Dark souls 2 or Scholar of the first sin

[JRawr]

Which version should someone who has never played ds2 play?

[Goodwin]

WELCOME to the club.

Well, let's try to be a little more serious.

Any.

The original game ("DARK SOULS™ II") requires less resources and is much more chill.

"DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin" requires more resources, but the picture is much better (depending on your taste), more feathers, multiplayer mode is much better. Changes to locations, monsters, items, etc.

Whatever game you choose, check the system requirements before proceeding. Also, if you're asking about another game that isn't in the Dark Souls series... I'd suggest trying something else.

But since you are asking about these two options, choose the one that suits you better. I know this may seem obvious... But I hope it helps.

[500lbs E-begger]

Originally posted by Muzzle Flash:

Which version should someone who has never played ds2 play?

If you want summons for bosses, go with Scholar, if you can handle it yourself go for OG
There's more reasons than that obviously, but it's probably one of the bigger questions a new player should ask.

[Terxlas]

Most people will say scholar is the definitive version that changed / fixed some issues of the OG. But....

Scholar is kind of different in terms of item and enemy placement, and the way the game kind of leads you down a path (path which is different than OG). Imo as having played the OG first, then scholar, felt the way the item was placed and areas were locked off by way of statues you can remove with item, was much more carefully crafted in the OG version. Scholar in this way will be more sort of evened / smoothed out, if that makes sense. Now if a more smoother and perhaps more streamlined / accessible experience is your thing, go scholar.

I am very happy I played through the OG version first as it's the way the game was released to begin with, and has a special feeling and mood in it, worts and all.

Good luck!

[Terxlas]

To add to the point about scholar, actually in a number of areas added some mobs making groups of mobs even larger compared to the OG. This again sort of works as a way to incentivize you to just run past them rather than trying your luck in fighting them. In fact it also works as a way to just deter you from even trying that specific path, which ties into my previous point about how scholar sort of leads you down a very specific path which differs from the OG game and yeah I really didn't like that.

[Crux2]

From what I can gather Scholar isn't one of those 'direct upgrade' kind of deals. It changes things around which is why the base game is still on sale and hasn't been replaced like how the DS1 remaster replaced DS1.

Scholar is almost like a mod for DS2: a remix for fans who've already put a bunch of time into the original and want to mix things up a bit. Some changes are considered improvements but others aren't and can feel like change for changes sake.

But, as mentioned, it is where a lot of the player base is so if multiplayer is important to you then Scholar might be the best option.

I chose to do vanilla when going through the souls series and I don't regret it. I'm doing a DS2 replay now which I honestly didn't think I'd do and while I might get Scholar eventually, out of curiosity, the base game is honestly fine.

[XYoshi10]

I made the mistake of playing Scholar first. Play the original first because Scholar is very good at being unfair.

[Glerion]

Dark Souls 2, I think it's the best.

[they/them titties :3]

theyre both pretty similar so just go with scholar because it has more players and more mods for it