Why You Should Play: Dark Souls | Demon's Souls | Bloodborne | Sekiro | Elden Ring

If you’ve looked around the gaming sphere for a bit, chances are you’ve seen something like “_____ is the Dark Souls of _____”. While both a meme and lazy journalist heuristic, a big reason why Fromsoft’s games create so much buzz is because they’re awesome!

The difficulty and the difficulty “debates” are popular topics, but that’s not the only thing that makes these games so good. Fromsoft’s games are rich worlds, littered with fantastic characters and histories. And when you add in tight gameplay and fantastic level design, well, baby you’ve got a stew going.

So, in this spoiler-free* guide, I’ll do what I can to explore what makes these games so good, and how to git less bad.

Chapters and Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
06:09 Part 1: Why They Rock
11:14 Part 2: An Overview
13:12 Demon’s Souls
17:07 Dark Souls
21:05 Dark Souls 2
23:08 Bloodborne
27:47 Dark Souls 3
29:48 Sekiro
40:39 Elden Ring, and Beyond

(Sorry about the Sekiro section, there just wasn’t a lot I could cut out lol. Blame Miyazaki.)

-The Wikis and Other Useful Info-

Demon Souls Wikis: (The OG and Remake are pretty much the same, besides a few minor rebalances and item placement changes)

-Demon Souls Original:-

-Demon Souls Remake Wiki-

Body Form and Soul Form in Detail:

World Tendency in Detail:

-Dark Souls Wiki-

-Dark Souls 2 Wiki-

Detailed Breakdown of ADP and Agility

Estus Shard Locations:

-Bloodborne Wiki-

Weapons and Weapon Movesets:
Main Weapons

Guns and Offhand Weapons:

Farming Spots:
1. Central Yharnam: Runs are fast, and vial drops are fairly plentiful. The entire area is good, but the Werewolves on the Bridge, and the Sewers, are a bit better for Vials. (Early Game)

2. Witch’s Abode, Hemwick Charnel Lane: Lots of vial drops and Echoes for the mid-game

3. Lecture Hall: You can kill the Uni students for a ton of Echoes, which you can use to buy levels and Vials. They also drop a decent amount of bullets! (Mid Game).

4. Cainhurst Castle: Similar to the Lecture Hall, the specters drop lots of Echoes, which you can turn in for Vials and bullets. (Mid Game).

5. Mergo’s Loft: Middle: The pigs drop lots of Echoes, and you can force the Shadows and pigs to fight each other if you go further up. It’s the best late game farming spot by a long shot.

-Dark Souls 3 Wiki-

Estus Shard Locations:

-Sekiro Wiki-

Posture in Detail:

Gourd Seed Locations:

Complete list of Skill Books:

#FromSoftware #DemonSouls #DarkSouls #Bloodborne #Sekiro #Elden Ring

[ViviVariety]

So, I’m really surprised that this one blew up! Honestly it’s still making my head spin, but I’m happy this project started to gain some traction. Usually community posts have more info on future projects, and even though they aren't Souls related, I appreciate it if you check them out regardless!


(Also I'm aware I died to Pinwheel and Mist Noble, that's the joke. Why do you think I even included those clips in the first place?? I even did multiple deaths to get the ideal clips...I swear, if I see another "hur dur Pinwheel death"... )

Third, I’ve seen a few comments mention the music. I usually try to put them in the description but I ran out of room, So I’ll link them all here in order of appearance:

The Non From Music:

Every Day is Night: VA-11-HA

Magician’s Night EX, Melty Blood Type Lumina

Red Sprouted Memories, Melty Blood Type Lumina

Character Select, Melty Blood Type Lumina

Tomorrow’s Collapse, Melty Blood Type Lumina

Caren Hortensia’s Theme, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia

Imbalance Blue, Witch on the Holy Night

Kasugano Residence, Street Fighter 5

The From Music
False King Allant

Maiden Astrea

Plin Plon Plin

Low-key the best hub theme (Majula)

Lady Maria

Ludwig

Orphan

The Biggest Chad in Lothric

Rock the Dragon

Sasuke

Don’t even think about using a thrust attack

“Hesitation is Defeat”

Elden Ring Main Theme

[dighad]

Words can't describe how much I love Sekiro and its combat system. It's the pinnacle of sword-clashing in a game

[iHaveTheDocuments]

Bloodborne was my first. I didn't even know what a perry was so yarnam was the hardest level in any game ever for me. I rage deleted it but couldn't stop thinking about it. Now fromsoftware has destroyed all other games for me. Nothing touches them.

[hollandscottthomas]

The final boss of Sekiro is one of the only bosses that I immediately wanted to challenge again after I beat them, even though it took me like 30 tries to win. Such an amazingly fun and satisfying game.

[lovesravens]

Dude how does this not have more views, I can tell you put an immense amount of effort into this, if this got out there I'm sure people would love it. Keep up the good work dude I hope you get recognized for it soon! Gonna keep watching your content from now on :)

[Ingeniousleo]

Hi, I’m here from the future to let you know that Elden Ring is pretty amazing, but in a dark souls type of way! Sekiro still has the best and most satisfying combat for me!
Great video dude! Watched it twice and I’m sure I’ll watch it more times! Looking forward to more content!

[ElectroMagneticJosh]

My view on Sekiro regarding difficulty. It isn't easy but I think that its actually tougher for Fromsoft veterans because it took longer for us to adapt to the combat differences. I think lady butterfly was the point where I actually realize I needed to use posture and deflection (prior to that I was trying to play like it was DS). There are also a couple of spots that I think are designed to troll their fan-base which non-fromsoft players won't even notice.

[idiosyncrasy]

Sekiro will always be my top combat system. It's insane how fast and responsive the combat feels in that game.

[aqualeo]

i only played ds1-3 (and now elden ring) so hearing about demon souls, bloodborne, and sekiro was really insightful! great vid, def deserve more views

[sunjunlee]

A S tier video/analysis on an amazing game franchise. Keep up the great work. A well crafted video and you brought up many great points. It would be dope and I’d fully support if you want to make more videos on soulsborne games. Let’s see how the Elden Ring journey will be and where it will take us

[JefeVergas]

Sekiro was my second game from FromSoft’s, Elden Ring being my first, but the quick gameplay and the ninja sword fighting aspect of it was just so badass. There’s so much about the game I love, the final boss (and the OTHER one near him) had me in a fit of rage for days but always had me wanting to come back again.

[TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

From Soft be like: Want to see me make a masterpiece? And again? And again? And again...

[mrinvincible]

Bloodborne was my first souls game. I remember not even being able to finish the first level
I would stuck in there for hours, but once I did beat it the amount of satisfaction I got was unbelievable
3 weeks later I finally beat the game. All I could say was, this game is a masterpiece.

[pain]

people who never edited a video before really cant apreaciate how you made it that pretty much every time you talk, the gameplay is completely relevant to it. Keeping that up for 42 minutes. I was shocked to say the least when I saw you didnt at least have 50 thousand subs. This video really deserves to blow up

[KizWhalifa.]

For me the love for the franchise came from the feeling of accomplishment each time a defeated a difficult boss and the intrigue of what’s next around the corner. Hands down the greatest games ever made

[cchristianjeremy]

Exactly what I did this pandemic, I only have Sekiro left and just defeated Great Shinobi - Owl. Such masterpieces.

[abdelrahmanalshamsi]

Man When I saw the number of subscribers I thought there was a "K" after the number, youtube does not give you justice. The quality of the video is an S tier, how are people not watching you?!! I hope you get the recognition you deserve.

[jerodsumile]

Holy shit the quality in this video is something else. I've always wanted a video that explains all the Soulsborne games in a single video for a newbie. How do you not have at least 500k subs

[seneca]

I will always love bloodborne but Sekiro and Elden ring just feel so good to play

[innoturtle]

Elden Ring was the first soulsborne game I played on release. And it was amazing. With the other entries I’ve played, I find it really hard not to look things up about the game before I finish it. But with Elden Ring, it was new for everyone. I highly recommend to anyone who is mildly interested in any of these games to go in completely blind and stay blind your entire way through. It’s worth it.