The Solaire saga in Dark Souls was interesting and compelling, though not quite as rich as the Maiden. Demon Souls was also better in that there was no selling

The Solaire saga in Dark Souls was interesting and compelling, though not quite as rich as the Maiden. Demon Souls was also better in that there was no selling of inventory. Anything that you could not use, would not use, or was inferior to your current equipment, you just dropped. Dark Souls introduced the Frampt “merchant” and allowed you to profit from selling stuff, leading to a Diablo-style loot hoarding. Fortunately the prices were low enough to not affect the game too badly. The linked-to article nailed it: Dark Souls had its own style of black humor, where your death was the joke. Frampt was whimsical and weird and felt out of place for lots of reasons. Other than the doggy-dragon, Dark Souls was the better game in every way.