History Awesome / DarkSoulsIII

* The Gwyn / Soul of Cinder do-over isn't the only call-back boss fight that's been greatly improved. After the widely disparaged fight-against-a-tree that was the Bed of Chaos in the first Dark Souls, the fight against the Curse-Rotted Greatwood is an epic battle against a monstrous, towering foe.

** Even Better: Its the fastest selling game ever published Bandai Namco. Ever.

* Meta example: Dark Souls III has become From Software's fastest selling game ever made.

* It took three games, countless deaths, battles, a hundred graveyards worth of skeletons of every size, configuration, and armament slain. But now at last, a glorious moment of jolly cooperation between the Ashen One and the skeletons of Carthus! Joining forces to do battle with a Taurus demon! Brothers in bones, ashes to sublime bone dust! Truly, the end times are upon us!

* Coming upon the city of Irithyll for the first time. Emerging from the dark and depressing (and at times [[ThatOneLevel hopeless]]) Catacombs of Carthus to see ''[[http://assets.vg247.com/current//2016/03/dark_souls_3_irithyll_of_the_boreal_valley_central.jpg this]]'' is perhaps one of the most breathtaking vistas - not to mention moments - in the game. No photo can do it justice; find it yourself.

* He may be an utterly evil being, but points to Saint Aldrich for successfully [[spoiler: eating at least 3 gods, including the ''god of death'']], ''before'' becoming an EldritchAbomination BlobMonster. Most can't even fight the gods head on, but he found a way to even the odds.

** To be fair, he apparently ate [[spoiler: the remains of Nito and the Witch, and Gwyndolin was already sick and weakened by Darth Pontiff.]]

* Deciding the ultimate fate of the Dark Souls universe. [[spoiler:You can Link the Fire, and enjoy the calm before the next cycle begins without burning in agony (since you are technically NOT a Lord of Cinder). Fulfill Kaathe's wish and usher in an Age of Dark with yourself as ruler, to the rejoicing of all who wanted to see the old gods get their comeuppance. Murder the Fire Keeper like a junkie for the pitiful last gasps of the First Flame, proving human nature never changes. Or survive the end of the world with the Firekeeper at your side, and wait for a better one to be born.]] Which is the BEST ending? Start writing your essays.

* He may be an utterly evil being, but points to Saint Aldrich for successfully [[spoiler: eating at least 3 gods, including the ''god of death'']], ''before'' becoming an EldrichtAbomination BlobMonster. Most can't even fight the gods head on, but he found a way to even the odds.

* He may be an utterly evil being, but points to Saint Aldrich for successfully [[spoiler: eating at least 3 gods, including the ''god of death'']]. Most can't even fight the gods head on, but he found a way to even the odds.

* Coming upon the city of Irithyll for the first time. Emerging from the dark and depressing (and at times [[ThatOneLevel hopeless]]) Catacombs of Carthus to see [[http://assets.vg247.com/current//2016/03/dark_souls_3_irithyll_of_the_boreal_valley_central.jpg ''this'']] is perhaps one of the most breathtaking vistas - not to mention moments - in the game. No photo can do it justice; find it yourself.

** You want an essay? Head over to the [[Fridge/DarkSoulsIII Fridge]] page and read the second entry under FridgeBrilliance that concisely explains what the [[spoiler: Usurp the Fire]] ending means.

* Deciding the ultimate fate of the Dark Souls universe. [[spoiler:You can Link the Fire, and enjoy the calm before the next cycle begins without burning in agony (since you are technically NOT a Lord of Cinder). Fulfill Kaathe's wish and usher in an Age of Dark with yourself as ruler, to the rejoicing of all who wanted to see the old gods get their comeuppance. Murder the Fire Keeper like a junkie for the pitiful last gasps of the First Flame, proving human nature never changes. Or survive the end of the world with the Firekeeper at your side, and wait for a better one to be born.]] Which is the BEST ending? Start writing your essays.

* Deciding the ultimate fate of the Dark Souls universe. [[spoiler:You can Link the Fire, and enjoy the calm before the next cycle begins without burning in agony (since you are technically NOT a Lord of Cinder). Fulfill Kaathe's wish and usher in an Age of Dark with yourself as ruler of the world, leading to the rejoicing of all who wanted to see the old gods get their comeuppance. Murder the Fire Keeper like a junkie for the pitiful last gasps of the First Flame, proving human nature never changes. Or survive the end of the world with the Firekeeper at your side, and wait for a better one to be born.]] Which is the BEST ending? Start writing your essays.

* Deciding the ultimate fate of the Dark Souls universe. [[spoiler:You can Link the Fire, and enjoy the calm before the next cycle begins without burning in agony (since you are technically NOT a Lord of Cinder). Fulfill Kaathe's wish and usher in an Age of Dark with yourself as ruler of the world, leading to the rejoicing of all who wanted to see the old gods get their comeuppance. Murder the Fire Keeper like a junkie for the pitiful last gasps of the First Flame. Or survive the end of the world with the Firekeeper at your side, and wait for a better one to be born.]] Which is the BEST ending? Start writing your essays.

* Deciding the ultimate fate of the Dark Souls universe. [[spoiler:You can Link the Fire, and enjoy the calm before the next cycle begins without burning in agony (since you are technically NOT a Lord of Cinder). Fulfill Kaathe's wish and usher in an Age of Dark with yourself as ruler of the world, leading to the rejoicing of all who wanted to see the old gods get their comeuppance. Murder the Fire Keeper like a junkie for the pitiful last gasps of the First Flame. Or survive the end of the world with the Firekeeper at your side, and wait for a better one to be born.]]

* Deciding the ultimate fate of the Dark Souls universe. [[spoiler:You can Link the Fire, and enjoy the calm before the next storm without burning in agony (since you are technically NOT a Lord of Cinder). Fulfill Kaathe's wish and usher in an Age of Dark with yourself as ruler of the world, leading to the rejoicing of all Dark Wraiths and those who wanted to see the gods of old get their comeuppance. Murder the Fire Keeper like a junkie for the pitiful last gasps of the First Flame. Or survive the end of the world with the Firekeeper at your side, and wait for a better one to be born.]]

* Farron's Undead Legion of the Abyss Watchers are concentrated {{Badass}} given form, both in the lore and in the fight against them. They're basically a legion of undead designated with guarding against the horrors of the Abyss, and when the time came for them to Link the Fire they went down there [[BandOfBrothers together to burn as one]]. It also helps that [[spoiler: they are both a CallBack to and were ''founded'' by fan favorite character Artorias]], and it really shows in the fight against them; these bastards are [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] to the core, able to cross yards of arena in the blink of an eye and incorporating a lot of scrambling movements and flips into their devestating move set. [[spoiler: It gets even better when you hit Phase 2 of the fight, as the combined power of all the fallen Watchers flows into their leader, activating his powers as a Lord of Cinder. You'll be in for the fight of your life as he practically [[FlashStep flash steps]] around you and strikes with his flaming greatsword.]] After the abysmal [[WolfPackBoss Wolf Pack Bosses]] from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', these guys show us how it's ''done''.

* Farron's Undead Legion of the Abyss Watchers are concentrated {{Badass}} given form, both in the lore and in the fight against them. They're basically a legion of undead designated with guarding against the horrors of the Abyss, and when the time came for them to Link the Fire they went down there [[BandOfBrothers together to burn as one]]. It also helps that [[spoiler: they are both a CallBack to and were ''founded'' by fan favorite character Artorias]], and it really shows in the fight against them; these bastards are [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] to the core, able to cross yards of arena in the blink of an eye and incorporating a lot of scrambling movements and flips into their devestating move set. [[spoiler: It gets even better when you hit Phase 2 of the fight, as the combined power of all the fallen Watchers flows into their leader, activating his powers as a Lord of Cinder. You'll be in for the fight of your life as he practically [[FlashStep flash steps]] around you and strikes with his flaming greatsword.]] After the abysmal [[WolfPackBoss Wolf Pack Bosses]] from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', these guys show you us how it's ''done''.

* Farron's Undead Legion of the Abyss Watchers are concentrated {{Badass}} given form, both in the lore and in the fight against them. They're basically a legion of undead designated with guarding against the horrors of the Abyss, and when the time came for them to Link the Fire they went down there [[BandOfBrothers together to burn as one]]. It also helps that [[spoiler: they are both a CallBack to and were ''founded'' by fan favorite character Artorias]], and it really shows in the fight against them; these bastards are LightningBruisers to the core, able to cross yards of arena in the blink of an eye and incorporating a lot of scrambling movements and flips into their devestating move set. [[spoiler: It gets even better when you hit Phase 2 of the fight, as the combined power of all the fallen Watchers flows into their leader, activating his powers as a Lord of Cinder. You'll be in for the fight of your life as he practically [[FlashStep flash steps]] around you and strikes with his flaming greatsword.]] After the abysmal [[WolfPackBoss Wolf Pack Bosses]] from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', these guys show you us how it's ''done''.

* The FinalBoss fight is probably the single best boss battle in the history of the series, for no other reason than the fact that [[spoiler: you are basically fighting ''yourself!'' More specifically, the Soul of Cinder combines the power of every Chosen Undead and nameless entity that ever Linked the Fire, and as such it has access to, in no particular order; a straight sword, a greatsword, an curved greatsword, a staff, sorceries, miracles, pyromancies, and the backflip-dodge of the Dark Wood Grain Ring.]] The only thing that makes this fight even better is when you hit Phase 2, [[spoiler: and you hear the three lonesome piano notes of Gwyn's theme as the Soul takes on the move set of the first Lord of Cinder himself. It feels both like a do-over of Gwyn's fight from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' and an enhancement; no cheesing out parry attempts here folks, you're gonna have to do this legit! Hope you know your way around the combat or brought a couple phantoms in to help you.]] Suffice to say that [=FROM=] pulled out all the stops in making the FinalBoss of the Souls series worth all the effort to get to it.

* The FinalBoss fight is probably the single best boss battle in the history of the series, for no other reason than the fact that [[spoiler: you are basically fighting ''yourself!'' More specifically, the Soul of Cinder combines the power of every Chosen Undead and nameless entity that ever Linked the Fire, and as such it has access to, in no particular order; a straight sword, a greatsword, an curved greatsword, a staff, sorceries, miracles, pyromancies, and the backflip-dodge of the Dark Wood Grain Ring.]] The only thing that makes this fight even better is when you hit Phase 2, [[spoiler: and you hear the three lonesome piano notes of Gwyn's theme as the Soul takes on the move set of the first Lord of Cidner himself. It feels both like a do-over of Gwyn's fight from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' and an enhancement; no cheesing out parry attempts here folks, you're gonna have to do this legit! Hope you know your way around the combat or brought a couple phantoms in to help you.]] Suffice to say that [=FROM=] pulled out all the stops in making the FinalBoss of the Souls series worth all the effort to get to it.

* The Nameless King is one of the most visually stunning battles in the games, in addition to being an awesome fight in its own right. There's a good reason for this: You're fighting the literal God Of War of the Souls series. Not a hollowed god, not a god of death who has been drained of power for untold ages, and not a cowardly god who spends the entire battle fleeing from you. This is a full-on battle against a real, living god, one at the height of his power, and who is not afraid to go toe-to-toe with you. With him being the last of the true gods, this battle is the LastDance for the deities of Dark Souls as a whole, and as he wrecks your face for perhaps the hundredth time, you'll begin to understand why guys like him reigned undisputed until the fire began to die.