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April 2014
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The editors liked
Challenging combat. Rewarding exploration. Terrific atmosphere. Highly replayable. Most accessible Souls game for beginners. Excellent PC port with numerous options.
Improved lock-on camera
Same old Dark Souls difficulty
Graphics
Challenging
Fun multiplayer
Solid port with expected improvements over the console versions
Challenging game play
Finely balanced
Intriguing online interactions
Wonderful visuals
More accessible w/o sacrificing challenge
The editors didn't like
Faulty hit boxes. Despawning enemies. Graphic glitches. Open world means large difficulty spikes
Frame-hitching and screen-tearing abound on consoles
Published: 2022-01-12, Author: Chris , review by: destructoid.com
Abstract: The Return to Drangleic Dark Souls 2 community event returns!For those of you who haven't partaken before, Return to Drangleic, much like the efforts for the other SoulsBorne games, is a community effort to get people back into old games during a tight ti...
Another big, deep, engrossing action RPG in the Souls series that is more polished but ultimately weaker due to a fractured world, lack of direction, uneven difficulty and uninspired boss fights....
Published: 2014-05-12, Author: Jeff , review by: Gamingnexus.com
Abstract: Even if you haven't played any of the Dark Souls games, you're probably aware of their reputation as an exercise in masochistic gaming. As someone who really loved the Ninja Gaiden series on both the NES and XBox, I've been wanting to take a crack at Dark...
Abstract: The moment thousands of gamers have been waiting for has come, and a day early. Today was supposed to be the official release date for Dark Souls 2 on the PC, but the game unlocked at 6PM EST last night, giving players the ability to start their arduous j...
Challenging combat. Rewarding exploration. Terrific atmosphere. Highly replayable. Most accessible Souls game for beginners. Excellent PC port with numerous options.
Faulty hit boxes. Despawning enemies. Graphic glitches. Open world means large difficulty spikes
Despite the finicky hit boxes and a few other flaws worth patching, Dark Souls II is an excellent port of a modern action-RPG classic. Dark Souls fans shouldn't hesitate to enjoy all the suffering in high resolution at 60FPS....
Abstract: CommentAs popular as the Souls series of titles has proven to be, it took an outside source to make Dark Souls on PC become an acceptable port in the eyes of most fans. That’s not going to be the case with the PC port of Dark Souls 2. This port, which ...
Abstract: Combat this time around has been changed slightly to make the experience tougher, especially to those who are already fans of the series. Now there are barely any invulnerability frames allocated to special moves such as ripostes and back stabs. This now...
