Dark Souls II: Design Works: Volume 2

The cover is solid and everything about it is quality, from the artwork to the materials used. I'll admit I have a bit of a thing for these kinds of artbooks but I have no regrets on this purchase as the quality of work showvcased in it, is absolutely amazing! Aside from this, the delivery was quick and painless as it arrived in about two days. Easy to recommend to anyone who likes good art, even more if you're a fan of the series.

Firstly this is much improved from the design works of the first game. Without doing a page count it is around 3 times the size! There is a sizable amount of concept art from backgrounds to npc characters to enemies that didn't end up appearing in the game. There 's an interview with staff that seems to be an original piece and gives you a good insight into the development of the game. Overall a great addition to my collection and a vast improvement on the first one!

Fan of Dark Souls? Want something to collect apart from stupid oversized head figures? Buy this book. The cover is nice, the page quality is great, the images are superb. You won't regret it.

I love the Dark Souls series and this accompanying art book does exactly what it needs to. Its elegantly designed and a pleasure to read through and look at the development of the game. Well worth picking up especially as the price has currently been lowered.

A great album. You can proudly put it on the shelf and show off to others.

Amazing quality, so much to look through, as a Hardcore Dark souls fan, this was a must buy.

If you liked the first one (Which I did) you will love this one too. Its similar but with more content. A much bigger book than the first.

The art in this book is great and all, and for anyone who digs Dark Souls it's a good reference piece to have. But the design of the thing - and thus the readability of elements like the interviews - is so unbelievably poor and the quality of the book as an object is really bad. The binding is fragile and the quality of paper and cover is dreadful given that it's supposed to be a presentation book. If it was £10, they'd get away with it, but for £30+ when you can't read much of what's printed inside because of poor design, it's not worth it.

For me personally, the art in this book tops the art from the first one. The game featured an expanded roster of armor, enemy npc, friendly npc and boss designs, as well as threefeature complete dlcs and as far as i can tell nearly everything is showcased here. As such the book is quite a bit longer than the first one, bur still justas high quality. The same problem i had with the first designworks book is present here, though, in that there is a lack of showing the progressipn of a design rather than just the final approved one. Again this is somewhat made yp for by the fact that the designs themselves are so top notch that i can let it slide. The interview section is back once more and this time its also longer than the first. It offers some interesting insight into the development cycle of the game, and clarifies a lot of the issues they had when making it on the relatively tight timeline they had. Highly recommended!

PROS: - Tapa dura con sobrecubierta y 240 páginas (120 más que el primer Design Works) a todo color. Todo de gran calidad. - Capítulo I: Arte Conceptual Dark Souls II + Capítulo II: Arte Conceptual DLCs The Lost Crowns: unas 200 páginas de artbook del videojuego y los tres DLCs, con ilustraciones de gran tamaño para poder ver cada detalle y algunos comentarios breves de los diseñadores. Una pena que algunos conceps no se incluyesen en el videojuego final. - Capítulo III: 10 páginas de entrevista al equipo de diseño principal con información muy interesante de cómo se diseñó Drangleic, sus habitantes, escenarios y armas. Mi capítulo favorito. CONTRAS: - Textos en inglés y no parece haber intención por parte de Udon Entertainment de traducir la guía al español (como ya pasó con el Dark Souls: Design Works). No es una tara para todos pero es un dato a tener en cuenta. - Precio algo elevado. Recomiendo comprarlo en los vendedores de Amazon que lo tengan por unos 30-35€. COMPRA RECOMENDADA

Livre offert à un étudiant (22 ans) en design féru de jeu de rôle en ligne. Il l'apprécie beaucoup. De nombreux personnages, armes, détails, quelques paysages et architectures, plus un entretien avec les designers. Les dessins sont magnifiques (incroyablement détaillés) et assez grands pour être vraiment bien appréciés, avec quelques doubles pages et plusieurs pages entières. C'est si bien fait qu'on a parfois l'impression que les personnages sont "en mouvement". Bien qu'il y ait une unité de style, les personnages et objets sont bien diversifiés. Un superbe (et énorme) travail des auteurs ! Dark Souls II = 239 pages - Dark Souls I = 123 pages. The book was given to a design student (age : 22) keen of online RPG. He loves it. There are many characters, arms, details, some landscapes and architectures + an interview with designers. The drawings are beautiful (incredibly detailed) and large enough to be really appreciated with some (a few) double pages and several full pages. This is done so well that sometimes has the impression that the characters are "moving" Although there is a unity of style, characters and objects are well diversified. A beautiful (and huge) work of the authors! Dark Souls II = 239 pages - Dark Souls I = 123 pages.

Dark Souls 2 is the favorite game of mine from the series. The book is full of high-quality illustrations, and explanations of the concepts.

Dark Souls special edition boxes have always been a disappointment. Skyrim came with a cheap plastic dragon statue, and a large thick art book that was every bit as exhaustive as any Disney art-of book. Impressive. Dark souls 2 came with a large but unimpressive plastic statue of a knight, and a very small, thin art book that only includes a handful of pages with key art of a few characters and monsters. Dark Souls 1 included even less. This is the art book you'll want. A great book with plenty of nice, creative imagery that went into designing the character, creatures and areas of the game. My only complaint would be that is only reaches the same level as that Skyrim book... A book that came included in the special edition of the game. This book is fantastic, but at a high additional cost. Still, at least we have a full fledged art book rather than just the novelty gimmick that comes with the game. Include books like this with the game and I will start buying the special editions again in a heartbeat. Love this book. It's twice as thick as the Dark Souls 1 version... Which is also a must have for fans. Lets hope they put one out for Dark Souls 3 without delay.