*OFFICIAL* DARK SOULS THREAD FOR W1NNARS!

Need to add the phrase "as it should be" after that.

toadthefrank wrote:

Eurogamer Review, 9/10:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-03-dark-souls-review

Uh oh:

"As soon as you leave the tutorial area, enemies hit hard. Combine this with a stringent new health system, some mean enemy placement and a positively brutal first 'proper' boss and the first few hours of Dark Souls represent a vindictive difficulty spike which many will never surmount."

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Special talents like spells or ranged combat are either limited or costly to use, so whichever class you choose, you will need to master From's magnificent melee combat.

Looks like u and Brandon are going to have a tougher time this go around

Revo of Gunt wrote:

toadthefrank wrote:

Eurogamer Review, 9/10:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-03-dark-souls-review

Uh oh:

"As soon as you leave the tutorial area, enemies hit hard. Combine this with a stringent new health system, some mean enemy placement and a positively brutal first 'proper' boss and the first few hours of Dark Souls represent a vindictive difficulty spike which many will never surmount."

Quote :

Special talents like spells or ranged combat are either limited or costly to use, so whichever class you choose, you will need to master From's magnificent melee combat.

Looks like u and Brandon are going to have a tougher time this go around

Yep. I did go more melee during my 3rd and 4th playthroughs in DS, so hopefully I'll be able to make it.

toadthefrank wrote:

Revo of Gunt wrote:

toadthefrank wrote:

Eurogamer Review, 9/10:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-03-dark-souls-review

Uh oh:

"As soon as you leave the tutorial area, enemies hit hard. Combine this with a stringent new health system, some mean enemy placement and a positively brutal first 'proper' boss and the first few hours of Dark Souls represent a vindictive difficulty spike which many will never surmount."

Quote :

Special talents like spells or ranged combat are either limited or costly to use, so whichever class you choose, you will need to master From's magnificent melee combat.

Looks like u and Brandon are going to have a tougher time this go around

Yep. I did go more melee during my 3rd and 4th playthroughs in DS, so hopefully I'll be able to make it.

My bad, forgot who I was addressing.

90 minutes worth of playing Dark Souls from GiantBomb:

I'm going to feel like crap on Wednesday. Something tells me I'll be spending 5 hours just trying to get past the first level...

Revo of Gunt wrote:

toadthefrank wrote:

Eurogamer Review, 9/10:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-03-dark-souls-review

Uh oh:

"As soon as you leave the tutorial area, enemies hit hard. Combine this with a stringent new health system, some mean enemy placement and a positively brutal first 'proper' boss and the first few hours of Dark Souls represent a vindictive difficulty spike which many will never surmount."

Quote :

Special talents like spells or ranged combat are either limited or costly to use, so whichever class you choose, you will need to master From's magnificent melee combat.

Looks like u and Brandon are going to have a tougher time this go around

looks like i may just save my money after reading that.

too much stuff going on to play sirius gamez.

While I am excited for the challenge, I am a little worried that the game is actually difficult this time instead of just punishing. DS punished you for being in a rush. While Dark Souls seems to continue the theme, it sounds as if they've actually made it harder too.

I'm also concerned with all I'm reading about summoning friends. I can't tell if they simply mean it will be difficult, as it was in DS, or if they've actually removed player names from the Soul Signs. If the latter, I'll be very disappointed.

Ehhh. The review sites and noobs also though Demons was "teh hardiest gayme evah yo".

It really wasn't that hard. It just punished the idiots that put games on easy and hack and slash their way through them in 4 hours, skip every cut scene, and complain that it took them 4 hours.

From that article:

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You can invade other players' games and even kill them; alternatively, you can allow yourself to be summoned as a friendly phantom, offering some much-needed help and companionship amid all this desolate hostility. But the conditions for this are strict and unfathomable and - crucially - there's no option to join a particular friend.

That settles it for me. I'll be waiting until it hits the bargain bins some time next year.

Didn't stop us in Demons Souls.

As long as you can see who is offering to be summoned.

It sounds as if it's completely random? I will wait to hear what you guys discover tomorrow, anyway. Please try it out and let me know!!

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From would argue that allowing too much control or communication within this weirdly remote system would damage the game's forbidding, lonely atmosphere. Maybe so, but it also denies us the enormous pleasure or facing these demons with a friend by our side. For me, that's one stern restriction too many.

TyrantII wrote:

Didn't stop us in Demons Souls.

As long as you can see who is offering to be summoned.

AlphaShepherd wrote:

It sounds as if it's completely random? I will wait to hear what you guys discover tomorrow, anyway. Please try it out and let me know!!

Quote :

From would argue that allowing too much control or communication within this weirdly remote system would damage the game's forbidding, lonely atmosphere. Maybe so, but it also denies us the enormous pleasure or facing these demons with a friend by our side. For me, that's one stern restriction too many.

This is my worry. If they've removed PSN IDs from Soul Signs, there will be absolutely no way to summon a friend...unless you drop your stone (or whatever this game uses) in some very random spot....

I'm cautiously optimistic this isn't what they've done. I suspect it's nearly identical to DS and will simply be difficult to summon friends. At least, that's my hope.

9.5 from Gamespot:

Weed out the weak

toadthefrank wrote:

Mine still hasn't shipped, but Amazon still shows a Delivery Estimate of October 4.

My bad, I was looking at another order. Mine says what yours does.

if they did remove psn ID's, that is 100% dealbreaker and seems like really bad mojo from a PR perspective.

After watching that video from GiantBomb, those of you who liked Demon's Souls will be over this one, for sure...

Mark Sporto wrote:

if they did remove psn ID's, that is 100% dealbreaker and seems like really bad mojo from a PR perspective.

Sporto, let's be honest here. You have on intention of getting this game and if you did you would hate it...just because.

Oh, and Ohio State is going to pawn the Huskers this weekend.

Over and out.

Looked on a Dark Souls wiki that states the summoning is the same as it was in DS. You have to get a summoning stone at some point, and you'll have to hide your soul sign in the hopes that others won't summon you.

This makes me very happy if true. I would have been pdissed if they'd removed PSN IDs.

Kekborg wrote:

Mark Sporto wrote:

if they did remove psn ID's, that is 100% dealbreaker and seems like really bad mojo from a PR perspective.

Sporto, let's be honest here. You have on intention of getting this game and if you did you would hate it...just because.

Oh, and Ohio State is going to pawn the Huskers this weekend.

Over and out.

oh yeah? OH YEAH??

just to prove you wrong twice, i'm getting the game tonight and send you a pic at midnight!


and there's not a chance in hades that your huskers lose this weekend. in fact, i bet they beat OSU by 3 TD's!

signed. sealed. delivered.