Regardless of era, I'll always point newbies to Dark Souls 1. If they can survive Blight Town, they can survive anything.

@neroplays

3 ай бұрын

tomb of the giants.

@pogethedoge

3 ай бұрын

If they can beat o&s they're ready for anything that comes their way

@calebbrawley1107

3 ай бұрын

Facts, ds1 is to elden ring played in order is the best so the gameplay evolves as you go from game to game

@Draciosama

3 ай бұрын

And then there's my psycho ass who tells everyone to start with demon's souls

@varshasoneji3134

3 ай бұрын

Ds1 is pretty easy tbh

if DS1 is your first souls experience, you'll feel the magic of the growth of the series as you progress through the games

@villek3722

3 ай бұрын

Maybe in bosses but atmosphere and level design get worse game after game. Elden ring fixes some problems but the repeated dungeons and minibosses take away from the experience

@mccad00

2 ай бұрын

@@villek3722 i agree, gameplay gets polished but the games lose their charm and soul. Dark souls 1 still has the best world design and art direction, but elden ring honestly did do a pretty good job of bringing it back

@jameslough6329

2 ай бұрын

@@villek3722 Bloodborne and Elden Ring both have better atmosphere than DS1 tho. And although the world design in those games isn’t as interconnected as DS1 the individual levels are definitely on par with anything from DS1 (especially Stormveil, Raya Lucaria, Central Yharnam, and Castle Cainhurst)

@villek3722

2 ай бұрын

@@jameslough6329 Bloodbornes atmosphere is not that succesful imo. Its made to feel almost like horror game but the combat is too smooth and easy for that to be succesful. Then add the fact that most levels look very similar and rely on darkness a lot.

@user-vt6td9hp3g

2 ай бұрын

Lol Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 is miles above the rest of the series.

Dark Souls 1: "OH OKAY! so f*** me then?"

@drakemallard1486

16 күн бұрын

The remastered isn't bad or anything, but I would agree that 3 is the best starting point. Why not Demon Souls if you're going back in time?

@flamingninja93

16 күн бұрын

@@drakemallard1486 did you start with 3? I'm glad I played 1 before 3 and I wish I would've played demon souls first TBH but it's a free country I just don't know why he didn't even mention 1

@flamingninja93

16 күн бұрын

I kinda feel like whichever one you start with is going to feel like a good starting point in retrospect, but if you play 3 first you won't fully appreciate 1

@shoutenry

16 күн бұрын

Dark Souls 1 has almost objectively the best game design of the series. Teleporting around everywhere from the moment you start/rolling around like Sonic The Hedgehog kills so much momentum. Bloodborne is a distinct second to me. Everything else just melds to me.

@flamingninja93

15 күн бұрын

@@shoutenry aside from blight town and lost iz it has the best world design too with all the interconnected layers

Dark souls 3 takes the cake for one of the best souls games in so many ways for me. The lore, the gameplay, the settings, it was such a surreal and incredible experience

@user-ru2lp9zu2th

9 күн бұрын

Lol.. what lore? It had dogsh*t lore. The world building was retarded. Not much variety in weapons and fashions. The only reason I like it and consider it as the best souls games is because of the boss fights. Truly amazing

@PV27221

6 күн бұрын

@@user-ru2lp9zu2thaww little buddy doesn’t like other opinions 😂😂

@Jujuji12

5 күн бұрын

​@@user-ru2lp9zu2th he asked you to describe dark souls 3 not elden ring

@iLoveMiIfs

4 күн бұрын

⁠@@user-ru2lp9zu2thbro wtf are u talking about 😂😂😂 ur just hateing at this point saying the lore is trash saying there isn’t variety in weapons?! Fashion isn’t good? Pure cap

@jayy-_-2262

4 күн бұрын

But elden ring has lore, and a variety of weapons and fashion, the bossfights are good and the dlc was amazing. Sooooo idk what ur talking about either lol

Dark Souls 1 is a spiritual journey that should never be skipped.

@zanemob1429

Ай бұрын

No kidding…

@UltraChase

Ай бұрын

Aight so dark sould 1 or 3 first?

@joshi8503

Ай бұрын

@@UltraChaseds1 - the best and hardest locations. ds3 - the best bosses and gameplay. I more like ds1. That’s only your choice

@noobula7

Ай бұрын

@@UltraChaseI would recommend dark souls 3 because I feel it is more “beginner friendly” than when compared to ds1. But you should absolutely play ds1

@stefanoturriciano3716

Ай бұрын

​@@UltraChaseds1 is always the best because you will see the combat become better and better, instead of Goin from 3 to 1 and see it become clunkier, not because ds1 was done poorly, but because from 2011 to 2016, Fromsoftwers developers bacame way better at their job and the ps4 gave them more freedom compared to the ps3 As someone who started from ds3 I suggest you to start from ds1, seriously, don't do my same error, it's painful to go from a fluid gameplay to an arcaidish version of itself, and also loosing mechanics that made the combat even funnier, like weapon arts, which go from stronger swings of a sword to literal rivers of fire, cones of ice and blades of light And then there's elden ring which improves it even more letting you switch the weapon art (as long as the weapon is not unique), so you can have a dagger that can combust with a cursed flame that will make your enemies bleed And most importantly you can change the elemental dmg of weapon arts, you can literally have a wooden mace that summons an ice storm around you, but the ice deals lightning dmg, or a flaming sword that inflicts frostbites. Which can be funny in PvP, and let's you keep your build without suffering eternal torture because you as a mage are fighting against an enemy with really high magic resistance, just switch element (of course you must "unlock" this), you will have a lower dps because of a problem related with the scaling, but the vulnerability of the boss will make up for it

DS1. Seeing Anor Londo for the first time after fighting your way through the sewers, undead burg, and Sen’s Fortress will always give me a tremendous feeling of accomplishment.

@abdulmannanbabar8020

3 ай бұрын

And finally getting the option of fast travel after defeating Ornstien and Smough

@LuizFernando-ux8yi

3 ай бұрын

besides, seeing anor londo stairway in DS3 is probably one of the most mind blowing experiences a player can have after playing DS1

@specter8522

3 ай бұрын

Fr dude I remember almost giving up throughout my playthrough but telling myself momma raised no batch haha.

@yodasanthedestroyer9497

3 ай бұрын

Or hearing Gwen's music in the second phase of the soul of cinder​@@LuizFernando-ux8yi

@danieltrujeque5184

3 ай бұрын

Assuming they don’t get lost and give up considering there is no warping until you get the lordvessel

Start with Dark Souls 1 and play them by order. Also, the Dark Souls games are definitely connected by story and you'll appreciate Dark Souls 3 way more if you played the previous two Dark Souls.

@venatorgd5099

18 күн бұрын

The story on each game makes a lot of sense by themselves. Yes, DS1 and 3 have more or less the same plot, but they're not the same story. Also DS2 should be skipped on the order. The story has nothing related to the main line and the gameplay is horrible in general. While I still think that it was a good game, it might make new players want to stop playing souls games just because it is quite unfair as a game (especially the sotfs version). I would say play either DS1/DS3 as your first, then the other one you didn't play and then move on to Elden Ring and Bloodborne. Finally, if you ended up enjoying all of them, you can move on to Sekiro and DS2

@Djf0909

16 күн бұрын

​@@venatorgd5099 DS2 reminds you that FromSoft is still human and makes mistakes lol

@user-bv2px1hh1m

15 күн бұрын

@@Djf0909 and it also helps you understand that Miyazaki is the reason why souls games works.

@Kebin13

14 күн бұрын

​@@venatorgd5099 oh look, another kid with the ds2 bad schitck, i wonder when you people will grow a brain and learn to be original.

@outriggerunderground

13 күн бұрын

DS2 should be played dead last IMO. I’ve had a couple friends give up on the series during DS2 when playing in order

elden ring: calls you maidenless, tells you to put your foolish ambitions to rest, you talk to a doll and get called out, etc. 10/10 😂

Saying that DS3 is not connected to DS1 is wild

@BababoyBurger

2 ай бұрын

Bro literally

@camimel6966

2 ай бұрын

I think he ment that none of the games really need to be played in order as each one is its own story. Yes playing them in order would make the most sense as you’d understand all the references tho.

@If_only_i_cared

2 ай бұрын

@@camimel6966Ngl playing ds3 before ds1 story wise would be mighty confusing. They wouldn’t even know what a dark soul or even the dark sign really is.

@iota-09

2 ай бұрын

​@@If_only_i_cared Eh it's described in the item descriptions anyway, the most confusing parts are SoC, the "rite of old" and the whoke thing with gwyndolin(but that got f'd up by localization anyway) Signed: guy who played ds3 first cause ds1 remaster didn't exist till years after he played ds3

@If_only_i_cared

2 ай бұрын

@@iota-09 sure it’s in the item descriptions but as a first game a lot of people don’t check all the items and end up very confused til their 2nd or third play through. That’s the typical souls lore dive experience so I think as the first game ds3 wouldn’t be the best fit. Sekiro seems more of a fit cause they’re gonna struggle either way.

Jacob's advice is proof that not all heroes wear capes.

@somefunnyguy2732

3 ай бұрын

Fr man dark souls 3 is my favourite tbh it's the first souls game That I've ever played and it got me hooked to rpg games

@Just_Zia_101

3 ай бұрын

... how are you commenting on every single person I'm subscribed to...

@Human20898

3 ай бұрын

@@Just_Zia_101bro he’s in your walls

@Just_Zia_101

3 ай бұрын

@@Human20898 . . . HE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS LEAVING MY CLOSET OPEN!!

@Cyanidescorch

3 ай бұрын

Never knew you were a soulsborne fan

DS1, it’s a little janky, but that makes it easier to appreciate the improvements. Also I think DS3’s references hit way harder with DS1 as context.

Agreed. Dark souls 3 will forever have a very special place in my heart. First soulsborne I ever played and if I had to only play one for the rest of my life it would be dark souls 3

I asked my best friend the same question and he said to start with dark souls 1 and it was the best decision in my opinion I literally finished all souls games that are made by From Software in less than a month and it was so much fun and I didn't even know that I would like this type of games

@danielgorka1262

2 ай бұрын

And every new player struggling with some bosses few days U played all of souls like in one month as a new player? I want to see that

@norman3302

2 ай бұрын

Based

@-HE-MA-

2 ай бұрын

@@danielgorka1262 to be fair, the games that I struggled with the most were sekiro because I was used to the mechanics of darksouls and bloodborne and I'm currently finishing elden ring because this game is massive and I'm in college

@joenava6201

Ай бұрын

@@danielgorka1262 bro there’s no way he did that all the souls games in under a month and in college stop the cap homie the only way you did that is if you no life’s it and missed out on a insane amount of content missing a lot of side bosses just like you I would need to see this to believe

@snowpools8498

Ай бұрын

​@@-HE-MA- How many hours did the average playthrough take? And how much did you play everyday 😂

_”Which Souls games should I play first?”_ *brings the roulette of all Souls games and starts spinning of which game should be first*

@krauepicseven6615

2 ай бұрын

DS2 "Well shit!"

@qraid

2 ай бұрын

i mean how many souls games are there. all i know of are DS1,2,3 bloodeborn sekiro elden ring and mortal shell

@gilgamos

2 ай бұрын

@@qraiddemon souls

@neckisgo

2 ай бұрын

@@qraidmortal shell isnt one

@Icouldntcomeupwithaname1212

2 ай бұрын

​@@krauepicseven6615thats my first

Dark Souls 1. Go back and see where it all began. Hear that piano. Feel that pain. I would argue the amazing ending of Dark Souls 3 really hits hard when you get the reference first hand. I remember when the piano kicked in, and the Soul of Cinder changes his stance and I realized it was Gwyn, the last soul left, the first soul given. He killed me, and I respawned and in the blackness of the TV screen for just a second I saw my own tears.

Nothing will ever replace the magic of my first dark souls 1 playthrough.

Where my DS2 & Demon’s Souls homies at?

@kingtutman9173

3 ай бұрын

Right here!!

@marine47ncaa25

3 ай бұрын

@@kingtutman9173 my guy🙏

@OmarM626

3 ай бұрын

Chilling in Majula. Always gonna be the best Souls hub town.

@aragonmoralesfaustodavid5548

3 ай бұрын

My first ds was ds2, I hate that game but I played 500 hours and I haven't felt the same emotion in the other souls

@LappEnjoyer

3 ай бұрын

Right here

"The Souls games dont have an interconnected story" YOU FOOL, YOU HAVE AWAKENED THE WRATH OF MAATIMOVIE!

@FireDarkNinja

2 ай бұрын

THE ANGER OF VAATIVIDYA! THE RAGE OF FAATIFILM!

@R.DeMora

2 ай бұрын

**Summon in the Sunlight starts playing** 🤜🤛

Man DS1 level design will be on the HOF for a very long time. It also hold a special place in my heart. I played it a lot when a teen and the game just felt magical.

I started to play "Lies of P" first and fell in love with the souls like games

I started with Sekiro and oh boy…i am loving it.

@Nikosentiana338

2 ай бұрын

Me too, but I'm suffering 😢

@stoppablealarm7602

2 ай бұрын

Same it was awesome

@ZelBellz

2 ай бұрын

Same it is the only one I have beaten because i find the doge and roll mechanics of the souls games to be way too difficult where Sekiro is much easier to master imo at least for me

@KSHITIJTAMBOLI

2 ай бұрын

I finished it 3 times back in 2021 including the game plus mode. It's an awesome experience

@Chocomunchie

2 ай бұрын

Probably the best combat of these games, for me. And this is coming from someone that's been with the series since Demon's Souls was all there was. DS1 and 3 still hold a special place in my heart, though, of course. And Bloodborne is excellent.

Meanwhile Me: I don't know what the fuck a Bloodborne is but this Elden Ring game sure sounds amazing. Let's play it.

@IcedXD

3 ай бұрын

Good luck on Elden Ring & Bloodborne

@sarmadhabibkhan3036

3 ай бұрын

@@IcedXD Oh I finished Elden Ring. Took me 3 months but I did it.

@IcedXD

3 ай бұрын

@@sarmadhabibkhan3036 Oh congrats then

@CatLeone2003

3 ай бұрын

​​@@sarmadhabibkhan30363 months?! Nice, bro

@briandorough498

3 ай бұрын

Lol ive played nearly every souls game and still have not finished elden ring. My build was just terrible against maliketh and i never got around to figuring it out. Got in the same situation with the beast of hatred in sekiro

Playing Elden Ring with my 2 bros was the best gaming experience Ive ever had in my life and iv been playing since 1988. It was our little Lord of The Rings adventure.

@StoryTeller-John

14 сағат бұрын

1988 wow👍

@StoryTeller-John

12 сағат бұрын

@@sethdownn575 if you don’t mind me asking what was the first game you guys played

@sethdownn575

2 сағат бұрын

@@StoryTeller-John I haven’t been playing with those guys since I was a child didn’t mean to make it seem like I had.

@StoryTeller-John

Сағат бұрын

@@sethdownn575 sorry my bad

Me personally, Im just that type of guy that would play a series-like game in order, so I would start frm Dark souls 1.

Maybe it's just me, but some moments in DS3 lose some impact without having at least some knowledge of DS1 and 2. Walking into Firelink Shrine and seeing how different it became, but then seeing a familiar friend in Andre. Meeting Siegward, this game's onion knight fills you with the nostalgia of Siegmeyer. Finding Sun Bros covenant and armor. Finding Lucatiel's mask (I will always remember your name, dear friend.) Stepping into Anor Londo again, then shedding a tear over the corpse of the giant smith who forged me my favorite boss weapons. Fighting Soul of Cinder and the pling pling plong hits. Patches, the rat bastard, who followed us through it all to stand beside us at the end of the world, unbroken. (Albeit 3 did a lot to humanize him and show us a bit of who he was. Lapp was a good guy) I'm missing a lot and don't mean to ramble, but these games mean a lot to me. Thank you for the video and for being a fellow member of the community who knows it's more than just unfair, git gud, brutal difficulty.

@tanmay_1454

3 ай бұрын

Thats all from lore and experience perspective. I mean if you're not gonna invest yourself into story (imo losing a major part of soulsborne games ) then you can start anywhere really

@blockwearingman

3 ай бұрын

exactly

@562.anthony2

3 ай бұрын

No you’re completely right and I have no idea why he said to start with 3

@orbitthederg

3 ай бұрын

Yeah you gotta play 1 and 3 in order imo

@kitten-whisperer

3 ай бұрын

Not everyone pours over every bit of lore.

I used to think dark souls 3 was the best, but then i learned that sekiro has its own flow, with each fight having its own unique rhythm. Not to mention their areas are beautiful, and the game is only easier when you get better, not just when you find better weapons. The dragon rot was quite overwhelming at first but when i realized it wasnt as big of a deal as i thought at first it easily became my favorite

Fantastic take. I usually recommend people to start with Dark Souls 1 because it’s a brilliant game that is worth experiencing, but it is older and clunkier and if you do DS3 and Elden Ring first it’s gonna be hard to deal with the clunky controls and mechanics to the point that it harms the first playthrough experience

I don’t understand why some of those in the comment section believe a slower paced game is “janky”. Slowing everything down to the point every roll and every weapon swing matters is deeply rewarding.

@AltaccforwhengetIbannedforslur

2 ай бұрын

I think you misunderstood their argument. A common criticism for DS1 and DS2 are that the bosses and enemies are incredibly unresponsive and have janky AI, which is definitely much more prominent in DS2 but still present in DS1. With their inexperience in development at the time or time restraints by Bandai, their animations aren't properly telegraphed and are much harder to reaction roll compared to ER and DS3 which have movesets that are easier to adapt to and reaction roll. You really can't deny the jankiness of DS1's bosses and lack of telegraphing as well as lack of well-made animations. I think it's unfair to compare DS1 and DS2 with the more modernized and refined games that are DS3, Bloodborne and Elden Ring, I hear many people say that then contradict themselves the next second. If we were to compare them and ignore their age, it's no doubt that ER and BB are superior, atleast when it comes to gameplay, which I think is a more important and impacting aspect that determines a game's quality

@RAYHANREHEMAPUTRA-ir6ll

2 ай бұрын

​@@AltaccforwhengetIbannedforslurboth game mechanically janky but ds2 get hated for it more. Thats the only thing i dislike about the "people's critic", otherwise i think half if not most of the ds2 critic is correct

@triforceadm7345

2 ай бұрын

@@AltaccforwhengetIbannedforslur I actually disagree very strongly. In my personal experience of over 2000 hours in the game, the times where I thought an attack was poorly choreographed was very much in the minority(excluding outliers such as the hydra fights). In comparison, there are fights in DS3, such as Pontiff Sulyvahn, where there are attack animations that require you to have a reaction time faster than is biologically possible for our brains to process. Amir did a great video on it you should check it out.

@Y00bi

2 ай бұрын

I dunno later souls games get enemies and bosses that are just on cocaine and never stop swinging. It was fine in Sekiro cause you were expected to deal with it and given the tools to do so. Elden ring feels a lot less methodical than DS1. Different strokes and that.​@@AltaccforwhengetIbannedforslur

@DirranProductions

2 ай бұрын

Yeah the slower paced itself isn't janky. The 4-way rolling feels a little clunky in DS1, but that just takes some time. World at War is my favorite CoD, and it's mostly because of the clunky deliberate feel.

I started with dark souls 2, and it has a special place in my memories.

@it_is_what_it_is269

21 күн бұрын

same

@dolphinpower1107

21 күн бұрын

Didn't start with DS2 but it was a fantastic experience, hope the fanbase mellows out to it. As it really shouldn't be skipped.

@Humble197

20 күн бұрын

@@dolphinpower1107 My main issue is the same one I have with the new zeldas. Durability being extremely low. It pissed me off.

@dolphinpower1107

20 күн бұрын

@@Humble197 I can relate to this in Zelda, but despite knowing it's quite prevalent I only had a weapon break once in DS2 which was after the Sinh fight. Maybe I just picked high durability weapons. My biggest issue was losing health on death and having to use a ring slot to make it less of an issue. It was especially annoying in the dark lurker fight.

@drakemallard1486

16 күн бұрын

​@@dolphinpower1107My issue was the healing items. They ultimately made the game too easy to explore, since you could just stock up. I liked 2 the best, because in my ignorance, I activated the hard mode covenant, and thought that was the norm. 😅

Only “Soulsborne type” game I’ve ever played is Nioh 2, and I defo think its hella underrated

Personally always say start wherever, but I think one is a fun and east point where you really get the original souls experience

I would disagree, if you start with Dark Souls 3, you miss out on a lot of cool callbacks to Dark Souls. Realistically, you should play them in order. 1, 2, 3, then any of the rest 3 has a lot of references to 1 and 2 in it And to all of you who will either think or comment "DS2 sucks, skip it!": Dark Souls 2 is a perfectly fine game, and plenty enjoyable when you dont have a bitch in your ear telling you it sucks

@Darko807

3 ай бұрын

Exclude 2 because that's just the toast chromosome alpha of elden ring

@wintermoretti

3 ай бұрын

Yall really leaving out demons souls :(

@koshetz

3 ай бұрын

I beat every souls game (except Demon's Souls) but i still can't beat DS2 after four times restarting it. Rat-dog boss always make me rage quit and i do not like levels.

@pancakewafflez

3 ай бұрын

I tried playing dark souls 2 after one, it was terrible and didn’t feel like ds1 at all. I tried ds3 and it clicks instantly for me. So i think ds2 deserves the reputation it has

@lennysummers

3 ай бұрын

Ds2s cool but I wouldn’t recommend it after Ds1 Id instead play Ds3 because it’s way more connected to 1 than 2 and play 2 after because its gameplay is honestly quite a bit different to the other 2 souls games.

Dark Souls 1 is objectively the correct start

@juke414

3 ай бұрын

Really depends on how old you are

@boomboxblaster8742

3 ай бұрын

I don't see how the most janky game of them all is "objectively the correct start" lmao.

@SmellenBellen

3 ай бұрын

@@juke414wdym

@SmellenBellen

3 ай бұрын

@@boomboxblaster8742demon souls and ds2 are right there? Plus ds1 ain’t that janky. Or at least when it’s janky it’s consistent in the ways it’s janky and won’t unexpectedly cuck ya

@juke414

3 ай бұрын

@@SmellenBellen Besides Mario Odyssey, Zelda BOTW, and animal crossing. Nintendo games have nothing on modern games, some are even objectivity bad, so why do people still play them? Well, adults that grew up playing Nintendo have such fond memories that their minds are structured to get joy out of them. For example I grew up playing ps3, and I love playing linear games, whereas some people would call being guided where to go as boring. Now of course, I don't only play linear games, I just get more joy out of ps3 styled games than other people who would hate it because they didn't grow up playing them as a kid too. Now back to dark souls 1, most likely but not always, if you played that game as a kid or teen, you will probably say it's better than DS3. But that can't be further than the truth. DS3 which is objectivity a better game in every single way because it's more modern and from software built their knowledge up, in a way it fixed almost but not every problem Dark Souls 1 had. People only swear that it's better because it's what they have fond memories of. To them calling DS3 better than DS1 is like telling them their childhood joy was invalid.

They are connected,you just gotta look for the connection

Now that's a civilized souls conversation

I thought he was gonna say "Lies of P" at the end 😂

@Jaycomma

2 ай бұрын

It’s literally the best souls game ever conceived

@ky3ow

2 ай бұрын

I find it the most beginner friendly souls like

@arminborbelyburus6114

2 ай бұрын

Lies of P is the first Soulslike game for me, and I really like it, I'm about halfway through the game and I've used summon twice so far, I think it's not bad for a beginner, It was totally worth a try for me

@titi1337

Ай бұрын

Lies of P is just so damn good. I seriously believe its the best souls-like made, and its so interesting too

@dgduro3196

27 күн бұрын

and made from first game devolopers from korea, they didn’t miss

I do the same but when someone ask what is your favorite I go to DS1.

@felipeemanuel5790

3 ай бұрын

My favorite too, but DS3 has the best boss battles in my opinion.

@chalk1415

3 ай бұрын

DS1 is still my favorite, the feeling you get when Returning to firelink from Blighttown has never replicated by any of the later games. All the other souls games lack the open endedness that DS1 has (except Elden Ring ofc). One thing I loved about DS1 and Elden was talking about the game to other people and finding out they had a completely different experience to you because they went different places first or tried different things. All the Other games are Linear af. DS1 has the best map design ever created in a video game imo. It's literally the template that many colleges use to teach good game design.

@draw2death421

3 ай бұрын

Really now? DS1? With its rushed endgame?

@villek3722

3 ай бұрын

​@@draw2death421 the rushed endgame is basically just 2 bad areas. Tomb of giants is annoying but nothing unplayable(with shield atleast). Lost izalith is boring as hell but you can easily just run past everything atleast. Bed of chaos is garbage tho. Archives and New londo would be higher mid tier areas in any other souls game so they arent that bad

@3ericw

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's DS1. U can see the series expand and get all the references

These see without glasses, the games of the souls...

Wait a minute… this guys based… DS3 is the best still after ER’s incredible DLC, there’s just something great about smashing through the whole game in 2 hours, whereas in Elden Ring I’d still he collecting stuff for the first boss

not even mentioning dark souls 1 is insane, i think it's very easily the best game in the series. the interconnected world and how the mechanics and lore relate to that interconnected world is unparalleled.

@BababoyBurger

2 ай бұрын

Lke bro literally

@NotAPsyop

2 ай бұрын

This video is garbage. Also where he get the idea that DS1 and DS3 are not conected.

@neckisgo

2 ай бұрын

Ds1 is such a classic, all things considered, it’s the greatest game of all time

@sewerentropy5217

2 ай бұрын

@@neckisgo it's definitely up there for me, i think it's one of the greatest combinations of eastern and western fantasy right beside Berserk.

@sewerentropy5217

2 ай бұрын

@@NotAPsyop i'm assuming he just hasn't played DS1 due to not mentioning it and saying it has no connection to 3.

DS1 was the one I've started with and I couldn't be happier

@SnailHatan

16 күн бұрын

Yes, you could be.

@user-bv2px1hh1m

15 күн бұрын

@@SnailHatan how?, i just want know if possible.

I almost thought he was going to say another crabs treasure as the first game to play 💀

I think that starting with Ds1 is the best because from experienece I have friends who played elden ring and tried getting into ds1 and it was just too jarring of a difference for them and they couldn't get into it like I did which is sad because playing it for the first time was probably the most fun I have ever had in a video game

For me, it's Sekiro. You can literally obliterate the bosses with the most anime ass techniques ever😂

@khadizaanwarjolly5779

3 ай бұрын

I started on sekiro and it is so hard to not try to parry on muscle memory and instead roll

@juke414

3 ай бұрын

@@khadizaanwarjolly5779 Instead of trying to parry, I always try to mikiri counter when I see a thrust move in any game. I can vividly imagine myself doing it too, sekiro has taught us well

@jagernkk9875

3 ай бұрын

​@@khadizaanwarjolly5779try to beat sekiro dark souls style it is surprisingly easy

@Your_fella_football_editor_

3 ай бұрын

​@@khadizaanwarjolly5779 my dad fisnshed sekiro all achivements

@ZA-lv8ba

3 ай бұрын

@@khadizaanwarjolly5779I started with Bloodborne and then beat all Dark Souls with no shield and 0 load. But I dead deflect in Sekiro but also dodged a lot

Playing them in order ds1-3 is the best way, as your progress you’ll realize that some weapons and armor carried over, telling yourself you remember from the other games, that’s just one of the many reasons to play in order

@righteous_zombie

2 ай бұрын

So if I pass dsr and go to ds2 or 3 some stuff will carry over?

@Shmop_

2 ай бұрын

@@righteous_zombie Nah, nothing carries over, it’s knowing the easter eggs, bosses, friendly npcs, weapons, armor and etc from the previous games that carries over, otherwise you would just think it’s just some regular thing, everything has meaning behind it in the dark souls games, it gets deep, play them in order, don’t listen to this guy, he doesn’t know

@righteous_zombie

2 ай бұрын

@@Shmop_ I see, I just got into the series with dsr and I'm loving it, appreciate it

@Shmop_

2 ай бұрын

@@righteous_zombie I wish I could replay them blind again, my advice, don’t look anything up, fully play it blind for all the games, just look up how to get to the dlc area, that’s a tricky one

Dark souls 3 is such a souls celebration. It’s like a dark souls festival. Such a good game.

I just started dark souls one a little while ago and the journey to Gwyn has been an impactful one.

Starting with ds1 and playing the trilogy in order when i discovered souls games was the best decision in gaming ever, played all the ones not related to dark souls universe afterwards, the games get progressively harder and seeing how they developed over time is so great

Ds1 is goated, you're locked for 3 seconds without any canceling every time you heal, makes it real risky in the fights. I love it

@danielkiran8174

2 ай бұрын

Real risky? Dufuq? YOu can literally facetank all the endgame bosses by putting on heavy armor with insane poside and chugging your 20 estus. Bosses can't even interrupt your healing. DS1 is literally the EASIEST game in terms of healing.

@antares2804

2 ай бұрын

​@@danielkiran8174 Everybody knows the best souls experience is when you don't have any shield or armor

@sunshineandrei2569

2 ай бұрын

​@@danielkiran8174dawg you can sword and shield and win almost every fight first try if you get tons of estus and power level vigor.

@SecoOrlov

25 күн бұрын

@@danielkiran8174it depends on how you play it to make you feel like it's hard or easy, except like 4 kings is just a dps check

@TheOneAndOnlyZN

20 күн бұрын

@danielkiran8174 I guess if you want to rank the games based on the easiest ways to play sure but I just mean like the normal playthrough where you don't look up "DS1 get OP" on YT lol so normal poise

Hint for bloodborne: if you’re fighting a large boss and it isn’t filling your entire screen you’re probably doing something wrong

I was expecting a twist at the end to be his favorite being DS2

DS2 took my heart from the start and nobody can change that

@daniilkolpakchi458

3 ай бұрын

199% on this, regret that I skipped it between DS1,3 and bloodbourne

@neilcbpurnama8686

3 ай бұрын

same here

@Slayer964-tc2hp

3 ай бұрын

Same

@annihilatedreflection

3 ай бұрын

heard scholar edition sucks though

@eggpod4567

3 ай бұрын

That's the best one. It's the reason I could even play any of the other ones. It trained me. Lol

Saying none of them are connected is a blatant lie Dark Souls 3 is actively about the original Dark Souls, and breaking the cycle that the first one set up

@arjostarudo9406

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, he probably forgot about that. But even then, we can't outright say that they are not connected to each other, because they might(which i believe is more than likely) connected to each game. In the start of the dark Souls, there was nothing but a mist shrouded everywhere, no black and white, no light and dark, no life and death, and only everlasting dragons were present in mysterious grey mist. One of the endings of the Demon Souls(which i believe to be the canon one) ends with Slayer of the demons absorbing ancient one's power and leaving the world in a grey mist. Or how Dark Souls 3 indicates how Yharnam is created by the Blood of the Dark Soul in the DLC (I mean, at least i think that's what it's about.). And this is the neat part about Soulsborne games, you can implement, describe, comment, and theorize about it's story in most ways, and you wouldn't be entirely wrong about it(unless for some certain things like how people thought Solarie could be the Nameless son of the Gwyn in the first Dark Souls game, only to find out that Nameless King is a entirely another person by the time Dark Souls 3 came out.).

@felipeemanuel5790

3 ай бұрын

it's connected, but not a sequence, it's not a direct continuation, you see a lot of references, but that's it.

@arjostarudo9406

3 ай бұрын

@@felipeemanuel5790 you fight against to Soul of Cinder in Dark Souls 3, an amalgamation of the all souls who have linked the First irst Flame, in first phase, you're basically fighting against the main character in the first game(because either your character, or someone else's character linked the First Flame), and then against Gwyn, the first Lord of the Cinder who linked the First Flame with his soul, and cursed everyone with the curse of the undead. Dark Souls 3 is about putting an end to the never ending cycle of the First Flame from the first game(and yes, there're four different endings, but the one where you watch the First Flame to extinguish slowly in the hands of the fire keeper has to be the canon one, because for a game that is meant to end Dark Souls series, it's the most fitting one for to make a grand finale.).

Weirdly refreshing souls video that didn’t spout weird and delusional toxicity

Yet, here I am, beginning my soulsborne journey with Dark Souls Remastered.

Something people often overlook is the beauty of an interconnected world that came with dark souls 1, so I have to recommend dark souls 1 for your first experience for that exact reason, and Solaire. Praise the sun.

Sekiro is the abusive partner that you can never leave

@franciscoreza8295

3 ай бұрын

Souls pvp

@purehollow4460

2 ай бұрын

Sekiro is that one teacher who is always super strict but everyone still likes him because he is good at teaching

@Minos_PRIME-

2 ай бұрын

@@purehollow4460 fax

Everybody loud until DS1 comes in

@awlgh9045

6 күн бұрын

Demon souls harder

@ShadowWolffi

3 күн бұрын

​​@@awlgh9045no it ain't.. Demon souls is easy and boring as fuck.. If it's harder it's just your low skill level cause demon souls is baby difficulty for the souls games..

As someone who has been through all the DS eras and Bloodborne/Sekiro, I think it’s right to start with DS1. I think DeS is a game you can appreciate after you’ve beat DS3, in that you’re good enough to visit the classic. DeS is hard, but it also isn’t as straightforward or as easy to upgrade or understand. DS1/DS2, especially DS2, upgrading is easy. I might get some flack for that, lol. I had a friend start at DS3 and he hated 1/2. Never tried DeS because of it. Elden Ring is the best of them all; there is contention for Elden Ring to be one of the greatest games ever (I’m right there with them, it is top 3 for me). Bloodborne on release was my favorite PS4 game, probably still is next to God of War. Sekiro is also fantastic, don’t need to take my word for it, lol. If you’re into Elden Ring, start with the classics and build an appreciation going forward. I remember DS1 Remastered finally making jumping easy! I also remember SotfS destroying DS2. It takes time to appreciate these games. I started playing when i was literally 10 years old. It’s my favorite franchise and my favorite developer because of how we’ve grown together. Respect the oldies! Much love to whomever tries.

@MrCheater56

23 күн бұрын

Also those of you who start with an Elden Ring jump just don’t get it, lol. Shit was hard. We used to rage because we couldn’t jump. Don’t even bring up Torrent!

I got to tell you I am always impressed every time I see your videos not only impressed but sometimes laugh out loud funny. And never have I ever seen a content creator with such accuracy in choices

Nah start with Dark Souls 2, a beginner should develop absolute hatred for soulsgames before stepping foot in the good ones. It's my fav tho, love DS2, best atmosphere imo

@AdoroBiscoff

3 ай бұрын

Like the gameplay was awful but the ambience, sounds, designs and npcs makes it the best fascion souls

@conorhallahan9625

3 ай бұрын

@@AdoroBiscoffI don’t why people hate on the gameplay, it’s not that far off ds1 just a bit more janky with the hit boxes, which itself can be fixed just up adpt to like 26~ and you get the same I frames as ds1

@frog1405

3 ай бұрын

​@conorhallahan9625 that's actually a major reason people dislike it. Adaptability. Having your amount of I-frames tied to a stat rather than equipment weight was a decision not many people liked.

@Smabriel_

3 ай бұрын

Either way if the hitboxes/movement is janky, I think the atmosphere covers it up just fine. The bosses were definitely more unoriginal and weak compared to the other souls games. But there definitely not bad, I genuinely had fun fighting them and it is definitely a experience worth buying in my opinion. Ds2 gets hated on WAY to much, I mean to the point where a lot of people will never buy it because of those trash takes. Ds2 isn't quite my favorite but it's definitely up there for me and what I would call is the hardest out of the 3 ds games. That's my take 🤷

@094640

3 ай бұрын

Ds2 was my first from soft game. I had never heard of dark souls at that point some how and saw it on sale at GameStop for like 15 bucks so I picked it up. It kicked my butt for hours I never truly got good that playthrough but after that one I went to ds3 and then the rest of them. Since then I've played through all the games a minimum of 3 times, ds3 I've played 10 times, and I own 5 different copies of ds3 as I started collecting various editions.

THIS MAN SAID START ON DARK SOULS 3 HE SETTING YOU UP TO FAIL

Hey I wanna know your opinion on Lies of P

Soulsborne games taught me the question "which one is your favorite?" sometimes really makes no sense

I love sekiro but damn, Bloodborne just has me vibing every time

@user-jj7zk8oo3t

2 ай бұрын

I couldn't get through the first area of Sekiro. I played that after I finished Dark Souls III.

@tomahawkinc5971

2 ай бұрын

​@@user-jj7zk8oo3tthe first area? You mean the only area you can advance through by dying?

@user-jj7zk8oo3t

2 ай бұрын

No, I'm talking about the area with the first mini boss. I was playing on PC. I've been gaming for about 2yrs. I've never really used a controller.

@tomahawkinc5971

2 ай бұрын

@@user-jj7zk8oo3t oooh okay I understand now. Sekiro was my first souls game (besides lies of p if you count that) and it took some getting used to but none of the bosses that people claimed were hard gave me any trouble once I got used to the mechanics. Maybe give it another try.

@user-jj7zk8oo3t

2 ай бұрын

I will after I finish Dark Souls Remastered. How did you like Lies of P? I've watched some of the game play. It does look interesting.

This was actually the exact order I played my souls games

You ll have to excuse lil bro towards the end, he meant 2.

I thought for a second that at the end he was going to say: Skyrim

Ive just played through the Dark Souls series for the first time and definitely recommend starting in 1. To me, they progress in difficulty and the story is just fantastic. I love seeing the boss designs evolve or return with new abilities. I love the returning characters like Patches or Seigward... And i was able to correct my mistake from the first game and become the Lord of Hollows. Incredible game and experience.

Bro said dark souls 3 was the best! I got chills and u got a new sub

If you can fight the gardian ape you can survive anything

Bloodborne was the first souls game i played and with it's gothic estatic and lovecraftian stortytelling it was love at first sight. Yeah it's the best and the coolest a true masterpiece.

@gabrielredwine9955

2 ай бұрын

I plan to do just that aswell

@MoogleSan

2 ай бұрын

aesthetic

none of the games are connected in story is the most wild statement ive ever heard

Darksouls 3 is what really helped me get into the souls games

Dark Souls II in the bottom of the pool: 💀

I’ll always have a soft spot for Dark Souls 1. I’ve platinnumed all of them, but I don’t remember the last time I was so hooked and immersed in a video game as I was in my 1st playthrough of DS1. Everything was just so incredible and unlike anything I had ever played before. There’s just a certain magic about it that no other souls game has. The one that gets very close for me is Sekiro.

The first half of ds1 is the definition of peak

I'm just glad he didnt say his favorite was Dark Souls 2 😂

Your forgot to warn him about those anxiety bosses

Bloodborne was the first souls game i played, but i stopped because i didn't know what i was supossed to do lol

Dark souls 1 is still my fav souls.

Thanks for the advice I got overwhelmed to on which one to play first many thanks to you

No other souls could replicate the atmosphere the npcs and the overall experience of DS1

Dark Souls games should be played in order

@dracula2749

3 ай бұрын

Nah. DS3 is definitely the easiest to get into. Id say from there go back to 1 then completely skip the dumpster fire known as DS2 and play elden ring after 1

@LeopardGamingYT6969

3 ай бұрын

@@dracula2749 Nah Ds 2 was the most unique Soulsborne game. Ds1 and ds 3 were just boring after 1st playthrough

@fleepity

3 ай бұрын

Heads up on ds2 tho I've heard from 2 of my friends they didn't bother cuz kbm controls are really shit and I prefer kbm

@dovahkiin7253

3 ай бұрын

​@@dracula2749If you start with 3 the you don't get to see the gameplay evolve over the course of the three games, it's going to be the opposite effect. Also the bosses of ds1 aren't nearly as grand and intricate as ds3 so you may end up feeling dissapointed if you're coming straight from ds3. Also ds2 should NOT be skipped, it has its issues but its still an enjoyable souls experience.

@beefzzyt

3 ай бұрын

I couldn't find ds1 cheap anywhere so I started with ds3, it's great so far

Dark Souls 2 with enemies despawning after enough kills id say its the best for a casual to get started

@fleegaleegalagabaws2368

2 ай бұрын

What about the other copious amounts of bullshit

@rainbowskin3379

2 ай бұрын

The enemies don't start despawning until 10 deaths... If a new player is killing enemies that many times I doubt they are sticking with the game for very long. Elden Ring is by far the most noob friendly.

Bloodborne was my gateway into the SoulsBorne community. It will always hold a special place in my heart

@shadowmandeathstroke8232

3 ай бұрын

Same. Amazing game though I did quit playing the game for about a year because I was bad at the time

@stephenwiedel2244

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I got onto bloodborne first and I been a fan ever since

@ludwiglanestudios

2 ай бұрын

I've been a fan since 2011 but after playing Bloodborne, I saw Miyazaki as a god developer.

@CrayfishTail

2 ай бұрын

Same. First thing I bought when I got a ps4 and loved the series ever since

@toolshedvideo

Ай бұрын

Same here. Played and beat BB first, then went and played all the rest of the games out of order lol

DS3 will always have a special place in my heart bro, was the first Souls game i ever played when i was a kid and whenni got into my teenage years, played it again and beat it, now as an adult i ended up play it again, along with sekiro, elden ring, and bloodborne. Man all such great games

“Go my sweet hunter”

Dark souls trilogy are connected. One evidence is that orstein from ds1 has the same armor as the old dragon slayer from ds2. You can also find some places in ds2 that are now shriveled up and destroyed in ds3. They all took place in the same Universe, not just at the same time

@fenriswolfo

2 ай бұрын

I came here to say this! Ds1 takes place hundreds to thousands of years before ds3, ds2 doesn't have a specific time period but I have a feeling it takes place between ds1 and 3, just in a completely different location(duh, Majula is the game's Firelink).

@Flatgod

2 ай бұрын

​@@fenriswolfoWe know DS2 takes place before DS3 because there are several call backs to it in DS3.

I think i had this guy as a coach at my school💀

Ok ok hear me out hear me out; if you mainly played shooters before and really want to get into soulslike, oh boy do I have a recommendation for you. It’s more a soulslike-like game but no other shooter has more similarities with a souls like than this: The Remnant 1&2. It’s a shooter with almost soulslike mechanics. Especially 2 has great potential to get you into this kind of games because not only can you do both, melee and shooting but also it’s a pretty hard game that requires really good dodging. Also you can start at easy and continue until nightmare. If you manage to finish that game in Nightmare you can start with fromsoftware games and at least you won’t feel completely overwhelmed by the difficulty. Also remnant is such a great and underrated game I really can recommend it!

Dark souls 3 is GOATed. 26 unique bosses and they're all fun, tons of build variety, and when the game was at its peak it had the best PVP in the entire soul franchise.

I'd argue Sekiro is a Soulslike game 👀

@RamssCoreM

2 ай бұрын

It isn't, but that's not bad, it can pretty much create its own genre, but it's very tied to the fact that it's Miyazaki's and seen as a Souls game by consequence

Sekiro will always hold a special place in my heart, it has the best combat system of almost any game IMO

@yamo511

3 ай бұрын

yeah i wanna play that one next

@ZelBellz

2 ай бұрын

No i think it has objectively the best most satisfying combat of all time when it comes to challenge

@hdmovieplace8697

2 ай бұрын

​@@yamo511just a heads up, im sure u can beat it but be aware the core mechanics are verry diffrent from other fromsoft games and left alot of dark souls players quit because they are used to dodging more then parying.

Any man who can conquer dark souls 2 scholar version, is a real man

Dark souls 1 for nostalgia. DS3 for gameplay. DS2 for corn doggery.

Completely agree, I started on ds3 and I wouldn't have it another way.

Reasons why to start with dark souls one: It is a genre defining gem that will introduce players in a way that's not too overwhelming, and if you play this game after many if the other titles the game may feel slow and slightly janky. Reasons why to start with another From Software title is because Dark Souls 1 may make players that would've otherwise really enjoyed the other From Software quit the game as the game has extremely punishing mechanics such as curse, and the game is also starting to get slightly outdated as it is their second oldest title. Also i'm pretty sure a lot of people gave up on the capra demon. Personally i would probably recommend starting with Dark Souls 1, and then still give one of the newer titles a try even if the player dislikes Dark Souls 1 for the gameplay (or old graphics if you're not a fan of that). That way you will find out if you like the games and you will have a good experience (most likely) and get different tastes of what From Software has to offer. If you don't want to pay for two games, i would also recommend probably starting with Dark Souls 3. Note: Also probably don't be me and start with Sekiro

King's Field 4 is the definitive starting point for soulsnewbies

@mrm0nty550

27 күн бұрын

Also recommend reading Berserk as additional material

Another crab's treasure is awesome it seriously makes no sense how more people aren't talking about it