As much as Namco would like to believe otherwise, what with it's super-broad marketing and memes on T-shirts, Dark Souls and it's relatives are a pretty niche subgenre. Not a lot of people are into the idea of learning by being beaten around the head with a hammer until you understand every facet of the hammer, it's wielder and it's surroundings. And an even smaller proportion of the people that do would consider themselves willing to deliberately make that experience even harder at any point. But I say to the subset that will listen: consider the following. If you love the series, or even just DS3 specifically, then what better way to get to know it more intimately than a little restriction? Think of it like spicing up your love life, except you're alone and playing a videogame. Screenshots are mine, for once, of my challenge run characters. Shields Only My personal favourite, and a run I've done on every Souls game to date (thrice on DS2, a game I've finis