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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

84% positive of 84,337 Steam reviews

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To finish
38 h
To 100%
70 h
Released
2015
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
PlayStation, Amazon, Steam, Xbox / PC Game Pass

Made by FromSoftware, Inc.. Published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware, Inc..

About the game

DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.

Tagged by players

  • Souls-like
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Difficult
  • RPG
  • Action RPG
  • Third Person
  • Character Customization
  • Medieval
  • Co-op
  • Atmospheric
  • Dark
  • Lore-Rich

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What players say

  • Recommended
    DS2’s difficulty comes largely from enemy placement and there are quite a lot of ganks in the game. So you have to play at a snail’s pace to get through some areas. On top of that, some enemies aggro extremely easily so it exacerbates the gank issue. The bosses themselves are very forgettable and pretty easy. There’s also the ADP stat which other DS games don’t have. Your I-frames are tied to this stat so in the…

    44 h played when written. 144 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Just hitting that recommend button for now. I do not feel like writing review. Trust me, bro. This is a good game.

    87 h played when written. 29 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Less is very often more, and this is going to be the whole theme of this review. Having played the original Dark Souls back when it released, I have made more than 5 honest attempts at beating this one as well, most notably when the original one (not SOFS) released, when SOFS released, and then also after Elden Ring released. For some reason, every attempt before this one ended at the same point on the game's…

    36 h played when written. 22 found it helpful.

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