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Should include the time to actually reach the boss too, for example Bed of Chaos has that stupid ramp.

XD 8:20 shot threw one of the holes in the gear.

I just watched Hbombers critique of Matthewmatosis then this popped up on my feed. I also just finished ds1 for the first time, and it was much better than I thought it’d be, but it was nowhere near as good as every other Fromsoft title. I haven’t played ds2 yet so I’m looking forward to it eventually

The "weeeeeeeeeeee" at 6:36 caught me off guard

Bro did not take shortest route for Ceaseless

I think you might like dark souls 2

Ds2 haters are the exact same breed of stupid as Lowtiergod

the ending segment of "its good to challenge and you shouldnt change things to suit yourself" is also forgetting that in order to challenge someone, you should be a subject matter expert (or at least have fundamental understanding of the source materials at play) He breaks his ENTIRE video, as well as any critique, by NOT actually understanding the source material himself. It's a logical issue to say that you have a right to speak on an issue you dont understand, it's a fallacy to speak as if you KNOW when you actually dont. Its based on an unsound argument. Really has no reason to speak on an issue he doesnt understand by not playing himself or researching the issue. That goes for anyone wanting to have a debate... you dont walk into a debate not knowing anything about the issue.

23:32 bro has clearly not played code vein, the white cathedral still haunts my memories

this is like telling someone you dont like counter strike because your shots missed when you won't stop holding W Skill issue. 1000000000%

If I just blindly believed the ds2 'critiques' I don't think I ever would have played this game, yet since I've watched your videos and actually tried it out for myself I've finished a playthrough of vanilla ds2 and recently started a sotfs run, and I've been enjoying it immensely, pretty much the same as any other entry in the series.

What voice is used for text to speech?

lmao they think pushing a stone down the well to bring an item up is not obvious? My first instict was to push the stone down and it was very rewarding to find an item from it!

Which video is #8 in this series?

You are really a godsend to show how bad Mauler is at playing video games.

This video has made me realise I am susceptible to rage bait that weaponizes incompetence

Dark souls 2 hater starter pack weapon: rapier or estoc because man oh man everione says its op so lets use a op weapon on my first playtrough of the game! Armor:the tseldora set or nothing really. Man oh man this game is so unfair da enemies do so much damage to me surely its not because i am using a fucking dress that gives me more souls so i can just compensate the lack of souls i get from the areas by just going straight to the fucking boss! Its always like fucking that, why cant these dark souls 2 review guys cant play the fucking game normally, imagine how trash your experience with ds1 would be if you just looked online for op weapons weared no armor and just ran straight to bosses?

I don't know if you'll see this, but I recently got the platinum for Dark Soul 1 and I bought Dark soul 2 because of you, it's a wonderful game so far I haven't had because of you. It's a wonderful game so far I didn't have any of the "supposed problems", With 10 ADP I had no difficulty rolling, I didn't get grabbed by the pursuer once, I didn't fall into any ambushes because I think differently from certain people. Thank you for introducing me to this game, keep doing the justice that this game deserves.

i really appreciate your outstanding content. i recently picked up playing bout DS2 and DS3 ( im a repeat silly goose for remastered's pve ), and invasions :3 i like them both, they are both lovely; thank you for protecting our beautiful gem. i get the most excited for SotFS, then 1, and i'm still mid way on 3 and it's so epic :) hit boxes on 3 are like getting pulled into a singularity, but that's every game ever and it's fine.

21:08 the voice actor only had one take lol

This why DS2 is better than 3

0:09 coca-cola

12:30 that's it that's the biggest flaw of your videos Your whole channel relies on whataboutism and the idea that All DS2 critics find the other games perfect and DS2 only has flaws It is incredibly difficult to take your takes seriously as you defend even the worse flaws in DS2 and just say " but ds1, but ds3"

2:37 Mauler does not say this only happens in ds2 and not other in the other games half your critiques wre on point while others are just completely disingenuous and whataboutisms

34:44 I have conflicting opinions on the game and re-release, but I do think that the importance of torches should have been established better, in the scholar version this feels more like an easter egg instead of establishing a tone for the area. Also I agree with most stuff but the statues added do look pretty out of place since they are the same tutorial enemy petrified lol, wish the lost bastille had a different kind of enemy type, like what happens in the shaded woods with minotaurs (that I don't like for other reasons, like the fact they added so many, some of them blocking access to more fragrant branches, making people unlikely to free Ornifex with no guidance). Frankly I don't think they change much about anything besides being an annoying obstacle, but that may just be me. Heide's "midgame" optional area is just a few early game enemies and the dragon, after which you have a very easy boss so I struggle to consider it that. A change I don't see people talk about often is Vengarl's body being moved besides Tark... I hate how it makes Vengarl to be sorta comical and goofy, with his body being literally on top of him, completely blocked an alone, while his head senses the battles it had. I much preferred it being in some different area, and was fun to imagine the things the duke made him do lol. I also feel like Vengarl's quest in scholar gets completed not much after first meeting him, that does make him less memorable. All in all I love ds2 softs but I wish I didn't hate it so much, if it makes sense.

Bruh DS2 was my first souls game, i beat it when i was 12, this dude isn't even trying

I locked on too much and died. The game did not tell me locking on too much was bad. Does he not realize that dying is the greatest teacher in souls games? Every death you should think about what you did wrong and learn, sounds like he turned his brain off

Really glad i killed gwyn first try because his runback is atrocious. Wish I could say the same about Seath 😢

You’re completely missing the point: In iron keep you have to fight through this gauntlet every single time if you want to fight the boss. There are no shortcuts and you can’t run past them. The worst is that choke point with those giant metal turtles. I just finished playing DS2 SOTFS and boy is this game tedious and clunky and stupid. I thought four kings would be the worst boss run in the series but this makes it seem like a walk in the park. If there aren’t ridiculous choke points, then the stupid fogwalls don’t have i-frames. Which is a big deal since the enemies seem to have infinite aggro range. If you’re going to go through this every time you want to fight a boss, at least being able to unlock a shortcut along the way would have made sense. But no, do it 15 times so the enemies don’t respawn. Dumb! I don’t understand why you people keep defending this crap. Is it nostalgia? Is it because DS2 was the first Soulsborne game you ever played? This is by far the worst game in the series and I can see why.

look dont get me wrong i love ds 2 but no snap movement is not "fine" its absilutely dogshit , especially when an enemye goes between your snap points thus making you miss him even if the attack connects. soft lock on also absolutely sucks with you still attacking in the direction of your movement, playing ds2 locked on is misery cuz of this.

I still think Frigid outskirts is dogshit simply cos there's no bonfire right next to the boss. I don't wanna have to run from the start with summons and fight the reindeers every time just to get to the boss.

after replaying DS1 & 2 you really feel how much they leashed enemy agression/agro range in DS3/Elden Ring, you kinda cheese through in all the games but in the latter ones you can do so with complete impunity

Does it have more? I dunno, but it's still got a lot of encounters with bizarre aggro patterns that feel like no matter how carefully you approach the situation, you're probably going to be overwhelmed the first time because of something you didn't consider Which is just part of DS2s design philosophy

Isn't the Biggest change that certain mid bosses appear in random spots on the new version?

dark souls 2 is bad, ADP and soul memory are clear indicators of this. Yall really out here defending trailer trash game design😆 no wonder only 5% of the viewers here agreed with this

God's strongest ds2 defender

Why isnt Gael at the start? The Bonfire is literally besides the foggate

14:37 holy shit, parrying with a literal greatsword is another reason ds2 is peak (that was fucking metal asf)

interesting end ot the video

@Domo3000 49:00 I think what he’s trying to say about lifegems is that you can stack them, because they heal slowly you can heal over your max health value as long as you get hit before you fully heal. Vs estus being instant cannot. If I have 1500 hp and I pop 2 super lifegems for 1000hp each for a total of 2000 hp, and I take 250 immediately after that second gem popped, it will heal that 250 damage on top of whatever health I’m already missing, and if I keep getting hit and never reach 1500 hp, it will keep going till It heals for the total 2000. If I chug estus and get hit for 250, im only healing 250 and that’s it, the remaining 750hp on that flask is gone, overcapped, instantly. Honestly I think it’s interesting and if it had dark souls3/elden ring’s 20 item cap it would be a welcome addition, and demon’s souls moon grass was far more egregious, if not for the fact that some moon grass could heal from half to full hp instantly, then the fact that the animation is the fastest in the souls franchise. And if we don’t want to count demons souls because it’s the first game, Elden ring literally let’s you craft healing items with the only penalty other then material cost being the fact that it poisons you, which is hardly a punishment considering how available poison boluses are.

My conclusion is, both vanilla and scholar are pieces of garbage, just in a different bag. getting all achievements in it was just a nightmare.

7:15 it DOES happen to normal players..

i also noticed that ruin sentinels have 3+ seconds of space given to u as they dont just spam attacks

I think ds2 sucks but I dont think its hard at all. It surprises me when people say its harder than other games. Its just clunky, slow, predictable and tedious. As I go through the levels I can always guess exactly whats coming "itd be annoying if there was a guy behind this corner so there probably is" It makes sense why people who like to be tedious and do the same things over and over like it, just not my cup of tea. Also I played the whole game locked on when fighting enemies but didnt have any problems.

Oh yeah I love adaptability, stiff and floaty movement, your health bar decreasing whenever you die, human effigies being far and few between, shit hit boxes, the lock on mechanic being broken, enemies ganking you everywhere you go, bonfires not being safe zones, no s when walking through fog walls, horrible map layout and a cluttered ass UI. I seriously don't get how anyone can like DS2 with all these issues.

Sorry boys, I've enjoyed literally EVERY From Software game that has come out since Demon's Souls, most recently with Armored Core 6.......EXCEPT.....WAIT FOR IT..... Dark Souls 2 is utter trash lol. Keep abusing that copium XD

I played these as they came out... only ones i missed was 3 and the remakes, because i got buned out after bloodborne. Ds2 main problems that i remember was the change in direction movements, stat controlling i-frames and map areas not being as jointed as they were in 1 and demon

Dimitri whateverhisnameis sounds really soy. Typical redditor.

The redditised fungal-spore spreading "durr hurr Darksouls2bad" meme has likely robbed so many people of experiencing the game for themselves.

I love Dark Souls II