Digital Spy writes: "British comedian Peter Serafinowicz - the voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace and actor in countless British sitcoms - will voice a character in Dark Souls 2, the sequel to Digital Spy's game of the generation.
"Serafinowicz was a huge fan of the original Dark Souls, claiming to have spent over 1800 hours in the game.
"'I kept talking about it on my Twitter account, and I got in touch with [Namco Bandai UK] to see if I could get a Dark Souls poster," he said. "And I did, and it's up in my office.'
"With the announcement of a sequel months later, he was asked to supply his voice for the game."
The Smelter Demon is a bombastic boss design that bolsters Dark Souls 2's roster with an experience that updates an older fight's form to function.
Man, I dunno about that. In fact, most boss fights in Dark Souls 2 were forgettable.
Dark Souls 2 remains a divisive entry in the landmark RPG franchise, but Hidetaka Miyazaki believes it led to the success of Elden Ring.
DS2 was fine. While there was a bit of recycling assets or ideas for bosses, it was a bigger more open Dark Souls. The Fume knight boss is one of the hardest bosses in the series until Sekiro and Elden Ring were released.
The problem with Dark Souls 2 was the same problem when a different director takes over for a sequel to an outstanding movie. It typically (there are exceptions) doesn’t have the feel and vision of the previous movie.
I wouldn’t say Dark Souls 2 is terrible. Had Dark Souls 1 never been a thing and we got this, I think it would have been praised more. The problem is it didn’t have the Miyazaki touch to it and felt pretty derivative. The soundtrack is a banger though.
And it will happen in the future when he doesn’t touch them as he is planning on.
I like DS 2, might even be my favorite of the 3. But it's a hard sell, there's so many obscure things you need to do to make it an enjoyable experience. So always find it hard to recommend, but it is worth the trouble.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
Every time i look at news for this greatest of games i say to myself that we are truly blessed by the passion of the team behind it's creation. Now we even get voice actors that love the gave and want to honor it with their hard work. Bravo lads, bravo!
Comedian is a bit of a stretch.