What is the best Dark Souls now that the dust has settled and why is it the following:

What is the best Dark Souls now that the dust has settled and why is it the following:

3 > 1 > 2

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BB :^)

The dust will never settle.

Dark Souls >>>>>>>>>>> Shit Souls 2 >>> Bloodborne 2

It's 1 > 3 > 2 and any other opinion is just being contrarian.

BB>DS>DeS>DS3>DS2

I love all of them though

BB > DaS3 > DaS1 > DeS > DaS2

DS3>BB>DS>DS2>DeS

At least shit souls 2 had poise and stagger.

newfag here (to Dark Souls)
first game I played is DS3
Why should I play the others if this is the pinnacle of combat and the lore is so vague

Close but it's
1>=3>2

Second this. DaS 3 is the best dark souls.
I still consider BB and DeS to be the best of the complete series though

DaS1 has more variety in bosses and some of them have better atmosphere.

Your list is correct OP.
DaS3 is a fucking excellent, I can't wait for the DLCs.

>>>>>>>>>>Pinnacle of combat

The combat in dark souls 3 is the worst in the series. You literally have not experienced dark souls combat if you've only played 3.

1>=DeS>>>>

everyone else I've talked to disagrees

I can't forgive the absolute destruction of magic as a viable play style in DaS3, so can't really give it my vote as the best.

its hard to go back after 3, your only option now is bloodborne

>enemy with a dagger hits me while I'm in full metal armor
>drops spaghetti
>hit enemy wearing nothing or robes with my HUGE FUCKING AXE USING BOTH HANDS
>does not give the tiniest fucking shit

Case closed.

just play DeS, BB and DaS1. The dark souls sequels only hurt the series

ok that sounds reasonable

don't own a ps4

This is the only true ranking. Let's see if the DLC puts 3 first

BB>3>DeS>1>2

but in a nutshell
My opinion > your opinion

>now that the dust has settled
WHY ARE YOU FAGGOTS POSTING IN THIS THREAD

This.

DS1 > DS3 = BB > DeS >>>>>>DS2

DS3 made a lot of improvements to the PvE gameplay mechanics, mainly in that the movement and melee combat controls are more fluid, the co-op matchmaking is vastly improved, I don't have to worry about no one being able to summon me if I level my character up too much

The PvP, however, is pretty terrible, it's too easy to constantly chug estus with impunity, magic is in no way a viable tool in combat, the darkmoon covenant is absolutely fucked, gankers are fucking everywhere, even when you're using a red soapstone, the complete lack of poise makes spamming R1 with a fast weapon one of the better tactics in pvp, pretty much everything that was considered a cheap tactic before is now common practice, encouraged even. And just look at this shit. youtube.com/watch?v=yRzqD2AgA3U There is no way to nerf this tactic without making a massive change in the gameplay mechanics.

I feel similarly about this trilogy as I do about the STALKER trilogy. The first one was a flawed masterpiece, the second made some improvements, but was overall pretty lackluster, and the third one kept all the improvements the second one made, while also fixing everything they did wrong, yet, despite the improvement in the raw gameplay mechanics, it just feels like it's missing something. In Dark Souls' case, most of the bosses are just rehashes of a boss in a previous game in the series (Crystal Sage), the areas feel bland, where are the amazing areas like Ash Lake?

Casting is OP as fuck in DS3, you just have to cap your Int/Fth. It's even good in PvP if used creatively. Hell Soul Stream regularly one shots multiple opponents in the same shot.

>Casting is OP as fuck in DS3, you just have to cap your Int/Fth
Everything is OP if you cap your fucking stats. Its the other 99% of your playtime that actually fucking matters. Magic was viable from the start to the finish of the other DaS games. Not just the fucking finish.

BB = 3 > 1 > DeS > 2

>where are the amazing areas like Ash Lake?

They're there, it's just that Dark Souls 3 shows absolutely no restraint in it's boss and level design. When we look at Dark Souls 1, it sets up a very small scale. Asylum, Burg, Depths, Parish, Blighttown, etc. And the best view you get is from the top of the church. So when you finally see areas like Anor Londo or Ash Lake, they have an impact. Dark Souls 3 tries to do that twice, when you first reach Irithyll and when you first reach the the Kiln, but they have no impact because the very first area you go to after firelink is a huge castle city with the best view in the game.

Sometimes less is more.