The areas in Dark Souls continue to inspire awe in players, but it may surprise even long-time fans how many are based on ...

But the rest of the time, when it is running at a smooth 60 (on PC only), Dark Souls 3 is a sight to see. Exploration of the aforementioned places is the cornerstone of this series, and Dark Souls ...

In Dark Souls 3 there are recognizable places still, though corrupted or built over. In Dark Souls 2, there are only ever echoes. In Dark Souls, Blighttown is below the sewers of the Undead Burg.

and in some places even remixed, as Scholar of the First Sin a year later, and that is also $20 on Steam and Humble. Though both are seen as the dark horses of the Souls games, time has been kind ...

Trying to link together the events in the Dark Souls Souls-like franchise, are you? Well, that might be a little tricky, ...

Dark Souls games aren’t short on witches ... and pitch black environments this side of the Tomb of Giants. Few places in the Souls world book are as impeccably vibe flush as the Nexus (from ...

Apparently playing hide and seek with Dark Souls 3 players is popular, especially when you can disguise yourself as an NPC. But it's actually much easier to hide from an invader than you might ...

While the variety in places to fight and explore is great, the world of Dark Souls II lacks a certain cohesion that was present in the original. 2011's depiction of Lordran felt it made sense in a ...

But more than this is the world of Dark Souls and its sparse characters. The overgrown forests. The crumbling ruins. The undead towns. I can’t believe any of these places were ever any ...

Dark Souls III is a game of valleys and peaks, down through dungeons and up over castle walls. It's a plummet into places we shouldn't be--an escape from places we don't belong. But of course ...

And it's in this context that Dark Souls 3 returns to the classic sword-and-shield combat of the Souls games. The mini-bosses are fantastic, and many of them are hidden in out-of-the-way places or ...