Even though it was my 500th time hearing it, this line made me tear up after beating Astraea the first time Like…. Sorry, Thomas, but I’ve long since lost that heart :’(
@@Joey_zaff17 there's stamina in demon's souls so you can see true king allant attack you at least once. You can just spam r1 on mist noble and he never attacks.
After firing the two harpoons into the Dragon God, I didn't know he still had fire breath while knocked down. I was low on health and attacked him and died. Had to start all over again.
Lol same.. I was so pissed because i became inpatient and kept dying to get back to that point. I shot him with arrows after because I didn’t want to chance it the second time.
I wish they would give us more info about elden ring but it’s also because they worked on this before elden ring was announced and it’s from a diffrent company and they changed almost nothing other then graphics so not surprising
On NG++ I actually died to True King Allant. His one swipey attack clicked me and put my health bar into the recycle bin. I had to take a cold shower after that.
As much as I like the bosses in the later games, I appreciate that each boss in this game can be taken on in a unique way, rather than just whittling down their health bar while dodging attacks.
I wish that in combination with your prescribed creativity, they were also difficult. As unique as the bosses were, I found myself yearning for FromSoftware’s newer boss designs, while repetitive in the way you kill them, they’re undoubtedly designed better, with more complexity and flare sprinkled in.
Later games have bosses like this. Bed of Chais, Ceaseless Discharge, Iron Golem, Executioner's Chariot, Ancient Wyvern, Curse-Roted Greatwood, Highlord Wolnir and probably some more are all bosses that can be defeated in unique ways.
@@Aetumn12what is the definition of a gimmick boss to you? Just a boss that isn’t roll-spam? That’s incredibly close-minded. Just because a boss has slightly different mechanics from dodging and counter-attacking over and over again, it does not make it a gimmick boss
Just remembered the first time I fought the adjudicator, I literally looked up a guide on how to kill him while dodging him with my other hand, good times lol
i noticed the weird sound and yellow bird, take out the bow and arrows I bring abundant to murder those damn rays and accidentally got the trophy, I didnt even know he can fall down until watching others play.
imagine if they did the same thing with a dark souls remake! Can you imagine those physics on Quelaag!?! XD (Also, if they were to remake dark souls, I would want them to actually finish the demon ruins and lost izalith sections. Plus a real witch of izalith boss fight AFTER the bed of chaos. (You would basically kill the bed of chaos, and then fight an optional boss, which is the witch of izalith as this fiery being that is half made of fire and half made of that wood stuff that the bed of chaos is made of. Might even give her a fire whip for the fight!))
The visual and audio design of the king of storms fight is some next level stuff. By far the most next (current?) gen thing I’ve played so far. Can’t wait to see what this means for Elden ring.
Super hype for elden ring but Demons souls remake reminds me that games can be much better on a nicer engine, this looks better than any souls game and Miyazaki has been credited saying that elden ring will just run on the traditional havoc engine. Kinda lame I wish they’d go for more like blue point did
@@capellozapellini6074 the ammount of work that blue point must have put into the graphics has to be insane and probably only possible because of how small Demon's souls is compared to other games. every other souls game has tobe at least twice as big, probably 4-8 times bigger and elden ring is set to be even bigger so it's really not feasible. that said, yes graphically it will be a let down.
@@damp2269 also, bluepoint could put all their resources into building a beautiful game, since they didn't have to do actual developing. not to undersell their effort, just that miyazaki has to start from scratch with elden ring, unlike bluepoint.
That jump backward, though. He trapped me in the corner (read: I let myself be trapped in the corner) and then jumped on me a few times. Yes, I actually died to him.
i'm a noob to demon's souls and i loved the remake. your rankings match mine pretty closely, however the real #1 hardest boss is the run to the old hero. i went pure melee since it's almost always what i do in souls games, and i actually thought i would never make it to that boss. it took me so many tries just to get to the boss fog that i'm not at all ashamed to admit i looked up the strategy for the boss itself so i'd never have to subject myself to that torture again 😂
Fr, those "EL NACHOS" waiting for you with giant MACHETES was a real pain to get through. I kept luring 1 with a bow before taking the other but kept dyong cuz of the stingrays THAT STING
First time I got killed by an elevator in WoW, it was in a new raid so the party almost wiped. Waiting for the elevator only to suddenly die was one of the funniest things ever.
I found that it's not that the bosses are difficult. It's just the path and enemies you go through to go to the bosses are hard since the only way to get a checkpoint/bonfire/archstone here is to beat a boss.
@@gb5164 ye it was the first one tho and you played the remaster with smooth gameplay, it was much more difficult with the old clunky gameplay. Tbh the game was harder when you went full dark world and character tendency and fought the NPCs, this was 100x more difficult than any bossfight in the game. Sleen Vinland, Satsuki and Lord Rydell were difficult to beat like that. Especially Sleen cuz you had to fight her in the poison/mud level.
What I really like about Demon's Souls is how certain bosses are the hardest, for certain classes. In my OG DeS play, Maneater was tough, but I died only once with my Bow focused character, and that death was my own a slip(off a ledge). And in the Remake, well. I went mage, and flame-broiled them. But for melee focused characters, Maneater is a tear eater. False King in contrast, is much harder for my ranged characters, as he covers distance like a Flash villain. I like this, as this plays into one of DeS's greatest strengths, in that, you choose your path, and boss order. And everyone's ends up being slightly different as they play towards their character's strengths.
one thing i noticed in this is that a lot of the bosses can be easily bested with bows and magic, but going in with a melee build is almost like handicapping yourself
@@jeremybk54 Demon's Souls better split the RPG paths than Dark Souls. What I mean, is you can main a spell caster or bow, and actually mostly spellcast or bow. Dark Souls in contrast, started to focus it's combat much more on being a shield & "sword" fighter first, and your "class" just augments that. Magic is still strong, but with its limited casts, you rely on your magic scaling weapon more. And the bow is just a support weapon for a dex build. And Bloodborne is its own beast. Focusing much more on aggressive gameplay, and is more defined by the weapon you use, than the skill tree you focus on.
"That's an amazing idea. Let's also add like very obscure looking pillars that don't seem to look quite like cover but due so the player has extreme anxiety sneaking around"
Finally played through this one, never having played the original. Awesome experience. Nice to finally be able to watch videos like this without spoiling my experience
I honestly think it might be intentional! Every boss in this game is so satisfying to kill, regardless of their difficulty, because it feels like you’re triumphing over the whole level. Like, sure, Adjudicator is a pushover. But, I still popped off when I killed him first try, because it meant I wouldn’t have to make the long, hard trek through 4-1 again. Every boss is like this, more of less! I think it’s a really interesting approach to the bosses that I kinda wish would get revisited
@@karabirb I thought I must have missed a shortcut in 4-1, checked out YT and it turns out there is a skip you can do to bypass most of the level, not sure how intentional it is (you can roll from one of the towers on the castle wall into the area close to the boss).
Just finished my first playthrough! Absolutely loved it! Was a veteran of other FromSoftware games, but never went back to Demon's Souls. I didn't love the weapon upgrade system, but overall brilliant game!
fools idol is easier than portrayed here. You can simply lock onto each idol, the one that doesnt have a small health bar is the real one. The traps are shown for a few seconds as well when the clones are being made. Its not very long but it should be enough time to find a path that connects most of them.
Can't wait to play this remake myself. Don't mind watching this before playing because spoilers don't exist when you beat the original umpteen million times. :p
I usually don't like when remakes change the feel, atmosphere and presentation of OG bosses. But the Storm king is an exception. The fight was much more intense and badass in the remake.
This really shows me how the souls games are different for everyone. Personally for my first play through, things like Armored Spider were easy to me even without the arrow spam cheese beating it on my first try, but something like the adjudicator causing me lots of trouble and multiple attempts to get past.
For me flamelurker was the hardest, I needed like 20+ tries to kill him, on the other hand, I defeated old king allant in my first try, all his attacks are easy to dodge.. For maneater I needed like 4-5 tries, if you can kill the first one quickly, it's a lot easier, and if you fight in the center you won't risk falling down
Depends on which NG+ you're on I think. On max NG+ every boss is a joke compared to Flamelurker and Maneater Allant isn't even close to being close to being close.
Flamelurker and Maneater were the only bosses that I had to try more than once. Flamelurker because I underestimated him, Maneater because I died more often to gravity.
I went into the Old King Gallant fight blind, having never gotten to him in the original demon's souls. He destroyed me three or four times in a row, making me think he was a truly challenging boss. Then I realized that all you need to do is stay medium to long range, let him do his dash attack, dodge it and hit him in the back a few times. There is literally no danger fighting him this way since you only have to contend with one attack.
yeah that was my experience too, but it's still a fun and fair fight compared to some trashy boss that you dont even have to figure out because it is so obvious
I fully believe that armored spider is that difficult, but when I got to it my arachnophobia kicked in, I was GRIPPING my controller so tight and somehow managed to beat it first try. Thank fucking god for that I mighta quit if i had to do it twice 😭
To be fair with false king Allant, When he drains a soul level it leaves all the souls it took for that level in your bloodstain, Just something neat and interesting with that~
@@harshitrakhiani8833 yep, it takes one soul level away but puts all the souls used for that level into your blood stain, it was insane when used with the lucky coin glitch on launch
I fought the Flame Lurker, Dragon God, and Man Eater as my 3rd, 5th, and 6th bosses in this game...... No wonder it felt so unfair, I was definitely fighting them too early
A correction here. Maiden Astraea absolutely will fight you, or at least attack you. If you don't talk to her after killing Garl Vinland but attack her instead, she will use God's Wrath on you.
@@constancekueffert6438 in the original the four directional roll made it so much more stressful, i was constantly paranoid my character would roll off even though I wasn’t trying to roll sideways
Heh phalanx is my favorite boss in the game. Simply because he reminds me of nightmare from dmc and seeing him now in all his remade glory just makes me happy. Also great video!
@@bobdole3157 I realize it is because this game is so needlessly convoluted on the upgrade scaling. It is pitiful damage and that was the real problem.
@@gradualpull2171 I’m glad I played a souls game but I’ve come away thinking they are difficult, flawed, but really charming games. Don’t know if I’ll end up playing another in the series.
@@bobdole3157 bloodborne is definitely the best experience. I recommend that one and DS3 for a modern experience that isn't so heavily against the player.
@@gradualpull2171 thanks for the recommendation. I liked demon souls atmosphere and lore, and grew to enjoy the combat and movement. That said I felt the difficulty was punishing in weird spikes. I would get good for a while and then random portions of the game would just come in and destroy me. I’d get good again though. I just beat it last weekend for the first time. Only then with the help of someone to get past the last boss.
It's awesome seeing you back at it DMOD, the thing with Demon's Souls I think sets it apart from Dark Souls has always been and will always be it's world design. The choice to go with stages rather than an interconnected world allowed them to create some of the most intricate levels in all of gaming and I never get sick of it. I think 4-3 was definitely the best looking stage in the remake, the storm effects and the way Storm King moves is breathtaking. Hardest boss for me? Flamelurker this time around, I think the updated frame rate actually made it a lot harder for me to respond to his attacks and he kept piling damage though it was still a great boss fight.
I just got this game last week and I absolutely loved it. The overall bosses weren’t difficult in my opinion but they were unique in their own way. The hardest part of the game was just the lack of check points you get and literally the damn tendency 😭😭😭. But overall demon souls ps5 is a much get if you love soulsbourne or wanna get into the community. I finished the game with the moonlight faith build.
I'm playing demon souls remake finally and I'm amazed at how different it is than my first playthrough back on PS3. I must have spent 20 hours getting through the first few parts of bullet area and I didn't last night without a death until tower knight. Knowing how these games work really changes how you approach them. It's still a great game but nothing can compare to the Wonder and send some exploration the first time you play a soul's game
Watching this video, I suddenly realized how much my opinion has changed since 2012 when I first played Demon’s Souls. I used to find Leechmonger really difficult but now he’s embarrassingly easy. Vanguard used to be difficult for me but now I beat him 9 times out of 10. I used to have to cheese Armor Spider, but not anymore. I haven’t played the remake yet, because the PS5 costs like $1700 if you wanna buy one online, but I’m guessing my opinion will change even more. God I fucking love Demon’s Souls.
@@some15thcenturygermanknigh15 it’s weird. I never played og but I cake walked every boss but maneaters. Maneaters took me 5-6 tries and I did all the others in 1
Yeah! I love this game’s boss roster for that. I understand why gimmick bosses have more or less died out in modern souls games, but they’re always a favorite of mine. Demon’s Souls has some real gems
An interesting idea might be to do another playthrough where you fight the bosses in order of your difficulty from easiest to hardest where possible. This would mean you have to go to 5-1 after 1-1, then 5-2, then all of world 3, and so on. I'd be curious if your ranks change.
I like to think that all the new ost tracks you used in the background are the ones you liked, I get why people don’t like it, but it honestly sounds so good I can’t hate it
I think the Penetrator was easy. I did sweat a bit, but my trick was to check on which side he's rising his sword. If he raises it on his right, he's gonna do a delayed attack. If it's on his left, it's a fast one.
NG+ really made me appreciate every single boss battle. Man, the Adjucicator killed me in a single hit, even with 35 vitality. And so did the tower knight, with the spear swipe.
Haven’t reached the end yet but Flamelurker was the hardest for me. I attempted him when I first got to 2-1 and quickly realized I need to play much more of the game to go toe to toe with him. So I went and played all of the x-1 levels, came back to Flamelurker and he was still kicking my ass. I got so good at getting down those platforms from all the times I died. I later realized the trick with having a magic weapon and that he’s slightly weaker to blunt damage so equipped a mace that also has a magic attack, it was still painful but eventually I got it
The only bosses I've struggled with have been Flamelurker and False King Allant. I'm sure that will change over time as I continue changing my build orders.
Actually they DID increase leechmonger and dirty colossus’s defense and health, so both last longer than they did the original. Sadly this only matters if you defeat them earlier than DeMod did.
I personally hate the Dragon God fight . Took me way to long to beat him even knowing what his gimmick is . Just constant unknowing what pillars are safe and what wasn't until it was too late
It made the entire thing insufferable. You’re just at the whim of whatever ambiguous level design the designers came up with. No skill. No strategy. A literal waste of our time.
@@TheFloodFourm way too much time wasted dealing with that ass, but I'm glad Fromsoft became alot better with stealth stuff today because damn did Dragon God suck ass
Just making my way through the game for the first time at the moment and man, does this video make me feel vindicated for still being stuck on the Maneater fight. I just can't seem to get the hang of it, no matter how hard I try. Thought it was just me for a while, but this ranking definitely makes me feel better lol. Great vid as always!
Penetrator is such a cool boss that I feel is placed too late in the game. By the time I fought him, he wasn't a challenge at all cause I already was at SL60
Gotta say, I found the Armor Spider extremely tough. Granted, this is my first time playing DS but sometimes dodging the webs can be tricky and the fireballs can wreck your shit.
You can pull the skellies in 4-1 one by one which makes them way easier to handle. And then the 2nd Vanguard demon can be lured into the pit to cheese him real quick.
Playing through NG+, I found False Idol to be a total bitch. The Dragonbone Smasher bounces off of anything in her vicinity, and walking into one of her traps is an instant death because you're standing there for like four hours, giving them all time to pummel you with spells. This is coming from someone who just beat Maneater without getting hit.
well, you see...ds1r is just a texture update...and not even a good one at that. The demon soul's remake is an actual remake. despite the outdated bullshit here and there.
@@dragonslayermasterornstein83 but after all that. The PS2 version of DeS STILL has superior feel and atmosphere to the remake, and to all other souls games. BB came close but original DeS hasn't been beaten yet :)
As far as I loved the original and I’m absolutely loving the remake as I’m playing it right now, I would never say it’s the best Souls game. DeS bosses simply can’t compare to the other games bosses.
Great ranking! Phalanx was way harder for me in the remake, I actually died; in the original I steamrolled him so hard I didn’t even realize it was a boss, just thought it was more shield enemies.
This was my first souls game. I died SO many times to maneater that u ended up saving him for last, right before Penetrator. I went into it blind and chose a magician and used magic with the falchion crescent. When I went back, I used the big fire spell (firestorm?) And I had put so much into magic at that point that it did just about a full health bar (like 95%). I liked using magic, but it really limited me in terms of what shield I could have since I had like no strength and the false king boss was brutal since I did so little damage using a falchion. Very tough game but I'm so glad I finally played and beat a souls game
@@issi5299 months on i know yet agree one of the hardest bosses unless u take the cowards way out and stay on right hand side after entering fog and just spam with arrows 😂
I'd like to play Spider-Man Miles Morales and Cyberpunk 2077 to close out the year, but I'm more likely to do video essay style videos for those. Check my Top 10 Upcoming Games video for a list of what I'm looking forward to! th-cam.com/video/-x_cvHjcxcg/w-d-xo.html
This list is pretty accurate. If only because it was easiest for me to get summoned for the top 7 or so. Always happy to lend a hand in jolly cooperation.
If you consider this game and dark souls 1 through the guise of a new player’s puzzle to solve, the gimmicks are good, and if anything a lot more creative than roll spam bosses in elden ring that have no puzzle to solve, only dodging.
You have a heart of gold. Don’t let them take it from you.
Breaks my heart hearing that whenever I’m planning on going for a evil playthrough
@Keknov
Boring
He’s worried sick 🥺
Even though it was my 500th time hearing it, this line made me tear up after beating Astraea the first time
Like…. Sorry, Thomas, but I’ve long since lost that heart :’(
@@cobaltundead he's a monster that left his wife and daughter to be chained up to the side of the gate tower.
“True King Allant remains the easiest boss to FromSoft’s name”
Mist Noble: “...and I took that personally”
Well.... He counts as a mini-boss doesn't he?
Yeah at least True King Allant makes an *attempt* to attack you
@@BigMac87963 mist noble makes attempts they’re just so pitiful that they don’t count
@@Joey_zaff17 there's stamina in demon's souls so you can see true king allant attack you at least once. You can just spam r1 on mist noble and he never attacks.
Mist noble is a mini boss
It’s impossible to describe the amount of happiness I’m experiencing to see another new souls video in 2020 from Demod.
i missed it
my thoughts exactly
wait... i know you
there’s no mistake, you’re a wanted man! Give up now or face the wrath of the law!
im experiencing the same kind of happiness reading a comment from the Solitude Guard in 2021
"It makes you wonder what drives you to kill the bosses "
Me: I just paid 595 dollars, I'm gonna see the end
@@meshman4236 I got so good at ds1 that I can speedrun it without dying once but I have yet to beat ds2 or ds3 even though I want to very badly
@@anarchistchicken437 idk why but i dont like ds2 i played it just 5 minutes but ive already finished and amazed with other souls games
@@Rchigo yeah I hate ds2 so much and ds3 has the hardest bosses at the beginning
@@anarchistchicken437 dark souls 3 is stupid easy lol
I just had to pay 799 today lol
After firing the two harpoons into the Dragon God, I didn't know he still had fire breath while knocked down. I was low on health and attacked him and died. Had to start all over again.
Lol same.. I was so pissed because i became inpatient and kept dying to get back to that point. I shot him with arrows after because I didn’t want to chance it the second time.
Man dragon God is annoying...I beat him after multiple tries
@@harshitrakhiani8833 easy once you know his pattern
@@saupty true bro
dragon god is easy, just focus on where he's looking
It was announced a year after elden ring yet it came out 10 centuries before
Pain
I think we are slowly going to get Elden Ring News After demon Souls.
cause its a remake
I wish they would give us more info about elden ring but it’s also because they worked on this before elden ring was announced and it’s from a diffrent company and they changed almost nothing other then graphics so not surprising
Nah it's because grr Martin can't finish anything.
The hardest boss: Getting a Ps5
Got mine 4 days after release and only took 40 minutes on playstation direct, I would argue it was pretty easy.
@@AndrewB23 You are one in a thousand.
I was lucky and got it day one
I got it back in September. First try
It makes me want to cry how hard it is to get one
On NG++ I actually died to True King Allant. His one swipey attack clicked me and put my health bar into the recycle bin. I had to take a cold shower after that.
he has certainly bested me a few times, but play this as much as i did back in the day its bound to happen.
I first beat him for my dad when I was 11 not joking
@@squalinator daaamn boy your father is a true gamer!
@@squalinator you are now his dad
Comment of the year
As much as I like the bosses in the later games, I appreciate that each boss in this game can be taken on in a unique way, rather than just whittling down their health bar while dodging attacks.
I wish that in combination with your prescribed creativity, they were also difficult.
As unique as the bosses were, I found myself yearning for FromSoftware’s newer boss designs, while repetitive in the way you kill them, they’re undoubtedly designed better, with more complexity and flare sprinkled in.
Later games have bosses like this. Bed of Chais, Ceaseless Discharge, Iron Golem, Executioner's Chariot, Ancient Wyvern, Curse-Roted Greatwood, Highlord Wolnir and probably some more are all bosses that can be defeated in unique ways.
You mean gimmick bosses?theyre almost always some of the worst bosses in soulsborne lol
@@Aetumn12what is the definition of a gimmick boss to you? Just a boss that isn’t roll-spam? That’s incredibly close-minded. Just because a boss has slightly different mechanics from dodging and counter-attacking over and over again, it does not make it a gimmick boss
Just remembered the first time I fought the adjudicator, I literally looked up a guide on how to kill him while dodging him with my other hand, good times lol
That’s the improved version of menuing mid fight
i noticed the weird sound and yellow bird, take out the bow and arrows I bring abundant to murder those damn rays and accidentally got the trophy, I didnt even know he can fall down until watching others play.
holy shit just finished demons souls today and did exactly the same thing on adjudicator xD
I just shot arrows from above in his head.
I can't beat him !! 😤 im ng+ and pure black tendency, even with summons and help i still can't 😂
Oh well. The time has come, Ashen Ones. This is the most anticipated video of 2020
It is indeed
Yeah I agree
Facts
yq ive been waitin for this one
For who?
Vanguard has jiggle physics now. What a time to be alive!
Is that a mxr reference
I thought it was from two minute papers 😂
imagine if they did the same thing with a dark souls remake! Can you imagine those physics on Quelaag!?! XD
(Also, if they were to remake dark souls, I would want them to actually finish the demon ruins and lost izalith sections. Plus a real witch of izalith boss fight AFTER the bed of chaos. (You would basically kill the bed of chaos, and then fight an optional boss, which is the witch of izalith as this fiery being that is half made of fire and half made of that wood stuff that the bed of chaos is made of. Might even give her a fire whip for the fight!))
The visual and audio design of the king of storms fight is some next level stuff. By far the most next (current?) gen thing I’ve played so far. Can’t wait to see what this means for Elden ring.
Agreed, it was out of this world. Made an okay fight into something special
Super hype for elden ring but Demons souls remake reminds me that games can be much better on a nicer engine, this looks better than any souls game and Miyazaki has been credited saying that elden ring will just run on the traditional havoc engine. Kinda lame I wish they’d go for more like blue point did
@@capellozapellini6074 the ammount of work that blue point must have put into the graphics has to be insane and probably only possible because of how small Demon's souls is compared to other games. every other souls game has tobe at least twice as big, probably 4-8 times bigger and elden ring is set to be even bigger so it's really not feasible. that said, yes graphically it will be a let down.
@@damp2269 also, bluepoint could put all their resources into building a beautiful game, since they didn't have to do actual developing. not to undersell their effort, just that miyazaki has to start from scratch with elden ring, unlike bluepoint.
It means absolutely nothing for Elden Ring. Bluepoint made the remake. Not From Software.
The tower knight is such a simple fight but it is so much fun.
That jump backward, though. He trapped me in the corner (read: I let myself be trapped in the corner) and then jumped on me a few times.
Yes, I actually died to him.
@@louieberg2942 oh I did to haha. The overall atmosphere in this fight is great.
He is probably my favorite boss in Demon Souls. And in the running along with Knight Artorias for my favorite Soulsborne boss
Tower knight is so cool. Big monsters is 🔥
Except when he falls on you and knocks you down and you miss his vulnerable phase 😡
i'm a noob to demon's souls and i loved the remake. your rankings match mine pretty closely, however the real #1 hardest boss is the run to the old hero. i went pure melee since it's almost always what i do in souls games, and i actually thought i would never make it to that boss. it took me so many tries just to get to the boss fog that i'm not at all ashamed to admit i looked up the strategy for the boss itself so i'd never have to subject myself to that torture again 😂
Fr, those "EL NACHOS" waiting for you with giant MACHETES was a real pain to get through. I kept luring 1 with a bow before taking the other but kept dyong cuz of the stingrays THAT STING
"The true hardest boss, gravity"
Truer words have never been spoken
Gravity and camera angles
There is a reason WoW has an elevator boss statistic.
First time I got killed by an elevator in WoW, it was in a new raid so the party almost wiped. Waiting for the elevator only to suddenly die was one of the funniest things ever.
Demon souls basically has 3 hard bosses, apart from that it's just the lack of save points that make the game difficult.
Pretty much.
I beat literally every boss first or second try except for like dragon god. This game was so much easier compared to the other souls game .
I found that it's not that the bosses are difficult. It's just the path and enemies you go through to go to the bosses are hard since the only way to get a checkpoint/bonfire/archstone here is to beat a boss.
@@gb5164 ye it was the first one tho and you played the remaster with smooth gameplay, it was much more difficult with the old clunky gameplay. Tbh the game was harder when you went full dark world and character tendency and fought the NPCs, this was 100x more difficult than any bossfight in the game. Sleen Vinland, Satsuki and Lord Rydell were difficult to beat like that. Especially Sleen cuz you had to fight her in the poison/mud level.
@@EndomouEnd exactly, like the route to the tower knight killed me way more than the actual tower knight
What I really like about Demon's Souls is how certain bosses are the hardest, for certain classes.
In my OG DeS play, Maneater was tough, but I died only once with my Bow focused character, and that death was my own a slip(off a ledge). And in the Remake, well. I went mage, and flame-broiled them. But for melee focused characters, Maneater is a tear eater. False King in contrast, is much harder for my ranged characters, as he covers distance like a Flash villain.
I like this, as this plays into one of DeS's greatest strengths, in that, you choose your path, and boss order. And everyone's ends up being slightly different as they play towards their character's strengths.
one thing i noticed in this is that a lot of the bosses can be easily bested with bows and magic, but going in with a melee build is almost like handicapping yourself
@@jeremybk54 demon is heavily unbalanced towards magic damage.
@@jeremybk54
Demon's Souls better split the RPG paths than Dark Souls. What I mean, is you can main a spell caster or bow, and actually mostly spellcast or bow. Dark Souls in contrast, started to focus it's combat much more on being a shield & "sword" fighter first, and your "class" just augments that. Magic is still strong, but with its limited casts, you rely on your magic scaling weapon more. And the bow is just a support weapon for a dex build.
And Bloodborne is its own beast. Focusing much more on aggressive gameplay, and is more defined by the weapon you use, than the skill tree you focus on.
@@TheNinjaDC ds1 has the best balancing. Everything is viable. Magic strength dex faith you name it
@@bigsmall2842 word. Idk what he's talking about. DS1 has absolutely the best all around balancing.
Fromsoft: “So you know that demons souls has no stealth…”
“How about we put a stealth boss in”
"That's an amazing idea. Let's also add like very obscure looking pillars that don't seem to look quite like cover but due so the player has extreme anxiety sneaking around"
Finally played through this one, never having played the original. Awesome experience. Nice to finally be able to watch videos like this without spoiling my experience
I always thought it was interesting how there is an inverse relation of boss difficulty compared to stage difficulty in this game.
There's a sense of fairness in that, given that (despite shortcuts) you need to traverse the entire stage in order to get to the boss each time.
I honestly think it might be intentional! Every boss in this game is so satisfying to kill, regardless of their difficulty, because it feels like you’re triumphing over the whole level. Like, sure, Adjudicator is a pushover. But, I still popped off when I killed him first try, because it meant I wouldn’t have to make the long, hard trek through 4-1 again. Every boss is like this, more of less! I think it’s a really interesting approach to the bosses that I kinda wish would get revisited
@@karabirb I thought I must have missed a shortcut in 4-1, checked out YT and it turns out there is a skip you can do to bypass most of the level, not sure how intentional it is (you can roll from one of the towers on the castle wall into the area close to the boss).
It's fucking stupid is what it is
It's not really inverse it's more of an easy hard easy pattern. Flamelurker and maneater are both the second boss in their area.
The demons souls ranking back in the day got me into your channel. Glad to see you come back to it!
Can’t wait to play this in a year when the PS5 is finally back on shelves
Laughs in denial
I got it day one. Muahahahahhaha
@@kirbyball97 I hate you.
Lol jk
I'm going to platinum the PS3 version to get some practice in.
@@Captain_Neckbeard you gonna use the duping glitch or be a chad?
Just finished my first playthrough! Absolutely loved it! Was a veteran of other FromSoftware games, but never went back to Demon's Souls. I didn't love the weapon upgrade system, but overall brilliant game!
fools idol is easier than portrayed here. You can simply lock onto each idol, the one that doesnt have a small health bar is the real one. The traps are shown for a few seconds as well when the clones are being made. Its not very long but it should be enough time to find a path that connects most of them.
Can't wait to play this remake myself. Don't mind watching this before playing because spoilers don't exist when you beat the original umpteen million times. :p
Amen
It was so god damn easy XD I was really disappointed.
@@haydenc1335 same souls veterans here but never play demon's souls, but after beat it, that's it? Is not hard at all, make it not engaging
Ah, so good to watch another Soulsborne boss video from Dadmod. Feels like home.
I usually don't like when remakes change the feel, atmosphere and presentation of OG bosses. But the Storm king is an exception. The fight was much more intense and badass in the remake.
This really shows me how the souls games are different for everyone.
Personally for my first play through, things like Armored Spider were easy to me even without the arrow spam cheese beating it on my first try, but something like the adjudicator causing me lots of trouble and multiple attempts to get past.
For me flamelurker was the hardest, I needed like 20+ tries to kill him, on the other hand, I defeated old king allant in my first try, all his attacks are easy to dodge.. For maneater I needed like 4-5 tries, if you can kill the first one quickly, it's a lot easier, and if you fight in the center you won't risk falling down
I beat the original ps3 version a few days ago and we literally had the exact same experience lol. Allant was easy but fuck flamelurker
Depends on which NG+ you're on I think. On max NG+ every boss is a joke compared to Flamelurker and Maneater Allant isn't even close to being close to being close.
Flamelurker and Maneater were the only bosses that I had to try more than once. Flamelurker because I underestimated him, Maneater because I died more often to gravity.
Been waiting for this
Imagine if Old Monk summoned a phantom with Doren's Armor...
then u either try to escape the boss room, or make a pathetic attempt at not dying
Except the player turned out to be bad because he cheesed Doren instead of fighting him head on like a god gamer.
*Me intensifies*
@@allhailderpfestor4839 Or got Doren's armor from a trade because they heard about the reputation of the armor.
@@allhailderpfestor4839 Ah, the old "Hide behind a pillar and poison cloud him to death." I did that in the original, not going to lie.
Heyyyyy! I’ve been waiting for this! Great vid, DeMod, keep this amazing content up!
I went into the Old King Gallant fight blind, having never gotten to him in the original demon's souls. He destroyed me three or four times in a row, making me think he was a truly challenging boss. Then I realized that all you need to do is stay medium to long range, let him do his dash attack, dodge it and hit him in the back a few times. There is literally no danger fighting him this way since you only have to contend with one attack.
yeah that was my experience too, but it's still a fun and fair fight compared to some trashy boss that you dont even have to figure out because it is so obvious
I fully believe that armored spider is that difficult, but when I got to it my arachnophobia kicked in, I was GRIPPING my controller so tight and somehow managed to beat it first try. Thank fucking god for that I mighta quit if i had to do it twice 😭
To be fair with false king Allant, When he drains a soul level it leaves all the souls it took for that level in your bloodstain, Just something neat and interesting with that~
What does it mean? We level down?
@@harshitrakhiani8833 yep, it takes one soul level away but puts all the souls used for that level into your blood stain, it was insane when used with the lucky coin glitch on launch
@@RubyBelladonna so in short..if iam at soul level 40..he will drain to soul level 39?
@@harshitrakhiani8833 Yes
@@RubyBelladonna ohhh..then dying is real punishment here
That opening filled me with so much nostalgia.
“Can’t wait to be murdered!”
-every souls fan
I fought the Flame Lurker, Dragon God, and Man Eater as my 3rd, 5th, and 6th bosses in this game...... No wonder it felt so unfair, I was definitely fighting them too early
A correction here. Maiden Astraea absolutely will fight you, or at least attack you. If you don't talk to her after killing Garl Vinland but attack her instead, she will use God's Wrath on you.
Knowing that my hardest boss for this is now YOUR hardest boss makes me both happy and scared.
Man eaters is just gravity the boss at this point for the amount of times they throw your ass off the side
@@constancekueffert6438 in the original the four directional roll made it so much more stressful, i was constantly paranoid my character would roll off even though I wasn’t trying to roll sideways
I literally just watched the original ranking for demon souls lol
Perfect timing haha
@Jason Lee because it's funny ya dummy
Heh phalanx is my favorite boss in the game. Simply because he reminds me of nightmare from dmc and seeing him now in all his remade glory just makes me happy. Also great video!
The squeak toy noises during the old monk fight was so disrespectful 😂😂😂😂😂
Flamelurker took me a good 2 weeks of coming back for more. As a souls vet he was truly a wall for me and will be the most memorable for me.
Man eater was that for me. Just punishing but I feel you on the ridiculousness and having to walk away and try another area.
@@bobdole3157 I realize it is because this game is so needlessly convoluted on the upgrade scaling. It is pitiful damage and that was the real problem.
@@gradualpull2171 I’m glad I played a souls game but I’ve come away thinking they are difficult, flawed, but really charming games. Don’t know if I’ll end up playing another in the series.
@@bobdole3157 bloodborne is definitely the best experience. I recommend that one and DS3 for a modern experience that isn't so heavily against the player.
@@gradualpull2171 thanks for the recommendation. I liked demon souls atmosphere and lore, and grew to enjoy the combat and movement. That said I felt the difficulty was punishing in weird spikes. I would get good for a while and then random portions of the game would just come in and destroy me. I’d get good again though. I just beat it last weekend for the first time. Only then with the help of someone to get past the last boss.
Something to mention is that Leechmonger and Dirty Colossus have a unique gimmick, when coated in their leeches or flies your healing is reduced
Never clicked so goddamn fast in my life !!!!
It's awesome seeing you back at it DMOD, the thing with Demon's Souls I think sets it apart from Dark Souls has always been and will always be it's world design. The choice to go with stages rather than an interconnected world allowed them to create some of the most intricate levels in all of gaming and I never get sick of it. I think 4-3 was definitely the best looking stage in the remake, the storm effects and the way Storm King moves is breathtaking.
Hardest boss for me? Flamelurker this time around, I think the updated frame rate actually made it a lot harder for me to respond to his attacks and he kept piling damage though it was still a great boss fight.
I just got this game last week and I absolutely loved it. The overall bosses weren’t difficult in my opinion but they were unique in their own way. The hardest part of the game was just the lack of check points you get and literally the damn tendency 😭😭😭. But overall demon souls ps5 is a much get if you love soulsbourne or wanna get into the community. I finished the game with the moonlight faith build.
I'm playing demon souls remake finally and I'm amazed at how different it is than my first playthrough back on PS3. I must have spent 20 hours getting through the first few parts of bullet area and I didn't last night without a death until tower knight. Knowing how these games work really changes how you approach them. It's still a great game but nothing can compare to the Wonder and send some exploration the first time you play a soul's game
oh man this game looks so great also good job on the vid i love it!
Watching this video, I suddenly realized how much my opinion has changed since 2012 when I first played Demon’s Souls. I used to find Leechmonger really difficult but now he’s embarrassingly easy. Vanguard used to be difficult for me but now I beat him 9 times out of 10. I used to have to cheese Armor Spider, but not anymore. I haven’t played the remake yet, because the PS5 costs like $1700 if you wanna buy one online, but I’m guessing my opinion will change even more. God I fucking love Demon’s Souls.
Maneater did take me the most tries outta all the other bosses tho i killed him way easier in the OG 💀
I had the same experience. I usually have no problem with OG Maneater, but he destroyed me a good wallop in Remake
I killed him first try and I never played the og
@@some15thcenturygermanknigh15 it’s weird. I never played og but I cake walked every boss but maneaters. Maneaters took me 5-6 tries and I did all the others in 1
@@theDeModcracy right lol
Maneater was still my weakest boss in the remake. I did end up beating him legit in the remake on my fourth playthrough on my Royalty 🤣
Why is it whenever someone mentions Storm King no one mentions the broken house you can use as cover?
I love how each boss in Demons Souls has a "gimmick" that you need to figure out to beat it. Reminds me of old school games like Ocarina of Time
Yeah! I love this game’s boss roster for that. I understand why gimmick bosses have more or less died out in modern souls games, but they’re always a favorite of mine. Demon’s Souls has some real gems
If also makes way more sense that your average joe character would need to exploit a weakness to beat some of these monsters
I quite enjoyed the “I threw it on the ground” throwback
An interesting idea might be to do another playthrough where you fight the bosses in order of your difficulty from easiest to hardest where possible. This would mean you have to go to 5-1 after 1-1, then 5-2, then all of world 3, and so on. I'd be curious if your ranks change.
I like to think that all the new ost tracks you used in the background are the ones you liked, I get why people don’t like it, but it honestly sounds so good I can’t hate it
I waited a long time for the return of this series.
I think the Penetrator was easy. I did sweat a bit, but my trick was to check on which side he's rising his sword. If he raises it on his right, he's gonna do a delayed attack. If it's on his left, it's a fast one.
NG+ really made me appreciate every single boss battle. Man, the Adjucicator killed me in a single hit, even with 35 vitality. And so did the tower knight, with the spear swipe.
"His weakness is his wang, relatable" XDD
DEMONSDARKBLOODKIROSOULS RANKINGS ARE BACK WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Dark borne: demons die twice
Souls borne: shadows die twice
@@Unbr0k3nPr0mm1se demon souls reference?
@@arhamqamar6738 souls.
Come on! We all know its demon dark: blood die twice
Haven’t reached the end yet but Flamelurker was the hardest for me. I attempted him when I first got to 2-1 and quickly realized I need to play much more of the game to go toe to toe with him. So I went and played all of the x-1 levels, came back to Flamelurker and he was still kicking my ass. I got so good at getting down those platforms from all the times I died. I later realized the trick with having a magic weapon and that he’s slightly weaker to blunt damage so equipped a mace that also has a magic attack, it was still painful but eventually I got it
Back in my day vinland's hammer was so big it would hit the ceiling canceling his attack
Could you consider remastering your bloodsouls series in honor of the remake?
Is it wrong if I’ve watched the video twice already? Cause it’s that good
The only bosses I've struggled with have been Flamelurker and False King Allant. I'm sure that will change over time as I continue changing my build orders.
Great video!! That other guy who uploaded a video claiming LEECHMONGER was the hardest boss in the game was an absolute joke!! XD
Domdcracy my man these videos alone have helped with some of the toughest bosses in the games
Tbh, bosses in this game is easier than the levels
Actually they DID increase leechmonger and dirty colossus’s defense and health, so both last longer than they did the original. Sadly this only matters if you defeat them earlier than DeMod did.
He sounds like the “number 15: burger king foot lettuce” guy sometimes
Not at all lol
That is a monumental level of insulting to say about anyone.
Flamelurker is still as terrifying as ever i see
I personally hate the Dragon God fight . Took me way to long to beat him even knowing what his gimmick is . Just constant unknowing what pillars are safe and what wasn't until it was too late
It made the entire thing insufferable. You’re just at the whim of whatever ambiguous level design the designers came up with. No skill. No strategy. A literal waste of our time.
@@TheFloodFourm way too much time wasted dealing with that ass, but I'm glad Fromsoft became alot better with stealth stuff today because damn did Dragon God suck ass
Just making my way through the game for the first time at the moment and man, does this video make me feel vindicated for still being stuck on the Maneater fight. I just can't seem to get the hang of it, no matter how hard I try. Thought it was just me for a while, but this ranking definitely makes me feel better lol. Great vid as always!
Dunno if I'm too late, but I too struggled the most with Maneaters, I found success in being very aggressive
Magic builds: (breezing past the game so far)
Allant: “I’m gonna have to stop you right there.”
Use warding and it’s a free win
I killed him 1 attempt as a mage🤔
Penetrator is such a cool boss that I feel is placed too late in the game. By the time I fought him, he wasn't a challenge at all cause I already was at SL60
So happy I’m going to be able to play this game soon. Looks so amazing
This game is amazing man...iam just about to end this game... ❤️
@@harshitrakhiani8833 I'm on NG+ and also playing dark souls 2
@@Crestfalle_n any difference on ng+??
I was wondering when this video would be out. Neat.
You can tell this is a true remake when Dmod pronounces Adjudicator right
Next time he's going to pronounce "Vicar" right!
Love how he uses the leechmonger spot to literally make a guide for players meeting demons souls by the remaie
Gotta say, I found the Armor Spider extremely tough. Granted, this is my first time playing DS but sometimes dodging the webs can be tricky and the fireballs can wreck your shit.
There is a pillar in this boss fight...just equip magic ring that generates mp...also magic sword on left hand..that's it..cheesy boss fight
My god, starts at 2:00
Ok I almost did a spit-take at 20:08 with the word "relatable." 😂😂😂
I’m never this early!
Welcome!
@@theDeModcracy *resident evil merchant intensifies*
Ahhh, i've been expecting this since the game was announced.
Your name should be heresy is art
You can pull the skellies in 4-1 one by one which makes them way easier to handle. And then the 2nd Vanguard demon can be lured into the pit to cheese him real quick.
U can also git gud
Playing through NG+, I found False Idol to be a total bitch. The Dragonbone Smasher bounces off of anything in her vicinity, and walking into one of her traps is an instant death because you're standing there for like four hours, giving them all time to pummel you with spells. This is coming from someone who just beat Maneater without getting hit.
Don't think we didn't see you die to tower knight at 16:56
I'm so glad that Fool's Idol is getting the recognition she diserves 💃🏻
All praise the baguette waifu
Everyone else in the souls community: OMG DS1R Is just a cash grab
Also everyone else in the souls community: WOW this $800 remake is amazing!!11!!
well, you see...ds1r is just a texture update...and not even a good one at that. The demon soul's remake is an actual remake. despite the outdated bullshit here and there.
@@dragonslayermasterornstein83 but after all that. The PS2 version of DeS STILL has superior feel and atmosphere to the remake, and to all other souls games. BB came close but original DeS hasn't been beaten yet :)
As far as I loved the original and I’m absolutely loving the remake as I’m playing it right now, I would never say it’s the best Souls game. DeS bosses simply can’t compare to the other games bosses.
Great ranking! Phalanx was way harder for me in the remake, I actually died; in the original I steamrolled him so hard I didn’t even realize it was a boss, just thought it was more shield enemies.
This was my first souls game. I died SO many times to maneater that u ended up saving him for last, right before Penetrator. I went into it blind and chose a magician and used magic with the falchion crescent. When I went back, I used the big fire spell (firestorm?) And I had put so much into magic at that point that it did just about a full health bar (like 95%). I liked using magic, but it really limited me in terms of what shield I could have since I had like no strength and the false king boss was brutal since I did so little damage using a falchion. Very tough game but I'm so glad I finally played and beat a souls game
I find it absolutely insane he ranked armored spider so hard, i find that one soooo easy it's one of the few bosses i go flawless every time
Nah, he was pretty annoying imo. One of the hardest bosses in the game.
@@issi5299 months on i know yet agree one of the hardest bosses unless u take the cowards way out and stay on right hand side after entering fog and just spam with arrows 😂
@@tanyadavies265 He wasn't neceserally hard but just very annoying.
@@issi529I'd say success is all down to timing then and knowing the move set.
Freaking first oh yeah!
Also what other games do you intend to play and rank?
I'd like to play Spider-Man Miles Morales and Cyberpunk 2077 to close out the year, but I'm more likely to do video essay style videos for those. Check my Top 10 Upcoming Games video for a list of what I'm looking forward to! th-cam.com/video/-x_cvHjcxcg/w-d-xo.html
"smack that booty"
- Demod (2020)
This list is pretty accurate. If only because it was easiest for me to get summoned for the top 7 or so. Always happy to lend a hand in jolly cooperation.
If you consider this game and dark souls 1 through the guise of a new player’s puzzle to solve, the gimmicks are good, and if anything a lot more creative than roll spam bosses in elden ring that have no puzzle to solve, only dodging.