Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25173123-20140806105750/@comment-24912592-20140807200648

Yup. Regularly.

Private chat allows for online mode, but you can only talk to one person. Parties force you into offline mode. FROM really aren't the best programmers, that's for sure!

You probably couldn't hear the guy because of your voice settings. In your XBox settings, you must choose where to hear in-game and voice chats. That varies with headsets and TVs and external speakers, so test out which setting works for you. If you choose "speaker and headset", you should definitely hear people.