So I haven't played much of DS2 yet, but I enjoyed DS3 a lot and that's what got me into the franchise. Since there's so much negativity about DS2, what are your favorite parts of it?
The rat covenant was unique and really fun to be in once you unlocked all the traps. They even put an endgame shopkeeper there to entice people to enter your lair so you can invade. Ratbros > forest invaders
The pirate cove level had a neat gimmick with the light and oil. The boss for there also had a water level trick that was interesting to discover.
NG+ did more than make the monsters beefier, increasing their threat range, adding more of them, and occasionally adding new types of enemies you only encounter after starting a new game
The pursuer boss can be beaten early and it lets you skip a section and approach the next level from the opposite direction. Or you can fight him in his lair and kill him with a ballista. Satisfying.
The npcs you meet add themselves to your town and majula is really cozy and makes me happy whenever I go there.
There's dedicated pvp arenas for the major covenants. Limited supplies of humanity encourage players to invade and summon for their intended purposes.
There’s a twist on the patches/cleric paradigm that I loved which I won’t spoil for you here GO PLAY IT!
Basically everything about this video:
https://youtu.be/SRTfcMeqhig
