Is dark souls 1 ,2 and 3 story all about the same theme, linking or not, the fire?

[Carve your fate]

Please avoid spoilers, I ve only played DS 1 and i m on DS3 atm. But is it true? Ty

[JimPappa]

That's what DS1 is about. DS2 is different in that aspect. DS3 is very similar to DS1 story wise.

[SpaceWombat]

Theres no interconected story, despite speculation. The only connection between the game is lore that is expanded upon, the game is very much an experience of interpretation.

[Maggie]

DS2 don't have a story at all. You just kill all bosses and sit in a chair.

[Hunubul]

DS3 is practically the sequel of DS1. While the time difference storywise between DS1 and DS3 is huge, the world itself is still the same, and DS3 story can only be understood by first understanding the story of DS1. DS2 is ♥♥♥♥ storywise/lorewise.

[Krystal]

DS2 was so broken in so many ways. If you got above 300mil soullevel which accumulated no matter what you did, NO ONE could help you.

[mighty]

its about killing more bosses........

[Skeleton]

DS1 is about linking the fire.
DS2 is about breaking your Undead curse.
DS3 is about getting the Lords together to link the fire.

[The Fountaineer 🖋]

Demons Souls? It's about demons souls. Bloodborne? It's about blood. Any questions?

[Maldevich]

DS 1 is Prologue (The beginning of this Soul Cursed War),
DS 2 is side story (About the cursed one that want to be free from it curse & the story of how the demon come),
DS 3 is the Epilogue (Not quite the story ending but option either you become the next Soul Fire Lord or you end the Fire power).

[Nyarlathotep]

DS1 is the second time the first flame fades, the first being when Gwyn linked the flame. Gwyn brought about the age of fire, along the line became a lord of cinder, and us as the Chosen Undead go on to link the fire ourselves. And we do, prolonging the Age of Fire for a while longer.

DS3 shows us the world after hundreds, if not thousands of years of the fire being linked time and again. Prince Lothric, who was destined to link the flame, refuses to become a lord of cinder and as the Unkindled One we must gather the ashes of lords past to link the flame ourselves. Seeing as this is the last game, whatever you choose to be the ending is the real one.

Now, the story runs way deeper in both games, but I'm no Vaati. You should go to his channel to learn more about the lore in all of the DS/BB games.