IGN Reviews – Dark Souls 2

42 Comments

1. …i keep coming back to this review before i start a new game +

2. As a hardcore Dark Souls and Demon Souls player I feel it’s almost blasphemy to say this but…Dark Souls 2 is my favorite game in the series. I think the main game is highly entertaining with some of the most memorable locations and weapon/spell variety and some of the series most epic boss fights. The story was also great, and had some emotional backbone with a hollowed out Vendrick and Giant memories you could play. The PVP and DLC’s are also widely regarded as the best in the series. I really think People love to hate this game cause Miyazaki’s Name wasn’t on it, but I thought it was great and certainly way better than Dark Souls 3.

3. Lies everywhere. Human effigies are abundant and theres a ring that lowers the hp reduction. The bosses are jokes compared to ds1.

4. Such a phenomenal game.

5. Why 9 when 1 and 3 got 9.5?

6. LOVED IT!!

7. I wish more people played this! They killed the game when SOTFS was released. This is my favorite game of the series.

8. 60 hrs . Lol No thanks. Next

9. dark souls 2 might be bad, but hey at least its not witcher 3

10. A steady 30 frames per second

11. I finally beat Dark Souls and I'm on the last boss of Dark Souls 3. My question is should I play Dark Souls 2 Or Dark Souls 2 SOTFS or both. I guess Im asking if there are enough differences in the 2 versions to play both?

12. Bloodborne better

13. Just get the ring of binding.

14. Dark souls 2 is the best souls game.
    Change My Mind

15. Anybody else hear him take a breath after a few sentences? Lol

16. "Take a look at these two areas, one with a torch and one without. Bit weird, huh?"

    No. I don't know what you're getting at.

17. The way you say "irrisitable" with that lisp and that sudden high pitch almost like it was orgasmic. I swear, people like you I thought only existed as a joke.

18. "9.0 – BEST SOULS GAME EVER"
    – Shadow Gaming

19. game is just 99% gankers worst game in the soul series by far

20. Please February, come fast!! We're getting this gem on PS Plus ?

21. this is the worst game in the souls series yet its still really good!

22. low life because your dieing too much? somes like some one needs to Git Gud and stop dying

23. Dark souls 2 is the worst. Dark souls 3 is amazing, dark souls 1 is a MASTERPEICE!

24. I wouldn't say dark soul's 2 death penalty is a cons, as it wasn't for demon souls. It is to prevent a trial and error cycle that is way too ease to get in. It forces you to think before you act. As the trailer says "this is not about dying, it's about what you learn from death".

25. I am a Souls die-hard skull and bones fan but god damn, 9 for this is still throwing me into laughter XD

26. Did the jigsaw ad scare the crap out of you?

27. Pass

28. Tough but fair?? Really??

29. Dark Souls 2 is the worst of the souls games.

30. Dark Souls has become my favourite video game series as an adult. I don't really play much else. I got about 100 hours across all 3 games + Bloodborne

31. Is that Rasputin

32. Dark Souls 1 is a chocolate pudding
    Dark Souls 2 is a tiny turd pretending to be a chocolate pudding

33. Completely destroyed DS1 and D3, 100% achievements and everything. Should I buy this game ? It got lot's of bad reviews and is according to a lot of people the worst out of the 3.

34. One thing bothering me
    Why does everyone on YouTube insisted not to retrieve their Souls in a Boss Fight ?

35. you do relize this was hard for the wrong reasons miasaki didnt really do this. he was doing bloodborne

36. Come play the RPG where no one does what they're suppose too :)! Yes talking to you havel set guy, who hide behind my pure mage…If only this wasn't all the time…Yes host, your warrior should still engage ennemies, while I stay behind you dealing damage NOT the contrary…

37. … And once you get the ring of binding, the single con of death penalty is removed completely. Just beat it for the first time including all optional bosses. What an amazing game.

38. obv this reviewer never played demons souls

39. lmao i love how he proudly lists the fact he got both endings for original dark souls as some uber h4rdc0re gamer cred yo

40. The death penalty is same as dying a curse death in the first Dark souls hence in this game the player is called "Cursed "undead

41. this game is hard as hell for me but i still love it( i died 23 times on the first hour)

42. a con for a fuqin death penalty?!!!