+PlagueOfGripes why do you think Bloodborne is male?

+PlagueOfGripes You've got a heart of gold. Don't let them take it from you.

+PlagueOfGripes In the end, aren't we all gay for Bloodborne?

+PlagueOfGripes UPLOAD SOMETHING PLEASE

+PlagueOfGripes You just dislike it for being too "slice of life", I mean you already have a farm of reverse mermaids and Eldritch horrors, why would Bloodborne be interesting to you?

Amen...

Had the same moment! So cool

I got to the point where I constantly tried running across after ringing the first bell

It was a unique level design but I wouldn’t call it the best

KuwakaNey What would you call the best then? That alone is super rare to see in games, is having to rise/drop through many enemies and possibly bosses, only to turn a corner and open up a way back to the beginning, allowing you to explore previous areas but with better stats and gear. And to mesh between the beginning of a spot and the end easily

I went for dual wielding a polearm and naked route.

It was pure fists and naked for me. How my gf likes it eh

Those warriors from Carthus have curved swords. Curved. Swords.

As god intended

Dark Souls 1 i used the Lightning halberd, best weapon in the game imo. Dark Souls 3 I use raw Astora sword though

That's there in the first game too, in a lot of places.

that's more in ds1

@PS1 Hagrid most doors that say "doesn't open form this side" have a lock bar or something going across it on the other side

PS1 Hagrid gameplay

Sure you're not talking about bloodborne?

+Iron Pineapple Why are you everywhere?

+Iron Pineapple DS1 Halberd op.

+Iron Pineapple I, too, was glad to see that Bunnyhop acknowledges the OBJECTIVELY SUPERIOR weapon.

You're going to love me and fucking like it

+Iron Pineapple My one disagreement with him so far is the Ballista, that thing is basically a puzzle you can use to trivialize other fights and to unlock at least one item. Oh and he didn't think to try the Dagger step. (And if you're going BACK to the swamp after getting the Milk Ring that works too)

+Wicked Rob kiln is the end of the game

+Wicked Rob Yes, but not until around 20 minutes into the video. Nothing excessively spoiler that I noticed

+DaveControl I know! its almost strange that it changed so much....

hey buddy!

Daveyyyy !!!!!

Not from the USA, why exactly you say that?

Came here to say this

I was just about to say I haven't seen a Loot Crate ad in forever!

Future commenters: press F for Loot Crate. (Don't ask why, it was a thing back in the late twenty-teens, ok?!)

Bankruptcy

pretty sure thats all it is

@@LetsPlayJakey yeah its not a shortcut.... i cringed watching him try to take it repeatedly

@@MarnieSea yeah the shortcut for the boss is taking the ladder inside the building on the bottom floor to pop out behind the enemies guarding the pathway in a cell closer to the boss fog. still a creative idea but it was 100% just a trap door

@@LetsPlayJakey No, it actually is a shortcut, you can fall or roll onto the tiny ledge and from there walk inside and go up the ladder to reach the boss, skipping all the enemies. I've used it myself, it's a pretty do-able jump.

yup. walked out the door on accident once trying to get my souls back...great anger

Also, I think you're kind of overrating the difficulty of Dark Souls 2 with all the multi enemy fights. None of the enemies in the game are really that aggressive, so just because there are alot of enemies to deal with it doesn't make it unfair.

+John Russo yeah what a weird video that was

+John Russo creative bankruptcy was directed at DS3 not Bloodborne. He talkes about how much of the game is just reference to the older titles. He never speaks of the DLC.

+John Russo you are absolutelly braindead if you seriously think that

***** oh sorry man my bad yes he did say that and he is absolutelly wrong

You could say the Demon of Song is a good mirror for its area, then. A beautiful song sung by a frog demon.

yes

Same as the Cannon in Forbidden Woods in Bloodborne. Enemy uses it? Thing has sniper precision. You use it? Falls down after 3m lul...

You do use the tower to kill the worm, you just run behind it and let the tower takes shots at while you enjoy the free kill

Very late reply, but I do agree. It would also make more sense if it actually had a living giant operating it. Maybe even have one of those white trees in Smouldering Lake to give them a reason to shoot at things around it in the first place. I would've also liked if they had taken the time to give Lost Izalith its justice in DS3. What made the area bearable for me in DS1 was the lore surrounding it. As far as the DS3 version goes, you can totally skip over that. Maybe having had the Old Demon King deeper into the level would've made more sense. That way it builds up the suspense of seeing their dying society and actually regret being the one to put it out of its misery.

Same thing with unlocking shortcuts in Bloodborne, often there is only one lamp in an area, so always getting a shortcut back is so relieving and satisfying.

Or a ps5 haha

DS3 has great shortcuts but that game feels more like an action game than OG Dark Souls AND bloodborne ! so they’re a little less meaningful especially with how many bonfires are in that game

you make some good points also why is loot crate regretting their name

@@clag1109 Because people despise loot boxes/prize crates and it sounds like they're branding themselves after that (even though they probably predate them).

Exited? So you like left your house or something?

IntroExtro I can fix it if it's that important.

+SurlyAndroid Did you remember to clean up after? :D

+SurlyAndroid Just neck beard things

+IntroExtro Don't be rude, he had to watch the whole video from outside his room.

Shadow Tower 3 perhaps?

Okay but what about a goofy mech game. like metal wolf chaos

+DaS Guardians From Soft has literally already made a few very punishing sci-fi games. They're called Armored Core. They aren't the same sort of gameplay as the Souls games, and quite a few missions are easy to cheese, but going into that game blind will usually end with you in debt.

Tejan455 I meant another action RPG instead of ultra complex Armored Core style gameplay.

Goddamnit, when did Miazaki tell you that?? I already fucking told him that we will not publish or help distribute a sci-fi Dark Souls title.

Sims Dreamer this could be a difference between base game and prepare to die edition. for some reason between standard and dlc bundled versions of the game they like to rebalance some otem placements and enemy mobs (just for an example) in ds2 base game, the dull ember is inside the iron keep, in scholar of the first sin (basically ultimate edition) it's in the lost bastille about 5 min before the smith you need to give it to

Andrew Marshall I thought the only reason dark souls prepare to die edition is called that is because it was to celebrate the pc release which came free with the dlc

Nah, it released on console as a bundle too :)

Andrew Marshall I can't find any copies i don't think they released that bundle on console, just the separate dlc

sharebear421 It was released on consoles. I know because it's the version I have on PS3. EDIT: After a google search I've found out that the Prepare to Die Edition for PS3/Xbox 360 was not released on NA only Europe and I guess Japan.

Yeah, the level design there felt very lazy. It was obvious they couldn't think of anything else to fill it with.

I was disappointed it wasn't a full zone. The colours looked cool.

Visually it was certainly interesting, but still. Screw those statues.

there are a few little things (the giants etc.) but they are easy to miss and don't have any cues for those not looking for them.

Least favorite part of the whole game.

+Jabronie Johnson fuck you both. He's my Dad!

Fun fact: George is actually my mum! Hi mum!

he's my favourite deputy

+Writing on Games Well it really depends on how much he played them personally Dark Souls 1 (my first esperience with a souls game) took me over 70 hours on my first run, but now i usually go from start to finish in 3 hours (1 hour and a half if i use the "official" speedrunning route)..infact i remember the first time i tried to play the game as fast as i could: i managed to beat it in 6 hours, and it was probably only my fourth playthrough; which demonstrates that you don't have to know every possible route to beat it in an afternoon the same goes for all the other games, just took Dark souls 1 as an example once you know where to go, and have a vague of enemy placements, all games in the serie can be beaten extremely fast a week for all of them is definitely manageable, especially for George who takes gaming really seriously especially when he has to do it for work (he played POE somethin like 10 hours a day at the time to have the review done in a week) that said i'm definitely impressed on the quality of the video and it's analysis..that is indeed a lord's work : )

You get to fight multiple late game bosses to unlock ridiculously powerful weapons for intelligence and faith characters, as well as the ability to upgrade your weapon to +9 before even getting to Vordt. What are you talking about?

+KroseZ Nope.

Me neither

i love george but he really rarely bothers to check the things he thinks he remembers right

Yeah, I'm looking at the wikis (both Fandom and Fextralife) and the mosquitos don't have any item drops at all.

the mind would much rather repress certain memories. like a certain pair of archers.

+Diskhate Also, with them being invisible, I know that I personally pulled almost all of them when if I was observant I could have pulled them individually. It's a trap for people who don't take things slow

+Rc3651 agreed. I found them pretty tough my first few runs, and when I learned their locations I always pulled them to the entrance to maintain control. I'm guessing he played offline, because what I remember if that area most was the tug of war struggle to get a co-op partner and make it to Sif in one piece, against a wave of invaders, who usually find your world before you can summon somebody. It was frustrating at first, but I learned to love it.

jerric1228 Yeah, especially when you're trying to run away from an invader or two, it can get pretty hectic pretty quick :)

+Rc3651 Funny, I got the exact opposite impression from a lot of Dark Souls. It's not about going slow, per se, it's about being observant. For example, my reaction when I ran in and saw the first invisidude come at me was to turn and fight, but when more invisidudes started joining the party, my first thought was "leg it." Going back was pointless (had just spent most of my souls leveling up at the bonfire), so I only had like 2k souls on me, so I just kept rolling and ran toward the structures in the distance. Crossed the bridge, ran a bit further, and who do I find? A talking fucking cat. Joined the covenant, invaded dudes with the ring, got lots of souls. Talked to her again later because I was hopelessly lost, and what do I get? A ring that makes ME and invisidude. SWEET. I know that was kind of reductive and completely anecdotal, but the point is that Dark Souls doesn't actually punish players for running through, it punishes you for RUSHING through like you're on autopilot. Granted, playing the "running game" is incredibly risky in a Dark Souls game, but it isn't actively punished necessarily, so long as you pay attention (although I wouldn't recommend playing like that in Sen's Fortress, that place was designed to put the fear of god back into you because you know you were getting cocky by then). In fact, Dark Souls 2 was specifically designed with a faster playstyle in mind, one that doesn't rely on locking on, circle strafing, and holding the left bumper ad nauseum. This is why there are so many mobs of enemies in the game, only one class starts with a shield (and a broken sword to boot, bummer), the shields you do find are usually crappy and only reduce damage rather than block it until you hit the midgame (and by then you should have picked up on the more dodge heavy and manual camera favored mechanics), and with healing items taking a while to heal you and being kind of shit for most of the game (life gems are consumed on use, and estus requires you to not only stop entirely, but to also then wait for your health to regen at about twice the rate of a life gem). It's obvious that they don't want you getting hit, shield or no shield. That said, the Miyazaki led games tend to favor a much slower and more methodical pace, and that's not bad. It's just slower. FYI, my favorite game in the series is DS1, although I'd say that DS3 has the superior mechanics and boss design (at least most of the time), but DS1 just did the most to immerse me in its world. Also, please don't take the comments about dodging and faster playstyle as a brag, I'm really pretty bad at these games, at least until I learn them inside out. However, I just enjoy playing the style that I play, and I've found that while sword and board is certainly rewarding and a very efficient way to play the game (and even my non shield using characters have shields in their inventory for dealing with certain bullshit enemy placements or for parrying Gwyn to death), I just find that I get more out of playing the rollspamming runner with more of a focus on offense, and I've found that the games, even the first one, can reward that type of thinking from time to time. To each his own, right?

+ambrosiaplatypus Mega 64 still has the best Lootcrate advertisements on their podcast. They know how to make sponsors fun and exciting.

+Kalazar321 Mega64's are the only adverts I can tolerate.

Big Red Behelit They do go above and beyond with their improve during sponsor stuff. It's nice their sponsors pretty much let them say just about anything they want it seems.

david bowie's cool right

He mentions it in the tovg podcast

That moment felt ruined for me after you read the key description and it basically says the dude really liked spiders

There's nothing wrong with liking a poor game. Some of my favorite games of all time are far, far worse than DS 2. Like what you like. No one will ever agree that it's really good, but that doesn't matter in the end as long as you care about it.

@@drew8235 I'll argue that DS2 is really good. I think it's better than both DS1 and DS3. It has better multiplayer almost across the board. It has better balance between the different builds. It has the best NG+, and better difficulty options in general. It has tons of nice quality of life stuff like the inventory being a grid rather than a list and the left stick being used for jump instead of the run button. The bosses have more interesting and unique mechanics than the other two games, and there's just plain more of them. It has powerstancing. I could go on. I don't buy that DS2 isn't good. I also don't buy that it's "A good game just not a good Dark Souls game." It has it's flaws, but so do the other two, and I think DS2 has the best complete package of the three.

@@tylerevans4582 100% disagree. DS1's world design and bosses are a lot more consistent, plus the combat in ds2 feels janky as hell and a lot of the bosses are really cheap. It's decent, but there's no way its better than the other two.

@@ebtrax4081 I don't agree that DS1 had more consistent world/boss design. As far as world design goes, the first half of DS1 is absolutely incredible, and easily the best in the series. The individual level designs are also top notch. The second half, however, has areas that I consider the *worst* in the series. The interconnectedness that made the first half so cool is gone, and the levels themselves aren't fun to play through. Bosses have the same deal. Some are fantastic and are among the best in the series, while some are awful and are among the worst in the series. The obvious example for bad levels and bosses is the entire section beneath Quelaag's boss room. There are four bosses down there and somehow none of them are very good. Demon Ruins itself isn't terrible to walk through, but Izalith is easily the worst area in any Souls game I've played, even including Demon Souls and Bloodborne. DS2 never gets that bad. At the same time, it never gets as good as the first half in terms of world design. I think even if you prefer DS1, more consistent isn't the right word for it. It has some major peaks and valleys in quality, while DS2 stays closer to the same quality throughout. Sorry for the wall of text. I know I'm in the minority when I say I prefer DS2, but there are so many things it does better than the other games that people often don't talk about. Anyway, my main point wasn't necessarily to compare it to the other games, just to say it's a *good* game since the person I replied to said it wasn't.

I wondered why nobody mentioned that those enemies are the exact same mechanic as the Egg Carriers and their Vile Maggots in Dark Souls 1 but with actual damaging attacks because everything in Bloodborne has to be a shrieking, lurching berserker.

Ryan Home probably because the egg carriers aren’t actually something most players engage with to any degree, more just an environmental piece than anything else

The Nightmare of Mensis wasn't my favourite area at first, but when you realize that Frenzy is linked to your insight, and that you can get Frenzy Resist armour from the messengers for insight, I loved it. Its an area that requires a different playstyle to succeed, to fight in the shadows. I also found the Loran Silverbeasts to be not much of an issue, since they get chewed up by frenzy damage too, and any sweeping weapon can deal with the small dudes they spawn super easily. I like the analysis of this video, but I think my major critique with it is that Supper Bunnyhop always plays the same way, and thus, critiques the games after Dark Souls based on Dark Souls. Its interesting that he uses the same weapon shield combo for all DS games, and has an issue with the multiple enemies from DS2. DS 2 has its own issues, but I personally preferred the make space playstyle in the game. There's lots of enemies because you have to learn when to use the lock on mechanic and certain attacks. Its all about mobility, making the space to fight in, and then succeeding. Its a different kind of level design that pushes the player forward, but not in a simple way. Its why he has issues with Bloodborne's final areas, because Frenzy is a new challenge that forces the player to check there equipment, and how they engage with the game. But the Analysis is still well done.

@@filmwiebe1703 Also something that was missing that I find makes Nightmare of Mensis very interesting is that you can make the Brain of Mensis drop from the tower. Not only that, if you manage to drop from the hole it dropped, you'll first find the only Blood Rock in the main game and then you'll find it in a pitch black room unable to cause Frenzy anymore. And not only that, 'cause if you perform a specific gesture for a whole minute it will give you the best rune for farming in the game. All of this being optional.

@@Juanouo I didn't know about the gesture! Which one? I find the Nightmare of Memphis to be one of the more challenging yet beneficial areas of the game. I am excited to finish my NG+ to get to the Nightmare again.

+Rogal Dorn A man's gotta eat

There's nothing anyone can do to make Lootcrate sound good. Cut the man some slack.

+Rogal Dorn He made it cringy intentionaly. He is always like that for sponsorships. How did you not notice that? A necessery evil. EDIT: Just focus on Bowie comment for example.

+Rogal Dorn At least this month they didn't pack in a *FUCKING INFLATABLE FUCKING CROWN*. They still suck ass, though.

+Rogal Dorn dont underestimate them loot crates, dorn you might find your hands in one of those boxes ;-)

Well, I had even more because i thought it would trigger events. But after looking it up, Insight appears more or less useless, especially if playing offline. The triggered events just aren't worth it, so now i just throw Insight at the Bath Messengers for Armor Sets i will never use

@@flamerobbe5972 not really. A patch that came out 2 years ago allowed you to buy Blood Rocks for 60 insight.

@@StrikeWarlock That is true, but i didnt want to spend my insight initially. I wanted to keep it as high as possible in hopes of events. I think i had 99 going into Nightmare of Mensis and used every available item to boost my frenzy resistance. Nowadays i wouldnt consume every madman's knowledge on sight and would let them sit in my inventory until i actually wanted to spend them. The ingame description makes it sound more important than it actually is.

Yeah they should have added an npc telling you the risks of having an high insight. As far as I know no one tells you that.

Fantastic, isn't it?

I love it, but it's far from perfect. Checkpoints are a little too frequent, and some areas pretty obviously had more thought into their design than others. Mibu village is as bad as it gets, so it's not terrible, and nothing is blatantly unfinished, but it's still noticeable. Also, because you're faster and can grapple hook ledges, everything feels a whole lot smaller even though I'm pretty sure the areas themselves are about the same size as their other games. It doesn't bother me because From put a ton of time into refining the combat and enemy designs, but I'd love to see DLC or a sequel with larger, more complex levels with more shortcuts and secret areas to complement the mobility.

Since my comment, I’ve gotten all endings for Sekiro, and when thinking of it’s biggest flaws, level design is not up there. Every fromsoft game has their drops in quality, and to me, I felt the reuse of almost every optional (and some mandatory) boss multiple times is the games biggest weakness. Luckily they’re mostly optional, and it does provide opportunities to fight them again without new game plus. It did feel so lame fighting more chained ogres, jouzo’s, centipede dudes, 25 headless, 20 Sichimen warriors (obviously exaggerating a bit). I don’t expect them to have 50 bosses, and they are good fights sometimes. The main story bosses were all pretty awesome as well.

@@derekcampbell4209 I mean, they are not bosses, they are mini bosses, and in the last section you don't have to fight any of them. You can just jump past 5 mini bosses in 5 minutes. You can skip every headless, but each one give you a permanent version of the sugars. You can alsop skip every sichimen warrior I think. Only the first Ogre has to be fought. You should think of them as something in between a normal enemy and a boss.

Looking back, Sekiro's level design wasn't very good. Too linear, too short, no shortcuts. They should have made every level like Ashina Castle instead of populating them with so many minibosses

I think the DS3 Graphics are to similar to Bloodborne

Happy Touch it is the same engine so...

Pavith but I don't necessarily think having the same engine really means what you'll get will always look the same. They both look great though.

saedt then don't warp...

randomguy6679 and never level up, makes perfect sense

He used it's variant on Bloodborne as well.

Spears are better

+Chris Tauscheck i used to love spears. then i came across axes.

I still remember the "main weapons" i used in every souls game on my first run... Demon's souls: Uchigatana & Kiliji Dark Souls: Zweihander & Great axe Dark Souls 2: Winged Spear & Murakumo Dark Souls 3: Uchigatana & Short bow (I LOVE the short bow in DS3) Bloodborne: Blades of mercy & standard Saw Overall i would say that Halberds are probably the weapon i used the least in each game...i even used Fist weapons and Dragon torso (with naked punches) more than halberds and my favourite weapon type would probably be Dex based swords and Daggers ...don't hit me....

+HaohmaruHL pole. axe.

Also, you just made a video about a game with a very dedicated audience, so expect to have an inbox full of corrections about how wrong you are, even in relation to your personal opinions.

+Joshua Campbell Actually... I don't think it'll be too bad. George is very VERY good about being as unbiased as possible, and clearly states his opinions as opinions. I think we all have too much respect for George's journalistic approach to these types of videos to really expect any massive push back. I love the souls games, even if I've only finally just beaten one (DS1) earlier this year, and have only played it and Demon Souls for any length of time.. i'm one of those dedicated audience members. And while I'll admit I'm atypically way-too-logically driven than most, I still don't think most people over the age of 12 will get too hot in the gills over anything in this video.

+Joshua Campbell yeah, me and some friends were talking about this when we first played DKS3. It feels like FromSoft have gotten really, really good at making Souls games but are *sick* of making Souls games.

+Joshua Campbell a lot of the original images for the game really showed the team trying to innovate while looking pretty different from dark souls 1. the lighting was awfully different and i assume they changed a lot of stuff in those pre-release builds because of time constraints, but the game is still incredible

+Joshua Campbell I kind of agree with you man. DS3 also meets my expectations for a Souls game. But those expectations are very high, since Dark Souls is one of the best games ever made. Dark Souls 2 disappointed, but I'm really happy with how Dark Souls 3 turned out.

Right? I did the dungeons up to lvl 5 and I came out an absolute monster

With specific codes you can get highly exploitable chalice dungeons, but played normally you have to invest a lot of time before the rewards become any good

+JonesyMcDanes Well DaS2 had alot of replayability because NG+ changed stuff around by not just giving you better rings. Also the build variation was huge compared to DaS1 and DaS3, also it gets bonus points for working covernants. Design wise it was the weakest ill give you that but even DaS1 is weak when you hold it against DeS.

... No? I enjoyed my first time with it more than I enjoyed my first time with Dark Souls. Hell, I still go back to DS2 after all these years.

+JonesyMcDanes its still a fun game.

I feel like the PvP was the best it has been in DaS2.

***** Dark Souls 3 completely removed the poise system, though.

It bothered me the whole game. Most of the weapon animations (for enemies too!) felt that way as well.

The whole of Dark Souls 2 in general bothered me from start to the point I dropped it because I just cannot bring myself to play any more of it but if I'm not enjoying the game then there's really no point for me to pick it back up.

+ImperfectWeapons Feels like characters are marionettes.

+ImperfectWeapons i literally have no idea why they didnt re-use the animations from DS1 - they were all pretty damn good for humanoids...

+ImperfectWeapons aren't the sound effects also really compressed in DS2? especially when walking in grass, sounds like OoT

i didn't love them but if i had to grind echos i preferred them to killing the same dudes in the same place 10 20 1000 times

All I can say about those dungeons is: fuck cursed dungeon Amygdala, it was bullshit

@@sengiko that one is surprisingly easy. Go in solo so it's not aggroed, get behind its tail and right leg and go nuts. He'll either thrash his arms, from which you'd be safe, or he'll jump and slam, but if you stand there, his head lands right next to you and it's open season. Then get back behind him and it's just a matter of not getting squashed as you rinse and repeat

And are incredibly repetitive.

I wished there were more chalices honestly. (I’m not counting the root chalices)

+wampXs It's those even numbered dark souls games. I'm telling ya.

I agree sometimes it's better to know when to stop while things are good. Like the vid says the theme is already getting a bit stale. But i'm sure the publisher is pushing them hard to keep it going since it makes money.

thematically, they can't really do a 4. the only reason 2 happened was because they fudged the lore abit with the whole "cycles" nonsense. the canon ending for 3 is "fuck Cycles. im taking the fire for myself. fuck you. I Am Become Flame." there's not really anywhere to go from there.

+Sitruk86 there is a ton of unanswered question remaining tho.

Yep, DaS3 wasn't DeS or DaS but at least it was a Souls game, unlike DaS2. No more, please, hope they just do new games like Sekiro and Deracine.

do you mean the one @28:30? :D

Tar vyn Probably, I'm still making my way through the video, kind of stop and go at the moment, so my comment was pretty premature. But man I can't pass up any excuse to talk up Demon's Souls.

I agree. DeS is a must play for Souls fans. It was my introduction to these games and is still one of my favorites in the series probably for that reason. Also, I am still hoping for them to do a re-release of Des for current-gen. Maybe add in that broken Archstone while their at it... I know I know, wishful thinking. *Sighs*

I had a weird entry into the series. My first encounter with the Souls games comes from watching the Demons Souls trailer on On Demand, years later im on KZfaq and i stumbled upon one of Oroboros now old pvp videos and I was interested. A year later I get Demons Souls and Dark Souls at the same time for Christmas, I play hopping back and forth between them over the course of 3 months beating Dark Souls first then Demons Souls 2 weeks later. I was hooked and bought Dark Souls 2 as soon as I could. Beat it a month later, but spent over half a year to playing PVP. Now Im hopping between Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3.

Jordan Smith I can't imagine playing DeS & DaS at the same time. The funny part about my first experience with DeS is I had the same reaction that Shuhei Yoshida had with the game, you know what I'm talking about it (Lol). At least we both realized how wrong we were and now they're one of my all time favorite video games.

i think it's you that is correct, and not the video.

Sadly it is a shortcut (there's no other ways to get to the boss from any bonfire in any reasonable amount of time). Which says a lot about how shittily made DS2 was.

The lone tower bonfire is ASTOUNDINGLY far away and also requires (and I do mean REQUIRES, there's not enough space to skip them) to go through the awful gauntlet of like seven angry men with zweihanders and it takes forever. Popping in the door skips the entirety of the bastille and puts you literally one ladder away from the boss fight. Again, it just shows how shoddily DS2 was made. I guess they looked at the shortcut for the four kings in New Londo and thought "yeah, that's an acceptable design choice"

It's not a shortcut, dude. It's really not meant to be a shortcut. The bonfire run is not that bad.

I agree. Dodge the guys all the way down to the ladder then go up the ladder and you were safe.

Damn

Roger Ebert is even cooler. And deader.

That one is pure evil! o.O

+Plebeian+ Or because it "has more quantity of content". Just because it has more content sure as hell doesn't make all the content good.

+410,757,864,530 DEAD COPS As opposed to the second half of Dark Souls 1, which is generally completely anticlimactic after Anor Londo and Ornstein and Smough?? As is mentioned in this video, Lost Izalith isn't even finished, the bosses in the Catacombs are a joke, and so is Seath for the most part. Yes, the first half of Dark Souls has a nearly perfect, looping design. The worst thing you can say about Dark Souls 2 is that it has some repetitive bosses and that it doesn't loop back on itself. Neither does ANY OTHER game in the series except Dark Souls 1. All the interconnection in Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne are on a level by level basis, just like Dark Souls 2. And yes 2 doesn't do that particular element that well. But it more than makes up for it in variety and build choices.

+Plebeian+ I see more Miyazaki fanboys if anything. They'll dismiss anything you say regarding the positives of DS2. It may not be my favorite souls game but it had the best pvp even with soul memory imo

+Plebeian+ It's odd: I've gotten so bitter with the direction of the Souls series after 2 that I might in some ways resemble the 'Miyazaki fanboy' critic. I do think DS2 is probably my favorite of the Dark Souls series--though my overall favorite Souls game is Demon's Souls--and most of the arguments people make for DS2 being inferior could be easily used to argue that Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3 are worse. I dunno, I think both sides have gotten a bit too used to their positions.

+Plebeian+ Oh, boy. Soul memory.. I agree. Dark Souls 2 feels like the game in beta. They even rearranged the enemies.

+CakeOG tomato tomato

But.. isn't it.. tomato tamoto?

+Derper 5000 Tomato Toemahto

Indeed, however it likely wasn't intended by the developers to use weapon arts for that purpose.

+FinalDragoon star wars souls.

Armored Core Souls.

+FinalDragoon "shrug" I'd play it.

+FinalDragoon No man... What if the next souls took place in a Greek setting? Roman? Egyptian? My body is ready. Although sci-fi would be awesome, I'm having a hard time picturing what the game would be like? Sci-Fi with melee weapons? Ya, we've seen that Light Sabers work, but other than that, I can't really imagine it. Although I'm 100% sure FromSoft can pull it off and gift us with more cryptic brilliance.

+FinalDragoon Dark Souls Maker

+berbon ayeaye That's because it doesn't happen. I can see how he might have made this mistaken assumption though. Maybe, one time, he received a moss clump from a toxic dart guy suffering a fatal fall at the same time as he was delivering the killing blow to a mosquito. Maybe.

+berbon ayeaye You're right, they absolutely do not drop them.

in the prepare to die edition they drop

No they don't. They only drop souls.

Yeah they drop from the bushy tree guys in darkroot right? At least that's were I farmed them if I remember correctly.

Oh man, those are the best ones of all!

Miyazaki decided to be an asshole the day he decided where those 2 Archers should be

+Hemang Chauhan nice idea! but im not sure how theyd avoid the fantasy-horror theme

peter keleher I AM talking about horror-fantasy, but in an Indian setting. I'm just thinking of a way to make it fresh and original (like Bloodborne)

That sounds amazing

+Hemang Chauhan A Japanese narrative take on Indian mythology and architecture would be extremely exciting. Look at what they did with European mythos! I think your idea would be *my* favorite of the future From Soft projects.

Jifftastic Ghozt Someone tweet Miyazaki :P

Gitting gud might be a long process but don't give up. I almost gave up in Tower of Latria; I've platinumed the game twice afterwards.

+TotallyToonsTV You should restart your play through and give it another shot. Any souls veteran can do what he did, + Demon's Souls in far less time.

+TotallyToonsTV that is sad if true

+TotallyToonsTV I've beaten Dark Souls 3 the day it came out .-. and the first time I saw 4 kings, I first tried it. and Gwyn too. Dark Souls isn't hard, you just need patience.

What a fantastic horrible place that was. I got Demon's back at release but rage quit when i hit Flamelurker. Gonna have to pay him a re-visit soon.

+Gnomey Gnomeson And from the eather a melody sprung forth as hundreds of angels sang in unison: "Du du du du du du du duuu pling!". And the stars formed the image of a giant bunny winking at the shepards.

Glad to see you're loving Bloodborne, it's my personal favorite out of the three. What part are you at?

a critical close up of bloodborne would be amazing.

+TheDeliciousMystery I've yet to play Bloodbourne but from what I've seen, it will probably be my favorite too. I like the art style and I like the idea of faster combat. Dark Souls and Demon's Souls are two of my favorite games yet Dark Souls 3 looks really generic to me.

+TheDeliciousMystery Got way into eldritch horror (Lovecraft) around the time of Bloodborne and I saw all of Berserk plus have been collecting the manga just before DkS3, both games thematically came at the right time for me but I think that Bloodborne is better, never really felt that builds were a problem, I seriously preferred being able to wield everything in one play. I finally got to using heavy equipment at the end of my second run for DkS3 but it was too late, love the game but had enough at that point. Mostly used Artorias' sword and armor, in Bloodborne I frequently switched between different weapons, a lot more fun that way.

+Koalasonfire that's the only thing you can do tho and even that requires you cheese the boss untill you're strong enough. and by that point you're already pretty much at the point were you unlock Lothric Castle anyway.

The level design of the dlc was much better than the base game. I however found the fighting to be tedious. Nothing but groups of 3-6 enemies that have a lot of health, have infinite poise (I used ultra great swords and couldn't stun shit), and have infinite stamina. Add in the absolute bullshit npc invades and it was just tedious (npc invaders were like mini bosses with infinite stamina, several thousand HP, and infinite spells if they used spells).

+MGlBlaze I must mention, the DLCs are my favorite part of DaS 2. Ivory king over the others, it felt more grandiose, at least plot and design wise. You should give it a chance. The shaded woods I found amazing the first time through, but since, each time I cross it, it feels too short, and filled with unused potential, but I love it. I guess the only fault I find there is that I wanted more of it than there was.

+MGlBlaze felt the same way. I quit ds2 and didnt bother going into ng because I just hated it. But then my friend got the game and bought me scholar of the first sin to coop with him and the dlc ~kinda~ rescues it. I hated the pvp most, so that will never change, but the level quality of the dlc is so great, buying ds2 without it is an outright scam. ds2 non-sotfs shouldn't have existed at all.

+MGlBlaze The gutter was actually the only area of the base game of DS2 I thought was good, didn't care much for the dlc either however I didn't end up playing the sunken king stuff.

I agree with your assessment about the poison statues and the toxic snipers. I like the Shaded Woods as well as it was the only area in the entirety of DS2 that gave me pause and one of the few areas where an enemy killed me. I one or two shot every boss. I died very little in DS2. Mostly to falls, honestly. Falls when jumping for an item :/ I don't like DS2's level design, but I'm going to play the DLC regardless.

+Gustavo Davalillo One of the most thrilling and exciting moments for me was fighting the Watchdogs of the old Lords in the defiled chalice. One of the hardest things in that game and it sucks many people don't get to it.

+Gustavo Davalillo Chalice Dungeons are definitely a mixed bag. They can get stale and repetitive, especially if you have multiple characters that you want to use in PvP (meaning you have to farm good gems from the dungeons). Still, the Chalice Dungeons represent the hardest challenge that the game can offer you, and there is some unique content to be had.

They really should've just used those bosses and put them in the main game and used the effort into making the chalice dungeons into more levels.

I had way more fun with the Chalice Dungeons than I expected to. I think they worked because Bloodborne is the only Souls game where the combat is so tight and fun on its own that it doesn't need level design and lore to be satisfying. It definitely benefits from those things, but I had a lot of fun experimenting with different weapon combinations and honing my skills against the bosses in CDs. In fact, I don't think I truly appreciated the nuance of the game's combat until I had beaten the Defiled and Loran chalices, along with the DLC.

Yeah and then the defiled dungeon came along and I had to fight Amygdala a total of 172 times to beat her once. I hated the dungeons they were not challenging they just kept sending enemies at you. Also those big dog enemies were retarded.

+Daniel Hernandez it's the reason I bought a PS4, and I don't regret it. Bloodborne is as big a selling point for that console as Zelda is to Nintendo imo....

It is amazing. Best one in the series. I feel for ya.

It really is't though, don't be fooled

+Daniel Hernandez Oh no a console has an exclusive. Not like that's ever been a thing before or isn't smart business practice.

+Daniel Hernandez It is amazing....almost as good as heroin. I bought a ps4 just for bloodborne but ended up selling it for private reasons. But while I had it it was super addicting, kinda like heroin. Do you have any heroin?

+Blimblam I would also accept a super hero soulsbourne where the super heroes are the bad guys ruining your take over the world scheme.

+Blimblam Using Armored Cores?

Nah armored core is its own thing. I want something new.

+Blimblam Good thing Miyazaki also wants that. A Space Mecha soulsborne game would be kinda neat.

Miyasaki said he was interested in that. Here's hoping it happens!

oh :(

Yeah, I feel ya.

+Emanicas its the best souls game hands down!

+Emanicas Demon souls tu gud for George He's not praising the umbasa

+Emanicas KEEP CALM AND PRAISE UMBASA

thalamay The DLC bosses were all so badass. Especially Gale.

You sure you dont mean DS2? because that game is really hated by the comunity. On the other hand comunity loves DS3 in fact there has been so many passionate debates if DS1 or DS3 is the best souls game and mocking the other one. In my opinion its mostly dependent on the first title you played not because of nostalgia, but because the game sets your standards and expectations from the series. People who started demons and DS1 do have a huge appreciation of the world, imersion, general pve, atmosphere and of course story, DS3 is mostly about the bosses. With that being said what DS3 really lacks in its gameplay is variety. Yeah sure enemies do have a huge amount of attacks and feel very different, its all about pressing the roll button and avoiding it all. Bosses are completely the same... just keep pressing the roll button untill you can attack. Sure some people might say its what these games are about. However, bosses and areas in demons souls or dark souls were or sometimes even in bloodborne not about "lets learn this guys moveset and learn roll timings" but it was about "lets figure out the best way to take him down". Bosses like Phalanx, Maiden Astrea, Fools Idol, Pinwheel, Gaping dragon, Quelaag, Gwyndolin, Micolash, Amygdala, Celestial Emisary... have all certain gimicks you have to figure out and feel completely different to Gael, DSA, ODK, Vordt, Gundyr, Pontif... dudes in armour just starts to get all samy. Not to mention that you have way too much i frames on your rolls so its too easy to avoid attacks and most of the time you can disregard roll direction completely. On the other hand this limits your ability to punish enemy attacks and you have way less openings then youd have in bloodborne for example. This results in a very deffensive dodgefest most of the time. Some people might like this but personally dont enjoy this type of combat. Lastly the most talked about issue of DS3 is that it coppies so much content from all 4 games without adding much to it nor does it have any original content what so ever. While some of them are cool easter eggs, most of them are just in way too big chunks to not be annoying. Like Storm ruller, Boletarian palace clone, Latria clone, valley of defilement clone, anor londo clone, another painted world, lady maria clone, living failures clone, fume knight clone, gwyn clone, artorias clone, maiden in black clone... I guss you get the point. So all in all DS3 is a very good game but it has just way too many issues to be the best one. Id say that all of the dark souls sequels are worse then the three fromsoft original titles: demons souls, dark souls and bloodborne.

FINs_empire Your opinion is exactly what I was referring to when calling my love for DS3 heresy. I’ve been following the community and most old school fans of the series were ripping on DS3. Mainly for the story, but also level design. Criticising the combat is a bit of an outlier though, I haven’t heard that before, in fact, this is usually where everybody loves DS3. At least partially, it sounds a bit like you have an issue with PvP. Since I‘m not into PvP at all, I don’t have an informed opinion on that topic. I always turn off all online features. Anyway, DS3 is one of my all time favourite games. I respect other people‘s criticism, but for me it is pretty much the perfect game.

@@thalamay ds3 has the best level design of them all, not even close.. Not the best world design but the best intralevel design, it has the best bosses, don't know what this guy is saying aha talking about ds1 bosses aha they suck except O&S and Artorias.. dragonslayer armor is better than the whole roster of ds1 and ds2 bosses. Ds3 has thank god the warping ability available from the beginning but that came from ds2. ds3 has the perfect lenght and even its dlcs! speaking of wich... Friede Midir and Gael are why we all here talking about from software masterpieces

Aside from Izalith lmao.

chrissk08 That's the thing isn't it? It seems like Souls 1 is the only souls game that connects most areas together which is something Souls 2, 3 & Bloodborne (from what I played) doesn't do.

+chrissk08 to be completely honest, there're only two really interconnected areas in DS3. Lothric Castle and the Cathedral of the Deep. Especially the Cathedral, I, personally, unlocked the shortcuts in the castle, but never really used them, except for the last right near the boss. The Garden is kinda small and the shortcut leads you to some of the most BS enemies in the game, the other areas are just..open fields with some branching,

Yeah lol it's called Does not open from this side Souls for a reason. Yet despite the over use of one way door shortcuts it still feels like there is too many bonfires. Cathedral of the Deep though was a solid level that approached original DS1 levels of efficient connected level design.

DS2-3 and bloodborne never gave me that feeling of "where am I?" DS1 and Demon Souls did a great job of making these impossible changes to landscape one of the best in my opinion being descending the tree from blight town to a well lit underground beach with archtrees. I always knew where I was in relation to the other areas in DS2-3 and Bloodborne. Don't let it sound like a negative to those games they're still really good, but I prefer being lost and bewildered :)

The voice.

AzureSymbiote Hey, look who it is!

mooganify It's a me, Micolash!

AzureSymbiote 😂

so

+Gord Lord it doesnt logically make sense

+DarkEffigy Yeah, that's one of those video game logic things that only the most butt kissing, blind fanboys would defend. It was specially cringe worthy in DSII with the Shrine of Winter.

+Sannidor It's funny because you can climb obstacles in Demon's souls. Discharded stuff in the sequels for unknown reason.

+Sannidor from a designers perspective it makes it easier to make interesting routes when the player cannot expect to climb everywhere, else you have to have boring walls everywhere making the game seem like a corridor built only to guide the player, or you get a completely different game because it has to be designed differently. although you can jump some places

Hatt Hanz souls 3 probably has the longest levels. Bonfires have always been just checkpoints.

The reason you no longer feel relief from seeing a bonfire is because you've gotten really good at souls games, because in actuality, the distance between ds3 bonfires and ds1 bonfires is about the same.

It's not terrible, but yeah, none of the levels in ds3 can even compare to going through the entirety of blight town. From the very beginning after the gaping dragon to fighting the spider lady (I forget her name) that level was ridiculously big both in verticality and its horizontal space when you got to the bottom.

Tamatzu blighttown is overrated.

TheShapesnatch no, I didnt feel that at all with Bloodborne. But even so, if its because i have gotten good, then al the more reason that DS3 does nothing new to surprise me

yep

I actually like it too :c I always make sure to light every single torch on the area

Lighting every sconce in the area is pretty neat. Also memorating the place by heart and invading there felt great. By the time I would've invaded a poor sod the third time there, I'd take the time to lead them through the level. That place is quite enjoyable once you get used to it

My favourite area in DS 2. That long decent and then black gulch. Love it to bits. Blighttown (even in remastered with 60 fps) is my least favourite. Also I have fallen to death so many times in DS 1 because I got stuck on some invisible thing or got the camera turned forcefully. Guess experiences are different :)

yeap