BY HASAN MANSOOR: Remember when gaming was more about having fun playing together and less about which team has the greater kill count or any form of domination? If so, this is an article for you. The purpose of
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.
And it will happen in the future when he doesn’t touch them as he is planning on.
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.
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Games are only as competitive as you make them.
Competitiveness may not have been in the room when games were first made, but the moment a high score is placed on a list competition is going to be promoted, and online play just magnifies that. You have to remember that first place always changes, but bragging rights are forever. Who hasn't wanted to prove themselves in game before? I know I have.
Competition in today's gaming industry isn't a big deal if you don't think about it, so turning off any online element or social club certainly helps. Better yet, don't subscribe to one. I haven't, and have yet to feel left out of anything. Things like Uplay can kiss my Access, ya know.
As for developers forgetting some players have adult responsibilities, no, they didn't forget, you just aren't their demographic anymore. Painful or insulting to hear, I know, but after 25 they generally stop making software for you, which is fine because by then you have already learned what you like.
Now, I do agree with you that a "casual mode" may help someone with a need to go at their own pace, just as bringing cheat codes back would be beneficial (how I miss them!) to helping someone along or upping the fun factor, but for now there's mods and swallowing your pride by not playing that game that brings you grief. No big deal, dude. We're gamers. We adapt.
Can't you still have fun playing something even if you don't have the best K/D ratio? Some dicks might want to rain on your parade if you're not as good as they are, but those individuals are a cancer best ignored. If they want to get highly competitive then that's their business, but they don't have the right to tell someone to take something more seriously than they want to.