I first played Dark Souls 1 when it first came to steam on the recommendation of a friend of mine. I wasn’t really sure about it at first. I somehow missed picking up a weapon as a sorcerer, so I was trying to bonk hollows with the staff for like 8 damage a pop. I thought, “Wow, this game really is hard.” Then I found a proper sword and was like, “Oh.” . I also struggled a bit with that first plathrough and looked stuff up on the wiki very quickly. It wasn’t until DS2 came out that I was able to get into the blind playthrough groove. Where the pursuer killed me over and over and over. This is fine.
I think if I could only take one with me to a desert island, it’d be Elden Ring. It’s the biggest, with a lot of variety and stuff I haven’t seen or played. Even if some of the bigness leads to tedium (eg: getting the upgrade bearings on every playthrough).
But is it my favorite? I’m not sure. The first one really nailed the “abandoned, old, place” vibe. The firelink theme is iconic. It did a search to see if anyone had written about it, and found a big ol’ video doing a lot of analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjKAQ-zI5Ns
I first played Dark Souls 1 when it first came to steam on the recommendation of a friend of mine. I wasn’t really sure about it at first. I somehow missed picking up a weapon as a sorcerer, so I was trying to bonk hollows with the staff for like 8 damage a pop. I thought, “Wow, this game really is hard.” Then I found a proper sword and was like, “Oh.” . I also struggled a bit with that first plathrough and looked stuff up on the wiki very quickly. It wasn’t until DS2 came out that I was able to get into the blind playthrough groove. Where the pursuer killed me over and over and over. This is fine.
I think if I could only take one with me to a desert island, it’d be Elden Ring. It’s the biggest, with a lot of variety and stuff I haven’t seen or played. Even if some of the bigness leads to tedium (eg: getting the upgrade bearings on every playthrough).
But is it my favorite? I’m not sure. The first one really nailed the “abandoned, old, place” vibe. The firelink theme is iconic. It did a search to see if anyone had written about it, and found a big ol’ video doing a lot of analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjKAQ-zI5Ns