ZeldaScott
2020
2020
Master class world design. Fun and challenging bosses despite not living up to its successors in that respect. However, the original entry in the Dark Souls series provides an irreplicable experience. Is this the best game Fromsoft has made? No. The game falls off pretty hard in the second half, not enough to ruin the experience entirely, but the first half shows that this game had the potential to be nearly perfect.
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Great open world and exploration, however, the last 10ish hours of this game is a trainwreck. From ran out of ideas and substituted interesting and challenging boss patterns and move-sets and instead made every attack hit you for 2/3s of your HP, or the boss has a reset fight button that you will never figure out how to dodge without a guide. Many say that the game is hard because you are meant to use the spirit summons, but From has always designed their bosses without summonable help in mind, and I find it frustrating that they decided to seemingly abandon this philosophy. I've beaten the game 3 times, which shows that the game clearly is doing something right, but I don't think I'll ever play it again simply because I do not wish to fight these terrible bosses. Hoarah Loux is cool though.
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