Quotes / Dark Souls

"Some people play games to relax. Some play for fun.
OTHERS JUST WANT A GAME TO F___ THEM TILL THEY LOVE IT."

— Dark Souls Honest Game Trailer, Smosh

"What's wrong? Get a bit of a scare out there? No problem. Have a seat and get comfortable. We'll both be hollow before you know it."

— Crestfallen Warrior

"Oh, hello there. I will stay behind, to gaze at the sun. The sun is a wondrous body. Like a magnificent father! If only I could be so grossly incandescent!"

— Solaire of Astora

You see, the difficulty of Dark Souls is the single biggest narrative device the game has. You don't need to be told that you're a weak piece of trash. The game will let you know that. You don't need to be told that you're in a dying world: you're experiencing it. You don't need to be told that this boss is a badass and you should fear them, you'll be feeling it as battery acid pump through your veins while you helplessly flail about trying to avoid their attacks while also doing damage when they're near death, but so are you. You don't need to be told that this is a world with a cycle of pain and suffering and death with brief relief in success because that will be your life.

— ShoddyCast in "What's So Good About DARK SOULS?"

"Prepare to live"

— Super Bunnyhop in "Critical Close-up: Dark Souls "

If there is a moral to the Dark Souls games, it's this: if you love something, don't hold onto it. Let it burn; let it fade. The finite rarity of life is what gives it meaning. When we passionately cling to things too tightly, we smother their flame. Death and oblivion are part of the cycle of all things, and rather than being afraid, we should understand that nothing good lasts forever.

— Noah Caldwell-Gervais in "I Beat the Dark Souls Trilogy and All I Made Was This Lousy Video Essay."

YOU DIED

— message received upon dying, and probably the only line in the entire series that you'll remember