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- Platform: Xbox 360
- ESRB Rating:
Mature - Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Live Through A Million Deaths & Earn Your Legacy Enter a dark world filled with despair and threaded by hope where your ability to creatively strategize, learn and overcome unpredictable and unique challenges determines your fate. Dark Souls will demand your absolute concentration, unflinchingly punish your mistakes, but reward your ability to learn from death. Each challenge is a mind game met with endless combinations that will test your ability to creatively strategize a way to conquer unimaginable monsters and progress deeper into this bleak and forbidding environment filled with the un-dead. The Collector's Edition will include a limited edition art book containing premium illustrations of characters and environments from the game, a mini-strategy guidebook, behind-the-scenes videos from the development studio detailing various stages of game concept, design and building, and the game’s soundtrack for digital download. All of this will come packaged with the standard edition game in a custom-designed metal case. Extremely Deep, Dark & Difficult – Unforgiving in its punishment, yet rewarding for the determined – learn to strategize freely and conquer seemingly impossible challenges. Fully Seamless World – Explore a completely integrated world of dark fantasy where dungeons are seamlessly intertwined, with great height. Mastery Earns Progression – Player success depends on their eventual mastery of how and when to use the magic spells, choice of armor, the number of weapons, the types of weapons, and the moves attached to the weapons. Network Play – Players may cross paths with one another, interacting with each other throughout the game even as each player plays their own game. Flexible Character Development & Role Play – As the player progresses, they must carefully choose which of their character’s abilities to enhance as this will determine their progression style.
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Enter a dark world filled with despair and threaded by hope where your ability to creatively strategize, learn and overcome unpredictable and unique challenges determines your fate. Dark Souls will demand your absolute concentration, unflinchingly punish your mistakes, but reward your ability to learn from death. Each challenge is a mind game met with endless combinations that will test your ability to creatively strategize a way to conquer unimaginable monsters and progress deeper into this bleak and forbidding environment filled with the un-dead.
Key Game Features
- Extremely Deep, Dark & Difficult – Unforgiving in its punishment, yet rewarding for the determined – learn to strategize freely and conquer seemingly impossible challenges. You will organically design your own gameplay style by developing your character and continuously trying different strategies to finally achieve successful progression.
- Fully Seamless World – Explore a completely integrated world of dark fantasy where dungeons are seamlessly intertwined, with great height.
- Mastery Earns Progression – Contains 60 hours of gameplay, with nearly 100 uniquely despair-inducing monsters & an incredibly nuanced weaponry & magic spells system, the effectiveness of which is determined by combat situation, fighting style and character attributes. Player success depends on their eventual mastery of how and when to use the magic spells, choice of armor, the number of weapons, the types of weapons, and the moves attached to the weapons.
- Network Play – Players may cross paths with one another, interacting with each other throughout the game even as each player plays their own game. Networked play allows users to cross paths with one another to enhance the single-player gameplay experience without destroying it.
- Flexible Character Development & Role Play – As the player progresses, they must carefully choose which of their character’s abilities to enhance as this will determine their progression style. Players can choose to play as a sword master and a wizard, for example.
- Community – See other real players and empathize with their journey, learn from seeing how others died, find and leave messages for your fellow players; helping them or leading them into death.
- Symbolic of Life & Hope – The Beacon Fire is an important feature of Dark Souls for many reasons. Though in gameplay it serves as a recovery and re-spawn point for players whose health gets low, it is also where players can emotionally share experiences with other players, and is the one place in the dark world where players can find a fleeting moment of warmth and calm.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
not a easy game to play,
By Samuel R.B Scott (Vancouver B.C) - See all my reviews
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Dark Souls Collector's Edition (Video Game)
not a easy game to play but you need a lot of patience, & don't give up just keep playing, it does get better just give it time
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4.7 out of 5 stars (26 customer reviews) 37 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
When all the rest try to make games a movie, some companies remember what won us over when we were kids.,
By KS USAF - Published on Amazon.com
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Dark Souls Collector's Edition (Video Game)
When I was younger I remember games that took dedication and countless deaths. Anybody remember the Contra Code? Those extra lives made the game feel like "normal mode" more than a cheat. Gone have been the days of 100+ hour dedication to an RPG or even most Main Stream RPGs in general, which for the fans of us out there is a real let down. Then came Demon's Souls. Demon's souls was brutally uncaring about your little "easy mode" common place playstyle that has made gaming a subplot to cinematography. I remember how frustrating it was dying over and over elarning how to fight every enemy I encountered and what playstle worked best for me.That feeling is back. The sequel is everything the first game was and takes that a step further. Granted, there's not as much outright surprise since we know it's a direct sequel but by making the world one open expanse it has upped the feeling of dessolation 3 fold. Instead of going onto a new section and feeling like I "beat an area" I just go further into the realm they've built and feel my nerves fry. My wife watches me looking like a little nervous kid and gets quite a kick out of just what this is able to do. In 3 words; I am Impressed. This game is not for the faint through. Its difficulty surpasses almost anything thats come out within the last decade and if you are one of the folks who just loses it when you die then perhaps you should go back to Elderscrolls on Easy Mode. Provided you are willing to laugh at the ruthless unfliching combat and tricky set ups of traps or sneaky shots by a boss this just might remind you of what got you started into "punching buttons" in the first place. Graphically it is beautiful with minimum issues and the occasional hit detection with surfaces (sometimes a wall shouldnt let a sword go through it) but there isnt much else to complain about. Its as grim as it is pretty and the visuals will make you feel uncomfortable with every step. In closing, if youre willing to watch your character be mangled, destroyed, maimed and can laugh about it you will find a visceral emotional connection with Dark Souls you wont find in many games to date, but it will require your patience, intelligence, skill, and temperment to be as honed as the game itself or you wont make it out alive. 4.9/5 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
On Collector's Edition specifically,
By A. Dent "Aragorn" - Published on Amazon.com
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Dark Souls Collector's Edition (Video Game)
For the sake of brevity I will only discuss the extras that make this the Collector's Edition.This limited edition which I received probably because I ordered the 'standard' version the day it became available at Amazon adds the following: IN THE BOX - The regular, shrink-wrapped game comes inside a nice tin box. I say 'nice' because... a tin is tin box. Good graphics on the outside. - You will also find an art book. The actual art is beyond gorgeous. Leaf through the pages and you'll be dreaming even more about the game you're playing. However, I wish the all-color pages were put together in a spiral binding or anything that would make possible opening the book at an angle larger than 90 degrees without cracking the spine. - There is also a card with a code you use to download the extra content. More about that later. The code didn't work but, after my son emailed Bandai, they sent us a download link that did work and allow us three days to get the content. DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT SUMMARY The files are large but I'm glad we were able to get the extra content. This is what's available. * Mini Strategy Guide in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian - 23 MB each. * Bonus Map - 1 MB * Behind the Scenes Video Pt. 1 - 229 MB * Behind the Scenes Video Pt. 2 - 286 MB * Behind the Scenes Video Pt. 3 - 257 MB * Dark Souls Official Soundtrack, Pt. 1 - 207 MB MINI STRATEGY GUIDE A 45-page (PDF) sample of the full 400-page guide. The idea is that if you like what you see, and I do, then you order the full guide. After browsing through the PDF I decided to order a full copy. THE MAP A small .pdf. It doesn't have a lot of detail and it would be impossible given the multi-level structures plus underground but it will help you understand approximately where you are in reference to everything else at any given time during your game. Worth printing. BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO Actually titled 'Behind the Game', it's a set of 3 QuickTime 720p videos, 4-6 minutes each where producer Nei Hirono gets as acquainted with the father/author of Dark Souls and Demon's Souls, Hidetaka Miuzaki and the game's major themes. We learn that Hidetaka dreamed Dark Souls ever since his childhood, having been inspired by such books as 'Sorcery'. The game's three major themes are: - High fantasy (Kings and Knights) - Death and Darkness (we knew that) - Purgatory and Flames (we are aware of this) Overall, good clips, worth watching. SOUND TRACK This is a full album. 23 tracks of hauntingly beautiful, incredibly depressing music. Not for everyone but... beautiful. Prologue 1 Shrine Demon Gargoyle Dragon M06_Pinwheel Quelaag Chaos Golem Priscilla Sif Dragon Discharge Smough Sunlight Gwyndolin Kings Demon Chaos Nito Scaleless Cinder Nameless Song 1 IS IT WORTH IT? Speaking for myself, I would probably pay a little (but not a lot) more for the art book and the music. The tin box could be a collector item for anyone collecting these things. The videos are nice but shorter than I expected. The map or something like it should become available online soon if it's not there already. I am pleased with my copy. My experience with other collector's editions is that the prices drop, eventually but you never know. -- >> Brush your teeth, it's the law! << 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terribly punishing, Wonderfully rewarding,
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Dark Souls Collector's Edition (Video Game)
The world of Dark Souls is beautiful, dark, twisted, and punishing. It's a wonderfully rewarding game, if you can appreciate the difficulty, instead of being frustrated by it. The online interactions are spot on, allowing players to help/hurt each other without detracting from the atmosphere. Combat flows nicely, and you'll rarely feel cheated by death. Everything just fits together great.In short, you will die, but through perseverance and skill, you will also live. (corny, but true) |
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