Top 10 Worst Areas in the Souls Series

[@theDeModcracy]

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[@thetravelingspectator4124]

Reindeer fuckland COULD have been good...

[@stevenbills2600]

Just a fun fact There is actually 0 poison swamp areas in ds2

[@drakejohnson5386]

100% agree with the top 2. Dark souls is a video game not an optometrist

[@layken5984]

demod if you think about it the worst areas prove some of the most technically difficult challenges in the soul series so they could be seen as some of the est areas if you think about it lie that

[@RC-ve8dl]

Good list, although I think you should have included at least one of the areas from Ashes of Ariandel. That DLC was a nightmare start to finish.

[@DrKong-po2mx]

The first time I played Dark Souls I went all the way down the Tomb of Giants but then realized I couldnt fight Nito without the Lordvessel and I got stuck for an hour trying to get back out.

[@JrBalX]

Jokab you deserve a place in heaven

[@countjulio6147]

Same

[@propioneer6339]

I literally had to create new character it was sad

[@Benjamin-tu1pk]

I bet those were dark times trying to crawl out lol

[@Lucifer-hq5pe]

@@JrBalX Heaven sucks even more than those areas.

[@TheAnhedonicOne]

Dev: "Um, Miyazaki, a lot of people are saying they don't enjoy the swamp levels..." Miyazaki: "We must have a swamp level in each game. We MUST. With poison. And mud that slows you down. Actually, let's make it poison mud." Dev: "But-" Miyazaki: "NO BUTS! MAKE THE SWAMP!"

[@alfalldoot6715]

I think Miyazaki may have a "thing" for poison swamps along with barefoot soft-spoken women

[@acolddarkgentlebruh8205]

Sorry, it's not a Soul game without some swampy goodness.

[@TheAnhedonicOne]

@@acolddarkgentlebruh8205 some Swampy Seconds?

[@taigh1100]

It just wouldn’t feel right without slow swamp area.

[@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817]

Also Miyazaki: Guys, I have to apology to everyone for making the rusted ring, I dont want rings that helps you go faster in mud, you have to FEEL the poison and the fat rolling soo we are pleased to announce we totally removed that object in Dark Souls 3

[@reaperquartz]

I’d rather play dark souls with only fists and no level ups than play raid shadow legends

[@rangedweevil6150]

Soul level one run with a broken straight sword

[@DaRoachDoggJrr]

Genuinely would be more fun

[@jxckrabbit]

Would rather shit in my hands and clap

[@durkadurkerjackson1664]

I'd rather be hit by a learner driver in a white fiat from Poland in the highway in Frankfurt than play raid

[@Soup0066]

@@rangedweevil6150 lol do it with the hilt

[@andrewryan1946]

“#1, the...” **sees man climbing out of coffin in snowstorm** **immediately drops phone and curls into a ball as the distant sound of hooves and a horse neighing echoes through my mind**

[@brent8407]

Would you kindly pick up that phone again?

[@thesenate3068]

Oh shit it's Reindeer Fuckland.

[@moe7157]

@@thesenate3068 aw shit here we go again..

[@moe7157]

@Alex Smith k.

[@yamirryayo20]

Such a unfair area only way i could do it was with 3 npc.

[@fryingpanda9103]

10:30 I love how casually you killed patches on sight like he was a regular enemy

[@cturtles9514]

Patches is hands on sight at all times 👊

[@imjonathan6745]

That's what friends do right?

[@kevinaosei]

He is a hidden boss

[@shimadamadaineedhealing5600]

i instantly killed him the moment i saw his figure cuz i was so on edge abt all the enemies popping up out of the dark. it wasnt until right after when i thought "oops, that was Patches"

[@realkingofantarctica]

"Hot. Garbage. Two words that aptly describe every ounce of today's list." Nobody noticed that he chose these words deliberately because of the Raid sponsorship.

[@tr8rsn4k36]

"I would rather ass-blast a smelter demon out my own iron passage." -DeModcracy 2019

[@corbiecrow9738]

You forgot to add his title of Linguistics genius

[@DrDolan2000]

If Raid: Shadow Legends is a dark fantasy, then Foodfight is an epic crime drama romance

[@DirtyMike124x]

Kunisake lmfaoooooooooo

[@kelsey04429]

Kunisake why must u remind me that shitty movie

[@Eothr]

Is that a poop rat?!

[@achair7958]

@@Eothr BAD TOUCH

[@Eothr]

@@achair7958 STRANGER DANGER!!

[@nguyen-vuluu3150]

Tomb of The Giants gets significantly easier if you do Lost Izalith first and gets the sunlight maggot, when you do, the Tomb is actually quite relaxing and low intensity in combat

[@stefandziadlesny4795]

I just hoped that the devs would leave a note teling you where to look for lightsources. They could have cut out skull lantern if im being honest since its so much worse than the maggot

[@garfguy7409]

Or just get a lantern and 1h your weapon. Its by far from a bad zone

[@lag8901]

Or just buy Light from dusk ? Save your time a lot compare to going all the way to Lost Izalith.

[@iiiivvvv9986]

Yeah, I tried to play tomb of giants as it was intended first and got demolished by Rhea's guards, then I put on the sunlight maggot and basically instakilled them

[@mcda_b0556]

So are u the devil or Nito's son or sth?

[@lonetraveler3480]

Imagine playing Raid Shadow Legends

[@Dorraj]

I'm so glad these shitty ads aren't as rampant anymore.

[@rattntattn778]

Imagine making nice videos on your channel but then give in to the greed of getting much money instead of not supporting this trash. F*cking hell people need to be aware of their influence on the masses.

[@mublysnubly3407]

@@rattntattn778 calm the fuck down. We all know the game is shit, he probably does too. But it's a paycheck. Just don't play the game

[@rustyjones7908]

I'd rather give the bed of chaos bugs rimjobs.

[@rattntattn778]

@@mublysnubly3407 Not everyone knows it. By far not enough people know it. If they did, RAID wouldn't spam their ads anymore. But the ads aren't reducing. No, in fact they are steadily increasing and improving in quality. All thanks to guys like him.

[@zackkage1]

Me watching video: The video: this video is sponsored by raid........ Me: skips ahead 45 seconds

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Shilling for raid told me this guy isn't who I thought he was. Disappointing.

[@khanman8113]

I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS ehhh, it’s annoying but I feel most people would do the same.

[@potatobanana197]

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[@iHaveTheDocuments]

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[@potatobanana197]

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[@nyctoniac]

Personally never thought tomb of the giants was that bad. I mean I played it like 10 times now but I never thought it was awful. Honestly I thought the mechanic mechanic with sacrificing defense for vision was kinda neat.

[@mcda_b0556]

Wh...why? Are u the devil?

[@Its_Only_Chill]

Yeah, people who honestly say it's bad is finally the moment I can say "git gud" there's so many ways of getting light, heck... my first playthrough I just went and got the skull lantern and easily went through it

[@pinealdreams1064]

I was actually relieved Byrgenworth was so short and visually spectacular after that bullshit maze that was the Forbidden Woods. It felt to me like more of a location to visit than an actual area.

[@motivatedstorm3816]

Same I hate the forbidden forest I was so shaken and scared Because bloodborne is more scary than most horror game on the market It made me feel ill and frightened Dont even try to mention the unseen city with the amygdala with the music and atmosphere

[@sizzlewizz724]

Forbidden forest? Like from Super Mario World? It was like a maze as well

[@hurricaneheli79]

It's the Forbidden Woods not Forest.

[@hurricaneheli79]

@@motivatedstorm3816 No such location as the unseen city. Those Amygdalas are in 3 different areas.

[@aymankhali904]

Forbidden woods are crap if you want to run through everything, but if you clear out the enemies you can find the boss a bit more easily

[@grumpygoof349]

Well, Byrgenwerth is supposed to be "abandoned and decrepit." I honestly found it creepy that there weren't that many enemies there cause it makes sense lore-wise. Also, compared to the other entries on this list, there isnt anything mechanically wrong with Byrgenwerth.

[@iota-09]

Yeah, but I though it was supposed to be a school in the same vein ad mensis, instead it's just a vacation house with a lunarium, quite disappointing.

[@megashark1013]

I think he just had to put a few Bloodborne levels on the list just to make it look like he wasn't biased. Even though it's not bias not to put Byrgenwerth on the list, because it's a solid level.

[@mesothelimoa341]

Byrgenwerth just needed a couple of additions really. They could have included some of the catacombs beneath. Maybe an optional boss.

[@MrDm0955]

I agree, it’s more of a significant location than a full blown area. I wouldn’t personally put it anywhere near my top ten worst list. It looks awesome and has amazing lore.

[@raoulduke2924]

Byrgenwerth is just too short. There's nothing to it.

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

The Iron passage broke me, i had zero fun playing.

[@InvaderG]

it is dog shit. the design is dog shit, the way they chose to make it “hard” is dog shit, the boss is dog shit. didn’t even feel like dark souls. i just despawned all of the enemies and grinded the boss and got lucky. i will never play iron passage again. just wanted to do completionist my first time.

[@Vickeyman]

Dark Souls 2 broke me, I had zero fun playing it

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

@@Vickeyman nah i think i had more fun playing ds2 than ds1 , just this part is shit design

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

@Kent Kerr the sad part is that theres a way better boss in the same dlc!!!!

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

@Kent Kerr yeah man!!

[@morganpriest7726]

“Poisoned” Literally every swamp area in a nutshell

[@Bread_Bauru]

Me playing through the first time “What is this area?” *poison bar start stacking* Me: _loud pained groan_

[@Bread_Bauru]

Karen Kalantari doesnt make its existence any less annoying tho

[@StrangeSunset7]

No I think you mean ! POISONED ! --------

[@deathnotelover11]

Couldn’t agree with you more. Just played DeS remake on ps5 and the worst world was 5-2. The poisoned swamp that staggers you when you try to roll is BS.

[@hussien04]

Farron keep is not that bad compared to blighttown

[@logansoup6675]

So you’re telling me Brygenwerth is worse than the Shrine of Amana, Blighttown, and more? I don’t think so.

[@haydeng3316]

idk about Shrine of Amana, but definitely Blighttown. I suppose you didn't see the top ten more best areas video, but Blighttown made it on there lol

[@danielfrost6327]

logan reed I think the point is to have at least one from each game. Idk though

[@masonjones7777]

@@haydeng3316 blighttown is only good if you have a platform that doesn't put you thru lag city, aside from that, my only major complaint are the toxic hobos, the only enemy with less health than you to be a one-time kill.

[@emperorv8295]

@Amadeus C I also played through Shrine of Amana yesterday on my first playthrough of Dark Souls 2. Definitely an annoying area but if you take it slowly it's really not that bad.

[@Kastor774]

Shrine of Amana isn’t nearly as bad as it used to be. Blighttown you can largely bypass with the master key.

[@b3ygghsas]

I would replace byrgenwerth with the nightmare frontier, goddamn that area is so bad, just like other bad areas it has poison swamps that slow you down, annoying enemies like these boulder throwing trolls and the strange white squids that swim in the poisonous swamp and it's confusing, you don't really know if you are going in circles or if you are making progress since the way to the boss is more or less hidden, not to say it's one of the only areas where you can be invaded by other players

[@beyondheaven6736]

“hot garbage” may be words that describe every area on the list, but they mainly describe lost Izalith

[@PascalNeem]

Because its "hot" Hehe I'll leave now

[@grfrjiglstan]

Except Reindeer Fuckland. That's cold garbage.

[@androski5247]

@@grfrjiglstan Frigid. Rotten. Garbage.

[@marcblack960]

ᗪIO OᐯEᖇ ᕼEᗩᐯEᑎ or the way Dmod sells his adverts

[@morganpriest7726]

Molten garbadge

[@darkespl3732]

The chronicles say that frigid outskirts was used as a psychological weapon during WW2

[@dogelovercrazyboy2249]

thats why nazi lost though

[@darkespl3732]

@@dogelovercrazyboy2249 Nazi didn't use this weapon becouse everyone that was nearby went hollow including the creators

[@schlopsker.mp5]

I need more info on this

[@t.h8919]

@White-Van Helsing I see what you did there.

[@ashenmist6090]

The deer were used in the Germans blitzkrieg.

[@portiada]

Can't believe the Crystal Caverns from Dark Souls (1) wasn't on this list. The invisible floors was so gimmicky that you fall to your death regular just on the first pass through. Then you have to run back in the fastest line, trying to remember each turn so you don't die and have to run back again before you even got back to the bastard. It was so aggravating!

[@hassan2966]

You have no idea how long I’ve waited to hear your voice again!

[@Grambee]

3 weeks.

[@joshmciver4847]

dumb comment is dumb for the sake of "notice me Senpai"

[@EvieOConnorxoxo]

@@joshmciver4847 cinema sins?

[@Carter-ze8il]

@@EvieOConnorxoxo five sins for your cringe and clipping

[@Rolly_951]

Gayest comment of the year

[@darkghor6372]

I basically took Byrgenwerth as the irony it was: such a historically significant, lore-centric location was not much more than a small college. To imagine that such a massive curse of beasthood and plague of blood could emerge from such a seemingly miniscule location...I saw as a visual metaphor for how Rom concealed a much larger truth than what we could see. ......also gogdamn I just finished Forbidden Woods I did NOT want another huge area.

[@kattastic9999]

Personally, im pretty sure that most of Byrgenworth's campus is in other planes, like the massive lecture hall.

[@ligma334]

yeah that's another thing I loved I like a short area once in awhile the freaking forest was a drag dark souls's areas just drag way too long

[@dakotakade3547]

Honestly I personally would replace Byrgenwerth with the Forbidden Woods in my list. Forbidden Woods is long, annoying, filled with really hostile and annoying enemies that are hard to avoid, and is FILLED with important items meaning I have to take FOREVER to go grab them all. It took me HOURS to get through Forbidden Woods my first time, and I didn't have ANY fun with it. Bygenwerth was cool though. The enemies were interesting, and had some heavy lore significance with the eyes and stuff. The lady inside was a really fun fight for me, slapping that old bitch around before jumping in to kill Rom was fun, and there's lots of little corners to explore. It even has a shortcut, despite being such a small area! I enjoyed it though, and I'm glad I did because I died a good 40-50 times to Rom and really hated that boss (I'm not patient enough and wind up getting one shot by either a spider or meteor bullshit) and the run through Byrgenwerth was actually enjoyable to get back to Rom.

[@alansvartr]

byrgenwerths size, i feel, is absolutely necessary. after all that trapsing down there for it to end so quickly makes the player think "is that it?" which is an imperative thought a player must have to push their curiosity far enough to look for how to progress.

[@DaRoachDoggJrr]

@@ligma334 try playing the surge, those areas drag on way too long. Still a great game tho

[@1cioda]

I love how i dont hear about Raid anymore. They just fell off the face of the earth like the ocean dub of Dragon ball. Remember that?

[@achair7958]

Byrgenwerth...? Really? It's a little disappointing, I wish there was more to it, but that's a LOT better than outright bad level and enemy design

[@silentxwxlf]

Honestly byrgenwerth was a breath of fresh air after forbidden woods. That area put me through hell only to kill the boss in one take.

[@aegisScale]

Can't believe he put that and not Crystal "the floor is nonexistent" Caves.

[@Nrzpokrter]

@@aegisScale Crystal cave is awesome.

[@solidsnake9898]

@@Nrzpokrter Yeah the Crystal Cave is amazing.

[@MorphinGaming]

I thought the same. Reading Byrgenwerth after the shitty woods was almost like a reward in of itself

[@schplorgus8140]

i like how tomb of the giants is dark, it makes the area unique and lends to the horror aspect. There's nothing like seeing that skeleton on all fours pop out at you from the abyss. Sure it could have been done a bit better but the concept's pretty good imo

[@alejodavies]

Definitely intimidating on the first [few] playthrough[s], but if you have a light source, a blunt weapon or holy damage it definitely makes the area less tedious. Frankly I'd rather run through the catacombs and tomb of the giants than go through Duke's. Those crystal hollows with the instant jump-attack, the bit with the snakefolk and the picasas with the terrible phonograph at the forced death are moments I always dread going through again.

[@rainbowskin3379]

i was kind of irritated by his inclusion of tomb of the giants especially putting it over lost izalith which calling it uninspired is putting it nicely. tomb of the giants is a bad level if your idea of playing dark souls is holding the run button at all times and ignoring mechanics that the game has shoved into your face multiple times. on your first play through its annoying but they striaght up hand you a light source and holy damage isnt hard to come by dmod is just angry that he cant use one armor set and weapon through the whole game

[@argentskye810]

That's the same case for Frigid Outskirts. Good concept, but poor execution. I'm probably the only person who likes the area(minus the reindeer, of course)

[@darthkarl99]

@@rainbowskin3379 I know i'm 3 months late to your comment and quite a bit more to the video overall, but whilst i sort of agree that his speedrunning experiance colours things, ToG is still annoying to deal with even for me and i'd probably rate it the worst area for experienced players in DS1, (Blighttown is a lot worse until you've played enough to be able to reliably and safely get in through the back way), with only Great Hollow giving it any competition for an experienced player, (Again until you learn the area Blighttown is way worse, in fact it's probably the least new player friendly area of them all in DS1). DS1's core combat loop relies on a combination of good mobility and use of blocks backed by a good knowledge of enemy tells. he first half of tomb of giants really messes with this thanks to it's narrow walkways, enemies with high knockback, and limited light. It does get better once you past rhea, (your movement area tends to be less restricted). But getting there can be hugely frustrating, in particular because the entire blocking part of the loop makes the skull lantern a really impractical light source choice, so unless your running some kind of sorc build you have to go get the sunlight maggot or really know the area perfectly to get through there.More than any other area the ToG gives a giant screw you to DS1's general ability to play things mostly in whichever order you wish if your good enough, (and know enough).

[@corbiecrow9738]

Yea but the execution is so unbelievable frustrating that i dont care whether it was a good concept i just want to be out and done with it

[@dragonite77]

Man, I feel that "falling immediately to your death right as the tomb of the giants title appears" moment on a spiritual level.

[@cory6266]

Want to know how to make the Tomb of the Giants easy? Step 1, do Izalith first. Step 2, that's it, there's nothing else.

[@NobleRenegade7]

Let's be a bit more specific: Get the sunlight maggot head peice.

[@A2Z2]

@@NobleRenegade7 yeah I tried to do the tomb of the giants before and it ended in me falling to my death, so I decided to do the lost izalith and then tried again and used the sunlight maggot and then the place was a cake walk (aside from those giant beast skeletons)

[@josetolentino3965]

@@A2Z2 chaos fireball + bellowing dragoncrest ring. kills them instantly and also good to farm

[@leef8943]

@@josetolentino3965 Or, alternatively, crystal soul arrow/homing crystal soul mass. I think you could use great heavy soul arrow. Obviously, dusk crown and bellowing dragoncrest ring help. Lol, I farmed a lot of those quadruped skeletons last time I played through.

[@Haltboy]

@@A2Z2 Exactly thats whats makes it a great area, theres a few obvious ways around the darkness - this should be obvious in a game that puts emphasis on not rushing in and planning your path.

[@brockobama8986]

Imo Byrgenwerth is a great area for the reasons you listed as cons. You get to Byrgenwerth expecting to find all the answers about what the f is going on, then you only leave the place with more questions than you came with.

[@Derpis03]

Damn chill

[@scottbecker4367]

@Great Doofus they didn't technically cut the catacombs. They became the chalice dungeons instead. I would have liked to have seen more from the area though.

[@FeralPhilosopher]

I respect your opinion, but humbly disagree. The area's shortness is so jarring when compared to the area you just got out of, Forbidden Woods. And it's not just the complete lack of enlightenment we get lore wise from the area. It's the utter lack of unique challenges. Mosquito dudes abound, each with one basic attack pattern that always stays the same. That nasty creepy crawly guy is an utter pushover. The squiddy-boy is, well, a squiddy-boy. And then we have the single church hoonter in a location where it's the floor plan that will end up being your undoing more than her. You don't feel like you've outsmarted a npc hoonter when you beat her, you either feel like you got lucky, or that you outsmarted the damn house. The area needed more, well, it needed more areas. Byrgenworth should have held elements of the lecture building and the cainhurst library. Really go all in on the "decrepit and abandoned house of learning" motif that surrounds our boy Master Willem.

[@danielramsey6141]

@@scottbecker4367 Same!

[@lovofofo]

@Meta Tron who hurt you lmao

[@purplefloyd1513]

Tomb of the Giants is one of my favorite DS1 areas. I love how oppressively dark and difficult it is, and how hard it is to explore. It took me forever to realize there was two bonfires inside Tomb.

[@deltaphazon4688]

I swear. Everyone is sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends.

[@ashenmist6090]

Shame its a shit game, looks good but you have that retarted mechanic where you have to wait for energy to do shit

[@farlonmuentes6004]

no. youtube is Raid: Shadow Legends

[@ascendedbro1828]

@@farlonmuentes6004 Right, whole youtube is sponsored by Raid. I see ads everywhere even in the channels of least subscribed russians bloggers. wtf

[@codafett]

I'm not going to play it out of spite

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

It's just another gacha game with better production values. If you've played one you've played them all. I'd love to play a proper RPG with that graphical style though.

[@benconlin3557]

Totally agree on frigid outskirts. I endured it to the end once and completely skip every time now. There’s no motivation to do it, not even a good reward or cool boss, just a gank version of a boss from the same DLC

[@TheArnoldification]

Loyce greatsword is pretty fun to use though, plus the ring that removes summon shades from your character for fashion

[@arceuslegend4605]

Tbh you need a little luck for the double wolves. Go all out against the first wolf, who should die fairly easily and with a little luck it'll be dead or almost there by the time the second one comes in and then it's just Aava again

[@bryanthomas1382]

They're saber-toothed tigers, not wolves.

[@AlphariusOmegon]

"death, taxes and poison swamps in the souls series" Me: has an exterstential crisis and flash backs at the same time

[@eb107]

Dark souls in the making Tomb of giants maker: has a power outage His brain: lets make an area where you can’t see 2 inches in front of you

[@neclordx8425]

Pre-nerf shirne of Amana, still gives me gossebumps after al this years. Even when I rivisit it and remember how it was before the patches… Another one I hated with all my heart was the poisunous swamp in Bloodborne, the one with the slugs, the giant throwing you rocks and those sweet sweet walking brains.

[@dodojesus4529]

Never got to it before the Patch, but it's cancerous even now

[@kirramcdowell]

@@dodojesus4529 which makes you question how bad it was that they had to nerf it. I also didn’t catch the original and I find the current one horrible

[@K0sm1cKid]

@@kirramcdowell Oh man it was torturous. I played DS2 on launch with a friend, I rememeber Shrine of Amana and Ruin Sentinels got a nerf. Shrine of Amana the casting used to track you so well you HAD to roll through all of them or block them with environmental hazards. And, the casters could lock in and cast at you from the other side of the damn map. It was like storming the beaches of Normandy constantly barraged by homing attacks. You couldn't bother killing any of them because if you stopped moving you would die almost instantly. I'm glad I experienced the challenge but it's very sensible that they patched it. That was wayyyyy too much.

[@gagec6390]

@@K0sm1cKid You're telling me that people go through SoA WITHOUT a bow? What kind of crackheads are you playing DS2 with?

[@kirramcdowell]

@Kiss Shot Acerola Orion Heart-Under-Blade sounds horrible man

[@thisaccountisabandoned8869]

“Faron keep might be the worst swamp area in the series!” Valley of defilement: *oh, I don’t think so.*

[@mcda_b0556]

Blighttown, allow me introduce myself

[@jacobnorris8256]

@@mcda_b0556 Upper blighttown isn't a swamp and lower blighttown is a disgusting sewer level but with no particular threats and is easy to rush through.

[@mcda_b0556]

@@jacobnorris8256 yeah, and the swamp area in Farron is easy to rush through aswell

[@hectorbeck4350]

Frigid Outskirts isn’t hot garbage It’s cold garbage

[@soulless6804]

Cha cha Real smooth

[@Derpis03]

@@soulless6804 😂😂

[@noobsaibot6482]

Im not going to lie that was one cringy joke

[@thesenate3068]

I agree that Reindeer Fuckland is definitely cold garbage

[@nicolaslacrampette6975]

Fuck you

[@Brouhahaski]

25 seconds of blizzard, 15 seconds of clear. I hated that area so much I timed it

[@YojimboJames]

Farron keep is actually my favorite fromsoft swamp because of the big ladder leading to the wolf and the gorgeous view, and also the Abyss Watchers are one of the best bosses in the series.

[@sunlightblade6145]

That instant Patches beatdown at 10:40... lmao

[@anonnymousperson]

I loved that. He deserves it.

[@cesiupro123]

Literally the most important thing when it comes to making a good area - ground does NOT slow you down. Never. Ever.

[@Orthane]

I actually think that mechanic is fine IF you give the player someway to counteract it. That was my main complaint with DS3. No Rusted Iron Ring. In DS2, it's less of an issue because there's no poison and you can still roll and sprint even if it is slower. But DS3 doesn't allow you to sprint at all, and forces you to fat roll with no way to remedy these problems.

[@korbenharrison434]

@@Orthane There is a way to counteract Faron Keep, though it’s kind of dumb. Bring a dagger (with the quick-step weapon art) and use its weapon art and you move in a quickstep-like state. It works even if you run out of FP, and makes the run-through faster.

[@jacobnorris8256]

@@Orthane If the only way to make a mechanic bearable is to have another mechanic that literally invalidates it entirely then the mechanic is god awful and doesn't belong in the game. That means its sole purpose is fucking over people who are playing blind.

[@indef2def]

Have any of you guys experienced Amana at Ds2 release? When homing really homed, water lizard dudes had huge aggro , and there were a couple of extra underwater death pits?

[@Tablet_223]

Dark Souls 2 can finally shine in a ranking!

[@haydeng3316]

DS3 has the worst areas though

[@yummybutter8707]

Hayden G3 nah farron keep is the only actual bad one

[@jdosser]

@@yummybutter8707 Irithyll Dungeon?

[@PascalNeem]

@@yummybutter8707 umm really? Faron keep, anor londo, undead settlement, cathedral of the deep, catacombs of carthus. All suck

[@PascalNeem]

I think ds2 has some of the best areas.

[@nickbraet7493]

"But first, I wanna talk to you about Raid: Shadow Leg..." Nope I'm done

[@MSimm62385]

Right? Paid promotion AND 2 ad interruptions in a 13 minute video. It’s downright obnoxious.

[@Razh2211]

​@@MSimm62385 PLUS your hands are tied and you can't skip it.

[@MSimm62385]

I mean, I do love interrupting my work to reach over and skip an ad every 6 minutes.

[@pantyosashu8137]

Razh2211 But I shouldn’t have to skip!

[@Razh2211]

@@pantyosashu8137 get over it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@kidkilowatt]

Dark Souls 3 has the best swamp level of the series. Its by far the easiest, whereas most enemies pose no threat and the ones that do are easily avoidable, and the poison is so weak it might as well not exist. Its definitely not a bad part of the game, especially with the ladder to the wolf and Stray Demon up above giving lots of flavor. Blighttown is multiple times worse in every aspect, and DS2's swamp isn't even comparable.

[@twistedgwazi5727]

It still is a slow and annoying area filled with frustrating enemies that forces you to explore enough of it through the three fire thing that it overstays its welcome on subsequent playthroughs and you get way too lost on your first playthrough. It's boring slow-walking and fatrolling through a swamp only to get gangbanged by enemies that are completely unimpeded by the poison. Blighttown is way better because: 1. It doesn't force you to fatroll through the swamp 2. You can very easily go through the swamp, it's much smaller than Farron Keep. 3. It doesn't force you to traverse so much of it to progress.

[@flotots]

@@twistedgwazi5727 i agree, level design in blighttown is still moderately impressive despite being annoying (with the option to traverse it from either direction and with the different layers and the ability to skip through the annoying parts almost completely) and I actually enjoy going back on subsequent playthroughs, despite being occasionally enraged. Meanwhile farron keep is not impressive to me in any single way, really has no redeeming qualities and I have never even once enjoyed going back there. Blighttown I can enjoy, whereas farron keep I can merely tolerate. Barely tolerate.... (I only tolerate it because I have no choice if I want to play through the game)

[@m1nr493]

@@twistedgwazi5727 agreed

[@josueh5831]

Blighttown is a really good area actually. Farron keep isn't bad just kinda bland.

[@darko1295]

Does DS2 actually even have a swamp area? I don't actually remember, all of its 'poisonous hellhole' levels were pretty small and easy to get through

[@quinnplays9166]

I'm a simple man. I see a Demod Dark Souls video, I click like

[@laurencevicar5798]

I think you included Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 only to not make sad old fans, because in Ds1 and 2 a lot areas which are 10 times worse than Byrgenwerth and Farron Keep

[@javiersolares6019]

Hey Laurence why is your cleric beast body on fire? Please, I haven't found any lore on that one :'(

[@laurencevicar5798]

Javier Solares because Speed King is busted

[@Mare_Man]

The Chalice Dungeons are *much* worse than anything else in Bloodborne, and they're nowhere to be seen

[@laurencevicar5798]

Just an Average Dragon loran is pretty atmospheric and isz is sci fi badass

[@Mare_Man]

@@laurencevicar5798 I've heard horror stories about the Defiled chalices

[@DevilNeverKnows]

"I would rather ass-blast a smelter demon out of my own iron passage" is a series of words I'll never be able to unhear

[@sabrewolf479]

Tomb of the Giants is good, fair, and tough if you wear the Sunlight Maggot. The optional areas in DS2 DLC were probably intended to be played as a team and not solo. They're definitely no fun solo. They're the only areas in the Souls series I didn't complete because they simply are not fun.

[@TheLordAizen]

It’s annoying to have to wear a shitty helmet to get through the area though. It’s just not fun, and why have a gimmick that exist to get you to wear a helmet, a helmet that makes you go to another shitty area first. Plus it’s not that fun to explore. I think it just sucks in general, I like the boss and I think the view is beautiful when you can see but I don’t see why it couldn’t have had like a torch lighting mechanic or something. Also no bonfire there that you can really summon for

[@mcda_b0556]

"Tomb of the giants is good". Sb stupid

[@bmav007]

I realize Byrgenwurth is small, but that's gotta be one of my favorite spots in the game. Captures such a cool Lovecraftian vibe and is a nice reprieve after the Snake Woods

[@ThomasWilliamsMusik]

Agreed. I don't think any of the Bloodborne areas belong on this list above the entries from the other games, but if I had to pick one, I'd probably put the woods here before Byrgenwerth.

[@burnout713]

@@ThomasWilliamsMusik The Nightmare Frontier, gentlemen. The Nightmare Frontier.

[@dakotakade3547]

@@burnout713 I have a love hate relationship with Nightmare Frontier. I do love the absolute fucking chaos of that place, because that's really what it's supposed to represent, but FUCK is that place hard.

[@sillyYata]

@Bano Plaze god i cannot stand yahar'gul. I dont think ive had a hard time with any other area, but THAT ONE. It was physically painful

[@novelchaser3556]

It’s a total Castlevania vibe

[@thelivingdrawing2262]

I remember my first run through Farron Keep. Getting lost, getting pounded by enemies who have an unfair advantage since you move at the speed of molasses, and taking AGES to find that third flame because the trees wouldn’t let me look up to see if I’m going the right way.

[@marvcollins7842]

"Blizzard is running like 95% of the time" "They give you 10 seconds every minute"

[@iota-09]

That's more like 80% isn't it?

[@knightofelm9409]

yes, he did say that

[@kirinixx]

He didnt say 95% of a minute. Unless you can run through that level in a minute, it’s going to take you a while.

[@211aonscratch4]

#Math

[@ThomasWilliamsMusik]

@@kirinixx But he did say "95% of the time", which precludes a time longer than 3 seconds a minute on average.

[@rlemieux13]

The phrase "Reindeer Fuckland" has to be one of my favorite unofficial titles of areas. I'm thinking Sen's Snaky Fun-house might be a distant second...

[@kartikayysola]

I prefer Horsefuck Valley but Reindeer Fuckland is great too.

[@GothicSoldier9000]

As a Bloodborne junkie. Byrgenwerth wasn't THAT bad. It stands more as a setpiece in the lore than an actual level, but it gives you a quick peek into the transition from gothic horror to cosmic horror. I've even got 3 areas far worse in my own mind: 1. The Forbidden Woods, the area you have to slog through before reaching Byrgenwerth. Needlessly large and twisted around itself, and filled to the brim with annoying enemies that will bite your ankles, thrash around to prevent you from getting close, spit poison at you from a distance, and a few of them can even grab you for massive guaranteed damage. 2. Yahar'gul, the area AFTER you kill Rom. Bell ringers constantly summoning enemies that can surround you and block your movement, mini-Amygdalas shooting lasers on thin bridges, giant pigs hidden in every crevice leading up to The One Reborn, and the worst fucking Hunter gank in the game (3 on 1, with all of them having inflated health bars and infinite quicksilver bullets, so yeah). 3. The Nightmare Frontier. Yet another of From's patented "poison swamp" levels (and another place Patches can knock you off a cliff directly into the middle of it). Poison-spewing slugs, rock-throwing yetis that can see you from way too far away and are almost impossible to reach, and of course the Winter Lantern that can frenzy you to death as long as they have line of sight. Also another Hunter gank, but you can kill them with the poison.

[@slxdeprod]

I just played (and beat) it for the first time the other day, Forbidden Woods is absolutely the worst level in that game and deserves a spot on the list more so than Byrgenworth. I will say Byrgenworth feels like it got less love from the devs than it deserves given its lore importance. That said, I never thought about the shift in tone, that's a very interesting point that makes me appreciate it more. I definitely enjoyed thematically when the game became less werewolves and zombie types and became more grotesque horrors a la Lovecraft or Cronenberg

[@Da_Sire]

@@slxdeprod yeah it went from generic wolf to FUCKING EBRIETAS

[@Frostblast7]

Sunlight Maggot solves the problem in TotG. The problem is that most players decide to suffer through the darkness instead of leaving it until they have found a suitable light source.

[@Xcross15]

Tomb of the giants invasions are really fun too. Crashing onto people in the darkness.

[@barry4293]

The area is still poorly designed with archers u can't see, skeletons dogs ( a cross between 2 crap enemies) cliffs , ganks from big skeleis and the skeleton towers. With the maggot u can see a bit but that doesn't mean that the skeleton dogs are fun. And it's capped off with a terrible boss

[@MrMiibez]

@@barry4293 agreed, its a fucking awful area if you try ro explore it. Also Nito fucking sucks kf you dont have a divine weapon to fuck the skeletons.

[@Xcross15]

sunlight maggot makes exploring a cakewalk, or perhaps its the hundreds of invasions ive done there so I know all the nifty shortcuts.

[@MrMiibez]

@@Xcross15 weird flex, but ok.

[@wizardgragas1001]

Maybe do top 10 best and worst Bosses Arenas in souls.

[@ArtanBlacknight]

Worst one, Old Iron King's Hole

[@wizardgragas1001]

@cold glass of coke zero This cannot be any dumber than waifus for example.

[@dlux2809]

I’d still watch that without hesitation 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@iota-09]

@cold glass of coke zero dumb? Hell no, just look at the kos bossfight, many don't realize it, but the arena has a lot of protruding rocks that can really fuck up your dodges, half the times i die to him, it's because i get stuck on something, similar things happen against oceiros in ds3, though there i can actually use the arena to my advantage. Also let's not even talk about the bed of chaos or capra demon.

[@nlrrangerman3742]

Memories of Capra demon...

[@thatonewierdguyosb5171]

First of all, no crystal cave? I think it's way more difficult and annoying compared to some of the areas on the list. And secondly, I don't get the problem with tomb of the giants.. the whole catacombs were incredibly well designed and were actually the reason I got so involved with the souls series. The intricate path, the enemies, the shortcuts you could take if you mastered the level, it was just an awesome experience for me. Love the videos, keep it up : )

[@jacobnorris8256]

There's like 2 mandatory invisible paths and they're both straight lines, and there's little reason to care about the rest. Unless you're going for Seath's tail too, he's a pretty easy boss so you shouldn't need to go through it much either. So although it's a bad area, it's a really easy area to rush through on subsequent playthroughs, moreso than 10th place on the list. I don't think i've fallen off the map in the crystal cave once since my first playthrough. The areas on this list seems to be ones that are terrible no matter how many times you do them, which makes sense since this guy has obviously played through all the games a whole lot of times. I can however agree that catacombs in particular is pretty great. Though I still don't like tomb though as I find obscuring vision a universally obnoxious mechanic in video games. Also, it really does irk me that both New Londo ruins and crystal cove are bad areas entirely because they didn't bother adding any bonfires for no damn reason. It's so easy to fix them.

[@lornsumm3249]

I honestly didn't mind demon ruins. It was a display of how powerful you've become, and I didn't think its difficulty was irritating. Only a little lazily designed

[@deusvult7903]

I really can’t wrap my head around the fact that byrgenwerth was on the list, but nightmare of mensis/nightmare frontier were not

[@catpurcell8818]

Deus Vult I really can't either.. What about forbidden woods?? all areas of the nightmare? Fishing hamlet?? Byrgenwerth is barely a threat.

[@deusvult7903]

Cat Darling I disagree with fishing hamlet being a bad area but the nightmare ones and forbidden woods defensively deserved a spot over byrgenwerth, sure it’s disappointing and short for how important it is lore wise but it’s a stunning area with a decent boss at the end, nightmare frontier is poison swamp bullshit that we’ve already seen before, the frenzy in nightmare frontier speaks for itself, and forbidden woods just feels so, bland, compared to earlier levels like the cathedral ward, central/old yharnam etc

[@catpurcell8818]

Deus Vult and after all the Micolash is such a cheesy boss. Mergo's wet nurse was worth it to me but going through all that to see Micolash's dumb face was so not worth it. I guess I found fishing hamlet difficult the first time because I wanted that Rakuyo so bad, which I could but it took a lot of time. Orphan of kos is a fight worth while too.

[@Mare_Man]

@@catpurcell8818 imagine thinking Byrgenwerth is worse than the *Chalice Dungeons*

[@megashark1013]

@@catpurcell8818 I'm gonna be honest, I absolutely fucking LOVE the Fishing Hamlet. Might just be my favourite area in the entire series. I also think the Forbidden Woods gets too much slack, it's also a great level in my opinion. They're definitely difficult, but not of low quality. Also, one more nitpick. Sorry. I don't think ALL areas of the Nightmare are bad. Mensis and Frontier are Satan's work, yes. But I think Hunter's Nightmare is pretty damn good. Watching all the Hunters fighting with Beasts is great, and I find the fact that it combines the first and second level together without changing the layout of how they are in the main game at all, to be absolutely genius.

[@jacobtridef48]

i knew iron passage would be included. legit didnt even end up beating the boss there, cuz the runback was so fkn badly designed.

[@Michaeln18]

Byrgenwerth over Nightmare Frontier? :thinking:

[@TheArnoldification]

He felt the sadness in the sad golems' eyes and decided to not put it on the list out of pity

[@Jinrou_Yumeno]

Nightmare frontier is pretty. Like Shrine of Amana.

[@mreboric8406]

I see the Raid curse has claimed another. The cycle of light and dark continues.

[@brettpierce5225]

After recently finishing Demon Souls I feel so validated that 4-2 was rated as the worst area in the game. I died there at least 3 times as much as anywhere else.

[@iknz1]

I will never, ever understand how an entire team of developers thought Frigid Outskirts was ok

[@v0ldy54]

Can be said from pretty much everything in Dark Souls 2, the answer is simply because they rushed that junk for easy money.

[@SuperKILLINGMASTER]

it has an interesting design same with tomb of the giants, I think it's way better than tomb because you don't die from falling every now and then.

[@wakkjobbwizard]

Not way better. Worst part of any game I’ve ever played. Seriously.

[@SuperKILLINGMASTER]

@@wakkjobbwizard I don't know man, I really thought it was interesting and it was unique to all the games, same with tomb, I don't hate neither of these places because they're interesting and unique, I think areas like the 1-4 of demon souls are way worse, 1-4 was linear, boring and tedious, the only good part about it is that the boss that comes after is really easy.

[@wakkjobbwizard]

I haven’t played Demon’s Souls because I have some hope that they will remaster it. I hope they do, because I really don’t want to buy a last gen version just to play it.

[@dkodonny2658]

My list: 10. Black Gulch 9. Nightmare Frontier 8. Farron Keep 7. Smouldering Lake 6. The Great Hollow 5. 2-2 4. Lost Izalith 3. Co-op areas in ds2 dlc (except Frigit Outskirts) 2. 5-2 1. Frigid Outskirts

[@farlonmuentes6004]

yeah. i would put great hollow in the list. i literally can't find any purpose in that place. there is no boss at the end and it's just fall to death and your reward at the end is an large open space beach with avoidable enemies and a bonfire at the finish line.

[@williamprescott3769]

That introduction had me rolling on the floor XD Your spectacular vernacular and passionately seamless flow knows no bounds! 10/10

[@VideoGameVillians]

I like Farron Keep... Those big guys in the swamp suck, but everything is that's actually in the swamp water is easy to deal with even in the water and the poison is slow so I've never felt the need to cure it. In it's place though I would add the memory level that leads up to the boss Sir Allone. That area suck so hard to get through just te get to him, especially on early runs before you really learn the place which means it takes FOREVER to get enough runs that let you fight Sir Allone with enough health/estus left to actually be able to practice the fight and get good enough to beat him. The rest of the list is on point though.

[@iforgot87872]

I disagree on Tomb of the Giants. You can get the light spell to make it better. I think it’s a pretty cool area personally. But it was frustrating to get out of it without the lordvessel or the spike bridge inaccessible ( I didn’t flip it before).

[@nahuelkid]

I completely forgot about Frigid Outskirts. I think my brain deleted the memories to spare me the trauma

[@koditonihminen6702]

I was watching a good video. **DeMod uploads** Ah shit here we go again

[@marioszaharioudakis9149]

Now you are watching a better video

[@koditonihminen6702]

@@marioszaharioudakis9149 Yes that is why I clicked

[@robinthereanimator5400]

I kind of liked the demons showing up again in the demon ruins. It felt like the game's way of showing the player how powerful they've gotten compared to when they started. It's as if the game is saying. "You know those bosses from Undead Burg? Now you're powerful enough to fight them as common enemies. Congratulations." which I found to be pretty satisfying.

[@solidsnake9898]

This guy gets it.

[@josueh5831]

agreed. lost izalith is a lot worse.

[@markopusic8258]

@North Sea Pirate Come on now, don't tell me you didn't love fighting 4 Pursuers in Lost Bastille straight after the actual boss (with some more to come still), facing a Flexile Sentry in Sinner's Rise possibly before even the actual boss depending on your path (Softs exclusive too, they really killed that last bit before the boss, removed theme appropriate enemies and slapped... that in), even more sentries in DS2 Shaded Woods (gone in Softs because ???), Ruined Sentinels in Drangleic Castle as well as a gargoyle, drakes both before and after the Dragon Guardian (tho I wonder why that one is even a boss it's pretty pathetic) and the glorious white covetous demon accompanied by yet more Sentries in Eleum Loyce. Really I don't get your criticism

[@thebignigga69420]

When DS1 reuses bosses as normal enemies it's a way of telling the player how far they came , but somehow when DS2 does it it is lazy level design and a bad game . I really don't get the criticism that DS2 gets on that regard .

[@ryanridley9525]

The first time I played dark souls I went to the tomb of the giants early just because I was exploring but couldn’t go any further because I didn’t have the lord vessel. Trying to find the way out and actually succeeding in making it back to fire link was without a doubt the most miserable experience I ever had in a game. I understand that people like how the first DS is open world for the most part but I seriously feel that the developers should not have allowed you to go that far if it was gonna be that insane to get back.

[@angbald]

I'm playing for the first time. I went to the lake of ash before getting the lordvessel and fast warp. You don't have any f*&%ing idea sir. I feel your pain.

[@BigBoyz33]

​@angbald my god reading that gave me chills. I hope you recovered from that nightmare

[@zomgpeoplestolemname]

The zone I dread the most in any BB playthrough is the one with amygdala at the end you work hard to get through the zone then right before the shortcut, HAHA 2 winter lanterns try again. Not to mention the 1 shot boulder tossers and the poison swamp winter lantern combo.

[@barretfriesen3426]

To be completely honest, I dont think the demon ruina is all that bad. I enjoyed the feeling of murdering what used to be meaningful challenges in 2 or 3 hits, and the loot placements and level structure led to a good amount of enjoyable exploration, despite the ganks. Plus when I first found the ruins after Quelaag and seeing like 12 Taurus and capra demons was really cool and realizing that I had to go back there for a lord soul was really cool.

[@readysetmoses]

I remember emerging from Tomb of the Giants like it had just given birth to me. The sense of relief was incredible.

[@nirvana4326]

When you paid 40$ to torture yourself :

[@ForeverMasterless]

lol, kinda like a gym membership, really. The paradox of humanity is we all know we need to accomplish difficult tasks to feel truly fulfilled and happy, yet we struggle to make ourselves do anything beyond the bare minimum for survival.

[@shadowstrider23]

I payed 20 dollars to torture myself

[@verangium]

I genuinely liked Byrgenwerth, it was a change from the incredibly open and random Forbidden Woods. I feel it was meant to be a lore-focused area, to show how all the students had succumbed to madness.

[@Spytron3030]

The real lore behind Byrgenwerth is that most of it is trapped in a nightmare, hence rom preventing humans from seeing the true nightmare, so you dont get the real deal or something. I think its cool lore.

[@MrHellsflash]

Died more times in fridge outskirt that all of the 3 souls games combined.

[@Mirie-Maribael]

RAID SHADOW LEGENDS THE MOST IMMERSIVE SPONSOR SCRIPT ON KZbin

[@TzhoOriatee]

I can't stress enough how worth it giving the Pale Lady 30 Humanity just to get the Izalith Short cut is. Not only do you get to save Solaire if you want, but you also Skip two crappy bosses if you want, and can just run right up to the BoC which still sucks but oh well. Tomb of the Giants, just no. Who thought, "Hey lets make an area with very aggressive Giant skeletons, Including the one that can easily stun lock you, give you no room to manuver, drop a Random Black Knight in there, Oh and make it Pitch Black and force the player to either replace their shield or equip a maggot they getin another bad area so they don't die." And EVERY Poison area ever. All are garbage, none are fun. Especially the ares that Throw Toxin into the Mix.

[@maizhou3909]

10:35 "Curses, what's wrong with you!" Laughing too hard on this.

[@DaGreenGoblin]

I love the valley of defilement I just love the atmosphere

[@Diedpied]

Come on DeMod! Give us the list that was promised! Top 10 Smells of SoulsBourne....

[@Scorpion122178]

Tomb of the Giants has never bothered me. On every play through including my first one I had the sunlight maggot. Had 2 free hands for fighting and the area was much brighter. Honestly the catacombs with the wheel skeletons and reviving skeletons are more nerve racking for me.

[@bunnybag]

Smouldering Lake. Shit ton of enemies just placed together (like DS2) This area is accessible just after the Catacombs and the difficulty just suddenly spikes up here

[@rangedweevil6150]

Goddamn crabs, hollowed Horace the Hushed, giant triple ballista, giant worm that shoots lightning, old demon king, demon sages that keep shooting fire balls, and then random skeleton swordsmen. And if you die by the swordsmen before you reach the ballista you have to go through the tunnels all over again and face rats and Basilisks and other annoying enemies

[@JB-nl3xy]

It's not tgat hard of an area tho

[@oliverdiop7530]

@@JB-nl3xy not hard if you go for Old Demon King asap, otherwise the ballista is a pain in the ass to deal with while trying to pick up large titanite shards. And getting up to it is even worse, huge maze filled with annoying enemies. I didn't even bother trying to get to the ballista on SL1, not worth the rage.

[@shadowstrider23]

@@rangedweevil6150 the demon sages I hate

[@rangedweevil6150]

@@shadowstrider23 they get on my nerves so much. I just lure them into a tight hallway and attack them, dodging their swings and fire attacks. They still suck

[@PascalNeem]

I'm going to be honest. I don't hate blight town, I honestly think its a really good area. It has complicated level design which prepares you for areas like the catacombs, dukes archives, and new londo. The enemys are a little ganky but they will prepare for things later on in the game as well. The boss is a nice challenge as well guelagg has the perfect difficulty shes not too hard, but not too easy, she does reasonable amount of damage and her attacks are pretty difficult to dodge sometimes. I just think blighttown isn't that bad as everyone says.

[@giorgoszervas4330]

I completely agree. I never got the hate for blightown and how people say that it's the worst area in the game. There are much worse areas in DS1.

[@PascalNeem]

@@giorgoszervas4330 yeah like the catacombs, which isn't that bad but it is worse than blighttown

[@atijohn8135]

people who played on PS3 hate this area, because it couldn't maintain 30 fps. But on PC Blighttown is one of my favourite areas, because of atmosphere. Mosquitoes were a little bit irritating (though they were very unique), and swamp wasn't as good as the other parts of the area, but overall the atmosphere, the spooky feel, and the terryifing enemies nailed this location for me

[@PascalNeem]

@UCEd_nzZQNztv4HKO3EXKjRg you are completely right dark souls for me really isn't that hard anyway, the game in general isnt that hard. So when they add poison in an area people are like. WHAT THE FUCK FROMSOFT I THOUGHT DARK SOULS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FAIR!!!!!!!

[@Jackanaitor250]

I don’t think Bygenwerth is fair. Like sure it’s short but I don’t think what is there is bad, it’s just a fun 5 minutes of a run through. I dunno I could be in the minority but an area being short and not having a gameplay section matching lore depth doesn’t make it bad imo.

[@MajestyVII]

I just beat bed of chaos earlier in my replay of DS1 and I have died more from getting hit when rolling onto the branch to go up and kill it than I have from actually fighting.

[@misterbaman]

Frigid Outskirts is honestly one of the worst areas in any game I've ever played

[@nebelmonster1983]

True, nothing about this bullshit is fun in any way.

[@LlamassU__]

I just played through it legit all you need to up your shield look around with a high lightning defense shield and if you get hit from behind wait for an opening to heal

[@Darksky1001able]

@@LlamassU__ No one says its not doable, we're saying it fucking sucks. Because to live you need to do that, or just be pro level dodging, which with this games system is incredibly hard to do. Basically it fucking sucks.

[@baaLsecundus]

@@Darksky1001able It's almost as if the game is meant to be difficult.

[@swapbell]

Faeyd just because they want the game to be difficult it doesn’t mean they should resort to bullshit

[@ooperblownup]

Honorable mention to shrine of amana in DS2, what a damn mess you just stay 300 feet away and snipe the living shit out of everything

[@awesomedistrict]

Oh yeah dragonslayer bow needed

[@kaynshadowassassin5201]

DeMod, I love your content, I think you're a great guy and I almost always agree with you but this time I have to question the reason why Byrgenwerth is on the list. I believe that the lore supports that it is small. It was the first place where heretical people sought eldritch knowledge. It wasn't going to be very popular or have many students. The reason why the healing church took off so well and basically became the ruling class in Yarnham is because Laurence brought the 'healing' blood which was seen as heretical by the college. It makes sense that is so small and ransacked, there wasn't much left, only the guardian of rituals Rohm. It would also explain why a white cloaked church member was at the college (in order to gain information, possibly to find out how to kill/get to Rohm). This is not to insult you or anything, I just figured I would say my view and see if you or others agree or disagree with me, I welcome respectful discourse.

[@justins4814]

Thank goodness I received notification from "Godzilla bukkake squad" on discord so I could be an early comment. I've missed these so much!

[@theDeModcracy]

God lord that's quite a name haha. Cheers JT!

[@TionsofCoffee2]

The real Godzilla Bukkake Squad were the friends we made along the way

[@justins4814]

theDeModcracy thanks man! Your souls rankings videos are part of the reason for my love of the series.

[@DragonbornAtDawn]

I hate the Farron Keep area, there is only one thing I like about it Abyss Watchers boss fight

[@Raushna]

All the hate on DS2 is honestly sad. I find every area in DS1, except probably Undead Burg, Painted World and the Kiln, worse and less fun than any area in DS2, with very few exceptions (mainly Frigid Outskirts, but that's a co-op area). DS1 has better world building and extremely well done connection between areas, but that's actually it. How is the archer bullshit in Anor Londo or the way back to Firelink Shrine from Pinwheel okay, but Iron Passage isn't? Oh, yeah, because "it's Dark Souls 2".

[@theshaqshack7973]

Did you... did you just compare the Iron Passage to Anor Londo and the Tomb of Giants? I pray for you good sir.

[@Raushna]

Not Anor Londo as a whole, but the way up the buttress, absolutely. And I'd take Iron Passage over Tomb of Giants/the Catacombs anytime. I died only once on my way to Smelter Demon while on the other hand I was stuck for hours trying to get out of that damn tomb without the Lordvessel. Iron Passage is not nearly as frustrating.

[@theshaqshack7973]

RoxasTwistedMind oh okay, that’s fair. I was just surprised because I absolutely love dark souls 2 for its gameplay but out of every single area including dlc, the iron passage was the only area I never completed. And don’t ask how but I managed to beat reindeer fuckland but not the iron passage... :/

[@megashark1013]

So, Ash Lake, Anor Londo, and Darkroot Garden are shit? OK.

[@Raushna]

@@theshaqshack7973 I can understand that. DS2 was my first Dark Souls and I actually didn't do any of the DLC challenge areas on my first playthrough, because I really sucked at the game. But when I came back to it after beating the other two entries as well as Demon's Souls it really wasn't that bad anymore. So I'd suggest you also give it another try, if you managed to beat Reindeer Fuckland you can definitely do Iron Passage!

[@CommanderMcDuff]

The Catacombs: Am I a joke to you?

[@killerkarma3574]

THErealUNDEAD1 the bone wheels are asshole cancer.

[@Fiendai]

Catacombs is pretty standard

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

yeah, literally just Tomb of the Giants, but 10x worse for all the same reasons.

[@Bread_Bauru]

Catacombs are only bad if you’re a sadist and go early to get a certain boss/certain weapon/certain upgrade AKA me If you you got some levels under your belt, and go right before you enter anor londo it’s not that bad, because you get OPTIONS to deal with the skeletons, even if they’re not great, you still get a couple of blunt weapons for strength users, and a halberd for the dex users

[@Doudoussin]

Catacombs actually have a really neat level design

[@haluz2281]

Dark Souls 1 is mostly smart about the level design. When I first got to the Tomb of the Giants, I tried it few times with the skull lantern, but it was still SOOO hard... So I went to the Lost Izalith instread where I stumble upon Solaire and the Sun bug thingies. Got the helmet and it was like getting the ticket to the Tomb of the Giants.

[@Dadahara]

I’ll watch it on lunch break, and I swear to god Frigid Outskirts better be #1 lmao

[@mucchi6008]

I expected the black gulch mouth from ds2 too,at least a honorable mention maybe

[@HomerS95]

My least favorite in ds2 so far. It's so short but every time i got spit on by one of those statues while trying to heal i wanted to die.

[@iJerseyDevil]

4:45 Looks like somebody's been watching AVGN