Code Vein 2 is Dark Souls through an anime lens, and one surprisingly emotional dungeon proves Bandai Namco has raised the stakes

Bandai Namco has developer FromSoftware's Elden Ring and Dark Souls franchises under its wing, but that hasn't stopped the ...
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One Dark Souls 2 Boss Shouldn't Go to Waste

Liam has been a Features writer for Game Rant since 2021. He's a life-long gaming enthusiast, and started covering game news in 2019. Liam has a preference for melee-focused action games, and enjoys ...
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Covetous Demon Impacts Dark Souls 2’s Meta More Than the Boss Roster

Jared Carvalho is a Contributor from the United States and a longtime fan of video games, having started the hobby with a SNES when he was six and never looking back since. He often finds himself ...

Playing Code Vein 2 made me wonder why more soulslikes don't have guns, even if I could do with a bit less anime melodrama

Aside from its proper noun-heavy time travel anime plotting, Code Vein 2 is a soulslike hyperfocused on layered combat ...
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Elden Ring 2 can't repeat Dark Souls 2's greatest mistakes

Dark Souls 2's critical reception was extremely positive at launch in 2014. Today, however, you'd think the opposite based on recurring discussions about FromSoftware's oeuvre. With Elden Ring and its ...
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Dark Souls 2 cut content includes a giant enemy crab wearing a castle tower as a shell which you could enter from above for massive damage

Dark Souls 2 is widely considered the "worst" Dark Souls game, which is not only wrong (that distinction goes to the greatest hits listlessness of Dark Souls 3) but ignores the fact that it could have ...
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Dark Souls 2 Mod Revitalizes Co-op, Forging New Bonds in Drangleic

FromSoftware is notorious for its strict multiplayer conditions. Traditional Soulsborne co-op is often accompanied by a monotonous process, leaving players discouraged and deterred by its lengthy ...
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Dark Souls 2 speedrunner was "on the cusp of a World's First" hitless saxophone run – right until he walked into a death pit in the middle of the final boss room

Death, taxes, and someone demolishing a Dark Souls game in a really weird way to make you feel like a stupid scrub for struggling with a controller – these are the three constants in life. However, we ...