>>718415842
The thing with Dark Souls 2 is DS3 shows how it's actually a great game. Just like Star Wars, it took the sequel series to show how good the prequel series was. Dark Souls 2's biggest and only major sin is that the world traveling was not as cool or hype or complex as the first half of DS1's was. A sequel should have made a game that doesn't crumble in the second half and is even more complex and BIG. The levels don't flow together in such a hype manner and the fast travel at the start probably doesn't help the sequel.

However, the game isn't butt ugly like DS3 and it handles less shit than DS1. Some speed being added to the game makes caster shenanigans more viable. While somewhat more restrained, the character sidequests are just as interesting in DS1 outside of hype Siegward/Big Hat/Lautrec moments.

DS3 shows Miyazaki isn't infallible. DS2 is a better game than that and he made DS3 after millions upon millions of sales of games and even more budget.