Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition Review
Invading in Dark Souls is an art, and I practice it like a gentleman. You have to pick your spot: somewhere you’re unlikely to be bothered by the victim summoning friends, somewhere with a touch of the unexpected. Somewhere, like the Duke’s Archives, with a bit of class. If the victim is fighting enemies, let them finish. Nothing’s worse than an invader that goes for cheap shots. No respect. When they see you, all red, magnificent, deadly – and this is the important bit – stop to look them right in the eye, then bow. You can always count on a murderer for a fancy duelling style. This is one of the games I play in Dark Souls, and there are many more. Waiting outside of a boss chamber for Summon signs to appear, there’s corpse football. New Londo Ruins is great for this: loosely booting the bodies of dead enemies back and forth, piling up as many as possible near an edge, then sending them all tumbling down at once. Sometimes you meet like-minded souls and spend ages lining up your avatars so they Praise The Sun at the same moment, then prance in unison to celebrate. Sometimes you’ll spend half an hour in a room sprinkling Prism Stones just to watch the world glow. Read more…
