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Dark Souls (2011)

FromSoftware

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

4.40 from 6175 ratings · #49 top rated on Grouvee

13734 members have it in their collection · 769 playing now · 3485 backlogged · 1769 wish listed

How long? Main story 55h · with extras 70h · 100% 110h (from 162 logged playthroughs)

Dark Souls is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released in September 2011 as a spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls, it is set in a dark, medieval fantasy world. It is renowned for its challenging gameplay, intricate level design, and deep lore. Players control a customizable character known as the Chosen Undead, embarking … Read more
Dark Souls is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Released in September 2011 as a spiritual sequel to Demon's Souls, it is set in a dark, medieval fantasy world. It is renowned for its challenging gameplay, intricate level design, and deep lore. Players control a customizable character known as the Chosen Undead, embarking on a perilous journey to uncover the secrets of the cursed land of Lordran. Dark Souls is known for its punishing difficulty, requiring players to carefully manage combat, stamina, and resources while navigating hostile environments filled with dangerous enemies and formidable bosses. The game features a unique multiplayer component, allowing players to leave messages for others, summon allies for cooperative play, or invade other players' worlds for PvP combat. The original release of Dark Souls received critical acclaim for its atmospheric world, innovative mechanics, and rewarding gameplay, solidifying its place as a seminal title in the action RPG genre. Read less

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Developers
FromSoftware
Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Franchises
Dark Souls
Series
Dark Souls
Steam
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Release dates

  • Sep 22, 2011 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3
  • Oct 04, 2011 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Oct 06, 2011 (Full Release) (Australia) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Oct 07, 2011 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Oct 18, 2011 (Full Release) (Korea) Xbox 360
  • Aug 23, 2012 (Full Release) (Australia) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 24, 2012 (Full Release) (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 24, 2012 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Oct 25, 2012 (Full Release) (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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BMO

Status BMO Jan 11, 2018

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Dark Souls is getting a $450 deluxe trilogy box set

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From Software will release a deluxe “Trilogy Box” set featuring the first three Dark Souls games and a host of extras, including a pair of bookends, six soundtrack CDs and a trio of books. The box set won’t come cheap; it’s listed at ¥49,800 (about …

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More in Dark Souls news:

Dark Souls is getting a $450 deluxe trilogy box set

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From Software will release a deluxe “Trilogy Box” set featuring the first three Dark Souls games and a host of extras, including a pair of bookends, six soundtrack CDs and a trio of books. The box set won’t come cheap; it’s listed at ¥49,800 (about $450).

The Dark Souls Trilogy Box will include a copy of Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin and Dark Souls 3: The Fire Fades Edition (the Japanese release that includes Dark Souls 3 and its downloadable content). Soundtrack CDs for each of those games are included, as is an item encyclopedia for each game. The box set also includes 10 art sheets and a special frame. One of the included bookends is sculpted to look like a Dark Souls bonfire, and the other a knight.

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BMO

Status BMO Jan 11, 2018

Get ready for some Dark Souls, Switch owners!

Update: Dark Souls: Remastered also coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One (Source: Polygon)

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mindbender

Status mindbender Nov 4, 2017

Another go, this time with a Sorcerer (currently lvl 9)...

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BorisY

Status BorisY Aug 22, 2017

Those damn twin archers in Arnor Londo! They need a taking aside and given a stiff talking too.

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Begbie

Status Begbie Jul 7, 2017

arrived in blight town, the fun reached its peak......

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Torgo

Status Torgo May 18, 2017

Despite pouring many hundreds of hours into Dark Souls I've never unlocked all of the achievements (I think I have 2 left). The reason for this is due to the infamous "Knight's Honor" achievement. It requires to you collect every rare weapon in the game, and that's a lot of weapons. Plus, the achievement is bugged so you need …

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Despite pouring many hundreds of hours into Dark Souls I've never unlocked all of the achievements (I think I have 2 left). The reason for this is due to the infamous "Knight's Honor" achievement. It requires to you collect every rare weapon in the game, and that's a lot of weapons. Plus, the achievement is bugged so you need them all on one save file, which means completing more than 2 consecutive games (the base game, NG+, NG++) to get all the drops and to forge with boss souls multiple times. Perhaps it's finally time that I embarked on this fool's errand. D:

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BMO

Status BMO Apr 21, 2017

Dark Souls: The Board Game is a grueling slog

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Dark Souls: The Board Game was a huge surprise. Few outside of England had ever heard of its developers, Steamforged Games, a company that’s been quietly growing over the last few years. Fewer still expected the Kickstarter to do as well as it did, earning more than $5.4 million to …

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Dark Souls: The Board Game is a grueling slog

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Dark Souls: The Board Game was a huge surprise. Few outside of England had ever heard of its developers, Steamforged Games, a company that’s been quietly growing over the last few years. Fewer still expected the Kickstarter to do as well as it did, earning more than $5.4 million to become one of the top 20 most-funded projects of all time.

The team executed well, and have met their promised delivery date. Inside the box is a final product that is identical to what was originally pitched to backers.

Trouble is, it’s just not a lot of fun.

Talking with the team at Gen Con last year, I was struck by the audacity of the project. Steamforged wasn’t adapting the classic video game series for tabletop, they were recreating it. All the darkness, all the inscrutable lore and every inch of the nearly exponential difficulty curve the Dark Souls franchise is famous for was to be included. And, at the end of the day, I’m afraid that’s just not a very good recipe for a board game.

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Torgo

Status Torgo Apr 15, 2017

I FINALLY beat Kalameet with my lvl1 character, after innumerable attempts. It was part of my lvl1 all bosses attempt. I was stuck at Kalameet for months, and even gave up at some point, only to pick it up again over the last couple days. Lobosjr gave me some handy tips, without which I probably never would have beaten him. …

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I FINALLY beat Kalameet with my lvl1 character, after innumerable attempts. It was part of my lvl1 all bosses attempt. I was stuck at Kalameet for months, and even gave up at some point, only to pick it up again over the last couple days. Lobosjr gave me some handy tips, without which I probably never would have beaten him. It's a shame I didn't record this magical event, I didn't expect to beat him so I didn't bother with screen capture! I got a screenshot though of the glorious moment. T'was one of the most difficult endurance boss fights I've ever experienced.. most of Kalameet's attacks would one-shot me, and my little club was chipping away that HP bar so slowly.

yayy

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BorisY

Status BorisY Apr 12, 2017

Must say, this looks pretty impressive at 2560 x 1440 (which is exactly 1/2 the resolution of my 5K iMac, so scales very nicely).

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BorisY

Status BorisY Apr 9, 2017

Attempting to play this "blind", ie avoiding looking up any wiki's, hints, tips etc, for my first play through, as everyone says your first play through of DS is an experience you only get once! Avoid all spoilers etc.

(...or am I just making things unnecessarily difficult for myself?!?)

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