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Dark Souls 2: A review in weapons
Speak, inventory.
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Pac-Man Museum has a dearth of worthwhile exhibits
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Is this the first glimpse of Dark Souls 2’s world map?
I believe it is. You can scope it on a dry erase board at From Software’s studio at the 4:23 mark of the mini-documentary Namco Bandai released yesterday. It’s hard to make out much—some castle ruins scribbled chaotically in red and blue marker, possibly a shrine with a Japanese symbol I can’t read above it, two number 5s labeling a turret—but it’s definitely some sort of level layout. I’m especially curious about the large red figure perched on the tower, which looks like a inhospitable winged reptile. The rest of the board is every bit as twisted and branching as…
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Dark Souls 2 will be a heartwarming tale of empowerment, apparently
The Dark Souls series has a reputation of being big, hard, grueling games, but the raspy, warm voiceover in this new trailer for Dark Souls 2 wants to assure you that it’ll be OK. The tone is inspirational in a “these teams made it to the championship game” sort of way, and motivational in an “enlist in the army” sort of way, which is to say it goes against everything I associate with the series, which is mainly trembling for survival as the world around you degrades. But uh, yeah, maybe it’s also about the triumph of the spirit, who…