Dark Souls for $10?

[Havok]

I had a thread before asking about this game, do I pass it up at this Australian Thievery price?

[Stark]

Is it die by the sword edition?
PS no I don't know what is in the DBTS edition. Maybe a terrible 90s chopping game.

[Havok]

I dunno. For 10 bucks and 600msp for the DLC expansion ($14 total) I got it.

[Havok]

Apparently the DLC I got is the "Prepare to Die" stuff that they added for the PC version. So yeah.

[Jordie]

To get to the additional areas in PTD you have to get about halfway through the game, pick up some random object from a random enemy, go back to an area you'd have already cleared several hours earlier and then go into a corner of that section of the map you wouldn't go to for any other reason. And then it locks you in the DLC areas until you beat the boss.

[Stark]

It's ok - he's not a nerd.

[Vendetta]

Worth noting though that as far as I can tell* Dark Souls is basically about that obtuse about absolutely everything in it. Don't expect a whole lot of explanation in the game about what to do or where to go to do it.


* I got distracted blowing up petrol stations and water towers, the true symbols of fascist oppression.

[Stark]

Yeah, despite what Playstation fans might wax lyrical about, it's really just a series of puzzle rooms arranged at random. That's not bad, but it's also not very compelling. Shame too cause the combat stuff was neat, at least until you got a megasword.

[Melchior]

And then it locks you in the DLC areas until you beat the boss.

No. Spoiler

You need to have the lordvessel in order to enter the area, so you can teleport out. Which game did you play?

[CaptHawkeye]

Yeah, despite what Playstation fans might wax lyrical about, it's really just a series of puzzle rooms arranged at random. That's not bad, but it's also not very compelling. Shame too cause the combat stuff was neat, at least until you got a megasword.

The combat system was excellent but I did not find the level design or art terribly interesting, so I lost interest in the game pretty fast. Unfortunate because I could sense it was different in a good way, and I had no problem at all with the game's challenge and difficulty. I just didn't find that it held my interest beyond figuring out the nuances of the excellent combat mechanics.