Manufacturer: Dark Horse Comics
Kevin VanOrd braves life and death to bring you a video review of Dark Souls.
A gorgeous and frightening world you won't want to leave; Abundant; amazing bosses test your skill and determination; Superb combat in which every attack feels powerful and precise; Fantastic online aspect lets players both cooperate and compete; Covenant system and other features lead to constant...
Frame rate gets choppy in certain areas; Finicky target lock
By all rights, I ought to hate Dark Souls. I can't think of a single game that's responsible for causing me so much sleeplessness and stress, yet From Software's viciously difficult role-playing game is still something of a masterpiece.
20th October 2011 - Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to the cult sleeper Demon Souls (read our review ) which arrived on Aussie shores last year. Demon Souls was lauded around the world as a PS3 exclusive that broke the current trend by delivering a game truly designed for hard core gamers.
Dark Souls is the debut Japanese-style RPG from Warfare Studios. It was created using RPG Maker XP and boasts an extensive amount of detailed custom sprite work and a cool anti-hero protagonist to complement its traditional music and gameplay.
"You might make it boy, but by the skin of your teeth." Rarely has a lyric in a trailer ever described a game so perfectly. That line from The Silent Comedy's "Bartholomew" arguably sums up the Dark Souls experience more aptly (and certainly more succinctly) than the visuals it accompanied: visuals...
A genuine sense of achievement which few other games can match; Gorgeous and varied open world; A vast amount of game time - at least 60 hours
Sometimes tips the odds a little too far against you; Controls are occasionally unresponsive; Offers only a few significant improvements over its predecessor
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