Got my copy this morning, loving it so far, it feels very....different to Demon and Dark souls, its quite refreshing. Beat the first boss so far, took me a few tries as he's a bit awkward to fight (he telegraphs his attacks but he's quite tall and said telegraphs are often not on screen).
There are several additions I don't like, the weapon degradation rate is disgusting as is the price of repairs, the fact you lose health the more you die without using an effigy is flat out insulting, failure is punishment enough, adding the health loss mechanic is an incredibly petty way to increase difficulty/force effigy use.
The only combat issue I've come across so far is the inconstancy of animations, I find that often I can roll cancel attack animations but other times it flat out doesn't work, leaving me to get cut to ribbons.
So far, really enjoying the game but I'm concerned with the way they seem to have tried to "one up" themselves on difficulty, it just feels a bit artificial. Oh and the frame rate can be a bit iffy.
Also the game seems to be a flat graphical downgrade from the first game which is slightly strange.
thats much better, ahh well!
