Very great game, but not for everyone!

Well first the general,
Amazon has given me the game time and the Collector's Edition has a nice extent. Artbook and figure adorn the moment my TV board and the card will soon have brought to the wall. The soundtrack I have not yet heard, because I enjoy this game better. The Steelbook is really very chic and what I really like. There denounce any huge FSK sign on the front so as to overshadow the appearance!

Now for the game as such.
Unfortunately, I was one of those people who could not play right to release the game, but were able to play only after the release of the first patch. This made me very angry at the beginning there was now made in some degree of sense of Vorbestellens but well forget it. The patch was and since the game runs smoothly with me.

The basic gameplay is like its predecessors, and it is advisable to use a gamepad. I have also played the two predecessor Demon's Souls and Dark Souls so, unless came mouse and keyboard for me either way in question. That's why I can not express any opinion on the control with this.

Dark Souls 2 is an extremely atmospheric and really challenging RPG for me. The areas are very spacious and there is a huge world where you can walk around with no real loading screens. Opponents are extremely strong and often posted deceitful and death is an everyday player. So probably not for people who are used to play through games in a train without great loss of life. However, if you can make friends so that is the joy of defeating the bosses, the discovery of the next beacon and many other things, the bigger and you get the feeling of having achieved a real success.
Each area of ​​the game has lots of hidden secrets which have partly not yet revealed all even after a complete play-through. So there is much to discover.
As a player of the predecessor I have a feeling that part 2 is now a little easier or a little less mercilessly than the two predecessors. This does not mean now that the game would be easy in any way!
Will say, From Software has mastered the balancing act between einsteigerfreundlicherem game and the essence of Dark Souls well.

Let's move on a on the technical aspects.

First the positive things:
- The soundscape of Dark Souls 2 is again really well done
- The atmosphere which is coming up with reference to the graphics really awesome (very dark and internally consistent)
- The PC version has much more setting options in terms of graphics than its predecessor
- Pleasant interface does not interfere stands.
- Game runs smoothly and has not experienced any crashes
- Also withstands the change to the desktop with running game well

Now for the negative points:
- Albeit consistent, so the game has a totally outdated graphics (HD textures would be desirable for a game of this year)
- Partially the focus function is quirky. Although the enemy is not too far away, he is not automatically focus only forces the camera. What brought me in one way or another dicey situation a death does not necessarily should have been.
-Some hitboxes when opponents are not distributed so useful. If I aim for the head of the magician I do normal damage. Goals I but on the tip of his hat makes more damage. (Somehow nonsensical)

Conclusion:

Dark Souls 2 is a successful offshoot of the series and provides countless hours of playing time in a gloomy and extremely hostile world. The areas are riddled with evil traps, hidden enemies and brutal bosses. Many secrets can be discovered, and even after the first run can you have certainly not yet discovered his everything.

The game has a very high degree of difficulty and is therefore certainly not for the "average player" to "just playing alongside" suitable. Errors are usually punishable by death. After about 40 hours of play my account is now one of about 150 death xD

Who can make friends with it and ignore the outdated graphics, but is a game experience as you would today only extremely rarely meet and what definitely stands out from the crowd ..