Thread 713017797 - /v/ [Archived: 953 hours ago]

Anonymous
6/18/2025, 8:46:58 PM No.713017797
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So are you one of those retards that insists DS2 was the best one, when it was actually by far the worst Souls game?

Here's why: The graphics got a massive downgrade right before launch. Previously, it was advertised with a new lighting model that had nice dramatic shadows and real time lighting from the torch and even that knight boss with lightning illuminating the scene. It was a developer's idea of a graphics rugpull. Bait and switch. I think they claimed they had to downgrade it to get it to run on PS3/360. Then when you play the game, you realize the game's level design suffered immensely. Unlike DS1, where the world loops in on itself and reconnects in various ways by elevators, and paths from the central bonfire hub, DS2's level design branches off in dozens of directions on railroad tracks. You follow each line out and then it was a boss, then bonfire to warp back. Lots of dead ends. This is lazy level design. The world was no longer interconnected and amazing in its intricacy.

Demon's Souls released on PS3 and was not shit and nobody had any complaints since this was everyone's first Souls game. It was great. Then DS1 released on PS3/360 and that went down as one of the greatest games of all time, and regularly appears in top 5 games of all time. Sometimes number 1. So this same hardware did not affect Demon's Souls and DS1. Yes, I know they tried to upgrade the graphics and use a new lighting model on DS2 but it was too taxing. Still, they could have done the PC version like that with the fancy lighting but FROM never does PC ports well. It's always an afterthought filled with poor framerate or microstutters.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 8:49:40 PM No.713018004
Nobody liked DS2 on launch. It was so bad they inadvertently made DS3 the best in the series by a wide margin. Unfortunately "Old Good New Bad" is what makes this board.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 8:51:53 PM No.713018187
>>713017797 (OP)
>Demon's Souls released on PS3 and was not shit and nobody had any complaints since this was everyone's first Souls game.
Metroid Prime was a good first attempt, not DeS. I played it for the first time recently, and it's the worst one imo.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 8:54:56 PM No.713018440
lmao
lmao
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>>713018004
>DS3
>best in the series
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 8:57:21 PM No.713018637
Graphics don't make the game, there are plenty of other aspects to consider when judging a games quality overall. That said, the level of disappointment I felt booting it up for the first after seeing those previews was so profound I can still feel it a decade later.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:03:39 PM No.713019132
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>>713018637
>Graphics don't make the game, there are plenty of other aspects to consider
Maybe you should read past the first sentence.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:04:53 PM No.713019228
>>713017797 (OP)
>Muh graphics
I prefer 2's visuals over 3's hideous color schemes of grey and beige for absolutely fucking everything.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:09:16 PM No.713019584
>>713019228
i don't care about your shit taste
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:13:27 PM No.713019965
I'm in dragelic castle in DS2, what did I think about the game so far?
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:19:51 PM No.713020518
>>713017797 (OP)
2 had the most substance to it. It's the only Dark Souls game that I 100%'d.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:21:55 PM No.713020687
>>713017797 (OP)
DS3 > DS 1 > Demon's Souls >>>>>> DS2
Virtually everyone agrees with this assessment except /v/ contrarians. DS2 is and always has been a dogshit game no sane people liked.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:23:03 PM No.713020778
>>713020518
>2 had the most substance to it
BWAHAHAHAHA
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:24:20 PM No.713020890
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>>713017797 (OP)
The only graphics downgrade is from ds2 to ds3
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:24:31 PM No.713020907
>>713017797 (OP)
I donโ€™t put any of the souls games on a pedestal because theyโ€™re all honestly kind of mediocre
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:25:51 PM No.713020993
>>713020778
>lack of an argument
Yes, you don't need to prove further that 2 was for the most intelligent of men.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:28:06 PM No.713021176
>>713020687
Based inverse reality troon poster
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:30:54 PM No.713021412
>>713017797 (OP)
It ran super well on my potato laptop while DaSPTD didn't and also I'm a Shield Chad so none of the the changes that From made to try to turn i-frame-abusing roll fags straight again affect me.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:32:35 PM No.713021530
I just made it to lost bastille and this pursuer dude is graping me, do I just run past him?
18 vigor with 96 agility, using +5 fire longsword and large leather shield
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:32:35 PM No.713021532
>>713020907
This is true since they always fight amongst themselves on who is not at the very bottom. Their best game is a 7/10 or 6 by modern standards and released 15 years ago.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:32:49 PM No.713021550
>>713017797 (OP)
I think ds2 was the worst one, but I didn't think it was the worst thing known to man. It's a solid 7.5/10. Faggots on /v/ will describe it the same way mid 2010's gaming youtuber's describe shitty games before they destroy it in order to save the world or something.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:34:06 PM No.713021648
>>713021550
It's more like a 3/10 in most parts.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:35:15 PM No.713021742
>>713017797 (OP)
DS1 is the best
DS3 is the worst
Simple as

>DS1 > BB > DeS > DS2 > ER > Sekiro > DS3
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sage
6/18/2025, 9:41:58 PM No.713022320
>>713017797 (OP)
>Lots of dead ends. This is lazy level design. The world was no longer interconnected and amazing in its intricacy.
But enough about 3
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:45:12 PM No.713022601
>>713017797 (OP)
I'm a souls OG, and 1 is the best followed by 2 by a close margin. All of you little bitches claiming 3 was the best area bunch of poser faggots, 3 was lame as fuck with that map select bullshit, ruined the whole damn vibe of the fucking thing.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:45:48 PM No.713022653
>>713021742
Anyone that includes BB and especially Sekiro is a legit retard.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:48:01 PM No.713022858
ds1 mobs vs ds2 mobs_thumb.jpg
ds1 mobs vs ds2 mobs_thumb.jpg
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>>713021742
Tell me how ds1 is actually the best
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:50:02 PM No.713023034
>>713022601
Did you even read the text, you dumb retarded nigger faggot?
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:51:39 PM No.713023159
>>713022653
This
>>713023034
Did you see the amount of text OP wrote, no fucking way.

Also, this is the only ranking that matters
>>DS1 > DS2 > DS3
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:52:57 PM No.713023249
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>muh graffix
lol
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:53:10 PM No.713023270
>retard on 4chan tries to tell me what to think
lol get a job before you try to tell anyone anything
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:53:11 PM No.713023271
Dark Souls 2 vs Dark Souls 3
Dark Souls 2 vs Dark Souls 3
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>>713020890
>Has to artificially increase brightness of Dark Souls 3
This is what the two games actually look like
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:54:48 PM No.713023408
>>713020687
Correct
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:55:04 PM No.713023430
>>713020518
I liked that I could come up with retarded meme builds and get them online pretty quickly. Sure, that was also something you could do in DS1 to some degree, but it was easier in 2. And then there's 3. I don't think I have to talk about that one.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:57:18 PM No.713023585
>>713021530
I honestly didn't know he can spawn there, did you just miss the "intended" boss fight version?
Dude is pretty simple, just move to the right or something, his attacks are heavily telegraphed and easy to dodge with simple positioning.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:13:24 PM No.713024764
>>713017797 (OP)
yeah
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:24:23 PM No.713025571
ds2 vs ds3 scenery
ds2 vs ds3 scenery
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>>713023271
>cherrypicking
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:26:47 PM No.713025762
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>Another 3tard seethe thread
Sad, many such cases.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:28:11 PM No.713025883
>>713025762
The upper pic should be ds3 only, because it's always ds2 and ds3fags fighting over leftover scraps after ds1
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:29:22 PM No.713025964
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>>713025883
>leftover scraps
I'll have you know 2 is even better than 1.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:30:27 PM No.713026056
ds1 traffic cone enemies_thumb.jpg
ds1 traffic cone enemies_thumb.jpg
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>>713025883
ds1 is shit
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:30:50 PM No.713026076
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>DS2
SOVL
>DS3
soulless cashgrab rollslop
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:31:09 PM No.713026102
I loved Dark Souls 2, felt like a proper 5th Kings Field game
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:36:19 PM No.713026505
>>713023585
He shows up in Lost Bastille if you go for the chest next to the room with the dogs
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:41:52 PM No.713026945
>>713017797 (OP)
I agree with everything but DS3 is far worse because rollspam and aggressive softcaps
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:42:50 PM No.713027017
>>713026945
Skill issue
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:45:57 PM No.713027256
>DaS2trannies and DaS3zoomers fighting to see who isn't last place while everyone ignores BBsnoys
Being the bottom bracket of the series is gay let alone making threads about it.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:47:20 PM No.713027368
>>713017797 (OP)
You know how all you mongoloids suck off DS1 for LE INTERCONNECTIVITY? Well Kingsfield 4 does the DS1 thing the whole game, no shitty second half, much less jank, better hitboxes. I see everyone fellate DS1 and im scratching my head actually trying to come up with ways its better than Kingsfield 4. The master key and online play are the only things that come to mind.
DS1 turns into a 5/10 when you take the Kingsfield black pill. Older really was better
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:48:22 PM No.713027437
>>713027017
Post shmup 1ccs.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:50:03 PM No.713027564
>>713026102
Ummm NO? Not at all . Kingsfield doesnt make armor literally worthless or have no soundtrack
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:50:05 PM No.713027567
>>713017797 (OP)
I'm not gonna read all this word vomit just wanna let you know that I laugh at you fromsoft cultists and your i-frame roll is one of the most homosexual animations in all of video games lol fucking rollfaggots, roll directly into the pits of hell you fucking queers lmao
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:50:26 PM No.713027587
>>713027368
DS1 is the only "good" one out of modern Fromsoft. It doesn't mean it's good out of that context.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:51:56 PM No.713027696
>>713027368
Counterpoint: dark souls has good gameplay
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:55:53 PM No.713027993
>>713027696
Kingsfield 4 lets you move AND attack. It also lets you avoid hits up to the actual sword tip within your eyelash range.
Thats way better than slow, locked in, DS1 moves and terrible distended hitboxes
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:56:35 PM No.713028049
>>713027993
You are wrong
Good gameplay wins
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:57:30 PM No.713028106
>>713028049
>no argument
Goodbye jeetoid
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 10:57:52 PM No.713028139
>>713028106
Goodbye bad gameplay
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 11:17:35 PM No.713029546
>>713017797 (OP)
truw
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 11:53:00 PM No.713032106
dasryte
Anonymous
6/19/2025, 12:23:56 AM No.713034425
BIG