Which game has more dark fantasy theme, Ds1, Ds3, or Elden Ring?

[Joshua9948]

Which one (excluding Bloodborne) is the scariest?

[Old Captain Yon]

Lotf. No but really, From is getting more and more soy with each next game. The DLC however is quite good in terms of creepy atmosphere. Although of the 3, I would say DS1. Idk prob it is because I played it as a kid and it left an impression, a very dark game. Then SotE, then DS3, then ER base game

[777]

ds 1, ds 2 softs

[Hikaru]

dark souls games never been scary thematically and elden ring is like dark souls with extra soy. The games are more depressing than they are scary.

I hope the next from software game is truly scary. Bloodborne was their best setting, that game was pretty creepy. I hope they do it again but make it even scarier.

[Sham!]

gaping dragon is the best "dark fantasy" boss imo, so ds1
also the most original dragon design they pulled in general

[Fineous🔥]

Shadow of the Erdtree has extremly gritty/gruesome locations and monsters/bosses. Nothing From made beats the feeling of exploring Abyssal Woods and being "hunted" by Winter Lanterns lurking in the mists.....Also make sure that you visit the Lamenter Gaol!.

[Hikaru]

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

Shadow of the Erdtree has extremly gritty/gruesome locations and monsters/bosses. Nothing From made beats the feeling of exploring Abyssal Woods and being "hunted" by Winter Lanterns lurking in the mists.....Also make sure that you visit the Lamenter Gaol!.

Upper cathedral ward, nightmare of mensis, byrgenwert, nightmare frontier... Pretty much every bloodborne area has way better feelings than the abyssal woods.

Don't get me wrong, winter lanterns were kinda cool? maybe? Felt pretty scripted and contrived but it's kinda cool? Elden ring is like pop music, it doesn't hit the same. Overproduced, but still kinda cool? They should have added way more fog to the winter lantern areas and made it so you could use torrent outside of the deep fog areas. On top of more fog, make it so that the entire zone of the abyssal woods is just really dark. Tired of how well-lit every area has become in modern from software games. They should return to truly dark areas. If someone complains about lack of visibility, they can just cry. It's supposed to be dark, and it is no longer dark.

Tower of latria in demon's souls is way better too.

Lamenter's gaol is the same thing. Why is everything in elden ring so well lit? It's like they are afraid to make their games feel scary.

Dark souls series doesn't really have anything scary in it, but I feel that the winter lantern sections of the abyssal woods pale in comparison to what I mentioned.

[Yal]

If you want a scary soulslike, you might wanna check out Lunacid. (It's more of a King's Field-like but it's got plenty of souls DNA)

It might start out innocently enough but the ambience in places like the vampire prison will make your bowels prepare their emergency vacation protocol.

[echo_ML]

Dark fantasy isn't just being scary, but going of your definition probably Ds3. Theres some creepy sh*t in that game.

Originally posted by Yal:

If you want a scary soulslike, you might wanna check out Lunacid. (It's more of a King's Field-like but it's got plenty of souls DNA)

It might start out innocently enough but the ambience in places like the vampire prison will make your bowels prepare their emergency vacation protocol.

This was literally me in that crypt with the screaming horse heads

[Alby]

Dark souls 3

[Yard-Dog®]

Originally posted by Old Captain Yon:

Lotf. No but really...

I know you jest, but for real...

Lord's of the Fallen is pretty terrifying. To an arguable fault, it feels darker, more claustrophobic, and more hopeless than most of the Dark Souls/Elden Ring stuff to the degree of "title-burnout." I like it, but I take more breaks from the game than I ever did with From's titles.

[drunk driver]

Lords of the Fallen.