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- Platform: Xbox 360
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Platform: Xbox 360
Dark Souls™: Prepare to Die™ Edition will include an untold chapter in the world of Lordran. Sent back to the past, player will discover the story when Knight Artorias still lives.
- New Bosses – Including Black Dragon, Sanctuary Guardian, Artorias of the Abyss.
- PVP Arena & Online Matchmaking System – Quick matching for players to play 1vs1, 2vs2 and 4 player battle royal.
- New Areas – Including Oolacile Township, Oolacile Sanctuary, Royal Wood, Battle of Stoicism which is the training ground for online PVP battles.
- New Enemies – Including Wooden scarecrows, Chained Prisoner, Stone Knight.
- New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough, Elizabeth (keeper of the sanctuary).
- New Weapons and Armor – Equip some from the new bosses, enemies, and NPCs
The Story
Dark Souls is the new action role-playing game from the developers who brought you Demon’s Souls, FromSoftware. Dark Souls will have many familiar features: A dark fantasy universe, tense dungeon crawling, fearsome enemy encounters and unique online interactions.
Prepare for a new, despair-inducing world, with a vast, fully-explorable horizon and vertically-oriented landforms. Prepare for a new, mysterious story, centered around the the world of Lodran, but most of all, prepare to die.
You will face countless murderous traps, countless darkly grotesque mobs and several gargantuan, supremely powerful demons and dragons bosses. You must learn from death to persist through this unforgiving world.
And you aren’t alone. Dark Souls allows the spirits of other players to show up in your world, so you can learn from their deaths and they can learn from your
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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By bunglenutter
Platform for Display:Xbox 360
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I'm only just over 30 hours into this 100+ hour game and I think I've barely scratched the surface of what it has to offer. If you're tired of typical JRPGs, with their increasingly linear and often obtuse storylines, repetitive battles and ceaseless grinding, then this is for you, provided that you like a challenge.
This game has many defining qualities that give it greatness - the story is very slim, and you are left to figure it out for yourself. This also applies to many of the game mechanics, such as the fact that you are "hollow" when you start the game and you need to acquire "humanity" to reverse your hollowing. In the beginning this means nothing, and is not explained anywhere (not even the manual) and so you are challenged to get your head around it. Despite initial frustration, you get into it, and the fact that you've had to work it out for yourself means that it stays in your head.
One neat feature I didn't realise the game had when I bought it was multiplayer. Now I'm a multiplayer skeptic - more often than not, it's only added into ostensibly single-player games to increase sales, but in this game it's done extremely well. You can write a "summon sign" on the ground which appears in other people's games, and they can summon you for a short period until the area boss has been defeated, working as a team. After that, you're back to your own game where you left off. Other players can also leave messages on the ground to serve as hints for progressing. This is no mere glib addition of multiplayer - it has an important purpose.
Another much talked-about attribute of the game that makes it great is the punishing difficulty within.... Read more ›
This game has many defining qualities that give it greatness - the story is very slim, and you are left to figure it out for yourself. This also applies to many of the game mechanics, such as the fact that you are "hollow" when you start the game and you need to acquire "humanity" to reverse your hollowing. In the beginning this means nothing, and is not explained anywhere (not even the manual) and so you are challenged to get your head around it. Despite initial frustration, you get into it, and the fact that you've had to work it out for yourself means that it stays in your head.
One neat feature I didn't realise the game had when I bought it was multiplayer. Now I'm a multiplayer skeptic - more often than not, it's only added into ostensibly single-player games to increase sales, but in this game it's done extremely well. You can write a "summon sign" on the ground which appears in other people's games, and they can summon you for a short period until the area boss has been defeated, working as a team. After that, you're back to your own game where you left off. Other players can also leave messages on the ground to serve as hints for progressing. This is no mere glib addition of multiplayer - it has an important purpose.
Another much talked-about attribute of the game that makes it great is the punishing difficulty within.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Kris Rees
Platform for Display:Xbox 360
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I own an xbox 360, which meant I was deprived of playing Demon Souls (Dark Souls' highly acclaimed, PS exclusive predecessor). Now from what I've read, Dark Souls is a chip off the old block as far as Demon Souls aficionados are concerned, but for me it was entirely new - and what a breath of fresh air! Dark Souls brings back memories of what games used to be like - when it was actually a challenge to finish a game!
This game is challenging, original, balanced, rewarding and packed full of evocative moments. The tension of creeping through an area, loaded with souls but out of estus flasks (the standard way of healing), not knowing how far away the next bonfire is... well it's something that's missing in games these days with the easy mode of on-demand saving. While undoubtedly difficult, this game becomes easier as you get better - this is an immensely rewarding process. It's also worth mentioning the incredibly novel multiplayer system that has been integrated into the game. I'm awful at pvp, but I absolutely love it.
I really can't praise it enough. It's pretty much the perfect game as far as I'm concerned. Anyone who enjoys fantasy rpg's should try this. Persevere and you will find what is easily one of the best games of the generation. I'd give it 6 stars if I could.
This game is challenging, original, balanced, rewarding and packed full of evocative moments. The tension of creeping through an area, loaded with souls but out of estus flasks (the standard way of healing), not knowing how far away the next bonfire is... well it's something that's missing in games these days with the easy mode of on-demand saving. While undoubtedly difficult, this game becomes easier as you get better - this is an immensely rewarding process. It's also worth mentioning the incredibly novel multiplayer system that has been integrated into the game. I'm awful at pvp, but I absolutely love it.
I really can't praise it enough. It's pretty much the perfect game as far as I'm concerned. Anyone who enjoys fantasy rpg's should try this. Persevere and you will find what is easily one of the best games of the generation. I'd give it 6 stars if I could.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Karen L
Platform for Display:Xbox 360
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I bought the regular dark souls, which didn't include the Artorias of the Abyss DLC, however PTDE includes this on disc.
Where to start. It's probably one of the most groundbreaking videogame experiences I've ever experienced. It has a learning curve and makes you learn a lot of the mechanics as you play along, something alot of modern games don't do now, the online play is one of the most unique I have ever experienced, if you have played Demon's Souls, a ps3 exclusive you will know it is very similar to Dark souls online. If you are having trouble with a boss you can summon a 'phantom' which is someone online or an NPC that will help you defeat the boss, you can even summon a friend and run through the game co-op! Assuming you don't die alot or get stuck too much, the game can take you 30-40 hours to complete, although even when you have done that, you have the new areas from PTDE to go to, you can start NG+, where the enemys are stronger!, or even experiment with different ways to play the game. It may be a 2 year old game but the online playerbase is very much active on all consoles.]
If you want a solid game with tight mechanics, great plot and unique game play, you should pick up dark souls.
Where to start. It's probably one of the most groundbreaking videogame experiences I've ever experienced. It has a learning curve and makes you learn a lot of the mechanics as you play along, something alot of modern games don't do now, the online play is one of the most unique I have ever experienced, if you have played Demon's Souls, a ps3 exclusive you will know it is very similar to Dark souls online. If you are having trouble with a boss you can summon a 'phantom' which is someone online or an NPC that will help you defeat the boss, you can even summon a friend and run through the game co-op! Assuming you don't die alot or get stuck too much, the game can take you 30-40 hours to complete, although even when you have done that, you have the new areas from PTDE to go to, you can start NG+, where the enemys are stronger!, or even experiment with different ways to play the game. It may be a 2 year old game but the online playerbase is very much active on all consoles.]
If you want a solid game with tight mechanics, great plot and unique game play, you should pick up dark souls.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:Xbox 360
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I've been gaming for around 20 years and they don't make them like this anymore. Well, except From Software, who have come up with an absolute classic. I won't say too much, there's already a plethora of reviews, but if you stick with this game and learn how it works you (and your character) will improve inexorably as you progress. Bosses, hell even grunts, who at first seemed impossible to defeat will feel icy death due to your massive halberd, swift daggers or viscious magic. There is a whole beautiful and truly terrifying world to explore here. Secrets around every corner and death waiting behind every door. It's a lot deeper than that too when you get really into it. Other players can invade your world and fight you to the death for rewards. Alternatively, they could join you to help defeat a boss. This game is huge, full of character, employs fantastically solid mechanics and creates a charming world that is both alive and undead. It's one of the best games ever made on any platform.
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Upon reading positive customer reviews, I ordered the game with absolutely no knowledge of how the game played, what the story was or even what the game looked like. Read more
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Everything you've heard is true...
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