
I've actually had a LOT of success playing co-op with a friend using the Name-Engraved Ring. After having multiplayer working as intended there's no way I could go back to dks1's exercise in frustration! However, when multiplayer is important there's no doubt that Dks2 is not just the superior game, but makes dks1 pretty much obsolete.

I'd agree that some of the areas in dks1 have been some of the best in the series, but also some of the later areas have been some of the worst! Dks2 might not peak quite as high, but it also doesn't trough quite as low. I wanted to play lots of PVP at endgame but before long I'd usually quit out in frustration because of the awful peer2peer system. I'd find myself stuck in an area because people were trying to invade but couldn't connect. It's very unique! In dks1 the summoning hardly ever worked, the invasions hardly ever worked. I prefer multiplayer games in general so I've always been very interested in the multiplayer side of the Souls games. One explanation might be that on 360 at the time you were wearing metal boots then on PC perhaps even naked at this point? I think the metal armour makes more noise when you walk.Īctually my main complaint by the game is how its core mechanics are geared to try and make me play coop by being stingy with the effigies, not happening though

Blow up the barrels against the wall to open the shortcut back to the bonfire.
