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An excellent game that deserves that success.
Also, I want to kill the hell out of that thing in the header, but I fear I will never be able to. Console only feels bad, man.
Also, I want to kill the hell out of that thing in the header, but I fear I will never be able to. Console only feels bad, man.
And if it were made with the kind of inflated budget a publisher like Activision likes to throw at games, Dark Souls would likely have been considered a failure.
This was probably my favorite game of '11, more so than Skyrim by far.
This was probably my favorite game of '11, more so than Skyrim by far.
I'm glad. Not my cup of tea, but I like this type of variety in gaming. Not every company should be trying to make the next COD/WOW rip off. From everything I understand, this mixes something different with something old in a pretty challenging package. Sounds pretty win to me.
There's a lot of sado-masochists out there in video game land,apparently.
It's somewhat bizarre that these sales number would probably cause Dark Souls to be declared a flop were it released by Capcom but here they are seen as a big success.
It is all about adjusted(read: realistic)expectations(and budgets), I suppose.
It's somewhat bizarre that these sales number would probably cause Dark Souls to be declared a flop were it released by Capcom but here they are seen as a big success.
It is all about adjusted(read: realistic)expectations(and budgets), I suppose.
i read that Soul Calibur V sales are just only for Japan/Europe and US not included.
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/may/08/soul-calibur-5-sells-690000-units-europe-japan-mortal-kombat-9-vita-hits-33-uk-sales-chart/
while it did rather good, i kinda wish they spent more time polishing the game with more single player content as well as the balance changing instead of fixing everything on patches and such.
i want my memorable characters back like Taki, Cassandra, Sophita!!!
i just don't know why Daishi would make the game 17 years after IV. i mean seriously what the hell were you thinking??
i think it should have been 4 years after IV. with the characters mature a little bit, but being present after the events.
then again age doesn't matter in the Soul Calibur series so why make it 17 years??
and yes i know they were actually developing this game as Soul Edge 2. but this is Soul Calibur not Soul Edge.
it would be cool though if they develop two Soul games.
Soul Calibur and Soul Edge Series intertwining at each other.
then again that's not practical especially when they have another fighting game flagship(tekken) on the spotlight.
congrats to Dark Souls and From Software!!!!
i would love for From Software to make another King's Field game and show how to make a proper first person RPG is and not some dragon overhype bullshit.
though another Armored Core(close to the PS2 games) as well as ACE Another Century would be nice.
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/may/08/soul-calibur-5-sells-690000-units-europe-japan-mortal-kombat-9-vita-hits-33-uk-sales-chart/
while it did rather good, i kinda wish they spent more time polishing the game with more single player content as well as the balance changing instead of fixing everything on patches and such.
i want my memorable characters back like Taki, Cassandra, Sophita!!!
i just don't know why Daishi would make the game 17 years after IV. i mean seriously what the hell were you thinking??
i think it should have been 4 years after IV. with the characters mature a little bit, but being present after the events.
then again age doesn't matter in the Soul Calibur series so why make it 17 years??
and yes i know they were actually developing this game as Soul Edge 2. but this is Soul Calibur not Soul Edge.
it would be cool though if they develop two Soul games.
Soul Calibur and Soul Edge Series intertwining at each other.
then again that's not practical especially when they have another fighting game flagship(tekken) on the spotlight.
congrats to Dark Souls and From Software!!!!
i would love for From Software to make another King's Field game and show how to make a proper first person RPG is and not some dragon overhype bullshit.
though another Armored Core(close to the PS2 games) as well as ACE Another Century would be nice.
Easily my top game of last year--loved the challenge, level design, and atmosphere to death. Hopefully the strong sales will ensure future "Souls" games. Also, maybe they'll have the funds to host their own servers like Atlas did with Demon's Souls--those worked fantastically well. The server issues were really the only problem I had with Dark Souls...
While I'm concerned that this will be a bad, or at least "direct", port of the console game, a "bad port" on PC is usually still better than the original, not to mention less expensive.
Maybe this will start a new subgenre of more difficult, less mainstream games. I'm coining it here, Soullike.
Dark Souls is what Castlevania in 3D should have always been. Except with more trannies, because Castlevania.
"i just don't know why Daishi would make the game 17 years after IV. i mean seriously what the hell were you thinking??"
Because the girls where getting OLD.
Who wants to play as icky 30 year old when I can play as her 17 year old daughter that fights just like her.
But grizzled old men, that's ok.
Essentially, Japan, that's why the daughters of established. characters.
And this makes me happy, to be honest I felt Dark Souls really goes to shit after Anor Londo and the grave soul areas just aren't that well designed but I'm happy it sold so well.
Because the girls where getting OLD.
Who wants to play as icky 30 year old when I can play as her 17 year old daughter that fights just like her.
But grizzled old men, that's ok.
Essentially, Japan, that's why the daughters of established. characters.
And this makes me happy, to be honest I felt Dark Souls really goes to shit after Anor Londo and the grave soul areas just aren't that well designed but I'm happy it sold so well.
I hope they milk this franchise to death. I would definitely pay for $95 (yes that's what games cost here) for a "glorified map pack" of Souls once a year. Such an awesome game!
Jinx01:
I just hope it's going to be better than for example the Saints Row 2 port. Now that was really bad. I'm pretty sure at least the resolution and textures can be fixed by modders even without an official modding toolkit.
I just hope it's going to be better than for example the Saints Row 2 port. Now that was really bad. I'm pretty sure at least the resolution and textures can be fixed by modders even without an official modding toolkit.
Wait, what?! Demon's Souls only came out in Japan initially. It was successful and heavily imported here, so they re-released it in EU/US.
Based on that, Namco decided not to release Dark Souls in Japan... dafuq?
Based on that, Namco decided not to release Dark Souls in Japan... dafuq?
"As much as recent comments made about the upcoming PC version have bummed me out-"
Why would it? The port of Dark Souls seems like it bummed alot of PC gamers out as well, as 60FPS was something I was looking forward to.
Why would it? The port of Dark Souls seems like it bummed alot of PC gamers out as well, as 60FPS was something I was looking forward to.
My greatest games of all time list is short and the Souls series fill two spots on it. *standing ovation*
Demons Souls was one of those games that made me sad I only have a 360. While I'm still sad to have missed it, the joy of Dark Souls shows no sign of running out. Such a dense world, full of unique secrets.
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Locked graphical settings, forced gfwl and poor kb/m. Sure pc gamers will love to play a console game with worst drm around with bad controls.
What enemy is the monster in the picture? I don't recognize it at all and I played through the game twice.
@Julius Jacobsen: It's one of the new bosses added for the PC release. Hopefully, they'll update the console versions too.
I don't know what it is exactly, but I do know that I want it to kill me.
I don't know what it is exactly, but I do know that I want it to kill me.
Dark Souls is unlike anything else I've ever played, so I definitely have to give it a tip o' the hat. I just need to be in a particular mood to play the game, so it's taking me a while to progress. I feel like I'm never going to finish it.
Kind of ironic that I bought Dark Souls to tide me over until Skyrim came out; little did I know DkS would be one of the best games I'd ever played and that I'd sell Skyrim within a couple of months of owning it.
GOTY 2011 for sure.
GOTY 2011 for sure.
Are you sure Japan doesn't have this game? BECAUSE I CAN SWEAR I PLAY AGAINST LAGGY ASS JAPAN PEOPLE IN KLIN. Please, check your facts, this game was 100% released in the Far East.
AGAIN, this game was released in Japan: http://www.siliconera.com/2011/09/22/dark-souls-launches-in-japan-online-mode-goes-dark-on-day-one/
Fix, update the numbers, please. That is such a terrible error.
Fix, update the numbers, please. That is such a terrible error.
@ Evil Champ wth are you talking about??I think you need to re-read what was posted.The numbers are only for NA and EU nothing about it not being sold in the east.How many hours of sleep have you gotten recently.
Ok...I've played Dark Souls past the point of getting the platinum trophy. Please remind me where the boss\monster in the picture above resides again? That pic seems highly photo-shopped.
The finest and best RPG of 2011, no doubt, and probably one of the top five games of this generation.
Evil Champ:
He said Namco Bandai didn't publish it there, not that it wasn't released at all. From Software itself was the publisher in Japan, according to Wikipedia.
He said Namco Bandai didn't publish it there, not that it wasn't released at all. From Software itself was the publisher in Japan, according to Wikipedia.
As already stated several times in the comments, the boss in the image is not in any version of the game that was previously released. It's one of the new additions for the PC release.
I'm just afraid that when they release the PTD edition on PC they won't see as many sales because most of the target audience has already bought it. I can see them having a knee jerk reaction and say , see? you guys don't want souls games on PC, and then the next souls game doesnt come to PC or even worse, doesn't happen.
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