Dark Souls 1 or 2?

I personally prefer Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

I actually like the 30 fps cap in the first game, since it gives my horrible Pentium time to breathe :D

DS1 PvP mechanics with DS2 network connectivity would be good.

I like both, but I actually prefer DS2, controls are abit more responsive

Still have never played either... (._.)

Get the cheap one so yyou can measure the level of frustration you can take. If you can handle 1, then you graduate to DS2

DS1 , the lore is much better , the world and the level design is just wow , the difficulty is also perfect , even the weakest enemy can kill you and you get rewarded for doing risky stuff (you can get a 240 dmg weapon in like 5 minutes after ariving in Firelink Shrine) ,the OST is just amazing and the concept of the bosses is more original where as in DS2 everything is some sort of a knight with some exceptions .

2 Is better as a whole game. But I've gotta say, I loved the level design in Dark Souls 1. The way most levels were interconnected was so awesome.

1 or 2?

I say all. All them dark souls.

Dark Souls 2. PvP is what keeps me in the game and in DS2 you get more action, the game runs better and backstabs and parrying are done better.

DS1 is the game for PvE. The world is much more interesting and DS1 has a lot more replayability in my opinion.

I'd say DS2 is the better optimized/balanced game and thus more enjoyable. It's also easier and the PVP is fun.

DS 1 of course. I like only 2 hand system from DS 2.
I still laugh from magical elevator in DS 2.

Praise the sun!

haven't played 2, haven't gotten around to finishing DS 1 on steam. Hmm. Might do it now.

IMO DaS > DaS 2 = DeS > DaS 2 SotFS = BB.

Demon Souls.

Still did not played DS2, but DS1 was really great 120h+, still practically never touched PVP. And these games should be played with controller, specially first , even if it has keyboard+mouse fix, also it has resolution and fps fix, last one you should installed even if you are going to use controller.

Although DS1 is a better designed game I still voted for DS2 but only because of the new DLCs areas. I'd even go as far as to say that (crown areas) could be my best experience in Dark Souls franchise.

All of them, 1 is my favorite but I really like all the souls games and Bloodborne too, even though its kicking my ass. I think its way harder than the others.

Potato.

I recently bought and played Dark Souls for the first time. Is it really that hard? I mean I beat the Taurus Deamon (on 2-nd attempt), Kapra Deamon (3-rd attempt), Two Gargoyles (1-st attempt), Gasping Dragon (3-rd attempt), some rock dude with big club looking like some weird huge dildo (I lost count), red fire breathing dragoon on the bridge (5-th or 6-th attempt) and now I went into some weird place with lots and lots of scaffolding and instant death falls. My progress is slow, I had to do some grinding, and think a lot about character progression (right now it is pyromancer, with level 11 flame, dark leather armor, shoes and gloves - upgraded to between +3 and +5, and bastard sword +10, some big shield with about 70 stability - I have no idea if this is a good build, but it works for me now) but it doesn't seen very hard for me. Yes my death count is double digit number (lost track after 20)

And don't hate me if I mistaken some enemy names or forgotten how something is called. It is my first playthru and I still make a lot of mistakes (like rolling away from enemy club, into the bottomless pit)

Dark Souls 1. The NPCs were more interesting and colorful. In Dark Souls 2 everyone looks depressed and many bosses feel like reskins of the first game. This is because Hidetaka Miyazaki couldn't accept the director position. But he couldn't accept because he was managing Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3, so we have that, which is nice :D

Dark Souls 2 is a lazy rehash of the first game, lacking in all those areas the first game excelled. It lacked the atmosphere and magic of the first game, that sense of awe and wonder of being a gnat surviving amongst the ruins of epic legends long past. The gameplay didn't push any boundaries, the level design was far less interesting, the story was... not inspired. They never nailed the balance, the soul memory system can fuck itself, the PC port was still shit (the durability bug still remains in SotFS and you need to hack the mouse controls just to get them to work) and it looks worse than the first game.

All that said, a lazy rehash of a game from 2011 was still one of the best games of 2014. That's how high From Software sets the bar.

Both games are excellent in their own right.
Dark Souls 1 has a better story, and it tops the second game in design aspect as well:

• Better creature design
• Better boss fights
• The level design is superb with lots of shortcuts to connect many areas together
• More NPC interactions, each with their own story: Lautrec, Petrus etc.

However Dark Souls 1 without a doubt is much easier.
Dark Souls 2 took me 100 hours+, being my first soul game ever, whileDark Souls 1 I've finished in about 20 hours and got all achievement in only 78 hours.

So would say:
Dark Souls 1 > Dark Souls 2 > Scholar of the First Sin (they lowered the difficulty!)