Recent reviews by Waughoo

From what I had heard about Dark Souls, it sounded like the sort of game that would make you break controllers and maybe put your fist through your monitor with it's high difficulty. Now that I've actually given it a chance I find that while it's a very difficult game, it's never infurating (at least not to me). I get mad in games when I lose because of some random number generator in the code decides I took a critcal hit, or that my last 5 attacks missed, or some other issue thats out of my control. Dark Souls is never like that. If I die, it's my fault. Maybe I timed my dodge badly, or tried to take on too many enemies at once, or am just not geared properly. Most likely its because I had not learned how to correctly fight a particular enemy. So I die, a lot. But I learn more and come back the next time better prepared.

I do have some issues with the game though. For starters, you cant seem to remap controller buttons. I've never been a fan of attck on the bumpers or triggers, but you cant change that here without using 3rd party programs or ini file editing (didnt actually try that hard to change them). That should be a basic option. Also, you need a controller. Thats fine IMO because this would never be a good game for keyboard, however, the keyboard controls are almost unusable. Remaping might help, but it'll never be a good way to play. Do yourself a favor and just use a 360 controller.

Graphically the game looks a little dated, which is fine, cause it's a few years old. It comes locked a 30 fps, and has a few basic options for changing graphics. You can get mods which unlock the FPS and improve the graphics, which I strongly recomend.

I am not a fan of the multiplayer on Dark Souls. To me, this is a single player game. I find myself playing as a hollow the whole time just to avoid people invading my game. A few days ago I was stuck in the forest due to fog walls blocking the exits. I'm pretty sure someone invaded, and I couldnt leave the area till I either killed them or they left. No thanks. I'm bad enough at this game, I dont need people coming in and making it harder. I do like the way you can leave hints for other players on the ground though.

Overall, I came into Dark Souls expecting to hate it, and now I cant stop playing. I got it on sale for $7.50, it was totally worth it.

This isnt the best game, but it's not the worst either. I only played it a couple days (would probably do more with friends) and had fun. Get it on sale for $.99 and you've got nothing to complain about.