Dark Souls II

Dark Souls 2 is by far one of the most painful yet enjoyable gaming experience I've ever had. I have never played a game that's made me so conflicted before, I'd say I definitely have a love hate relationship with Dark Souls 2, from all the positives to all the negatives. The story stands apart from Dark Souls 1 and 3, taking place outside the main narrative yet expanding the lore in unique and compelling ways. The world building and level design is some of the best in the series while being absolute hell to traverse. Gameplay is heavily limited alongside controls like dodging at the start of the game unless you level up adaptability, also the lock on system sucks and hitboxes are insanely broken. Enemies can aggro onto you from across the map making it frustrating to go through areas without being cornered by 10 guys, then there's some of the worse boss runbacks in any game I've ever had to experience in my entire life, like don't even get me started on boss like Lud and Zallen or the damn Ancient Dragon, the pure embodiment of pain and suffering. Dark Souls 2 Is an experience like no other that'll truly test your limits. There's an even amount of things to like and hate about this game, but I still enjoyed the journey, just spar yourself the trouble of going to the Frigid Outskirts and most optimal bosses as well, unless you're going for a kill all bosses playthrough like I did.

I tried playing this game maybe 3-4 times, always sequentially (after DS1 & demon's souls, and before DS3 & Bloodborne), always for about 10-20 hours.. and then I quit every time.

My complaint back then (when I would've rated it a 5 or a 6 out of 10) was pretty much just "this doesn't feel like dark souls", and in a way I still stand by this quote... but no longer view it as a bad thing.

DS2 actually excels above the other games in a number of ways. It is the largest/longest game in the series by FAR, it has the most variety of playstyles/classes, which are actually better balanced in comparison to the other Souls games. Hexer class & dual-wielding any weapon are a massive addition to the series, and the PvP is the most balanced I've seen out of any of the games, with little capacity for twinking.

DS2 is definitely a different kind of world from the others. But if you look past the stylistic difference of this game and immerse yourself in the new world, you might find yourself loving it just as much-- or perhaps even more, than the other games in the Soulsborne universe.

Its sorcery simulator. dont like the roll system(i frame time is so little) in this game but the game itself is amazing but its not a masterpiece for me.

Second chapter of the game that marked the world. This chapter is terribly underestimated, because as far as the plot is concerned this game is the best of the saga, it is true the game play is not the best but it is valid even if not really excellent.

I love the first DS and as for this one, I just find it ok. Just ok. I had fun while playing it but after 35hrs I was like, "when does it end?" and not because I found it hard but because I felt it dragged during the final hours. I consider the first one a total masterpiece and I guess my main problem with this one is it's just "the next one."