Dark Souls II Isn't All About Death, Says Uplifting Trailer

Ugh, terrible.

Greatness Awaits!

OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Wait, what?

I thought by the end of this they were going to cut to a white screen with the 5 rings and the narrator will say "Atlas is a proud sponsor of the winter Olympics"

Only thing im starting to wonder in these games is that it takes one man to beat giant dragon lol

Brad needs to hear this!

Or maybe not.

Also, I do not understand why this trailer. Pat is on to something in the second part of his statement there. Dark souls wasn't that hard. Though again, lets see what a new snow start is like.

Could've fooled me!

This trailer was suppose to be kind of a joke, right?

"This is about doing what you were meant to do", then a quick shot of the Dark Lord ending. Interesting...

Terrible trailer, kept waiting for that announcer to break into some smooth jazz.

We like our Dark Souls f*&^ed up and freaky.

That was the best Gatorade commercial i've ever seen, had dragons and everything!

I have to wonder if this some ultra-fast response to this thing:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/132358-Fox-News-Links-Dark-Souls-to-Craigslist-Killer

"We're talking about a girl at age 13, 14,15, after being part of one murder, going on and completing another 20-something murders," he said. "We do know that she has an affinity for the fantasy game called Dark Souls, which is a very dark, death-laden video game that's on PlayStation and other kinds of video-type things where there's a lot of killing involved."

Read more at http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/132358-Fox-News-Links-Dark-Souls-to-Craigslist-Killer#mbacxkjY43X0tz5W.99

I have the sudden urge to join the military.

I would play dark souls uno! sounds easier than dark souls.

This is an absolutely horrible trailer.

I liked the trailer, we've already seen a ton of stuff and this showed the continuity with Dark Souls 1. I know it's supposed to be in a different part of the world, completely separate and everything, but I do like them saying "GJ on making it, now time for a new challenge?" Also more importantly, I think this trailer suggests that the Black Iron armour's in the game, and definitely the Elite Knight armour is in the game and looks like the Dark Souls 1 version.

Cheesy as hell, but at least it doesn't create the impression that the marketing department only heard about the games difficulty, as with Dark Souls 1 where we ended up with the GOTY edition being called "Prepare to Die". YO BRO, THIS GAME IS HARD AS BALLS, AND THATS ABOUT IT TO THE GAME. ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH?

What's with that early access content bullshit(note: I'm getting this Day 1 and I still hate that stuff)?

Coors.
EDIT: Now I want to pre-order the collector's edition again, but I'm too embarrassed to do so since I already did it and canceled twice. What will the Amazon.com people think of me?!

I just wish they'd come back to the original Black Knight design of Demon's Souls, if there still are Dark Knights in the game that is.

That is a pretty cheesy trailer, but as I slowly make my way through Dark Souls 1 for the first time, I could certainly use more of this kind of encouragement.. I like it!

Beating the Stray Demon was definitely that kind of experience - I died at least 10 times on that fight, but each time I learned from my mistakes, and when I did finally beat it I managed to do so without taking a single point of damage from any of his attacks (just the fall damage at the start of the encounter). That felt so good!

I AM MEANT TO PLAY VIDEOGAMES! WAAAAAAAAAARRRGH!!

On a serious note, yeah this trailer is exactly what Dark Souls is. Much better portrayal of the game's concept than 'Prepare to Die' ever was. I agree with Patrick. This is a lot more accurate.

@beefygrandmole: Thanks Picard. Can't wait!!!

March 14th is the European release date, they still haven't announced the PC release yet. The black armor edition comes with access to some weapons and shields near the start of the game that are all in areas later in the game.

Yeah. I imagine the the quotes playing while a knight character ties some chains around Quelaag's neck and hooks them to the tow ball proceeding to drag the boss to the bonfire. All while some cheesy rock is playing in the background.

Boy I sure hope you're right, because that trailer made me feel apprehensive and worried about my preorder.

Not enough to cancel, though. God damn From you've got me in your skinnerbox and I can't get out.

Lombardi played Dark Souls motherfuckers. Also wtf spoilers, fire enchant works on fire breathing dragon.

Meant to be the dark lord perhaps?

Aw, I actually thought that was a pretty cute trailer. Serves as more of an overall series trailer than one for DS2, but it totally got me excited for DS2.

Dark Souls 2: Prepare to die again for the savings on these Ford Trucks!

Ha!

I can't believe no one has made any mention of the breaking revelation in this trailer. Dark Lord ending confirmed as the one true path. Eventually the flames would fade and even if you linked the fire someone would eventually come to put and end to it.

ok so why is it saying March 14th? is this the pc release date? and whats with those early access items?

If I ever see a game trailer with that tagline, I'm buying it without a second thought.

Also, just in terms of how the narrator describes the Souls series, this is probably one of the most accurate summations I have ever heard.

"This isn't about death, this is about what you learn from death."

That is a weird trailer.

But that collectors edition sure looks spiffy!

At this point they could release a video of Randy Newman singing about collecting souls and I would buy it

Weird.

wait am i supposed to buy the game or sign up for the marines???

#Believe 2014

Also, I nominate this for Dead island Trailer award of 2014. There is no way that the game will make you feel the same way this trailer did, and this is just to invoke that emotion.

I'm at the end of ng+ in Dark Souls trying to get all the achievements and I still discover new items and stuff I didn't know about. Can't wait for DS2.

Why do we fall, Mister Wayne?!!

Really disappointed he didn't say "This isn't about death, it's about LIFE."

wow, that was kind of terrible.. no?
I felt like it was gonna turn into a sports game in the middle of it...
But whatever! I can't wait.

The trailer was totally cheesy, but it's nice to see them not overplay the "you're going to die all the time because the game is uber hard" angle for once.

@tesla: The first two games are not technically related, this one is more overt.

Well..the Dark Souls 1 stuff, is weird and makes this seem fan made, but I didn't hate it.

Not a very good trailer, but the amount of footage from the first game I find more interesting than anything. As far as I know there haven't been any overt references to the links between the two games, and to me this trailer suggests that at the very least those links exist.

Or maybe it's just a lazy trailer. Even so I was feeling the dual wielding axe charge.

Dark Souls 2 is sending a warning to all the linear cinephile games!

I wanna slay a drake too! Come on March, bring me your goodness!