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Developer: From Software
Publisher: Namco Bandai US/EU, From Software JP
Release Dates:
Consoles: March 11th, 2014 (US), March 13th (JP), March 14th (EU)
PC: April 25th, 2014
Rated: T For Teen, Zero18, Pegi16

Dark Souls II is a Dark Fantasy RPG Centered around tense dungeon exploration and a difficult, satisfying challenges.

In addition to the normal appeals of growth and discovery that RPGs provide, Dark Souls II aims to give the player a sense of accomplishment. The serious dangers in the game fosters greater verisimilitude and more immersion in the world of this Action Adventure.

Another Hallmark of the series - Its simple system for sharing your world with other players online - Returns better than ever in Dark Souls II with the introduction of dedicated game servers, resulting in a smoother multiplayer experience. Without any need for words you can bring another player into your adventure experience.
Master the formidable challenges of this Dark Fantasy world, and be rewarded

COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Area Guide Walkthrough - detailed maps to guide you in exploring every inch of the game's huge world. Learn ahortcuts that will not only save time but also reduce deaths by PvP invasion. Discover the most powerful weapons and useful treasures.

Multiplayer Guide - Co-operation and survival or invasion and destruction - all of the essential techniques are discussed. For new players, basic survival tactics are explained. For advanced players, the hidden technical details are revealed to keep them on the cutting edge.

Enemy Analysis - To succeed, you must know your enemy. Elemental weaknesses, damage type weaknesses, lethal attacks, tactics for melee and ranged fighters, tactics for defeating foes using the terrain, story significance, item drops... all will be revealed.

Weapons & Equipment - Weapons, Armor and Magic are all covered in exhaustive detail. Full stats, locations, upgrade paths and usage strategies are provided so you can easily compare all of the options when choosing which equipment to use and how to upgrade your gear.

Item Data - Complete item lists reveal every last consumable, accessory, upgrading material and offensive item. Quickly discover where to find each one, how to make the most of them, and how to defend yourself when they are used against you!
Lore Index - A unique guide to help players unravel this dark, mysterious world of Dark Souls for themselves. The Lore Index guides players to find the clues they need to illuminate the truth, revealing as much as required while spoiling as little as possible.

Summons: Summon players to help you fight your way through the game. The summons have limited time so use them wisely.

Invasions: Enemies will invade you in the game. Fight em off and get souls and humanity from them.

Covenants: When exploring the game world, specific opportunities will allow the player to ally with a specific person/object.
This oath/allegiance system is called a Covenant.

Dedicated Servers: Unlike Dark Souls 1 this game features dedicated servers for better online play

Warrior
A warrior that lives on the battle field. Has high Strength and Dexterity, making it easy to meet stat requirements for weapons. Has a shield from the beginning.

Knight
A traveling knight. Has high Vigor and Adaptability allowing them to withstand many hits. Does not come equipped with a shield, so players need to be cautious at the beginning. Has fairly high Faith.

Swordsman
A swordsman with honed skills. Fights skillfully with weapons equipped in each hand. Equipped with an upgraded Scimitar and Longsword from the start.

Bandit
A ruthless bandit. Has high Dexterity and can use a bow. Can react to both long range and short range threats. Best for players that want to create a Dexterity build.

Cleric
A cleric on a pilgrimage. Their miracles and high Faith can show them the way forward. Has learned the Heal miracle from the start and can explore with persistence.

Sorcerer
A wise sorcerer. Can command sorcery with high Intelligence and Attunement. Has learned Soul Arrow and is good at long ranged combat.

Explorer
An explorer traveling through many lands. Does not excel in any particular area, but comes equipped with many items, allowing them to fight advantageously at the beginning of the game.

Deprived
A Nude person with an unknown background. Fights empty-handed. Their body itself is the proof of their existence. Starts at level 1 and therefore can grow in whatever way the player wishes to.

GALLERY
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VIDEOS
Despair
Go Beyond Death
Aching Bones
Cursed
UK Cinema Spot
JP Spot
Dark Souls II - Hollow Lullaby
Making Dark Souls 2: A New World, Engine, & Exclusive Gameplay (Part 1)
IGN 12 Minutes Gameplay
EpicNameBro Beta Impressions
VaatiVidya PVP- Everything We Know So Far
VaatiVidya- 5 New Features in Dark Souls 2

Review Thread

PREVIOUS OT
OT1|OT2

Patch 1.08 Details
Dark Souls II Neogaf Steam Group
Dark Souls II (PC) Durante's Verdict
Durante's Dark Souls II PC Tweaking Guide
Dark Souls II Tips(Very Useful)
Lore Thread
Dark Souls 1 OT
The Instructions Manual
Avatars
Spoilers Thread
Dark Souls 2 Website
Beyond The Bonfire(shows server status, total player deaths, pvp hotspots and most used inventory)
Dark Souls Facebook Page
EpicNameBro YouTube Channel
VaatiVidya YouTube Channel

PLEASE USE SPOILER TAGS FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A SPOILER ON THIS THREAD (STORY, BOSSES, EARLY STREAMS, HIDDEN CONTENT, ETC.)

 

[Cloud Strife]

"You'll lose your souls, over and over and over again"

 

[Vorheez]

Wow, 3rd one already? Here we go guys, plenty more Souls to be had!

 

[MikeDip]

So very excited for this, looking for that Pc version soon, heck yeah

 

[AmethystEnd]

Dat sexy title.

 

[Gorillaz]

 

[Grisby]

3rd one already? Too much vengarl-ing.

 

[hawk2025]

AMAZING OT title!

 

[-MD-]

10 more days.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

Tagged

 

[Mistel]

I was robbed Two Havel's One Alim for OT 4.

 

[Dekanach]

I lol'd with the title. Sweet!

 

[burgerdog]

It was hard holding back but it won't be long now!

 

[Shengar]

My CE FINALLY arrived tomorrow.
I wonder if I should keep the game sealed (I need to put the map on a frame) and play it on PC instead ;___;
This wouldn't happened if I know that my local store have some CE copies.

 

[Guevara]

Update with

Spoiler

Navlaan

pls

 

[Cmerrill]

OT title downgrade confirmed.

 

[Ghazi]

Update with

Spoiler

Navlaan

pls

OMG yes!!!

 

[Soulflarz]

Holy- were on a third already?!

 

[Cloud Strife]

OT title downgrade confirmed.

Not even brah

 

[Mistel]

To carry one from the last thread:

It's going to be that way because of you, and everyone who thinks like you. Enioy your havelmage souls, I guess.

I'm afraid From's reaction will just be a havels nerf, rather than implementing actual level restrictions

Well I don't see how as soul memory is the metric for co-op it really matters what level you are. If it's really that much of an issue to you stop leveling at 150.

It's not like there's not giant dads in dark souls so Havel mages are the same as that really. People are going to gravitate to what is best.

 

[Orthogonal]

Dat new thread smell. Seems like this is unusually fast to get to a third OT.

 

[Raxus]

A week and a half until the PC Armageddon of posts.

Can't wait to dig into the PC version.

 

[Lost Fragment]

To carry one from the last thread:

Well I don't see how as soul memory is the metric for co-op it really matters what level you are. If it's really that much of an issue to you stop leveling at 150.

It's not like there's not giant dads in dark souls so Havel mages are the same as that really. People are going to gravitate to what is best.

There aren't giant dads in Dark Souls anymore. There's a build where you can do that, but it sucks now.

And I don't give a fuck if individual people go to level 9000. It's when they go and make posts on reddit and neogaf about how it's "pointless" to keep themselves at 150 that the damage is done. At the end of the day it's From's fault for implementing a stupid system, but it would at least be mitigated a bit if more people had the foresight to know that promoting leveling to your hearts content is gonna gradually make PvP stupider and stupider.

 

[Kerned]

Thread title is perfection.

 

[LiK]

Hah, OP used the best suggestion.

Anyway killed L

Spoiler

icia by invading her. Easy fight. Btw, I checked with Cromwell and he said I didn't sin. Interesting.

 

[hughesta]

Oh my god that might be the best OT title I've ever seen.

 

[140.85]

So soft. So smooth.

 

[Guevara]

There aren't giant dads in Dark Souls anymore. There's a build where you can do that, but it sucks now.

Everyone is just

Spoiler

Havel

now.

It's the sisterhood of the

Spoiler

Havel

-ing pants.

 

[CrimsonCommie]

I wish I could finish this game

 

[Gorillaz]

There aren't giant dads in Dark Souls anymore. There's a build where you can do that, but it sucks now.

lol No more Giant Dads? naw in time there will be a build but it looks like you must of forgot the main rule so I will remind you

Spoiler

THE LEGEND NEVER DIES

 

[Basketball]

If anyone doesn't get the OT title it basically references the bs you have to go through to level up each time. AAAAA

 

[Conkerkid11]

PC still TBA OP? lol

 

[The Illiterati]

So for a person who's been waiting for the PC version and not reading anything, can someone tell me the consensus on the value or lack thereof of Adaptability? I like to play a highly mobile Dexterity type build so that stat is a wrench in my plan. I dunno if I should treat it as equally/lesser or greater importance.

 

[ixix]

I usually let the Emerald Herald say her full spiel. Feels like the least I can do, on account of reciting it's about the only thing she's got to distract herself from the fact that she's stranded indefinitely in a town with an ever-growing population of nutters. And a cat.

But mostly nutters.

 

[UnObtainium17]

Holy cow game just released and we're on 3rd already.

 

[koryuken]

Ok i've got a good PvP tale. So I'm putting in work for the Brotherhood of Blood invading people in the Forest of Fallen Giants (seems to be a good hotspot). I'm on a good killstreak and then I start getting the dreaded "unable to find a world to invade" message. Maybe I killed all the available players? So i'm just wasting time and i see a red soapstone sign. Screw it, let's have a duel with a fellow BoB player! As soon as I start summoning the other BoB for a duel, i get INVADED BY A BLUE SENTINEL.

I'm start getting excited, I love being invaded! So i use a silver talisman to transform into a barrel and hide on the second floor of the bonfire room amongst the other barrels. My plan is for the blue invader and the red summon to go at it! While I'm chilling as a barrel, i see the blue invader run past me with a lightning buffed Defender's sword. Then he runs back downstairs and passes me again lol Now, I hear spells going off. Someone used chaos firestorm. A minute or so passes and I get the message that my fellow BoB rekt the blue sentinal lol!!! I'm giggling... even if I die, it was still worth it.

I jump out of hiding and prepare to face the fellow red in a fair duel. We both buff our weapons and bow. I am able to catch the guy on a roll and blackstab him for 2000+ damage for a OHK lol. A bit of a surprise, but I will take it. After our fight, the guy messages me back "explosive entrance". I thanked him for the duel and told him that Blue Sents should never fuck with the BoB. Love this game

 

[Mistel]

Everyone is just

Spoiler

Havel

now.

It's the sisterhood of the

Spoiler

Havel

-ing pants.

Well at least they can't back flip now. But the endless tide of Havel rolls on.

 

[140.85]

I wish I could finish this game

 

[Vazra]

PC still TBA OP? lol

PC OT comes on the 18th. OTs come out 1 week before the game release.

 

[PaulKersey]

Love the title. Heard that too many times lol.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Holy cow game just released and we're on 3rd already.

Welcome to the greatest game of all ever.

 

[Zierlaz]

Hey Gaf,

Been playing DSII and have been loving it thus far; however, I'm rather skeptical of how I've been leveling my attributes. Was hoping I could get some feedback to make sure I'm on the right track.

My Soul Level is 110. I wear heavy armor (Drangleic), Tower Shiled +8, and Fire Lonsword +10.

My ring set is: Chloranthy, Royal Soldier's Ring, Ring of Binding, and Flame Quartz Ring (This one alternates depending on the resistance I need).

Attributes:

VGR - 8 END - 20 VIT - 25 ATN - 5 STR - 50 DEX - 40 ADP - 5 INT - 5 FTH - 5

Play Time: 72 hrs - PS: I haven't used a single spell, mainly because I was wanted to get a pure melee play through.

Anyways, feedback is appreciated since this is the farthest I have ever gotten in any Demon / Dark Souls Game.

Thanks!

 

[Charmicarmicat]

Thread title is Large Club-tier.

 

[AlimNassor]

Aww I wanted "2 havels 1 alim".

 

[2AdEPT]

I usually let the Emerald Herald say her full spiel. Feels like the least I can do, on account of reciting it's about the only thing she's got to distract herself from the fact that she's stranded indefinitely in a town with an ever-growing population of nutters. And a cat.

But mostly nutters.

C'mon when the sun sets in Majula she gets a lot of people trying her rear. She's busy.

Hey Gaf,

Been playing DSII and have been loving it thus far; however, I'm rather skeptical of how I've been leveling my attributes. Was hoping I could get some feedback to make sure I'm on the right track.

My Soul Level is 110. I wear heavy armor (Drangleic), Tower Shiled +8, and Fire Lonsword +10.

My ring set is: Chloranthy, Royal Soldier's Ring, Ring of Binding, and Flame Quartz Ring (This one alternates depending on the resistance I need).

Attributes:

VGR - 8 END - 20 VIT - 25 ATN - 5 STR - 50 DEX - 40 ADP - 5 INT - 5 FTH - 5

Play Time: 72 hrs - PS: I haven't used a single spell, mainly because I was wanted to get a pure melee play through.

Anyways, feedback is appreciated since this is the farthest I have ever gotten in any Demon / Dark Souls Game.

Thanks!

You are all right...ADP - agility boost stops at 38, so two points there you can respec, diminishing returns on thedex at 40 but you will be able to dual wield better as a result of the extra...you may want to raise str for a while to dual wield more weapons. Dual wield requirements are 1.5 the stat requirement. explained in this video.

oops read it wrong..you got lots of STR and 40 dex. so disregard.

 

[Basketball]

 

[Gorillaz]

Sisterhood of the Haveling pants its fucking hilarious

That needs to be OT4's title

 

[The Xtortionist]

Welcome to the greatest game of all ever.

POWER UP THE BASS CANNON

FIRE

 

[Mistel]

. At the end of the day it's From's fault for implementing a stupid system, but it would at least be mitigated a bit if more people had the foresight to know that promoting leveling to your hearts content is gonna gradually make PvP stupider and stupider.

So you acknowledge it's not our fault it's designed like so PvP will most likely go that way. Irrespective of what you feel about it is likely to happen.

 

[Guevara]

The only person I let speak fully is Titchy Gren.