Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
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New take in the Souls series. This time players are offered to overcome the immense difficulties in the kingdom of Drangleic. On the way to becoming human again, the hero must obtain a few greater souls. Gamers will experience player versus environment as well as player versus player gameplay using dedicated server technology. Invite your friends, fight your foes and survive your way through harsh medieval fantasy land.
The game shares with the first installment in the series the engine and game universe but is not connected in terms of story. Known for its difficulty the game offers players unbeatable challenge. Bad play is severely punished by the game: each time player dies game protagonist loses a bit of maximum health just like in Demon’s Souls.
Scholar of the First Sin bundles all previous DLCs for Dark Souls II as well as visual upgrades, new features and content.
System requirements for PlayStation 4
System requirements for Xbox One
System requirements for PC
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit
- Processor: AMD® A8 3870 3,6 Ghz or Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 3.1Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 465 / ATI Radeon TM HD 6870
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 23 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit
- Processor: AMD® FX 8150 3.6 GHz or Intel® Core™ i7 2600 3.4 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750, ATI Radeon™ HD 7850
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 23 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin reviews and comments
Worldbuilding and storytelling in particular are leaps and bounds better than Dark Souls 1 and 3. DS2 has a much more cohesive world and memorable characters, as well as a more clear/direct story. It feels a lot more like a Metroidvania. I also enjoyed the increased build variety that Dark Souls 2 has on display. The increased freedom features tons of different movesets dependent on stat requirements, dual-wielding, "power stance", 1-handed, 2-handed, weapon types, unique weapon abilities, etc.
Dark Souls 2's originality and willingness to break the conventions established in DS1 are what makes it a good game, if a bit controversial. It still features the fantastic enemy design, boss design, and music that the original had, only better. However, it might not fare well when the community inevitably dies off and you have no one to summon for those hard boss fights. Many of them, DLC in particular, are tuned for multiplayer play.
Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
On the counterpart, it really is too injust and tiresome at (many) times, especially on some parts of the DLCs, that are purely hard for the sake of difficulty with no balance at all.