The beginning of Dark Souls II is much quieter than its predecessor. This does not mean it’s less dangerous. It begins with a cinematic that tells the story of the land of Drangleic, once flourishing and today completely corrupted by chaos appears as a terrible black whirlwind that recalls the tragedy of Artorias in Dark Souls . Later, you find yourself in a kind of limbo called Things Betwixt, full of crooked roads to nowhere. Finally, you come to a house where witches live covered with red robes, which in the past they were Guardians of the fire. Elderly ask you to remember your name and identity, which causes the character creation screen appears.
There are 8 classes available: warrior, knight, swordsman, bandit, cleric, sorcerer, the famous explorer and dispossessed, starting with absolutely nothing. Of course you can customize the look of your character, although he does not spend much time on it. There are several initial gifts: a ring that increases your energy, mysterious items, like a petrified object like an earring and a gift that promises to completely change the game experience: the Ascetic called Bonfire, which can increase the difficulty enemies that appear near a bonfire.
After creating your character for a misty salts doors to the real world, to the city of Majula, which is the hub of the game, as the Nexus Demon’s Souls or the Shrine of Fire Dark Souls . Majula is a coastal city, covered by a perpetual twilight, full of ruins and decay. Here you can find various characters. The most important is Emerald Herald, a lady with a dark olive colored gown that gives you the Estus flask and claims to be hybrid between human and dragon. It is similar to the black maid in Demon’s Souls.
There is also a warrior named Saulden, which actually appears in the graphic novel, and it’s a bit like the Crestfallen Warrior of Dark Souls , but less annoying and more optimistic. You are invited to covenant the Way of the Blue. There is a blacksmith named Lenigrast, which seems to have the curse of the undead. You’ll find merchants, as the Armorer Maughlin warriors that can help, as Benhart of juice, and a talking cat named Sweet Shalquire, forgiving sins.
From Majula there are many paths to dangerous worlds. For example, you can go to Forest of Fallen Giants, where the gaps and a powerful warriors are giant boss. Although developers ensured that the game would be much easier to navigate, find full underground sections of closed doors and dead ends.
What makes more difficult the new Dark Souls is undoubtedly the fact that your maximum energy decreases with each death and you can be invaded when you’re undead, forcing you to act with extreme caution. Also, the return of the black ghosts that swarm everywhere and in many cases can not be avoided, is another extremely annoying element. Nor is it so easy to make grinding to finish the game, but to alleviate the situation abound recovery items because besides you the Estus flask Life Gems, which are consumable.
There will be dynamic lighting, best visual effects and smooth animations, but we must note that the output of the next-gen, the title on consoles does not look good, so the player buff visuals should expect the PC version and mods to achieve high definition. According to Denny (and this was very important to me), will be comparable with Artorias heads and Ornstein and Smough in difficulty, which is good because the Beta was a bit easy. Unfortunately, there is little information on the new covenants, except for Way of the Blue, a blue ghosts coventant help you with PvP. New Game Plus and replay again promises to be high, as there will be items that will change the place of occurrence of enemies and items. In extent, be greater than that of Dark Souls , which promises hundreds of hours of play, but also incorporates alternate paths, so it is possible to do speedruns and long games.
The feel the start of this game is a false calm that intercepts a hellish and chaotic world. Of the 3 titles in the series, it gives a dreamlike impression, with their crooked ways and doors leading to ocean mist castles bathed in twilight of deceptive beauty. Dark Souls II will give you the experience that will have you playing the game and completing what obstacles are ahead.