How did you get Dark Souls 1 and 2 for free!
I sadly had to sell my Dark Souls but want to go back to compare the combat. Though I do have DeS. Still havent touched DaS II and am very discouraged from it by reading impressions on here about level design, boss fights, etc. But I will undoubtedly jump on that when the price hits the $20 range
As for your question: dont worry about stuff until you get to the first boss. You probably will be buying things like health, but just get to the first boss and eventually beat it. Make sure you explore levels to find shortcuts to make it easier to run to bosses if you get impatient (you dont always have to kill enemies if you can outrun them).
Well, Dark Souls came free with Xbox 360's Games With Gold program. Dark Souls 2 I won from a stream session when Joystiq was giving away stuff last year.
Thanks for the information! I'll apply it posthaste!