Dark Souls II features a new hero, a new storyline, and an unfamiliar world for players to survive in while delivering its signature brand of unrelenting punishment that players hunger for. Epic battles with gruesome enemies and blood-thirsty bosses await adventurers as they traverse through a devastated world filled with death and despair; only those who are strong willed or cunning can survive this journey to achieve great glory. Players seeking to share their experience will discover a revamped server-based multiplayer mode that puts a distinct Dark Souls II twist on the concept of playing with others.

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Dark Souls II

Dark Souls II

System Requirements

OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8
Processor: Intel® CoreTM i3 2100 3.10GHz or AMD® A8 3870K 3.0GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 or ATI Radeon™ HD 6870 or higher
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 15 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9 sound device
Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended

Minimum

OS: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8
Processor: AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core ™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT, ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 12 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9 sound device
Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended

Downloadable Contents (DLCs)

Other Games of the Series

Dark Souls Remastered

Dark Souls III

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

Gamer Reviews

25632 Reviews

8.76

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0 review

Konrad Kowalski

Nov 20, 2021

7.50

mixaliss13

Nov 6, 2021

9.00

4sh1r4d

Jul 23, 2021

8.00

Samad Karim

Sep 4, 2021

10.00

Mateus Santana

May 15, 2021

8.50

Aggregate Gamer Reviews

Critic Reviews

31 Reviews

8.82

Hardcore Gamer

9.00

Adam Beck—Apr 24, 2014

If you decided to wait for the PC version of Dark Souls II before jumping in, you’ve made the right decision. It’s not leaps and bounds better than its console counterpart, but the graphical enhancements aid the immersion. When walking through the darkness, you’ll barely be able to see what’s in front of you and just the subtle nuances the higher resolution and textures allows us to better see, all accumulate to the definitive experience. It’s a significantly better attempt than From Software’s first PC port, but there definitely are some things that need to be worked out.

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PC Gamer

9.10

Cory Banks—Apr 25, 2014

Dark Souls was a brilliant game that didn't explain itself well. Many new players were frustrated even by the tutorial because the game didn't teach its secrets to them. Dark Souls 2 fixes that by giving you way more information about its items, skills, and world, liberating its designers to create even more complex challenges. It is more accessible for new players, but not at the expense of being brutal—I've died more than 150 times in 60 hours.

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MMORPG

8.00

Pete Schwab—Apr 24, 2014

This game is art in the good and bad sense of the word. It represents some of the best things that video games have to offer: at its most immersive, it offers a beautifully and thoughtfully rendered world to be explored that reveals itself not just through what is seen on the screen, but through the brutal and challenging experiences the player guides the in-game avatar through. The negative part of that is that the story of the game and the motivations and reasonings behind what is happening are obscure and unclear.

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