I adore all their games, truly. But,all jokes aside, that one souls game that holds a dear place in your memory will always be your first one... and that's an individual thing.

4:05 We're not gonna talk about the absolute mastery of skill expression shown here?

9:20 this man said semen on dong and no one batted an eye

I think a lot of people who started with DS3 or later tend to go back to DS1 and are off put by the older, more janky mechanics. So I think it is harder for a lot of people to appreciate the game as a whole.

You can't go wrong having DS3, Sekiro, Bloodborne or Elden Ring as your favorite. All masterpieces

Yes, please more community rankings! It was a pleasure to participate and seeing my comment beeing read 😅

1. Demon’s souls 2. DS2 scholar 3. Dark souls 4.Elden ring 5. Bloodborne 6.sekiro 7.Dark souls 3 Demon’s souls is my favorite game of all time. Bought on release when I was 14 and it changed my life, never before had I played a game so intensely immersive and beautiful. So much we take for granted now were revolutionary new ideas in game design in Demon’s Souls. Regardless of being the first, it still holds its own compared to the other games. DS2 is the game I want to play the most out of all the games in the series. It’s rpg mechanics and gameplay is the best in the series in my opinion! Building a character in DS2 is more like building a mech in armored core, if you don’t equip/level up your character properly the game is going to punish you for it. Once you are familiar with its mechanics there are an infinite amount of great builds at your disposal. As a huge fan of older from soft games (armored core, kings field, evergrace) it is much more closer to their older game philosophies. Ambitious, unforgiving and a bit janky lol I think why these two games get the most hate is that players see that these games are in a series and expect that all games in the series provide the same gameplay experience (most people started at ds3 or elden ring now) but you really have to look at each game as their own unique design. You have to listen to what fromsoft is telling you through their design and take every game on their own.

My current opinion is 1) Sekiro: I personally fail to think of any flaws this game has. Obviously the gameplay is where this game surpasses the others, but it also holds its own in other departments. The quality of Sekiro’s boss roster is consistently close to if not on par with DS3, with only ape duo and maybe the bulls standing out as bad. I also feel Sekiro’s environments are underappreciated. None of them feel completely dull and there are also overlooked details scattered around the map like the child corpses dumped and hidden around Senpou. This game also has the best consumables imo (don’t ask). Even though people may place Sekiro lower because it doesn’t have the same grandiose and awe-inspiring elements to its designs, the aspects where it succeeds more than compensate. 2) ER: Elden Ring excels in exploration and art direction. The legacy dungeons are peak FromSoft level design, but ER definitely suffers from the size of the open fields and the sheer amount of filler content. Mountaintops and Consecrated Snowfield cause the game to drop in quality, however I feel like the endgame is not nearly as bad as it is made out to be. Farum Azula is severely underrated and Haligtree’s layout by itself is decent enough. I’ve also come to disagree that the bosses’ movesets are too overbearing after playing for posture damage. Old Hunters definitely gave BB a huge boost, so perhaps SoTE will lift ER to my #1 spot. 3) BB: Bloodborne’s atmosphere really does just hit different. Bloodborne also has the best weapons and combat mechanics are satisfyingly visceral. However I feel like BB sometimes shares the same black-gray-brown palette issue as DS3. Still I would say BB’s level design is overall better than DS3. However BB does fall behind DS3 on boss quality. BB has many of my favorite bosses among these games but it also has many encounters that feel rather mundane. 4) DS1: The areas of this game have this almost fever-dreamish quality to them, making it quite the unique experience, and I’d even say the old graphics work in its favor in this regard. All around good design but the age of this game with its clunky mechanics etc makes me put it here. 5) DS3: This game has great bosses in both mechanics and badassery. But tbh that’s all it really has going for me. Though there are some exceptions, the levels in this game really are a drag to walk through. I feel like this game attempted to imitate BB while staying true to DS and ultimately got stretched out between the two.

I never played BB and Demons Souls. So here's my top 5. 1 - Sekiro 2 - DS3 3 - Elden Ring 4 - DS2 5 - Dark Souls DS3 was my first souls game. And DS is an amazing game, I just prefer the others more.

Ive played all soulsbourne. So here’s my top 5: 1.) Sekiro 2.) Bloodborne 3.) Elden Ring 4.) Dark Souls 3 5.) Dark Souls 1 6.) Dark souls 2 7.) Demons souls

Did I just hear you call the flamelurker short cut “quick and easy”?

dude i'm so glad to be in this video, thank you so much. for the bosses of DS3 I can Say that they are great, but i feel like ER perfected the combat style that DS3 has. overall tho there Is no such thing as a bad Souls-game, even the games that are considered the worst still have something that they are good at

I've played these games in the order of their release, starting back in 2009. My feelings about them have changed over time due to how many times I've played through them and when I've revisited them. Currently, if I were to rank them from favorite to least favorite, it would be Bloodborne, Dark Souls 1, Demon's Souls on PS3, Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin, Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring, Sekiro, and then my least favorite would be the Demon's Souls remake. This ranking has little to do with the gameplay mechanics, but rather with how much I liked the setting, the sense of discovery throughout the games, and how the challenge enhances that, along with their sound design.

That part where he kept getting shot at by the same archer really done my head in 😂 like movvveeeeee😂

I think that even if you don't think Elden Ring is the Number 1, when the DLC comes out it definitely will be the best one 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Dang bro it’s been forever. I’m glad to see you’re still uploading

I wanted to rank Boodborne at last but I was afraid I would be killed so I ranked it at 4

Things Elden Ring has over Bloodborne: - Fashion (you don't have 6 silly hats). - Varied environments. - Quality of life improvements (you can run to the sides while locked on. The jump mechanic doesn't screw you over while fighting. You don't need to use an item or KYS to farm enemies. Deeper stealth mechanics. The player character gets up faster than my grandma. You have talismans and a Crystal Tear that negate rune loss. I could be here all day). - Better boss fights. - More options (muh freedom).

Hey I made the vid, keep it up man always good to see you posting and we do indeed need more community rankings

Dark souls 1 is the most special. It is a one of a kind game. The first half of dark souls 1 is probably the greatest gaming experience of all time.

My list: 1. Elden ring: the sceneries, the legacy dungeaons, the intricate boss and area design, the amount of sheer content this game has to offer is simply unrivaled, and is my favorite game of all time. If we only look at the main bosses, i believe it has the best boss roaster in the series, only rivaled by ds3 and sekiro. 2. Sekiro: best combat by far, the most satysfying to master and to replay from time to time. The inner bosses are especially good. It would be my numero one for the sheer joy of playing , but its a bit too short and its areas can feel a little samey at times, except for fountainhead and sempou. 3. Ds3: amazing boss roaster, fun to explore areas. It is lower on my list due to its color palette feeling kind of depressing and boring after a while. 4. Dark souls 1: incredibile areas and diverse biomes, the world is the best boss explore, second only to that of elden ring. However, bosses have limited movesets due to the limited resources and the second part of the game feels like copypasted assets from previous areas. 5. Bloodborne: never clicked with it like many do. I like thr atmosfere and areas, as weel as the lore, but the combat feels off for me due to the focus of sidesteps instead of rolls, which i much preferiti to be honest. However, its hard to deny the incredibile bossfights, areas and enemies, especially in the dlc. Its just that i dont wish to replay it that often due to the issue a presente before. Still and s tier game for me though. 6. Dark souls 2: i love its beautiful areas and atmosfere, but its enemy placements and lackluster bosses in the main game bring it down. I have to give props for the incredibile dlcs, aside from the awful co-op areas 7. Demons souls: its areas, enemies and ambience are truly top tier, but the disconnected nature of its wolrd and the bosses bring it down for me

im playing bloodborne now and im loving it. my first game was elden ring. my only dislike about bloodborne is that the bosses dont seem to have weight to them. i’ll remember the names of the elden ring bosses forever but in a year i probably wont be able to remember the name of one of the bosses from bloodborne

Considering more than half the “community” started with elden ring it’s no surprise it won

I can't put DS3, BB and ER in different places. All three are masterpieces with strong points. The rest is a matter of personal taste.

Glad to say I’ve played em all, Elden ring is goated but bloodbourne is unmatched imo, actually find it bullshit that they haven’t given it to PC, i doubt it’s coming to Xbox, but it should’ve been on PC, but apparently it’s because Sony doesn’t have much interest in remastering it, even tho they don’t make the game which makes no sense. But regardless the atmosphere vibe, the faster pace of blood Bourne is just unrivalled. I wish everyone got a chance to play it

Playing through Elden Ring at the moment and was interested to see what people consider to be the best From Software game not surprised it’s Elden Ring I think it’s the best jumping on point for new players

My list: 1- Elden Ring 2- Bloodborne 3- Dark souls 3 4- Sekiro 5- Dark souls 2 6- Dark souls 1 7- Demon's souls In my opinion Dark souls 2 Should be higher than Dark souls 1, I know alot of people have a hate bias for DS2 but the moment you start comparing everything 1:1 you'll realize that DS2 does many things better IMO, The level design, the replayability and build variety, the combat (Mostly faster except the estus drink), Omni-directional rolling, The leveling system (Adabtability serves more of a purpose than resistance from DS1 which is quite literally useless), The upgrade system, The level design is phenomenal in the DLC, even the worst of areas do not compare to how bad some DS1 areas are like Lost izalith, same goes with bosses and bed of chaos, what's even funnier is that alot of things that DS2 gets hate for like hitboxes, Dark souls 1 does just as bad if not worse, you can find a proper comparison somewhere in reddit that shows visible hitboxes and compate the both etc... But the thing that DS2 does the best than most in the series is the creativity, It's genuinely crazy how many unique mechanics that have been introduced in this title, power-stancing, the unique weapons and puzzles, unique invaders etc... It makes you think how much Elden Ring had learned from DS2 compared to every other in the series which makes me glad that it exist, even more so after Miyazaki praised it for what it is.

Hey, my sizzling hot take about DS1 made it in the video ! I just wanted to expand on my take a little bit. My first Fromsoft experience was DS3, as I had heard it was the best one to ease yourself into the franchise. Quit on Gundyr, came back months later, and played it through in one sitting. Bought the dlcs, played them through in two sittings. Loved Sekiro, even if I had to recognise the gameplay wasn't as much to my liking as classic DS. Played Elden Ring, 160h, loved it, but not as much as I did love DS3. To many, DS1 was their first Souls game. It's what hooked them into playing so many games. For some, they might have played it when they were a kid, back in 2011. I am a 2000 kid myself, and I have no problem playing through older games from my childhood. DS1 has very good lore, and a very good map but like... I can get the lore from KZfaq, and a map... the interconnectivity of it didn't do anything to me. I'm used to fast-travel in my games, I don't mind it being mandatory to move in-between zones. I appreciate the effort they put into it, but going in, and hearing about how so many people PRAISED it above and beyond the rest of the Fromsoft library... it's just overhyped. If it was your childhood game, you will always love it way more than someone playing it deep into adulthood. Nostalgia is a real thing. And like Nightwalk said, DS1 lacks many comfort features from later game (OMNIDIRECTIONAL ROLL GODDAMNIT). And I want to reiterate, it's not a bad game ! It's simply showing its age, and while it might surpass DS3 on some aspects, DS3 doesn't have a boss as boring as the Moonlight Butterfly. And bosses are what I look forward to in my Souls games. I'll content myself with watching youtube videos about DS1. You have fun replaying through it, to each their own.

My list 1-Elden Ring 2-Sekiro 3-Bloodborne 4-Dark Souls 3 5-Dark Souls 1 6-Demon's Souls 7-Dark Souls 2 (I still cant decide whether sekiro or bloodborne is better)

Biggest bloodborne shortcoming is the framerate and its crazy that no one else is saying that

I think letting the community rank the Boss difficulty would be great because i think it's very individual and a community ranking will bring light upon the difficulty.

"What game will be first and why is it Bloodborne.... number 7, Bloodborne" LMAO

Sekiro supremacy

My (completely objective) list: 1 Elden Ring good bosses (some great) great replayvalue, great buildvariety, good open world 2 DS 3 great bosses (and music) 3 DS 2 great build variety and decent bosses 4 Sekiro great combat but no replayability 5 DS 1 Its ok but has terrible runbacks 6 BB Dosent run very good 7 Demon souls havent played it

Here to represent the DS1 Fandom in the Nightwalk 2 community, I tuned into souls around elden ring too, and uhhhhh yeah ds1 is too low, it just requires a bit more patience than some of the other games. Bosses are mostly kinda bad tho lol My Ranking: 1. DS1 2. Elden Ring 3. Sekiro 4. DS3 5. Bloodborne 6. DS2 7. Demon Souls

The opinion of someone who's first Souls game was Bloodborn. 1. Elden Ring. 2. Bloodborn. 3. DS3. 4. DS1 (It would probably have been my second favorite if it wasn't for the second half of the game, which is garbage, and pulls down DS1 insaly much quality wise). 5. Seikiro. 6. DS2. 7. Demon Souls (It could have been my 5, 6 pick if the bosses were better. Flamelurker is the only great boss in this game).

People dont vote for ds1 as much because its old and not hyped but its such a good game

U got me at first with bb in last I was boutta type a whole essay defending it in the comments 😭

Expected, Elden Ring will always win, and deservedly so, best legacy dungeons, best combat (excluding Sekiro as it’s different), best bosses, best environmental variety, best OST (highly subjective), best build variety, and it's an open-world too which propels it to the stratosphere albeit with some negatives here and there, but it's the best From Software Soulsborne game without a doubt. We still have the DLC coming too! Great video Nightwalk2.

Why do people still write "(including Elden Ring)" in the title in these typa videos 2,5 years after Elden Ring released. It's obviously a Soulsborne

My list: 1 - Sekiro was the first game I played on this list and I am very fond of it. It has the best feeling of achievement, where you need to learn the combat system. It get progressively more difficult but you also become progressively better. It also ends with the most difficult boss (not depending on ending) which none of the other games do. 2 - Bloodborne has fantastic atomosphere and boss design which makes it special. Bloodborne encourages you to play aggressive and you get rewarded for it. 3 - DS3 perfected the dark souls formoula and is very enjoyable to play. Fantastic boss designs but the base game bosses lack difficulty but the later DLC:s really makes up for it. One thing I dislike about it is that is looks very similar to Bloodborne and lacks coulor and light like the DS1 and DS2 have. 4 - Elden Ring is a very mixed bag for me. It does some things better than all games but it feels also feels the most repetitive in the series. You fight a boss at the end of dungeon or cave and it is the same you have already tought 4 times before it makes the first time you beat it seem less special. I hate the horse combat, it feels very clunky when you swing your weapon. Elden Ring has the best bosses in the series (excluding Sekiro) and they are very visually amusing. Elden Ring also has fantastic boss music and I got goosebumps the first time I fought Radagon. 5 - DS1 has fantastic level design, probably my favorite in the series. Amazing looking bosses and the music is good too. Obviously the combat is lacking compared to the ones that are higher on the list but still one of the best games of all time. 6 - Demon Souls set the foundation for the series. The remake looks amzing and is probably the best looking game on the list. 7 - DS2, not a fan of this game and I don't wanna kick someone who is already down. DS2s only redeeming quality is Majula which has amazing feel and music.

1. Dark Souls 3 (it’s not even close. By far the best souls experience, and is truly what a souls game should be.) 2. Bloodborne 3. DS1 4. Elden Ring 5. Sekiro 6. Demons Souls 7. Dark Souls 2

In all seriousness I actually would rank BB last, though I get why people like it. My preferred play style is having a big sword/spear and big shield so BB just wasn’t for me.

This bit from the video 5:47 till 6:05 is why I kept telling people that Elden Ring already has content that rivals if not exceed the best from Bloodborne & all Dark Souls series DLCs, and we still have Shadow of the Erdtree coming too, this is a different From Software we have here, it's one with the highest experience in their history.

Honestly the more I play Bloodborne the less I like it. I find that I circle jump even though I’ve stopped my sprint already and then I get killed on one hit. Or I get my toe stuck on a boulder and I’m stuck, or an enemy gnat touches me when I’m near a wall and I am permanently stuck in it. Or I fight the bloody crow of Cainhurst or accidentally hit Eileen once and now I’ve failed her quest, etc. or the game lags when I’m playing on ps5, and I spend one hundred years in loading screens because there isn’t an option to rest. Or maybe I have 50 blood gems, but they are all useless because the ones that increase your flat damage beat out literally every single gem no matter what. Just so many quality of life issues that waste my time, piss me off, make parts of the game less rewarding, or get me killed when it isn’t my fault. Seriously in my last playthrough I died 19 times (I’ve beaten BB 11 times), and 7 of them was from getting stuck in a corner with no hopes of fighting back, 4 were from the gank trio in yahargul, 3 were because I accidentally jumped, and 5 from hell hounds in the chalice dungeons. I have gotten insanely good at Bloodborne, but it’s frustrating to survive basically every boss without dying, to know the enemy placements down to a science, and still die anyways because I sprinted for slightly too long.

I don't get the BloodBorne love. BB, DS2 and Demon Souls are the only games that I had no interest in playing again after completing. Most seem to agree Demon Souls and DS2 are weak but BB gets a to of love. I even forced myself to try and play it again but it just didn't hold my intention. Meanwhile, I've beaten Sekiro, DS1 and Ds3 like 5x, Elden Ring maybe 10-15 times, including challenge runs.

These community rankings are great, keep em coming

My Ranking: 1. Elden Ring. It took me a little for me to warm up to ER (my first playthrough wasn't my favorite actually), but by now, many, many playthroughs, challenge runs later, I adore it. It's average boss quality might be lower than DS3s, but it's best are the best by far imo. The world is huge, but still has mind-boggling diversity in biomes and vistas (Stormveil, Leyndell, the Eternal Cities, Farum Azula to name a few), and is such an intriguing world to explore. It has the biggest and to me most interesting and captivating lore, and the best soundtrack. And also a fantastic build variety. Sure it's not perfect; I personally am not the biggest fan of it's level design for example and there are some truly afwul bosses; but none of the FS games are and I love it nonetheless. 2. Bloodborne My introduction to the souls games, and what an experience it is. Yharnam is such an amazing world, oozing with unparalelled athmosphere, amazing world and level design and fantastic lore. And the game is just unbelievably cool. Slaying beasts and the like as a hoonter with the trick weapons never gets old. And while I'd say the base game is showing the games age by now as FS have developed their skills further and further with time, the DLC is, where FS started to define how their games would develop further. 3. Dark Souls 3 The best way I can describe DS3 is like a computer playing music. Sure it is technically perfect, but what it lacks is character/soul. I feel DS3 is somewhat like that. While the levels, bosses, feeling of the game is great, it is the lest atmospheric and has the least unique "character" to it. Amazing nonetheless. 4. Dark Souls 2 It is difficult to say, why I love this game. I love how the game feels like an adventure, each area a new and different Kingdom to explore, like they crossbread Dark Souls with Uncharted. The build variety is the best out of the series, and so many of it's weapons are just so cool. Also best outfits in the series (looking at you DS1/DS3 where I struggle to find anything that looks halfway acceptable). Regarding the rough edges and jank when it comes to controls and the like, it doesn't bother me...at all...and I can't really say why. Yes it does feel at all times you are not only fighting the enemies within the game, but also the game itself, but somehow I still enjoy it. 5. Dark Souls 1 The fist half of this game, especially when it comes to it's world design is an absolute, unparalleled masterpiece. Other than that, the builds are not super interesting, and the visual design doesn't speak to me that much. 6. Demons's Souls I was surprised at how much of Elden Ring there is already in this game. At the same time it is very evident, that this was their first shot at this as a lot of it's systems would be dropped, changed or improved upon in the future games. But still it is a game with and incredible atmosphere, unique, visually striking and fun to explore levels. X. Sekiro haven't played yet, so I can't rank it.

YA GOT ME at the prank #7 hahaha

Sekiro should be number 1 but I get the votes for Elden Ring.

Dark Souls 1 is the first of the games I have played, and it was a game I didn't think I've love as much as I do when playing, I love the atmosphere of each area in the game(yes even blighttown and lost Izaleth), I found the enemies to be interesting and have a good design and feel for them, the lore of the series has made me very intrigued, and even with the lack of omni-directional rolling or the unfinished final areas, this was a game that felt magical to me, one of my favorite parts was actually seeing my character grow in power as it progressed, one shotting enemies that used to give me a major headache early on, and despite each death, I never wavered, no matter how many times the bosses struck me down, I only got back up to keep trying, even with the most annoying parts of the game(from my experience specifically) making me rage, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the game and I am happy I was honored enough to be able to experience it at least once in my life.

Played DS3 first this my list 1. Sekiro 2. Dark Souls III 3. Bloodborne 4. Dark Souls II 5. Demon’s Souls 6. Dark Souls I 7. Elden Ring All these games are 9/10 or 10/10 except for Elden Ring which I just don’t like. Which is a shame because the actual mechanical bones of the game is the best of the dark souls like combat.

I like bloodborne, but it’s not a top 3 for me. It’s atmosphere is the best, but it’s bosses are mid and disappointing. Sekiro has the most intensive combat, Elden ring has the best world/hardest bosses, ds3 has the best bosses. Just hard to top some of these titles

Atleast for me, I prefer BB because I like cosmic horror but my god, ER is on a whole another planet with its content. ER has so many memorable bosses and the main menu ost is by far the bestin fromsoftware (imo).

The order of this list was the way I voted exactly lol.

Elden ring gave me the same magic as my first ds1 playthrough its just fromsoft learning from all their past mistakes and creating a magnum opus

I feel like commenting this just cus I wanna see if anyone else gets this kind of feeling But does anyone feel as though that majority of Elden Ring hate comes from Fromsoft Elitists? I find that it does, I see dozens of comments about how overrated Elden Ring is and complaining that it’s only ranked consistently high among the games across dozens of YT rankings is cus it’s the new one that the majority of normal gamers know and most of which have played. I see where they come from, but part of me thinks it’s just because of that Elden Ring made Soulsborne mainstream af (even though it kinda was already with DS3 but obviously not as much) which upsets Fromsoft Elitists who want their genre to remain niche. Idk just a thought ive had for a bit don’t take it seriously, anyone else feel this way?

My personal list was 1)bloodborne 2)elden ring 3)DS3 4)DS1 5)sekiro 6)demon souls 7)DS2 Bloodborne is my favourite because of its atmosphere, combat and bosses (although i admit some of them can be bad). Elden ring is second for basically all the reasons bloodborne is first but i personally prefer bloodbornes bosses to elden rings. DS3 is third for having some of the best bosses in the entire series, but the levels are not on par to some of the other games imo. DS1 is 4th due to its amazing interconected world (which does fall of in the 2nd half). Sekiro is 5th only because i prefer the combat of the main soulsborne games and also DS1’s dlc puts it slighly above sekiro imo. Demon souls is 6th because i like its atmosphere and it being the first in the series leading the way for all other games whilst having some annoying elements. DS2 is last just because there are so many annoying elements that make it hard for me to fully enjoy the game.

“The Semen of Dong” had me cackling bro😂

Next time you do a list like this, I would like less jokes and more focused and concise info on why these rankings are how they are. Maybe when you do your own updated ranking you'll do this. Nice video otherwise!

Bloodborne by far is the best soulsborne game. People will say “no it can’t be it’s only 30 fps!!” Or clown on some of the main game bosses which I agree are pretty kid but nothing in this series matches the atmosphere and play-style and just enjoyment of this game.

My list from best to worst: DS3, Sekiro, Elden Ring, Demon's souls, DS1, DS2, BB

i played elden ring first and it made me fall in love with these games, i saw a bunch of stuff on youtube about how great bloodborne is so i got a ps5 (i had been wanting one for a while and BB was just the nail in the coffin) and i have to say it just did not compare to the likes of elden ring, ds3, or even sekiro to me. the setting was very special and i can see why people would like the areas/environments more than other games, but i like the lore of those three aforementioned fromsoft games much more, and the boss quality of bloodborne was much lower than those three games in my opinion. i think i can count on one hand the number of times i died to a boss before making it to the dlc, it was just all goofy fights. the dlc has 3 of my favorite bosses (obviously ludwig, maria and kos) but that doesnt make up for it considering the other three games are mostly/entirely made up of bosses i love fighting. so yea no hate, fromsoft only makes masterpieces and bloodborne is no exception. it has such a special, lovecraftian vibe that no game can successfully capture and i think thats why people love it so much, but i also think theres a good amount of people out there who share my opinions on the game, which is what caused it to drop to second place. i ranked it 4th, i dont think its terrible i just dont find it as peak as other people do, and definitely not as peak as ds3 and elden ring, my two favorites.

I think they didnt fix stuff like omnidirectional rolling in the remaster because then beating it would always have an asterisk attached to it. "oh well you didnt beat the original without omnidirectional rolling, much harder." while i wish it did, i do understand why the mechanics were untouched. And you hit the nail on the head with dark souls 1 being ranked lower. I played every souls game in order from release date AFTER i played elden ring because I fell in love with it. So i would rank it around 5 as well.

Great video! Just curious, were you in the military? I seem to vaguely remember you having an Army patch of some kind. Thank you for the video!

I had a feeling Elden Ring would be first haha.

I have played Elden ring, Ds3, and Sekiro. Elden ring is EASILY the best and perfects the ideas of those other two

I feel like that most people that hate on ds2 haven’t even played the game yet, its really not that bad. Also every ranking is valid imo!!

Honestly I agree with these rankings. I rotate between DS3, Bb and ER the most though so my opinion changes. Like mentioned in the video, DS3 has the best bosses, but the linear design holds it down a bit. Bb has the weapons, lore, atmosphere, and the dlc completes the game. ER though is everything together and on top of that open world. Good video :D

1. Bloodborne: atmosphere (I'm tired of medieval fantasy in media, I want more cosmic horror/gothic), best OST, best combat rewarding aggression, best DLC, very cool NPCs like Eileen, the complete twist mid game is crazy, by far the best lore in the series! Even Miyazaki said it's his favorite game he worked on. 2. DS1: interconnectivity, memorable bosses, great NPCs (Solaire), great DLC with Artorias 3. Elden Ring: not the biggest fan of open-world so I'm biased, great bosses (but too many repeats), fun NPC guest's but impossible to complete without a guide, good OST 4. DS3: ok bosses IMO, fun areas but way too similar, good OST but not great, not a fan of weapon arts. For whatever reasons, it's the game I have the least amount of memories and it's the last one I played. 5. DeS: terrible run-backs but easy bosses, way too many gimmick bosses, I hate world and character tendencies (happy they remove it), still need to give credit to the first game 6. DS2: I honestly just don't like a lot of the choices they make. Inflating difficulty by adding more mobs is not good design, hiding i-frames behind a stat, not i-frame for fog walls which makes the already awful runbacks even worse, 40+ bosses and 0 memorable ones (excluding DLC bosses), terrible hitboxes, janky. DS2 is still one of the best game ever, it's just the worst FromSoft soulsborne. I excluded Sekiro because I honestly can't compare it to any other FromSoft soulsborne games. IMO Sekiro is not a soulslike and therefore impossible to put in a ranking like this. I can only say that I LOVE Sekiro.

I would say that DS2 was the best lore than any FS game. Perfectly builds off of DS1 and expands on all of its most important questions. If only the gameplay, level design, and boss design were better.

I feel sad how armored core 6 is completely ignored by this community nevermind my bad the title said soulsborne Anyways anyone of ya like ac6? :D

As long as your best goes between Bloodborne, DS1, DS3 or ER youre doing fine. 1) Bloodborne 2) DS1 3) DS3 4) ER 5) Sekiro 6) DS2 7) DeS Bloodborne and Dark Souls very tied, like to see people is more appreciative of DS3 and DS2 now, sad they are trashing more on DS1 though, that game is a masterpiece.

Yeah I don’t care sekiro not being at at least 2nd place is crazy. You guys def just had a skill issue

"Crisp mechanics are the least important aspect to dark Souls II fans" Yup. sounds about right. 9.8 - Bloodborne - I confess that nostalgia may play a part here since this was the first FromSouls game I finished. I didn't like it at first but upon playing NG+ and beyond, I came to love it more and more. IT feels stunningly unique, has amazing lore, and so many secrets. Probably more than any game other than Elden Ring. The gameplay is crisp, the bosses are pretty much all great, the areas are all great, etc. IT's just so good. 9.7 - Elden Ring - IT's a high 9.7, and the DLC isn't out yet. I see and hear a lot of guff about this one but I don't see a lot of criticisms that are actually valid. "It has too many bosses/bosses are reused' is a common one, and I'm just over here like 'How in the world would you populate 100+ dungeons with bosses without repeating assets?' The actual main bosses are among the best in the entire set, the side bosses are 'fine' at worst and mostly pretty good even if a touch repetitive, it has the best art direction even better than bloodborne, and it has by far the most build variety and arguably the best PVP...and I don't even like PVP. the only real criticism I have is that I don't personally have any interest in NG+. The sheer size of the game made that the case. I'd rather just make a new character. 9.6 - Dark Souls III - IT's like...what if Dark Souls 1 was done with far better controls, better art direction, better bosses, and better level design (not world design). The DLC is better, the bosses are better, the weapons and weapon arts are better. IT's just a more refined version of Dark Souls 1. 9.5 - Dark Souls I - but This was still amazing. Really only loses a few points for some of the late game level design, an issue Dark Souls III doesn't have. it's not as crisp as III but that can be chalked up to 5 years and a full console generation between them. Plus it has some of the most iconic bosses and the best overall 'world' design, as in how the whole world interacts with other areas. Bloodborne is the only one that comes close. 9.4 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Take everything I loved about Dark Souls III, refine it further...but then take away coop/multiplayer and don't factor in DLC. Sekiro really is one of the better games in terms of mechanics and story and world, but the lack of coop and DLC means it hasn't stayed in my mind as long like the other games. 9.3 - Demon's Souls - Honestly, I figured for how old and janky this game was, I wouldn't like it as much. It's the prototype and it shows but man, replaying it on PS5 really did solidify how much I like these games. Yeah, this is still a weaker entry but it gets some slack because it was the first and it was clear they learned from the things that didn't work. I confess nostalgia plays a part here but I can't deny how much this game means to me now. 2.4 - Dark souls II - Not a typo. This is my second most hated game of all time next only to Final Fantasy XIII. When every other game in this series steadily improved on how it looked, played, felt, and presented itself, this was such a colossal step back from DS1 that I can't help but hate it. The controls were shit, ADP is shit, the bosses were all shit BECAUSE of the shit controls and mechanics. They went back to limiting your health like in Demon's Souls, something that they should have known better than to do. They added a bunch of shit ideas, the progress of the story is the weirdest of all of them, etc. Dark Souls II is the only game I dislike in this set. it's genuinely bad. So many mechanical or gameplay related problems and bad design choices. Like the thing about not turning to face an enemy after a roll to attack? Or the bad hitboxes and hurtboxes? Or the bad boss runs? All this shit was more frustrating to me than all my deaths to every boss in every other game put together. Dark Souls II had some good ideas but...it really was made by the B-team. I know that argument is hated by fans but it's true. IT's a game made by a team that saw that Dark Souls was popular but only understood it on a surface level for its difficulty. They didn't understand how to balance it so that it was tough but fair. Or at the very least you felt like you could GAIN agency over your character. They had good ideas but lacked the skill to implement them in a way that wasn't more frustrating than it was challenging.

Sorry, the reason for Demon souls to be at number seven is because it was a PlayStation exclusive and somehow that means it’s bad game design, interesting because blood-borne was second and is also a PlayStation exclusive.

People should remember this is like ranking some of the best games of all time, Demons Souls is an amazing game but I’d have it last as well

My personal list: 1. Elden RIng 2. Demon's Souls 3. Ds1 and BB tied 4. Ds2 5. DS3 Overall immersion and innovation are my biggest factors. Npcs as well, Demon's Souls has the best maiden and hubworld imo. The story in Demon's Souls is also my personal favorite and your character has the most impact on the state of the world along side the Tarnished from Elden RIng.

I hated DS1 at first but once I finished the game I couldn’t believe how satisfied I was. Truly a flawed but fulfilling masterpiece. Not my favorite in the series by a long shot but I have a deep appreciation for it. DS2 on the other hand…😬

I dont know why but Bloodborne never got me. The game felt too easy and the late game with the hunters nightmare really put it down for me. And the blood vials also make it less enjoyable.

Shocked Bloodborne didn't win. IMO it's easily the worst souls game, but is hard carried by its unique atmosphere.

As one of the people that did rank DS1 there, I feel like it's just a lot more fun to talk about than it is to play. You're bang on that it really feels most like a passion project, and you can just tell how much thought went into crafting it. Unfortunately I just don't enjoy navigating most of the levels, and the somewhat janky combat makes the bosses feel a bit less impactful for me (along with them all having like 3 moves). Still, forever grateful to the game and what it crafted.

There is geniunly not a single area or boss in sekiro that you can point too and say ‘ this is shit and makes me not want to play the game ‘

Bloodbore glazing is out of hand. Second best of all these titles? I doubt it personally

I actually loved Demon Souls bosses, they were inventive and actually felt far more unique compared to the other games. The reason it is last place for me is everything between them is tedious to deal with. Still an amazing game though.

for those of you who havent played dark souls 2 (and for those who played dark souls 1 first), rolling (at all) is the sign of a new player who hasnt fully understood the mechanics of dark souls 2. leveled adaptability in my first run and then never again because i then understood i didnt need it. understanding spacing and attack threat zones is the first and best way to avoid enemy attacks and land your own. as much as i personally enjoyed myself (after i dumped my personal hangups as to how the game should be played) cant say i have a whole load of respect after the DLC dropped and they more or less decided to stop being dark souls 2 and just pretend it was dark souls 1 the whole time. fun... but not in the way that dark souls 2 is fun. as almost no one understands how to play in a fun and effective way in dark souls 2 i can blame no one but the game itself for this misunderstanding. its unwillingness to force or explain any of its mechanics while giving your countless way to subvert them, while as wide and broad as dark souls 1 simply wasnt as well executed by dark souls 2.

This is the exact reason why i started to love all these games equally to me ranking is worthless , and i appreciate all the games for what they are and i have a soft spot for demons souls even if it is the least best however its a tie between er and sekiro , er has bosses that are fantastic with build variety better than ds2 a world more free than ds1 , sekiro has a better aesthetic more engaging bosses and combat better balancing the best characters except of wolf

Shoutout to all of the silent elden ring fans

I tried playing Dark Souls Remastered back in February 2022 bcs I was like "I have to get into these souls games that are supposed to be so damn good". Now I hated it the combat is slow and clunky and weird but as of just 2 days ago a friend of mine wanted me to play Dark Souls III so I started and now my journey has begun for real this time he made not quit the game several times in just 2 days. Now ik Dark Souls III seems to be the game most people start their souls game journey with but I think I will stop playing Dark Souls III and just go play Dark Souls Remastered again to start from the beginning u know. Maybe ill come back in a year or two to this comment and report back.

Dark souls 1 10/10 Bloodborne 10/10 Sekiro 9.5/10 Dark souls 3 9.5/10 Elden ring 9.5/10 Demons souls 9/10 Dark souls 2 8/10

Ds2 is in my top 3 souls games. The hud, movement, visuals, the sheer amount of ideas in that game. The lighting a torch at the bonfire. Giving statue people sticks then they turn into npcs. The very big vast world, so many areas and secrets. Beautiful areas. So many weapons. I like how it’s slower than the others. And imo ds2 haters are just babies I can tell 100% when someone hasn’t even played halfway through the game. Ds2 is underrated and deserves its flowers for all the fun things it did do. Like complaining about adaptability level is an excuse to just not play it. It’s a really cool concept actually? Why do yall hate it so much? Ds2 is the souls series Frankenstein and it’s beautiful. Even the lore is fye asf, watching an old insane vendrick wsnderr around the last kiln is fire asf. YALL LAME LLLLLL

As someone who played the entire series (except BB) in the last 2 years, I think I can give a ranking without nostalgia affecting it, so here is my list: 1)Sekiro: great combat, great bosses, good osts and the world is nice. 2)ER: refined ds combat, the best bosses after Sekiro IMO, underrated soundtracks (for me, better than ds3) and it has a great world and legacy dungeons. 3)ds3/ds2: I like both games equally:ds3 because it has good (but overrated) bosses,and is more polished, and I love ds2 for everything else. 4)demon souls:great world design and atmosphere, underrated osts (I played ps3 version). It has some good bosses, but they were just blueprints for later games. 5)ds1: the worst by far for me. I tried starting with it, but didn't like it and deleted it. Played Sekiro and ds2, returned to try it and still got soooo bored and deleted it. Then after completing all games, I returned with a bonfire mod (to enable fast travel), and even then, the game is so overrated and I don't like anything in it except O&S and Kalameet (Artorias isn't impressive but still good). The order in which I played the games was: Sekiro>ds2>ER>ds3>des>ds1

recently picked up sekiro after mastering elden ring to the point where no boss is a challenge but sekiro is whooping my ass rn, only 4 bosses in but its already a 10/10 for me so far, my only complaint is corrupted monk thats not even fair, you do little ass dps and cant break his stance without cheesing the fight with fire creackers and ash spam and devine confetti. It took me over 4 hours, longer then any boss in elden ring all cause you have to do a flawless run essentally, maybe im wrong and I made it harder then it shouldve been but I picked up the game really well with lady butterfly only taking me a handful of tries, and genichiro the same. I know people say its easy when you when you learn to use all the mechanics but that still only counts if you're locked in, the fights take a fat minute and its not just timing your dodge to get a big bonk hit to break stance like other souls games this game has you learn, learn learn learn and until you can read the boss like a book you're not winning. but great game

Sekiro and Blodborne have a more arcade fast type of fighting , i prefer the realistic way of fighting in elden ring and dark souls , a real trained warrior can execute all the move set 1 to 1 in the real life , slow paced real life knight fighting style

1-elden ring 2-dark souls1 3-bloodborne 4-dark souls3 5-dark souls2 6-demon’s souls ( I don’t play sekiro)

i pretty much agree with this whole list but i always come back to ds3 the bosses in that game man are literally perfect

All soulsborne fans are so blinded by bloodborne its crazy. No game is carried as hard as it's dlc. Without the dlc bloodborne has the weakest boss roster, and there is like 8 different enemies spammed through the whole game. The game is very unique and gameplay is extremely fun but yall gotta realize how mediocre base game is. Game goes like yharnam, church yharnam, forest yharnam, old yharnam, snake yharnam, yharnam below yharnam, nightmare yharnam, game done same enemy in every area. That being said dlc yummy equals bloodborne being 4th for me👍

I cannot belive Dark Souls 1 is ranked so low. It is one of the best, if not the best in the series, objectively. That's my opinion. And I'm a young person that didn't play Dark Souls 1 until recently.

It’s not just your community, people just don’t like Dark Souls 1 anymore. Makes me so sad.

That's the most reasonable ranking of Soulsborne games. The older FS games are much worse. You may like them, but ds2/ds1/demon's souls are objectively way worse than ds3/Bloodborne/Sekiro/Elden Ring in every single aspect.