Yeah my uncle would have loved these games if he was still alive. He was a gamer his whole life. Starting with the Atari 2600. He had all the consoles but his passion was PC gaming. I remember being little and him acting like Doom was off limits because it was to graphic for a kid to play lol
@@gageamkn8919 bruh it literally did it added things like jumping,stealth, and some other things that are nowhere in dark souls. By your logic nothing could take influence from anything since there is always something before it
@@plugshirt1762 I don’t think sekiro influenced jumping, it’s just a mechanic that souls players have wanted for a while, and stealth was already a thing in souls games (walking behind enemies to silence ur movement) but it wasn’t by crouching
Love the video. My only complaint is I feel Sekiro is totally a Soulsborne game (it being part of the name isn't relevant), and I would have liked some of that amazing analysis applied to how it changed the formula (not just jumping and stealth). Great video.
Sekiro is not a souls game. It’s own thing more than it has in common. Case in point a lot that love soulsborne games weren’t bothered by Sekiro 10/10 game, but just not for soulsborne fans
@@jamesrobinson4026 I loved both the Souls games and Sekiro. Say what you want about it forcing you to play with one style, but Sekiro has some of the best bosses of any From game ever. I still remember beating Genichiro after hours of trying and how the game clicked for me after that. Ishin, the fire demon, lady butterfly, Owl... all of them were great bosses in their own right too. I'd go so far as to say that no Dark Souls boss, not even Artorias or Dancer or Sulyvhan, had as great an impact on me as Genichiro.
@@Outmind01 I agree 100%. I loved Sekiro and the bosses were next level. beating Genichiro was when the game clicked for me as well. not to mention the story was great and the world was amazing. the mortal blade is such a badass magic weapon. I lump it in with the souls games
It is 100% a souls game, it shares a huge amount of the series’ DNA and should have definitely been included in this list. Many souls purists found it too hard and don’t want to include as a “souls” title, but I think that’s a ridiculous take. There’s so much in common it’s unreal.
I personally do classify it because of the difficultly. But it does not play as a souls game. It has completely different gameplay. I started on DS1. And when I first played sekiro I absolutely hated it and left it alone for about two years. It has a huge learning curve especially for souls players. I just beat the game and it was a good game for sure. IMO the hardest of the souls games.
@@theholt2ic219 I mean the combat is completely different but it’s the same in nearly every other aspect. Is also an actual fromsoft game. It was my first 😂
@@lewisbromilow9046 I don’t think so imo. DS1-3, demons soul and bloodborne all feel similar. But when I first played sekiro I couldn’t even beat the mini bosses. But like I said it’s just a learning curve. My DS habits took a while to get rid of. I personally do classify it since it is a From game but completely different game. There is is no character customization, stats, magic, and summonings. Deflecting is something I have mastered and something I never considered when playing Ds. Now I parry godlike lol Bloodborne is still my fav. And sekiro is the hardest souls game imo. And you can Spider-Man jump. Especially during the true monk fight, nothing about the game seemed DS to me. But I love this game
I can see both sides to the Sekiro argument - it doesn't have a deep RPG system but in most other ways it is souls through and through. The level designs, meditation points, respawning enemies, vague story, incredibly stunning and difficult but fair boss fights. It is literally a bunch of the things that make their previous games so good with extra things added in like stealth and posture bar. It is a great game, and absolutely a soulsborne. Also, Elden Ring is 10/10 a masterpiece and the culmination and evolution of all Fromsoft's previous experience.
What people don't realize about Sekiro is that it was as much of an evolution of the Souls series as Bloodbourne was. From can't put out the same game over and over and expect to be praised for it. Games need to keep what is good and go into new, creative explorations. Sekiro did this and was a huge success. Most souls fans who played it and disliked it thought that you had to play it like a Souls game instead of actually learning how to play the actual game and - to take a page out of their own notes - GET GUD. Sekiro has the best combat out of any of the games, and the art direction was incredible. I hope we can get a Sekiro 2 one day. I look forward to a Sekiro sequel or some other even more different soulsbourne evolution than I do a new Souls or bloodbourne sequel.
Pfff, ER is just open world DS4, with tons of reused assets & stuff. I wouldn't even have a problem with that, IF they'd called it DS4. Calling it something completely else raised expectations. Expectations that weren't met by "just open world DS4". Not by far.
Dark Souls and Bloodborne are my faves. Amazing level design but 3’s bosses are some off the best in gaming ever. 2 is great but hasn’t got that Miyazaki magic that’s sorely missing. And Sekiro has the best combat ever in a game. FromSoft are legends
Here's the problem with your statement : the Second half of Dark souls' level design is bad and that's a consensus, and Bloodborne has the most repetitive level design in the whole series. I completely understand if they are your faves, and yeah dark souls 3 has the best bosses but Demon's souls has the best level design, music, lore, and story easily.
@@Jake-mv7kn better builds, better replay values (thanks to the builds), better music, more distinct and memorable bosses, better weapon system, longer, more varied in every way (especially locations).. so yeah it's definitely a better game
@@kraken5003 different builds, better weapons, excellent bosses, best setting and story in a souls game, amazing replay value, better combat and gameplay.
Saying "Graphics were updated" feels like such an understatement. Literally the whole game was remade from the ground up but ofcourse still staying the same game.
That 2009 GameSpot review (& GOTY) of Demon's Souls definitely influenced me & my bestfriend at the time to pick it up and the rest is history. S/o to you guys lol
really should've spent more time talking about Sekiro - it's literally the transitional game between DS3 and Elden Ring. It would have been nice to dive deeper into how Sekiro was different from the others. Half-assed.
They're all epic. Any of the biggest bloodborne fans would know this, or at the very least would have played through the other games out of sheer love of bloodborne.
I am a SoulsBourne fanatic. Many years ago my friend let me barrow his copy of Demon Souls and I (unintentionally) ran through the entire game without leveling up a single time because I wasn't aware of that mechanic. That was the start of my journey and from there I've played every game in the SoulsBourne universe, except Sekiro, dozens of times each. This truly is one of the greatest gaming franchises of all time and I'm glad Elden Ring is drawing it tons more casual players to experience it
One thing that I feel soul fans don’t realize is the first thing to define the dark fantasy genre. That being the berserk manga. If it wasn’t for berserk, dark souls probably wouldn’t even be a thing. Like there’s a lot of berserk references from the soulsborne games. Now berserk isn’t just a great dark fantasy story it’s one of the greatest stories of all time. For me, it’s my favorite thing ever. On the outside, it’s a really gory and very edgy story with some of the nightmarish imagery you can find anywhere. But deep down, berserk is about life, it’s about overcoming your obstacles in life. Guts was able to find beauty in a world that he really shouldn’t have. I can’t think of any other way to describe this tale other than… Beautiful. So please PLEASE read berserk.
I think Demon Souls remake was very well timed and brought in a lot of new players. It's the perfect entry point as this is arguably the easiest one of the bunch. It definitely brought me back! Just finished DS3 for the first time and now let us praise the sun on the morrow!!
Bloodborne is the only Soulsborne game I've played. I don't play alot of single player games in general though. I started it, got stuck as BSB, and stopped playing. Then like 6 months later something made me really want to go back to it. Suddenly it clicked, and I got hooked. It became basically the only game I played until I platinumed it. I never went back and did the DLC though, mainly because I pretty much only play PC now and my PS4 hasn't even been hooked up for months. Can't wait until this evening and get to dive back into a From game.
Bloodborne is the peak of the series and remains one of, if not the, best games I have ever played. I've only played about 10 hours of Elden Ring, but it feels like a worthy challenge to Bloodborne's crown
my favs are Bloodborne and sekiro, the combat, worlds and bosses in those games are some of the best i have played. Plus, it promoted aggressive play. I find DS (only played DS 3) very passive, slow. I am hoping elden ring has a mixture of all 3
whoa, this is a surprisingly thorough and well-thought-out retrospective, with solid narration and a clear respect to the material, the footage is not at all random or shallow and even the jokes aren't cringy, well done!!
It’s crazy it took me this long to finally play a FromSoftware game (Sekiro) and now I’m obsessed with them. I can’t wait for Elden Ring. It’s been a while since I’ve looked forward to a game so much that it was agonizing. Friday can’t come soon enough!
Best thing about these games is they are ostensibly 80s style gameplay first. You can ignore the story and still have a great time or get deep into the lore and fan theory like we did back in the day on the NES.
Ds2 sotfs is an amazing game. I mustve beat that thing 20+ times with many different characters. My 2 favorites were my darth maul build and my sephiroth build. I miss those guys...
Yep, it was the best of the series for builds, and why I still rank it over BB and Sekiro. For me, it has the most replayability. My favorite character was my tank/lightning grand lance build.
bro just go and play it it's not an fps shooter to need that accuracy , i played it on ps4 and i don't recall finding problem on that, ur just making excuses 😂
It's not. Just because it's another difficult game made by From, doesn't automatically make it a Souls game. It's a completely different game mechanically. Unlike Elden Ring which is DEFINITELY a Souls game.
Dark Souls was the game that made me fall in love with the series. My favorite being Dark Souls 3, I still remember how hyped I was finally getting it. If there was 1 game I’d have to really recommend is for people to play Dark Souls.
Bloodborne made me from software fan,and after that i played Sekiro then DS games. At the moment loving Elden Ring so much ! But Bloodborne was and still is my favorite one atmosphere and the setting is just something i never seen in a game before.
Talking about the soul series without mentioning Blade of darkness is a sin, it was definitely the influence for Demon souls and the base from which Miyazaki created the whole series
This is the greatest run I have ever seen in any video game franchise in my life. I'm 42 and from the NES era and I have seen a lot a great games. The worst game is Dark Souls 2 which I still loved and give a 9 out of 10.
4:20 that mechanic was beautiful. It would only go dark depending how many times you died. You'd literally have to die to fight certain invaiders and nps plus drops
Sekiro isn’t a soulsborne how now? It’s just as challenging, lore intensive, and rewarding to play and explore. Only difference is you don’t create your character
It is definitely not a soulsborne game. It is a fun action game, but it is no RPG like the souls games. There is no customization or character building in Sekiro, which are very important elements for a soulsborne game. You basically play as a Samurai, and stays as a Samurai throughout the whole game. The whole point of a Soulsborne game is to customize your character and play with different builds. Miyazaki himself said multiple times back in 2019 that Sekiro is not a sucessor to the Soulsborne , it is just a different game. Comparing Sekiro with a soulsborne game is like comparing a Mario game to a Zelda game: same studio, same love, even some people work on both games, but completely different genres.
@@LCardosed92 You're arguing about a fan made term as if it has a specific definition lol. Your comparison is also ridiculous. Mario and Zelda share very little with each other. Sekiro on the other hand follows the Souls formula in many different aspects
@@LCardosed92 Everyone who says it's not part of "soulsborne" refers to that interview from E3 2018. He doesn't even say that it isn't Soulsborne, rather that it was not designed as an evolution of it. Something can be designed as it's own concept but share enough with the other games to still fall under that fan made term.
@@strider4 nope he said the opposite, that Sekiro has so many differences compared to other Souls games that it should be considered a separate type of game. He said Sekiro was a new type of game that FromSoft has been trying to experiment for many years.
Bloodbourne was my first From Software game, and I just got into that a couple years ago. I think the DLC was the perfect way to do DLC. If you didn't play it, you didn't miss our on huge story beats. It simply added to the lore and gave you access to two of the hardest bosses I've ever fought (and I'll die on the hill that Ludwig is harder than the Orphan)
currently playing the first dark souls game and even though I love it, I feel like I'm losing my sanity LOL but I guess that's why the game works, the bosses, locations and the character design is amazing.
I am brand new with Elden ring, but watching this gave me chills... I think it's my new favorite game, and I'm gonna try bloodborne after this. it's Cool to see a company doing their own thing with great success.
The name Soulsborne doesn't fit to me since there's only been 1 Bloodborne game, yet there's also been a sekiro game (and now elden ring) which is similar again so it shouldn't be left out. I would just say Souls style games or Souls genre, etc. Otherwise if you want to include all of their evolutions you'll now be calling it Soulsborniroring or something.
Sekiro is not a soulsborne game so that doesn't matter. Elden Ring is a soulsborne game but the soulsborne moniker doesn't need to be changed. Same thing with Metroidvania. That's the name and everything after that just pays their respects.
I'm going to write what journalists are afraid to write or say: George R. R. Martin was the poster boy for the game and that's it, because the Elden Ring script follows the same formula as the Dark Souls script. FromSoftware saw the success Cyberpunk 2077 had with the poster boy Keanu Reeves and didn't think twice about adopting the same strategy. Who would have imagined that Elden Ring would have a surrealist writing similar to that of Dark Souls with the participation of George R. R. Martin? So it is.
You can always tell if someone came into the series late , there favourite game will be darksouls 3 and they'll hate darksouls 2 because they have no idea how good the game was when it released for online play
@@BBQcheese okay , dks1 late game was known to be rushed , dks2 had to ditch gameplay ideas to meet release date , Bloodborne suffers from poor optimisation on the hardware it's on , low frame rates , darksouls 3 does little to anything new, it tugs on nostalgia and its world design is much more linear than previous games because it to was rushed to meet a deadline , I'm not sure why you think the games are flawless, there great but all of them have faults
@@BBQcheese I would guess, not knowing anything about you, that I’ve put in more hours than you in the soulsborne series (probably 800+ hours). DS2 is my second favorite to DS1. They’re the best RPGs of the bunch. DS2 also had the best PvP. Sekiro, BB, and to some extent, DS3, are more like action games. All are at the very least 9/10 games for me. Still haven’t played Demon Souls remake due to not owning PS5.
I'm glad you started with King's Field series. I always said they were the granddad of the Souls games. Nice to see that insane game get some love. I spent WAY too many hours in I and II as a kid.
I had kingsfield 2 back on ps1 and thought it was the coolest game, first person dark fantasy game never got to finish playing it, would love to see a remaster/remake.
@@mrb4795 You can't summon, you can't be invaded, there's no xp, there's no builds. It has it's roots in the soulsborne games before it but it's definitely a different thing.
what do you think of elden ring? bloodborne was my favourite fromsoft game but i think elden ring has taken the spot for me, im just in love with this game at the moment
Kings Field!! Now that's a throwback (dear devs, bring it back) Let's not forget Salt & Sanctuary & Ni Oh -- Demon Souls should be relinquished from Sony, & made available for everyone, not just Playstation
I love Elden Ring so much I've downloaded Bloodborne and I have the Demon's Souls PS5 remake ready to go as soon as I finish it. I attempted to play one of the Dark Souls games at some point but bounced off it hard. Elden Ring is so brilliant though..
What I learned from this video is that always publish the game you’ve created worldwide on release because it might fail on some countries, but it will always find its own people.
To hear this genre of gaming almost bit the dust is such an eye opener. I can’t imagine not being able to rage over the enemies in Elden Ring today, not being able to see the majesty of the Lyndell Royal Capital, the horrors of the Caria Manor, or the first step onto the Lift of Rold. It’s not about the difficulty of the gameplay, it’s about the journey along the way.
MASSIVE props for not considering/calling Sekiro a Soulsborne. It bugs me when ppl do. It is so different and, AND...doesn't have "souls" or "borne" in the title. 😁 ...but I guess the latter doesn't need to apply for Elden Ring. 😕
If Dark Souls was never on Xbox's free game of the month, I would have never tried it. So glad the stars aligned and I got to experience it and the rest of the titles. Still haven't gotten past Maria in bloodbornes dlc lol.
My grandpa used to play King’s Field, I wouldn’t have been surprised if he was still alive he would have gotten into the Souls series.
Yeah my uncle would have loved these games if he was still alive. He was a gamer his whole life. Starting with the Atari 2600. He had all the consoles but his passion was PC gaming. I remember being little and him acting like Doom was off limits because it was to graphic for a kid to play lol
I will think of him, when I start elden ring for the first time
Your grandpa was an OG
That's fkn cool 😎
Grandpa Playing Kings Field
Legend
Omitting Sekiro from this is a huge shame as it's definitely a SoulsBorne game and has clear influence on Elden Ring
Sekiro was influenced by dark souls. It didn’t influence elden ring because it’s already a creation based off influence
@@gageamkn8919 bruh it literally did it added things like jumping,stealth, and some other things that are nowhere in dark souls. By your logic nothing could take influence from anything since there is always something before it
@@plugshirt1762 Can't add anything but commenting to say I agree
@@plugshirt1762 I don’t think sekiro influenced jumping, it’s just a mechanic that souls players have wanted for a while, and stealth was already a thing in souls games (walking behind enemies to silence ur movement) but it wasn’t by crouching
Influence all those games including sekiro was made from fromsoftware
Love the video. My only complaint is I feel Sekiro is totally a Soulsborne game (it being part of the name isn't relevant), and I would have liked some of that amazing analysis applied to how it changed the formula (not just jumping and stealth). Great video.
Sekiro is not a souls game. It’s own thing more than it has in common. Case in point a lot that love soulsborne games weren’t bothered by Sekiro 10/10 game, but just not for soulsborne fans
@@jamesrobinson4026 I loved both the Souls games and Sekiro. Say what you want about it forcing you to play with one style, but Sekiro has some of the best bosses of any From game ever. I still remember beating Genichiro after hours of trying and how the game clicked for me after that. Ishin, the fire demon, lady butterfly, Owl... all of them were great bosses in their own right too.
I'd go so far as to say that no Dark Souls boss, not even Artorias or Dancer or Sulyvhan, had as great an impact on me as Genichiro.
@@Outmind01 I agree 100%. I loved Sekiro and the bosses were next level. beating Genichiro was when the game clicked for me as well. not to mention the story was great and the world was amazing. the mortal blade is such a badass magic weapon. I lump it in with the souls games
Take a drink every time you hear "soulsborne" in the video. You weebs are the worst.
It is 100% a souls game, it shares a huge amount of the series’ DNA and should have definitely been included in this list. Many souls purists found it too hard and don’t want to include as a “souls” title, but I think that’s a ridiculous take. There’s so much in common it’s unreal.
Sekiro is definitely a souls game, so many similarities I don’t get how you can class at as not being one.
I personally do classify it because of the difficultly. But it does not play as a souls game. It has completely different gameplay. I started on DS1. And when I first played sekiro I absolutely hated it and left it alone for about two years. It has a huge learning curve especially for souls players. I just beat the game and it was a good game for sure. IMO the hardest of the souls games.
@@theholt2ic219 I mean the combat is completely different but it’s the same in nearly every other aspect. Is also an actual fromsoft game. It was my first 😂
@@lewisbromilow9046 I don’t think so imo. DS1-3, demons soul and bloodborne all feel similar. But when I first played sekiro I couldn’t even beat the mini bosses. But like I said it’s just a learning curve. My DS habits took a while to get rid of. I personally do classify it since it is a From game but completely different game. There is is no character customization, stats, magic, and summonings. Deflecting is something I have mastered and something I never considered when playing Ds. Now I parry godlike lol Bloodborne is still my fav. And sekiro is the hardest souls game imo. And you can Spider-Man jump. Especially during the true monk fight, nothing about the game seemed DS to me. But I love this game
Sekiro isnt a soulsbourne , one thing soulbourne have is a mute character , has a unique yet vagu eplot,no world shattering ending and the vibe.
i love sekiro
I can see both sides to the Sekiro argument - it doesn't have a deep RPG system but in most other ways it is souls through and through. The level designs, meditation points, respawning enemies, vague story, incredibly stunning and difficult but fair boss fights. It is literally a bunch of the things that make their previous games so good with extra things added in like stealth and posture bar. It is a great game, and absolutely a soulsborne.
Also, Elden Ring is 10/10 a masterpiece and the culmination and evolution of all Fromsoft's previous experience.
What people don't realize about Sekiro is that it was as much of an evolution of the Souls series as Bloodbourne was. From can't put out the same game over and over and expect to be praised for it. Games need to keep what is good and go into new, creative explorations. Sekiro did this and was a huge success. Most souls fans who played it and disliked it thought that you had to play it like a Souls game instead of actually learning how to play the actual game and - to take a page out of their own notes - GET GUD. Sekiro has the best combat out of any of the games, and the art direction was incredible. I hope we can get a Sekiro 2 one day. I look forward to a Sekiro sequel or some other even more different soulsbourne evolution than I do a new Souls or bloodbourne sequel.
Pfff, ER is just open world DS4, with tons of reused assets & stuff.
I wouldn't even have a problem with that, IF they'd called it DS4.
Calling it something completely else raised expectations.
Expectations that weren't met by "just open world DS4". Not by far.
@@tydendurler9574 I see. So it is possible to have a wrong opinion.
Dark Souls and Bloodborne are my faves. Amazing level design but 3’s bosses are some off the best in gaming ever. 2 is great but hasn’t got that Miyazaki magic that’s sorely missing. And Sekiro has the best combat ever in a game. FromSoft are legends
You must live in your parents basement 😂
@@PhaRoaH87 tf are u on about
@@PhaRoaH87 what?
Here's the problem with your statement : the Second half of Dark souls' level design is bad and that's a consensus, and Bloodborne has the most repetitive level design in the whole series. I completely understand if they are your faves, and yeah dark souls 3 has the best bosses but Demon's souls has the best level design, music, lore, and story easily.
Bloodborne's DLC is a masterpiece as well.
playing dark souls on PC 10yrs ago without a single clue on what it was is still the best gaming memory i have to this day.
When I first played ds1, i thought it was a generic open world game like skyrim or witcher. I am so freaking happy I went in blind.
Bloodborne is one of the greatest games ever made
ds3 >>>>>> bb
@@kraken5003 false
@@Jake-mv7kn better builds, better replay values (thanks to the builds), better music, more distinct and memorable bosses, better weapon system, longer, more varied in every way (especially locations).. so yeah it's definitely a better game
@@kraken5003 different builds, better weapons, excellent bosses, best setting and story in a souls game, amazing replay value, better combat and gameplay.
@@kraken5003 not that this debate matters very much anyways. There’s a new king in town
Saying "Graphics were updated" feels like such an understatement. Literally the whole game was remade from the ground up but ofcourse still staying the same game.
"Hbomberguy has a great video about Dark Souls 2"
MauLer: *visibly hollowing*
That 2009 GameSpot review (& GOTY) of Demon's Souls definitely influenced me & my bestfriend at the time to pick it up and the rest is history. S/o to you guys lol
Same here, probably wouldn't have picked it up otherwise.
really should've spent more time talking about Sekiro - it's literally the transitional game between DS3 and Elden Ring. It would have been nice to dive deeper into how Sekiro was different from the others. Half-assed.
Bloodborne is a Masterpiece. Its on a whole other level compared to the others, in my opinion.
Bloodborne is amazing. I haven't even played the other games besides the first area In darksouls.
Bloodborne was an unforgetable experience. One of the best games I have ever played in my life.
I respect your wrong opinion
@@Dis_Dis thank you, its opinion and taste, so i respect yours aswell.
They're all epic. Any of the biggest bloodborne fans would know this, or at the very least would have played through the other games out of sheer love of bloodborne.
Its a good thing that bandai namco got the souls series. If it were a sony exclusive less people will experience this good series
For sure, I wouldn't be spending every waking moment playing elden ring if it wasn't on pc
@@_ikako_ At this point I can see how desperate PC players are for high quality games, there is barely anything relevant on PC anymore
@@phil_5430 give me bloodborne pc...
I'm sensing a 10 out of 10 from GS...
It is hard to find a non 10 out of 10 from GS.
@Jamal Jaydon ahhhh this aged well
It's so interesting watching this right before we dive into Elden Ring's DLC. Thank you for the video, GameSpot and Lucy.
I am a SoulsBourne fanatic. Many years ago my friend let me barrow his copy of Demon Souls and I (unintentionally) ran through the entire game without leveling up a single time because I wasn't aware of that mechanic. That was the start of my journey and from there I've played every game in the SoulsBourne universe, except Sekiro, dozens of times each. This truly is one of the greatest gaming franchises of all time and I'm glad Elden Ring is drawing it tons more casual players to experience it
Armored Core & Demon Souls were literally game changing video games.
New Armored Come coming after Elden
Ah, good old Armored Core; if people think the soulsborne games are hard, they clearly never played any of the Armored Core games.
I love mecha and I heard armored core was and is still the best mecha games made. I just can’t find a way to play them.
A new armored core would be really fun. AC2 was probably the one I've played the most but I've never beaten any of them.
@@Saber721 ^
One thing that I feel soul fans don’t realize is the first thing to define the dark fantasy genre. That being the berserk manga. If it wasn’t for berserk, dark souls probably wouldn’t even be a thing. Like there’s a lot of berserk references from the soulsborne games.
Now berserk isn’t just a great dark fantasy story it’s one of the greatest stories of all time. For me, it’s my favorite thing ever. On the outside, it’s a really gory and very edgy story with some of the nightmarish imagery you can find anywhere. But deep down, berserk is about life, it’s about overcoming your obstacles in life. Guts was able to find beauty in a world that he really shouldn’t have. I can’t think of any other way to describe this tale other than… Beautiful. So please PLEASE read berserk.
Great summary of the souls game. To this day, im still playing Bloodborne. ITs incredible how I got hooked up to this game.
Bloodborne is one of the best game ever made and the best gaming experience i have ever had
Sekiro was my introduction to soulsborne it’s absolutely a soulsborne
I think Demon Souls remake was very well timed and brought in a lot of new players. It's the perfect entry point as this is arguably the easiest one of the bunch. It definitely brought me back! Just finished DS3 for the first time and now let us praise the sun on the morrow!!
Have you played Elden ring! That game is the easiest of the bunch!
@@OrganizationXIII I've put it on the shelf because of framedrops. Might get the ps4 version instead
@@MrBreakthompson just play around with the settings to get it fixed, i had a problem in the beginning but its all good now
Sekiro is most def a «soulsborne» game. Stance breaking, sneak, jumping, unlimited stamina outside combat exists in elden ring because of it.
Its always nice seeing some unknown gaming history get pulled, it makes me appreciate the current product so much more
Bloodborne is the only Soulsborne game I've played. I don't play alot of single player games in general though. I started it, got stuck as BSB, and stopped playing. Then like 6 months later something made me really want to go back to it. Suddenly it clicked, and I got hooked.
It became basically the only game I played until I platinumed it. I never went back and did the DLC though, mainly because I pretty much only play PC now and my PS4 hasn't even been hooked up for months. Can't wait until this evening and get to dive back into a From game.
Wow, you seriously missed out. The DLC is amazing and has the hardest bosses in the game. You should go back and play it
My favourite Souls Game is definitly Dark Souls 1. It’s the best game I‘ve ever played
The reason for the souls franchise surviving was solely because of its popularity in the west? I had no idea.
You completely glossed over Sekiro, which is, according to many, the very best of From Software's games so far.
@@Sletchman my thoughts too!
SOULKIRO
@@kelbychristopher7080 They need Sekiro 2; Shadows Die Multipe Times
Sekiro is not a souls game
Soulsborniro.
Watching this just proves Bloodborne is the greatest of he series and the greatest game of all time! Great video!!
Bloodborne is the peak of the series and remains one of, if not the, best games I have ever played. I've only played about 10 hours of Elden Ring, but it feels like a worthy challenge to Bloodborne's crown
Facts. It is just way too special and unique.
Sekiro is most definitely a Soulsbourne
It most definitely is not.
my favs are Bloodborne and sekiro, the combat, worlds and bosses in those games are some of the best i have played. Plus, it promoted aggressive play. I find DS (only played DS 3) very passive, slow. I am hoping elden ring has a mixture of all 3
Sekiro was good but God I felt so weak
Horse go brrrrrrrr
whoa, this is a surprisingly thorough and well-thought-out retrospective, with solid narration and a clear respect to the material, the footage is not at all random or shallow and even the jokes aren't cringy, well done!!
It’s crazy it took me this long to finally play a FromSoftware game (Sekiro) and now I’m obsessed with them. I can’t wait for Elden Ring.
It’s been a while since I’ve looked forward to a game so much that it was agonizing. Friday can’t come soon enough!
Bloodborne being a highlight of my entire (gaming) life.
Best thing about these games is they are ostensibly 80s style gameplay first. You can ignore the story and still have a great time or get deep into the lore and fan theory like we did back in the day on the NES.
All of them are masterpieces in their own. Proud to be born to play those games
Ds2 sotfs is an amazing game. I mustve beat that thing 20+ times with many different characters. My 2 favorites were my darth maul build and my sephiroth build. I miss those guys...
Yep, it was the best of the series for builds, and why I still rank it over BB and Sekiro. For me, it has the most replayability. My favorite character was my tank/lightning grand lance build.
My first Soulsborne came is Elden Ring but now I want to play all of these...
Never played a soulsborne but heard so many good things about Bloodborne. Waiting for the 60fps version, then I'll jump in.
bro just go and play it it's not an fps shooter to need that accuracy , i played it on ps4 and i don't recall finding problem on that, ur just making excuses 😂
@@adelmaache4353 who says it's an excuse? The experience will clearly be better at 60fps, I didn't buy a PS5 and PC to play games at 30fps 🤣
Still a masterpiece at 30 fps. You might be waiting for something that never comes
wait, you're saying Sekiro is NOT a Soulsborne? I disagree
It's not. Just because it's another difficult game made by From, doesn't automatically make it a Souls game. It's a completely different game mechanically. Unlike Elden Ring which is DEFINITELY a Souls game.
@@jimmyj5703 agreed
Miyazaki Hidetaka is genius.
Elden ring is easily the best game ever created, im absolutely addicted to it
The temperature dropped, the fever passed. What do you think now about what you once said emotionally?
Dark Souls was the game that made me fall in love with the series. My favorite being Dark Souls 3, I still remember how hyped I was finally getting it. If there was 1 game I’d have to really recommend is for people to play Dark Souls.
King field still looks pretty good for the early 90s.
Bloodborne made me from software fan,and after that i played Sekiro then DS games.
At the moment loving Elden Ring so much !
But Bloodborne was and still is my favorite one atmosphere and the setting is just something i never seen in a game before.
Talking about the soul series without mentioning Blade of darkness is a sin, it was definitely the influence for Demon souls and the base from which Miyazaki created the whole series
i just started bloodborne as my first soulsborne game 3 days ago and i’m absolutely hooked
This is the greatest run I have ever seen in any video game franchise in my life. I'm 42 and from the NES era and I have seen a lot a great games. The worst game is Dark Souls 2 which I still loved and give a 9 out of 10.
4:20 that mechanic was beautiful. It would only go dark depending how many times you died. You'd literally have to die to fight certain invaiders and nps plus drops
Sekiro isn’t a soulsborne how now? It’s just as challenging, lore intensive, and rewarding to play and explore. Only difference is you don’t create your character
It is definitely not a soulsborne game. It is a fun action game, but it is no RPG like the souls games. There is no customization or character building in Sekiro, which are very important elements for a soulsborne game. You basically play as a Samurai, and stays as a Samurai throughout the whole game. The whole point of a Soulsborne game is to customize your character and play with different builds. Miyazaki himself said multiple times back in 2019 that Sekiro is not a sucessor to the Soulsborne , it is just a different game. Comparing Sekiro with a soulsborne game is like comparing a Mario game to a Zelda game: same studio, same love, even some people work on both games, but completely different genres.
@@LCardosed92 You're arguing about a fan made term as if it has a specific definition lol. Your comparison is also ridiculous. Mario and Zelda share very little with each other. Sekiro on the other hand follows the Souls formula in many different aspects
@@strider4 Well if you have any doubts, the creator Miyazaki himself said Sekiro is no Soulsborne but another type of game.
@@LCardosed92 Everyone who says it's not part of "soulsborne" refers to that interview from E3 2018. He doesn't even say that it isn't Soulsborne, rather that it was not designed as an evolution of it. Something can be designed as it's own concept but share enough with the other games to still fall under that fan made term.
@@strider4 nope he said the opposite, that Sekiro has so many differences compared to other Souls games that it should be considered a separate type of game. He said Sekiro was a new type of game that FromSoft has been trying to experiment for many years.
And I just bought Demon's Souls yesterday, wish me luck.
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Enjoy!
GameSpot review of Demon Souls is what got me in and It's been my favorite game series since then. 🤗
Out of all the soulsborne my fav is bloodborne and I'm really proud getting platinum bloodborne
Bloodbourne was my first From Software game, and I just got into that a couple years ago.
I think the DLC was the perfect way to do DLC. If you didn't play it, you didn't miss our on huge story beats. It simply added to the lore and gave you access to two of the hardest bosses I've ever fought (and I'll die on the hill that Ludwig is harder than the Orphan)
SoulsBorne is such a great name for a sub-genre... it can have a second meaning... games born from Souls.... it just fits "chefs kiss"
currently playing the first dark souls game and even though I love it, I feel like I'm losing my sanity LOL but I guess that's why the game works, the bosses, locations and the character design is amazing.
Really wasn't expecting Gamespot to drop a quality video about FromSoftware. Good on them!
18:58 luck wasn't necessarily new, it was a stat in Demons Souls which functioned the same as in Dark Souls 3
I am brand new with Elden ring, but watching this gave me chills... I think it's my new favorite game, and I'm gonna try bloodborne after this. it's Cool to see a company doing their own thing with great success.
When my father want fun ps4 action game
Merchant:try this it is very FuN
*Pick up bloodborne
*Only for 10$
The name Soulsborne doesn't fit to me since there's only been 1 Bloodborne game, yet there's also been a sekiro game (and now elden ring) which is similar again so it shouldn't be left out. I would just say Souls style games or Souls genre, etc. Otherwise if you want to include all of their evolutions you'll now be calling it Soulsborniroring or something.
SouslBorne sounds cool that's why we use it lol
Sekiro is not a soulsborne game so that doesn't matter. Elden Ring is a soulsborne game but the soulsborne moniker doesn't need to be changed. Same thing with Metroidvania. That's the name and everything after that just pays their respects.
Honestly I see a lot of Armored Core influence on Dark Souls, I'd class that as a predecesor to Souls as much as King's Field
I'm going to write what journalists are afraid to write or say: George R. R. Martin was the poster boy for the game and that's it, because the Elden Ring script follows the same formula as the Dark Souls script.
FromSoftware saw the success Cyberpunk 2077 had with the poster boy Keanu Reeves and didn't think twice about adopting the same strategy.
Who would have imagined that Elden Ring would have a surrealist writing similar to that of Dark Souls with the participation of George R. R. Martin? So it is.
You can always tell if someone came into the series late , there favourite game will be darksouls 3 and they'll hate darksouls 2 because they have no idea how good the game was when it released for online play
@@BBQcheese clearly haven't because if that were true you'd realise they all are
@@BBQcheese okay , dks1 late game was known to be rushed , dks2 had to ditch gameplay ideas to meet release date , Bloodborne suffers from poor optimisation on the hardware it's on , low frame rates , darksouls 3 does little to anything new, it tugs on nostalgia and its world design is much more linear than previous games because it to was rushed to meet a deadline , I'm not sure why you think the games are flawless, there great but all of them have faults
@@BBQcheese Found the hate train bandwagoner.
@@BBQcheese says the hate bandwagoners that can't even think for themselves nor have they even played it.
@@BBQcheese I would guess, not knowing anything about you, that I’ve put in more hours than you in the soulsborne series (probably 800+ hours). DS2 is my second favorite to DS1. They’re the best RPGs of the bunch. DS2 also had the best PvP.
Sekiro, BB, and to some extent, DS3, are more like action games. All are at the very least 9/10 games for me. Still haven’t played Demon Souls remake due to not owning PS5.
I'm glad you started with King's Field series. I always said they were the granddad of the Souls games. Nice to see that insane game get some love. I spent WAY too many hours in I and II as a kid.
I had kingsfield 2 back on ps1 and thought it was the coolest game, first person dark fantasy game never got to finish playing it, would love to see a remaster/remake.
We need a PS5 update for Bloodborne so bad. Or a PC release
Soulsborne is a genre at this point and Sekiro absolutely falls into that category
No it doesn't. It's more of a Tenchu game.
@@theonewhoismany8072 no sekiro is definetly a soulsborne game, pretty much the only difference is no rpg elements
@@mrb4795 no rpg elements = not a souls game
@@mrb4795 You can't summon, you can't be invaded, there's no xp, there's no builds. It has it's roots in the soulsborne games before it but it's definitely a different thing.
It's hard to imagine a time in my life when I didn't have this wonderful series
My buddies and I have stopped using the phrase soulsborne. For Sekiro reasons AND dark souls 2. We call our favorite games “The Miyazakis”
didn’t realize demons souls was your goty in 2009. gamespot has been with fromsoftware from the start
after playing Elden Ring for 100+ hours, I love it! That said, Bloodborne still best From Software game.
My ranking is:
Bloodborne
Elden Ring
Dark Souls 3
Sekiro
Dark Souls 1
Dark Souls 2
"and he became the SOUL director"
Been playing elden ring for 3 months and I love it its my 1st souls game
Bloodborne is the greatest souls game ever made and on my top 10 games ever created of all time.
what do you think of elden ring? bloodborne was my favourite fromsoft game but i think elden ring has taken the spot for me, im just in love with this game at the moment
“Highly recommend watching HBomberguy’s video In Defense of Dark Souls 2”
Me, who watched Mauler’s 10 hr response series: No, I don’t think I will
7:43 feels wrong to fight the iron golem without the npc summon
The Old Hunters DLC might be the greatest DLC to ever exist for a game. Everything that was added did nothing but ELEVATE the base game even more.
This was great to watch. As I'm waiting for elden ring, I am currently devouring all of the soulsborne knowledge I can. It's getting me so hyped up
A Hellboy or Blade souls like game would be sick
Kings Field!! Now that's a throwback (dear devs, bring it back)
Let's not forget Salt & Sanctuary
& Ni Oh
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Demon Souls should be relinquished from Sony, & made available for everyone, not just Playstation
I am one of the few that started on kings field. For me it IS a souls game.
I love Elden Ring so much I've downloaded Bloodborne and I have the Demon's Souls PS5 remake ready to go as soon as I finish it. I attempted to play one of the Dark Souls games at some point but bounced off it hard. Elden Ring is so brilliant though..
What I learned from this video is that always publish the game you’ve created worldwide on release because it might fail on some countries, but it will always find its own people.
Ha puday mo amoy kanal
Kainin tas inumin mo yung tae ihi mo sis. Tutal puday mo nman yan wg ka madiri haha good sau yan
Hbombergyuy is great, but that video you recommended seems incredibly flawed.
Also would’ve been good to note that Dark Souls 2 & DS2 Scholar of The First Sin had different multiplayer servers.
Thank you Miyazaki-san❤️
Going to watch this and let it hold me over until the Elden Ring review embargo goes live lol.
To hear this genre of gaming almost bit the dust is such an eye opener. I can’t imagine not being able to rage over the enemies in Elden Ring today, not being able to see the majesty of the Lyndell Royal Capital, the horrors of the Caria Manor, or the first step onto the Lift of Rold. It’s not about the difficulty of the gameplay, it’s about the journey along the way.
History in the making, my fellow Tarnished! 🙂 Friday couldn’t come soon enough…
This would be good if it was actually complete.
MASSIVE props for not considering/calling Sekiro a Soulsborne. It bugs me when ppl do. It is so different and, AND...doesn't have "souls" or "borne" in the title. 😁 ...but I guess the latter doesn't need to apply for Elden Ring. 😕
Elden ring is my first souls game and it’s already my favorite game i’ve ever played
Fromsoft should make a true reboot to King's Field
Bloodborne is just so good
That HBomberguy video is excellent by your he way! Most of his are!
If Dark Souls was never on Xbox's free game of the month, I would have never tried it. So glad the stars aligned and I got to experience it and the rest of the titles. Still haven't gotten past Maria in bloodbornes dlc lol.
I was really close to liking this video until she recommended Hbomberguy's defense of DS2