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Dark Souls 
Dark Souls 
Dark Souls 
Dark Souls 
Dark Souls

I got myself the Dark Hand 
then I go suck the humanity out of everyone at firelink and got myself like 14humanity.  hopefully they do recover, so that I can do it again : ) 
 
thanks for the tip, the rat place was the only one I know of.

The 2nd Story was my 1st RPG, which is the 1st game I bought for the 1st console I owned with the money I got from my 1st job. 
not surprisingly, it's one of my favorite game.  I go back to it every now and then, like every few years later I think about it.  There's still so much about the game that I never notice. 
 
then the 3rd game came along...along with the most baffling twist I never witness.  Turn me off to the series completely, then the 4th came along and I just give up after watching videos about it.  I was interested at first but I only have a PS3. 
The remake of the 1st and 2nd game re sparked  my interest again

Up grade the lightning spear and practice counting near the bonfire, I find their timing fairly predictable.

if you've beaten the game and like some insight or explanation to the story and the world of dark souls.   
check it out. 
http://www.youtube.com/user/Quelaag#p/c/1FFC0C4F88D3A150

I have the master key and that gate in the depth of hell did nothing when I approached it....WTF, I must have used over 1000 arrows shooting dead t-rex in hell

I say kill all the FireLink keeper, they drop items to upgrade the Flask, kill all the convenent leader in general. 
and try to buy all the limited items from merchants; like humanity, rings, buff and such

I was farming for 20k souls to get the key to the forest, and I died at 16k.  That's the only one that I got pissed over losing souls.  I came to expect that. 
but I do get really pissed when I die with Humanity.

When enemies start getting to the point where blocking their hits means you lose your whole stamina bar AND lose health. Did i mention they also come with archers on faraway ledges shooting at you while walking on a narrow bridge?