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Dark Souls Remastered Collector's Edition Guide
A CLASSIC RETURNS
A remastered classic deserves a remastered guide--this very special update to the official Dark Souls game guide brings everything there is to know about the world of Lordran together in one place. We've expanded every part of our original Dark Souls guide to take advantage of many thousands of hours of play since the game's original release. Expect far more than a reprint! All of the original data and strategies have been expertly updated, and entirely new sections have been added. Whether you're new to this classic game or about to get sucked back in again, you'll die a lot less with this book by your side.
Expanded features
Expanded Walkthrough
A full, beautiful walkthrough of Lordran, including the Artorias of the Abyss expansion areas. The illustrated maps will guarantee that you miss nothing and beautiful 4K screenshots makes this a reference worth holding on to.
New PvP Coverage
Dark Souls Remastered expands PvP so it becomes an even richer experience, so we've added a full chapter to help you dive in to online play and fully understand its arcane intricacies. From the basics to expert-level tactics, this chapter provides the crash course you need to compete against online veterans.
New Boss Strategies
Defeating bosses in Dark Souls is an art all by itself, and one that's been much practiced over the years. All of the original strategies have been expertly updated and we've included new, alternate strategies to show what's possible against these lethal foes.
New Lore Chapter
The lore of Dark Souls has kept its online community gripped for years--from the discovery of the Lord Souls at the dawn of the Age of Fire to the endless nights now seen by man. Presented with in-game sources and quotes, this chronicle is perfect for those diving into the mythology of Dark Souls for the first time or for those who require an organized reference for constructing their own theories.
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A remastered classic deserves a remastered guide--this very special update to the official Dark Souls game guide brings everything there is to know about the world of Lordran together in one place. We've expanded every part of our original Dark Souls guide to take advantage of many thousands of hours of play since the game's original release. Expect far more than a reprint! All of the original data and strategies have been expertly updated, and entirely new sections have been added. Whether you're new to this classic game or about to get sucked back in again, you'll die a lot less with this book by your side.
Expanded features
Expanded Walkthrough
A full, beautiful walkthrough of Lordran, including the Artorias of the Abyss expansion areas. The illustrated maps will guarantee that you miss nothing and beautiful 4K screenshots makes this a reference worth holding on to.
New PvP Coverage
Dark Souls Remastered expands PvP so it becomes an even richer experience, so we've added a full chapter to help you dive in to online play and fully understand its arcane intricacies. From the basics to expert-level tactics, this chapter provides the crash course you need to compete against online veterans.
New Boss Strategies
Defeating bosses in Dark Souls is an art all by itself, and one that's been much practiced over the years. All of the original strategies have been expertly updated and we've included new, alternate strategies to show what's possible against these lethal foes.
New Lore Chapter
The lore of Dark Souls has kept its online community gripped for years--from the discovery of the Lord Souls at the dawn of the Age of Fire to the endless nights now seen by man. Presented with in-game sources and quotes, this chronicle is perfect for those diving into the mythology of Dark Souls for the first time or for those who require an organized reference for constructing their own theories.
***Cover subject to change***
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464 pages, Hardcover
Published May 25, 2018
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February 9, 2019
So what's good? It's beautifully illustrated and prepared for print with generally very good, if inconsistent, print quality (meaning the odd smear and weird artefact in my copy) and good binding. The illustrations are very nice and pop out from the shiny pages, and there are many great screenshots.
However, publishing a video game reference book in 2018 that is essentially in encyclopedia format is a bad call. Generally speaking, encyclopedia format is an outdated concept (feel free to exclude special topics of extreme longevity such as anatomy, or your favourite encyclopedia from that slur). This is my single largest qualm with this edition.
I think there are free wikis online for many subjects that do the encyclopedic format much more justice than a book can. Wikis link information much more efficiently, they get updated regularly, they are constantly scrutinised by many different readers and they are indexed by search engines so you can find that one thing you're looking for in seconds, wherever* you are. (* assumes a working Internet connection).
I guess I was expecting this guide to be structured in a way that shows all the mystery and wonder of Dark Souls, by progressing along with the story and offering maps, item descriptions and insights as they occur. Perhaps work it out so that the minimum amount of spoilers happen as you read, so you can clear an area and then read up on items, enemies and bosses. Even if it didn't gradually unravel with the same complex timing like in the game, it would be a more enjoyable read. I didn't touch the book until I completed the game, and even then there were many more things to discover. But reading a guide this way would take you on a journey through the game so you could revisit all the things you loved about it through this beautiful print. Instead, you get a tedious manifest of all enemies, all items, all spells - list after list of game objects taken out of context. Not at all fun for cover-to-cover reading. As for encyclopedic lookup, I found a couple of errors and missing information immediately while attempting to actually look something up - bummer.
I like a guide to whet my appetite and make me want to replay a favourite game, but this guide isn't particularly successful at that, nor is is a particularly good companion for actually guiding you through the game and looking up information. Hence it's in a bit of a limbo. In this format, it's not particularly a great thing to have, aside from being a "good" shelf decoration*. (* in no universe could I consider any form of shelf decoration, particularly book shelf decoration, to be a good thing)
However, publishing a video game reference book in 2018 that is essentially in encyclopedia format is a bad call. Generally speaking, encyclopedia format is an outdated concept (feel free to exclude special topics of extreme longevity such as anatomy, or your favourite encyclopedia from that slur). This is my single largest qualm with this edition.
I think there are free wikis online for many subjects that do the encyclopedic format much more justice than a book can. Wikis link information much more efficiently, they get updated regularly, they are constantly scrutinised by many different readers and they are indexed by search engines so you can find that one thing you're looking for in seconds, wherever* you are. (* assumes a working Internet connection).
I guess I was expecting this guide to be structured in a way that shows all the mystery and wonder of Dark Souls, by progressing along with the story and offering maps, item descriptions and insights as they occur. Perhaps work it out so that the minimum amount of spoilers happen as you read, so you can clear an area and then read up on items, enemies and bosses. Even if it didn't gradually unravel with the same complex timing like in the game, it would be a more enjoyable read. I didn't touch the book until I completed the game, and even then there were many more things to discover. But reading a guide this way would take you on a journey through the game so you could revisit all the things you loved about it through this beautiful print. Instead, you get a tedious manifest of all enemies, all items, all spells - list after list of game objects taken out of context. Not at all fun for cover-to-cover reading. As for encyclopedic lookup, I found a couple of errors and missing information immediately while attempting to actually look something up - bummer.
I like a guide to whet my appetite and make me want to replay a favourite game, but this guide isn't particularly successful at that, nor is is a particularly good companion for actually guiding you through the game and looking up information. Hence it's in a bit of a limbo. In this format, it's not particularly a great thing to have, aside from being a "good" shelf decoration*. (* in no universe could I consider any form of shelf decoration, particularly book shelf decoration, to be a good thing)
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