Yeah, those don’t really count and are just bad.

DS3 has the dragon area. DS2 opens with two ways to get to the Bastille and many peopole never do the pirate themed one. Also there is the area with the gargoyles, not amazing but hidden. And the Darklurker area. But yea, no large beautiful area to to find.

And what I meant by first visit was pre-Lord Vessel since your first trip in the area you won’t have it yet. You have to kill the spider lady first.

None of those things are what I was really getting at…

When I said extra special secret area I meant it had some kind of significant world building impact within setting of the game itself that injected a sense of wonder, if that makes sense.

That’s why I mentioned Untended Graves and The Source of the Dream as Ash Lakes contemporaries. But maybe I am crazy.

Special places. I think I get where your going. I had forgotten that the Untended Graves were DS3 and hidden, but yea, they are behind a hidden door.

At least unlike The Great Hollow it wasn’t TWO hidden doors back to back.

And you ain’t anywhere near Ash Lake yet sucker. That shit is a deep secret.

Imagine somehow finding it all on your own, no hints or guides. What an amazing feeling of discovery it must be.

I have seen Let’s Plays where the person found it on their own, or at least got to where a hidden path message might alert them.

Good news everyone! They haven’t totally abandoned the game after taking it offline!

I would think DS 3 would come back online first due to the number of people playing it before it went offline. Since the story doesn’t have a date when that might happen I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting.

When it does come back it would probably be a good time for playing co-op what with most people playing ER still.

10th anniversary, really nice looking compendium…

Not coming back online.

That version was already surpassed by the Remastered version.

Rest in pieces.