6 Ways Dark Souls Changes You As A Person

3. Helping Others Benefits Everyone

The same can be said for the world we live in and the world of Dark Souls, you don’t have to do it all alone. It can be incredibly gratifying to spend time, money, and effort helping others, and everyone benefits as a result.

When you offer up your summon sign, eagerly hoping some little inexperienced adventurer will be delighted to see it, you are effectively giving up some of your own precious time in order to help someone else on their journey. If you manage to successfully aid your summoner with defeating a powerful boss or uncovering a great treasure, not only do you get to share in the experience rewards, but you get an immense feeling of satisfaction from effectively being someone’s hero.

That kind of feeling is very addictive, and has made Dark Souls' Warriors of the Sun "Sunbro" community easily one of the nicest online communities I have had the pleasure of encountering.