2011's Dark Souls took the gameplay formula created in Demon's Souls and ran wild with it, creating one of the best and most influential games of the Xbox 360 and PS3 generation. Dark Souls II ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In Dark Souls, each of your character's eight statistics determines your overall level. Instead of being limited to the RPG norm of level 99, you can ...

Walk through the winding woods and pick up items on your way to a showdown with Scorpioness Najka. Now speak with Rosabeth for a Prism Stone and she’ll open a pyromancy store if you continue the ...

Player of "Dark Souls" may probably only have a vague sense of what the overall goal is. When you start encountering NPCs with their own quests, most of which are more cryptic that your own encounter, ...

This may be a small location but it’s infested with rats. Use the Pharro’s Lockstone, defeat the Rodents of Unusual Size and the Royal Rat Vanguard. Go through the entrance and kill the two zombies as ...

Firelink Edition is a mod for Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin that transforms the experience from top to bottom.

This is your first task in Dark Souls upon arriving in Lordran. There are two bells. One at the top, and one at the depths of world you’re in. The crestfallen warrior tells you to ring them both and… ...

Over a decade after its release, Dark Souls II still deserves more respect from fans.

Character Stats In Dark Souls, each of your character's eight statistics determines your overall level. Instead of being limited to the RPG norm of level 99, you can gain upwards of 700 levels. You ...

Dark Souls II is the most device entry to the Soulsborne series. Among other issues, many criticize the game for its influx of bosses to kill and areas to traverse, claiming that it waters-down the ...