Dark Souls

First things first if you suffer from game rage Do Not Play! (Chris)

Has to be the most unforgiving RPG you can buy.

I've been playing for about 4 hours now and still haven't progressed past the 2nd boss which realisticly you could get to in 20 minutes.

The game is mainly revolved around souls as in xp and money are both souls which you get from killing enemies or picking up from random bodies, if you die you lose all your souls and you have to find your corpse to regain your souls but if you die before you find your corpse you lose your souls that you've collected forever.
This can be very fustrating as i've died around 40times by now.

There is ten classes.

Warrior - Expert with weapons
Knight - High HP good armor
Wanderer - High dexterity (good with bows)
Thief - Good critical hit chance
Bandit - High strength
Hunter - Good with bows and good close range with swords
Pyromancer - Casts fire spells
Cleric - Casts healing spells
Deprived - Good alrounder

So far i've played as a Hunter and a Pyromancer and i'm finding it a little easier as the Pyromancer as Fire Magic is powerful

The menu and the interface seem very outdated and very lazy.
The game play itself is what you would expect from a action RPG just go around and kill things, there is a very clever system of leaving hints for other players they appear as scorched runes on the floor but i have yet to find any useful ones most seem to be silly or obvious. You can also find Blood Stains which shows you where and how other players have died.
Even with game installed the game can suffer with a slow frame rate.
There is alot of grinding involved in the game if you wish to not die loads.
It's a game that takes time to get used to but can be very rewarding.

Recommended to anyone that wants a challenge and a very long lasting game.

sounds great - will buy imediately

Hehe, definitely not one for me unless I am feeling masochstic

N1NJA FWG wrote:Hehe, definitely not one for me unless I am feeling masochstic

Which is most weekends when you go to those 'special' clubs

I stopped reading after it said do not buy if you suffer from rage, I get rage like you would not believe

So for that reason alone, I'm out

Matt

one of the interviews that i saw with the devs stated that they made it hard on purpose so that there would be an elated feeling when you succeeded

this of course from the country that gave us sado masochistic tv shows in the eighties

hey beales - is it possible to give yourself an easier time with careful choices when levelling up?

Not really leveling up is useless really im level 18 done second boss just after that i get killed in one hit.......... I think this game may make me kill someone lol

okay I really struggle with easy games so this aint for me even though I like the sound of it!!

one to get when its a fiver for me.