by PolarisStar Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:23 amHello everyone,
I´m back after leaving for 2 months (didn´t want to read spoilers about the dlc). I´ve been noticing something very cool about the levels of this game, here we go:
(Spoilers ahead)
Dark Souls level´s are almost always making you travel downwards. Many times this movement down is very pronunciated (Great Hollow, 4 Kings, Chasm of the Abyss,etc). The decision to make the levels like this is a thematic one; it is a symbolic way to represent the devolution or "fall" of the human race according to the story of the game (Human-Hollow-Insane). I just think it is a supreme genius move from From.
On the other hand, when the movement is upwards it is very gentle, not overly pronunciated. You have to go to the roof of Sen´s, but you go there by gradually taking small sets of stairs. At Anor Londo you have to go up to the castle, but then immediately down. And the only place I can remember now that has a very drastic upward movement is the elevator and stairs before Seath´s first encounter... but of course, you just went there to die like a noob, it is even kind of funny: you go there, it is the highest physical point of all of Lordran, and the developers just give you the middle finger and send you down to the Crystal Cave (which is underground) to be able to finally get Seath´s soul...
So yeah, maybe someone can do a more in-depth analysis of the up and downs of the levels, that would be great. And please, don´t reply telling me that going from Blighttown to the Valley of Drakes is a big upward trip, because it is not, it is backtracking!
I´m back after leaving for 2 months (didn´t want to read spoilers about the dlc). I´ve been noticing something very cool about the levels of this game, here we go:
(Spoilers ahead)
Dark Souls level´s are almost always making you travel downwards. Many times this movement down is very pronunciated (Great Hollow, 4 Kings, Chasm of the Abyss,etc). The decision to make the levels like this is a thematic one; it is a symbolic way to represent the devolution or "fall" of the human race according to the story of the game (Human-Hollow-Insane). I just think it is a supreme genius move from From.
On the other hand, when the movement is upwards it is very gentle, not overly pronunciated. You have to go to the roof of Sen´s, but you go there by gradually taking small sets of stairs. At Anor Londo you have to go up to the castle, but then immediately down. And the only place I can remember now that has a very drastic upward movement is the elevator and stairs before Seath´s first encounter... but of course, you just went there to die like a noob, it is even kind of funny: you go there, it is the highest physical point of all of Lordran, and the developers just give you the middle finger and send you down to the Crystal Cave (which is underground) to be able to finally get Seath´s soul...
So yeah, maybe someone can do a more in-depth analysis of the up and downs of the levels, that would be great. And please, don´t reply telling me that going from Blighttown to the Valley of Drakes is a big upward trip, because it is not, it is backtracking!
