15 Video Games That Every True Gamer Should Have Completed

1. Dark Souls

Modern gaming is easy. I grew up in at a time where games gave you three lives, the occasional chance to get more... and that was your lot. If you died, you were chucked kicking and screaming back to the very beginning of the game where you would plow ahead and do the same thing all over again, probably die and then repeat as necessary. With Dark Souls, it went against absolutely everything that modern gaming tells us. Instead of holding you by the hand and tugging you gently along a path, Dark Souls dropped you into a dark, evil fantasy world filled with a sense of despair and some of the most vile monsters ever conceived before telling you absolutely nothing and sending you on your way. It's a world where literally everything (minus a few) want to kill you, where a wrong turn or a mistimed block can lead to your death by even the lowliest of monsters. Although at first it's an exercise in perseverance for many as Dark Souls requires you to learn its mechanics yourself and is brutally hard even from the start, I've honestly not experienced a game in years that have me the sense of satisfaction this one did. I'd say I've probably clocked upwards of 100 hours worth of gameplay on this one alone, completed it three or four times and I'm still finding out stuff I had no idea existed. Once you've learned how Dark Souls works, tackled its confusing online gameplay, learn the ways of the covenant, learned where all the traps are, mastered the backstab and can kill the Gaping Dragon without even breaking a sweat, you know you've entered the elite amongst gamers. Then, of course, you get cocky and end up being killed by a rat or something else equally pathetic. I hope you've enjoyed this trip down the games you should be playing. Of course, I know I'll have missed some of your favourites, but there's not enough room in the universe from them all. Instead, use your powers of typing and let us know down in the comments what you'd add to the list.