I've never been so surprised by subscriber count in my life. I click off this video onto your channel to see if you did this for the other souls games and my jaw dropped when I saw how new your channel is. You're going places, places far better than the shrine of Amana.
As a die hard advocate of this game, I wish more people consciously understood that this game is trying to do different things than the first, because I feel that makes it much easier to appreciate. I much appreciate your willingness to meet the game on its own terms despite your own opinions, which are valid.
This person said nothing significant. They fall into the same moronic comments that all the other braindead idiots who improperly malign this game. DS2 is the secret best one and it's a good way to measure whether a content creator actually knows what they are talking about. I can't take a person seriously if they run at an enemy on a narrow platform, die, and then blame the game for it. And they broke chests. What an idiot.
Each fromsoft game tried to be different. Then when ds2 received so much unwarranted backlash, even when the devs were trying 10x harder than the main team to patch it and make the dlc’s, and bloodborne recieved very little overall attention they just decided “huh, let’s make ds3 a lazy surface level copy of what people liked in bloodbornes gameplay and then make everything else a lazy carbon copy of the first game bc everybody loves it” they tried to be different again with sekiro and it’s not as critically acclaimed as the first game or ds3. “Too difficult… too different. I had to try to beat bosses. Ds3 didn’t make me try this hard” they said. The community hates difficulty contrary to how much they pride themselves on being fans of “difficult games”… ds2 does some difficult things but they call it unfair, elden ring spams aoe’s and ganks like a drug addict abuses heroine and they call it good game design and true difficulty. Sekiro made it so you have to be skilful but that’s too much for them. So they went and made elden ring, a really surface level empty ass open world with somewhat improved elements from ds3 but more artificial difficulty and reused assets….still got 10/10 masterpiece reviews 2 hours after launch, constant critical acclaim and a rabid cult like following basically dog piling anyone who who makes 100% deserved criticisms of the game etc etc I’m a defender of ds2 and a big fan of blood borne, you can’t argue against this community. They have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about and have no ability to understand why they’re wrong or how they could be blamed for a game seeming bad. Their opinion is always right, their limited experience is dogma and the popular opinion is gospel truth. “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”
@@Amandor2011 Dumbass alert. Hitboxes have been trash in every game. On top of the input problems, on top of the instability, and now on top of the L2 spam in ER, on top of the broken rolling and healing thanks to DS3 and Bloodborne. At DS2 was the only game well designed enough were everything didn't approach a one-shot singularity. I doubt you even understand what I just said. Go home kid.
As someone who's currently trying to get all achievements in SotFS, you have my utmost respect. Old Iron Keep makes me feel like I'm having an aneurysm
@@caspertheemoghost1482 I eventually just had to grind out all the enemies until they stopped respawning. After the first big room with the archers and Alonne Captains, it wasn't so bad
This is fantastic work, genuinely captivates the more you watch, I thoroughly enjoyed this, from the pacing, to script writing, I can tell you've got a grand future ahead of you. Keep creating, I look forward to more!
its been a year since this video came out, but now that im watching i see how hard you made certain aspects of this game for yourself whether it was just how you went through an area, or what items you used. Brings a smile to my face
Man, this gave me genuine whiplash seeing you only had 295 subs and 2.5k views on this video. Might as well make that 296 subs! This was a really great video!
I love how this franchise can just give life to so many RUclips Channels. I can't even count how many small channels gained a huge popularity boost from making an Dark Souls Analysis/Commentary/Achievement Hunt/Challenge Run. Maybe Souls fans are just that desperate for more content, idk. Good video though.
ty. I guess since the bar entry for most videos take a lot of effort people are willing to watch them? I'm honestly really surprised with the reception to this video
I did not know you weren’t some big souls channel, honestly edits were good, mic quality was good, and was a very entertaining video all around, can’t wait to see you grow in the future bro
I know how grueling the achievement hunt is for the second game, done it quite some time ago. Mostly without a guide per se, just written down EVERYTHING i needed to get for the achievement, with some info on where to get the most cumbersome things. Good job on completing the game two times, although you missed the snowy fun house hehe
Dude when I glance at your subscriber count, I was incredibly surprised that you only have about 200 subs. New subscriber here. keep up the great work hopefully you make more souls content like this.
Big whoop I platinumed it and it was even my first one to finish. It hasnt cured my depression but it instill the idea that banging my head against a brick wall that something will eventually break it.
I'm not trying to convince you, but to me, it's a flawed masterpiece. It's my favorite of the 3 dark souls games, but I feel like it does have some flaws
Its definitely highly flawed But I love this game to death Currently I'm farming to get all the spells, miracles and piromancies so to get all the achivements
@@caspertheemoghost1482flaws that they should’ve fixed for Scholar instead of introducing more (blocking off a tutorial area? Why?) Scholar overall just makes the game worse and 99% of the complaints are over that version. Some areas in vanilla have so few enemies you think “that’s it?”
Words can't describe how satisfying was to finally reach Wellager at Drangelic Castle to buy the remaining miracles and pyromancy after speedrunning NG++ and see the last achievements pop up one after another.
I remember 2 years ago playing the first quarter of dark souls 1 remastered with my buddy whose a fromsoft vet. Held my hand the whole time and we blitz through the two bells. Then stuff came up and we had to stop. I came back to dark souls 2 which I bought years before when it went on sale but had to play alone since the servers were down. It was the hardest gaming experience of my life but I beat the game twice on new game + with two different characters. Being alone with no one to aid me and going fully blind was such a wild experience that I fell in love with scholar of the first sin. I died so many times but I kept hacking away until I’d clear an area and use the souls to become stronger. I eventually got a copy for my younger brother so I could co op with him and get him use to souls games before elden ring. The games so much easier with two people but is also a really fun experience as I’d do a faith strength build while he became a hex dex warrior. He honestly liked the game a lot and looked forward to playing together as we fought each boss. I love dark souls 2 for the teaching me to get gud and giving my brother and I a game to share.
There are a few items and methods that would have made your experience A LOT less painful: -Whips can be used to break spitting statues and pots without getting too close. Does not consume anything (like throwing knives), you don't need to meet the stats, and the whip can be broken. -bows. Specifically, you can put a fire infusion on a short bow, for minimal stat requirements, and then apply the fire effect to regular cheap arrows. Additionally, stock up on poison arrows, and cheese almost all of the regular enemies from a distance. The poison build up does not depend the bow's level -small summon soapstone is the best, and it's sad it wasn't added to DS3 or Elden Ring. Allows you to be summoned into a player's world for a short amount of time without actually having to commit to beating the boss. If you successfully complete your mission, it's like having sat at a bonfire, but without respawning the enemies. I'm currently replaying the game, and using the crown of the Old Iron King, I have turned myself into a mobile bonfire, being able to cast healing and repair, as well as weapon buffs. The crown restores 20% (rounded up) of your spells every 2 minutes. That's what I used when I did a no death/ no bonfire run on a NG+ character.
The whole situation with dark souls 2 reminds me a lot of the twilight princess situation. Both black sheep that were generally disliked on release, but with time people started looking past the flaws and saw what a truly special and great game they both are. Dark souls 2 and twilight princess are both my favorites in their series'.
Honestly, getting every achievement in DS2 was a lot easier than some people made it out to be. Like, for a while I was under the impression it was near impossible because of how some of the covenants work but like, you don't have to level any of those because the true bro of Dark Souls, Ghosty McGhostface, has your back.
Doesn't help you now, but grinding the giant lord using bonfire ascetics is an easy and fast soulfarm. You end up getting 300k at max difficulty, more with soul boosting items, and it takes 3-4 minutes each run.
Honestly, respect for picking Deprived. It's definitely the most difficult in any of the games, and therefore more rewarding. At least in my opinion. Starting with essentially nothing and slowly gathering an arsenal as the game progresses will never get old, especially in this game
@@Migamations I'd definitely be interested in seeing what you could do with more Souls-borne-ekiro-ring content in the future. Maybe other achievement videos or modded playthroughs. Either way, keep up the good content. And I hope there was at least a bit of enjoyment for you with DS2... lol. It's still probably the weakest entry of the Fromsoft games of Demon Souls and beyond, but if you're the right type of crazy, I've still found it to be an enjoyable experience. (I am that type of crazy)
Only thing in DS2 i have left to do other than beat the final bosses on my 2nd playthrough is to collect the required amount of special souls to break all the ice in the dlc
Another way to see if the Belfry Sol invader is present is to kill EVERY enemy in Belfry Sol so they stop respawning, then while at the bonfire, cast that one miracle that finds the invader or nearest enemy. If the invader is present, he is the closest enemy to that bonfire, and it’ll go into the sky. Otherwise it’ll float towards the Alonne Knights.
The best way to counter sir Alonne's grab attack is to strafe it to the right. Just run right (Alonne's left side and it won't hit). Or have a ton of adp
For anyone watching this thinking of doing this and not looking forward to grinding sunlight medals: Go to brightstone cave tseldora, knock down the towers with falconers, then run behind the wall and cast promised walk of peace. After that cast soul appease 2 or 3 times until all the falconers die. It's a bit more falconer kills/hr if you are willing to invest into int and faith. Or beg someone online to do a DS2 run where they summon you for every boss using passwords and that one ring
'i have life gems they cant hurt me'🤓 idk why but that line just killed me I cant stop laughing at it other than that it was an enjoyable video like always :>
This the best Dark souls imo, played it first and it truly has the best balance of, fun quirky gameplay and a load of secrets and interesting things that always make you look around and find something new
I find people enjoy or dont enjoy DS2 mostly based on how fast they like to play. DS2 has a LOT of enemies, but the vast majority of them are actually split up initially. People that like to run into areas aggro everything and once and then get frustrated by it thinking its intentionally bad design. Players that are more patient and kill every enemy as they go recognize the ambushes before they activate. I think it has the problem of being the second game with the same name, so people expect it to be more of the sake, when instead it's very experimental. For example, if you actually enter Iron Keep slowly and wait for the enemies to come to YOU, you can easily pick them off one by one.
Miguel, i Was using your videos as an guide to the Platinum, Just a hint for someone also doing it, instead of farming souls or doing the complete game tô ng++ Just use bonfire ascetic on the rotten boss figth and kill him like 20 times, Will give you souls enough to buy all spells/miracles/pyromancies and also make you skip the game a lot by killing him to get 3 million souls to open drangleic castle
This was a great video and I'm glad RUclips recommended it to me! You definitely deserve more views and subs! (Also I'm legally obliged to hate you now since Dark Souls 2 is my favorite Souls game. . .)
Wait am I reading this right? Only 2k views? only 274 subs? (275 now) I'm leaving this comment here for others when the algorithm realizes you're one of the best youtubers on the planet.
If anyone has the OG version for ps3(not SOTFS) if you go to Majula and go behind the world death count statue(if messages can still appear) can someone tell me if the message that says “visions of happiness” is still there?.. it’s my message and I wrote that the day my mother died..this was the only game she watched me and my brother beat and it holds a special place in my heart. She loved the view of the water I wrote it almost a decade ago Love you all❤️
DS2 is easily my fav Dark Souls just because of the fact the story is actually understandable and the common person can piece together what is happening without creating fan theory.
DS2 was my first souls game! I am a huge fan of the perma-clear feature; defeat an enemy 12 times and it won't respawn? GODSEND. No matter how many times I fall, if I take EVEN ONE enemy with me, I have made progress towards that safe, silent, empty level. Gave me a huge feeling of accomplishment and safety, when I can walk thru Iron Keep without getting knocked off narrow ledges. Playing DS1 after, I got burnt out from always feeling unsafe in every level, constantly losing my souls because I dropped them further ahead of where I could reliably get back to... I felt punished for exploration, especially in the dark Catacombs and those skeleton-dogs. The long walks between areas like Bilghttown and Firelink, or between the first and second bonfire in Anor Londo, really made me get tired of the cool visuals. On the other hand, I understand how DS1 players, trying to run thru DS2 areas and NOT perma-clear them, find the enemy hordes to be excessive. I don't think the DS2 design is horrible, I just think it requires patience and the intentional use of the perma-clear feature. The same way the pre-Lord-Vessel part of DS1 requires patience with ALL THE WALKING between areas, which I DID NOT have, lol.
A fun fact about Dark Souls 2 even most guides and youtubers don't seem to know: wielding a torch means spiders won't attack you unprovoked. This makes parts of the game a lot easier. This also works on the adds during the Freja fight.
@@danielwagner2034 I suppose I could look it up on Google or perhaps even RUclips. That would probably be quicker than the words I am typing right now. I can't be arsed though, it will remain a mystery. Scholars in the future can work it out. Screw those guys.
Xbox really messed me up getting all achievements because sometimes it would just refuse to unlock... So if it's something you can only do once per playthrough you get to do it all again yippie.
Shrine of Amana and iron keep get way easier if you use these special, mythical items called RANGED WEAPONS. Dark souls 2 has regular bows that scale off of strength, and crossbows are easy to find and can be used in the offhand easily, there's no excuse or reason not to use one other than foolishness or stubbornness. Seriously though, bow in your second main weapon slot, or crossbow in your offhand and 1-handing your main weapon, and this game is much less difficult, especially iron keep/amana
So you played this game with a guide? The fact that you didn't die to the Pursuer (he said his first real death happened in Heide's tower) and knew how to avoid his attacks, and how to chease Dragonrider make me think so.
I wanna say you could've cut down on the grind immensely by using bonfire ascetics but I think not having a plan and doing something like this is much more fun. Pretty good!
2:45 Pate: "Hey, careful with that gate there, it's definitely a trap. I wouldn't recommend you go in, but it's your call I guess" Player: "He's a dick. He tricks me into walking into a trap!" Look, not saying he ISN'T a dick, but I never understood how that dialogue could ever be interpreted as "tricks".
I can appreciate many of the criticisms DS2 gets, but I will always be of the mind that this trilogy is the most consistently hi-quality trilogy in video game history. I defy anyone to bring me another pure trilogy, no spinoffs or franchise-milking sequels, where every game is worth the time to chew through all of it's content. It's fine to not like it. But for me, it's hard not to feel like a lot of the louder hate comes from people who rarely play ACTUALLY bad games or sequels, like Devil May Cry 2. Maybe I'm just old and jaded, I'm willing to see the shadows King's Field in DS2 and say to myself "The future is now, old man..."
DS2 isn’t a bad game, but it doesn’t really work as a dark souls game. All the changes they tried (adaptability/despawning enemies/life gems/etc) played more like demons souls. Knowing this game went through development hell with from softs b team makes me appreciate the final product, even with all its missteps there’s a fun game there
I love DS2. It expanded on the weapons and spells from DS1, souls were plentiful which I personally loved as it made the early-mid game more interesting, the durability system actually had a purpose because of how easily items break, and the best hub of any FromSoft game. Don’t get me wrong the enemies and bosses are pretty damn lackluster, and the map is more or less shit. But I still enjoyed it a lot.
Tried getting all achievements for this one aswell. For some reason the looking glass knight and giligan achievement will not pop for me. Great video, did enjoy.
Late but 5:14. Its not about timing it right lol. You count footsteps to cheese the dragon rider. Its 7 steps. Atleast efficiently and gauranteed. Timing could lead you to a drop off in other circumstances I guess. But its the easiest way to do it.
Probably semi-useless note but I've found Unveil method for farming that covenant phantom easier. I mean, you kinda have to evaporate enemies in the area 12 times but at least afterwards you will only deal with the bloody ladder when he actually spawns 😂
Definitely. I started with the ladder and ended up doing that and it was much better. You get into a nice rhythm. And with my magic build I could just strafe and one hit with that big ball spell (I’m bad with names) that goes through enemies. Didn’t even need to go around the fence. If your lucky you pierce the guy in the tent and get the one in front. Repeat, check every now and then for drops, ez vegetative state achieved.
Missed an opportunity to call yourself Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa Speaking of netcode: I got 2 backstab animations with my rape-ier, but they didn't connect, maybe it's cos I'm using global connection. 7:48 Did I really did double jump with air attack for nothing here?
Shrine of annoyen..amana is infinitely easier if you use a bow/spell to snipe the mages. Kudos for farming the sun medals, I never had the pacience for it.
For those who keep asking the intro song is about 1:30 into Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight
I have life gem he can't hurt me
I've never been so surprised by subscriber count in my life. I click off this video onto your channel to see if you did this for the other souls games and my jaw dropped when I saw how new your channel is. You're going places, places far better than the shrine of Amana.
Lol! tyty, It can only go up from here!
He dislikes Dark Souls 2 so he doesn't deserve my sub.
As a die hard advocate of this game, I wish more people consciously understood that this game is trying to do different things than the first, because I feel that makes it much easier to appreciate. I much appreciate your willingness to meet the game on its own terms despite your own opinions, which are valid.
This person said nothing significant. They fall into the same moronic comments that all the other braindead idiots who improperly malign this game. DS2 is the secret best one and it's a good way to measure whether a content creator actually knows what they are talking about.
I can't take a person seriously if they run at an enemy on a narrow platform, die, and then blame the game for it. And they broke chests. What an idiot.
Each fromsoft game tried to be different. Then when ds2 received so much unwarranted backlash, even when the devs were trying 10x harder than the main team to patch it and make the dlc’s, and bloodborne recieved very little overall attention they just decided “huh, let’s make ds3 a lazy surface level copy of what people liked in bloodbornes gameplay and then make everything else a lazy carbon copy of the first game bc everybody loves it” they tried to be different again with sekiro and it’s not as critically acclaimed as the first game or ds3. “Too difficult… too different. I had to try to beat bosses. Ds3 didn’t make me try this hard” they said. The community hates difficulty contrary to how much they pride themselves on being fans of “difficult games”… ds2 does some difficult things but they call it unfair, elden ring spams aoe’s and ganks like a drug addict abuses heroine and they call it good game design and true difficulty. Sekiro made it so you have to be skilful but that’s too much for them. So they went and made elden ring, a really surface level empty ass open world with somewhat improved elements from ds3 but more artificial difficulty and reused assets….still got 10/10 masterpiece reviews 2 hours after launch, constant critical acclaim and a rabid cult like following basically dog piling anyone who who makes 100% deserved criticisms of the game etc etc
I’m a defender of ds2 and a big fan of blood borne, you can’t argue against this community. They have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about and have no ability to understand why they’re wrong or how they could be blamed for a game seeming bad. Their opinion is always right, their limited experience is dogma and the popular opinion is gospel truth.
“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”
@@zzodysseuszz schizo ds2 hitbox defender is already here, nothing unusual
@@zzodysseuszz here here! let me shake your hand!
@@Amandor2011 Dumbass alert. Hitboxes have been trash in every game. On top of the input problems, on top of the instability, and now on top of the L2 spam in ER, on top of the broken rolling and healing thanks to DS3 and Bloodborne. At DS2 was the only game well designed enough were everything didn't approach a one-shot singularity. I doubt you even understand what I just said. Go home kid.
As someone who's currently trying to get all achievements in SotFS, you have my utmost respect. Old Iron Keep makes me feel like I'm having an aneurysm
facts
You should try vanilla ds2. Iron keeps is genuinely so much better in vanilla
@@caspertheemoghost1482 I eventually just had to grind out all the enemies until they stopped respawning. After the first big room with the archers and Alonne Captains, it wasn't so bad
This is fantastic work, genuinely captivates the more you watch, I thoroughly enjoyed this, from the pacing, to script writing, I can tell you've got a grand future ahead of you. Keep creating, I look forward to more!
tyty, those are Very kind words
This was my first dark souls and even after crushing the whole trilogy I love 2 dearly. Warts and all, ill never forget my time with it.
DS2, still my favorite souls-like game.
nah thats fair, its not mine. but ive played through this more times than most games ive played
Us bro us
It’s mid💀
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Idk about this one
its been a year since this video came out, but now that im watching i see how hard you made certain aspects of this game for yourself whether it was just how you went through an area, or what items you used. Brings a smile to my face
Man, this gave me genuine whiplash seeing you only had 295 subs and 2.5k views on this video. Might as well make that 296 subs! This was a really great video!
I keep getting these types of comments and it hits me right in the feels every time. TyTy!
Just got done watching the every achievement ds1, great content from a small creator, keep it up sun bro!
I'm currently on my way to 100% ds2 and your video is both mega helpful and super entertaining
You're awesome
Keep making more videos
i plan on it, thank you. Good luck
@@Migamations is this the og version or the schollar off first sin ?
I love how this franchise can just give life to so many RUclips Channels. I can't even count how many small channels gained a huge popularity boost from making an Dark Souls Analysis/Commentary/Achievement Hunt/Challenge Run. Maybe Souls fans are just that desperate for more content, idk. Good video though.
ty. I guess since the bar entry for most videos take a lot of effort people are willing to watch them? I'm honestly really surprised with the reception to this video
I did not know you weren’t some big souls channel, honestly edits were good, mic quality was good, and was a very entertaining video all around, can’t wait to see you grow in the future bro
tyty brother
Fantastic video honestly, perfect balance between being informative and comedic
Keep on going your content is soooo good
tyty, i appreciate it a lot
I'm happy to get this recomended, hope to See more good Videos of you, Keep it up 🔥
tyty, im working on it!
I know how grueling the achievement hunt is for the second game, done it quite some time ago. Mostly without a guide per se, just written down EVERYTHING i needed to get for the achievement, with some info on where to get the most cumbersome things. Good job on completing the game two times, although you missed the snowy fun house hehe
tyty and i dont wanna talk about the frigid outskirts
@@Migamations Talk about what? (Suddenly walks away, as if not registering what was just said)
Illusory Ring of the Exalted and Illusory Ring of the Conqueror were the hardest items I've ever took the time acquire....
Dude when I glance at your subscriber count, I was incredibly surprised that you only have about 200 subs. New subscriber here. keep up the great work hopefully you make more souls content like this.
Yo thank you, I can't wait to disappoint you
@@Migamations Bruh I'm never expecting anything and still get disappointed. you won't fail. jk lol
@@iv9496 DAMN, I. Just. Gonna. Go. Back. To Editing. Now... lol
@@Migamations looking forward for your next upload! Keep it up man! I tried doing content too but I'm too lazy I guess.
Big whoop I platinumed it and it was even my first one to finish.
It hasnt cured my depression but it instill the idea that banging my head against a brick wall that something will eventually break it.
lol!!!
This video was excellent. Please make more like this.
I subscribed. It really was a cracking video. The scripting was on point!!!
Well its not Dark souls but im hoping to get a video out tomorrow
This video was insanely good, I watch a lot of souls content and this was a breath of fresh air, happy to sub 👍
tyty
i get so happy when someone new shows up in the community and starts to post dark souls vids! more great content! excited to see what you post next!
I love thi vid man, cant wait for the rest of the series
well i hope you have time to wait then
DS2 is a flawless masterpiece and you can’t convince me otherwise
Edit: I enjoyed the hell outta this, have a sub
tyty, i said this to someone else but i definitely went too hard on DS2 for this video
I'm not trying to convince you, but to me, it's a flawed masterpiece. It's my favorite of the 3 dark souls games, but I feel like it does have some flaws
Its definitely highly flawed
But I love this game to death
Currently I'm farming to get all the spells, miracles and piromancies so to get all the achivements
@@caspertheemoghost1482flaws that they should’ve fixed for Scholar instead of introducing more (blocking off a tutorial area? Why?)
Scholar overall just makes the game worse and 99% of the complaints are over that version. Some areas in vanilla have so few enemies you think “that’s it?”
Words can't describe how satisfying was to finally reach Wellager at Drangelic Castle to buy the remaining miracles and pyromancy after speedrunning NG++ and see the last achievements pop up one after another.
So far the best DS2 video I've seen. I'm looking forward to new vids
tyty, im getting around to it
I remember 2 years ago playing the first quarter of dark souls 1 remastered with my buddy whose a fromsoft vet. Held my hand the whole time and we blitz through the two bells. Then stuff came up and we had to stop.
I came back to dark souls 2 which I bought years before when it went on sale but had to play alone since the servers were down. It was the hardest gaming experience of my life but I beat the game twice on new game + with two different characters. Being alone with no one to aid me and going fully blind was such a wild experience that I fell in love with scholar of the first sin.
I died so many times but I kept hacking away until I’d clear an area and use the souls to become stronger. I eventually got a copy for my younger brother so I could co op with him and get him use to souls games before elden ring. The games so much easier with two people but is also a really fun experience as I’d do a faith strength build while he became a hex dex warrior. He honestly liked the game a lot and looked forward to playing together as we fought each boss.
I love dark souls 2 for the teaching me to get gud and giving my brother and I a game to share.
best video i used for 100% ds2 thank you so much i watched this video around 40 times plus
There are a few items and methods that would have made your experience A LOT less painful:
-Whips can be used to break spitting statues and pots without getting too close. Does not consume anything (like throwing knives), you don't need to meet the stats, and the whip can be broken.
-bows. Specifically, you can put a fire infusion on a short bow, for minimal stat requirements, and then apply the fire effect to regular cheap arrows. Additionally, stock up on poison arrows, and cheese almost all of the regular enemies from a distance. The poison build up does not depend the bow's level
-small summon soapstone is the best, and it's sad it wasn't added to DS3 or Elden Ring. Allows you to be summoned into a player's world for a short amount of time without actually having to commit to beating the boss. If you successfully complete your mission, it's like having sat at a bonfire, but without respawning the enemies.
I'm currently replaying the game, and using the crown of the Old Iron King, I have turned myself into a mobile bonfire, being able to cast healing and repair, as well as weapon buffs. The crown restores 20% (rounded up) of your spells every 2 minutes. That's what I used when I did a no death/ no bonfire run on a NG+ character.
The whole situation with dark souls 2 reminds me a lot of the twilight princess situation. Both black sheep that were generally disliked on release, but with time people started looking past the flaws and saw what a truly special and great game they both are. Dark souls 2 and twilight princess are both my favorites in their series'.
Never played zelda past N64. Theres still a lot going right with DS2, visuals especially. I just dont think im at that point yet
damn youtube sometimes does give good recommendations. great video!
tyty
Honestly, getting every achievement in DS2 was a lot easier than some people made it out to be. Like, for a while I was under the impression it was near impossible because of how some of the covenants work but like, you don't have to level any of those because the true bro of Dark Souls, Ghosty McGhostface, has your back.
Doesn't help you now, but grinding the giant lord using bonfire ascetics is an easy and fast soulfarm. You end up getting 300k at max difficulty, more with soul boosting items, and it takes 3-4 minutes each run.
to each their own i guess, mines a lot more brain dead thats why i preferred it
Honestly, respect for picking Deprived. It's definitely the most difficult in any of the games, and therefore more rewarding. At least in my opinion. Starting with essentially nothing and slowly gathering an arsenal as the game progresses will never get old, especially in this game
its a staple, what can i say
@@Migamations I'd definitely be interested in seeing what you could do with more Souls-borne-ekiro-ring content in the future. Maybe other achievement videos or modded playthroughs. Either way, keep up the good content. And I hope there was at least a bit of enjoyment for you with DS2... lol. It's still probably the weakest entry of the Fromsoft games of Demon Souls and beyond, but if you're the right type of crazy, I've still found it to be an enjoyable experience. (I am that type of crazy)
@@nexaverglas6760 for the love of god just call it souls
Only thing in DS2 i have left to do other than beat the final bosses on my 2nd playthrough is to collect the required amount of special souls to break all the ice in the dlc
Another way to see if the Belfry Sol invader is present is to kill EVERY enemy in Belfry Sol so they stop respawning, then while at the bonfire, cast that one miracle that finds the invader or nearest enemy. If the invader is present, he is the closest enemy to that bonfire, and it’ll go into the sky. Otherwise it’ll float towards the Alonne Knights.
I’ll always hold a sweet spot in my heart for Dark Souls 2, it was my first and also helped me to make one of my life-long friends
The best way to counter sir Alonne's grab attack is to strafe it to the right. Just run right (Alonne's left side and it won't hit). Or have a ton of adp
For anyone watching this thinking of doing this and not looking forward to grinding sunlight medals:
Go to brightstone cave tseldora, knock down the towers with falconers, then run behind the wall and cast promised walk of peace. After that cast soul appease 2 or 3 times until all the falconers die. It's a bit more falconer kills/hr if you are willing to invest into int and faith.
Or beg someone online to do a DS2 run where they summon you for every boss using passwords and that one ring
This is amazing! Hope you manage to growth, your content is really good so keep at it!
tyty, im trying
MY NAME IS GOD AND THIS IS BEAUTIFUL SIR. GOD HAS SUBSCRIBED AND SO SHOULD YOU XOXO
love you God
@@Migamations love you too little one, keep up the good work
Nice
amen o m'lord
I like how all the problems he has could be boiled down to "skill issue"
Great video!
tyty
'i have life gems they cant hurt me'🤓 idk why but that line just killed me I cant stop laughing at it other than that it was an enjoyable video like always :>
thank you, David (the guy who said the joke) appreciates it as well!
We found him, John Darksoul
This the best Dark souls imo, played it first and it truly has the best balance of, fun quirky gameplay and a load of secrets and interesting things that always make you look around and find something new
I am so sorry you had to do this...at least there was eye contact🤣
lol
This is such a great and enjoyable video! You're gonna do great on this platform, if you keep up with this style of content. Subbed!
bro i can tell you that this dude will get to 1 million, and i will be forgotten. like the unnamed.
Gotta LOVE unskippable end credits
I died so much on the dark lurker fight that the enemies on the side with Havel just stopped respawning.
"That's one of many spells acquired"
You poor poor soul. I once helped my brother get every spell and yeah, it's a thing.
oh how it starts off so simple
What a cool looking axe dude 16:36
I find people enjoy or dont enjoy DS2 mostly based on how fast they like to play. DS2 has a LOT of enemies, but the vast majority of them are actually split up initially. People that like to run into areas aggro everything and once and then get frustrated by it thinking its intentionally bad design. Players that are more patient and kill every enemy as they go recognize the ambushes before they activate. I think it has the problem of being the second game with the same name, so people expect it to be more of the sake, when instead it's very experimental.
For example, if you actually enter Iron Keep slowly and wait for the enemies to come to YOU, you can easily pick them off one by one.
Instead of watching your PC memory you can cast the miracle that reveals invaders. Still a horrible grind, though.
Honestly didn't even know that existed, my heart goes out to the xbox players that dont get an easy 'cheat' for that grind
Miguel, i Was using your videos as an guide to the Platinum, Just a hint for someone also doing it, instead of farming souls or doing the complete game tô ng++ Just use bonfire ascetic on the rotten boss figth and kill him like 20 times, Will give you souls enough to buy all spells/miracles/pyromancies and also make you skip the game a lot by killing him to get 3 million souls to open drangleic castle
You told the rotten to touch grass. Isn't that your name? I certainly don't want the rotten touching me 😂😂😂
Did you see all them hands tho? mmm
This was a great video and I'm glad RUclips recommended it to me! You definitely deserve more views and subs!
(Also I'm legally obliged to hate you now since Dark Souls 2 is my favorite Souls game. . .)
nah thats fine. looking back, i probably shouldve been more positive. but ty for watching
@@Migamations I was merely joking! And, you're welcome! I'll most likely continue doing so anyway :P
Wait am I reading this right? Only 2k views? only 274 subs? (275 now)
I'm leaving this comment here for others when the algorithm realizes you're one of the best youtubers on the planet.
hell it was 1000 yesterday, but tyty youre too kind
I'll defend a lot of things in this game, but the Shrine of Amana is actual nightmare fuel
Please do one of these for the other games as well, you are so entertaining and interesting, i was sad when it was over, bit ups man
tyty I will be in between other games i wanna talk about
If anyone has the OG version for ps3(not SOTFS) if you go to Majula and go behind the world death count statue(if messages can still appear) can someone tell me if the message that says “visions of happiness” is still there?.. it’s my message and I wrote that the day my mother died..this was the only game she watched me and my brother beat and it holds a special place in my heart. She loved the view of the water I wrote it almost a decade ago Love you all❤️
0:00 “Every achievement you say? Hmmmm…do I have time to watch someone suffer greatly at minor inconveniences…yeah I got time.”
I'll never understand the hate DS2 gets, its brilliant IMO.
It’s just like been the 'cool' thing to say about it 😂
Hate to sound cliché, but you should definitely have more subs my man. Solid content!
lol, tyty. The reception to this video is definitely changing that
@@Migamations I hope it does well for you buddy. Look forward to more, you got a sub from me 👍🏻
@@Migamationsyou gained one just now bro
@@MonsterDeplorable yo, tyty
DS2 is easily my fav Dark Souls just because of the fact the story is actually understandable and the common person can piece together what is happening without creating fan theory.
DS2 was my first souls game! I am a huge fan of the perma-clear feature; defeat an enemy 12 times and it won't respawn? GODSEND. No matter how many times I fall, if I take EVEN ONE enemy with me, I have made progress towards that safe, silent, empty level. Gave me a huge feeling of accomplishment and safety, when I can walk thru Iron Keep without getting knocked off narrow ledges.
Playing DS1 after, I got burnt out from always feeling unsafe in every level, constantly losing my souls because I dropped them further ahead of where I could reliably get back to... I felt punished for exploration, especially in the dark Catacombs and those skeleton-dogs. The long walks between areas like Bilghttown and Firelink, or between the first and second bonfire in Anor Londo, really made me get tired of the cool visuals.
On the other hand, I understand how DS1 players, trying to run thru DS2 areas and NOT perma-clear them, find the enemy hordes to be excessive. I don't think the DS2 design is horrible, I just think it requires patience and the intentional use of the perma-clear feature. The same way the pre-Lord-Vessel part of DS1 requires patience with ALL THE WALKING between areas, which I DID NOT have, lol.
That Linkara in the dark holy shit that got me good lmao
One of the best videos on ds2. Subscribed
tyty!
A fun fact about Dark Souls 2 even most guides and youtubers don't seem to know: wielding a torch means spiders won't attack you unprovoked. This makes parts of the game a lot easier. This also works on the adds during the Freja fight.
Yeah its mad neat and all but in SOTFS we have this thing called the great club. Why use fire when make pancake
Did this work in the original version?
@@Felix-Sited I only played Scholar, so I don't know.
@@danielwagner2034 I suppose I could look it up on Google or perhaps even RUclips. That would probably be quicker than the words I am typing right now. I can't be arsed though, it will remain a mystery. Scholars in the future can work it out. Screw those guys.
@@Felix-Sited it did but ds2 was stupid easy so it wasn't an issue
Xbox really messed me up getting all achievements because sometimes it would just refuse to unlock... So if it's something you can only do once per playthrough you get to do it all again yippie.
my heart goes out to you dude, im sorry for xbox's lack of working
@@Migamations really it's my fault for buying the game and not throwing it in a fire
@@HipToBeeSquare if nothing else then ds2 can at least make you appreciate the other games more
Shrine of Amana and iron keep get way easier if you use these special, mythical items called RANGED WEAPONS.
Dark souls 2 has regular bows that scale off of strength, and crossbows are easy to find and can be used in the offhand easily, there's no excuse or reason not to use one other than foolishness or stubbornness.
Seriously though, bow in your second main weapon slot, or crossbow in your offhand and 1-handing your main weapon, and this game is much less difficult, especially iron keep/amana
So you played this game with a guide? The fact that you didn't die to the Pursuer (he said his first real death happened in Heide's tower) and knew how to avoid his attacks, and how to chease Dragonrider make me think so.
i did use a guide, this is also like my 4th or 5th time beating the game
I wanna say you could've cut down on the grind immensely by using bonfire ascetics but I think not having a plan and doing something like this is much more fun. Pretty good!
2:45
Pate: "Hey, careful with that gate there, it's definitely a trap. I wouldn't recommend you go in, but it's your call I guess"
Player: "He's a dick. He tricks me into walking into a trap!"
Look, not saying he ISN'T a dick, but I never understood how that dialogue could ever be interpreted as "tricks".
I can appreciate many of the criticisms DS2 gets, but I will always be of the mind that this trilogy is the most consistently hi-quality trilogy in video game history. I defy anyone to bring me another pure trilogy, no spinoffs or franchise-milking sequels, where every game is worth the time to chew through all of it's content.
It's fine to not like it. But for me, it's hard not to feel like a lot of the louder hate comes from people who rarely play ACTUALLY bad games or sequels, like Devil May Cry 2. Maybe I'm just old and jaded, I'm willing to see the shadows King's Field in DS2 and say to myself "The future is now, old man..."
DS2 isn’t a bad game, but it doesn’t really work as a dark souls game. All the changes they tried (adaptability/despawning enemies/life gems/etc) played more like demons souls. Knowing this game went through development hell with from softs b team makes me appreciate the final product, even with all its missteps there’s a fun game there
i didnt talk about it, but there's nothing fundamentally wrong with ds2. just a bunch nitpicks that ruin it for me. kinda like DS1 after Anor Londo
Ds 1 had circle strafing /chain backstabs / unstable framerate / cancer pvp (that's when it works)
@@addounsamiyoucef1999 very true
I love DS2. It expanded on the weapons and spells from DS1, souls were plentiful which I personally loved as it made the early-mid game more interesting, the durability system actually had a purpose because of how easily items break, and the best hub of any FromSoft game. Don’t get me wrong the enemies and bosses are pretty damn lackluster, and the map is more or less shit. But I still enjoyed it a lot.
Man made the guy from full metal alchemist
this is a good ass video man 👍
tyty
Bless the Algorithm for showing me this video. I enjoyed it a lot!
Torch for spiders, they don’t attack if you have the torch out
Glad I found your channel
19:41 I had no idea this was a thing. I've never had that happen.
Tried getting all achievements for this one aswell. For some reason the looking glass knight and giligan achievement will not pop for me. Great video, did enjoy.
I personally love dark souls 2 all of the secrets feel really cool and make it all worth it and the dlc are great
Big DS2 fan, its my favourite of the series, and I still have never done all of the covenants stuff, since some of the are a pain.
What is this music in the intro? 0:16
Light a torch and the spiders go away
bro had beef with the rotten
Late but 5:14. Its not about timing it right lol. You count footsteps to cheese the dragon rider. Its 7 steps. Atleast efficiently and gauranteed. Timing could lead you to a drop off in other circumstances I guess. But its the easiest way to do it.
Ive died to the pursuer way to many times to not know to turn right
Probably semi-useless note but I've found Unveil method for farming that covenant phantom easier. I mean, you kinda have to evaporate enemies in the area 12 times but at least afterwards you will only deal with the bloody ladder when he actually spawns 😂
Definitely. I started with the ladder and ended up doing that and it was much better. You get into a nice rhythm. And with my magic build I could just strafe and one hit with that big ball spell (I’m bad with names) that goes through enemies. Didn’t even need to go around the fence. If your lucky you pierce the guy in the tent and get the one in front. Repeat, check every now and then for drops, ez vegetative state achieved.
@@elvickRULES neat, glad the struggle is over for ya
Gotta have a torch for the spider area
Missed an opportunity to call yourself Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa
Speaking of netcode: I got 2 backstab animations with my rape-ier, but they didn't connect, maybe it's cos I'm using global connection.
7:48 Did I really did double jump with air attack for nothing here?
Been grinding to 100% DS1. I’m planning on doing the whole series, but this looks like a grind…
DS3 is the worst grind...
@@MuukkisPS3 Demon’s Souls too
the pursuer is pretty difficult when you're drunk and high, took me 20+ attempts
Shrine of annoyen..amana is infinitely easier if you use a bow/spell to snipe the mages.
Kudos for farming the sun medals, I never had the pacience for it.
Love your humor man😂