2018
FromSoftware
Combat is excellent with several ways to approach every encounter, but I found the best part of Dark Souls to be the exploration. Aside from boss battles and hub areas, the music is scarce allowing the ambience to shine, which is for the most part well implemented. Getting lost in a new area with nothing but the sound of rustling leaves or the growl of a nearby enemy just adds to the excellent immersion. There are numerous geometry collision and targeting issues, and a few questionable bonfire locations which can make trekking back to a boss battle an absolute chiore, but nonetheless the world of Dark Souls manages to feel like an existing place which some open world games even struggle to achieve, every gamer needs to experience this world at least once.
7/10
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