Dark Souls II
Dark Souls II is an action role-playing game set in the kingdom of Drangleic. Players control the Bearer of the Curse, navigating a dark, interconnected world filled with challenging enemies and complex boss…
Dark Souls II is an adventure developed by FromSoftware, released 11 March 2014 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 60.1 hrs to finish.
What Dark Souls II is
Dark Souls II is an adventure game developed by FromSoftware and released in 2014. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Proprietary Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The kingdom of Drangleic, once prosperous under King Vendrick, has crumbled over the ages. War between humans and giants, the king's unexplained disappearance, and the spreading Undead Curse have reduced the land to ruin. The player takes the role of an undead traveler who arrives in Drangleic seeking a cure for their affliction, drawn by the faint hope that something in this decaying kingdom might reverse the curse that condemns them to an endless cycle of death and hollowing.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 38 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Dark Souls series
Dark Souls II is the seventh of 25 entries we hold in the Dark Souls series. The next entry was Dark Souls II: Collector's Edition in 2014. Its critic score of 90 is 5 points above the series average of 85. The highest-rated entry is Dark Souls at 91.
How it was received
Dark Souls II holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 870 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 60.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 87.8 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core ™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT, ATI Radeon™ HD 5870. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Dark Souls II launched on 11 March 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls and Titanfall. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Hearthstone, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Titanfall.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dark Souls II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Characters
All 30
Dlc
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