The Adventures of Tulip, Part Seven

[rynling]

Tulip has conquered the swamp! He gallantly defeated a giant water hydra that had no way of defending itself at close range, and he bravely shielded himself in a corner while a swamp witch defeated a giant moth.

Unfortunately, upon further research, I learned that both of these swamp areas are optional. Also, there is more swamp elsewhere. But that's okay! As I wrote earlier, it's a beautiful swamp.

Thankfully the swamp provides a shortcut to the next mandatory area of the game, which is called Blighttown. The concept of Blighttown is, "What if spiders and mosquitos and leeches, but large?"

Tulip's most heroic feat in Blighttown so far has been to stand at the top of a wall while shooting dogs corralled into a small enclosure at the bottom of the wall. In Tulip's defense, the dogs could breathe fire.

Comments

[lassarina]

What if spiders and mosquitos and leeches, but large? makes me so glad I am vicariously experiencing this through your posts, rather than myself.

[rynling]

Dark Souls is undeniably beautiful and elegant, but it's also undeniably a horror game, and the level of detail is truly incredible.

So you know how in the FFVII Remake, someone had to sit there and apply physics to every single hair on Barret's sweaty chest? Dark Souls is the same way, except with zombies and spiders and zombie spiders.

The architecture is very impressive as well, so much so that I wish someone would release a mod where there are no enemies. So like, a Gothic architecture appreciation walking simulator. That would be lovely.

[lassarina]

I would absolutely play Dark Souls the walking sim. I'm not much for horror generally and triple especially when it involves anything with more than four legs, so I can't even make my husband play it for me (which is my usual solution to "this game is in a genre I do not enjoy.")