Where to begin?

Dark Souls is an RPG by Japanese developer FromSoftware where you play as a cursed undead who wakes up in asylum and fights to try to undo their curse while being the pawn to the plots of the NPCs you meet throughout the game. Like many RPGs, you chose a starting class (which is just about stats and won't matter in the lategame) and customise your character. From the enemies and bosses you kill, you gain a currency called souls which you use to level up at bonfires, upgrade equipment or to buy from merchants. You lose your souls when you die and have to reach your bloodstain before you die again to recover them.

You use an item called humanity and reverse your hollowing at bonfires to bring yourself back to a human form that you lose upon your death. The benefit of this form are that you can summon other players into your game when you're struggling with a boss, an optional multiplayer feature but one that might be useful nevertheless. The downside to this form is that other players can invade you and murder you at almost any time.

If you don't like these interactions, you may have to disconnect yourself from the internet to play offline.

I've had this in my library for a while and only played up to reaching Lordran until recently when I decided to play the game from start to finish and it was worth it. Dark Souls is a truly magical experience that shouldn't be missed, even if it is the most ♥♥♥♥ ripping game in the world.

It will punish you. It will make you hate yourself. It will make you feel like a golden god when you kill a boss, or when you see that final credits sequence. 99% of deaths in this game I say were my fault, it's just that this game isn't very forgiving though more or often than not if you are careful you can recover your souls upon death.

Less than half of all players so far have gotten past the firsts boss! Don't be like them, grow some courage and go for it!

Just note:

• You will probably need a controller since keyboard controls are not great. An Xbox 360 or a PS3 controller with Xinput is recommended. Don't use MotionJoy, that thing is just a Chinese Trojan Horse.
  
• This game is optimised TERRIBLY on PC. If you are a hardcore PC gamer and need your 60fps with anti aliasing, or just want to fix some bugs then you will need DSfix
  
• This is an RPG, if you're not a fan of that genre then you will not like it.
  
• For the love of God, do not picked Deprived as your starting class if you are a first time player.
  
• NEVER kill friendly NPCs, you will lose out on whatever function they provide otherwise. You will also accumilate sin which you can be punished for you unless you pay the Confessor at the Undead Parish.
  
  If you enjoy this game, I'm currently enjoying Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin right and will right a review for that when I'm done because I do have a few complaints about that one.

Where to begin? Dark Souls is an RPG by Japanese developer FromSoftware where you play as a cursed undead who wakes up in asylum and fights to try to undo their curse while being the pawn to the plots of the NPCs you meet throughout the game. Like many RPGs, you chose a starting class (which is just about stats and won't matter in the lategame) and customise your character. From the enemies and bosses you kill, you gain a currency called souls which you use to level up at bonfires, upgrade equipment or to buy from merchants. You lose your souls when you die and have to reach your bloodstain before you die again to recover them. You use an item called humanity and reverse your hollowing at bonfires to bring yourself back to a human form that you lose upon your death. The benefit of this form are that you can summon other players into your game when you're struggling with a boss, an optional multiplayer feature but one that might be useful nevertheless. The downside to this form is that other players can invade you and murder you at almost any time. If you don't like these interactions, you may have to disconnect yourself from the internet to play offline. I've had this in my library for a while and only played up to reaching Lordran until recently when I decided to play the game from start to finish and it was worth it. Dark Souls is a truly magical experience that shouldn't be missed, even if it is the most dick ripping game in the world. It will punish you. It will make you hate yourself. It will make you feel like a golden god when you kill a boss, or when you see that final credits sequence. 99% of deaths in this game I say were my fault, it's just that this game isn't very forgiving though more or often than not if you are careful you can recover your souls upon death. Less than half of all players so far have gotten past the firsts boss! Don't be like them, grow some courage and go for it! Just note: [list] [*]You will probably need a controller since keyboard controls are not great. An Xbox 360 or a PS3 controller with Xinput is recommended. Don't use MotionJoy, that thing is just a Chinese Trojan Horse. [*]This game is optimised TERRIBLY on PC. If you are a hardcore PC gamer and need your 60fps with anti aliasing, or just want to fix some bugs then you will need DSfix [*]This is an RPG, if you're not a fan of that genre then you will not like it. [*]For the love of God, do not picked Deprived as your starting class if you are a first time player. [*]NEVER kill friendly NPCs, you will lose out on whatever function they provide otherwise. You will also accumilate sin which you can be punished for you unless you pay the Confessor at the Undead Parish. If you enjoy this game, I'm currently enjoying Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin right and will right a review for that when I'm done because I do have a few complaints about that one.