Scholar of The First Sin is better than OG Dark Souls 2.
Sure they doubled down on the swarms of enemies in places where people had been complaining about them, but they did it in an interesting way where enemy composition forces the player to be way more aware of their own position and spacing.
The new mechanics they added to various creatures and boss fights fixed the coupla fights I found boring.
I feel the lighting changes bring it closer in line with how Dark Souls 2 is supposed to be based on the old trailers.
As someone who does a lot of jolly co-oping in souls games, I felt the increased summon cap was a huge boost to the multiplayer.
Also the hitboxes feel tighter.
Best version of best Souls game.
bonus opinion that's unpopular IRL but common on Lemmy.
Winston Churchill was a monster, and the good opinion people have of him now is the byproduct of one of the most extensive propaganda pushes ever conceived.