First Time Playing The Most Hated Souls Game | Dark Souls 2 - Part 1
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- Welcome to part 1 of Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin, my first time playing it
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Dark Souls 2 is a 2014 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Games. An entry in the Dark Souls series taking place in the kingdom of Drangleic, the game features both player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) gameplay.
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Very important information for this game.
1. Hidden walls are opened by pressing the interact button, not by hitting them.
2. There is a stat called ADP, which is tied to another stat called Agility. Agility increases the speed of your animations and increases your invincibility frames when dodging. It's not required to beat the game, but for a first time playthrough, it's recommended that your Agility be at 99 to 101 minimum. Attunement also increases Agility for magic builds.
3. This game is LONG. Before Elden Ring came out, this was the longest Souls game.
4. You can respec your stats, but how to do so I'll leave to you.
5. You need to summon NPCs for bosses to continue their quest lines. The NPC MUST SURVIVE the fight for it to count.
6. Bonfire aesthetics permanently increase the New Game level of the bonfire they are used at. This allows some very interesting builds.
7. You can be invaded when hollow, but can only summon when human.
8. The PVP in this game is great.
9. This game has some of the best and worst of the Souls series.
10. If the game says you should not put a lever, DON'T PULL THE GOD-DAMNED LEVER.
11. Enemies will stop spawning after being killed around 11-15 times.
12. There is a Covenant early on that makes the game harder, all enemies always respawn, and removes all summons. Don't join it.
13. Online play is based on the total number of souls a Character has gained, not by Level. These can make online play REALLY imbalanced, but unless you are doing a PVP run, it shouldn't matter too much. Just be careful.
14. Have fun!! It may be the weakest of the series, but it has a special place in the hearts of many, with some of the best characters and bosses!
15. Your health will lower with every death, until around half. You can restore it with a human effigy
16. You can upgrade the amount of flasks you can have. You can get 5-6 before the first boss if you explore enough
15 this ADP thing is pure bullshit
@@matheussantos-if9zb ADP is the one thing I thing is completely indefensible
i think it's 12 times exactly for enemies to stop spawning
In regards to #14, I always look at it as: being the weakest souls game sounds worse than it really is. Being the weakest souls game is like being the 6th richest person on Earth or something. I wouldn't complain XD
@@Ramhams1337 it depends on the enemy
Let's hear that Majula music.
Big “Let’s see the Chosen Undead’s business card” energy
@@yurinoworry was thinking the same thing
Paul allen
DS2 beginning is still magical after all these years. Unique feel. Also love the general tone of narration.. we are not the "chosen undead", we're just a random sod, in an unclear point of the future after the events of DS1...
The thing about the “chosen undead” is that it was a lie. We are told a story with the promise of grandeur, but in the end we die nameless and used to prolong a dead era.
@@Amferam True that. But consider that we don't get this info until the very end of the game (especially in a blind run it's rather easy to miss Kaathe or the Anor Londo illusion). Moreover, in DS1 we're more or less 1000 years after Gwyn's sacrifice, the very gods who started the age of fire are still there and we get to fight them.
All of this in DS2 has blurred in a myth, we're so far in the future even the very names of the gods have changed if not plainly been forgotten like for Gwynevere (Divine Blessing item tells us that right away in Majula). A very cool and effective narrative device in my opinion.
@@FLavor-ve6bs I agree the story they where going for was very interesting. While DS1 was going for the creation and gods story, DS2 went for the human story. I think DS2 had a strong start but it just declined throughout the game. It’s a shame the game went through development hell. I would loved to have seen what the developers wanted the game to be.
@@Amferam I actually think the opposite, weak start but strong finish.
Majula’s music is perfect because it reflects a calming nature perfect for your safe haven, but at the same time it gives you that feeling that something is not right with the world
I feel like there's something wrong with my brain because i have to mute whenever I'm in majula. It's not a bad melody or anything, i know this. but for some reason it just irritates the living hell out of me.
I might be the only one who hates it lol ... please don't throw tomatos at me 😵💫
@@josephinejekyl5848 Are you aware that Malenia is the Blade of Miquella?
@@josephinejekyl5848 No, you're not alone. It's super weird. Any other souls game, and any other location in DS2, I can Alt-Tab and the music or environmental sounds never get on my nerves. But Majula... it's nice, at first. But it just becomes unreasonably grating after a few minutes, and for the life of me I couldn't tell you why. I have to either move somewhere else or shut the game down.
@@Axxxel_in_Harlem She is???? this is totally new information for me. She never mentioned it those 3 days i went to hang with her
@@Taliesin_ its repetitive and those high plinky tones...
If you get a second sword of the SAME TYPE and hold triangle while duel wielding you will gain the Duel-Wield Move-Set of that weapon type, it will allow you to attack with both weapons simultaneously for VERY GOOD damage.
***GREAT MECHANIC** definitely worth exploring especially since you started with the swordsman! It feels good! Don't sleep on it baby!
THIS COMMENT HERE!!! curved sword power stancing *chefs kiss
Not just of the same type, but of similar size really. It's much more expansive than Elden Ring's version. You can powerstanced a curved greatsword with a regular greatsword, a straight sword with a curved sword, spear with a lance, etc.
@@andrewbowen2837 it has more variety on paper, but the stat requirements for weapons in DS2 are kind of steep in general so making them even steeper with powerstancing limits your builds sometimes. There are costs and benefits to both.
@@themightymcb7310 but it offsets that with it being easier to level overall
Adaptability is an extremely important stat. It increases your agility, which increases invincibility frames and speeds up certain animations like using flasks and such.
I always rise by Adaptability to 40. No more, no less.
@@chase6579 When Agility is 105 you have the same amount of I-frames as in Dark Souls 1. Adaptability and Attunement both raise Agility so the amount of levels you have to put into Adaptability changes depending on how high your Attunement is. Sometimes you need more than 25 levels in ADP to get to 105 AGL, sometimes you need less.
@@Gondaldin yes, for magic oriented builds ADP can become fully optional, since the Spell slots maximize with 75 ATN, and at that level you get a decent chunk of AGL from ATN alone.
True, it's the first thing you need to know to play this game, I didn't know this the first time I played and I ended up making a weak character and couldn't even finish the game, I literally finished the game after knowing this
@@JakShadow I finished the game but it was absolutely brutal. I kept thinking, "How in the fuck am I getting hit?" I never look anything up my first playthrough so I suffered for 70 hours. I loved the first playthrough, but when I learned about ADP the game became 10 times better. Kind of stupid that invincibility frames are tied to a stat, but I still love DS2. It gets too much hate in my opinion. Oh well.
(No Spoilers)
Dark Souls 2 has a complicated history - the guy originally set on the project basically wanted to make a game like Elden Ring, but keep in mind it was running on the xbox 360/ps3 era consoles, and Elden Ring can have a hard time on a top-tier gaming pc. So very ambitious. He also wanted heavy themes of light and dark, including shadows and advanced (for the time) lighting, and for that they would have to write a completely new game engine rather than using the one they had already written for DS1. However, because so much time was spent making the game engine and making things visually stunning and beautiful there was hardly any gameplay a year before the game was to be released, so they fired that guy and hired a new director for the game, who didn't have time to then create an entirely new map, so they made some new areas and recycled and moved around areas that had already been made, which explains why there are some areas that connect that make absolutely no sense when you think about it. They also used motion capture for a lot of animations which is why so many attacks from enemies are so janky and the hit boxes feel impossible to predict. It also doesn't seem that they ever got the enemy placement right, either. To a lot of people, vanilla seems to have way to little and Scholar of the First Sin seems to have way too many.
There are tons of other strange decisions they made with Dark Souls 2, such as how much you level. In DS1, DS3, and Bloodborne, you should be aiming to be around level 100 by the end of the game. In Dark Souls 2 you can level way more often, and can reach level 100 before you're even close to halfway through the game. Also, your stamina depletes extremely fast at the beginning of the game, but the bar doesn't always grow when you level your character. Instead, sometimes the bar just shrinks slower. It's the same effect, but the inconsistency makes it extremely difficult to manage your stamina, because the amount of stamina consumed per move is constantly changing. They also tied i-frames to adaptability and animation speed to agility, which again adds to the unpredictable nature of the game. The boss count of Dark Souls 2 (if I remember correctly) is in the high forties while DS1, DS3, and Bloodborne have boss counts in the low twenties. Oh and the fact that it takes about 2,000 years to drink out of your estus flask. The max health going down for every death is also extremely punishing, especially to new players because of the unforgiving nature of dark souls.
tl/dr: people hate Dark Souls 2 because at times it plays super janky and some really weird decisions were made in development of the game.
However, it is one of my favorites and in my opinion rivals Elden Ring in how beautiful it is.
VERY IMPORTANT!!!! You have to level up adaptability to increase your invincibility window while rolling or later bosses will be really hard to dodge. Its kinda wack that they did that but you gotta do it
I was dreading for this series to start, because this game can be such a slog, but now it's here and I'm excited as hell! Maybe you'll have a better time than me Mati. Just remember to level up Adaptability!
Yo, same as me, I really hated this game, lol. But I finished it regardless 😂
@@teoigi3247 I absolutely loved it, the hate this game gets is so overblown. The level design in the second half of DS 1 is just as bad if not worse than the bad levels in DS2. Combat is great, there is so much to explore and it actually tried to be something new.
Omg perfect timing 😭 Having an off day and I always have a mood boost watching your playthroughs Mat.
Hope your day only gets better form here brotha
Aww, hope it gets better mate
The wait was so worth it , goodluck on your journey through this game! Hope you enjoy it
I’m sure countless people have told you by now but you get your max health back by using a human effigy. Also you weren’t actually dual wielding in order to do so you have to hold down triangle. Also the “adaptability” stat, determines how long you’re invincible while rolling and talking to melentia enough will cause her to move to majula and she’ll sell infinite lifegems, lastly don’t give up lol
Talking is not enough for her to move, you also need to spend 10 000 souls.
@@mordraug6662 had no idea lol
@@Oxrenn Oh wait...sorry, I misremembered. You are right, but The Last Giant needs to be killed too. That 10k souls is for a Silver Serpent Ring +1.
Few important pointers for DS2
1. Rolls and i-frames are connected to the stat ADP or adaptability. U need it high to play freely while dodging, atleast 25. So, focus on reaching it fast along with other stats. Lvling up in DS2 is very fast though
2. U need estus shards to increase number of estus charges. Do look out for them. Hint: try hitting the stone on the well in Majula near the small pigs
3. Use lifegems smartly. U will get to buy them infinitely eventually but until then use sparingly as initially they are main way to heal until u get enough estus shards
4. In DS2, with each death u lose some of ur max HP so if u die too much, u will basically play with half HP as u were doing. The way to get full max HP is using human effigy. U don't need to burn them, just use like humanities. They are farmable but rare so carefully use them for now.
There are more but these should help u for now. Also, take it slow as each place has many hidden areas and loots, also many enemies.
One more tip: u can use exploding barrels (darker barrels) to open secret areas/shortcuts, use them well. Also, each merchant can give u gifts after u buy enough from them so do talk to them once u spend around 10k souls. U might find surprises 👍🏻 keep it up
For 3, Malentia moved to Majula already so he should have unlimited access now.
MATI sick new setup! You giving DS2 a fair shake is awesome, there's a lot to love here ❤️
I stumbled on to your channel a couple weeks ago and I have to say it’s so refreshing. Idk if you’ll see this but I actually look forward to watching the next video and it revived the joyous feeling UA-cam used to give me back in high school where I would always lay down after school for an hour an would watch UA-cam. I played and beat every fromsoft souls game except demon souls, bloodborne (don’t have a PlayStation 😅) and ds1 (you inspired me to install ds1 and play it on my pc after I finished watching your series on it). Idk man I really hope you make it big and remember me when you get big 😂. Keep the genuineness that you have (wholesome, no fake big reactions to things for clicks and likes. Your channel is just all around refreshing!)
Yes! Here we go. Can’t wait for your journey here. DS2’s full story including all DLCs is so epic. Welcome to an amazing experience.
God, I love DS2. The music in Majula combined with the NPC's soothing voices make me so contemplative. A good journey through Drangleic, Mati!
Yesssssssssssssss, a new Mati adventure. 🥳 Bro, I'm stoked for this! I hope you're doing great, my dude! 👍
Majula is one of my favorite hubs out of all of the games, the music, the beautiful view of the ocean, and the general comfort of being there is so great! Even though Dark Souls 2 is far from the best FromSoft game in my opinion, it still has some great ideas and moments, and the first time entering Majula is a moment I will never forget from playing this game for the first time! Excited to see how this series goes Mati, good luck!
Personally for me it's DS1 and then Bloodborne and Demons
Quick thing I’ve been thinking about for years but haven’t seen discussion on. I get the vibe that the ladies at the start of the game are supposed to represent the Three Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos) in Greek Mythology. It’s a stretch, but from the opening cinematic of her spinning the thread made me think that she’s supposed to represent Clotho (or Lachesis?) who spins the thread of life. Together, the three fates decide, well the fate of an individual. Not sure if it’s the events that they will undergo or if it’s strictly the amount of lifetime they have. Apparently, it’s seen to depict the cycle of life: birth, life, and death (Lachesis: dispensing the thread is starting the life, Clotho: spinning the thread gives the lifetime, and Atropos: cutting the thread shows where the life ends). Anyway I just thought it’s like they’re deciding your fate lmao, which makes sense sorta. I just thought it was a cool thing I wondered about (cuz I never wonder about things lol).
It’s finally here! Waited so long for your new uploads! Can’t wait for you to experience this game, some love it, some hate it but it’ll be fun nonetheless ❤😊
Hey Mati I just finished your DS1 playthrough and loved it. Can't wait to follow your journey in DS2.
Welcome back, Mati.. We missed you!!
I definitely agree that you should do a little reading on the various stats and how they differ from the other games, as well as the dual-wield mechanic.
Power-stance is a new game mechanic in Dark Souls 2. The power stance is when you wield two of the same class weapon, like two maces, or two greatswords, or two curved swords. In power-stance, the 'L1' button will swing both weapons in 1 attack. You need to meet the dex requirement, and have 1.5X the strength requirement of the highest requirement weapon to enter power-stance. You HOLD the 'triangle' button to enter power stance. You TAP 'triangle' to toggle one-handing or two-handing a weapon, but you HOLD the 'triangle' button to toggle power-stance.
The easiest way to test power-stance to get a feel for it, is to use low requirement weapons like daggers. When you enter power-st ance, your character's resting animation will change.
Oh I can’t wait for this one. Good luck! I just got done with my first ds2 play through a couple of months ago
Oh snap here we go! Never played past the first couple of hours, but really excited to watch this series. You're rocking it my dude!
just got done binging your dark souls 1 videos a couple of days ago, so excited to be following along for this one!
I must say as a Souls games veteran since PS3 Demon's Souls and a avid game playing videos watcher, specifically SoulsBorne games. I really respect your videos Mati. The respect for the games, the enthusiasm of everything you discover and keeping an open mind and open arms to everything new about the games and the research mentality of the Lore. Mad respect man. And, for the record, Dark Souls 2 has the BEST lore and story. It's like seriously a childhood fairytale all the way.
Matiii, doood, you have no idea how long i've been waiting new video from you, thank youuuuuu
This brings me back to the DS2 a lot. I remember first time playing it, and multiplayers when it first the game came out and how everybody was so exited for it.
I'm very fond of your playthrough, thanks for sharing amazing experience!
This was my first souls game and was the one I was most excited for to see you play....hope you have a blast playing it
P.S you should look into that adaptability stat
Cursed stat 😅
Best stat
Congrats on your new pc Mati!
This game is rough especially early on so i just want to give some tips that will help you on your journey:
-Every time you die your health bar is reduced a bit, to a max of 50% (yeah, this is rough). Human effigies recover your health bar to full, as well turn you human. They are very valuable, my advice would be to keep going with 50% hp until you know where to go or the mechanics of the boss before using them.
-Level up Adaptability! As this stat increases the i-frames of your rolls, as well as faster animations for drinking estus (!), using items and other things. It is the best stat in the game and you should increase it as soon as possible. You can stop when you feel confortable using estus in combat.
-Buy Lifegems, a lot of them. You can carry a max of 99, they are used much faster than estus and they allow you to move. They are better than Estus!, at least early game.
Hope this helps, good luck man.
Love your videos! Waiting for the next one... 🤘
I’m so excited! Thank you! Thank you Matias for your amazing videos!!!
Yayyy welcome back!
Awesome, I can't wait for the series.
To answer your story question (non-spoiler): yes a long time since ds1, fire is fading yet again like the caretaker said.
ADP is vital. It upgrades the AGL Stat, which increases animation speed and I-frames. 99 AGL is good, and 105 is optimal. So shoot for 99, and then focus on your build until considerably later, then go for 105. Ds2 introduces respec to the series, so you can change your stats around at the cost of a soul vessel with one of the firekeepers in things betwixt.
Powerstancing from elden ring originates here. You can powerstance by dual-wielding two of a similar weapon type, and having 150% of dex and str required for the weapons. Hold the weapon swap button to activate and your character will change their stance. Then you can use both weapons at once with the block and parry buttons. Higher dps at the cost of stamina consumption. You can also just dual wield normally, instead of the shitty dual wield in dark souls 1.
Illusory walls are opened with the action button.
Some questlines are progressed by summoning NPCs. However, you'll still get to see an ending for the quests if you do not summon. So since you don't wanna summon, it's a win-win.
Use effigies to restore your lost health (humanity) anywhere, like a rune arc. Basically humanity, except you can be invaded while hollow. You can burn an effigy at a bonfire to prevent player invasions and summoning, but invasions are fun anyways :)
From now on in the games, healing works like elden ring. You upgrade your flask amounts and power by finding key items. Hint: there is one more shard in majula, not too far from where you found the first one. Also, you can move while drinking estus, just not as much as with lifegems.
What the fuck? Those enemies can parry you? As you saw, backstabs and parries work a little different in ds2. Backstabs are mostly the same, they just have cooler animations. When you parry something you gotta wait until they sit on their ass to riposte.
And lastly, this game feels like a soulsborne in every way... because it is. I'm not sure what whoever was telling you otherwise was smoking. Have fun!
STARTED FROM THE LANDS BETWEEN NOW WE HERE!! soooo happy to officially be embarking on this journey along side you brother!
YOU KNOW IT! haha thank you my man
Glad to see this! I am going to start DS2 as soon as I finish dragon's dogma
Finally something worth watching on UA-cam! Welcome back, dont forget to level adp and human effigys are your friend when health is cut.
New set up clean man !!
It's good to see ya back man!!
Matias Ga-Bro is back!!
This feeling of first time being in Majula is just beautiful. Can’t wait to see what will you think about the game once this journey is over, I’m here for the whole ride🔥
PS: btw that intro of clearing your head from everyone’s opinion is why I became a fan of you
WOOOOOO I'm ready for this series. It's gonna be alot of fun.
Decided to watch your walkthrough man you are hysterical. Really fun and entertaining.
Good luck with the new journey! I'm glad you got a new PC and don't have to worry about technical stuff in the middle of fighting a boss!
I've been waiting for this moment! Very important note. ADP is a stat that affects your s and estus drink speed. You need about level 25 for it to compare to dsrs s.
Mati, I started by watching your dark souls 1 all the way through. As I played DS1
I don’t have anything but a switch so I can’t get DS2 yet but I’m so excited to go on this journey with you
You are dead ass funny bro, love the content.
I feel like I’m real life we would be bros 😂
Keep it real my dude
Wow. I’ve never really seen anything like this on youtube tbh. Vod length episodes, but edited really tightly the whole way through. And with non of the constant chat interactions that make twitch vods feel really irrelevant, nor the distractions that make them super low quality. There’s no streaming overlay, or low res video either. Genuine props for trying and executing something pretty original in a space that’s fairly oversaturated with playthroughs. I used to watch so many DS2 playthroughs a some time ago, but I can see myself watching this one too, because of the cool format and perfect amount of editing
I just started this game! I’m admittedly struggling a lot with it and was feeling self conscious. After seeing that you had trouble with it too though, I feel a lot better.
finally brother i always wait for your vids
Yoooo! It has begun! I copped ds2 aswell figured ill play it along side you! I’ll probably start a tad later coz im still finishing all achievements on ds remastered
Yes bro, can't wait for this!
Just a suggestion. In your next poll on what game should you play next, do a poll as well on what would be the name of your future character. I mean, were already here watching, might as well get involved too. Love your videos, glad your back.
Hell yeah been waiting on this one. Glad to have you back🙏
Let’s goooooooo been waiting for this new series!
A very enjoyable first episode, excited to see the rest of your journey.
I'm glad you're enjoying the game so far. There will be frustrations along the way, but it's nice that you're seeing many of DS2's highlights and little improvements over DS1.
PS: I'm sure others have mentioned this to you already, but Human Effigies will help with your health. They're much more important in that regard in DS2 than Humanity was in DS1.
Let's gooo! Looking forward to DLC on this one!
Let's gooooo. Been waiting...
Hey Mati! Just one pertinent tip for ya, since you've got an interest in dual-wielding. DS2 has a system called Power Stance, which allows you to do combo attacks with both equipped weapons at the same time. There's some limitations and requirements that you can look up, but the important thing is this: *hold Triangle/Y with both weapons out.*
If your character shifts his grip on both weapons when you do, congrats! You have the right stats and weapons to Power Stance. Until you switch weapons or deactivate the stance, you can now do combo attacks with your left shoulder buttons. Have fun, and good luck!
finally it's here! i'm so pumped to see you progress through this game!
Watch out for environmental stuff, as an example, there's a shortcut to the bonfire where that merchant was, gotta make use of the firebomb enemies and barrels.
That big silver dude, get used to him, he's an easy parry.
Pate gives you your soapstone I'm sure, there's a few other bits to explore in the zone.
There's a well in majula, poke around there, you also wanna spend money at maughlin throughout the game.
Also check out the cliffs as you exit the things betwixt/majula cave.
Victor's stone is the hard mode covenant.
Also some doors are breakable
maaann, i was so excited for the begining of dark souls 2 videos
Happy to see you back and the new set up looks fantastic.
You and Cambonano are such bros, dude. Reminds me of my friends circle. Always cool watching you play these.
(After getting through the Souls games, the next step is Hollow Knight)
I cannot wait for the Brightcove Tseldora episode!!
Matias, you are one of my favorite up n coming streamers bro. You got this great attitude and are freaking funny
Love the new setups. I'm happy another game has started.
So excited to see You delve into the land of Drangleic. So many enemy placement changes make it a very different experience but I hope You enjoy nonetheless. GOOD LUCK!
Another kick ass playthrough begins! @Matias Gago give 'em hell, bro!
Cool that DS2 won the vote. I just started DS2 last weekend. So far I’m enjoying it more than I thought I would. Good luck!
Great start ❤️ great game of course ❤️
22:25 that nest is the trading vendor. You leave items in the nest and they'll replace it with a different item.
There are dedicated items for this, one of which you could've had as a starting gift (petrified something).
Smooth and silky stones are the other
Edit: They are also in ds1 but they're easy to miss if you don't know what to look for
Welcome back bro! It’s so great you started with this game. This game has something different called Hex. You would love it, it’s very op, especially with a hex build.
Yesssss! Here we go!!!
Love this!! Been very excited and I'm glad you're enjoying the game! I've been streaming it, myself, just got to the DLC's. Level that ADP and keep having fun :) I was also very excited to hear about Hollow Knight, keep it up man!! 😊
Majula's song is by far my favorite soulsborne lobby music. I love it so much. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of home, but no my house, but the feeling of home, of a better past, etc etc. I love it
HOLLLOOOOWWW KNIGHT LETTTSSSS GOOOOOOO!!! Bro you're going to love it.
so excited for this new journey!
Yay!!! I love this game. Can't wait to see your journey continue. You'll figure out the health bar situation soon enough lol. I'm sure someone will tell you in the comments as well. Good work on that boss. Strongly recommend a bow and arrow throughout this game. Helps with luring to avoid the gank fights. Also poison arrows reeeeaaallly come in clutch. Exhaust the merchant's dialogue in Cardinal Tower. Trust me....
Have fun!
Ok so quick Dark Souls 2 tips; lifegems are slow (but over time) healing that stacks with itself, and there's a merchant you can get infinite of them from (Malentia, straight forward when you warp to Majula). They're especially good if you get poisoned, as it basically counteracts it via healing. You also now need Estus shards to upgrade your estus flask's amount of uses, and sublime bone dust to increase how much it heals. Rolling i-frames are now tied to a stat, ADP (it also speeds up item usage, like your estus flask!). Equip load only changes roll distance, the lower it is (in terms of %) the further you go.
Weapon and armor durability is a lot more important and degrades much faster than in DS1, but it refreshes fully at a bonfire unless something is fully broken. You can repair at the blacksmith's.
When you die, you become hollow, and lose some max HP. You can restore your full life bar by using a human effigy, that also makes you not look like a zombie.
Glad you like Majula! Even if some people might not like DS2 overall, it's still widely regarded as one of the best soulsborne hub areas. This whole game feels so warm, and Majula is such a nice resting area to upgrade and stock up on supplies (make sure to check back with Maughlin the Armorer, once you spend a certain amount he starts getting new, special stuff). Also, check out the well in majula. Not the big pit, but the well near those lil pigs.
Good Luck on this journey!! :)
I spy a PC 😁 can’t wait for the build vid 🎉
Great start! I'm really excited for this series! Welcome to the dark, hollowed, legacy of man. It has its flaws but naysayers are just hollow imho. Don't give up, skeleton!
LETS GOOOOO MATIAS, I will soon complete DS2. I have almost destroyed my PS4-controller because of this game but I love it at the same time😂😂
Its always best to always look at weapon movesets from any type,there are backsteps,rolling attacks,etc for pretty much every weapon
Oh I’m here for this…. Honestly I’m interested to see how you go in this game. I was the same. Played bloodborne, then DS3 then went on to all the rest including Elden Ring.
My gut is by the end of this, you’ll have been glad to play it. But equally, glad to see the back of it. But who know you might love it
Yo your music is sick and the fact that you’re a souls fan is sick
Glad to have you back, pc looking epic... I built mine like... 13 years ago now. Maybe when the kids are in school I'll update it haha. I've not played all of ds2... But I do enjoy me some vicarious living
Nice, was waiting for you to start this. Might I recommend turning down sound effects a bit and turning up the music. The ost is a bit more quiet in game compared to the other games
I'm glad you took your time.
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Kk I can't ignore my feelings my dude I have been hungry for your content.
This is gonna go down r e a l l y good. Bless you, Matias.
The new gear looks sick Mati - so happy for you!🥳 Have you rearranged the room - need a new tour sometimes.😬
the homie is back!!
New viewer here, I'm so looking forward to this series! You did awesome in ds1!
I think this game its the best of all souls series because it focus on the narrative. People rarely mention Aldia when they play the series, and at the same time they keep trying to unravel the lore of these games. Aldia is, as the DLC says, the "scholar of the first sin". So he was put there to elucidate what the first sin is and what the curse is about.
You're so calm and positive man, in my first 2 hours of DS2 I started loosing my sanity!!! 😂
Glad you're back man😄 love your reactions to these games 😁
I've been refreshing my phone all night for this!!!!
Quick tip. Iframes have been given a level able stat in this game called ADP. This stat increases your agility, which increases s. At low ADP it gives the same amount of s as a fat roll in DS1.
Welcome back! ❤
First of all, congrats on the new PC Mati!! It looks awesome!!! Can't wait for the build video!!!
Second, the wait for the next video was worth it :3 I reaaally enjoyed it :3
And third ... maybe they already told you in the comments, but there is a certain well in Majula that could use a spank ;D