@@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
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
@@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
@@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)
@@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-ks8dk2gp9lno, it’s tuff because people want to play it like dark souls. It’s truly very engaging in its combat like a dance. The story is great and the extra lives are super handy. Can’t recommend it enough
Best for me but what was holding me back from trying it is people saying that it's Asian hard and you gotta be Japanese to understand the story but after i played it for me it's way easier then elden ring in both gameplay and understanding the story and skills
@@refl3xun_named684my dude, im gonna be honest with you. Most of the souls players are following barely 10% of what is happening even after every dialogue, location and cutscene. Whatever conclusion after you have after finishing the game it wont be even near the bigger picture due to how much from software uses environment storytelling, visual cues and items descriptions to explain anything that can be understood as a coherent narrative. Most just play the game following the general narrative and learning specific aspects they like and then listen to whatever youtube has the story explanation of the thing you want to know. Im not saying that you can’t understand by yourself but the lore of the game is tied by a community effort cause so much is find on barely perceptible details, references that have impact on the whole story being casually mentioned by a random enemy when its conditions are triggered. Dont beat your head too much trying to fully understand stories because it was meant to be uncovered by putting pieces together with many different people researching, comparing notes, data mining, and collaborating to deliver a conclusion that has solid evidences
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.
@@ginrodino8542 You know, I do think that there could be some level of magic for it, playing DS3 and experiencing all of these fantastical landscapes, then going back to DS1 and realizing the implications of Aldritch and Anor Londo and everything else still existing to the point of DS3's time.
Ye but DS 1 is too janky if you're not already experienced either with King's Field or newer titles. I just finished it, and it caused me too much stress to backtrack very long distances
Honestly I think DS2 is the best one to start with, and that’s with DS1 being my favorite. Most people would disagree with me. Its non linearity while also having bonfire travel from the beginning makes it fairly similar to Elden Ring in terms of overall experience. If the area is too hard, go somewhere else. The difficulty is fairly light compared to the newer games, so the player is less likely to just quit on a boss, can’t say the same about some of those locations though lol. Lastly, it’s just janky enough to not feel outdated while also making you more open to playing the older games. A problem I saw with DS3 and Elden Ring is that a lot of people will play those as their first souls game, and then be unable to play the older souls games because they think it’s too janky.
@@kudjaremastered3362 agreed. The opposite is true too. Played it after 3 and Bloodborne, I absolutely rolled on every single encounter. I loved it but it was not the most authentic experience.
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.
@@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.
@@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
@@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.
@@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
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
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.
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 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
@@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
Ephesians 6:10-18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless. 😊😊😊
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.
@@Dawgslaboth 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
@@Dawgsla 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.
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.@@Dawgsla
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.
Imo DS and DS2 just feel clunky how you cannot really cancel your actions and enemies not really have hit stun kind of throws you off. In Bloodborne then DS3 the hits and reactions are much more fluid which to me makes a better experience
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.
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
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
Lol.. what lore? It had dogsh*t lore. It just massacred what ds1 stood for. Plus unoriginal. The world building was retarded. Not much variety in weapons and fashions. The atmosphere is as bland as it can get. The only reason I like it and consider it as the best souls games is because of the boss fights. Truly amazing boss fights
@@Emberbloodbro 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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
@@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
@@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.
@@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.
@@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. 😅
just started playing bloodborne like 2 weeks ago and this is my first souls game ever and honestly im glad i grew up on kingdom hearts and zelda cuz that is helping me with combat
@@caseylewis6879same but it’s a very unpopular opinion unfortunately everyone shits on it because that’s the norm for the souls community but I personally fucking love DS2 and even though I own every souls game and can play any of them at any time I always find myself going back to part 2 it’s just a beautiful game with so much content and build diversity. Such a shame most people write it off as terrible without even giving it a fair shot 😤💯
@@TheaRealTruth i played 2 as my first souls bcs that was the only game that i saw nothing about. After a few years i played now ds1 and ds3 and i must say, honestly they are better in my opinion. Ds1 has the mental breakdown points and the feel of accomplishment like in no other of the 3 main souls games. Ds3 has the best bosses and weapons, i gladly did them all and i had so much fun. If i would make a tierlist for the top 3 bosses in souls. There would be slave knight gael, friede and gwynn from ds1. No boss in ds2 is up there. Locationwise I could say that ds2 did that really good at some points, but still the lack of better bosses is a big factor.
@sinefine7726that's the point of exploration? Would you say someone shouldn't play Elden Ring because they might get lost? Elden Ring is definitely more overwhelming than DS1 at the beginning
@sinefine7726 if you're dumb enough to go that far down an area with enemies that much stronger than you and light a bonfire then that's more of an issue with you than the average new player. I know when I first played I didn't make that mistake, nor anyone I know and I've never heard it happening to anyone. Sounds like a massive stretch when Elden Ring has led far more people to become lost at the beginning before finding Melina and Torrent
@sinefine7726 that would imply Elden Ring is bad because there's that chest near the start that teleports you to Caelid. Caelid can already be hard for beginners, but that's not even mentioning Dragons Barrow right next to it. The catacombs in DS1 is a cakewalk compared to the dragons at Dragons Barrow.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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 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
No matter what, your favorite souls game will always be Dark souls 1,even if you died thousand of times... Your heart is with the hollow who starts with everything in the souls universe ❤
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
@@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
@@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 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 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
@@AngieShepard-q4p 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.
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
If you want to have an emotional experience of playing Dark Souls, I suggest go for the first before going to the 3rd game and make sure to read the item descriptions
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
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.
@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
It's also very important to note that Bloodborne is a horror game with action elements while the the rest of the series is pure action adventure, so that's important to keep in mind. DS3 is my favourite as well though, so you have great taste though
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.
Dark Souls 1 and 3 are connected. The Soul of Cinder having the powers of all the players that defeated Gwyn and then fighting like Gwyn in the second phase. Then you got going back to Anor Londo to fight Aldrich who uses a spear like weapon that resembles Nito’s weapon from DS1
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 recently finished my first ever playthrough of dark souls 3, my introduction to soulsborne. I will say it has to be one of the best games I've ever played, definitely a big challenge but very, very fun!
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
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 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.).
Dark Souls 1 should always be the way to go, the feeling of going through 1 and 3 afterwards is just so beautiful, from going to a hollow with a broken sword in the undead asylum to the last boss in the ringed city is a feeling i recommend anyone going through.
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.
I play on PC, and I wish Demon Souls and Bloodborne get's ported. I legit feel bad for not being able to play all the fromsoft masterpieces. Screw you Sony >:(
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.
Bro giving a newbie dslll is like giving someone two sticks and saying “now make fire”, its possible but youre not even sure where to start or how to progress
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.
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’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.
Bloodborne is a good starting point because the parry and dodge systems train you to play Dark Souls better, although DS1 is my personal favorite game.
@@nurgle-j5njust 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.
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
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).
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
Demon's Souls = the one that kinda plays like a world-jumper arcade Dark Souls = "Praise the Sun!" A great spiritual nourishment Dark Souls 2 = "HIT BOX, YOU DIRTY FVCK!" Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro = Where different legends are perfected and Elden Ring = All of the above (minus Dark Souls 2 lol)
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.
Why on earth wouldn't you just play them in order they released? Let alone starting with 3? The amount of references that would be lost on you is crazy.
@@boomboxblaster8742 hot take post anor londo is still pretty solid considering how old it is and how rushed it was. Makes you truly wonder how crazy good that game would be if made by fromsoft now with no time constraint. DS1 is just magical to me even if it has some of the weakest late game content. I think the DLC makes up for it though. That Artorias fight is like no other fromsoft boss
@@JimmyJangler1it’s honestly kinda depressing thinking about how dark souls was almost literally perfect, maybe if by some miracle a remake happens and it’ll turn a 9/10 into 10/10. But first I wanna play bloodborn; port bloodborn right now screw remaking anything else just let me play bloodborn
Dark souls 2 is absolutely the best starter dark souls. It combines the difficulty of ds1 and 3 into one game and always has you confused about where you should be😍Gotta love the game tho
@@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..
Massive compliment, this is the BEST and BIGGEST nerd channel and I absolutely love it! Anime, video games, and all the other nerd stuff! 🎉 Love your vids man!, keep up the good work!
Starting Dark Souls 3 means missing alot of the amazing hard hitting moments like Giant blacksmith. Andre. Firelink. Anor londo. Dragonslayer armor. Demon souls is the start if you have a PS5 but otherwise its Dark souls 1 always.
I played DS1 as my first Souls game and its so beautiful. Its in my top 10 games of all time. I'm both hesitant and excited to jump into DS2, but I'm definitely focusing on a build to cheese because the enemy placements looks horrendous from watching vids of it
Personally I point new players to Elden Ring, I claim its simpler in the fact that if you get stuck on a boss you can just leave and do something else, I know alot of people where if I were to recommend something like DS3 or another Soulsborne and they get stuck on a boss they'd just delete the game and give up
Dark souls 2 was my introduction to the souls games. i feel like a lot of people with the same experience have this warm special feeling towards DS2 that people who hate it cannot feel..
1 2 and 3 are all tied together in the story. You can technically start anywhere in those 3 because they tell a circular story that ties the three together. That said always start at 1
Regardless of era, I'll always point newbies to Dark Souls 1. If they can survive Blight Town, they can survive anything.
tomb of the giants.
If they can beat o&s they're ready for anything that comes their way
Facts, ds1 is to elden ring played in order is the best so the gameplay evolves as you go from game to game
And then there's my psycho ass who tells everyone to start with demon's souls
Ds1 is pretty easy tbh
Dark Souls 1 is a spiritual journey that should never be skipped.
No kidding…
Aight so dark sould 1 or 3 first?
@@UltraChaseds1 - the best and hardest locations.
ds3 - the best bosses and gameplay.
I more like ds1. That’s only your choice
@@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
@@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
if DS1 is your first souls experience, you'll feel the magic of the growth of the series as you progress through the games
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
@@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
@@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)
@@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.
Lol Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 is miles above the rest of the series.
Sekiro just hits different, the katana duals in this game are truly legendary
@user-ks8dk2gp9lno, it’s tuff because people want to play it like dark souls. It’s truly very engaging in its combat like a dance. The story is great and the extra lives are super handy. Can’t recommend it enough
@user-ks8dk2gp9l harder than people say
@DamianW-b8c first playthrough will make you feel like you're not built for this game, the real game starts with new game+
Best for me but what was holding me back from trying it is people saying that it's Asian hard and you gotta be Japanese to understand the story but after i played it for me it's way easier then elden ring in both gameplay and understanding the story and skills
@@refl3xun_named684my dude, im gonna be honest with you. Most of the souls players are following barely 10% of what is happening even after every dialogue, location and cutscene. Whatever conclusion after you have after finishing the game it wont be even near the bigger picture due to how much from software uses environment storytelling, visual cues and items descriptions to explain anything that can be understood as a coherent narrative. Most just play the game following the general narrative and learning specific aspects they like and then listen to whatever youtube has the story explanation of the thing you want to know. Im not saying that you can’t understand by yourself but the lore of the game is tied by a community effort cause so much is find on barely perceptible details, references that have impact on the whole story being casually mentioned by a random enemy when its conditions are triggered. Dont beat your head too much trying to fully understand stories because it was meant to be uncovered by putting pieces together with many different people researching, comparing notes, data mining, and collaborating to deliver a conclusion that has solid evidences
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.
And finally getting the option of fast travel after defeating Ornstien and Smough
besides, seeing anor londo stairway in DS3 is probably one of the most mind blowing experiences a player can have after playing DS1
Fr dude I remember almost giving up throughout my playthrough but telling myself momma raised no batch haha.
Or hearing Gwen's music in the second phase of the soul of cinder@@LuizFernando-ux8yi
Assuming they don’t get lost and give up considering there is no warping until you get the lordvessel
If you don't do DS1 before DS3 you will never know the experience of hearing Plin Plin Plons return. And knowing what it means
Also you won't feel the joy of running into Anor Londo again, or the sorrow of finding the Giant Blacksmith. :(
this, imo if you want a more accessible start than ds1 you should start with elden ring, then ds1 and then 3(or 2 before 3 if that's on your list)
@@ginrodino8542 You know, I do think that there could be some level of magic for it, playing DS3 and experiencing all of these fantastical landscapes, then going back to DS1 and realizing the implications of Aldritch and Anor Londo and everything else still existing to the point of DS3's time.
Sekiro has that sound down pact
This exactly
Jacob's advice is proof that not all heroes wear capes.
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
... how are you commenting on every single person I'm subscribed to...
@@Just_Zia_101bro he’s in your walls
@@Human20898 . . . HE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS LEAVING MY CLOSET OPEN!!
Never knew you were a soulsborne fan
If you dont start with DS1, youre missing out. 99% of the time DS1 starts the whole soulsborne/soulslike obsession
Ye but DS 1 is too janky if you're not already experienced either with King's Field or newer titles. I just finished it, and it caused me too much stress to backtrack very long distances
Honestly I think DS2 is the best one to start with, and that’s with DS1 being my favorite. Most people would disagree with me. Its non linearity while also having bonfire travel from the beginning makes it fairly similar to Elden Ring in terms of overall experience. If the area is too hard, go somewhere else. The difficulty is fairly light compared to the newer games, so the player is less likely to just quit on a boss, can’t say the same about some of those locations though lol. Lastly, it’s just janky enough to not feel outdated while also making you more open to playing the older games. A problem I saw with DS3 and Elden Ring is that a lot of people will play those as their first souls game, and then be unable to play the older souls games because they think it’s too janky.
@@kudjaremastered3362 agreed. The opposite is true too. Played it after 3 and Bloodborne, I absolutely rolled on every single encounter. I loved it but it was not the most authentic experience.
Saying that DS3 is not connected to DS1 is wild
Bro literally
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.
@@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.
@@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
@@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.
_”Which Souls games should I play first?”_
*brings the roulette of all Souls games and starts spinning of which game should be first*
DS2
"Well shit!"
i mean how many souls games are there. all i know of are DS1,2,3 bloodeborn sekiro elden ring and mortal shell
@@qraiddemon souls
@@qraidmortal shell isnt one
@@krauepicseven6615thats my first
Dark Souls 1: "OH OKAY! so f*** me then?"
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?
@@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
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
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.
@@shoutenry aside from blight town and lost iz it has the best world design too with all the interconnected layers
Dark Souls 1 was the only correct answer here
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
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
Based
@@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
@@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
@@-HE-MA- How many hours did the average playthrough take? And how much did you play everyday 😂
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 😂
Yes but warrior blood must *truly* run in thy veins, Tarnished.
@@joeykaram4457margit was so annoying
How ? @@LeoMessi_Goat8
Ephesians 6:10-18 says,
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.
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"Someone must extinguish thy flame.
Let it be Margit the Fell!"
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.
@@Dawgslaboth 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
@@Dawgsla 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.
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.@@Dawgsla
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.
Imo DS and DS2 just feel clunky how you cannot really cancel your actions and enemies not really have hit stun kind of throws you off. In Bloodborne then DS3 the hits and reactions are much more fluid which to me makes a better experience
Dark souls 2 will always be the best in my heart. Need to hear that majula music again.
I personally didn't liked it, but if it's your fave, that's great, dark souls 3 is mine
Majula is the best hub area hands down I love ds2 soooo much it’s sad that people hate on it I personally liked it more than ds3
Bearer of the curse ❤ emerald herald is the best
She defo best level up girl and majula best hub world, roundtable hold 2nd@@DaddiDrako
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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.
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
@@venatorgd5099 DS2 reminds you that FromSoft is still human and makes mistakes lol
@@Djf0909 and it also helps you understand that Miyazaki is the reason why souls games works.
@@venatorgd5099 oh look, another kid with the ds2 bad schitck, i wonder when you people will grow a brain and learn to be original.
DS2 should be played dead last IMO. I’ve had a couple friends give up on the series during DS2 when playing in order
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
Lol.. what lore? It had dogsh*t lore. It just massacred what ds1 stood for. Plus unoriginal. The world building was retarded. Not much variety in weapons and fashions. The atmosphere is as bland as it can get. The only reason I like it and consider it as the best souls games is because of the boss fights. Truly amazing boss fights
@@Emberbloodaww little buddy doesn’t like other opinions 😂😂
@@Emberblood he asked you to describe dark souls 3 not elden ring
@@Emberbloodbro 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
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
I started with Sekiro and oh boy…i am loving it.
Me too, but I'm suffering 😢
Same it was awesome
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
I finished it 3 times back in 2021 including the game plus mode. It's an awesome experience
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.
Bloodborne's parry mechanism is shooting the giant monster in the face... It wins.
Meanwhile Me: I don't know what the fuck a Bloodborne is but this Elden Ring game sure sounds amazing. Let's play it.
Good luck on Elden Ring & Bloodborne
@@IcedXD Oh I finished Elden Ring. Took me 3 months but I did it.
@@sarmadhabibkhan3036 Oh congrats then
@@sarmadhabibkhan30363 months?! Nice, bro
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
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.
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
exactly
No you’re completely right and I have no idea why he said to start with 3
Yeah you gotta play 1 and 3 in order imo
Not everyone pours over every bit of lore.
the definitive souls experience is dark souls 1... it literally defined everything we know today.
"The Souls games dont have an interconnected story"
YOU FOOL, YOU HAVE AWAKENED THE WRATH OF MAATIMOVIE!
THE ANGER OF VAATIVIDYA!
THE RAGE OF FAATIFILM!
**Summon in the Sunlight starts playing**
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BOSS WEAPOOONS
Dark Souls 1 is objectively the correct start
Really depends on how old you are
I don't see how the most janky game of them all is "objectively the correct start" lmao.
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@@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
@@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.
I started with dark souls 2, and it has a special place in my memories.
same
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.
@@dolphinpower1107 My main issue is the same one I have with the new zeldas. Durability being extremely low. It pissed me off.
@@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.
@@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. 😅
just started playing bloodborne like 2 weeks ago and this is my first souls game ever and honestly im glad i grew up on kingdom hearts and zelda cuz that is helping me with combat
Any man who can conquer dark souls 2 scholar version, is a real man
unironically my favorite souls game
Nioh 2 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
@@caseylewis6879same but it’s a very unpopular opinion unfortunately everyone shits on it because that’s the norm for the souls community but I personally fucking love DS2 and even though I own every souls game and can play any of them at any time I always find myself going back to part 2 it’s just a beautiful game with so much content and build diversity. Such a shame most people write it off as terrible without even giving it a fair shot 😤💯
@@TheaRealTruth i played 2 as my first souls bcs that was the only game that i saw nothing about.
After a few years i played now ds1 and ds3 and i must say, honestly they are better in my opinion. Ds1 has the mental breakdown points and the feel of accomplishment like in no other of the 3 main souls games. Ds3 has the best bosses and weapons, i gladly did them all and i had so much fun.
If i would make a tierlist for the top 3 bosses in souls. There would be slave knight gael, friede and gwynn from ds1.
No boss in ds2 is up there.
Locationwise I could say that ds2 did that really good at some points, but still the lack of better bosses is a big factor.
ok
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.
@sinefine7726 I started on DS1, and I didn’t find it too tough (except for the nightmare weapon upgrade system☠️)
@sinefine7726that's the point of exploration? Would you say someone shouldn't play Elden Ring because they might get lost? Elden Ring is definitely more overwhelming than DS1 at the beginning
@sinefine7726 if you're dumb enough to go that far down an area with enemies that much stronger than you and light a bonfire then that's more of an issue with you than the average new player. I know when I first played I didn't make that mistake, nor anyone I know and I've never heard it happening to anyone. Sounds like a massive stretch when Elden Ring has led far more people to become lost at the beginning before finding Melina and Torrent
@@yguy1232Elden ring literally tells you where to go and gives you endless amounts of ways to travel. That is not there in dark souls 1.
@sinefine7726 that would imply Elden Ring is bad because there's that chest near the start that teleports you to Caelid. Caelid can already be hard for beginners, but that's not even mentioning Dragons Barrow right next to it. The catacombs in DS1 is a cakewalk compared to the dragons at Dragons Barrow.
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.
Lke bro literally
This video is garbage. Also where he get the idea that DS1 and DS3 are not conected.
Ds1 is such a classic, all things considered, it’s the greatest game of all time
@@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.
@@NotAPsyop i'm assuming he just hasn't played DS1 due to not mentioning it and saying it has no connection to 3.
All souls games are 10/10 but for me DS 1 is just out of heaven.
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
Exclude 2 because that's just the toast chromosome alpha of elden ring
Yall really leaving out demons souls :(
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.
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
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.
DS1 was the one I've started with and I couldn't be happier
Yes, you could be.
@@SnailHatan how?, i just want know if possible.
I do the same but when someone ask what is your favorite I go to DS1.
My favorite too, but DS3 has the best boss battles in my opinion.
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.
Really now? DS1? With its rushed endgame?
@@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
Yeah it's DS1. U can see the series expand and get all the references
No matter what, your favorite souls game will always be Dark souls 1,even if you died thousand of times... Your heart is with the hollow who starts with everything in the souls universe ❤
I thought he was gonna say "Lies of P" at the end 😂
It’s literally the best souls game ever conceived
I find it the most beginner friendly souls like
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
Lies of P is just so damn good. I seriously believe its the best souls-like made, and its so interesting too
and made from first game devolopers from korea, they didn’t miss
DS2 took my heart from the start and nobody can change that
199% on this, regret that I skipped it between DS1,3 and bloodbourne
same here
Same
heard scholar edition sucks though
That's the best one. It's the reason I could even play any of the other ones. It trained me. Lol
For me, it's Sekiro. You can literally obliterate the bosses with the most anime ass techniques ever😂
I started on sekiro and it is so hard to not try to parry on muscle memory and instead roll
@@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
@@khadizaanwarjolly5779try to beat sekiro dark souls style it is surprisingly easy
@@khadizaanwarjolly5779 my dad fisnshed sekiro all achivements
@@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
Personally Elden Ring has it all which is why it’s my favorite it’s like a blend combination of everything that came before.
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
So if I pass dsr and go to ds2 or 3 some stuff will carry over?
@@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
@@Shmop_ I see, I just got into the series with dsr and I'm loving it, appreciate it
@@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
I love sekiro but damn, Bloodborne just has me vibing every time
I couldn't get through the first area of Sekiro. I played that after I finished Dark Souls III.
@@AngieShepard-q4pthe first area? You mean the only area you can advance through by dying?
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.
@@AngieShepard-q4p 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.
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.
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
If you want to have an emotional experience of playing Dark Souls, I suggest go for the first before going to the 3rd game and make sure to read the item descriptions
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
Sekiro is the abusive partner that you can never leave
Souls pvp
Sekiro is that one teacher who is always super strict but everyone still likes him because he is good at teaching
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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
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.
@@danielkiran8174 Everybody knows the best souls experience is when you don't have any shield or armor
@@danielkiran8174dawg you can sword and shield and win almost every fight first try if you get tons of estus and power level vigor.
@@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
@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
It's also very important to note that Bloodborne is a horror game with action elements while the the rest of the series is pure action adventure, so that's important to keep in mind. DS3 is my favourite as well though, so you have great taste though
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.
Dark Souls 1 and 3 are connected. The Soul of Cinder having the powers of all the players that defeated Gwyn and then fighting like Gwyn in the second phase. Then you got going back to Anor Londo to fight Aldrich who uses a spear like weapon that resembles Nito’s weapon from DS1
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 recently finished my first ever playthrough of dark souls 3, my introduction to soulsborne. I will say it has to be one of the best games I've ever played, definitely a big challenge but very, very fun!
I started to play "Lies of P" first and fell in love with the souls like games
Yet, here I am, beginning my soulsborne journey with Dark Souls Remastered.
Turns out John Darksoul was dead the whole time.
the right way
Lets gooo, eldenborn: souls die twice is my favourite game genre
@@pancake8180 elden born Souls: Prepare to ring scholar of the first sin die twice fades remastered is my favorite genre
@pancake8180 😂
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
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.).
it's connected, but not a sequence, it's not a direct continuation, you see a lot of references, but that's it.
@@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.).
Dark Souls 1 should always be the way to go, the feeling of going through 1 and 3 afterwards is just so beautiful, from going to a hollow with a broken sword in the undead asylum to the last boss in the ringed city is a feeling i recommend anyone going through.
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.
Demons souls getten forgotten. A great game and my first souls game
Love Demons Souls. I also recommend it as its probably the easiest.
I loved Demon’s Souls on the PS3
I play on PC, and I wish Demon Souls and Bloodborne get's ported. I legit feel bad for not being able to play all the fromsoft masterpieces.
Screw you Sony >:(
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.
Plin plin plon
Bro giving a newbie dslll is like giving someone two sticks and saying “now make fire”, its possible but youre not even sure where to start or how to progress
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.
I plan to do just that aswell
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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’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.
Bloodborne is a good starting point because the parry and dodge systems train you to play Dark Souls better, although DS1 is my personal favorite game.
Nothing will ever replace the magic of my first dark souls 1 playthrough.
Dark souls 2 appreciators unite 🗣️
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Soulsborne games taught me the question "which one is your favorite?" sometimes really makes no sense
Nothing will ever beat the aesthetic and map design of dark souls 1
Sekiro will always hold a special place in my heart, it has the best combat system of almost any game IMO
yeah i wanna play that one next
No i think it has objectively the best most satisfying combat of all time when it comes to challenge
@@nurgle-j5njust 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.
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
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).
@@fenriswolfoWe know DS2 takes place before DS3 because there are several call backs to it in DS3.
I wanna play souls games but I don’t wanna die more than 200 times. I don’t think there’s an option for me 😅
souls-like games are waving at you
Bloodborne is easy if you understand basics, and if its too hard you can grind a bit
Start with Sekrio. You'll die the least.
Dark souls 1 is the one for you... It's the most relaxed of them all... Probably didn't even die a 100 times in the whole game 👍👍
lol I love how this wasn’t even a funny skit but he legit just had the most matter of fact conversation with himself
Bloodborne was my gateway into the SoulsBorne community. It will always hold a special place in my heart
Same. Amazing game though I did quit playing the game for about a year because I was bad at the time
Yeah I got onto bloodborne first and I been a fan ever since
I've been a fan since 2011 but after playing Bloodborne, I saw Miyazaki as a god developer.
Same. First thing I bought when I got a ps4 and loved the series ever since
Same here. Played and beat BB first, then went and played all the rest of the games out of order lol
The first half of ds1 is the definition of peak
Depths:
Capra Demon:
40% of Blighttown:
Dark Souls 2 was my first souls game to this day I still know it like the back of my own hand
I'd argue Sekiro is a Soulslike game 👀
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
Demon's Souls = the one that kinda plays like a world-jumper arcade
Dark Souls = "Praise the Sun!" A great spiritual nourishment
Dark Souls 2 = "HIT BOX, YOU DIRTY FVCK!"
Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro = Where different legends are perfected
and Elden Ring = All of the above (minus Dark Souls 2 lol)
Completely agree, I started on ds3 and I wouldn't have it another way.
I thought for a second that at the end he was going to say: Skyrim
Dark Souls 2 with enemies despawning after enough kills id say its the best for a casual to get started
What about the other copious amounts of bullshit
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.
Why on earth wouldn't you just play them in order they released? Let alone starting with 3? The amount of references that would be lost on you is crazy.
I don’t think anyone really cares about the story that much dude it’s not Star Wars
@@redtoesmaster2931well I was amazed the moment I saw Anor Londo in DS3 when I already finished DS1
Played dark souls 1 first, no regrets. Truly the best world design of any game of all time. That game is so disgustingly good it’s criminal
Demon ruins and lost izalith are the weak point of DS1, everything else is perferct.
@@felipeemanuel5790tomb of the giants?
The areas and the game as a whole drops off pretty hard after Anor Londo, the first half is absolutely amazing though even with all it's jankiness.
@@boomboxblaster8742 hot take post anor londo is still pretty solid considering how old it is and how rushed it was. Makes you truly wonder how crazy good that game would be if made by fromsoft now with no time constraint. DS1 is just magical to me even if it has some of the weakest late game content. I think the DLC makes up for it though. That Artorias fight is like no other fromsoft boss
@@JimmyJangler1it’s honestly kinda depressing thinking about how dark souls was almost literally perfect, maybe if by some miracle a remake happens and it’ll turn a 9/10 into 10/10. But first I wanna play bloodborn; port bloodborn right now screw remaking anything else just let me play bloodborn
Demons souls is always forgotten😢
I think i had this guy as a coach at my school💀
Playing DS3 before ds1 is like going on the Scooby doo ride at Disneyland without having ever seen Scooby doo
Dark souls 2 is absolutely the best starter dark souls. It combines the difficulty of ds1 and 3 into one game and always has you confused about where you should be😍Gotta love the game tho
Everybody loud until DS1 comes in
Demon souls harder
@@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..
My first souls-like was code vein and so far i'm definetly enjoying it!
Massive compliment, this is the BEST and BIGGEST nerd channel and I absolutely love it! Anime, video games, and all the other nerd stuff! 🎉 Love your vids man!, keep up the good work!
Starting Dark Souls 3 means missing alot of the amazing hard hitting moments like Giant blacksmith. Andre. Firelink. Anor londo. Dragonslayer armor. Demon souls is the start if you have a PS5 but otherwise its Dark souls 1 always.
There is a lot of racism to Demon Souls and Dark Souls 1 and I don't have to talk about Dark Souls 2
I love all of them but blood-borne back step just does something to my brain
DS3 was my first Soulsborne game and I will ALWAYS get behind that as someone's starting game 💜
Thanks bro, i've been wanting to play these lately
For me I like Elden Ring and Sekiro the most. I like the freedom of Elden Ring’s open world but I also like the simplicity of Sekiro’s combat.
Pling pling plon… great words said by a great man Gwyn
I played DS1 as my first Souls game and its so beautiful. Its in my top 10 games of all time. I'm both hesitant and excited to jump into DS2, but I'm definitely focusing on a build to cheese because the enemy placements looks horrendous from watching vids of it
Personally I point new players to Elden Ring, I claim its simpler in the fact that if you get stuck on a boss you can just leave and do something else, I know alot of people where if I were to recommend something like DS3 or another Soulsborne and they get stuck on a boss they'd just delete the game and give up
Dark souls 2 was my introduction to the souls games. i feel like a lot of people with the same experience have this warm special feeling towards DS2 that people who hate it cannot feel..
1 2 and 3 are all tied together in the story. You can technically start anywhere in those 3 because they tell a circular story that ties the three together. That said always start at 1
I'd say ds1 because that opening cutscene actually explains a surprising amount of lore