LogFAQs > #938963126

I urge you not to judge Dark Souls based on its first few minutes. It has an amazing interconnected game world that makes use of vertical space in a way most 3D games ignore. It's kind of like a Metroid game in game world flow, without the "unlock equipment to proceed" factor (most of the time). In fact I would go so far as to say it's more Metroid-like than some of the Metroid Prime games (I'm not sure if 3 uses vertical space as much as Dark Souls, but 1 and 2 definitely don't).

I like to compare its combat to Mega Man, since the "recognize patterns, and adapt to them" factor is what it's all about most of the time.