A challenging game with great combat and a dark lonely atmosphere. Fulfilling and exciting bossfights.
The game often gets a bad rap by some players who expect the game makers to hold their hand like a child though the whole thing. An often complaint is the tutorial doesn't teach you how to play. This is in part true. The tutorial is nothing more than text messages on the floor, these tell you pretty much everything about the game play itself though people tend to just walk over them.
Note: On the PC version, the developers admittedly didn't know what they were doing and so there are problems. A mod called DSFix and a gamepad fixes these in full.
Another common complaint is that the game has no story and doesn't tell you where to go. The game doesn't tell you where to go because you really can go in any direction to usually do something at least and one direction will clearly be easier and ergo for new players. The story is told a bit differently to games like skyrim and because of this people often just miss it entirely. Simply put, the story of the game is what you are doing with your character. To know what you are doing with your character, there are item descriptions and subtle dialogue to tell you that the albino dragon you just slew is more than just a name, rather, an old duke who lost his mind defending a crystal granting him eternal life who also has a daughter locked away by the gods.
It may not sound very fun though the subtle nature contributes to the atmosphere. There are also entertaining youtubers who pretty much explain every discovered aspect of the story: vaatividya and epicnamebro i believe are the most popular of these. The wikis are also there to guide you through any game play mechanic you don't understand.
My final point is death in the game. Its integrated as part of the story and also part of the title. You are meant to die a lot in this game. Dieing means you don't have the knowledge or skill to pass the area so you need to try again and learn from your mistakes.
The game often gets a bad rap by some players who expect the game makers to hold their hand like a child though the whole thing. An often complaint is the tutorial doesn't teach you how to play. This is in part true. The tutorial is nothing more than text messages on the floor, these tell you pretty much everything about the game play itself though people tend to just walk over them.
Note: On the PC version, the developers admittedly didn't know what they were doing and so there are problems. A mod called DSFix and a gamepad fixes these in full.
Another common complaint is that the game has no story and doesn't tell you where to go. The game doesn't tell you where to go because you really can go in any direction to usually do something at least and one direction will clearly be easier and ergo for new players. The story is told a bit differently to games like skyrim and because of this people often just miss it entirely. Simply put, the story of the game is what you are doing with your character. To know what you are doing with your character, there are item descriptions and subtle dialogue to tell you that the albino dragon you just slew is more than just a name, rather, an old duke who lost his mind defending a crystal granting him eternal life who also has a daughter locked away by the gods.
It may not sound very fun though the subtle nature contributes to the atmosphere. There are also entertaining youtubers who pretty much explain every discovered aspect of the story: vaatividya and epicnamebro i believe are the most popular of these. The wikis are also there to guide you through any game play mechanic you don't understand.
My final point is death in the game. Its integrated as part of the story and also part of the title. You are meant to die a lot in this game. Dieing means you don't have the knowledge or skill to pass the area so you need to try again and learn from your mistakes.