Review: Dark Souls, Artorias of the Abyss DLC

“Lordran is ever the keeper of secrets.”

They lead its inhabitants to a life of insanity, debunking myths born from troubled minds, yet no myth has captured their hearts stronger than that of the adventurer’s ability to spare the Great Grey Wolf Sif, who out of love and loss has guarded his master Artorias’ grave for eternity.

It is a myth born from want more than reality, for his death at your hands is clinical and not without pity, but there’s more to his story – Lordran still has some secrets up its sleeve – which is why there’s a twisted fairytale to the idea that Artorias of the Abyss, Dark Souls’ first and only piece of downloadable content, has existed here for an age…

Available in Issue 232 of HYPER Magazine.