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Watch This Speed Run Take Down Dark Souls in 32 Minutes

Kotaku - From Software's sequel will be remembered as one of the hardest games of this console generation. It took some people weeks—months, even—to make their way to the final battle of Dark Souls. This ruthless speedrun by Freddy 'Thanatos' Vasquez blows through it in about half an hour. There's some skipping but it's still a hypnotic thing to watch.

Hellsvacancy4175d ago

Wtf was that at 28:42? wow, thats awesome, its not, but very cool, I wonder how they find these glitches?

MariaHelFutura4175d ago

THAT is the definition of insanity!!!

League_of_Draven4175d ago

I'll pass. Not really in the mood to look at mediocre games right now.

Tdmd4175d ago

Never understood the point of a speedrun. I rather take my time and progress as slowly as possible.

Ducky4175d ago

The guy's not playing the game for the first time.

It's just a self-imposed challenge that some people like doing.

admiralvic4175d ago

"True Speedruns" are done by people that have played the game WAY too much and know pretty much everything about it. Since they know what to expect, where to expect it and how to deal with it, they're able to achieve an amazing time. I believe many would agree beating Dark Souls on your first attempt in 32 minutes is not possible, where as on your 32 cycle... many would believe it without question.

ninjahunter4175d ago

Cool, but i miss that 32 minutes i no longer have.

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Dark Souls: Archthrones Reaffirms Modding Is The Best Thing To Happen To Games

"Dark Souls: Archthrones is like playing a brand new FromSoftware game, and that speaks volumes about just how much good modding can do," says Hanzala from eXputer.

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The prevalence of parrying: Why is it so popular?

Parrying has been creeping into more games, with almost every high-profile title of the last few years featuring it in some way.  Why?

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phoenixwing52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

i understand the authors frustration i'm not the best at parrying in games. not that i can't complete a game that requires it but it is a definite harder thing for me than other kinds of techniques in games. which might be the main reason it's so heavily added in games nowadays. want to make your game challenging without having to do a lot of work? just add a parry boss. (what i mean by parry boss is a boss you have to beat by parrying such that their attacks will kill you otherwise)

Dudeson52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

I always think it's fine as long as such games also have the roll/dodge panic button. But I understand the will to parry, it seems so cinematic in a fight when you pull it off.

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Dark Souls: 10 Best Weapons In The Series

TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."

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Father__Merrin81d ago

bastard sword and claymore do the job when grinded up