Obliterating my Sanity with Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring | Reviewing Every Dark Souls Spinoff
hello darkness, my old friend...?
SPOILERS FOR ALL GAMES BTW
FromSoft developed 3 spinoff titles that pushed the boundaries of the Dark Souls framework. Each of them bring interesting innovations to traditional souls gameplay, and get creative with the aesthetics too. This is part 2 of my patron-backed look at the Dark Souls series.
Final verdict? I like every souls game, period. It took a while to get there for more than one, however, and I finally took the time to figure out my own biases and latent frustrations with Bloodborne. Sekiro was fascinating and rewarding, but that controller definitely cost at least $20. Elden Ring is incredible and the hype is deserved - even if only for the aesthetics, though I really enjoy the additions to gameplay. Making me enjoy an open world isn't some small feat.
I won't tier these because it's sliiightly tacky? Like not really, but I'd rather you all draw your own conclusions and love/hate what you do regardless of me. It's worth mentioning that every title across the series struck down almost everything else I've played for a long time - they're just fun games, and I love customizability and character building, fantasy, etc.
Q: KBash you forgot to mention Patches!
A: YOOO Patches thooooo-- is shot dead immediately at ten paces
Q: KBash you forgot to mention Berserk!
A: YOOOOO I mario hoo sound LOVE BERSE-- is thrown shrieking under a stump grinder
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Here's the first part: • Obliterating My Humanity with the Dark Sou...
0:00 Premise
2:02 Bloodborne
33:56 Sekiro: Act 1
35:24 Sekiro: Act 2
1:05:28 Elden Ring
Special thanks to Ryan "Mori" Brooks for helping with Sekiro and Elden Ring, and for creating the pickle pizza. Uncontested legend, you live in our hearts from today onward.
MUSIC IN ORDER
Intro
Into the Woods - I Am Setsuna
BB
Intro - Bloodborne
Ganado I - Resident Evil 4
Hubris - Soulcalibur 2
Eversong Worlds - World of Warcraft
They Know My Name - Call of Cthulhu, Dark Corners of the Earth
Cleric Beast - Bloodborne
Lullaby for Mergo - Bloodborne
Isamat Urbur - Lost Kingdoms 2
Outtake 1 - Diablo 2
The Atrium II - Styx
Desperados 3 - Troublemakers in Flagstone
Bowerstone - Fable
Warcraft 3 - Carrion Waves
Beast Hunt - Gothic 1
Riku - Kingdom Hearts
Tristram - Diablo 1
Amygdala - Bloodborne
Blood Starved Beast - Bloodborne
Bloodborne - Bloodborne
Sekiro
Sekiro's soundtrack was varied enough to use in sum.
Also I use Fable's Summer Fields early, along with Climb Up! And Grab the Last Chance! From F-Zero.
ER
Tal Tal Heights - Link's Awakening
High Seas Moment - World of Warcraft
Colony 9 - Xenoblade Chronicles
Omega Ruins - FFX
Title Theme - Final Fantasy Tactics
Among Stately Peaks - Octopath Traveler
Showdown - Tactics Ogre
Road to Gran Soren - Dragon's Dogma
Bluemoon Tower - Dragon's Dogma
Desert Lands - Final Fantasy Tactics
Impregnable Defense - Tactics Ogre
No Turning Back - I Am Setsuna
Abandoned Mines - Vagrant Story
Under the Stars - FFT
The Brotherhood Escapes - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Gilgamesh Boss Fight - FFXV
Alien Manifestation - Nier Automata
Forest of Myth - Nier
Path of Redemption - I Am Setsuna
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