Dark Souls Official Thread - Artorias of the Abyss comes to consoles on 10/24!

OMG that monster on the bridge! Did you see the scale of the level, its massive, you get an awesome view as he is climbing down the stairs. dvader654

This E3 trailer is amazing. Linky

That is an amazing trailer. Superb art direction and massive, gruesome monsters. Demon's Souls beat me like a rented mule, but suffering is good for the soul, so I am still looking forward to Dark Souls.

This E3 trailer is amazing. Linky

ExoticAnimal

Much better than the demons souls trailer. I am really thinking of pre-ordering this game, but judging by the gameplay fottage I saw enemies seem to be way too slow, just like in Demons Souls (which made Demons Souls one of the easiest games I have ever played). But outside of me being worried about the difficulty everything else seems to be soo good.

That is an amazing trailer. Superb art direction and massive, gruesome monsters. Demon's Souls beat me like a rented mule, but suffering is good for the soul, so I am still looking forward to Dark Souls.

CarnageHeart

Can...not...wait. Please don't tune down the difficulty!Mau-Justice

Good news, they have said they will make this one harder than Demons Souls.

New screens!

Dark Souls is live on GS right now!Here is some footage from the show floor as well courtesy of Gamersyde.

I'm finally getting a chance to watch some of these videos and the people playing aren't so good. I see a lot of people attacking enemies while their shields are up instead of waiting for openings. They make the game look clunkier and harder than it is.

Here is a lengthy interview along with a lot of gameplay footage. The guy playing isn't terribly good, but it definitely looks like cIassic Demon's Souls radness. The new fire spell looks pretty effective. I wish they'd had a more seasoned player controlling the demonstration. He makes it look clunky and doesn't seem to know when to attack or block.

rragnaar

Here is that GS interview/gameplay session from earlier.

I'll just play it offline. The worst feature of the original was all the griefing from the invading players. I was forced to play it offline, or at least pull the ethernet cord when invaded, until I got that spell or miracle thingy that forces them to leave. (can't remember which it was) I hate playing against others in video games period, but especially online, so it never sat well with me. Oh well.RandoIph

This is the best footage I've seen from the E3 showfloor. The guy playing it doesn't suck, and you see some new areas because of it. It is a touch more spoilery than the other videos since there is a boss fight at the end.

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This is the best footage I've seen from the E3 showfloor. The guy playing it doesn't suck, and you see some new areas because of it. It is a touch more spoilery than the other videos since there is a boss fight at the end.

dvader654

This is the best footage I've seen from the E3 showfloor. The guy playing it doesn't suck, and you see some new areas because of it. It is a touch more spoilery than the other videos since there is a boss fight at the end.

rragnaar

Here is a link to GS's fifteen minute playthrough, as well as another gameplay video from the showfloor called 'Death Is Common' and a screen of the character select menu for the E3 demo:

Black Knight! I want to be him. SteelAttack

"The Black Knight always triumphs!"

Looks amazing. Hopefully I'll be able to beat this one :P.

Looks amazing. Hopefully I'll be able to beat this one :P.

CarnageHeart

Someone gets invaded in this video.Also, here are some new screens.

This looks terrific. I am so glad that it's coming out for 360.

Oracrest from NeoGAF has a bunch of videos up. He is really good. Good enough to do a SL1 playthrough of Demon's Souls.

Dark Souls E3 demo part 1

Dark Souls E3 demo part 2

Dark Souls E3 demo part 3

Dark Souls E3 demo part 4, Boss battle: rooftop Gargoyles

Here are some more details on the Pyromancer courtesy of Siliconera.

Chipping away at the boar armed with a hatchet in hand wasn't effective. I switched to fireball mode, which luckily was the beast's weakness. I made my Pyroclast toss a fireball, but missed the running boar and set a group of skeletons ablaze. Well, at least I didn't have to fight those monsters anymore! The downside about Pyroclasts, aside from low stamina, is this cIass has a limited number of fireball charges. After those are used up, the only way you can defeat enemies is with your melee weapon.

Namco Bandaigave the Pyroclast another "ability" or perhaps I should say special item. In the E3 demo, the Pyroclast had an item that allowed him to curse another person's game. The effect is similar to changing the world tendency inDemon's Souls, but it only affects a single player chosen at random byDark Souls. An immediate effect are larger mobs instead of a few enemies that attack cursed players. Cursed? You can break the hex by finding the item the other player dropped in your world.

Before i knew what the item was for, I used it and probably made someone else's game even more difficult. But, revenge is a dish best served cold inDark Souls. A few minutes later someone else playing Dark Souls must have used the same item. All of the sudden my game was full of pink zombies that mercilessly tore my character apart forcing me to restart at the last bonfire I visited.

Siliconera

I love how everything looks but I'm afraid to die a billion times. I'm just not good with Demon's Souls and I expect to be even worse in Dark Souls.

I know it's a stretch but I wish they would bring their games to the PC. :(

I know how to beat the boar already, it will charge at you, you gotta side step, it's head will hit a wall and you get a few seconds to stab it's weak point.

Someone else made a Dark Souls hype thread!?:x I got competition now :P

I'm even more hype for Dark Souls after watching the E3 demos.

Cussing and stomping here I come!

Here is some more footage from the showfloor, including some Black Phantom fighting:

Part 1

Part 2

New screens and details.

Kotaku - Dark Souls invents another way to grief players.

In Demon's Souls players were able to invade each others game as a Black Phantom, to hunt down the other player and try to kill them. In spiritual sequelDark Souls, the developers have a more ingenious way to harass others.

The Pyromancer has the ability to summon a Gravelord, setting it free upon another player's world to attack and harass that player until it's killed. The Pyromancer can't decide who it is they're attacking, they won't even be told how the attack goes. So why do it? Because, From Software thinks, sometimes it's fun to be a little malicious, a little tormenting to a stranger

Kotaku

Here is a video showing it off.

I actually just got a PS3 along with Demon's Souls. I'm really digging it so far and it's made me all the more excited for Dark Souls. Most of my complaints against the first game so far seem to be addressed in some way or another here.