Beating Dark Souls 2 by Completely Stupid Means 

Jack Horner’s wish wasn’t just to take all the magic from world, but it was also to acquire the ungodly powers of Sexual Orientation East

I like how RT character is so bright he is literally a giant light bulb whenever he walks into a room

I love how he somehow manages to go to pretty much every single area except the Forest of Fallen Giants, the first area that you're actually supposed to explore.

Well you know what they say, cant bake a pie without losing a dozen men ~Jack Horner after all his summons die

It's nice to see the skin colour slider goes all the way to Irish in this.

I love how Dan’s previous characters were pretty well known Celebrities. but for This soulsgame, Dan has decided to go for a very specific,Niche, fellow English major, who-on top of that-looks like he’s been dipped in Glue I love this channel

“you need the adaptability to survive the ultra great sword attack from the boss of like the final dlc” RT already predicting that one slow swing attack from Fume Knight.

Children are crying, women are fainting and even strong men are quivering as Dabiel says: "Beating Dark Souls II by completely stupid means"

Arachnophobia has to be the worst phobia for a gamer. Every game has to have that giant enemy spider. Luckily for me I have arachnophilia... no I mean-

Fisty McStronk appeared from the great beyond, spread death and destruction without even a single attack and returned from where he came, just like that. What a truly powerful entity to fear.

After suffering on the second boss with no adaptability, then wrecking the entire game with 40 of it, I can indeed confirm that adaptability is very important

Fisty McStronk appeared from the depth of hell, intimidated Dan into accidentally game ending himself then went to bed. What a chad

Doogle is actually using a ring to make his weapon invisible. You get the ring when you complete either a no bonfire run or a no death run (I forgot which one is which) EDIT: A couple people in the comments said he was doing a fist-build so I took a second look and they're probably right. It looks more like he's using his fists lol

“Y-you’re not going to bludgeon an innocent NPC, are ya, Jack?“ “Yeah, in the face, why?”

For anyone who doesn’t know, the character named Dongle was using a ring called the Vanquisher’s Seal, which is a covenant ring that adds 300 AR to your bare fists, and adds 75% Strength scaling, making you an absolute killing machine.

How can Dan disrespect Jack Horner by not naming his character after him

I feel like Dan's issue in this playthrough was not having enough ADP (Adaptability).

Truly one of Rtgame’s most RU-vid ideas!

That feeling when you wake up and don’t know what day it is, that’s what this game is like

15:22 - Old Dragonslayer's jaunty little jog up to him for the final hit is hilarious.

There are three types of NPCs in Dark Souls 2: cryptic weirdos speaking nonsense, stuck up jerks talking down to you, and horribly confused dementia patients who wandered into the game on accident.

Fun Fact: In Dark Souls 2, the Greatsword always aims for the exact direction your character is moving in. The only way for the lock-on function to work as intended with this weapon is to not move at all.

Dan's chat actually warning him about the spiders really shows respect

Watching that first Dark Souls 2 stream was like seeing the perfect storm slowly form in the sky, that said, playing as Better Beckett has been some of the most fun Ive had in more than a thousand hours on this game.

RT is such a great streamer, not only does he interact with his audience, he literally needs them to beat games for him

I just can't wait for him to get to the areas with enemies that will shoot you literally the entire way from bonfire to boss fight

Rt trying to fight the pigs not knowing they're some of the hardest enemies in the game

The one time RT didn't name him something notable is the time where he looks like Jack Honer

I ADORE that shot of Fisty McStronk just calmly walking through like three fights actively happening like he's the hero of a medieval epid

17:16 ganked by 6 enemies. Truly a Scholar of the first sin moment.

Big blades like that swing slow so the game lets you input a direction during the swing so you can have more control over where it lands. It often makes you just turn around in the middle of battle more than anything.

So is the "stupid means" this time around gonna be summon spam? Or is it gonna be somehow getting into endgame areas before ever going to forest of the giants

I can’t believe Jack Horner was in Dark souls II

Dark souls 2 is one of my favorites in the series, yeah it's VERY clunky and can be rough at times but at least give it a chance before writing it off. Looking forward to the series!

Watching this live was an absolute blast, seeing all the new characters people made was hillarious

His joke about needing ADP to dodge an ultra great sword from a dlc boss is actually spot on

This is truly a moment of all time

I was Rumbly Tumbly. My life is complete.

To be fair, the "first zone" is near impossible to find without a guide. Dan took basically the same route through the game I did the first time.

I love how I don’t even have to have watched the stream to know rt was avoiding the first area on purpose

March was shaping up to be the worst month I’ve had in long time… up until around 10 minutes ago. Thank you RT, you are the best

You really bring light into my life Hack Jorner: 💡

For those who don't know, in DS2, the adaptability stat determines the amount of invincibility frames you get when you roll, meaning it is literally the most important stat in the game

I’m just amazed he managed to have nearly every bad experience possible while playing lol

Can I just say majula has my favorite ambience theme of any soulsborne die-ring twice game. It’s the perfect level of calming and peaceful compared to the constant screaming in agony I had fighting for my life in the rest of the game.

Yes, Adaptability would help you with the ultra greatsword of the boss in the final DLC, the more I frames might make the difference between a grab connecting and not, or whether the end of your roll is invincible for long enough that when it flicks behind him you might or might not be invulnerable.

He really fought Orstein 2: Dark Boogaloo that many times and nobody told him to just dodge aggressively into the spear instead of away from it?

There is something hilarious about RT going from "The worst game ever according to people who haven't played the game" to "I hate this game"

finally, the "completely stupid means" live up to their name. Properly scuffed order of progression

I do enjoy the fact that RT unknowingly made the Most Tanned Irishman in character creation

Oh god he’s playing jack horner

The DS summons remain one of my favorite RT fan engagement methods lol

So a little bit of mechanical trivia for you all. The physical defense of enemies will generally be about the same for all enemies in an area and will steadily rise the further into the game you go with some odd outliers. For instance: the Covetous Demon not only has unusually low defense for his area but he actually has the lowest defense in the game. But there's no outlier as extreme as those three little pigs in Majula, who have Final/DLC Boss defense.

watching dan play this game after me playing it for the first time a month back is really making me realise how much pain i went through for it ahahah

"So I've gotta swing right..." Immediately goes left.

Adaptability is genuinely super important in this game. During my first run of the game I never leveled it up and it seriously made Dark Souls 2 the hardest Souls game I've ever played, and I've done 1-3.

With a wildly unpopular opinion, this is my favorite souls game. I don’t disagree that it’s not the best but DS2 is the most fun I’ve had playing a souls game period. It’s both incredibly easy and bullshit difficult with life gems and ADP and choosing to not use either of these. Depending on how you want to play this is either the hardest or the easiest souls game by far (sorta like Eldenring). The lore is meh, kinda just DS1 but again, nonetheless still intriguing. The music is wonderful and this is proved by the fact you’ve probably heard the majula theme at least once even if you’ve never played the game before. The bosses are great (most of the time) and are numerous providing cool weapons and difficult challenges. Anyways I should probably watch the video now 😅

i just love how if you keep hitting the pigs and making them respawn a bunch they just get bigger and bigger until its a giant boar.

They used to call him the ADP king back in college

the completely stupid means series is one of my top tier favourite series on all of RU-vid

This may be a real RU-vid game so far, but I’m glad that RT started having more fun with the second stream. Looking forward to the next one!

The only dark souls game to give you a hormone slider

RT’s dark souls 1 play through is one of my favorites of all time. Can’t wait to see what sort of shenanigans he gets up to in the sequel.

These videos genuinely make my day when Im feeling down, thank you so much RT.

Enjoying the slow descent of “surely it can’t be THAT bad?” to “I hate this game.”

RT's being a real youtube character with all these summons I love it

I saw you when you streamed it and I've been very excited to watch this series, your souls ones are my favourite

I wasn't expecting this. I was binge watching all the souls games videos and was hoping for more and this is just amazing

If i was in Twitch Chat i would've told RT that ADP speeds ups item animations Edit. That dragon guy without the weapon beat the game without dying/using bonfires to get a special ring that makes your weapon invis

I can't wait to see more of these highlights, dark souls 2 is my favorite of the series but it's jank as hell

This one brought so many memories, and specially I reflect on how I didn't really like any of the areas throughout the game LOL! Looking at it with perspective, and after having played Sekiro, Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring after it... Thinking about the areas on Dark Souls 2, it seems to me the whole game was made on the idea of making your life myserable with traps, all enemies strategically positioned to harass, take you by surprise, or flood you with numbers, cramped areas, more traps, etc. I believe I would hate playing this game right now after having played all the others... The only trully good things I recall are the bosses, A LOT and varied and almost all of them gave you their soul to change for equipment, some of the zones for the ambiance, tone and design like the lava castle, the underground waters were the giant SIren-toad sings, the tower of the mirror knight, the dragon mountaintops, or even that underground section on Majula's well that was pitch black (although, of course, the poison-spitting traps xD)... Then the DLCs were pretty decent too and added quite a bunch of new bosses, weapons and nifty things to collect, plus some new mechanics and nice developed areas.

I started with DS2 and seeing RT play it brings back some unwanted memories, thanks Dan

You remind me that I haven't finished Dark Souls 2. And now I want to go back and finish it. Thank you RT :)

This is my most played game and thanks to RT I am seeing grab attacks I didn't even know existed

I love how I just binged all his other souls videos last night and now he’s done this

19:25 rt just grabbed the branch and whimpered looking downward. Classic cartoon. I love dark souls.

Dan is a good lad because he's willing to give even Sark Douls Too a try. And probably some other stuff, too.

Dude really just made Jack Horner his character

Unironically DS2 has my favorite world out of the 3 DS games, I just wish they went for quality over quantity for the bosses. Don't get me wrong there are some really good bosses in DS2, but but there's so many bosses in the game that behave like copy/paste of other bosses. I also think DS2 is the perfect difficulty curve for people new to the series to play (DS1 is often considered too difficult and DS3 is often regarded as too easy), and since the lore is removed from the lore of 1 and 3 it can be played out of order ie first. Also one of my favorite dumb builds is double shields. The game actually enables you to do more dumb shit bc of adaptability.

oh my god i love you rtgame i loved your elden ring and ds1 videos and was waiting for ds2 or ds3 thank you so much

You need 100 agility stat (like 25 ADP) for ds1 type rolls.

I really hope you do DS3 at some point. Love love love the chaos you get into in these games RT

I love Dark Souls 2, and I'm going to enjoy these videos, especially with how the first couple minutes have been so far

So, it took me until the Pursuer showed up at the very end of the video that I realized Dan never went through the very first area of the game.

Thank God, the series continues.

I was so excited to see the fisty mcstrong moment in the highlights and it did not disappoint lol

Nice to see a sequel (kinda) to my favorite RT video

I'm looking forward to the rest of this playthrough!

Unpopular opinion but this is probably my favorite of the 3 dark souls games in terms of game play. 1 and 3 are both good for their own reasons, but I've spent so much time cooperating with my brother and friends through dark souls 2 in particular. I love the nonlinear world design and the ability to get busted really soon in the game. Dope as hell 👌

I’m glad that RT summoned an ally from the great past. From once a man called _Francis of the filth_

I discoverd you on elden ring and i watch so much of your videos, im incredibly happy to see u on a from soft game again ❤

I've been waiting for this thank you so much!!!

RT’s character certainly brighter than my future

He really went to every single wrong place to go first lol

Nah Pinwheel of dark souls 2 would be covetous demon, one of the bosses down the other path of the circular room in Majula. It's recommended you pay the scammer to move the room,cause she legit is like a superboss without one of the few ways to cheese her (I've played this game a ridiculous amount of times all the way through, i know a heck of alot about it lmao)

YES. Love these 'beating by stupid means' series so much.

Ah, the Dark Souls 2 of Dark Souls. The Dark Souls of all time

Fun fact: the global death count for DS2 is actually very close to the estimated IRL global death rate since the game's release. 545 million over 9 years makes an average 60.6 million dead per year, which sits right between the UN estimated death rates for 2019 and 2020

Leave it to RT to run out of healing items in the only game in the Soulsborne series where you can have enough healing to literally outheal a dozen enemies ganking you, late game, without breaking a sweat.

My first dark souls game. I loved it. Waited for this video for a long time