Ranking Every Area in Dark Souls 1 from Worst to Best 

Don't talk trash about DS1 fat boy. New gen player.

Taurus Demon is the REAL stray demon. Like, what is doing up there? Somebody call the pound to get him back.

I felt that clip with the giants guards, the archer, and the cherry on top being invaded by child predator 😂

I'm all about using the sunlight maggot for tomb of the giants. Skull lantern a good shield does not make.

This is absolutely phenomenal production quality given the size of your subscriber base. Keep up the great work!

i love soulsborne ranking videos because people start it off with “i love this game/franchise” and occasionally some point about nostalgia for these masterpieces of games and then instantly jump to the worst parts about them and basically claim that those parts of it should not be accepted as one of the lord’s creations

If i remember right, it's not just the transient curses that work, the curse from sewer toads allow you to touch ghosts

Finally got the time to see this video! So much fun, and interesting as usual Gussie!^^

Great video dude

Great video, these games are a gift that keeps on giving.

Great video thanks man

5:08 the way you came in from the future and your monologue but your funny/vulgar dialect throughout the video made me wanna subscribe. Keep up the good work Brodie 👍🏽

I honestly really like how you included bosses into the determination of your rankings, since I always felt DS1 did a great job at making both its areas and respectful bosses feel connected. Fascinating discussion, keep up the great work!

In a world where most people here talk fast, bombarding us with facts left and right, I greatly appreciate your calm, deliberate way of speech! It is very relaxing. I'm glad your video was recommended! Also, I find it refreshing that you did not know about the second bonfire in the Tomb of Giants. Just shows that though for many people this game's secrets have been revealed, there are still players who are experiencing certain aspects for the first time. Makes me wish I could forget all about the Souls games and play them again, especially this one! I look forward to watching the rest of the video. Just finished, now I want to play this game again! Your review reminded me how it felt to play this game for the first time, and I can say, I still recall how frustrated Undead Burg made me, yet I kept coming back after cooling off, the game itself casting a spell on me. That was my introduction to Dark Souls. This game has opened my eyes in storytelling too - before I saw stories as good vs bad, and actually thought Gwyn and the lords in the intro were the "good" guys, and was surprised to learn they were bosses instead!

Tomb of giants is relatively passable if you have a good level and weapon, which is 60-70 sl, +15 normal weapon, +5 special weapon and especially the sunlight maggot. The giant skeletons are quite weak and require 2-3 hits to be taken out. Also the bone dogs can be one-shotted by many weapons. What was real nightmare was earlier versions of Tomb of Giants. First, necromancers didn’t drop skull lanterns and second, giant skeletons had way more health (650ish compared to the actual 400ish) and normal weapons also had worse scaling so, it would often take 6-7 hits or more to take them out. Anyway, new londo is bullshit cuz of the annoying ghosts.

Good video

Good video, one thing though, I wouldn’t say that any of the run backs compare to the Four Kings run back as you have to go all the way from firelink

I think what I love most about New Londo Ruins is that the ghosts have low enough health that you can still get all the way to Ingward very early on in the game. That's what I like about New Londo and the Catacombs. They are difficult but any player who doesn't fully get the message that they're supposed to go through undead burg first can still make decent progress in each level. I will say that I do really like Tomb of the Giants. I didn't understand that the game had light sources like lanterns so I just went in fully blind and while it was frustrating and annoying, I still found it satisfying to complete. I guess I like levels like Tomb of the Giants and Blightown because I like it when the game makes me feel uneasy. The atmosphere for ToG is perfect in my opinion. I think you were a little too unfair to the painted world of Ariamis and the Lower Undead Burg. I never had issues with the Capra demon and I liked how scary the enemies were. But I will admit that I never really thought about how good Oolacile township is. I definitely don't think it's at the level of Anor Londo or New Londo and I think the level design of Undead Parish/Burg is better but the unique enemies and atmosphere of Oolacile Township is really interesting to me and it's what justifies the existence of the DLC. Otherwise the DLC would've been cheap copy pasted areas designed only for annoyingly long boss rushes. If Dark Souls every got a next-gen remake, I'd personally love to see what they'd be able to do with Lost Izalith as well as the Valley of the Drakes. I think both of those areas has the most potential but felt the most unfinished/dated. Also crystal caves. Those three areas would benefit the most from a remake. (and I guess blighttown if you count the low fps issues).

Tomb of the giants made me start a new character because the skeletons were literally 2 shotting me constantly

People talk alot of shit about Blighttown, because they probably never played further until they've met The Catacombs

Some complaints can be avoided imo. For the poison everywhere in blighttown slowing you down, rusted ring. And for the skeleton wheels, when they jump to attack, swing and you won’t get hit and just kill them

Just seen the great hollow for the first time on a yt video while Already at gwyn I NEVER KNEW ABT THIS

Btw there's a second bornfire in the tomb of giants and also you can use the light spell for this area as a light source.

Ceaseless Discharge = Unyielding Amounts of Load

Yoooo someone else putting new londo at #1 im so happy

New Londo is an interesting placement; I don't feel one way or the other about it. The Four Kings are fine in Cycle 1. It's after that where it gets dodgy (and without sorcery I wouldn't bother).

Just finished the game, tomb of the giants was not that bad if you did solairs quest to keep him alive. That sunlight maggot is op for the area! The enemies range of aggro is even less then your visibility so all you have to do is charge a heavy attack as soon as they get into range and all they can do is stand and watch as you kill them..😂

59:20 „Dark Spirit child predator has invaded“

“Of all the boss enemies turned into normal enemies why pinwheel?” Isn’t he the easiest boss in the game?

Great video is it ok if I ask you a question

i still to this day dont know how i managed to get through tomb of the giants without a latern, i hate this area especially after getting all achievements

The ghosts are the most annoying enemies in the game when it comes to getting uncursed

The Faithful Black Knights should have played all throughout the Kiln of the First Flame. Its the theme that plays in the passage way and it fits everywhere in the Kiln. Thats literally my only complaint about the Kiln and its a nitpick only because I LOVE music

You have to keep in mind that the first few places that are god awful is because it was rushed just imagine if they had time finished these areas

I get why you hate tomb of giants. You forgot to say that you can find the lantern in the catacombs from the necromancers, they may drop It. I did actually like the challange the area provides but you cant deny Its just a mostly linear path to nito. I would rank It above lost izalith and demon ruins tho..

The area design in the second half of the game kinda blow chunks compared to the first, you can see the development stress. They literally made Tomb of Giants dark so you can’t see the lack of depth

I think anyone defending tomb of the giants are people who like punching themselves in the balls and gaslight everyone else into thinking it’s fun too. Great video btw I agree with pretty much all of these ranks.

Great hollow is the worst. Great concept, but it's so easy to die no matter how many times I've times done it and the branches are so Slippery with the added inaccurate gravity that taking risks for frankly mostly items that aren't worth it and the crystal lizards are waaay too responsive to your presence that they dissappear way too early

To me I think new Londo and oolacile are far too linear. You just walk in a straight line between the interactions. The maze like layout of tomb of the giants is what makes me think it deserves higher

Awesome video, but the "burger king foot lettuce" speech cadence was super distracting 😂

Sorry bro but new londo's placement makes no sense. Any time i go through it, im left frustrated and annoyed by the ghost gank building, the chimney ladder that has surprise ghosts that you cant evade damage from, and the fact that beatrice's summon sign is hidden almost nonsensically

tomb of giants is awesome

Sasha died

The fact blight town isn't the lowest tier

wait u kidding me? I absolutely hate new londo lol

Bro speaks at 0.5 speed

I’m sorry but I hated blighttown. That place is so annoying to traverse around

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You think New Londo Ruins is the best………………

Hey man, the video was okay but could you please speed up your speaking in future? This isn't intended to be rude, just your voice is far too slow that it's distracting in a really negative way

i dont understand the point of making an opinion piece if your opinions are just going to be the same as everyone else. irrelevant and superfluous video.

U have a weitd taste dude 😂 totally trash order in my opinion