Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

 Xbox 360
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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 122 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 75 out of 122
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 122
  3. Negative: 28 out of 122
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  1. FlabbyCastle
    Apr 12, 2017
    4
    If you are a hardcore fan of the first game you may find this one very disappointing. Just a little about me, I have over 600 hours on DS1 (DS is dark souls) and at least 100 on DS3 by now so I have experience and I'm not totally spewing nonsense. I have also done many challenge runs in both including things like no shield, no estus, fat roll, and other runs (still haven't done soul levelIf you are a hardcore fan of the first game you may find this one very disappointing. Just a little about me, I have over 600 hours on DS1 (DS is dark souls) and at least 100 on DS3 by now so I have experience and I'm not totally spewing nonsense. I have also done many challenge runs in both including things like no shield, no estus, fat roll, and other runs (still haven't done soul level 1 cause I am a scrub). I love this series and mainly PvE (player vs environment) cause PvP doesn't really appeal to me.

    Pros:
    Runs really well especially on PC compared to DS1
    Has more cool weapons and movesets
    Looks fantastic
    I'm not into PvP much but I have heard it's the best of the series
    DLC has cool bosses

    Cons: (I'm an overly critical fanboy who loves DS1)
    Disappointing bosses
    -many are recycled DS1 bosses that seeming had no effort put into to revamp them
    -many have terribly straightforward movesets that are boring to fight against
    -made more to be unfair and ganky then to be mechanically challenging
    Clunky gameplay
    -lack of invincible frames on roll (probably the most important DS mechanic) unless you level your adaptability stat which makes it feel like your wasting levels
    -feels like the character isn't doing what I am inputting on the controller
    -frequently doesn't switch weapons or use items when I am smahing the button (tried on multiple controllers even brand new ones)
    -has weird mechanics (long pivot animation to run away from enemy, guard break instead of kick)
    -terrible hitboxes (DS1 had them too)
    Confusing and annoying world
    -enemies have boring movesets and ridiculous tracking
    -confusing areas with no clear progression
    -emphasizes quantity over quality (a lot of gank bosses and hordes of trash mobs)
    Awful and confusing story
    -instead of making a cool story and leaving it up to the gameplay to make you feel like a helpless undead it just mocks you and spouts off about how your going to die a lot
    -opening cutscene and conversation with fire keepers laughing at you feels like the developers were getting off to the fact that they made a game that's purposely made to be rage inducing
    DLC made the core game worse
    -random enemy placement
    -now comes with more ganking hordes of annoying BS
    -still doesn't fix clunky gameplay
    -blocks previously open paths making areas less accessible (can be unlocked but only by expensive/hard to find items)

    Conclusion: Not the worst game ever but definitely not a great one either. If this is your first souls game you may actually enjoy it a lot, but hardcore DS1 players probably won't. You may also want to have the wiki open 24/7 cause it gets confusing as hell.    … Expand
  2. sabaothkelly
    Jul 30, 2020
    0
    Dark Souls 1? Masterpiece.
    Light Souls 2? What a PIECE of TVRD, ¡seriously!? There are too many enemies and bosses doing ♥♥♥♥ that is just just random, absurd or jank. Honestly, it's just barely above "Lords of the Fallen" trash mechanics.
    Dark Souls 3? Amazing.
  3. Agahnim
    Sep 28, 2016
    0
    I've played games since Atari was brand new. This is the worst flop game I have ever seen. I'm a relatively stoic person, but yes, I broke this piece of garbage right in half. A game designed only for you to die and waste what you have in game, and time in real life. Absolutely disgusting that these sociopaths can make a game like this and make money.
  4. Raslu
    Mar 5, 2020
    0
    I hate this game. Played DS1 and 3 for over 200 hours each but this is trash. Don't waste 40$. Clunky, slow, unresponsive and will purposefully piss you off. I wish I could say how I really feel after wasting 50 hours on this, but I might be thrown into jail. I spit on this Dark Souls 2.
  5. Buszke
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Annoying, bad hit box, unfair overpower npc invaders. Never again..........
  6. DPP1987
    Nov 3, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Malo,

    Si tuviera que clasificarlo en una palabra, diría que es un juego incoherente.

    A diferencia de su predecesor, Dark Souls 2 da la sensación de estar a medio hacer, o de parecer un nivel de super mario maker hecho por un aficionado de la comunidad.

    La dificultad está calibrada de una forma bastante casposa, más enfocada a crear situaciones injustas para el jugador, (como la mecánica del dichoso frasquito, que en lo que en el DS2 le das un trago al frasco, en el DS1 le das 14, formas una familia, y te pasas el juego convenciendo a la legión de huecos de que la violencia no es el camino para solucionar sus conflictos). Los monstruos están colocados aleatoriamente a saco paco, al mas puro estilo mario maker, con el pequeña diferencia de que a los que los colocaron alguien les pagó un sueldo por hacerlo. Está claro que en DS2, Miyazaki solo se pasó por la oficina para dar palmadas en la espalda a los becarios.

    Luego están los bosses que mueren de 2 magias, los que se caen por el pozo, y demás situaciones casposas. Luego está lo de las 7987988 invocaciones al más puro estilo pokemon.

    Historia entre mediocre y mala.

    Directico pa eneba que va.    … Expand
  7. cheese-chasers
    Aug 27, 2021
    0
    my gameplay experience wasn't enjoyable at all, it felt like if you got dark souls remastered and 3 and squeezed out all of it's good values. the controls/ settings are archaic and personally required me to dig into the game files to be able to change my settings without hindering my gameplay. The story isn't related to dark souls 1 which allows this game to be skipped straight onto dark souls 3
  8. miaumiau1111
    Dec 27, 2022
    0
    trash game
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