Fuck cinematic trailers.

holy fucking shit yes

dark souls is pretty much all i play these days

the pc version was a complete after thought pushed on by fan petitions and they pretty much openly said they didn't really have any experience with PC or porting

just be happy it made it there at all considering it was never meant to be released on pc. i'd never buy it on pc regardless

interesting they have gone with dark souls 2 rather than a completely seperate game made in a similar vein like demons souls -> dark souls

but there is so much lore and plenty other places mentioned in dark souls that never got carried on or explained in detail in dark souls there would be plenty for them to work with for another game

last edited by paveway at 20:33:34 08/Dec/12

HUZZAH!!!

Yeah, I recall one of the main guys saying something about thinking the difficulty was too hard and he wanted to make it easier for everyone...

Which basically will destroy the whole point of the game. Any easier and it might as well be halo, because it wasn't really THAT difficult to begin with. All it takes is learning the (very) basic mechanics and getting used to timing. Any gamer worth his salt shouldn't have trouble with that.

it's a learning curve fpot but don't be a pussy, just get involved once you take down a couple of bosses at the start you'll get hooked

not going to lie i used the wikis a fair bit to get me through some cuntish bits

fpot my 2 best tips for you;

1) you are going to die so expect it, when you do die try and learn why you died so you can not make the same mistake

2) when you die don't get the shits and try and rush back to where you died because chances are you will get sloppy and died again which will enrage you even more because you'll lose your souls/humanity permanently

praise the sun

yeah it's not that difficult - once you know what you're doing lol

i don't think he said anything about making the game easier i think he mentioned maybe an easy mode

if they make the next one easier it will be a let down, i don't mind if they make the story and lore a bit more accesible because it really is a bit of a hassle if you want to learn anything about the back story to dark souls you really have to go searching by talking to all the vendors/npc's some of which might not be of any value to your current character build so you really have no use for them. also a lot of the lore is inserted into the descriptions of items which is just a pain reading every item and it is all fairly cryptic at the best of times so you really need to think about it to put the peices together

this guy has a full play through on youtube he's a bit of a guru in the community and explains the lore as he plays through

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQDWoXFQ-YLrfIpzcEBZxgU-sMokYfiWi

but if they make the game itself easier a lot of people aren't going to be impressed but it's the same old story i am sure a lot more people will buy the game - maybe they will do an easier mode which would be ok

last edited by paveway at 15:11:50 09/Dec/12

Better fucking not put difficulty settings on this to make it easier, really don't need to change much just make it bigger and upgrade the graphics

Making the story "more obvious" also sounds like a terrible idea. One of the great aspects of Dark Souls was the indirect way the plot was revealed.

It created an atmosphere of mystery and ruined majestic that worked in tandem with the artistic style to create a real sense of adventure and freedom in the game.

Replacing that with an on-rails, exposition driven linear story would be a disaster for the brand.

Someone did a single segment (no saving) speed run of dark souls and finished it in just over 32 mins. Pretty amazing stuff.

Yeah, that speed run was a huge letdown.

The Gwynn fight and the Anor Londo twins one shot were badass, but how can you call it a completion when you skip a third or more of the game with a bug.

but how can you call it a completion when you skip a third or more of the game with a bug.

Skipping sections of a game using bugs is the essence of a speedrun.