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  • This game is amazing, love it!

  • @JavaSpitLava is it 1 main quest r free roaming?I have a serious temper when it comes to difficult games,so if i get it i better buy 5 or 6 new controllers lol

  • Seriously I have the dragons tail and basically 1 hit almost any enemy and I still find dark souls hard, its hard to tell whether the spear shield guys have their guard down or not and I usually end up cursing swearing and dead when I get cornered by 3 of them

  • @deathendz noob....

  • @JavaSpitLava ok can :)

  • I know this and skyrim are 2 completely different games,but is it as worth buying as skyrim?

  • @charismacolin09 this game blows skyrim out of the water!!!

  • How difficult is this game really?Do you have to repeat some missions like 100 times until you beat them?

  • @LiangHuBBB the phrase "get good or quit" is dark souls. It is very difficult and its common to die at least 10 times on certain areas, even more on the hardest parts

  • @LiangHuBBB it doensn't have "missions". u just walk in whatever direction u see fit and try to survive!

  • ass

  • Just finished playing demon souls 2 times! and now starting with this one! :D

  • Why is everybody being so philosophical about this game?

  • @TheBansheeBomb

    the games undertones are pretty philosophical.

    While the games story (cut scenes) don't show this; the convos between NPCs and description items can be philosophical.

  • While playing this game, I'm in a constant state of misery... But I can't stop playing....

  • Death is a natural part of the game. Only people who can accept that and have a great deal of patience can fully appreciate Dark Souls. Took me some time myself, but I find it an extremely satisfying game.

  • why is this not on pc?...

  • @liamjd1 becuz cheap bitches like the most pc gammers will downloaded 4 free 

  • @asassin87834848 That doesn't seem to stop virtually every other game coming to pc.

  • @liamjd1 cause they would pirate it btw its my favourite game ;DD

  • 2:52

    Ouch.

  • skyrim lacks what everyone expected from it

    dark souls provided everyone with shit in their pants and cum on their controllers

  • It has a better score than Skyrim :)

  • i have a ps3 and so if i had the money to only buy one of these two games " dark souls or skyrim " which one should i get first?

    and is dragon age 2 a good game?

  • @fareedbakhit Get Demon's Souls first, and no, Dragon Age 2 is horrendously bad (first one's awesome though).

  • @skulllghost thanks!

  • @fareedbakhit No, get Skyrim first and then get Dark Souls. If you get Dark Souls first, Skyrim will seem way too easy and you won't enjoy it as much. Get Skyrim, enjoy it, and THEN get Dark Souls. That way you can enjoy both. BUT, the reviewer understated the difficulty of DS. DO NOT BUY IT if you are a casual gamer. You won't like it. It's probably THE hardest game to ever be released on the ps3 and Xbox. Seriously, I'm not kidding. You'll want to break it.

  • @Tellthatruth i think you got a point there

    and it's ok since i have beated games like ninja gaiden sigma on hard difficulity and RE5 on professional and since i got used to beat games from the first time i get and set it to the hardest difficulity as posible i think i will fit easly on a game like demon souls or dark souls.

  • @fareedbakhit Dude coming from someone who's level 79 on Skyrim and have beaten Demon's Souls three times (on New Game +2) I recommend DS.

    Skyrim is okay, but honestly you'll get extremely sucked into DS's difficulty and sheer self-accomplishment, definitely one of the most rewarding games I've played in a while. And Dark Souls is also excellent, graphics are very good for an RPG, and it's a 'sequel' that is actually very good for a change.

  • @skulllghost i will pick DS first before dark souls anyway i haven't played it yeat but i think it's kinda rare game it's a bit hard to find.

  • @fareedbakhit buy it from amazon for 15 bucks

  • @fareedbakhit OIC, yeah, it sounds like DS is the game for you.

  • @Tellthatruth ^____^

  • @Tellthatruth It isn't that hard bro, I've beaten it on NG+2, it's just a matter of being careful and not running around stupidly.

  • @Tellthatruth Can you set the difficulty in this game?Dark Souls is the hardest game ever released for PS3?Ii it already so difficult in the first few missions?

  • @fareedbakhit Get Skyrim first. The more you play Dark Souls and the more you die. The more you would wish you got Skyrim instead . Get Dark Souls after Skyrim. but its up to you. Both games are great

  • @johnTRAN93 thanks i was plannig to get both in the end.

  • I don't wanna sound like a fan boy but this really shouldda got 10/10 from most people yes it has frame rate problems but don't forget it's got like 20+ freely accessible zones with no loading and if this game was easy, let's say like bayonetta, skyrim, castlevania easy it wouldn't get as high of reviews. The difficulty is what really makes this game, played it non stop for a week I can play it non stop for a further 10 let's hope for a new entry :D

  • Excellent review

  • You have to be... Like a Boss...to appreciate the beauty that this game really is...

  • @millionseas

    The beauty really is that the game's beauty isn't there until you defeat your first boss and you feel it. IMO though this game is easy.

  • @millionseas I LOVE THIS GAME!!

  • @JavaSpitLava Congrats.. you are like a Boss i hope gl bro

  • man this shouldda been the AIA GOTY

  • Homicidal creatures, I've never thought of it that way before lol

  • idk why ppl exaggerate about this game's difficulty. so far i just beat chaos witch quelaag, the gargoyles, taurus demon, titanite demon, and moonlight butterfly and i usually beat them all in my third try.

  • @Pain0rDeath wait till you fight against sif,the enemies at anor londo,lets not forget the lost izalith level,its the level with the lava after chaos witch quelaag

    also dont forget the two guys at anor londo

    the guy with the big hammer thats obese and the other that looks like a knight

  • @Pain0rDeath Third try? That's why. In most games you can beat a boss on first try not even paying attention.

  • @stasismustbetheilles third try is not bad i dont get frustrated too much on a boss fight. but other ppl get so mad they would want to break their controller.

  • @Pain0rDeath there's alot more death to go around, when you get to the four kings, let me know how easy it is for you :D

  • Uh guys. Not sure where Modern Warfare 3 or Skyrim came up, but this is a game review for dark souls.. If you feel the need to comment do so about Dark Souls or demon souls, not games that clearly have nothing to do with the review.

  • skyrim and dark souls are both good as long as non of you are playing mw3

  • Anybody that thinks Skyrim isn't a dungeon crawler as well is delusional. Reading walls of text doesn't make it RPG imo.

  • All the reviews state the obvious. Its hard, and Morbidly Elegant. With beautiful game design and what not. I want to fucking play it.

  • The Witcher 2 has better combat.

  • @clovis2012 nah its pretty much perfect but dark souls is even better XD

  • DARK SOULS is the best game I've played in years. It doesn't bother me that many gamers prefer Skyrim, I'm already used to the fact the world is filled with morons.

  • game of the year for me could not put down till i had 1000g

  • Skyrims better. Yea im an ass I said it but anyways, this is like the only game Gamespot rated over a 9 in a long time. 

  • Bought this game four days ago and since then I'm sleeping past midnight even though I have to go to work early in the morning.... :)

  • Skyrim is more relaxing and a lot of thing to do :)

    Dark souls is very rewarding :)

  • Great review think I'll buy this game tomorrow :)

  • @f0rsak0n Old comment buuuut.... How does getting pussy make you have a life? Lol, seems thts the only way people on the internet can convince others their lifeless... I'm a guy and pussy is gross... but thats 'cause I'm gay xD Dark Souls is sweet BTW!

  • @Peace1ProudCanadian LOLOLOLOL. That comment just cracked me up. More power to ya brother. lol

  • The wardrum when u parry an attack is pure win

  • Its combat system makes Skyrim's feel like crap.

  • They really need to release this for PC -.-

  • im actually gonna buy this

  • Too bad the Souls series couldn't have remained a ps3 exclusive. Not enough people play playstation these days, its a shame.

  • Do u have to play online? Or does this game have like a single player story mode?

  • @19raghu they are kind of connected in a sense...basically u can play the same game offline or online (enjoying some benefits whether u choose the former or the latter).

  • @19raghu Its all single player story mode your just lucky if you can get people into your room. But no you could go though the whole game by yourself if you really wanted even though i dont recommend it.

  • should i get dark souls or demon souls?

  • @CoolTrev23 Get Dark Souls. It has more polished gameplay/graphics and a much larger group of players playing online.

  • @CoolTrev23 start of with demon soul, its only 20$, probably even less. If you like that game then buy Dark Souls.

  • "Precise and responsive combat" I call bull

  • @PRVTDickStryker

    I call you a weak unskilled player.

  • @xxXLivebytheSwordXxx Because its my lack of skill that makes some of my attacks 2-5 seconds late? Lol

  • @PRVTDickStryker Chill the F&^*# down you two and have ice cream.

  • @DBZGTNOA3 Im perfectly calm ._. Direct that towards the guy arguing with everyone lol

  • @ PRVTDickStryker yep pretty much you're just terrible... unlucky!

  • One of my favourite games

  • seeing this makes me wanna get it but i hve been occupied by skyrim over christmas

  • i love this game so much, i want to take it at the back of the middle school and get it pregnant!

  • @Pwnagefuntage 2 totally different games! Get them both if you're a TRUE rpg fan!

  • @capcom23 Well skyrim isnt an true RPG sooo.

  • @Pwnagefuntage Haven't played it yet and I do think it is better than Skyrim.

  • @Pwnagefuntage

    As good as Darksouls is I can't agree with this. At least for me Skyrim is the best open world mmo of 2011.

  • @Agumon5 As much as I'd liek it to be, Skyrim isn't an mmo XD

  • @Pwnagefuntage i will thump u up!! i hate skyrim anyway xD or any of the elderscrolls xD

  • @Pwnagefuntage Logged in just to upvote you.

  • @Pwnagefuntage Why compare two different games? Shouldn't you compare it to Demon's Souls instead?

    And frankly, at least you can CHOOSE to make Skyrim difficult to beat. Plus, the class and perk system is more understandable, fun, and less restrictive.

  • I don't know about 'exact' and 'precise' combat. My first few attempts at it have been anything but. It feels quite the opposite and the large bosses only exaggerate the issue.

  • @stuntaneous the game isn't precise, you have to learn to be precise.

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  • to everybody who ask if they should get this game: YES.

    i mean, this game is clearly not for everybody. its very challenging. and i am not kidding when i say sometimes this game can scare the shit out of you. but if you play cautiously and take every oportunity u have, this game will reward you with a sense of achievement that you wont find anywhere else. if you like challenges, buy this game. it might kick you in the balls sometimes, but when you master it, its just badass. easily goty 2011

  • @anonimatox123 NOOOOOOOOOOOOT skyrim got goty lololololol

  • @iEATlimes2 i was saying its my goty 2011 but yeah i didnt wrote it well

  • @iEATlimes2

    Only NewbFags play IsGayRim

    Go through puberty, then come play Dark Souls.

  • @xxXLivebytheSwordXxx Why would I play Dark Souls if the graphics look like someone barfed on the screen, the gameplay is terrible, repetitive and boring, and the game sucks? I'd much rather spend my time with ANY other game that this pile of shit called Dark Souls.

  • @iEATlimes2

    Dark Souls is superior in every way to Skyrim and you know it. And it hurts you so much Bethesda once again churned out a glitchfest and all blind fanboys like you eat it up and rave about it. Dark Souls destroys Skyrim and only babies like you cry about it because you can't pass the game.

    Winner: Dark Souls!!!

  • @xxXLivebytheSwordXxx lololololololol thanks for getting mad at me fanboy lol i was jking. who cares, they're both good games. but thanks for getting pissed over nothing, successful troll is successful

  • @iEATlimes2

    Successful at what exactly? You failed miserably to get any of you points across. Failed miserably like IsGayRim.

  • @xxXLivebytheSwordXxx haha you're getting so mad, thats the point of trolling. to make people mad. all i had to do is say ONE bad thing about dark souls and you go apeshit, and call me a fanboy for liking a game that isn't dark souls. Get a life, I can play whatever the hell I want.

  • hard as balls but does rewards if you stick with it

  • I really want this, but I tend to suck at 3rd person games and I don't quite like the idea of more skilled players running in and easily slaughtering me. Would you recommend it to someone like me?

  • meh i will buy it at 20 bucks on xbox someday

  • I really want this game, it looks AMAZING, but the concept of when you die you lose all your stuff worries me :/

    Should I get it?

  • @Crestietom Do NOT let that concept put you off this absolutely phenomenal game. It's just souls you lose, not your whole inventory. That's also if you die again on the way to recovering your previous souls. I personally handled it really well and dying was just all part of the experience! Get the game! You will realise how amazing it really is.

  • @Marcymoo100

    Thank you! i cant wait! :D

  • @Crestietom Dont worry about that concept its tottaly fair if you know what to do with your stuff once you get it. Plus you can get it back.

  • @delta2ish

    Thank you! <3!

  • not for pc? yeesh, but it's perfect for pc.

  • I heard this game has some frame drop issues on Xbox 360. Is this the case on PS3 aswell?

  • @dingeskerz Both systems have trouble in a place called Blight Town, but it's better offline. I wish they had it for PC.

  • @aarforce13 Ok, so I guess I'll just get it for the PS3 cause one of my friends has it for PS3 aswell. Thanks for the answer!

  • I never played Dark Souls, but I'm addicted to Demon Souls... I believe gameplay is more challenging, thou... graphics are better on Demon Souls... and I believe, even more... Just a thought of a surviving noble soul.... Living in NEXUS

  • this has to be one of my favorite games of all time

  • This review is spot on; Dark Souls is one of the best role-playing games ever made. Period.

  • I bet cod fags cant stand for 1 second in DARK SOULS

  • @TheUday99 I used to be addicted to MW2 a year ago. I seem to be doing fine. Now this im addicted to. (Currently in Anor Londo)

  • @TheUday99 There always has to be one person to start it all.........

  • @TheUday99 12 days in Call Of Duty and 148 hours in Dark Souls...so ya.

  • @GamingLegendOJR

    Ohhhh...got it. I don't play it online, so I had never thought about that.

    Thx man!

  • 2:52 surprise buttsex!

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  • So if I loose souls, when I go back to the area is everything re-spawned, and also, do the bosses regenerate their health? I've always despised repeating things in games so maybe this is not for me! or maybe it's amazing.

  • @Neuromatsu the enemies regenerate their health and you have to go get your souls back. every single characters can do what you do. you could die from a good heavy swing from anyone. thats why this game is very serious. I rented it and it's one of the toughest to play. it's rewarding to kill monsters and beat them at their own moves. BIG learning curve.

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  • whats the song at the beginning of the review?

    

  • not sure to buy it. Looks awesome and love a challenge but i still haven´t finish ninja gaiden II. It frustated me quite a lot.

  • @p1ngu1no like NG2 but mid evil and better bosses.

  • I've always been a big fan of The Elder Scrolls because of their massive, open and seemingly persistent worlds. But I have a lvl30 warrior that is untouchable... and to be honest it gets boring. I love story, but at the same time I love a challenge. I loved Demon's Souls for that antagonistic feeling of "I cannot let this fucking game beat me." My copy of Dark Souls should be here this week, hopefully.

  • i loved skyrim but it definently gets too easy. i think i may like this even more

  • Actually not a lot of Gamer like a challenge

    Some like Skyrim cos of the story and Amazing number of content and to relax

    Some May like Dark souls Because not a lot of game challenge is dump down right too easy

    But most ppl have to know that dark souls did not win GOTY is because a lot of Gamer Like more relaxing game

    But Dark souls So Awesome make me want to keep playing even after i die over and over Agn!

  • fuck yeah makes me proud it came out on PS3 first!

  • @UnknownStoner420 they came out at the same time

  • @Androidbrotherhood1 I guess I should have rephrased that comment, the first game demon souls came out only on ps3.

  • 2:52

    In the ass... whoooshaaaa

  • I so want to buy this game but framerate issues holds me off..

  • @topografer reviews always exaggerate frame rate issues in games.

    i have played dark souls start to finish and a little bit of new game + and i have fought every boss including optional ones and explored every area at one time or another and there are literally only 2 places where the frame rate drops. when the dragon blows fire on that bridge it drops and in the beginning of blight town it drops. that's literally it. that's like 2 minutes of a 30-40 hour game that u deal with frame rate

  • @michaelbryant21 Ye i agree with you, most of the times they exaggerate.. But for this game they talk too much about it even the users.. Anyway i will most likely buy it, and have an opinion of my own.. Which it will possibly like yours! Anyway thanks for the answer, i really appreciate it

  • @topografer lol, framerate issues? just play the game, it's amazing.

  • @Fishmonkey123 Ah fuck it im going next week to give my money to From Software!

  • @bloodyguyRD...and thanks for being polite

  • @bloodyguyRD: Man, I've been playing for about 8 hours now, and I really don't understand why the game doesn't pauses...

  • Whoever said they are picking thiz game instead of skyrim is a FUCKING, STUPID, IDIOT!!! Dark souls is good but therr is a fucking reason why skyrim is game of the year. Dark souls is much to linear for me.

  • @Hobitman62 i have both and i like this much more skyrim gets boring and to easy i understand why some people think skyrim is the best game this year but i think dark souls wins 

  • Thanks for this splendid review, made me pick this game instead of Skyrim!

  • Playing through NG+ at level 130. Just beat Dragon Slayer Orenstein and Executioner Smough AKA Oreo and Smores the second time on my own without any help (Co-op/Sunbro). Wearing Stone armor and used only the Black Knight Halbred +5. Took me multiple tries again and the fight I did beat them took me almost 30 minutes. lol Such a great game even on the second play through.

  • Dark Souls isn't so hard as everyone says, come on .. just sit down and learn. -.-

  • @EnkiGT i hope it is... i havent got it yet but i really hope its rediculous lol im shit anyway though so it probably still will be. :P

  • @Nellyellyelson In the beginning you may have some trouble but if you're in it it is freaking easy .. beat it with a lvl 1 character.

  • @EnkiGT well thats dissapointing :P

  • ....and a game with no pause option is the dumbest idea ever.

  • @Jotonha just quit the game, do what youre going to do, load and then keep playing. it really doest take a lot of time and if you had played it you would know why it doest have a pause option. just sayin

  • @Jotonha its because of the online functions

  • Still tryin' to find this "so good combat mechanics" that he keeps talking about. It's painful to get a hit on your target, the hits have no weight at all and the camera is crappy.

  • I'm playing this and "Skyrim" back and forthn stlhut the hell up and stop arguing about which is better.

  • I love the cool architecture in this game compared to Demon's Souls (especially Londo). This game is very beautiful

  • My game of the year hands down. The combat in this game is perfect. Challenge yourself and pick this game up.

  • LOL there is alot of fan boy fighting here okay its not fact that each game is better than each other its really based on play style and oppinion ( even though skyrim have more content and more play styles in it ) but really there is no facts that skyrim is better than dark souls and dark souls is better than skyrim its all based on oppinion and play style and if skyrim is not hard as dark souls just put the difficulty up but remember is oppinion not fact.

  • what i dont get is put skyrim on the hidgest difficulty then it is harder that dark souls.

  • @GavinHatesRednecks nope i play both and i have skyrim on the hardest difficuly and dark souls is sill harder this game is crazy hard but thats what makes it the best rpg in years

  • this game is so easy

  • The only reason I got Dark Souls for ps3 is because of the hardcore fanbase. You won't find it on the 360. In Japan, its only for ps3 so its going to be some tough competitive.

  • LMFAO! just noticed now on of the tags in "cbsepisode" XD