Dark Souls (PS3/360)

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Project Dark is for Demon's Souls Fans

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Sony revealed during its media briefing at the Tokyo Game Show a new working title from the creators of Demon's Souls called Project Dark. A press release sent out afterward confirmed the game is being published by Namco Bandai and will be released for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki said the game is for those who "enjoyed Demon's Souls, those who like From's dark fantasy games, and those who just like games will enjoy the new game." The game will be released in 2011 in Japan. No word yet on a North American or European release date. We hope to bring more to you on this title soon. Demon's Souls, released in 2009 for PS3, today became part of Sony's Greatest Hits lineup in North America with a new price point of $29.99.

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Details from Famitsu:

• Dark Souls is the title. 2011 release.
• This time they want to increase the amount of field exploration in the game.
• All fields are seamless, so whatever you can see, you can reach and explore. If you see a fortress or castle walls in the distance, you can eventually get there.
• There will be no map display in the game, just a position display marker.
• They aim to make the game just as challenging as Demon's Souls, but also just as rewarding when you succeed. The sense of achievement is important.
• The gameplay will be similar to Demon's Souls in concept, where it's about trial and error and learning from your mistakes to play better.
• The game does not share the same world and story as Demon's Souls.
• The game will not use the same format as Demon's Souls in terms of having 5 worlds connected via a hub.
• Instead all maps in the game will be linked seamlessly in a connected world. The pace of the game will feel more about exploration and discovering locations, which you can then go inside a dungeon and explore the interior further.
• There will be more complex level designs in the game using more vertical design in areas and such.
• The world setting is based on medieval dark fantasy, and will contain themes like "high fantasy of kings and knights", "death and the depths of the earth", and "the flames of chaos".
• The character creation process will not be class based.
• The play style of the player character will have much more freedom this time.
• There will be many more spells and items, and the animation and uniqueness of weapons will also be increased.
• The online elements are very similar to Demon's Souls. There is cooperative and PvP.
• You can still leave messages, and see players who died at various places.
• There will be no Soul Tendency this time because they don't want to have to use dedicated servers.
• Instead this time there will be more features allowing players to engage in "mutual role playing" which they say are still under wraps. They'll reveal more when it's time.

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Sounds awesome. Love difficult games.

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Video Games | Dark Souls | Debut Trailer
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Can't wait!!!!

By the way, Demon Souls just made it to the PS3 Greatest Hits Collection. $30 from now on.

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Quote: Originally Posted by DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ

Can't wait!!!!

Whenever I hear somebody say that now, I think of this:

[Skyboxer]

Loved Demon's Soul's....
First day buy.........
It really feels more old school which is why I love it.

[mgoblue]

I'll probably try it, but man was the first one brutal. After a while I'd just get too pissed off at having to redo everything again lol