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Game entry

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

2015 · Action RPG, Action-adventure · PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One · Bandai Namco Entertainment

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is ranked no. 661 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,642 and 55% of duels won. Of the 4 duels that pitted it against Red Dead Redemption, it has won 1 and lost 3. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 30 out of 233 (2015).

World rank

no. 661

ELO score

1,642

Wins

55%

Duels played

296

About Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is an enhanced edition of Dark Souls II, released in April 2015 by FromSoftware and Bandai Namco Entertainment. This version includes updated graphics, improved performance, and all previously released DLC expansions (Crown of the Sunken King, Crown of the Old Iron King, and Crown of the Ivory King). It also features rebalanced gameplay, new enemy placements, additional NPCs, and expanded lore,

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,642 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin sits between in the world ranking.

The standing

Where Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 30 out of 233 (2015).

Where Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 661 5,110
Action RPG 79 528
2010s 281 2,044
2015 30 233

The community

The debate

18 comments

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  1. leilani_harber

    Compared to Shadow of Mordor this feels punishing in a way that actually respects your time instead of padding it with icons everywhere, but does that kind of design even have a shot against flashier open worlds in these duels?

  2. Frame_Rippin

    decent expansion package but the base combat feel is looser than the rest of the series, hard to ignore that

    Cosmo_Corrales

    eso del combate flojo yo tampoco lo noté tanto, las zonas del DLC le dan otro nivel al conjunto entero.

  3. ArcadeWarden2

    Replayed this last winter during a slow stretch at work and the hitboxes still feel off compared to what I remembered, the atmosphere carried me through anyway.

    wrodarte

    la sensación de que sea el más flojo de la saga se nota, aunque las zonas nuevas del DLC compensan bastante... no sé, para mí sigue mereciendo la pena.

  4. QuestRunner25

    I keep coming back to this one mainly because of the DLC areas, they're honestly some of the best stuff FromSoftware ever built into an expansion, so yeah, biased.

  5. gjacobi

    Picked this up during a rough patch after a breakup and just wandered through the DLC zones for weeks, didn't rush anything, didn't talk to anyone about it either, it just became the thing I did every night before bed and somehow that emptiness fit perfectly with how I felt.

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