This. It's amazing to sit there and watch the tide come in as well. And nobody (when I was there) was walking around at night. It's other-worldly.
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DARK SOULS II Announced - [PC/PS3/360 - PR in OP]
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This. It's amazing to sit there and watch the tide come in as well. And nobody (when I was there) was walking around at night. It's other-worldly.
I loved that film. I hope they really accomplish the impossible and do the whole series, but it has to be finished first.
Hero of Legend
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I assume it was mentioned already, but what is GAF's opinion of this Wii U petition?
http://www.change.org/petitions/dark-souls-ii-for-the-nintendo-wiiu
I know petitions are usually junk, but this is already at 8,000 where it was like 2,000 last night. The goal is 100,000.
It seems to climb every minute, I'm wondering if it's on autopilot, faking the sigs, no way it's getting that many consistent signatures.
http://www.change.org/petitions/dark-souls-ii-for-the-nintendo-wiiu
I know petitions are usually junk, but this is already at 8,000 where it was like 2,000 last night. The goal is 100,000.
It seems to climb every minute, I'm wondering if it's on autopilot, faking the sigs, no way it's getting that many consistent signatures.
Yeah there's something definitely fishy about the sigs going up every other second lol. I personally don't think it would be financially viable at all.
If it's technically feasible than I'm sure it's financially viable. Problem is I'm kind of doubting the former after how Dark Souls turned out at times AND being very CPU dependent. If Nintendo pushed even to 1.5 GHz I'd be more optimistic, from the sound of things that'd have punted it up to slightly better than current gen CPUs rather than slightly worse.
Hey guys, I found something: A (Google) translated Polish interview with the composer of the music from the Dark Souls II Trailer.
He talks about From Software sending him WIP screenshots and unfinished versions of the trailer as they became available, and reveals that he finished the piece around Thanksgiving weekend. It also confirms that the animation was done by Blur Studios, if there was any doubt before.
He talks about From Software sending him WIP screenshots and unfinished versions of the trailer as they became available, and reveals that he finished the piece around Thanksgiving weekend. It also confirms that the animation was done by Blur Studios, if there was any doubt before.
Manmademan
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oh god, the CPU getting worked hard with all the AI routines and pathing was one of the reasons why blighttown ran at 5fps.
I don't even want to imagine that game using a WiiU processor.
I got chuckle of this:
Dark Souls: In the style of Dungeons & Dragons, well known for its high level of difficulty, may cause salivation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duomo_of_Milan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Chambord
Damn, this is amazing.
OMAGAD. I visited the Chateau de Chambord twice back when I lived in france (if you're visiting the country, I would highly recommend visiting this castle, it's pretty awesome! Actually, while you're at it, you might visit some other ones as well) and I played a shitload of Darksouls and I never made the link between the two -_-. Shame on me.
I never noticed the engraving on the helmet. On one side is a dragon breathing fire, and on the other is a humanoid with what looks like another dragon at his side. If this is a prequel, I wonder if that's supposed to be Seath.
You sure it isn't a dragon breathing fire and a human with a serpent on his side?
It's got those same things sticking out of its back like the dragon that I think are supposed to represent wings.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Wait, is that Duomo in the pic? I lived in Milan briefly as a kid, and went there a bunch of times ^_^
Jake Tower
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"we'll put archers here, that fire spears"What kind of game designer sees that picture of the Duomo and says "yup, we'll put archers here, here and here".
They are indeed! The wheel skeletons are pretty blatant.
I thought various styles of European architecture were common knowledge throughout the world, apparently I was wrong. Your minds being blown is sort of mind-blowing to me
...or maybe it's just this!
Is he only working on the trailer, or is he the core composer?
He finished his job, but he's open for more work for From. Nothing certain right now.
DigitalRicket
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So we have not one iota of when this game is coming, right? Or should we just assume we're getting new info on the game come E3 2013?
Namco Bandai Event is usually before E3 (January - April).
RockTurtle
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i don't. i think the current implementation is genius.
the way the world is broken into sessions would also work against this.
remember, some areas you can't access until you beat a boss. that means that both friends have to at least be on the same point storywise.
this method also forces you to get used to playing with strangers. so while this might suck in a LOT of instances, it forces you to think outside the box and get used to unfamiliar situations.
If you play with the same person you will become accustomed to the same methods, playing with strangers brings variety, uncertainty, and unique situations almost everytime.
EDIT: Unless you can do cool stuff like this with your peeps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DYsQvMo2iM
What happened? I stopped reading when they started fighting the Kushan (Guts was fighting this elephant/whale monster thing, in the last issue i have).
I think it started going downhill with the Harry Potter little girl character, though it still had good moments there.
Finally found the creator of the song in the trailer
http://mikolaistroinski.com/flash/en/home.html#/audio-examples/
http://mikolaistroinski.com/flash/en/home.html#/audio-examples/
Phonomezer
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Great!
Cool. Here is just a direct link to the MP3 file on the page.
http://mikolaistroinski.com/upload/audio/dark-souls-2-trailer.mp3
Metalmurphy
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FateBreaker
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I haven't been really following up on this one too much, and I am not sure if this information will even be revealed before the release of the game, but do we know if Motoi Sakuraba is returning to score Dark Souls II?
Personally, I loved the music in Dark Souls. I just wish there was more background music.
Personally, I loved the music in Dark Souls. I just wish there was more background music.
InternHertz
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US trailer video = PS3, 360, PC
EU trailer video = PS3, 360
I'm guessing it's only a little mistake (or at least, I hope so)
EU trailer video = PS3, 360
I'm guessing it's only a little mistake (or at least, I hope so)
Have we seen the first one?
Yeah, the achievements don't mean much. I've done SL1 runs, beaten the game dozens of times and there's still weapons I haven't really used.
Yeah, maybe not dozens for me, but probably about 10. Using a different weapon makes you change up your strategy quite a bit, so it keeps it fresh.
Snapshot King
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Well, I haven't achieved everything in it. For example, I never rolled a dex build in either souls game, and I'm starting a new game, focusing on light armour and rapier/katana play, and I'm having a blast.
First video was the VGA trailer.
DarkSoul520
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Is this guy doing the soundtrack for the whole game? or was he hired just to do the trailer?
I'd imagine he was just hired for the trailer. I sure hope Sakuraba is back on the soundtrack for DS 2...
I'm sure he will be. The Polish interview posted on the previous page says Stroinsky was only hired (by Blur Studios) for this one trailer (possibly more stuff later).
The trailers leading up to Dark Souls' release featured music that was very different (while still providing awesome pump) from that found in-game. It'll probably be the same this time around.
I really like the quietness the majority of the game has. It makes the boss themes and locations where there is music that much more meaningful. Especially the likes ofFateBreaker said:
Ash Lake
Yes.. pvp is awesome.Winning a 2 vs 1 with 4 hp remaining feels great.The DLC didn't even have achievements and it didn't affect my purchase of it.Do i wish it did? of course but Dark Souls is one of those games that hooks you in.
Yeah the quietness ambiance is great.There's this sound in Anor Londo like slight breathe holy fuck it gives me shivers.Also the sound in the archives when the snakemen pull the lever to release the octopus things i swear it puts me in a trance.I even looked it up on youtube to find out someone made a video of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k8HqaEK4Eo
Interesting guys. I might replay this for the 6th time. I just dread going through some sections of this game
Demon souls had more consistent levels thats for sure. There is not a single level in demon souls I dread playing through.
Catacombs can be done in like 30 seconds, Blighttown has the shortcut, those are the places I like the least, and you can skip through them pretty fast. Tomb of the Giants is pretty annoying, but with light spell it's not bad, it has some shortcuts to get throught it in a couple of minutes too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixhCaRCgelQ
Some of these are super tricky, but other shortcuts are useful.
Also confirms the trailer was done by Blur studios.
Don't Blur charge like 1 million for every 30 sec or something like that?
hope it's Namco money not From's.
Not sure how more traditional co-op would work in the Soul games. The maps aren't really accommodating towards that kind of gameplay. Strangers who can't really communicate works because they can't really warn another player very quickly about an ambush, traps or specific boss attack. Even with all though, once some real synergy starts happening the difficulty basically disappears. Kind of surprised they let you run levels all the way through in co-op, it makes the challenge pretty trivial.
Laughing Banana
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Now's a good time to probably start playing Dark Souls and maybe even Demon's Souls. I have those two sitting there, unplayed, because I am honestly always feel intimated every time I wanted to play them, heh.
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