MetalSoup
There's a GIF for that
Dark Souls isn't meant to hold your hand and this is what puts a lot of people off. It will allow you to go to fairly end game locations from the get go. The way you want to go is from Firelink Shrine bonfire, go past the well and up the stairs toward the aqueduct and into Undead Burg.
I don't expect it to hold my hand, I just want it to give me some idea of what I'm actually supposed to do. An objective or SOMETHING.