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Game Review: Dark Souls III 

Dark Souls III boot up screen 

Summary: 

Dark Souls III begins with your character being resurrected in a cemetery. Your character known as an Ashen One is a undead warrior of an unknown origin tasked with seeking out the four Lords of Cinder whose propose was to sacrifice their lives to rekindle the First Flame. Four of the five Lords abandoned their duty and failed to rekindle the First Flame causing the Ashen Ones to be brought back from the dead.

FireLink Shrine

Twin Princes Boss Fight

Setting: 

Dark Souls III is set in a fictional medieval fantasy world. The architecture throughout the world varies from the Catacombs of Carthus to the City of Anor Londo. 

Old Demon King Boss fight in the Catacombs of Carthus.

Gameplay: 

Gameplay in Dark Souls III is Challenging as there are a number of different style players can choose to use that best suits them. Some players may choose the standard sword and shield combo using the shield to block and absorb attacks and following up with a counter strike. Other player may choose a more evasive play style relying on their reactions to dodge and parry incoming attacks. These play styles tend to depend on the preferred weapon of each player. The weapons in Dark Souls III range from the small and fast daggers to the slow heavy hitting axes. All weapons styles can be further altered be their two handed attacks, while some weapons many have similar two handed attacks their are also a lot of weapons with unique attacks and combos.

Dark Souls III item menu.

(All images used in this post are my own and come from my own experience of the game. )