I charged forth, sword ready, eyes burning, throwing everything I had at this game! The game wasn't impre

User Rating: 8.5 | Dark Souls X360
By vsnake48 | Review Date:
Myself, I only just started playing this game only recently, what with all the november games that blew me away, and although this is not quite what i asked santa for - it doesn't even sound like Skyrim! - I am so glad i didn't miss this game. You have probably heard that the main feature of this game is how hard it can be. To clarify: this is the hardest game I've played in the last 12 years! you will die literally thousands of times. and the worst part? you'll love it. the second you play the game it pits you against foes that will kill you, rape your dead body then as you come back to fight them again, they'll repeat that process. And they'll laugh too. But that's the challenge! You begin to fight every fight like it could be your last, pitting everything you ever learned at gaming against those bastards and when you finally kill him... oh god. the satisfaction of it is the best feeling you can ever have in your bedroom. well top ten anyway. You will have to learn your foe completely to defeat any boss, every twitch and movement, so you can set up the final kill. This stops the battles getting too predictable as even when you learn your foe, if he's got friends with him your stratagems go out the window. the odds will always be against you. I love the danger.

Of course there are a few issues, for instance, the graphics aren't amazing compared some of the recent RPGs going, and there are a few glitches that can really throw you off but these are very rare, i think i got 2 or 3 in my entire time playing it. The online is great. You can talk to other players, not directly of course, but you can leave them little hints and tips (I found a secret route thanks to one guy. Thank you whoever you are.)or just plain gibberish if you want. You can watch how other players died, and some of them are funny

You can get players enter your world and help you out in this great co-op mode, which can really turn the tables (see how they like that!), but you also can get players enter who want to kill you. Cuz my day wasn't bad enough. I'm not keen on this idea of "invading" a player's world mainly because the guy being invaded doesn't know what the eff is going on anway, and having up to three (yes 3) other players trying to slow you down can just be depressing, especially to a new player to the series like meh. But you know, thats my problem, I don't like gang bangs when I'm the er... guy who ..doesn't want to be there... yeah

Ok so to sum it all up. This game seriously needs more publicity as I didn't even know it existed until it was in my Xbox. It is a without doubt great game and more people need to know about it... Unless they already do and I've been living under a rock... In which case don't bother them, or they'll just get all outta whack (they wouldn't let me swear so I'll 90's lingo them)

What was I saying?

Oh yeah Dark Souls. I say give this game the chance it deserves and play it. If anything, you just have to experience it. The Gamer inside you needs to experience it. do it.

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