Mine was Bloodborne followed by DS1, 2, and 3. I basically did a challenge run during my first Bloodborne playthrough without realizing it. I had a +4 Tonitrus and a +1 shield by the time I fought Gherman. It was brutal.
@@foaduk9118 You're better off not knowing. In case you do want to know, Isekai is a genre of anime notorious for the amount of garbage that came from it. The genre is defined by a protagonist being sent to another world via death, rebirth, or teleportation/summoning. Almost all things bad about the weeb culture stem from Isekais in one way or another. The genre is known for excessive fan service (in some cases it's borderline porn), for having an invincible self-insert protagonist, for copy-pasted Lord of The Rings-styled fantasy worlds, and for long-ass titles that look like clickbait. I don't suggest you watch them, but if you want to get a better picture of what you're dealing with I suggest you look up Isekai titles.
Here’s every non-spoiler gameplay detail you need to know: The top left numbers are your “humanity”. You gain it from killing enemies in an area that still has a living boss. This is often called “soft humanity” the humanity in your inventory that can be used are the equivalent to the rune arcs (and are sometimes called “hard humanity”) you consume them to heal and gain soft humanity. Soft humanity increases your defense for almost everything and increases drop chances. You can reclaim dropped soft humanity upon death in the same way as souls. At a bonfire, you can reverse hollowing. Which is basically the equivalent to the multiplayer aspect to rune arcs. This lets you summon, be summoned, invade other players, and be invaded. When your numbers are grey, you’re in “hollow” form when they’re white, you’re in “human” form. Invasions work differently than in ER, when you are in human form, you can get invaded. Sometimes by multiple attackers. Summoning doesn’t prevent or incur invasions. The soapstones are the multiplayer items. After a critical hit, (riposte, backstab, plunge attack) enemies will take a second to stand back up, during this time, they are invulnerable. Think of it like when you perform a critical, you are invincible in ER. Resistance only affects poison resistance. Do what you will with this info. In dark souls, every area functions similar to the legacy dungeons. Meaning sometimes you need to go back to them later. The bosses are based off the demon souls design. So, most bosses have a “gimmick” to take advantage of, or fight around. You already noted the ones for taurus demon, such as the small area and the plunge attack opportunity. If you’re having a hard time with a boss, you might be missing a major part of its details. Try looking around the arena beforehand. You can kick by pressing forward and attack at the same time. This basically shoves the enemy, this is good for shields and when they are on a ledge. You can do a leap forward by holding the roll button to sprint. Then, whilst sprinting, quickly tap the roll button again, this will cause you to jump forward and gain a bit of height. But, you will roll when you land. Instead of stakes of marika or extra bonfires/sites of grace. The game provides extra shortcuts to the boss arena from earlier bonfires. Many of these bonfires/shortcuts are hidden behind illusory walls.
Btw, i’ve been wanting to do a ds2 video on my main channel. If you would like, I’d be happy to help you through that game as it has probably the most mechanics out of every From Title.
12:30 Desperatly need a bonfire, turns down the path to andre fire, turns back, goes inside the church and sees the elevator down to firelink shrine, GOES DEEPER INTO THE CHURCH xD
From the moment you said, "Why did the terms and conditions have a second phase?" I knew I was going to enjoy your content, and you did not disappoint. You are funny and awesome! I'm looking forward to your entire souls journey!
@@HeySidPlays Honestly it was way too much of a pain in the ass to cut off tails. Instead of just being able to focus on the boss, you have to worry about trying to cut off the tail without killing the boss. Don't wanna spoil it but there are MANY bosses that almost never do their tail attacks so it's agonizing to try and acquire the tail weapon. Even worse, ONE boss has so little HP you might accidentally kill the boss without cutting off the tail 💀
I like the part where he always unknowingly chooses the path that isn't the most direct way to a bonfire, 10/10 excellent dark souls first-time experience, gonna subscribe
Played thief because bow. triad cheesing him with the bow bro literally jumped and slapped me down talking about “OOH NO YOU WILL FACE ME” run them hands 😂😂 loved the franchise from that point
It replaces them with jump attacks, which are as strong as a charged R2 attack so not as powerful as plunge attacks but you can perform from ground level so it evens out
You wanna focus on looking for shortcuts as much as bonfires, especially in early game The covenants are mainly for online, but many of them have some in game perk or item they give you Invest in pyromancy if you dont plan on using sorcery or faith. Many of the spells became the flame incantations and it doesnt require you too increase magic stats
A quick tip. Your primary weapon, the scimitar, has B scaling in dexterity meaning it scales A LOT (85% of your AR×dex%) from your dexterity level. Dex starts scaling greatly after 10 and up to 40 which is known as dex's soft cap.
It is so interesting to see you play Dark souls 1 being that I have only played dark souls 1 and am currently working on dark souls 3, like the video. Thing in the top left count is humanity, you have soft and hard humanity. Soft is the humanity you have next to your health bar, hard humanity is the ones you have in your inventory. 1 humanity and pressing "reverse hollowing" turns you human and you can summon other players for bosses and also get invaded, also can kindle bonfires to give you more estus.
one thing i dont like so much about elden ring is you can just run past every normal enemy just ignore them get on the horse and to the boss if you try that in any dark souls game, especially if you dont know the way, you end up traped somewhere with a bunch of enemys and thats it i also never used this marika statues i dont know what for, they are normally 10m away from a bondfire and bondfires are right before the bossroom
Well, you can still get trapped when you run around in the dungeons of Elden Ring. Speaking of dungeons, those usually have a Grace (or bonfire) at the start, and a statue of Marika before the boss room, so you don't have to run all the way through the dungeon again if you die to the boss. Several spots in the overworld that also has statues of Marika, far away from other Graces.
I beat Bloodborne all the way past NG+6 and platinumed it, then went to DSIII. People told me Bloodborne was harder, but I swear DSIII is more difficult than BB. It could just be me, but that's how it felt for me. I can't wait to get back to DS1 again. I love it's settings the best. Especially Seath's crystal cavern and the abyss. Prime souls tbs 💯x💯!
I feel like it works both ways. Being decent in DS1 and 3, doesn't mean you'll have an easy time in Elden Ring. That's my story. The delayed attacks fkd with me a lot.
To me, DS1 is more of a puzzle game than Elden Ring which plays more as an action game. DS1 is all about memorization and figuring out gimmicks and patterns. Definitely feels like very different games.
Because these games have a lot in common? I mean, you learn how to roll / backstab / parry / whatever in one game, and that basic skill just transfers to all of them.
@@AlexanderShamov The issue isn't the assumption that some skills will carry over, it's the assumption that anything else similar will be easy (implying Elden Ring is akin to a higher difficulty setting thus any other souls game would be easy).
That's exactly what I was thinking!!! I was just like "Just walk down that hallway!!" Then he just turned around into one of the most densely populated areas in that level 😂
this is THE elden ring player experience in other souls games lol *special enemy shows up* Sid: how is this not a boss???? *player's skill is slightly questioned* Sid: but i beat Radahn😧.. Good video. Nice to see you exploring their other games. Ds3 is my favorite overall. I love elden ring but it's possibly my least favorite soulslike on from software.
I feel your pain. Not having a PS5 and not being able to play Demon's Souls hurts me. Just recently started Dark souls 1 too, my third souls game after BB and Elden Ring.
Bro Demon's Souls boss runbacks are so long... In my opinion it's the least fun to play (I 100% every From games). Level design really stepped up on later games
I'm not gonna lie, I just came across your channel and I now found one of my new favorite channels. Keep up the good work, you made me laugh quite a lot.
Loved this - I also did Dark Souls Remastered after another souls game and found it equally as frustrating with the runbacks being soooo long. While it may be too early to give advice about Dark Souls 2, I still want to try to spare a new player some of the easily-avoidable pain - write these tips somewhere and forget em until they're needed, if you want! 1. Level the stat ADP early and often 2. Burn the windmill 3. If you defeat an enemy 12 times, it stops respawning. So you can fully EMPTY a boss runback with grinding. 4. Enemies will chase you FOREVER, so if they spot you, you have to defeat them. 5. Covenant of the Rock makes enemies stronger. 6. Sometimes the game basically requires you to use a bow. I hope none of that counts as spoilers, and I hope you still want to play DS2 after you've experienced DS1!
Thanks! I'm playing right now and tip 3 will help immensely for the runback to the Sentinel Boss in The Lost Bastille which is driving me crazy And it will also be relatively easy to achieve as I have a million sorceries already :)
@rosstee there is parrying. It's just Parrying and Riposting is soooooo good in DS1, and fairly easy. Elden Ring does at least have a better parry than DS2 or DS3, but it's still not as broken as DS1. Not to mention that everything is faster in Elden Ring, with crazy attacks, so it's harder to time parries. Oftentimes you're better off just avoiding the attacks altogether.
@11:10 It's hard to see unless you 'frame-by-frame' the video ( '' on the keyboard), but the Black Knight attacks you hear, and his weapon clips your foot.
Let's just say the free movement of Elden Ring makes the game fairly easy, not to mention the summons. Its refreshing to see someone struggle with this game again xD (Like i did once)
To be fair this was honestly amazing xD It was full of laughter and frustration. Seeing you not take the route to Andre while you were begging for a bonfire made me facepalm xD Great content though, insanely fun, hope you keep it up!
Elden Ring is the easiest of the bunch, so prepare yourself for ALOT you'll be going through ;) And above all play the way you find most comfortable, don't be dragged by others's opinions on how you should or shouldn't play, and what you should or shouldn't use.
@@HeySidPlays Dark Souls 2 has alot of good things, but depending on the point of view, alot of terrible others to balance the scale, it's in a very weird spot for me. As for the hardest I'd say Dark Souls 3, but also the best and most fair game in the series, it is also far more linear than other entries, aswell as also the biggest game in terms of content, it was the ultimate culmination of everything FromSoft did from DS1, to Bloodborne at the time.
@@HeySidPlaysSo if you play scholar of the first sin your in for a rough time, they basically just added enemy spam to what would otherwise be a really good game, my advice is to play more slowly, stay locked off of your enemies, and level adaptability, it gives you Iframes in your rolls
@@HeySidPlaysThe hardest souls game is usually your personal opinion. DS2 gives the player the most routes to take of the trilogy, so if you’re struggling, you can typically go somewhere else and come back. It was made with the help of Tanimura, who worked on Elden Ring. If you do play DS2, play Scholar of the First Sin. It’s the full addition that corrected some of the enemy placement and contains all the DLC. Do note, it was based off DS1 and Demon’s Souls. So the bosses are easier but the enemies are harder. There are many details to that game, so if you ever do a video on DS2, I’ll try to leave a comment detailing all the aspects to it (there are a ton compared to other souls games)
First thing I think you personally should learn about this game is the estus drink animation is very slow. So you need to plan your heals with that in mind. Allow yourself enough of a window of time and the distance needed before you drink.
At dragon bridge where you descend the stairs there's a ladder to a previous bonfire. Also there's a bonfire underneath the dragon too. The number next to your health is Humanity. This stat is more like a special currency for reversing hollow (allowing online play) and increasing your total Estus flasks you recover from a specific bonfire when resting. 5 is Minimum 10 is Average 15 is Easy Mode 20 is Endgame To increase you must reverse hollowing then burn humanity at bonfire you wish to give more flasks. Some bonfires don't require this.
One non-spoiler advice: you can upgrade every bonfire up to 20 Estus flasks (kindle). For that you just need to be in human form and use your humanity if you have it.
I wasn't a fan of Elden ring and have zero experience with dark souls but my god man that is some quality content. I can't believe you don't have more followers. Keep at it man, great job
Fr I swear these elden ring player trues dark spuls always do the same shit. For example they NEVER plunge attack the asylum demon despite it being fucking obvious to a child that's what you should do. I've watched like 5 videos and they all do the same shit
Grats on the Gargoyle helm drop! Well done, indeed. I actually cried at the gargoyle boss fight way back in 2011, and then 'took a break' from Dark Souls to play, releasing for the first time ever on 11/11/2011, The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
@actionturnip395 definitely easier than Gael but i still killed them both in 3 tries. Midir you can just get really unlucky but it's a very patient fight. Gael is like going facefirst against a Sawzall.
ALRIGHT, haven't watched the video yet but finding your channel so early will be an amazing journey through the games, so I'll subscribe and watch you 🎉🎉
Yeah you gotta reverse your hollowing at a bonfire using humanity, the big grey number next to your health. Then use another to kindle a bonfire to make it give you 10 estus, later you’ll get the ability to use more humanity and get 20 at each bonfire. You don’t have to do it at every bonfire but a good idea at frequently used spots like the blacksmith
How did you feel about the linear, yet connected map? I really love ds1 over many fromsoft games just due to the level design. Going back to firelink always felt great. Would love to hear your opinion.
After completing DS 1, getting started on DS 2, 15 hours of Demon Souls and getting the Platinum on Bloodborne, I found ER to be satisfyingly mid on difficulty. It still has its tough parts and learning curves of course. But then I went into DS 3 and DAYUMM. That was a quick reminder of how tough Souls games are.
I just discovered this channel so I watched a couple more videos,and you are hilarious.I was very surprised that you only have 1k subs,because you deserve way more.
Capra Demon hard-blocked me until I tried running to the staircase. Never had a problem since. The O&S fight, the run to the bonfire right before them, and blighttown were the next most difficult sequences for me. The runbacks feel punishing, but also so meditative and satisfying when you finally nail it.
It's painful missing that first shortcut to the bonfire under the dragon bridge. It makes for a super long runback for a big chunk of map, that's for sure.
Do you want to know what "Dark Souls" means? A lot of players still didn't know until they finished Dark Souls 3 DLC. But Dark Souls was showing us since the first game. Look at the icon of a Boss Soul. It is huge, white, radiant. Now look at humanity icon: Huge, dark, but the same icon. Dark Souls are humanity.
It’s always such an experience watching Elden Ring players try out the OG souls games, great video though! You get to experience what most of us dealt with xD although my first souls game was dark souls 2, I had a very similar experience playing 1 for the first time hahahahaha
Ajajajajaj i actually laughed A LOT throughout the video, thank you so much, ur quite funny mate. Looking forward for the next part
Thank you so much!
you're his mom or something?
same here and ffs ive spent time on that game hehe
Haven't seen "jajaja" in YEARS. so glad it's disappearing. Literally just gross for some reason
@@apockalyptic funny comment coming from someone whose last name is F A R T, jaja
"This was supposed to be easy! I beat Radahn!"
"Never heard of her," the raggedy-ass Hollow armed with a torch said, calmly beating the man to death.
Underrated comment 😂
"Never heard of her" - Narrow Hallway 27
I just laughed so hard I shhittdd mineself.
I read this so hard I shit myself.
😂😂😂
Youre not prepared for some of the boss runbacks
thats some facts ..
/builds character. The final run back boss is DS2.
@@Fat_Paws pls pls don’t bring my baddest memories back 😭
Dude I think I'd cry, I'm so used to just respawning outside the boss room
@@HeySidPlays you poor thing
"Like most people Elden Ring was my first Souls game."
Damn, I'm getting old...
definitely an untrue statement based on age probably. most gamers are still adults.
@@ravenXOelden ring sold more copies than the entire dark souls trilogy combined, so yeah it makes sense that it's alot of people's first souls game
Mine was bloodborne, then darksouls 3... I was to busy playing mw2, socom on psp and ps3, and halo 3 at the time
Mine was Bloodborne followed by DS1, 2, and 3. I basically did a challenge run during my first Bloodborne playthrough without realizing it. I had a +4 Tonitrus and a +1 shield by the time I fought Gherman. It was brutal.
My order: DS1, DS2, DS3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, Demon's Souls, Elden Ring.
Him calling black knights, crucible knight hurt me physically.
I’ll do better in the future I swear
I mean, the Crucible Knights are the Black Knights of Elden Ring.
They feel quite similar to fight. Almost equally easy parry but easier on the black knights
could be worse. black knights in dark souls = crucible knights in elden ring. tough as fuck to kill early, hit like a truck, hard to stagger
Oh blightown
that meme with the guy alone at the party saying "they don't know I'm Elden lorn" while the bell gargoyles socialize
I’m so annoyed that I didn’t think of that 😂😂
The titles for videos of Elden Ring players joining Dark Souls are getting closer and closer to looking like isekai titles.
This comment deserves a medal XD
lmao fr
tf is isekai
@@foaduk9118 You don't know? Good. Keep it like that ^^
@@foaduk9118 You're better off not knowing.
In case you do want to know, Isekai is a genre of anime notorious for the amount of garbage that came from it. The genre is defined by a protagonist being sent to another world via death, rebirth, or teleportation/summoning. Almost all things bad about the weeb culture stem from Isekais in one way or another. The genre is known for excessive fan service (in some cases it's borderline porn), for having an invincible self-insert protagonist, for copy-pasted Lord of The Rings-styled fantasy worlds, and for long-ass titles that look like clickbait.
I don't suggest you watch them, but if you want to get a better picture of what you're dealing with I suggest you look up Isekai titles.
Here’s every non-spoiler gameplay detail you need to know:
The top left numbers are your “humanity”. You gain it from killing enemies in an area that still has a living boss. This is often called “soft humanity” the humanity in your inventory that can be used are the equivalent to the rune arcs (and are sometimes called “hard humanity”) you consume them to heal and gain soft humanity.
Soft humanity increases your defense for almost everything and increases drop chances.
You can reclaim dropped soft humanity upon death in the same way as souls.
At a bonfire, you can reverse hollowing. Which is basically the equivalent to the multiplayer aspect to rune arcs. This lets you summon, be summoned, invade other players, and be invaded. When your numbers are grey, you’re in “hollow” form when they’re white, you’re in “human” form.
Invasions work differently than in ER, when you are in human form, you can get invaded. Sometimes by multiple attackers. Summoning doesn’t prevent or incur invasions.
The soapstones are the multiplayer items.
After a critical hit, (riposte, backstab, plunge attack) enemies will take a second to stand back up, during this time, they are invulnerable. Think of it like when you perform a critical, you are invincible in ER.
Resistance only affects poison resistance. Do what you will with this info.
In dark souls, every area functions similar to the legacy dungeons. Meaning sometimes you need to go back to them later.
The bosses are based off the demon souls design. So, most bosses have a “gimmick” to take advantage of, or fight around. You already noted the ones for taurus demon, such as the small area and the plunge attack opportunity. If you’re having a hard time with a boss, you might be missing a major part of its details. Try looking around the arena beforehand.
You can kick by pressing forward and attack at the same time. This basically shoves the enemy, this is good for shields and when they are on a ledge.
You can do a leap forward by holding the roll button to sprint. Then, whilst sprinting, quickly tap the roll button again, this will cause you to jump forward and gain a bit of height. But, you will roll when you land.
Instead of stakes of marika or extra bonfires/sites of grace. The game provides extra shortcuts to the boss arena from earlier bonfires. Many of these bonfires/shortcuts are hidden behind illusory walls.
Btw, i’ve been wanting to do a ds2 video on my main channel. If you would like, I’d be happy to help you through that game as it has probably the most mechanics out of every From Title.
Appreciate the info, there's definitely a lot of new (old?) things to keep in mind!
@@HeySidPlays No problem, best of luck on the playthrough.
I'm getting ready to finally play the Dark Souls games, thanks for these tips
@elijahfyee5176 i was almost 150 hours into ER until I figured out what rune arcs do....
12:30 Desperatly need a bonfire, turns down the path to andre fire, turns back, goes inside the church and sees the elevator down to firelink shrine, GOES DEEPER INTO THE CHURCH xD
Ngl, if you said you never played a soulslike before, i would believe you
This is the harshest thing anyone has ever said to me 😂
bullsh...
he goes straight for the back stab. no noob does this.
Ah yes the internet self proclaimed pro has arrived. What to expect from a 50yo virgin living in Mama’s basement?
@Retro_Rainer it's literally what every new souls player does. What are you on about bro 💀
Dang. Found the cultist.
It hurts me how many times you just went right by the elevator that takes you back to firelink shrine xD
ye when i first saw that elevator it was so alluring. It was the first thing I noticed. 😆
Him panicking and turning the EXACT wrong way to avoid every bonfire in Undead Parish was terrible 😂
From the moment you said, "Why did the terms and conditions have a second phase?" I knew I was going to enjoy your content, and you did not disappoint. You are funny and awesome! I'm looking forward to your entire souls journey!
Thank you! Glad to have you around :)
keep an eye open for tails, a lot of them can be cut and they pretty much always give neat weapons
Why is that not a thing in Elden Ring? It's such a cool feature
@@HeySidPlays who knows
@@HeySidPlays cause it's not really realistic
@@gaurav_Wyes, cause elden ring is known for its realism.
@@HeySidPlays Honestly it was way too much of a pain in the ass to cut off tails. Instead of just being able to focus on the boss, you have to worry about trying to cut off the tail without killing the boss. Don't wanna spoil it but there are MANY bosses that almost never do their tail attacks so it's agonizing to try and acquire the tail weapon. Even worse, ONE boss has so little HP you might accidentally kill the boss without cutting off the tail 💀
0:34 oh nah bruh, you know youre up for something if the term and condition even got a second phase 💀
😂
I like the part where he always unknowingly chooses the path that isn't the most direct way to a bonfire, 10/10 excellent dark souls first-time experience, gonna subscribe
From what I remember there was another neat feature. If any other connected player reaches the bell, you'll hear it in your game.
Yesssss and I've been playing ds1 the last couple of days and I've heard that bell ring all day ! Makes me glad how many are still playing!
11:34 wait till he learns you can't teleport between every bonfire lol
USING THE DRAGON ON THE BLACK KNIGHT IS MASSIVE
Never think that Dark Souls is easy. Hubris is your greatest enemy
9:34 PRAISE THE SUN!
11:16 The knight hit you
Haha I realised when editing that he clipped through the floor but at the time I thought my guy just fell over
@@HeySidPlays He used to be called the space program knight by some people in the old days. He has an attack that launches you.
Nah, gravity will always be your toughest enemy
Lol the asylum demon fight had me rolling. The squeak toy sound edit followed by "yea that's decent"
You youngins are spoiled with the steak of merika. That's how they pulled you into the abyss with the rest of us.
They spoiled us with them
after having played the beginning multiple times, it is only now that i learn about the asylum demon being able to jump up!
Played thief because bow. triad cheesing him with the bow bro literally jumped and slapped me down talking about “OOH NO YOU WILL FACE ME” run them hands 😂😂 loved the franchise from that point
Messing up the easy plunge twice was really something x'D
I'm looking forward to the rest, mate!
I didn’t realise it was a thing but I’ll keep it in mind from now on hahaha
@@HeySidPlays Too bad you missed the only 2 plunge attacks in the game already lmao 😅
Giant rat in Depths :p
Rubber ducky sqeak when you hit Asylum Demon with the broken sword was comedy gold. Thanks for the laugh!
3:45 hahaha "oh no.. I've heard about blighttown" made me laugh
Looking forward to the rest of the series! I love seeing people get into DS1, it's my personal favorite souls game
"Why do the terms and conditions have a second phase?" Absolutely hilarious!
Are there no plunge attacks in Elden ring
Mostly not, apart from if you manage to jump on top of one of those flame skull car things in ER
It replaces them with jump attacks, which are as strong as a charged R2 attack so not as powerful as plunge attacks but you can perform from ground level so it evens out
You think the runback is bad now? You're in for a "ruff" time ahead lmao
Saying “Can you help me” and then “Useless” to Lautrec got me so good because that is who he is
You wanna focus on looking for shortcuts as much as bonfires, especially in early game
The covenants are mainly for online, but many of them have some in game perk or item they give you
Invest in pyromancy if you dont plan on using sorcery or faith. Many of the spells became the flame incantations and it doesnt require you too increase magic stats
13:39 and the true dark souls experience begins.
7:15 Dark Souls One: WHERE'S THE BONFIRE
A quick tip. Your primary weapon, the scimitar, has B scaling in dexterity meaning it scales A LOT (85% of your AR×dex%) from your dexterity level. Dex starts scaling greatly after 10 and up to 40 which is known as dex's soft cap.
"It's not exactly the Tree Sentinel is it?" Well... actually...
Playing Elden ring as your first is like having training wheels on a adult size mountain bike.
Ds1 is much easier than elden ring
I’m playing ds1 currently and there’s no way people consider it harder than Elden ring I mean I guess it also depends on how you play.
@@chotevasquez6967 yeah same. ds1 is a fun and amazing game for sure and its definitely very difficult at times but overall elden ring is much harder
elden ring is 10x harder than the first dark souls tbh
@@blasphemy.winter Elden Ring i polished. that is what i meant Dark souls 1 is still rough around the edges
It is so interesting to see you play Dark souls 1 being that I have only played dark souls 1 and am currently working on dark souls 3, like the video. Thing in the top left count is humanity, you have soft and hard humanity. Soft is the humanity you have next to your health bar, hard humanity is the ones you have in your inventory. 1 humanity and pressing "reverse hollowing" turns you human and you can summon other players for bosses and also get invaded, also can kindle bonfires to give you more estus.
one thing i dont like so much about elden ring is you can just run past every normal enemy just ignore them get on the horse and to the boss
if you try that in any dark souls game, especially if you dont know the way, you end up traped somewhere with a bunch of enemys and thats it
i also never used this marika statues i dont know what for, they are normally 10m away from a bondfire and bondfires are right before the bossroom
Well, you can still get trapped when you run around in the dungeons of Elden Ring. Speaking of dungeons, those usually have a Grace (or bonfire) at the start, and a statue of Marika before the boss room, so you don't have to run all the way through the dungeon again if you die to the boss. Several spots in the overworld that also has statues of Marika, far away from other Graces.
Dumb take because its easy to run past enemies in dark souls
Nice, a fellow dex player.
That's actually rare to find in blind let's plays.
I'm looking forward to your journey through the Dark Souls trilogy!
I beat Bloodborne all the way past NG+6 and platinumed it, then went to DSIII.
People told me Bloodborne was harder, but I swear DSIII is more difficult than BB. It could just be me, but that's how it felt for me.
I can't wait to get back to DS1 again. I love it's settings the best. Especially Seath's crystal cavern and the abyss. Prime souls tbs 💯x💯!
I wonder why so many people assume that since they are "pro" at Elden Ring any other souls game should be a walk in the part 🙄
I feel like it works both ways. Being decent in DS1 and 3, doesn't mean you'll have an easy time in Elden Ring. That's my story. The delayed attacks fkd with me a lot.
To me, DS1 is more of a puzzle game than Elden Ring which plays more as an action game. DS1 is all about memorization and figuring out gimmicks and patterns. Definitely feels like very different games.
@@junova7503😂 i love it ds 1 and 2 were such a pain i got my plat trophys but i have painful memories of those playthroughs.
Because these games have a lot in common? I mean, you learn how to roll / backstab / parry / whatever in one game, and that basic skill just transfers to all of them.
@@AlexanderShamov The issue isn't the assumption that some skills will carry over, it's the assumption that anything else similar will be easy (implying Elden Ring is akin to a higher difficulty setting thus any other souls game would be easy).
Missed every entry for a bonfire 😂 12:35
That's exactly what I was thinking!!! I was just like "Just walk down that hallway!!" Then he just turned around into one of the most densely populated areas in that level 😂
this is THE elden ring player experience in other souls games lol
*special enemy shows up*
Sid: how is this not a boss????
*player's skill is slightly questioned*
Sid: but i beat Radahn😧..
Good video. Nice to see you exploring their other games.
Ds3 is my favorite overall. I love elden ring but it's possibly my least favorite soulslike on from software.
“I hate the gargoyle fights”
Who’s gonna tell him about the DS 2 version XD
I feel your pain. Not having a PS5 and not being able to play Demon's Souls hurts me. Just recently started Dark souls 1 too, my third souls game after BB and Elden Ring.
Play them all it's worth your time, even if it's just once. All dark souls are great games even ds2
@@nickt7775 buy a ps3 they're cheap and so is Demon's Souls and that's the better version anyway
Bro Demon's Souls boss runbacks are so long... In my opinion it's the least fun to play (I 100% every From games). Level design really stepped up on later games
I'm not gonna lie, I just came across your channel and I now found one of my new favorite channels. Keep up the good work, you made me laugh quite a lot.
Loved this - I also did Dark Souls Remastered after another souls game and found it equally as frustrating with the runbacks being soooo long.
While it may be too early to give advice about Dark Souls 2, I still want to try to spare a new player some of the easily-avoidable pain - write these tips somewhere and forget em until they're needed, if you want!
1. Level the stat ADP early and often
2. Burn the windmill
3. If you defeat an enemy 12 times, it stops respawning. So you can fully EMPTY a boss runback with grinding.
4. Enemies will chase you FOREVER, so if they spot you, you have to defeat them.
5. Covenant of the Rock makes enemies stronger.
6. Sometimes the game basically requires you to use a bow.
I hope none of that counts as spoilers, and I hope you still want to play DS2 after you've experienced DS1!
Covenant of Champions is that covenant of rock, and it also makes enemies unable to de-spawn
Thanks!
I'm playing right now and tip 3 will help immensely for the runback to the Sentinel Boss in The Lost Bastille which is driving me crazy
And it will also be relatively easy to achieve as I have a million sorceries already :)
Attunement is for learning spells. After a certain amount of levels there, you get one more slot
you passed 3 bonfires
just a tip if you press the attack button while falling down then you can plunge attack the enemies for massive damage
It's always fun to see first timers on this type of game lol
Great video. You’re genuinely funny and the edits are top notch. Instant sub
Bro at 10:21 why did you clip it. That’s not at all where the stairs go 😭
oh i laughed so hard when you tried to espace the boar and you found all of those knights 😂😂😂 so relatable
"I don't use shields, shields are for cowards"
Oh sweet summer child
Bro doesn't know the power of parry and riposte.
di.... did Darksouls make Shields cool?!
@@Broockle I haven't played it yet, is there no parrying in Elden Ring?
@@rosstee Elden Ring is still on my backlog too 😆
There's gotta be tho.
@rosstee there is parrying. It's just Parrying and Riposting is soooooo good in DS1, and fairly easy. Elden Ring does at least have a better parry than DS2 or DS3, but it's still not as broken as DS1. Not to mention that everything is faster in Elden Ring, with crazy attacks, so it's harder to time parries. Oftentimes you're better off just avoiding the attacks altogether.
@11:10 It's hard to see unless you 'frame-by-frame' the video ( '' on the keyboard), but the Black Knight attacks you hear, and his weapon clips your foot.
Let's just say the free movement of Elden Ring makes the game fairly easy, not to mention the summons.
Its refreshing to see someone struggle with this game again xD (Like i did once)
Do more of this game because it's the best of all the souls games. It deserves your attention.
Bro is running past zone 1 enemies. 💀"Elden Ring Pro".
Looking forward to the rest of your playthrough man. Good luck! 😂
A true master knows when to avoid a fight
To be fair this was honestly amazing xD
It was full of laughter and frustration. Seeing you not take the route to Andre while you were begging for a bonfire made me facepalm xD
Great content though, insanely fun, hope you keep it up!
Dark souls 1 isn't about bosses.. it's the whole experience that is difficult especially if you play it with no clue...the hardest 😅
Ahh dark souls. My first introduction to fromsoft back in the good ole days. Hope you enjoyed it man.
Elden Ring is the easiest of the bunch, so prepare yourself for ALOT you'll be going through ;)
And above all play the way you find most comfortable, don't be dragged by others's opinions on how you should or shouldn't play, and what you should or shouldn't use.
Which would you say is the hardest game? I've heard bad things about DS2
@@HeySidPlays Dark Souls 2 has alot of good things, but depending on the point of view, alot of terrible others to balance the scale, it's in a very weird spot for me.
As for the hardest I'd say Dark Souls 3, but also the best and most fair game in the series, it is also far more linear than other entries, aswell as also the biggest game in terms of content, it was the ultimate culmination of everything FromSoft did from DS1, to Bloodborne at the time.
@@HeySidPlaysSo if you play scholar of the first sin your in for a rough time, they basically just added enemy spam to what would otherwise be a really good game, my advice is to play more slowly, stay locked off of your enemies, and level adaptability, it gives you Iframes in your rolls
@@HeySidPlaysThe hardest souls game is usually your personal opinion.
DS2 gives the player the most routes to take of the trilogy, so if you’re struggling, you can typically go somewhere else and come back. It was made with the help of Tanimura, who worked on Elden Ring.
If you do play DS2, play Scholar of the First Sin. It’s the full addition that corrected some of the enemy placement and contains all the DLC.
Do note, it was based off DS1 and Demon’s Souls. So the bosses are easier but the enemies are harder. There are many details to that game, so if you ever do a video on DS2, I’ll try to leave a comment detailing all the aspects to it (there are a ton compared to other souls games)
@@BonfireKnightfalse, scholar is the objectively better, improved version that fixed enemy placement
Playing the souls series is something I’ll never forget
A new DS1 player that doesn’t go to the Catacombs or at least set off a few skeletons 🤔
First thing I think you personally should learn about this game is the estus drink animation is very slow. So you need to plan your heals with that in mind. Allow yourself enough of a window of time and the distance needed before you drink.
It's so slow it's unbearable!
@@HeySidPlays My first souls game as ds3 so yea it took some time for me to get used to as well.
So so true it being stopped is unfair 😢
Loved the bonfire death next to Andre. That's when you know you're in a world of pain.
Newer souls game appeals more in their boss fight whilst the older one more like "the way to the boss fight is the real "bossfight"😅
Yeah and it was more balanced and a better experience the old way (in my opinion)
At dragon bridge where you descend the stairs there's a ladder to a previous bonfire.
Also there's a bonfire underneath the dragon too.
The number next to your health is Humanity. This stat is more like a special currency for reversing hollow (allowing online play) and increasing your total Estus flasks you recover from a specific bonfire when resting.
5 is Minimum
10 is Average
15 is Easy Mode
20 is Endgame
To increase you must reverse hollowing then burn humanity at bonfire you wish to give more flasks.
Some bonfires don't require this.
This a good game. The jank is bad , but if you can get past that it's a good game
The jank adds to the charm
for me its even the best of the series.
One non-spoiler advice: you can upgrade every bonfire up to 20 Estus flasks (kindle). For that you just need to be in human form and use your humanity if you have it.
To get to 20 you need right of kindling
10 is max before that
@@tomasdubienski1926 You're right about that.
Be ready for the dakest boss of fromsoft, the ds2 boss runback.
0:41 you lost me there buddy
I wasn't a fan of Elden ring and have zero experience with dark souls but my god man that is some quality content. I can't believe you don't have more followers.
Keep at it man, great job
why does this feel scripted 😭
Fr I swear these elden ring player trues dark spuls always do the same shit.
For example they NEVER plunge attack the asylum demon despite it being fucking obvious to a child that's what you should do. I've watched like 5 videos and they all do the same shit
Cus it is
He definitely played it b4😂
didn't go to catacombs from the start of the game >:(
Was it when he looked up for the Asylum Demon and was "surprised" by it??
Grats on the Gargoyle helm drop! Well done, indeed.
I actually cried at the gargoyle boss fight way back in 2011, and then 'took a break' from Dark Souls to play, releasing for the first time ever on 11/11/2011, The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
I did start with Dark Souls 1. Radahn in the dlc is the toughest boss. Midir takes number 2.
I don’t think midir’s even in the ballpark of consort radahn. Gael is way harder than midir for me…
@actionturnip395 definitely easier than Gael but i still killed them both in 3 tries. Midir you can just get really unlucky but it's a very patient fight. Gael is like going facefirst against a Sawzall.
Midir is not hard
ALRIGHT, haven't watched the video yet but finding your channel so early will be an amazing journey through the games, so I'll subscribe and watch you 🎉🎉
Beautiful vid, gotta learn to parry especially in the older games.
Yeah you gotta reverse your hollowing at a bonfire using humanity, the big grey number next to your health. Then use another to kindle a bonfire to make it give you 10 estus, later you’ll get the ability to use more humanity and get 20 at each bonfire. You don’t have to do it at every bonfire but a good idea at frequently used spots like the blacksmith
Nice walkthrough and funny bits! Keep doing more ds1 for sure
Thank you! Working on getting more done as quick as I can 🙏🏼
How did you feel about the linear, yet connected map?
I really love ds1 over many fromsoft games just due to the level design.
Going back to firelink always felt great.
Would love to hear your opinion.
After completing DS 1, getting started on DS 2, 15 hours of Demon Souls and getting the Platinum on Bloodborne, I found ER to be satisfyingly mid on difficulty. It still has its tough parts and learning curves of course. But then I went into DS 3 and DAYUMM. That was a quick reminder of how tough Souls games are.
Like most of people who started on elden ring, thinking wrongly souls its easier Haha.
It's the other way around. You get better in Elden Ring after playing Dark Souls.
That was a nice blind Dark Souls first video, I gotta see the next episode now!
The terms an conditions section is the first boss. It's meant to give you a sense of dread immediately, and tests your perserverance.
I’m like halfway through the vid where the dragon flies over and I’m wondering if he found the ladder shortcut or doing the full runback 💀
09:03 "They don't know I beat Promised Consort Radahn" lmao. Good video
I just discovered this channel so I watched a couple more videos,and you are hilarious.I was very surprised that you only have 1k subs,because you deserve way more.
Capra Demon hard-blocked me until I tried running to the staircase. Never had a problem since. The O&S fight, the run to the bonfire right before them, and blighttown were the next most difficult sequences for me. The runbacks feel punishing, but also so meditative and satisfying when you finally nail it.
It's painful missing that first shortcut to the bonfire under the dragon bridge. It makes for a super long runback for a big chunk of map, that's for sure.
First time I fought the Taurus Demon, he did his backwards dodge... Right off the edge of the wall. I was flabbergasted.
I love that ds1 is exactly as i remember it.
the Smoug and ornstien fight in ds1 was my favourite fight in all of the games. That sweet first time you beat them after 30 attempts
Ngl. Hardest I’ve laughed in a while at a darksouls 1 video. Good luck and have fun dude my favorite game of all time right there.
the fact that he missed every single way of being safe at undead parish seem nostalgic
Do you want to know what "Dark Souls" means? A lot of players still didn't know until they finished Dark Souls 3 DLC. But Dark Souls was showing us since the first game.
Look at the icon of a Boss Soul. It is huge, white, radiant. Now look at humanity icon: Huge, dark, but the same icon. Dark Souls are humanity.
12:09 it's amazing how in this chase you managed to make every wrong turn possible.
It’s always such an experience watching Elden Ring players try out the OG souls games, great video though! You get to experience what most of us dealt with xD although my first souls game was dark souls 2, I had a very similar experience playing 1 for the first time hahahahaha