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Dark Souls II[a] is a 2014 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. The second installment of the Dark Souls series, it was released for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by FromSoftware in Japan and Bandai Namco Games internationally. Taking place in the kingdom of Drangleic, the game follows a cursed undead character searching for a cure to their affliction. Dark Souls II was released in March 2014 after some initial delays, with the Windows version being released the following month.
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Dark Souls II was a critical and commercial success. A remastered version of the game, titled Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows in April 2015. It contains the original game and its downloadable content with upgraded graphics, expanded online multiplayer capacity, and various other changes. A sequel, Dark Souls III, was released in 2016.
Dark Souls II begins with the protagonist who has become Undead, cursed to never die and doomed to eventually become a Hollow, a zombie-like being with no memories or purpose. Known as the "Bearer of the Curse", the Emerald Herald tasks the protagonist to obtain the four Great Souls from the Old Ones, powerful beings who fell in obscurity, to break the curse. Successful, the Emerald Heralds directs the Bearer of the Curse to the capital to find the king. There, they meet Queen Nashandra instead, who reveals the king has fled his throne after failing his duty long ago, and requests his death.
Unbeknownst to the Bearer of the Curse, Nashandra is the cataclyst of the kindom's fall; after tricking the king into launching an ill-fated invasion across the sea into the lands of the Giants, she coveted their souls and sought to steal their power. Though the attack succeeded, the Giants retaliated into destroying the kingdom. Learning of Nashandra's true nature, the king locked himself inside the Undead Crypt.
After learning the truth, the Bearer of the Curse goes on his way to confront Nashandra. They obtain the Ashen Mist Heart inside the keep of Aldia, the king's brother, to access the corpses' memories. Accessing a Giant's memory, the Bearer of the Curse claim the Giants' power. The Emerald Herald reveals Nashandra is a fragment of Manus[b], and instructs the Bearer of the Curse into putting Nashandra to rest and take the Throne of Want.
In the Scholar of the First Sin version of the game, the base story changes slightly, notably with the addition of Aldia after the defeat of Nashandra. If the player has defeated King Vendrick, Aldia attempts to help the protagonist understand that there might be a way out of the endless cycle of death and rebirth. The player is given a choice: they can either take the throne, thus allowing the cycle of Age of Fire and Dark to continue; or the player can reject the throne, resisting the effects of Hollowing and following their own unknown path beyond light or dark.