Ranking All Souls Games From Worst to Best

In this video, SoulReborn ranks every single FromSoftware Soulslike game from Worst to Best. This includes Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Bloodborne, Dark Souls III, Sekiro and Elden Ring.
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[@bondedmass3079]

My list would have to be 1. Sekiro 2. Bloodborne 3. Dark souls 3 4. Dark souls 5. Elden Ring 6. Demon's souls 7. Dark souls 2

[@april_mood4027]

Apart from sekiro I agree with all this 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Pyps0403]

Perfect list

[@fatsanta7867]

Spot on

[@stefus97]

Someone with a bit of a brain, finally

[@homiespaghetti1522]

That's pretty close my personal list. Nice choices

[@random.med.student]

Seeing Sekiro as the worst on the list made me feel personally attacked. To me Sekiro is the only souls game that I unintentionally go back to. I lost count on how many times I finished it pirated, and then I bought it on steam, absolute masterpiece, almost flawless, 98/100.

[@felicemastronzo8827]

It isn't a souls and I also disliked it, despite the fact I'm a souls veteran since 2010

[@felicemastronzo8827]

Sekiro is not even a souls

[@dmitriyskilov3022]

​@@felicemastronzo8827Liking the game by its uniqueness:🗿 Not liking a game because it's not "souls" :🤓

[@GreenWolf2k]

Sekiro before DS2?! Looks like I gotta commit 1st Degree Murder tomorrow!!!

[@ChaosSoulYT]

You can't hide from the truth

[@johnnyglenn2692]

​@@ChaosSoulYT I agree with you about sekiro, I don't understand why soooo many ppl put that as their number one fromsoftware game. Block 100 times swing block 100 times swing block 50 times jump swing variations, yea ehhhh, but I don't understand why demons Souls is so high, and I think Bloodborne would be number 1 if it was on PC and Xbox

[@ryanmattioli9790]

@@johnnyglenn2692 the other games is Just role and attack the weapons are just retexture with different damage scaling the combat is sekiro is much more defined and consistent

[@obamabinladen9684]

@@johnnyglenn2692as opposed to roll attack roll attack 1000x

[@jaswanthvardireddy2243]

@@ChaosSoulYTthing is sekiro has no glaring obvious flaws whereas dark souls 2 has obvious glaring flaws

[@christophercollins3632]

DS2 is my favorite. Best replayability (actual changes from ng+ through ng+6, 7 possible first bosses). Best PvP (dislike 1, 3, ER’s healing wars of attrition with effigies or estus, no 1’s wonky mechanics abuse). Respec. Bonfire Ascetics. Powerstance. Hardmode-Covenant of Champions. Resurrect dead NPCs. Death counter. RatBros. Spicing down spell requirements with incense. Gear designed with low stats in mind, increasing their power. Slower combat allows more room for different timings, cancels, baits. In the remaster, give it 360 deg movement instead of 8-way, and it’s perfect. DS1, DeS are next, simply bc the map through Sen’s Fortress is perhaps gaming’s best. Not a single ng+ play through, oddly enough. PvP is filled with weird tech i don’t have the time for. DeS is classic. DS3, ER, BB are all good. Their faster gameplay annoys me most of the time. I get a headache from Sekiro’s clanging swords, when I’ve watched streams of it. So chances are, I’ll never play it.

[@ftir1450]

Well said! I also think Dark Souls 2 is one of my top favorites

[@SteveDonev]

My rank is Sekiro Bloodborne Elden Ring Dark Souls 3 Dark Souls 1 Demons Souls Dark Souls 2 DS1 was my first souls game so it stings especially hard that the last 1/3 of that game is just trash. It’s easily a 10/10 game right up until you get the lord vessel, then completely falls apart after that. Demon ruins/lost izaleth are especially atrocious. The last third just brings the whole experience down to a 8/10 at best. I wonder if they ran out of time or money to drop the ball so bad…

[@Budd631]

ER, for a game that is a decade newer than DS and a much bigger budget also has a terrible 1/3. It’s well known that DS ran out of time

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Yes dark souls 1 did run out of time and miyazaki did not have time to check over lost izalith before launch and give it his touch. That's the only area of the game he did no work on at all. However I still feel New Londo Ruins is a good area, and tomb of the giants isn't that bad either compared to dukes and izalith.

[@SteveDonev]

@@Budd631 i disagree. The main content of ER (stormveil -> reya lucaria -> Layndell -> mountaintop -> faram azula -> ashen capital) was consistently amazing. ER's main issue is that the side content was repetitive, but thats all side content, all of it can be skipped. Meanwhile you can't skip the last 3rd of ds1 without glitches or mods

[@SteveDonev]

@@ChaosSoulYT new londo was the only good end game area imo. Dukes archives, crystal cave, catacombs, tomb of the giants, demon ruins, lost izaleth and the kiln were all terrible

[@broodwars64]

Putting Sekiro at #7 and Demon's Souls at #2 is just insane to me. I tried to like the Demon's Souls remake. I nearly reached the end of the game when my run got fucked over by World Tendency and I just gave up on the game out of lack of interest. I'll grant you that that game is very open. It's also full of a lot of stupid bullshit that was rectified in later Souls games, such as not having shortcuts in general, halving your health for the crime of dying (with the exception of DS2, which did it even worse), and having World Tendency in general. Seriously, fuck Demon's Souls. I did really did Sekiro, though not as much as Bloodborne.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I think any issues I may have had with Demon's Souls never really were shown because I honestly found the game so easy. I am not saying this to be elitist or to undermine your experience with the game, however, runs back from bosses and the halved HP and limited healing items are all common complaints thrown at the game, but asides from Flamelurker, (and strangely enough the Armor Spider) every single boss in this game I beat within 1 or 2 tries as you can see on my Lets Play, and so I never had enough time to get frustrated by some of the annoyances that the game may have. This probably comes from me having played through Dark Souls 1 (the game Demon's Souls is most similar too) about 20 times at this point, so therefore I felt at home with the games mechanics and movement, so I breezed through most of the game. If you feel more comfortable with the more faster paced nature of the combat in Sekiro, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring (which I am assuming you do, since you are a big fan of Bloodborne and Sekiro) then the slower, methodical combat of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 might not be as suited to your playstyle, therefore they might seem more challenging, and the punishing mechanics might frustrate you more, but as someone who finds the slower, methodical pace better personally, I probably get frustrated with Sekiro as much as you might do with Demon's Souls.

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

World tendency is very flawed but it can't ruin a run... I put the game on black everything for fun sometimes

[@broodwars64]

@@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725 It can when it permanently locks you out of a sidequest item.

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

@Broodwars that's not the same thing. A lot of things can break npc quests that doesn't ruin your run. May force you to do another one if you want the item but yhe game is by all means still beatable. But furthermore you were using a guide and knew about a specific item ahead of time why didn't you also understand hiw world tendency works and why were you unable to fix yours by killing invaders like the rest of us

[@crow1460]

My list would be: 1| Bloodborne 2| Elden Ring 3| Dark Souls 4| Sekiro (This constantly changes during time, it could easily be 2nd or 3rd depending on the time, but i think it is objectively the best From Software game in terms of mechanics and balance, it's just that i prefer other games at the time) 5| Dark Souls 3 6| Demon's Souls 7| Dark Souls 2

[@tmorts]

Thanks for the shoutout mate, I wondered where you ranked these games. I do enjoy Sekiro but I think your critiques are completely valid. You can count on my support going forward, i enjoy all your videos. Excited for the BloodBorne 'let's play' as i've recently gone back to it myself! Thanks again mate

[@GrotesqueYT]

So far we've seen eye to eye on so many things when it comes to the Souls games, and it seems it's happened once again, as I agreed with basically every point brought up on this video, along with most of the rankings. I honestly jumped out of my chair and yelled "YES" when I saw the top 2 rankings, as they are the same as mine. I swear, spot #2 (not saying it cause I don't want to spoil the video for anyone 😌) is beyond underrated. That game and spot #1 are my two favorite games in the entire series, and while I love/appreciate the other entries, those 2 just nailed everything so perfectly and in such a way that I don't know if FromSoftware will ever truly replicate, especially with their focus shifting more and more to the boss fights and cocaine infused dodge roll/NK timings/one shot death/infinite combos/sonic speed combat that has been slowly evolving from Bloodborne (where it was fun) to DS3 (where it was still fun) to Sekiro (where it was fun, but questionably difficult at times) to Elden Ring (where some bosses feel borderline unfair [this is just one example of many, but some unavoidable attacks like Mohg's ceiling stab that you can only avoid if you drink an arbitrary physick flask or something? It's so dumb and doesn't even rely on your own skill, just a gimmick]) when in reality, I just want another game that puts as much emphasis on atmosphere, an interconnected world, and UNIQUE bossfights/encounters. I could go on, but I don't want you to have to read an entire college essay, so I'll leave you with my ranking: 1. Dark Souls 1 2. Demon's Souls 3. Dark Souls 3 4. Elden Ring (this is interchangable with #5 for me, just depends on the day and whether the game is pissing me off or not 😂) 5. Bloodborne (I know this is a hot take, but the final few areas, and one really terrible late game boss, really spoiled the experience for me. Not to mention early game Blood Vial farming is an annoyance, and an arbitrary waste of the players time, though this problem thankfully goes away by the midgame) 6. Dark Souls 2 7. Sekiro (not even a souls game, so it's hard to compare it to the others really) Sorry for such a long comment. I have a tendency of doing that on your videos it seems 😅 keep up the great work my friend! Don't go hollow ♥️

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Which areas and boss did you particularly have an issue with? I'd be curious to hear! And yes we do seem to have the most similar views on all of this! We should definitely chat one time

[@paulroche7588]

I’ve really enjoyed your videos on the souls games I’ve seen so far! Awesome work!

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Thank you! I really appreciate it! There's plenty more too come! I've started recording my bloodborne let's play now so those videos will be starting in about 2 weeks and I'm hoping to make my let's play videos cover more ground by having more edits and jump cuts and make them a bit longer so we can get to those juicy long analysis videos faster 😀

[@paulroche7588]

@@ChaosSoulYT heck yeah! Can’t wait!

[@Mattroid99]

I largely agree honestly! I'm glad to see people put Demon's Souls right with Dark Souls; both are incredible games and it always saddens me to see Demon's so unappreciated considering how innovative and unique still is on its ideas. My only changes would be swapping ER and DS3 (Repetition is a big issue in ER but is a lot less striking as a game as far as I'm concerned. Is when the series started losing its edge and the world is too uninspired for my taste) and I would put Sekiro below Bloodborne, but I see your arguments for both placements

[@Poagoo]

When you talk about DS2 are you referring to Dark Souls II or Scholar? Also fantastic list.

[@BrandonScottPartin]

Bloodborne was actually the first Souls-like game I played. It took me a long time to get past the cleric beast when I started but I finally understood how the game is telling you to play after I kept trying. I'm a person who hates hard games and bosses but the atmosphere and enviornment of Bloodborne was so awesome and it's also what lead me to go back and play Dark Souls and I have a huge appreciation for those games. I just became a huge fan of FromSoftware from there. I own pretty much all the souls game now.

[@SolareofAstora]

Great vid!! I love the different opinion. While i dont agree with most ur arguments for it was very convincing and made me think

[@gellister]

Did you turn on FPS boost in the options on Xbox Series? I have yet to run into anything but 60FPS (yes at 900p but constant 60) nor have I seen any gameplay footage online that shows anything otherwise. DS3 should run at 60 FPS on any current platform provided you have a good enough PC, a Series console or a PS5. Kinda cool that all the Dark Souls games can run at 60 on each platform now.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I hadn't played it on an xbox series x or s console when making this video. It should have been enhanced for xbox one x but never was sadly. It has been enhanced now though yes

[@smwg4187]

Wow, finally a KZbinr that gets it. I agree with this list very strongly, I'd only apply a few minor tweaks. But yeah, all the others seem to adore Elden Ring and Sekiro and place them on or near the top, while disrespecting DeS and DS1, but this dude really knows what he's talking about. And also has the balls to speak his mind and not worry about pissing off fanboys. Good work, mate. P.S. We seem to agree on every other Soulsborne game, so I'm sure you'll (or maybe already have since this video is 4 months old) eventually come to adore Bloodborne as much as I do. The DLC in particular is some of the best content Fromsoft's ever put together.

[@ady5921]

when you had sekiro at #7, i thought you were gonna say jk but 🤣

[@poomar]

Pausing to comment on your ds3 part. I'm sorry you had such a bummer experience with it. I bought it on Xbox when it first came out, got frustrated and didn't touch it for 6 years. Then I saw hbomberguy's videos on the series and decided to give it anther go, and I've been hooked on the series since. I've played all but demon souls, beat most of them a few times (still need to play through most of ds2 and sekiro), but ds3 is still my favorite. It's what eventually got me hooked, and I adore the story. Dunno why you had such a bad time from a performance standpoint though, I played it on og Xbox one and series s, both consoles played it just fine

[@thelegendartorias3972]

Nice video and i respect your opinion . My personal list : 1 bloodborne 2 elden ring 3 dark souls 4 sekiro 5 dark souls 3 6 dark souls 2 Never did demon souls. All fromsoft games are for me masterpieces that i always enjoy playing .

[@surgz_puzlx3355]

Finally some appreciation for demon souls, such a gorgeous looking game and tbh running back and forth doesn’t bother me too much

[@undava7452]

I see where you’re coming with ER, but the fact that it’s so big means that there has to be some repeat bosses. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Margit miniboss is dumb, and really any main boss remake, like Godefroy. But I feel that you somewhat discarded Elden Ring and just focused on the negatives.

[@whinegummi6329]

DS2 Sekiro Demon Souls (original, don't have the option to play the new version) Eldenring Dark Souls 3 Dark Souls Bloodborne My personal ranking. Elden Ring is just not dark enough and to repetitive. And I hate From Software for not giving us a high fps Bloodborne for PC.

[@Maroo0]

Mine would be: 1. Bloodborne 2. Elden Ring 3. Dark Souls 3 4. Sekiro 5. Dark Souls 1 6. Demon's Souls 7. Dark Souls 2 I would like to say that I still love all of them and even Dark Souls 2 with all it's bullshit it's still incredibly fun to me

[@alchemy5750]

People do be loving Sekiro but for many of players (including me) it missed everything that made me fell in love with souls games in general. - Story was set in feudal Japan and not a dark fantasy otherworldly universe - Setting limited the creativity of areas by the getgo ( Sekiro is a beautyful game, but every other title had a better area design in general) - No build/weapon variety allows for 0 replayability value since you'll be doing the exact same thing as the first time - No multiplayer/PvP system - Not as intuitive story ending choices - Worse boss/enemy design and creativity ( while Dark Souls were alway loaded with humanoid knights and warriors, there were always examples of large beasts and horrifyling monsters to spice things up. Demon of Hatred is literally the most outstanding boss of Sekiro, and even then he's just chilli-flavored Manus from DS1) - The lack of weapons and armor also meant less remarkable loot in general which (for me) made exploration less appealing. What's the point of checking under every little hidden detail of the map when I know the loot I'll be finding is underwhelming compared to Dark Souls. I'm not saying Sekiro is bad. For people who love Japan, beautyful graphics (cause Sekiro is objectively the best looking FromSoftware game), and extremely skill-based combat with perfectly challenged difficulty, Sekiro will be a definite best. But for guys like me who always loved Dark Souls games for their worldbuilding, endless build possibilities and variety, creative enemy and boss desing and interesting PvP system, Sekiro won't deliver the same way as all other FromSoftware games did.

[@davidg6008]

it’s refreshing to see a ranking that doesn’t have bb/sekiro at number 1. I don’t agree w your list (except for ds being #1) but u made some very valid points

[@internethistorytrash7464]

I still have no idea, how people complain about the areas after O&S, Lost Izalith, Dukes Archives, New Londo all memorable. compared to the caves,dungeons in ER that are copy paste.

[@leobro6398]

I agree. The only thing i can critisize about the late game is lost izalith because of the many copy pasted boss enemies in the area, the stray demon rehash and the bed of chaos. But the others are great!

[@aliscripture9334]

I love Elden ring because it gave me the one thing I was missing from the others and that is a truly open vast world. BloodBorne I love equally because the combat system with the rally mechanic and backseat is perfect for me and my play style. The trick weapons are GENIUS and just oozing with slick smooth swagger! And as a person who was a fan of HP Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as mangas like Berserk and all the worlds of Junji Ito where he crafts these depictions of dark twisted uncanny humanity, BloodBorne clicked with me INSTANTLY! For example, the Fishing Hamlet is heavily inspired by Lovecraft’s Shadow over Innsmouth, and the vilebloods of Cainhurst castle as well as the area itself is inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Dark Souls 3 has the best overall boss quality. I think we can all agree. The roster is just STACKED from the Beautifully Tragic magic and fight of the abyss watchers linking to Sif and Artorius to the horror seeing that Aldrich consumed past characters and the sorrow of Yhorm’s kingdom being laid waste. The Dancer being graceful yet deadly, and the way she steps to the notes of the OST is just gorgeous yet terrifying. The reveal of Gwyn’s fiest born was MAJOR and it interesting how he was way more powerful than his father. Duelling a King of Mythology now proven Real atop the very grey stormy clouds of his dominion is just phenomenal and jaw-dropping. The cutscenes of Friede and Gael are my favourite alongside the cutscenes of Ludwig Gehrman and Artorius. Friede, the pretty little lady with no footwear 🤣 but a massive scythe… She shocked some players with her speed not to mention it being the first ever 3 phase fight. Gael was the best conclusion to the series, the lore, the arena, the voice acting, the music, all so cinematic and great payment of respect to Berserk especially! This comment is too long so I won’t describe the other games 😭

[@luizguilherme8235]

Nice rank, I agree with 90%, I would just put DS2 before Sekiro

[@bully2681]

1. Dark souls 3 2. Bloodborne 3. Dark souls 4. Sekiro 5. Elden ring 6. Dark souls 2 7. Demon souls Every game has something that does better than the others in a way so it’s only natural different people to place them entirely differently. I like fast paced smooth gameplay and bosses are probably my favorite part so obviously the best game in that regard is DS3 also I love lore and I think DS1, DS3 and Bloodborne are the best when it comes to that. DS3 it’s better game but I feel like DS1 and Bloodborne are not just games, they are art itself. That’s why the first 3 can change every day and they are so close

[@ChaoticSphere27]

Mine would be Demon’s Souls Bloodborne Elden Ring Sekiro Dark Souls 1 Dark Souls 2 I unfortunately never got around to playing Dark Souls 3.

[@seminoleboy96]

That’s certainly an interesting list. I think nostalgia is playing a little too much into it. Demon Souls and to a lesser extent DS are both fantastic games but feel clunky compared to the newer ones and are far more inconsistent with bosses/area quality. Nothing will change how I felt when i first played Dark Souls and it hasn’t aged poorly but the second half is a slog full of terrible bosses.

[@marcwav]

Opinions respected, but Sekiro is the only one where the combat doesn't feel stuck in the ps3 era. I think the combat (bar ds2) works but geez it feels old.

[@ryanmattioli9790]

1.sekiro 2.ds3 3.elden ring 4.blood borne 5.ds1 6.ds2 7.ds

[@epicn00b]

I believe DSll is popular rn because return to majula was last month

[@TrondArneAusdal]

It should be "least best to best", not "worst to best" 🙂 I agree with Sekiro. Its really cool, but I don't love the parry mechanics, and I miss the customization.. Dark Souls 2 I haven't played more than a couple of hours, but I plan on revisiting it.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I agree with this. That's what I tried to state in the video, but calling a video 'Least Best to Best' won't get them clicks ;)

[@obamabinladen9684]

Skill issue

[@sejtano]

dark souls 1 is amazing, only a couple of games ever made can provide an experience (unique to them) that can be as memorable

[@shadowscott9910]

Kinda like kids, I love them all for different reasons. And they all irritate me at times for different reasons. Note: Have not played them all. Sekiro is next. And Demon Souls and Blood Borne will require a PS5 investment. Almost 60 and looking to spend a large chunk of change for primarily 2 games; largest and oldest child I know. Back to the play through binge.

[@LordSlypher]

Finally nice to see Demon Souls higher up on someone’s list!

[@stefanostsougkranis5851]

Love me some spicy takes, but I don't know how @SoulReborn can be so based and not based at the same time :P My main disagreements would be: 1)Demon's Souls is a bare-bones edition of the FromSoft formula. Is it a great game that innovated back at the day? Of course, but in my eyes, in 2023, it's a proof of concept. 2)The highly critical stance on Elden Ring from FromSoft fans I don't get. For every repetition there's a great idea or an amazing vista or a great piece of an expansive lore segment to get into. The variety is insane and, for me, hugely overshadows the repetitive nature of the open world. Repetition is present in all FromSoft games, mind you. Anyway, these are my two cents. Love the content, absolutely agree on DS1 (it's my absolute favorite game of all time also) and Sekiro shouldn't even be considered in this tier list because it's so different from others (still a great action game and a better experience than DS2 by far). My personal ranking would be: 1) DS1 2) Elden Ring 3) Dark Souls 3 4) Bloodborne 5) Demon's Souls 6) Dark Souls 2 (way behind). Sekiro is in a different class on it's own, one of the best action games of all time and, if compared, it would rank right beneath Bloodborne.

[@aliscripture9334]

If you don’t really count Sekiro as a SousBorne game, I understand, but if you count it, I would say it’s obviously better than Dark Souls 2

[@robertstimmel1100]

I don't agree with everything on this list, but it's a lot closer to how I feel about these games than most of the rankings I see online. I love Sekiro, but probably wouldn't put it on this list at all. It's too different to compare. Bloodborne is my number one, with DS1 and DS3 tied for second place. Either could be ahead of the other depending on the day. Demon's Souls would go in fourth, with Elden Ring staying in fifth place.

[@midnial]

My list would be the opposite of yours but I respect your opinion. Sekiro is like a dance, once you learn the rhythm it's very satisfying. Ds2 is one of my favorites as well. Ds1 was my first souls game, in terms of world design its excellent but the combat is a little bit clunky.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I don't believe it is clunky personally. For me the way ds1 and demons souls play is my favorite kind of souls combat and movement and i absolutely love the feel of them.

[@Budd631]

If DS1 is clunky then DS2 is clunkier. I Love all of these games, though.

[@guitargod3545]

EXCELLECT WORLD DESIGN?? I played ds1 after ds3 elden ring and sekiro. By far i think it has some of the most least thought out planning. Its cool how you can choose a path to go and what not. But half the games spent fighting walls and trying not to roll off a ledge. Not to mention the fucking swamp town shit they thought was fun.

[@gottabouncebro447]

Great video. Disagreed with almost everything, but we all have opinions for a reason and I respect yours.

[@Batman_83]

I must ask, why is Sekiro included? It is not a Souls game. It has 2 mechanics that are similar and nothing else. It is a Tenchu successor though.

[@saintsundere]

I understand your rating and the reasoning is similar to mine but my list is different. Sense of accomplishment metric, having platinumed all of them & replayed them for fun: 7. Dark Souls 1 (Remaster) 6. Demon Souls (PS5) 5. Elden Ring 4. Dark Souls 3 3. Dark Souls 2: SoftFS 2. Sekiro 1. Bloodborne

[@saintsundere]

I am a new player, so I don’t have the awesome nostalgia that OG people have. Here’s the order I played/platinumed them in: 1. DS 3 2. Bloodborne 3. Sekiro 4. DS 2 SoftFS 5. DS 1 (Remaster) 6. Elden Ring 7. Demon Souls (PS5)

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I feel like a reason for your list may be because you started with the faster paced games first and then went back to the slower games which naturally will mean you might have a bit of difficulty adjusting to a different paced game and if you are used to a faster style you would probably prefer that and feel a slower style would be a bit jarring. It's funny that we have both got bloodborne still very high though. I respect your list though and its awesome seeing someone who is newer to the series here 👍

[@weebto]

Putting Sekiro last (and more importantly, below DS2) should be illegal in most countries

[@ZarkAttack]

At least Sekiro is a finely crafted game with little objective problems. DS2 is literally a broken mess.

[@bennybeck]

Imo I think sekiro feels too different to compare like this. Like a from soft ranking is one thing but I wouldn’t count it as a souls style game. For souls I enjoyed Bloodborne most.

[@Chris-nt1ns]

I agree that DS3 looks pixely on Xbox. But I don’t understand the frame rate comment. It runs at a solid 60 on Series X for at least 2 years now.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I hadn't returned to ds3 on xbox for a while when I made this video as I never heard about that.

[@Chris-nt1ns]

@@ChaosSoulYT You should give it another shot. The FPS boost really changes the game for the better. In my opinion the Series X version of DS3 feels smoother than any other souls game, including Elden Ring. ... the 900p resolution still sucks tho.

[@gottabouncebro447]

I haven’t played either of Sekiro or Demon souls so I can’t comment. I’ve heard good things from both though. Though my ranking would be: 1. Bloodborne 2. Dark souls 3 3. Elden ring 4. Dark souls 5. Dark souls 2

[@aliscripture9334]

My list would have to be: 1. Elden Ring 2. BloodBorne 3. Dark Souls 3 4. Sekiro 5. Dark Souls 6. Demon’s Souls 7. Dark Souls 2 Note: Any of the top 4 become the best to me on the day I play em 😅 and the ones below number 4 are great but haven’t aged the best in opinion apart form demon’s souls of course because the remake is beautiful and smoother and renewed in how fresh and nuanced it feels

[@dantedigz]

I really appreciate how ur opinion isn't the same as everyone elses

[@atromin9323]

I got into the souls games in late 2021, so my list is pretty short. Bandai pls put DS3 on sale. 1) Dark Souls (became my favorite game of all time) 2) PS3 Demon Souls (I agree with the complaints about the soundtrack, i have no doubts about the remake being amazing, and i'd play it over the original if i could, but i LOVE original soundtrack too much and the remake while it has good music it can't compare. Also the Tower of Latria is my favorite area in a souls game so far) Massive Gap 3) Dark Souls 2 SotfS (i've learned to TOLARATE the game, but i'm not sure i would call it good. And i don't mean "it's a good game but a bad souls game" like most people say, i think it's just bad-mediocre) Planning on playing Sekiro soon.

[@ey1615]

Did you try out Sekiro by now?

[@Tayfungurses777]

Finally someone, rightfully critisizing Ds3. Everyone seems to ignore the linear and boring world, cheap fanservice and lack of build/combat variety. Dual-wielding and poise is gone, armor and shields are useless. Hit and dodge is the only effective method; which feels like they assumed the succes of the Bloodborne was because it was fast. So we have a game that does not have the connectivity of Ds1, large world and build/combat variety of DS2, organic-feeling agressive gameplay of Bloodborne. There is nothing it gets right on its own.

[@tahireed]

Ds3's boss line up absolutely destroys Ds1, Ds2 and BB. It arguably has a better line up than all the other games combined.

[@zaboono]

coming off dark souls 1 after playing ds3 twice, I can say that while ds3 is a lot more linear, it does generally have much better areas than the first game. DS1 has a few good areas like anor londo, the depths were pretty cool I guess, undead and parish are both quite good as was the dlc, but just about everything in ds3 past the boreal valley other than irythill dungeon/profaned capital are much better areas, plus things like the undead settlement and the high wall, and the church are also great areas, and the ringed city might just one of best areas in the trilogy in my opinion. Let's just say I'd rather go through farron keep again than I would places like blighttown, lost izalith, tomb of the giants (though better than the other two was still very annoying). The only area that was decent from the latter half of the game was new londo, which is at least aesthetically cool but does have a pretty lame boss. Dark souls 3 just has much higher boss quality as well

[@lotrfan4237]

Agree completely. Ds3 is carried hard by its bosses. The areas suck ass, even the dlc ones, they all look the same and have by far the worst level design in the series. People criticized ds2 for its ganks when the travesty that is the Ringed City area exists.

[@timpa8753]

Great list, it's good to see people with different opinions! Personally i prefer faster games so my favourites are elden ring, bloodborne and dark souls 3

[@zachfiranski2515]

Ranking for me 7. Demon’s Souls 6. Dark Souls 2 5. Bloodborne 4. Dark Souls 3 3. Sekiro 2. Elden Ring 1. Dark Souls All amazing games and all worth experiencing!

[@hendryksiacz5115]

My list: 7. Sekiro 6. Demon's Souls 5. Elden Ring 4. Dark Souls II 3. Dark Souls III 2. Dark Souls 1. Bloodborne

[@shooterkid23]

I don’t agree but I understand. Great video

[@aarontruong354]

They are dragging you for your opinion 💀 I vehemently disagree with this list but I'm not bothered. I've given you a view and a like on the vid. I respect you putting your ballsy opinions on the internet. Despite Sekiro being my second favorite of the games here, I wanna offer a little bit of a more nuanced look at the game for people who might not like it as much. People tout this thing as some flawless masterpiece, and I do love it dearly, but I don't think it's perfect. My biggest issue with it is actually its biggest strength: the combat. The combat is very rhythmic and it feels so so satisfying to figure it out (it's fairly addicting imo), but at the same time, so many fights can be boiled down to just alternating between L1 and R1 and you win. The combat being so limiting makes a lot of fights feel extremely similar. And then there's shit like the Demon of Hatred, which is wholly antithetical to the entire combat philosophy. On that note, I find the fantasy elements of the game a pretty fascinating bunch. It really doesn't feel like you're really fighting these mythical creatures. For instance, you one shot kill the giant serpent. The Divine Dragon is a gimmick fight. The Headless are the most annoying piece of shit mini bosses ever. The point is is that what I was saying before about the combat being so limiting also lends itself to damn near betraying the fantasy aspect of the game because you either fight them the same way you fight every other enemy, or they're taken down in a very specific way that doesn't feel like you're fighting it at all. Lastly, the soundtrack is not that memorable. Granted, the soundtrack PERFECTLY fits the game, I just don't find many of the tracks memorable other than Owl Father and Divine Dragon OST. I don't hate Sekiro, it's my second favorite. I just don't think it's some ungodly perfect masterpiece like so many people are saying. Not even Bloodborne is either (which to me is even more egregious than people considering Sekiro a masterpiece but this comment would be too long lol). My rankings of the games just purely based off of personal enjoyment would prolly look like this: 1) Dark Souls 3 (best bosses and music) 2) Sekiro (addicting gameplay and also has a lot of great bosses even if they feel the same) 3) Bloodborne (incredible art design and combat, and an amazing soundtrack as well) 4) Elden Ring (the open world doesn't make it super replayable for me, but it looks fantastic, plays really well, and deserves the success it's had) 5) Dark Souls 1 (has not aged that well imo. The second half is a total slog, however it has a great story and some of the best level design ever conceived in the genre) 6) Dark Souls 2 (everyone knows the many problems with this game, but honestly I still enjoy it. It took a lot of risks and I respect it for that. It gives this game a very unique identity in the franchise) 7) Demon's Souls (I feel bad for this because it's the very first, but it just shows that From Soft had a lot to figure out here. The bosses are not fun to replay since they're almost all gimmicks, world tendency fucking sucks, and the level design is grueling, bordering on government-sanctioned torture especially world 5)

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I do agree with your criticisms of Sekiro and for me I feel those reasons are part of what contribute to me feeling it is inferior to the other games. Your list I also disagree with but I can still see why you put them where you did. I love Demon's Souls, but like what you said about Sekiro, I acknowledge that the game does have flaws and for some people those flaws will be enough to make them not long the game as much as others.

[@jaswanthvardireddy2243]

I agree with all except one thing. Sekiro IS a flawless and perfect masterpiece. It has no major flaws besides tiny nitpicks that you may have unlike a game like dark souls 2. Most of the mediocre stuff in sekiro are completely optional and hardly noticeable such as the optional bosses.

[@april_mood4027]

1.DS3 2.Blood 3.Elden 4.DS1 5.sekiro 6.Demon 7.DS2

[@leobro6398]

My list is: Sekiro Dark Souls 3 Dark Souls Bloodborne Elden Ring Demons Souls Dark Souls 2

[@YukonicusJr]

I agree with the entire tier list

[@benito2484]

Did you even beat sekiro? The combat “clicks” but the game throws new challenges constantly, demon of hatred is right at the end but takes everything you know and throws it out of the window , and Ishinn takes everything up to that point and puts it into one boss, still incredibly challenging, dunno man your points just sounded generic like something straight off Reddit.

[@minerman60101]

Has Lightning Reversals: Sekiro The Very Best: Dark Souls, Demon's Souls 2009 Amazing: Bloodborne, Elden Ring Great: Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 2 This is the one true ranking.

[@nicholaskane4693]

Personal List: 1. Bloodborne 2. DS1 3. Elden Ring 4. Sekiro 5. Demon's Souls 6. DS2 7. DS3 In the end, I mainly prefer the games that are standalone rather than sequels.

[@Jason-of4lf]

Sekiro at last? I guess we can't be friends

[@georgebennett3910]

Sekiro at 7 I can't watch this video no more

[@lotrfan4237]

Imo 1. Elden Ring 2. Bloodborne 3. Dark Souls 1 4. Dark Souls 2 5. Sekiro 6. Dark Souls 3 Haven’t played Demon Souls yet

[@FranzFerdinand76]

I agree with your Dark Souls 1 and Sekiro takes completely. DS2 comes up a hair. It's clunky absolutely, but it has a good variety of builds and zones which gives it some replay value. Bloodborne will come up a notch when you play it more and learn the story. The atmosphere in that game is amazing. Elden Ring is empty and boring. Completely disagree that the open world is good. It feels very much like an artificial game world built around the player, not like it could be a real place. Demon's Souls is classic, but a lot of the areas outside of Boletaria suck.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Bloodborne for me won't overtake Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 simply for the combat and gameplay feel. I love the feel of those 2 older games and I don't think any other game will ever feel like home for me in the way Dark Souls and Demon's Souls do, unless something drastic happens, especially since the Frenzy mechanics and some frustrating grab attacks in the later portions of Bloodborne somewhat undermine the fantastic parry and regain systems. Dark Souls II for me can't come up just because, whilst the variety of builds and areas do increase the replayability, I won't ever want to replay that game much because of the clunky feeling. You can have all the engaging areas, weapons and playstyles you want, but if the core fundamental mechanics of the gameplay, movement and combat aren't good, then you just don't feel the incentive to try them all out. I wholeheartedly agree about Elden Ring. Something about the game feels a bit lifeless and like a step down from the Dark Souls trilogy. For me, traversing the open world can be fun, and finding some cool items and enemies and structures that you haven't seen before is enjoyable, but too much of it feels repetitive and lifeless. I stand by a point I made in a previous video, to me Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim are much better open worlds. Bethesda do open worlds fantastically, but FromSoftwares strong suit is building amazing levels, having satisfying combat and gameplay systems, and rewarding enemy and boss encounters.

[@FranzFerdinand76]

@@ChaosSoulYT Yeah Elden Ring needed some towns, villagers, shops, npc's moving about to break things up. Also, frenzy does suck, but on multiple playthroughs it becomes trivial because you know where it is. If you find the enemies too fast try the beasthunter saif found in the dlc. It's secondary form rocks. It's fast and a lot of fun to use.

[@JohnDoe-pu5gk]

I feel the exact same about elden meme. It's pvp is also a joke.

[@pedroguarisco2004]

i did really liked your vídeo and your list, but ds2 its my favorite, also my first soulslike Hugs from brazil

[@user-nv9pz2eb9z]

I do understand this is just opinion, but you do need to get some “facts” in order, an example: the Xbox DID receive an “upgrade” and an FPS boost.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

This is just not true at all. The xbox has never received an xbox one x enhanced upgrade for dark souls 3. Microsoft did implement an FPS boost for Xbox Series X however the resolution still caps at 900p, and the game still slows in some fights due to the game having an 'artificially' increased fps

[@oats2949]

Bait used to be believable

[@Whitemike63]

No Nioh 2 ? Probably the best sou game out there,

[@guitargod3545]

Lots of cold takes here but you have a nice voice

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Thank you feline. Surprisingly I've heard it quite a bit haha

[@AlexCatable]

Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion... even the moat absurd one...

[@johnnyglenn2692]

Bloodborne Elden Ring Dark Souls 1 Dark Souls 3 Dark Souls 2 Demons Souls Sekiro

[@Whitemike63]

1 Nioh 2 2 Wo Long 3 Nioh 1 4 Sskiro 5 Bloodborne.

[@tavishdegroot5127]

This guy gets it. Elden ring is a fantastic game, but not the best. People either think its the best or worst thing ever, it's a shame

[@BDSMaestro]

Dear internet stranger, I'm so sad you don't like sekiro. How do you feel about character action games? Devil may cry, Bayonetta, etc

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I am not a fan of those games much either myself. Devil May Cry is one especially I tried to get into several times but never enjoyed it much. Outside of the Souls games I tend to gravitate towards horror games a lot, or at least games connected to horror, with a few notable exceptions such as the older Assassins Creed games and the Trials series

[@Prestonian8]

This man criticized Sekiro’s story then ranked Demon’s Souls so high?!? This ranking deserves life in prison haha DS I + II and Demon’s Souls aren’t even in the same realm as DS III, BB, Sekiro and Elden Ring

[@bilbofragns4699]

🎉

[@JamesGowan]

Elden Ring DS1 Bloodborne DS3 Demon’s Souls Sekiro DS2

[@dannyhartwig7676]

Sekiro is bout Reflexes hardly if you dont have em its nearly unbeatable.ds 2 just is poor Designed and demon souls Haß a few poor game mechanics like half hp and forced pvp.

[@Battleguild]

This is my personal ranking. 1. Dark Souls 2 2. Bloodborne 3. Elden Ring 4. Dark Souls 5. Dark Souls 3 6. Demon's Souls 7. Sekiro (Places 1-3 are really close to each other and almost entirely interchangeable.) I found it funny that your assessment of Sekiro is almost 1:1 of mine, yet our opinion of DS2 diverges completely. If Elden Ring handled casters as well as they did in DS2, it would most definitely occupy one of the top 2 placements.

[@NepsisX]

as a new souls player who only started playing these games when elden ring came out i'd have to rank them in this order 1. Elden Ring 2. Bloodborne 3. Sekiro 4. Dark Souls III 5. Dark Souls I 6. Dark Souls II 7. Demon's Souls

[@Vekkxd]

1.DS1 2.DS3 3.Bloodborne 4.DeS 5.Elden Ring 6.Sekiro 7.DS2

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Very good list. I can't really argue otherwise with any of them. Nice mob of the dead pic 👍

[@thrillingsun3001]

Sekiro last place?

[@jacobway468]

I agree

[@cvachtasvacha2277]

1 Sekiro 2 Bloodborne 3 DS 3 4 Elden Ring 5 DS 1 6 DeS 7 DS 2

[@jacobway468]

Crazy

[@TiborKM]

1. Dark Souls 2. Dark Souls II 3. Demon's Souls 4. Dark Souls III 5. Bloodborne 6. Elden Ring

[@noctissama3146]

My list: Elden Ring Dark Souls 2 Sekiro Dark Souls 1 Demon's Souls Bloodborne Dark Souls 3

[@Enux485]

Is that supposed to be from worst to best?

[@noctissama3146]

@@Enux485 it's just my opinion

[@Enux485]

@@noctissama3146 I know it's your opinion and I respect that. Was just wandering whether you ranked ds3 being worst or the best.

[@noctissama3146]

@@Enux485 least favourite. I can't say worst. Just least favourite.

[@Enux485]

@@noctissama3146 Fair enough

[@John_James]

Bro got cursed 💀

[@SPAMLANWALKER]

putting elden ring so low ..... yeah i can avoid this prats cids from now on :D

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Gotta love people who don't understand opinions. Also I literally say in this video that all of the games are 10/10,

[@johnnyglenn2692]

Actually they are all tied except sekiro is clearly the worst. Block, block, block, block, block, swing, block, block, block, block, swing, not that great of a combat system. I think ppl who put sekiro at #1 are just super proud that they beat it. It's the easiest game, but they hide behind a facade that it's hard and they rank it higher cause they want to pretend they beat the hardest game and they have some badge of honor that really don't exist

[@Pyps0403]

Loool man you're delusional

[@tahireed]

No. Sekiro is the best specifically because it has the best combat. Swing, block, deflect, jump, dodge and grapple. All the other games are just dodge, parry or swing unless you use magic which is like playing with training wheels. You literally have no idea what you are talking about but think you got it all figured out. If Sekiro is easy, than all the other games are preschool activities.

[@ViralVibes61122]

Mine 1- DS1 2- DS2 3- Demons souls 4- Elden ring 5 - DS3 I actually rank them based on how good sorcery is, I never play melee

[@earth6226]

Yeah my favorite is probably bloodborne, best music, best weapons, best fashion, best dlc, best lore and some of the best bosses in all of souls and my favorite gameplay style, my least favorite is Sekiro i completed it, but i did not enjoy it very much, i do not like the gameplay and the absolute lack of build variety, so it has zero replay value for me and the lore is not good

[@secularspectator]

Disagree..let me guess DS1 is the best...it really isn't

[@ChaosSoulYT]

Have you heard of opinions? 🤣

[@blackvalio4060]

Except it is

[@midnial]

​@@blackvalio4060 except it isn't

[@c.l.a.u.d.e]

Don't worry, brother. Soon all DS2 dissenters will face justice. Mashtanimura!

[@samuelgeaney7556]

​@@blackvalio4060DS1 is no where near the best

[@angli3865]

Dark souls 1 Sekiro Bloodborn Dark Souls 2 Dark Souls 3 Elder ring Demon Souls Fightme please

[@angli3865]

Dude i agree with you in elder ring, but I think dark souls 2 is way better

[@angeri93]

>Sekiro at last (isn't even a soulsborne) >DS1 at top Shit opinion.

[@ChaosSoulYT]

I agree that Sekiro isn't a souls like but many people do consider it to be one, just like how people view Nioh and Wu Long to be souls likes so therefore I included it in the list. And dark souls 1 was my introduction to the series and has stolen my heart completely for years so of course I have a bias towards it but that's why it's my opinion 😀

[@tmorts]

At least he has the balls to offer an opinion. I mean fk sakes thank god for opinions, they're what make the world interesting. Appreciate different perspectives don't just shit on people's work just coz you don't agree.

[@cisafrulli]

If sekiro isn't souls neither is elden Ring