Quick Look: Dark Souls II

Well those menus definitely fix one of the big problems I have with this series. Now if the PC version lets you custom bind controller inputs I might give it a try. Still not a huge fan of the overall structure of these games and the repetition inherent to it, though.

@zevvion: It's coming out on April 25th and is up for pre-order on Steam right now.

They're totally restored whenever you visit a bonfire, but if a weapon breaks fully you have to bring it to a blacksmith to repair it and use it again.

@brad The same thing happened with me up that ladder. A crow flew by and a huge dude showed up. I ran away, but when I came back he wasn't there. He's never showed up again and I've been there a ton of times.

Very much hoping the Potato Marshal returns in the upcoming videos.

@zevvion: Yes there is. On steam's page it says April 25th 2014. Same on Greenmangaming also...

I wish I could get into Dark Souls because it sounds fun but I don't have the time to really get good at it.

I'm going to have a hard time not spoiling this game for myself till April 25th...

@shinoadr: 720p native on both consoles this time

So what happens when you lit the fires?

Ah, I didn't know that. Still, that's like 1,5 month. I wouldn't be able to wait that long. I just found out I didn't get it today as I thought. I get it Friday, maybe a bit earlier, and I can barely keep it together. I'll have finished it 3 times before we hit April 25th.

If you mean the spearmen, they can attack while blocking. The player can do this as well, it has been a thing since Demon's Souls, which is one of the reasons spears and other thrusting weapons are very "new player friendly".

Note to @Brad and @Vinny: You can light a torch at the bonfire. You have to press 'Y'/Triangle to swap to that option when at a bonfire. Atleas that was the case during the beta.

@dezztroy: Gotcha, thanks.

Is it just me or does this game look much worse than the two previous ones? Seriously, looks bland and weird!

Yay! Hour and a half Quick Look!

The next Breaking Brad.

Gotcha, I guess it's a more interesting system than the ones in the previous games since durability in Dark Souls was a joke. I hope they balance out the number of enemies and the distance between each bonfires so that breaking equipment is something that is always a risk but doesn't occur often if you are cautious with your attacks.

Well you have three slots for each hand and can carry as much as you want in your bags, so you can always switch stuff around. It's just annoying when weapons have like 20 durability. Found a really powerful whip but I can barely use it before it breaks.

Buy a bunch of repair powder!

@rorie: That's interesting. Maybe that will actually make the rings that slow down the durability loss of a weapon pretty useful in this game though.

The new feature should be called

"Dark Souls II: Um, I think that, I'm not really sure about this, so again, don't just take my word for it but..."

So Brad is dual wielding, but won't parry, won't stagger opponent with a kick and just keeps being afraid and rolling away wasting stamina while equipping a shield and a bow he can't even use. Bravo!

True, but I never equip more than two weapons in each hand because of equip burden (unless they also retooled that as well to accommodate the extra slots) since if I like a weapon I would usually stick with it until the next best thing comes along. Also, I'm not sure if this happened in the previous games but maybe there's a way to increase durability through reinforcement?

@Vinny Caravella was super right about the sword hitting walls and losing durability. Takes a while but resting at a bonfire will fix it unless it breaks which will then need a blacsmith.

sounds like every Brad quick look ever

So would you say this is a good place to start for a newbie or not?

@chose: He's also locking onto every target he can. Hopefully not just those of us who did the network betas October-November know how bad of an idea that is. I will nitpick on that until people learn the true path and start spreading the word.

Also later on, Brad equip a shield and neither of them know the numbers on the right are physical and elemental damage reduction when you block. Seriously? You finished Dark Souls!
And Brad could have dual wield that sword and at least get a 75% dmg reduction in tight spaces instead of freaking out, not to mention the added dmg, just my two cents.

I have this on the way from Gamefly, and I'm not sure if I'm happy about that or not. I only ever played about an hour or two of Demon's Souls. I own Dark Souls and had fun playing, but never actually finished it. I got to a point I wanted to take a break and play something else a bit, but was away from it so long I can't really go back without starting over(which I REALLY don't want to do).

Hopefully, I'll actually be able to finish Dark Souls 2.

poop in the bathtub, it's dark souls 2!!!

Friday can't come any sooner!!!! Praise the Suuuun!!! \[T]/

Brad's playtime at the start of the video: 1:21:16

Quick Look: 1:21:36

Whoa.

Where is the Brad death counter?

@vinny There are no more invincibility frames on back stabs and rolls. That's why you need to animation cancel.

I wish the PC version was out now too :'(

I don't think anything in the QL was presented as information, since they pretty much said upfront "we've played very little of this and we really don't know what the fuck we're doing" (paraphrasing).

I haven't gotten past like the 2nd zombie thing in the stairway in the very beginning of the first Dark Souls, why's there a sequel when I'm not ready!?

It's a Dark Souls game, for all we know, everything is misinformation - it's practically the point of the game.

Er... No, not at all. The Souls games are about giving you very little information and letting you figure out the systems at play, but there is never any direct misinformation.

Man, this entire quick look I wanted to scream "BRAD! YOU HAVE A SHIELD!!!"

ducking and dodging and rolling...

I bought this game day one because of you @vinny and you @brad

"You're the Chosen One!"

God damn it Dark Souls, I played 4 hours+ without being able to level up or has the estus flask...I burned through all my healing at the boss

I don't understand the hype of Dark Souls. It looks like a poor man's version of Skyrim.

@chose: Not all of us are fucking nerds like you.

This is really making it harder to wait for pc release... gahhhhhh

Though I haven't played the other games(just watched the GB videos), this definitely looks polished from a gameplay standpoint, which is great. However, the graphics...I don't know. It kind of seems a lot worse than Dark Souls/Demon Souls. I do think the lighting is a big part of that. Maybe there are some places that look better later on.