GR:Ever since its announcement, Dark Souls II has generated both excitement and concern from gamers with a thing for punishment. On the one hand, it promises to be another excruciating adventure, one where persistence and bravery are met time and time again with brutal demise and, ultimately, an overwhelming sense of achievement. On the other hand, Hidetaka Miyazaki, the Souls’ series director, has moved on to a mostly hands-off supervisory role. Now that Dark Souls II is under new creative leadership, many fear it’ll lose what made its predecessors so special.
Dark Souls 2 remains a divisive entry in the landmark RPG franchise, but Hidetaka Miyazaki believes it led to the success of Elden Ring.
DS2 was fine. While there was a bit of recycling assets or ideas for bosses, it was a bigger more open Dark Souls. The Fume knight boss is one of the hardest bosses in the series until Sekiro and Elden Ring were released.
The problem with Dark Souls 2 was the same problem when a different director takes over for a sequel to an outstanding movie. It typically (there are exceptions) doesn’t have the feel and vision of the previous movie.
I wouldn’t say Dark Souls 2 is terrible. Had Dark Souls 1 never been a thing and we got this, I think it would have been praised more. The problem is it didn’t have the Miyazaki touch to it and felt pretty derivative. The soundtrack is a banger though.
I like DS 2, might even be my favorite of the 3. But it's a hard sell, there's so many obscure things you need to do to make it an enjoyable experience. So always find it hard to recommend, but it is worth the trouble.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
The Nerd Stash: “Whether you’re here to gloat about your victories or to see what the fuss is about, we present to you the hardest bosses in the Souls series.”
The doubt behidn this game was baffling, are people aware Uncharted 3 was developed by not even half the people who made 2? Why can't people just place a little trust in a developer who had to balls to make games like the souls series in the first place.