[JOSEPH X]

Official Website
BY
Pub: NAMCO BANDAI
Dev: FromSoftware
Dir: Hidetaka Miyazaki
Genre:
Tactical strategic swordplay action RPG, set in a dark fantasy world.
Trailer:

Overview:
- choose from one of ten classes
- flexibility in developing character
- crafting, magic, swordplay and exploration
- massive open world
- huge boss battles
- help, hinder or battle other players online
- punishingly difficult gameplay
Media:
EDGE interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki




This post has been edited by II J0SePh X II on Thursday, May 12 2011, 12:20

[DneroJohnson]

QUOTE (II J0SePh X II @ Apr 14 2011, 16:57)

- punishingly difficult gameplay

Well f*ck me. Demon's Souls was already too damn hard for me.

I'll be skipping this one

[JOSEPH X]

Sounds like the famed difficulty will be kept in Dark Souls

QUOTE

“I have no intention to make the game any easier,” says a defiant Miyazaki. “In fact, I want it to be more difficult. The way I put it to my team is that we are trying to make the most difficult game that it is possible to make, which at the same time can be conquered by those who persevere"

I'm just so glad this is coming to the 360, as Demon's Souls was one I really wanted but was exclusive. I like the fact that someone's going against the grain of over the top handholding these days.

[Rockworm]

HAHA I've barely touched Demon's Souls since I bought it. Not that I didn't like what I saw its just hard to keep up with all the games I'm playing. Its on my backlist atm.

[gta_king]

Really looking forward to this one, Demon's Souls was one of those games that was very hard but in a way that every time you died you learnt something new. Whether it was the location of a specific drop/fall, how to tackle an enemy or a better location this meant that so long as you were patient with it and didn't try to rush too much you could generally tackle every challenge on the second or third attempt.

[JOSEPH X]

I've added some thumbs to the OP of EDGE magazine scans. I can't put any more imgs in that post so here's the rest of them:


The write-up is the same article that appears online, and which I linked to in the OP.

Also - and I'd take this with a pinch of salt - amazon Germany has this down as releasing on the 14th of October

http://www.amazon.de/NAMCO-BANDAI-Partners...02791114&sr=8-2

This post has been edited by II J0SePh X II on Tuesday, May 10 2011, 21:20

[JOSEPH X]

Yes! Octoberness.

New trailer:

http://gamingeverything.com/?p=4196

I'll just edit this post on the off chance somebody wanders into the thread by accident.

The collector's edition has been revealed and aparently it's the same price as the regular version. It contains:

- the game
- 'making of' dvd
- soundtrack
- artbook
- strat guide



There will be a showcase of the MP component at E3 also

Edit 2:

http://www.preparetodie.com/uk/

Revamped website. I'll tidy this first page up when I bump it
from page 3 again. Until then I'll edit this post
with any news that arrives.

This post has been edited by II J0SePh X II on Wednesday, May 25 2011, 13:51

[JOSEPH X]

Just got an e-mail from GAME about my LE pre-order and I thought it deserved a bump. I don't think GAME would change the release date without official info at this stage.

QUOTE

As you may already be aware, the UK release date for Dark Souls Limited Edition has changed to 02-Sep-2011. Changes to release dates are relatively common in the videogames industry and are unfortunately beyond our control.

...so that's a whole month earlier than anticipated.

[JOSEPH X]

New month, new post



Final confirmation of release date October 4th North America; 7th Europe

[RedBlues]

i've been playing demon souls and its a pretty awesome RPG
and its hard,but i like hard games

[JOSEPH X]

Some screens of the character creation menu have emerged.




I like the look of the Deprived class. Partial nudity ftw.




You can see a lot more classes in action here:

http://www.examiner.com/video-game-news-in...#slide=36507671

Also new trailer:



This post has been edited by JOSEPH X on Wednesday, Aug 17 2011, 11:11

[junkpile]

^ thanks for all the info, I aprreciate it!

Demon's souls is an outstanding game in my opinion. And the difficulty as it should be. It's hard to get by if you're lightheaded, but with some tactic it is easy.

[lkkarus]

Is anyone else picking this up?

[Superpowermind]

QUOTE (lkkarus @ Friday, Sep 30 2011, 20:23)

Is anyone else picking this up?

I'm definately getting it. Here's another trailer




Yet another one



IGN Gave it 9/10. Here's the review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmLaLqYauTA...nel_video_title

This post has been edited by Superpowermind on Saturday, Oct 1 2011, 06:22

[JOSEPH X]

QUOTE (lkkarus @ Friday, Sep 30 2011, 20:23)

Is anyone else picking this up?

In other words - My body is ready.

Any 360 players gonna help me out?

[Superpowermind]

@JOSEPH X: If I get the 360 version I might Though most likely I will get the PS3 version.

[JOSEPH X]

Well - got the game and it's fantastic. Just having a problem finishing enemies off. Their health regenerates, but that last sliver is so hard to knock off - I must be doing something wrong, any ideas.

[Remix]

Picked up the game two days ago. Only played a bit over an hour, and I really don't have any desire to keep playing. I was warned that it was difficult... but even the tutorial had me confused as to what I was even doing. Not to mention being completely and utterly frustrated.

Hopefully it gets better!

[gta_king]

I found no problems with the tutorial being honest with you, it explained the controls properly and even helped you out with defeating the first 'Boss' pretty much all you'd need. I will admit that the moment when you get to Firelink shrine is a bit odd because it doesn't give you any direction at all. (Tip: Go towards the viaduct, not the graveyard with the skeletons, nor the stairs leading down) In a way that is the beauty of the game that you have to explore and discover and learn for yourself but at the same time it is also one of its most alienating attributes.

Key to the game really is patience, move slowly, watch your enemies and learn from your deaths. It's hard but there is a method to the difficulty and once you suss that it really isn't as bad as it seems.

Certainly not a game for everyone though.

[JOSEPH X]

sh*t I thought the stamina bar was the enemies health! lol. No wonder I'm having trouble finishing them off - I'm attacking with a tiny bit of stamina