{"id":360031,"date":"2025-10-24T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/dark-souls-just-celebrated-its-tenth-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:00:51","slug":"dark-souls-just-celebrated-its-tenth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dark-souls-just-celebrated-its-tenth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Souls Just Celebrated Its Tenth Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dark-souls-just-celebrated-its-tenth-anniversary.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>Yesterday, Dark Souls celebrated its tenth anniversary as part of gaming history. Have you played Dark Souls yet? While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/demons-souls-ps5\/demons-souls-review-hello-dark-souls-my-old-friend\">Demon\u2019s Souls<\/a> paved the way for the From Software action suite, Dark Souls was the title where the subgenre would become a critical part of the gaming world. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>There have been plenty of arguments over which Souls game is the best over the years, with Dark Souls II perhaps leading the divisive discourse, but at the end of the day, don\u2019t all the games really push us forward with challenges and victories? While not technically a Souls game, Bloodborne is still my favorite of the bunch. Favorite boss? Sister Friede.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tw-align-center twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Chosen Undead, Bearer of the Curse, Ashen One. You witnessed the birth of the First Flame, and you saw to its end.<\/p>\n<p>We commemorate your Age of Fire. Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DarkSouls10thAnniversary?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DarkSouls10thAnniversary<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CoxoW4FDiL\">pic.twitter.com\/CoxoW4FDiL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dark Souls (@DarkSoulsGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkSoulsGame\/status\/1440586756877795330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><span>What\u2019s your favorite Souls game and why? Yes, you can choose Sekiro if you want, even though it doesn\u2019t really line up nicely like the rest of the FromSoftware action RPGs. I mean, if you really want, you can even talk about where Souls came from, the King\u2019s Field series of role-playing games. Or go all the way back to Shadow Tower. Okay, not Shadow Tower; that game was fairly unplayable even when it came out, so we won\u2019t talk about that one.\u00a0 And since it\u2019s not out, you can\u2019t pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/preview\/2021\/09\/06\/everything-we-know-about-elden-ring\">Elden Ring<\/a>. Yet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Of course, now that Soulslikes are a thing, other companies have begun to dip their toes into these waters over the last decade. Notables include Nioh and Nioh 2, but there are plenty of Soulslikes out there, with plenty more on the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/07\/30\/the-definitive-ranking-of-the-souls-games\"><span><span><span><span>Check out our somewhat recent rundown and ranking of the Souls games right here.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/09\/23\/dark-souls-just-celebrated-its-tenth-anniversary\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Dark Souls celebrated its tenth anniversary as part of gaming history. Have you played Dark Souls yet? While Demon\u2019s Souls paved the way for the From Software action suite, Dark Souls was the title where the subgenre would become a critical part of the gaming world. There have been plenty of arguments over which Souls game is the best over the years, with Dark Souls II perhaps leading the divisive discourse, but at the end of the day, don\u2019t all the games really push us forward with challenges and victories? While not technically a Souls game, Bloodborne is still my favorite of the bunch. Favorite boss? Sister Friede. Chosen Undead, Bearer of the Curse, Ashen One. 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