Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25106727-20140626034651/@comment-24564406-20140630223038

I am assuming that jumping into Dark Souls you had heard about it, and the difficulty and the type of game it was. You can't complain about something that you knew was going to be there right off of the bat.

Furthermore, I assume from your comparison of story of CoD to Dark Souls that you really haven't experienced a true RPG game. There is no hand holding, and you shouldn't use a guide because an RPG's job is to put you into an unfamiliar world and let you forge ahead on your own.

My first time playing through, I was absolutely overwhelmed, for the people who are claiming this game is linear, you are all wrong because of the fact that you can literally go anyway from the start (apart from Sen's Fortress and beyond). I can understand your frustration, but from trial and error, you should be able to figure out what areas you are strong enough for, and which you should wait to come back to, and that should give you an idea in which direction to go, and if you talk to the first NPC you come across in Lordran he basically tells you the two places you need to go.

Also, I guarantee you that you are picking up items in this game without even going to the menu to look at them, because if you had, and read the item's description, you would see that almost every item has that "lore" you were failing to see, and if you looked at the keys, and read their description, a lot of them give you a nice little hint as to where the key goes.

This is a classic case of "No guide, not playing". So many people nowadays need some sort of waypoint in a game to tell them where to go, and it is sad. But the fact of the matter is, you shouldn't need one because yes the game is open, and big, but it isn't impossible to figure out where to go on your own. All of us have managed to do it, so your argument that it is is null in void.

Look, if you are struggling with this game, that is what this wiki is for. Pop into chat, ask a question, get help. No one is going to tear you a new one for asking for help, but when you go and post something like this because you are a bit frustrated, not many people are going to want to offer assistance.