However, the difficulty in Dark Souls is not there for the sake of difficulty only, but it’s actually a narrative tool that helps to tell some of the most ambitious stories ever told in games. Sure, Dark Souls and all its sibling games will forever be remembered for the epic boss battles and the brutal paths to get to said bosses, always filled with enemies and traps that hold nothing back in their attempts to kill you. And I hate to break it to you, but Dark Souls’ most significant legacy is not the difficulty but its unique worldbuilding. While the difficulty is undoubtedly part of the appeal of the Souls franchise, it’s unfair to reduce FromSoftware games to this element, especially since Dark Souls revolutionized the AAA industry in a lot of different ways.
When anyone talks about Dark Souls or any other recent FromSoftware title, the first thing mentioned is how difficult the games are.
