I was curious how bad Feebleking was, so i checked his videos. Feebleking used same bad STARTING weapon for a WHOLE GAME, until NG+ apparently. He finished game and all DLC with 6 estus +0 while still using broadsword +10 ONLY 2h. His rings was Cat ring, Ring of blades +1, Golden Serpent Ring. Saw a couple times RTSR and Ring of Binding and thats it from icons. So what i saw - his gameplan was buy 99 lifegems, then go to enemy and spam R1 until stamina is depleted, get hit - run away like headless chicken for 80% of stamina bar and lifegem spam - hit - repeat until you outheal and start R1 for full stamina again. No infusions, no other items on interface except lifegems and Estus Flask, no spells, no other weapons. Only unupgraded bow and million arrows, so he could snipe Alonne knights that not even archers. He killed 1 invader in his videos, Jester Thomas which AI could be abused...which he did. Against all other invaders he always run away either to fog gate or to death. He always skips like half enemies as soon his broadsword cant stagger them or kill fast. Of course buying lifegems make his Soul Memory skyrocketing to orbit, so he never plays online. No pvp. And because Feebleking using same boring broadsword his excuse for not killing enemies, its "because boring". No shit sherlock, try to use more then 1 weapon for multiple playthoughs next time, maybe suddenly combat becomes better. His NG+ Scholar character looks like got multiple soul drops from probably friend, they he just spend 200+ lvls into random stats and choosed 2 from multiple max out random weapons that his friend gived to him and he get his SL 320-370ish for a unfair NG+ SotFS montage. Even with 2 UGS he managed to die multiple times in heide tower, relatively easy zone at NG+ and he saw only one red phantom. Meaning he didnt even tried to kill red dragon. And his last character with 2 powerstancing clubs(one of them are broken ofc) looks like max lvl without rings or items. In summary - he spend eternity bashing head against the walls in SotFS, didnt learned combat at all, but actually got decent at avoiding enemies by movement, and after in vanilla playthough skipped like 70% of the game for glorified boss rush so he could flex his 31 death count against hundreds deaths in SotFS, making it worse in comparison.
You can trash Feebleking all you want but give the Broadsword some credit. It's like the 4th best straight sword in the game. Edit for clarification: at 40/40 in Str/Dex only a handful of Straight Swords surpass it in damage and it has lower stamina costs to swing than most of those while also being lighter. The Red Rust Sword could be considered a stronger version of it, but it has the Hand Axe moveset, not a Straight Sword moveset.
@@765craven4 That would be the case if we talked about from normal player perspective or for pvp. Feebleking ideal candidate for rapier R1 spammer, despite him never using it in the videos. Broadsword is way better 1h, but he never does that. If you use 2h R1 broadsword attacks only, you putting yourself at disadvantage of having dagger range and most likely to trade. Add to that durability damage (2h R1 hit ground quite often and its counts as separate durability damage) and suddenly weapon isnt really that good. Poke swords > slash swords im my opinion (unless pvp), i would pick short sword/fire longsword over broadsword any time.
@Edgariki I agree mostly. I personally prefer Longsword to Broadsword (poke over slash Heavy with only slightly lower AR) for PvE but calling the Broadsword outright bad is just plain untrue. The only 5 Straight Swords that can meet or surpass it's damage are Varangian Sword, Sun Sword, Drakekeeper Sword, Black Dragon Sword and Red Rust Sword. 1 of those is a Covenant Reward and 2 aren't available until one of the last areas of the game, and 1 doesn't even have a Straight Sword moveset. Varangian Sword is, for most purposes, just a slightly better version of the Broadsword, I'll concede that. That said, considering that with one exception the only weapons in its class that straight up outclass it in terms of damage (mind you, by only 7 AR) aren't available until very late in the game (or in 1 case, the Sun Sword, would require a ton of farming to obtain) it definitely has its niche. And it's a starting weapon.
That feeble guy tries so had to be polarizing with his videos it's pathetic. It's always the best, worst, overrated, underrated. So no wonder he jumps on the DS2 because that riles people up.
I never understood this take. I played Dark Souls 2 and Scholar both at release and it was immediately clear to me that it was an improvement. Like, when I realised that I actually want a torch in my hand - the deal was sealed.
@@digital_nex2247 Yeah, it is kind of tedious, but the alternative is running past everything and probably dying, which is even worse. The problem is that a bunch of people act as if the first option literally did not exist. They enter an area like Iron Keep, are presented with a safer but slower path or taking a gamble with a 4% chance of success And proceed to pick the gamble 100 times in a row while complaining that the game is too luck based because its forcing them to gamble.
He doesn't even know Dragonrider isn't optional. What?! So long as you're not getting a million SM to get through Shrine of Winter, you NEED to kill Dragonrider to get to Licia and either move her to Majula to let you in Huntsman's Copse, or kill her and take her Rotunda Stone to get there yourself.
It's because his ego cant take the fact he lacks any sort of mechanical skill, so he takes this embarrassing standpoint that he knows better than the developers or supposed 'B team' and that the game is somehow terribly designed. In reality, if he made any of these same arguments for the other games, he would be laughed at, but because it's ds2 people forgo empirical evidence in favour of disingenuous arguments and blatant misinformation that only serve to reinforce their biases
@Ev74977 exactly lol bro didn't even level his wep past +3 or try any other armor or wep or strats. In an area that the previous one gives large titanite. If he complained in any other game they'd say get gud
I never understood people complaining about No Man's Wharf. I did not have a problem with it on my first blind playthrough. All you have to do is advance carefully and dodge archers. Yknow, the thing they praise DS1 and 3 for teaching them? Playing carefully and being aware of your surroundings? Curious how that gets thrown out of the window whenever they play DS2.
It's just ironic. Time and time again, everything that was praised in ds1 and ds3 is ignored in ds2 even if ds2 did it better (and if you bring it up, most ds2 haters will just asspull a random reason, different each time for each person, as to why it's somehow bad when ds2 does it), and everything that was considered bad in ds2 is either ignored in ds3 or actually praised in ds3, even though ds3 most of the times does it much much worse... For example, did you know that ds3 OBJECTIVELY has more ganks than ds2? Did you know that ds3 OBJECTIVELY has worse hitboxes, on average, than ds2? Did you know that ds3 has more "big guy in armor" type bosses than ds2? (depending on how lenient and exclusive you want to be with ds3's "big guy in armor" bosses, and how atrocious and all-inclusive you want to be with ds2's "big guy in armor" bosses)
@@hussien04 it does. Use the developer mod to show hitboxes, and see the attack hitboxes of your weapons and the enemies, and you will see that they far exceed the 3d models, much more than in previous souls games. It gives the illusion of better hitboxes, because the action is much faster, so you won't notice when the enemy's attack hit you even though the 3d model was 1 meter away, except for in very blatantly bad cases, or if you orient the camera in the right way, or if you record it and then replay it frame by frame :D
@@meyes1098 Does ds3 have more ganks? Not saying you're wrong or I don't believe you, it's just been literally several years since I played very far into any of the three dark souls games, so I genuinely don't remember.
@@YEY0806 Exactly. Just kill one enemy at a time, maybe two max, lure them in, use range atacks ( bows are dirt cheap to run ). Or they cry about the Iron Keep. I love that place, I farmed the fuck out of it ( awsome place in that stage to farm ) and made my character far stronger. But nah bro, forget about exploring, conquering the levels, its all about rushing to the boss.
The fact this guy is a relativelely known figure in the souls community is beyond me. This video alone shows how, outside of his lack of skills, he just *constantly* makes poor decisions in both combat and exploration and just blames the game for it.
The only thing Feeble King does in his videos is yap in a monotone voice with a barely above surface-level understanding of the game mechanics. I have no idea why he's even remotely popular.
@@cartooncritic7045I personally "liked" FeebleKing back when the only video from him I watched were his DS1 and 3 level 1 videos where he kinda talked about how it makes you learn the video game when you have less options. Funny how when it comes to DS2 suddenly we have to slam our heads against the wall by running through enemies which results in enemies attacking you since they are not dead. If only there was a way to prevent this
@cartooncritic7045 ye I found through his level 1 runs. It was than I realized he seems to be under the assumption the starting tools you have are the only ones and the game is therfore bad if you somehow get more tools. Or idk experiment. His elden ring vids a game where aside from the last gauntlet I never had much problems and Even less with the dlc. He thought it was trash and bad, I wondered how he could ever think that way until I saw his gameplay and went oh right he objectively bad at doing anything other than the most basic of thought. All his attempts to be a hard-core gammer has always been the equivalent of please take me seriously. It's just sad
@@christianlangdon3766 You'd think the fact he's doing runs whose whole difficulty comes from not being able to change your character would mean he'd know thats what you're actually supposed to do. Apparently not.
If Dark Souls 2 has 1million fans, Domo is one of them If Dark Souls 2 has 100 fans, Domo is one of them If Dark Souls 2 has 0 fans, then it must mean that Domo has passed away
Scholar corrected Dark Souls 2. I recently played through the original for the first time, I enjoyed it, but it is a rough draft of Scholar. It made me appreciate Scholar even more, as it allows you to see how deliberate Scholar is in enemy placement etc. I always assumed the original version of the game was where all the hate came from, but it clearly just comes from clickbaiters looking for cheap likes, stupid people, and people just regurgitating the words of stupid people.
Having recently played OG DS2 for the first time as well, I did think there were SOME areas where it's a little better in terms of things like enemy spam (Iron Keep before the Smelter Demon is awful in both, but way worse in Scholar)... but overall Scholar was a better experience. In particular, there's multiple bonfires with enemies so close by that they can go hostile on you just for standing up, it's wild that anyone ever would look at OG DS2 Straid's Cell and think "hm yes this is a good design decision have a merchant surrounded by multiple hostile exploding enemiies every time you want to talk to him".
In Shrine of Amana, here is the difference between Vanilla and Scholar for me: in Vanilla, I resorted to killing all of the enemies from a distance with a bow (and I normally went through areas pretty thoroughly so it's not like I was trying to run past them all before); in Scholar, it became a fun push-and-pull situation where I had to choose whether I used my greatshield for the enemies/blocking the magic attacks, or having my torch out so I could see where the deep water was. I swapped between both frequently, switching to the torch when I had cleared a section and lighting sconces along the way. Took me a couple of tries but it was a much more fun experience than Vanilla. I will admit, my Vanilla playthrough was years ago when I was in high school and DS2 was my first Souls game, whereas by now I've played the Souls games a lot, but again, nowhere else made me feel like this was my only option during my Vanilla playthrough (except maybe Iron Keep, though that time I just grinded all the enemies out).
In regards to using the bow: In Vanilla the Priestesses have an aggro range of 40 units, which is higher then the 35 unit range of some ranged weapons like the Shortbow and Light Crossbow. In Scholar their aggro range is only 30, so you can start shooting at them before they do so with every ranged weapon, and there's less damage drop off. So you are less likely to need to use a bow in Scholar, but if you do it's easier to do so.
Well there’s the problem: you changed your item loadout, ever. Everyone knows capital G Gamers pick the weapon they will use for the whole run and NEVER ENGAGE WITH ANYTHING ELSE, usually a great sword with no armor. Engaging with the wide selection of available equipment is for nnnnnnnnnnnnnnNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOBS 😂
@@Sunny_Haven Their Attack range is also basically the same as your vision range on them. If you move away from them far enough, they won't be visible anymore, but as soon as they're visible again, they start attacking you immediately (if they're already aggroed). You can still hit them with a bow when they're out of vision range, but I think they also retaliate out of vision range if you do so.
I watched his video when I was ramping up to play DS2 (tried years ago but couldn't get into it). All I had was Scholar, so I was kinda bummed I couldnt play vanilla. I was anticipating dying a bunch in Shrine of Amana, or the the notorious runback to Smelter Demon, or locking myself out of the game by overusing the Fragrant Branch of Yore which I had 3 of at one point, and all of it. Needless to say, I was surprised when Shrine of Amana wasn't that hard, when I killed all the enemies and beat every "impossible to get archer" in Iron Keep, when I killed Smelter in one shot and didn't have to run back in the first place, and when I saw the world was thoughtfully designed. The fact is that DS2: Scholar is actually a well put together game, and it's also not that hard if you actually take your time. He just ran into rooms and got merced instead of paying attention, and missed so much obvious stuff. This video reminded me I have to go back and dislike his vid. Thanks for exposing the nonsense. Also, thanks for showing me that the door to nowhere is actually a shortcut for the Ruin Sentinels. My mind is actually blown by how much of a mindgame that is.
You need to do joke video where you use all terrible tactics people use to tear apart DS2 but on DS1. Watching the torrential downpour of salt would be hilarious.
Already know a couple places for "ganks" off the top of my head. The undead parish upper floor with the channeler and hollows, and blight town swamp where you fight past all the slugs to get the titanite shard and a weapon.
Aw, I was hoping you'd show players that you can use the Yearn spell (or alluring skulls) to lure the enemies in the Lost Bastille's "Clown Car" to the exposive barrels (or, distract them to a get a good few hits in/use lingering flame to take them all out) around 3:55. Consumables and utility spells are just so great in Dark Souls. Even Dark Souls 3 had great use of alluring skulls since you could them to distract the Giants/Elder Grus that shoot out red skulls at you in the swamp section of Farron Keep.
Alluring skulls are underrated. People just seem to forget that they exist. But they are so good and if you’re playing Demon’s Souls NG+ they are a necessity
Alluring skulls are rather inconsistent in what they effect across the games, with DS2 having them being the most consistent. Its hard to get people to use an item that they don't know will even work. Its the final fantasy status effect issue all over again: If something is too inconsistent in what it effects, people will just ignore it and use something they know will always work.
The Yearn spell literally changes how I view combat encounters in these games, where they went from gauntlet of enemies I have to fight through to puzzles with multiple solutions. One of my most fun playthrough of DS2 was as an omni-caster. I ended up using a bunch of odd spells I don't normally use, like Yearn to lure enemies off cliffs, or Dead Again to nuke tougher enemies with their friend's bodies, or Soul Appease to just obliterate the Undead Crypt. Combat go from frantic dodging and counter-attacking to planning and executing on an idea with my available tools.
@@resm-oe9jiIn Elden Ring, I did a critical arcane build by using the misecorde with the spirit ash of war, it really changed the way I tackled legacy Dungeons in the sense it made ganks too easy as I can backstab everyone and get health, and mana. It trivialised boss runbacks
You can dislike the game, that would just be an opinion. But I hate how this feeble guy spreads misinformation as his terrible arguments for his opinion. Thank you for this video, keep it up
My reaction to when he dropped down the alternate way to that one fragrant branch before pursuer. I usually used the exploding barrels and got down that way. NEver thought about dropping down after picking up the item from the ledge.
omg i finally get to hear the legend's real voice! I'm very glad that you're finally comfortable enough in your english to share your voice with us. here's some honest feedback from a native english speaker (USA): you have a noticeable accent, but you are entirely intelligible. in other words, i could understand everything you said. aside from that, you've got basically perfect grammar and everything else, no other criticisms. when i was learning other languages, something that vastly improved my accent was a technique called "masking": you watch your favorite english show with english subtitles multiple times, pick the character with your favorite voice, and then try to say all their words out loud at the same time as them. try to say the line and copy the sound exactly. if you missed it, then rewind five seconds and try again. that technique skyrocketed my accuracy with mandarin pronunciation in a very short period of time, and it even helped me with the vowel intonation (which is a totally foreign concept to a native english speaker). i have had multiple people in china ask me if i was second generation (someone who was born in china to immigrant parents), because they had never seen a foreigner actually nail intonation. it took me just like 20 minutes of masking 3-4 times a week for a month or two, and it was a dramatic difference. something about being a part of the tv show and talking in the language, being able to instantly hear the differences and try again, it sinks the correct pronunciation into your subconscious. if you'd like some recommendations of english language shows, here's a few of my favorites, very popular and entertaining shows that you can probably find online: USA: - always sunny in philadelphia - parks and recreation - wheel of fortune - family feud - friends - the office - bob's burgers - bojack horseman UK: - idiot abroad - peep show - cunk on earth - 8 out of 10 cats - citation needed (youtuber tom scott)
Some of those British shows have rather lower-class accents. Some of the classic British sit-coms like "Yes, Minister" have a variety of cleaner accents.
I love that you defend Dark Souls2! It greatly shows that the game tries to teach us some behaviors but haters clearly don't do homework and they blame the game for their braindead decisions.
@@etinarcadiaego7424 yeah, because AI is dogshit and anyone who thinks it's a good idea to replace voiceovers with ai is stupid as hell, anyone can do that, and it's not unique in the sligthest, which is what content creation should be about if you want any form of real success
In conclusion: Scholar haters have absolutely zero idea on what they're talking about because Kos has deemed them unworthy for being granted eyes on their brains. _They already have 2_
The single thing I found weird in Scholar is how Drangleic Castle was nerfed. I'm neutral on that. For such an important area, more enemies might fit better, however the statues do give an unnerving prescence as you kinda expect them all to just spring into action anytime, while most remain still. Overall that's still probably one of my favourite areas in DS2 since I love Looking glass knight, so it doesn't really mean much.
@@Domo3000 True! I saw it yesterday on my re-play through Earthen Peak. I don't usually summon shades but I did it just to see her gestures and she does celebrate!
DS2 was really the only game of the series that was designed with multiplayer systems truly in mind in my opinion, even when the servers shut down players will still be able to experience the systems thanks to the huge amounts of npc summons and invaders. Another cool npc interaction I know about is Bashful Ray, he can use binoculars to look around huntsmans copse. Npcs had so much personality in this game
No you dont understand I dont use mechanics the game gives me like attacking the enemies that are in my way because Im Feeble King and I dont want to make games easier even if I ruin the experience for myself. And why should I tell the truth? Im Feeble King.
It's funny he keeps saying "Ruin Sentinels boss skip". Ruin Sentinels are an optional boss, it's not a "skip" if you choose not to take that route. Granted most players will probably fight them on their first playthrough, but it's just one optional approach to the area.
This is so real. I literally just saw Feeble's video earlier today, was like "man this guy is just blatantly wrong and wants to be different" and clicked off partway through. Good to know I'm not just coping incredibly hard.
THIS VIDEO IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD. ik somthing was off with feeble kings video when I first watched it and you peiced it together perfect n at the same time proved the og ds2 lovers that hate scholar wrong
Feeble king is one of many who just like to trash this game bc it’s the popular thing to do. I started with sotfs as my first souls game back in 2015 and to this day I still think I have the most fun in this game than any other souls game
The craziest thing is that people believe the developers deliberately made Scholar of The First Sin worse than vanilla for some reason. I don't dabble in the irrational hater community, if anybody knows "The Reason" then please tell me, I am curious if there is one at all.
@@saysalla How is Dark Souls 3 worse? I liked it more since it was more fun than DS2 for me. Besides that, Dark Souls 3 is an entire game that is not Dark Souls 2 so obviously some things will be different, for better (weapon arts yay :3) or for worse (no power stance). Also we can't just say that it was deliberately made worse than Dark Souls 2, because it just wasn't. It's a stupid thing to say. At most one could say that Dark Souls 3 is different, because it is. And even besides that. Why go trough the trouble of re-coding and re-designing already existing areas and enemies just to deliberately sabotage your own game and then release it as a definitive edition? This also sounds dumb. By the way, even if Dark Souls 3 was deliberately made worse than Dark Souls 2, it would not mean that Scholar of The First Sin was deliberately made worse than vanilla. (and also Dark Souls 3 was released later so maybe in this hypothetical unrealistic scenario FromSoftware only started sabotaging their own games after DS 2, who would hypothetically know). The idea of a game studio deliberately sabotaging their own games is outlandish.
@@GilbertTheGilbertGuy If Miyazaki was nearly as opposed to sequels as you guys pretend he is then he wouldn't have started directing games at FromSoft starting with an Armored Core sequel.
So basically, he got better at the game, enough to overcome his skill issues and enjoy it on his second playthrough...and he doesn't even realize it. I guarantee he would make the same point but the other way around if he played Vanilla first.
Great to see you using your real voice again bro! Look I know exactly how hard it is transitioninging from AI to your own voice. But seriously stick with this man! It's more authentic and genuine. AI voices are overrated and are only really good when you're meme'n. Mad respect for your DS2 knowledge!
yeah, many people will instantly dislike and click off the video if they hear an AI voice, it's fucking depressing and dystopian, you have to put something in the video to make it truly yours
Noone actually changing oppinions. DS2 always was beloved by significant amount of people. LOUD hate just kinda overshadowed us. Similar to SW prequels and ALOT of old good things some a-holes on the internet claim is bad, and pretended they have majority support on this topic :)
@@DraftyMooddark souls 2 does have alot of people who dislike it, it's considered the black sheep of the trilogy for a reason. While i do like some aspects, the first and third one are far superior to me.
@@nikolasferreira3247 sure, there are significant amount of people who not a big fans of ds2, some of them are stright up haters, but "black sheep of the trilogy" is a narrative. And this narrative was born out of critisizm on the early internet. Coz belive me, if you will actually look at the trilogy, investigate it (gameplay aspect) you will be surprised how much closer DS2 to DS1 than DS3 to any of them. And yes, there was a significant amount of backlash to changes DS3 bring.... But again - critical reviews form a narrative how "it's definitive souls game", and now everyone see it like this, despite how much different it is from original games. So yah. Reality is nothing. Words said by RUclips diudes is a reality :)
what changing of opinions? dark souls 2 hate is underserved. it’s not a perfect game, but it’s still enjoyable and there are aspects of it I like more than the other games like portions of the level design. No mans wharf and earthen peak are levels I prefer over most Elden ring, ds3, and sekiro levels since it actually does a good job of challenging the players, which the newer souls games usually have extremely easy levels.
I wonder if there's any logic behind Feeble King's opinions. We know he likes to rush, and has no memory. Could vanilla's more numerous enemy groups stifle his flight reaction, leading him to actually taking the time to dispatch them?
It disappoints me how many good things ds2 has but so many people are so clueless about the game, merely going through the entirety of it with just a rapier or broadsword and not trying anything new that the other games don't have, and then saying dumb stuff like how elden ring did unique and boss weapons better. Compare unique er weapons even dlc shit with unique weapons such as ivory kings ugs, or the ivory ss powerstanced or even just offhanded with the majestic gs. I'd adore a souls game that takes everything fromsoftware has done well in the past and just brings it all together. Truly, we get a dark souls 2 2, instead of a dark souls 2 1.5 (elden ring)
Yeah most ds 2 haters suck because they would rather use a thrusting sword or a straight sword instead of a greatsword, a straight sword or a greatsword this game has so much variety you can even hold two swords.
good shit. Glad DS2 has soldiers still upholding its honor. I do agree that adding Heide Knights to Heide was bad but not due to difficulty necessarily, because the storyline was clear in vanilla that they had fled Heide (which iirc was also mentioned in the design works interview) and the lone encounter at Forest of the Fallen Giants was extremely memorable. But other than that and things like the Aldia's keep skeleton dragon, most other Scholar changes feel like genuine improvements and you get one of the best characters in all three of the games added in Aldia.
ive only played og dark souls 2 and i personally didn't get the complaints about the ganks. I didn't find any less gankier than Dark Souls 3. These games require patience so I had that.
That part is dark souls 2 in a nutshell: slow and tedious, not fun, lots of copy paste, and enemies so uninspired they would rather sleep than engage the player.
@@falcon6489 I played vanilla actually so I was getting shot at and ganked the second I made it up the ladder and there was even a heide knight in the middle so overall it was much more interesting than the 1v1 x20 room we got in scholar.
@saysalla played both and got the platinum for scholar to full completion. It's a room that should take less than a minute and all the "interesting" areas are implemented other places, like the new dragon in heide's tower. So yeah it's a skill issue.
@@falcon6489 That dragon isn't even new, it was copy pasted from Dragon Aerie and in scholar he's guarding a rehashed DS1 boss. The closest scholar gets to an "interesting" idea is putting a recycled DS1 enemy in the tutorial along with a Pursuer, or the genius game design that was Lost Bastille where they removed three dogs from the Ruins Sentinels runback and put them in the courtyard instead along with another Pursuer. Prefering a properly made meal over reheated leftovers isn't a skill issue it's just that I don't settle for mediocrity.
ive been saying it one the first video by feeble king and im gonna say it here again. Im convinced that he is just making these for rage/engagement bait. there is no other reasonable excuse in my mind for why he would literally state things as the opposite of the clear and observable facts
honestly its rly just preference. i can understand points of both videos. I myself want DS sometimes force me into encounters where I feel overwhelmed, bc it just feels so good when you finally master them. It also gives you weapon choice way more weight. If you always just fight 1-3 enemies at once you can just thrust them to death with your ultra dps thrust sword of your choice. but once you HAVE to think about crowd control it looks different.
I've played vanilla only because my laptop couldn't run scholar (i own both btw), i've played DS2 on an average of 24 fps (it could drop randomly and let me tell you, Fume Knight or the Ivory King ain't easy with less frames to react with) and passed ALL the DLC and did NG+2 on every section (some reached NG+29 due farming... Like the giant king kek), and I can say this to Feeble and every single one of those people that complain about DS2 "GIT GUD". Seriously, the game ain't that hard nor aRtIFiCiAlLy DiFfiCuLt.
What an invisible archer does to a man...
Him looking for that invisible archer reminds me of my mom looking for her glasses when she's wearing them.
@@Darkko88or my dad looking for his wallet when it's in his pants
@@YEY0806 Or a black kid looking for his dad when he is... oh nvm
😂
What a visible* archer does to a man
I was curious how bad Feebleking was, so i checked his videos.
Feebleking used same bad STARTING weapon for a WHOLE GAME, until NG+ apparently.
He finished game and all DLC with 6 estus +0 while still using broadsword +10 ONLY 2h.
His rings was Cat ring, Ring of blades +1, Golden Serpent Ring. Saw a couple times RTSR and Ring of Binding and thats it from icons.
So what i saw - his gameplan was buy 99 lifegems, then go to enemy and spam R1 until stamina is depleted, get hit - run away like headless chicken for 80% of stamina bar and lifegem spam - hit - repeat until you outheal and start R1 for full stamina again. No infusions, no other items on interface except lifegems and Estus Flask, no spells, no other weapons. Only unupgraded bow and million arrows, so he could snipe Alonne knights that not even archers.
He killed 1 invader in his videos, Jester Thomas which AI could be abused...which he did. Against all other invaders he always run away either to fog gate or to death.
He always skips like half enemies as soon his broadsword cant stagger them or kill fast.
Of course buying lifegems make his Soul Memory skyrocketing to orbit, so he never plays online. No pvp.
And because Feebleking using same boring broadsword his excuse for not killing enemies, its "because boring". No shit sherlock, try to use more then 1 weapon for multiple playthoughs next time, maybe suddenly combat becomes better.
His NG+ Scholar character looks like got multiple soul drops from probably friend, they he just spend 200+ lvls into random stats and choosed 2 from multiple max out random weapons that his friend gived to him and he get his SL 320-370ish for a unfair NG+ SotFS montage.
Even with 2 UGS he managed to die multiple times in heide tower, relatively easy zone at NG+ and he saw only one red phantom. Meaning he didnt even tried to kill red dragon.
And his last character with 2 powerstancing clubs(one of them are broken ofc) looks like max lvl without rings or items.
In summary - he spend eternity bashing head against the walls in SotFS, didnt learned combat at all, but actually got decent at avoiding enemies by movement, and after in vanilla playthough skipped like 70% of the game for glorified boss rush so he could flex his 31 death count against hundreds deaths in SotFS, making it worse in comparison.
By Velka's name, and I thought I was a bad Dark Souls player. I feel very good about myself now.
You can trash Feebleking all you want but give the Broadsword some credit. It's like the 4th best straight sword in the game.
Edit for clarification: at 40/40 in Str/Dex only a handful of Straight Swords surpass it in damage and it has lower stamina costs to swing than most of those while also being lighter. The Red Rust Sword could be considered a stronger version of it, but it has the Hand Axe moveset, not a Straight Sword moveset.
He's so bad 😂
@@765craven4 That would be the case if we talked about from normal player perspective or for pvp.
Feebleking ideal candidate for rapier R1 spammer, despite him never using it in the videos.
Broadsword is way better 1h, but he never does that.
If you use 2h R1 broadsword attacks only, you putting yourself at disadvantage of having dagger range and most likely to trade.
Add to that durability damage (2h R1 hit ground quite often and its counts as separate durability damage) and suddenly weapon isnt really that good.
Poke swords > slash swords im my opinion (unless pvp), i would pick short sword/fire longsword over broadsword any time.
@Edgariki I agree mostly. I personally prefer Longsword to Broadsword (poke over slash Heavy with only slightly lower AR) for PvE but calling the Broadsword outright bad is just plain untrue. The only 5 Straight Swords that can meet or surpass it's damage are Varangian Sword, Sun Sword, Drakekeeper Sword, Black Dragon Sword and Red Rust Sword. 1 of those is a Covenant Reward and 2 aren't available until one of the last areas of the game, and 1 doesn't even have a Straight Sword moveset. Varangian Sword is, for most purposes, just a slightly better version of the Broadsword, I'll concede that. That said, considering that with one exception the only weapons in its class that straight up outclass it in terms of damage (mind you, by only 7 AR) aren't available until very late in the game (or in 1 case, the Sun Sword, would require a ton of farming to obtain) it definitely has its niche. And it's a starting weapon.
Wake up babe. We are 2 months away from 2025 and Dark Souls 2 still has content.
It's the turd that keeps on shittin
Dont hate on my man John DarkSouls 2.
I wonder if it's because they compared Consort Radahns moveset to The vengarl armor enemy
@@madaraman27Ds2 isn't a turd.
Just made a new character on Xbox. Tons of people surprisingly
Man, how many bad faith DS2 videos are there? I feel like we will never run out of them. Also, nice voice, preferable to the computer one.
That feeble guy tries so had to be polarizing with his videos it's pathetic. It's always the best, worst, overrated, underrated.
So no wonder he jumps on the DS2 because that riles people up.
I never understood this take. I played Dark Souls 2 and Scholar both at release and it was immediately clear to me that it was an improvement.
Like, when I realised that I actually want a torch in my hand - the deal was sealed.
ds2 haters when you tell them that the developers intended for you to engage with the game instead of running past all the content
you don’t wanna engage with it when it’s dog shit
Making you fight a bunch enemies on your run back to a boss is pretty tedious ngl
@@digital_nex2247 Those "bunch" of enemies are in the vanilla version, dude.
@@digital_nex2247 True, but that is a part of Dark Souls
@@digital_nex2247
Yeah, it is kind of tedious, but the alternative is running past everything and probably dying, which is even worse.
The problem is that a bunch of people act as if the first option literally did not exist.
They enter an area like Iron Keep, are presented with a safer but slower path or taking a gamble with a 4% chance of success
And proceed to pick the gamble 100 times in a row while complaining that the game is too luck based because its forcing them to gamble.
I'm so glad DS2 is so controversial of a game, I get endless videos of people talking about my favorite game
Same
He doesn't even know Dragonrider isn't optional. What?!
So long as you're not getting a million SM to get through Shrine of Winter, you NEED to kill Dragonrider to get to Licia and either move her to Majula to let you in Huntsman's Copse, or kill her and take her Rotunda Stone to get there yourself.
ill never understand the mentality of willingly playing a video game know for its difficulty, and complaining when its too difficult for you.
@@herbertmcsherb66617 you should see feebles ER playthrough
It's because his ego cant take the fact he lacks any sort of mechanical skill, so he takes this embarrassing standpoint that he knows better than the developers or supposed 'B team' and that the game is somehow terribly designed.
In reality, if he made any of these same arguments for the other games, he would be laughed at, but because it's ds2 people forgo empirical evidence in favour of disingenuous arguments and blatant misinformation that only serve to reinforce their biases
@Ev74977 exactly lol bro didn't even level his wep past +3 or try any other armor or wep or strats. In an area that the previous one gives large titanite. If he complained in any other game they'd say get gud
I never understood people complaining about No Man's Wharf. I did not have a problem with it on my first blind playthrough. All you have to do is advance carefully and dodge archers. Yknow, the thing they praise DS1 and 3 for teaching them? Playing carefully and being aware of your surroundings? Curious how that gets thrown out of the window whenever they play DS2.
It also teaches you that the torch can affect certain enemies, which I thought was really cool
It's just ironic. Time and time again, everything that was praised in ds1 and ds3 is ignored in ds2 even if ds2 did it better (and if you bring it up, most ds2 haters will just asspull a random reason, different each time for each person, as to why it's somehow bad when ds2 does it), and everything that was considered bad in ds2 is either ignored in ds3 or actually praised in ds3, even though ds3 most of the times does it much much worse...
For example, did you know that ds3 OBJECTIVELY has more ganks than ds2?
Did you know that ds3 OBJECTIVELY has worse hitboxes, on average, than ds2?
Did you know that ds3 has more "big guy in armor" type bosses than ds2? (depending on how lenient and exclusive you want to be with ds3's "big guy in armor" bosses, and how atrocious and all-inclusive you want to be with ds2's "big guy in armor" bosses)
@@meyes1098
I don't remember ds3 having bad hit boxes
@@hussien04 it does. Use the developer mod to show hitboxes, and see the attack hitboxes of your weapons and the enemies, and you will see that they far exceed the 3d models, much more than in previous souls games.
It gives the illusion of better hitboxes, because the action is much faster, so you won't notice when the enemy's attack hit you even though the 3d model was 1 meter away, except for in very blatantly bad cases, or if you orient the camera in the right way, or if you record it and then replay it frame by frame :D
@@meyes1098 Does ds3 have more ganks? Not saying you're wrong or I don't believe you, it's just been literally several years since I played very far into any of the three dark souls games, so I genuinely don't remember.
The strategy of all Dark Souls youtubers : agro every enemy in an area, make sure they chase you then cry how DS2 is too hard or has too many mobs.
Honestly, it speaks to how gullible their audiences are they that they still fall for the Scholar "gank" in forest of the fallen giants
@@YEY0806 Exactly. Just kill one enemy at a time, maybe two max, lure them in, use range atacks ( bows are dirt cheap to run ).
Or they cry about the Iron Keep. I love that place, I farmed the fuck out of it ( awsome place in that stage to farm ) and made my character far stronger.
But nah bro, forget about exploring, conquering the levels, its all about rushing to the boss.
The fact this guy is a relativelely known figure in the souls community is beyond me.
This video alone shows how, outside of his lack of skills, he just *constantly* makes poor decisions in both combat and exploration and just blames the game for it.
The only thing Feeble King does in his videos is yap in a monotone voice with a barely above surface-level understanding of the game mechanics. I have no idea why he's even remotely popular.
@@cartooncritic7045I personally "liked" FeebleKing back when the only video from him I watched were his DS1 and 3 level 1 videos where he kinda talked about how it makes you learn the video game when you have less options.
Funny how when it comes to DS2 suddenly we have to slam our heads against the wall by running through enemies which results in enemies attacking you since they are not dead. If only there was a way to prevent this
@@cartooncritic7045because he puts hollow Knight music, which distracts from his shitty criticism
@cartooncritic7045 ye I found through his level 1 runs. It was than I realized he seems to be under the assumption the starting tools you have are the only ones and the game is therfore bad if you somehow get more tools. Or idk experiment.
His elden ring vids a game where aside from the last gauntlet I never had much problems and Even less with the dlc. He thought it was trash and bad, I wondered how he could ever think that way until I saw his gameplay and went oh right he objectively bad at doing anything other than the most basic of thought. All his attempts to be a hard-core gammer has always been the equivalent of please take me seriously. It's just sad
@@christianlangdon3766
You'd think the fact he's doing runs whose whole difficulty comes from not being able to change your character would mean he'd know thats what you're actually supposed to do.
Apparently not.
Feeble Cursed One!
😁
your real voice is much easier on the ears than the ai, glad you made the switch man
Yeahh finally
Honestly, I prefer the AI voice 😅
@@joshwenn989 me too
I kinda miss it
@@joshwenn989 Why doe? This is so much more authentic and genuine.
If Dark Souls 2 has 1million fans, Domo is one of them
If Dark Souls 2 has 100 fans, Domo is one of them
If Dark Souls 2 has 0 fans, then it must mean that Domo has passed away
I also am a permanent fan!!! D:
@@dlshfbjsnAlx 100 fans sounds about right
Nah that's me
Scholar corrected Dark Souls 2. I recently played through the original for the first time, I enjoyed it, but it is a rough draft of Scholar. It made me appreciate Scholar even more, as it allows you to see how deliberate Scholar is in enemy placement etc. I always assumed the original version of the game was where all the hate came from, but it clearly just comes from clickbaiters looking for cheap likes, stupid people, and people just regurgitating the words of stupid people.
Having recently played OG DS2 for the first time as well, I did think there were SOME areas where it's a little better in terms of things like enemy spam (Iron Keep before the Smelter Demon is awful in both, but way worse in Scholar)... but overall Scholar was a better experience. In particular, there's multiple bonfires with enemies so close by that they can go hostile on you just for standing up, it's wild that anyone ever would look at OG DS2 Straid's Cell and think "hm yes this is a good design decision have a merchant surrounded by multiple hostile exploding enemiies every time you want to talk to him".
This guy sounds so smug while being so wrong. Nice work as always domo
In Shrine of Amana, here is the difference between Vanilla and Scholar for me: in Vanilla, I resorted to killing all of the enemies from a distance with a bow (and I normally went through areas pretty thoroughly so it's not like I was trying to run past them all before); in Scholar, it became a fun push-and-pull situation where I had to choose whether I used my greatshield for the enemies/blocking the magic attacks, or having my torch out so I could see where the deep water was. I swapped between both frequently, switching to the torch when I had cleared a section and lighting sconces along the way. Took me a couple of tries but it was a much more fun experience than Vanilla.
I will admit, my Vanilla playthrough was years ago when I was in high school and DS2 was my first Souls game, whereas by now I've played the Souls games a lot, but again, nowhere else made me feel like this was my only option during my Vanilla playthrough (except maybe Iron Keep, though that time I just grinded all the enemies out).
In regards to using the bow:
In Vanilla the Priestesses have an aggro range of 40 units, which is higher then the 35 unit range of some ranged weapons like the Shortbow and Light Crossbow.
In Scholar their aggro range is only 30, so you can start shooting at them before they do so with every ranged weapon, and there's less damage drop off.
So you are less likely to need to use a bow in Scholar, but if you do it's easier to do so.
@@Domo3000 lmao that's wild that their aggro range was that high in Vanilla
Well there’s the problem: you changed your item loadout, ever. Everyone knows capital G Gamers pick the weapon they will use for the whole run and NEVER ENGAGE WITH ANYTHING ELSE, usually a great sword with no armor. Engaging with the wide selection of available equipment is for nnnnnnnnnnnnnnNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOBS 😂
@@pigpotty Yeah, swapping weapons because of reach/range, damage type/overall damage, moveset, speed, etc. for different situations? Who does that? /j
@@Sunny_Haven Their Attack range is also basically the same as your vision range on them. If you move away from them far enough, they won't be visible anymore, but as soon as they're visible again, they start attacking you immediately (if they're already aggroed). You can still hit them with a bow when they're out of vision range, but I think they also retaliate out of vision range if you do so.
I watched his video when I was ramping up to play DS2 (tried years ago but couldn't get into it). All I had was Scholar, so I was kinda bummed I couldnt play vanilla.
I was anticipating dying a bunch in Shrine of Amana, or the the notorious runback to Smelter Demon, or locking myself out of the game by overusing the Fragrant Branch of Yore which I had 3 of at one point, and all of it.
Needless to say, I was surprised when Shrine of Amana wasn't that hard, when I killed all the enemies and beat every "impossible to get archer" in Iron Keep, when I killed Smelter in one shot and didn't have to run back in the first place, and when I saw the world was thoughtfully designed. The fact is that DS2: Scholar is actually a well put together game, and it's also not that hard if you actually take your time. He just ran into rooms and got merced instead of paying attention, and missed so much obvious stuff. This video reminded me I have to go back and dislike his vid. Thanks for exposing the nonsense.
Also, thanks for showing me that the door to nowhere is actually a shortcut for the Ruin Sentinels. My mind is actually blown by how much of a mindgame that is.
You need to do joke video where you use all terrible tactics people use to tear apart DS2 but on DS1.
Watching the torrential downpour of salt would be hilarious.
Yes, that would be amazing. Maybe for DS3 too.
that would work on all the games lol
Even funnier would be Bloodborne tbh
And ironically, most of it will be either completely true, or at least truer than in ds2's case...
Already know a couple places for "ganks" off the top of my head. The undead parish upper floor with the channeler and hollows, and blight town swamp where you fight past all the slugs to get the titanite shard and a weapon.
Aw, I was hoping you'd show players that you can use the Yearn spell (or alluring skulls) to lure the enemies in the Lost Bastille's "Clown Car" to the exposive barrels (or, distract them to a get a good few hits in/use lingering flame to take them all out) around 3:55. Consumables and utility spells are just so great in Dark Souls. Even Dark Souls 3 had great use of alluring skulls since you could them to distract the Giants/Elder Grus that shoot out red skulls at you in the swamp section of Farron Keep.
Items are underrated, if people were more willing to use them, then most complaints about ganks and getting one shot wouldn't be a big thing
Alluring skulls are underrated. People just seem to forget that they exist. But they are so good and if you’re playing Demon’s Souls NG+ they are a necessity
Alluring skulls are rather inconsistent in what they effect across the games, with DS2 having them being the most consistent.
Its hard to get people to use an item that they don't know will even work. Its the final fantasy status effect issue all over again: If something is too inconsistent in what it effects, people will just ignore it and use something they know will always work.
The Yearn spell literally changes how I view combat encounters in these games, where they went from gauntlet of enemies I have to fight through to puzzles with multiple solutions.
One of my most fun playthrough of DS2 was as an omni-caster. I ended up using a bunch of odd spells I don't normally use, like Yearn to lure enemies off cliffs, or Dead Again to nuke tougher enemies with their friend's bodies, or Soul Appease to just obliterate the Undead Crypt. Combat go from frantic dodging and counter-attacking to planning and executing on an idea with my available tools.
@@resm-oe9jiIn Elden Ring, I did a critical arcane build by using the misecorde with the spirit ash of war, it really changed the way I tackled legacy Dungeons in the sense it made ganks too easy as I can backstab everyone and get health, and mana. It trivialised boss runbacks
Guys I think Domo likes Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. It's just an hunch though, I still am not totally sure
Each of these videos feels like an Ace Attorney court scene
Can we all just agree that both dark souls 2 and scholar are good but different games
Vanilla = good
Scholar = gooder
I like Vanilla's enemy's placement more, but sotf has better other qualities.
@@stephcannon2106 I specifically hate vanilla for putting the dull ember in iron keep.
Feeble king has been real quiet since this dropped🔥🔥🔥
You can dislike the game, that would just be an opinion. But I hate how this feeble guy spreads misinformation as his terrible arguments for his opinion. Thank you for this video, keep it up
thank you domo for this video
4:08 IT'S A SHORTCUT?!?!?!? WHY I NEVER REALIZED?
My reaction to when he dropped down the alternate way to that one fragrant branch before pursuer. I usually used the exploding barrels and got down that way. NEver thought about dropping down after picking up the item from the ledge.
Your narration is getting better and better!
Oh wow, I was surpised to click on the video and hear a real voice over for this. Neat
omg i finally get to hear the legend's real voice!
I'm very glad that you're finally comfortable enough in your english to share your voice with us.
here's some honest feedback from a native english speaker (USA): you have a noticeable accent, but you are entirely intelligible.
in other words, i could understand everything you said.
aside from that, you've got basically perfect grammar and everything else, no other criticisms.
when i was learning other languages, something that vastly improved my accent was a technique called "masking":
you watch your favorite english show with english subtitles multiple times, pick the character with your favorite voice, and then try to say all their words out loud at the same time as them.
try to say the line and copy the sound exactly. if you missed it, then rewind five seconds and try again.
that technique skyrocketed my accuracy with mandarin pronunciation in a very short period of time, and it even helped me with the vowel intonation (which is a totally foreign concept to a native english speaker).
i have had multiple people in china ask me if i was second generation (someone who was born in china to immigrant parents), because they had never seen a foreigner actually nail intonation.
it took me just like 20 minutes of masking 3-4 times a week for a month or two, and it was a dramatic difference.
something about being a part of the tv show and talking in the language, being able to instantly hear the differences and try again, it sinks the correct pronunciation into your subconscious.
if you'd like some recommendations of english language shows, here's a few of my favorites, very popular and entertaining shows that you can probably find online:
USA:
- always sunny in philadelphia
- parks and recreation
- wheel of fortune
- family feud
- friends
- the office
- bob's burgers
- bojack horseman
UK:
- idiot abroad
- peep show
- cunk on earth
- 8 out of 10 cats
- citation needed (youtuber tom scott)
Awesome Insights Mao Zedong🫡
Thanks for the advice!
@@Domo3000 at the same time I like your accent and think its unique, so id rather you keep it
Some of those British shows have rather lower-class accents. Some of the classic British sit-coms like "Yes, Minister" have a variety of cleaner accents.
Based DS2 crusader. Keep up the good fight.
I love that you defend Dark Souls2! It greatly shows that the game tries to teach us some behaviors but haters clearly don't do homework and they blame the game for their braindead decisions.
So true
I’m glad to be hearing your actual voice. Just lets the video flow better in my opinion.
Nah. You're just an AI-hater
@@etinarcadiaego7424 yeah, because AI is dogshit and anyone who thinks it's a good idea to replace voiceovers with ai is stupid as hell, anyone can do that, and it's not unique in the sligthest, which is what content creation should be about if you want any form of real success
It's really refreshing to actually hear your voice tbh.
In conclusion: Scholar haters have absolutely zero idea on what they're talking about because Kos has deemed them unworthy for being granted eyes on their brains. _They already have 2_
The single thing I found weird in Scholar is how Drangleic Castle was nerfed. I'm neutral on that. For such an important area, more enemies might fit better, however the statues do give an unnerving prescence as you kinda expect them all to just spring into action anytime, while most remain still. Overall that's still probably one of my favourite areas in DS2 since I love Looking glass knight, so it doesn't really mean much.
Your English is really good, Domo! 💪😎
Really like hearing your actual voice man. Keep fighting the good fight brother
I bet feebleking would complain about having low vitality after skipping all the optional minibosses in sekiro
"Oh my God, this is so unfair, I'm getting killed in one hit, and my posture gets broken so easily. Seriously, what do I do?!"
33:54 IT DOES WHAT???
That’s is the most effort I have ever seen in npc behavior from Fromsoft.
@@bananacorn4375 she even does a celebration once you burned it.
@@Domo3000 True! I saw it yesterday on my re-play through Earthen Peak. I don't usually summon shades but I did it just to see her gestures and she does celebrate!
DS2 was really the only game of the series that was designed with multiplayer systems truly in mind in my opinion, even when the servers shut down players will still be able to experience the systems thanks to the huge amounts of npc summons and invaders. Another cool npc interaction I know about is Bashful Ray, he can use binoculars to look around huntsmans copse. Npcs had so much personality in this game
@@Ev74977it's scary sometimes how npcs in this game can almost trick you to believe it's an actual player
they dont understand the peak souls 2, they are too bad
No you dont understand I dont use mechanics the game gives me like attacking the enemies that are in my way because Im Feeble King and I dont want to make games easier even if I ruin the experience for myself. And why should I tell the truth? Im Feeble King.
Is that a Frank Grimes reference?
@Domo3000 It wasnt supposed to be one but I guess it turned into one.
It's funny he keeps saying "Ruin Sentinels boss skip". Ruin Sentinels are an optional boss, it's not a "skip" if you choose not to take that route. Granted most players will probably fight them on their first playthrough, but it's just one optional approach to the area.
Me on my way to the Manus skip (I strategically chose to not enter the DLC)
Tbf it took me like 5 years to figure out Smelter and Ruin Sentinels were optional lol.
I've been watching so many of your videos with the AI voice-over that hearing your actual voice now is very surreal
This is the guy who made a video about powerstancing when he didn't know how how to powerstance, right?
@@addygil5000feeble king did not understand powerstancing; domo made a good video about it
@@addygil5000 ruclips.net/video/JtnCo3bCyxM/видео.htmlsi=UvHStJm-eT5OHbo2
@@IvyDoll-jf3gm that is what I meant, thanks. I don't know ow why this replied to the above guy instead of as a general comment
okay okay i will play DS2 again thanks
This is so real. I literally just saw Feeble's video earlier today, was like "man this guy is just blatantly wrong and wants to be different" and clicked off partway through. Good to know I'm not just coping incredibly hard.
THIS VIDEO IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD. ik somthing was off with feeble kings video when I first watched it and you peiced it together perfect n at the same time proved the og ds2 lovers that hate scholar wrong
Feeble king is one of many who just like to trash this game bc it’s the popular thing to do. I started with sotfs as my first souls game back in 2015 and to this day I still think I have the most fun in this game than any other souls game
The craziest thing is that people believe the developers deliberately made Scholar of The First Sin worse than vanilla for some reason. I don't dabble in the irrational hater community, if anybody knows "The Reason" then please tell me, I am curious if there is one at all.
The developers deliberately made Dark Souls 3 worse than 2 for some reason so the idea of fromsoft sabotaging their own games isn't unprecedented.
@@saysalla How is Dark Souls 3 worse? I liked it more since it was more fun than DS2 for me.
Besides that, Dark Souls 3 is an entire game that is not Dark Souls 2 so obviously some things will be different, for better (weapon arts yay :3) or for worse (no power stance). Also we can't just say that it was deliberately made worse than Dark Souls 2, because it just wasn't. It's a stupid thing to say. At most one could say that Dark Souls 3 is different, because it is.
And even besides that. Why go trough the trouble of re-coding and re-designing already existing areas and enemies just to deliberately sabotage your own game and then release it as a definitive edition? This also sounds dumb.
By the way, even if Dark Souls 3 was deliberately made worse than Dark Souls 2, it would not mean that Scholar of The First Sin was deliberately made worse than vanilla. (and also Dark Souls 3 was released later so maybe in this hypothetical unrealistic scenario FromSoftware only started sabotaging their own games after DS 2, who would hypothetically know).
The idea of a game studio deliberately sabotaging their own games is outlandish.
@@adamkisiel799Extremely easy and extremely linear with pvp having an absolute nose dive
@adamkisiel799 also Miyazaki is opposed to sequels
@@GilbertTheGilbertGuy If Miyazaki was nearly as opposed to sequels as you guys pretend he is then he wouldn't have started directing games at FromSoft starting with an Armored Core sequel.
I have a confession to make, when i first played ds2 scholar i watched feeble king's video and thought the game was really like that 😢
So basically, he got better at the game, enough to overcome his skill issues and enjoy it on his second playthrough...and he doesn't even realize it. I guarantee he would make the same point but the other way around if he played Vanilla first.
Great to see you using your real voice again bro! Look I know exactly how hard it is transitioninging from AI to your own voice.
But seriously stick with this man! It's more authentic and genuine.
AI voices are overrated and are only really good when you're meme'n.
Mad respect for your DS2 knowledge!
yeah, many people will instantly dislike and click off the video if they hear an AI voice, it's fucking depressing and dystopian, you have to put something in the video to make it truly yours
I'm glad using your real voice stuck, it makes these videos feel more genuine.
Your voice is really nice to listen to
another domo voiced video is goated. I still miss the ai "weeeeeee" tho lol
true, domo should add the ai weeeeeeeeeee sometime xD
You finally swapped to voicing it yourself! and you did so good!
the Iron Keep is a great filter
We have people changing their opinions on Dark Souls 2 & loving it before GTA 6 released. 😭😭😭😭😭
Noone actually changing oppinions. DS2 always was beloved by significant amount of people. LOUD hate just kinda overshadowed us. Similar to SW prequels and ALOT of old good things some a-holes on the internet claim is bad, and pretended they have majority support on this topic :)
@@DraftyMooddark souls 2 does have alot of people who dislike it, it's considered the black sheep of the trilogy for a reason. While i do like some aspects, the first and third one are far superior to me.
@@nikolasferreira3247 sure, there are significant amount of people who not a big fans of ds2, some of them are stright up haters, but "black sheep of the trilogy" is a narrative. And this narrative was born out of critisizm on the early internet. Coz belive me, if you will actually look at the trilogy, investigate it (gameplay aspect) you will be surprised how much closer DS2 to DS1 than DS3 to any of them. And yes, there was a significant amount of backlash to changes DS3 bring.... But again - critical reviews form a narrative how "it's definitive souls game", and now everyone see it like this, despite how much different it is from original games.
So yah. Reality is nothing. Words said by RUclips diudes is a reality :)
what changing of opinions? dark souls 2 hate is underserved. it’s not a perfect game, but it’s still enjoyable and there are aspects of it I like more than the other games like portions of the level design. No mans wharf and earthen peak are levels I prefer over most Elden ring, ds3, and sekiro levels since it actually does a good job of challenging the players, which the newer souls games usually have extremely easy levels.
@@NowImALittle_Motivated Disagree with Elden ring and Sekiro having easy levels especially later on.
Thank you for making me buy the right version of ds2🙏
I wonder if there's any logic behind Feeble King's opinions.
We know he likes to rush, and has no memory.
Could vanilla's more numerous enemy groups stifle his flight reaction, leading him to actually taking the time to dispatch them?
Thank you for this video! 💯
12:50 WTF!!! Its really exist?!
I feel like this one may garner another video response.
I sure hope so, you show more than you say, which is how it should be.
I remember borrowing console to test vanilla DS2 and was shocked how much damage bosses dealt - sometimes it felt like armors were useless...
These response videos make me appreciate DS2 more. Not that I disliked it to begin with.
Oh wow! Your voice is really good! As someone who gets told my voice is ai in my videos, I gotta say yours is way better than the program you used
it's good to hear you bro, I honestly can't believe that people find scholar harder, talk about skill issue
Please dont die you are so goated
bro your english is crazy good
It disappoints me how many good things ds2 has but so many people are so clueless about the game, merely going through the entirety of it with just a rapier or broadsword and not trying anything new that the other games don't have, and then saying dumb stuff like how elden ring did unique and boss weapons better. Compare unique er weapons even dlc shit with unique weapons such as ivory kings ugs, or the ivory ss powerstanced or even just offhanded with the majestic gs. I'd adore a souls game that takes everything fromsoftware has done well in the past and just brings it all together. Truly, we get a dark souls 2 2, instead of a dark souls 2 1.5 (elden ring)
Yeah most ds 2 haters suck because they would rather use a thrusting sword or a straight sword instead of a greatsword, a straight sword or a greatsword this game has so much variety you can even hold two swords.
@@saysalla Are you tired of eating from a holey spoon yet?
@@saysalla Are you tired of eating from a holey spoon yet?
@@saysalla Are you tired of eating from a holey spoon yet?
@saysalla Are you tired of eating from a holey spoon yet?
Keep up the good work! You are single-handedly saving DS2 SOTFS reputation.
Love the content man, cute voice btw. Keep crushing these blind feeble ones Domo 💯
good shit. Glad DS2 has soldiers still upholding its honor. I do agree that adding Heide Knights to Heide was bad but not due to difficulty necessarily, because the storyline was clear in vanilla that they had fled Heide (which iirc was also mentioned in the design works interview) and the lone encounter at Forest of the Fallen Giants was extremely memorable. But other than that and things like the Aldia's keep skeleton dragon, most other Scholar changes feel like genuine improvements and you get one of the best characters in all three of the games added in Aldia.
I'm not a big fan of Dark Souls 2, but even I roll my eyes at some of the arguments I hear about it.
ive only played og dark souls 2 and i personally didn't get the complaints about the ganks. I didn't find any less gankier than Dark Souls 3. These games require patience so I had that.
I love how the Forest of Fallen Giants "1 V 20" is the tell that the one critiquing the game simply is bad at the game lol.
That part is dark souls 2 in a nutshell: slow and tedious, not fun, lots of copy paste, and enemies so uninspired they would rather sleep than engage the player.
@saysalla sounds like someone woke them all up 😉
@@falcon6489 I played vanilla actually so I was getting shot at and ganked the second I made it up the ladder and there was even a heide knight in the middle so overall it was much more interesting than the 1v1 x20 room we got in scholar.
@saysalla played both and got the platinum for scholar to full completion. It's a room that should take less than a minute and all the "interesting" areas are implemented other places, like the new dragon in heide's tower. So yeah it's a skill issue.
@@falcon6489 That dragon isn't even new, it was copy pasted from Dragon Aerie and in scholar he's guarding a rehashed DS1 boss.
The closest scholar gets to an "interesting" idea is putting a recycled DS1 enemy in the tutorial along with a Pursuer, or the genius game design that was Lost Bastille where they removed three dogs from the Ruins Sentinels runback and put them in the courtyard instead along with another Pursuer. Prefering a properly made meal over reheated leftovers isn't a skill issue it's just that I don't settle for mediocrity.
I never understood the ds2 hate. Should I just hate ds3 for being "LOOK HOW DS1 This IS DON'T YOU REMEMBER??" too?
No you should hate DS3 for being a boss rush walking simulator instead of an actual game with challenges.
it too me 40 seconds to realized that was you talking at the start lmao
Beautiful critique mate.
33:04 that lizard jumpscare is so funny 😭
Based real voice content.
Hey, just started watching your content recently, and I am very glad to hear your actual voice in the video! Good stuff.
ive been saying it one the first video by feeble king and im gonna say it here again. Im convinced that he is just making these for rage/engagement bait. there is no other reasonable excuse in my mind for why he would literally state things as the opposite of the clear and observable facts
Awesome video man, keep it up!
Feebleking at least lives up to half of his name.
honestly its rly just preference. i can understand points of both videos. I myself want DS sometimes force me into encounters where I feel overwhelmed, bc it just feels so good when you finally master them. It also gives you weapon choice way more weight. If you always just fight 1-3 enemies at once you can just thrust them to death with your ultra dps thrust sword of your choice. but once you HAVE to think about crowd control it looks different.
Iron Keep is just too metal for me to hate, no matter how much it frustrates me sometimes.
I've played vanilla only because my laptop couldn't run scholar (i own both btw), i've played DS2 on an average of 24 fps (it could drop randomly and let me tell you, Fume Knight or the Ivory King ain't easy with less frames to react with) and passed ALL the DLC and did NG+2 on every section (some reached NG+29 due farming... Like the giant king kek), and I can say this to Feeble and every single one of those people that complain about DS2 "GIT GUD". Seriously, the game ain't that hard nor aRtIFiCiAlLy DiFfiCuLt.
I almost have to wonder if he accidentally attributed everything he hated/liked to the wrong version.
Aw yeah, here we go again
Average Domo3000 W
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I was waiting for this response lets goooo
He must have missed the launch and reception of DS2.. it needed to be overhauled
Feeble King single-handedly propping up the DS2 Falconer Armor Only No Upgrades Minimal Combat any % meta
The Austrian accent is strong with this one 👍
Feeble kings takes arent ever valid in all honesty, its back to back bad takes legit
Despite the flaws of the souls trilogy they are all goated
The king is back baby!
Also now crybabies cant whine about the text to speech "Ai voice" anymore 😂
It wasn’t even bad but his voice is so much better
Skill issue, it's always skill issue and arrogance