Summary
- Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Dark Souls 2 are challenging but manageable to complete with a significant time investment.
- Demon's Souls can be tricky and frustrating due to World Tendency mechanics and farming requirements.
- Dark Souls 3 features tedious grinding for Covenant items and demanding boss encounters, making it one of the hardest to complete.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:FromSoftware is known for its brutally challenging titles with brutal boss encounters that range from the ❀somber Great Grey Wolf Sif to t🐈he enchantingly devastating Malenia fight that will have you wanting to quit gaming for🉐⛦ever on your 20th attempt. But we keep coming back for more because we love every second of it.
Every Game Direct🌳ed By𝓰 Hidetaka Miyazaki, Ranked
Hidetaka Miyzaki has become the face of FromSoft🐈ware with the games he's directed💞. So let's rank all of them.
But which one of these excellent titles is the hardest to do everything there is to do in them? Some are tremendously challenging via the gameplay aspects, while others will force you to grind ꦗcountless hours away for a few items, which will drive anyone mad. While we love these games dearly, some of their Trophies seem mean!
8 ❀ Dark Souls Remastered 🎃
Not As Hard As They Make It Out To Be
- ESRB
- M For Matur▨e 17+ Due To Blood and Gore,ღ Partial Nudity, Violence
- Developer(s)
- From Softwa⭕re, QLOC, Virtuo😼s
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
- Engine
- proprietary engine�ꩲ�, phyre engine
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 30 Hours
- Metascore
- 86 (Xbox One); 83🦋 (Switch)
Despite being the game that put FromSoftware on the map and branded as the most challenging game, the first 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls isn't all that complicated to do🌞 everything in. And that's including the expansion. Don't get us wrong, the boss encounters can be very tough, but that's nothing compared to the titles that would come ✤after it.
Every Console-Ex🅘clusive Game Ma꧙de By FromSoftware
Bloodborne isn't the only console exclusive 🔥game FromSoftware has made.
You're looking at around three playthroughs tota🐬l to do everything there is to do in Dark Souls, but the beauty of this game is tha🧜t you can start to feel a bit broken on subsequent playthroughs, with only the DLC bosses offering a real challenge. Nonetheless, outside of t
7 🍨 Elden Ring
Hundreds Of Hours Of Pure Peak
- ESRB
- M for Mature: 🙈Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- 🎐 From Software ꧅
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
- Engine
- Proprietary ⭕ ▨
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer ♏
- Cross-Platform Play
- 🤪 PS4 & PS5 and Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S 𝄹
- Cross Save
- no
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- yes
- Platform(s)
- PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5, Xbox One, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series S, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Series X
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 58 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- Wiki
- Metascore
- 96
- Platforms That Support Crossplay
- ꦓ PS4 & PS5 and Xbox One & Xbox Series X|S
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring is also another surprisingly easy and straightforward title to do everything in, with the only drawback being that it will require hundreds of hours to do so. Well, at least your first playthrough will. If you're going from a Trophy/Achievement standpoint, you must beat the game three times. If you want to see every ending in the game, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:then that doubles to six.
Again, this is far more time-consuming than i🗹t is difficult, as your only real challenge will be against Malenia and a few others that can trip you up for a prolonged period. Still, compared to some of the other ones, it's not so bad!
6 Demon's Souls (2020)
The Balance Of World Tendencies
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore𒅌, Violence
- Developer(s)
- ไ Bluepoint Games
- Publisher(s)
- Sony
- Engine
- 𒁏 Proprietary Engine
- Multiplayer
- 𒊎 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Online Multiplayer
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls
- Number of Players
- 1-6
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 5
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 23 Hours
- PS Plus Availability
- 𝕴 Extra & ♑Premium
- Wiki
- Metascore
- 92
While the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Demon's Souls Remake is far easier to 100 percent compared to the 2009 version (we'll get to that later), it can still be tricky to players who have never played it before or jumped into the series for the first time, as the World Tendency gimmick can, and will,🧸 cause many headaches.
Not only do you NEED to have a Pure White and Pure Black World Tendency playthrough to access different areas for key items, but you must also get at least one kill by invading 🥃another player, which will become harder and harder to do as the game's population fades away. It's not impossible, but it's not exactly what we'd call easy either!
5 🅠 Dark Souls 2: Scholar Of The First Sin
How Much Time Are You Willing To Dedicate To This?
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
- Released
- April 2, 2015
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Blood and Gore, Game Experience 💟May Change During Online Play, Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Violence
- Developer(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:FromSoftware
- Publisher(s)
- Namco Bandai, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:FromSoftware
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls
- Platform(s)
- PC, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 3, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 36 Hours
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls 2: Scholar🐈 of the First Sin is our next entry, offering another exceptionally long experience that you must dedicate two and a half playthroughs to if y𒁏ou want to see and do everything it offers. Eಞven then, what you determine as 100 percent completed may vary.
Humanity Restored: Bring These💎 10 Dark Souls Characters Bacဣk As Outfits In Elden Ring Nightreign
H♍ere are some more beloved characters from the Dark Souls series that must return as outfits for the Nightfarers in Elden Ring Nightreign!
If it's just your Trophy/Achievement progress, then this is really only time-consuming, like the others. However, if you want to obtain every item, then its ranking is likely more toward the top, as there are Rings tied to beating the game without resting at Bonfi𒉰res or without dying a🍨 single time.
We placed it here as most players prioritize Trophies/Achi𓆉evements as the 'fully completed the game' indicator, buℱt you can go further beyond if you so wish!
4 Bloodborne ඣ ꧂
Defiled Amygdala Brings The Fear
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood𓃲 and Gore, Violence
- Developer(s)
- ♔ From Software 🥂
- Publisher(s)
- Sony
- Engine
- Havok
- Multiplayer
- ꦏ Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- ps4,ps5
- Cross Save
- yes
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- no
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 4
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 33 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- no
- PS Plus Availability
- 🍌 Extra & Premium
- Wiki
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bloodborne is where things get interesting, as the game isn't necessarily as conv൩oluted as the others listed so far, but it is the most difficult, placing it much higher on the list. Overall, the Trophies are pretty straightforward to obtain, in theory, but that's until you have to interact with the Chalice Dungeons. Joy!
Tracking down the necessary materials, 168澳🔯洲幸运5开奖网:completing them in the preferred order, and getting manhandled by Amygdala in💦 the Defiled Chalice Dungeon are what make this one so♛ frustrating to complete. Not to mention, the Old Hunters expansion also has Trophies of its own, which are a whole new level of difficulty. Bloodborne is near the top of the list, no questions asked!
3 Demon's Souls (2009)
The Ritual Path Is My Home Now
Demon's Souls
- Released
- October 6, 2009
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood, Violence ♊
- Developer(s)
- Fromꦡ Software
- Publisher(s)
- Sony Computer Entertainment, Atlus, Namco Bandai
- Engine
- 💞 🐲 Proprietary Engine
- Multiplayer
- 🌱 Online Multiplayer
- Platform(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 3
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 29 Hours
- PS Plus Availability
- Premium
- Metascore
- 89
'Demon's Souls remake is the same game as the original, why is this one so much higher?' you may ask y🧔ourself if your first experience with this game was Bluepoint's excellent remake. While that is true to an extent, the Trophy list is entirely different, as they have removed the ones based around weapon upgrades, making it much more manageable.
In the original 2009 version of Demon's Souls, you essentially lived in the Ritual Path and farmed the Black Skeletons in the area for the scarce chance of them dropping a Pure Bladestone. And, if you didn't know about the duplication glitch, you would do that for hours on end until you got enough for all the upgrades needed for the Trophy. Then there's all the World Tendency stuff onღ top of that!
2 Dark 🍸Souls 3𓃲
Those Silver Knights Won't See It Coming
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood Violence🌟 🌸
- Developer(s)
- ꦗ From Software
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software
- Engine
- ✃ havok, proprietary engine
- Multiplayer
- ꦅ ℱ Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
- Franchise
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- Wiki
Speaking of tedious grinding, nothing can quite compare to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls 3's Convenants and how some of them are pretty much impossible to get now via Online play due🍷 to𒀰 the small player pool, meaning you must farm them from enemies. Yes, most of them have extremely low drop rates. Because of course they do.
The Centipede Demon Is Too Easy, Elden Ring Nightreign Nee𒁏ds These 10 Dark Souls Bosses To Make It Even Harder
Centipede Demon and Gaping Dragon a💫re fun picks, but there are some obvious contenders m𒐪issing.
Even though farming Vertebra Shackles and Wolf's Blood Swordgrass can take forever, nothing quite compares to the mind-numbingness that comes from farm🌸ing the two Silver Knights on thꦚe Anor Londor staircase for the 🐓ultra-rare Proof of a Concord Kept drop. It will likely take you a few ܫdays to get the ten needed, and that's on a good streak.
The game is also very challenging and features two expansions, each with some of the most🌞 brutally difficult boss encounters you could ask for. Dark Souls 3 is easil💃y one of the hardest of the bunch to fully complete!
1 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice ꧒ 𒈔
Hesitation Is Defeat
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood a𒅌nd Gore, Violence
- Developer(s)
- 🌸 🐭 From Software
- Publisher(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Activision
- Engine
- Proprietary Engine 🎶
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- Wiki
Lastly, we have 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which may be a somewhat controversial pick for the number one spot. Although it is not nearly as time-consuming as the o🌺thers, nor does it require astronomical levels of farming to accomplish everything, it is by far the most challenging to see and do everything from a pure gameplay perspective.
Sekiro has our favorite combꦡat system in any game. Period. But it's also𒀰 the most challenging of the bunch as well, and forces you to play a rhythm game, mixed in with the tremendously brutal and devast🙈ating boss encounters you'd expect from FromSoftware. This game will push you to your limits and then some.
Isshin, the Sword Saint, will put every skill you've been mastering over the course of your playthrough to the test, putting you through the ringer. Punishing you for the slightest mistake. And that's not even covering the o💯ther bosses that will make you want to cry after hours of barely any progress. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the clear winner to us!
Nightmare S𒁃lain: These 10 Bloodborne Bosses Would Make Excellent Additions To Elden🥂 Ring Nightreign
With Dark Souls bosseꩵs crashing the scene in Elden Ring Nightreign, we couldn't help but dream about some of Bloodborne's finest 🌜offerings joining in!
