Dark Souls and the Perfection of Gameplay Narrative | Why I Still Play Dark Souls | PunkDisorder

Dark Souls, the harbinger of the "Challenging Video Game". Progenitor of the "git gud" gaming mindset. Dark Souls and games like it (often called "Soulslikes") are known for being tough to overcome. But there is so much more to Dark Souls that most games trying to emulate it can't grasp, and that is the near-perfect ludonarrative harmony of Dark Souls, from its' systems to its' bosses. Grab something cold to drink and something good to eat, because today I'm diving in to Why I Still Play Dark Souls.
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Games Featured (in order of appearance)
The Last of Us 2
Demons' Souls
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Campaign Remastered)
The Walking Dead: Season One
Life is Strange: True Colors
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
Spec-Ops: The Line
Uncharted 3
Far Cry 5
Overwatch 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dark Souls 2
Dark Souls 3
Dark Souls
League of Legends
Far Cry 3
Fallout: New Vegas
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Credits:
@Jazz Goose for Giantdad vs. Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (incl. Dark Lord Ending)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ISFcQQJeg

@CapitaineToinon for Dark Souls Any% Force Quit World Record in 19:49 IGT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD6Ogi2a_iM

@gamevuee for Far Cry 3 Gameplay Walkthrough Part 22 - Ambush - Mission 22 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFucBcAOt0g

@BrokenGamezHDR for Demon's Souls Remake Boss Fight #1 - Vanguard Demon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOxGEqXdeOA

@PlayOverwatch for Overwatch 2 Announcement Cinematic: Zero Hour -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKXS_YA9s7E

@Trophygamers for Far Cry 5 - Kill Jacob Seed - Only You Story Mission - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH8hfIXFz10

@TroytheGamerHD for Uncharted 3 Plane Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVePn1FdAyo

@Jekavac TV for The Last of Us 2 - Joel and Ellie ENDING Flashback + Ellie Returns to the Farm and Plays a Guitar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWpPE8WguEo

@The Game Overanalyser for Spec Ops : The Line and the Anti-Aesthetics of Violence in Game Design - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUBLYuxh_y0

@Omega Fantasy for Dark Souls 3 DLC 2 ►5 HIDDEN SECRETS in the DREG HEAP! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYS1dwiARM

@Octic for MW 2019 - Clean House / RTX on / Realistic Difficulty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGJN2JR7zAw

@HAcoreRD for The Walking Dead - Lee's Death - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBD7Ir04Sis

@Fortunate for Modern Warfare 2 Remastered: "No Russian" (2020) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVYMKd2Datk

@Boone Noob for Fallout: New Vegas - The Game was Rigged from the Start - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf1dbIEV0qQ

@AmeriGamer Plays! for GWYN, LORD OF CINDER! | Dark Souls: Remastered Lets Play (Part 31) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2__jL0b5nJQ

@Playing With Heart for Alex & Steph Play "Blister in the Sun" (Full Song & Music) // Life is Strange True Colors - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeBwPvxo6pk

@Prime Excellence for Life Is Strange True Colors : Part 8 LARP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOUzEsihfwc
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