Dark Souls out September in Japan, October elsewhere

HNNNNNNGGG

(About as constructive as I can be).

Looks awesome.

@1 How about “epic”?

*yawn* Hopefully it has a decent art-direction this time around, otherwise i might not touch it.

@4

Troll Hunters coming for you:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRn7ytyjv_w/Tapa4b1EObI/AAAAAAAABHQ/OaivVSjQoR4/s1600/The-Troll-Hunter.jpg

Anyway, this looks fantastic! Im halfway through Demon Souls on the PS3 but can’t continue till the PSN goes back online! It’s killing me as i was just getting the ‘hang’ of it!

Will prob get this on 360 as most of my friends list plays on Xbox. Can’t wait!!!

@5: Decent movie. Still, the game had an embarrassing art-direction.

I`m not ready for this !

@6

Why did you find it embarassing? I thought the art direction combined with it’s terrifyingly tense atmosphere created one of the most unique games this gen.

@8: Character-Design was all over the place. As was rest of the art-direction. Unfocused. Typography and character-creator are also part of the art-direction.

Probably the game I’m waiting the most for this year. I imported Demons Souls not long after its HK release and it’s still my favourite game of this gen.

@9

Strange, i didn’t get that feeling atall. The charecter-creator did generate some complete abominations though, hopefully that’ll be fixed for this game.

I loved all the enemy designs and each ‘world’ i’ve visited so far i’ve found really enjoyable (especially considering the amount of play throughs each require.)

@10

Is PS3 region free on all import games? And blu ray movies (i guess not)?

that looked awesome +D

then i was just reminded of how much i sucked at demon’s souls =(

I think I saw about 3 or 4 situations that would have resulted in an inst-death. Awesome!

The enemies look great too! lets just hope the co-op is better implemented this time, not that demon’s souls was bad but it would have been nice to invite my friend who was just starting out or even join him in his game.

Is it being made by the exact same team as Demon’s Souls? (Same director, producer, level designer and others). Does anyone know?

11.

Don’t quote me but I think PS3 games are region free but blu-rays are not. No expert though, I’m sure someone more knowledgeable will tell you I’m wrong in about 5 minutes time

PS3 Games are indeed region-free, movies are region-locked.

Also, as regards Dark Souls coming out in October: WHOOOOOO, FUCK YEAH!!! Just in time for my birthday.

@15 Yep, same team, same people.

I should add that I finally got a pure bladestone on Monday night, giving me my hard-earned platinum in Demon’s Souls. Bring on the Dark Souls!

God, I remember farming for that. Overandoverandoverandoverandoverandoverandoverandoverandover.

I had 99 shards of archstone to get the job done, and I told myself that if I didn’t get it inside that window, I’d give up. I had the perfect equipment to get to that 4-2 skelly asap, and before long I was mega efficient. In fact, I was watching Thor while I farmed, and on my last shard of archstone it popped for me.

My rage and dismay vanished, replaced by relief and vindication. Sharp Uchigatana +5 GET!

By the way, it says October, but where? Japan, America?

#4

Obviously you are entitled to your opinion but I doubt you’ll find many people who agree with you

Personally I thought the art direction was superb. I thought the visuals were restrained and created a very gloomy, tense atmosphere which matched the gameplay perfectly.

The one thing I really need changed from Demons Souls is the co-op mechanics. The stones idea, whilst interesting, really didnt work for me at all. I want to invite specific people, not have useless randoms join and die in seconds then quit.

Looking good!

@12
Yep games are region free but you may want to take DLC into account as that would need to be bought from the store of the region the game is for. Can make things a little more complicated.

@4
Just to echo what others have said – I found the art direction from sound to graphics perfectly in keeping with the atmosphere the game was trying to produce. Loved it.

collectors edition

http://cdn.cnetnetworks.fr/gamekult-com/images/photos/00/01/39/53/ME0001395383_2.jpg

damn bad ass box art

i feel like i should give demon’s souls another chance now =(

I see most of you don’t understand where art-direction starts and where it ends. Oh well.

@27

Why dont you tell us where you think it starts and ends then, instead of stropping off like a teenager?

I’d look at the bad-ass in the picture above and I’d stop worrying about art direction.

@28: Already said what i didn’t like about it. Especially the Typography was embarrassing.

Embarrassing typography? Embarassing? In what way? Did you do the typography? Is that why you are personally ashamed of it? Did it detail all your childhood secrets?

Tell it to someone who hasn’t got an art degree.

edit: and by the way – the typography was perfectly in keeping with the atmosphere and era the game was set in. If you genuinely know your typography then you’ll know that the font used is a modified version of this font: http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?pid=405815

I’m looking at it right now and am struggling to muster a blush.

/deep breath

Anyway – still undecided about which format to get this on. IIRC the PS3 and 360 versions are simultaneous releases in the west but in the east the PS3 version will be out first.

Do I import on PS3 just to get a month’s head start? And then buy it on 360 when it releases here? Probably…

/is very definitely a FROM fan

I think that in Japan there’ll only be a PS3 version.

You still out there T.G? /remembers the Tai Chi thread on EG

@31: Man, some’s getting touchy here. The Font is butt-ugly and there is a shitload of thousands (some of ‘em free) of better ones that would’ve had fit in the era the game is set in (What era, btw.). You can use this font for headlines, but i wouldn’t recommend it. Using this font for every text in the game just goes to show that the people involved didn’t hire decent typographists.

Sure it get’s the job done. But good typography is not about that. Good typography makes the most boring text exciting and interesting. You really want to read that text and it doesn’t even matter what the content is. Pay more attention to games that get it right, like Mass Effect or Assassin’s Creed 2 for example.

Doesn’t matter that you don’t have an art degree, but should still understand the importance of Typography.

I’m hoping they get it right this time around. As this has been one of FROM SOFTWARE’s biggest flaws. They always get lazy when it comes to huds, interface and typography.

#35

Dude, its just a font. Does the font really ruin the game for you?

@36: No, it’s not just that. I’m not really a fan of it’s frustrating gameplay. And as i said before, the rest of the art-direction didn’t appeal to me. I looked at it and really thought: Wow, that’s just amateurish.

To be fair Dark Souls looks better.