
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
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Well here I am, giving a positive rating to a game I remembered hating for three years. After replaying it and unlocking all achievements for a second time I can say DS2 is a weird case, it does a couple things good, others extremely questionable. I think what really helped me this time around was going in with the mindset that the game was good, which did lead to some enjoyable moments. However this game is deeply flawed, compared to even Dark Souls 1 it feels miserably clunky and awkward. Many enemies feel frustrating to fight and much of the difficulty (especially in NG+ and onwards) boils down to cramming more enemies into a space. Few things stick out as really memorable, including essentially all aspects; areas, bosses, characters, music. The three DLC:s are a mixed bag. Sunken King is utmost forgettable, Iron King has a cool final boss, but is otherwise frustrating, and Ivory King is good save for the Frigid Outskirts. Nothing really stands out about this game, which is also kind of why it just barely manages to squeeze out a positive rating from me. It's extremely alright, fine, mid. Dark Souls 2 isn't horrible, but a far cry from the other two games in the series.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese*languages with full audio support
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