Dark Souls II

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

 

http://gamingeverything.com/34992/dark-souls-ii-revealed/

Trailer.

 

Man now I may go back and put in Dark Souls. Thinking about that earlier today, someone asked me which I preferred Dark Souls or Demon's Souls. I did think Dark Souls was much better.

 

I'm surprised they are calling it Dark Souls II, figured they'd go with "Insert Name Here Souls". Either way I felt both games were the two most overrated titles to ever hit the industry, yet here I am, intrigued by the news of another one.

 

Dark Souls, Borderlands, and Burnout Paradise are my top 3 games this generation.

I hope they fix up a lot of the issues and make another incredible world to explore. t:

 

The reason Dark Souls exist is because they didn't own the right to Demon Souls, Sony does. They wanted to start a franchise they themselves own and can make multi-platform.

Might have a real plot. Pretty crazy and that trailer was awesome.

 

I still haven't played my copy of the first...should really get on that before this one comes out.

 

Anyone who thinks a Souls game is overrated just... is doing it wrong.

Anyways, I've always liked Dark Souls more than Demon's Souls. I remember when I went to a press event to see Dark Souls for the first time they showed me the bonfire mechanic and it had me really worried that the game was going to be much easier, but it turned into the most fantastic addition to the game.

It really helped the pacing to have a consistent sanctuary that you could go back to and the idea that if you've pushed so far into unknown territory, the hope that a bonfire was round the next corner was enough to spur you on even when you were near death.

 

“[Dark Souls II] will be more straightforward and more understandable.”

Oh Christ. Don't say that

 

The trailer hinted at it. Will have to see how it works.

 

Yeah, story-wise the trailer seemed to hint that the plot will be much more direct. I just hope they don't manage to spoil the atmosphere of it all. But I won't judge until we all see it.

 

I hope so. It's a word that causes instant black lash, so I try to give games that use it a chance before writing them off, but that process doesn't have the best track record.

 

I don't know how much of it I'm going to take in. I loved Demon's Souls so much that when I heard about Dark Souls it was just 'Yep, I'm in' and I ignored stuff about it until it got here (apart from a short playtest during my IGN internship).

 

Yeah it'd be nice to put some of the fears to rest I guess. I really hope it hits PS4.

I still like to use the phrase you used when the game was revealed about the whole thing. It 'breaks my brain' that it even exists. A direct sequel is the last thing I expected.