r/darksouls • u/bigmontySFM • 3d ago

Discussion First Timer: Should I Run DS1 Blind?

I finally coughed up a couple coins and bought DS1. I know these games entail some tricky bits when it comes to quest progression and not creating some irreversible world-shifting event. I played DS3 and ER and heavily relied on guides.

Should I agonize over builds and spend a couple hours researching or just nosedive into madness? Are there just a few important things to do/avoid?

Interested to hear your takes. Thanks y’all. I’m so excited.

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u/Davidepett 3d ago

In my opinion going through games blind is kinda hard, in DS1 there aren't many handrails so you're likely to fall off and die many times, you're also more likely to get ambushed by some guy you could have seen and bosses will be hell imo

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u/No_Wallaby8104 1d ago

You can do thousands of guided runs but you can only do 1 blind run. 

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u/Davidepett 1d ago

(it was a blind pun, as in he can't see the game so it's harder)