Orannis62 [ze/hir]

Exactly the same for me, down to my main strategy being using kirovs

They would say that trans people not coming up at all would be an escape from transphobia lol

Suffer how exactly?

DS2 had the same story as DS1 in the same way MGS2 had the same story as MGS1- the similarities that exist are explicitly called out in the narrative and serve a narrative purpose.

DS3, you got me.

That’s fair. And your point about Lothric Knights does make me realize something else- for the early game, they’re a tough enemy that’s also a lot of fun to fight, and I can’t really think of any similar, particular enemy types in DS2 that I particularly like fighting. Like, there’s very few enemies I can think of that I hate in particular, but a lot of the enemies just sort of merge together in my head. They’re a bit samey, I guess.

And fair point about the early game. In part because of the Agility stuff and in part because of the level design, I’ve often said that DS2 is a reverse DS1. That is, in DS1, the first half is phenomenal and the second half sucks, but in DS2 it’s mostly the opposite- I don’t think the bad parts of DS2 are as bad as the bad parts of DS1, though.

Seems to me that Dark Souls 2 just tested crowd control as a skill more than DS1 did. Which seems fair to me? That’s a valid skill to have in this sort of game.

I don’t understand this take. How was DS2 any harder than DS1?

That feels like more of a DS1 critique, that game was absolutely insane with backstabs