Light challenge run: Fist weapons only, no shield, no parry, no spirit or human summons. Fia's ending.

I never found Malenia on my first playthrough, and even with a modest challenge run like this it was rough fighting her for the first time like this. Extremely rewarding though, glad I did this. I thought the giant open world might make replays of this less breezy and fun than other souls games, but you can bounce around speedily enough and skip enough side stuff that you can practically make it as long or short as you want. I fully intend to come back and do more difficult challenge runs in the future.

As mind-meltingly beautiful as ever.