Dark Souls isn't a perfect game; the second half feels rushed. But the first blind playthrough until Anor Londo is something that I never felt before. It's a 3D Metroidvania mixed with an Action RPG, absolute generational masterpiece, one of the GOATs. It's so deep and good that it hurts. I played it during the looong nights of isolation times of COVID, and this game taught me that I could never stop fighting against depression and the real-life demons. If I raised the white flag, I would turn hollow, but I didn't dare to do it...