The stylistic mixture of Bloodborne and Dark Souls 1, The organic, entwined world layout, The sly hints about the events of previous games, The enhancements to melee combat
The plunging framerate during bossfights, The lack of real novelty
Dark Souls used to feel like a gigantic trap. Dark Souls 3, for better and for worse, feels like home. The third in the trilogy is bewitching while it lasts, but may not leave you wanting more...
Delicately refined melee mechanics, Gloriously nightmarish beasties, Vast wastes that beg exploration
Hardly a revolution for the franchise, Faint of heart will find little to enjoy, Multiplayer feels out of place
Dark Souls 3 is shaping up to be everything that fans of the series clamour after, but having now spent several hours in its company, I'm left with the same disconnected, empty feeling that Bloodborne and practically all games of this ilk leave me with. I...
I can't help the feeling that Dark Souls 3 multiplayer disregards the game's raison d'être In spite of its merits, I can't help the feeling that Dark Souls III's multiplayer disregards the game's raison d'être. Riding solo is what this game was made for...
Publicerad: 2024-01-12, Författare: Steven , testad av: gamepro.com.au
Sammanfattning: Undoubtedly, FromSoftware stands as a pinnacle in developing some of the finest video games of our generation. Leading this success are some of the best Dark Souls games. In contrast to many other developers, a FromSoftware release resonates like the impa...
Sammanfattning: When Namco Bandai was originally pitched on this series by From Software, you have to wonder what that meeting was like. They wanted to build a game that was incredibly challenging, many players would get so frustrated they would not finish and at every t...
Ultimately, the Dark Souls series is about repetition. Cycles of death, revival, and constant strategic tweaks form an endless loop in which some players thrive and others see nothing but toil. In many ways Dark Souls III also feels like a repeat - its mo...
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Publicerad: 2016-11-23, Författare: Keith , testad av: nzgamer.com
Sammanfattning: FromSoftware have had a good track record with their downloadable offerings. Dark Souls 1, 2, and Bloodborne had extra content that expanded on the story of their respective universes, while offering a stiff challenge that only the most devout followers c...
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Publicerad: 2016-04-08, Författare: Keith , testad av: nzgamer.com
Sammanfattning: Dark Souls III has a lot of weight on its shoulders. Not a lot of people liked Dark Souls II, and Bloodborne's look-and-feel was incredibly divisive amongst the fanbase. So, how does FromSoftware's latest punishingly hard action-RPG hold up?Just fine, as...