Sterling, Jim. "Slashy Souls Review – Dark Holes". thejimquisition.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016 . Retrieved June 9, 2016. There’re four titles in the saga. The first one debuted for PlayStation in 1994. Then came King’s Field 2 (1995), King’s Field 3 (1996), and King’s Field 4 (2001). The follow-up games came out for PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Windows PCs. There were also mobile versions available.

Also, the game includes a photo mode. It allows players to take screenshots during their gameplay with a pause menu.Zeller, Mike (May 2, 2019). "Why Dark Souls Owes a Debt to its Forgotten Older Sibling Otogi". USgamer. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020 . Retrieved March 8, 2022. Moriarty, Colin (May 11, 2011). "Dark Souls Release Date Revealed". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023 . Retrieved July 6, 2015. The Ringed City is the second DLC. You travel to a ruined kingdom and encounter areas present in Dark Souls II. Harris, Iain (June 11, 2019). "Soulsborne fans think Elden Ring is based on Celtic folklore". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019 . Retrieved June 23, 2019.

Schedeen, Jesse (January 19, 2016). "DARK SOULS COMIC BOOK COMING IN APRIL 2016". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016 . Retrieved January 21, 2016. Matulef, Jeffrey (February 29, 2016). "Dark Souls 3's promotional mobile game Slashy Souls is terrible". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018 . Retrieved May 29, 2018. A remastered edition of the classic game came out in 2018 for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC.

It doesn’t bring new content. Instead, it’s a compilation of the Lost Crowns trilogy DLCs plus the main game. Dark Souls 3's combat is faster in a post-Bloodborne world". Polygon. July 20, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015 . Retrieved October 4, 2015. Also, King’s Field debuted in 1994. Many believe it’s the spiritual ancestor of the Souls series. Yet, King’s Field has its own set of games.

a b c Teti, John (November 13, 2011). "Retrospective: King's Field". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015 . Retrieved July 6, 2015. There’re also multiplayer features, both PvP and co-op PvE. Co-op works through “summoning” someone else to your world; PvP works by visiting other worlds as a “shadow.” The Lost Crowns Trilogy DLC – 2014Saed, Sherif (January 11, 2018). "Dark Souls Remastered announced for PC, PS4, Xbox One with 4K and 60fps". VG247. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018 . Retrieved January 14, 2018. Hussain, Tamoor. "Dark Souls 3 Interview: "It Wouldn't Be Right to Continue Creating Souls" ". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015 . Retrieved March 26, 2016. The Dark Souls games are played in a third-person perspective, and focus on exploring interconnected environments while fighting enemies with weapons and magic. Players battle bosses to progress through the story, while interacting with non-playable characters. The protagonist of each Dark Souls game can have a varying gender, appearance, name, and starting class via character creation. Players can choose between classes, including knights, barbarians, thieves, and mages. Each class has its own starting equipment and abilities that can be tailored to the player's experience and choices as they progress. The player gains souls from gameplay battles which act as both experience points to level up and as currency to buy items. Souls gained are usually proportional to the difficulty of fighting certain enemies; the more difficult an enemy, the more souls the player will gain from defeating it. Osborn, Alex (December 20, 2016). "Dark Souls to Be Featured in Bandai Namco's Orchestral Concert in Europe". IGN. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017 . Retrieved January 17, 2017.