Running along the surreal shores of Ash Lake is like stepping into a dream. The wondrous realms of Lordran are sure to seduce you whether you care to know their history or not.ĭarkroot Garden is so oppressively green that you can almost feel the air get warm and muggy around you. But you needn't concern yourself with these details if they don't interest you. Item descriptions and brief conversations with non-player characters occasionally illuminate the smallest aspects of Lordran's past, and over time, you may piece together a reasonably fleshed-out picture of the crisis that has befallen the land. The stone ruins at Firelink Shrine, the overrun town known as the Undead Burg, the vast marble halls of Anor Londo-these all speak of a once-prosperous realm rich with history, and rather than spelling it out in detail, Dark Souls lets you wonder about what has dragged this land into its current state of miserable disrepair.

Where many games burden you with plot and background lore, Dark Souls lets the places you go tell their own kind of story, one lost in time and shrouded in mystery. You are undead, struggling to fight your way through the realms of Lordran on a quest whose final purpose is anything but clear. Now Playing: Video Review - Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

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