I honestly love Blight town maybe it's because i mostly play DS1 on PC (therefore no framerate issue with DSFIX) but other than that seriously..it's labyrinthic, atmospheric and it contains one of the best secrets in the whole serie (great hollow+ash lake) but then again..i also love the tomb of the giants and the catacombs but i don't really like the duke's archives & crystal cave...so maybe i'm the weird one
+Diskhate I'm with you, I expected Blighttown to be an unforgiving poison hell-hole, but It's really atmospheric. I had a great time dealing with this area, it felt like I was really climbing down a sewer and exploring it. I honestly expected Bligttown to be much much worse.
gg ez (spoiler they are all from dank souls) 10. dusk of ollacile (best waifu) 9. Andre! eeeey? 8. Tarkus! Tarkus! TARKUS! 7. Big Friendly Logan (DIrected by Steven Spielberg) 6. Vincnet van GOUGH 5. Giant Blacksmith (Bae) 4. Domnall of Zena (Aye Simwae!) 3. Siegward I mean Siegledine I mean Siegmeyer I mean 2. trusty patches (the DARK SOULS VERSION!) 1. Giant Dad! YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOLAIRE! INITIATE PHASE 1!
It's "every day," not "everyday." Just because a compound word version of a phrase exists doesn't mean it's always the correct one to use. "Everyday" is an adjective.
3-1 is still by far my favorite. The entire thing is so atmospheric, you have multiple clear goals like freeing the prisoners, a lot of puzzles and rewards for careful exploration, and a very memorable boss battle.
It's not really open world though lol the game has a semi-open world that's more similar to that of Meteoidvania titles, having you backtrack previous areas for new items and enemies, etc.
@@xXLunatikxXlul A friend who played it before me told me it was open world as well. In my mind, I was picturing something like Skyrim, but with Demon's Souls combat? I had no idea what to expect. But yeah, it definitely is much closer to Metroid than an "open world" game.
I've never played Demon Souls due to me never even know the SoulsBorne series existed until Dark Souls 1 was free for gold. But it's good to know where the idea for the hellish landscape known as blighttown was born from.
@@toooydoeur yeah the areas are pretty fifty fifty. Arch 1 has mostly good areas and arch 3 has amazing ones. I like arch 5 but understand why most hate it
I remember all of the Valley of Defilement having scared the shit outta me when I started my Souls journey. Same goes with the Tower of Latria’s Prison of Hope. No other area when I played the OG Demon’s Souls has ever given me the heebs before.
5-2 is my favorite area of the game. The ever present rain, slow poison swamp, and oppressive darkness make it a really creepy fucking place and I love it.
As much as I love 3-1, 3-2 actually stuck with me more. Same stunning atmosphere, but the scale and exploration was crazy as far as DeS goes, 1-3 also doesn't surprise me. It sticks in my head very well. Really felt like a winding city
I died more on 4-2 than I did on any boss in demon's souls, DS1, DS2 OR DS3, I had to give up and go beat a couple of other areas to raise the world tendency.. On going back I did it in one go. So frustrating.
I honestly think that 4-2 isn't that bad, the stupid ghost ladies that are super fast and kind of invisible are awful but 4-2 as a whole wasn't complete garbage, especially because you can grind for souls there cause whenever you kill the infinitely spawning ghost men you get 2500 souls each.
@@Mst3kfanatic1 yeah because sitting there mashing square for half an hour is so fun right? the only time thats even a halfway acceptable approach is when youre cloning the old ones soul.
Even after all this time, I still love the Valley of Defilement. The area and its enemies gave me a feeling that I wish I could get anywhere else. It just felt off in the best way imaginable. Kinda like discovering the old workshop in bloodborne for the first time, but with the whole area instead of a small section. That, and I didn't mind the swamp as much as others. Honestly, I can't wait to see how the remake will improve it, even though I won't get to play it for a while.
Got to say I'm sad to hear that there won't be any more area rankings, I was so looking forward to what you had to say about the other souls game areas this being said I do however really prefer seeing content that you enjoyed making because really the whole point of watching videos is entertainment and honestly if you enjoy making the content rather than it being a chore it's likely to be as awesome as the rest of your content :)
even though you're discontinuing this series, I'm glad you did this particular video. I'm finally getting demons souls, and I wanted to have an idea of what areas to be careful of. with this and the boss ranking I know enough to assist me, but enough not to ruin the game. so thanks DMod.
I agree. I think Blighttown wouldn't get such a bad stigma if it weren't for the framerate. The first time through I genuinely enjoyed it. Good atmosphere and I've never heard anyone comment on the verticality of it
I Love 5-2 for the atmosphere and the huge area, but I absolutly hate blighttown on the other hand, probably because of the frame rate and the flying, constantly spawning bugs
Damn man. This area series was the only series I wanted to see anyone make for a long time! Here's to hoping you'll get mad enough at each area to rage about them all in some videos eventually! Commentary was lacking on this one, but it's understandable since you yourself weren't feeling the series anymore. Keep up the awesome work in the future! You're still a very entertaining commentator.
Took your sweet time ! I got bored to refresh youtube just to check if you uploaded anything (XD) As usual ,awesome video ! (5-2 world...From Software's wet dream)
+theDeModcracy Good on you m8, I can appreciate your decision. Your voice just didn't have the same energy or life in it that it usually does, which, honestly speaking, impacted the entertainment value of the video, so I'm glad you made that choice, keep up the good work
Pity. I'd really be interested in hearing your ranking of the Dark Souls areas. I mean obviously the worst area is Blighttown and the best area is _probably_ Anor Londo, but I have no idea how you'd rate the rest. I heard that the 4 Lord Soul areas (Lost Izalith, Crystal Caverns, New Londo and the Tomb of Giants) are considered a huge step-down from the rest of the game by a lot of people and considered kind of rushed (kind of like Xen in Half-Life) and I wanted to hear your opinion on them, as well as what you thought of a lot of other interesting areas like the Catacombs, Ash Lake and Undead Burg (best true opening area ever?). Oh well, looking forward to Best Waifus (Fair Lady FTW!). NOT looking forward to Best Booties because I know it's going to turn into a total joke list and you're going to put Stray Demon at #1 for lulz, blah.
LeadFaun I just hated the lack of visibility, and being a non-magic build my only solution was the skull lantern, which removed my shield. That combined with the already maze-like design of the area and the annoying dog-skeletons just made me dread going there every playthrough. I will say that Nito is at least a better boss battle than Seath, but they both kind of suck so that's not saying much.
LeadFaun Don't get me wrong, he looks awesome, but I dislike the ring design of the boss arena, and I especially hate all the skeleton minions. They would always respawn constantly and pester me while Nito would charge his AOE attack, which combined with the small amount of running space just made the fight a hassle for me. Not a difficult boss overall, just irritating.
Damn. I love the valley of defilement. Its so intricately woven and it's got such style to it. I feel like they must have been super proud of it. That said, omg ya it is hell sometimes lol.
Here's interesting ranking series: ranking the bosses musics of each game with those criteria: -how remarquable they are -how well they represent the boss or the fight
hears a challenge theDeModcracy, do a boss ranking based of of aesthetics. how pretty it is, how good the music is, how well it is designed and on how fun it is to fight. it will give you a better appreciation for just how good these enemy's are.
you should have rated the areas on criteria, like the boss rankings. difficulty: how hard is it to get through. lore: how well does it represent its lore. design: how well designed is the area. content: how important is it for in terms of what NPCs are there and the items you could get. (like demon ruins; its one of the most bullshit areas in darksouls 3, but it makes up for the items you can loot such as FUGS.
Valley of Defilement is a really good world, not the best looking, but perfect for speedrunning it and I got my first Ephemeral Eye drops there. The path is just so simple I didn't really use a bow or health regen (I only use bow on dragons/Maneater 1), just black grass and a BBS, and ran to the middle of each section of land they were standing on. At least it didn't have keys/elevators like Latria did, also yeah you can't use melee properly in some parts of Latria so you can't lock in to the enemies near cliffs or they fly away and you fall in, just bait them if you use melee though.
I would say that 3-2 beats 3-1 to a pulp. And it really comes down to 3 things 1: The enormous "heart" that you have to drop made me feel absolutely weak. Its size and the manner with which it seems to be worshiped makes me feel insignificant and terrorized. 2: The cages which take you to the bottom. Never in a game where you are on height comparable to mountains,yet walking on thin bridges have i ever imagined that i would end up exploring the bottom. The speed with which the cages move made me feel like i was travelling miles and miles deeper into the depths of hell that is the area. Blood lakes,bugs that would give you nightmares,huge tentacles just moving around passively and most importantly:darkness. Without you to bring light to the place with the augite,this place is a pit of neverending torment and darkness that you cannot even see from atop the pillars. It is without doubt the scariest and most intimidating experience in my life....those goddamn cages.
This channel in future: ranking the swords in souls series; ranking graphics in souls series; ranking the sounds in souls series; ranking the bushes on the areas in souls series etc.
Your complaint about the Shortcut to Flamelurker does kinda invalidate itself when you are going the wrong way.... Also, you accidentally named Area 1-2 "Adjudicator Archstone", when it is Phalanx's.
3-1 is just a no-no from me, most tedious part imo, the only good thing is freke Also 4-1 and 4-2 are of my favorite levels in the series and the valley of defilement was super easy too, just regen and be cautious
@@nuculaisvoidwalker5866 they aren't tedious, just use stealth to your advantage or shoot them at a range. Just because you have to take your time, doesn't mean it's tedious
honestly, i was looking forward to the area lists. while the bosses are delightful and dreadful, they were where i spent the least amount of time. the zones teach you how to play and reward you for exploration. we all have our comfort soul farming zones where it was productive to safely try new toys, through hours of repeated confident building murder. I have great memories of being able to drunkenly farm stones and souls from the bear bugs after i beat flame lurker and was afraid of going past him because he was crazy back then and i wanted to farm for what was to come...
I hate every area except for first levels of Boletarian Palace and Shrine Of Storms. The first level of Tower Of Latria used to be my favourite but in my second playthrough, trying to find my way was a hellish nightmare. I still very dig the atmosphere.And Shrine Of Storms has some very cool enemies and areas.
I understand the 5-1 hate to a degree, but to me that level is just sooooo atmospheric and the level is just so interesting that it's personally one of my absolute favorites in the series. The only levels I hate are 4-2 and 2-2.
I love all the games somewhat equally but I definitely have always liked Demon Souls the least. I could never pinpoint why until I saw this video and realized that I just couldn't stand almost half the areas in the game. My personal list for the worst 5 areas are: 5. Tower of Latria (3-1) [ Shocked this was rated so highly] 4. Adjudicator Archstone (4-2) 3. Leechmonger Archstone (5-2) 2. Armored Spider Archstone (2-2) 1. Stonefang Tunnel (2-1) On a postive note, I felt Boletarian Palace was by far the best starting area in the series.
Since there won't be a list for best and worst areas for the other souls games, I'm just gonna post my best and worst level and see who agrees or disagrees. Dark Souls Best: Anor Londo Worst: Blightown / Lost Izalith I hate to say it but after Anor Londo, the quality in the level design seems to go down. Even though I hate Blighttown for its weird lighting and toxic sharpshooters, it's actually pretty well designed in some ways. Lost Izalith however doesn't really have anything that elicits joy or wonder from myself. Plus if you're playing on console, the lava textures are such an eyesore. I know bosses shouldn't affect how good or bad an area is, but....Bed of Chaos...need I say anymore? Dark Souls 2 Best: Brume Tower Worst: Iron Passage / Frigid Outskirts Both the Iron Passage and the Frigid Outskirts are just abysmally bad and not fun for me to play. I don't care if they were made for co-op, because even with other players the areas can be frustratingly hard and the bosses at the end are just reskins. Lazy, lazy, lazy. Dark Souls 3 Best: Lothric Castle Worst: Farron Keep I've been through Farron Keep maybe 3 times by now and it still feels it takes forever to put out all the flames and get the items I want. The fact that there's no Rusted Iron Ring or anything like that just makes it drag on even longer. Also, there are enemies like Corvians that are a bitch to deal with when they're enraged and the damn Ghrus who jump on your head and make the camera go ballistic. At least the boss at the end is pretty awesome (if a bit too easy if you know how to parry)
I have one issue, really...you included the under Nexus, but not the place where you fight astraea? as far as design of a boss place, it's pretty big and has some enemies, and it looks cool
Funny, everyone talks about how op ranged attacks are, but I played full melee and did just fine. It's way more fun to get in something's face and learn how to properly dodge and counter rather than be a wuss standing in the back as you snipe something. I like that the option exists, but it's just not as fun to be a magic or bow user.
I'll be honest, I... kinda like 2-1 and 2-2, they may be incredibly long and in the latters even a little frustrating but the amount of stuff buried within these levels is incredible and I always enjoy travelling through the mines to see what I can find. That said fuck the Dragon God.
I enjoyed 3-2 much more than 3-1. Sure, 3-1 was great but nothing beats going through 3-2 for the first time. 2-1 and 2-2 were very interesting to me. Same goes for Valley of Defilement. I found most of the areas to be very interesting, I don't think any of the areas were actually bad.
I I play my demon soul's like this I always choose the Royal class I defeat phalanx I don't even go back to the Nexus I keep going going to beat the tower Knight then I go back to the Nexus all at level one by the way.
Demon Souls is by far the most difficult game in the series. Now I didn't find it to challenging because I had already played the shit out of Dark Souls 1, 2 and 3 so I knew what to expect, but if Demon Souls had been my first outing I could see it being the hardest. Here's Why: 1. Half Health everytime you die (DS2 does a baby version of this) 2. Lack of Checkpoints (Unlike Dark Souls series you get one "bonfire" per area so if you die to a boss you're running the whole area again, as there are rarely shortcuts to the boss) 3. You can't just R1 spam your way through the game (a la Bloodborne or Dark Souls 3 due to non-existent poise) enemies are often faster than you when attacking so you get interrupted alot. Also this is just a personal gripe I have with Demon's Souls but the lack of variety in Weapons/Armor is really off-putting All in all fun game and any souls fan should play Demon's Souls, I got a Ps3 for this one game.
Valley of defilement literally makes blightown look like a cake walk. Aside from the bullshit frame rate and of course the blowgun guys which thankfully dont respawn. The poison blighttown is nothing compared to 5-2. Not to mention Valley is fuckin longer. Id honestly rather play alot more blighttoen with bad frame rate than go through valley of defilement
![Ranking the Dark Souls 3 Areas from Worst to Best [#22-11]](/img/n.gif)
I legit love all the maps except one. 4-2. Brings back memories about grinding that damn pure bladestone.
That run to the boss drove me insane
5-1
Also blighttown is obviously the best area of dark souls
Noah Kirkland best frame rate atleast
nah, sen's fortress is top of that...
I honestly love Blight town
maybe it's because i mostly play DS1 on PC (therefore no framerate issue with DSFIX) but other than that seriously..it's labyrinthic, atmospheric and it contains one of the best secrets in the whole serie (great hollow+ash lake)
but then again..i also love the tomb of the giants and the catacombs but i don't really like the duke's archives & crystal cave...so maybe i'm the weird one
+Diskhate I'm with you, I expected Blighttown to be an unforgiving poison hell-hole, but It's really atmospheric. I had a great time dealing with this area, it felt like I was really climbing down a sewer and exploring it. I honestly expected Bligttown to be much much worse.
Johsty Bach I have got 60fps the entire game( im on pc with dsfix) besides the boss fight with seath and then it kept dropping to 20
Adjudicator Archstone followed by Adjudicator Archstone?
A shame
Lmaooo
The Adjudicator archstone is better then the Adjudicator archstone: Change my mind.
Demon's Souls is one of my favorite games in the "series," honestly. I just love the atmosphere so much
I totally understand if your done with souls for awhile but I think a top ten soulsborne NPCs list could be pretty interesting.
he isn't done with souls. he just doesn't like the area lists as much as other lists
Top ten inescapable corners in Bloodborne. He could colab with Indei
He already said he was doing top Waifus! Top NPCs would be mostly redundant! :>
gg ez
(spoiler they are all from dank souls)
10. dusk of ollacile (best waifu)
9. Andre! eeeey?
8. Tarkus! Tarkus! TARKUS!
7. Big Friendly Logan (DIrected by Steven Spielberg)
6. Vincnet van GOUGH
5. Giant Blacksmith (Bae)
4. Domnall of Zena (Aye Simwae!)
3. Siegward I mean Siegledine I mean Siegmeyer I mean
2. trusty patches (the DARK SOULS VERSION!)
1. Giant Dad! YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOLAIRE! INITIATE PHASE 1!
Fire the bass cannon!
Wait, he was serious?
He's actually gonna make a vid about booties and waifus?
Yes :D
Gavlan will obviously be #1
Typical Weeaboo Asylum has the greatest ass. Surely number 1
Everyday We Stray Further From God’s Light
It's "every day," not "everyday." Just because a compound word version of a phrase exists doesn't mean it's always the correct one to use. "Everyday" is an adjective.
3-1 is still by far my favorite. The entire thing is so atmospheric, you have multiple clear goals like freeing the prisoners, a lot of puzzles and rewards for careful exploration, and a very memorable boss battle.
I love the whole atmosphere of tower of latria, but I got lost as fuck in 3-1 so I'd have to go with 3-2 as my favorite
Shit is so confusing
I started with demons souls so I remember when dark souls 1 came out I thought it was weird that it was open world.
It's not really open world though lol the game has a semi-open world that's more similar to that of Meteoidvania titles, having you backtrack previous areas for new items and enemies, etc.
@@xXLunatikxXlul A friend who played it before me told me it was open world as well. In my mind, I was picturing something like Skyrim, but with Demon's Souls combat? I had no idea what to expect. But yeah, it definitely is much closer to Metroid than an "open world" game.
@@rud5101 He was probably talking about Ohhhhhh Elden Ring.
@@Jayloke but that was like 2 or 3 years ago
@@rud5101 That's exactly why I wrote the comment ;)
I've never played Demon Souls due to me never even know the SoulsBorne series existed until Dark Souls 1 was free for gold. But it's good to know where the idea for the hellish landscape known as blighttown was born from.
play it
Buy ps4 only for bloodborne and uncharted 4. You will not regret
The poison swamp in blighttown is a quick run. The poison swamp in demon's souls is a never ending helscape lol.
All the poison swamps are neverending hellscapes imo
Time to spare some money
One of my favorite thing about this series is how well the environments are designed. I hope you decide to do the other games as well!
Wait, 1-2 Adjudicator Archstone? I found a fuck-up!
ya I noticed it too
It's just like the shrine of Amana only worse
Oliver Space I saw that too lol
Even the worst levels in DeS have great attributes
True and they have plenty of backstory to go along with them!
69 nice
Not really, prob the worst areas overall besides 2
@@thagginmcswaggin6913 bruh
@@toooydoeur yeah the areas are pretty fifty fifty. Arch 1 has mostly good areas and arch 3 has amazing ones. I like arch 5 but understand why most hate it
5-3 should be on list. These cute babies deserve to be shown
I remember all of the Valley of Defilement having scared the shit outta me when I started my Souls journey. Same goes with the Tower of Latria’s Prison of Hope. No other area when I played the OG Demon’s Souls has ever given me the heebs before.
Aside from the second half of 3-2 and 4-2, I love every area in this game, even the valley of defilement and especially stonefang tunnel
Also someone might have noted already but for #9, it's not the Adjuticator Archstone it's the Phalenx one leading up to the Tower Knight.
Yeah just started playing Demons Souls, and noticed that right away in the video 😅
5-2 is my favorite area of the game. The ever present rain, slow poison swamp, and oppressive darkness make it a really creepy fucking place and I love it.
Sad to see this series go,i love your ranking videos but if you aren't feeling it then I understand,fantastic video as always
As much as I love 3-1, 3-2 actually stuck with me more. Same stunning atmosphere, but the scale and exploration was crazy as far as DeS goes, 1-3 also doesn't surprise me. It sticks in my head very well. Really felt like a winding city
Watching this after playing the remake really makes you appreciate all the work blue point put into these areas
I really have to thank you Demodcracy, you got me stuck in the dark souls series, and am even playing it now...So thank you
1-1 and 1-3 REALLY give u that medieval vibe
1-1 is a GREAT entry into the soulsborne series it has EVERYTHING
I died more on 4-2 than I did on any boss in demon's souls, DS1, DS2 OR DS3, I had to give up and go beat a couple of other areas to raise the world tendency.. On going back I did it in one go. So frustrating.
I honestly think that 4-2 isn't that bad, the stupid ghost ladies that are super fast and kind of invisible are awful but 4-2 as a whole wasn't complete garbage, especially because you can grind for souls there cause whenever you kill the infinitely spawning ghost men you get 2500 souls each.
Those lasers tho ._.
or you can use Stockpile Thomas and soul items but sure whatever floats your boat
@@Mst3kfanatic1 yeah because sitting there mashing square for half an hour is so fun right? the only time thats even a halfway acceptable approach is when youre cloning the old ones soul.
Fantastic video as usual. Thanks again for the effort put into all of your content.
Even after all this time, I still love the Valley of Defilement.
The area and its enemies gave me a feeling that I wish I could get anywhere else.
It just felt off in the best way imaginable. Kinda like discovering the old workshop in bloodborne for the first time, but with the whole area instead of a small section.
That, and I didn't mind the swamp as much as others.
Honestly, I can't wait to see how the remake will improve it, even though I won't get to play it for a while.
Curious list. Stonefang tunnel is by far my favorite archstone, with 2-1 being my favorite area. Surprised to see it receive so little love
How? It's so bland!
I understand why nobody likes the valley of defilement but I love everything about it.
Got to say I'm sad to hear that there won't be any more area rankings, I was so looking forward to what you had to say about the other souls game areas this being said I do however really prefer seeing content that you enjoyed making because really the whole point of watching videos is entertainment and honestly if you enjoy making the content rather than it being a chore it's likely to be as awesome as the rest of your content :)
even though you're discontinuing this series, I'm glad you did this particular video. I'm finally getting demons souls, and I wanted to have an idea of what areas to be careful of. with this and the boss ranking I know enough to assist me, but enough not to ruin the game. so thanks DMod.
"strafe left for the win simulator* so it's like nascar?
Keep up the great work man!
Right now your my fav channel and you introduced me today dark souls which is like the best thing you could do
Bah, I love 5-2, gets more hate than it deserves. Not surprised it is so low, but it is one of my favorite areas.
you are not alone, 5-2 and 5-1 are my favorite areas along with Blightown and The Gutter
I agree. I think Blighttown wouldn't get such a bad stigma if it weren't for the framerate. The first time through I genuinely enjoyed it. Good atmosphere and I've never heard anyone comment on the verticality of it
I Love 5-2 for the atmosphere and the huge area, but I absolutly hate blighttown on the other hand, probably because of the frame rate and the flying, constantly spawning bugs
Blighttown would be great, but...
MOSQUITOS, HO!
after a new playthrough, 5-1 is way worse than 5-2
awesome video man, keep up the sick vids!
God I will always love Demon Soul's the most despite never actually getting passed flamelurker...
Dank content as always Dadmod
Having watched this after finishing remake. I don't feel much has changed. Props to Bluepoint for keeping consistency.
He called 1-2 The Adjudicator arch stone lol it's 1-2 Phalanx Archstone
Mr. Minecraft That’s what we call a “typo”.
@@yaboi2500 Thank you captain obvious.
@@yaboi2500 What tha fuck?
you do you boo, I'll be happy listening to you talk in 20 min videos regardless of which game or topic you're talking about.
I am personally satisfied with 1-3, its a masterpiece of a level
Damn man. This area series was the only series I wanted to see anyone make for a long time! Here's to hoping you'll get mad enough at each area to rage about them all in some videos eventually!
Commentary was lacking on this one, but it's understandable since you yourself weren't feeling the series anymore.
Keep up the awesome work in the future! You're still a very entertaining commentator.
Took your sweet time ! I got bored to refresh youtube just to check if you uploaded anything (XD)
As usual ,awesome video ! (5-2 world...From Software's wet dream)
+theDeModcracy Good on you m8, I can appreciate your decision. Your voice just didn't have the same energy or life in it that it usually does, which, honestly speaking, impacted the entertainment value of the video, so I'm glad you made that choice, keep up the good work
Pity. I'd really be interested in hearing your ranking of the Dark Souls areas. I mean obviously the worst area is Blighttown and the best area is _probably_ Anor Londo, but I have no idea how you'd rate the rest. I heard that the 4 Lord Soul areas (Lost Izalith, Crystal Caverns, New Londo and the Tomb of Giants) are considered a huge step-down from the rest of the game by a lot of people and considered kind of rushed (kind of like Xen in Half-Life) and I wanted to hear your opinion on them, as well as what you thought of a lot of other interesting areas like the Catacombs, Ash Lake and Undead Burg (best true opening area ever?).
Oh well, looking forward to Best Waifus (Fair Lady FTW!). NOT looking forward to Best Booties because I know it's going to turn into a total joke list and you're going to put Stray Demon at #1 for lulz, blah.
ArcaneAzmadi I have to say I enjoyed Blighttown more than Anor Londo
I'd have to say that lost izalith would be the worst area
LeadFaun I thought Crystal Caves was enjoyable and pretty, but short. Tomb of Giants, on the other hand, I hate with a passion.
LeadFaun I just hated the lack of visibility, and being a non-magic build my only solution was the skull lantern, which removed my shield. That combined with the already maze-like design of the area and the annoying dog-skeletons just made me dread going there every playthrough. I will say that Nito is at least a better boss battle than Seath, but they both kind of suck so that's not saying much.
LeadFaun Don't get me wrong, he looks awesome, but I dislike the ring design of the boss arena, and I especially hate all the skeleton minions. They would always respawn constantly and pester me while Nito would charge his AOE attack, which combined with the small amount of running space just made the fight a hassle for me. Not a difficult boss overall, just irritating.
Damn. I love the valley of defilement. Its so intricately woven and it's got such style to it. I feel like they must have been super proud of it. That said, omg ya it is hell sometimes lol.
please keep making this series please!!!!!
Yes finally back! So happy!
Here's interesting ranking series: ranking the bosses musics of each game with those criteria:
-how remarquable they are
-how well they represent the boss or the fight
you're Remake boss countdown brought me here :D
hears a challenge theDeModcracy, do a boss ranking based of of aesthetics. how pretty it is, how good the music is, how well it is designed and on how fun it is to fight. it will give you a better appreciation for just how good these enemy's are.
you should have rated the areas on criteria, like the boss rankings.
difficulty: how hard is it to get through.
lore: how well does it represent its lore.
design: how well designed is the area.
content: how important is it for in terms of what NPCs are there and the items you could get. (like demon ruins; its one of the most bullshit areas in darksouls 3, but it makes up for the items you can loot such as FUGS.
No
Valley of Defilement is a really good world, not the best looking, but perfect for speedrunning it and I got my first Ephemeral Eye drops there. The path is just so simple I didn't really use a bow or health regen (I only use bow on dragons/Maneater 1), just black grass and a BBS, and ran to the middle of each section of land they were standing on. At least it didn't have keys/elevators like Latria did, also yeah you can't use melee properly in some parts of Latria so you can't lock in to the enemies near cliffs or they fly away and you fall in, just bait them if you use melee though.
DeMod can I put my crystal halberd in your gaping dragon?
WOOOOOOOOOO new Demod vid my day is complete :D
Hopefully you do eventually make at least a Top 10 per DS game of you favorite areas.
I would say that 3-2 beats 3-1 to a pulp. And it really comes down to 3 things
1: The enormous "heart" that you have to drop made me feel absolutely weak. Its size and the manner with which it seems to be worshiped makes me feel insignificant and terrorized.
2: The cages which take you to the bottom. Never in a game where you are on height comparable to mountains,yet walking on thin bridges have i ever imagined that i would end up exploring the bottom. The speed with which the cages move made me feel like i was travelling miles and miles deeper into the depths of hell that is the area. Blood lakes,bugs that would give you nightmares,huge tentacles just moving around passively and most importantly:darkness. Without you to bring light to the place with the augite,this place is a pit of neverending torment and darkness that you cannot even see from atop the pillars. It is without doubt the scariest and most intimidating experience in my life....those goddamn cages.
This channel in future: ranking the swords in souls series; ranking graphics in souls series; ranking the sounds in souls series; ranking the bushes on the areas in souls series etc.
Love your videos!
I know this is super late but did anyone notice at 5:25 he put adjudicators archstone for world 1-2.
Democracy i was screaming when your video was uploaded
Your videos are amazing
Hell yes. I've been waiting for this
Your complaint about the Shortcut to Flamelurker does kinda invalidate itself when you are going the wrong way....
Also, you accidentally named Area 1-2 "Adjudicator Archstone", when it is Phalanx's.
I absolutely adore all of Boletarian Palace and Tower of Latria. I agree with 1-3's placement
I really love this game. It’s one of my favorites in the series. I wish more people gave it a chance!
It would help if I didn't have to buy a ps3 to do so
@@randomguy6679 u don't anymore:)
@@randomguy6679 just emulate it on pc
I bought a used PS3 just to play it lol. Then I got it on PS5 a couple years later
What sword did he use at 1:00?
Dragon Longsword
Leider Hosen thx d00d
I'm disappointed that u won't rank the areas for dks1, dks2, and dks3. I was rly looking forward to it.
2:20 I defeated Flamelurker on my first try in my offline playthrough, after many days of shitting myself and chickening out of fighting him
Man watching this now that the remaster is out, my god hahah
Love the vid man keep up the good work and if you can can you help me with the bloodborne DLC
daddy demod back again with more amazing content
This became very helpful once again.
"Pain in the Stray Demon" Oh god do I love you.
Are you still going to be ranking the games themselves? I've been super excited for that!
I wish your videos came up more than once a week FeelsBadMan
I've never had any issues with world 5 but I guess because I'm using Yurt armor which lowers the effects of the swamps.
If you want more lists, after areas you should do top10 best/worst weapons in soulsborne.
#1= whirligig saw
Moonlight Sword #1
Beast Claws
O.G. Loki just no
why? I've downed Ebrietas in literally 10 seconds with them
3-1 is just a no-no from me, most tedious part imo, the only good thing is freke
Also 4-1 and 4-2 are of my favorite levels in the series and the valley of defilement was super easy too, just regen and be cautious
How was 3-1 tedious?
@@randomguy6679 jailkeepers dear necromancer
@@nuculaisvoidwalker5866 they aren't tedious, just use stealth to your advantage or shoot them at a range. Just because you have to take your time, doesn't mean it's tedious
I'd love to see the OG Dark Souls areas ranked. Even if you don't do 2 or 3.
honestly, i was looking forward to the area lists. while the bosses are delightful and dreadful, they were where i spent the least amount of time. the zones teach you how to play and reward you for exploration.
we all have our comfort soul farming zones where it was productive to safely try new toys, through hours of repeated confident building murder.
I have great memories of being able to drunkenly farm stones and souls from the bear bugs after i beat flame lurker and was afraid of going past him because he was crazy back then and i wanted to farm for what was to come...
Couldn't watch this earlier cause i was playing DeS for the first time but now I'VE BEATEN THE FALSE DRAGON AND I CAN WATCH THIS BOOYEAH
I hate every area except for first levels of Boletarian Palace and Shrine Of Storms. The first level of Tower Of Latria used to be my favourite but in my second playthrough, trying to find my way was a hellish nightmare. I still very dig the atmosphere.And Shrine Of Storms has some very cool enemies and areas.
I understand the 5-1 hate to a degree, but to me that level is just sooooo atmospheric and the level is just so interesting that it's personally one of my absolute favorites in the series. The only levels I hate are 4-2 and 2-2.
I love all the games somewhat equally but I definitely have always liked Demon Souls the least. I could never pinpoint why until I saw this video and realized that I just couldn't stand almost half the areas in the game.
My personal list for the worst 5 areas are:
5. Tower of Latria (3-1) [ Shocked this was rated so highly]
4. Adjudicator Archstone (4-2)
3. Leechmonger Archstone (5-2)
2. Armored Spider Archstone (2-2)
1. Stonefang Tunnel (2-1)
On a postive note, I felt Boletarian Palace was by far the best starting area in the series.
I love how the Phalanx stone was labeled the adjudicatos stone
Since there won't be a list for best and worst areas for the other souls games, I'm just gonna post my best and worst level and see who agrees or disagrees.
Dark Souls
Best: Anor Londo
Worst: Blightown / Lost Izalith
I hate to say it but after Anor Londo, the quality in the level design seems to go down. Even though I hate Blighttown for its weird lighting and toxic sharpshooters, it's actually pretty well designed in some ways. Lost Izalith however doesn't really have anything that elicits joy or wonder from myself. Plus if you're playing on console, the lava textures are such an eyesore. I know bosses shouldn't affect how good or bad an area is, but....Bed of Chaos...need I say anymore?
Dark Souls 2
Best: Brume Tower
Worst: Iron Passage / Frigid Outskirts
Both the Iron Passage and the Frigid Outskirts are just abysmally bad and not fun for me to play. I don't care if they were made for co-op, because even with other players the areas can be frustratingly hard and the bosses at the end are just reskins. Lazy, lazy, lazy.
Dark Souls 3
Best: Lothric Castle
Worst: Farron Keep
I've been through Farron Keep maybe 3 times by now and it still feels it takes forever to put out all the flames and get the items I want. The fact that there's no Rusted Iron Ring or anything like that just makes it drag on even longer. Also, there are enemies like Corvians that are a bitch to deal with when they're enraged and the damn Ghrus who jump on your head and make the camera go ballistic. At least the boss at the end is pretty awesome (if a bit too easy if you know how to parry)
Honestly I'm kinda disappointed. I mean, I understand, but I feel like I got screwed outta the two games I care about (Dark Souls 1 & 3)
Pastlife17 same
Pastlife17 I completely agree
+1
I think the mistake was doing Demon's Souls next. It's just not as interesting a game to talk about as the others.
It sucks because he did the two souls games that I did not play.
well, my house is git robbed, but this lifted my spirits
I have one issue, really...you included the under Nexus, but not the place where you fight astraea? as far as design of a boss place, it's pretty big and has some enemies, and it looks cool
Funny, everyone talks about how op ranged attacks are, but I played full melee and did just fine. It's way more fun to get in something's face and learn how to properly dodge and counter rather than be a wuss standing in the back as you snipe something. I like that the option exists, but it's just not as fun to be a magic or bow user.
Adjudicator Archstone appears twice. I'm sure you meant for Phalanx to be for 1-2, of course. Not sure if that was pointed out yet or not lol
I'll be honest, I... kinda like 2-1 and 2-2, they may be incredibly long and in the latters even a little frustrating but the amount of stuff buried within these levels is incredible and I always enjoy travelling through the mines to see what I can find. That said fuck the Dragon God.
I enjoyed 3-2 much more than 3-1. Sure, 3-1 was great but nothing beats going through 3-2 for the first time. 2-1 and 2-2 were very interesting to me. Same goes for Valley of Defilement. I found most of the areas to be very interesting, I don't think any of the areas were actually bad.
THANK GOD ANOTHER RANK VID
I didn't find out 5-1 to be bad, i actually kinda liked it, the atmospjere reminded me of fishing hamlet.
I I play my demon soul's like this I always choose the Royal class I defeat phalanx I don't even go back to the Nexus I keep going going to beat the tower Knight then I go back to the Nexus all at level one by the way.
Demon Souls is by far the most difficult game in the series.
Now I didn't find it to challenging because I had already played the shit out of Dark Souls 1, 2 and 3 so I knew what to expect, but if Demon Souls had been my first outing I could see it being the hardest.
Here's Why:
1. Half Health everytime you die (DS2 does a baby version of this)
2. Lack of Checkpoints (Unlike Dark Souls series you get one "bonfire" per area so if you die to a boss you're running the whole area again, as there are rarely shortcuts to the boss)
3. You can't just R1 spam your way through the game (a la Bloodborne or Dark Souls 3 due to non-existent poise) enemies are often faster than you when attacking so you get interrupted alot.
Also this is just a personal gripe I have with Demon's Souls but the lack of variety in Weapons/Armor is really off-putting
All in all fun game and any souls fan should play Demon's Souls, I got a Ps3 for this one game.
Absolutely hate 4-2 the damn rays
You should do a Bloodsouls Regular enemies ranking.
Valley of defilement literally makes blightown look like a cake walk. Aside from the bullshit frame rate and of course the blowgun guys which thankfully dont respawn. The poison blighttown is nothing compared to 5-2. Not to mention Valley is fuckin longer. Id honestly rather play alot more blighttoen with bad frame rate than go through valley of defilement
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