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Dark Souls

Game » consists of 8 releases. First released on Oct 04, 2011

Dark Souls is the sequel to highly punishing 2009 action-RPG Demon's Souls.

Dark Souls' Japanese box art revealed.

#1 Posted by Icemael (6099 posts) - 2 years, 2 hours ago

And it's awesome:

More games need nice covers. I hope they use this in the West... the first game's Western box art was shit compared to the Japanese.
#2 Posted by luce (4045 posts) - 2 years, 2 hours ago


I like this better. Thats just me though. The jap cover looks great aswell
#3 Posted by GetEveryone (4448 posts) - 2 years, 2 hours ago

I actually think the second one looks slightly better as a cover, but I like the idea of the first one more.


Along with Skyrim, DH:HR, Batman and this I'm going to have a pretty hard time of it later in the year.
#4 Posted by Icemael (6099 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago
@Icemael: I hadn't seen the American cover before. It's pretty boring, I think... just a menacing dude holding a weapon on a one-colour background. The Japanese one sets up an atmosphere: a tired warrior rests after a long, tough day of fighting, taking refuge in the sanctuary offered by a lone, sparking fire surrounded by ruins shrouded in darkness...
#5 Posted by Hailinel (18077 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago
@Icemael said:
@Icemael: I hadn't seen the American cover before. It's pretty boring, I think... just a menacing dude holding a weapon on a one-colour background. The Japanese one sets up an atmosphere: a tired warrior rests after a long, tough day of fighting, taking refuge in the sanctuary offered by a lone, sparking fire surrounded by ruins shrouded in darkness...
I don't think that's a real cover.

1.  Dark Souls hasn't been rated by the ESRB yet.
2.  Since when was Atlus publishing it?
#6 Posted by PrivateIronTFU (3874 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

Most of the time I don't care for Japanese box art. There's either way too much going on, or way too little. But I really like this one.

#7 Posted by BulletproofMonk (2660 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

That looks really nice. I hope it's the real thing.

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#8 Posted by RandomInternetUser (6779 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

I like that a bunch.  I really didn't like the first game's cover.  Looked very generic.

#9 Posted by McGhee (5323 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

Nothing says death and despair like having your crotch set on fire.

#10 Posted by Freddie_Bert (42 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

I really like both oddly enough, both are simple and to the point of the game. First one evokes more of a Demon's Souls kind of feeling than the other one though, at least to me.

#11 Posted by xombi242 (166 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago
@luce: Atlus isn't publishing it. Dark Souls is now a Namco Joint just like it's European predecessor.
#12 Posted by xyzygy (8596 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

I don't like the Japanese one because of how it's the back of a guy. I really, really like the one luce posted though.

#13 Posted by Tru3_Blu3 (2981 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

Continuing forward is terrifying and difficult. I makes you feel for the man in the cover.

#14 Posted by mordukai (7001 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago

Now lets just see how they'll hack the NA box art.

#15 Posted by StealthRaptor (484 posts) - 2 years, 1 hour ago
I am really loving that cover.
#16 Posted by iDarktread (1206 posts) - 2 years, 49 minutes ago

Game of the year.

#17 Posted by Chop (1707 posts) - 2 years, 42 minutes ago

That cover is incredible but I bet it gets changed for NA. I don't know why but apparently we need very clear characters plastered on our cases instead of just atmosphere. 

#18 Posted by CrimsonNoir (380 posts) - 2 years, 36 minutes ago

digging the japanese cover, i appreciate their restraint and their decision to go with something more pensive.

#19 Posted by eroticfishcake (7745 posts) - 2 years, 31 minutes ago

Oooh, both of them are looking purty! Though I am rather curious what the box art for the NA/EU versions will be like.

#20 Posted by SeriouslyNow (8532 posts) - 2 years, 21 minutes ago

Dark Samurai Souls.

#21 Posted by wealllikepie (746 posts) - 2 years, 20 minutes ago

i like how even the font they use for the title is the same as demons souls

#22 Posted by McShank (1432 posts) - 2 years, 17 minutes ago

Why do people need a Creative cover? I would be fine if it was black with white letters across saying Dark Souls since this is not a game about fancy shiny things.

#23 Posted by Quacktastic (1066 posts) - 2 years, 13 minutes ago

Not dead on the cover, no sale.


Can't wait.

#24 Posted by Hzaife (160 posts) - 2 years, 11 minutes ago

Id be happy with either of them

#25 Posted by Kyle (2317 posts) - 2 years, 11 minutes ago

That's a pretty good cover. No fucking way in hell they'll use it for North America, but we all know that... Shame.

#26 Posted by NoeinJ (45 posts) - 2 years, 10 minutes ago

Cool looking cover.

#27 Edited by Icemael (6099 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@Hailinel said:

I don't think that's a real cover.

1.  Dark Souls hasn't been rated by the ESRB yet.

2.  Since when was Atlus publishing it?

It is the European Limited Edition cover, at least. Except with the title in the middle of the picture instead of at the top.
#28 Posted by luce (4045 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@xombi242 said:
@luce: Atlus isn't publishing it. Dark Souls is now a Namco Joint just like it's European predecessor.
I know that. Just found the boxart on google and thought it looked better
#29 Posted by Icemael (6099 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

The art on the European Limited Edition plastic box (as opposed to the cardboard one, which I linked to earlier) can be seen in this picture. It's very nice (though not quite as good as the Japanese version's art, I think). Much better than what's on the cardboard box.

#30 Edited by Yummylee (18138 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

All the boxarts I've seen for this are better than all of Demon's Souls, so no matter which one I find myself with they're making progress all the same.

#31 Posted by Cabbage_TheMan (240 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@McShank said:
Why do people need a Creative cover? I would be fine if it was black with white letters across saying Dark Souls since this is not a game about fancy shiny things.
I think that's why both of the covers posted here are really good.  I like the first one because it gives me the sense that shit's about to go down.
#32 Posted by jkuc316 (981 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

First one should be at the back of the box, and the 2nd as the cover

#33 Posted by Nate (645 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@McGhee_the_Insomniac said:
Nothing says death and despair like having your crotch set on fire.
LOL. Priceless. That should be the tagline for sure.
#34 Posted by Timing (486 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Welp, looks like the Western one isn't nearly as cool:

Though the limited edition one is a lot better:
See also the new pre-order image.
#35 Posted by Aleryn (626 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

Very nice, the Japanese one.  Would be cool if they used it in the west.  Or print the Japanese one underneath the Western one, so you can swap it.

#36 Posted by sagesebas (2001 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago

@luce:

that is fucking sexy

#37 Posted by Icemael (6099 posts) - 1 year, 11 months ago
@Timing: The limited edition art looks all right, but the regular edition... ugh.
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