So back when I was talking about Bloodborne on this list, I mentioned how there was one game 의해 FromSoftware that just couldn’t beat this one, and unless you’ve been living under a rock for the passed ten years, then 당신 will know that game is Dark Souls, the first one, of course.
Dark Souls is set in the medieval kingdom of Lordran, and 당신 play as the Chosen Undead, one of the many who have been sent to this dying land in a world where people cannot die. Your goal is to collect the souls of the four ancient lords who ruled this land and use them to either rekindle the First Flame and keep the Age of 불, 화재 going 또는 let it die and allow the Age of Dark to come and give power to mankind. The world of Dark Souls was the first to 어셔 in what I have been seeing a lot in medieval 판타지 games nowadays, that being that they are darker and 더 많이 gritty. Sure, Dark Souls was inspired 의해 Berserk, but everything is inspired 의해 something, isn’t it? Everything from the destroyed town of the Undead Burg to the creepy atmosphere of the Duke’s Archives to the walking skeletons found in the Tomb of the Giants. And that’s just a few examples. A lot of places in this game feel like they were once grand locations to explore, but have now fallen to ruin due to the end of the world coming to this kingdom. It’s fascinating to read up on the lore of these places and the enemies and characters within them. Like how the magic users in the Duke’s Archives are actually kidnappers that steal maidens for Seath’s experiments 또는 how the demons of this game all originate from one level thanks to one boss birthing them out. And the bosses in this game are incredible. Sure, not all of them are amazing, like 침대 of Driving Me Fucking Mad, but for the most part, bosses like the massive Iron Golem, the giant 늑대 Sif, and the brilliant fight between Ornstein and Smough, these all are grand fights, leaving 당신 at the mercy of these hulking foes, all of them once something amazing, now fallen to either madness and the desire to kill, 또는 protecting something from 당신 so that 당신 don’t do something reckless in their eyes. And I should mention that this game is in fact hard for newcomers. It was advertised that 당신 will die a lot in this game, and they were right about that. But when 당신 learn what to do, it becomes easier. And it’s reward to learn the mechanics of this game, from item usage, to timing when to attack, dodge, 또는 block in a boss fight. The game rewards perfect playing and doing so will save your 나귀, 엉덩이 on several occasions. And the score of this game is amazing. Not on the level of Dark Souls III grand soundtrack, but there are moments where this game amazes me. From your first time entering the kingdom of Anor Londo, to the time 당신 enter Ash Lake and hear that ominous choir. And the final boss theme is so… not amazing, and I mean that in a good way. It’s slow, and kind of sad. And I 사랑 it so much.
Dark Souls was the kind of game I needed. In a decade where I was so bored with modern games, even ready to give up on modern games entirely, Dark Souls came to peak my interest in video games again and to get me excited to try out new games. Dark Souls does not hold your hand. It’ll beat 당신 again and again. But like a girl in a Tyler Perry movie, no matter how many times Dark Souls kicks my ass, I’ll always come back for more. Only Dark Souls beats me out of love. And I’m kind of a masochist, so that’s just a turn on to me anyway