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Updated 4/24/14 – scroll to bottom for full PC impressions. During my 54 hours with Dark Souls 2, I died 226 times. I know this courtesy of a worldwide death counter. But every time I took an axe to the face, or got murdered by somersaulting zombies, or mistakenly cartwheeled …

This optional boss in the Iron Keep is sure to give you a bit of a tough time. During two separate parts of the fight, he powers up and becomes even stronger. The first is when his chest erupts in flames, the second when he lights his sword on fire, …

Three-on-one doesn’t seem like a fair fight, but we’ll show you how to turn the Ruin Sentinels boss fight into a cake walk. The trick is to fight them one at a time. Kill the first one on the platform you start on, then wait for the second one to …

As with The Lost Sinner (opens in new tab) boss encounter, Mytha the Baneful Queen is much easier with a bit of prep work. If you’ve tried to fight her already, you may have noticed her room is full of poison, which a) heals her and b) makes staying alive …

Anyone who has played the original Dark Souls will find Scorpioness Najka looks a wee bit familiar–she’s basically a scorpion version of Chaos Witch Quelaag. In practice, her attacks are fairly easy to dodge. If you keep your distance, she’ll cast soul arrow-esque magic spells your way, some of which …

You don’t have to go it alone in Dark Souls 2–if you’ve read our Dark Souls 2 review (opens in new tab), you’ll know that covenants have returned. These lovely alliances let you join and rank up based on certain criteria. Some covenants are about helping others, and some are …

Here’s a familiar face. The iconic Dark Souls boss Ornstein apparently has a twin brother who simply goes by Old Dragonslayer, and he’s here to make you hate your life in Dark Souls 2. But there’s no need to fear, this familiar boss simply requires familiar tactics to defeat. That …

“Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances!” That defeatist line was blurted out by the master of human-cyborg relations himself, C-3PO, when he and his cohorts were backed into a corner. And despite his panicked cowardice in that moment, I think the golden droid had a pretty good …