Dark Souls III Reviews

Dark Souls III is ranked in the 99th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
USgamer
Top Critic
Apr 13, 2016

From Software's amazing streak continues with Dark Souls III, which amounts to the finest game in the series. Returning players will find everything they've grown to love in a much better form, while newbies will be treated to the most accessible Souls to date.

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Erik Kain
Top Critic
10 / 10.0
Apr 11, 2016

Dark Souls III does everything really, really well. It is the best looking Souls game hands-down. It's built with care and attention to detail, and all its systems work flawlessly.

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Apr 4, 2016

From the start, Dark Souls 3 feels incredibly familiar. The game's premise hasn't changed and the recurring series motifs are present and correct: ruined castle ramparts, red dragons breathing fire over a bridge, perseverance in the face of adversity. However one crucial thing differentiates Dark Souls 3 from the rest: almost everything from a design standpoint is flipped on its head.

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Apr 12, 2016

Game designer Hidetaki Miyazaki no longer has novelty on his side, but the genius behind the Souls series still has plenty of tricks to surprise us with

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May 15, 2016

One needs a certain disposition to appreciate Dark Souls III – a willingness to face setbacks and challenges and then overcome them. Don't expect to play this just like any other action-RPG. If you're going to play this game, it must be on its own terms and as it's meant to be played. That patience will be rewarded with a masterpiece, easily one of the best action and role-playing games of the year.

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Apr 8, 2016

Dark Souls 3 must bow its head to its Playstation predecessor - but should be proud that it manages to be a gruelling, challenging adventure, pushing endlessly through horror and weirdness.

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Justin Celani
Top Critic
10 / 10.0
Apr 14, 2016

I truly believe Dark Souls 3 is the best Souls experience a player can get out of the franchise. Newcomers can jump in, old fans will experience lots of ties to the previous games both visually and lore wise, and if this is indeed the final Dark Souls game in the series, it went out with its monster arms swinging high! It's fitting that the end would come like this, not dead and buried but at the pinnacle of its hollowed life.

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M3
Top Critic
Apr 4, 2016

With a faster combat mechanic than ever, better visuals and the same challenging gameplay as before, Dark Souls 3 delivers an adventure that will hook you up for many, many hours. It might not be as good as Bloodborne, mainly because some technical flaws, and a little less appealing world – but it’s close enough.

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Apr 13, 2016

As a bloody swansong though, it’s the perfect send-off.

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5 / 5.0
Apr 4, 2016

As the final game in the series, Dark Souls III delivers a fantastic, no holds barred, 30-hour experience that will satisfy longtime fans. Dark Souls III polishes its gameplay mechanics to a shine, and delivers the lore in droves to those who hunger for it – the perfect mix for an action RPG. Praise the Sun.

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Apr 4, 2016

Dark Souls III is an exceptional descent into a superbly menacing world

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Apr 4, 2016

Dark Souls 3 should serve as an example of a game that not only serves existing fans extremely well, but isn't so obtuse in its approach that it can't be picked up by a newbie and enjoyed, just as much as I did.

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10 / 10.0
Apr 24, 2016

Dark Souls III is one of the demonstrations that video games (some, like movies) are pure art, without any possible discussion and its director is the greatest current genius in the sector, also without discussion. Miyazaki says that he is going to take a long vacation and that there will be no more Dark Souls for now.

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Luke Lawrie
Top Critic
10 / 10.0
Apr 3, 2016

Dark Souls III is not for everyone, but for those that do give it the time required that it takes to learn, they’ll hopefully walk away from the game satisfied like I did. Because what they’ll end up playing is one of the best games of this year.

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Apr 6, 2016

It might only be April but we wouldn't hesitate to say Dark Souls 3 is going to be one of 2016's top releases.

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VGN
Top Critic
10 / 10.0
Apr 11, 2016

Dark Souls 3 ultimately confirms all the expectations fueled by these months of waiting, proving to be one of the best titles signed by From Software and the worthy closure of the trilogy.

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10 / 10.0
Apr 29, 2016

Dark Souls III is the embodiment of a dream in the heart of an absolute nightmare. it is a game that you die so many times, but you love it more and more every time. in short words, Dark Souls III is an absolute masterpiece.

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100%
Apr 10, 2016

A fantastic conclusion to one of the best game series in the industry.

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Apr 11, 2016

Huge, dark, haunting, beautiful, challenging, insanely fun – I could keep throwing adjectives at Dark Souls III but I probably still wouldn't do it justice.

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Jun 5, 2016

Quite possibly the best "Souls" game to date, even surpassing the original, and much beloved, Dark Souls.

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