Dark Souls 1 is still the peak of the series.

[Kain]

Sekiro is the best From game, had many elements of the series, even though it's not exactly a direct comparison, shows what a great game From can make if they focus on core ideas,

Darks Souls 2 was better than many people give credit and had the most beautiful locations and the best lore.

Elden Ring is great, it's the collection of all the best parts of the souls game put together without any care for balancing though, still great game ahead of DS3.

Dark Souls 3 was ok, fun, but uninspired lost the heaviness of the previous games, which I think was an integral to make the gameplay more pondered, gotta love Gael though.

Thank you for your time.

Edit - Alas, I haven't played Bloodborne or Demon Souls to judge.

[Polverrati]

Most of Dark Souls 1 was mediocre or downright bad after Anor Londo imo, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (never played base DS2) was the peak before Elden Ring to me.

[815|Shouldabeen]

As an avid Bloodborne enthusiast, I'm incredibly offended that it didn't even get mentioned in your thread. Even more so it belongs higher than DS1.

[Kain]

Originally posted by 815|Shouldabeen:

As an avid Bloodborne enthusiast, I'm incredibly offended that it didn't even get mentioned in your thread. Even more so it belongs higher than DS1.

I didn't play it. Nothing against it, in fact , always wanted to try.

[Kain]

Originally posted by Corthmic:

Most of Dark Souls 1 was mediocre or downright bad after Anor Londo imo, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (never played base DS2) was the peak before Elden Ring to me.

I disagree, the only downright part is that region with those half demons or dragons, that area was clearly incomplete.

[hbyw618]

I think From just trying different styles, DS3 is my favorite one but this game is far beyond DS3 because we got so many choices for what to do next.

DS3 map is big, and this is ....well, I dont know how to say, maybe they put 3 DLCs into a single game.

[Water Shaper John]

It feels like 90 % of negative comments are not because there is something wrong with product, but from like 4 years there is a new trend in social media and communities like this to hate a new product and say that the old one was superior. Of course this game got some bugs and optimisation problems but it all can be fixed. I played houndreds of rpg games, and i can say this is a good quality game, just need a proper patch. All negativity coming from people doesn't have anything to do with bad quality of product, i suspect there are 2 reasons why people complain:
1. Wants to vent their anger on something or someone because of some life trouble through which everyone is going
2. Wants to get attention and feels like they are not the "bad guys" but there is something worse than them so they can feel excused when they do ♥♥♥♥ to other people.
Here i am not even psychologist, i am engineer but i could write a scientific work about people behavior on this forum, you are like open book

[warmy bear]

DS1's first half is peak in terms of pacing.
But second half tends to flip around like a fish out of water between great & utter mediocrity.

Bloodborne is, imo, the most overall excellent & consistent game in terms of bosses and level design in the entire series.

I think DS2 SOTFs enemy placements and general floaty combat and movement (deadzones, the way dodgerolls work not talking about iframes) ruin it for me, plus outside of the DLC a lot of bosses are mediocre without many standouts.

Demons is good and I think 3 is really consistent and Gael & Friede are two of the best bosses from have ever made, being balanced really tightly.

[warmy bear]

Originally posted by Kain:

Originally posted by Corthmic:

Most of Dark Souls 1 was mediocre or downright bad after Anor Londo imo, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (never played base DS2) was the peak before Elden Ring to me.

I disagree, the only downright part is that region with those half demons or dragons, that area was clearly incomplete.

Lost Izalith was infamously rushed and the level made in the last 1-2 months before the game was content locked and went gold.

[Kain]

Originally posted by Water Shaper John:

It feels like 90 % of negative comments are not because there is something wrong with product, but from like 4 years there is a new trend in social media and communities like this to hate a new product and say that the old one was superior. Of course this game got some bugs and optimisation problems but it all can be fixed. I played houndreds of rpg games, and i can say this is a good quality game, just need a proper patch. All negativity coming from people doesn't have anything to do with bad quality of product, i suspect there are 2 reasons why people complain:
1. Wants to vent their anger on something or someone because of some life trouble through which everyone is going
2. Wants to get attention and feels like they are not the "bad guys" but there is something worse than them so they can feel excused when they do ♥♥♥♥ to other people.
Here i am not even psychologist, i am engineer but i could write a scientific work about people behavior on this forum, you are like open book

You're projecting, stick to the engineering please

[yayokay]

Originally posted by Kain:

Sekiro is the best From game.

Darks Souls 2 was better than many people give credit and had the most beautiful locations and the best lore.

Dark Souls 3 was ok, gotta love Gael though.

Thank you for your time.

My current list, without Elden Ring because I still need to finish it, would be:
1. Dark Souls 1 (til Anor Londo)
2. Dark Souls 2
3. Demons Souls
4. Bloodborne
5. Dark Souls 1 (after Anor Londo. The cut is too huge)
7. Sekiro
6. Dark Souls 3

But I can say already that ER will be in my top 3. I have heavy Kings Field and DS2 vibes from it.

[Kain]

Originally posted by Warmy Bear:

Originally posted by Kain:

I disagree, the only downright part is that region with those half demons or dragons, that area was clearly incomplete.

Lost Izalith was infamously rushed and the level made in the last 1-2 months before the game was content locked and went gold.

Yeah, that place was bad.

[BurntToast]

Originally posted by Warmy Bear:

DS1's first half is peak in terms of pacing.
But second half tends to flip around like a fish out of water between great & utter mediocrity.

Bloodborne is, imo, the most overall excellent & consistent game in terms of bosses and level design in the entire series.

I think DS2 SOTFs enemy placements and general floaty combat and movement (deadzones, the way dodgerolls work not talking about iframes) ruin it for me, plus outside of the DLC a lot of bosses are mediocre without many standouts.

Demons is good and I think 3 is really consistent and Gael & Friede are two of the best bosses from have ever made, being balanced really tightly.

agreed about the ds2 rolls. I hate the entire combat system honestly. One of the reasons ds3 was so good is because every weapon had 15 different attacks.

[algame]

Not sure I agree Sekiro is the best, but some parts of it yes.

DS2 is great, I prefer it to DS1 (mostly as a replay game) and I find it funny how much the internet hivemind hates it.

DS3 is meh.

And you forgot DeS of course...

[warmy bear]

Originally posted by BurntToast:

Originally posted by Warmy Bear:

DS1's first half is peak in terms of pacing.
But second half tends to flip around like a fish out of water between great & utter mediocrity.

Bloodborne is, imo, the most overall excellent & consistent game in terms of bosses and level design in the entire series.

I think DS2 SOTFs enemy placements and general floaty combat and movement (deadzones, the way dodgerolls work not talking about iframes) ruin it for me, plus outside of the DLC a lot of bosses are mediocre without many standouts.

Demons is good and I think 3 is really consistent and Gael & Friede are two of the best bosses from have ever made, being balanced really tightly.

agreed about the ds2 rolls. I hate the entire combat system honestly. One of the reasons ds3 was so good is because every weapon had 15 different attacks.

it just ruins the experience for me, even if parts are good. i'm sorry for the director who had to quit from stress etc and the replacement did a good job with the DLCs and then co-doing 3 with Miyazaki.

[yayokay]

Originally posted by Kain:

Originally posted by Warmy Bear:

Lost Izalith was infamously rushed and the level made in the last 1-2 months before the game was content locked and went gold.

Yeah, that place was bad.

Atmosphere wise it was great. But from the gameplay and design perspective... oh boy. It was so bad.