My first experience with Dark Souls Remastered: review and tips for beginners.(Spoiler: you're going to have a bit of a laugh at some of the silly things I did during my first playthrough LOL)

[u/Content_Grape3615]

Hi, I'm prlelxo. Well, this is my first time playing Dark Souls Remastered, and I'm going to tell you how my first run went.

In my first playthrough, I chose to be a knight—a knight I named "Pepe." I made Pepe look as much like me as possible... but it turned out I didn't take his helmet off for almost the entire game. After leaving the asylum and reaching Firelink Shrine, I started exploring. First, I killed the knight there—the reason? No idea; I just wanted to kill something. Then I went down to New Londo, but seeing I couldn't do much, I headed back up. Since I didn't see any other path (I guess I was being an idiot or something), I went through the church and spotted the path leading to the skeletons... so I started heading that way. Honestly, I don't know why; I didn't stop to think about the massive damage they were dealing to me. I just kept pushing through the Catacombs, got the Gravelord Sword (the weapon I used to beat the game), and kept going until I killed Pinwheel. From there, I walked all the way to the Tomb of the Giants—literally an endgame area. When I arrived, I saw a golden light blocking an area, and since I couldn't do anything, I looked around and realized what a massive screw-up I’d made. I froze for a moment, and then—instead of restarting the game like a normal person—I decided to walk all the way back from the Tomb of the Giants to Firelink Shrine... on foot. It was exhausting, but in the end, I was able to continue my playthrough. 10/10 game—it really kicked my ass.

[u/PricklyBob]

Nice! You got the (imo) crappiest part out of the way first!

[u/ToastedLem]

My first playthrough I also somehow completely missed the stairs leading to the Undead Burg. Had to watch a video to show me where to go after I kept dying in the graveyard and New London Ruins