She's growing so quickly. Thanks for the update!
Breaking a commandment doesn't send you to hell, it's just a ding on your record which you can wipe clean infinitely by asking for forgiveness.
Sinning is free real estate.
Soldiers when sollivers walks in
is exploration good in DS2?
Yes, but not as good as DS1, because they nailed the interconnected world in that game. DS2 is more like branches off from the main hub, and you can access most of them right away or very early. DS1 was built different than the other Fromsoft games. You'll still have plenty to explore and the DLCs are especially massive, but you won't have those "omg I'm back at firelink!" moments. It's similar in the way you go through Catacombs/Tomb, or Duke's/Crystal Cave, a series of areas that eventually hit a dead end.
Jumping had not been invented yet
I'm not the person you asked, but I can tell you the DS2 punish mechanic isn't as bad as it sounds. You pop a human effigy (humanity) and it's gone. You can get a ring that mitigates the effect in one of the first areas, and you can wear 4 rings instead of just 2 like in DS1.
Bosses are generally not that difficult. There's no noob trap where you end up in Tomb of the fucking Giants early and have to climb back out. You can teleport between bonfires immediately.
There are some tough areas for sure, but you can actually make enemies go extinct by killing them 12 times.
/DS2 fanboy
INB4 Nintendo sues Sony for filing Nintendo-like lawsuits
I get that vibe along with "thought it would be easy to become a paid music producer".
Routenote and Fresh Tunes are boring
And? What does that have to do with anything? Doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom are boring, but still need to get done. Sitting in a tour van and tuning guitars is boring, but it needs to get done.
Ivory for sure. They're all great but I like how big it is and the winter environment. Great NPC invaders. The Loyce Knight mechanic is creative. Frigid Outskirts sucks and the boss was lazy, but it's nice that it's optional and super challenging if you insist on doing it solo.
Finally got around to checking out the new Deftones album and quite enjoyed it. It's not their best (because nothing will ever beat White Pony), but I stand by the claim that they don't have any bad albums.
I've been on a 3D platformer binge.
Just finished Castle on the Coast and was pleasantly surprised. It starts off feeling a little janky, but after the first 30-60 minutes realize it's intentional and you are a silly giraffe parkour GOD. Some later levels get into abstract platforming and refreshingly different mechanics than I've experienced before. Worth checking out if you're a 3D platformer-head.
Currently playing through Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Never played any of them before, but always wanted to. Just finished the first one and it was quite fun, although I did not like the final boss. There should have been a checkpoint after the first phase (2 keys phase). Looking forward to finding out how they developed the mechanics from there in 2 and 3.