The Dark Souls trilogy has been renowned for years, with Dark Souls 1 being cited as one of the best video games of all time, and Dark Souls 3 being Game Of The Year in 2016.

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When you first emerge from the caves into this area, it instantly makes you feel safe yet fills you with wonder over the mysteries it holds with its abandoned mansion and bottomless pit which you’re itching to explore. Although Oscar tells you to fulfil the prophecy, there’s actually been countless Undead who have matched this description before and tried the path themselves. Such as Sif the Great Grey Wolf, who only attacks you to protect her master’s grave who sacrificed his life to save her. The bell has just been rung to signal that the First Flame is once again dying out, by this point humanity has adjusted to this existence and has a chosen Hero or Lord known as a Lord of Cinder to sacrifice themselves in a ritual to rekindle the flame and prolong the Age of Fire. Includes Dark Souls Remastered, Dark Souls II: Scholar of The First Sin, Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades, all DLC content for all 3 games and all original soundtracks.Gamer Network Limited, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom, registered under company number 03882481. The bundle comes with 3 disks: Dark Souls Remastered, Dark Souls II - Scholar Of The First Sin, and Dark Souls III – The Fire Fades. Because of this, Dark Souls II had an entirely different tone to its predecessor and is considered the ‘black sheep’ of the series. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.

Dark Souls Trilogy - Xbox One - EB Games Australia Dark Souls Trilogy - Xbox One - EB Games Australia

There’s a bit of sadness to every NPC, even Siegmeyer the jolly ‘Onion Knight’, who serves as comic relief throughout the game in all the tricky predicaments you need to rescue him from.

Play with hundreds of unique combinations of weaponry, armor, magic, and crafting options to create your own play style and gaming experience. And, after much teeth gritting, I can see why Dark Souls is seen as one of the most influential games of all time – even influencing the way I play games to this day. And, because of the many different builds you can generate from your character by putting points into certain skills, using weapons that will also scale up in damage based on the points you have in these certain skills, and wearing armor that benefits your build – the Dark Souls trilogy is hugely replayable. his endless cycle further enhances the hopeless feeling you get from this world and the people living in it.