The first Dark Souls has some iconic boss battles and environments that rank at the top of the series but I couldn't help but feel that some of the difficulty was artificial and that some things were made tedious for no reason. Like the Capra Demon fight arena or the Bone Zone skeletons that stun lock you. Also having to run for over a minute every time to get to the final boss arena was really annoying and unnecessary.

With that being said Dark Souls is still a game I'd recommend to anyone who likes souls-like games (if they haven't already played it) or anyone looking to get into the series of FromSoft games. If you are looking to get into the series I do recommend starting with DS1 because starting with the newer FromSoft games and going back like I did can be rough.