Find a strenght
>>337294715
Being able to teleport between bonfires from the word go was nice.
>>337294715
good combat. meh bosses.
>>337294715
Certain mechanics were improved, and the fact that character movements and animations were redone entirely to be more PvP oriented meant that the PvP was better.
its honestly pretty fun, and if you disagree you are a contrarian.
NG+ having new enemies and loot
>>337295203
New game plus enemies were a huge ass-pain.
>>337295104
>If anyone dislikes what I like you are a contrarian
Grow up please
>>337294715
Fashion Souls
>>337294715
Armor designs.
Heide Knight, Drakeblood, Syan's (barring the leggings) etc.
>>337295360
sick ad hominem, bro
>>337294715
power stancing is cool
is the only good thing i can say about DaSII
Desert sorceress
>>337294715
Has the second best fromsoft boss.
>>337294715
Powerstancing
Weapon balance
PVP
NG+ changes/additions
PVP arena
>>337295403
Dis
Armor variety was good
>>337294715
Fume knight
>>337294715
>introduced guard break crits
>viable unarmed and fist weapon fighting
>improved bows
>made dual wielding viable and powerstancing
>more variety in magic
>bigger and longer game with more bosses
>more build variety in pvp, less people following cookiecutter meme builds
>more reliable summoning and p2p connectivity in general
>shulva, brume tower and eleum loyce
>can still invade and be invaded in areas you've beaten the boss already
>bonfire ascetics let you access ng+ content without replaying entire game
>much less tedious backtracking
>twinking much less prevalent but still possible
>actually ran at 1080p/60fps out of the box without needing mods to fix
>interesting NPCs (cocky merchant, p8/cr8, navlaan, straid, grandahl, agdayne, etc)
>good level design (bastille, gutter, huntsman's copse, etc)
Weaknesses:
>individual levels did not interconnect
>level transitions did not always make perfect, euclidean sense
>was not exactly the same as dark souls 1 therefore it's shit
>>337295998
I love Dark Souls 2, but some of its level design was utter shit. Aldia's keep and Dragon Shrine were just glorified corridors.
I don't even mind the "elevator goes from tower to castle" thing that annoyed everyone so much.
powerstance
hexes
able to respec
weapons that are also catalysts
pvp in general
boss soul system was much better
Better poise than in das1 or das3.
Why didnt they just take poise from two? Mongols
World isn't linear as fuck. There were usually multiple options for what to do next.
>>337295998
You forgot
>Didn't fizzle out like DS1 did halfway through
>>337296713
Yeah and I forgot respecs but >>337296347 had it covered.
>>337294715
strenght isn't a word
>>337294715
Power stance
Majula was pretty comfy
>>337296713
it peaks and valleys were MUCH smaller, though
What's up with all the DSII praise threads? I mean it was an okay game, but I think everyone who's vehemently posting about it is just trying to divert attention from DSIII because it's the more popular and well-received release.
Looking Glass Knight wasn't a meh boss.
bonfire aesthetics
>>337294715
Since it's my favorite DS game, that shouldn't be all that hard.
Bonfire Ascetics and branches are interesting items.
I like being able to fight a boss over and over, as long as I can take it, and whenever I want. And you also can reopen some chests for items. They give a lot of freedom to the player. Only reason why they ditched them was probably because they feel too "videogamey"
Branches made me feel like I had another ressource to keep track of, and make my own choices with.
From a lore pespective it was superior to DS3. I liked the hollowing through loss of life goals quite charming and philosophically more deep.
I'll leave it at that.
>>337295560
>>337295587
Fume?
>>337295203
>wanting more broken ass phantoms with hp for days
no thanks
>>337294715
Sir alonne
Best music
thats pretty much it
>>337299518
Yes.
1st spot belongs to Ludwig.
>>337294715
Poise actually worked
NG+ actually added things instead of just being the exact same game again
Nice armor
Better dual wielding + power stance
Guard breaks
Cool new weapons
>>337294715
DS2 had much better netcode than DS3.
>>337294715
Literally every build was viable
>>337300075
his theme is amazing.
it doesn't really fit him though.
sounds more like an ivory king theme
Small Soapstone
>>337294715
fashion souls sadly , the only good point.
>>337294715
Desert Sluts are top-tier fapbait.
Aldia is radical.
Some good bosses, like LGK, Velstadt, Smelter, Alonne, and Fume Knight.
Majula is comfy.
Good music.
>>337300862
>the only good point.
except for all the other good points posted ITT...
>>337295008
>>337295392
>>337295560
>>337295676
>>337300637
>>337300886
everything's already been said
>>337298368
I liked the fact that it could summon invaders
>>337294715
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6uyuIQYlfY
>>337296713
Yeah it did since the intro cutscene.
