As Mauler put it, the pendulum of cultural perspective on Dark Souls II has begun to swing into its favor, I want to make sure it swings back. This game is bad, nothing about it is redeeming. Nothing about it should be encouraged. At best it's a few halfway decent ideas that got butchered in execution but AT WORST its a pathetic attempt to cash in on all the worst public perceptions of Dark Souls 1.
This game was forced into existence by an uncaring publisher while the development team of the game it's wearing the skin of went off to make something real with Sony. The rocky development it had was further marred by top-down incompetence and multiple shake-ups before it was shoved out the door stapled together and bleeding.
Worst of all it was then re-released for full price on PC in a slightly modified (but actually worse performing) state.

Nothing about this game should be encouraged.

Reviewed on Jul 11, 2023


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11 months ago

Gulp

9 months ago

dodgeroll fanatics be like: "but the Bee team"

people who have played a from software game released before feburary 9 2009: "there are 3 successors to king's field 3, and none of them are king's field 4"

it's the development team of the game that the development team of the game it's wearing the skin of is wearing the skin of.