85%PC

Took me years to get around to playing Dark Souls, DS3 is where it all clicked for me but it is far from my favorite Dark Souls game.

90%PC

Really loved & enjoyed this 1 as I had to resort to different strategies to finally overcome Bosses who were way better than 2 as it's quite evident they focussed more on quality than quantity.

Though I did spent a few days on DS2 it wasn't a successor of DS1 infact the difficulty felt quite artificial as they had to resort to ganging up on the player as the 1 & only strategy the entire game,hell the boss fights were way easier compared to the path between them

90%PC

Very good game. Had some souls experience from Elden Ring so that might explain short playtime

85%PC

Перепрошёл спустя несколько лет. DLC The Ringed City, конечно, очень сильно влияет на итоговое общее впечатление. Мой отзыв будет сконцентрирован на личных претензиях. В целом – это хорошая игра, но статус "лучшей" в серии, которым эту поделку наградило сообщество, меня поражает.

Голая Dark Souls III – вторичный, недоработанный, местами весьма колхозно задизайненный слэшер с элементами RPG в декорациях тёмного фэнтези. Прокачка не требует от тебя хоть какой-то осознанности: на милишнике тебе достаточно поочерёдно вкачивать 4-5 статов, чтобы чувствовать себя абсолютно комфортно всю игру.

Всё, что связано с бронёй – сломано к хуям. Параметры защиты ни на что не влияют, баланса не существует, а любой красивый шмот со второй четверти игры вгоняет персонажа в состояние перегруза, из-за чего приходится искать варианты как-то это компенсировать – либо за счёт кольца, либо за счёт прокачки беспонтовой характеристики.

Кто-нибудь в курсе, что здесь делает механика поломки оружия? НА КОЙ ХУЙ ОНА ВООБЩЕ ЗДЕСЬ НУЖНА, Я РЕШИТЕЛЬНО ЭТОГО НЕ ПОНИМАЮ. Я даже хз, кто больше похож на клоуна – чувак в разноцветном парике, с белым гримом на лице и красным пикающим носом, или додик, который реально хоть раз чинил пушку у Андрэ.

Мир и локации от переплетённой, крайне продуманно сделанной 3D-метроидвании деградировали до прямолинейной кишки с двумя-тремя ответвлениями, приводящими в тупик. Это вкусовщина, однако Dark Souls для меня никогда не был исключительно про сражения с огромными ебаками – это было одинокое приключение по умирающему миру, который ты должен был открывать и исследовать самостоятельно, опираясь лишь на собственное чувство первооткрывательства. В случае третьей части – ну нужно быть откровенным ебланом, чтобы потеряться в этих коридорах.

Визуальное разнообразие оригинальной игры, кстати, поражает: замок одного цвета, замок второго цвета, замок третьего цвета, болото, замок оттенка третьего цвета, ну и катакомбы, спасибо. Ладно бы оно всё было каким-то оригинальным и новым, так нихуя – зачастую локации просто копируют концепты регионов из первых «Тёмных Душ». Да, это обусловлено лором, но я такими темпами могу к любой хуйне лор притянуть, играть от этого веселее не станет.

Кстати, а что там по «миллиону бомжей»? Так вот же они! К моему удивлению, третья части переняла столь нелюбимую фанатами "фишку" предшественницы: куча неуместных, бесячих мобов могут просто свалиться тебе на голову и задавить числом. Про какую-то толковую расстановку врагов, чтобы создать интересную ситуацию, и речи не идёт. Храм Глубин передаёт привет.

Боссы – штука субъективная, конечно, но мне они показались слишком элементарными, особенно после Elden Ring'а и его DLC. Большую часть из них я прошёл с первой попытки, исключениями являются только Дерево, Понтифик (на парированиях), Фриде и Демоны-принцы. Даже мой любимый Мидир в это прохождение слёг с первого трая, пусть и дался он мне достаточно потно. Гаэль, кстати, просто беспонтовый хуесос, а те, кто считают его лучшим боссом игр FromSoftware – уебаны без вкуса и чувства прекрасного, сори за факты.

Подавляющее число главарей даже не заставляет тебя заучить их мувсет и как-то правильно реагировать на их атаки: стой себе у них под сракой и чеши своей вилкой на +9, пока они от щекотки не помрут. И да, проговорю для ебланов: в этой части у всех врагов и боссов есть атаки с задержками, если у вас горит очко от Elden Ring'а, то хотя бы свой любимый Dark Souls III говном не поливайте, спасибо.

Печально, что серия Dark Souls стала ассоциироваться с каким-то невменяемым крэйзи босс-рашем. И произошло это именно после релиза «Тройки», за что я отдельно её не люблю. Зацикленность на боссах у той части сообщества, что начала своё знакомство с серией с Dark Souls III – это какой-то капитальный пиздец. Главное – БООООООООООССЫ БЛЯТЬ. Исследование? Изучение локаций? Прохождение уровней? Адаптация к новым условиям? Решение загадок? Бежать от костра до босса больше одной минуты? ДУХОТАААА. Конечно, когда любимый третий DS их именно этому и научил.

Говоря о комьюнити: на мой взгляд, «Трёшка» привлекла в серию очень много новых игроков. Это не плохо, но у этого были определённые последствия. Благодаря этой части «Тёмных Душ», на свет родились мои любимые макаки, для которых Dark Souls III стала единственной игрой Миядзаки, достойной хоть какого-то внимания. Если геймдизайнер хоть немного отклоняется от вектора этого обглоданного фэнтезийного слэшера – кучка безмозглых долбоёбов начинает срать любой другой проект за всё, что только можно, абсолютно позабыв, что их любимая часть также имеет весомую такую пачку минусов. Раз уж на то пошло, то даже Dark Souls II во многих аспектах выглядит и играется намного интереснее, чем это.

Dark Souls III — пройденный этап.

100%PC

"And … Oh, I got to tell you, it was perfect. Perfect! Everything, down to the last, minute details."

80%PC

2016 GOTY

95%PC

JOGÃO

95%PlayStation 4

I’ve held off on playing Souls games for wayyyy too long. This kicked my ass in the best way possible

80%PC

I mean what do you want me to say? It improves in almost every aspect of the user experience over its predecessors. The world will never be quite as interconnected and interesting and mechanical fear is somehow reduced.

90%PlayStation 4

Really fun end to the series.
The world and levels aren't as interesting as the first, but the gameplay is super fluid and fast compared to the first two games.

90%PC

1. Gameplay (2/2)
2. Story/Narrative (2/2)
3. Graphics/Visuals (1/2)
4. Soundtrack (2/2)
5. Genre Rating (2/2)

90%Xbox One

Great game. Yet, I have not played Elden ring yet so this score might change in comparison. I feel like I got spoiled by lies of P and Sekiro

80%PC

Bir çok konuda diğer souls oyunlarının üzerine koymayı başarmış ve harika boss savaşlarına sahip souls oyunu.

90%Xbox Series X/S

It was a very solid experience after playing Lies of P. Enjoyed it more than the first one but not as much as Elden Ring.

95%PC

Writing two weeks after completion simply because I didn't want to until now. Especially after playing Demon's which was decent but not as good as 1, 3 was SO good. The menus and crafting were streamlined which I appreciate, and the bosses were top-notch. A bunch of the bosses were tough but not impossible. Abyss Watchers and the Dancer did me in for a while, but getting through them feels AMAZING as always. While I think the level designs weren't quite as good as the first, exploring them was still fun. The fast travel off the bat could be better because the beginning areas all feel separated. A small detail that changes the way the fights feel a ton is the ability to walk while drinking the estus, it's less intrusive while fighting or exploring because you no longer come to a full stop.
Unfortunately with all the positives, it has some flaws as all games do. The beginning area is RIDICULOUS with how many stupidly strong enemies there are that WILL kill you unless you run past or go another direction. Firelink Shrine while still good, having it take place essentially underground quarantines it, especially considering the fog that covers the doors, and the fact leveling up MUST take place inside Firelink requiring you to fast travel there, level up, and then fast travel back.
Super good game, the first hour and a half sucks.

100%PC

It's legit the best game ever that scares away so many people because they want to experience more casual things. Please play this if you even consider it, you will NOT regret it.

90%PC

Compared to the other souls games its not my favorite but as a videogame its extremely good. I don't wanna go on my spiel on how much I like the souls genre again (see my elden ring review) so I'll just say what I liked and disliked about it compared to the other souls games ive played. The multiplayer implementation is much better in this one and overall it does feel alot more consistent in quality compared to DS1. While I still think DS1 is slightly better, the 3rd half really brings that game down from being a masterpiece. This game suffers slightly from its very linear level layout and from how easy it is for most of it. The early and mid game felt like a breeze which wasn't super satisfying but it was still fun. These are all nitpicks though, the game on its own is pretty close to a masterpiece in souls fashion. Definitely worth it.

100%PC

Holy shit beautiful game; bosses are fast-paced and have such clean movesets; just roll and hit and you'll get so much enjoyment. Would recommend to anyone new to souls games since it's really accommodating to new players

100%PC

Midir best dragon.

90%PC

First fromsoft game beaten after Elden ring and glad I gave it a try.

100%PC

+ Excellent combat
+ Incredible world design
+ Rich lore
+ Dark atmosphere
+ Great boss design

90%PC

Four years ago, I spent 70+ hours struggling through this damn game to get to the final boss.

Whilst the boss was transitioning into its second phase I got one shot and rage quit the game so hard that I still get salty every time I see this in my steam library.

9/10.

85%PC

While very fun, it's no where near as hard as some other games in the franchise. I still think it's worth a try, as the bosses are quite fun and challenging.

80%PC

Of the three mainline Dark Souls entries, this is clearly the most accessible one. Undoubtedly the quality of this game is better: the controls feel more snappy, the graphics are a noticeable jump from Dark Souls 2, and the UI has gotten more clean. There was a bunch of really cool boss design and weapons, and I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the different environments in the game. With that said, this entry also felt like most compact of the three; I did not feel like I got lost often because there weren't too many splitting paths to explore and as a result I felt like I was able to go from area to area fairly quickly. Although I don't think it was a super big difference, I did feel like the overall difficulty of the game was on the easier side when comparing with the other two mainline entries but I don't necessarily think that is a bad thing. The only real issues I ended up having with the game is the lock-on would sometimes mess with the camera in weird ways, and the PvP boss fight in the DLC. I ended up getting the same person who was lagging like crazy which made the fight absolutely unbearable until I fought the NPC character instead. Nothing else was majorly annoying or offensive, Dark Souls 3 is a very solid game.

100%PC

I just finished DS 1 Remastered almost 2 weeks ago due to inspiration to try out all the soulsborne game 'fromsoftware' before Elden Ring. I'm going to save DS2 for last after Sekiro. DS3 is such a masterpiece, the story is a bit confusing but got me hooked up from watching vids to further immerse my self into the game and it did! gameplay-wise everything was smooth, the mechanics and etc is on point! I'm finally gonna play Elden Ring then Sekiro :).

Time played : July 9th - July 20th, 2024.

95%PC

Dark Souls 3 is a true gem in the world of video games, delivering a wonderful adventure from start to finish. Once again, FromSoftware has showcased their mastery in crafting dense, atmospheric worlds where every corner hides something intriguing.

One of the game's greatest strengths lies in its stunning locations. Each place visited during the journey is meticulously designed and full of details. From dark castle corridors, through haunting forests, to ruins of ancient cities – each of these settings is not only visually impressive but also steeped in a history that players uncover step by step.

The bosses in Dark Souls 3 deserve immense praise as well. They are not only finely tuned in terms of mechanics but also captivate with their visuals. Every boss fight is a feast for the eyes and a test of skill. Animations, character designs, and the variety of tactics required make each battle a unique and satisfying challenge.

Exploring the world of Dark Souls 3 is pure pleasure. The game encourages players to explore every nook, discover hidden passages, and uncover secret locations. Each found note, each ancient artifact brings us closer to understanding the intricate and dark history of this universe. The game's lore is rich and deep, and delving into it provides a great sense of satisfaction.

It's also worth noting that Dark Souls 3 is the most challenging installment in the series. Enemies in this part, as evident from the very beginning, are incredibly agile and fast, even those of considerable size. I believe this is a fantastic change – not only does it look great to have such agile enemies, but it also raises the difficulty level. We must focus more if we want to avoid taking damage, making each fight even more intense and demanding.

The game left such a profound impression on me that I will certainly replay it – and probably more than once. When I play through the game again, I look forward to trying out different gameplay styles and builds that the game offers. Dark Souls 3 is a masterpiece that combines a wonderful adventure, stunning locations, meticulously crafted bosses with impressive visuals, and an incredible joy of exploring the world and delving into its lore. It's a game that every fan of challenging, atmospheric games should have in their collection.

70%PC

Above average 7
28.5 to complete
Started playing this right after elden ring.
DS3 has the same addicting game play, excellent boss fights, harder game style.

It is a great game. I love the world, the art, the variety of enemies and the challenge. There is a lot to find hidden and the lore is deep and hidden just like elden ring. It is very fun to min max your character and still not feel over powered. Coming from elden ring, I really enjoyed DS3, but it is not as good of a game.

The graphics are much worse and the game is much more linear.
The spaces between bonfires is longer and you have to teleport back to an npc to level up, which is annoying.
This game does not have cloud saves which is really annoying for the steam deck.
Can get lost with no map. Elden ring was much better on this account which also created a sense of scale that made the world feel huge.

Overall this is an excellent game, but a whole tier or two below elden ring.

90%PlayStation 5

Bosses were fun and challenging and the setting was cool. I would definitely do a second playthrough in the future.

Did a second playthrough and loved it (I beat nameless king!). I may try to get the platinum in the future but we will see.

Update: I got the platinum and it was great (besides the covenant farming lmao)

90%PC

It's a very fun game that started some of the long standing problems that are still affecting FromSoft soulsborne games (like the ER DLC).

Problem #1: The Camera

The lock on system in DS3 and ER has a very hard time when the enemy is fast, large or the arena is small. The camera in those cases is always to close making it impossible to see the enemy's attack. The worse type of bosses are a combination of the 2. For example, The Dancing Lion in the new ER DLC is impossible to kill since it is super fast and large which freaks out the camera. A boss like Aldrich is the worse as he has all 3. Additionally bosses that aren't humanoid tend to be very difficult for the camera to focus on which is why a boss like Pontiff Sulivan is fine despite being fast and having a narrow arena.

Problem #2: Less opportunities to attack

This problem is more applicable to late game Elden ring + DLC. But the problem originated with this game. Only a few bosses were like that imo. Pontiff Sulivan and the final boss are what come to mind.

Besides the problems this game is an amazing time that everyone should try. It feels like the perfect conclusion to the dark souls series. The weapons are very fun to use and fine. The use of a metroidvania style map made it very unique (to me) and had me going back to find areas I could now access. The areas are beautifully created and are densely packed with items, enemies, and places to find. The bosses were fairly easy to beat (usually around 1-4 tries using a broad sword) with the exception of a couple bosses like Friede, Gale, Final Boss, Pontiff Sulivan and Nameless King. The easiest bosses were the Rotted Greatwood, Abyss Watchers (first try), Yhrom the Giant (without the summon 2 tries), and Deacons of the deep. The areas before the boss were quite a lot harder.

"Easy bosses hard areas" is what I feel.

Dark Souls 3 is the best game for someone to get into the Soulsborne genre that hates open worlds. It's not very difficult and provides enough build variety to make subsequent playthroughs unique.

90%PC

Wonderful ending of legendary Dark Souls series. Maxed out ds formula, with the best bosses in entire sequence. Must play

90%Xbox One

This game nailed it, it combined all of the best elements of DS1/2 into one game and polished it. The atmosphere, the characters, the boss fights were all superb. Not to mention a killer soundtrack, I adore this game.

100%PC

Even though I personally prefer DS1, this is an objectively better game. From the smooth combat to the overall atmosphere and music, nearly everything is perfect in this game.

90%PC

wow

100%PC

Just a insane game.

90%PlayStation 4

The first Souls game I truly enjoyed, a great game, and does the best of everything in the series imo.
Pros:
·Story
·Soundtrack
·Graphics
·Mechanics
·Controls

Cons:
·Instances of Too Many Enemies in a Room
·Some Rare Annoying Level Design (Enemy Placement, Terrain)

90%PC

This game is what I think of when I think of Dark Souls. The bosses fit the atmosphere perfectly, the characters are familiar, yet have their own unique stories and quests that I think are laid out better than previously. Although, there a very few minor things that prevent this game from being a perfect 100. One of which is that I couldn't commit to the grind of getting every achievement, you either have to kill a lot of people in each covenant, or harvest VERY rare materials from annoying enemies. Another thing that I dislike about the game is that you kind of have to grind a bit if you want to complete the game as an average player without running into too much difficulty and the grind is monotonous and boring. That being said, I still believe this game to be the peak of the Dark Souls franchise and am happy if they never made another one knowing they left off with this amazing game.

100%PC

Dex. Blood Bandit's Knife

100%PC

Top Tier game

100%PC

best dark souls game.

90%PC

9.5/10
(this was before I played any of the DLC, this review is focused solely on the base game)
Dark Souls III has been basically a 5 year journey for me, as I bought the game back in 2017, stopped playing it, and kept doing this short burst cycle until I beat elden ring, when I finally hard focused on dark souls III... and man am I glad I finished this game. Dark Souls III has one of the best world building I have ever experience in a RPG, and while I haven't beaten Dark Souls I yet, the lore behind Dark Souls III interested me a ♥♥♥♥ ton, even if it was told in a non-linear fashion like any souls game does. Main complaints could come from just missing the luxuries elden ring had, like stake of marika, being able to level up and do more stuff without having to go back to the roundtable/firelink shrine, and some other annoyances I had (looking at you corpse run).

Gameplay
The Souls-like gameplay lives on in Dark Souls III, and while the increase in speed and the introduction of weapon arts may had put some people off, I still very much LOVED ds3 combat and gameplay. If I did have to complain, I HATED how kick was a W + left click input, which would screw me over a ton as getting a kick was basically a waste of a move and stamina, and it got me killed waaaayyy more then it should... but maybe that is what I get for playing on kb+m. The bosses in this game were amazing, with the final boss, nameless king, and abyss watchers being my highlights. However I felt like some of the bosses were a bit too easy overall, as I did seem to first try way more bosses then I expected, or atleast beat them under a hour which did not happen most of the time in elden ring. Corpse runs are back basically, and while ds3 corpse runs are not THAT bad, having to deal with them again (especially ones that include elevators) was a bit of an annoyance. Other then that, I loved dark souls III gameplay.

Story/Character
Dark Souls III lore back at it again. It is a bit hard to judge this one, as the amount of times I went back and forth for this game kinda ruined me remembering a ton of detail, and I also did not do that many side quests in the game, as I felt like they were much more confusing on what to do compared to elden ring imo. However the lore behind this game and the characters still intrigued me, especially the fire keeper and the lords of cinder. While it wasn't as easy to follow or not as good as elden ring lore and characters, Dark Souls III story was still a treat to experience, especially about the last flame and the morally correct choice and the consequences it brings, alongside the benefits.

Boss Designs
Dark Souls III had a ton of bosses that I LOVED, and some that I did not enjoy as much. I believe the bosses that had duo mechanics, like Pontiff were just flat out better done in this game compared to elden ring (sry if it seems like all I do is compare to elden ring it was the only one I have beaten as of writing this review). I also loved the fights with human-shaped bosses, or ones that were around my size. While I wasn't wow'd visually with the big bosses as much as the other game, there were still a ton of BEAUTIFUL moments with the bosses, like abyss watcher phase 2 transition, Nameless King, and a ton more. I didn't really have any BAD bosses it felt like, but Ancient Wyvern was a bit dull (you literally just run around then one shot him by jumping on his head lmao), and I did not like Deacons of the deep. Overall the bosses in this game were still excellent.

Music
Dark Souls music back at it again. Vordt of the Boreal Valley, Phase 2 of the Soul of Cinder, SOOO many songs in this game just hit so damn hard especially during the heat of the boss fight. I don't think I had any time where the music was just awful for me, and my god the atmosphere music were just excellent. I especially loved the firelink shrine theme 2 song just for how amazing it was to hear sad music in a souls game.

Difficulty
While not as hard as other titles in the series, Dark Souls III still put up a really fun and engaging challenge for me. I did feel like some bosses I would just beat them 2-3 tries easily, which was kinda jarring for me, but it wasn't so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard that it wasn't fun, or too ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ easy that it was numbingly boring. While it did hover over the easier sides, it wasn't off putting for me personally. The more challenging bosses were SUPER fun in terms of challenge, and personally I didn't feel cheated for any of the bosses, even the super hard ones like nameless king. It all felt fair which was nice.

Nitpicks/Issues
I do wish Dark Souls III was a tad bit harder imo, end game I kinda felt like I was just a powerhouse, and my weapon wasn't even fully upgraded yet. I did run strength build, but still. Camera controls were a bane of pain for me, and especially phase 1 of the nameless king with the dragon my god the camera controls irritated me. I know to "lol just don't lock on"

edit: DLC was peak, esp ringed
9.5/10

90%PC

Second playthrough + DLC

85%PC

Fuck ass dragon boss fight sucks

95%PC

Near perfect Souls game. Only gripe was the Dreg Heap area with those annoying flying pricks.

85%PC

La primera mitad esta plagado de voces mediocres, gimmick o múltiples, lo que hace las primeras 15 horas o así bastante cuesta abajo, fuera de eso es la perfección de un sistema. Aunque en lo personal preferiré el primero en cuanto diseño de niveles.

100%PC

Simplesmente Dark Souls.

90%PC

Bom jogo, pena que fiz o final escondido sem querer e fiquei sem a conquista de finalizar o game.

85%PC

One of the best souls games to enter the genre. Linear level desing and much more freedom in rolling makes it easier for the new players to learn and experience the game. But the samething can make replays a little boring since you always take the same route.
Great atmosphere, high level of build variety and the best dlc in souls series (yet). Definite must play.

50%PC

Definitely not my type of thing. It has everything I hate about games. Undeniably quality for those who like it tho. Technically, superb, just not for me.

100%PC

This game is so much fun I didn’t even know I was fighting the final boss at the time…every boss brought a literal smile to my face as I struggled (in a good way) to “get good”. I wanted to keep going…I only played through once. If I didn’t have so many games in backlog or that I want to play I would have played it through 7 times (like I did with Elden Ring).

11/10 gameplay

90%PC

İki hafta önce başladığım #DarkSouls3'ü bugün ana oyun + DLC'leri ile beraber kesebileceğim tüm bossları keserek yaklaşık olarak 42 saatte bitirdim. Tek kelimeyle bir #Masterpiece olmuş. Yıllar önce bu oyun ilk çıktığında bu neymiş ya kılıçlı mılıçlı diye başlayıp daha ilk yarım saatte hadi lan bu oynanır mı diye rage geçirip silmiştim. Bu oyunların bir oynanış dili olduğunu düşünüyorum. Bu dili öğrenmeden anlamadan bu oyunları oynayıp bitiremezsiniz dolayısıyla zevk alamazsınız. Oyun halen gel beni oyna diyor. Bir büyücü ile second run yapsam mı diye düşünüyorum ama daha oynamam gereken çok oyun var. 9/10 #beat