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jkipp82
09-22-2011, 01:40 AM
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According to Japanese gaming blog Esuteru (http://blog.esuteru.com/archives/4933477.html), folks who managed to grab illicit, pre-launch copies of Dark Souls (http://www.joystiq.com/game/dark-souls) are being punished by developer From Software.
The site says that members of the dev team are dropping horrifically overpowered, maximum level Black Phantoms into the environments of players who grabbed their copy of the game through a retailer that broke street date.

We're having a hard time corroborating the story, but it certainly sounds like something which the characteristically cruel From Software would do. In fact, we'd be surprised if those players even picked up on the retribution. They probably assumed their constant, repeated defeat was just par for the course.

CloudStrife7x
09-22-2011, 02:31 AM
That funny if somebody got the game early and kept dying but didnt even realize that something was wrong lol

Caymuano
09-22-2011, 09:15 AM
I think this is the best mode to counter the daybreakers...

8Ball
09-22-2011, 09:40 AM
That means its avaliable? good...good...
We simply must rip this game apart, for great justice! to the dev tool van *mexican batman theme*
We'll show those devs what we think of doing things for teh lulz.

Caymuano
09-22-2011, 10:05 AM
I don't think is available the NA and PAL retail version...
Day one in JAP is today, but is 4th OCT for NA and 7th for us in Europe...

longy999
09-22-2011, 12:07 PM
lol, thats brilliant if its true. I can just imagine the hordes of rage quitters now, wondering why their getting owned time and time again so early in the game lol

Renegade
09-22-2011, 12:13 PM
Lmfao, A fate worse than being banned, An infinite loop of death, I love these developers loooool - Now we just need to h4x the game, Fight fire with fire. KAMEHAMEHA!

just_a_thief
09-22-2011, 01:06 PM
This is just hilarious!!!
Imagine running around all giddy about getting it early, and just get your ass handed to you constantly...

TLOR FETT
09-22-2011, 01:51 PM
This is funny and cool but also when Retailers break street date why are customers to be punished period? IO am guessing in this since they were all illegally obtained copies though

pureIso
09-22-2011, 02:15 PM
ROFL wow beautiful punishment, I am sure those players are cursing and throwing their controllers all over the place.

Caymuano
09-22-2011, 02:25 PM
We have to say that if Dark Souls is so similar to Demon Souls it is already difficult... I cannot imagine how it is at the moment...

Krauser
09-22-2011, 04:20 PM
Ha-ha-ha!!! This sounds gorgeous ^^ Interesting... They make u buy a legal copy if u want an easy mode xD

Paprika
09-24-2011, 05:53 AM
So cruel, yet so humerous, the amount of bitching that would be taking place, fuck that would be great to hear and laugh
Someone should be dubbing angry german kid for dark souls :)

Crimzonsea
09-24-2011, 11:08 AM
This reminds me in a way of that time Molyneux said that everyone who used the glitch in fable 2 pub games would get chastised in the real game, but it never came about.
If you don't play online, how are they going to police stuff like this?