Talk:Dark Souls II/@comment-5016083-20140627170311

Honestly, everyone keeps saying the game is easier, but I had wayyy more difficulty in the beginning, well... I don't know about way more difficulty,  I found starting off as a melee character was harder, especially for dealing with all the ambushes. Maybe I was just used to the first one and tryed to use all the same tactics I did then.

One thing I will say though is I liked Lordran as a world better than Drangleic, the scenery, and the level design itself. Lordran felt very connected, finding those short cuts was the best thing ever cause it meant you didn't have to walk all the way around to get back to an area. In dark souls 2 most of the levels aren't interconnected and they're all their own branching path. I understand it doesn't really matter cause you can teleport from the beginning, which is both a good and bad thing... I remember first going down to blighttown and getting stuck down there, was awesome!

I do like the improvements they made to combat though, specifically regarding pyromancy, it feels more useful now, there are a better variety of pyromancies (linger flame is awesome)

What is the communities general thoughts on dark souls 1 vs dark souls 2 (thoughts besides which you think is easier/harder)