70°

Dark Souls developer From Software offering a chance to design an in-game shield

Are you a glutton for punishment? Can you take down the Tower Knight in From Software’s 2009 release Demon’s Souls with no problem? Then you probably know how important a shield is going to be in the developer’s upcoming title, Dark Souls is going to be.

For three lucky fans, a shield of their design will make it into the final product, as Namco Bandai and From Software are holding a contest via the game’s official Facebook page.

Read Full Story >>
pixelitis.net
clrlite4685d ago

Can you take down the Tower Knight in From Software’s 2009 release Demon’s Souls with no problem?

At this point, I think I could do that without a shield, but at first that boss was insanely intimidating.

I think during my first playthough I went back and fought him way later in the game.

This is a cool idea though and I usually wield a shield so I definitely think they are important to have in your inventory. Some people like to run around with dual uchitangas or kilij, etc. but I haven't really got into that yet.

From the looks of things, it seems like I'll be picking this game up day one.

vvstebb094685d ago

yea a shield really doesn't do a whole lot when fighting the tower knight. your shield has no chance against his hulk smash lol

dinkeldinkse4685d ago

A shield is basically useless against Tower Knight. Actually a shield is pretty useless for most of the bosses. Dual wielding and two handed weapons or magic and arrows work better than a sword and shield.

ALFAxD_CENTAURO4685d ago (Edited 4685d ago )

Oh, I thought this was a new feature in game to create a custom Shield for any player.

Eromu4685d ago

I could imagine the many vulgar things we would see as invading Black Phantoms turtled behind their trusty shields if that was in the game.

70°

I’m Glad Atlus & SE Changed Dates To Avoid Competing With Shadow Of The Erdtree

Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."

H922h ago

More intelligent than guerilla games

raWfodog4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Atlus is releasing their game one week before Erdtree, SE is releasing theirs one week after.

HZD released four days before Zelda, HFW released one week before Elden Ring.

It seems to me like they are still releasing their games too close to Erdtree.

80°

Larian and FromSoftware Show The Secret To Making Good Games Is A Healthy Workplace

Danish from eXputer: "FromSoftware and Larian Studios have shown that a good workplace environment is what it really takes to make good games."

80°

I Wish More Games Embraced FromSoft's Approach To Difficulty

Danish from eXputer: "FromSoftware's unique approach to difficulty in their games allows players to customize their own experience, which is really cool."

Einhander197218d ago (Edited 18d ago )

"Souls Like" is a literal genre.

I'd just like to point out that Rise of the Ronin which recently released is in large part a Souls Like as is the upcoming Stellar Blade. And both games have 60 FPS.

ShwaaMan17d ago

More? Like every other game in the last
5 years has “Souls” elements or difficulty. I think we need to pump the brakes a bit Jesus they don’t all the the “grind or die”/“get good” mentality.

exputers17d ago

I would advise reading the article. What you're saying is not the point we tried to make.

GhostScholar17d ago

Yeah let’s have only souls likes 🙄

Ps5conehead17d ago

Expat I’m not turning off my add blocker