Dark Souls - Xbox 360/PS3 PTD Edition

Sigma · Post by **Sigma** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:29 pm

Here's the first trailer: -

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It's out later this year on 360 and PS3. It is a sequel to Demon's Souls in all but name. I think Sony have some rights to the Demon's Souls name as they helped develop it and they published it in certain territories.

360 · Post by **360** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:44 pm

AWESOME!

Very smart move changing the name and releasing it for the 360 as well. This will more than double sales. I loved Demon's Souls and it was one of the only games I played for the ps3. As I played it, I always wished it was released for the 360.

ric · Post by **ric** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:42 pm

oh sweet. i hope you can jump

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:21 pm

Does this have online co-op??

ric · Post by **ric** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 3:09 am

the new one is supposed to be even harder. THANK GOD FOR NEW SPAWN POINTS

Dark Souls Director Details Upcoming Dark Fantasy RPG

We've already heard that the spiritual successor to Demon's Souls will be even tougher than the original (gulp!). Today Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki provides details about the upcoming dark fantasy RPG's enhanced difficulty level as well as other tweaks From Software is making to the anticipated game.

In an interview with the official PlayStation blog, Miyazaki, who also served as director on Demon's Souls, compared Dark Souls' much talked about difficulty level to spicy food. The goal is to give it a kick, he said, but not make it inedible.

"We intend to increase the difficulty of the game. Not simply by making the game more difficult, but by giving players the freedom to strategize freely and conquer that difficulty, and to be rewarded accordingly," Miyazaki said.

To help make the enhanced difficulty palatable, From Software is adding respawn points to Dark Souls. This time around, if you die, you (mercifully) won't be taken back to the very beginning of a level.

Check the full PlayStation blog interview to learn more about Dark Souls' control scheme, weapons, character creation options, and more.

Dark Souls is being developed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game is set for release sometime in 2011.

http://ps3.gamespy.com/playstation-3/pr ... 943p1.html

supnick · Post by **supnick** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:10 am

fuck demons souls

about to go play it for 3 hours tho

The Aluminum Falcon · Post by **The Aluminum Falcon** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:16 pm

Demons souls was one of the hardest games I have ever played but I still feel it was the game of the year(whatever year it came out in). If they can find a way to actually give this game a story that's worth a damn this would be at the top of my all time favorites list.

Will be buying.

Seiko Flossberg · Post by **Seiko Flossberg** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:34 pm

360 wrote:AWESOME!

Nuff said.

The Aluminum Falcon · Post by **The Aluminum Falcon** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:56 pm

360 · Post by **360** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:20 pm

Upping this in preparation.

360 · Post by **360** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:25 pm

Some vids to increase hype:

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Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:02 pm

Bought Demon's Souls last year and was very disappointed; wish someone had told me it's the type of game where weapons "degrade" over time and you need to "farm" enemies hoping they "drop" useful items. I hate when RPG elements intrude into otherwise decent action/adventure fare.

perfectprism · Post by **perfectprism** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:18 pm

can't wait

360 · Post by **360** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:55 pm

Just watched some of the IGN 24 hour stream. God they sucked so bad.

It was pretty funny watching them get repeatedly get raped and not learn anything, though.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:02 am

360 · Post by **360** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:03 am

I've been playing for the past 9 hours. Game is magical

The Aluminum Falcon · Post by **The Aluminum Falcon** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:08 pm

Just picked up my collectors edition of the game a few minutes ago. I've got some shit I should probably do first but Dark Souls is sounding kind of important to me right now.

360 · Post by **360** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:43 pm

I decided to make things extremely hard for myself and roll a Thief. One missed counter or miscalculated back stab = death.

Sigma · Post by **Sigma** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:35 pm

My collector's edition has dispatched, so I should hopefully get it in the next day or two. I own Demon's Souls but never really got round to playing it. I have a feeling I'll either love or hate it.

360 · Post by **360** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:23 am

Let us know what you think. I have a feeling you're going to love it.

Sigma · Post by **Sigma** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:18 pm

I played 1-2 hours of it this evening. I'm kind of in two minds about it at the moment. I can see what people love about it (and Demon's Souls), but I'm just not sure it's for me.

I like that you feel kinda weak and helpless compared to most games, cos even the weaker enemies can chop you down in a couple of strikes, so when you progress there's a greater sense of reward than you'd get with a game where it's a lot harder to die and when you do die, you just spring back to life in the same spot, but I think it probably crosses the line of being too hard for my tastes. The reason I stopped playing it tonight is cos it was pissing me off due to repeated (and sometimes cheap IMO) deaths, but I'm going to persevere with it for a good few more hours yet.

ric · Post by **ric** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:53 pm

please update. i didnt realize it was out and i am contemplating getting it. but i didnt get through demon souls and quit because of the grind. i dont want a game to seem like work.

so anybody, please leave some balanced (if applicable/possible) thoughts/reviews.

Sigma · Post by **Sigma** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:05 pm

From some of the reviews I've read, this seems to be even harder than Demon's Souls.

It's now a big open world game, so there's no more central hub and at certain points you can light bonfires which become your checkpoints for when you die. You can also rest next to a bonfire which fills your health back up to full, but it also revives every enemy in that area aside from any bosses. What pissed me off is that I would die, go quite a way back to the last bonfire, then I'd get just a little bit further than the previous attempt and die again, back to the bonfire and so on. It got annoying after a few attempts so I don't think you'd like this if you found Demon's Souls annoying for similar reasons.

ric · Post by **ric** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:30 pm

hm. yeah that might be right. do they still have world tendency? do you vacillate from being soul to human again?

The Aluminum Falcon · Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:12 pm

Even with the bonfires this game is incredibly difficult. If you weren't cut out for Demon's Souls you should stay away from this one. If you liked Demon's Souls go out and buy this now.

360 · Post by **360** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:30 pm

This game is so good.

I'm going to go ahead and place the Demon/Dark Souls series in my top 15 of all time. I thought that aboutDemon's Souls but I wanted to wait until I experienced Dark Souls for a good 30 hours before I made the declaration.

360 · Post by **360** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:32 pm

Combo7 wrote:Bought Demon's Souls last year and was very disappointed; wish someone had told me it's the type of game where weapons "degrade" over time and you need to "farm" enemies hoping they "drop" useful items. I hate when RPG elements intrude into otherwise decent action/adventure fare.

This game is a full-fledged RPG. It doesn't just have rpg elements. You should have known that going in.

HomeSkillet · Post by **HomeSkillet** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:03 pm

Is it harder than the Ninja Gaiden games or about that level of difficulty? This game sounds right up my alley because I hate easy games, but you guys are scaring me

Sigma · Post by **Sigma** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:50 pm

HomeSkillet wrote:Is it harder than the Ninja Gaiden games or about that level of difficulty? This game sounds right up my alley because I hate easy games, but you guys are scaring me

I've only played Ninja Gaiden II but I think Dark Souls is considerably more difficult.

In NGII, most of the time I didn't feel that threatened by the regular attackers that come at you and you generally feel that you're more of a bad ass than they are. In Dark Souls, I don't get that feeling at all. That's part of the game's attraction though really, although it's what will also make some people hate it.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:12 pm

360 wrote:
Combo7 wrote:Bought Demon's Souls last year and was very disappointed; wish someone had told me it's the type of game where weapons "degrade" over time and you need to "farm" enemies hoping they "drop" useful items. I hate when RPG elements intrude into otherwise decent action/adventure fare.

This game is a full-fledged RPG. It doesn't just have rpg elements. You should have known that going in.

True dat.

Anyway, I decided to stop being an asshole and give it another shot and now I'm completely hooked.