Dark Souls continues to consume pretty much all my free time. I must be a masochist and didn’t even know it. I am about 50 hours in and instead of getting tired of it, I am enjoying it more and more. I’m currently addicted to forging weapons.
I only have one serious issue with the game and I am hoping it gets addressed soon with a future patch. There seems to be an occasional “input lag” that occurs far more often than I want it to, usually involving me pressing the R1 button to attack and my character ignoring me and then deciding to attack 2 to 3 seconds later. Except that with combat being how it is in this game (strategic, relying heavily on defense and counter attacking), a 2 to 3 second lag can kill you since you missed your window to attack and are now starting your animation to do so right when your enemy is stabbing you through the face with his weapon. Very, very frustrating and it happens enough to be a problem. Please fix this guys!!!
I have been enjoying Dark Souls so much that I have yet to pick up Arkham City, a game that I am DYING to play! Probably my most anticipated game this year. As a result, I refuse to start playing it until I can give it 100% of my attention. So I am using all my willpower to hold off on it for now.
I did pick up Battlefield 3 last night for the 360. As much as I love Dark Souls, having a second game to play along with it is a good thing, since DS just permeates dread and sorrow and darkness from its every pore, and mixing it up with something else is good for your psyche.
After installing the day 1 patch, the “HD content pack”, and installing both discs to my HDD, I was ready to play about 20 minutes and 15GB later.
I played through the first couple of missions and after having read some pretty abysmal things about the single-player campaign, I found them to be solid enough. The visuals are excellent (as long as they are not compared to the PC version), the controls feel good and the sound is by far the best in the FPS genre. Play this game with headphones (or a great surround set-up) if you can.
I played about 2 multiplayer matches as well and aside from feeling completely overwhelmed and lost (I am new to the Battlefield franchise) the game has potential to get me out of my “I only like CoD online” state of mind. In fact, it already took some steps in that direction since I enjoyed the Rush play-mode a lot more than the Team Deathmatch one I played (the only mode I play in CoD). I think once I get over the growing pains of learning how this multiplayer works, all the ins and outs and intricacies, I can see myself having a great time with it.
I’m still trying to figure out how I am going to juggle Uncharted 3, MW3, and Skyrim next month. Might be ugly. On the wallet and my personal life. Oh, and I gotta squeeze Forza 4 in there eventually. Eventually. One thing is certain, I am playing Arkham City before all those.
Well, maybe . . .
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