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Dark Souls
Enter a dark world filled with despair and threaded by hope where your ability to creatively strategize, learn and overcome unpredictable and unique challenges determines your fate. Dark Souls will demand your absolute concentration, unflinchingly punish your mistakes, but reward your ability to learn from death. Each challenge is a mind game met with endless combinations that will test your ability to creatively strategize a way to conquer unimaginable monsters and progress deeper into this bleak and forbidding environment filled with the un-dead.
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91 out of 10686%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Dark Souls
Review 1 for Dark Souls
This game wrecks Sykrim.
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Posted on:12/20/11
TG484
Location: Newtown Square, PA
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
After having a traumatic experience with Demon Souls, I was expecting another terrible experience with this game. After dying for about a few hours, I finally got a hang of the game and made significant progress with the main story. This game lives up to its promise, you will die and die a lot. However, that gives the game a hardcore RPG experience unlike any other video game. If you are looking for an intense RPG, then this is for you!
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witty135
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Demon's Souls
Posted 1/25/12
I don't know if you'll read this, but I have a question. You said you had a traumatic experience with Demon's Souls. I'm struggling with Demon's Souls right now, not because of the difficulty, but because I just can't get into it. From the small bit of Dark Souls I've played at a friend's, it seems I might like Dark Souls more. When you said you had a traumatic experience, does that mean you didn't like the original, but like Dark Souls? If that's the case, I think I'll try Dark Souls out.
eyternal
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AWSOME game
Posted 1/18/12
Loved demons souls this is alot better and harder Not for the weak gamer invite me to be friends eyternal psn lvl12
Review 2 for Dark Souls
so unforgiving
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Review 3 for Dark Souls
Prepare to die!
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Review 4 for Dark Souls
prepare to buy a new controller!
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Review 5 for Dark Souls
Takes me back...
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Review 6 for Dark Souls
One of my favorit games
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Posted on:1/4/13
ExtantWisdomx2
Location: Corvalles, OR
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
This game is amazing but I admit it is not for everyone as it can be brutally difficult at times. But that in no way stopped me from having a great time with this game.
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Review 7 for Dark Souls
Breath of fresh air
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Review 8 for Dark Souls
Words can't even describe...
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Review 9 for Dark Souls
It's not hard, if you take the time to learn.
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Review 10 for Dark Souls
Super Hard!
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Posted on:12/9/12
Andrew24
Location: California
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
This game is only for hardcore gamers. I warn you now the game is extremely hard and frustrating BUT very rewarding. I would recommend this game.
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Review 11 for Dark Souls
A Wonderful RPG
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Posted on:11/28/12
ILikeIt
You will either like this game or hate it. It's challenging, but with enough play and practice, you can overcome anything the game throws at you.
The game takes place in a dark fantasy realm. There are bizarre and devilish creatures to battle and environments that will kill you. The game constantly builds a sense of dread and tension.
If the dark creatures weren't bad enough, other players can invade your world for vengeance, to honor an oath or just to be hostile. Try to locate a spirit willing to help you do battle, learn to fight better or run!
Do I enjoy this game, despite all the challenges of play? Oh, yeah.
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Review 12 for Dark Souls
An amazing idea for a game.
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Review 13 for Dark Souls
A rewarding game like no other.
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Posted on:10/24/12
TRR23
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
If there is one thing you need to know before buying this game, it is that Dark Souls is not like your typical game nowadays. There is no easy difficulty, there is no standard saving system (the game is constantly autosaving so you cannot undo mistakes), there is a lot of dying however. Dark Souls is a game you would expect to see on the SNES, not the PS3 or Xbox 360 where games such as Skyrim are rather generous to the player. So, even though Dark Souls is one of the best RPGs around, it is not for everybody. Those who are willing to take on the challenge though will be reward with a memorable gaming experience. The gameplay is obviously the best part of this game. You start off choosing between 10 classes ranging from Warriors to Pyromancers to Clerics. You level up your character by using souls (obtained from killing enemies) and shape him/her the way you want to play. Consulting a wiki or other guide can be extremely useful as a weak character setup will surely get you killed quite a bit. With your character you will battle many enemies and fight in many epic boss battles as you progress. You can also fight these enemies with other players by summoning or being summoned. The cooperative part of the game is very well done and helps making getting through bosses easier. If more a challenge is wanted, PVP also exists where you can invade or be invaded by other players. Once the game has been beaten, a new game plus (NG+) can be started where the game's difficulty is increased further. This makes second (and third and so on) playthroughs very enjoyable. Despite the gameplay being so well done, Dark Souls is not perfect. The graphics are nothing fantastic although the game is certainly no eye sore. The minimalistic plot is also somewhat forgettable but it does go well with game so it is hard to consider that a con. If you are looking for a game that will push your skills to the test, Dark Souls (and Demon's Souls, Dark Souls spiritual predecessor) is a game you should certainly check out. If you are of the faint of heart, stay away or prepare to die.
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Review 14 for Dark Souls
What an awesome game
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Review 15 for Dark Souls
good but extremely overrated
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Posted on:10/6/12
DOOMF22
Location: Colorado
This game is perfect for: casual gamers
Overall this game is good, it's got some decent combat, nice environments and some great graphics. It also is very frustrating at first and at first I mean the first 10-20 hours, but the second time you play through it's a breeze. A few things I did not like about the game are the story, the linear level design and the terrible PvP. Starting with the story which by no means is superior to any other western style RPG story, there is no decision making, the few NPC's mouths don't even move when they talk and the ending cutscene is about 10 seconds long (Keep in mind this game is 50+ hours long!) Secondly the game is VERY linear. This is not some huge open world rpg game like Dragon Age or Skyrim it is a very linear game. And lastly the PvP is just awful. Weapons and armor are extremely unbalanced and most people use stamina boosting rings and super heavy armor types while spamming cheap magic attacks and hitting you with their one hit shield busting lightning-enchanted ultra-great axe.... If you do emerge victorious from a PvP battle about 30% of the time you will receive hate mail from your rival. The PvP is by far the worst part about the game. I know I've said a lot of bad things about this game but it is still a decent game and it's still worth giving a try just don't expect it to be the "Skyrim killer" that all these fanboys make it out to be.
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Review 16 for Dark Souls
Deeply Dislike Dying Consistantly
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Review 17 for Dark Souls
A truly "HARDCORE" game
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Review 18 for Dark Souls
Best game I've bought in years.
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Review 19 for Dark Souls
Death is a guarantee!
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Posted on:7/29/12
DatMan717
Location: wisconsin
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
If you like games that are challenging, you WILL love this game! I know i do! the graphics are amazing and the characters are extensively varied with different weaknesses. Strategy is a must!
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Review 20 for Dark Souls
My favorite PS3 Game.
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Posted on:7/10/12
Mike6687
Location: DC area
This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers
No other game that I have played can capture so much of you and draw you in the way Dark Souls can. The music and atmospheres you travel through will eat at you throughout the game but the reward of succeeding where you have failed pulls you through and leaves you addicted. This is possibly my favorite game of any console, right up there with Castlevania Symphony of the Night. I tried this game when I was in the middle of Skyrim and have yet to play Skyrim again (160 hours in atm about to finish). Instead of playing Skyrim when I beat this game I will be buying Demon's Souls in hope that it is close to as good as Dark Souls.
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