I've been playing remastered and it still has a somewhat active community, souls series fans best fans

[@martmine4618]

Its good if the elden ring community can come enjoy dark souls 2, the dark souls 1 community just leeps giving the game a bad reputation just because they couldnt get good at it.

[@vzreo]

@@martmine4618 I mean ds1 isnt thaat great but 2 is just plain awful. played all of them except demon souls and ds2 is the one that was so bad that one day I just stopped playing

[@djmcneill7470]

@@vzreo thats depressing I just started ds2 today haven't played it before can I ask what is wrong with it?

[@Cheddar_Wizard]

@@vzreo Dark Souls 1 is a classic that still holds up today, what do you mean “not that great”?

[@kindred4564]

I can feel my mad cope as Charlie calls this game easy as hell while looking up a meta build guide and uses the rapier.

[@TNumbers]

Other than the frigid outskirts this game was pretty easy for the most part imo. Dlc bosses were a good challenge though for sure.

[@milkbath]

@@TNumbers I get why DS games are hard for people but bloodborne was much more challenging for me.

[@Kadeo-ms6qw]

@@milkbath bloodborne was my first souls borne game and I was insanely good at it. I went back and played it a little recently and I’m straight trash now. All my game knowledge is just gone.

[@cosmic2750]

@@milkbath Bloodborne is definitely much more challenging, mainly because the pace of combat in Bloodborne is much higher than in DS games. Like, the combat is faster, thrilling and more action paced than the deliberate and slower combat of Souls. Yes, DS3 was surely faster than DS1 or 2 too, but Bloodborne was a different thing entirely.

[@fatusopp4739]

@@TNumbers hardest part was running to the bosses through the hoards of ads

[@PJNezis]

Dark Souls 2 is a very good game geld back by its own gameplay. The story seems fantastic to me. I honestly could talk hours about it. I like the feeling I get by seeking answers in fallen kingdoms whilst trying to fight the undead curse.. Vendrick and Aldia making me question this world and the choices laying before me... The whole story with Vendrick being betrayed by his "dear 'Shandra"... Kinda reminds me of Game of Thrones. The atmosphere and the tone are perfect (Majula, finding Vendrick, some core NPC dialogue), most of the environments are good, (except Black Gulch, Shrine of Amana and the Undead Crypt, these can fuck off, so frustrating), maybe the map design isn't as clever and tightly wrapped as DS1, but it is a rich environment you can get lost in, and the DLC's are almost excellent. If you can get past the overall clunkiness of movement, hotboxes (yours and the enemies') and the fact that it is really outdated, you have an excellent game in your hands. JUST LEVEL ADP UNTRIL YOUR AGL RRACHES 105

[@matth3760]

This was my first Souls game that I ever played, and I literally only played it earlier this year on my PS3. Was a hell of a lot of fun seeing what I’ve missed out on for so many years. Even ended up beating the game to my surprise. Definitely will have to get DS1, DS3, and any other Souls-like games Edit: since making this comment I got a PS4 and have played and finished Sekiro, Bloodborne, and am currently playing Elden Ring. And honestly FromSoft games have started becoming some of my favorite ones. I seriously fucking loved Bloodborne to the point I played it getting all 3 endings and 2 others playthroughs just cause of how much I love it lol

[@Gehrich_]

Each game brings its own thing to the formula, so each of them stand out as their own game while feeling very familiar. Welcome to the party, you have so much to look forward to. Once you get through the modern FromSoft library, there's plenty left to check out. Iron Pineapple's channel can really help with finding or avoiding games, as he is all about covering every Souls-like he can find. Also, DS2 was co-directed by a guy that previously directed Monster Hunter games, and those are worth checking out. Not Souls-like, but there were a lot of comparisons back before the genre was really a thing. Moderately high difficulty, weighty and deliberate combat, and a high learning curve. That said, it's basically nothing but boss fights for 60-400 hours, there's no real exploration, and the RPG systems are gear/crafting based instead of Wizardry inspired.

[@westleywill3877]

Definitely try Nioh and The Surge if they're not already on your list, maybe not Nioh but The Surge is a very good underrated souls like👌 The underrated part for Nioh I mean.

[@CringeUser-1-19-1-2]

you'll probably love ds3 since it's just like ds2 but like 4x better both visually and in gameplay only thing that sucks about it is that it's very linear, ds1 on the other hand is going to be a pain in the fucking ass because you can only roll in 4 directions if you're locked onto a target

[@Rahnonymous]

Highly recommend Nioh 2. You don't need to play the first to be able to play it, and although it technically isn't a true souls game by definition, the combat is on par with Sekiro (AKA, amazing.) Played a ton of souls games, and Nioh 2 is my pick for best souls game

[@Apzue]

You have a ps3, so demons souls is available

[@matthewshibato3463]

"not a very hard boss" Fume knight: "and I took that personally"

[@FalseShepherd]

*PTSD kicking in*

[@lucasoscar]

the slow swing ruined me so many times

[@gusdolan6046]

“Is this too easy for you?”

[@domon7890]

The ivory king fight was one of my favs, having to work with somewhat competent NPCs was pretty neat imo and it made the boss seem that much stronger.

[@grfrjiglstan]

I loved it too. Through all the base game and all the DLC, the game ganks you left and right. But there at the end, you finally get to bring the gank to them. It's even better if you summon some other players - it feels like an all-out war.

[@itamarbar7611]

I almost quit because of that shit, I got there right after getting the king ring and while I liked the king's pet fight before it the NPC fight was just infuriating it was just running around waiting to strike once to not get hit twice by even two of them and die, and then if you die to the boss you need to do it all over again FUCK THAT.

[@thesigma_andtheligma]

Otzdarva

[@zeroshift24]

and it was very cinematic too. dropping down the arena, and ivory king's entrance

[@d3viltube6]

@@itamarbar7611 git gud scrub

[@grahamcook6628]

DS2 was my first of the series, and it's always held a special place in my heart. It made me so sad to learn about its reputation years after playing it, but I get why people don't like it. I think it was a really cool choice to make something entirely different !

[@NicholasBarthesJohnstontheIII]

I definitely understand why people dislike it. I finally played it after Elden Ring and loved it. Yes some of the hit detection is shit and the bosses are bland, but I personally like it more than Sekiro and Demon Souls. Sekiro and Demons Souls are still amazing and I respect how they made a something different again with Sekiro.

[@Ghorda9]

@@NicholasBarthesJohnstontheIII personally i had more fun with more of ds2 bosses than ds1's, save for dlc.

[@rusi6219]

2 is just a different taste

[@streamurmind]

@@NicholasBarthesJohnstontheIII Sekiro is a much better and polished game than ds2. Not even in the same planet and I like ds2 but c'mon, sekiro is a masterpiece while ds2 is a good game. Maybe better than demon's souls but I would have to replay demon's souls since last time I played it I emulated on my apple computer years ago and lets say it wasn't the best and smooth experience ever

[@Cerise__]

​@@streamurmindMy brother in Christ, are you going to let him have an opinion without you insulting him because he likes Dark Souls 2? He respectfully said that he prefers DS2 over Sekiro, and you basically replied with "I respect your 100% wrong opinion"

[@azquidif6319]

Seeing what this game could have been with all the cut content and what we saw from e3 (they had a whole day/night cycle that would affect the game) and better level layouts as well, I love ds2 but every time I play it now it actually makes me sad to think that this really could have been the best souls game to everybody.

[@cameronstandifird8210]

Fuck, that's exactly how it is for me.

[@DamascoGamer]

This is EXACTLY how I feel about ds2. I loved this game to DEATH, but I always wished it could've been better. So much lost potential ruined by time constrains, downgrades, and the team's inability to properly finish the game. The dlc's are one of the best IN THE ENTIRE SOULS GAMES! So much content, fun weapons and cool spells/content. Except a certain gank boss....

[@Altiveda]

everyone lies at E3 it's all hype. And I really don't think day/night cycles matter in a souls game but to each their own.

[@azquidif6319]

@@Altiveda Well I think they actually would have pulled off what they set out to accomplish if one of the directors didn't leave and they got cucked over by bandai namco to put it onto last gen hardware like PS3, and about 2 years less time than they probably needed. Actually a miracle it came out as well as it did.

[@trueredlucky954]

Elden ring is leading up to be everything ds2 failed to be.

[@masterzombie161]

I do love this game, but I seriously hate the movement. Healing and being hit while your stamina down is a nightmare.

[@little-rat-tim]

yeah but in ds3 heals are so quick that they break the entire PvP system. its horrible when you cant punish your opponent for healing right infront of you. And rollspamming that is so common in ds3 isn't "dynamic gameplay", its cancer

[@darkphoenix2]

That's all timing, it's not an issue if you git gud

[@M_reapr]

You can put stats into adp and you actually get better inv frames faster rolls faster item usage and many other things so in ds2 you have to put a few points into that stat to get nice inv frames

[@otaviojohannjardim1702]

Skill issue tbh

[@theninja2k14]

@@little-rat-tim funny, in ds1 people complained healing was too fast then ds2 healing too slow now healing too fast in ds3

[@plutonium09]

I like how Charlie’s last words are always either “NOT LIKE THIS!” Or “fuck I’m dead”

[@Creed606]

Or "unlucky"

[@Ronam0451]

“missclicked”

[@JackChop]

"Brub"

[@Doom_Head95]

"That's Sad"

[@riffhousestudios96]

My programming is working as planned

[@l3k064]

I love how charlie wins easily against bosses and dies against some of the softest enemies due to his hubris

[@eazybaby5094]

Admittedly I didn’t finish this game but I want to go back to it. I played after the third one and bloodborne, and was pretty surprised. It had the most mystery to it out of them all, the branches, just the weird obscure stuff, it made it unique.

[@Mrbird321]

I adore Dark Souls 2 but it hurts my dick to play it. It has my favorite world, fashion and overall variety but the least satisfying gamefeel with all its jank

[@eazybaby5094]

@@Mrbird321 lol feels like I’m playing Skyrim w/ Dark Souls mods 😂

[@Gnoml_]

@@Mrbird321 that's spot on

[@zhivix8263]

Ds2 is jank as fuck

[@xxkburkxx]

DS2 was nothing other than the victim of a smear campaign. I liked DS2's lore and world building better than 1 and 3. I however started out on DS2 so I don't think Solaire needs to be plastered everywhere to have a good souls game. I guess I could be wrong.

[@fAKSDFKamsdf]

51:50 kills me every time. Just the way he cautiously taps the stick to move forwards slowly only to launch himself off the edge anyway

[@JavelGibson]

Lmao like what else could he have done right there?

[@jonathanledrew8868]

Not jult foward

[@bioshockinfintyfan]

@@jonathanledrew8868 the gane is just like that. You get a lot of momentum from nowhere when you move from a ledge

[@Stynze]

shit it's hilarious, i wonder if that forward momentum is intentionally there to make you jump more or just regular ds2 fuckery

[@agnome4041]

seems like nobody who replied to this besides jonathan ledrew knows that you can in fact slow walk forward in all the games

[@MisterPotats]

I know how everyone feels about DS2, and I get why. But tbh, it's still my favorite of the 3. The vibe and aesthetic of DS2 captured my heart and I will love it forever.

[@kelrezo1]

The most replay-ablity too

[@Loffeleif]

Dude, NOTHING comes close to creating your character in the old lady hut with the amazing soundtrack in the back, or entering Majula for the first time. I adore this game so much. DS3 is significantly worse in my opinion just for being too reliant on DS1 stuff while copying Bloodborne aesthetics.

[@DevotumLLC]

Same here, first souls game I ever played

[@HiItsMars]

@@Loffeleif WOW what an exceptionally garbage hot take 😭

[@kyozero5840]

@@HiItsMars I see where he's coming from, DS3 is a good game but it fanboys way too much over DS1, as well as trying to play more like Bloodborne, except all of the enemies are playing Bloodborne whilst you're playing Dark Souls. DS2 feels like a far more unique take on the series and felt like I was playing a new game rather than just retreading the same ground like in DS3.

[@Terron29]

majula is the best hub area of any souls title imo. I just love the chill vice and beautiful music.

[@Gael-x999]

Majula music is phenomenal buuut as a hub area it's kinda ok I think the hunters dream and the Nexus are far superior

[@Terron29]

@@Gael-x999 nexus is great, hunters dream? Eh each to their own. Its mainly the music i love about majula but i also love the sunset vibe. 😀

[@maneater3795]

Fume Knight is a boss that'll always make me laugh, because of DSP's terrible fight against him.

[@kayqueelson1761]

And Ludwig.

[@ReviewWingsDSP]

I was pushing buttons

[@DaLatinKnight]

Tried to dodge, couldn't.

[@flkfnd]

AH CAHMAHN!!!!!!

[@sirorange9757]

That and mirror knight

[@A1phaz0ne]

Dark Souls 2 did some things actually better than DS1 and DS3. DS2 lets you Infuse nearly ANY weapon. Including boss weapons. Neither DS1 nor DS3 allow this. Got a cool fire sword from Smelter Demon? Well you could infuse it to be the Fire Smelter sword, which changes it from a physical/Fire weapon to just Fire weapon. You could do this with bows as well. Short bow to Fire Shortbow to compliment your Fire Arrows. DS1/DS3 didn't allow this either. I for the love of god don't know why DS3 didn't carry this level of freedom over. There so many more fun builds you can do when you can literally infuse nearly any weapon.

[@vj7248]

Bloodborne's gem system would complement greatly how DS2 did infusions.

[@desihayward2510]

And power stance weapons are super fun to play with as well

[@TehCakeIzALie1]

Better infusions, a wider range of viable builds, more weapon variety and powerstancing actually outweigh the clunky gameplay in my eyes (and DS1 and 3 are clunky in their own ways). DS2 honestly became my favourite of the three after I got bored of the five-or-so viable DS3 builds and decided to give it another chance.

[@Rahnonymous]

That, and you don't have to wait until you're done about 80% of your playthrough just to be able to infuse your weapons with certain infusions like in ds3

[@malum9478]

dks3 was too busy dickriding dks1 with weird bloodborne dna mashed in to take positive lessons from dks2 or for that matter do it's OWN thing(like 70% of that game is a ripoff of something else). dks2's variety and freedom are the best things about it; the ability to make absolutely wackjob builds like making a sword with bleeding, poison, dark, AND fire on it! it's actually super disappointing since i was really looking forward to dks3 in concept to do all the good that 1, 2, bb, and maybe even des did with enough new ideas to keep me intrigued. seems like what i was waiting for might've just been elden ring after all tho lol. fingers fucking crossed!

[@RagingCookie127]

I think Dark Souls 2 is the weakest of all of the games but I also think it has the most memorable moments. When you first find that giant dragon, or when you look up into the sky and see all of those drakes flying around, or the very start of the game when you exit the cave and see Majula. It's the best game for the visuals and sets in my opinion.

[@totsmalotes2082]

The alonne fight the best for me

[@prosaic.7944]

Heide is the most beautiful area in the series for me

[@sorryyourenotawinner2506]

NOPE. DS3 is the weakest, the game is trash sorry bro

[@prosaic.7944]

And Dark Souls 2 is still the weakest game in the series for me.

[@FredDurst1]

@@sorryyourenotawinner2506 nah

[@h1s2lf43]

Dark souls 2 was my gateway into souls. I had played demons souls beforehand but never beat it nor got back into it, though I should since I'm blessed with a PS5. Dark souls 2 was the first I actually played through and multiple times. Thousands of hours. Hooked. And playing every other souls game- except demon souls, but -- including Bloodborne, with or without nostalgia goggles I still find DS2 to be the best. Even with thousands of hours in 1,3, and BB. However what I don't understand is how you can fight "the last giant" in DS2 and then find multiple giants in DS3.

[@IMDET0XINGG]

I used to speed run this consistently years ago🥺 so cool seeing you come back to it and experience it great video man!!

[@117zombies]

Awesome! Did you favor the 1 million soul memory for shrine of winter like Charlie did during this run or aim for the Old Souls category? Old Souls category consisted of defeating the four Old Ones having Shrine of Winter deem us worthy by opening for us vs us being strong enough to open it ourselves

[@pepethefrog6809]

Loved this game, my favorite bosses here is the Fume Knight and the Burnt Ivory King, he's pretty cool, The Lost Sinner is awesome too. I still think adding a bit more cutscenes, especially with some boss fights would've made the game better though.

[@ELIZABETH-hf9he]

🆔ⓈⒺⓍⓈⒽⓄⓅ🔞↷ᶜˡⁱᶜᵏˡⁱⁿᵏ👇 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔞 👉 nude.snapgirls.today/PIIT ❤ KZbin: This is fine Someone: Says "heck" KZbin: Be gone однако я люблю таких рыбаков Интересно забавно девушка смешная 垃圾 ライブ配信の再編ありがとうです！この日のライブ配信は、かならりやばかったですね！１万人を超える人が見ていたもんね（笑）やっぱり人参最高！まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした！今後は気を付けないとね. . ! 💖🖤 ❤️#今後は気をライブ配信の再編あり がとうです！#この日のライブ配信は、#かならりやばかったですね！#１万人を超える人が見ていたもん（#笑）#やっぱり人参最高！#まさかのカメラ切り忘れでやら1かしたのもドキドキでした,.💖🖤 #在整個人類歷史上，#強者，#富人和具有狡猾特質的人捕食部落，#氏族，#城鎮，#城市和鄉村中的弱者，#無`'#守和貧窮成員。#然而，#人類的生存意願迫使那些被拒絕，#被剝奪或摧毀的基本需求的人們找到了一種生活方式，#並繼續將其DNA融入不斷發展的人類社會。.#說到食物，#不要以為那些被拒絕的人只吃垃圾。#相反，#他們學會了在被忽視的肉類和蔬菜中尋找營養。#他們學會了清潔，#切塊，#調味和慢燉慢燉的野菜和肉類，#在食品市場上被忽略的部分家用蔬菜和肉類，#並且學會了使用芳香的木煙（#如山核桃，#山核桃和豆科灌木 #來調味食物

[@nivarad8497]

sir alonne all day

[@ShikiRyougi05]

Ohhhhh ma gaaawd burnt ivory king is sooo good! The music, the arena, the build up, the boss itself. Its all so great!

[@russian_knight]

The pursuers also cool even if he's a bit easy, he's super mysterious and really cool looking

[@VanHeIthing1]

Ivory King is my favorite, his weapon is my favorite in any game ever. Wish it was in any other game, or mods for any other game...

[@datastream3331]

Dude, I couldn't kill Maldron for the life of me. So, I used a Seed of the Giant and watched him get chased by all the enemies as he ran down the stairs until he died. It was the most satisfying thing ever. Man's got a taste of his own medicine.

[@kayqueelson1761]

Good idea.

[@CeraphineLuna]

I based an old pvp build on him, it sucked, hard. But it was funny. I just used the white phantom ring & "invisibility" spell in ds3 to imitate a phantom so I could sneak up and backstab them. Might try it in elden ring at some point

[@8Bittt]

8.9 million people have already seen this, but in case you’re new or returning, he mentioned ds2 wasn’t part of dark souls lore. they’re are plenty of videos explaining how ds2 is cannon to dark souls lore and it’s very much significant to the dark souls trilogy

[@otdg6787]

I think one good thing in DS2 is that it had a fix for two big pvp problems. Poise monsters and backstab abuse. There was a ring for lowering someone’s poise, as well as the bone fist weapon. That thing was a fun weapon, and even better for poise breaking especially with that kick. And let’s not forget about the jester/turtle armors the preventer backstabbing. I get DS3 had the scale ring, but people will still abuse backstabs. Just a random little spiel about nothing, have a day good Sirs and Ma’ams.

[@minecraftmaster12245]

Ds2 definitely had the best poise in the series, however backstabs i disagree with you, in ds3 they were pretty much refined to perfection, in ds2 there’s a lot of teleporting backstabs

[@Lucas61616]

@@minecraftmaster12245 I'm gonna have to argue with that ds3 "pretty much perfection" comment on backstabbing. As someone who spent a solid chunk of time just being obsessed with ds3 pvp, backstabbing is nowhere near perfection, its only slightly less of a problem than the other games. Hell, most ds3 pvp consists of parry and backstab fishing, and it only gets worse whenever you have to fight 2 or more people as an invader, which is absolutely gonna consist of a huge amount of your invasions in ds3. The hitboxes are mostly better, but its still just too easy to fulfill backstab criteria in ds3. At the very least, ds2 backstabs require closer proximity and take a little longer to actually go through, even if the hitboxes leave something to be desired.

[@Stynze]

well the absurd backstab abuse from ds1 was fixed but in such a lazy way, just making enemies rotate to always face you, feels like a last minute solution. also yeah, power standing caestus is really fun, it just completely breaks fighting with npcs xd

[@Rahnonymous]

Speaking on behalf of a souls veteran as well as a streamer who has played the pvp of all games extensively. DS2 has the best pvp by far. Not too backstab focused like DS1 and not nearly as many hackers and CE users like DS3. Only gripes I have with DS2 pvp is that there isn't an actual non-cracked red eye orb in the game, and soul memory headaches

[@otdg6787]

Just to clarify, I think all the games are great

[@hendrixinfinity3992]

I think what the bonfire ascetic guy was getting at was that you should use them to go after bosses multiple times. There's nothing wrong with the extra souls approach but you shoulda gone after the Last Giant +1 for his souls and soul, at the very least before the next playthrough.

[@Nonessentialsquid]

No I would wait until the Giant Lord and then use it. Gets you half a mill of souls instantly.

[@Edanite]

I imagine so but there is another use for it that falls into what pen was doing but didn't do it optimally. The areas have limited respawns for monsters. Kill them enough times and they wont ever respawn again until the next new game. So if you want to keep farming the zone you'd have to use an ascetic. If you time it for after the areas boss then even more souls. But honestly, no one does this unless they really like farming that one zone.

[@Salsa4435]

My favorite use of them is to cheese the game by reviving the old iron king 4 times to negate having to fight the other required bosses, yes it work, yes it’s cheap lmao

[@117zombies]

Bonfire ascetics are useful to obtain NG+ rings that drop on their respective NG+ boss fights. A few that come to mind is: Mytha, the Baneful Queen= Silver Serpent Ring +2 Executioner’s Chariot= Chloranthy Ring +2 Spell casting has their own NG+ rings to aim for with ascetics as well. Also plenty of other options & flexibility for stacking 1 million souls from ascetics fairly quickly

[@pricklypear3625]

@@Edanite There's no reason to use ascetics to farm for any random enemy drops because that's what the Victor's covenant is for, it prevents despawning. If you actually tried to farm random enemy drops with ascetics you would just end up running out of them and increasing a bunch of areas to max NG level for no good reason.

[@tylerbakermusic]

Honestly, Dark Souls 2 was the defining experience in the series when I played it. Of course this is because I played them linearly. But 2 really hooked me. Plus it easily has the best community in the series. Those messages are hilarious. All in all BB and 1 are my favorite though

[@WC-ip6tt]

DS2 was my very first darksouls game i played and its my most favourite ds game ever

[@josevictorribeirolisboa7576]

@@WC-ip6tt blinded by nostalgia

[@elikennedy5051]

@@josevictorribeirolisboa7576 exactly Bloodborne and ds1 are my favourite

[@YK_J3ST3R]

It had the best PvP by far I’ll give it that.

[@tylerbakermusic]

@@scaressell6880 i don’t think judging the entire community based off of a modder targeting a very large youtuber and streamer is very fair. but if you are inclined to you’ll see a couple invaders just interacting with him, not even fighting him.

[@rampageblizzard]

Dark souls 2 will always be my favorite game because of the amount of viable builds. Faith INT strength dex it was all amazing in PVE and PVP to an extent

[@AppleOfThineEye]

yikes

[@rampageblizzard]

@@AppleOfThineEye I'm so many levels of based above you it's uncomprehendable. Stay hating the game, it's swag

[@AppleOfThineEye]

@@rampageblizzard Still using THAT word in current year? Yikes.

[@rampageblizzard]

@@AppleOfThineEye yessir

[@AppleOfThineEye]

@@rampageblizzard Took you a day to not come up with a comeback. Interesting.

[@SBRS47]

I've been playing Scholar recently to platinum it and I think the problem is that when they were making the game they went down the list of the games mechanics and made each one just a bit harder (and in many cases more annoying). Longer commits to estus, item use, and fog walls that leave you vulnerable to getting canceled out; ADP with different timing of s and rolls; more enemies in every area; higher stamina use and unforgiving stamina recovery; etc. None of these are necessarily bad individually but they add up to a more tedious and annoying experience. I think it suffered from "dark souls hard" memes and they tried to make it hard for the sake of making it hard, rather than just make it unforgiving for people who don't adapt. If they just used the same underlying mechanics code from DS1 and then made the rest of the game the way it shipped people would have enjoyed it more compared to the others.

[@trickydiagram5267]

I actually prefer all of those changes you mentioned; it makes 2 a more methodical experience. Estus use being long makes PVP really interesting as you can easily interrupt the guy trying to chug in the midst of battle. Stamina recovery is fun since it encourages you to learn how to avoid attacks beyond just dodge and guarding since strafing is so powerful. ADP probably sounded like a good idea at first but I'll admit it's a bit of an arbitrary skill. And honestly; the people who say 1 are better I genuinely think are on nostalgia crack; that game doesn't even have omni-directional rolling on lock-on.

[@SBRS47]

@@trickydiagram5267 I agree with you about the cardinal directional rolling in DS1. "Hurr dur just roll when not locked on," would say people who miss the point. What the changes do is force you to play very conservative. Sometimes it makes it interesting but too often it just drags out encounters and forces you to just bow pull things from range. Then when you get to the end of the encounter and accidentally attack once too many and can't roll you get stunlocked and have to restart. Enough of this and you start to cheese the game with poison lmao. I think that the changes aren't necessarily bad. Obviously you enjoy them so some people like the game this way. However, I think it plays so much slower than the other games that it just naturally divides the playerbase. It really does have a lot of good shit in it. I think the environments are great, the massive amount of armors and weapons are great, and some of the lore is pretty cool. I just wish it was a bit closer in feel to the other games.

[@trickydiagram5267]

@@SBRS47 I guess you got a point; I like slow and methodical games so 2 resonates with me, for some people that's clearly not the case. I do wish that 3 had powerstancing, that really helped making new builds fun and interesting but ah well. And yeah I used poison cheesing sometimes; but it's fun watching that healthbar go down rapidly.

[@benhillman8384]

Imo it's not specifically that they made every element harder so much as that they attempted to iterate more mechanical depth with varying degrees of success. Even fundamental mechanics like the bonfire respawning enemies got altered in interesting ways with the finite amount of souls that can be harvested from an area before you need to weigh up increasing the power of enemies.

[@SBRS47]

@@benhillman8384 I'm on the fence about that one because you could argue that they make it easier by making the boss runs free after enough grinding. That being said, some of those runs are absolute dog shit (Old Dragonslayer, Executioner's Chariot) and you can use a bonfire ascetic or the champion's covenant to bring them back so it's moot anyway. I also forgot to mention how much they abuse gravity in this game. It's like every single level has large sections where you can fall off the map. Why did they put 2 gaps in the bridge on the way to Chariot? It's like their goal was to fuck you over once or twice for free every level just to waste your time lmao.

[@mfenix911]

I played Dark Souls for 2 hours when it first came out and I was like F this masochistic shit..Until recently I decided I didn't want to miss out on great games just because they are hard, so I started playing it again. Admittedly the first few hours made me want to break my controller, but through grit and determination, I made it to the end and felt pride and satisfaction that I beat such a hard game finally (after over a decade lol). Definitely worth the struggle, but still not for everyone imo.

[@GSG-io8zp]

Imo the souls games aren’t as hard as they’re made out to be, if you’re just rushing through not paying attention sure, but a slow, methodical and intelligent approach and they’re as easy as anything.

[@mfenix911]

@@GSG-io8zp true, it definitely punishes you for rushing. Half the time I get destroyed just trying to run past enemies between areas lol

[@VladDascaliuc]

@@mfenix911 DS2 is not a great game that you could miss because it is hard. DS2 is a poorly developed DS1 sequel that has mistaken actual dificulty for unfairness. It's still enjoyable at times, but it's in no way a good craft.

[@paulbunions8580]

@@VladDascaliuc ds2 is just as unfair as the rest of the games

[@K0sm1cKid]

@SpaceBoy Nah the unfairness in DS2 come in with traps that are cheap, dodgy hitboxes, awkward movement, etc. I don't think it is immensely unfair, but it has specific moments that are much cheesier than DS1. I always think of the path through Alva's keep to Archdragon Peak, there's an ogre that breaks through a wall and has the ability to oneshot you. Once you know he is there it's fine but it feels really lame to get one shot out of nowhere. That happened kind of a lot. And hitboxes were objectively less consistent. If you adapt to the jank it's not too bad. DS2 has some neat qualitites that the others don't so I think there's plenty to love. DS1 is more concise. It doesn't overstay its welcome and it feels a bit less clumsy and arduous to play. But DS2 has a lot of content so if you want tons of content you'll be thrilled. Which game is your favorite is likely to be whichever you played first understandably, thats when the concept is more novel. For me I liked each Dark Souls game less than the last, probably because I was growing up and I didn't have as much time or patience to play games. And my homies that play souls games weren't playing anymore. Whereas I know people who started with 3, and it's their favorite because mechanics are a lot snoother.

[@mr.budderpie3538]

Still my favorite souls game. No clue why, maybe it's the set pieces. No matter how messed up the area connections are it still feels like some grandious and epic adventure. Also the pursuer's design is up there with gael, ornstein, and artorias. And dragon aerie as well as drangleic castle goddayum.

[@JB-iv7jg]

My man

[@TheRedstonian]

I think it's the story, for me. It's the most self-aware of the souls games and the only one, besides the DLC of DS3, to make a note of the fact that Gwyn putting the fire in a loop has made the world so, so tired. Like, Straid didn't even bother to care about the name of the kingdom he's been around so long, watched empires rise and fall on repeat until it didn't mean anything anymore. I know most of the loreless bosses are a symptom of having swapped dev teams halfway through the game's development, but to me, it feels like they're genuinely forgotten about in canon. Who the hell is the Pursuer? What crime did he commit to be sentenced to eternal life until every last undead is killed, a sentence one can't even carry out? Nobody knows, nobody ever will. And I sort of love that. It's like accidentally pissing off an SCP.

[@williamellwood3443]

@@TheRedstonian this!!! It was my first souls so I've always had a huge soft spot but I think you've captured what I loved about the story/setting/locations/item descriptions etc.

[@Lin_Eileen]

@@TheRedstonian If you think Dark Souls 1 didn't acknowledge that Gwyn preserving the age of fire was making the world tired you didn't play it or just didn't pay attention to it's story and themes. It was the entire point of the game, Gwyn, the Gods and The Way of White are not portrayed as "the good guys" they are subjugating the undead to try and make a permanent cycle of linking the fire which is the cause for the entire chaotic state of the world. Gwyn is not "putting the fire in a loop" he is stopping the loop. He kindled the first flame to prolong the age of fire and stop the age of dark/humanity from coming and from Scholar we know that the age of dark always comes but it also will always end and fire will return it never truly fades. Gwyn is only prolonging the inevitable and not preventing anything. Dark Souls 2 SotFS is the game that introduced the concept of it being a perpetual cycle between light and dark. In Dark Souls 1 you aren't sure of what will come after the age of fire ends; if it will ever come back or it will just be dark forever or dark and then some new age it's up to you to decide if prolonging it is the right thing or becoming the dark lord is. The tragic reality is from what Aldia said in Scholar if that is actually true that fire will always seemingly fade to nothing and bring about dark but will always eventually come back too. The fire never truly fades and dark never truly goes away either. In the Dark Souls 1 DLC we get to see what the world would be like in the true age of Dark, if it was under the influence of the Dark Soul instead of the other Lord Souls and it's different from the age of fire but not better, it is also a chaotic world tired and on it's last legs. Manus/the Pygmy tried to isolate with the dark soul and keep it contained from the other lord souls and it resulted in the spreading of the corrupting abyss which contributed to the downfall of Gwyn's kindgom in the same way his prolonging of the age of fire did. "From the dark, they came... and found the souls of Lords within the flame." "They" are Gwyn, The Witch of Izalith, Nito, & the Pygmy/Manus. They found the souls of Lords within the flame all together, meaning the Dark Souls comes from the same place as the other Lord Souls. They were never meant to be apart light and dark co-existed together in harmony until humanity found the Lord Souls.

[@TheRedstonian]

@@Lin_Eileen I feel like there are some heavily differing interpretations here between what I understood the lore as and what you do, so in the nature of not writing up an essay just to throw my opinions at you, I disagree, but your interpretations are valid. What I meant by my original post, though, was that DS2 acknowledged how *tired* the world was. After cycles layered over and over, light, dark, light, dark, light, dark. Oolacile had a bit of a tango with the Abyss (slightly different than a true Dark, but that's semantics), sure, but it wasn't infinite cycles later. It was once, in the moment. Manus was angy, things were messed up. But DS2 is about 8 or 9 kingdoms into things by the time you get there. That's what I meant by tiredness; all this history lying around you that either nobody remembers or nobody cares about, probably both, unless it has something you can loot from it.

[@august297]

Dark souls 2 might be the most underrated souls game. They added stat reset, dedicated pvp arenas, consumable items to unlock areas and power stancing. All of which have been added in some form or another in the other titles.

[@jaydenbedoya444]

Elden Ring especially. Stat respecing, Stonesword keys, power stancing is back

[@Lin_Eileen]

To be fair Dark Souls 1 DLC did add a dedicated pvp arena but everything else yeah those were good innovations of Dark Souls 2 that stuck with the series. I think Demon's Souls is the most underrated Souls game but Dark Souls 2 did some good things that some people overlook or just don't know about. Power stance is back in Elden Ring but I prefer how it was in Dark Souls 2, it's more limiting in Elden despite them removing any stat requirements to do it.

[@august297]

@Erik Valdes Salty boi. Play the game. It has some shit mechanics. Kinda like bloodborne don’t you think? Farming enemies for healing items… that you end up using while farming feels so shitty it might be the worst mistake ever in a fromsoft game. Dark souls 1 despite its amazing area design decided to ship the game with tomb of the giants and lost izaleth unfinished. Don’t even get me started with DS3’s bonfires every 30 feet. Dark souls 2 was by no means shit. It has some incredible dlc and far more build diversity than previous souls games. And like I said they created systems that changed the way the rest of the games are played!!!! Doesn’t mean shit? It changed the game you said is better… for the better! Don’t sleep on dark souls 2 and compare it to one of the greatest games ever made u baboon. Cheap mechanics and bad movement are present in all the games. Ds2 was amazing for its time. I still think it was weaker than the other games but I played that game more than all the other combined except elden ring. Putting in over 500 hours into it. Don’t crap on it after being spoiled by the mechanics that it provided you in the future.

[@shawnmarcum8078]

@Erik Valdes Typical.

[@user-NameName]

They could’ve made those improvements in a good game that wasn’t made by the B team though

[@peripheralvission]

Dark Souls II is the Nickelback of this series. It's not bad by any means, but god damn people sure are passionate about hating it

[@prismriot4910]

@@cunongjr866 tbh, its because they made the playthrough about fighting more than story. The story is absolutely still there for people who want to look for it, but most people dont. But id say it was a forerunner for the dark souls pvp scene without it being random like the DS1 forest.

[@--Cat--]

@@prismriot4910 why did you reply to the bot?

[@jingleding9002]

I see that tobey maguire

[@JP-mr1hn]

@@tescomealdeals Just like how DS3 took a massive shit on literally everything that ds2 did well?

[@tescomealdeals]

@@JP-mr1hn name one thing that ds2 did better than ds3

[@josearcadio847]

F*cking finally. I feel fans of DS2 are a minority in the community, and it's nice to see this underrated masterpiece get the attention it deserves. WHOOO YEAH BABY THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

[@ELIZABETH-hf9he]

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[@absolutetruth2481]

Cuz ds2 is the worst

[@senpaikaroo]

*They are the minority for a reason.*

[@PiterTraceurFA]

The only people who think ds2 is not the weakest in the series are the ones that got introduced to the genre by ds2. It's nostalgia and nothing more and I know that because I'm always right and never wrong

[@lol-7964]

ds2 worst in the series by far

[@mustardisforthefishes]

the original drop was so confusing to my memory but when Scholar had dropped, it added Aldia, the Scholar of the First Sin, and he doesnt use Gwyns name directly but he brings up how the lord of light had banished light, and everything is stuck within this cycle of chaos. all he wanted was for you not to light the fire, continuing this curse, and give yourself up to let the world know some kind of peace. so imo it made me realize how it truly still is Dark Souls, just another land, another time. Expanding upon a world we didnt understand just yet. just wanted to throw my view on its story out there besides that love this run Charles Lee

[@leonardoor5010]

Pl

[@venerablebastard2064]

Why you suddenly went Ratonhnhaké:ton at the end?

[@saketbakshi4235]

GIVE ME LEE

[@p4chip4chi]

So all the throwbacks to the first game make the game suddenly good? it sucked when it came out and it continues to suck even now.

[@mustardisforthefishes]

Sounds like you need to git gud

[@WarhawkLieutenent]

2:30 havent watched this fully yet, so I don't know if anyone's mentioned it, but it actually isn't input lag, its that the deadzones on the analog sticks are rectangles instead of circles. Horrible design choice really, but there are fixes you can download or set for yourself on steam settings.

[@YoungSlugStudios]

Didn't know that, cool

[@drakebloodknight7981]

Heard about this from a DS2 modder recently.

[@martmine4618]

Pretty sure thats only on pc though right?

[@dorkygamer8626]

There is lag on sprinting though, you don’t sprint for like half a second and then I’d a full breakout instead of gradual like normal

[@SoundBubble]

Man, this is nostalgic. DS2 was my first Souls game so it will always have a special place in my heart. And now after playing DS1 and DS3, I still think that it's just as good as those 2. I heard a lot of people complained about the input delay in that game, but as a KBM player it never bothered me.

[@WookieWarriorz]

youre abolutely nuts, dark souls 2 feels like playing dark souls 1 underwater, it feels like shit. Its scuffed souls, i mean they even had to attempt fix it once with scholar of the fallen, but all it did was polish a turd.

[@SoundBubble]

@@WookieWarriorz If you say so. I'm not denying that part of it is absolutely nostalgia, as I said it was the game that introduced me to the series. But nontheless, after replaying it a while ago when I played 1 and 3, I still think that it was just as enjoyable.

[@everlastiny]

@@WookieWarriorz what was so scuffed about it? From a technical standpoint it's the most polished game out of the 3

[@VladDascaliuc]

@@everlastiny How? Could you provide some examples of how that is?

[@Saint5963]

@@everlastiny lmfao what

[@disco8301]

2:16:03 the funniest moment in the entire playthrough, his reaction really sells it

[@its_only_abel]

1:35:55 is even funnier imo, his silence just makes it even better too

[@daifuku75]

For me it was the part where he opens a door, sees the chocolate grandma from SpongeBob, some random explosion happens and he just closes the door.

[@BlackEyedNaruto1]

@@its_only_abelagree, I laughed so hard at that part

[@villar2702]

Dark souls 2 is my favorite of the souls series because the sheer scale of the world that the level design exhibits. The other souls games areas were very similar in terms of the environments that they had however with dark souls 2, sometimes I even forget that 2 areas are from the same game so it makes me feel like I have traveled a long way in the world to end up in those different places. The npc characters were also much more interesting in 2, you had so much variety for example the man with the fake moonlight sword and it connecting to freya, creigton and felkin's interaction, the story of nashandra and vendric. Hell, I liked drangliec castle's dark and rainy atmosphere more than anor londor. Pvp in DS2 is most balanced and stable in the trilogy. The reason people consider it bad is because of it's buggy nature, which is definitely a problem, however to someone whose played skyrim for a long time, that stuff doesn't seem to bother me much.

[@natural4145]

I think a lot of the people that disliked it just never realized that adaptability gave more s when rolling.

[@coal1t1on]

@@natural4145 LMAOO

[@flandera9965]

Are we not going to talk about how beautiful DS3's areas are? Like for example kiln of the first flame. It is so massive and large even though it is a linear area and just fits the feeling of, "This is it, the final boss." As you only hear no music and a bit of wind, and you approach the main boss room as you see the beautiful room with flowers and a guy sitting at a bonfire, and you could feel the resemblance of them and yourself. Absolutely amazing, you can't tell me otherwise.

[@koraycoskun8753]

@@flandera9965 it doesn't help that up until irithyll it's mostly grey, green, bleak, suffocating. irithyll and kiln are the only two places i can remember appreciating rn, def better than throne of want.

[@flandera9965]

@@koraycoskun8753 That is, my friend, the Dark Souls style. It is all meant to be looking absolutely dirty and like a dungeon. But to be honest, I love all the locations because they all look good.

[@EmeraldSogeking]

1:00:06 this is definitely an embarrassing moment for Charlie, but it's happened to all of us at one point

[@goaway7256]

Not the covetous demon for me, but the congregation did me in once..

[@choinkboinks8429]

Actually underrated comment 😂

[@akiraigarashi2874]

@@goaway7256 Those lightning spears are deadly

[@KeizerSosebee]

Hey it could be worse. He coupdve died to pinwheel from ds or true king Allant from demon souls

[@assassassin2485]

if you are embarrassed for dying in a souls game you got issues

[@danielcorro4835]

I love this game. I’ve played 1 and 3 multiple Times, and this one only once . One 220 hour play through. Out of the 3, this one had the most fuckery in it. But it also had the best lore and that is often overlooked. The king and his brother tried to break the rekindling cycle, eventually coming to a tragic end. Watching vendrick wander around in the dark is so sad. The reason I haven’t came back to this one is because I know imma take forever, exploring and enjoying the story lol.

[@DiarrheaChugger69]

DS3 did aldia dirty

[@JH-dr4xo]

Hope you are enjoying Elden ring

[@tsurugi5]

@Kermit with an AK chill nigga

[@ObiJohnKenobi67]

@Kermit with an AK I mean DS2 is a great game too

[@ObiJohnKenobi67]

@@DiarrheaChugger69 DS3’s lore did everyone dirty.

[@117zombies]

The range on the rapier two-handed is limited in verticality. Switch to one-handed to be able to hit crystal lizards. Speed run strat is buy a mace. Leaping R2 offers 100% accuracy with correct timing vs crystal lizards.

[@nunull6427]

You regularly only get I frames when entering fog when the animation of you moving into it begins. If you join the covenant of champions in majula though, along with making the game a little harder, will make it so you get full I frames by reaching the fog and just pushing the interact button.

[@duckfilms3662]

Wait, really?

[@Stynze]

does that happen for other animations as well? (opening doors, chests etc)

[@amimm7776]

Wait what? Source?

[@grrizzzy7]

3 feels easier because the controls are wayy smoother

[@glizzynobler4231]

Dark souls 2 had something I wish 3 had power stance, its so fun to use 2 ultra great-swords.

[@gatorslayer2388]

Its cool seeing elden ring has power stance coming back

[@mhodges821]

still think power stancing double dragon teeth in full havel is one of the funnest builds I've ran in that game

[@gatorslayer2388]

@@mhodges821 Wait what, that sounds like the greatest thing rver lol, 99 vitality gang 💪

[@mhodges821]

@@gatorslayer2388 who needs max vitality when you got enough endurance to effectively be a walking tank that can keep swinging for 7 straight seconds

[@gatorslayer2388]

@@mhodges821 god litteral tank, were you using havel armour?

[@Leofossi]

I hold this game dear to my heart. It was the first one I played and shit, I had a blast. After I beat it, I started looking up the lore (through Vaati, of course), which made it even better. I started playing as a phantom for a friend of mine that was experiencing dark souls for the first time and I would guide him through the game while telling him everything I learned about the lore. That was many years ago but he still says that was the best gaming experience he ever had. That's probably why I always say this is the best souls game (and also because dodge rolling wasn't as ridiculously spammable as it is in DS3).

[@Ultima_Weapon_Rasiel]

DS2 was overall best souls for many reasons only those who played them all during each release/golden period would understand

[@mrmister2794]

Niiiice. Ds2 was my introduction to these beautiful games. My sister suggested I play Ds2 first because she thought it was the easiest. I'll never forget being stuck on the Fume Knight for days , trying to beat him by myself. I'll always love Ds2 , even if it's my least favorite.

[@kronniichiwa9909]

DS2 was my first ds like 6+ years ago, I love it. DS1 is really good as well, if not even better, but DS2 has more content and the nostalgia attached to it makes them even for me.

[@rangamsarmah2061]

No joke, this one is unironically my second favorite in the series. The story, the nostalgia, the voice acting, the amazing DLCs, the amazing music. It introduced some of my favorite mechanics in the series. While some bosses were lame, I don't think any of them were boring, some of them were fun to bully, some were infuriating but not horrible, and honestly it has some of the most creative boss fights in the series I think, like the executioner chariot. It holds a special place in my heart. Also, people say it looks shit, and yeah the base game looks shit, but I think the scholar of the first sin edition looks pretty good. My personal opinion of course.

[@eliasmsv3156]

Fancy seeing you here Kirk

[@noyyii]

Honestly my only problems with the game are adaptibility needed to increase i frames and losing 5% health everytime you die, also it's super confusing if you're playing it for the first time

[@yahia5476]

@@noyyii Isn't every souls game confusing on a first playthrough?

[@noyyii]

@@yahia5476 A little, but I had a much easier time progressing in bloodborne and Dark souls 3 (which were my first 2 soulsborne games) When I started playing dark souls 2 i got stuck somewhere after heides tower of flame, i don't remember ever getting stuck in the other two games

[@Mopstorte]

I do have my issues with the game, but I have to agree, the creativity in boss design is the best in the series.

[@punishedfilthyfrank7348]

As a Dark Souls 2 SOTFS veteran (with 1250+ hours spent playing), the only thing that I don't like on this game was the durability system and how shitty the collision is on certain enemies. What I also don't like in this game, was the DS2 modding community is dead, or at least not that great compared to DS1 and DS3. However, this game still deserves the attention it needs from the fans. It is also the best optimized PC souls game of all time btw, so you don't have to worry about your PC specs.

[@alexmark6580]

Very true, the game isn't as terrible as people make it out to be. A lof of people said enemy ganking is bad in DS2, but it happens in DS3 as well. I agree, collision/hitbox issue felt awful even with leveling ADP. Some attacks magnetized your character to the blade, like the pursuer thrust attack. or Fume Knight sometimes. Edit: Never mind DS2 had terrible ganks, worse than the hollows from ds1. If you don't have alluring skulls it's just an enemy kite-fest.

[@Eiferius]

I played the original DS2 when it came out and DS2 SOFTS very recently. The first thing i noticed was, that they increased the enemy aggression rate insanly, sometimes even breaking level geometry. Made the game way less fun, getting ganked by 4-5 alonne knights in Iron Keep.

[@bluegem8582]

course, doesnt help that durability drains twice as fast as it should due to pc's 60 fps so ive heard, but, at least you only need to spend souls to repair once it fully breaks

[@sekiro_the_one-armed_wolf]

How the fuck does anyone play this for that long

[@aarvlo]

The most disappointing thing about this game for me was the pvp, the combat is really good and the netcode is decent unlike in ds1 but the mechanics are really bad, no uncracked eye, arenas match you up with any level, cracked blue eye orbs don't work and the really shitty soul memory. If you get used to it invasions and pvp are insanely fun tho

[@BeanieGuy1293]

This game had a certain charm to it. I remember really loving the game as well. My friend has only played Elden Ring and right now all the Souls games are on sale. This being the cheapest one I'm introducing him to DS2 tonight

[@mauldin128]

Ive found that the "best souls game" will always be the first one you played. The games are all similar. Its the 1st time experience that sticks with you.

[@Rahnonymous]

It's the stockholm syndrome that's talking 😂

[@bouncygeese2686]

But I played ds2 like last last and it’s become my favorite from soft game

[@blargstonblargpants5312]

i played ds1 first and ds2 is by far my favorite

[@AK-lx1cr]

Don't know about that, I played DS1 first, then 2, BB and 3, and Bloodborne is by far my favourite. That said... I know it's heresy, but enjoyed Nioh 2 more than any FromSoft game.

[@Wilsbourne]

Actually that's not the case for me. I played Dark Souls 1 first, and I loved it. It will always have a special place in my heart, and I think it has the best level design of any FromSoft game. But due to the vast improvements to combat feel and boss design, as well as absolutely stunning DLC, I prefer both Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne. Those games just feel so polished and good to play, and the bosses (especially in DS3) are just so so good. Whenever I go back and play DS1 or DS2, the slower and more clunky combat makes me miss the responsiveness and smoothness of the later entries.

[@atombomb6207]

I love that Charlie does a clear dex run but pick the miracle class lmao

[@phffffbt]

DS2 is legit my favorite Dark Souls game. Glad to see it getting some attention/love.

[@Gael-x999]

How is it ur favorite, I find that quite unfathomable

[@phffffbt]

@@Gael-x999 It was my first Souls game. Played it over the summer with no internet and no guide when I was a teenager. It's mostly just nostalgia that makes it more fun to play than the other two for me.

[@JohnDoe-pu5gk]

@@Gael-x999 gid gud

[@Gael-x999]

@@JohnDoe-pu5gk That dumb meme has no relevancy to my comment, DS2 is easy it's just got trash bosses

[@uiop1801]

​@@Gael-x999 what wrong with you ?, let other people enjoy what they like, why you hating them so much ?

[@thenut1978]

40:33 is unironically the funniest death ive ever seen in ds

[@robbiesarkioglu5623]

Good to see I’m not the only one who went back and decided to give DS2 another try / a 2nd run it does have a few unique things that separate it from the rest in creating a unique play through each new game with added enemies/difficulty in making each play through different. Actually has a good Poison build for once in a souls game. Best dragon form. Easily one of the best Fashion souls games. Probably the best thing about it is the dual stance giving multiple builds and variety to the game. Sadly that’s really about it the negatives kinda upset this game sadly. Good to see that Elden ring will be bringing back the best thing about this game in the dual stance.

[@bioterman8609]

Ds2 is probably my favorite. It was the one I first played. I played this game so much but didn't get anywhere because of the fact I roamed around the same area. It was pure bliss and I didn't care how much I died. I just wanted to find more treasure. So much fun and Nostalgia is built in the game for me.

[@kurosakishun8737]

Exactly preach bro!

[@alvinlin0202]

Same mannnn

[@AppleOfThineEye]

yikes

[@AppleOfThineEye]

@@erfyw It’s a public forum. I can criticize the opinions that strangers announce to the world lol.

[@AppleOfThineEye]

@@erfyw "He's intolerant of my unpopular opinion. Real life must suck for him!" Is this a public forum? Yes or no?

[@Mason_____]

Ds2 has this charm that is hard to pinpoint. It’s filled with gank traps, moves weird, and feels like it is unresponsive at times. But god damn is it an amazing journey. It may be weaker than other souls games, but that is miles ahead of most games that exist. 10/10 game

[@rustyavocados6523]

Dark souls 2 is a amazing game, there is something about it that i cannot think of that just makes me love it, even if I’m not a fan of it as a dark souls game

[@wizord2651]

I saw someone disable to 8 point movement in a video once, never tried it cause idk if it gets you banned in PvP

[@Mason_____]

@@wizord2651 to this day they’re pretty strict on pvp stuff so it probably does. But hey G2a has sotfs for $5 so if you get banned it’s not too bad to get a new copy lol

[@rustyavocados6523]

What i mean by that is that i love dark souls 2 and (depending on your tastes) is one of the better soulsborne games. However, I do not like the game as a entry to the souls series, it feels to disconnected and fantasy like for the series, even with both other souls game being heavy in fantasy. I just cant get past the fantastical elements for the series

[@Mason_____]

@@rustyavocados6523 its just such a huge game that has awesome build variety, and the ascetic mechanic adds some awesome dimensions to the playthough. It lacks the traditional fromsoft sheen but it has this “red headed stepchild” vibe to it that is incredibly endearing

[@TalosCreations]

Seeing people get back into my favorite souls game makes my heart warm :)

[@198sambrrs]

This was my first Souls game and I loved it. Even after playing through DS1, I still like 2 better.

[@patrickk557]

Despite DS1 and DS3 being the better games imo, I have the strangest nostalgia for DS2 that I don't have with the others. Something keeps me coming back to it and I'm still not sure what

[@natgrant-haysey3713]

I’m in t he same boat, I love DS1 and DS3 but I always return to DS2, as you say there’s this strange nostalgia, almost dreamlike quality to it that calls to me. I guess the emerald herald was right in the end. “one day, you will walk those grounds… …without really knowing why.”

[@Pandemia616]

Yeah it's almost like it's a good game that you enjoy playing... but no it couldn't be that, could it?

[@thebigenchilada678]

@@Pandemia616 no it’s a game that we want to be good. There’s plenty of cool Ideas for features in this game but literally everything in this game’s execution is sub par. -There’s lots of bosses, 75% are bad, uninspired, ganks, or reskins. -magic is good but it’s only used as a means of cheesing areas and bosses. -the level design and layout is atrocious. Enemy design and placement is atrocious. -i actually like the concept of adp but it’s execution is atrocious. -Hitboxes are atrocious. -certain weapon types are atrocious, if you can’t break an enemy’s poise you’ll quickly die as literally every enemy on the map will get aggro’d on you. -the jumping mechanics and “parkour” are atrocious, but that goes for all souls games but it’s worse in this one. -The movement is atrocious -the lock on mechanic works 50% of the time. - The animations in this game are awful across the board, some enemies have attacks with no wind up so you get hot instantly by them, some attacks don’t look like attacks at all. -The player’s attack animations are terrible coupled with how you’re locked in place when attacking. With certain enemies you will frequently hit them out of your range. -Magic in this game, just like every other souls on becomes viable at later levels, the difference is leveling up is easy as shit and you’ll get to level 100 a 3rd of your way into the game. -soul memory multiplayer (same thing with base ds1) -you must kill EVERY enemy in the map to progress to a boss fight as they have huge aggro range and speed, coupled with the other issues mentioned above makes dying extremely tedious. So while there are cool Ideas in ds2 ^ those things I listed above, many of which are basic gameplay elements, weigh this game down into the muck. It just seems must people forget that fundamental aspects of this game are terrible because of powerstancing and fashion.

[@Pandemia616]

@@thebigenchilada678 every souls bourne game has those issues that you listed. Half the bosses in ds1 and Bloodbourne are reskins or terribly designed and dark souls 3 is essentially copy pasted from the first too. The other games get a pass but dark souls 2 gets shit on for flaws that every other game has in spades too, why is that do you think? I have a theory but I would like to hear some other opinions as well.

[@thebigenchilada678]

@@Pandemia616 they do have *some* of those issue yes, not all but some, DS1/2 and BB have excellent level design and enemy placement. but the issues the other games share aren’t nearly as glaring and frequent as they are in DS2.

[@AddMehh]

I'm glad you played this Charlie, especially all of the DLC and optional bosses, watched the entire thing. The game is still fun to play, different... but fun :)

[@deaansugee]

By the way, yes you can kill Alva while she's invisible. I did it with full havel armor upgraded, iron skin, elizabeth mushrooms, spell quartz ring +3 and a wide swing weapon (so you don't miss her too much, greatsword or ultragreatsword). She doesn't actually do too much damage, no need to roll.

[@CommanderComment]

DS lore spoilers in this comment. Most people didn't know that dark souls 2 was connected to the rest of the trilogy in a meaningful way until after dark souls 3. Dark souls 1 presented the events as a moment between the age of light and dark, we are repeating the actions of Gwyn but this situation was easily interpreted as unsustainable. Dark souls 3 reveals that that moment is actually a cycle that is in fact very sustainable. DS2 adds to our knowledge of how the lord souls are changing but didn't resonate with us because we didn't want to accept that the physical things in the dark souls universe were much more transient than the metaphysical things. This is because just going off DS1 there are huge metaphysical changes and no major physical changes.

[@tinminator8905]

I mean, anyone who read the lore did know how it was connected before DS3. Fromsoft just decided to make DS3 make no sense because it defies major rules of the world established in DS1 and 2 with no explanation and just ignores the things that happened in 2 completely. The timeline was always convoluted but DS3 made it so bad that everything, considering the previous games, is a mess and cannot possibly be explained in any reasonable way. On a surface level if you skip DS2 entirely and you don't read the lore of 1 you can make sense of the general lore. If anyone is interested in the lore beyond that, just don't try to take DS3 lore seriously.

[@voidpriest4659]

The one thing I don't get about this reading of DS lore is that the only way the age of fire is sustainable is by fucking over everyone to preserve a system that actively hurts those involved so when you say ds3 reveals it's sustainable I'm curious as to what you mean? Isn't the main premise that so few undead have made it that now even their ash must rise to the call?

[@ArMentorLazada]

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[@connorthompson3267]

@@tinminator8905 what are you talking about you didn't even explain what ds3 did so wrong

[@113Kyote]

This comment makes absolutely no sense to me. But to be fair, neither does most of the dark souls lore.