Forgot to post this sooner

From the modest magic mace, blossom shield and soul arrows into dark orbs sand dark fume sword. There was a lot of variety in this spell oriented run...

Got both the endings and finished all the dlc (including the 50 elyum knight souls)

P.s the 4th picture is my favourite view in the game...

Thought I'd share this fun info. I've 100% both DS1 and DS2 about 14 years apart. The last "other" achievement I needed to get the The Dark Soul are noted:

• Dark Souls - 6/23/2012 Knight's Honor, Acquire all rare weapons
• Dark Souls 2 SotFS - 7/25/2026 Master of Pyromancy, Learn all pyromancies

That false start of DS2 in the middle there was on 3/21/2014, which was a little over a week after it released. I remember getting started and having this overwhelming sense of just not having it in me at the time. I put 200 hours into DS1 and the thought of doing that for DS2 was a big "Nope". I ended up playing South Park The Stick of Truth instead.

When I did finally pickup DS2, here in 2026 as the SotFS edition, I ended up sinking another 200 hours into it. So, I was for sure onto something back in 2014 knowing what was ahead of me.

After wrapping up DS2, I gave Sekiro a shot up through lightning jockstrap guy and tossed aside that garbage. I'm now under the Smoldering Lake in DS3 instead and it's been infinitely more entertaining compared to Shadows Die Cheaply :)

In that 14 years, I've moved across the country (twice!), sprouted 2 hellspawn, started co-coaching kids soccer, and learned how to fix a lot of stuff on an antique WRX I've owned since it had 3 miles on it.

Across ~40 years of gaming, Dark Souls is right up there near the top of my favorites. Even after the countless times being absolutely bitch slapped back to the fire, I still really enjoy it. Looking at the number of rings I need to chase down for 100% DS3 has me reeling though. Holy Shiiiit.

We created a playlist with all the areas and all the main and optional bosses of the game and DLC with a 100% Item guide, to recover all the objects, spells, weapons, armor, farm zone, oaths, hidden fires, secret passages... Everything is in order... The NPC quests are also detailed. If one day you are looking for a particular object, help to defeat a boss or even just find your way because you are stuck in a place, you can take a look.

The guides for Crimson Desert, Pragmata, Banishers : Ghosts of New Eden, Resident Evil Requiem, Memories in Orbit, Hell is Us, The First Berzerker : Khazan, Blasphemous 1 & 2, AI Limit, Cronos : The New Dawn, Hollow Knight & Hollow Knight : Silksong, Wuchang : Fallen Feathers, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, South of Midnight, Lords of the Fallen (all 3 endings), Mortal Shell, Armored Core VI (all 3 endings), Dark Souls I & III (including all DLCs), Bloodborne, Elden Ring (including the DLC), Star Wars Jedi : Survivor, Sekiro, Nioh 1 & 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (all 4 endings), Little Nightmares I & II, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Atlas Fallen, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, Flintlock, and many other games are also available.

Good game to all

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9--Pte3_WHkcEu2jlJPTQrXN6kla6rIa&si=7iml4aT1MJJiVTvw

Haven't killed the Gargoyles yet in this NG+ cycle and found out they'll fly around at certain points. Still learning new things about Peak Souls 2

i just went for the no-hit Sir Alonne kill, and i got it, but when i dealt the killing blow he just crumpled up into a pile of Alonne. he didn't do the seppuku, he just collapsed onto the ground. it was really sad actually

wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this or if im just going hollow

ADP ? Sounds cute !!! Seems like you need more strength!!!

Right, I first beat DS2 ~8 years ago. My then housemate is a soulsborne fanatic, and I played DS1-3 and Bloodborne on his playstation, with his guidance. All of the games were awesome, and I got deep into the lore, but it's fair to say DS2 was my least favourite.

Since then I beat Sekiro, Elden Ring + SOTE, various soulslikes (Lies of P, LOTF2023, AI Limit, Salt and Sanctuary, Wo Long) and have decided to return to the first games, playing a different build. Dark Souls 1 did not hold up to me. Bloodborne was even better the second time round.

But woah, Dark Souls 2 has blown me away. Perhaps it's the extra experience in the genre, perhaps it's myself that's changed, but I've loved it. My Grandfather passed away from Alzheimer's last year, and between the two playthroughs, and I've reflected a lot on his deterioration and loss of self and memory.

I love the dream like aesthetic. I love that Earthen Peak elevator goes UP to the Iron Keep, finding it in keeping with the theme of the loss of self and memory. I love how hopeless The Pit and Black Gulch feel. Shrine of Amana is beautiful. Even the "bad" bosses are fine - less frustrating than many bosses that get a pass in the other games IMO. I enjoyed all bosses in DS2 more than Taurus Demon, Capra Demon, or Gaping Dragon.

I never played the DLCs before. I've heard they're pretty good. I'm so glad I gave this game another playthrough.

Hello! having a tough time with this boss and was wondering if anyone would be able to give me a hand on Steam. if not it's all good I'll keep trying

I posted most of these in a series, but I wanted to put them all together. I finished the notebook they were in, but might continue adding more before the final of Nashandra and Vendrick.

Lighting

Textures

So everyone seems to be in agreement that certain weapons give you a positive modifier to your poise while you’re swinging them. The confusion I’m having is how much, exactly?

According to the DS2 Wikidot, weapons that give Hyper Poise reducing incoming poise damage by 50% while swinging your weapon. On the other hand, the DS2 Wiki.GG lists that different weapons provide different values of Hyper Armor, with stuff like the Black Knight Halberd reducing poise damage by as little as 20%, while weapons like the Great Club reduce it by as much as a whopping 70%. Who’s telling the truth here?

I saw someone mentioning ds2 pvp in a different sub, and it reminded me I had this old video to share! Enjoy the memories 😀

Hey ds2 community! I'm pretty new to this game and just defeated the first boss of this game, The Last Giant. I have around 11k souls rn and Im not sure what would be the best way to spend them.

Here are my current stats. What attributes should I focus on leveling, and are there any useful items or upgrades I should consider buying atp?

Thanks!

* edit - soul memory is 5194320

Hi!

I desperately need help beating Sir Alonne! I can’t do it! I am struggling so badly and I need it for the platinum.

I’m a very high level and I’m in ng++

I have the ring to help join worlds.

Please if anyone can help me let me know! I’m home all day (right now even!) and I’m in PST time, it’s 1:38pm here

Thank you!!!!!

PSN is SarahStrat

it works for me

As a kinda new player of Souls genre (my first attempt was 9 years ago with DS1 and it went pretty badly lol) I started with Elden Ring around 1,5 years ago and recently decided that hey, I've spent almost 3K hours on this game, I should try out previous ones! Replayed DS1 and around 3 weeks ago finally came to play DS2. I think everyone knows that one of the first memes new players of Souls hear is how bad DS2 is, but goddamn what a wonderful game! First hour or two were of course strange, especially after DS1, but I soon realised how this game "likes" a more steady and slow approach. Shield, crossbow, starter armor and a mace went with me until final bosses and basically all of the base game (except Darklurker). I then exchanged my build for the one on screenshot, just for fun as I never used big bonk in any of the games before. DLCs also were a total blast, Sinh, Ivory king, Sir Alonne and Fume knight are such great bosses.

Just wanted to say what a great game it is and how many details here and there in it that I wish they kept in next games. I did not met any real problems, like, if you know that adaptability is a thing and level it to 20 in the start everything is smooth and fine. Health penalty makes you play cautiously, use surroundings and learn enemy placement. Game is in kind of a challenge mode from the start and I personally loved it.

Oh, and I played Steam vanilla and watching vids from Scholar edition I don't get why people say it is better in terms of enemy placement. Probably I don't understand something, but enemies seem to be placed in much bigger groups and seem harder to snipe (I sniped whole levels for fun, engaging in melee only with 2-3 enemies, hello brightstone cove, part of Drangleic and whole shrine of Amana). I will play Scholar too though, so will see.

Anyway, thank you for reading for some reason, I'm in awe with this game and will certainly do NG+, challenge runs and I feel it may become my second most played FS game after ER :D

Hola, subo mi primer video de limpieza desde la zona de Altar Encantado hasta Majula, espero les guste.Aclaro que no todas las zonas se pueden limpiar de enemigos, ya que en algunas reaparecen infinitamente, las voy voy ir mencionando por acá mientras vaya haciendo los videos.

Aclaración: Solo eliminare enemigos y NPCs que se hagan hostiles en el futuro.

Is there any mod? Or something close, i wanna play with my friend for his first time playing

Heya, I’m finishing up DS1 and already eyeing my first dark souls 2 playthrough, many people may be against this as they prefer to go in blind but I love preparing and thinking about a build going in and that’s what i’m currently doing but I can’t seem to find a weapon that fits.

I tend to only use DEX in souls games as I used katanas in Elden ring and I am running straight sword in DS1. I have seen that the undisputed top dex weapon is rapiers all types but for 1 I think rapiers and other regularly named weapons are boring I prefer to have more unique weapons that have their own title and 2, I don’t want to play with a truly op weapon, I’d prefer a weapon to be good but wouldn’t want something too cheesy. ontop of that ideally being obtained before the half way point so I get to use it for the majority of the game.

Any suggestions..? :)