Score: 9/10
Graphics : 9
Controls : 9
Multiplayer: 7
Storyline : 8
Gameplay: 10
Replay Vaule: Very Very High
Dark Souls really does stand up to its motto "Prepare To Die", with it being the successor to Demon Souls, I can safely say it's difficulty is harder than Demon Souls. Now with more difficult enemies, equipment and locations, Is this worth your money? Hell Yeah!
When going into Dark Souls (Im Playing on the Xbox 360 Port) it may take a small amount of time to get use to the controls. However when you first run into the boss after playing the game for 10 minutes, it may make you a little overwhelmed. He is a giant monster with a huge club for a weapon and you may be intimidated at first but here you learn your first lesson of Dark Souls, that with patience plus a good strategy, you can take down any foe. After you defeat your first boss on your first or tenth try, you may feel a sense of accomplishment after it which what makes this game, that old feeling of a sense of accomplishment after you have defeated a boss. Now I'll lay off the story for now so I won't spoil for you guys, but will talk about some of the new features that are in Dark Souls.
First there is the bonfires which are the save points... kinda. Well you see, when you rest at a bonfire you'll get all of your Estus Flask restored (We will talk about the Flask later), you can level up at the bonfire, Switch up Magic spells, turn back into human with your humanity's (Talk about the Humantiy's soon too) and Kindle the flame. However, All enemies will come back except for bosses and mini bosses and when you die you will start back there, but all your souls will be gone unless you can get them back. The Estus Flask is your source of healing in the middle of battles or out of battles, to increase the amount of flask you get you must first go to your bonfire, become human, and then use another humanity to "kindle the flame", the more you kindle the flame, the more Estus Flask you get. Humanities are rare, they can usually be found on rats and they are very important. You'll need this to turn back into a human, which you can do by going to the bonfire and selecting "Reverse Hollowing." They will also restore your health to the fullest, be careful though, if you die when you use a humanity you will lose it with your souls unless you can get it back, also you will not be a Human anymore but turn back into a Hallow. There is also no mana however there are scrolls for spells which can be regenerated by... you guessed it, going back to the bonfire. There is now so much armor and weapons, which you can upgrade, makes this game filled with so much variety and will defiantly keep you busy.
Now lets get into some of the faults into the game, most are minor faults from my view and can be fixed. First off we are going to talk about the NPC, this isn't about a complaint about them but the killing of the NPC's. If you hit a NPC by accident, they will fight back at you and you're force to kill them. While this may add some realism to this (I mean honestly, what kind of person will let you swing a sword into their face?) however just by a accident you can kill a very important NPC in the game that gives important items or information. Then there is the no guidance issue, what I mean by this is the fact you don't know where to go except for little hints given from the NPCs. This is where I had to look up a walkthrough just to figure out where to go. The last thing that grinds my gears are the frame rate issue, sometimes the frame rates goes to poop and you might die just because of it, an example is the dragon on the bridge, the frame-rate just went poop right when I step on the bridge and I died by the fiery flames of the dragon. This probably will be fixed by a patch sooner or later.
Now the final thing we will talk about is the multiplayer, which is almost non-existent. There is no in-game chat and you need to buy items to join/invade someones game. While I have not invaded or been invaded by someone, this offer some PvP which is perfect for Dark souls. However, the developers From Software wanted to keep Dark souls a lonely place with almost no hope to add into the atmosphere which they succeeded. In the end, Dark souls may be one of the hardest game you'll play, but one of the most fun and addicting game as well. Now I am on Blight town trying to get past this god forsaken town so I am off!
First there is the bonfires which are the save points... kinda. Well you see, when you rest at a bonfire you'll get all of your Estus Flask restored (We will talk about the Flask later), you can level up at the bonfire, Switch up Magic spells, turn back into human with your humanity's (Talk about the Humantiy's soon too) and Kindle the flame. However, All enemies will come back except for bosses and mini bosses and when you die you will start back there, but all your souls will be gone unless you can get them back. The Estus Flask is your source of healing in the middle of battles or out of battles, to increase the amount of flask you get you must first go to your bonfire, become human, and then use another humanity to "kindle the flame", the more you kindle the flame, the more Estus Flask you get. Humanities are rare, they can usually be found on rats and they are very important. You'll need this to turn back into a human, which you can do by going to the bonfire and selecting "Reverse Hollowing." They will also restore your health to the fullest, be careful though, if you die when you use a humanity you will lose it with your souls unless you can get it back, also you will not be a Human anymore but turn back into a Hallow. There is also no mana however there are scrolls for spells which can be regenerated by... you guessed it, going back to the bonfire. There is now so much armor and weapons, which you can upgrade, makes this game filled with so much variety and will defiantly keep you busy.
Now lets get into some of the faults into the game, most are minor faults from my view and can be fixed. First off we are going to talk about the NPC, this isn't about a complaint about them but the killing of the NPC's. If you hit a NPC by accident, they will fight back at you and you're force to kill them. While this may add some realism to this (I mean honestly, what kind of person will let you swing a sword into their face?) however just by a accident you can kill a very important NPC in the game that gives important items or information. Then there is the no guidance issue, what I mean by this is the fact you don't know where to go except for little hints given from the NPCs. This is where I had to look up a walkthrough just to figure out where to go. The last thing that grinds my gears are the frame rate issue, sometimes the frame rates goes to poop and you might die just because of it, an example is the dragon on the bridge, the frame-rate just went poop right when I step on the bridge and I died by the fiery flames of the dragon. This probably will be fixed by a patch sooner or later.
Now the final thing we will talk about is the multiplayer, which is almost non-existent. There is no in-game chat and you need to buy items to join/invade someones game. While I have not invaded or been invaded by someone, this offer some PvP which is perfect for Dark souls. However, the developers From Software wanted to keep Dark souls a lonely place with almost no hope to add into the atmosphere which they succeeded. In the end, Dark souls may be one of the hardest game you'll play, but one of the most fun and addicting game as well. Now I am on Blight town trying to get past this god forsaken town so I am off!
