That said, although the game looks pointedly better than the previous-gen versions, it still doesn’t look great. Areas are more colorful, animations are smoother thanks to the improved framerate (60FPS), and darkness is more common than in the original version, which gives torches the usefulness they deserve. The console version of Dark Souls 2 now looks every bit as good as most PC versions look, and has the added benefit of some better textures to boot.

Because the Dark Souls franchise is a series that prides itself on not holding the player’s hand, allowing the player to explore, discover, and ultimately overcome obstacles on their own.Īs for the updates that have been added to the vanilla Dark Souls 2 experience, the one that becomes immediately obvious after booting it up is the graphics. It’s brutal, completely unfair, and you’ll love every second of it.

You’ll die - a lot, and in doing so you’ll become hollow, which makes you do less damage and reduces your maximum health every time that you do so. The Dark Souls series is known for its difficulty and Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is no exception. You gotta kill bad things and take their souls, so that you can kill even badder things. You see, most of the Dark Souls series’ story comes from item descriptions and, well…you know what? It doesn’t matter. Fortunately, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is more than just a simple port, as it brings much-needed upgrades and alterations to a game that was already great to begin with.įor those who haven’t played Dark Souls 2 yet, it’s the story of an undead trying to… well, actually the story is hard to explain. With Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin, From Software looks to repent for their sins and bring the Dark Souls franchise to our shiny new consoles. There are admittedly few games that I would even bother doing that for, but a Dark Souls game is one of them, and so I begrudgingly did so.

When Dark Souls 2 came out last year, my only regret was that I had to dust off my old console to play it.

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