Dark Souls 2 is seeing a resurgence as fans fondly recall the super pig, moaning trees, and a rat boss that’s actually a dog

Dark Souls 2 fans are fondly recalling their favorite moments in the black sheep of the series, and it’s led to a mini-resurgence of sorts for the game on social media.

Dark Souls 2 is either secretly the best Dark Souls game, or the worst modern FromSoftware game, depending on who you ask. It’s often regarded as the black sheep of the Dark Souls series, and is chiefly distinguished as the one Dark Souls game that FromSoftware studio president Hidetaka Miyazaki didn’t direct. In short, there are a lot of conflicting opinions.

This week has weirdly turned into a celebration of Dark Souls 2. It all began with the tweet just below, which fondly recalls how Dark Souls 2’s ‘Royal Rat Authority’ boss is in fact a dog, and not, in fact, a rat. Yes, there are rats very much present in the fight, but the head honcho of the entire battle is undoubtedly an actual dog.

From that jumping-off point, Dark Souls 2 fans have been pouring one out for the game by reflecting on their favorite moments. It turns out there’s some frankly wild stuff in the FromSoftware game, in particular the pigs in the Majula hub area. If you kill all the pigs repeatedly, they’ll all turn into one massive super pig that’ll hunt you down and make the safe area very much not safe.

There are also, I’m thrilled to report, trees that moan if you strike them in Dark Souls 2. The Invisible Woods has trees with faces, and if you hit them they’ll moan (or scream, depending on who you ask). The Twitter user below, though, points out that the Crown of the Sunken King DLC has a tree that’ll repair your equipment, but only if you strike it at a particular angle with a whip. Just Dark Souls 2 things.

One of my personal favorite revelations from this whole trend has to be Sellsword Luet. Dark Souls 2 posits that what if one wasn’t a sellsword because they sold their services to someone, but were instead a sellsword because they literally sold their sword? That’s Sellsword Luet in a nutshell – an NPC summon who fights with two massive shields because they sold their sword.

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