"I like Dark Souls 2" | Asmongold Reacts
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The one single phrase that can trigger asmon : I liked ds2
typical ds player to be honest, they somehow got this deep hatred for this game, it ain't even that bad to be honest, at least for me tho.
@@xstreampunk7662 it's definitely the worst one of the series but it's not as bad as people make it
@@xstreampunk7662 It's not.
But in comparison to the original Dark Souls and with the wonky hitboxes especially, it's objectively worse than the original and subsequent titles.
Though there are a few things in 2 that I thought were great ideas( how they handled new game+ for example).
@@Lobsterwithinternet agreed
@@Lobsterwithinternet personally, i prefer ds2 over ds1 mainly because of how ds2 features even tho a lot of them didn't get used much.
i mean a boss would change phase based on your armor, torches can light scones and it will permanently lit up, ambidextrous hands, bonfire ascetic, a covenant where you defend an area and can use traps.
in the end, combat wise, it's acceptable at best but feature wise, i like it more than what others do, and level design wise, i don't think any levels in any DS could even top Shulva or Brume tower to be honest. but it ain't that big of a deal
After seeing him play these games, I really don't think Asmon can shame anyone for summoning phantoms.
I don't shame people if you want to summon phantom you can. Asmon is one soul who think summoning against boss is a since even there not as good as play who solo and no hit these games
@@greenrisingphoenix6110 For real it's something you can use in the game. It's not breaking the game or cheating just to kill a boss
@Sooper there no use to explain what ment to sorry
as someone who loves helping people, I can't understand him.
All I here in this video is "I can't jump attack spam carry therefore game bad"
I laughed so hard when they guy just said his first sentence of the video and Asmon immediately pauses the video to call him an idiot filled with rage lmaoo
Asmon probably liked the game, he played it 2 times with dlc, if he didnt liked it at all, he wouldnt have
@@ra_fun3126 DLC I believe is the only reason i would even touch DS2 at all, although 2 times it depends if he didn't go for all bosses including Co-op areas
@@ra_fun3126
Or he played it so that he can give an accurate assessment of the game and the mechanics. Would you rather be shit on it without playing it? Or you'd probably be like "he played it once and sucked he doesn't know anything." Just bc someome has a lot of hours in a game doesn't mean they can't say it's bad or criticize it.
@@anstorner The DLC was by far the most bullshit part of the game. _What?_
I mean I liked the ideas behind them, but there's so much stupid shit. All of the fire crown areas, the entire snow field full of super-charged respawning death-reindeer. The twin tigers fight. Just the whole fucking fight and its existence.
Seriously, I liked DS2 but if you're gonna claim the DLC was an improvement then wow, we clearly did not play the same fucking game.
@@Lucifronz I just recently played and got to NG+2 Drauglec castle (i wanted to kms so many times trying to get the last spells for the platinum trophy just so i didn't had to play DS2 never again), so i can express my current feelings about this because it changed massively about how i saw this game before and now.
For me the worst area is Shrine of Amana and second Iron Keep, then Frigid Outskirts, Iron Passage then Cave of the Dead.
The why is because these two first areas are 100% required to go through and are CBT both, and in NG+1 and beyond Red Phantoms start to appear everywhere, it made me feel so bad i had to avoid playing any souls until like next month because it truly felt miserable going through those areas 3 times in an row.
Eleum Loyce is terrible to go through after getting rid of the storm because every place now is an gankfest with no purpose aside of making exploring feel horrible which in Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring, Bloodborne rewarded you, here (and all of DS2 areas) punish you with more ganks and invasions, at least the Ivory King is an good boss, but needing to explore the entire place just to fight him is annoying.
Frigid Outskirts is [-h-------------e----------------l----------p-] , Iron Passage the same and both have reskin bosses and one is an gank, so i am not denying that and Iron Passage has mages making you fatroll, nothing more needs to be said.
Shulva Sanctum City has very annoying enemies with their shields and spears with cheap placements to kill you easily, but at least theres not that many that i can tile my roof with them like i would Alonne knights and ice spear golems, and it dosen't look that great, Both bosses aside the ganksquad are fine, but can be extremely annoying either by the weapon you have, or RNG with how many times the dragon jumps, or if she immediately summons Veldstadt .
Cave of the Dead is Black Gulch 2.0, At least Black Gulch did not have enemies to attack you while being stunned by being poisoned and the boss is easy and has an bonfire infront of it , here it's an oneshot and the enemies are extremely annoying and you can be hit alot in the fogwall, and the boss is THE ganksquad, so thats terrible too.
Brume Tower aside of the Brides of Ash and the dumb invasions, it's actually the best of the bunch because the enemies are managable if you want to fight them, and if you dont want you can go past them in several parts, although doors u do need to kill them unless you want it to be Iron Keep 2.0, the game does provide several ways to fight them compared to other places, Both bosses Fume Knight and Alonne the sole reason why i play the entire game in the first place, although having to do the entire game to reach both of them is extremely tiresome.
So i would say you are correct in most stuff aside of Brume tower which that one felt the most fair to me (Iron passage kms kms kms kms), but everything else if it burns i wouldn't care the least
DS2 was my gateway to souls games... this Shit has a special place in my heart
Me too. Although I hate it tbh
same
Same. To me, it still had the most eerie atmosphere of all the From Soft games and to me it's certainly better than DS1 and Demon's Souls.
Shit indeed.
honestly the best souls game is individual
and it is determined by which one was your first
I loved ds2. It was years before I realized the community hated it lol,
Same I don't get it
Some CZcamsr made a video "essay" on it and it only got worse from there.
Not everyone hated it the pvp was the only real good thing overall but I enjoyed the game and have over 500hrs in total in that game alot of it was pvp
ds2 had issues but it felt weirdly nostalgic, even if you haven't played it before. just feels like a fever dream. the "too difficult issues" weren't the problem. once you know the damage mechanic its all get good at dodging and then attacking. its the too easy ones that make the game dreadful, especially when the mobs before it are way harder to deal with.
@@GenDrake3 i just played through sekiro and have gotten through shulva and am now on brume tower. Parrying is so instinctual it feels like cheating now. Honestly each souls transfers into the other just fine. Actually sekiro is closest in item usage, because the slowness of items matches the franticness and punishment of enemies in sekiro
I like that the pvp covenant guy that’s obsessed with blood is voiced by Con O’Neil, one of the actors in Chernobyl. He also voices Mohg in Elden Ring.
Yes
Sounds like man’s just like Blood
Voices also Mohg who is obsessed with blood? Coincidense?
I like when he said "Its Mohgin time" and starts mohgin all of his disciples.
His voice is so iconic at this point lmao
If I ever meet Asmongold in person I will tell him "ds2 good" just so I can see him get visually mad in person.
It’s funny as fuck
As someone who’s played ds2 so many times to the point where one of my casual attempts almost got the no death ring recently, it’s just infinitely funny to watch this grown man basically mald so hard over ds2 existing
@@MamaTrixxieAsmri don’t get why people watch this guy. Like he shits in people for liking games that he’s terrible at and can’t adapt to. E.G. DS2/Sekiro/Wo Long
@@DrayLoco I don’t get it either
Like i bought dark souls 2 after completing bayonetta for like the fourth time, if it was truly a bad game, if I had not liked ds2
If I had not played ds2 to death and gotten really good and liked it
I would not currently be on my like, Eleventh play through of Elden ring as I type this(I stopped in the middle of liurnia just to type this as I go rush to get the academy key so I can grab an item for the third of my seven deadly sins (not the anime) themed builds)
Wrath is a Fire build, using frenzied flame mostly, but any other flame incantation I can get my hands on.(a fucking shame since once of the pieces of that build I need is behind SEWER MOGH, who’s only _extremely resistant to FIRE_)
Pride is a dex/Faith lightning build mainly using the bolt of gransax to smite enemies, also has the best fashion(though I may need to find more protective fashion, because carian knight armor has all the protection of a wet paper towel)
And lust I’m making rn, planning on using curved swords mainly(one of which is in the fucking snowfield and the other in caelid
The other four I have a rough idea but nothing solid on them
@@DrayLoco It's not exactly about his opinions of the game; Asmongold mostly reacts to what makes him popular, in the most drastic and most one-sided cases.
He is very enjoyable to watch, and a very good content creator (as much as a regular NEET can be). He simply publicly displays fake opinions to gain popularity.
@@MamaTrixxieAsmrwell yeah, you dedicated a ton of valuable time to a very low-mid game. And that’s your choice, you’re entitled to do it but Asmon’s opinions are a living reminder that you sank that time into a worthless gullet and that’s why you have the reaction you have. I personally love DS2 and don’t mind the problems at all and found his comments valid and funny. What I took from his criticism is more so the hypocrisy of lying that a game is “good” when the player was clearly having such a rough go at it. Fair points all around. In life, you’re going to run into a lot more of this, so buckle up kiddo 😂
To be fair, the Asylum Demon is literally 3 of the bosses in DS1. FromSoft likes to reuse shit. The Taurus Demon is later a normal mob as you try to get to Bed of Chaos. I only played Elden Ring via Seamless CO-OP and DS1 is now my frist true FromSoft experience, but my impression is that reskins is kinda their thing in general. It is not a DS2 issue at all, it is a pattern of behavior.
They reuse shit way too much. It was downright detrimental to elden ring imo
FINALLY someone who talks about the asylum demon
The way it used in DS1 was great though. Seeing bosses you fought at the start was mobs were more fun than anything
@@ullr1438 Pretty sure they didnt' get to finish the last parts of ds1 which is why a lot of shit is reused.
@@bananashapedorange tbf, i feel its kinda warranted in elden ring. a game that big was bound to be padded out with filler, only time i would say it was actually detrimental was when it reused extremely unique bosses like astel.
That last PVP clip absolutely killed me 😂
ikr
I wasn't expecting BigDanGaming watching Asmongold.
Same lol!!
For me DS2 was this weird fever dream that felt like a heavily modded fan made sequel to dark souls 1. And at the time i played it. Ngl i loved it. The world felt so huge and i feel like i could have never explored everything. Probably because i was too busy running through parts that had 30 enemies.
hope u learned how to play the game.
They think infinite spawn reindeer in very huge area with zero visual to face 2 bosses at the same time was a good idea.
@@AtreyusNinjai didnt and its still fun as hell to this day
@@schnoz2372 glad to hear👍
Good way to describe it, it's cheaper feeling and more 'arcadey', not anything close to being the nightmarish work of art like DS1 however it's pretty good, mindless, addictive fun, assuming boss battles aren't your main thing and that you make sure to avoid HF Valley.
I've started 100% the achievements in all the souls games starting from 1 up to elden ring, and honestly? Dark souls II was an experimental game that didn't always land with its mechanics, but it quite literally shaped the souls games we have today from so many aspects. It introduced new weapon mechanics, sweet spots on weapons, unique armor buffs, progressive flask charges, 4 ring slots, the list really goes on.
Don’t forget, this is the same man that got his shit rocked for 90% of DS3 because he couldn’t understand the weight system…
screeching about Hiede Knights like they aren’ easy to parry or poise through..
He’s a casual. Pure invader fodder lmao
ive been playing ds2 nonstop for the past like 4 months now. Ive helped like 8 new people through the game all the way and have been doing a ton of pvp. I always really enjoyed it for some reason, although i have more hours in all the other souls game.
if u are a ds2 pvp enjoyer just give it a bit more time, u can rlly ez get an insane amount of playtime in this game because of his pvp, check the mod Blueacolyte if u on pc and u don't know what is it, have fun!.
@@AtreyusNinja definently running the mod, its a must have \[T]/
@@DRKSLS3333 yep it is \[T]/
Its a very fun game still the issue people have with it is that its slightly different. Atleast for me going from ds1 to ds2 the first 2-4 hours were actual garbage hated the game then you kinda figure out how it plays and you good.
Granted there are some awful parts in that game like the runbacks to certain bosses (chariot fool mainly what im thinking of)
PvP is nuts in DS2
Dark Souls 2 got me into the souls series as a whole so it deserves a place in my heart.
same first one ive ever played and I actually loved it I wont lie. Def not as well designed as the others but still better then credited for
I absolutely love the game, but it is objectively awful
Like where? In the deepest darkest reaches of your heart? The places where the desires that reside alongside it are not fit for public exposure?
DS2 is fucking amazing
@@found6393 nah man, its the haunting music of majula, and the beautiful story of vendric and his brother, dark souls 2 is awful when inspected close up, but looking through the whole game makes it sweet. Least thats the way I see it
This is like penguinz0 if all he did was complain
I thought all that Charlie did was complain? Well it’s still funny and entertaining tho
Yeah, nah.
Let me guess, this is the only video you've watched on his channel? Pls don't be this ignorant
I swear Assmang has never beat this game
The pursuer stuff was great… i thought that was really magic as a concept… a game about hard bosses and in this game there was a boss who’s whole kinda thing was chasing you across the frigen game which was just killer. Wish they did that in dark souls 3 and elden ring.
The closest was Margit popping out of a random peasant in the overworld near the capital I think. Like not a spirit version of him or some rename version, just the guy you fought back in Limgrave calling your ass out in the field to run it back. I don't think a lot of people know about the encounter because you can easily miss it.
@@RaxusXeronos that was a big jumpscare for me lol
@@RaxusXeronos there's also the bellbearing hunter
Margit does that. The Night's Cavalry do that just as much as Pursuer does, really, since they're both optional.
Night's Cavalry in ER was supposed to do something like that.
Instead of spawning at the same set places at night, they would appear in more locations at random.
One of the greatest skills I developed was liking a piece of media while being able to acknowledge it's flaws or the fact that isn't as good as I believe. This isn't just directed to DS2 fans.
that’s not a skill it’s just being normal
My skill is memes. That's my normality.
@@willcotterill8598 most people on the internet aren't normal
Being able to acknowledge that a piece of media can be good despite its flaws is an equally important skill. This isn't just directed to DS2 haters.
ds2 is literally better version of ds1. if ds2 is trash then ds1 is worst. ds3 is the only different game in between the 3 games.
didn't put enough points in adaptability eh
watching this just made me wanna play more dark souls 2....
The issue with Demon of Song most people didn't realize was that it was the Hand hitboxes as well that grabbed you. This happened all the time until I learned to either roll further one way or run backwards.
The boss is a complete joke once you learn to predict its moves instead of reacting to them. You can literally walk the whole fight.
@@renmcmanus when speedrunners walk entire twin princes fight lol
@@slippers8000 yea. But that takes actual skill. Demon of song can be done with basic pattern recognition.
@@renmcmanus i mean they do use basic pattern recognition, which is why its consistent. I get what you're saying though.
I guess it's the most important thing with DS2, rolling having high end lag really makes you not want to roll so you get a bigger punish/actually get a punish.
u mean Semon of Dong?
The biggest truthbomb this game drops is in the opening cinematic
"But one day, you will stand before its decrepit gate. Without really knowing why..."
Thats how i felt entering every single zone. Why am i here? How did i get here? What am i doing? Who am i?
Yeah, it's great.
@@Gyohdon Talking Heads ❤
That's the same in Dark Souls 1, don't be lying.
@@Gyohdon
As if you don't in Dark souls 2? My god, you are such a liar
@@Gyohdon
Just like Demon's souls and Dark Souls there is a crestfallen warrior in Majula. He and the Emerald herald always tell you what to do next. As far along in DS2 as when you meet Frampt in DS1, you encounter Nashandra and she also tells you a lot (it is mostly lies, but you can easily claim that Frampt lies too). But, just as in Dark Souls 1 the exact motivation is very vague. To "ring two bells" is exactly as vague as "Kill the king" and "Find four great souls". The reason why becomes clear much later in both games.
The worst takes on the internet are about how any souls title is bad. Imagine asmon complaining about this when he plays WoW lmao
Fromsoft fans when someone doesn't like a single fromsoft game: 😡
Mauler's essay on DS2 is brilliant.
Dark Souls 2 is a great game. Got all achievements. We do have Dark Souls 1, 3 as well, you can choose what you want to play.
based
@@dedde1311 aren't we all?
I do like the way they hold swords. It’s actually accurate to how you actually hold a sword
Vergil: _But they fly so high… 😭_
@@RobertPayne556 I dunno what you talking about since Vergil is accurate too lmao
How is that important?
@@brunoactis1104 it isn't really important but just a cool detail
@@BeamMonsterZeushow they hold the weapons, in ds1/3 and ER they hold it very meh
The Pursuer ultra great sword is one of the coolest looking weapons in all the souls games imo
Too bad you can't make it glow like the boss does though.
@@BrutalOrc sorcery
Gargoyle badent/craftsmans hammer were my go to weapons.
Ds2 definitely has some of the best weapons.
@@kentrelllooney craftsman’s hammer, gargoyle bident. Two of my favorites that weren’t replicated well in ds3
Dark Souls 2 was the game that got me into the souls/souls-like genre. But I do recall a lot of bs from my time with the game.
That is why its a great start. Start of with getting royally fcked thru out a game that isnt that long really but it feels like a long time.
Then you feel like the rest of the games are easy.
It was my first ds game i finished, not the first to play, but the first to finish, which also got me into souls gamesm Watched Super best friends play it, seemed they had fun and got it myself.
Played it only a few weeks ago to run though all the soul games to 100% and i do not remember the amount of BS tbat is in this game. It really felt like they tried to make a souls like game without knowing what made DS1 so good. And whoever made thise co-op challenge areas and more so that Frozen area needs to be fired lol.
It's an okay, game, you can like it, just cant say its a good DS game I feel.
thats everydark souls they all have issues ds2 had cool weapons and duels the lag was still the same as any souls game just a ghost/lag fest
Ironically I actually played and beat darksouls 2 before any of the other games. I had nothing to compare it too so I absolutely had a great time
Dark souls 2 Enjoyer here
dark souls 2 is pretty good i dont get the fuss all games have their ups and downs
Same I haven't played all of the souls series still but DS2 was my first and favorite of the series so far.
It doesn't deserve the hate for sure, I remember how much fun I had with it when it launched. Original lightning spears were amazing, and Dark Souls 2 spawned the greatest dark souls animation on CZcams
@@TheRedRaven_ its bad those hitboxes are garbage
@@nomight273 Git gud
The Rotten is one of my favorite bosses in the game, I remember spamming bonfire ascetics just because I wanted to keep fighting him.
I'm sorry for your loss
i would use like 4x of those on him and just get an insane amount of souls
The perfect boss after the gutter and black gulch lmfao
You've got to be trolling... he is one of the most boring, weak, pathetic bosses and he is one of the major/giant soul 4 bosses, which is even worse... Not to mention that the black gultch is a rushed mess...
@@ivankovachev8835 Don't know what to tell you man, I just find him fun to fight.
This game is one of the best experiences I have ever had. At first I didn't like it. It looked and felt less good than DS1. But once you start your journey, ab'nd get used to the mechanics of the game, it's a jewel.
No
@@senzasmentalissues474 Yes
@@senzasmentalissues474 yes
@@senzasmentalissues474 yes
Yes@@senzasmentalissues474
DS2 was my first in the series and that majula music got me immediately. Love the DLC's too and PVP is so fun! I ❤it. I love all the armor sets ❤
hell yeah !
Same here !!! Best fromsoftware PvP experience !
Catfish
@@AtreyusNinjau been commenting on every thing dudes fanboying a game with a toxic and biased community
e sti cazzi non ce li metti ? @@entertainmentgamer1992
The irony is that a lot of stuff he said can be applied to Elden ring\any other darksouls aswell.
Literally. Asmon malding.
'When they reuse enemies its bad, but let's just ignore 30% of Elden ring being from Ds3'
@@Proud11Peacockand the other 70% being ds2 lol
I feel like Dark Souls 2 is a souls-like and not souls lmao. I just see anything that Miyazaki wasn’t involved in as Souls-like.
Bruh, they literally ran the entire game by Miyazaki. He green lit everything lol
I agree on the most criticisms on this game but the take on ds2 fighting multiple mobs at once is the part where I somewhat disagree. This feature is intentional not to make the game hard but to change the repeated playstyle used in the previous game (basically circle strafing and lock-on habbit). This game focuses on how you will do crowd control while not relying on lock-on.
You should keep 2 things in mind: 1) People like challenging 1v1s more than unfair hordes of enemies. 2) Not every weapon or playstyle is equipped for crowd control, so your argument makes several weapons and spells useless
I liked ds2 😊
Ew
Ds2 > elden ring
@@alsoos dork
It’s in my top just cause of how charming it is
@@martk647 weak bait
Who beats a game they hate 2 times ? I stop playing games I dont like after 1-2 hours
with souls you keep coming back to it until you finish it
its got an addicting formula
The combat may not be its strong suit with the hitboxes and the mob density, but what i like about the game a lot is the story and the atmosphere, especially in Majula. The world feels like it's closer to an age of dark than the other 2 games, and you can see it everywhere. where there were literal towns in ds1 and 3, there are only ruins left in 2, and all people you encounter are visibly going hollow. The blacksmith lenigrast is a green hollow because he couldn't follow his purpose as a blacksmith and despaired, and all others have already forgotten how or why they came to drangleic. some like maughlin the armorer and Lucatiel lose themselves as their quests progress. The king is a soulless husk. The fire keepers are retired cause even they lost hope and the emerald herald took over to guide the player instead, for selfish reasons. Drangleic castle only has a handful of knights remaining, with all other inhabitants being either dead or lifeless golems. Since Nashandra took over, the entire castle is wrapped in perpetual dark, fitting for a child of Manus. There are a lot more spells, even including an entirely new subclass of dark spells called hexes with their own scaling, since people like Felkin the outcast and darkdiver Grandahl who have a deeper connection to the dark have appeared. The power of the old lords has dwindled to a point where the bosses carrying them barely show them. The Lost sinner has an izalith parasite controlling her, the rotten is nito if he had flesh, just without any necromancy, seaths soul is with a giant mutant spider next to a petrified ancient dragon, and gwyns soul is with a king that burned in the lava of a volcano instead of the first flame. In ds1 and 3 i never link the fire except for achievements because it is against the natural flow of the world and because i hate gwyn with a burning passion for what he did to humanity, so having scholar of the first sin give you a new ending that has you break out of the cycle and free yourself from the curse of hollowing is a huge plus in my book. The bosses might not be particularly challenging, but neither were those in demon's souls. the two games have a lot of design similarities, like the difficulty focusing on areas rather than bosses, the movesets of weapons and parries or the hollowing being a less extreme soul form. what i especially like about ds2's weaponry is that you can buff weapons that have elements on them with spells regardless of the infusion, and that leveling weapons is comparatively cheap since it costs only a few titanite shards.
Mob density? Really?
Let's look at ds1 you just landed in firelink, you go to the graveyard...suddenly alot of skeletons stand up. Okay let's go the other way oh wait 6 Dudes 1 is out of reach throwing bombs at you while fighting the rest.
Like Bro... Really?
Hit boxes were stupid because they didn't know how or didn't had enough time to balance them around the ADP mechanic.
I loved the journey that the game gave. DLC was also solid AF.
My condolences 🙏
yeah the dlc where u paid to go to a level where u couldn't see shit and got raw dogged by a bunch of fucking reindeers was rlly a great time
@@novasZK all I have to say is tomb of the giants
@@Aiden-iy9du yeah, people act as DS1 is not the champion of terrible map design lol Izalith was literally unfinished and the devs just said fuck it, place a bunch of lava and random mobs and let the players figure out
Reported
"There is no visual indicator you need to kill an enemy in front of a door for it to open"
Dark Souls 3 literally has an area locked behind you doing a gesture at a specific place, said gesture which isis only acquired considerably later in the game when you wouldnt even think of that one spot.
Which place is that?
@@519dha to unlock "that place with dragons" i guess, in the base game.
"There is no visual indicator you need to kill an enemy in front of a door for it to open"
there is literally an Enemy (Archer, so he won't move) right under the Golem Statue, i opened that door yesterday, so u can understand how to interact with those 2 statue by just killing a single enemy, idk what is Asmongolo talking about, and he as well don't know what is he talking about.
@@AtreyusNinja original comment was talking about ds3
@@519dha yes i'm talking about ds3, he was saying that place in the base game were u had to do the gesture of the dragon or something, that allows u to reach .. man let me google the name of that area cuz i don't touch ds3 from years
Asmon gots his cheeks clapped in ds2 lol
My first souls game is ds1 and my second was ds3 cause some people said ds2 was terrible but tbh with you the first time i played ds2 I was literally getting obliterated i raged quit and didn't played it for a month but I comeback to it a bit later after finishing ds3 and tbh i change my mind about ds2 lmao Ds2 is actually cool and Im addicted to it ✨
Man's angry he never levelled ADP
Probably lol
Never needed it myself lol
@@wally-squid7069 i did pvp with 9 adp and it was just fine, right now playing a low agi character cuz i'm a mage (pve) and that other attributes for the slot help too for my iFrames, playing just fine.
Shouldn't have ever been a Stat to begin with.
i leveled adp enough to have 95-99 or so agility in early game-ish, and it still didn't make ds2 good for me. game is just mediocre.
I like to immerse myself in games if I play 'em, and DS2 made it really easy to feel like a cursed undead. I loved that game. I would attribute the weird world design to the fact the my character is slowly losing their mind and often ended up in new places without really knowing how.
…or why. That is your fate, Bearer Of The Curse.
this is a great outlook. i’m going to give the game another chance with this in mind
Cope
as cool as that theory is, using head cannon to make a game better often isn't a good sign.
@@613-shadow9 honestly, this is the most canon way to look at it cause we are actually deteriorating in the game, i mean opening wise we already forgot our family and the fire keeper warned that we will die which brings us closer to being a blank husk, the thing we are trying to avoid
I really don't get why the first thing people realize on the opening is that the devs are being cheeky about dying when the whole game is about the effects of the undead curse which is about every death removes a portion of humanity then get revived.
Asmongold really doesnt let others have different oppinions
Who's going to tell him they put 2 fire mages in with the Lost Sinner on NG+?
the thing that always felt the most fun to me in ds2 was the ranged gameplay, the game gives you the most freedom as a caster than any other souls game, with items like the old iron king crown, playing as a high level hybrid hexer was the most fun i ever had as a ranged combat focused character, the game might be jank and objectively bad compared to all other recent fromsoft titles, and it also becomes clear why if you look at the development history, but i'll always still consider it a good game, and one that definitely has a special place in my heart
@@Shawn_Raz_87 personally, I only use melee and no summons, but I do t judge people for using what the game gives you. I might judge people for cheesing tho
@Shawn Rasmussen That comes from it being easy mode for DS1 in their eyes lol. An improvement to what was already cheating the system doesn't appeal to them.
Damn I miss DS2, the PVP really was a you had to be there kinda deal. When it was popping it just felt so good. But in general I also just loved the more king's fieldy vibe it had.
Just play it again then!
it still pops bro
i loved my special invader Glow from the Arena, and the Duels i had with my 2 rings from No Death No Bonfire runs which made my weapons invisible was super fun, although not as competitive as you might hope haha. I even had a nemesis in the Arena, dude was like Level 500 while i was sitting at 120. Think i only beat him once or twice but he always made it fun by playing the Boss
@@Nankeroo u really can't early launch PvP was a true gem
i made a fun anti mage build and not a single mage could even kill me, was super fun.
If none of the other Souls games existed ...there's still enough of the magic DNA in ds2 to make you want more. Also, red iron twinblade
There are some really good armor and weapon designs in DS2 that I'm glad *some* made a return in DS3. The Alonne Knight sets were a nice addition, though I always thought the design could be a little better. Specifically the helmets or the shoulders. There's something off about them. They look mildly awkward somehow.
I love DS2 bc everytime I come back I end up in a place I forgot even existed. That game is so damn big.
"I hate Dark Souls 2 so it's bad" homie should become a game journalist
Did anyone WATCH him beat this game? Or the DLC's? Because the fact that I can't find it anywhere on CZcams is making me seriously wonder.
Literally just search asmongold ds2
Lmao you tried to imply he hasnt played it? Lol. Rekt.
If I had to replay any dark souls game it will be DS2. Even though DS1 was my first game and had the best lore and level design but I never went to ng+. DS2 had the best combat, weapons, and armor. PVP was a blast.
Ds2 pvp is amazing, and is still alive on pc thx to the mod Blue Acolyte
I was nostalgic for DS2. Then I replayed it last year and there was shit I forgot about like the loogie cave leading to the rotten, or the shrine of amana, or the friggen ancient dragon, or just iron keep and it’s entire army of skeleton knights. I like some of the settings and music, and the first time I saw Drangleic castle it was pretty amazing…. Until I actually got inside and had to fight like 5 ruin sentinels.
Especially scholar of the first sin is so bad. Vanilla was better for single player.
Yep. enemy placement in DS2 was awful lmao. Plust it was blatantly unfair with traps
When you like all of those examples, perhaps the army in iron keep but that place is so cool.
The 5 sentinel shit is a single room tho, what? You just get the items then get the fuck out of there. Iron keep and shrine of amana are fine too tbh.
@@lucasvallet4487 shrine and iron keep are fine? you are a masochist for saying that. Getting diked by all 4 sides is fun lmao. If you are talking about vanilla than it is true.
Asmon: "At the top of the elevater, you have magma"
Me as a dwarf fortress player: "As you should have."
Asmon: "It's not enviromentally consistent."
Me: "You what mate? Of cause it is consistent. How else to you get your magma gysir landmines running to drown a single kobold thief under several stories of Amoks blood? Anything less won't send the right message!"
ah a fellow dwart fortress and dark souls enjoyer, Not many of us exist!
6:00 I HATED fighting Belfry Gargoyles but loved learning as I slammed my head on the wall. I finally learned how each one spawned after like 6 or 7 attempts and it was a game of chasing down one guy at a time until they were all dead.
It took me at least 15 attempts to beat the Gargoyles but damn was it satisfying to collect my souls that I dropped from the first attempt.
Hate on me but DS2 is my favorite in the trilogy, it's the one I played the most and the one I always go back to play...
Ik it's been 9 months, but your comment about you liking ds2 and it being your favorite.
Is it your first? People usually prefer their first.
Lots of people started with ds2.
I started with Sekiro, and it's my favorite. Though most of the people who beat it say it has the best combat.
You can actually see when and how the Heide knights will attack, he's just bad. There is a small movement in the sword before the quick attack
Asmon is indeed.. bad, funny guy but he would've been just as bad as the kid in the video if he didn't play the series in reverse order.
The burnt ivory king was one of my favourite bosses in terms of presentation on the entire series. Only dragon lord placi tops him in Elden ring
It was my favorite dark souls because of dual wield combos, being able to fight bosses multiple times, dying having consequences, the map being bigger and the weapons having multiple best choices
I know its a meme but DS2 isnt that bad and him malding about it everytime is gets brought up is just kinda ?????
Here is the thing, before Elden Ring this is what I thought about DS series, I thought DS1 had the best world/lore, DS2 more fun PVP and cosplay/fun builds, DS3 I thought had the best PVE. Elden Ring kinda combined all 3 for me.
Except pvp
pvp in elden ring sucks fuckin aaaaaaass
Elden Ring PVE is just too easy. There is no tension with the threat of invasion removed and the numerous bonfires placed every where. A big dull treasure hunt.
@@Insp.CountMortisWinshipKlaw yeah and as invader, because of how close each grace is, you either invade where a host is just camping grace or they are already at the fog gate.
@@darkblood1192 I quite enjoyed it, had tons of fun trying different builds and styles, only thing I'm not a fan of is the 10 plus buffs people gotta do before a fight.
I love how people will complain about literally anything in DS2 even if it's exactly like 1 and 3 for some reason in 2 it's bad lol like the games are known for being cryptic and this guy is complaining about the entrance to Drangleic castle. The 47th most cryptic thing in the series, but since it's in DS2 it's unbearable lmao
Why is he so mad about others opinion😂
It’s infinitely hilarious as someone who likes the game
My favorite part about the discourse around this game is that when the game was released in 2014 *almost no one complained about it.* I played DeS and DS1 right before DS2 came out, played it on launch and put 1200 hours in it, and it was universally loved. It made game of the year by GameInformer, extremely high review scores all across the board, everybody was loving it and talking about it, and it had an extremely small amount of the player base actually complaining about it. It was to the point where content creators complaining about the game were lambasted for just hating what was new and fresh, and basically every DS1 content creator other than the few dickheads switched over to DS2 content. Tons of PVP, build videos, walkthroughs, and so on. It took literally about a year for anybody to go back to Dark Souls 1 content, and that was after all three DLCs had released.
In comparison, when DS3 came out nearly every content creator lambasted the game for its poor balance mixed with the same terrible net code that killed BB PvP and a severe lack of content (it didn't have an arena until the first DLC). Almost all OG Souls creators, and most smaller ones, ditched the game within the first month. Oroboro, Peeve, Yukasleigon, everyone just left.
It took until after the DLC's for anyone to come back, and It was still very little content. The people who cropped up after the 1st dlc bought an arena slowly made a name for themselves as the balance patches and second DLC came out. LostMySanity, FighterPL, Revan318, Prod, G9, and Steelovsky all made a name for themselves *after* the absolute shitfest that was DS3's first year of a release. If it wasn't for those balance patches and the addition of the arena, there's a good chance that from a community standpoint the franchise would have just died. Nobody gave a shit because the game was rushed as hell, entire mechanics were just missing or broken, and balance wasn't even something they considered.
The "DS2 is bad" complaints didn't even start until around the last 5 years when DS1 got it's remake. The problem is that DS2 punishes bad play more so than any game FROM has made other than Sekiro, and is notoriously hard to just run through. You actually have to try, and around the time the game came out that's what everybody wanted from the next FROM game. Like seriously, go look for videos pre-2018 criticizing DS2 for the things that you hear people complain about now like enemy density and "it's clunky and slow". You simply aren't going to find them because DS1&DeS were both just as slow if not slower with certain play styles and were actually more clunky the majority of the time. The things people are actually going to complain about in criticisms from back then are adaptability and soul memory, which are definitely massive issues and if they remake the game I think they should just remove the adaptability stat altogether.
Can't stop laughing at "played it on lunch" lmaoooooo
But yes, I agree with literally everything you said.
(although i gotta say i enjoyed soul memories)
I mean yea adaptability was a waste of points just to get s. That was so lame and made the game super clunky for no reason
@@Mythowarsadaptability was a terrible choice, yes. But so was DS1 making R2 attacks do less damage, take longer, leave you vulnerable for longer, and take more stamina than 2R1s. Or the fact that one shield and about 10 weapons completely outclass literally everything else in ds1 by a country mile. Or the fact that two entire weapon classes have a stagger animation if you miss the attack.
Point being, they all make mistakes.
@@OMIMox yea but ds2 is more of a stinker then 1 so it gets my wrath
@@Mythowars "I don't like Dark Souls 2 because I'm bad at it" there, I fixed your comment for you 🤡
This man was mentally abused by Dark Souls 2. What a legend...
He's mad because he sucked and wouldn't finish it lol
so true
the ending made me laugh harder than i have in years.
The guy called "Dark Fuck" was the cherry on top.
did asmon play vanilla or sotfs?
The world design is weird because the Devs originally wanted to do an Elden Ring style open world, but the idea was scrapped, and they just had to put the map together somehow.
A LOT of things from DS2 are in Elden Ring. If ds2 was remade, I feel it would be god tier.
True dark souls fans actually like dark souls 2
this just in: bald man doesn't understand that something being unfinished doesn't make it bad(I wonder what a finished dark souls 2 would've been like)
and there is a theory that a lot of flaws were left in on purpose the elevator taking you to the massive sea of molten iron isn't actually taking you there it's the game skipping ahead to when you get there because your character doesn't remember how the hell he got there and the enemies showing up in places they weren't before could be explained as our character remembering they were there(I like this theory because it implies our undead is telling the story to someone else and he is struggling to remember the details due to his zombie dementia)
I like to play DS2 when I feel like raging at basic enemies and sleeping through boss fights.
DS2 had three major flaws:
1: Estus chugging speed and rolling s are tied to the adaptability stat, in order to make it worth putting points in there they had to make the base values for those slower/fewer than previous titles, thus it feels awful to play at low levels and OP at high levels.
2: Lot of places to go but not much in them.
3: The teaser videos showed what looked like HDR lighting (see the knight with torch teasers), the released version had this taken out, so everything looked washed out, almost full bright and it showed off all the ugly textures.
That place with the dragons was cool. The guys on the steps bowing to you lol
It had the best PVP put of any souls games. It had the most build variety out of any of them. Power stancing, heavy, dark, magic, halberds, faith. They all had something to offer
I get that Ds2 definitely has some major cons, but I feel that Dark Souls 1 set a standard in people’s minds of “what dark souls is” and Ds2 threw a curveball and changed a lot, and I feel that people took that harshly, and just shamelessly hated on the game for 2 majors reasons. 1. They never/barely played it and they’re mad they suck or are jumping on the bandwagon. Or 2. They played Ds2 with a standard in their minds, and when Ds2 didn’t meet those requirements in the way Ds1 did, they got pissy.
U are not wrong, but also when ppl talk sg1t about ds2 they seems to forget how bad Ds1 was for some aspects, movesets 4way roll directions not even be able to teleport (the interconnection thing is an AMAZING thing for a first Experience, but then???) Ds1 have some incredibly bad hitboxes but is only a problem when there is ds2 in the title.
In ds2 u have multiple way and u can teleport any time, quality of life.
If the Ds1 standards are:
Actual turnspeed
Not tying s to a stat
actual level design
Non artificial difficulty (i.e shit enemy placement)
Mindnumbingly easy gameplay
the lock on not being a detriment to your gameplay
hitboxes that don't suck you into the attack
Then yeah, people aren't gonna like Ds2.
@@entropy7705 oh so is a problem of hitbox the teleport thing, not that ds2 gives prio to the end of Your roll instead.
Oh so the gank squad is Just bad lvl design and Joseph Anderson in his critique is Just wrong.
Oh because the Lock on in Ds1 was gooAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Oh because your mage and Your tank need so many s, i did pvp with 9adp dodging using My eyes and it was fine, i still had more s than Monster hunter and dmc with 9 adp.
@@entropy7705 I don’t think souls game had “mind numbingly easy gameplay”
We are talking about dark souls, correct?
I love Dark Souls 2, it makes me nostalgic
It's a good game
Thats about all it can do other than drive you insane
@@namethefifth7315 weak
@@namethefifth7315 git good
@@namethefifth7315 Skill Issue
What about the art direction, massive size of the world, the great hub area, the fantastic lore where every NPC is losing their memory due to time being so convoluted, the fashion, the power stance- DS2 rules
man, what ca nu expect fromsomeone who literally said: "yeah i have no problem with ds3 lvl design and boss reused but yeah i hate ds2 so in that case is bad" 🙂 like dfq
Most of the things you mentioned are bad, and points against DS2. The world feels smaller than demons souls's (shout out to the final area that you can't access because of... a pillar that is one foot high, and that it magically disappears), the art direction is laughably bad (they outsourced most of the assets to third world countries, look it up), none of the npc quest made sense or fleshed out the world, lore, or the game philosophy (because the game at large doesn't have one, unlike DS1, bloodborne, sekiro, or elden ring).
I'll give you that a lot of sets do look cool, and power stancing was a nice idea that they expanded wonderfully on elden ring. Majula is pretty neat too, though I personally prefer the nexus.
The biggest downsides of the game for me, other than the terrible, terrible level and boss design, is the music and the animations, they look like PS1 level bad.
@@devildante9 ds1 is much better in that sense, ds1 animations make appear ds2 like a recent game.
the world feels smaller than demon's souls? lol, if u say so.
yeah I think Asmon underestimate the lore a lot cuz imo there is more lore in ds2 then in ds1 and elden ring. Yeah I said it.. I fkin said it. Elden Ring is DS easy mode. Like lets be real. It is not difficult. Bloodbourne is also not that difficult that many morons claim it is.
Just finished Lords of the fallen with a friend. We got to the Bird boss in the ice area and we literally just sat in a corner together and waited for the girl to appear. One of us would go wack her real quick (it took like 2 hits at most) and we went back to our corner and waited again. and the final boss for the game was the most boring thing ive ever done.
jo at the start of the vid the epic musik, does someone know the name ?
I Love DS2 , it is the only Souls i finished multiple times. the stands the amplitude of weapons , the variety of ambiences … etc just epic .
It's the only one I never finished, despite getting near the end of the game 5 separate playthroughs. I just get really angry at how low quality the game is and I get fed up with playing it.
@@HamsterPants522 You've failed!
@@HamsterPants522 you didnt miss out on anything
@@HamsterPants522 ya for real i have beat darksouls 1, two times i have 100% elden ring and sekiro, as well as thymesia though this is not a fromsoft title. I also am in the procces of beating bloodborne (wich i will probably try to 100% as well) and darksouls three. And i will probably get to demon souls eventually. But darksouls 2 is a game i will never touch again. I bought only because it was on sale for $10 and i still feel ripped off. It is the biggest peice of garbage i have ever seen
@@incius8341 No. The developers of that rushed and sad excuse for a game have failed.
I remember when Asmon bitched about the souls community being toxic and overbearing…how the turntables huh 😅
i love how all the time that someone talks about dark souls 2 instead of talking about pros and cons, all they do is talking about cons knowing that this game did a lot of good things.
@@pockettwo power stance introduction, majula, new healing items with new pros and cons, new weapons new spells,nice music not the best the series has on offer but still good, it tried to fix the janky ds1 back stabs.tried new boss design gimmicks like the looking glass knight. Tried to innovate instead of being a copy and paste of ds1.interesting enemy choices like the knights who only attack when there is a white phantom. Every souls games have good and bad features just cause it isn't the best in the series doesn't mean it is bad
After playing the souls games and Elden ring all the way through. All I do is chill and wait to be summoned sometimes to help someone with a boss. I’ve helped quite a few with Gael, Nameless King, MANY Elden Ring bosses.
The game felt more methodical since everything was slower, I think my second favorite pvp. I definitely admit it feels clunky and understand why people dislike it, but it'll always be one of my favorites. Played it for many many years.
For me it was my favorite pvp because of how slow Estus is, I hate long drawn out fights and its easier to punish healing in ds2
Well yeah it has the best pvp but why are you ignoring all of it's issues, are you saying they don't matter to other people?
"Plays slows" did u forget DS1 was a thing and did it better lol?
@entertainmentgamer1992 I didn't forget about DS1 but DS2 seems to be the one ostracized by the community. I disagree with the statement that DS1 was better gameplay-wise. Content overall could make an argument, but it's all opinion based anyway.
@@subparpt DS2 is only gameplay and thats it, thats the problem except bosses are really bad (ofc besides a few) but the lore was mid and the world design only "looks cool" but makes no sense and the end game castle was so ass
14:51 a legit catch with clunky animation because ds2 prioritizes YOUR roll to finish its animation, but yes ez to say "bad hitbox"
but thanks for the slowing the video dude so you can clearly see he finished his roll animation = vulnerable 🤣
and you mistake a teleport animation (same problem as sekiro hello) for a bad hitbox, do you even know WHAT A HITBOX IS?
I have put more hours into D2, specially after the DLCs, then both others combined, not ashamed to admit it. Loved the story. Combat. It MADE fashion souls. Healthiest PVP imo. Only one i could never finish was Sekiro. I HATED the boss fights. Rest of the game was amazing. *Runs for cover!*
You actually have to climb on top of à volcano to see lava in the inside...i dont know what you guys think
15:15 he is standing in its fist during an attack animation. How is that sitty roll the hill you want to die on???
I like DS2 for three reasons:
1) it forced me to stop using the shield 24/7 like a pussy thanks to Sinh and Raime (every boss in DS1 was trivial with a greatshield)
2) I became a bow and arrow god because half the areas have to be cheesed with poison arrows or they give you brain tumor
3) it's fun to casually fuck around because of infinite healing, easy re-spec, tons of weapons,armor and upgrade materials, great pvp etc.
you don't really need poison arrows, running past things or luring things out with wooden arrows works too, also alluring skulls are cheap and infinitely brought from the cat.
lmao wait so you like the game because you had to cheese through half the areas with a bow because the zones were that bad? thats some hard cope there
@@LJSaint I'm just trying to find some positive things in clearly the worst modern Fromsoft game.
Calls shield users pussies
Also: uses bow and arrow
Bro have you even used the bow in souls games. They are complete trash in most circumstances
Always wondered why tf iron keep was like that and some of the enemies how they’re scattered in the area didn’t make any sense
Dark Douls 2 really doesn't deserve the level of hate it gets from Miyazaki fanboys.
I really enjoyed Dark Souls 2! Better than most games out right now, honestly.
No, you are talking crazy
@@pupzemli9232nah it was pretty fun imo
@@twobitgaming no, it wasn't
@@pupzemli9232 yeah nah sorry im still actually enjoying ds2 so it is still fun imo
@@twobitgaming if you like shit it will not turn into gold
DS2 is the definition of “it’s alright I guess”, the storytelling is really good though.
DS2 had too many ideas and almost none of them landed, but the ones that did, REALLY landed. And the artificial difficulty that boils down to “this will take a really long time” is just tedious.
I personally liked DS2's DLC the most conpared to that of DS1 and DS3. DS2's DLC really improved a lot compared to the base game imho. However, each DLC still has its own annoying unnecessary bosses (gank squad, blue smelter demon, and tiger duo) lol.
Also the game just was not put together properly
DS2 sold the idea of untold aeons having passed a lot better than DS3 did.
Dual wield powerstance.
Teleport from the beginning of the game.
Multidirectional roll.
Agility stat increase and estus drink time.
Red summoning signs and birth of fight clubs.
Added cape physics.
Coolest armor in all dark souls. (Faraam, Alva, Heide Knight)
Torches to fucking see where you going.
DS 2 was an experiment and aslo and improvement mechanically. It only missing good game design (Miyazaki)
@@rousrouslan4023
Fight clubs were always a thing
I just beat DS2 for the first time and I love it! I’m about to fight the Ivory king to cap off my playthrough
i love how he stays true to his words and gets mad in the first 5 seconds 🤣🤣
My first souls game on steam, good lore, good pvp and Majula, i love DS2
So bad
I prefer DS2 over DS3, set pieces were much cooler in DS2 and I don't remember thinking any of the bosses were trash. DS3 just felt bland.
@@demetter7936 oh boi, how can you be so bad in games
@@pupzemli9232 he likes ds2 for the same reason u like ds3 it was his first souls so you're biased to it
@@demetter7936 u dont think there isnt any of boss were trash in ds2? wow. i think ds2 is the weakest on boss quality in all from software games.
Many of the criticism about DS2 are facts, specially with level design, but with exception of reused bosses, asmon is sounding like a whiny noob to me, and if he things the two knights in the "small room" is too unbalanced, so that's disappointing, the boss is manageable pretty simple to beat. multiple enemies gank? oh don't be a weakling, long 2h sword with wide horizontal swing is just one of the ways to deal with this, waiting for the right moment to attack as it has always been in souls games. I started in DS2, then played some years later the DS1 game, though the same as people who played 1 and then 2, most DS1 bosses are easy when you already know how to play the game, some are even disappointing, although the designs in DS1 are much more interesting in general, that's the effect players had with DS2, they played it already knowing how Dark Souls combat works, it makes it a lot easier.