10 Most Brutally Hard Levels In Dark Souls History

6. Sen's Fortress

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So to recap, you've so far made friends with a clearly not-all-there guy obsessed with a giant star, tussled with fire-breathing gargoyles and killed a half-woman, half-spider demon hybrid at the bottom of a poop-filled swamp. Things can only get better from here on out, right?

Oh you poor, naive Undead, the real fun is only just beginning.

Sen's Fortress is all that stands between you and the City of the Gods, but you should know by now that reaching its peak is anything but a leisurely hike. Think of the challenge as being an episode of Fun House, only with considerably more dangerous obstacles than you'd expect to find in a 90s kids TV show.

A gauntlet in every sense of the word, there's no halfway house or checkpoint to be found within the walls of this here fortress, the faint warmth of just one bonfire sits at its summit, but you'll need to side-step hidden pressure plates, avoid being turned into a pancake by giant boulders and kill Man-Serpents to reach it.

Your reward for reaching the top? A laughably easy boss fight and a trip to the heavens...

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