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3. This Is Dark Souls €“ Dark Souls II

Death is synonymous with Dark Souls now. The first game told you to Prepare To Die and on your adventures through Lordran, you'll have died plenty of times, regardless of your levels of preparation.

It could be argued that Dark Souls II ups the death stakes with harder enemies, new, unfamiliar zones and reworked gameplay features designed to make the player fear death even more.

Clearly From Software are familiar with their game's intense difficulty. One great tribute to this is the statue in Majula which records the number of deaths seen globally by the game; by the end of the game's release day, the number was already well into the millions.

There's an even better tribute tied into the achievements though. Your first death in Dark Souls II will 'reward' you with the achievement This Is Dark Souls €“ a neat nod from the developers acknowledging the culture of death that Dark Souls creates.

It's an unexpected and genuinely funny moment in a pretty serious series and that's probably why this moment is such a success.