10 Unexpected Times You Found Something Awesome In Video Games

1. Ash Lake - Dark Souls

And finally, we have by far the trickiest secret on this list to stumble across, but also the most substantial and worthwhile.

It's fair to say that the vast majority of Dark Souls players never found the secret land of Ash Lake until they read about it online, but there are certainly those compulsive few who were able to find it on their own, simply by exploring every last square inch of the game's world.

Accessing Ash Lake requires players to trek through the swamp of Blightown and The Great Hollow in order to discover two illusory walls which, aside from blind luck, are incredibly difficult to find by accident. But not impossible.

It's a testament to FromSoftware's commitment to punishing players that Ash Lake isn't just some thrown-together, half-baked secret locale: it's actually one of the best areas in the entire game, and one that 90% of players have probably never seen.

Between the unsettling music and ominous emptiness of the expanse, Ash Lake bleeds pure atmosphere, and is well worth the effort required to track it down.