Dark Souls, the spiritual successor to Demons Souls, is notoriously challenging at every turn as it can kill the player even at the drop of a hat.

The player has to move bit by bit as Dark Souls provides no safe and sound strategy to hit enemies and move quickly.

Loss of concentration for even a fraction of second can result into the brutal killing of the player. The player can succumb to a number of appalling fates. He can be stabbed, crushed, poisoned, or can even be eaten by a monster.

However, the game never gets unfair to players as every aspect of the software has been designed to target key players. It allows gamers to make choices, such as arms and their lengths, even before the start of the game.

The challenging environment and difficult combat helps in absorbing the player completely. Impressively long play time of more than 50 hours also adds to the plus points of the game.

Overall, Dark Souls is a 'dungeon' game, which forces the player to move from area to area make efforts not to get butchered by a whole host of cruel enemies who are quick at killing anything.

Dark Souls is available on both Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360.