Dark Souls - The Greatest Cutscene in all of Gaming

They say that Dark Souls has a vague narrative that requires reading wiki pages and item descriptions to even begin to comprehend.
Only problem is, there's a five minute intro cinematic that details the entire history of the world, all the major lore-relevant characters, who the player character is, what the player character is, where they are, where they're going, and why they're going there.
And the game constantly re-iterates and elaborates on these story beats in dialogue from the characters you meet-- no item descriptions necessary. Just ears and two halves of a functioning brain.