FromSoftware's critically acclaimed action RPG series returns with a new
focus on faster-paced combat and a new world to explore in Dark Souls
III. As in previous entries in the series, the game offers a vague
storyline, a healthy dose of challenge, and a lot of death as players
make their way through a dark, foreboding world filled with twisted
monsters. Gamers can customize their character from ten different
classes, find or purchase a variety of weapons, shields, and magic
spells to fend off foes, and collect souls to acquire new items or level
up ten different attributes. The Kingdom of Lothric contains fewer
unique environments than Dark Souls II's Drangleic, but the levels are
designed to be larger and more interconnected, with challenging boss
battles spilling players out at life-giving bonfires they visited hours
or days before. Gamers once again have an Estus Flask to restore a
limited amount of health, but Dark Souls III also marks the return of
the magic meter from Demon's Souls, with players consuming as Ash Estus
Flask to restore their magic. The series' distinct multiplayer mode
returns as well, with blood stains and scrawled messages on the ground
providing warnings to fellow users, and players wreaking havoc on one
another through game invasions.