The Dark Souls Thread

[riley-o]

"oh yes, hello EB games, i notice that we're on the phone together. what's that ? i have a pre-order copy of dark souls waiting for me ? AND you're doing a midnight release on monday ? well isn't that all some very interesting news..."

[guardianoftheblind]

[spacehamster]

I just realized there appears to be a separate EU version of this one - at least Amazon UK has a picture of the cover with a PEGI rating displayed on it. I guess that means I won't run into anyone from around here, but I really, really hope it also means I'll have lag-free multiplayer this time. I have the US version of Demon's Souls, and it's just ridiculous sometimes.

[jakebonz]

Review embargo lifted:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstat ... ic-reviews

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360 ... ic-reviews

Either way, I don't think you can go wrong.

[riley-o]

Some are reminiscent of Demon's Souls' environments, like the rickety, swampy, disease-ridden Blighttown

hey let's fashion a level after the worst fucking part of the previous game

[The Schwartz]

hahahah the one bad review so far is fucking Sweden complaining that the game is too hard. Fucking Sweden, man

[fallbacktostone]

Fancy yourself as a hairy-chested gamer, hardest of the hardcore, with extensive knowledge of the arcane conventions of RPGs? If not, look away now, as trying to play Dark Souls may well turn out to be the most frustrating experience of your life.

[fallbacktostone]

yeah i wrote till 5 in the morning today just so i could stare at this game like a zombie while i play it and hopefully understand whats going on.

[The Schwartz]

Fancy yourself as a hairy-chested gamer, hardest of the hardcore, with extensive knowledge of the arcane conventions of RPGs? If not, look away now, as trying to play Dark Souls may well turn out to be the most frustrating experience of your life.

I don't know why but everyone talking about it being so hard has me geeking out so like a mongo

[Wang Mandu]

Some are reminiscent of Demon's Souls' environments, like the rickety, swampy, disease-ridden Blighttown

hey let's fashion a level after the worst fucking part of the previous game

Early quitter confirmed.

[jakebonz]

Riley...do you even have ONE Demon's Souls platinum?

[copstache]

Fancy yourself as a hairy-chested gamer, hardest of the hardcore, with extensive knowledge of the arcane conventions of RPGs? If not, look away now, as trying to play Dark Souls may well turn out to be the most frustrating experience of your life.

I don't know why but everyone talking about it being so hard has me geeking out so like a mongo

because it's rare to see games these days that are both incredibly hard but also totally beatable? i'll take "satisfying" over "fun" most days of the week

[riley-o]

Some are reminiscent of Demon's Souls' environments, like the rickety, swampy, disease-ridden Blighttown

hey let's fashion a level after the worst fucking part of the previous game

Early quitter confirmed.

because i thought one of the levels in the first game sucked ? durr

if anything this whole getting cursed and losing half your energy bar, even across the divide of death, and that being stackable (ie. you can have only 1/32nd of your energy bar left when you respawn) and the cure is a billion miles away is much more likely to make me ragequit

[spacehamster]

Riley...do you even have ONE Demon's Souls platinum?

OoOooOOOooOOoooh...

[riley-o]

i didn't platinum demon's souls because i would prefer not to grind out 100+ hours into farming in games at this point in my life

[Spooky Apparition]

i didn't platinum demon's souls because i would prefer not to grind out 100+ hours into farming in games at this point in my life

look at mr. platinum suddenly getting so judicious with his use of time

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

i didn't platinum demon's souls for the same reason (despite being addicted to the game for a while)

[spacehamster]

I really wish I could call you guys a bunch of pussies making excuses, but Demon's Souls is still the only game I've ever platinumed (unless we count getting all the achievements for ME2 on the 360), so I kinda feel like yeah, maybe not. I just find it strange that Riley of all people quit the game. You never finished it, right?

[riley-o]

nah, i didn't. i got right near the end (you'd probably know better than i do how close i was if you look at my trophy list; i think i had like three more demons or something) and just got really sick of committing myself for a few hours at a time to the game. i frequently feel like playing it until i actually start playing it and then i just get annoyed at petty little things like the noise when you pick up items and then i just turn it off. i'm sure i'll finish it someday but i really thought that someday would be in the meantime between getting back from thailand and the release of dark souls and, well... here we are.

[Wang Mandu]

Early quitter confirmed.

because i thought one of the levels in the first game sucked ? durr

It was a joke.

[riley-o]

DURR !

[Wang Mandu]

That was uncalled for.

[fallbacktostone]

my excuse for quitting was that my best friend went back into rehab and the ps3 is in his room and it makes me sad when i'm in there playing it by myself.

[fallbacktostone]

will one of you guys call my gamestop and determine based on conflicting information from text messages that theyre sending me telling me to get the game at 12:01 tonight and the halfheaded chonga working there saying theres no midnight availability what the actual truth is?

(305) 598-5152

it'll be fun

[riley-o]

she said they're doing a midnight release but only for nba2k12

"ok wait but you're open at midnight then ?"
"yes."
"so can i just pick up a copy of dark souls ?"
"i actually have no idea."
"can you find out ?"
"maybe if you call another store they would know ?"

sorry man

[fallbacktostone]

hahahah

she's so stupid