DARK SOULS - Prepare to Die trailer, on Steam, DLC coming to consoles!

[Ehres]

shamdeo stop triple posting you troll

[Professor Ven]

JOOOLLLLYYY COOOPEERRRAAATTIIOOOOONNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!

[Keyblader!]

Darn, now I have to buy this game again.

[Orion]

New Dark Souls content is

Gotta say, I'm really happy they're expanding on Oolacile and Artorias. If they're including Gough, I wonder if Ciaran is going to show up as an NPC as well (asuming she's still alive). It would make since b/c Ciaran was supposedly hunting Artorias for "making a covenant with the beasts of the abyss." I also wonder how the new areas will connect to the current map (through the forest I'm guessing) and whether or not we'll see any new covenants.

inb4 the DLC will have a use for the pendant

Damn, if all this is actually included I'm really impressed, and thankful besides. I'll be damned if a quick-matching system wasn't badly needed, and some further interaction/backstory with Artorias wasn't wanted.

[Vanitas666]

New Dark Souls content is

Gotta say, I'm really happy they're expanding on Oolacile and Artorias. If they're including Gough, I wonder if Ciaran is going to show up as an NPC as well (asuming she's still alive). It would make since b/c Ciaran was supposedly hunting Artorias for "making a covenant with the beasts of the abyss." I also wonder how the new areas will connect to the current map (through the forest I'm guessing) and whether or not we'll see any new covenants.

inb4 the DLC will have a use for the pendant

who was Ciaran? the girl by the hydra?
anyway, can't wait for dlc. or I guess I can because I have so many games to play but still

[Ordeith]

I hope this new content sheds some light on the nature of Artorias' covenant with Kaathe--whether it was a necessary evil for the sealing of the Four Kings, or whether Artorias truly fell from grace.

The presence of the "Oolacile Tomb" area confirms that the Darkroot Garden is indeed the land of Oolacile, or at least one of its colonies.

who was Ciaran? the girl by the hydra?
anyway, can't wait for dlc. or I guess I can because I have so many games to play but still

She was one of Gwyn's four captains, and her corpse can be found resting on Artorias' headstone.

[Orion]

Unfortunately, it seems it's going to done on Games For Windows Live, which is probably one of the most horrible online distribution and DRM services - updates delayed by months thanks to Microsoft review requirements, regular corruption of save files, no anti-cheat protection, and more.

That, and I keep hearing that the PC content will be PC-exclusive. In both these decisions, it sounds like it's the publisher and not the developer pulling the strings. From would want their game to be on a good platform and any additional content to be available to the whole of the audience, since pretty much every DaS player is by definition a core player.

[Ordeith]

If enough PC versions are purchased, I think Namco-Bandai would be open to another fan petition, this time for console DLC. The platform choice, however, could hamper this...

At this point, I reserve my judgments for the actual release of Prepare to Die Edition.

[Apostle]

I hope this new content sheds some light on the nature of Artorias' covenant with Kaathe--whether it was a necessary evil for the sealing of the Four Kings, or whether Artorias truly fell from grace.

His ring states that "he made a covenant with the beasts of the abyss in order to hunt the darkwraiths." So it's possible that as other people have speculated he joined the darkwraiths as sort of a double-agent, trying to fight it while being a member. I have no idea how he became what the expansion depicts him as, though. Possibly corrupted by the darkness, or he became undead (if he wasn't already, I have no idea) and hollowed.

I can't wait to get in his armor though, lord knows I'll be doing some serious cosPvP as Artorias. I'm also curious what other armor sets we'll get, probably Gough's, and I'm still hoping for some more information on Ciaran besides just knowing she exists through item descriptions.

The presence of the "Oolacile Tomb" area confirms that the Darkroot Garden is indeed the land of Oolacile, or at least one of its colonies.

She was one of Gwyn's four captains, and her corpse can be found resting on Artorias' headstone.

Totally forgot that her ring was found on a corpse, yeah doesn't look like she'll be making an appearance as an NPC.

The enchanted ember is "a vestige of the lost land of Oolacile" , and it was found in the ruins at Darkroot, which was pretty solid evidence before that darkroot area most likely=lost land of Oolacile, but yeah looks like there's confirmation now.

[.Oji]

Unfortunately, it seems it's going to done on Games For Windows Live, which is probably one of the most horrible online distribution and DRM services - updates delayed by months thanks to Microsoft review requirements, regular corruption of save files, no anti-cheat protection, and more.

Awful. That may very well be a deal breaker for me. I suppose I could understand the reasoning behind going with GFWL (so that they can port over their Xbox netcode, I guess), but yeah... that might just be too hardcore for me.

Edit: Looks like there's already a petition to get rid of GFWL.

[Orion]

Spotted that petition, and signed it a couple of hours ago. Thanks for posting it here, too.

[Vanitas666]

She was one of Gwyn's four captains, and her corpse can be found resting on Artorias' headstone.

ok, I have to read more on the items lore. I love this game but if anyone who have played the game where to question me on the story, I probably can't answer it

[Ordeith]

Just dropping off the box art, which features our first clear look at Sir Artorias (art book disregarded): http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikk...ie-edition.jpg

EDIT: Artorias Close-Up

[Orion]

In looking for interesting ways to play the game (with particular styles or limitations, mainly) I've come across this concept, and will be implementing it as soon as possible with a Fire+10 or Lightning+5 Bandit's Knife.



I'm also gonna make another build, where I make a game of terrifying newcomers in the Burg and Parish. Going to dress in Darkwraith helmet, Black Gold-Hemmed cloak/chestpiece, the corresponding leggings or those from the pardoner guy, plus his gloves. I'm thinking of going with a shotel because it can ignore shields, and upgrade it with some non-lightning elemental effect. In the other hand I'll have a Pyromancy Flame with the various poison pyro's as well as iron flesh. I won't actively chase after people. Instead I'm simply going to walk after them, letting them think they can run away to safety, but eventually get them.

[Zenkure]

prepare to die while trying to play with gfwl o3o