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Dark Souls, every time I hear this name pleasant and enchanting visions flutter through my subconscious, forming images in my engulfed mind of the many adventures I have had in the realm of Lordran.I'm not really sure when exactly I got Dark Souls, I just remember that it was briefly before people began to really dig into the lore. So I was lucky in that sense. I remember how I struggled through my first play through of the game, how sometimes hope did seem so distant, like the Sun streams blemished light over the many lands.And I clearly remember eagerly telling my friends about the game, how it was fair and just in it's mechanics. I also remember the first statements they would make once I explain my experience with the game, "Oh wow, that sounds pretty awesome dude! But, what's the Story like?" In response I would just kind of stand there, thinking for a way to properly explain this, though I could not, until later..Traditionally, I prefer a game with a good story, nothing seems to grip me more than a world I can leap into. And this is why Dark Souls was such a, peculiar thing for me at first.I never noticed that there wasn't an Obvious story for the game. I never questioned it, nothing ever prompted me to question it; and while yes, this is negative in the sense that I might have never been able to find any of the true lore out like so many have (and greatly so), I feel that it is extremely baffling, that in all of those first hours of gameplay, I would simply walk around the lands of Lordran, so absorbed by atmosphere alone that I never felt drawn out of the game, It was like there was one massive, illusive, and ever present source of mystery and power in this world. Even though I had never found a True story, there was a setting clear to me, and somehow, I knew that there was one.Okay, when I saw, "I knew that there was one." I don't literally mean that I knew there was a story... It was a feeling, and Intuitive feeling, driven by the Sentimental aesthetics of the game, and the few Dialogues that were presented to one. It was like I didn't even truly need the Lore (though no doubt I adore it for every ounce of it's literary and visual being.)When the lore finally began to form in the community, I found myself falling into it, like a moth drawn into a flame, the only difference being though, that my wings did not burn- how could they?If anything, it was like I had turned into a gigantic moth and extinguished the flame with a single gust generated by new, and massive wings. This feeling of mystery I had sensed was starting to uncoil itself, gradually, and graciously.I would watch Epic Name Bro's Lore video's on youtube, and that of many others. I would then hungrily delve into the world again, find new paths, find the connections that so many others were finding now, proving them for myself, and of course speculating, as is only natural.Ever since then, Dark Souls has been a fixation, it has become a large Inspiration for me. It's truly tragic tales are close to the best and most engrossing stories I have had the pleasure ofand emphasis on experiencing! Since Dark Souls is a video game, you go through it differently than a book or a movie. It is one way to prove what kind of art can be created from Video Games.So what does Dark Souls mean to me? Well, I can't really formulate what it means to me into words. But I can feel clearly that it means a great deal, and I can hardly wait to delve further into this world with the next instalment, which I am sure most of us (if not all) are eagerly awaiting.However, what I am most excited about, is being able toa Souls game with this comunity.