Is Dark Souls 3 Worth it after Elden Ring? 

I did not watch the video yet. I played elden ring before ds3. I am going to say yes.

I love elden ring but I prefer this style of game not being open world. That's just me though.

Was going to write something about ds3 but i got stun-locked by two rats and died.

I played elden ring first and loved it. Im now playing ds3 and imo it's more enjoyable. Cannot recommend it more.

In my opinion Ds3 is better than Elden ring especially for replay-ability

What’s really amazing about ds3 is that the main pvp area has never died. Still a lot of activity still to this very day. In elden ring pvp areas lived and died very quick with the main gate academy pvp area in ER essentially a ghost town the same day the colosseum update came. Nobody uses first step anymore because it’s boring. There will never be an area like pontyff Sullivan

As a dude who started with ER, Des, & BloodBorne, in that order, though these are my favorites, I cannot recommend DS1 & DS3 enough. Not personally my favorites but they are beyond quality with massive replay-ability. I’ve put around 180 hours into DS3 & could easily sink in another 200.

For anyone who is reading this and is considering buying Dark Souls 3, or any other souls-like for that matter, go for it! While it may be frustrating not being able to skip a boss you keep dying to, as long as you stick with it you will eventually beat it. Your brain has its own cheat or superpower called pattern recognition, which means that you will slowly get the hang of the boss over several attempts. Taking breaks is also something I highly recommend and I can't count the number of times I've been stuck on a boss and then came back from a break and proceeded to kill the boss on my first or second try.

If you want to play against actually good bosses and play strength weapons without having to just use jump attacks, yes it's very much worth it

I didn't see all these gripes in Elden Ring that you have with the game design and repeated parts, I think because I'm more focused on the lore and looking for clues everywhere. I also enjoy fighting those erd tree avatars and they do have to guard all those trees, so I never felt like they were a reused asset just for the sake of it. You get different crystal tears fighting them each time, so I was always happy to see them.

Really good video, I just want to point out that you said that there are no optional areas apart from archdragon peak, but the smoldering lake and the unattended graves are also optional.

I started my Soulslike journey with Dark Souls, played it through twice and spent a lot of time in a certain woodland ganking up on blue invaders, logging about 600 hours until Dark Souls 2 came along. Dark Souls 2 was the first game for which I collected all achievements in my life on the Xbox360. I played about 300 hours of it until I bought an Xbox one and could no longer play it. Until the Scholar of the First Sin edition released. I played that game for years; over 2000 hours, up into NG+80 and got all achievements for it. I spent hours upon hours on the bridge in the Iron Keep enjoying fight clubs and many hours in the arena's. It is also the only game in which I really enjoyed playing as a blue spirit. I then moved from Xbox One to PS4 and bought the SotfS edition again. Got all achievements for it for a third time and played the PVP side of the game right until the release day of Dark Souls 3. Dark Souls 3 became my true love. There is no game I played more than DS3. I had over 5000 hours in it by the time I moved on from my PS4 to PC gaming. The online aspect of that game kept it alive for me for so long. Fight clubs and 6 man multiplayer madness in the area behind Pontyf will forever be some of my favourite gaming memories. I have also played Demon Souls Remake on PS5 for about 30 hours before giving up on it because the death runs were just to tedious for my taste. I am currently 780 hours into my Elden Ring journey, but because the PVP aspect of it is nowhere near as good as the experience was in DS2 and DS3 I don't think I will ever get to the 2000 or 5000 hour mark. My favourite bosses in the trilogy are: DS1: Great Greywolf Sif (I have this guy tattooed on my arm) DS2: The Fume Knight. DS3: Twin Princes. The funny thing is that although I have Sif tattooed on my arm, the Twin Princes fight is the first boss fight I think about whenever I think about the best boss fight I have ever had. It is just so good and the score is magnificent. That fight on itself is worth buying the game for.

I was agreeing with pretty much everything when comparing. For me it’s the bosses in ds3 that make me replay it often. I was surprised you said about the bosses without having gone through the dlcs. That’s the best part!

Thanks for the video, I am close to finish it and was interested to other souls like since it is my first, but I'll probably go for Sekiro

10:30 ... There are actually a lot more hidden/optional areas that are very easily missed... for me most notable :Untended Graves ... for the multiple endings that the game has that one is a must... and lore-wise is great . Excellent video btw :)

I popped my dark souls cherry with elden ring (which was incredible) and then after a small break I dove into DS3. DS3 is wayyy more punishing but I also find it wayyy more rewarding after struggling on a boss for 2hours because you HAVE to beat it to progress. Because it's so punishing even though Elden Ring in my opinion is one only the best made open world games (which doesn't need an easy mode just use your mimic) I prefer DS3>EldenRing. Great video and look forward to you future content! Cheers from Boston, MA!

DS3 has quite some optional areas. Smouldering lake, Consumed King Garden, Unattended graves and the Dragons peak that you mentioned. Also Undead settlement you can walk straight to the patch of sacrifice. Curse rotten tree is optional.

I’m playing through DS3 for the first time and wondering if I should do all bosses

i like that your videos are quick and to the point.

I'm currently playing ds3 after putting in over 300+ hrs on elden ring. I'm loving it! Elden ring was my first fromsoft game, and I'm hooked completely!

Stuck between ds3 and elden ring dlc already completed elden ring and sekiro just don't know what to do next cause i like the look of both of them so any suggestions if you've played both?

I bought DS3 this past week - I love this

Thank you for allowing us to have our own opinions.

ER was my 1st but now I have played them all. I do love DS3 and Sekiro. All worth several play thrus.

As someone who literally just beat DS3 for the first time long after I beat Elden Ring it was definitely worth it. It was great seeing how it set the standard and so much in Elden

So ds3 and dlcs are on sale right now. Should I just get the base game or grab the dlcs too?

16k views????!!! You’re killing it!! I liked the little bit of Elden Ring I’ve played but I don’t usually like tough games because I want to enjoy games. I need to play it more one day. I remember trying the first Dark Souls back in the day and the first boss destroyed me. I gave up on FromSoft games for a while after that! 😂

I picked up Ds3 on the current sale. I would say yes, prepare for it feeling easier though.

Elden Ring was my first soulsborne game. Now I’ve played every game before and am addicted and can’t play another type of game since then.

Dark souls 3 is the best fromsoft game ever 💯

absolutely worth it! I played DS3 after Elden Ring and the soundtrack not only blows ER out of the water but it has my absolute favorite OST of Soulsborne, Twin Princes. I’m addicted to that song it’s not even funny anymore. DS3 also has the Twin Princes boss fight. sorry you can tell I’m a big fan other than that, it’s really fun, and the satisfaction I got after beating bosses like Soul of Cinder and Nameless King was a one of a kind experience. I just feel like Elden Ring has way more replayability to me

i've beaten elden 4x now, each different builds, and each thru all optional areas/major bosses. i've beaten ds3 upwards of 15x. certainly worth it, the best of the dark souls games by a wide margin imo (as in 1,2, and 3). also, the dlc is incredible, gael is at the tippy top of my 'best bosses ever created' list, mechanically, environmentally, musically, cinematically, contextually, just absolutely perfect. for anyone that couldn't make it past gundyr and loved elden, absolutely worth trying again. while elden still takes the cake for me, there is definitely something to be said for the more linear pathway, the whole experience feels much more intentional and polished, granted it takes a hit in exploration and discovery for that (hard to beat that first play of elden and getting teleported to florida or first entering siofra well or leyndell). one thing is that ds3 is much 'darker' in aesthetic overall, which i take as a negative. the contrast between the beauty and ugliness in elden gives the whole world a much more dynamic and fantastical feel overall. ds3 however, has many of the best bosses. i thought eldens bosses were much, much weaker in comparison, with really only morgott, godfrey, radagon (eldenbeast not so much), maliketh and mayyybe mohg getting close to the quality of many of ds3's bosses (i'm not a big fan of malenia, always seems to feel absolutely unfair or absolutely cheesed, with the difference often coming down to rng, makes it feel like an unsatisfying win the 4 times i've beaten her). i'm guessing most will split between the two based on whether they emphasize gameplay, or immersion/rpg/exploration elements. and of course, if good bosses is what you're after, neither game holds a candle to sekiro, atleast mechanically (not sure i could pick between isshin and gael).

I beat dark souls 2 back in the day. Played dark souls 3 for a couple hours but I got busy and forgot about it. I played Elden Ring because my wife wanted to watch me play it, and I loved it. Now I'm considering backtracking to DS3 and Bloodborne. Wasn't really sure if it would be worth it over just playing more Elden Ring. Thanks for the video, it was exactly what I was looking for.

Very solid and entertaining video. Subbed and rated five stars!

Just started DS3! Elden Ring was the first FromSoftware game I finished. I had tried DS3 and BB before but gave up early. It’s taken me 4 more restarts on DS3 for it to ‘click’. I’m sort of getting there now and it’s not as overwhelming as I thought.

I got Elden Ring platinum trophy and currently playing DS1 for the first time and I’m loving it

I've been a long time fromsoft fan and im very happy with elden ring. It's brought so many new players to my favorite genre. So yes! If you liked elden ring definitely get dark souls 3. It's better than elden ring!! If you see this and haven't played DS3 yet but you are planning too, I hope you have fun! It's such an amazing game.

wow, that beginning take really made me think! my first souls game was ds2, and after i jumped to ds3 and elden ring after with little issue, going back and trying ds1 just now im TERRIBLE at the game. tbf its because much of it is due to how polished the later experiences are, especially with how i was so used to be able to roll diagonally, but it was indeed a much harder experience for me, even though after the fast paced elden ring my reflexes should have been attuned to the formula enough, or so i thought...

Dark Souls 3 is definitely the best game to play after Elden Ring as it would feel the most familiar. Dark Souls 3 is quite bland and lacking viable build options and standout areas in the early game. But it's late game areas and bosses, especially the dlcs are by far my favourite amongst the whole series. I eagerly look forward to how Shadow of the Erdtree due to how Fromsoft always seem to hit with their dlcs.

The 3 days i spent trying the beat sister firede were the best days in my 13 years of gaming

I started many years ago with the first dark souls game in a time that I didn't have a smartphone or wifi. The learning curve was so brutal it made it so the rest of the souls games child's play. I still absolutely loved them though (even darksouls 2 just because the anticipation was insane) and they are the only games I've ever gotten all the achievements for.

To the point of the inconsistent balancing in elden ring. I think the DLC will be so awesome firstly because it’s a FromSoft dlc and they’re always good, but also because they will most likely scale the entire dlc for a certain point in a characters playthrough (most likely either mid game or late game) and the whole dlc will most likely have great pacing of difficulty because of it

As good as ER is, at times I feel it's too big for it's own good. While open world lovers love it, I'd rather the development time spent on all the empty space between legacy dungeons, the lackluster tombs and boring caves was spent to create smaller but much more detailed and intricate levels. Imagine the twists and turns of Yharnam and DLC areas of DS2/DS3/BB but just a bit bigger given the longer dev cycle. Now that'd be awesome. My favourite areas (by level design and geometry I mean) are all the legacy dungeons - Leyndell, Stormveil and Elphael are amazing (but Elphael enemy scaling is wacked)

I played ds1 and although I got stuck on taurus demon for a while it was still such an amazing first time experience. I dropped the game for few months but overall I enjoyed it more than both DS3 and ER.

Finished DS3 less than a week ago and I’m currently doing the NG+ thing for the first time lol… so yes it’s definitely worth it

it took me a while to get in to dark souls 3, i unironically got stuck on crystal sage lmao, then i went back and beat the game in 3 days. Im not the biggest fan of the early game, but abyss watchers and beyond is the best experience ive had while gaming. i prefer elden ring on a whole, but end game dark souls 3 is a lot better then elden ring end game, imo. twin princes is also my favourite boss oat.

For sure! Elden Ring was my first FS game, played DS3 after and it was awesome.

DS 3 is the only game that's ever made me shout out in victory after finally getting past some of the toughest bosses.

You’re spot on, playing Dark Souls 3 now till Elden DLC comes out.

nice video!

very enjoyable analysis, i've played ds3 and have always wanted to get elden ring for this exact reason of more, bigger and free-er

Damn you im doing an er run-through because of dlc hype and now im gonna have to do another ds3 run

Ds3 is easily one of my favorite gaming experiences all time, but there’s no way I could give up the jump attack anymore. Bloodborne gameplay might still hang since that slide makes the battle so fast and smooth.

Played all the souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring. DS3 is still my favorite Fromsoft game til this day.

I enjoy all of FromSofts titles. But the two I find myself returning to over and over are Sekiro and Bloodborne. A few days ago, I picked up Lies of P. If you are a SekiroBorne fan too, I can’t stress enough how much you will LOVE Lies of P. It’s a perfect combo of the two, with just enough original gameplay ideas to make it feel like the evolution I hoped Elden Ring would be. It proves that all of the unique elements of each FromSoft title can totally be combined without damaging the gameplay. To top it off, the art style is also spectacular. FromSofts beautiful worlds are a big part of what drives me to keep moving forward. And Lies of P nails that concept. It’s kind of like a SteamPunk clockwork Bloodborne kind of thing. The Pinocchio theme is only a minimal template to create a skeleton for the world. It does all sorts of interesting stuff with the theme.

I just finished my first playthrough of DS3 and DLC after having finished Elden Ring and Bloodborne twice each in recent months. I found the overall experience of DS3 not quite as fun and far more frustrating. I was stuck on Sister Friede for ages and thought the game had broken me but after a couple of days break I returned to achieve victory. I beat Slave Knight Gael on my first attempt last night. That fight was easily the most thrilling experience I’ve had with a FromSoft game.

I would personally go Elden Ring, Sekiro, Dark souls 3. I have all achievements on Sekiro and Darksouls 3. If you are an achievement hunter prepare yourself mentally for DS3 as some achievements are bugged.

Had a blast playing this game and then the key for the archives didn’t drop. Spent a whole week researching and doing quests and trying but nothing. So I’m not finishing it for a while! Still like it though.

I bought Elden Ring years ago but never got around to playing it, put 100 hours in over the last 2 weeks and just got the dlc. Now considering DS3, thanks for the vid. Looks like Im hooked.

i tried to get into it multiple times but honestly i cant even find the damn boss on the high wall of lothric. i wanna be a fan, the scenery in the game looks so good but i just cant.

Without watching the video, YES! I did Elden Ring twice, and now on my 3rd DS3 playthrough (1 before ER, and now 2nd one after). Love the game - especially when you learn it its just fun to do laps. Just like ER. But a different product, both great

The answer is yes lol I’m surprised people even have to question this.

Ds3 is literaly the best soulslike to this day

I just solo’d Midir recently and I’m still riding that high , I think I prefer ds3 honostly

100% I'm replaying DS3 right now and I would argue it's definitely a harder game since I can't just jump on a horse, not fight anything (or much) get pretty OP. It does take some time to get used to a few of the controller mapping changes. Especially picking up items lol.

Should I play dark souls 3 or sekiro ? I’ve beaten demon souls , bloodborne , Elden ring in the past year and loved them all

I don’t quite agree with not “getting“ a new souls game when playing it for the first time, at least not DS3 and ER, DS1 & DS2 are a different story all together when it comes to that aspect, where I would agree. After playing DS3 through hell and back, Elden Ring just felt very natural to me when I first played it. Since the movement and speed of the game felt basically the same, it was really only a matter of learning movesets from new enemy types, and exploiting movesets of those already known to me. Example. DS3 players will know exactly how the Imps in the dungeons will behave, and that they’ll cling to walls after fighting just one of them. Not because they’re absolute gaming gods that can do everything, but because they’ll recognize their moveset, which was already present for another enemy type in DS3, and was just reused for a new character model. Example 2. Banished Knights (Sword and Shield variant) are basically Lothric Knights+ (with a couple tweaks). Only difference being the Storm Attacks they get (Lothric Knights had a stance weapon art instead), and them no longer being poise broken after every attack like in DS3.

As someone who started with elden ring and decided to go back and play the entire DS trilogy even though I’m only 3 hours into DS3, DS1 was a masterpiece in atmosphere, customization, fresh boss designs, and world building. DS2 although it’s ambitious and albeit risky execution I would say it’s art style and use of color made the world entirely more vibrant, the level of bloating in enemies let’s the difficulty overshadow the best aspects of the game and it’s innovative mechanics ex. Human effigies, lifegems, etc. personally I think I prefer the armor sets over DS1 (honestly overheated in my opinion) DS3 seems like an amalgamation of fromsofts innovations throughout the years, atmosphere, level design, build depth, art style, and most importantly lore depth. I will say this, I feel like I’ve been living under a rock for the past decade missing out on these games during release, I already have demons souls and bloodborne downloaded on my ps5 thanks to ps plus, I’ll probably play the ever loving fuck out of them and enjoy them just as much, the only one I’m dreading is sekiro!

I got bored with the copy and paste catacombs in Elden Ring very quickly. Those catacombs need some love FromSoft!!

My mate just started ds3 for his first time... he struggled against the lizard but he absolutely wrecked gundyr with the warrior he just cheesed it he didn't even get hit just smacked him till he ran out of stamina run around in circles and repeat I was absolutely stunned

I've only fought the Nameless King once, and I never want to fight him again. Purely by lucky accident, I didn't simply slay him, I humiliated him, spending only two Estus through the fight. If I ever fight him again, I know it won't be so lucky, and I don't want to tarnish the memory of beating one of the tougher bosses as if he was the Tauros Demon.

It doesn’t need an 8 minute video for this, the answer is Yes.

Lol so hilarious video with funny music, and the memes! Haha, us gamers huh? 😎😂 Upvote for the lulz!

I would miss my jump button too much

Just finished ashes of Ariandel yesterday and I'm currently on Gael. Despite not being Elden Ring, Dark Souls stills really really fun, challenging and worth.... As it was years before

I played Sekiro, then Elden Ring and just bought DS3 but having trouble getting into it after playing Elden Ring. Going to give it more of a chance though.

“Souls junkie Jonesing for another hit.” Was hilarious 😂

elden ring open world is cool but its such a chore sometimes so ds3 is honestly probably better

Short answer is yes. DS1 remastered or not might be a stretch because it's hard to go back to having so many viewing angle issues and controller inacuracies. I'd play DS1 if they remade it or added it as a dlc into elden ring.

go back and play demon’s souls (on ps3) then play them in order. trust me. when you get to DS3 after ds2 (and 1) and bloodborne you will appreciate it so much more.

I started with Sekiro. I absolutely love Elden Ring and I feel no different about the other Souls games.

the difference in quality between ER and bloodborne,DS3 and sekiro is insane

I agree with you for the most part. I played Elden Ring. As my introduction into from software games. And loved it so much, I had to buy. Blood-borne. Which I also loved. But not as much as ER. Then I got DS3. And it was great. Easier than I was led to believe. But super fun. Just like the souls like games. Like. Lies of P. Or loads of the fallen. I’ve become quite handy with my blade. In all of these games. But. Elden Ring will always be my favourite because it was my first. And I’m still playing it. Two years later. I have mastered the art of everything. From wielding a sword. Using magic incantations dragon spells. To using my bow. And parrying. I learned all of this in Elden ring and took it to all the other games. I was born a legend because I’m Scottish. Legends are gonna be legendary….🤣🤷🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I bought Destiny 3, never played it. But jumped right into EldenRing cause I was hyped. Loved it and I can now appreciate playing DS3.

I still can’t decide which game I like better. I do think you nailed it though, Elden Ring is way more fun in the beginning as you’re messing around and establishing your character, but then I often find myself aimless on subsequent playthroughs. I quite like the linearity of DS3. Nice to just focus directly on the challenge ahead. Also DS3 bosses are just unmatched for me. Dancer, Pontiff, Twin Princes, Midir, & Lady Friede are all engrained in my memory. For their substantial challenge and their overall visual design, lore, and soundtracks. And so many others are great too. Elden Ring has some excellent bosses as well, I just find DS3 has more memorable ones. Pros and cons to both and I’m happy we have both games for different moods/types of players, but I agree one is not necessarily “better” than the other. They’re both masterpieces.

DS3 is god tier. Especially the dlcs

Your voice is great though the background music is very distracting. I hope you will consider not using it or dropping the volume of it substantially on future videos. Regards

I played Sekiro as my first souls game, and honestly what made that so much easier is that I could just grapple away and stealth my way through. However, dark souls 3 is so difficult for me because I HAVE to fight every enemy, I don’t have movement options to get away, and I get too overwhelmed.

I might try DS3 again if someone makes an Elden Ring control scheme mod for it.

DS3 was amazing, these days the only thing I'd be worried about is getting the covenants completed due to a potential low player base.

I'll save y'all some time , YES!

The Crystal Sage is a cake walk if you use throwing knives to kill the clones.

I think it's definitely worth it. I started with Elden Ring, and tried DS3. I got stuck and gave up on DS3, but it was still fun to play! I just wanted to play Elden Ring more.

I sucked at bloodborne but completed ELDEN RING multiple times and wanted more, so I said I’d try Dark Souls 3. I am so glad I got it when I did because I enjoyed it a lot more when I understood how to play.

Bloodborne was my 1st DS3 2nd. Combined i have over 3000 hours across Froms games...each one a masterpiece.

After Elden ring. I decided to order dark souls trilogy. And at that time I had a ps5 and bought bloodborne as well. And finally sekiro.

the last point you made is my least favorite part of elden ring, i always feel like im lost and dont know what to do next. I think you conviced mo to buy dark souls 3 too.

I feel like the idea of an open world is instantly seen as a positive... When Elden Ring came out, Dark Souls 3 was my fav FromSoft game... And after giving Elden Ring a try, Dark Souls 3 is still my fav FromSoft game... My main take away is that more "linear" game design always for Miyazaki to play with your emotions at a better rate, where as "open world" it's a lot more difficult... Playing Elden Ring gave me the feeling of boredom, then feeling of I found something, to then be finished with that something pretty quickly and back to boredom... All in all, Dark Souls 3 is great to experience after Elden Ring, I would not be surprised if some end up liking DS3 more...

My order of play is DS1R on Switch. Loved it. Bought PS5 to play Elden Ring then played DS3, BB, Sekiro. They’re all fantastic experiences in their own way. I played Horizon forbidden west and GoW , but felt bored. I think fromsoft has ruined me for other video games

This video is really spot on but I think they really perfected the formula on Elden ring with the variety and open world plus if you build your character right the game is fairly easy that being said I've only now finally made it pass the first boss on darks souls 3 and plan to keep playing lol for now 😅 I'm glad Elden ring is my first souls game