Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a good investment for new players, collectors, and for people that want to be able to play this game years from now without hassle. Your old save file will work if you have the original btw. This game has top of the line graphics, popular multiplayer, and incredible player vs enemy. This game is not considered easy by some people. I personally thought that bloodborne was less difficult for melee combat because you can dodge faster in bloodborne. Spell casters at a certain point in Dark souls 3 have an advantage in players vs enemy. Spells make Dark souls 3 pretty simple for some players. The PvP community is popular at all levels but levels 80 to 160 seem optimal. The bosses and areas have a lot of replay value. New game plus offers a boost to the enemies up until around NG+7. The online multiplayer can be fun when helping others get further into the game. The spells are pretty cool looking, and especially the new DLC spells. The DLC weapons and their weapon arts are fun to use and effective as well. This makes the game fun again for experienced players. You have a decent amount of bosses and content with the new DLC. There are new PVP arenas for people interested in player vs player. The new bosses are aesthetically pleasing and the music is beautifully done. Expect multiple boss phases as usual, and possibly a higher difficulty. The DLC bosses weapons are pretty fun, but the weapons dropped from npcs and found are even better in some cases. The armor sets look awesome.

If you are a fan of the Souls series or even if you're not a fan, this is the game to get to experience Dark Souls. The Fire Fades not only includes the base game but includes 2 DLC packs that are amazing editions to the game. My favorite is The Ringed City DLC which not offers a great challenge to newcomers and veterans alike, but it is full of great bosses, new enemies, and secret locations. The online component to DS3 is often underrated as DS3 has a great PVP system, even in 2018, that will keep you coming back for more. This edition is the ultimate edition to get and you will not regret the purchase.

This entry to Souls series is up there with the best of them. The transition in terms of gameplay from Souls to Bloodborne was jarring, however, going from BB to DS3 was smoother than I had expected. The gameplay, at its heart, is what you would expect from a Souls game, but the pacing in combat takes a few queues from Bloodborne with its faster than normal DS combat and seemingly quick transition from strike to strike. The world design is leaps better than DS2 with a feeling that a world was created and not a bunch of individual levels tied together in a mishmash. The world is not as interconnected as DS1 with areas looping around on each other, but that hasn't bothered me much as it reminds, in a sense, of Demon's Souls. Overall, a fantastic game and one any fan of the series should get.

The game itself is great, it's even more awesome with all the DLCs included. Dark Souls 3 still retains what makes Dark Souls amazing: difficult, but fair and very rewarding once you win.

A game should be somewhat challenging. There are many rpg's out there that the average Joe passes in less than a week. But not this bad boy, not Dark Souls! This game is known to break the streaks of overnight finishers. People have cried at the difficulty of this series, & that's what makes it great. This is great gaming, and if you can hang, your a great gamer to accept the challenge of Dark Souls!

This is a great edition to a great. Dark souls 3 is a challenging, action RPG that is packed with tough enemies, incredible boss fights and memorable locations. The Fire Fades includes not only the base game but also the the docs Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City, both of which add new locations, weapons, enemies and well designed tough bosses. All in all, the fire fades edition is an amazing send off to a spectacular franchise. If you are a dark souls fan and you have not played dark souls 3, definitely recommend you pick this up. You'll love it.

DSIII is one of the most challenging games I have ever played; it's also one of the most beautiful and engaging. The level design is flawless, the lore is fascinating, and the gameplay is addicting. If you like difficult but rewarding games, pick this one up.

Dark souls peaked my interest after reading that God of war had borrowed some combat features from the dark souls series. Compared to GOW, the game felt slightly clunky but they're both different games so it's not a knock on DS3. The bosses are challenging. So far, the game is very enjoyable. Soundtrack is dark and awesome. Combat is pretty straight forward. Great game of you're just getting into the dark souls series of games. Oh, and you're gonna die...a lot.

Wow. I'm new to the Dark Souls series and it's worth it to note that no previous experience in the series is required to enjoy this game. This is the best single player RPG experience I've had since FF7, Zelda, Diablo - I haven't played games in years. I understand why this series has such a strong cult-like following now. As new player that's unfamiliar with the series, you really have to push through the initial learning curve to really start appreciating the game for what it is. What do I mean by that? It's a game that doesn't leave good first impressions in my opinion - my first impression of this game was that it was lack luster. The graphics I thought looked like crap compared to other games like battlefield one, Until dawn, and so on. I thought the controls were stupid - I can't jump, the enemy aiming initially felt bad and confusing. I couldn't even customize the button actions to make it all better and had to adapt to what the game forced me to use and that led to an intial frustrating experience as I struggled to dodge, block, hit enemies and even just general movement across the starting area lead to death from falls off cliffs and unexpected enemies. And the game gives you no breaks, you can't even pause in the game which is what I'm used to. If I want to take a break I just press the pause button, but not in this game you have to be in a safe zone if you want to rest or just plain quit the game ( and there is a special menu option for you to quit , you can't just hit the PS4 button and close the app ). So yes, the game doesn't leave a good first impression, but if you can push past that and give it a few hours, defeat the first boss, learn the controls and start getting better weapons and understand the upgrade system, you start to be able to appreciate what this game has to offer and I think it's a rare thing to have quality RPG games like this. It is genuinely addictive. Gameplay: It's hard to explain the game play without experiencing it yourself. Watch a few game review videos if you want an idea, but the gist of it is that it's not a button mashing game. It's a third person RPG that requires enemy targeting and some level of strategy. Every enemy can be a challenge and has the ability to kill you if you are carelessly swinging. You need to know their attack patterns and know when to attack and if you're really into it, what to use for attacking that works most effectively. It's casual enough that you can just jump right in but not so casual that you can just hack and slash your way through the entire game ( if you're new ). Besides that, the game offers a pretty unique way to level up, but the stat adjustments are typical of the genre but with a twist here since the game has unique attributes associated with each stat. There are no skill branches, just attributes, weapons, armor, weapon/armor upgrades, spell purchases, but it's varied enough that you can have near unlimited choices to make the character you want. And the game can be as hard or as difficult as you want it to be depending on the time you spend upgrading/leveling. Game progression: The game progression itself is rather linear with forks in the quest line that you can choose to do and affect outcomes at different parts of the game with NPCs and game endings, but it's done so well that you never mind that it's linear since there is enough freedom that it makes the player feel they have control of what they want to do next. There are enough things players can do and side areas to explore if they so please. Basically it has an open world feel in terms of side quests vs main storyline but the map areas are pretty closed with hidden and optional areas but the level designs are so well done ( the best I've ever seen ) that I rather prefer that than exploring a boring barren open world. Boss battles: If you're looking for epic boss fights then this is the right game for you. The fights can be brutal but impressive and no two bosses behave the same way or have the same attacks. They are enjoyable and I hesitate a little every time I see the door that could lead to the next boss fight because I just don't know what to expect. Game replay value: I am only going through this game my first time and I'm hooked. The game does have a lot of replay value , different endings, new game difficulty after your first run, and different faction enlistments , different character attributes /customizations / weapons armor you may want to try, and quest lines that could have been missed the first time around, npcs you may want to kill etc. the game is brilliantly designed so it never really gets old even if you revisit an old level. It will offer hundreds of hours gameplay if you choose no doubt. Even just one play through will probably require at least weeks or months to complete if played casually about a few hours a day. The game levels / areas are deceptively huge. They feel large and natural and will take time to explore if you don't have maps or a game guide.

Dark Souls 3 all in one! I was never able to get the season pass when the game was originally released and by the time DLC came out I was playing a lot of other titles. This all in one packages is a bargain to the best souls game to date! $20 for the game and all dlc is a steal! Glad to be able to enjoy this game all over again

It’s really fun to play, the controls are great, and the gameplay is awesome

Loved playing it. Almost as good as the first. The graphics are amazing.

I was playing bloodborne with a friend and immediately bought this after we finished because we love the atmosphere and difficulty of course!

Amazing action RPG. It's a mix between medieval and horror. You feel a sense of accomplishment after beating any of the incredible bosses

Continuing the lore and the never ending battle with insanely tough game play FromSoftware does another excellent job creating a wonderful game and experience. Dark Souls franchise is not for everyone but those who do get into the difficult bosses, zones, enemies, etc, come away breathless playing this amazing title.

Just a great game overall. Closer to Demon's Soul than the other two in the series. My favorite of the group by far.

This game is an amazing deal if you don't have the previous version due to the included DLC all for the same price.

This game though extremely challenging, to most players I would argue, pays off for all those who take up the challenge of completing it. Every defeat you suffer is rewarded with great environments, combat and personal achievement. Great finally to a great series of games.

Where do I start? Oh well, I have to say this is the first dark souls game that I ever played. And my god it was amazing. The environment, lore, bosses, Story, online pvp and etc. I have to say this is a 10/10 for me. The game was amazing and also the DLC.

This game is HARD. It is a Souls game so of course it is. Not as hard as the First game.