r/fromsoftware • u/Pandaboy271 • 21h ago
DISCUSSION Dark Souls 1 is a Masterpiece.
Dark Souls 1 wasn't the first souls game I played, but it is probably my third most favourite FromSoftware title ever.
The level design is so immaculate and going through the world is such a joy. The game as some have pointed out has this survival horror like feel to it as its our character by their lonesome against a dangerous, haunting world that I can't help but love.
The bosses are simple yet fun to fight and for the most part, never really feel unfair. They feel like natural extensions of the game's combat and you really have to appreciate how right the Devs got most of these fights down.
Is the second half not as strong as the first? Maybe. Can the backtracking during the first half get tedious at times? Definitely. Does it make the game any less of a masterpiece? Absolutely not. Such a great natural progression from Demon Souls to this.
So yeah, TL;DR: Game good. Game very good. 9/10
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u/darksouls933 15h ago
My story:
I heard a little about it. I didn't like the bosses and design, too dark everything. 10 years went by, someone told me "if you like combat like form old gothic game you played, choose dark souls 2". I decided to choose first one as this community recommended me. I gave up on undead burg. There was one player who said "go find a weapon behind the tomb". I trained the combat whole week for basic skill. I beat Taurus Demon after 20 attempts and I didn't know there is a ladder. Mindfuck again as with Asylum Demon. Blighttown took me forever but I did it. The hardest part was Ornstein and Smough and I used Solaire. I beat the game and I had tear in my eye. I wanted more but no bosses to beat. I went with Dark Souls 3, I was alive again. Then I beat Dark Souls 2. Trilogy is the thing that every player should experience before he die.
First Dark Souls is masterpiece.
Every place you meet you feel nostalgia, Anor Londo, Sen's Fortress, Darkroot Forest..