nah, volgarr's worse then souls. souls lets you know the history and the position you'll be in, then gives you a goal. volgarr just pops you into a game world with some fancy zeus looking jackass pointing to the right with no reason to go forward. besides, you can learn the plot of dark souls through the rest of the game, while you have to play to the end of volgarr to know who the fuck volgarr even is.