| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:video_game 
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                                | gptkbp:awards | gptkb:Golden_Joystick_Award_for_Best_Game 
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                                | gptkbp:combatSystem | gptkb:magic melee and ranged weapons
 
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                                | gptkbp:composer | gptkb:Motoi_Sakuraba 
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                                | gptkbp:criticalReception | acclaimed for challenging gameplay 
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                                | gptkbp:designer | gptkb:Hidetaka_Miyazaki 
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                                | gptkbp:developer | gptkb:FromSoftware 
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                                | gptkbp:director | gptkb:Hidetaka_Miyazaki 
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                                | gptkbp:engine | gptkb:PhyreEngine 
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                                | gptkbp:ESRB_rating | 16 Mature
 
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                                | gptkbp:expansion | gptkb:Artorias_of_the_Abyss 2012-10-23
 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | action role-playing 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Elden_Ring gptkb:Bloodborne
 gptkb:Sekiro:_Shadows_Die_Twice
 Soulslike genre
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainCharacter | gptkb:The_Chosen_Undead 
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                                | gptkbp:mechanic | gptkb:New_Game_Plus humanity
 invasion
 summoning
 hollowing
 limited fast travel
 non-linear progression
 parry and riposte
 weight system
 stamina management
 backstab
 covenant allegiance
 death and respawn at bonfire
 loss and retrieval of souls
 
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                                | gptkbp:mode | multiplayer single-player
 
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                                | gptkbp:multiplayer | cooperative multiplayer asynchronous multiplayer
 competitive multiplayer
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableBattle | gptkb:Artorias_the_Abysswalker gptkb:Gwyn,_Lord_of_Cinder
 gptkb:Ornstein_and_Smough
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFeature | high difficulty interconnected world design
 online multiplayer elements
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableNPC | gptkb:Knight_Lautrec gptkb:Darkstalker_Kaathe
 gptkb:Siegmeyer_of_Catarina
 gptkb:Solaire_of_Astora
 gptkb:Gwynevere
 gptkb:Kingseeker_Frampt
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePlace | gptkb:Blighttown gptkb:Estus_Flask
 gptkb:New_Londo_Ruins
 gptkb:Sen's_Fortress
 gptkb:Undead_Burg
 gptkb:Soul_of_a_Lost_Undead
 gptkb:The_Abyss
 gptkb:fire
 gptkb:Anor_Londo
 gptkb:Firelink_Shrine
 gptkb:Kiln_of_the_First_Flame
 Covenant system
 
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                                | gptkbp:perspective | third-person 
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                                | gptkbp:platform | gptkb:Microsoft_Windows gptkb:PlayStation_3
 gptkb:Xbox_360
 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | gptkb:Demon's_Souls 
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                                | gptkbp:producer | gptkb:Daisuke_Uchiyama 
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                                | gptkbp:publisher | gptkb:Bandai_Namco_Entertainment 
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                                | gptkbp:releaseDate | 2011-09-22 
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                                | gptkbp:remakeOf | gptkb:Dark_Souls:_Remastered 2018-05-25
 
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                                | gptkbp:sells | over 2.3 million copies (as of 2015) 
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                                | gptkbp:series | gptkb:Souls 
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                                | gptkbp:setting | gptkb:Lordran 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Dark_Souls_II 
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                                | gptkbp:system | bonfire checkpoints 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Capra_Demon gptkb:Ceaseless_Discharge
 gptkb:Centipede_Demon
 gptkb:Crossbreed_Priscilla
 gptkb:Dark_Sun_Gwyndolin
 gptkb:Gaping_Dragon
 gptkb:Gravelord_Nito
 gptkb:Gwyn,_Lord_of_Cinder
 gptkb:Gwyndolin
 gptkb:Lordran
 gptkb:Ornstein_and_Smough
 gptkb:Quelaag
 gptkb:Sif,_the_Great_Grey_Wolf
 gptkb:Smough
 gptkb:Stray_Demon
 gptkb:Taurus_Demon
 gptkb:Gwyn
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Dark Souls (2011) 
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