There's no greater embarrassment. After felling everything in the game, defeating Lord Gwyn and booting up a shiny New Game Plus save, you end up wandering out into Lordran once more, cocky after your success. Then, quite without warning, a Hollow approaches. You've dealt with hundreds of these guys before, confident in your abilities that you can slay these guys without a thought. Using your new and heavy greatsword, you wind up an attack....and the hollow goes completely nuts with this crazy attack animation that shaves off all of your health and you're dead before you even had a chance to retaliate. Yep, even the most basic of enemies in Dark Souls has killed all of us at least once or twice when we've gotten cocky, sneaking through our iron-clad defenses to finally gain a victory. Torch-holding Hollows are the worst for doing this - those guys are nuts and will stop at nothing to burn you to a crisp. Lesson learnt Dark Souls. Don't underestimate anything, they're all better than you. I'm intrigued readers - what are the most stupid ways you've ever died in Dark Souls? Let me know down in the comments which of these has happened to you, and add your own ridiculous deaths to the list!Until next time, I hope to see you all for a spot of jolly cooperation in Dark Souls 2 this weekend!
Dan Curtis is approximately one-half videogame knowledge, and the other half inexplicable Geordie accent. He's also one quarter of the Factory Sealed Retro Gaming podcast.
