Game: an activity that one engages in for amusement or fun.

With Dark souls II being identified as a "game" it is an insult to very meaning of the word. I've almost completed this game fully and I fail to see where the fun is. In the other From Software games this is not an issue. The amount of incompetent design choices which are purely devolved systems of Dark Souls I's is painfully striking.... Why make titanite shards finite to vendors when you have a plethora of weapons which require it? It just makes the concept of weapon experimentation which was widely loved in DS1 and 3 ruined and discourages you from changing your playstyle. A literal monkey could see that flaw how it got past QA staggers me. Dark souls One did not have this and that's why it was more fun. The concept of challenging but fair is non-existent as instead they decided to create congested areas with annoying enemies who have boring attack patterns but they have over inflated stats and in order to counteract their terrible moveset they place 3 of them in one room. I am disappointed as dark souls II does not start of bad with nice and interesting area designs with areas such as No man's wharf and Heide's ruins but it quickly nosedives. It feels like sometimes i'm playing Getting Over It with there just being random assets chucked in random places for no reason with a world that makes no sense. why is Bowser's castle on top of a windmill? The OST generic opera ♥♥♥♥ nothing to be noted there. Combat is floaty does not have the weight of ds1. Again, a devolved version. Bosses are mostly just larger npcs such as dragon rider or are just "hehe there are 2 of them" (can be both) as shown with throne's watcher/defender which is evidence of them having zero confidence in their capability to create a well crafted boss. This game should of been scrapped as it was cut so much from what it's original vision was supposed to be to the point where it is just bad. I'd rather rub a cheese grater on my eyeballs than play this sorry excuse of a game ever again. Skip this game if you have any self repsect or gift it to the person you truly hate. Play a good game like any other From Soft Soulsbourne they are great.

verdict: 2/5 they should be paying me to play this crap.

Game: an activity that one engages in for amusement or fun. With Dark souls II being identified as a "game" it is an insult to very meaning of the word. I've almost completed this game fully and I fail to see where the fun is. In the other From Software games this is not an issue. The amount of incompetent design choices which are purely devolved systems of Dark Souls I's is painfully striking.... Why make titanite shards finite to vendors when you have a plethora of weapons which require it? It just makes the concept of weapon experimentation which was widely loved in DS1 and 3 ruined and discourages you from changing your playstyle. A literal monkey could see that flaw how it got past QA staggers me. Dark souls One did not have this and that's why it was more fun. The concept of challenging but fair is non-existent as instead they decided to create congested areas with annoying enemies who have boring attack patterns but they have over inflated stats and in order to counteract their terrible moveset they place 3 of them in one room. I am disappointed as dark souls II does not start of bad with nice and interesting area designs with areas such as No man's wharf and Heide's ruins but it quickly nosedives. It feels like sometimes i'm playing Getting Over It with there just being random assets chucked in random places for no reason with a world that makes no sense. why is Bowser's castle on top of a windmill? The OST generic opera shit nothing to be noted there. Combat is floaty does not have the weight of ds1. Again, a devolved version. Bosses are mostly just larger npcs such as dragon rider or are just "hehe there are 2 of them" (can be both) as shown with throne's watcher/defender which is evidence of them having zero confidence in their capability to create a well crafted boss. This game should of been scrapped as it was cut so much from what it's original vision was supposed to be to the point where it is just bad. I'd rather rub a cheese grater on my eyeballs than play this sorry excuse of a game ever again. Skip this game if you have any self repsect or gift it to the person you truly hate. Play a good game like any other From Soft Soulsbourne they are great. verdict: 2/5 they should be paying me to play this crap.