These are merely suggestions, however, as you are given complete freedom in how you choose to shape your character. The game opens with a character customization screen and offers a handful of starting classes to choose from. Dark Souls II combines the Castlevania-style open world of its predecessor with the progression and warp capabilities of Demon’s Souls. Instead of Lordran, the knight will travel to the decaying, war torn realm of Drangleic in a quest to seek out its King and hopefully remove the curse, slaying all manner of beasts and monsters along the way.įrom Software veterans won’t need much of an introduction as to what makes the game work. Set in the same world as the original Dark Souls, you’ll take up the sword as an unnamed knight inflicted with the Darksign, a curse that grants a twisted form of immorality in which the bearer must consume souls lest they grow mad and turn into a Hollow. Elements that were easily taken for granted, like soul farming and enemy intelligence, have been modified in order to shake the player’s reliance and faith. In fact, new mechanics and tweaks to pre-existing systems introduce a different set of challenges that make the game more difficult than its predecessor. The definitive Dark Souls experience has not been diminished in the sequel.
