@LimitBreakers also The Curved Nil Greatsword menu AR actually lies, for PVE it scales up to 200. The menu is closer to its PVP value, where it does actually scale up to 100. DS2 menu is pretty untrustworthy for effects.
the loveliest thing is that Dark Souls 2 is the only Dark Souls game where Item Discovery isn't even shown in the stat menu, so how would we even know 🤤
The DS2 dev team wanted to have a running theme where area bosses would stalk you outside of their arenas throughout the game, before dev time got too crunchy. Only Pursuer and Freja do it ingame, but I've got a running theory that Old Iron King's ability to dive into lava and reemerge elsewhere is also a leftover fragment from this idea.
That would have actually been sick and solved the issue of the bosses just being random baddies you fight at a dead end. I hope some day modders are able to put this game back together into what it was envisioned as during concept stages, or someone makes a spiritual successor that follows on all of DaS2's missed opportunity.
Dukes Dear Freyja will also pop out from the cliff in NG+, and any damage done carry’s over to the boss proper so that’s gotta count for at least half a point
@@TheInfiniteAmo wdym is alrdy a better bossfight than all those in the second half of ds1 lol ( and the dragon god in demon's souls ) what is the name of that s boss? Ceaseless Discharge? my f god LOL
@@scrungobeepis5443Damage done only carries over if you don't die before you reach her, iirc. Likewise, sitting at a bonfire resets her health as well.
@@frogradar If you kite a Pig to a specific place in the spider area it will dig up a Pickaxe. This is the only way to get this item and it is the most random obscure method of getting an item in any fromsoft game. This phantom is arguably a hint as it's a peasant, an enemy in the area where the pickaxe is, he has the pickaxe as a weapon and he wears the porcine shield which indicates how to get the item (bring a Pig).
Dark Souls 2 has set a standard for NG+ that, in my opinion, should have continued in every fromsoft game after its release. I am consistently disappointed each time NG+ is not given the attention it deserves. The replayability of DS2 is something B-Team put a lot of time and thought into.
the fact that they added so much content that It actually makes the game almost feel like your playing it again for the first tame just with better starting gear and stats is incredible, I wish there was this in every souls game and that they all did it diffrently, new game play us fun but at the same time I kinda wish that there was extra content
They did do that with Armored Core 6 and I love it, ng+1 and +2 both add lots of new content and even changes the story line or certain missions. I'm on ng+2 and I got to an area where I knew there was a boss fight with a huge flying battle ship in a city, but when the fight started I flew towards it and landed a blow and then a cut scene started and a mech I had never seen before came out of nowhere and destroyed it and he was now the boss fight! That stuff has really kept me going, I'm sad that I'm close to the end of my 3rd playthrough/ 3rd ending of the game because from what I can tell that is probably the actual end of the content.
Open world go burrr, seriously they messed up so badly chasing trends with elden ring especially that stupid game of thrones promotional crap. Should have just made a proper dark souls 2 spiritual successor
you are one of the only youtubers who do this game justice, the videos you do on this game really show just how unique and interesting this game truly is. also where is miracle build old man
@@TheAmazingDrDinosaur But you can I-frame roll every attack, just max adaptability and attunement 🤓. game was a lot slower though which I understand why people would hate it for that, I didn't mind it personally
@@TheAmazingDrDinosaurit really did. Hit boxes were busted and you could be hit by a swing you already cleared, enemy AI was absolutely terrible, the wild ass difficulty curve that randomly spiked and dropped (sometimes within the same area), enemies disappear if you grind them too much so good luck getting items you might want, and ADP made the game an actual joke. DS2 is a mess of a Dark Souls game. It's not a terrible game on its own merit but it's very much a bad Soul's game
@@shield-snail yeah i personally loved the slower pace. But then you have bloodborne, sekiro, ds3 and elden ring which are all crazy fast. So of course the slowest game is hated the most
Don't forget that if you manage to kill Freja on the NG+ cliff encounter before she retreats, your save will become permanently corrupted. For some reason, she's a load-bearing spider.
For those of you who don't know cliff Freja is hard coded to retreat at 50% hp and can't be damage below 50% hp as shown repeatedly in the video. So you have to use cheats in order to cause the savefile corruption.
That only happens only if you kill with petrification, which is only achievable with a cheat table. If you kill by any other means, nothing abnormal happens. If you watched (or remembered certain details) Zullie's video, you'd know this, meaning no offence of course.
@@nemtudom5074 I do have to agree with that. It disincentivized actually going to NG+, which sucks especially since it was otherwise the only game to actually give real incentive to going into NG+.
@@KingLich451the animation would go right over the heads of those that aint played the game. You can't really like the animation without liking the game because its riddled with references only players would understand.
going to ng + in ds1 was servicable due to stupid slabs rarity and extra rings and chalenge . also whole process was rather fast . elden ring is worst in this regard . it needs something like ascentics badly
@@LordDeBahs Elden Ring NG could be easily improved with more Torrent wind-jump-thingies. It's so boring going from Point A to B over and over again at such a slow pace (You're skipping all the pointless dungeons so the world feels very empty). They could also just improve all the loot from dungeons or have some stronger bosses in earlier dungeons or something. It's just so damn boring going through NG+ in ER if you're just trying to wrap up all the achievements.
I HATE THAT FUCKER! Keep trying to farm the Heide Greatlance from him for my Felicia the Fucking Strong cosplay build, but he always keeps dropping a piece of armour instead, which overrides the "guaranteed" weapon drop!
Ah, DS2, I really did like how it mixed up NG+ to give a new challenge. You think you know an area and bam, pincer manoever by two phantoms, adds in the fight that weren't there before, and red versions of big mobs. Add to the Forlorn invaders which could spawn *anywhere*, and your NG+ playthrough could feel much different from your NG. I wish they'd done similar measures in Elden Ring.
You have to realize that Elden Ring was meant to appeal to everyone. It's a Souls game for NonSouls players. If they added such a feature they would all complain about it. I know people who suck at DS1 and DS2 that can only hang in ER.
@@Dragostorm21well he’s right. Ds3 and elden ring ended up so shallow because ds2 tried to be creative and the stuck up pathetic community lost their shit. “Huh!?!? I have to time my rolls!?”
I wished 2 got the development time it needed. These guys were cooking up some cool and interesting stuff and I want to see what the fully baked product would have been like.
@@shakibahmed6044 Game was overloaded that only high-end PCs (of it's time) were able to play it. So, Team-B had to start from scratch again with a shorter development time, using what was left because of FromSoft.
I think Bloodborne was the one game that could have benefitted most from these NG+ changes, since the base game was pretty short. Imagine if some of the Chalice Dungeon bosses were just wandering around Yharnam in NG+
The best/worst part is that there was a basic framework for this through Insight. Coming to early places with high Insight could have allowed odd stuff to happen. Instead it kinda does nothing
@@anonecki Eh, I was more thinking critical game variables changing(adp), a gank centric philosophy which was nothing but toxic, weapons breaking constantly, or the start of the deliberate bs enemy attack delay that sadly got carried to Elden Ring, but there are many more options
In the Crown of the Old Iron King DLC there are some red variants of enemies that only appear on NG+7 and I haven't seen anything about this anywhere. For example there's a red iron warrior next to the 2 normal ones just before Foom Knight
The Happy Souls bit just hit me with so much nostalgia. I've been replaying DS2 SotFS lately so this was *chef's kiss* and now I am even more determined to dig up NG+ shenanigans. Thanks so much!
They are unique red phantoms encounters in 2nd DLC at ng+7: -Ash soldier duo (near 1-st bonfire) -Possessed Armor (next to iron scepter tower fog wall) -Possessed Armor (before bridge to the maldron tower) -Minotaur boi (tower key pickup) -Minotaur boi (before fume knight)
Can you do a video on how DS2 is the only Souls game that is allowed to be colorful but still feel dark? I can’t be the only one who appreciates this. I love DS2’s color palette!
Much as I love Dark Souls 2, Dark 1 is also pretty colorful. Not as much as 2. But yeah, 3 is pretty ugly and washed out. Dark 2 is absolutely the most vibrant and colorful of them, and feels no less dark.
@@JinTekytaI feel like Dark Souls III's grey and washed out color was probably a purposeful design choice in order to reinforce the themes of ash and the coming end of the world. Unfortunately, it has the side effect of making everything kind of... drab.
Fun fact: Freja appears outside her arena in the day one release of Dark Souls 2 as well! Additionally her arena slows player movement like a swamp and torches have no effect on spiders in that version.
I KNEW IT! I totally remembered fighting her there when I played the original way back when. Over the years I just ended up assuming that I must have gotten far into NG+ and just forgotten.
i love when you cover DS2 stuff, brings back memories especially with all the little references to Ds2 specific stuff from around the time it came out god i love ds2
I think for the other games it's so you can fight the fun bosses again without making separate saves right before them. Which is another problem DS2 fixed, with Bonfire Ascetics.
Gotta agree, this video was a banger. One of his best to this date! Hope he doesnt set this bar for every of his videos lmao. Dude is going to burn out
@@goggles789 I've had dark souls 2 since around 2020 on various platforms, had beat every boss a year or so later and now I'm finally deciding to true 100% the game
The video didn't explain it but the chancelor wellager shop update lets you buy covenant items so you don't have to score 500 points in the pvp covenants!
@@suedonnym for sunbros just get summoned for bosses (i found dukes dear freja great for getting summoned) TRUST ME it is *NOT* worth grinding falconers for the sunlight medal drop, even with near max item find, also use the ng++ chancellor so you dont need to do the pvp covenants for the last couple spells These are the best advice i can give you as someone who also 100% it
@@darkjackl999 already did falconers, only achievement left for me to do is master of hexes lol. and yeah the chancellor is great considering how dead blue arena is
I'm 100% sure that the healer Amana priestess is in the base game, it's been a while but I'm pretty sure she's just before the third bonfire of the area, in the Scholar version at least
I only ever play base NG in Dark Souls and recall the unarmed priestess being there, I remember following her around a bit when I realized she was harmless when alone.
in scholar there's 2, one just before the third bonfire (on the small indent left of fog gate) and one just after (surrounded by both archdrake and priestess and couple of lizardmen for good measure)
I can confirm that there are at least 2 of them in NG0 in SOTFS, the first is located in the last gank before the cave with the bonfire and the bugs, and the second is located in the arena right after the bugs
Some background music I know of for those who are interested 3:41 Wood Carving Partita (Library theme) - Castlevania Symphony of the Night 6:16 Main Theme - Resident Evil Outbreak File 1 (also known as 'So Many Options') 9:15 Merchant Theme 'Serenity' - Resident Evil 4 12:20 Battle Theme - Final Fantasy X
Because I’m a nerd, here are some more tracks I knew myself: 1:49 Sootopolis city - Pokémon R/S/E 6:35 Checker Dance - Deltarune (Chapter 1) 7:55 Provincial Town - Final Fantasy 7 11:21 Shop - Undertale 13:36 The Circus - Deltarune (Chapter 1) 14:35 Nyeh Heh Heh! (Intro) + Bonetrousle - Undertale 16:31 Ice Cavern - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 19:09 Break The Targets? (I’m not exactly sure if this is the correct track, but it sounds a lot like a rendition of the Smash 64 track) - Super Smash Bros. 19:59 Dogcheck - Deltarune 21:45 Spider Dance - Undertale
I still think the way NG+ was done had some inspiration from the Gravelord system in Dark Souls 1 (where in NG+ the red phanom enemies would appear when gravelorded), but man did I really enjoy the fact they properly changed it up. For all Dark Souls 2s issues, it has my most play time for a few reasons and NG+s actually being interesting (and worthwhile) is among them.
For a game that went through development hell it truly is an amazing game, alot of people don't really give it a proper chance or don't pay close enough attention to some stuff such as attack animations and call it garbage, for example pursuer clipping all those people's feet, if you frame by frame it or have a trained eye like me you can see clear as day it hit them but everyone is like "OMG THIS GAME IS GARBAGE WHAT IS THE HITBOX, SKILL ISSUE FR OMG YOU'RE DUMB FOR PLAYING THIS AND DEFENDING IT" or this big one lmfao "ADP IS DUMB YOU NEED LIKE 35 TO HAVE GUD DODGE ROLLS" it's called stfu and learn the timings, just cause ds2 isn't a rolling simulator doesn't mean it's bad you in fact can dodge pretty well every attack in the game with the base 5 I-frames from bandit and guess what? level their adp 5 times and you get 8 wow no need to do 32 levels for an extra 4 I-frames when you can just get good
@@lGhostWolfel You know you're right. It doesn't make you angry. It makes you sound like a pretentious douchebag. Also, I'm definitely older than you. :)
A couple of the skeletons seemingly have "insolent" equipment/armour; "relics of a party of once-proud clerics, they once attempted to subdue the undead-crypt...for this reason their deaths stand postponed; sentries to protect it from greater extrusions/attacks", they're seemingly graverobbers; hence the royal artifacts (I've long-since thought that Vendrick's resting place, was once the Royal Crypt; hence its location in the underground part of the Drangliec Castle area), the Undead Crypt reflects Vendrick's/the story of his kingdom thematically well. They're in Majulas mansion basement also, the same one holding the smashed Lord-vessel. Interesting... Majula is an abandoned encampment/settlement/town on the road towards Drangliecs Castle abode. Hence the abandoned armourer/Black Smith Shop, I've always suspected the mansion is Aldias, he likely occupied it long before he secluded himself in his manor/keep...
If you jump attack the pacifist amana priestess with certain weapon (like a shield iirc) she'll get knocked down and stay knocked down. It looks pretty funny.
The amount of work that went into this video is astounding. I am always impressed with the amount of high quality content you push out but this video in particular is completely amazing. The inside jokes, sound effects, music, everything meshed so well together! Great job and thank you for the laughs!
YES I am all here for dark souls 2 praise 😩 I seriously think the game and lore are super underrated. The discovery that the age of fire or darkness is a cycle by showcasing it in a completely new setting is honestly such good storytelling.
Everytime I hear someone praise DS2, lore would be up in the list for most people so I don't think it's underrated. Sekiro is by far the most underrated lore-wise in comparison, not many people hold it in high regard on that aspect.
ds2 still has the best great sword swing down animation ^^ and personally i love all the parry animations in the game especially bare handed parrys dat back hand fist parry doe
Best pvp, best ng+, best fashion soul, best weapons (nothing like bone fists santier spear etc in any other games) I rlly wish elden ring dlc is gonna have a very unique fists weapon
This is why I love Grime so much, they made so many boss and enemy changes for their "NG+", and it makes me long for more from FromSoft's NG+'s in their games
Agreed! Dark Souls 2 Needs a Remake!! They need to make sure to remove Soul Memory mechanic, add 2nd phases for important bosses and add character name visibility.
Still the objectively best in the series. I think ds1 should get a proper remake, not a bluepoint remake that’s just a graphical overhaul. Ds1 was a fucking mess
@@Dragostorm21 Yeah we can do without Adp but Yui and Tomohiro had the balls to try new creative things. Sure a few ideas missed the mark But overall the game is Great because of their ideas. Not to mention Miyazaki rolled over some of their ideas in to DS3 and ER.
First time I played Dark Souls II I knew it was the best and also knew as time went by folks would see the genius behind it. Everyone bashing it now love the game from circle of friends
DS2 is not only a huge game with lots of content and lots of stuff to do, they actually improved all of that and added extremely tricky layers of complexity to the NG+, to the point that it looks almost revamped, very much improved and definitely more complicated. One good example is the fight with the Lost Sinner, where two piro invaders show up to the fight, making stuff at least thrice as hard, now. It was, for me, the real form of Dark Souls II, with the initial run just being a warm up.
It's cause it looks like shit, sounds like shit, feels like shit, has terrible level design and half the hitboxes don't work at all. Hope you are now enlightened
@@AtreyusNinja Every problem they complain about is either skill issue or lack of knowledge, it's consistent too unlike their arguments when defending their game of choice but hating it when DS2 does it.
@@juri_6969 im notba ds2 hater i enjoyed it but why would you make a game called dark souls 2. And not make it like dark souls 1? That defeats the point of it being called dark spuls 2 and not a unique IP.
I love this aspect of the game so much! It's been unironically breathtaking to find all the new items and enemies when playing on NG+ for the very first time. Incredible editing as always :D
At the time people weren't happy with the idea that the games difficulty often stemmed from adding more enemies rather than the bosses being genuinely tough on their own. like the bell gargoyles going from 2, to 8. Minions being spawned in boss rooms. So they likely scrapped actually altering later playthroughs to be safe. I did like that if you beat the game either without dying or without using a bonfire, it awarded you a ring. one made your left weapon invisible, the other the right one.
Dark Souls II has by far the most steadfast fans. It's a pity that this game is either derided or dismissed as Dark Souls' black sheep. It's not a good souls game; it's an incredible one!
Dark Souls 1 goes downhill after Anor Londo, Dark Souls 3 feels like a greatest hits rather than a true sequel, whereas Dark Souls 2, despite its many flaws, is more consistent than 1 (without reaching 1's peaks), and more distinct than 3
@@Relugus I also prefer the approach taken by DS2 as a sequel. It has its own story and barely some references to the past game in a distant past, in my opinion the worst part was recycling Ornstein. If they ever make a sequel to Bloodborne, I want the DS2 approach, not DS3 approach (Remember Siegmayer? Remember Asylum Demon?, etc)
@@ulaznar DS2 is more of a side story. Literally nothing that happens in it is relevant to the main story arc, you can skip it entirely and lose nothing from the narrative. While 3 is far too referential, 2 is like a fan-made spin-off.
@@protokyuubi4269 The "main story arc" only exists because DS3 decided to be a direct sequel instead of being a "side story" as DS2. If Bloodborne had a sequel, I would prefer a new story instead of recycling the characters from the first game.
There's a game called Steelrising. It's a soulslike set during alternative history French revolution, where you're playing an automaton dancer/bodyguard of queen Marie-Antoinette, fighting against an automaton army of Clockwork King Ludovic. In Steelrising NG+, there's new types of enemies with new tricks (not just reskins, they have new weapons and moves, too), new weapons and new modules (kinda like rings in DS). Best NG+ I've seen in a soulslike.
I much preferred DS2's approach to fanservice than DS3. Lots of sets and weapons from DS1 could still be found in the game but the majority of it was hidden from plain view through the NG cycle etc, which let DS2 have its own look and feel on the surface but all the DS1 stuff still obtainable (and lore). Whereas DS3 was just memberberries from start to finish
They only made 3 such aggressive fanservice because the "look and feel" of DS2 fell flat on its face. They didn't have confidence in making something new, so they leaned hard on nostalgia to avoid making the mistake of DS2 again.
Great nostalgic video. Last time I watched one of your videos many years ago, it was a beefy sorcerer build. Couple days ago rediscovered your channel.
Wasn't there also some stuff about a set that only drops in +5 or something I think it was from the spear guys outside the looking glass knight boss door Though that might've been the base game, it has been quite a some time
@@MadjGB There's stuff that keeps getting added up to NG+8, I believe It's dramatically less per cycle after the first, and I forget if there's any dead cycles in there. But also Item Discovery keeps increasing per cycle up to +8
The lore behind NG+ was that with every cycle, you got deeper into said cycle and started to thread through fabric of reality. Thats why you also meet seldom "lost" enemies in form of red phantoms. Dark souls 2 best souls.
I love how onlywaifu got people to play ds2 again cause he mentioned how kickass pvp was. After seeing the uptick in online activity made my heart fly.
I love this Freja Undertale sequence, it really shows how much care you put into this videos, BEAR SEEK SEEK LEST lmao. Almost as much effort as HIDING MIRACLE BUILDS FROM US
Thank you! What a great video. Dark Souls 2 just has something special that the other two don't. It's so hellish and fun at the same time. My old save is still patiently waiting for me to start NG+ and this video makes me really excited for it.
It's stunningly pathetic just how angry soulborne fans get when this game comes up. They'll act like being the worst souls game (it probably isn't) is some unforgivable crime, and here you are still making awesome content in it's honor. Old Man you are the fucking GOAT of soulsborne youtubers. Bar none.
I'm honestly stunned that challenges similar "no die" and "no resting" per run hasn't returned. Honestly, it was one of my favorite parts of DS2. DS2 had a lot of small, yet cool ideas shown in this video and I think would have been more appreciated in a better game, so thanks for showcasing it all!
The structure of next games simply won't allow these challenges. Firelink in DS3 isn't connected to the other world so without bonfire you can't move anywhere and ER is simply way to huge. Also these games doesn't have lifegems so good luck finishing them without healing
The discussion nobody wanted cuz they hate to admit it😂 DS 2 is my most replayed entry in all soulsborne games. The maps variety, unique item variety and even starting paths made your head spin at first. Then playin mundane mushy gray ds3 makes ds2 even better.
Oh God when I saw how ds3 was considered the best all I had were flashbacks to brown and gray like someone shat on a rock and called it the best souls game. Just goes to show the fan base doesn't want challenge, it wants giant bosses in big square rooms and unlimited stamina from the start. I literally never leveled stamina once and never struggled. Such a casual experience.
@@stinkfinga4918i clearly remember them in interviews discussing making this next title (DS3) more accessible to newcomers. Lots more advertising, game felt more commercial overall..followed that same appeal for Elden Ring, most likely building a pre fan base ahead of time
Hey man, I also think Dark Souls 2 was the franchise's best time ever. So much creativity, so many memories. Plus the movement of the genre, the game was able to accommodate new ideas, if not all of them were cool, but most of them. I miss that time.
wait a minute, hold up, you got some !!!MISINFO!!!! ***!!!THE PAINTED GUARDIAN SET, YOU DO NOT NEED TO FIGHT THE BOSS EVERYTIME YOU CAN KEEP POPPING AESTHETICS, AND THE CATARINA SET IS ALSO IN A SIMILAR SITUATION!!!!***
Tbf elden ring dont have power stance, it has Dual wielding, meanwhile in ds2 weapons to the left are rlly good even w/o power stance, and then thx to the power stance we even have more movesets 💗 (as well weapon arts and even parry with weapons)
@@AtreyusNinja i knew that would come up, and yeah Ds2 did it way better than ER. I just wish I could hop on and get the same amount of invasions, duels, and co op I do on ER.
📌CORRECTIONS! 📚
1- There's 1 Priestess, the other 2 are Ng+
2- Ng+ increases item discovery... ʷᵃᵗ
item discovery+ in ng+ is for ds2 only?
whats the name of the song you used for the skelly squad at 13:50 in the video?
@@dragoona43 its "cowbell cult - smoke" but if you look up "berserk skeleton meme song" youll find it too
@LimitBreakers also The Curved Nil Greatsword menu AR actually lies, for PVE it scales up to 200.
The menu is closer to its PVP value, where it does actually scale up to 100.
DS2 menu is pretty untrustworthy for effects.
the loveliest thing is that Dark Souls 2 is the only Dark Souls game where Item Discovery isn't even shown in the stat menu, so how would we even know 🤤
The DS2 dev team wanted to have a running theme where area bosses would stalk you outside of their arenas throughout the game, before dev time got too crunchy. Only Pursuer and Freja do it ingame, but I've got a running theory that Old Iron King's ability to dive into lava and reemerge elsewhere is also a leftover fragment from this idea.
That would have actually been sick and solved the issue of the bosses just being random baddies you fight at a dead end. I hope some day modders are able to put this game back together into what it was envisioned as during concept stages, or someone makes a spiritual successor that follows on all of DaS2's missed opportunity.
Dukes Dear Freyja will also pop out from the cliff in NG+, and any damage done carry’s over to the boss proper so that’s gotta count for at least half a point
@@TheInfiniteAmo wdym is alrdy a better bossfight than all those in the second half of ds1 lol ( and the dragon god in demon's souls )
what is the name of that s boss? Ceaseless Discharge? my f god LOL
@@scrungobeepis5443Damage done only carries over if you don't die before you reach her, iirc.
Likewise, sitting at a bonfire resets her health as well.
@@nathandesilva4781 It doesn’t reset, actually - Dying both before her and _to_ her will just bring her back to the saved Damage done
This video just confirms the world is ready for a sequel to Happy Souls.
We could have a trilogy of Happy Souls (DLC and NG+) but I guess a classic like it is only once in a lifetime.
Omfg happy souls, one of my favorite videos of all time, if not my favorite all together
DUN DA DUN DA DUN DUN DA DUN DA NUN DUN!
BWOOOOOAAAAAMMM
@@zenkozenko4989 lmao I heard it playing in my head
Happy Souls was the reason for me to play DS2
the phantom with the pickaxe and porcine shield is probably the most obscure hint ever.
Omg I just understood this!?
Is it perhaps..
The dark souls of hints?
explain?
@frogradar Take the pig to the mushroom/truffle tree
@@frogradar If you kite a Pig to a specific place in the spider area it will dig up a Pickaxe. This is the only way to get this item and it is the most random obscure method of getting an item in any fromsoft game. This phantom is arguably a hint as it's a peasant, an enemy in the area where the pickaxe is, he has the pickaxe as a weapon and he wears the porcine shield which indicates how to get the item (bring a Pig).
Dark Souls 2 has set a standard for NG+ that, in my opinion, should have continued in every fromsoft game after its release. I am consistently disappointed each time NG+ is not given the attention it deserves. The replayability of DS2 is something B-Team put a lot of time and thought into.
Ds2 replayability is God tier.
The best ng+ fo shur
(pvp helps a lot too)
And now Armored Core VI did it better, each NG+ run adds to the story and gives you new story paths, bosses, weapons and mech pieces.
@@cutuljo1606 Man even the dudes at Fromsoft know how good it was
MICHAEL ZAKI FIX YOUR GAMES!11!!!£!£!!£" 432
Nioh is way better, new enemies, remixed enemies, enemies get new attacks every NG+, new loot, new loot rarity, new game mechanics
Coming back here after playing lords of the fallen and they also dropped the ball on NG+
the fact that they added so much content that It actually makes the game almost feel like your playing it again for the first tame just with better starting gear and stats is incredible, I wish there was this in every souls game and that they all did it diffrently, new game play us fun but at the same time I kinda wish that there was extra content
They did do that with Armored Core 6 and I love it, ng+1 and +2 both add lots of new content and even changes the story line or certain missions. I'm on ng+2 and I got to an area where I knew there was a boss fight with a huge flying battle ship in a city, but when the fight started I flew towards it and landed a blow and then a cut scene started and a mech I had never seen before came out of nowhere and destroyed it and he was now the boss fight! That stuff has really kept me going, I'm sad that I'm close to the end of my 3rd playthrough/ 3rd ending of the game because from what I can tell that is probably the actual end of the content.
Open world go burrr, seriously they messed up so badly chasing trends with elden ring especially that stupid game of thrones promotional crap. Should have just made a proper dark souls 2 spiritual successor
@@MGrey-qb5xz "they messed up so badly " not according to sales. As we all know that's all that matters.
@@MGrey-qb5xz It was though, it was the ds2 the team originally wanted to make
@@historicflame972 is that a fact
you are one of the only youtubers who do this game justice, the videos you do on this game really show just how unique and interesting this game truly is. also where is miracle build old man
I mean I really apreciate how weird and unique this game is, but if it plays like shit I just cant really defend it
@@loboalcurry it didnt play like shit tho. people just hated the fact you can't i-frame roll every attack and spam fast attacks
@@TheAmazingDrDinosaur But you can I-frame roll every attack, just max adaptability and attunement 🤓. game was a lot slower though which I understand why people would hate it for that, I didn't mind it personally
@@TheAmazingDrDinosaurit really did. Hit boxes were busted and you could be hit by a swing you already cleared, enemy AI was absolutely terrible, the wild ass difficulty curve that randomly spiked and dropped (sometimes within the same area), enemies disappear if you grind them too much so good luck getting items you might want, and ADP made the game an actual joke. DS2 is a mess of a Dark Souls game. It's not a terrible game on its own merit but it's very much a bad Soul's game
@@shield-snail yeah i personally loved the slower pace. But then you have bloodborne, sekiro, ds3 and elden ring which are all crazy fast. So of course the slowest game is hated the most
Don't forget that if you manage to kill Freja on the NG+ cliff encounter before she retreats, your save will become permanently corrupted. For some reason, she's a load-bearing spider.
For those of you who don't know cliff Freja is hard coded to retreat at 50% hp and can't be damage below 50% hp as shown repeatedly in the video.
So you have to use cheats in order to cause the savefile corruption.
@@Warcrafter4 or just do enough damage in one shot before she gets that low.
@@Ghorda9you can't
@@Ghorda9The only way to inflict that ammout of damage in a single attack is with cheats.
That only happens only if you kill with petrification, which is only achievable with a cheat table. If you kill by any other means, nothing abnormal happens. If you watched (or remembered certain details) Zullie's video, you'd know this, meaning no offence of course.
I miss bonfire ascetics. It was cool to bump up the difficulty and be rewarded for it
Hehe giant lord farm go brrre
Every time I beat the Old Iron King DLC I end up resurrecting Fume Knight like 8 times with ascetics
I dont. It was a stupid mechanic. You want the rewards? Go to new game plus.
@@nemtudom5074 I do have to agree with that. It disincentivized actually going to NG+, which sucks especially since it was otherwise the only game to actually give real incentive to going into NG+.
who cares
Love the Happy Souls referance, that is a LEGENDARY animation. DS2 really was a great game
that animation is the only good thing about ds2
@@KingLich451 ruclips.net/video/bKgWm5TNeBA/видео.html
@@KingLich451 haha you obviously don't understand it...
@@KingLich451sneed
@@KingLich451the animation would go right over the heads of those that aint played the game. You can't really like the animation without liking the game because its riddled with references only players would understand.
DS2 was the only souls game I did multiple ng+ runs on, so much content to enjoy
Same except for bloodborne. Every other one has zero new per cycle which was really disappointing.
going to ng + in ds1 was servicable due to stupid slabs rarity and extra rings and chalenge . also whole process was rather fast . elden ring is worst in this regard . it needs something like ascentics badly
@@LordDeBahs Elden Ring NG could be easily improved with more Torrent wind-jump-thingies. It's so boring going from Point A to B over and over again at such a slow pace (You're skipping all the pointless dungeons so the world feels very empty). They could also just improve all the loot from dungeons or have some stronger bosses in earlier dungeons or something.
It's just so damn boring going through NG+ in ER if you're just trying to wrap up all the achievements.
@@TheAwkwardGuyElden ring is the only game I've platinumed and played like 10+ times, I don't think it's boring at all..
@@CITYZEN50 I've platinumed it and played it a lot as well.
DS2 is a game where I still discover things even after many years. Like this one Heide knight in the Gutter.
Yeah there's probably a deep lore reason for him being stuck there. Still really annoying when all you're expecting are hollows.
he just wanted to be in a quiet and pitch black peace to be alone with his thoughts just like all the other heide bros
Bro just flushed too hard.
I HATE THAT FUCKER! Keep trying to farm the Heide Greatlance from him for my Felicia the Fucking Strong cosplay build, but he always keeps dropping a piece of armour instead, which overrides the "guaranteed" weapon drop!
@@greenhowieI don't think there is. Like with grave wardens at Earthen Peak, I think they're just there
I don't think you mentioned it but item discovery increases by +150 until bonfire intensity 8 as well to a max of +375
*I'm sorry what?!* years of academy farming wasted
Finally! I knew i wasnt crazy! I always found easier to farm items on ng+2 so thats why!
holy shit almost 5 years of DS2 after SotFS came out and I NEVER noticed this, that's really cool actually, thanks for sharing
I think in Demon's Souls too. DS2 feels a lot like a sequel to DeS mechanically, sometimes.
Why is Item Discovery a hidden stat in the game; we will never know
Ah, DS2, I really did like how it mixed up NG+ to give a new challenge. You think you know an area and bam, pincer manoever by two phantoms, adds in the fight that weren't there before, and red versions of big mobs. Add to the Forlorn invaders which could spawn *anywhere*, and your NG+ playthrough could feel much different from your NG. I wish they'd done similar measures in Elden Ring.
Makes the walk to the skeleton lords a whole lot more stressful.
You have to realize that Elden Ring was meant to appeal to everyone. It's a Souls game for NonSouls players. If they added such a feature they would all complain about it. I know people who suck at DS1 and DS2 that can only hang in ER.
@@GamerDude.23my dude, the only souls game with these ng+ things is ds2. I don't think that it's a elden ring issue, if anything it's a ds3 issue
@@GamerDude.23 Nah, they also took out the expanded ng+ in DS3 too. I feel this is a general "ignoring good ideas from DS2" issue.
@@Dragostorm21well he’s right. Ds3 and elden ring ended up so shallow because ds2 tried to be creative and the stuck up pathetic community lost their shit. “Huh!?!? I have to time my rolls!?”
I wished 2 got the development time it needed. These guys were cooking up some cool and interesting stuff and I want to see what the fully baked product would have been like.
This game and Alpha Protocol are the ones that come to mind where I wish they would get remakes just to help the actual vision get seen through.
They did, until FromSoft decided to remove like 90% of it so console players can play it.
Thank you.
@@YourLocalRaiderthat makes no sense
@@shakibahmed6044 Game was overloaded that only high-end PCs (of it's time) were able to play it. So, Team-B had to start from scratch again with a shorter development time, using what was left because of FromSoft.
@@YourLocalRaiderusual madeup lies by people who still larp in console wars
I think Bloodborne was the one game that could have benefitted most from these NG+ changes, since the base game was pretty short. Imagine if some of the Chalice Dungeon bosses were just wandering around Yharnam in NG+
Also bonfire ascetics. Also best souls ignored by Miyazakey
Facts. Hope someone makes a mod like that if the game ever comes to PC.
@@acethedisgrace4479 its never coming, maybe ps6 remaster, sony probably doesnt care anymore, even if its one of its most sold games
Elden Ring is probably the second candidate, just due to its sheer size.
The best/worst part is that there was a basic framework for this through Insight. Coming to early places with high Insight could have allowed odd stuff to happen.
Instead it kinda does nothing
Honestly, DS2 had some pretty neat stuff. They put a lot of love into ng+ for this one that the other titles in the series just don’t have.
Other titles have more love put into base ng and that's why they are better
They spitballed a lot of ideas and some were great, but some of them made the game nearly unplayable
@@orionweiss5418Like the infinitely respawning wraiths in the Undead Crypt
@@anonecki Eh, I was more thinking critical game variables changing(adp), a gank centric philosophy which was nothing but toxic, weapons breaking constantly, or the start of the deliberate bs enemy attack delay that sadly got carried to Elden Ring, but there are many more options
@@anoneckiskill issue. Just Destroy the statues.
Bonfire Ascetic was awesome. It allowed me to make pvp builds while staying on NG0
i mean, the only game that let u spawn a bossfight if u want to fight it again, best item ever made fr fr
"I can't believe it comes in vanilla!"
In the Crown of the Old Iron King DLC there are some red variants of enemies that only appear on NG+7 and I haven't seen anything about this anywhere. For example there's a red iron warrior next to the 2 normal ones just before Foom Knight
the extra phantoms make replaying that DLC especially dreadful lol, as if it wasn't already painful enough to go through them on higher NG+ runs.
First time hearing about this! Wild.
*Fume
@@k0rriban Fun*
Foom
The Happy Souls bit just hit me with so much nostalgia. I've been replaying DS2 SotFS lately so this was *chef's kiss* and now I am even more determined to dig up NG+ shenanigans. Thanks so much!
They are unique red phantoms encounters in 2nd DLC at ng+7:
-Ash soldier duo (near 1-st bonfire)
-Possessed Armor (next to iron scepter tower fog wall)
-Possessed Armor (before bridge to the maldron tower)
-Minotaur boi (tower key pickup)
-Minotaur boi (before fume knight)
Thx
Oh good, that area definitely was lacking in enemies
Can you do a video on how DS2 is the only Souls game that is allowed to be colorful but still feel dark? I can’t be the only one who appreciates this. I love DS2’s color palette!
Much as I love Dark Souls 2, Dark 1 is also pretty colorful. Not as much as 2. But yeah, 3 is pretty ugly and washed out. Dark 2 is absolutely the most vibrant and colorful of them, and feels no less dark.
That's not really the style of his channel. He covers objective stuff, data and numbers. That would be a subjective video just about aesthetics.
@@JinTekytaI feel like Dark Souls III's grey and washed out color was probably a purposeful design choice in order to reinforce the themes of ash and the coming end of the world. Unfortunately, it has the side effect of making everything kind of... drab.
@@darkphoenix2Aesthetics counts as useless data.
Dark Souls 2 feels to colorful and bright for a souls game.
I love Limit Breakers’ combination of careful research and great meme placement. Truly one of the RUclipsrs of our time.
The meme placement is truly unmatched, even ones I don't get are still funny because of the relevance, context and timing.
"i got a ring in there last night" made me double take, it was too good
@@frankgrimes7388 How and why are you in a Limit Breakers comment section?
MORBIUS
Fun fact: Freja appears outside her arena in the day one release of Dark Souls 2 as well!
Additionally her arena slows player movement like a swamp and torches have no effect on spiders in that version.
wait for real? i don't know how i missed it, i played the original day one version in 2016 because i didn't have wifi at home at the moment
Oh sounds *fun*
I swear I remembered fighting her before NG+ because I didn't do tons of NG+. Thanks for confirming why that is.
That sounds awful
I KNEW IT! I totally remembered fighting her there when I played the original way back when. Over the years I just ended up assuming that I must have gotten far into NG+ and just forgotten.
i love when you cover DS2 stuff, brings back memories especially with all the little references to Ds2 specific stuff from around the time it came out
god i love ds2
The only souls game to offer and do anything of significance for playing through it more than once.
its a shame the one game to do it has mid pve compared to the others
lol imagine referring to the entirety of a game as “pve”
DS3 had something until the ringed city destroyed it
@@15wuhaopoopy take
I think for the other games it's so you can fight the fun bosses again without making separate saves right before them. Which is another problem DS2 fixed, with Bonfire Ascetics.
The editing on your videos has been absolutely top-notch as of late. Keep up the great work!
Gotta agree, this video was a banger. One of his best to this date! Hope he doesnt set this bar for every of his videos lmao. Dude is going to burn out
I love your DS2 content, its refreshing to see it still show up this late into your youtube game. Helicopterman lives rent free in my head.
Speen 2 ween 🥹
I played hundreds of hours in every DS and elden ring and ds2 was still the most special. Rock on.
The quality of this video editing is really special. As a long time fan of Happy Souls this really made my day with all the references.
I LITERALLY just beat ds2 ng+ for the first time as part of my platinum grind and then this video drops. awesome stuff oldman
@@goggles789 I've had dark souls 2 since around 2020 on various platforms, had beat every boss a year or so later and now I'm finally deciding to true 100% the game
The video didn't explain it but the chancelor wellager shop update lets you buy covenant items so you don't have to score 500 points in the pvp covenants!
@@suedonnym for sunbros just get summoned for bosses (i found dukes dear freja great for getting summoned) TRUST ME it is *NOT* worth grinding falconers for the sunlight medal drop, even with near max item find, also use the ng++ chancellor so you dont need to do the pvp covenants for the last couple spells
These are the best advice i can give you as someone who also 100% it
@@darkjackl999 already did falconers, only achievement left for me to do is master of hexes lol. and yeah the chancellor is great considering how dead blue arena is
I'm 100% sure that the healer Amana priestess is in the base game, it's been a while but I'm pretty sure she's just before the third bonfire of the area, in the Scholar version at least
I remember one healing everyone while I was getting ganked. I think it's in the regular version of the game with no NG+.
I only ever play base NG in Dark Souls and recall the unarmed priestess being there, I remember following her around a bit when I realized she was harmless when alone.
in scholar there's 2, one just before the third bonfire (on the small indent left of fog gate) and one just after (surrounded by both archdrake and priestess and couple of lizardmen for good measure)
I can confirm that there are at least 2 of them in NG0 in SOTFS, the first is located in the last gank before the cave with the bonfire and the bugs, and the second is located in the arena right after the bugs
In SoTFS there's two in ng. Base game she only appears in ng+
This channel should have 5x the subscribes with how much love and care goes into these videos. Thank you for continuing to make amazing content!
the multifaceted/super layered and thoughtful editing in your videos is truly something to be admired/immensely proud of :3
The editing of this videos is sick!
Some background music I know of for those who are interested
3:41 Wood Carving Partita (Library theme) - Castlevania Symphony of the Night
6:16 Main Theme - Resident Evil Outbreak File 1 (also known as 'So Many Options')
9:15 Merchant Theme 'Serenity' - Resident Evil 4
12:20 Battle Theme - Final Fantasy X
Because I’m a nerd, here are some more tracks I knew myself:
1:49 Sootopolis city - Pokémon R/S/E
6:35 Checker Dance - Deltarune (Chapter 1)
7:55 Provincial Town - Final Fantasy 7
11:21 Shop - Undertale
13:36 The Circus - Deltarune (Chapter 1)
14:35 Nyeh Heh Heh! (Intro) + Bonetrousle - Undertale
16:31 Ice Cavern - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
19:09 Break The Targets? (I’m not exactly sure if this is the correct track, but it sounds a lot like a rendition of the Smash 64 track) - Super Smash Bros.
19:59 Dogcheck - Deltarune
21:45 Spider Dance - Undertale
6:37 ?
Any leads on what the song is for 13:50 ? It's a heavily bass boosted, slowed version of *something* that I can't quite put my finger on.
@@ImpulsiveZombie It’s SMOKE by Cowbell Cult. I found it by looking up ‘Bass boosted skeleton’.
0:39 We Are Thieves! From Final Fantasy IX
I still think the way NG+ was done had some inspiration from the Gravelord system in Dark Souls 1 (where in NG+ the red phanom enemies would appear when gravelorded), but man did I really enjoy the fact they properly changed it up. For all Dark Souls 2s issues, it has my most play time for a few reasons and NG+s actually being interesting (and worthwhile) is among them.
Which got that idea from the Tendency system of Demon’s Souls adding new encounters and items exclusive to dark or light world.
You and Ymfah are by far the most entertaining Souls content creators. Great video!
Content creator? You mean youtuber?
The more time passers and the more people appreciate just how good DS2 is. Truly a masterpiece
For a game that went through development hell it truly is an amazing game, alot of people don't really give it a proper chance or don't pay close enough attention to some stuff such as attack animations and call it garbage, for example pursuer clipping all those people's feet, if you frame by frame it or have a trained eye like me you can see clear as day it hit them but everyone is like "OMG THIS GAME IS GARBAGE WHAT IS THE HITBOX, SKILL ISSUE FR OMG YOU'RE DUMB FOR PLAYING THIS AND DEFENDING IT" or this big one lmfao "ADP IS DUMB YOU NEED LIKE 35 TO HAVE GUD DODGE ROLLS" it's called stfu and learn the timings, just cause ds2 isn't a rolling simulator doesn't mean it's bad you in fact can dodge pretty well every attack in the game with the base 5 I-frames from bandit and guess what? level their adp 5 times and you get 8 wow no need to do 32 levels for an extra 4 I-frames when you can just get good
@@lGhostWolfel 'trained eye like me" LMFAOO you sound angry lol
@@spideyfan1024 Apparently saying you have experience with a game makes you angry? That's the first I've heard this, you must be just maturing
@@lGhostWolfel You know you're right. It doesn't make you angry. It makes you sound like a pretentious douchebag. Also, I'm definitely older than you. :)
@@lGhostWolfelpeople legit defend pursuers hitbox to defend the game lmao
One of the best dark souls videos I have ever seen. It shows a lot of love for ds2
the only bad thing about this video is when it ends :(
love this content and i love dark souls 2
The skeleton is actually wearing Vendrick's crown for some reason, but he's the coolest nontheless
I missed the part where that's my problem.
A couple of the skeletons seemingly have "insolent" equipment/armour; "relics of a party of once-proud clerics, they once attempted to subdue the undead-crypt...for this reason their deaths stand postponed; sentries to protect it from greater extrusions/attacks", they're seemingly graverobbers; hence the royal artifacts (I've long-since thought that Vendrick's resting place, was once the Royal Crypt; hence its location in the underground part of the Drangliec Castle area), the Undead Crypt reflects Vendrick's/the story of his kingdom thematically well.
They're in Majulas mansion basement also, the same one holding the smashed Lord-vessel. Interesting... Majula is an abandoned encampment/settlement/town on the road towards Drangliecs Castle abode. Hence the abandoned armourer/Black Smith Shop, I've always suspected the mansion is Aldias, he likely occupied it long before he secluded himself in his manor/keep...
Vendrick? More like picklerick
@@a2izo Deepest lore
Deepest lore: those skeletons are you from previous playthroughs!
I still miss the replayability that provided
Why do you miss it? Go play it.
no seriously, grab some friends and do a NG++ campaign, it's still so much fun
I missed the part where that's my problem.
That was a great intro!! Also, I love the Happy Souls reference @ 2:09!!
If you jump attack the pacifist amana priestess with certain weapon (like a shield iirc) she'll get knocked down and stay knocked down. It looks pretty funny.
Missed "I have fallen" opportunity :
Happened to me and she just stayed in the water like she was drowned
same with the blue apostles in crypt, works with drumstick
The amount of work that went into this video is astounding. I am always impressed with the amount of high quality content you push out but this video in particular is completely amazing. The inside jokes, sound effects, music, everything meshed so well together! Great job and thank you for the laughs!
YES I am all here for dark souls 2 praise 😩 I seriously think the game and lore are super underrated. The discovery that the age of fire or darkness is a cycle by showcasing it in a completely new setting is honestly such good storytelling.
Everytime I hear someone praise DS2, lore would be up in the list for most people so I don't think it's underrated. Sekiro is by far the most underrated lore-wise in comparison, not many people hold it in high regard on that aspect.
DS2 is the Souls game with the best experimental ideas
They weren't afraid of trying something new
ds2 still has the best great sword swing down animation ^^
and personally i love all the parry animations in the game especially bare handed parrys
dat back hand fist parry doe
Best pvp, best ng+, best fashion soul, best weapons (nothing like bone fists santier spear etc in any other games)
I rlly wish elden ring dlc is gonna have a very unique fists weapon
Ds2 is the most fun of the series, both Pve and PvP were good
This is why I love Grime so much, they made so many boss and enemy changes for their "NG+", and it makes me long for more from FromSoft's NG+'s in their games
I would kill for a full ds2 remake one day, this game had such an incredible vision that wasn't realized.
Watch, in 30 years a dev team is gonna get the rights to do a remake and it's gonna be the best video game ever.
Agreed! Dark Souls 2 Needs a Remake!! They need to make sure to remove Soul Memory mechanic, add 2nd phases for important bosses and add character name visibility.
@@GamerDude.23probably also remove adp, and maybe even realize some of the weird ideias they had
Still the objectively best in the series. I think ds1 should get a proper remake, not a bluepoint remake that’s just a graphical overhaul. Ds1 was a fucking mess
@@Dragostorm21 Yeah we can do without Adp but Yui and Tomohiro had the balls to try new creative things. Sure a few ideas missed the mark But overall the game is Great because of their ideas. Not to mention Miyazaki rolled over some of their ideas in to DS3 and ER.
The editing is actually exquisite. This is premium content.
First time I played Dark Souls II I knew it was the best and also knew as time went by folks would see the genius behind it. Everyone bashing it now love the game from circle of friends
DS2 is not only a huge game with lots of content and lots of stuff to do, they actually improved all of that and added extremely tricky layers of complexity to the NG+, to the point that it looks almost revamped, very much improved and definitely more complicated. One good example is the fight with the Lost Sinner, where two piro invaders show up to the fight, making stuff at least thrice as hard, now. It was, for me, the real form of Dark Souls II, with the initial run just being a warm up.
I will never understand the hate this game gets. Terrific video, truly one of the best dark souls videos I've ever seen.
Ppl r mad cuz bad no Cap.
It's cause it looks like shit, sounds like shit, feels like shit, has terrible level design and half the hitboxes don't work at all. Hope you are now enlightened
@@AtreyusNinja Every problem they complain about is either skill issue or lack of knowledge, it's consistent too unlike their arguments when defending their game of choice but hating it when DS2 does it.
because the only game they like is dark souls, they don´t want something different
@@juri_6969 im notba ds2 hater i enjoyed it but why would you make a game called dark souls 2. And not make it like dark souls 1? That defeats the point of it being called dark spuls 2 and not a unique IP.
I love this aspect of the game so much! It's been unironically breathtaking to find all the new items and enemies when playing on NG+ for the very first time.
Incredible editing as always :D
Oh boy oh boy! Another juicy DS2 video from Limit Breakers
Your videos are of great value to me! Alot of humor, Alot of wit, I'm excited evertime i see a video pop up
I never understood why DS2's NG+ model was never used again.
At the time people weren't happy with the idea that the games difficulty often stemmed from adding more enemies rather than the bosses being genuinely tough on their own. like the bell gargoyles going from 2, to 8. Minions being spawned in boss rooms. So they likely scrapped actually altering later playthroughs to be safe.
I did like that if you beat the game either without dying or without using a bonfire, it awarded you a ring. one made your left weapon invisible, the other the right one.
The editing between this and the last video is absolutely fantastic. Love in every stitch.
No wait! In SOFTS, that harmless priestess shows up in NG too! I’ve seen her dancing around
Yes shes one of the last enemies before the cave with the middle bonfire.
Yeah I was surprised when I played Scholar. Vanilla didn’t have her there and I though she would be firing magic at me too
The male pyromancer in Lost Sinner's fight looks a lot like Laurentius, I wonder if that was intentional
Looks like moist critical
Dark Souls II has by far the most steadfast fans. It's a pity that this game is either derided or dismissed as Dark Souls' black sheep. It's not a good souls game; it's an incredible one!
Dark Souls 1 goes downhill after Anor Londo, Dark Souls 3 feels like a greatest hits rather than a true sequel, whereas Dark Souls 2, despite its many flaws, is more consistent than 1 (without reaching 1's peaks), and more distinct than 3
Best Souls 2
@@Relugus I also prefer the approach taken by DS2 as a sequel. It has its own story and barely some references to the past game in a distant past, in my opinion the worst part was recycling Ornstein. If they ever make a sequel to Bloodborne, I want the DS2 approach, not DS3 approach (Remember Siegmayer? Remember Asylum Demon?, etc)
@@ulaznar DS2 is more of a side story. Literally nothing that happens in it is relevant to the main story arc, you can skip it entirely and lose nothing from the narrative. While 3 is far too referential, 2 is like a fan-made spin-off.
@@protokyuubi4269 The "main story arc" only exists because DS3 decided to be a direct sequel instead of being a "side story" as DS2.
If Bloodborne had a sequel, I would prefer a new story instead of recycling the characters from the first game.
The production quality here is just insane
Editing on this whole video made me laugh so hard. Great stuff and spot on!
With DS2 it really feels like they were going for something on the scale of Elden Ring, but with way too limited resources.
That might be top 10 best intros in any video ever
These are fun.
Ds2 is my favorite one, but I’m learning more as time goes on.
this editing is SO GOOD
You are going to get a lot more content out of DS2 than any of the others. Its an awesome game and a true sequal.
Only a few seek, a deepee dark.
There's a game called Steelrising. It's a soulslike set during alternative history French revolution, where you're playing an automaton dancer/bodyguard of queen Marie-Antoinette, fighting against an automaton army of Clockwork King Ludovic.
In Steelrising NG+, there's new types of enemies with new tricks (not just reskins, they have new weapons and moves, too), new weapons and new modules (kinda like rings in DS). Best NG+ I've seen in a soulslike.
I much preferred DS2's approach to fanservice than DS3. Lots of sets and weapons from DS1 could still be found in the game but the majority of it was hidden from plain view through the NG cycle etc, which let DS2 have its own look and feel on the surface but all the DS1 stuff still obtainable (and lore). Whereas DS3 was just memberberries from start to finish
True, also DS3 linearity suck so much.
@@AtreyusNinjatbf the individual areas are pretty damn good
They only made 3 such aggressive fanservice because the "look and feel" of DS2 fell flat on its face. They didn't have confidence in making something new, so they leaned hard on nostalgia to avoid making the mistake of DS2 again.
I agree and love how respectful the tie-in to the Lord Souls is while letting the game be itself
@@protokyuubi4269 I played DS2 after DS1 and DS3 and I think you are absolutely wrong. Fashion souls at its peak, still in denial are you.
DS2 is amazing. It's the only one to actually have a NG+ worth a damn.
Great nostalgic video. Last time I watched one of your videos many years ago, it was a beefy sorcerer build. Couple days ago rediscovered your channel.
The memes, music, and references to old videos always land perfectly.
I’m fairly certain NG+ let’s you buy the dragonrider armor from Magerold. And there’s a mimic in the iron keep right before the belfry bonfire
I believe it's ng+2 but yeah, he does
Wasn't there also some stuff about a set that only drops in +5 or something
I think it was from the spear guys outside the looking glass knight boss door
Though that might've been the base game, it has been quite a some time
@@MadjGBI think what you're referring to is the minotaur helmet.
@@MadjGB
There's stuff that keeps getting added up to NG+8, I believe
It's dramatically less per cycle after the first, and I forget if there's any dead cycles in there.
But also Item Discovery keeps increasing per cycle up to +8
the armor getting stretched to fit you moving makes it ass for me.
The lore behind NG+ was that with every cycle, you got deeper into said cycle and started to thread through fabric of reality. Thats why you also meet seldom "lost" enemies in form of red phantoms.
Dark souls 2 best souls.
Best Souls 2
Best souls period
I love how onlywaifu got people to play ds2 again cause he mentioned how kickass pvp was.
After seeing the uptick in online activity made my heart fly.
Love the references. Good to see some DS2 appreciation.
I love this Freja Undertale sequence, it really shows how much care you put into this videos, BEAR SEEK SEEK LEST lmao. Almost as much effort as HIDING MIRACLE BUILDS FROM US
Yes. I was disappointed first in DS3 and then in ER that there are no changes in NG+. And doing no deaths-no bonfire run was fun.
I love your videos man. Especially the ones about ds2. You show all the unique stuff this gem of a game has
Thank you! What a great video. Dark Souls 2 just has something special that the other two don't. It's so hellish and fun at the same time. My old save is still patiently waiting for me to start NG+ and this video makes me really excited for it.
This video was amazing. So well done. From the SOULFELD sketch Down to the hip-hop accompanying the skeletons. Thank you for this🙏
So much time and effort went into this, holy crap.
It's stunningly pathetic just how angry soulborne fans get when this game comes up. They'll act like being the worst souls game (it probably isn't) is some unforgivable crime, and here you are still making awesome content in it's honor. Old Man you are the fucking GOAT of soulsborne youtubers. Bar none.
So True
I prefer Ds2 to all the other Souls series. And I get them.rxtta mad because I prefer Nioh 1 and Nioh 2 to the other Souls games also.
I'm honestly stunned that challenges similar "no die" and "no resting" per run hasn't returned. Honestly, it was one of my favorite parts of DS2. DS2 had a lot of small, yet cool ideas shown in this video and I think would have been more appreciated in a better game, so thanks for showcasing it all!
The structure of next games simply won't allow these challenges. Firelink in DS3 isn't connected to the other world so without bonfire you can't move anywhere and ER is simply way to huge. Also these games doesn't have lifegems so good luck finishing them without healing
@@MsUndertaker99 but you could finish ds3 no deaths.
So many things to appreciate in this game. And damn, that unique Shadow's mask looks so cool! We need that in Elden Ring!
your editing is really great, I'm impressed
I don't even know how it's possible to produce such quality videos, especially while they're still really informative. Fantastic work, grandpa
The discussion nobody wanted cuz they hate to admit it😂
DS 2 is my most replayed entry in all soulsborne games.
The maps variety, unique item variety and even starting paths made your head spin at first.
Then playin mundane mushy gray ds3 makes ds2 even better.
Oh God when I saw how ds3 was considered the best all I had were flashbacks to brown and gray like someone shat on a rock and called it the best souls game. Just goes to show the fan base doesn't want challenge, it wants giant bosses in big square rooms and unlimited stamina from the start. I literally never leveled stamina once and never struggled. Such a casual experience.
@@stinkfinga4918i clearly remember them in interviews discussing making this next title (DS3) more accessible to newcomers.
Lots more advertising, game felt more commercial overall..followed that same appeal for Elden Ring, most likely building a pre fan base ahead of time
DS2 is still inferior to ds3 in quite literally everything lmao
Hey man, I also think Dark Souls 2 was the franchise's best time ever. So much creativity, so many memories. Plus the movement of the genre, the game was able to accommodate new ideas, if not all of them were cool, but most of them. I miss that time.
People only hate on DS2 for the weird roll physics and the content creators back then constantly bashing on soul memory based PvP
I'll never be embarrassed to admit that DS2 is still one of my favorite FromSoft games.
I love this, I hope you create more DS content like this.
wait a minute, hold up, you got some !!!MISINFO!!!!
***!!!THE PAINTED GUARDIAN SET, YOU DO NOT NEED TO FIGHT THE BOSS EVERYTIME YOU CAN KEEP POPPING AESTHETICS, AND THE CATARINA SET IS ALSO IN A SIMILAR SITUATION!!!!***
I wanna seggs this commint
"My brother in christ, you're the one that sold me this set" 😂
Best From game ever. I love what they carried forward like dual wielding but miss the NG+ stuff
Tbf elden ring dont have power stance, it has Dual wielding, meanwhile in ds2 weapons to the left are rlly good even w/o power stance, and then thx to the power stance we even have more movesets 💗
(as well weapon arts and even parry with weapons)
@@AtreyusNinja i knew that would come up, and yeah Ds2 did it way better than ER. I just wish I could hop on and get the same amount of invasions, duels, and co op I do on ER.
thats why ds2 is way better than any other soulsbonr game, you never get bored of the new things you discover every NG+
Thank you for another great video, old man.
DS2 asserting its dominance, as per usual.