A new age of Darkness begins: Dark Souls Preview

Dark Souls is upcoming videogame developed by From Software. Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to the game Demon Souls which made exclusively for Playstation. Demon Souls is renown for its INSANE difficulty.

Dark Souls is no different in difficulty so the player is expected to die quite often in this game. Dark Souls will focus on Dungeon exploring and tension and fear when players encounter enemies in  the game. It will take place in an open dark fantasy world environment where players will fight using many different weapon types and strategies to survive in this dark realm.



Thats right, you do have to defeat that.



Dark Souls offers new spells, weapons and classes to give players a better game experience. The game is also said to be significantly HARDER with an increase in enemies and difficult encounters. The game is filled with brutal traps, deadly enemies and boss fights, and bad assery to keep you pulling out your hair with happiness. The game will offer different variations and aspects of the game with 2 possible endings.

The games Role-playing will feature something called "Oaths" which the player will undertake with certain religious factions in order to obtain some useful equipment such as a sword. The Oath then determines the players position or allegiance in the game world. The Oaths are hidden at the start of the game which encourages players to explore the game world and uncover them so players can find their own faction at the right moment for gaining allegiance at their own pace (There are also rare Oaths for the player to uncover). The game will feature a multiplayer system which will include player vs. player and an all new co-op system. It is said the world of Dark Souls has more than 20 areas to explore in the game, an area being a place you enter and the name of the place is revealed on screen (for those who have played God of War, you should know what I'm talking about). There are also bonus areas that can be discovered which have no impact on the games main storyline.

There are 3 status effects in the game known as Poison, Bleed and Curse. Curse is the worst stat and stat point allocation can't be reversed. There are more than 60 spells and miracles and players have the option to weapon forge which can add certain elemental effects.

Dark Souls has a lot of content and is looking to be one wickedly wild game experience, despite Dark Souls difficulty it seems to be a great must play. My friend pre-ordered this game and is looking forward  to playing it on day 1. Peace everyone.