Dark Souls

Dark Souls was released in Japan, North America and Europe. Target Audience I would say that the target audience for Dark Souls is 16_+ to around 25 year old males that like dark fantasy and medieval themes, and like challenging content. Regions Released In Dark Souls was released in Japan, North America and Europe.

Dark Souls is rated Pegi 16 and Mature 17+ for Esrb ESRB and PEGI Ratings Dark Souls is rated Pegi 16 and Mature 17+ for Esrb

Game Mechanics The game is an action rpg, it features fast paced combat with an emphasis on learning the enemies attack pattern and adapting your playstyle to it. It includes dodge rolling, which allows the player a few invincibility frames when they roll. The leveling system includes different attributes that the player can choose to level up, affecting their playstyle. Takes place in a large open world environment that is connected by the central hub called Firelink Shrine. Players can freely explore the world, but certain areas require prerequisites and levels to be gained. The player is encouraged to learn from past mistakes – mostly dying. The games currency is Souls, which are earned from defeating enemies, and can be used to level up the players stats, increasing their level with each point spent, at bonfires. There are 8 stats: Vitality, Attunement, Endurance, Strength, Dexterity, Resistance, Intelligence and Faith. Souls are lost upon death and can be recovered by going to the location that the player died. Souls are permanently lost if the player dies before that. Bonfires are scattered through the games world, these act as checkpoints, when a player activates one and rests at it they will respawn there upon dying. They also refill the players Estus Flask, an item used to heal. Additionaly, upon resting at a bonfire enemies in the surrounding area will respawn, excluding bosses. The player can either be hollowed - when they appear as undead which happens when they die, or be in human form. When in human form, the online features of the game are unlocked, allowing the player to summon up to 3 allies and be invaded by other players – where an enemy player enters the hosts world with the intention to kill them. One humanity, a secondary currency, is required to reverse the hollowing and become human. Communication is deliberately limited, there is no voice chat in the game and the only communication is via messages written on the floor. There are challenging bosses that the player must defeat in order to proceed – the game has a reputation of being difficult to play and complete.

Competitors Dark Soul’s competitors feature some of the other action rpgs, such as skyrim, the witcher, Borderlands, Fallout, Diablo and Deus Ex