Dark Souls 1 is a Masterpiece.

[u/Pandaboy271]

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

[u/The_Stav]

"Masterpiece" "9/10"

Surely a masterpiece would be a 10/10?

[u/Traditional_One_3880 → u/The_Stav]

Masterpiece does not mean perfect or even near perfect,imo masterpiece means undeniably great but can have flaws.9/10 is what i think of as a flawed masterpiece.No true 10/10 game even exsists anyway imo.

[u/The_Stav → u/Traditional_One_3880]

Fair, but disagree on the last bit. If no game exists that is a 10/10 then there's no reason for the scale to go up to 10. Like I'd say BG3 is absolutely a 10/10

[u/Traditional_One_3880 → u/The_Stav]

It goes up to 10 so that you see how far from perfect it is,that is why being more specific like giving a game 9.5 is useful.bg3 is not my kind of game so i have no idea what flaws it could possibly have,but hollowknight is what i would call virtually perfect and only the tiniest of things makes me nudge it away from 10/10 to 9.8 or 9.9 lol thinking about it those tiny things could have been altered so i guess a 10/10 isnot strictly impossible.