Dark Souls – read before play

The ‘Dark Souls’ series is a collection of role-playing games created by Hidetaka Miyazaki of From-Software and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The series has seen two sequels (Dark Souls II, Dark Souls III) and gained critical acclaim for its tough gameplay. The world of ‘Dark Souls’ is filled with secrets, shortcuts and traps that you never knew existed before. If you love video games, this collection of games is for you. 

‘Dark Souls’ is a challenging game that you will never get bored with. The difficulty curve is suitable for those who love action games with challenging enemies and boss fights

The ‘Dark Souls’ series had shipped 33.4 million copies outside of Japan as of March 2022

Dark Souls I

It is the first game in the series of ‘Dark Souls’. In starting, From-Software wanted to create the sequel of Demon’s Souls , but due to Sony’s interference this game was created. It was released in 2011 only for PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360. Then dark souls: Prepare to Die was release on 2012 for Windows, PS3 and XBOX  360 

The game takes place in the fictional kingdom of Lordran. Players are assumed to play the role of a cursed human character who later discovers it is the fate of undead humans like themselves.

Players must find piece together of all clues in order to understand the story

Dark Souls II

This game was not created by director Hidetaka Miyazaki because he was busy directing Another game although he was still involved in supervision of this game. It was released in 2014 for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. In 2015, an Updated version was release which name is The Lost Crowns  which is the one of the content of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, which is downloadable for Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One

Dark Souls III

It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2016. The pace of this game is faster than the previous game . In this game the player has to end the cycle of linking the Flame and this game takes place in the kingdom of Lothric. In next 2017, Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition was both critically and commercially successful, with critics calling it a worthy and fitting conclusion to the series

Voice artist of ‘Dark Souls’

Protagonist (Male) voiced by Grant Gillespie.

Protagonist (Female) voiced by Alice Henley.

Firekeeper voiced by Olivia Mace.

Ludleth of Courland voiced by Roger Ringrose.

Shrine Handmaid voiced by Carolyn Pickles.

Who made ‘Dark Souls’ music?

Motoi Sakuraba is the music composer of Dark Souls I and Motoi Sakuraba and Yuka Kitamura  are both music composer of Dark Souls II as well as Dark Souls III

How hard is ‘Dark Souls’?

Most of the ‘Dark Souls’ games are very challenging. I think it is the most challenging game I have ever played in my life. However, the game is exactly what you make of it.

In the Conclusion

If you are a game lover and want to play little horror and adventure games , Dark Souls is for you . the more you play , the more it’s getting interesting. its break old tradition STORYTELLING, Collect the pieces and know the story of the game by yourself