Nope..... And I buy everything but I'm afraid I just wouldn't have the patience for Dark Souls 2. I struggled like hell in Demon Souls and replayed the first hour about 10 times with only micro advancement each time due to its difficulty level that I got sick of it and then never even dared go near Dark Souls.
That's kind of a shame, because the Souls series are really about the best games ever...
...once you get used to them.
The one thing they don't do is teach you how to play. It's both one of their charms, and one of their biggest downfalls. There are no tutorials. No guides. No anything. They just kick you into the deep end right from the start, and expect you to sink or swim. And for those first few hours when you're coming to terms with them, they're a little more unnecessarily mean than they are fun.
I mean hell, I've beat both Dark and Demon's Souls, and I can tear ass through them these days. But when I first started out? Nuh uh. It all felt like a battle of attrition, with me being on the losing end more often than not. But once it clicks, when you start understanding the controls and how the game works, well...it doesn't become easy, but it does become fun. Less difficult, more unforgiving.
I won't say you should rush out and grab DS2 opening day, because you might just not like that type of game. But when it hits a Steam sell or drops in price, you should at least consider it. From what I hear, DS2 does a much better job of easing new people into the game than its predecessors did.
