Thoughts on the Souls game that started it all?

It's the best.

Yes

Yes. It's a fine way to play if you don't have a PS3 or PS5.

Exceedingly difficult for no reason. Not fun and depressing

my favorite and easily in my top 5 vidya, love everything about it but especially the level and encounter design. they nailed it on the first try

DeS isn't that challenging, outside of maybe Flamelurker who can be a bit of a pain. going back to it after later From games makes it feel comically easy

retard

My second favourite behind DS1. Plus once you learn how world tendency works you dont even have to worry about it.

My nigga, based

great game

agreed

triggered

Popular game for people who never played it

BB>demon souls>ds1>ds2(og)>sekiro>ds3>eldin ring>ds2 scholar of the first sin

A lot of posers claim to like it even though it's the complete opposite of BB/DS3/ER.

Demon's Souls is punishing rather than challenging although I'd say some places in pure black tendency can be hellish, strangely enough despite not being that hard I've seen some people coming from later games run into trouble. Dark Souls 1 is piss easy all the way through though it doesn't really step up until later in the series.

The only one with a decent storyline for the quest.
Best atmosphere that felt somewhat unique.
Not the best healing system but whatever.
9.5/10 Pretty good

for me its ds1>bb>das1
every other souls game is garbage

despite not being that hard I've seen some people coming from later games run into trouble

The average souls fan doesn't know how to play a game that's not just a string of 1v1 bossfights.

This. You have to actually play DeS. Running by everything isn't always an option.

It’s the best one and a clear example of how far the series fell when they started porting to TrannyC

Not the best healing system but whatever.

I disagree.

I liked Estus way more. I won't argue grass is bad if you prefered it.

Souls games were better without the Sony exclusivity. Snoys will always cope by pretending PTDE is bad.

It's way too easy to get shitloads of good grass. It's the same issue with life gems in Dark Souls 2 but not as egregious.

Because you're a casual.

Spending time getting it is a punishment. Forcing people you invade to go through their stock was absolute kino.

Coolest weapon in any souls game.

based

Yes, and it even has working fan servers, so you can play online if you don't mind the minor hassle of setting it up.

It's the same issue with life gems in Dark Souls 2 but not as egregious.

DeS is significantly more egregious as there's multiple types of grass which can all stack to 99.

They also never got rid of the dupe glitch on PS3, so it's far easier to abuse healing items using it.

Yeah, you can get any amount of souls you want with Stockpile Tom. Even did it in my playthrough, its unbelievable.

Wasn't "keep chewing on grass" a meme back then or am I imagining things?

The actually good grass is more of a tax that only really drops from stronger enemies like the red eyed knights, the grass that you overflow with are the early types that are only good for patching up chip damage.

The actually good grass

Patches sells the second best grass in the game.

Picked it up on release day and loved it

thought the jankiness of a boss with a massive sword hitting me through walls and pillars was because it was a new series from a smaller studio

bought CE Dark Souls and see bullshit hits are now a mainstay in the series and dialed up to 11

dropped the game on the second boss and never touched a souls game until bloodborne

Was a great game and was close to platinuming it.