not the 10\10 the internet promises, but the best 8\10 you'll ever play.
there are problems with this title, bandai rushing production making some areas of the game straight up be incomplete (a fan will come up and say that its to symbolise the hollowing of the world), back when this game was made, some devs said they wanted to implement more of the internet forum based discoveries upon their works, what you get from this is cryptic quests that i have no idea how some people found out really, and i found that quite jarring specially when it doesn't even make sense (i shouldn't have to deposit 1 humanity at a time in order to hit 30 on that specific quest, and who exactly found out that was necessary to do it ? if you know you know), and to top it all off this game has one of the most dogshit toxic sides of a fandom, they sent death threats to a IGN writer for a dated guide, go out of their way to guarante that everyone has the exact same experience as them by reporting respec mods, going into nexus pages and harassing modders.
if youre a new player, please, you paid 60+ dollars for this game, play it any way you want, if you want it authentic go for it but if you want help, if you want to be handheld by a guide, dude thats totally ok, don't let others come to you and say ''if i suffered through this, so should you'', the best part of this game isn't even the first playthrough, because once you finish the game and go into NG+ you realize how much of a amazing sandbox it truly is, then youre set free to do as you please with the knowledge you gathered and all the equipment, you truly become the ''lord of the dark'' of this world.
veterans, please don't act like this game is a religion, its a product mean't to be enjoyed in any way they want.
that all said, if you decide to get into this, be prepared to learn a lot and adapt but really it isn't that hard, most of the challenge comes from not knowing what or how to do things, with the proper knowledge and equipment you can breeze through most enemies, i've seen some people who played with a guide beat artorias first try ''but it takes away from the experience, it takes the discovery away'' different strokes for different folks.
you paid for the product, you enjoy it anyway you want, its yours.
(my final note represents the game as a whole, the point about the toxic fandom does not interfere with my review, but its worth bringing up for, as a game with online features, newcomers will have to deal with the community and they should be aware of it)
there are problems with this title, bandai rushing production making some areas of the game straight up be incomplete (a fan will come up and say that its to symbolise the hollowing of the world), back when this game was made, some devs said they wanted to implement more of the internet forum based discoveries upon their works, what you get from this is cryptic quests that i have no idea how some people found out really, and i found that quite jarring specially when it doesn't even make sense (i shouldn't have to deposit 1 humanity at a time in order to hit 30 on that specific quest, and who exactly found out that was necessary to do it ? if you know you know), and to top it all off this game has one of the most dogshit toxic sides of a fandom, they sent death threats to a IGN writer for a dated guide, go out of their way to guarante that everyone has the exact same experience as them by reporting respec mods, going into nexus pages and harassing modders.
if youre a new player, please, you paid 60+ dollars for this game, play it any way you want, if you want it authentic go for it but if you want help, if you want to be handheld by a guide, dude thats totally ok, don't let others come to you and say ''if i suffered through this, so should you'', the best part of this game isn't even the first playthrough, because once you finish the game and go into NG+ you realize how much of a amazing sandbox it truly is, then youre set free to do as you please with the knowledge you gathered and all the equipment, you truly become the ''lord of the dark'' of this world.
veterans, please don't act like this game is a religion, its a product mean't to be enjoyed in any way they want.
that all said, if you decide to get into this, be prepared to learn a lot and adapt but really it isn't that hard, most of the challenge comes from not knowing what or how to do things, with the proper knowledge and equipment you can breeze through most enemies, i've seen some people who played with a guide beat artorias first try ''but it takes away from the experience, it takes the discovery away'' different strokes for different folks.
you paid for the product, you enjoy it anyway you want, its yours.
(my final note represents the game as a whole, the point about the toxic fandom does not interfere with my review, but its worth bringing up for, as a game with online features, newcomers will have to deal with the community and they should be aware of it)