From Software are making sure that Demon’s Souls successor, Dark Souls, is even harder. With the additional ability given to the Pyromancer, players will have to be even more aware of their surroundings.
You may recall trying your best to take on a level in Demon’s Souls only to have a Black Phantom (or two if you were really unlucky) invade your world and tear you apart. Now, it seems Black Phantoms aren’t so bad with the announcement of the Pyromancer’s Gravelord pet.
This class can summon a Gravelord and it will randomly select another player’s world to invade. The Pyromancer has no direct control over the beast and can’t even see what destruction it is bringing down on some unsuspecting target. The randomly selected player will be constantly attacked by respawning enemies until he/she locates the Gravelord and kills it. Killing the Gravelord eliminates the source and your world will be safe (somewhat…not really) from the Pyromancer’s monster once again.
The idea behind this mechanic is nothing more than just wanting to give players a way to torture strangers, which sounds like something this game would do.
Be sure to look out for Dark Souls this October.
