nobler Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) For anyone interested, From Software ran a competition for people to submit shield designs to be used in the game. A few from Europe/US and Asia and these are the winning designs, some really great ideas. They did a similar thing for Dark Souls too with the Sanctus shield, used by dark phantom 'Paladin Leeroy'. Edited August 24, 2013 by nobler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 As were the Bloodshield, Effigy Shield and Black Iron Greatshield. Can't believe the stupid **** "Marcus Shield" made it. Well, I can, because Youtube fanbois are idiots, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 To be fair, I've enjoyed ENB's lore videos and the time and effort he's taken to patch together all the information possible. From Soft kept their secrets incredibly well hidden and I think ENB did actually play a huge part in starting a Dark Souls internet bandwagon which just grew and grew, I actually doubt they would have had a budget to even make Dark Souls 2 had this game not generated so much interest through social media. That said, the name 'Marcus Shield' is pretty tacky - maybe a more subtle tribute may have done the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenb42 Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 When is DS2 released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 March, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 New trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P-o2KMm-5tQ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatG87 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Just bought dark souls upon a recommendation from a friend. I have to say I have not enjoyed this type of game so much since Diablo II. I love the combat dynamics, how you can get **** up by any enemy in the game by going in swinging and the bosses are all fun. It is definitely a game I will be investing some time into before the new one comes out. I am currently about to go into the depths having just killed the moonlight butterfly. I was fortunate enough to pick up the gargoyle halberd which is amazing. I love farming souls from the gargoyles on co-op. Not looking forward to blightown, looks tough but I want to get some of the cool stuff around there. A question though to any experts here, how can I get involved in PVP early in the game, I would like to duel other players. Where do i get more cracked red eye orbs from? Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sie Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Walk around as a human and the PvP will come to you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Only way to get a permanent supply of Red Eye Orbs is to deal with a semi-hidden character you're probably nowhere near ready to access yet. If you want consistent PVP and don't care about fights being honorable, you'll have to spend 20k souls for an item to access an area not far from (in fact, partially connected to) the Undead Parish. Otherwise, just go human everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Dark souls 2 looks like it will be even harder than the last one. I am really looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2018 Wise fwom your gwave... Dark Souls is getting a remaster. And it's coming to Switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Dark Souls needed a remaster so I am glad it's getting one to look closer to Dark Souls 3 visually. It'll also be nice to have a version of Dark Souls on PC that doesn't require DSFix to run at 60FPS, that port was trash. Hopefully this also means that an original Dark Souls 2 remaster on the Dark Souls 3 engine is in the works as well. I know we have the Scholar version with better visuals/frame rate, but that version is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 11, 2018 I'll be getting it. Not on Switch, but only because that console is far too easy to launch through a window, but also because I just can't imagine playing the game with the Switch, its a little too awkward for it imo. I really want to finish Dark Souls though. I've never been able to get past Blighttown. It runs so badly coupled to an area that is just more irritating anyway puts me off every time. Never bothered with the PC version, even with the fix. But I loved 3. Really loved it. So give me the original with better performance and maybe a little tarting up and I'll be happy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 I am really excited about this. I heard they completely redid the online mechanics to match dark souls 3 so we can now have 6 people in a game. The forest is going to be great for pvp again. If they can make the fighting mechanics more refined, this will be one of the best games ever. Dark Souls 1 was so much fun, but I played it again last year, and I could feel how sluggish and slow the game felt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Same here. I really wanted to do another Dark Souls playthrough but it was so slow. Christ knows how we all played it back in the day. Remaster will be a day one purchase for me. Hopefully we don't have to wait too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 12 minutes ago, Ginko said: Remaster will be a day one purchase for me. Hopefully we don't have to wait too long. 25th May 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Remaster is out at the end of this week. I've been watching a few youtubers who got early access and I am disappointed. Better graphics yes, but that seems to be it. When Dark Souls 2 did a remaster, they at least added some new content and changed up enemy placement. This is literally just Dark Souls ported to new systems. I'm still going to buy it solely so I can play dark souls again with a bunch of people. Invading in the forest was loads of fun when dark souls first came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Pre-ordered my copy this morning. It's £25.99 if you've got Amazon Prime so not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 3 hours ago, jacketspuds said: Pre-ordered my copy this morning. It's £25.99 if you've got Amazon Prime so not too bad. Thanks for the tip! It's a lot cheaper using prime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 So I played basically all weekend. It's exactly DS1, but it's nice to have an actual community again with the game. It's also making me remember how great DS1 was. So many different areas with tons of unique enemies. I wish the remaster actually could have fixed some controls because it feels so clunky compared to even DS2. I've also encountered a few glitches with the remaster. I've fallen through the floor twice, I'd gotten stuck in a wall, and I am a few feet away from an enemies attack radius and yet I still take damage. It's annoying, but nothing major. Oh also backstabs are frustrating as hell. I don't remember it being this bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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