Ranking The Surge 2 Bosses from Worst to Best

[@fuzzypat]

Parrying, man. Please, give the parry system a try. It changes how you approach many of the bosses.

[@thguy370]

yea its meant to be as integral to fights i this game as Sekiro, i found without parrying you lose a good chunk of the fun gameplay with acing those deflects and getting satisfying counter attacks

[@lechking941]

@@thguy370 i rember trying that out some and when you pull it off my lord its a punshing fight for your foes now i was trying it a bit latter on (on my way to the brother fight) and i may try agen another time for it is so fun to try it out and gives reason to keep the mod that shows you what direct to block.

[@zefizzypop5020]

I love the parry system in this game it's amazing.

[@nickeldime6713]

@@lechking941 you should probably focus on that parry system a fair amount. A number of bosses almost demand that you use that system well. It quickly becomes the difference between a nightmare boss that drains all your stamina and a cake walk. Perfect example is this lists lowest ranked boss, if you learn to parry him, he is incredibly easy, taking tons of damage from the counter hits. In fact I am fairly sure he is meant to be a parry check boss, so as to give you good practice before the actual boss of the area.

[@lechking941]

@@nickeldime6713 ya i can be bad at timing windows as i tend to hit them to early with out a slightly generus window i will falter to much

[@MrBv256]

'Captain Cervantes is so difficult' have you heard of parrying? He only needs 2 parries to be stunned

[@jmorel42]

He didn't parry once in the entire video. I'm 100% sure that was his problem with Cervantes. Don't get me wrong he's still a great player only like 58 deaths while the average is north of like 128 a playthrough

[@commandergame]

@@jmorel42 He dosen't even has the directional block analyzer implant equipt look at the video execpt against warden garcia there are no arrows that show in wich direction to block.

[@drifterax7731]

I legit never parried my entire play through and just killed Cervantes in 40 seconds on my first try by beating him to a pulp with twin blades lmao, he’s easily the easiest boss in the game for me

[@Aliens1337]

@@drifterax7731 Yeah Certantes is pretty easy even without parrying. I will admit the boss is quite cheap still with the invisibility and teleportation, but as long as you don't get greedy, it's very manageable. EMP drone shot on him when he's visible. When he turns invisible, I just spam dodge like until he shows up and starts his attack animation, which leaves him vulnerable for a few seconds. EMP shot, get in a few hits, dodge again. The annoying part it to try and lock onto him again when he comes out from invisibility. Honestly the only boss I have problem with is the Delver Alpha (phase 2) and of course its beefed up Echo version. Bullshit damage, easily one shotting you at full health. Way too fast to parry, unless you're a God, or practiced the fight 200 times. Has enough range and AoE to still hit you if you dodged at melee range. Fast unblockable charge attack from full screen with no recovery so you can't even bait him like other bosses. On top of that, the boss is black, in a black arena, making it even harder to parry/dodge his attacks because you can't tell which one it is. That fight feels like you can do everything perfectly, but then still dies if you made one single mistake and he one shots you.

[@drifterax7731]

Alien this perfectly describes my experience with the game lol Everything was super easy to beat except for the Delver bosses which I had to turn up my brightness to see properly

[@psivampire13]

The Warden: “It is easy to bait his lunge and attack him.” Oh. It is Iudex Gundyr, then.

[@jakejohnson718]

That's literally it, first boss after you get your rig, and also how you get the drone, you basically HAVE to beat him to move forward

[@Appl3forPFP]

@@jakejohnson718 You *literally* have to beat him to move forward. The game isn’t programmed to let you into the game proper until you kill him. Also, he’s guarding both of the ways outside.

[@BaritoneBeard]

"Wear their amalgamation of corpses as a badge of my pride" My man needs to play Monster Hunter already

[@MajorRibcageIII]

I eagerly await this day.

[@BaritoneBeard]

@@MajorRibcageIII Ive been saying it on like every video since he mentioned in the darksouls bossrush mode how much he likes bosses and dislikes most of the areas leading up to them. How he wishes he could skip them and just wishes there was SOME game that was just all boss fights. Or something to that effect. hopefully he notices.

[@doolenny9458]

Baritone Beard he is now

[@BaritoneBeard]

@@doolenny9458 the day has finally come

[@eboloid3192]

Parrying Delver is the most satisfying thing I have ever experienced in my whole life

[@KratosisGod]

2019 has been a good year for souls-like games with games like remnant, sekiro, code vein and the surge 2. P.S. where is the glorious bluetiful character?

[@theDeModcracy]

It really has! And hopefully we'll be seeing Elden Ring next year :) And the only thing that could be blue was my hair - so I'm keeping the spirit alive!

[@zoisantonopoulos7999]

Remnant is a soul like? Stop using that term dude and secondly that game has no similarities with the souls games

[@KratosisGod]

@@theDeModcracy no way to make bluetiful character, 0/10 for character customization, will never make another character again🤣

[@KratosisGod]

@@zoisantonopoulos7999 I think it has some similarities with souls like games e.g. A camera focused combat system, a fixed amount of healing, the tone of the world, the difficulty and also it has the tag souls-like attached to it on its steam page.

[@0816M3RC]

Zois Antonopoulos You are blind dude. It is pretty obvious that they used souls as a inspiration for Remnant.

[@Nuoragh]

I have to piggyback on what others have said here. How can you play the entire game without parry? It changes the dynamic of so much of the game. Not just fights and strategies, but builds as well.

[@The_WumboTM]

He probably did what I did in my first play through of the first game: die so many times against normal enemies that you accumulate a ridiculous amount of resources that trivialize the damage of bosses.

[@Blurgleflargle]

I'm surprised you completely ignored parries in the Cervantes fight (let alone in the entire game). Yeah, parry windows with heavy weapons are a bit borked in this game, but it's still learnable.

[@nickeldime6713]

Maybe it has been updated since then, but I played through recently with heavy weapons and I didn't find the windows to really be any different. Not sure if you know a change has been made, or if I just didn't use the other weapon types enough to notice a big difference. I just loved using the heavy weapons because of how fast they just took everything down, especially after the big hit you get after parrying an attack.

[@MrCubassss]

weapons have different windows? i don't think so tbh...

[@MillerTheOriginal]

​@@MrCubassss99.9% sure the parry window is the same regardless of the weapon you are using

[@RensReckluse]

i cannot wait for the surge 3. my god this game WAS everything and more the it's predecessor the surge 1

[@NamelessOne91]

You played without parrying? Dude, you are missing one of the best parts of the combat, parrying is sooo satisfying in this game

[@manueljammers4747]

Yeah man i love the Green bar, the Sound and the counter attack

[@noxialbi]

agreed. the parry/counter system is by far the most fun aspect in the surge 2`s combat system imo.

[@CRAZEEWASHERE]

Wanna cookie

[@habijjj]

@@noxialbi it's why surge one is just kind of mesh plus yeah how do you beat this shit without parrying the only thing more impressive then that would be doing that with sekiro

[@oswaldoperez2255]

@Boi Chaoz it does u just have to press the button multiple times

[@p0laris74yt8]

9:11 *compares it to something from DMC* *hears Voltaic Black Knight* Well played sir...

[@alexdavies6948]

If you can learn the parry system, all the bosses are trivial, especially delver.

[@generandall7328]

im shocked honestly, cervantes was an absolute push over for me, but i had spent hours farming gaias and upgrading gear beforehand. i didnt die to him a single time in my run

[@G0dgrave]

This is the year of the souls like games

[@Wikingking]

I wish every year would be the same

[@haydeng3316]

@@Wikingking well we'll likely get Nioh 2 and Elden Ring next year

[@ObligatoryBook]

Wow, DeMod has been uploading way more often lately. Thank. God.

[@manueljammers4747]

Captain cervantes was one of the easiest imo. It was a First try With a Quick weapon

[@Kaytenorg]

I feel the same, although I tanked him and used the heaviest weapon i had at the time.

[@alish4498]

Just parry hime. I finished him in my first try

[@Teerapatkongrat]

Yeah, I never died from him tho just shoot at him when he about to disappear and keep parry. He's pretty easy but I do agree that he's not a fun boss to fight nor bring any new to the game.

[@remontariv1130]

Git gud

[@Gulatek]

Totally agree. This game’s combat system is fantastic but most bosses are a total joke. Delver is also my favourite one of the bunch.

[@dudesalegend2356]

Jesús David Hernández Hernández delver was great as he forced me to learn parries. Only challenge I ran into was Delver

[@CodeineCoffee]

The Cervantes boss fight is designed for you to parry, as are most of the bosses. If you parry him twice, it leaves him open to a riposte for heavy damage. His design makes this pretty much the only option for consistent success in the fight, and serves as a skill check for the delver boss immediately after, which heavily rewards parrying.

[@nextgenwarrior]

Oh you have no idea how thrilled I am to see this video. As a massive fan of the original, top 10 game of all time for me, it was hard seeing it go so overlooked. So seeing the sequel, which is an improvement in just about every way, get so much love and attention that the first missed out on just makes me so happy for Deck13. They deserve it, the game is amazing.

[@TheKarolans]

I am really glad they include "bosses" like Nitro to just teach you the basics (mostly that getting hit by a big ass lamppost really hurts and dodging is necessary)

[@ohrusantares5653]

You may not be aware as you didn't play the original surge, but did you know there are special weapons obtainable by defeating the bosses in special ways? For most of the humanoid bosses it simply means severing their right arm, but for example Little Johnny drops 'Little Johnny's Forceps v2.0' if you sever both his unarmoured little pincer hands before killing him, and Delver can drop 'Helix of the Delver v2.0' I think if you destroy sufficient reinforced bits. These special weapons are amongst the best in the game and it adds a little layer extra during the fights.

[@panic_diver]

No directional parries? Delver, Archangel and other bosses are specially designed to incorporate this game mechanic. Each enemy including bosses has an indicator that shows the number of parries required to break the guard. Little Johnny and Delver are my 2 favorite fights and the list is pretty spot on. The only gripe I have with this game is that there were only 4-5 memorable bosses and the boss fights were pretty simple and easy once you understood directional parrying.

[@themaddladd]

A good strategy with a few humanoid bosses is using the emp starfish to paralyse or knock them off guard

[@derrealeTeich]

I'm asking every video for the continuation of the Zelda-boss-ranking until it comes.

[@mininabs]

As a fellow Eli (though spelled differently), I feel personally attacked to be so low on this list in a couple instances. Great video as usual!

[@nimascolari1508]

Some of the ones you mentioned are "mini" bosses not actual bosses to give weapons as opposed to loot box. Also, by trying to get the version 2 weapons you have to kill bosses in a particular sequence which makes the bosses a lot tougher.

[@milansubotic7674]

After all these years I feel like yours is one the only channels that hasn't lost quality! Though I haven't played the surge 2 It seems like a game that I would enjoy and I'm gonna give it a shot. Thanks for the awesome content and keep up the good work! :) P.S. Will you PLEASE do the Artorias boss breakdown I can't wait for it!Also are you going to do any Soulsborne fan votings, I loved those because I like hearing what the community sais and its also fun listening to you reading the rage comments! :)

[@jamessterling186]

The way you said you're fucked at 3:06 perfectly summarized the entire fight. Thanks dmod haven't laugh like that in a while

[@FuzionByte]

I love the fact you've got this up so quick

[@mountaineer2961]

When I fought Cervantes it was piss easy, idk if I was over leveled at 52 but I just tanked his hits and lit him up with auto rifle drone when he came out of invisibility.

[@gurriato]

This game is much better than the first one and I appreciate that it sets out to be a fun game to play, rather than to trick, kill and annoy the player like is common in the genre. It lets you use any weapon without having to dedicate a playthrough to pumping certain attributes like in Dark Souls, or punishing you for changing things up like The Surge 1 with the proficiency bar. You can attack freely near ledges because the attacking animations will never make you fall off the edge. The healing through attacking lets you recover from your mistakes. I didn't find any bullshit hitboxes during the entire game. There are save points next to the bosses, with either zero or 1-2 easy enemies to convert into energy along the way. There are a bunch of save points right next to enemies you can grind for good xp and materials if you want to. The drone ammo is plentiful enough to be actually usable in regular encounters. I could go on.

[@XpendableDragon]

Me: Beaten The Game, currently on NG+ Core Level 110 Over 36 hours of playing I think I like this game

[@steelyphil4859]

I'm still surprised this game even got a sequel

[@madscientistshusta]

Me 2 glad it did, fav game this year

[@Paulito-ym4qc]

@@madscientistshusta okay but have you played blasphemous? sekiro? i mean its your opinion. but...

[@jmorel42]

@@Paulito-ym4qc I enjoyed this game's loop better than sekiro. I'd rather die 10 times at a boss than 50

[@Paulito-ym4qc]

@@jmorel42 okay thats fair. i have that feeling sometimes too, on bosses who are hard, but not that fun, so you just do everything you can do in the game, as long as you dont have to fight them

[@adtrlthegamer7449]

Something I found out with Delver. I wore Rhino gear and using the Endas Titan Heavy Duty, which I just call a hammer/big hammer. If you time your attacks, you can stun/stumble Delver for the first two rounds but then you made need a faster weapon to deal with him.

[@Princ3R0se]

I have to say during my play through I loved the warden boss. Mainly through my struggles with it. That was until the game gave me a hint of their parry system. Block and tilt the right stick in the direction of the attack? I thought “it’s worth a try” then next thing I know I took out the warden in less then a minute and felt so empowered. There’s a mod on by default that notifies you where the attack is coming from. If you ever consider doing a second play through like live streaming it on twitch or KZbin please give this parry system a try especially on bosses. It completely changes how bosses are played. Also I love your videos I was introduced to your channel through your Devil May Cry boss ranking and love your takes on bosses in video games. If you would take suggestions I would love to see a “Darksiders Bosses Ranked from Worst to best”))

[@sealdogderp26]

I love ur quality ranking so much I hope u do it for code vein and remnant from the ashes

[@SmartiesGoldGG]

Hey Demod, I recently started watching your content and you made me fall in love with souls like games. May I suggest you a game of my liking that has a pretty high difficulty level for me? That game is called Furi, it is a 3d bullet hell, souls-like game with boss fights all the way! I'd love to see you rank the bosses from hardest to easiest! I hope you'll see this comment!

[@ScooterTheMightyMinion]

im glad to see that you liked this game. The first surge wasn't that much to write home about and i thought this one was far better. Well done Dmod

[@shwiftyboi2184]

I've always heard people say Cervantes was brutal due to his OP cloaking. Do they choose not to break his chest piece that cloaks him or is leaving it in tact a key to get the v.2 weapon?

[@robertwalsh1401]

I didnt even know you could break his cloak. I always saw cloak as free damage cause if you stay within range you can just lunge attack and stagger him as hes cloaking. His problem with the teleport isnt an issue if you stay aggressive, though seeing how every boss he just waits for a lunge attack thats probably why he had so much issue with cervantes. He doesnt lunge, goes invis or just shoots your ass

[@thaddeusisgrigg8618]

In the Cervantes fight if you master the directional parry he is a much better experience.

[@sikevillain]

Didnt expect a surge 2 boss rating from ya demo.. This was a very nice watch.. Glad you did a list for one my favorite games of the year..and i agree lil johnny and demon delver gave me the most probelms too lol..

[@raziel29a]

Took a heavy slow weapon, forgot how to directional block - complains about captain Cervantez being too strong. Get a faster weapon if your enemy is that fast. Target his armor first to disable the cloaking field. DIRECTIONAL BLOCK this is the most important part of every boss fight. How on earth are you planning to make it through the dwelver without directional block?

[@liamonoanonymous6642]

Yea I think the reason people got pissed with cervantes is because most enemies were slow until then.

[@raziel29a]

@@liamonoanonymous6642 we all know the solution ;) git gud

[@liamonoanonymous6642]

@@raziel29a Sort of. I think the issue isn't with gitting gud, but rather using the wrong tactics. Using a slow weapon against a fast and maneuverable boss just isn't a good tactic.

[@raziel29a]

@@liamonoanonymous6642 knowing what kills who and learning how is pretty much what gitting gud stands for ;)

[@liamonoanonymous6642]

@@raziel29a uhh I think most people see gitting gud as trying again and again until skill lets you succeed.

[@gandalfczarny2289]

LoF is not developed by Deck-13 but City Interactive. Deck-13 was co-producer

[@dudesalegend2356]

GandalfCzarny yes TY, that comment bothered me too. CI games was the main developer for LofF. So thankful Deck 13 moved on to Surge

[@VoidBL]

Can't blame him having your name associated to a bad game makes people think you were involved in creating said bad game.

[@gurriato]

The game director and lead game designers, among many other high ranking positions, were all people from Deck13. I have no idea where this nonsense about Lords of the Fallen not being a Deck13 game stems from. You can read the credits here: www.mobygames.com/game/playstation-4/lords-of-the-fallen/credits

[@TheToboen]

Did you know that when you dismember a boss' weapon are you get a special version of a weapon? Nitro would give a hammer Garcia gives a stabby-pick fist weapon that explodes when charged Helena would give a spear and Cervante would give a katana exc.

[@gamedestroyer673]

I know its personally stuff but Cervantes was so easy to me, I walked in with a spear and just wombo comboed him to death in like 1 minute, now the first eli fight I got oofed on by him so many times for some reason lol. I love these videos btw

[@theDeModcracy]

Thanks for the love! Yeah once I switched to a spear, I beat Cervantes in 2-3 tries, but he destroyed me when I was using the axe lol, whereas with Eli I beat him first try in all 3 battles. Always interesting to see how different people experience these games

[@dudesalegend2356]

Hey DeMod, great vid and you have to try Surge 1. Also, URBN armor has a huge stamina sink to use. If this was souls u would be fat rolling all day. This is why you had no stamina for Cervantes. I used URBN armor to face tank Archangel Eli as well. Great strat imo

[@rustle495]

Shame that the game has a dozen bosses but only 3rd of that are actual bosses with the rest being just reskinned normals, considering that the setting has major creative flexibility. Still, in context of the game being a major improvement to the original, we can be gentle with criticizm. Here's to hoping Surge 3 happens and the devs will spread their wings completely.

[@madsines1494]

Archangel Eli was easily the hardest for me. I was using Operator Armor so his attacks did a ton of damage, my only option was to parry him but the wind ups on his moves vary so much that I found it hard to learn them all.

[@Griphon212]

In the first game you could get special weapons for killing the bosses in certain ways, I figured the same in two and went through the game killing the bosses in ways I figured would drop their weapons, this required attacking armoured locations and made the bosses alot more challenging than they probably should have been.

[@1slayer959]

Well if you look like optimus prime then you have clearly overleveled. Lol

[@karlrudd4818]

THE SURGE 2! DARK SOULS IN DISGUISE!

[@markralf]

It is not the over level, is that the URBN gear at that moment was an OP initial gear, too much defense and a defense bonus with 3 or more batteries makes you an almost impenetrable brick wall to the enemies and bossess, still, Cervantes kill him too much, I kill him with my Jaguar's gear, stranger's mask and warren slicer, took me like 2 attempts, but Archangel Eli on the other hand took me like 5 o 6 because with the Wraith gear he deals you too much damage, with URBN or Cerberus he's a cakewalk.

[@markralf]

Fortunately, I think the developers balanced the gears, because I am getting now 226 dmg from the enemies with full cerberus MK XX, before they do like 60 or 80 dmg.

[@karlrudd4818]

@@markralf That's all good then. It's no fun when it's unbalanced.

[@1slayer959]

@@markralf my comment was mostly a joke, but that's basically what I meant. If you're looking like optimus prime you've clearly picked up some OP stuff along the line.

[@wolaktheghost2274]

bois good tip for fighting cervantes is to use your emp drone and hit him with it as hes trying to go invisible itll stun him for a sec and stop him from going invisible.

[@miemsliva4464]

Time to wait for a boss ranking for The Surge (aka the first one)

[@zman4727]

I doubt itll happen unless deMod feels like playing it unupdated on a console, since you cant finish the game in the current patch due to a bug that appeared that causes a guaranteed game crash in the final area that not only never got fixed but was actually ignored by the devs who knew about it while they continued to make DLC for it.

[@chaoskiller6084]

Another DeMod upload! Nice! By the way, what happened to the evolution of gaming?

[@theDeModcracy]

Thank you! Sadly it's one of my many ideas I've thrown on the backburner. I decided a while back that I wanted to focus more toward rankings specifically, and do side-content in more of a one-off style so I could keep the focus toward ranking bosses (and other things). I'm glad it sounds like you enjoyed it though!

[@chaoskiller6084]

@@theDeModcracy Hmm, that's quite unfortunate. Though I see why you did it. But I still enjoy your uploads nonetheless. Keep it up!

[@haydeng3316]

@@theDeModcracy throwback to the days of demodcracy movie reviews lol. Good times

[@Sentinel713]

Your should definitely go back and check out Surge 1!

[@rafabuda0]

yeah, the bosses of that game follow a "The Few, The Proud" style. with only 5 bosses (7 with DLC), there's more than enough room for each of them to be unique. I still find it amazing how the Walk in The Park DLC managed to have both the best and the worst boss of the game.

[@nimascolari1508]

Yea, many have said it. Parrying cervantes not only increases energy for health injections but also staggers him. A combination of implants that allow for increased energy for blocking is advisable. He's still a rough bastard.

[@soapmactavish5223]

Your videos made my day

[@Aeraloth]

Surge 2 wasn't really taking into a consideration of people going in full Goliath armor and tanking+healing until they bruteforce the bosses.

[@TheUnknownPrime]

I think they were, actually, as more armor sets are Goliath gear than not. (9 Operator sets, 8 Sentinel, and 14 Goliath)

[@shdw_d4rkside87]

Video Series idea: Top ten best, worst, easiest, hardest bosses in souls-like games across the board

[@DriitzzCabal]

hardest boss for me was Erza Shields Metal Armor ... first phase i couldnt find a proper way to avoid all the cheesy damage the fricking flamethrower is doing always had to use my heal before phase 2 , phase 2 the number of times i died because of the flamethrower turret of the mech was spewing napalm on me or its lazer beam while im trying to my darnest to block erza shields attacks... i did not abuse the RUN AWAY bait and hit... maybe i should ?

[@kilekson]

Also forgot to mention captain cervantes doesnt teleport and it is possible to track him by looking for a discoloration/blur on the ground/walls.

[@crimsonlancer1872]

Fun fact each phase of the delver is based on each of the armour classes the first phase is sentient class, the second phase is operator class, and the last phase is Goliath class

[@milorubio5987]

I forgot about Cervantes because I killed him with ease, i wouldnt have put him at the bottom for being hard I'd put it at the bottom for being boring

[@kite2036]

Oh my god, this guy REFUSES to parry! It makes Cervantes a joke, along with Helena, Delver, and Erza! He doesn't even have the directional blocker on, what?!

[@kite2036]

He INSISTS on wearing only URBN, having 110 in health and tanks it all!

[@MrGnidleif]

@@kite2036 Yeah watching this video is frustrating, he doesn't even have the directional parry helper equipped? I can't even imagine how boring and difficult playing this game without using parrying has to be.

[@kite2036]

@@MrGnidleif its ridiculous.

[@BlakeRocks52]

Doesn’t parry but say everyboss is just hit, back step repeat.. which is also a strat that works on every souls boss

[@drifterax7731]

I completed the entire game without parrying once and only died 18 times 🤷🏻‍♂️ parrying is optional

[@Ivan_against_Cuisine]

This video was made before Kraken dlc, so I think devs did some patching too. Archangel was very aggressive and hard to stagger when I played him.

[@potatosalad4877]

6:27 this earned you a sub lol. Keep up the good work.

[@SnakeEater776]

When he said all of delver's 1st phase attacks expect you to dodge in certain ways I died a little inside

[@D3th10rd]

Each Souls and Souls like game has brought something to the table in terms of advancing the formula. Even if it fails in other aspects, the concepts they bring forth are decent enough as is. I'll be listing the unique attributes each major Souls/like had brought to the table and how they are important. Demon Souls (The Groundwork): Without Demon Souls, the groundwork of the Souls Formula would never have been formed. Dark Souls (Level Design and Atmosphere): A game can have amazing combat and enemies but if the areas look bland and stiff, they aren't gonna stand out. Dark Souls gave us amazing level design accompanied by fantastic atmosphere to set the tone of the world you are in. Dark Souls 2 (Challenge and PvP): Day what you will of Dark Souls 2 but it is personally the most legitimately challenging souls game and the most brutal. It doesn't go easy on you and if you continue to fail, it will remind you of that. In addition it had the most fun PVP method with so many covenants and arenas to fight in. Lords of the Fallen (Weight and Risk/Reward): I enjoyed the weighty/clunky nature of the game, it makes you feel like you are really walking around in hefty chunks of armor and swinging swords the size of your body that DS3 fails to display. In addition giving the player the choice to go on longer without resting at a bonfire to increase the Souls and rewards they got adds a whole new layer of self inflicting challenge for the sake of better rewards, on top of putting urgency on collecting your dropped souls should you finally die. The Surge 1 (Targetting and Resistances): The only thing to really come out of the first game was the targeting system which rewards taking the challenging approach to enemies or exploiting their weak spots to finish them quickly. Bloodborne (Enemy Design and Story): Bloodborne has by far the most diverse enemies in the entire genre that are all haunting and connect well with the amazing story. Dark Souls 3 (Magic Bar and DLC Integration): The magic bar makes magic feel much more fun as you can recover it normal without having to rest at a bonfire after using an arbitrary amount of charges till you forget how to magic. DLC in the previous games were integrated so clunky that you can tell that things are just new and wasn't meant to be there, some even requiring guides to figure out how the hell to access it. DS3 makes it easy to find the entrance to the DLCs and places them in appropriate locations that they would naturally fit in. Nioh (Stances and Loot): Nioh allows you use three stances to turn a weapon into essentially 3 different weapons, each suited for different playstyles and enemies. The loot tops it off by allowing you a constant string of progress to become stronger. Sekiro (Movement and Stealth): Sekiro allows you to play the game your way, zooming around hiding in the shadows like a ninja or charging head first like a samurai thanks to the fantastic free movement and stealth mechanics. Remnant (Coop and Replayability): Remnant has by far the most fun Coop as it allows you to run through the entire game with your friend by your side instead of only in select areas, and the randomization of the game allows for a lot of replayability with different bosses, loot, areas, etc. Code Vein (Magic Recovery and Matchmaking): Code Vein allows you to recover magic by attacking enemies, allowing you to always be on the offense to build up your combos. Matchmaking inthis gane allows you to connect with anyone from any zone youve already visited if you are helping or anyone from anywhere if you need help. The Surge 2 (Healing Recovery): The ability to recharge your healing by attacking makes it the most fun method to keep you actively fighting and on your toes. If only we could put all of them in one game.

[@madscientistshusta]

Health recovery was in bloodbourne...

[@D3th10rd]

@@madscientistshusta Surge 2 does it better imo because its not a limited supply lime the blood vials and you can get it back by just finding enemies to hit and playing smart.

[@TitaRussellTrails]

I think deck 13 also made Crosscode in which case they’ve actually developed some amazing bosses before

[@connorshaw7649]

I dunno man, I disagree with a lot of the placements here. I see your logic, and I appreciate how thoroughly you explained each placement, but here are a few counterpoints: - Little Johnny is a cool boss, and I'd rate him decently high based on design alone. But he's not without issues. A lot of his attacks have hitboxes so precise you almost have to TRY to get hit. Even his gas clouds for broken legs won't hit you unless you hug the legs for a prolonged time. Plus, he can take forever. - Metal Armour and Shields are an annoying boss pair. Metal Armour is cool enough, but Shields is aggressive and his mortar support can flinch you into a full combo that can kill you from full health. And if you get burst down, time to fight the first form again. - I get that people like Delver, but I hate that each of his forms has nothing in common. I have to learn the timings and attacks of not two, but three separate bosses with vastly different movesets, and again, if you mess one up it's back to square one. There's a reason boss rushes are usually optional and/or post-game affairs. Sad thing is I like each of Delvers forms individually, I just hate fighting them all in a row. - I think normal enemy bosses get a bad rap in general. I mean, yeah, Nitro was an absolute mook. But someone like Cervantes, HAROLD, etc offer a fresh take on them. Their moves are similar enough that you already have some experience dodging them, but the neat little twists on attacks and their massive health bars necessitate slightly different approaches. Plus, they take less production time to make, so we get a bunch more bosses than we otherwise would have.

[@rafabuda0]

yeah, my problem with Delver is pretty much the same, can't say how many imes I went through the first phase without issue only to be demolished in 5 seconds on phase 2. My main issue with Cervantes is the arena size. if you don't manage to catch him when he goes invisible you'll most likely end up with your camera facing a wall. from here you either spin your camera aroud which will probably leave you open for when he teleports next to you, or you start dodging backwards blindly to try and put as much of the arena in your fov while hoping to not back yourself into a corner. I do, however, like that his hardcore kill is for cutting his left leg instead of the usual right arm.

[@haydeng3316]

Demod I'm currently trying to make my way through Code Vein solo, and just out of curiosity did you solo the whole game or just the bosses?

[@Akshay-ji9nt]

It's not that tough. Except the twin bosses. But possible.

[@zelbess557]

It's fun because I beat Cervantes first try so easily and didn't even remember he existed, but it was because I was playing a fast punching gloves/dodging build so it was stupid easy to take advantage of him.

[@iraqifoodcart8447]

I only have 3 complaints about The Surge 2 after playing Dark Souls 3 to the end of NG+3, and Bloodbourne. 1: Boss designs, not only for some of the reasons mentioned in this video, but also for some of the locations, like turning an area you'd normally just travel through into a makeshift boss arena. 2: Not being able to sell your weapons. The way to fix this is with weapon schematics. Keep the ability to use a weapon you just picked up, but also have a schematic for that weapon unlocked, that way you can sell the weapon and just harvest scrap from weapons you've already picked up without having to keep them in your inventory. 3: Fast travel. I know the game is supposed to be dark souls but with science and technology instead of magic and Gods, but they could have figured out a way incorporate fast travel into the game without relying on anything like magic. Perfect example off the top of my head. There could have been an NPC scientist who invented a device that allows the user to control a small cluster of nanites to act as a means of traveling between specific locations like MedBays, but he won't give it up willingly so you'd have to either do him a favor, or fight him for it. Aside from those three points, this game is basically Dark Souls 3 with a pause function.

[@CptEddyPrice]

there is a fast travel called tubes between safe areas ( Port Nixon and Garden Party thingy ) also you can sell armor but cant sell weapons?....

[@alpargatametalica3122]

I know this video Is 4 years old but i just finished the surge 2 and i just wanted to say that captain Cervantes invisibility can be countered just like that of regular hunters by breaking the red piece of armor (usually a chest piece).

[@SomeCanine]

Yeah I also did the souls dodge derp my first playthrough. The game isn't designed to be played by only dodging and potentially blocking. You're supposed to learn how to directionally parry. Some of the bosses are pretty hard if you don't know how to do it but fairly easy if you do.

[@arctusnurax8487]

Funny that the one boss on rank 11 was the one I have as one of the easiest in mind. Cervantes is by far not as bad designed as you think somehow.

[@uafc1]

Hey could you do a ranking on Ninja Gaiden Sigma bosses? I know it's an old game but I heard that game was Dark Souls before Dark Souls was even a thing lol

[@TonyTwoBalls]

Oh yeah seriously. Ninja Gaiden was definitely the Dark Souls of its time. I played Ninja Gaiden Black and Sigma is basically an updated version of that

[@omegazx7236]

NG 2 >>>>>

[@terablespeler]

I watched the first part of this video ages ago and clicked off because I didn't want spoilers, after playing Surge and coming back after all this time, it's hard to believe Cervantes did so much to you. I didn't even remember him as a boss until I revisited this video.

[@bigbunn_]

So demod which game do you prefer, the surge 2 or code vein?

[@nameistaken]

Does the Surge 2 have special boss conditions like in the first game that reward weapons and armor? Should have included those when doing this list.

[@RadianceMarluxia]

Cervantes: *Teleports behind you* Nothing personnel, kid.

[@MesoMania]

See I knew this game would be good. I could tell just by the amazingly passionate team behind this game. They showed great love for their game and seemed to really hope people would feel the same way. While I don’t have time or quite frankly money to get this game I really hoped it would be successful and I really hope the developers make tons of money off of this game and wish the best to them.

[@MrColdgrits]

I also facetanked the last boss, with that same armor too. It takes 75 energy to get 5 bars. With energy gain mods and I guess the armor bonus I was basically unkillable at the end and I had only like 200 health.

[@die9132]

The parrying system made this game very easy. Good for you for avoiding it, I equipped it at Eli pt 1 and died more to random enemies than bosses for the rest of the game.

[@kinorris1709]

This game was a big improvement over the first in a lot of ways. While the story of the first is a bit better, and the creepy atmosphere is amazing, the sequel does a lot right. Here is where it did better: 1: Build viability and balance. Surge 1 issue: While the implant system completely dictating your build was a good way to prevent overleveling to absurd amounts, it made goliath builds (with the exception of Iron Maus) rather unviable. This is because the primary reason to make a heavy armour build is to be able to face tank a few hits and be less susceptible to stun. You need a rather rediculous core power level to be able to have atleast close to equal health to a lighter build, which is required to have a noticable effect on survivability, while also being able to have enough healing to pull through. This is further screwed by stamina. Since you need so much, the game pretty much sends you down a tunnel and says "thays all you can do with this", as the amount of stat implants needed to give you even close to the survivability and offensive ability as light builds leaves you with very few options. I spent the majority of the first game as a Lynx (starting operator) only player, and then switched to gorgon (powerful sentinel and argueably best set, which isn't in the sequel) for the final boss. Surge 2 fix: The surge 2 gives you 2 points to put into either health, stamina or battery for each core level. This does allwow for overleveling, but it also allows for viability. Infact, the game does an excellent job of encouraging you to try new sets. My first run ended in disaster. I never even made it half way, I had been too cocky, and some real annoying glitches made me quit. So I restarted. At first, I ran a half Vultr, halt Scavenger set for the bonus tech scrap, then I got full wraith. But just after Ezra, I hit a wall, that wall being a large number of nanite assholes who I could barely stand up to. In desperation, I crafted the Rhino, as Vultr wasn't gonna cut it. Let's just say, I'm lucky I farmed all the schematics. Single rigged Rhino allowed me to stun the nanite monsters, and was so useful with the new level system, which allows for pretty damn good tank builds, that I kept it on until I got Iron Maus, then swapped that out for good old MG cerberus. And the operator sets are no longer the single best way to play, sure you can still zip around an arena like a squirrel on crack, removing heads and slapping people 6 times in the ass before 180ing around them to do the same thing, but it isn't as op, face tanking dps healing is a viable strategy even at somewhat low levels, and each build has a use. Yeah, the stamina costs are still quite high for big tank builds, but you should hit the ideal level (22 points into stamina) fairly early. Having an absolute blast, just beat Archangel Eli. Probably gonna do NG+, buy the dlc. What I'm most surprised at is my level. This game is harder than 1. Yet I beat it at level 86 as opposed to 119 in the first with a lighter set. This game lets you do amazing builds, and I can't wait ti redo NG+ to get final Eli's v2 weapon (which evaded me because I left his legs) and to do an early tank build focused on stuff like the cerberus battery bonus with the implant that saves 3 and the one that saves you from attacks just so long as it doesn't exceed your remaining health by 150. 2: Bosses. Not only are there way more, they are overall a great improvement. 2 does have a few stinkers l, such as warden garcia being trivial and the metal armor stage of ezra being the only real negative (and a massive one at that) about that fight, and godess helana being a reskinned and trivial gaia statue, most of the bosses were enjoyable. Little johnny was a great boss mechanically, and is the first proper boss. Eli and Matriarch Celeste while basic were fun duels, and Eli's evolution over the course of the game is well done and very fun, even if I didn't die much to him. I beat his final form while being at death's door for the second half of the fight, and lets just say, the intesity of desperately trying to get another battery and avoid being finished off was amazing. 3: general. It feels better overall. The new battery system is great, and adds a few layers of depth to the game. Not only does it give you more heals(in a superior system to the first game), it lets you dismember more enemies, and it has the added bonus of determining some injectible powers. You needed it to be high for some gear set bonuses, leveling it to 75 for all 5 batteries. And you don't need to invest heavily in it that much. The regeneration and attack lifesteal heal implants are unaffected by it, but it buffs instant healing (medi-voltaic). Even with 75, it healed a bit less than half my health (regen heals 50% of max) in the end game, making it more of an emergeancy quickheal than a resource efficient maximum potential. As you level health to survive a normal amount of hits , it always heals a little, to alot less than the regen. a massive health build without battery leveling, with regen as the primary heal is just as viable as a medium health 5 battery build. The directional block implant is a great addition, and made the fights you struggled with alot more manageable. It is actually an integral part of the game design. The shield Icons you see next to boss healthbars show how many you need to pull off to stun them. It doesn't reset until you stun them, making it good for a safe parry followed by a dodge, or for a combo parry. And the counter damage is very high, ideal for breaking a targeted part, as that is always what it hits. The drone is a much stronger part if your arsenal, and is also used to open new pathways, place a hidden avatar for scrap based on how many players find it. The new weapon types are fun to use, while the old ones retain their fun too. Everything is useful. The verticality is a great aspect of the level design. Allowing for much better shortcuts and pretty views. The partial set bonuses are quite clever, as some of them make mixing and matching just as viable as using a whole set in some cases. And it all together feels smoother than the first game. The directional block is the biggest addition, and garcia is meant to teach you to use it when you acquire the implant. Seeing that the attack direction doesn't show up on your hud for most bosses, it is clear you didn't use it much. That move can net you massive damage if you stun your opponent. as well as that, a returning mehanic is the duck/jump. It was a very strong tool in the first game and even I forgot about it until near the end, mostly because the controls changed. it used to be block, then use the movemnt stick up or down to jump or duck for certain moves. They changed it to be dodging without direction input (duck)and clicking the jump button (jump). They are super useful and you should have used them. The directional block analyser is probably the only non-heal implant that is a must have for the whole game. I never died to cervantes because I focused on it. still somewhat agree with him being low tier for reskinning a basic enemy, but he is nearer to the top of the reskins for me because he actually puts up a fight and gives you a friggen katana if you cut his right arm. Also yeah, Eli is a main story boss so, not optional. The whole reason he sent you to kill his brother was explained in his speech if you talk to him: killing his brother would be outrageous, killing his brother's killer gets his brother out of the way and makes him a bigger hero. also, his second fight is midgame at most. Gonna have to disagree with you prefering the metal armor to Erza though. Erza was designed with the idea of being supported by his mech. It's a duel with a gank twist, while the first phase is just a PAX on steriods with absurdly high damage and tracking. Also, They must have buffed Archangel Eli in a patch, becauuse when I fought him with a maxed out cerberus and single rigged weapon, he was not stunned as much and was able to even stun me. But you used the URBN set from the looks of it, and they nerfed that not too long after release because it was insanely op. He is much harder now, and has a massive emphasis on directional block. All in all, a great video, but I feel that you missed out on some of the better parts of the game.

[@orionwashburn2202]

Dude fuck phase 2 delver. If you don't destroy all the naninte crystals when he jumps around, not only can they hit you in the way back, but it will leave a little cloud that will one shot you. I died like 6 times to it before I realized what was killing me

[@lopeshick9607]

I got the first the surge game on Ps plus tome time ago but Still haven't played it. As a fan of demon soulsborne dies twice, should I give it a try?

[@theDeModcracy]

I would recommend it. I''m not sure how the first compares to the second (which I loved), but at the price of free, why not give it a shot?

[@lopeshick9607]

theDeModcracy true. Thanks

[@alinkbetweengames4328]

"Matriarch Celeste" Ah yes, a hidden gem.

[@gameraz1990]

7:29 #5 "Erza" Shields. Erza, as if Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail? Fitting, as she uses armor as well...

[@fatesmessage3271]

It's "Ezra". DeMod is dyslexic today.

[@OldSpaghettifactory89]

boss rankings of the metroid prime games when

[@drfabulous2804]

You should play the first Surge game, it’s really good and the bosses (although there are fewer of them) feel unique and satisfying in their own ways. Also Cervantes is the only boss I beat first time in this game I demolished him with my drone’s pea shooter.

[@Suplee2]

What's the music name at the beginning? I keep forgetting it.

[@shadowending7529]

Please make build videos for this game would like to see some very OP builds

[@Vrostbyte]

I find the game more interesting when using operator class armor, due to you not being able to tank through bosses. That way Archangel Eli felt like a good boss. In general my build was primarily focused on parrying, which made the boss encounters more interesting for me.

[@isaiahfernandez5361]

on nitro i couldent figure out how to target limbs on xbox took me 2 hours to find out how

[@maxlastbreath]

Is surge 2 better then dark souls 3? Should i play it?

[@theDeModcracy]

I wouldn't say it's better than Dark Souls 3, but it's not an even comparison. While it borrows design ideas from the Souls Series, it is very much it's own game that is great and worth playing IMO

[@maxlastbreath]

@@theDeModcracy oh that's good to know, i meant it as in, is it worth it to jump into it, i got platinum on sekiro(twice actually), code vein and Remnant this year so I'm starting to get a bit burned out that's why i asked haha but yeah I'll give it a try. Ty!

[@polskastylezz187]

captain cervantes can be stunned by the starfish emp drone so yeah you should have tried it

[@nickeldime6713]

As others have said, parry, it is pretty necisary in this game. I would be willing to be that your bottom tier boss is only there because you didn't actually parry him. He takes only two parries and then he is stunned, and then you deal a nice amount of damage as a counter attack. In fact I am pretty sure the entire existence of that mini boss is to be a parry check, in order to get your ready for the actual boss of the area. While this game is like dark souls in a number of ways, it does have some key differences, and one of the biggest differences is how important parrying is. In this way it is kind of more like sekiro, dodging is still a thing, and needed for some boss fights, but the majority of fights rely more on parrying attacks, and then doing that nice big punishing blow. Although I would also argue that sekiro is even more about parrying than the surge 2 is, so I would personally say the surge falls a bit more inbetween dark souls and sekiro, but maybe that is just me. I would almost like to see this list redone after you have gone off and gotten far more used to the parry system, and used it on many of these bosses, simply because it is such a key mechanic and can massively change how these fights go even if you only just get the hang of using it a little (you don't need to master the system to begin seeing a pretty big difference).

[@RC-ve8dl]

The second Delver fight is ridiculous. They buff his speed and damage and he spazzes all over the place.

[@andybell5581]

Surge 2 is definitely my pick for game of the year believe it or not. I loved it

[@megashark1013]

So I guess Sekiro just doesn't exist then?

[@widdly2diddly631]

1:31 Fear the name of the dread Capitan Cervantes