I tried it. Got pissed. Uninstall. Tried again and got further. Got pissed. Unistalled. Im going to keep coming back and trying though
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I love DS2 and it may be my favorite Dark Souls. That being said, I beat it several times before Scholar came out, and I acknowledge that Scholar made the game wildly inaccessible to new players.
Some of the changes were definitely for the worse. Iron keep especially has way too many enemies with crazy far aggro distances.
I love Dark Souls 2 and I’m not afraid to admit it. It’s in my top 3 favorite FromSoft games (along with Dark Souls and Elden Ring.) I know it doesn’t have the atmosphere of DS1, but I love the variety of environments, the branching paths through the game world, and the PvE balance. I think DS2 is the most balanced Souls game, in the sense that all types of builds are equally viable and it has plenty of weapons and spells that are actually worth using.
The fact that you lose max health when you die turned me off so hard. I know, “git gud”, and I agree to an extent, but that mechanic just felt way too punishing.
Once i got the binding ring that part wasnt so bad
It’s implemented backwards in DS2. If you look at DS3, you get HP when you have ember and lose it when you die. If DS2 started you out with less HP and let you gain HP through other mechanics, it would feel much better. Definitely a bit of a stumble.
I know I’m really late to this, but I actually prefer ds2 and des way of doing it over ds3. Because they present embering as a buff, it makes it feel like your base health is pitiful compared to the other games. Having it presented as a reduction gives you more incentive to be human, and interact with the multiplayer and stuff. Plus in those games you can get items to mitigate it, while you cant in 3 iirc.
You posted a sotfs edition pic, so I’m assuming that’s what you played. I love DS2 but I hate sotfs edition. The enemy placements and changes they made in sotfs mostly make no sense and only make the game more annoying to play. I’d recommend trying the standard edition out if you’re able and wanna give it another shot.
