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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

 
Overlooked Dark Souls sequel getting a remaster mod, ten years laterMar 5, 2024 - PCGamesNThe modder behind the ongoing Dark Souls Re-Remastered project is setting their sights on an oft-overlooked FromSoftware game next, as they plan to remaster vanilla Dark Souls 2. Upscaled textures, dynamic shadows, and more are on the agenda, so if you've wanted a reason to return to Drangleic for some time, this is as good an excuse as any. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dark Souls 2 now much harder as mod flips FromSoftware RPG upside down Dark Souls 2 community prepares for its annual newcomer co-op event Dark Souls 2 is much better than you remember Dark Souls 2 now much harder as mod flips FromSoftware RPG upside downNov 3, 2022 - PCGamesNDark Souls 2, the tricky, 2014 Soulsborne sequel by FromSoftware, is suddenly a lot harder thanks to a new Dark Souls mod that flips the entire RPG game upside down, a decent challenge if you're done with Elden Ring and Sekiro, but certainly not for the faint of heart. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dark Souls 2 community prepares for its annual newcomer co-op event Dark Souls 2 is much better than you remember Dark Souls' narrator lends her voice for a Let's Play channel from former IGN staffers Online features for the PC version have been reactivated.Oct 25, 2022 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8353200/69776c60b5111cd173751e32a206f2725e654f7b.png Online features for the PC version of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (DX11) have been reactivated. Thank you once more for your patience and support. https://store.steampowered.com/app/335300/DARK_SOULS_II_Scholar_of_the_First_Sin/AnnouncementApr 8, 2022 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32835102/6ec5a97acab49d37b302a901253499c9fa04c15e.jpg Click on the thumbnail for full sized picture: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32835102/5406f6505d8f8656e8bcffb0dde21e1689f9044a.jpgDark Souls 2 community prepares for its annual newcomer co-op eventDec 29, 2021 - PCGamesNIf, like me, you're someone who has always heard lots about the Dark Souls series but have yet to play them, now is the time to consider dipping a toe into their mysterious waters. The Dark Souls II community is gearing up for the annual Return to Drangelic event, wherein the RPG game's many fans create new characters to help newcomers get started. This time, the Return to Drangelic will be held a month early - that's to make sure it doesn't overlap the Elden Ring release date, which is coming in February. From January 16 - 30, Dark Souls fans plan to start up new playthroughs of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin edition, for the express purpose of jumping into co-op sessions with new players or engaging in some early-game PvP, without all the end-level gear. Old Soulsheads recommend using the Blue Acolyte mod with the Scholar of the First Sin edition of Dark Souls II for the event. The mod, which you can find on Nexus Mods. Blue Acolyte is actually a big collection of community patches and quality of life improvements for Dark Souls II, but for The Return to Drangelic event, it does two important things. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dark Souls 2 is much better than you remember Dark Souls' narrator lends her voice for a Let's Play channel from former IGN staffers In Dark Souls 2's original story you went to the past and met the Emerald Herald as a kid Explore ELDEN RING with new narrated preview video and pre-order now.Nov 4, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsExperience a first-look at narrated ELDEN RING gameplay giving players a deep-dive into the following areas of the game: Vast world design – the meticulously designed ”Lands Between” brings unprecedented immersion to FromSoftware’s largest game to date. Secrets hide around every corner of this immense world encouraging exploration for those who dare venture off the beaten path. Legacy Dungeons – Large multi-level dungeons evoking classic FromSoftware level design are integrated into the overworld. Traversal – Ride like the wind across The Lands Between on your Spectral Steed, and even engage in combat while on horseback. Combat – Players can engage with a variety of basic or advanced combat options across a number of weapon types and magical disciplines. Multiplayer – Team up with friends and help other Tarnished take down powerful foes with co-op multiplayer. Pre-order ELDEN RING today to gain access to following items: Digital Adventure Guide, containing useful information to help players as they enter The Lands Between. Bonus Gesture ‘The Ring’ – Receive a gesture at the start of the game. *Gesture can also be obtained in-game. Adventure and danger await any Tarnished daring enough to enter The Lands Between and attempt to claim themselves The Elden Lord starting on February 25, 2022. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/ELDEN RING Coming SoonAug 5, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsThe next adventure from FromSoftware awaits. Wishlist now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/ Dark Souls 2 is much better than you rememberFeb 17, 2021 - PCGamesNLook, Elden Ring is potentially still years away, which means Souls fans on PC could be in the middle of a very long wait for more brutally difficult FromSoftware goodness. The perfect remedy for this restlessness? Revisiting the dark horse of the Souls trilogy: Dark Souls 2. I know this is going to be tough, but deep down you know that Dark Souls is a deeply flawed game in places. Blighttown, the Depths, Lost Izalith, Tomb of Giants, and (glorious architecture aside) Anor Londo are all just horrendous slogs that you have to endure. I don't have to explain the first three, you probably already harbour a deep hatred for them, born of curse-spewing frogs and falling to your death. Tomb of Giants is bad because the only thing that makes the area challenging is that there's no light. That's not a challenge, that's bullshit. Anor Londo is slightly more contentious, because it's gorgeous and Ornstein and Smough are rightly regarded as one of the best duo boss fights around. But even if you give a pass to the dodgy rafter sequence, which has no place in a 'tough but fair' Souls game, you're still left with a Titanite Demon crammed into a tiny chapel and the pair of Silver Knight archers with magical homing arrows. Again, not fair challenges, just nonsense. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dark Souls' narrator lends her voice for a Let's Play channel from former IGN staffers In Dark Souls 2's original story you went to the past and met the Emerald Herald as a kid Sleepy hollow: Dark Souls 2 event will reignite the fire in the RPG's servers from Feb 25 Five of the Best: Game Over screensMay 29, 2020 - EurogamerFive of the Best is a weekly series about the small details we rush past when we're playing but which shape a game in our memory for years to come. Details like the way a character jumps or the title screen you load into, or the potions you use and maps you refer back to. We've talked about so many in our Five of the Best series so far. But there are always more. Five of the Best works like this. Various Eurogamer writers will share their memories in the article and then you - probably outraged we didn't include the thing you're thinking of - can share the thing you're thinking of in the comments below. Your collective memory has never failed to amaze us - don't let that stop now! Today's Five of the Best is... Read more Dark Souls II SOTFS - Server maintenanceFeb 27, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsBearers of the Curse, Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin servers will undergo maintenance at the following times: PST: Tuesday, February 28th - 6pm to 10pm CET: Wednesday, March 1st - 3pm to 5pm JST: Wednesday, March 1st - 11am to 3pm Thank you for your understanding.Dark Souls II SOTFS - Server maintenanceFeb 27, 2017 - Community AnnouncementsBearers of the Curse, Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin servers will undergo maintenance at the following times: PST: Tuesday, February 28th - 6pm to 10pm CET: Wednesday, March 1st - 3pm to 5pm JST: Wednesday, March 1st - 11am to 3pm Thank you for your understanding.Now is a good time to return to Dark Souls 2Feb 25, 2017 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIf you fancy going back through all Dark Souls before the series wraps up with the final DLC in March, now’s a great time to return to Dark Souls 2 . Today sees the start of Return to Drangleic, an unofficial community-run event to draw players back and revitalise multiplayer. Souls just isn’t the same without online invasions, summonings, ghosts, and messages bringing life to the world, so players are returning en masse to rekindle that spark. Fancy joining them? … Steam Charts: Killer HitsJun 21, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunLike a man dancing to Belle & Sebastian, last week’s best-selling Steam games saw some shaking at the top but not a lot of movement below. IS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME HERE AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOU AS A PERSON IF IT’S NOT? … Daily Deal - DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin, 66% OffJun 12, 2016 - AnnouncementToday's Deal: Save 66% on DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Tuesday at 10AM Pacific Time Facing Our Demons: RPS Discuss Dark Souls, Difficulty And DeathMay 6, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunDark Souls III is a favourite here at RPS, but it hasn’t lit a fire in the hearts of the entire team. Recently, Alec jumped into the game, having observed the series from afar for some time, and shared his thoughts. He, Pip and Adam gathered to discuss the appeal of the series, and talked about its divergence from traditional RPG systems, the intimidation factor and the complicated nature of its much-debated difficulty. Adam: Dark Souls III is probably going to be in my top three games of the year, despite the thousands of good games coming out this year. I m continually surprised to see it selling quite as well as it does though, because so many people that I recommend the series to treat those recommendations as a form of sadism. … Endgame: Why Dark Souls III Is A Fitting FinaleApr 25, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunDark Souls III is a superb entry in From Software’s series, and in both design and lore it feels like a fitting finale. Is it time to move on? One day, many years from now, when I have a family that I hang out with by way of a VR headset while in real life we all fester in our isolated cubicles, I envision my future kid coming up to me in our shared virtual space and asking Daddy, what was Dark Souls like? At this point, I d look wistfully out the virtual window at the setting sun (an illusion concealing the fact that in the real world the sun had set for the last time many years ago), and I d say: Dark Souls, my child, wasn t like all the other games. It didn t play nice. It didn t hold your hand, or make you feel loved or important, but it was, in many ways, the purest game series of all. It ended in 2016.” … Dark Souls Uncompromising Design Leaves No Space For An Easy ModeApr 14, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunDark Souls isn’t for everyone in the same way that a bowl of piping hot broth isn’t for everyone. Let it cool for a while, add some seasoning, and people might happily tuck in and enjoy, but if you expect them to eat it exactly as you would whether that’s by chugging it down in a few swift gulps or taking tiny sips long after it’s gone cold a fair few folks would rather have a nice sandwich instead. Nothing wrong with that. Nobody should have to drink soup through a straw. Or should they? Given the cries of ‘git gud’ that greet many complaints about the difficulty or inaccessibility of Dark Souls, it’s tempting to see those who love the series as precisely the sort of people who would chase you away from the bowl if you brought a spoon to the soup kitchen. NO SPOONS they’d shriek YOU WON’T APPRECIATE IT IF YOU DON’T GET IT ALL DOWN YOUR CHIN AND THE FRONT OF YOUR JUMPER BEFORE YOU MANAGE TO SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL I wholly agree with these kitchen monsters. … The RPG Scrollbars: Hollow PursuitsApr 11, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunEver had one of those games that you just long to get into, but can’t? There haven’t been many I’ve wanted to get into more than the Dark Souls series. To sink into the world I see people talking about on my Twitter feed. To have that sense of discovery in ash and ember. For that crumbling world to feel like something more than just a succession of traps and gauntlets. I want to like Dark Souls. I really hope Dark Souls 3 is the clicking point. But… so far, (whispers) I’ve never managed to like Dark Souls. … Why I Think Dark Souls II Is Better Than The OriginalApr 8, 2016 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIt’ll take a great deal of analysis to figure out how exactly Dark Souls III fits into the wider mythology of the series in terms of its tremendous, cryptic lore, and it might take even longer for critical opinion to decide where it ranks in the pantheon of Souls games. But we can all agree on one thing, right? Dark Souls is superior to its first sequel in almost every way. Not Michael Johnson. Here, he argues that Dark Souls II changes and improves on the formula set by its predecessor and that it has the greatest expansions in all of gaming. … Bandai Namco Publisher Weekend - Save Up to 75% Off!Sep 10, 2015 - AnnouncementThe Bandai Namco Publisher Weekend is on now, with deals up to 75%* off on great games and franchises! 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