We gave the Doom "Doomguy" Slayer the "Most School Spirit" award. Related, on Waypoint: Yeah. That's right. The gargoyles were dead, and despite streaming the game to hundreds of people on the Internet, I screamed in ecstasy.
And yet, eventually, in a moment that will be familiar to many a Dark Souls fan, I had "the run," where I'd exhausted all of my health, patience, and mental stamina, but through a mixture of gut reaction and learned precision, my trusty axe struck them down. I spent hours bashing my head against these assholes, making little progress towards defeating them. You get a few minutes with one of them before the other one shows up, and it's a nightmare. It wasn't until my wife went on a long work trip that I gave Dark Souls a shot, and I still remember when it all clicked.Ī few hours into the game, you're confronted with a boss in the form of two gargoyles. Prior to becoming a convert, I poked fun at Dark Souls fans, not understanding the desire to play a game that seemed to take pleasure in their suffering. Dark Souls 2, despite us having played them in order, and in the right mood, I'd argue Bloodborne is king.Īnd while defeating Ornstein and Smough, surviving Blighttown, escaping Sen's Fortress, and ringing the first bell will be etched in my psyche for years, I'll always be chasing one specific moment. If you ask someone about their favorite Souls game, there's a chance it's influenced by a simple question: which one did they play first? That's not a universal truth, of course I've gotten into countless arguments with Austin over the merits of Dark Souls vs.
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