I played Elden Ring and it quickly became my favorite video game. I still watch lore videos on youtube and it’s been more than a year since I played the game. I played Sekiro later and adored it for both the gameplay and lore. I want to get into darksouls, and I’m pretty lore-oriented. Do I need to start from DS1 or can I jump into DS3? Would love any thoughts. Thanks!
You can start it wherever you like. But 3 is heavily related to 1, more so than 2. So I’d really suggest starting at 1. It really makes 3 that much better. Theres a few bosses you won’t really get without playing 1. And going directly from 1 to 3 is a pretty great experience. 2 is the best for pvp in my experience nowadays (dont let that make you think its any good its ass a lot of the time). They’re all amazing games tho.
The great thing about the Souls series is that frankly you can start at any game, and play in any order.
You will probably wind up with a bias towards a particular order after playing all of them. But it’s not like, Mass Effect or something.
If you are lore oriented, I’d play 1 through 3 in order blind, then read the shit out of wiki’s, the play them again with guides that help you go on a ‘lore tour’. But like, you could also just do whatever in any order and still have a great time.
A majority of DS players started with 3! If you like it you can play the older, jankier entries
I dug into a fair bit of lore when I had the time, they can each stand on their own though you will find fun things if you look across all of DS 1-3
I’d say start with DS1for the lore and world building. It’s obviously not as mechanically refined as DS3 but it’s great!! It’s a richer experience that way in my opinion.
That’s a huge reason (among many) to start with 1. It’s always easy to move to games with friendlier controls.
After getting hooked on the Souls franchise, I went back and played the first King’s Field game. It handles like garbage that’s on fire and I couldn’t play more than half an hour.
But if I’d played it first, that wouldn’t have been a problem.Dark Souls 3 will spoil you for Dark Souls 1’s engine. But Dark Souls 1 is the better game (not to mention the foundation that 3 is built on), so you should play it in the order that’s going to frustrate you less.
Since you say you’re pretty lore oriented then i would start with DS1. It holds up. If you were just meh on lore then id say dive in with DS3 since that’s my favorite fromsoft game
3 is a great starting point. Absolute new players have trouble with the first boss, but you’ll figure it out eventually. Everything after that has variable difficulty, you can always use a cheesier build or farm to overlevel or summon some friends.
Start by reading all of Berserk. Then play every King’s Field game. Then play Demon’s Souls. Then you’ll be ready for Dark Souls 1. Skip 2.
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I did actually read all of berserk because of how much i liked ER…
I wasn’t kidding. I did the same but for Dark Souls.
I quit an hour into the first King’s Field game. Not required reading, those games, and they were before Miyazaki anyway.I mean, I was kidding. But also I read all of Berserk because of Dark Souls 1. You are going to enjoy so many easter eggs.
I started 3 as my first soulslike ever. Had a great time.
I actually enjoyed 3 more than 1.
