Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

You buy, You die. Not for casual gamers. If you just started gaming dont buy it. You wont be able to play it.

Very Very good game. Extremely good gaming experience

66 hrs into this game and its been a blast. Not the best Dark Souls and not a perfect game but few games have got me as addicted as this one has

Conocía la saga Dark Souls porque es bien reconocida en el mundo gamer, aunque no me convencía mucho, se me hacía algo complejo y que requería de mucho tiempo para aprender a jugarlo. Decidí darle la oportunidad a este juego y fue la decisión más acertada que he tenido en cuanto a juegos, ya que su jugabilidad, historia, escenarios, dificultad y amplitud del juego es inigualable. Requiere muchas horas para pasarlo, pero de verdad que ni se notan, y estaba muy equivocado, no se requiere en absoluto invertirle tiempo para aprender a jugar, de hecho, esta diseñado para que conforme avances en el juego vayas aprendiendo a jugar y tus habilidades crezcan; en cuyo caso quieras perfeccionar técnicas antes de afrontar nuevos retos el juego siempre te permite ir a donde te sientas más cómodo y seguro para aprender. Ahora que he jugado los tres, puedo decir que la segunda entrega es la que más me ha gustado. Sus múltiples escendarios, su historia y personajes, así como su dificultad gradual a lo largo del juego hacen una experiencia inolvidable. En cuanto al servicio de Amazon, fue una entrega ágil a un inmejorable precio. Lamentablemente es la primera vez que tengo problemas con el envío y sé cual fue la razón USARON DHL PARA ENVIARME MI PRODUCTO algo que explica lo sucedido. Por favor Amazon, usen cualquier otra menos esa compañia, de preferencia estafeta porque DHL nomas quedando mal. Por lo demás, siempre contento con Amazon.

This game is very challenging and a cool addition in the series and very different than Demon souls, Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3. Lots of replay value and the DLC is very challenging. Grindy as well as I had to farm quite a bit to stay effective in the game.

Ah Dark Souls II, I have heard many things about this game before I actually played it; mostly rumblings about how it isn't as good as Dark Souls I but it's still a good game blah blah blah. Let me just say that the first ten hours I spent with this game were BRUTAL. I had completed Dark Souls I and Bloodborne by the time I played this game so you can say I know what I'm doing. Regardless, I had my ass handed to me way more times than I thought was fair. In fact, if you had asked me my thoughts on Dark Souls II during those first ten hours I would've sung a different tune. I would've said it was a harder game than Dark Souls I, but for all the wrong reasons. I'm not saying that now. Having made my peace with hours 1-10 and spending about 30 more in the game I can say the adventure is grand and fantastic. First off, I must say I commend the developers for not simply rehashing every single thing about Dark Souls I for this game. Yes, some of the core principles are there (it IS a Dark Souls game after all) but the developers chose to mix things up a little bit for this entry. The biggest change is Hollowing and Reverse Hollowing. I'm sure everyone at this point knows about the penalty for death when not human: your max health decreases with a floor of half max health. To reverse this (heh) you reverse hollow back to human. You regain your skin, you regain your max health. Simple. However, reverse hollowing is different here. For one, there are no humanities in the game. Instead reverse hollowing is done by using a human effigy: little items found throughout the world and found in some shops. That's it. Moving on. Another notable difference is the estus flask. You start the game with one estus flask. The only way to get more is to find estus flask shards and return them to a woman with a truly amazing name (Emerald Herald, awesome). Each shard grants you one additional flask. Truly, I really like this idea. You can find consumable health recovery items throughout the game so having one flask is no big deal once you find your groove. I like the idea of working for something that refills every time you rest at a bonfire. Major kudos to the developers for this. One minor complaint I have for this game is that the number of areas seems a bit arbitrary. I can't say for sure but I think they made a bunch of areas just so they can say it's a bigger game than DS1. However, a few of these areas are transitory. You run through them in like ten minutes and then you never see them again. No real exploration, just move from point A to point B. I think some of those areas don't even have a bonfire (I could be wrong about this so please keep the pitchfork poking at a minimum). Another complaint is that the boss designs are a bit lazy. Sure, there are some really cool bosses (I'll never forget the Demon Frog and you won't either) but a majority of the bosses are humanoid creatures with roughly the same attacks. One boss even looks exactly like Ornstein! He may even have had the same move set as Ornstein....I don't remember. It's not Ornstein though so no spoilers here. These complaints aside, the game that we are presented with is another great game in the series and an excellent followup to the first Dark Souls. Is it a worse game than Dark Souls? Well....I think I would rate Dark Souls higher, yes, but I must give considerable credit to Dark Souls II for not simply rehashing the first game. They dared to try a few new things. Some of them worked and some of them didn't. The point is you aren't getting an exact same experience with DS2. It's different enough to be its own game and that's a great thing. This game is absolutely worth playing by anyone who is a fan of the Souls series and by anyone who wants a challenge and is sick of the new age style of gaming where everything is progressed through cutscenes and an obnoxious amount of storytelling. Like, the original Legend of Zelda, you are dropped in this big world and told to go exploring. There is a story here but you must discover it on your own. It should be noted, however, that I think the opening cinematics for this game are longer than the combined total of cinematics for Dark Souls I. I'm not sure of this but it may be true.......... Oh! If I have persuaded you to buy this game, I offer you one bit of advice: Dark Souls II has this extra stat for leveling up called Adaptability. On the level up screen it is denoted as ADP near the bottom of the stat list. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU GET THIS STAT TO AT LEAST 20 EARLY ON IN THE GAME. The game won't tell you this but it speeds up your characters animations for everything. And by everything I mean estus flask drinking (among others but this is vital). I imagine my first ten hours with this game wouldn't have been nearly as rough if I had known about Adaptability. LEVEL ADAPTABILITY UP TO 20. I promise you won't regret it. Okay! Huzzah! Yay! Review is over, so good day!

Perfect game