Dark Souls changed a lot about me, how I saw life and those around me.

I was 15 when I first discovered this series, deep into a spiraling depression by being someone who people wanted me to be, pleasing and collected, definitely who I wasn't; Every single day felt like like a chore, a complete waste of my time, until I met this series, started off with 3 which despite being a good gaming, it wasn't NEARLY as life-changing as this was.

Dark Souls starts with you, in a cell with yourself almost vanishing to hollowing, a metaphor for depression that stuck to me in a very personal way, the very act of giving up is hollowing, giving away and losing hope is giving up on yourself, who you once was, but anyway, Oscar of Astora frees you and gives you a chance at life once again, setting you free from the shackles of hollowing.

Hollowing in it of itself, is how I felt back then, hollowing deep inside, losing my sense of self and almost giving up, Dark Souls made me realize, life isn't supposed to be easy nor your way, but rather you HAVE to make it yours, make of life what you want, some can call it nihilistic in nature, but it's freeing in a weird way, Dark Souls is more about the journey you went through and how much you been through rather than the final goal, and that made me realize, almost 6 years later that, I've been through so much than I can even describe, because of this game specifically.

Dark Souls made me realize that life doesn't magically give you any meaning or greater calling, but it's for you to find that meaning and make it yours, going through your own journey until finally achieving that end goal you so wanted, just to look back on everything you did and realize it was worth all the hardships and illnesses you had to endure, all the people that plotted against you (Patches) and the people that followed you along it, to the very end, and it all just makes it so worth it, cause life is worth living because of what you make of it, finding your own personal reason, be it being the greatest warrior, the wisest sorcerer, the most faithful cleric or even the most insane goal of all, of trying to acquire something intangible, it all boils down to oneself's dream, and believing in it, because as long as you believe in that dream, the journey you'll have to it will make everything so much more special, the friends you made that said goodbye and those who stayed to the bitter end, the enemies and hardships you had to go through, until they were no more and just everything that surrounded that dream, making you unable of hollowing, because you found purpose in yourself, making your own, not following other's.

And that to me, what makes this game such a masterpiece, and I'll take it with me forever, deep down in my heart.