Prepare to Feel: What Dark Souls Did to My Heart
Prepare to Die Ever since these words graced the back cover of Dark Souls in 2011, the game has been synonymous with one word: Difficulty. The phrase sends a clear message before you even play the game that failure in the world of Dark Souls (and totally not in our own) is expected and must be overcome in order to succeed. However, my own personal cocktail of emotions surrounding the first Dark Souls is very different. I associate Dark Souls with a great sense of optimism, a feeling that no challenge is without its path to victory and even though the road to all of life's great victories is inevitably paved with failure. Now on the surface that may seem like an intentionally contrarian point of view, but if you care to lend me a voice, I will lay out my reasons. I do intend to acknowledge a lot of the game's darker elements, but I'll also be providing a little interpretation and descriptive ethics along the way to see if I can explain just why for me Dark Souls is more ass...