Dark Souls is one of those one in a thousand games. It's one of the most challenging dark fantasy games I've ever had the pleasure of playing. It's controls, while a bit difficult to adjust to, are perfectly adequate and serve their purpose. The challenge, I feel like it's redundant to say how difficult this game can be, is learning how to act and react without consequence. This is a great game for anyone wanting a challenge, or just curious about the franchise. It's hard, but rewarding.
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Nearly identical visually and in gameplay to its predecessor Demon's Souls, Dark Souls improves upon the formula in some areas while falling short in others. Reasons an action RPG fan should definitely play this include well executed third-person combat, loads of weapons, armor and spells, excellent design and art direction, and decent replay value (thanks in part to seamlessly implemented, sometimes patchy multiplayer). Of course, when a game so closely resembles the experience of the developers previous work, improvements and failings are more easily detected. My complaint here are the integral bosses encountered throughout Dark Souls. Besides a few exceptions, overall they're not as memorable or challenging compared to Demon's. Of course, game mechanics such as the resource governing how many spells can be cast were re-engineered with positive results. And with several issues present at launch now patched, I'd consider Dark Souls definitely worth the money.Read full review
DVD plays great on my Xbox360. Good graphics for 2011 game. Takes some time to figure out the many aspects of this RPG but I like the gameplay .
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Such a GREAT game! I always find myself coming back to play this. I’ve beat the game multiple times with different characters and different builds. It’s always fun coming back to this game. Death never eludes me and it always a bitter sweet feeling. 10/10 one of the best games ever created.
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This game looks promising and I'm still willing to give it a chance but HOLY CRAP is it HARD!!! The way the game is designed is great, graphics are amazing, some quirky things with the equip screen (I put a sword in his right hand but it doesn't equip unless I use the second slot? weird) There are two major problems with this game. 1)The most basic of enemies like a freaken Skeleton can annihilate u in just a couple hits. The worst feature is the stamina guage which gives enemies like this a huge advantage. If your fighting more than 1 Skeleton, they swing at you and your shield just flings outta the way and you're vulnerable to attacks. You will die. 2)When u run around killing all these enemies and need to return to a fire to restore all your health, doing so results in EVERY ENEMY YOU KILLED BEING BACK IN THE SAME SPOT THEY WERE AS IF YOU NEVER KILLED THEM. You've got to be kidding me. I spent 25min killing flaming arrow shooting Skeletons, spear wielding freaks, and more and for what...so they can just pop back up because I sit at a freaken fire to restore all the damage they just caused! OMFG. Oh and while I'm at it there's a 3rd problem. 3)There's no real direction in this game so it lets you freely explore anywhere you want to go. Great feature...oh wait unless you happen to run into these INSANELY strong randomly placed enemies somewhere! I was kickin butt for like 20 minutes and found a staircase in this castle, collected a ton of souls to this point(which you lose if you die) and decended the staircase ONLY TO RUN INTO A CHARGING ENEMY THAT KILLS YOU WITH ONE SWIPE OF HIS SWORD...WTF are you kidding me. Dying and returning to the same spot to retreive your souls happens a lot, but if you happen to make a wrong turn and an enemy like this kills you, your screwed. You'll never get the souls back and may be killed by something trying to get back there anyway so whats the point...Has the potential to be a 5/5 but I just cant...the 2 hrs I played it for and I only progressed like 10 min into it...ughhh...(FYI I have over 260 games between PS2 PS3 Xbox 360 and Wii so I'm no rookie gamer...this game is no JOKE...Read full review
Great condition for a used game came with case and manual. Which is awesome as for the gameplay I think by now everyone should know what their getting. Like they say prepare to die, and get good. Praise the sun.
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I love the entire Dark Souls series. All the DS games are challenging, fast-paced, and very submersive. Easily my favorite games for the simple fact of how punishing yet rewarding they are. Praise the sun!
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It's a great game to play if you are not afraid to die constantly. Lots of challenges and frustrations but when you get through it's very rewarding. You need to put lots of hours to get through,hundreds. It's not easy at all but fun!
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This game is difficult, and that may be an understatement. I have lost track of how many times I have died already and I haven't made it far. It is fun though.
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This is the best RPG I've played since ff9 came out, hands down. People that bi+ch about the difficulty are frankly giant verginas. It's really not that hard, it's just made for people who don't suck at video games. You want to play a truly hard game?.. throw on megaman 1 or any older game. Kids now need to be spoon fed, I swear. That being said, the map in dark souls is great. Sort of a mix between a metroid and zelda style map, and the best parts of each. The enemies are all interesting and the battle system is amazing; very natural with your attention being required even for simple encounters. Also, boss battles were pretty great, especially very early on, and very late game My only real gripes are that the enemy leveling is sorta crap and you have access to amazing weapons way too early, which makes midgame a bit uneventful. I used the same sword at the same level to beat the end boss that I was using about 6 hours into the game. The vast majority of my deaths after about a third of the way through were SDs from falling. Still, even with the few faults, this game is easily one of the best I've played in years, and I play a lot.Read full review
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