OK so clearly a person who thinks DS2 is the best in series will go against the grain. Look, OP, you're clearly in the small minority of people who for one reason or another play Dark Souls not for the plot, for the interconnected wonderful setting, eerie snippets of lore, atmosphere etc. You're part of the small community that instead focuses on some form of "balance", PVP, scaling and stat crunch.
Yes - Dark Souls 2 is for you. It's probably the most interesting and "balanced" Dark Souls game with the best high-level scaling and ascetics and whatever.
For 90% of people including me, Dark Souls is about mystery, lore, exploration. It's about wonder and crushing difficulty no matter how unfair. Because Dark Souls is about beauty and elegance. DS2 is a fucking piece of shit garbage which has the most illogical world, terrible stat distribution, poor story, no sense of wonder - it's simply inelegant. From it's visuals that are "meh" to monster design to combat feel - it lacks a vision like a series of refined level devoid of the spark of craziness that actually gives Dark Souls it's unique vibe. DS2 is the only game I haven't finished and DS1 is one of the most important games of the previous generation and its influence is factually much larger. so you can stick to your truth but you will always be in the minority opinion and nobody should design a Dark Souls game like DS2.
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