Okay as I stated at the start, I haven't explored all the areas to the point where I know every secret path... However it turns out I missed like half of Raya Lucaria. I only recently discovered the rooftops and where that leads you and now I wish I had before making this video. I would say it completes the area and I'd definitely put Raya Lucaria around the top 5. It's a great area.

@Barfopotamus

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like you should also take into account that the Iron Virgin at the bottom of the water wheel will warp you to a special area if you die to its grab move. I know that it's technically Volcano Manor but since you can only access that little section from the Academy you could count it towards the Academy dungeon's total area, and is an extremely cool special secret area that I'd say outclasses the secret bottom of Stormveil for example

@Anonymuser-xy8cb

2 жыл бұрын

When is the new top 10 Elevator list coming ?

@AlfonsoSRT

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, same for me. I thought it was decent. Then I discovered everything t hat I'd misssed and now it's one of my favorites.

@MorizonPlays

Жыл бұрын

Late comment but the reason there are no stakes of Marika in farum azula is because the people there don't worship Marika (on the topic of the dragonlord runback). If there were to put a checkpoint closer it would have had to be a grace

Getting lost in the Sewers was frustrating, but it was so nice to have a level consist of one central grace that had shortcuts loop back around and reuse the same grace. Reminded me of classic DS level design. Only part of the game that scratched that specific itch for me.

@bcbitchkkv

2 жыл бұрын

Straight up Depths / Central Yharnam Sewers vibes imo. Loved it!

@angeltripper8518

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda like Cathedral of the Deep. Ah, memories

@187Wretched

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately shortcuts were pretty under-utilized in ER but I assume it’s because of the stake of marikas. There’s no need to make a boss run shorter anymore

@samcjsattt

2 жыл бұрын

Sewer definitely the best area in the game

@123afish

2 жыл бұрын

@@187Wretched aye, most legacy dungeons were easier to navigate via just travelling between graces. I kinda wish legacy dungeons had 2 graces max. 1 as the central hub that linked everything together, and another in the boss room.

Biggest shame is that caelid had no real castle/legacy dungeon like stormveil and leyndell, standing out even less than castle morne and barely more than castle sol. Sellia had nothing to itself whatsoever aside from millicent and gowry. The shaded castle and caria manor I think did enough to warrant being on here beyond those though.

@123afish

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the shaded Castle was excellent. Maybe the most successful swamp level from has made mechanically. The mix of enemies combined with the penalty of rolling causing build up to continue out of poision made it really challenging.

@Sohelanthropus

2 жыл бұрын

Bro shaded castle is a banger

@eetfuk3571

2 жыл бұрын

Caelid is a mixture of disturbance and niceness. it's somehow looks creepy but at the same time it looks cool.

@captaindonut5240

2 жыл бұрын

Shaded castly is easily the worst area in the game imo

@bolson42

2 жыл бұрын

I think that was sort of the intention. It’s such a desolate landscape that almost nothing is left except horrible creatures. But yeah, it’s a bit annoying

Stormveil was sooo good. Easily my favourite level in the game. So many secrets and optional paths to reach your destination with the addition of a great main boss. Maybe the best single level from has ever created imo

@koolaidklankillers

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite was the academy. Looks so magical. Second is leyndell

@bolson42

2 жыл бұрын

@@koolaidklankillers Traversing on the rooftops of the academy was great. I love how the legacy dungeons quite literally have a new level of depth with jumping and elevation

@tind9908

2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed stormweil and the academy to. I feel like even tho they are so big and have so many paths to take I could still have somewhat control and overview over where I had been. In some other zones I just ended up feeling overwhelmed and had no idea what I’ve missed.

@maciekprokop3780

2 жыл бұрын

@@tind9908 For me Caleid is the best and only Farum is harder

@MichaelS5400

2 жыл бұрын

I just loved the aesthetic of stormveil. Lyendell was cool but still liked stormveil more

Regarding Haligtree/Elphael, the misbegotten enemies are there because the Haligtree lorewise is supposed to be a sanctuary for all the shunned or outcast people in the lands between like the misbegotten or the albinaurics so it makes sense they are there. Similarly, the Pests either worship rot or are spawned as a result of rot so it makes perfect sense there would be so many close to the source of rot. I agree with you it is annoying but lore wise I think everything about the place makes sense.

@joaoluizkfsantos8392

2 жыл бұрын

YES! Part of the reason why I loved the Haligtree (and many other areas in the game), you can understand so much by just paying attention to the enemies that are there and how they act.

@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817

2 жыл бұрын

Ephael is basically The Ringed City combined with Cathedral of the Deep

@dylanschmeichel2008

2 жыл бұрын

@@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 Except they at least have unique enemies.

@dylanschmeichel2008

2 жыл бұрын

Except with the lore they still couldve had other unique creatures be at the haligtree, still lazy and annoying.

@Yama-qg3il

2 жыл бұрын

IMO they could have added more albinauric enemies with more unique movesets to the area.

In defense of the Lake of Rot, at least this time the poison swamp itself was the main threat instead of there being strong enemies on uneven ground. The one big enemy the Lake of Rot has, the Dragonkin, has a big square of regular ground around him you can use. Poison is always annoying, but I appreciate that this time it actually was the point of the area instead of just being a background annoyance

@rotaderp88

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly think it’s the prettiest area in the game

@shreksmeatballs9435

2 жыл бұрын

@@rotaderp88 same here, I think it's one of the prettiest too. Instead of a dull brown it's a bright red and it looks both pretty and intimidating as fuck. I love it. I personally figured how to use the platforms to travel across the lake pretty quickly, and it was a nice puzzle type area. Unlike most other souls players, I don't cry my eyes out when I'm faced with minor inconveniences in video games, so it was honestly enjoyable. Heart was beating every step I ran in this scarlet lake. And I love the fact that you can actually run in it and not fat roll like other Souls games. Makes movement so much less frustrating and quick.

@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817

2 жыл бұрын

Is like a Strawberry swamp

@blackbloom8552

2 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that i thought lake of rot was way too easy? There no real challenge there, no ennemies to fight, no obstacle to navigate, no complicated layout to get lost in. The only danger is the scarlet rot, but on its own, it act more as a time limit while exploring than a legitimate threat.

@bolson42

2 жыл бұрын

but the basilisks…

Limgrave and Weeping peninsula are such great starting areas. It’s only been a month since the games been out but i almost feel nostalgic when returning to the starting areas lol. I thought the game was huge just with those areas, then i got transported to caelid and leyndell and realized how much more there was to the game… and that was only like half of it too. I have the same feeling returning to the plateau in BOTW, very nostalgic feeling that small scale sense of adventure in such a small area

@plugshirt1762

2 жыл бұрын

I wish the game was half the size because most of the stuff you explore past the starting areas is mostly rehashed and boring

@ligmafigma9631

2 жыл бұрын

@@plugshirt1762 Agreed. Remove 30% of the open world and put greater focus on unique enemy designs and dungeons and you have a much better game.

@reesecokeley3844

2 жыл бұрын

@@ligmafigma9631 So make it dark souls 4?

@Mohgenstein

Жыл бұрын

@@ligmafigma9631 Remove the shitty snow areas. Literally nothing of value in them, even the boss sucks ass. Rolling his ass away after I him a few times. Farum Azula can stay.

@Mohgenstein

Жыл бұрын

@@plugshirt1762 You better include Altus Plateau as part of the starting areas. That place is majestic. Personally found it to be the best open world area. It’s got a bunch of cool shit like Windmill Village, Shaded Castle, those creepy woods with those weird death dudes. Plus it’s not too big. Oh and the soundtrack is majestic as fuck.

Leyndell/Gondor is without a doubt the best area they’ve ever made. The aesthetic is gorgeous, the enemies are all fun to fight, the level design is incredibly intricate and the vibe is all wrapped up by the best ost in the game. All to climax with the best boss in the game if only he had some more damn hp.

@liamflan9553

2 жыл бұрын

He can easily, don’t over level, what I did was I did Lendall after calied and before volcanic manor and the underground (Nokron->Sofria Aquaduct->deeproot->Lake of rot-> grand Cloister. I would recommend 80 or lower, and do Rykard after. Personally I would like to do Limgrave->Stormviel->lurnia of lakes-> Raya academia-> tunnel to and Altus Plateau, And then straight to Lendall. Barely doing anything extra other than golden seeds, sacred tears, smithing stones, and select optional bosses in limgrave like ulcerated tree boss in the first catacombs for that golden seed

@electronicmusicofjapan-emj9882

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamflan9553 I actually went straight there after Rennala, was around lvl 50 when i fought him and it was amazing. Did Caelid and Volcano Manor after that. Just sad to see everyone else I've watched be over lvl 100 before going to the capital and stomping him. The game suffers from this inconsistency a lot.

@derrickcrowe3888

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamflan9553 While it is true that you can fight him without overleveling, there is no way to know what an appropriate level is the first time through the game. And if you do Leydell first before other areas, you'll be overleveled for the areas you skipped. Such is the price of an open world, I suppose.

@alecsiantonas6520

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamflan9553 it shouldn't have been so easy to overlevel him, especially given how you'd soon be expected to pile on levels to deal with the mountaintops anyway. Morgott should have been to the whole map pre-Rold what his alias is to Limgrave specifically: the barrier pushing players back to explore.

@fedja4121

2 жыл бұрын

​@@alecsiantonas6520 completely agree. also knowing the leyndell is "god city" of anor londo fame, i expected huge difficulty spike (common fromsoft mid-late game) and i thought maybe i should clear everything optional before it (nokron, gelmir, caelid etc). morgott ended up being very easy, sadly. i was overlevel 20 or more levels. too bad game doesn't have any way to tell you if you are too strong, or a mechanic to at least impose difficulty upon yourself

100% agree with the top spots, Elden ring has finally allowed fromsoft to make areas with more genuine openness and being able to go everywhere you can see just feels so mind blowing as a long time fan

@duewest9801

2 жыл бұрын

Really hope they keep moving in the direction of "you see it, you can go there" because it's really my only gripe with a lot of Souls' level design. The atmosphere is always incredible but the actual traversible space is usually much smaller and more linear than first appears. Raya Lucaria for example, beautiful to look at but 90% of it is inaccessible.

@flashbangjm6563

2 жыл бұрын

@@duewest9801 I agree with you, but not about raya lucaria, maybe there’s some space in between the ground and where you teleport in that could’ve been filled with things but honestly I think you can go pretty much everywhere you see there, you can explore the rooftops for like a good 20 min, and there’s even a cave that leads up to the highest point of it

@duewest9801

2 жыл бұрын

@@flashbangjm6563 Most of the buildings aren't accessible except for the rooftops and it's objectively the smallest of the legacy dungeons

@flashbangjm6563

2 жыл бұрын

@@duewest9801 aight, ig I just liked it so much I didn’t even realize, it is short but I just think it makes good use of what it has

@christopherlyndsay8611

2 жыл бұрын

Nah Cailids legacy dungeon was really barebones

Only area I disagree with really is Raya Lucaria. Maybe the enemy design could be better but in all other aspects I think it’s pretty perfect and aesthetically it’s the best looking area in the game if not the entire series imo.

@TheChodex

2 жыл бұрын

Same, it's actually my favorite area.

@nn6404

2 жыл бұрын

I like how small it is too when you're just going through it, but when you reach the rooftops and go down the water wheel, it more than doubles in size in optional content with a ton of hidden gems. Grand Archives, by comparison, just dragged on and on.

@denberzfan5759

2 жыл бұрын

I do agree. Probably not my favourite part but it is for sure in my top 5

@uglyluffy7815

2 жыл бұрын

Meh

@iHaveTheDocuments

2 жыл бұрын

Same is great

The Royal Waterways invoke a sense of wonder in me. For real though, I really love the areas in the game. Siofra River / Nokron is definitely my favorite fromsoft area of all time visually. The elevator. The giant ass akropolis in the distance that I spent the whole game looking for a way to get into. The Ancestor Spirit music. The cosmic starry sky. Such a pretty area. Raya Lucaria also rocks, literally described it as dark hogwarts as well. Great minds think alike 😌

@dajama6682

2 жыл бұрын

lol royal water ways

My thoughts exactly, Leyndell was everything I wanted The Ringed City to be, I remember being incredibly dissapointed that The Ruins were a better area than TRC and the fact that the Capital is basically the Anor Londo of these and it just delivers, its kinda of an Olympus city full of White Ash, like imagine the next Open World game having a huge Desert zone its going to be amazing, it also offers the best bosses, Morgott and Godfrey are the top bosses in Elden Ring, I use to think that depending on the ending, you either fight Morgott or Godfrey because lets be honest, they are equally hard if it isnt that Morgott is even harder

@danielgalbeaza7021

2 жыл бұрын

you mean the first or second godfrey fight?

@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielgalbeaza7021 Both of them, but of course, the Hoarah Loux one

@Multzyx

2 жыл бұрын

i loved TRC besides those damn angels. Gael and Midir are probably both top 5 bosses in the entire series

@danielgalbeaza7021

2 жыл бұрын

@@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 It's interesting how I found Morgott to be surprisingly easy, did it third attempt, but spent more than an hour on Godfrey. Everyone's experience is different

@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielgalbeaza7021 For me Godfrey just telegraphs pretty much every attack soo it feels fair, meanwhile Morgott just has such a speed and he can always use the dagger whenever he wants and has A LOT of AOE attacks, and because his timings are all over the place I just found him harder, I mean is still fair but it feels that theres more going on than Hoarah Loux

Lyndell is probably my favourite souls area for invasions, the way on how you can approach each encounter is just baffeling, roof attack, side street ambushes, sniping, legit every single playstyle is possible in this place and i LOVE it!

I honestly love the creepy, fucked up atmosphere of the lake of rot, it feels like you just found something you weren't supposed to.

@TyronStevens

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah exactly, it’s by far the best poison swamp in any of the souls games

Elphael and Leyndell are just A++ for me. The capital in particular just took my breathe away and gave me the same feeling of entering Anor Londo for the first time. They're some of the best "city" type levels they've made right up there with Irithyll and Anor Londo and Boletaria and Ringed City. I'm just happy From hasn't lost their form and just gets better and better. Another epic shoutout to Stormveil too, what a GREAT first legacy dungeon to take players into. I also liked how fucked up the Volcano Manor was. Man, I'm listing down almost every area now lmao, but that's how much I love the game.

@handzar6402

2 жыл бұрын

Elphael? Are you kidding me? That area is traaaash.

@Mohgenstein

2 жыл бұрын

@@handzar6402 Area is fucking trash. Some of the worst enemies in the game all grouped together into one shit hole. And why the fuck do they do so much damage, I’m level 160 with 50 vig, why the fuck are the kindred of rot taking away my entire health bar with one pest string? There isn’t even any cool new enemies.

@handzar6402

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mohgenstein I totally agree. It's a pain in the ass.

Raya Lucaria is nr. 1 in my book. Just incredible, the exciting estethics and seeing it towering above Liurnia.. all the lore in the zone tying into it and hyping it up.. all the secret areas and hidden rooms, items etc. The ambience and music. It was outstanding.

@D71219ONE

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Liurnia is the only area that really blew me away. I Platinumed Elden Ring, and I love it, but I think many of the locations are overrated. Liurnia and the Academy are just great though.

A big thing I hear no one talk about is the fact that music plays in areas now, rly helps with the ambience of the levels and is a great touch

Leyndell is absolutely insane. At first, the amount of paths, rooms and sub-areas was daunting for the inner completionist in me, it felt impossible to explore it all. It feels like Stormveil on steroids. But then you start piecing it all together and the moment things start becoming clear you fall down a well and find a completely different area. Off-topic, I actually quite like the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds despite it crippling me, just because it feels like an actually realised version of The Depths albeit with even worse enemy placement. For instance, on my fourth playthrough of the game, I accidentally jumped onto a rooftop from the beginning of the area, then decided to keep running along them. Sooner or later, I had skipped half of the area by complete accident. This made me realise just how many options they packed into this place. It really is the Ringed City we always hoped for.

I got to Farum Azula first from the belfries teaser and it was the most jawdropping moment I had in the game so I have to give the number 1 spot to that. Close second comes Stormveil Castle as I will always have a soft spot for classic castle raiding in FromSoft titles.

Great vid and great humor. I skipped your boss ranking vid as i was still going through the game and wanted to avoid spoilers, but I beat the two headed dragon and discovered/ran through the mausoleum in Siofra this afternoon and felt like i finally saw everything, so... good timing for posting this !

On the top of my head: 1 Nokron + Siofra 2 Raya Lucaria Academy (Glorious! What I wish Irithyll & Anor Londo 2.0 had been) 3 Leyendell (What I wish Ringed City had been. So many paths to take, ordinary or rooftop parkour) 4 Stormveil (classic FromSoft level design - LOVE IT) 5 Mt. Gelmir (wish there was more to do, though) 6 Crumbling Farum Azula (love the visuals. Hate the enemies. Like an overtuned Archdragon Peak 2.0 at the end of the day :/ 7 Caelid (loved all the forts, and the creepy looks - but I b-lined for said forts & dungeons, because of the "normal" enemies in the area)

@TheChodex

2 жыл бұрын

100% agree.

@jacrispy866

2 жыл бұрын

Nokron and Siofra are my least favorite in the game they are both just full of boring reused enemies and reused bosses. Plus the aimbot archers

@JD-xz1mx

2 жыл бұрын

"2 Raya Lucaria Academy (Glorious! What I wish Irithyll & Anor Londo 2.0 had been)" Heh? You think Raya Lucaria was better than Irithyll?

@bcbitchkkv

2 жыл бұрын

@@JD-xz1mx I found Irithyll a little underwhelming after the first vista and the bridge chase. Raya Lucaria had plenty of rooftop exploration that took me back to jumping around High Wall of Lothric, finding different paths & getting lost trying to connect the paths. And Raya’s enemies were very fair/easy, compared to Irithyll Knights stamina and combos (I mostly run past them for the next bonfire).

@aidansilli4257

2 жыл бұрын

@@JD-xz1mx yes, Irithyll was super spammy with enemies in certain areas(like the first flame priest). It looked pretty, but Raya Lucaria had a much more interesting level design.

I loved the knights in this game, everytime I reached a new region I farmed their armor, just to make it more symbolic (new region, better me).

Im like 99% sure this is the first area rabking for elden ring. Really exited for this

6:25 I’m pretty sure that lore-wise these guys studied away from the academy, so it makes sense that they aren’t in it. However, the Haligtree isn’t the only place they’re at- there’s one outside the crystal tunnel in Dragonbarrow, one in an evergaol above the aeonia rot lake, and one in the hidden academy cave (the one that takes two stone sword keys and has a double crystalian boss)

Lake of rot is probably the least bad poison swamp in a Fromsoft game, it's small, there's no forced slow walking and you can easily skip all the fights.

Honestly Faram Azula is a lot more reminiscent of Dragon Eyrie from DS2 than Archdragon Peak. Elden Ring take a lot of design inspiration from DS2 when you look at it.

My list of top of my head 1.Leyndell (Seeing the erdtree from a far and finally reach it is just an incredible feeling, also the castles looks amazing) 2.Stormveil (Classic fromsoft level design) 3.Nokron + Eternal City (Going underground with that long ass elevator and seeing the beautiful view was incredible) 4.Caelid (It just feels like the end of the world and the world seems so harsh) 5.Raya Lucaria Academy (Just a cool looking magic place lol) 6.Haligtree + Elphael (Another cool castle) 7.Crumbling Farum Azula (It looks cool but i just don't feel anything special from it, just felt like archdragon peak 2) 8. Mt.Gelmir (It's a cool looking place but tbh volcano manor is the only thing good from this place)

I really loved to find the roundtable hold in Leyndell. It was awesome finding it on my second playthrough after thinking I had discovered almost everything in that area, it reminded me of the old workshop in Bloodborne.

"It eats away your health faster than niko avocado eats away his life expectancy" KILLED me. 😭😭

Honestly I enjoyed the Godskin Duo fight too lol. Using sleep on them actually made it pretty fun. Also helps that they have the best soundtrack in the game

FINALLY! I was waiting for this video since you mentioned it in the ranking bosses vídeo

Wow, the quality of this video is amazing, I really enjoyed your ranking!

I really loved lyendell but goddamn do I love stormveil castle so much more. The amazing atmosphere, an amazing introduction boss and all the various corners hiding secrets just gets me going. I loved the introduction of the ulcerated tree spirit at a corner of the castle and jumping onto the rooftop to get the other places in the castle. I love how it twists and turns into itself and how if you go from behind the castle, you can whoop the fire and arrow bombarding gank at the back. And it all culminates with godrick which is a really fun boss with an amazing theme.

Placidusax is a secret boss, putting a stake near him would lead to some people discovering him just because of the stake. That's probably why there isn't one.

While the snipers in Siofra River ruined that area a bit, I thoroughly enjoyed Nokron and Nokstella. Pretty easy overall but give good rewards and look amazing. Exploring Siofra and the lower part of Ainsel River being teases for the later sections was really cool too.

@tind9908

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. I ended up just killing them all without resting so I could explore it properly. Or so I thought. Then I got sniped while doing a jump and fell off the world. After that I decided I’d seen enough of that area.

@Alex_Aramayo

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand the reason why everybody hates them, just dodge

@camdogg

4 ай бұрын

@@Alex_Aramayo the zone is pretty rough to run through so torrent is a must and those arrows are like radahns, if it missed its because you didnt dodge it they just decided not to hit😂

Yeah honestly. We need more Elden Ring area rankings thanks for making this. Making my way through Haligtree now

@smithz1lla580

2 жыл бұрын

Haligtree is the best area

Are you going to rank the free roam areas? I'd love to see it but I'm afraid there probably isn't too much to say, they're all amazing

@KillerQueenBitesZaDusto

2 жыл бұрын

i would say the mountaintops is kinda meh but all of them were rly good 👍

@bigsmall2842

2 жыл бұрын

1.Altus 2.Altus 3.Altus 4.Altus 5.Limgrave 6.Altus 7.mt gelmir 8.The rest of the game(decent, just nothing crazy). There you go, objectively correct list

@RedFade

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigsmall2842 1.Liurnia 2.Liurnia 3.Liurnia 4. The rest 26.Mountaintops

@bcbitchkkv

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigsmall2842 I honestly quite liked traversing the horrible landscape of Caelid as fast as possible, so I could explore every fortress it had. In contrast, I ended up at Altus relatively early, and never really explored much there - so I'd love for an elaboration!

@blakewarrens3925

2 жыл бұрын

Correct List: 1. Liurnia 2. Limgrave 3. Altus Plateau 4. Weeping Peninsula 5. Mt. Gelmir 6. Caelid 7. Dragonbarrow 8. Mountaintops of the Giants 9. Consecrated Snowfields

It's also really cool that you can see the door that leads into the erdtree from when you first enter the area. I knew immediately that that had to be my destination and it made cool to think of how the heck I could get there

My reason why stormveil is so good is because the entire place links together where its just out of sight, and playing this game multiple times ive noticed how different areas you can skip too I think are just another hole that kills you is actually the next area youll end up in. For example at the end of the room with the misericorde and the iron whetblade you can look down and see the seadbeast room, which i never noticed until now! Great place!

Someone else has probably pointed it out the reason there aren't any battlemages in the academy of raya lucaria is because when the academy went under lockdown after the shattering. They decided to leave in search of knowledge instead of staying inside. It's more complicated than that but that's what I remember from the battlemage armor description

Honestly I think there arent bad areas in elden ring , I even loved the rot lake

@handzar6402

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, you're just wrong.

@DOC_951

2 жыл бұрын

What is there to love about the rot lake?… it’s just flat… with occasional platforms… a pillar structure with an npc. There’s nothing there to actually love

Leyndell is the best level they've ever done alongside Fountainhead.

@FSVR54

2 жыл бұрын

Also Altus Plateau would be my second

okay you gotta admit though that seeing the lake of rot from 500ft above it in ainsel river was fucking awesome

My favorite area is probably either the Academy of Raya Lucaria (specifically at night) or Crumbling Farum Azula. Both give off a feeling of a grand area to explore. The Academy is probably slightly higher than Farum Azula, just because it reminds me of Bloodborne.

I am so glad you are back :)

16:57 Same with anor londo from ds1. Its so cool getting to actually explore a whole city like leyndell for once.

@txgoldrush

2 жыл бұрын

Its more like Eleum Loyce from DS2

I really like your content, you make me always smile and i hope you will continue to increase the quality like you’re always doing

Love your style and commentary! I think my top two would be Stormveil and Crumbling Farum Azula. Love the Capital too though.

Great video, enjoyed your list and commentary. Right out the gate, Volcano Manor is probably in my top 3. It reminds me so much of Bloodborne and my first go round through that area was at times kinda scary. The only entry on your list I have to kind of disagree with is Deeproot Depths. To me it was kinda like a throwback and homage to DS2, and as a fan of DS2, I thought that was very cool. I also share your opinion about Mohgwyn Palace, especially with all that you said about those disturbing birds (my thoughts exactly), however I’m surprised you didn’t mention anything about the farming potential in that area. But yeah, great video +1 sub

The worst part of the Lake of Rot is I'm pretty sure the scarlet rot there is just super charged. I've gotten rot while in Caelid and other areas and it doesn't chunk away at your health the rate it does in that area

@vogunBurgundy

2 жыл бұрын

Lake of Rot's rot is just built different. Very clearly meant to be the main focus of the area there. If you aren't able to get from one platform to the next I'd recommend equipping all your best Immunity Armor, it should be enough to put you over the cap if you just wait for the resist to tick down between runs. The Mushroom armor from Seethewater Cave is legit useful for that purpose (on top of being funny)- failing that there's the Fur Sets from the Siofra River, as well as an Immunity-boosting Antler Talisman somewhere in that zone IIRC.

@smickeyYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@vogunBurgundy I've beaten the area and I usually find with all Fromsoft swamps that your best course of action is just to accept that you are going to be poisoned. Deal with it. Had to use boluses before I tried fighting the dragon kin though

Ah yes Caelid, the most accurate representation of Detroit, Michigan in modern media

Leyndell is the pinnacle of From’s castle/city design. No one can tell me otherwise thats the fact.

The only thing i hate about farum azula is all of the lansseax reskins around

FINALLY i find someone else who doesn’t absolutely despise the godskin duo. even knowing that their design is objectively not that good, i still love the fight, prob just bc i love fighting each one individually

@pyryhirvenlahti

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I can't blame anyone for hating them but I couldn't help but like the fight

@sirgoo9962

2 жыл бұрын

Phase 2 music drop one of the best themes in the game

@RedFade

2 жыл бұрын

Instead of duo they could came up with some new godskin enemy type, it would be amazing but the duo is ok, one of the few duos in this game that isnt terrible

@theemeghost2323

2 жыл бұрын

The duo is awful and if you like them you should be ashamed of yourself

I have been waiting for a KZreadr to make a elden ring area ranking. Great video.

"Poison swamps are the worst part of any Fromsoft games, except Sekiro, because you can basically fly." Makes me wonder how many poison swamps are in the Armored Core games that we never noticed because of being in a giant flying mech.

Leyndell is incredible. Easily my favorite alongside Farum Azula.

How are you gonna ignore finding Godwyn's creepy ass corpse within deep-root depths? That's such a creepy, cool spectacle that's definitely worthy of mention

@goodshowmanythanks

2 жыл бұрын

He didn't find it probably.

I don't get the hate for Lake of Rot, honestly. Sure, it's not very pleasant to traverse, but it is heaps more enjoyable than Farron Keep imo. You're not forced into a crawling pace, there aren't many enemies there (and the only challenging one is a miniboss) and it is very simple structurally, making it pretty much impossible to get lost. In my books, Lake of Rot is one of the better poison swamps in all of From's games.

Leyndell has that Anor londo haven-ish vibe that i absolutely love

Crumbling Farum Azula felt like a mix between Archdragon Peak and Dragon Aerie from DS2.

Leyndell gave me the same kind of feeling as when I first explored Anor Londo. I love it.

Hermit Village is one of my favorite dungeons. I love the volcanic scenery and the secret areas were done so well. Also it's interesting how character build can effect how much you enjoy dungeons. I used a Moonveil spellsword build, so I was able to adapt to pretty much everything. Lake of Rot is still boring, though... Too much sitting around and waiting for the rot to go away so that I don't run out of boluses.

I’m surprised with how high the rankings for Haligtree and Farum Azula. Also, I agree…Godskin Duo is kinda fun!

@Budd631

2 жыл бұрын

One of the worst bosses ever.

Good seeing you using the claws. I love them

For subterranean shunning grounds, the omens are almost completely blind, but can detect you based on sound. If you are careful and crouch past the patrols, you can avoid aggro!

I didn’t watch you for a while on my old account but I came back I might try this game it seems cool

I loved all the areas since they are so different from each other but if I had to pick Volcano Manor, Capital, Stormveil and Farum Azula are my favorites in order if I had to pick. I feel The Academy would be higher on my list but for the same reason mentioned in the video the lack of different mages takes away from its experience but it’s still an awesome place!

Nokron is my favorite for a few reasons 1.you can fight one of the most majestic bosses that fromsoft has ever done 2.it has some of the most rich atmosphere ever.even rats there are living in peace and the deer guys are singing which makes it cool 3.you can unlock a lot of cool stuff that the game offers.(ranni's quest,mimic tear,the other eternal city)

This list is pretty damn spot on tbh, I might put stormveil at 1 simply because I just love castles done well but lyndell is hard to argue with indeed! Great list.

Honestly Farum Azula was my favorite, everything about it is great, I feel like it and leyndell are both of equal quality in everything but the bosses, but because of that it wins out. It really felt like Dragon Aerie/Archdragon Peak done right.

@italianwaffle5592

2 жыл бұрын

Get Godskin Duo out of there and it might be my favourite area.

@Stanzbey69

2 жыл бұрын

@@italianwaffle5592 malikith makes up for them tbh

@theemeghost2323

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stanzbey69 Maliketh sucks

@goodshowmanythanks

2 жыл бұрын

Would have been better if every single enemy in there wasn't the definition of bullshit.

You can skip almost all of Elphael and ESPECIALLY the Pond of Rot by falling down the elevator shaft just right, your dead body will press the button and bring it up so you can run back and then take it all the way down to Malenia's grace in one fell swoop. Not something I'd do on my first playthrough but it's been nice on subsequent runs to just get to the fight ASAP.

I agree with no 1 I am currently exploring leyndell city and it's huge. The boss encounters are good and it just looks so pretty.

There's actually an elite battlemage in a Liurna tunnel located at the base of the rocky cliff where the academy resides.

I personally liked Moghdwyn place a lot. The blood lake is a bit annoying but the main section is quite good IMO. The unique enemy’s with the rapiers that throw blood at you are cool and I really liked running through the enormous amounts of enemy’s at the start of the main area. Ascetically it is cool as well since regardless of how painful the blood lake can be it is still an interesting sight to see. While it does have reused enemy’s like the big head fish guys and I guess it makes sense why they are there, there is still a lot of them all over the place but even then that is a problem with many areas (even Lenydell has 1 Tree spirit, 1 Tree Avatar, 2 Leonie Misbegottens, 2 spear wielding Crucible knights, and 1 gargoyle with another after the area is filled with ash)

The first time I went through Leyndell, I didn't even realize it was a legacy dungeon. I thought it was one of those more open areas like Siofra river that I was just freely exploring, until at some point I realized that the level design had organically guided me through the intended path without me even knowing. It blew my mind.

I remember stopping multiple times during Leyndell, borderline dumbfounded at what damn fine level design and esthetic choices were employed. Easily among my favourite locations in gaming as a whole.

Halligtree and Crumbling really blew me away. Wish there was more legacy dungeon and a little less open world.

I wish caelid had a little bit more verticality to it or at least had a dungeon. As someone who likes spooky I actually loved exploring blight town and it was one of my favorite areas in the whole series.

If your having trouble with the rot lake or any other area with deep water the talisman from the volcano manor quest lets you walk and run in them normally you still get the status but it’s something

I actually use the Area outside of Malenias arena as a farming spots. If you clear all the pests with golden Scarab they give you around 100k runes per run

I think you find one of those hammer mages at the selia outskirts, near the hidden wall that leads to the abhorrent trio crysalid fight

I agree with the Volcano Manor. I didn't know that it was a place that would open up to you after you finish the questline. Just hearing a character say "There are some strange voices coming from the next room in the night" and then just looking if there is something to find in the night just to realise it's an hour long dungeon was a really cool experience. It's just sad that it ruined the questline for me so I have to experience that one in a different way in NG+, but I wanted to reach the manor without being teleported this time around anyway.

At 10:09, when he has a top down view over the lake of rot - where is it? I don't remember finding a place where you can view the rot from a vantage point.

Elpheal is my favourite place, looks beautiful and is fun to explore with a great boss at the end

the whole Haligtree section was the most traumatizing experience i have ever went through 2nd to The Last of Us Part 2 in Grounded dificulty

it's a good thing they removed that slow-down effect at the haligtree. Now you can run through the mini-lake of rot without even getting scarlet rot

Leyndell was 100% the peak of the game for me. It was everything I've ever wanted from a Souls game. I got lost so many times only to have that "wait, I'm back here????" experience, and other than the gargoyles which were kinda bs I loved all the other enemies. And the music was just perfection.

Fun fact with the crowd they could fake their repost. You'll hear the noise and they'll fall down but if you get too close they'll get up and grab you

Leyndell and the outdoors of Leyndell are by far my best moment in gaming It's similar to when you arrive in Anor Londo... but being able to explore it fully! Amazing, the OST, everything...

I agree with most of the stuff on here but what about the areas in the Mountaintops of the Giants and Snow Fields?

@janogabor7697

2 жыл бұрын

That counts as open world section.

I kind of liked how you still had to run back to the dog gate for main line bosses instead of stakes of marika’s it puts more pressure on you to really learn the boss since you don’t wanna be running back every time

With Lake of Rot, you can change out your armor for ones with the highest resistance to poisons which I think gave you that extra bit of room to make it to a further platform without triggering it

@daniel____4236

2 жыл бұрын

Also Flame Clense Me is clutch as hell.

You could do a video for the ranking npcs , i would like !

I low-key kinda liked the Lake of Rot lol. I had the incantation that cleanses you though so it would be significantly more difficult for someone who didn't have it

@DOC_951

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what there is to love about it?… just a big flat empty area with occasional platforms?

Was that the music from that one jackbox trivia game at the end???

@magicat7356

Жыл бұрын

trivia murder party, yeah

i dont know if all the underground areas where you can ride your horse and that are really like a open area just underground count as legacy dungeons. so for example i think nokron counts as dungeon (the real nokron where you fight the silver tears) but siofra river is clearly a region.

Am I the only souls veteran who really likes some of the poison swamp areas? Blighttown is one of my fave areas in DS1, and Lake of Rot was actually crazy to go to (really reminded me of an even crazier version of the demon ruins from DS1) Also Godskin Apostles are awesome.

I don’t need exact directions but what area leads into deep root depths I didn’t even know that existed

Crumbling Farum Azula is my favorite for sure. Giant Crumbling floating island with dragons and Tornadoes left and right. Godskin duo is a harsh con tho