Max remembers the first time he played Demon Souls, the precursor to the critically acclaimed Dark Souls. Who could forget dying in a tutorial? Or missing your bloodstain by mere inches? Or maybe taking on a boss with only a club and a loincloth? These mechanics are now commonplace in the genre, but experiencing it all for the first time was truly something special, and something that we gamers crave.
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