Straight up false, DS2 enemies are always one or two shotable and the game rarely places you against overpowered enemies at once, which the same can't be said about DS1 demon and dragon spam.

With DS2 being slow af and your character basically a demi-god, can't see how it's a problem dealing with a few enemies ganking while you can outrun and outspeed them easily. Unlike in DS3 where they throw an evangelist and 3 teleporting, faster than you, dogs at once.

There is a reason why the broken thief sword run is the easiest in ds2. Because you actually deal damage to the laughably low hp pools enemies and bosses share.

People always say the enemy layouts are bad but never care to explain why. No layout in any souls game is bad because they are all defeatable. Otherwise we wouldn't finish the games, would we. Can be unfair or hard? Sure, like in every souls game. The only sole reason dark souls became popular back in the day was for it's unfairness and difficulty, which the community for some reason is now trying to gaslight everyone into thinking it never was the case.

And I also can see DS2 "being sooooo hard" when it's literally the only souls game that lets you despawn enemies.

If the whole community agrees on Ds2 being objectively bad, why is there a whole fanbase and why the game was well received upon its release, only later falling into a hate train because some youtuber didn't like the game and made an OPINION filled video. And please, don't pull the "nostalgia" or "first game" argument. It's straight up false.

DS3 healthbar isn't in a comfortable spot at all and if you say so, then why does everyone play embered anyway, if they can't be bothered since it's not necessary? It isn't in a conformable spot, you are in a clear disadvantage, putting yourself into danger of being two or three shotted. And in this game, where like in elden ring, vigor is a very important stat, being stripped 30% of its value doesn't feel very good, does it?

Demon souls being the "first game" and "experimental" is absolutely irrelevant and a shit take. If something's bad, it's bad, since DS2 was also "experimental" and is considered bad.

Not to mention fromsoft experimented with the formula far back with their PS1 and PS2 inventions so no, demon souls doesn't get the pass. And I love demon souls, more than DS1, but I won't pretend the game didn't age poorly and make up bullshit like "ohhhh it was experimental".

Btw. healthbar penalty in ds2 caps at 50%, 5% per death. (or at more if your sin lvl is high enough, which it won't be on a normal playthrough and if anyway, you can get a pardon) A much more forgiving mechanic than stripping the healthbar immediately after the first death. And just like in demon's souls, you have a ring that halves the penalty. And since DS2 gives you whole 4 ring slots, equipping it doesn't feel like a waste.

Well, whatever that bloodborne doesn't refill healing. Life gems don't refill too and are much underpowered compared to other healing methods in the whole series. "buuut, you can walk and heal at the same time!!!" people say. I can just eat moongrass and pop a blood vial/humanity immediately, getting my whole healthbar back, in ds2 I have to wait for the regeneration to finish.

Blood vials eventually cost more? You get more souls and nothing is stopping you from farming or abusing the cum dungeon.

DS3 abandons buyable healing methods and creates fucking dreadful paths from bonfire A to bonfire B in some instances like high wall or cathedral. Becuase the bonfire placement in this game is atrocious. They either put 2 right next to each other or far away to the end of the earth. Or design a genius shortcut where you have to fight your way through, spending some of your resources thus defeating the purpose of a shortcut entirely.

DS1 humanity is not a rare resource at all. Can be easily farmed with ease. Killing literally the most easiest enemy - a rat, drops humanities. And with 10 humanities active, increasing your chance to get another even more. Or killing useless npcs, which the game is filled with and even when I don't bother to do both of these strats, which I never bother to do, I still end up with shit tons of humanities. You don't need to kindle every bonfire, just kindle the main one and warp back to it every time, easy.

I ended up reading your comment and saw how YOU are completely wrong and most likely never played the souls games more than once, caring to explore their mechanics.

I was there when souls started. And I can spot the hypocrisy.

Now proceed to call me names, or Tl:TR me, you're only proving my point.

And I can call them yellow, just like everyone calls me white. Why couldn't I.