Souls (series)
| Souls | |
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Logos for Demon's Souls and the first Dark Souls game, respectively
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| Genres | Action role-playing |
| Developers | FromSoftware |
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| Creators | Hidetaka Miyazaki |
| Platforms | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows |
| Platform of origin | PlayStation 3 |
| First release |
Demon's Souls February 5, 2009 |
| Latest release |
Dark Souls III March 24, 2016 |
The Souls series (ソウルシリーズ Sōru shirīzu?) is a series of action role-playing video games created and developed by FromSoftware. The series began with the release of Demon's Souls for the PlayStation 3 in 2009. Demon's Souls was followed by Dark Souls in 2011, and its sequels, Dark Souls II and Dark Souls III, in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Nearly all of the games were directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, with the exception of Dark Souls II.
The Souls games are played in a third-person perspective, and focus on weapon and magic-based combat with monsters, and exploration. Players battle bosses, interact with the strange non-playable characters, and journey through the medieval-like, interconnected environments in order to progress through the story. The series is particularly notable for its difficulty, a common point of both praise and criticism.
The games take place within a medieval fantasy setting, where the player fights against the likes of knights, dragons, and various monsters. The recurring theme of the games' settings is that of a once powerful and prosperous kingdom, which eventually fell into decrepitude after a series of unfortunate events. The players' goal varies between installments; the plot of Demon's Souls follows an attempt to halt the spread of a demon-infested fog that would eventually shroud the world, while the plot of Dark Souls involved prolonging an age of prosperity (The Age of Fire), Dark Souls II finding a cure for the ailment known as "hollowing" and Dark Souls III put an end to the undead curse and the cycle of the first flame.
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