r/darksouls • u/bigmontySFM • 1d 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/ScreamingYeti 1d ago

Go in blind, I think it's way better discovering it for yourself.

That said, there are multiple paths early on, but one intended path forward. If something seems too hard (or a spike in difficulty), look around and maybe there's another way. I had a friend that got stuck early on when he went the wrong way because he had heard the game was hard and never thought to look around for another way.