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Straight to the point, we will test all the most popular criticisms of Dark Souls 2 (lifegems, hitboxes, ADP, etc.) compared to its predecessor Dark Souls 1, but at some points we will talk a little about things related to Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring. As mentioned in the video, it is important to consider that not even my analysis will be without bias, so it is possible that some positions were slightly (very) partial. Whether Dark Souls 2 is good or whether Dark Souls 2 is bad, in the end, the player's personal opinion and experience will always weigh heavily. Channels mentioned and that appear in the video: • The Invisible Walls of Dark Souls • Every Souls trilogy runback Check them out, the video wouldn't be possible without them ^^ References: Cognitive Dissonance https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/Cognit... Confirmation Bias https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... After-the-Fact Rationalization: https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Festin... Timestamps: 00:00 - 02:13 → Introduction 02:13 - 04:50 → Your Perspective Matters 04:50 - 08:38 → ADP 08:38 - 12:00 → Estus Flask 12:00 - 13:38 → Lifegems and Hollowing 13:38 - 14:08 → i-frames 14:08 - 16:45 → Collision boxes 16:45 - 24:35 → Hitboxes 24:35 - 28:49 → Level design 28:49 - 31:30 → The windmill again 31:30 - 34:53 → Enemy spam and runbacks 34:53 - 38:28 → The game engine 38:28 - 41:30 → Soul Memory 41:30 - 44:00 → This has to be a joke 44:00 - 45:32 → Positive points of the game 45:32 - 49:18 → Why does all this happen?