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April 2014
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The editors liked
Challenging combat. Rewarding exploration. Terrific atmosphere. Highly replayable. Most accessible Souls game for beginners. Excellent PC port with numerous options.
Improved lock-on camera
Same old Dark Souls difficulty
Graphics
Challenging
Fun multiplayer
Solid port with expected improvements over the console versions
Challenging game play
Finely balanced
Intriguing online interactions
Wonderful visuals
More accessible w/o sacrificing challenge
The editors didn't like
Faulty hit boxes. Despawning enemies. Graphic glitches. Open world means large difficulty spikes
Frame-hitching and screen-tearing abound on consoles
Abstract: Deadly knights, unrelenting hollowed soldiers and more horrors than you can shake a sorcerers wand at. Get ready for the next installment of the greatest most frustrating game in the world. Where the only place you are safe is here in the description. No...
If Dark Souls II can't even bother to let me experiment, practice, and enjoy at my own leisure, why should I bother with it?...
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Published: 2014-03-11, Author: Chris , review by: kotaku.com
Abstract: Dark Souls II begins by telling you that you're flat-out screwed.The game opens with a smiling, blind, gap-toothed crone, telling you that you're cursed. If you stay where you are, your memories will fade and you will become a hollow — an empty undead bea...
Improved lock-on camera, Same old Dark Souls difficulty
Frame-hitching and screen-tearing abound on consoles, Side effects may include hypertension, high blood pressure, rage
Dark Souls II is here, and it's just as hard as its predecessor. We've gone through the seven stages of grief and come out the other side to say that, well, it's pretty damn good. Great, even....
Abstract: I'll never forget that moment I became the dark lord. All the Primordial Serpents bowed their treacherous heads to me while I held Lord Gwyn's cold soul in hand. I knew the day Dark Souls II came out, I would have a brand new obsession. This game has been...
Published: 2014-03-11, Author: Jada , review by: nerdreactor.com
Dark Souls 2 has the best of both worlds from Demon and Dark Souls. They took all the improvements from Dark Souls and enhanced them, while still keeping the game balanced with its increased difficulty. They improved the multiplayer component which was th...
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Published: 2014-04-29, Author: Alexander , review by: cgmagonline.com
I was expecting far less from Dark Souls II's PC version – though I never actually got to play the first Dark Souls on PC, I'd heard plenty negative about it...
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Published: 2024-01-12, Author: Steven , review by: gamepro.com.au
Abstract: Undoubtedly, FromSoftware stands as a pinnacle in developing some of the finest video games of our generation. Leading this success are some of the best Dark Souls games. In contrast to many other developers, a FromSoftware release resonates like the impa...
Abstract: Technology News Games Digital Life News DateMarch 30, 2014 (0) Read later Dark Souls II deserves to be played if you are a fan of original fantasy worlds, but it will frustrate you. Dark Souls II is a hard game to review. There's basically two ...
