Dark Souls 2

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Announced last night at the VGA's

http://www.inquisitr.com/429012/2012-vg ... announced/

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As if the original Dark Souls didn’t already put gamers in enough pain, during the 2012 Spike VGAs it was announced that Namco Bandai is working on Dark Souls 2, the next go-to game to fulfill all of your masochistic desires.

Unlike that other big trailer shown off during the VGAs, the Dark Souls 2 trailer was not in-game footage. Instead, we were treated to a fairly lengthy–and rather pretty–cinematic trailer.

The trailer starts off showing a character–presumably Dark Souls 2‘s protagonist–dressed in full armor as he carefully makes his way through a forest. A forest full of things that want to kill him, we imagine.

“You are the undead,” a menacing narrator says during the cinematic trailer as we’re shown scenes of some kind of fortress, and a cave. “Forever without hope, forever without light.”

Afterwards, we’re shown scenes of a fallen dragon who, as it turns out, is not quite fallen. The protagonist is also seen fighting a masked figure, who gets the receiving end of the protagonist’s sword planted right through his head.

Sadly, we don’t know anything more about Dark Souls 2. The debut trailer didn’t show us any in-engine gameplay, and the trailer didn’t say whether or not Dark Souls 2 is coming to any current-generation consoles, or if it will be for Microsoft and Sony’s as-yet unannounced next-gen hardware.

Should Namco Bandai share any information in the coming days, we’ll be sure to let you know. For now, go ahead and watch the Dark Souls 2 cinematic trailer from the 2012 Spike VGAs below.

Link with Jessica Alba's intro : http://www.gametrailers.com/full-episod ... k-souls-ii

Some other news pages :

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news ... reens.html
http://thecontrolleronline.com/2012/12/ ... k-souls-2/
http://www.videogamer.com/pc/dark_souls ... nside.html
http://www.oxm.co.uk/48288/dark-souls-2 ... -monsters/
http://www.rpgsite.net/news/2171-dark-souls-2-announced
http://gamingbolt.com/dark-souls-2-will ... ultiplayer

The next Edge magazine will have a feature on it : http://www.edge-online.com/news/introdu ... -unveiled/

Official website : http://www.darksoulsii.com/agegate.php

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

FUCK YEAHHHHHHHH!!!

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

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Our goal is to surprise and delight our fans with new experiences and plot twists while enticing new players to join our dark journey

It's going to be a bloody easy mode isn't it?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

It could just be intro messages that don't lie to you.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Intro messages?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

The 'tutorial' floor messages the game gives you in the Undead Asylum.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 13:16

Praise the Sun!

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

So I have Demons Souls and Dark Souls. Shall I do them in order, or just go straight into Dark?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sun Dec 09, 2012 13:30

I would say that Dark Souls is the better of the two, some disagree. In terms of plot, there's no carry over, so you don't need to worry about spoilers.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Play Demons Souls NOW, before they shut down the servers!

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

lasermink wrote:

Play Demons Souls NOW, before they shut down the servers!

Do I need the online functionality?

I imagine it as a Castlevania-esque thing.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

throughsilver wrote:

lasermink wrote:

Play Demons Souls NOW, before they shut down the servers!

Do I need the online functionality?

I imagine it as a Castlevania-esque thing.

Multiplayer is a big part of the game, I think. You really need to team up with people against the bosses, or it will be ridiculously frustrating. It's also fantastic fun to help others defeat the bosses, win your body that way, and then be able to summon people to help yourself. Main problem is that people are a bit thick and spend too much time invading instead of offering themselves up for summoning, or they won't summon when they should, so you wait around for too long to be summoned. This bit works better in Dark Souls somehow.

I do think Demons Souls is the better game in many other ways. But maybe that's just because I'm stuck in Dark Souls and finding it hard to get back into it. I managed to finish Demons Souls and although it is tough in the beginning, once you "figure it out" it is just an awesome game. Few survival horror games have had me as scared as this game.

Pro-tip 1 for Demons Souls: Don't be afraid to use healing herbs. You'll find plenty. Don't try to scrape through with low HP, if you have the herbs it is better to play it safe.

Pro-tip 2: Don't think you have to do worlds/levels in any particular order. If one seems way too tough, just try another. If a boss seems insurmountable, go play another area for a while.

Edit: Another important tip: Don't think you have to be in body form all the time. It is really meant only for boss battles. This, along with taking proper advantage of summoning, I didn't really understand until later in the game. It is much better when you realise this early.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 0:08

On the other hand, I played it entirely offline, partly as going online makes setting world tendency somewhat tricky and partly as I didn't want to be invaded and didn't really want any help beating the game.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

I ignored the world tendency stuff altogether, I must admit. Didn't really seem worth the effort.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Mr Dave wrote:

I didn't want to be invaded.

That's the thing, if you try to be in body form all the time, then you get invaded, killed, and frustrated. Just stay in soul form until you need to summon someone, and let yourself be summoned and help kill a boss to obtain your body when the need arises, I think that's really key to enjoying the game the way it was intended - although they did leave it quite open to interpretation by the players, which is what makes it such a marvellous experience, in a way. You learn the hard way that cooperation is better for everyone in the long run.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

Summoning is for pussies!

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 0:46

lasermink wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

I didn't want to be invaded.

That's the thing, if you try to be in body form all the time, then you get invaded, killed, and frustrated. Just stay in soul form until you need to summon someone, and let yourself be summoned and help kill a boss to obtain your body when the need arises, I think that's really key to enjoying the game the way it was intended - although they did leave it quite open to interpretation by the players, which is what makes it such a marvellous experience, in a way. You learn the hard way that cooperation is better for everyone in the long run.

conversely, i think it is hilariously good fun. i'm loooking forward to being invaded again as this time i shall win!

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

Killing an invader feels great, that is for sure. Especially if you can do it by pushing them off a cliff or something like that, that you just know is going to have them gnashing teeth.

And simply choosing to be evil and invading, just because, has it's own attraction. My point was simply that the online part doesn't need to be frustrating and can greatly help you enjoy the game if you use it properly.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:49

I will buy this.

I'm worried about them nerfing it though.

But I will buy this.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Zavvi email tells me this will also be on PS3. Excellent.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

The thing that Dark Souls has over Demon's Souls is the weight carry limit. In Dark you can carry a million bits of stuff but your weight limit is determined only by what you're wearing or holding. In Demon's everything in your backpack counts towards your weight limit and is irritating after you've experienced Dark.

I do like the World Tendancy stuff though since brand new areas open up and new peeps arrive. It fecking hard to get right though. I think I only found the area right at the beginning of the game. On the left. Just off the bridge. Good down there.

Oh and that guy in the hanging cage in that area suspended miles above the swamp. Freaky scary around there. Wasn't there a bit when a load of flesh fell out the roof?

Bloody awesome game Demon's was.

But then, so was Dark.

Natch.

Did I mention I'd finished them both without any help by summoning guys? I did y'know. I'm awesome. Although I've got weird patches of hair on my back. It's started on the top of my right arm too. Maybe I should wax it off..,

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

And that EDGE cover is shit.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

Oh and I got rid of the two perched dragons with white world tendency. TRUFAX.

lasermink · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1883

That happened to me, but I didn't know why. If I'd known, I could probably have gone back to the start and entered the closed off area. World tendency sucks.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Concept art :

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/vi ... &id=295280

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

10 pages of this in EDGE this month. Lovely art work for the front cover too. Consume.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

IGN gameplay reveal tonight :

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/04/10/d ... eal-coming

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Dark Souls 2 Gameplay Reveal Coming

In 2011, Dark Souls invaded our collective consciousness with its seemingly inscrutable challenge and irresistible combat.

Today, IGN will debut the world exclusive first look at Dark Souls II.

Come back today at 12PM PT/ 8PM BST for a 12-minute demo that reveals the first gameplay and includes an introduction to a number of new mechanics, dungeons, creatures, scenarios and combat. We will also have a video Q&A session, both of which feature FromSoftware director Yui Tanimura, and Namcobandai global producer, Tak Miyazoe, both hosted by IGN's Marty Sliva.

Until then, here's two screens to tide you over.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Apr 10, 2013 17:00

I need it

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

I hope they put in that easy mode they always talked about.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

Apparently it is going to be Wii-U only.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Bobbyaro wrote:

Apparently it is going to be Wii-U only.

Okay, you win.

Four_Candles · **Joined:** 27th Sep, 2009 **Posts:** 876

Gameplay reveal now up on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA1s9v2Ab8w

Not sure if it's just the YouTube vid quality but the background graphics don't look that great to me.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

It's because it is on the Wii-U.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

I want to watch it.

I don't want to watch it.

I want to watch it.

I don't want to watch it. Hnnngh.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 13:03

It is a wee bit spoilery and features a softly spoken man who you can bearly hear over the background noise much of the time.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

Ok, I caved and I've watched it. It wasn't too spoilery and it wasn't 12 minutes of rolling gameplay (thank god).

IT LOOKS AWESOMEZ!

I liked the new bonfire effect when you light a bonfire.
It looked like you could duel wield swords like Demon's Souls.
I loved the troll with the giant axe. "Check me out as I deflect these...urgh. Dead"
I see the pimp cup has gone and is replaced by the stone of healing. Or was it stones? That might suggest a return to Demon's style healing.
Did you notice there was no soul gauge in the top left? It looked like a sun/moon clock thing.
The chariot boss looked the business.
It fact it all looked very sparkly and lovely and awesome and I want it now.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 14:57

Praise the sun

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 17:31

Should i play the 1st one?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 17:54

KovacsC wrote:

Should i play the 1st one?

Do you like hard and unforgiving games?
If so, yes, very much so.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 18:08

No. You should live the first one.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:04

KovacsC wrote:

Should i play the 1st one?

Yes. I hate it, but keep coming back to it, just so it can beat me some more. I will prevail, though, I will prevail.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

I'm not watching anything about this. I'm just buying it.

The last time I was so committed to an unreleased game it turned into PoP: Warrior Within (sob, sob), which haunts me to this day. But fuck it, I'm doing it again.

Knowing fuck all of what lay in front of me in Dark Souls was half the joy, but fuck me I'm tempted to click those links....

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 16, 2013 22:53

Saturnalian wrote:

It looked like you could duel wield swords like Demon's Souls.

I'm sure you could do that in Dark Souls.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Tue Apr 16, 2013 23:55

I don't think you could attack with the left hand weapon. (Except with one weapon in the dlc)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

New trailer from the Microsoft E3 presentation

March 2014 :-(

I want it now :-(

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

I've got questions:

1) March 2014 for Xbone, but will this gen get it earlier?
2) ANSWER MY FIRST QUESTION NOW!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Saturnalian wrote:

I've got questions:

1) March 2014 for Xbone, but will this gen get it earlier?
2) ANSWER MY FIRST QUESTION NOW!

1) for Xbox 360 not for Xbone
2) I want it NOW not March :-(

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14418

Really, those were 360 graphics? No way, man, no way in hell was that trailer from the 360 version.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Saturnalian wrote:

Really, those were 360 graphics? No way, man, no way in hell was that trailer from the 360 version.

Its 360 / PS3 / PC , not announced for PS4 / Xbox one yet

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Gameplay footage from the show floor at E3

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