The Guardian - "Fancy yourself as a hairy-chested gamer, hardest of the hardcore, with extensive knowledge of the arcane conventions of RPGs? If not, look away now, as trying to play Dark Souls may well turn out to be the most frustrating experience of your life."
"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.
Parrying has been creeping into more games, with almost every high-profile title of the last few years featuring it in some way. Why?
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)
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.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
I seriously cannot wait for the game.
Is anyone else looking forward to the fact it's going to be ridiculously difficult?
Demon's Souls is one the most rewarding games I've ever played.
Should of done your job properly. Oh yes, I forgot.
*praise for the game*. i believe this game will be a must have for any serious n4g user.
Why always at the main N4G page, when some news is regarding multiplatform game, there is no 'multi' tag or something like this, but always there's 'Xbox 360' tag???
Just incase people are wondering...
The review embargo lifts today at 5pm UK time.
Seriously super-psyched for this game! I have returned to Demon's SOuls this weekend to sharpen my skills after a pretty long hiatus, and to attempt to finally finish the damn thing - got my arse handed to me several dozen times, even by fairly low-level soldiers on lvl 4-3. Damn, you really need to practise practise practise at this!
I really think that anyone who has played Demon's Souls is going to have a massive advantage over those who haven't, at least in the early stages. Let battle commence!!