Dark Souls -- and what my anticipations are for Dark Souls 2

I, like many, almost dissuaded from playing Demon Souls because I was illusional about the game's difficulty.

Demon Souls never was a hard game. It was me and poor perception of the series that had almost ruin me from experiencing such a masterful game and promising franchise. However, despite competing both Demon Souls and Dark Souls, I just came to realization that I have been playing the games wrong.

I focused most of my energies in to leveling up my character and reading FAQs of the perfect balance of crafting my individual build rather than properly exploring the game's lore. I was wrong to have thought that the game didn't really have too much of store, since it focuses on pure gameplay and conveys the story in its world, which in most part is true but I rarely read the items I picked up in the game which were essential to the game's story. Only then, years now after completing the game, and while I watched gaming walk throughs and random reviews of the game, I realized how much rich story I missed out of my own self discovery.

I have had been handicapped by today's modern gaming design, more or less, spoiled by games where the developers design the game to be lenient in guiding me instead of letting me think and use my own merits to figure out the story or puzzle. In some respects, I can't blame them since they are many areas in game's such as Dark Souls, where the cues are too vague for the time-limited gamer to figure out.

I don't have as much free time as I once had. I tend to play games more hurriedly instead of enjoying the beauty and awe in the game's design, story, and characters. And in that respect I have myself to blame.

Why am I rushing? The games I play are not rented, but owned. So I shouldn't be rushing since I don't have a specific deadline like game reviewers do. So why I have limited patients?

The simple answer, at least for me, is there are way to many games I would like to play through. When I was a child, I didn't have the luxuries of having the convenience of accessing games within my home country.  I am sure this rings a tune with my foreign viewers, who do don't have access to local gaming shops in there country, but rely on pricy imports, and in that respects I used to value my gaming time more wisely since it is going to be a while before I travel to US or import a game.

However, those times are gone, and I tend to purchase or play games during the most busy season, which in that time they are a lot of amazing games to play.

If I were to play Dark Souls for the first time now, since it is a quarter than gaming, rather than the busiest quarter, I probably would have a much more engaging experience.

For those who thinking of jumping in the world of Dark Souls, please take your time, in exploring the world thoroughly. Try understanding the many story cues that is hid out through out the game. And once you play it slowly and methodically, you will soon realize that it is one of the better games of this generation.

Dark Souls II...I promise I won't make the same mistake with you.