How do I actually start the DLC stuff? I've entered three snake like portals, but I can't do shit? I'm playing SotFS btw. I'm currently at Aldia's Keep.
You need to find each respective key for each area.
How do I actually start the DLC stuff? I've entered three snake like portals, but I can't do shit? I'm playing SotFS btw. I'm currently at Aldia's Keep.
You're comparing a regular castle to the literal city of the gods.For me, there is one comparison really showing why I dislike Dark Souls 2 so much. This is important: I'm not saying that THIS specific example is the one reason I have big problems with the game. I think this game just encapusaltes many of the problems I have with it, especially regarding the lore, atmosphere and world design.
In Dark Souls I fought my way through a huge, impressive looking castle. There was a member of the king's family waiting inside there, in a chamber that looked like this:
Yup! Looks pretty royal to me!
Now, how would a throne room look in Dark Souls 2? Maybe a little more drab because the kingdom has been crushed? Withered beauty and all? Well, nope, instead it's just a square room with a few pillars and two thrones at the other end:
These utterly empty square rooms are ALL OVER Dark Souls 2. Just empty square rooms with maybe a few probs inside them. At times I felt like I was running through some randomly generated environments because they looked so slapped together. Especially the castle is full of those rooms that make absolutely no sense in the game world, neither asthetically, nor architectural. This stuff is the exact opposite of everything Dark Souls stands for.
How do I actually start the DLC stuff? I've entered three snake like portals, but I can't do shit? I'm playing SotFS btw. I'm currently at Aldia's Keep.
😨Okay to be far, I did upgrade the Halberd to +4 but I stopped using it completely after a very short time because I hated it. I can say that for about 98% of my playthrough, I only used 0+ weapons.
It's even shitting up the Dark Souls 3 thread constantly.I've rarely seen positive LTTP threads where people feel the need to post "the game is bad/sucks" comments for the 1000th time. Some Souls fans are just something else.
For me, there is one comparison really showing why I dislike Dark Souls 2 so much. This is important: I'm not saying that THIS specific example is the one reason I have big problems with the game. I think this game just encapusaltes many of the problems I have with it, especially regarding the lore, atmosphere and world design.
In Dark Souls I fought my way through a huge, impressive looking castle. There was a member of the king's family waiting inside there, in a chamber that looked like this:
Yup! Looks pretty royal to me!
Now, how would a throne room look in Dark Souls 2? Maybe a little more drab because the kingdom has been crushed? Withered beauty and all? Well, nope, instead it's just a square room with a few pillars and two thrones at the other end:
These utterly empty square rooms are ALL OVER Dark Souls 2. Just empty square rooms with maybe a few probs inside them. At times I felt like I was running through some randomly generated environments because they looked so slapped together. Especially the castle is full of those rooms that make absolutely no sense in the game world, neither asthetically, nor architectural. This stuff is the exact opposite of everything Dark Souls stands for.
God. Imagine the Giant Lords face as OP swatted at his heels.
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I think you need to find certain items to access the three DLCs in SotFS. Now where those items are located? No idea.
Explains a lot.Given that that poster has spent half the DS3 thread trying to deny even the most blatant DS2 references and wilfully misinterpreting that game's lore you probably don't have much to worry about.
Look at how bland looking this game is:Are you really trying to disingenuously compare one of THE reveals in Dark Souls 1 with an unimportant room in 2? How about comparing to the castle reveal itself orwhich are both much more comparable moments in terms of story importance and their position in it.Vendrick's resting place
In comparison look at how gorgeous this game is!
I know right? What are they even doing here? I should listen to my own advice and ignore them really. Dammit, sorry everyone for continuing this nonsense.I've rarely seen positive LTTP threads where people feel the need to post "the game is bad/sucks" comments for the 1000th time. Some Souls fans are just something else.
Wow really. Glad I'm avoiding those. I hope the OT won't become all lame like that.It's even shitting up the Dark Souls 3 thread constantly.
You don't need to use the ladder, you can just drop down to that place if you aim correctly (and wear the Silvercat ring). ^^I know that one isthe otherjust at the entrance to the iron keep, a calming bull trap is protecting it. This gives you access to the salamander pit in forest of Giantsand the third I can't remember right now lolrequires the forgotten key from black gulch, and then using the most expensive ladder for the Majula pit
Explains a lot.
Look at how bland looking this game is:
In comparison look at how gorgeous this game is!
Ignore my cherry-picking, Dark Souls just sucks artistically, period!/s
I know right? What are they even doing here? I should listen to my own advice and ignore them really. Dammit, sorry everyone for continuing this nonsense.
Wow really. Glad I'm avoiding those. I hope the OT won't become all lame like that.
You don't need to use the ladder, you can just drop down to that place if you aim correctly (and wear the Silvercat ring). ^^
BTW, how do I use boss souls to get new weapons? I have all of them and have no idea how to use them lol. I talked to the NPCs in Majula but unless I'm somehow doing something wrong, none of them help. Who do I need to talk to?
Why are you in this thread btw?
BTW, how do I use boss souls to get new weapons? I have all of them and have no idea how to use them lol. I talked to the NPCs in Majula but unless I'm somehow doing something wrong, none of them help. Who do I need to talk to?
You can skip the boss and go to Sinner's Rise if you enter through the No Man's Wharf route and find the shortcut, there's another branch in there
Haha, guy didn't even read the OP and just brought his axe to grind.It's not very good. DS3 luckily does a pretty good job of overwriting it, so you don't need to pretend it exists anymore unless you want to.
I'm glad you enjoyed it OP. Was a huge letdown for me for a number of reasons, but
opinions are opinions. I'm excited that DS3 appears to be taking some of the best things from DS2 and mixing it with the best stuff from other Soulsborne games.
Now, how would a throne room look in Dark Souls 2? Maybe a little more drab because the kingdom has been crushed? Withered beauty and all? Well, nope, instead it's just a square room with a few pillars and two thrones at the other end:
Only? No, that's some mighty selective reading you got going. How about you read my first post in this thread? Here I'm responding to haters (which I really shouldn't be doing) sometimes, but I came in this thread to talk about Dark Souls 2 with the OP and give him tips. Whereas you are here just to shit up this thread for no reason. And with this, I'm done contributing to doing the same. Off to ignore you go.Why are YOU in this thread? You only make aggressive, arrogant responses to people that don't share your opinion, just like you did in another thread.
You can trade boss souls toBTW, how do I use boss souls to get new weapons? I have all of them and have no idea how to use them lol. I talked to the NPCs in Majula but unless I'm somehow doing something wrong, none of them help. Who do I need to talk to?
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In particular, people forgot the grab attacks in 1, the gank squads in 1, and the technical flaws.
Haha, guy didn't even read the OP and just brought his axe to grind.
I replayed a bit of the introductory sections to prepare myself for the third game, and I just keep dying... I've gotten soft, I guess (also doesn't help that I'm trying to play as a sorcerer, whereas I've mainly preferred melee-types before). But yeah, I had a lot of fun with the game when it first came out.
What's the general consensus on the Scholar of the First Sin version? I know they reshuffled the enemies and combat encounters, but is it an improvement?
What's the general consensus on the Scholar of the First Sin version? I know they reshuffled the enemies and combat encounters, but is it an improvement?
Personally, I can't wait for the proper DSIII worldwide OT so I can see how the B-team deriders rationalize or ignore every gameplay or plot element from DSII still in use by Miyazaki da gawd. The auteur worship is ridiculous.
DS2 threads have gotten better. I am one of the detractors of the game but I've started having good conversations about the game even with people who disagree with me. Morrigan Stark and I are actually somewhat civil toward one another now.Yup every single time ds2 is mentioned people do that. It's really ridiculous, you'd think the game killed their dog :/
I replayed a bit of the introductory sections to prepare myself for the third game, and I just keep dying... I've gotten soft, I guess (also doesn't help that I'm trying to play as a sorcerer, whereas I've mainly preferred melee-types before). But yeah, I had a lot of fun with the game when it first came out.
What's the general consensus on the Scholar of the First Sin version? I know they reshuffled the enemies and combat encounters, but is it an improvement?
It's a representation of my feeling towards the games. When I think of Dark Souls, I think of Anor Londo and a world I got 100% lost in and (in the context of this fantasy world) believable architecture and how everything seemed to have a purpose of why it looked the way it did. When I think of Dark Souls 2, I think of that throne room and the windmill and drabness.
What's the general consensus on the Scholar of the First Sin version? I know they reshuffled the enemies and combat encounters, but is it an improvement?
Phew, jesus, first DS2 thread I actually participate in, but I'll probably think twice about that in the future. Some of you guys seem real angry.
Who?Morrison Stark and I are actually somewhat civil toward one another now.
Yeah man, I think you misread my post. I was replying to a guy who said "man o man, another DS2 thread where people just come by and hate like the game killed their dog". It goes both ways and I don't deny it.
Yeah man, I think you misread my post. I was replying to a guy who said "man o man, another DS2 thread where people just come by and hate like the game killed their dog". It goes both ways and I don't deny it.
I still think it's getting better though.
DS2 threads have gotten better. I am one of the detractors of the game but I've started having good conversations about the game even with people who disagree with me. Morrison Stark and I are actually somewhat civil toward one another now.
In every DS2 thread, there are also the people who leap upon each and every criticism of the game while making snide remarks to one another like "heh yet another idiot OP who didn't play the superior DLC. How lazy that they didn't invest 40 hours into the game before forming an opinion" and "heh yet another DS2 thread where people forget all the flaws in Dark Souls 1. Rose-tinted glasses amirite?"
Heh yeah I had to go back and fix my typo. My bad.Who?
J/K. FWIW, I don't actually remember our interactions but I'm glad you feel that way.
No worries man. These threads are so much better when people don't get up in arms anyway. Like, you thought DS2 was awesome? Weird, I thought it was disappointing as shit, but I'm happy to hear about what you enjoyed out of the game.Even my ninja edit wasn't fast enough for you haha
I used to justify my positive opinions on DS2 in LTTP threads but it's a little exhausting when you're just ignored or rebuffed immediately.
Personally, I can't wait for the proper DSIII worldwide OT so I can see how the B-team deriders rationalize or ignore every gameplay or plot element from DSII still in use by Miyazaki da gawd. The auteur worship is ridiculous.
Heh yeah I had to go back and fix my typo. My bad.
In the past I've brought up concerns about the level design and you and I went back and forth arguing about the finer points. I think we ended up arguing our stance with such great detail that it became obvious we both had a very well-reasoned opinion that differed only because we expected different things out of the game.
Basically, "oh, seems we just like different stuff. No big deal."
Did you play Bloodborne and mess with the Blood Gems or Hunter Tools? Just curious, since it offers a lot of build customization too but in a different way.Oh I agree both sides have jerks like that, and I can totally understand why some people don't like it nearly as much as the original, it's just always annoying when niether side puts forth any actual reasoning outside of "trash" or "rose tinted"
For me it's my favourite because it offers more build variety, which is by far the most important aspect for me.