Poll of the Day > What would you say is the best of the 3 Dark Souls?

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While I personally like the world design of Dark Souls 1 the best, I have to say Dark Souls 2 is the best for being the most fun and functional... the only thing Dark Souls 2 is lacking is being able to play with dead ragdolls.

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I agree with you that DS1 has an amazing world design. DS2s made no sense at one point.

But DS2 is the game I played through the most by far.

Still... I want to say DS3 is best because of all the armors and weapons being in that game.

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DS1. Disliked DS2, never finished it. Never played DS3 because of that.

they all have their good and bad parts. a while ago I would have said that DS3 was the best of the three, but for some reason I always find myself playing 2 again, and not playing 3 again, even though I thought 2 was the worst and 3 the best.

eventually heard someone mention the reason for this: 2 has by far the most character variability. magic is on par with melee, and you gain way more levels than the other games, meaning you can define your character much more than the other games.

DS3 is the opposite of 2: you level excruciatingly slowly, and magic is unfortunately nerfed. meanwhile the combat encounters and bosses more or less require you to play a very particular way (fast melee), and since you level so slowly, it's very hard to break free from that pattern. so 3 ends up having by far the least character variability, at least on a first playthrough.

So, for which is better... I think they're all good in their own way, each with their own flaws

DS1: amazing first half, poorly designed second half
DS2: most enjoyable in some ways, with lots of early game frustration, some less interesting level design, and great DLCs
DS3: maybe the best most fluid combat, aside from too much dodging, but has some hidden flaws (no poise; magic is barely useful; less character variability); DLC content is some of the best in the series

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I'm going with DS3 (at least in part because it's the freshest in my mind). That final boss of the second DLC was just amazing.

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please dont make me pick. i love them all.
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Probably 1. That could just be nostalgia speaking, and 3 is pretty close. 2 is also good.

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DS1 is most polished, best of the lot.
DS3 has well developed combat but not as cohesive as it should be.
DS2 is an incohesive, wild mess; not a bad game but a bad Souls game.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

DS1 is most polished, best of the lot.
DS3 has well developed combat but not as cohesive as it should be.
DS2 is an incohesive, wild mess; not a bad game but a bad Souls game.

Pretty much this.

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The first will always have a special place in my heart. The way the levels all seamlessly fit together was fucking magical. One big connected world.

There was a guy somewhere online who made a giant 3D map of the entire world. It was beautiful.

Lost Izalith was sooooo deeeep, baby!

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DEMON'S souls!

PKMNsony posted...

DS1. Disliked DS2, never finished it. Never played DS3 because of that.

Edit: ^ Yeah that too, DeS if applicable.

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bloodborne

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TheWitchMorgana posted...

bloodborne

Is your favourite pasta Lucky Charms?

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1>3>2

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Lokarin posted...

Is your favourite pasta Lucky Charms?

stop harassing me

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DS2 is my favorite. It has some mechanical problems and could use tighter level design, but other than that I prefer almost everything about DS2 to the other two games.

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