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Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291326: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:08:06 PM

dark souls 2's story was stupid anyway

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#291327: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:10:08 PM

Stupid may be pushing it

I would say more like it leaves more up to the player's interpretation, like the last game

Which I'm fine with

The game's story isn't in my face, so I can choose to look deeper into it if I please, or just ignore it

It's actually really wonderful in how non-intrusive it is

What I WILL say is that there's even more ambiguity and... like... whatever in the sequel than the original

War is God.
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#291328: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:10:46 PM

i like to think that bloodborne takes place in that present-day time that the bearer of the curse left

edited 18th Jul '14 10:10:57 PM by MacDuffy

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291329: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:12:24 PM

but the thing is

the first game was like a puzzle, but you could only see the pieces if you looked hard enough

some were missing, which opened speculation

dark souls 2 is just vague for the sake of being vague

and also relies heavily on referencing dark souls 1

"the lost bastille is nice and all, BUT WOULDNT IT BE COOL IF IT WERE THE UNDEAD BURG"

"yeah, heide's tower looks nice, BUT WHAT IF ITS ANOR LONDO"

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#291330: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:13:54 PM

But is it?

I think a lot of that shit is just fan speculation

Also, one game has been out for over three years and the other hasn't even been out for ONE year

Give it time

Plus, trust me, the first one wouldn't make sense if I didn't read the lore in item descriptions and shit

War is God.
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291331: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:15:23 PM

another gripe is the four Big Bosses

the first game had the Big Four hyped from the beginning as powerful lords who slew gigantic eldritch horror dragons

the second one was

a bunch of dudes who had big souls

gameboy3 The Faker from Michigan Since: Dec, 2011
The Faker
#291332: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:16:43 PM

To be fair, the Big Four of Dark Souls 2 are related to the four souls they carry.

And it's so easy when you're evil... This is the life for me, the Devil tips his hat to me...
Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#291333: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:17:42 PM

[up]WOW JUST LIKE THE FIRST ONE

except... sort of

War is God.
TheSpacePhantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#291334: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:18:34 PM

which ties back to what trip was saying about the sorta-connections to dks1

maaaaybe the rotten is connected to nito in some way, that kinda thing

UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291335: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:19:55 PM

then again i'm in no place to complain

since dark souls 2 is overall just better

cooler looking and more challenging bosses, kickass levels, lovable characters, highly improved gameplay, and improved online

oh yeah can't forget about that sweet 60 FPS

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#291336: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:20:19 PM

[up]Hey you basically just summed up my reaction to the game. I find it hilarious how fanboys hate it because it's... uh.... I dunno. Stupid reasons. If anyone thinks that game is mediocre... wow... they must have some incredible gaming benchmarks.

Well, those are basically the same souls.

The game did everything but just outright say so.

The game seems to have an emphasis on cycles. The same thing happens over and over...

Mighty kingdoms rise... and mighty kingdoms fall.

edited 18th Jul '14 10:21:08 PM by Prometheus136

War is God.
TheSpacePhantom Jamais vu from the smallest church in Saint-Saëns Since: Oct, 2009
Jamais vu
#291337: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:21:19 PM

the level design is wonky

in dks1 the levels all felt part of an overarching world

in dks2 they were just kinda there, no real connection

overall i kinda think dark souls 2 was just less tighter than 1

not bad at all, still a good game

just less tight, if that makes sense

edited 18th Jul '14 10:22:03 PM by TheSpacePhantom

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Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291338: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:23:58 PM

then again if you really really think about it

dark souls 1's map made no fucking sense

i mean

you could get to blighttown by going down a sewer far far away from firelink shrine

or go through the elevator right under it

wuh huh?

and also the great hollow is much smaller then it actually is, and it's pretty damn big

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
What's eatin' you, chief?
#291339: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:24:03 PM

I get that

But really... I just feel like Dark Souls 1 felt longer because of the lack of fast travel.

Oh, I can fast travel LATER, but not at the beginning? I fucking HATE backtracking. It's a waste of my time, no matter if it means the game world feels connected or not.

By GOD, I can warp wherever in the sequel, and it doesn't feel TEDIOUS. Thank GOD.

Also... in that way... it sort of makes the game easier.

Run into a bit of trouble? Meh, just warp out of there back to Majula.

War is God.
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291340: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:39:56 PM

you know how there's all those people who make "trusty patches" and "laurentius" and such builds

well this guy went further back

gameboy3 The Faker from Michigan Since: Dec, 2011
The Faker
#291341: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:42:41 PM

I was expecting Yurt, somehow.

And it's so easy when you're evil... This is the life for me, the Devil tips his hat to me...
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#291343: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:49:17 PM

the one thing i would say i have a big problem with in dark souls 2

is that a big number of the bosses suck

chibifenrix Forever wandering, Never lost. from Va-1 Ha-1A Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Forever wandering, Never lost.
#291344: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:53:57 PM

I seem to keep coming back here with bad news. Oh well. Sup people?

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291345: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:54:09 PM

i dunno, i liked the majority of them

granted i didn't get veddy far before i was suddenly playstationless

but i hear my brother's planning to get his friends old playstation since said friend is getting a ps4 so there's that

not sure what build i'm gonna play

also i am suddenly stricken by the need to play skyrim

[up] sup

what news?

edited 18th Jul '14 10:54:26 PM by Trip

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#291346: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:54:19 PM

what's wrong tho

dead devotion
foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#291347: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:54:45 PM

What happened?

edited 18th Jul '14 10:54:59 PM by foxmccloud4387

chibifenrix Forever wandering, Never lost. from Va-1 Ha-1A Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Forever wandering, Never lost.
#291348: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:56:40 PM

Computer screen is broke.

Lets not worry bout it shall we?

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#291349: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:57:09 PM

why not tho

dead devotion
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#291350: Jul 18th 2014 at 10:58:07 PM

oi, had that same problem with my old computer. thankfully tvt was just in the layout for most of the content to remain unobscured

still sucks, though. sorry man


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