whats the difference between dark souls 2 and darks souls 2 scholar of the first sin.

[Dr. 8 Ball]

title says it all

[HypetheKomodo]

Scholar has way better visuals (DX11 instead of DX9), and all of the DLC is built into the game, isntead of purchasing them seperately.

Item locations and enemy encounters are remixed (mostly for the better), and a few other minor changes.

For the most part, it's better to pretend base DkS2 doesn't exist and just get Scholar.

[Jacken]

Scholar is also more complete and has a new character "the scholar of the first sin" which completes the story with a new ending.

[Blue crab]

Originally posted by Jaqen:

Scholar is also more complete and has a new character "the scholar of the first sin" which completes the story with a new ending.

They Patched Aldia into the original DKS2.

[Reverend Belial]

Yeah I haven't even gotten all the way through the Forest of the Giants yet and there's already a noticable difference in enemy placement.

[Инрико Пуччэ]

It also includes a new set, two new weapons and new invader NPC.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Generic Knight:

Scholar has way better visuals

Is this some kind of placebo-effect? A hilarious hyperbole? Scholar has pretty much the same graphics, just better adjusted lighting of some areas.

Originally posted by Sydraff:

Originally posted by Jaqen:

Scholar is also more complete and has a new character "the scholar of the first sin" which completes the story with a new ending.

They Patched Aldia into the original DKS2.

Finally, someone beat me to it! There are people who actually remember this!