Dark Souls II

It's not the worst game in existence like everyone makes it out to be but it also just blantly disrespects it's players and offers no difficulty in encounters other than random unfair ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The base game bosses are all extremely easy they're all almost exactly the same copy pasted boss. The boss swings once or twice maybe thrice then has a opening that just begs you to swing at it for free. 95% of the enemies are humanoids even the bosses, there's barely any variety. Shrine of Armana and the Black Gulch are worse than the Tomb of Giants. It has okay level design sometimes but when dying constantly reduces your maximum HP until you use an item it makes it less enticing to actually explore. In general the game is easier than DS1 none of the base game bosses ever act as a hurdle or give you any challenge and the "hard" levels in this game (theres like 2-3 maybe) all just have annoying cheap ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ instead of giving you an actual challenge. Honestly it's impossible to recommend this game to anyone it's okay at the start but the level design in the later areas is just too terrible without any payoff I wouldn't want to put anyone through that. Also the final boss is a joke even more so than Gwyn because at least he tries to put up a fight if you don't parry. DS2 glazers are just contrarians I don't understand how anyone can like this game enough to prefer it over the other 2 games in the series. Some of the things I liked were Majula, It's really beautiful and is probably the best hub area in the trilogy. It's an okay knight fantasy game. The Smelter Demon was actually a decent boss but the runback was so bad I just despawned every enemy in the area before fighting him properly. The Emerald Herald, Shalquoir, Benhart, Lucatiel and Vengarl were cool characters. Why am i writing all this no one will read it bad game don't buy it but if you do buy it just dont buy the scholar version unless getting ganked is a fetish to you.