Mindblowing to see the Depths that low. They have some of the best level design in the game, very nonlinear and interconnected, and the atmosphere is exactly what such an area should feel like. If you go without the master key you're challenged to find your way to the bonfire instead of just being given one as a freebie. There's plenty of enemy variety between hollows, the butcher, slimes, rats, basilisks, channeler and the giant rat. I guess it must all be due to curse-related PTSD.
The only thing that annoyed me in that area were the rats and their ridiculous insta-charges that can eat your poise like shit, oh and the Channeler asshole ganking you with spells and more rats.
I hope Majula is very high up in the DS2 video. People have bad feelings towards that game, but Majula had so much magic and beauty to it. It gives me very fond and relaxed memories in such a tough game. Brilliant hub, really.
I still remember the first time I entered it. Ds2 was my first souls game. After finding the way out of things betwixt after an hour of looking around I still remeber the sunshine through the cave, the calm music and the giant sea. I just sat there for like 10 minutes just watching and listening. Truly a magical place
Not sure why people like the burg so much. Sure it has good level design. But visually, it is pretty bland and generic, with it being a town/residence area. All the enemies are pretty generic and don’t have anything to them at all. (Except for the hellkite drake surprise and black knights) and the boss is almost the same as asylum demon.
Today I almost got fucked because I forgot to get the repairbox and my baller swag sword was at risk at the first bonfire in blightown and the only other weapon I had was a shitty plus 3 scimitar and I know it was a waste of titanite to upgrade the scimitar I got to the second bonfire took the shortcut to firelink and got to andre this isn't about the difficulty of blightown but my own stupidity.
I'm playing on the 360 and the only issue I have with it is the frame rate. Well, that and the fact that getting out is easier if you go back up to the Depths rather than taking the lift, at least for me anyway.
i dont understand the reasoning behind blighttown feeling like sewers considering you go through the depths right before which is literally meant to be sewers
That's because the pits which run up to the reskin smelter demon and the gank squad boss exist. Funny how the dlcs all brought the best and the worst areas on dark souls 2
We should have two frigid outskirts, one for the normal and one for the sotfs version So I could give the Sotfs version a 1 and the normal version -10 The blizzard phases in the normal version are alot longer and more frequent, a.k.a. MORE BULLSHIT!
The reason why the depths really gave me Game Cancer was because I forgot that Dark Souls had that curse mechanic that halves your health, so I was incompetent to buy a purging stone, and when I did get cursed, I as ready to fucking shoot myself, because I had backtrack ALL THE FUCKING WAY back to that god damn overconfident shit weed of a character who contributes jack shit to the story.
I hate the Depths because it's a freaking disgusting area, and the enemies are all basically super easy if you're careful about getting cursed, even the boss. THOSE FREAKING THINGS THAT DROP ON YOUR HEAD AND EAT YOU UGGHHH *vomits*
Clearly depends on personal experience. I didn't exactly spoil myself for the location, but I've heard horror stories about Blighttown, so by the time I actually entered it I'd been grinded af, already visited the totg and had a Ring of Fog. In the end I quite literally waltzed through it, although I can see how it could be a nightmare for many people, especially if fps really dropped so much on consoles.
Yeah, I didn't mind going through that part. It's actually pretty good. Loved the way it's constructed with the scaffolding but one thing is the lift, that's just bullshit.
Not gonna lie I like Tomb of the Giants, if for no other reason than the atmosphere and enemies. Slowly walking through the darkness just to see one of those skeleton dogs peak into the light, just standing there, breathing, was probably one of the the spookiest moments in the entire game and something I'll never forget.
Honestly areas like Blighttown, Tomb of the Giants and New Londo Ruins are awesome. They really fit the setting, lore and place they are in the map. If you go deep down in the earth, you'd hardly expect there to be light. If you go into a down below the sewers, well... you'd pretty much expect it to look like Blighttown. New Londo Ruins was just haunting and the atmosphere so eerie, it really felt like a dead place - the lack of bonfires was annoying, sure, but it also fit the whole "dead place" lore so I can't really complain about that either. The only two areas I really am not so fond of are Lost Izalith, which is just a total mess (how did anyone seriously vote for that as "best area"?), and the Demon Ruins, which are not even that bad and just feel unfinished and have some lacking boss fights. That really speaks to the overall quality of the world in DS1.
For Dark Souls 2 Areas: The best for me was Frozen Elyum Loyce, absolutely beautiful scenary and enemies with amazing atmosphere that takes you inside the game to experience every single bit of stress and emotion. Worst area, although i struggled in shrine of amana, but it wasnt as bad as the gutter. A reskinned blighttown with shittier enemies and easier to get lost. Terrible place followed by another terrible black gulch.
Undead Parish is actually one of my favourite areas, primarily because of the church itself. There's something very affecting about fighting your way through an unassuming, innocent church. I'm pretty sure it's 90% of the reason I find empty churches and castles really atmospheric, and I often find myself thinking "Damn, this place could be a Dark Souls area."
3:20 The first time I ever got to this area I was in way more trouble than you would think because of one simple little problem I couldn’t figure out how to get the lantern to work. And while you’d think that that doesn’t make any sense and that it’s extremely easy keep in mind that I kept equipping it to my weapon arm and for some reason it only lights up in your shield hand. So we spent a very long time and they’re slowly inching my way through their straining my eyes on the screen trying to find those blowing eyes so I do have a shot at not getting creamed.
"Without further ado, let's jump in with Blighttown." Hah, nice one! I don't even remember how I voted by now, but I am pretty sure I rated Lost Izalith as the worst, but not even that area rated a 1/10. To be honest, Lost Izalith DOES have some content that makes it memorable for good reasons, namely the climaxes of Siegmeyer and Solaire's tragic stories and the final battle with Kirk. Likewise, I was surprised the Depths rated as low as it did, because I actually spent quite a lot of time down there (usually farming Large/Green Titanite Shards from the Slimes outside the bonfire room with Chaos Firestorm), but on reflection it IS boring, irritating (you mentioned the rats, dogs, slimes and torch hollows but COMPLETELY forgot the BASILISKS!) and doesn't really serve any purpose- at least Blighttown serves as the greatest test of your resolve to that point and the area where the game just comes clean and tells you "I hate you and I want you to die". Also, aside from rescuing Laurentius and meeting Domnhall there's NOTHING of any story relevance down there, it's just a transitional area. I do love the boss, though.
@@JasonDoe1000 5 years late my b but I quite love blighttown its challenging but very rewarding and people conplaining about poison arent prepared its not much health being taken... Toxic can fuck off but thats it... The gutter can suck my dick fuck that area though I do see your reason
I'm actually glad blightown is above quite a few other areas. I personally like the area. yes darts are annoying, yes the falls sucked, but as you said it really encompasses the feel of souls. If it wasn't for the frame problems the winding way down is pretty cool.
I love blighttown! Well, I hate that I love to hate blighttown. It was a frustrating area to go through but it feels great to reach the ground floor's bonfire.
Woo been waiting for this one Demod. Also I know you're a busy man and all but I do have a couple of suggestions for video themes in regard to the optional bosses. There are a lot of optional bosses in SoulsBorne series as you know, especially in Bloodborne so I think it'd be pretty cool if you made a list ranking them either based on like their difficulty, coolness, or whether you should skip fighting them or not. You've probably already thought about this idea but if not you could save this theme for down the road, I look forward to more of your videos and can't wait to see what you have in store for us next. Have a great day :D
Not a bad idea at all! I'm pretty booked on ideas for the next two months, but I'll definitely put this on my brainstorming list for the future. Thanks Ricardo!
Man I love brighttown one your first play through it gives you the wanderer cloths which is your first cool cloths in the game and the area was chillin if you had purple moss/moss clumps
Hot take: Blighttown is one of the top 5 DS1 areas. And I played the game on PS3 within the first month after it came out, so I know about the framerate issues.
I get why people hate tomb of the giants and catacombs, but they have some of the most unique enemies like the bone towers, wheel skeletons, and baby skeletons
Hot take time, I'm a big fan of both the depths and Blighttown, The Depths has a great design, using its tight narrow turns to throw little jump scares that can kill you if you don't gather your barrings, the items are really good, the Basalisks sucks, but you only have to take them on when you fail a jump. And Blighttown has incredible design, a rickety, thrown together, DIY, hodge podge town with her only residents being the disgusting creatures left to rot and fester there, plus some good items, NPC's, Mildred, and a useful skip for speed runs or those who actuallyhate it. Plus both have great bosses.
New Londo is hella underrated. Legitimately great level design, cool shortcuts (both intended and unintended) and the atmosphere is off the charts. It's easily the spookiest and unnerving area of Dark Souls, more so than TOTG or Blighttown even. That second section with the Darkwraiths is fantastic and extremely tense. I get that the ghosts are annoying, but with a little bit of patience, dealing with them doesn't have to be the worst thing in the world.
I just now hopped onboard the Soulsborne train this month by beating Bloodborne and getting Dark Souls 3. Now it's weird because I don't get like 90% of the specifc references, but I understand the sentiment behind them.
In defense of the Depths, it is a good place, especially early on, to both grind and farm Humanity Sprites and Eyes of Death for Nito's Gravelord Covenant! I'm also now going to defend the Demon Ruins: If you missed out on the Taurus' or Capra's Boss Weapons first time around it is a good place to nab them! Also: Sunlight Medals! Other than that, I agree pretty solidly! I died once to one of those dinosaur things in Lost Izalith and when I went back could not see my drop at all, not even after turning Brightness down! Plus it was a while after I first finally beat the Bed of Chaos that I learned about that hidden Bonfire! Yeah! Fun times!
For blighttown I have mixed feelings, with the rusted iron ring the bottom of blighttown is my favorite area but no matter what upper blighttown can go to hell
Coming back to this in the Remaster after having suffered through the console era of this game, I am really enjoying a lot of the areas down low on the list. Blighttown actually looks quite beautiful when you can see the surroundings and New Londo looks absolutely stunning and ominous. While Lost Izalith still looks unfinished, it is now not as bad as before as the improved lighting seems to make it easier on the eyes. Bed of Chaos still is shiity as usual though.
I’m playing through dark souls 1 for the first time and am in blighttown atm. I was shocked to see the depths so low, I loved the section and was probably the best one so far. Also, can someone explain what this curse thing is cause I never got cursed in the depth
Getting cursed had to do with those frog-looking enemies in the lower part of the depths. The curse itself happens when you stand in the mist they spray for too long and your character is instantly petrified. Personally I was indifferent to the depths when I went through them. I found myself going in circles at certain moments which was frustrating, but for the most part the enemies weren’t too tough and exploring was enjoyable. I’m also playing through ds1 for the first time and I just got to Anor Londo. Good luck man.
@@austinmoore9336 thanks, I experienced being cursed for the first time but it was in the tree in blighttown, I had to run all the way back to the bell gargoyle arena and buy the stone. I’m also in anor londo atm and am fighting the boss. Good luck with them :)
Even though I like Dark Souls II, when completing the survey I realized that there is not a single area in the main game that i would gladly give a ten (i haven´t played the dlcs so I won´t judge those)
I truly think people don't know how to appreciate the Tomb of Giants, New Londo and Duke's Archives/Crystal Cave. They are so unique and creative. Of course they are a pain in the butt tho that doesn't make it less incredible. For me they are some of the reasons that make DS1 shine so bright.
You can kill the ghosts in New Londo with a dex or strength build, if you have the right weapons (strength easier with dlc). So I wouldn't say you can only kill them with a consumable active.
When I first played the game Sen’s fortress and O&S were my least favorite moments as I just repeatedly got my ass whomped. But after getting hit by a gazillion pendulums and dying to O&S 30+ times I feel like they’ve kinda grown on me and are now currently my favorite moments in the game. It’s kinda like stockholm syndrome 🤔
Now I can breeze my way through Sen’s Fortress and even make O&S my biotch(sorta.....when they aren’t pounding my face in). Least favorite parts of the game......Tomb of the Giants( 💀🔦 😱). Four Kings(It’s just so boring....I’d rather play chess simulator where I have to checkmate 4kings). I’d have said bed of chaos but I’ve actually gotten pretty used to it at this point and can usually beat it in 1-3 tries(still bs tho). This is just my opinion (I wonder what everyone else’s favorite and least favorite places and bosses are?)
Geez, when I heard about New Londo ruins, I was half expecting a town full of burning buildings, kind of like a combination of oolacile township and old yharnam. Even when I learned that the people of New Londo were drowned, therefore it wouldn't make sense for the town to be on fire, I thought it nonetheless.
Blighttown is not a bad area at all - in fact its one of the best imo. Amazing atmosphere, you actually feel like you are descending via those rickety ladders - very good level design imo.
I made the mistake of playing Dark Souls 3 first, so none of these areas are really a favorite. All these environments pale in comparison. Anor Londo is definitely cool, and I love that it’s in Dark Souls 3, as well. New Londo Ruins, The Catacombs, and Zen’s Fortress stand out the most to me, since they felt the most like exploring dungeons, and you had to work toward being able to explore them. Returning to Firelink Shrine after completing major milestones is the most memorable aspect of the game for me. That hauntingly beautiful music is a nice reprieve from the rest of the game.
I rather like the terrifying areas like the tomb and Blighttown and the Depths. The only thing I don't like is bland stuff. Forest is pretty boring, same with the hell stuff (and I never really understood why demons figure into the game). Anor Londo and the Archives are pretty dull too. But I definitely don't know that I would rate the tomb, Blighttown, and Depths over all of the ones I didn't mention, most of which were great.
Thoughts Lost Izalith - Not hard, just speedrun through. Bed of Chaos is easy enough to do in 2-3 tries. Depths - Pretty meh to be honest. Just slimes that can be avoided, and a meh boss. The true pain were the basilisks, but they can be avoided. Demon Ruins - yeah, pretty bad. A reskin boss and Ceaseless discharge. Centipede was a bit of a hassle. To be honest though, I like fighting Capras without dogs. Tomb of giants - Pretty easy to get the sunlight maggot, which makes it infinitely easier. I do feel it's a bit too long, but as you said you can speed run. The dogs always are a bit of trouble, but shields work. I always run through the part with the baby skeletons. Not a bad boss though. Blighttown - Alright, once again, a bit too long, though you can get through the first part pretty easily. Second part is annoying, but there is the rusted iron ring, and the spider shield for poison. Also moss. A lot you can do to counteract the area's main annoyance. Also, the boss is quite easy. Catacombs - yeah, quite easy. I never did just skip it, but you can run through, two shot the mage and then just kite the skeletons. The boss is also a joke, like you said. Basin - Yeah, like you said. Hey, some area with some golems and a hydra. It's tiny, and just meh. Hydra did piss me off first time around cause I moved like a snail and got destroyed by projectiles. You do get the grass crest shield though. I also got my first dark knight weapon, the halberd which was sweet. New Londo - Surprised me too. Eventually, I bought 43 transcient curses and obliterated them, but it annoys me how they can hide in walls, and have such good range. I do love darkwraiths though. I dislike how you are forced to waste a ring slot on the boss fight, which made me fat roll. Undead Asylum - Lackluster. It was a decent tutorial, and I learnt the basics, but no real challenge to test them on. The boss seems crushingly hard, but when you can drop attack him and whack him a few times, he's more like a teddy bear. When you return, it's just more hollows and a reskin. On thing I did like was you fighting the knight that went insane eventually. Oscar, I think it was. Duke's Archives - I quite like it. I got lost as well, but I didn't mind fighting off the cool enemies (except the mages, screw those guys). It gave the feeling of how large the archives were. Also, Seath's first impression was pretty cool. I found Sieglinde and I was hurt it wasn't my bro Siegmeyer. I do dislike he invisible paths though, as it's hard to figure out by yourself without going on the internet. Oolacile Sanctuary - Meh. I never really categorised it as an area. Your pulled into a forest like place, light a bonfire and then fight a boss. Just no real substance. I found the mushroom lady stupid. Boss was cool though, being a mythical creature and all, with lightning attacks. Garden - I never really got any pvp activity, due to me joining in on the game late. The some I did have was boring as it was full or lag and tryhards. I liked the potential for souls farming, but I always viewed the place as a utility and not an actual area. When I needed the ring, I would speedrun through, kill boss, and homeward bone out. Undead Burg - The enemies were mostly meh in the most part, and not really interesting. Things I did enjoy was meeting Andre, fighting the metal boar, and fighting the titanite demon near Andre. Bell Gargoyle were also pretty cool for a fight, but easy with Solaire and maybe Lautrec
My lost ass during first playthough went through dark root basin through the drakes and into the back door never even knew there was a door to blighttown in the depths
I am certainly not a fan of Blighttown by any means, but damn to I love seeing the little dog turning the elevator wheel. Always make me laugh a little.
dude I cannot stand the hate that the Depths receive. it's a perfect transition from the skill you accumulate in the Burg and Parish. this is the zone of the game that you really use to sharpen your teeth. there's a fucking dragon deep down in this Sewer.
I actually love Blighttown (on the Xbox one s so good frame rate) I only died twice so I didn’t get annoyed and it felt very depressing but interactive at the same time. There was always somewhere else to go and I liked that.
I actually enjoyed the demon ruins. Yeah the reskins are lazy but since I used a bow to lure the enemies away from their groups I was able to avoid ganks. It basically came down to a combat dungeon for me where I got to refight some bosses. If anything that area taught me that the Capra demon is actually fun to fight when the arena isn't garbage and he doesn't have pet dogs around.
i personally really enjoyed the lost izalith and at the begging i hated the depth's but now i really like the depth's and also one last thing i think blighttown was great i didn't get the bonfire on my first attempts so everytime i wanted to fight quelaag i had to go through all of blighttown when i found out about the bonfire i was happy but honestly i really enjoyed constatly going through blighttown one thing i didn't like was tomb of the giant's personally my least facourite area but honestly blighttown was all about memorising the area
I think it speaks volume about how mediocre a lot of DS2 is when most of my ratings for areas were below 6. Most of my DS1 areas were above 5, hell I gave Blighttown a 6-7 myself.
Great video man and i can respect the placements of all of those areas,in my opinion i despised only 1 area the CrystalCave/Duke's Archive . i just despised this area it always felt like it dragged, nothing else really bothered me in the game because i knew it wouldn't take long,but the Duke's archive always felt like it took forever to get through and no enjoyment in the area either besides aesthetic of course cause the looks are beautiful. but that is just my opinion
good to see you up here again man. Though im curios as to where you have been on ps4 these days cause it says you havent been on there in 2 months. But ehh, your good man. Keep it real brother.
I just hate the frame rate drops in blighttown but it's pretty well designed, it's annoying yes but the design makes for a good challange and change of pace.
I'm kind of mad New Londo didn't make it to the bottom five. The ghosts themselves were a terrible design choice. Just think about it: * An enemy that's invincible unless you use a certain (temporary) item, or are cursed (but the undead curse doesn't count!) * They can fly * They can move through walls * They can attack through walls * They gank you in choke points needed to progress * They can change their elevation to reach you wherever you are * They have a grab attack that ignores shields * They attack with considerable range Bad, bad enemy, that makes up like 70% of the area, and then its Darkwraith gank time so... yeah. Without frame rate issues Blighttown isn't that bad.
To be honest, my personal least favourite/most hated is Crystal Cave that shit place has so many random drops on their invisible platforms and until you realize that you can "hit" the ground with ranged objects (whether stones, or arrows or some such), it is just a nightmare, and the enemies are big bulky fuckers that you need to kite normally instead of things that will get staggered... I fucking hated it... That said, the Duke's archive wasn't that bad, it was confusing, but not awful like Blighttown or The Great Hollow.
Man I didn't know you were going back to making Dark Souls videos so I didn't get a chance to vote on this list. Cheers though, voted on the Dark Souls 2 list.
I liked the Depths, it had those butchers which were cool to fight, and also the big ass rat which was surprisingly hard to beat (harder than the main boss of the area lmao)
Blighttown was a very good area despite what people say. It's designed to be your first real challenge with obstacles you have to overcome and it leads to my favorite area ash lake.
Definate frame drop in blighttown on xbox. I've experienced this many times but its seems to be in very specific spots of the area. Not even particularly in ganky areas either even running to quelog from the master key entrance. I do also enjoy the challenge of this area. Definaly a memorable area
I actually liked the Depths :( The Only problem I had was that It was a bit too dark on my TV-Screen while I was playing it at day. I think the Dogs are a challenge, the butcher has a creepy look & that the depths look pretty cool when you can actually see something. I haven't been playing Dark Souls that Long, but from what I've seen so far I liked it WAY More than the Darkroot Basin & Darkroot Garden for Example
When you do blightown at the right level and use the back door with the master key to skip the depths its not that bad I actually kinda like it i mean its not as good as other but not bad
Going purely off of personal taste, gameplay enjoyment, and first impressions, the 5 worst for me would be: 5# - Catacombs 4# - Demon Ruins 3# - Tomb of the Giants 2# - Lost Izelith 1# - New Londo Ruins
The areas are harder to get through than the bosses themselves. Blighttown was hard, but managable. Sen’s Fortress was where I really struggled. I feel the ptsd coming already
Not surprising areas like Tomb of the Giants and New Londo would be hanging down at the bottom with Blighttown and Izalith. My least favorite areas of Souls games are almost always the "gimmick" areas where the level forces you to play in a certain way in order to cope with some environmental nonsense (goop that slows movement, poison, lava damage, platforming with deathfalls everywhere, darkness killing vision, stuff like that). Unless it's Smouldering Lake in DSIII which somehow manages to mix that (&$#$@&&# triple-ballista! Hall full of flame orbs! Lava pits!) with gank squads of Ghru and simultaneously being completely effing _boring_ on top of it. Be interesting to see if Frozen Outskirts, Shrine of Amana, or Black Gulch ends up dead worst in DSII.
To be honest I don't think Tomb of the Giants is bad at all, in fact I think it changes the standard progression of gameplay enough to the point I think it's actually a pretty good area. It's understandably frustrating if you don't have a sunlight maggot or torch but I think the placing on this list is a bit too far
Hate depths and it’s entrance to blight town so much I ignored both areas on my second and third playthroughs. Just ran past the sleeping undead dragon and enter blight town that way. Also with the key ezpz ... but I was a dummy and didn’t get the master key 🤦🏻♂️ Oh and yes fuck bed of chaos, I’m ok with the overall area of Lost Izliath but I hate that boss with a passion. So dumb to include an RNG only boss.
![Ranking the Dark Souls 3 Areas from Worst to Best [#22-11]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/i2-g8qitrV0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Top 10 Worst Bosses in the Souls Series [Remastered]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VHlCQPWsiOo/mqdefault.jpg)
Mindblowing to see the Depths that low. They have some of the best level design in the game, very nonlinear and interconnected, and the atmosphere is exactly what such an area should feel like. If you go without the master key you're challenged to find your way to the bonfire instead of just being given one as a freebie. There's plenty of enemy variety between hollows, the butcher, slimes, rats, basilisks, channeler and the giant rat.
I guess it must all be due to curse-related PTSD.
Joacim Torneus yeah. it is. it sucks having to fight the gaping dragon at 50% health
@@TheXPERT891 8 percent before the patch :(
Curse probably lowers the reputation of the area a ton.
@@notrod5341 yeah the area is not too bad otherwise. The basilisks make me anxious moreso than any other enemy
The only thing that annoyed me in that area were the rats and their ridiculous insta-charges that can eat your poise like shit, oh and the Channeler asshole ganking you with spells and more rats.
I disagreed most strongly with the Depths. Perhaps not my favorite area, but certainly not worse than Tomb of the Giants IMO.
except the motherfucking frogs,its the perfect place to farm humanity LOL
@@hieunguyenrileygekko and large titantite shards
@St. Petersberg shield's don't protect you from poison or toxic (at least in that part of the game)
@St. Petersberg i have and still got poisoned
Edit: or toxic don't remember which
St. Petersberg yep frogs don’t they’re called basilisks and they curse you.
"Lets dive right Intp blighttown"
#23 lost izalith
You got me good 😐
I hope Majula is very high up in the DS2 video. People have bad feelings towards that game, but Majula had so much magic and beauty to it. It gives me very fond and relaxed memories in such a tough game. Brilliant hub, really.
The music was wonderful too. Its just to bad that the rest of the game was meh
Same, my only problem is "bear, seek, seek, lest".
Having a bright sunny hub is really nice for a change. DS3 Firelink is somewhat light but it's still a cold, pale light
@@Future_Doggo that and "monarch"
I still remember the first time I entered it. Ds2 was my first souls game. After finding the way out of things betwixt after an hour of looking around I still remeber the sunshine through the cave, the calm music and the giant sea. I just sat there for like 10 minutes just watching and listening. Truly a magical place
Calling it now: Anor Londo is going to be #1
ManiaMac1613 i think thats obvious
I wouldn't be surprised if it was, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Kiln of the First Flame.
I hope Ash Lake at least makes it into the top 5
Painted world was better than Anor Londo imo. Except for the boss. O&S and of course the reward after make Anor Londo far more memorable overall
The Painted world had the bone wheels, but Anor Londo has the worst elevator staircase hybrid of all time...
PREDICTIONS
1. Painted World
2. Anor Londo
3. Undead Burg
Not sure why people like the burg so much. Sure it has good level design. But visually, it is pretty bland and generic, with it being a town/residence area. All the enemies are pretty generic and don’t have anything to them at all. (Except for the hellkite drake surprise and black knights) and the boss is almost the same as asylum demon.
Blighttown is a great level actually. Its just really difficult.
I feel the same especially on first playthrough
Today I almost got fucked because I forgot to get the repairbox and my baller swag sword was at risk at the first bonfire in blightown and the only other weapon I had was a shitty plus 3 scimitar and I know it was a waste of titanite to upgrade the scimitar I got to the second bonfire took the shortcut to firelink and got to andre this isn't about the difficulty of blightown but my own stupidity.
Well, I suppose its a great level on a decent pc. On console the 15fps is just unfair.
I'm playing on the 360 and the only issue I have with it is the frame rate. Well, that and the fact that getting out is easier if you go back up to the Depths rather than taking the lift, at least for me anyway.
i dont understand the reasoning behind blighttown feeling like sewers considering you go through the depths right before which is literally meant to be sewers
Funny how the survey for frigid outskirts contains numbers higher than 1
Well maybe someone likes that area (and if anyone does they are emotionless robots who don't understand rage).
Keem Sama I gave it a 2 because I like snow
Or deMod wants people to troll
That's because the pits which run up to the reskin smelter demon and the gank squad boss exist. Funny how the dlcs all brought the best and the worst areas on dark souls 2
We should have two frigid outskirts, one for the normal and one for the sotfs version
So I could give the Sotfs version a 1 and the normal version -10
The blizzard phases in the normal version are alot longer and more frequent, a.k.a. MORE BULLSHIT!
The reason why the depths really gave me Game Cancer was because I forgot that Dark Souls had that curse mechanic that halves your health, so I was incompetent to buy a purging stone, and when I did get cursed, I as ready to fucking shoot myself, because I had backtrack ALL THE FUCKING WAY back to that god damn overconfident shit weed of a character who contributes jack shit to the story.
or go back to the undead merchant sitting just before you enter the depth. it's much easier.
Yep. She sells purging stones, poison arrows, fire arrows and bunch of other stuff. I killed her in my very first play through cause i got scared :P
Tinni Debnath Lol
I hate the Depths because it's a freaking disgusting area, and the enemies are all basically super easy if you're careful about getting cursed, even the boss.
THOSE FREAKING THINGS THAT DROP ON YOUR HEAD AND EAT YOU UGGHHH *vomits*
I think I actually voted for Blighttown as my favorite area. It's a masterpiece if you ask me.
Clearly depends on personal experience.
I didn't exactly spoil myself for the location, but I've heard horror stories about Blighttown, so by the time I actually entered it I'd been grinded af, already visited the totg and had a Ring of Fog. In the end I quite literally waltzed through it, although I can see how it could be a nightmare for many people, especially if fps really dropped so much on consoles.
so terrible it's brilliant.
a masterpiece of shit
Yeah, I didn't mind going through that part. It's actually pretty good. Loved the way it's constructed with the scaffolding but one thing is the lift, that's just bullshit.
Never played the PS3 version but I heard the framerate was atrocious on that part, so I can understand why people hate it.
My UA-cam lagged right as he was talking about how frame rate in blighttown dropped super low
Blight Town and Bed of Chaos gave me PTSD.
the sun covers you in glory incandesent democracy!
praise the sun \[T]/
\[T]/
\[T]/
\(T)/ \[T]/ \{T}/
\[T]/
Marcus marangoni \[T]/
Not gonna lie I like Tomb of the Giants, if for no other reason than the atmosphere and enemies. Slowly walking through the darkness just to see one of those skeleton dogs peak into the light, just standing there, breathing, was probably one of the the spookiest moments in the entire game and something I'll never forget.
Honestly areas like Blighttown, Tomb of the Giants and New Londo Ruins are awesome. They really fit the setting, lore and place they are in the map. If you go deep down in the earth, you'd hardly expect there to be light. If you go into a down below the sewers, well... you'd pretty much expect it to look like Blighttown. New Londo Ruins was just haunting and the atmosphere so eerie, it really felt like a dead place - the lack of bonfires was annoying, sure, but it also fit the whole "dead place" lore so I can't really complain about that either.
The only two areas I really am not so fond of are Lost Izalith, which is just a total mess (how did anyone seriously vote for that as "best area"?), and the Demon Ruins, which are not even that bad and just feel unfinished and have some lacking boss fights. That really speaks to the overall quality of the world in DS1.
For Dark Souls 2 Areas: The best for me was Frozen Elyum Loyce, absolutely beautiful scenary and enemies with amazing atmosphere that takes you inside the game to experience every single bit of stress and emotion. Worst area, although i struggled in shrine of amana, but it wasnt as bad as the gutter. A reskinned blighttown with shittier enemies and easier to get lost. Terrible place followed by another terrible black gulch.
the gutter is blightown and tomb of giants combined
Undead Parish is actually one of my favourite areas, primarily because of the church itself. There's something very affecting about fighting your way through an unassuming, innocent church. I'm pretty sure it's 90% of the reason I find empty churches and castles really atmospheric, and I often find myself thinking "Damn, this place could be a Dark Souls area."
I love blight town lowkey it’s just kinda fun except for the toxic dart guys, other than them it’s great
3:20 The first time I ever got to this area I was in way more trouble than you would think because of one simple little problem I couldn’t figure out how to get the lantern to work.
And while you’d think that that doesn’t make any sense and that it’s extremely easy keep in mind that I kept equipping it to my weapon arm and for some reason it only lights up in your shield hand.
So we spent a very long time and they’re slowly inching my way through their straining my eyes on the screen trying to find those blowing eyes so I do have a shot at not getting creamed.
"Without further ado, let's jump in with Blighttown." Hah, nice one!
I don't even remember how I voted by now, but I am pretty sure I rated Lost Izalith as the worst, but not even that area rated a 1/10. To be honest, Lost Izalith DOES have some content that makes it memorable for good reasons, namely the climaxes of Siegmeyer and Solaire's tragic stories and the final battle with Kirk. Likewise, I was surprised the Depths rated as low as it did, because I actually spent quite a lot of time down there (usually farming Large/Green Titanite Shards from the Slimes outside the bonfire room with Chaos Firestorm), but on reflection it IS boring, irritating (you mentioned the rats, dogs, slimes and torch hollows but COMPLETELY forgot the BASILISKS!) and doesn't really serve any purpose- at least Blighttown serves as the greatest test of your resolve to that point and the area where the game just comes clean and tells you "I hate you and I want you to die". Also, aside from rescuing Laurentius and meeting Domnhall there's NOTHING of any story relevance down there, it's just a transitional area. I do love the boss, though.
And Blighttown is an insultingly bad copy of the Valley of Defilament, an actual good area
+JasonDoe1000 Dude that is the third time I've seen you say that in this comment section xD
I have a strong opinion about that place and I'm allowed to say it^^
No it isn't, Valley of Defilament is good, the Gutter is mediocre and this one bad
@@JasonDoe1000 5 years late my b but I quite love blighttown its challenging but very rewarding and people conplaining about poison arent prepared its not much health being taken... Toxic can fuck off but thats it... The gutter can suck my dick fuck that area though I do see your reason
5:01
''Spooky Scary Skeletons EVERYWHERE''
Okay,you caught me off guard with how you edited that and i can't stop laughing right now XD
I'm actually glad blightown is above quite a few other areas.
I personally like the area.
yes darts are annoying, yes the falls sucked, but as you said it really encompasses the feel of souls.
If it wasn't for the frame problems the winding way down is pretty cool.
I love blighttown! Well, I hate that I love to hate blighttown. It was a frustrating area to go through but it feels great to reach the ground floor's bonfire.
Woo been waiting for this one Demod. Also I know you're a busy man and all but I do have a couple of suggestions for video themes in regard to the optional bosses. There are a lot of optional bosses in SoulsBorne series as you know, especially in Bloodborne so I think it'd be pretty cool if you made a list ranking them either based on like their difficulty, coolness, or whether you should skip fighting them or not. You've probably already thought about this idea but if not you could save this theme for down the road, I look forward to more of your videos and can't wait to see what you have in store for us next. Have a great day :D
Not a bad idea at all! I'm pretty booked on ideas for the next two months, but I'll definitely put this on my brainstorming list for the future. Thanks Ricardo!
**hears "first half"** I have waited... So fucking long
Man I love brighttown one your first play through it gives you the wanderer cloths which is your first cool cloths in the game and the area was chillin if you had purple moss/moss clumps
Dark Souls 2 - Worst Area - Frigid Outskirts.....fuck that fucking place!!!!
Hot take: Blighttown is one of the top 5 DS1 areas.
And I played the game on PS3 within the first month after it came out, so I know about the framerate issues.
Surprised that you didnt put blighttown nr 23 (Hated that place), but nice to see another ranking video!! :D
As a person tomb of the giants wasn't a problem since I was a mage and I got the candle light spell or whatever it's called in blightown
I get why people hate tomb of the giants and catacombs, but they have some of the most unique enemies like the bone towers, wheel skeletons, and baby skeletons
0:58 don’t insult my waifu
Hot take time, I'm a big fan of both the depths and Blighttown, The Depths has a great design, using its tight narrow turns to throw little jump scares that can kill you if you don't gather your barrings, the items are really good, the Basalisks sucks, but you only have to take them on when you fail a jump. And Blighttown has incredible design, a rickety, thrown together, DIY, hodge podge town with her only residents being the disgusting creatures left to rot and fester there, plus some good items, NPC's, Mildred, and a useful skip for speed runs or those who actuallyhate it. Plus both have great bosses.
2:03 Combos are one of my favorite snacks
New Londo is hella underrated. Legitimately great level design, cool shortcuts (both intended and unintended) and the atmosphere is off the charts. It's easily the spookiest and unnerving area of Dark Souls, more so than TOTG or Blighttown even. That second section with the Darkwraiths is fantastic and extremely tense. I get that the ghosts are annoying, but with a little bit of patience, dealing with them doesn't have to be the worst thing in the world.
I HATE IT SO MUCH
I just now hopped onboard the Soulsborne train this month by beating Bloodborne and getting Dark Souls 3. Now it's weird because I don't get like 90% of the specifc references, but I understand the sentiment behind them.
Man, i find i weirdly love answering surveys. Especially these ones. Really make me think back in ways i might not have otherwise.
In defense of the Depths, it is a good place, especially early on, to both grind and farm Humanity Sprites and Eyes of Death for Nito's Gravelord Covenant!
I'm also now going to defend the Demon Ruins: If you missed out on the Taurus' or Capra's Boss Weapons first time around it is a good place to nab them! Also: Sunlight Medals!
Other than that, I agree pretty solidly! I died once to one of those dinosaur things in Lost Izalith and when I went back could not see my drop at all, not even after turning Brightness down! Plus it was a while after I first finally beat the Bed of Chaos that I learned about that hidden Bonfire! Yeah! Fun times!
For blighttown I have mixed feelings, with the rusted iron ring the bottom of blighttown is my favorite area but no matter what upper blighttown can go to hell
Coming back to this in the Remaster after having suffered through the console era of this game, I am really enjoying a lot of the areas down low on the list. Blighttown actually looks quite beautiful when you can see the surroundings and New Londo looks absolutely stunning and ominous. While Lost Izalith still looks unfinished, it is now not as bad as before as the improved lighting seems to make it easier on the eyes. Bed of Chaos still is shiity as usual though.
I’m playing through dark souls 1 for the first time and am in blighttown atm. I was shocked to see the depths so low, I loved the section and was probably the best one so far. Also, can someone explain what this curse thing is cause I never got cursed in the depth
Getting cursed had to do with those frog-looking enemies in the lower part of the depths. The curse itself happens when you stand in the mist they spray for too long and your character is instantly petrified.
Personally I was indifferent to the depths when I went through them. I found myself going in circles at certain moments which was frustrating, but for the most part the enemies weren’t too tough and exploring was enjoyable.
I’m also playing through ds1 for the first time and I just got to Anor Londo. Good luck man.
@@austinmoore9336 thanks, I experienced being cursed for the first time but it was in the tree in blighttown, I had to run all the way back to the bell gargoyle arena and buy the stone. I’m also in anor londo atm and am fighting the boss. Good luck with them :)
Even though I like Dark Souls II, when completing the survey I realized that there is not a single area in the main game that i would gladly give a ten (i haven´t played the dlcs so I won´t judge those)
I truly think people don't know how to appreciate the Tomb of Giants, New Londo and Duke's Archives/Crystal Cave. They are so unique and creative. Of course they are a pain in the butt tho that doesn't make it less incredible. For me they are some of the reasons that make DS1 shine so bright.
Demon ruins is one of my favorite area
( Cain hurst,ringed city,ariandel ,dark root garden,forbidden woods)
I actually don't mind Blighttown. Once you know the area it's really quick to run through. I just run straight for the bonfire then to the boss.
Lost izalith and demon ruins where propably my favorite of the four lord soul areas
Impossible!
You can kill the ghosts in New Londo with a dex or strength build, if you have the right weapons (strength easier with dlc). So I wouldn't say you can only kill them with a consumable active.
When I first played the game Sen’s fortress and O&S were my least favorite moments as I just repeatedly got my ass whomped. But after getting hit by a gazillion pendulums and dying to O&S 30+ times I feel like they’ve kinda grown on me and are now currently my favorite moments in the game. It’s kinda like stockholm syndrome 🤔
Now I can breeze my way through Sen’s Fortress and even make O&S my biotch(sorta.....when they aren’t pounding my face in). Least favorite parts of the game......Tomb of the Giants( 💀🔦 😱). Four Kings(It’s just so boring....I’d rather play chess simulator where I have to checkmate 4kings). I’d have said bed of chaos but I’ve actually gotten pretty used to it at this point and can usually beat it in 1-3 tries(still bs tho). This is just my opinion (I wonder what everyone else’s favorite and least favorite places and bosses are?)
Geez, when I heard about New Londo ruins, I was half expecting a town full of burning buildings, kind of like a combination of oolacile township and old yharnam. Even when I learned that the people of New Londo were drowned, therefore it wouldn't make sense for the town to be on fire, I thought it nonetheless.
Blighttown is not a bad area at all - in fact its one of the best imo. Amazing atmosphere, you actually feel like you are descending via those rickety ladders - very good level design imo.
I like Demon Ruins. Taurus Demon's grin always cracks me up
I only just relize u can see the stray demon though the bars after u leave the cell and hear it stomping around after u beat the first boss
I made the mistake of playing Dark Souls 3 first, so none of these areas are really a favorite. All these environments pale in comparison. Anor Londo is definitely cool, and I love that it’s in Dark Souls 3, as well.
New Londo Ruins, The Catacombs, and Zen’s Fortress stand out the most to me, since they felt the most like exploring dungeons, and you had to work toward being able to explore them.
Returning to Firelink Shrine after completing major milestones is the most memorable aspect of the game for me. That hauntingly beautiful music is a nice reprieve from the rest of the game.
I played Bloodborne, DS1, then DS2 and then DS3 and there are two areas in DS3 which I like 😂
I rather like the terrifying areas like the tomb and Blighttown and the Depths.
The only thing I don't like is bland stuff. Forest is pretty boring, same with the hell stuff (and I never really understood why demons figure into the game). Anor Londo and the Archives are pretty dull too.
But I definitely don't know that I would rate the tomb, Blighttown, and Depths over all of the ones I didn't mention, most of which were great.
Thoughts
Lost Izalith - Not hard, just speedrun through. Bed of Chaos is easy enough to do in 2-3 tries.
Depths - Pretty meh to be honest. Just slimes that can be avoided, and a meh boss. The true pain were the basilisks, but they can be avoided.
Demon Ruins - yeah, pretty bad. A reskin boss and Ceaseless discharge. Centipede was a bit of a hassle. To be honest though, I like fighting Capras without dogs.
Tomb of giants - Pretty easy to get the sunlight maggot, which makes it infinitely easier. I do feel it's a bit too long, but as you said you can speed run. The dogs always are a bit of trouble, but shields work. I always run through the part with the baby skeletons. Not a bad boss though.
Blighttown - Alright, once again, a bit too long, though you can get through the first part pretty easily. Second part is annoying, but there is the rusted iron ring, and the spider shield for poison. Also moss. A lot you can do to counteract the area's main annoyance. Also, the boss is quite easy.
Catacombs - yeah, quite easy. I never did just skip it, but you can run through, two shot the mage and then just kite the skeletons. The boss is also a joke, like you said.
Basin - Yeah, like you said. Hey, some area with some golems and a hydra. It's tiny, and just meh. Hydra did piss me off first time around cause I moved like a snail and got destroyed by projectiles. You do get the grass crest shield though. I also got my first dark knight weapon, the halberd which was sweet.
New Londo - Surprised me too. Eventually, I bought 43 transcient curses and obliterated them, but it annoys me how they can hide in walls, and have such good range. I do love darkwraiths though. I dislike how you are forced to waste a ring slot on the boss fight, which made me fat roll.
Undead Asylum - Lackluster. It was a decent tutorial, and I learnt the basics, but no real challenge to test them on. The boss seems crushingly hard, but when you can drop attack him and whack him a few times, he's more like a teddy bear. When you return, it's just more hollows and a reskin. On thing I did like was you fighting the knight that went insane eventually. Oscar, I think it was.
Duke's Archives - I quite like it. I got lost as well, but I didn't mind fighting off the cool enemies (except the mages, screw those guys). It gave the feeling of how large the archives were. Also, Seath's first impression was pretty cool. I found Sieglinde and I was hurt it wasn't my bro Siegmeyer. I do dislike he invisible paths though, as it's hard to figure out by yourself without going on the internet.
Oolacile Sanctuary - Meh. I never really categorised it as an area. Your pulled into a forest like place, light a bonfire and then fight a boss. Just no real substance. I found the mushroom lady stupid. Boss was cool though, being a mythical creature and all, with lightning attacks.
Garden - I never really got any pvp activity, due to me joining in on the game late. The some I did have was boring as it was full or lag and tryhards. I liked the potential for souls farming, but I always viewed the place as a utility and not an actual area. When I needed the ring, I would speedrun through, kill boss, and homeward bone out.
Undead Burg - The enemies were mostly meh in the most part, and not really interesting. Things I did enjoy was meeting Andre, fighting the metal boar, and fighting the titanite demon near Andre. Bell Gargoyle were also pretty cool for a fight, but easy with Solaire and maybe Lautrec
My lost ass during first playthough went through dark root basin through the drakes and into the back door never even knew there was a door to blighttown in the depths
I am certainly not a fan of Blighttown by any means, but damn to I love seeing the little dog turning the elevator wheel. Always make me laugh a little.
dude I cannot stand the hate that the Depths receive. it's a perfect transition from the skill you accumulate in the Burg and Parish. this is the zone of the game that you really use to sharpen your teeth. there's a fucking dragon deep down in this Sewer.
I actually love Blighttown (on the Xbox one s so good frame rate) I only died twice so I didn’t get annoyed and it felt very depressing but interactive at the same time. There was always somewhere else to go and I liked that.
I actually enjoyed the demon ruins. Yeah the reskins are lazy but since I used a bow to lure the enemies away from their groups I was able to avoid ganks. It basically came down to a combat dungeon for me where I got to refight some bosses. If anything that area taught me that the Capra demon is actually fun to fight when the arena isn't garbage and he doesn't have pet dogs around.
i personally really enjoyed the lost izalith and at the begging i hated the depth's but now i really like the depth's and also one last thing i think blighttown was great i didn't get the bonfire on my first attempts so everytime i wanted to fight quelaag i had to go through all of blighttown when i found out about the bonfire i was happy but honestly i really enjoyed constatly going through blighttown one thing i didn't like was tomb of the giant's personally my least facourite area but honestly blighttown was all about memorising the area
I think it speaks volume about how mediocre a lot of DS2 is when most of my ratings for areas were below 6. Most of my DS1 areas were above 5, hell I gave Blighttown a 6-7 myself.
Valerie Aust But you still have places like Eleum Loyce, Shulva, and Majula which are gorgeous
Exactly, shulva was my only 10 I believe, eleum loyce at a 9.
Duke's Archives in Part I?! I cry foul. I've always put that at #3 or 4 (best) in my list for DS1, behind Sen's Fortress and Painted World.
Great video man and i can respect the placements of all of those areas,in my opinion i despised only 1 area the CrystalCave/Duke's Archive . i just despised this area it always felt like it dragged, nothing else really bothered me in the game because i knew it wouldn't take long,but the Duke's archive always felt like it took forever to get through and no enjoyment in the area either besides aesthetic of course cause the looks are beautiful. but that is just my opinion
good to see you up here again man. Though im curios as to where you have been on ps4 these days cause it says you havent been on there in 2 months. But ehh, your good man. Keep it real brother.
I liked demon ruins for the scale of the level. It's what smoldering lake is in Dark Souls 3. Such a huge level underneath everything above.
I just hate the frame rate drops in blighttown but it's pretty well designed, it's annoying yes but the design makes for a good challange and change of pace.
I'm kind of mad New Londo didn't make it to the bottom five.
The ghosts themselves were a terrible design choice. Just think about it:
* An enemy that's invincible unless you use a certain (temporary) item, or are cursed (but the undead curse doesn't count!)
* They can fly
* They can move through walls
* They can attack through walls
* They gank you in choke points needed to progress
* They can change their elevation to reach you wherever you are
* They have a grab attack that ignores shields
* They attack with considerable range
Bad, bad enemy, that makes up like 70% of the area, and then its Darkwraith gank time so... yeah.
Without frame rate issues Blighttown isn't that bad.
To be honest, my personal least favourite/most hated is Crystal Cave that shit place has so many random drops on their invisible platforms and until you realize that you can "hit" the ground with ranged objects (whether stones, or arrows or some such), it is just a nightmare, and the enemies are big bulky fuckers that you need to kite normally instead of things that will get staggered... I fucking hated it... That said, the Duke's archive wasn't that bad, it was confusing, but not awful like Blighttown or The Great Hollow.
I loves the depths it’s not the best but I like the place a good amount
But I enjoyed the Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith Dx Lol great video tho DMod, can't wait for the next one!! :)
honestly I feel like the darkroot basin and garden could be condensed, same with the burg/parish and crystal cave/archives.
memefury The areas are already condensed.
100k soon. Proud to say I've been a UA-cam and stream watcher since 6k.
Thanks for the long term support my friend! Super close to that Silver Play Button
Man I didn't know you were going back to making Dark Souls videos so I didn't get a chance to vote on this list.
Cheers though, voted on the Dark Souls 2 list.
I liked the Depths, it had those butchers which were cool to fight, and also the big ass rat which was surprisingly hard to beat (harder than the main boss of the area lmao)
Blighttown was a very good area despite what people say. It's designed to be your first real challenge with obstacles you have to overcome and it leads to my favorite area ash lake.
Definate frame drop in blighttown on xbox. I've experienced this many times but its seems to be in very specific spots of the area. Not even particularly in ganky areas either even running to quelog from the master key entrance. I do also enjoy the challenge of this area. Definaly a memorable area
I actually liked the Depths :( The Only problem I had was that It was a bit too dark on my TV-Screen while I was playing it at day.
I think the Dogs are a challenge, the butcher has a creepy look & that the depths look pretty cool when you can actually see something.
I haven't been playing Dark Souls that Long, but from what I've seen so far I liked it WAY More than the Darkroot Basin & Darkroot Garden for Example
When you do blightown at the right level and use the back door with the master key to skip the depths its not that bad I actually kinda like it i mean its not as good as other but not bad
I can't be the only one who loves the Catacombs and New Londo right?
thank you for watching. dont forget to like, comment, and subscribe down below.
I never had a problem with blighttown I actually thought it was good. And I played on Xbox and the frame drops didn't really bother me.
Going purely off of personal taste, gameplay enjoyment, and first impressions, the 5 worst for me would be:
5# - Catacombs
4# - Demon Ruins
3# - Tomb of the Giants
2# - Lost Izelith
1# - New Londo Ruins
Just as I get rekt in lost izalith for the first time, I hop onto youtube, click this video... low and behold.
Tomb of the Giants is the absolute worst. I'm sorry, it is the most awful area
i got lost in the depths for 2 months < no joke > and i really hate it there
The areas are harder to get through than the bosses themselves. Blighttown was hard, but managable. Sen’s Fortress was where I really struggled. I feel the ptsd coming already
This vid is too funny xD Good job!
Not surprising areas like Tomb of the Giants and New Londo would be hanging down at the bottom with Blighttown and Izalith. My least favorite areas of Souls games are almost always the "gimmick" areas where the level forces you to play in a certain way in order to cope with some environmental nonsense (goop that slows movement, poison, lava damage, platforming with deathfalls everywhere, darkness killing vision, stuff like that). Unless it's Smouldering Lake in DSIII which somehow manages to mix that (&$#$@&&# triple-ballista! Hall full of flame orbs! Lava pits!) with gank squads of Ghru and simultaneously being completely effing _boring_ on top of it.
Be interesting to see if Frozen Outskirts, Shrine of Amana, or Black Gulch ends up dead worst in DSII.
on my PC blighttown runs at about 9FPS, still beat the area numerous times (yes I have DSfix)
6:48 I put the same hair on my thief.
I first entered Blighttown through the back way? Huh.
God I love that outro music
Seems a bit weird you gave Oolacile Sanctuary an entry but not Crystal Caves. There's much more to do in Crystal Caves.
To be honest I don't think Tomb of the Giants is bad at all, in fact I think it changes the standard progression of gameplay enough to the point I think it's actually a pretty good area. It's understandably frustrating if you don't have a sunlight maggot or torch but I think the placing on this list is a bit too far
Haven't got past blight town yet. Day four of my playthrough
Hate depths and it’s entrance to blight town so much I ignored both areas on my second and third playthroughs. Just ran past the sleeping undead dragon and enter blight town that way. Also with the key ezpz ... but I was a dummy and didn’t get the master key 🤦🏻♂️
Oh and yes fuck bed of chaos, I’m ok with the overall area of Lost Izliath but I hate that boss with a passion. So dumb to include an RNG only boss.
I feel like the Undead Asylum is lower on the list because people were judging it more as an area overall, and not as a tutorial area
I can't wait for when you do DS2 and you verbally beat down the shrine of Amana and reindeer fuckland and the gutter, and the black gulch.