is one of gaming's recent triumphs, having won Game of the Year back in 2022. It presents players with a vast, densely packed world filled to the brim with harsh obstacles and dangerous enemies.
Like any Soulsborne game, it is notoriously difficult, and it can be quite an arduous task to see everything that Fromsoftware has put into the Lands Between.
It's all worth seeing, too, given that the legendary author, George R. R. Martin, had a hand in the game's world-building. Despite allowing the player to go almost anywhere as soon as they are free to roam Limgrave, there is an intended route to go through.
This is dictated by enemy difficulty, but it isn't the most obvious, given that players can randomly teleport to the other side of the map after interacting with Waygates or even chests.
Still, there is a route made for the player to experience everything without having to go through any unintended difficulty spikes.