Fun fact about tarkus. I once had an invader hit just before i was going to take the boss on. and tarkus ran up and beasted the invader. Like downright curbstomped them before coming back with just minor scratches on him. He is the most powerful summon in the game i swear.
Most powerful summons in the series, maybe only bested by jester thomas.. although black iron armor has the best fire resistance in the series, maybe not
"I'm in the middle of designing a level, and I suddenly realize I've made another swamp" those weren't his exact words, but it was something to that effect.
50:09 was unironically sick as fuck. Shen dropped her shield the instant she blocked the attack, canceling all blockstun so she had time to parry. That's a frame-perfect tech.
@@AeroViro hey shen, did you read the comment above this one about curses stacking in the original? Gotta love this hellhole of a game... and there are people who do no-hit playthroughs
Man I had no idea Tarkus was so loved. I missed him in my first playthrough because I was Hollow so the only encounter I got from him was his armor, of which I used for the rest of the game. I love that armor set and I never even knew who the legend that wore it was. It was also around the time I got his armor that I started to use my one true love, Zweihandler.
Summoning Tarkus isn't an "easy mode" or even an "option". It's a mandatory cinematic setpiece! Your job is to stand there and hype up that legend of a man!
the knights have clean parry windows, so it's not that hard. They're just really risky for less experienced players due to high damage before you've got some good levels and armor
Shen: Goes up the ladder "She's a fast learner!" Also Shen: Stays at the top of the building as the demon looks up at her. "WHAT DID WE LEARN IN THE ASYLUM???" Also also Shen: *radio static in the head*
@@oddball1999 Isn't the only offensive Miracle Lightning Spear in the first game? Of which you need 50 Faith to get access to? The only other reason I can think of that any poor fool would level faith other than for Heal is for Divine Weapons, of which their only real use is to keep the Skeletons down, but even a greatsword is enough to kill them once you hit your mid-game.
@@leoncoben6983 I think yer thinkin of sunlight spear. Lightning spear you can get early by joining sunbros and its pretty powerful. You can also get sunlight blade in anor londo. It is my least favorite build in ds1 tho because there are so few miracles
I love how Shen and her friends have such great chemistry. It's so nice just to listen to the banter and the jokes, even if Shen doesn't play like a master gaming god, they are so patient and want her to enjoy and have a fun time anyway.
I'm pretty sure it also has to do with the fact that she is now experiencing the same level of hell that everyone experienced when playing this game for the first time
I played the og 360 version of Dark Souls.... I beat Sens fortress without ever finding that bonfire... or summoning Tarkus. and I feel both.... bad ass, and like a total fucking idiot.
@@orangecobraEU When I found it for the first time I just lit it and forgot to rest so when I got thrown off the cliff by the iron golem I had to do the whole fortress again 😭😭
Shenpai should consider herself lucky she didn't play this when it was first released, since when the game first came out, curses used to stack. So it would keep halving your max HP until you only had 1/8th of your original HP. This was obviously patched out. then there was the fact that Blighttown was so horrendously badly optimized, that it made the game render in single digit frames sometimes.
Oh man l suffered with this becuse l was a kid and it took me a wile to figure out how to stop the curse especialy because l didn't wach youtube a hole lot back in the day😂
I just like the idea that a Fromsoft employee just sees Miyazaki pass out all of a sudden, takes a long drink of their morning coffee and says, "Well, there's another poison level now."
"What's the cheese strat for Ceaseless Discharge, I just want to know, I'm not going to use it." Proceeds to use it. Seriously though, I can understand why. It's such a bizarre way to take care of a boss that you have to try it just to see how it works. I'm glad you're playing through the Dark Souls games and I hope you're having fun! Or satisfying your inner masochist, either works.
@@lukes.854 I mean, it is cheese. It’s not a glitch or anything like that, but you’re still beating the boss without any worry of it fighting back or killing you. Just lure it to a certain spot and knock it off the cliff.
Bro I remember the chat going bonkers yelling TARKUS! TARKUS! TARKUS! and the we raided JoCat and we kept yelling TARKUS! TARKUS! TARKUS! and he caught up immediately and started chanting TARKUS! TARKUS! TARKUS! with us. Magical Tarkus moment, right there.
43:20 The intended lore is that you just stole what was left of his sister and when you tried to run away with it he desperately lunges after you to try and get her clothes back knowing it will likely kill him. He lost the ring that she gave him so that he wouldn't be in constant pain from the profuse lava his body was generating and after she died all he does is sit there and mourn at her grave. Which you just robbed 52:29 You pronounced Anal Rodeo incorrectly
@@themagrimes9677 gotta read them item descriptions: “An orange ring enchanted by a witch. Reduces lava damage. Since his sores were inflamed by lava from birth, his witch sisters gave him this special ring. But fool that he is, he readily dropped it, and from that spot, a terrible centipede demon was born.”
@@themagrimes9677 It also happens that Ceaseless is a demon that was born when the Chaos Flame was still not yet stable so that's why he is in constant pain and he his sores are lava inflamed.
Over the years I've watched so many people play the Souls games and it never gets old! Really great to experience these vicariously through you, Shen. Glad you seem to have loved these games!
@@Bladerunner5146 Im not sure what you're referring to but I will say O+S on ng+ was definitely a much easier fight for me. Higher level, more experience with the game, and basically knowing the fight considering I spent several grueling hours on my first run trying to beat them. I also came in with the uchigatana that time which was hella fun. Patience my guy
@@ToastUrbath I beat them second try on ng so I don't remember how I beat them the first time. Also this was my first time playing so my build sucks I even thought res was good early on so it's at 20
@@Bladerunner5146 oooof plot twist: res was never good. Like what does it even do? Slightly reduce poison build up? Dsr poison is mad weak sauce. Now in ds3 you’ll have to drink about eight estus before poison wears off but even then res is pretty dog poop. Also I’m baffled that you beat o+s so easily, that’s nuts man
I love those compilations so much. Always have them running in the background while drawing. I love laughing while trying to make art and started drawing Jenny from Hr cause she fit in the picture
I never seen her stream before but I can imagine when Tarkus joined to help Shempai, the entire chat going “Ooga booga Tarkus, Ooga booga Tarkus” chant as a way to show respect on this one person.
My first dark souls character was named the Crimson Chin. I was so badly optimized tho and I had no fuckin clue what I was doing but damn I looked amazingly terrible.
My first Dark Souls experience was discovering how unfriendly bridges were in this series. My crowning last words: "Why does this bridge have scorch marks on it?"
34:10 - So what happened, for those who don't know, is Shenpai 'still falling' when she got stuck. And when she got un-stuck, the game registered it as such and she took the full fall damage and died. RIP.
Yup. As soon as I saw her get stuck like that, I let out a big "Oh no..." because I've seen more than enough SunlightBlade videos to know where this is going...
Shen might be my favorite SoulsBourne ytuber. Which was not a sentence I ever thought I'd say when I first subbed here. Always happy to see one of my favorites playing one of my favorites
Honestly I'm just impressed by how you basically bodied the Gargoyles on you first try(got screwed by the weapon breaking) and then struggled with Gaping Dragon. I didn't even know Gaping Dragon could kill so that's crazy
I will point out that Summoning Tarkus for the Iron Golem is the correct way to do the boss fight. It makes you invested in this beast of a man, who crushed the golem in his world and then came to yours to do it again. So they can gut punch you when you find out what ACTUALLY killed him in Anor Londo. Gravity. His only weakness.
13:46 ~ Fun fact, every time you hear that ding ding in that part of game without actually ringing the bell yourself. It is some other player who just ringed their bell on their play trough. Now go back and count the ding dings >:)
This is the most entertained I've been watching a Dark Souls game in a while (not that I watch a lot) but when I do, it's a great time, and this is one of the greatest yet, Iron Tarkus is a god damn champion.
Hearing her friends talk about REDACTED gave me the biggest shit eating grin as I knew exactly what they were talking about and I could not agree more about how great it would be to see Shen to through it
This was such a treat, new to the channel but I love first time experience videos like this (not the other kind). And even more of a treat to hear JoCat in the background!
I love rewatching these vids now that ive actually played all the souls games. Its twice as funny when you know whats going on, why its going on, and whats about to go wrong in about 4 seconds when she opens that door or walks around that corner lol.
Watching Shen's gameplay brings back all the traumatic memories i have playing dark souls in college. Was so turned off by the game initially, but after playing for a couple of hours "something" clicked and it made me finish the whole game including the dlc..... with 216 deaths under my belt.
Its really entertaining seeing someone suffer through the same levels I’ve seen everyone suffer on. Not the first playthrough I’ve , but really enjoyed seeing your first experience to Dark Souls.
@@jmassagetherapist6773 I mean...your not wrong...not what I meant...but still not totally off course I suppose...uh...brb, I think I need time to process this new information I learned about myself.
Been waiting for this, I keep seeing your post about your dark souls streams and haven't been able to catch them I'm so glad you upload to UA-cam, you are the Best!
to see this, shen struggling, mastering the dark souls, and dropping in on the stream a day or so ago on youtube just out of curiosity and seeing her absolutely massacre the final boss of ds3/the twins (didn't see how many attempts it took her for twins, but final boss was one attempt) was fucking amazing. the absolute journey. all endings on ds3. Absolute legend shen, im so proud of you
10 minutes into Dark Souls I fell off a ruin, got bullied by four skeletons, fell of a cliff and then got bullied by other skeletons so I admire Shenpais tenacity to continue even when the death counter keeps rising into the hundreds lol
Watching shen play this reminds me a lot of my first time playing the game before I became experienced at the dark souls series lol. It's very rough at first but once you get the hang of it everything comes together and the game becomes super fun :).
I started watching this last year and I stopped four minutes in for some reason. I'm glad I came back. My favorite part was when John Souls arrived to guide Shenpai around. So wholesome. Especially when he turned around and let shen put it in the back.
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Fun fact about tarkus. I once had an invader hit just before i was going to take the boss on. and tarkus ran up and beasted the invader. Like downright curbstomped them before coming back with just minor scratches on him. He is the most powerful summon in the game i swear.
Wait, I thought summons can't attack any invader. Did I miss something?
Most powerful summons in the series, maybe only bested by jester thomas.. although black iron armor has the best fire resistance in the series, maybe not
Tarkus is best boy!!
Honestly he is so much of a fucking unit he can just stare at a guy and they know they are fucked.
Tarkus can beat Goku
Tarkus:
- Gets summoned
- Asserts dominance on everything
- Refuses to elaborate
- Leaves
I’m not ashamed to say that using his gear is my favorite build.
When I summon Tarkus, he always dies. Am sad
Gigachad behaviour
> dies in the most relatable manner possible
Based gigachad Tarkus.
Despite the absolute hell that Shenpai makes Voxer go through, even she isn’t cruel enough to put him in a Fromsoftware game.
@keep rollin please stop.
Putting Voxer in Omori is cruel enough...
The merc in Silent Line is actually pretty well of
@@filippe999Armored Core?
28:56 The idea of Miyazaki blacking out and and creating a poison swamp level in the game subconsciously is canon
I mean, its canon that Caelid is just one big giant fucking Poison Swamp.
Souls games are just poison swamp games with certain areas that aren't.
"I'm in the middle of designing a level, and I suddenly realize I've made another swamp" those weren't his exact words, but it was something to that effect.
Am I the only one that likes blight town?
Yes
50:09 was unironically sick as fuck. Shen dropped her shield the instant she blocked the attack, canceling all blockstun so she had time to parry. That's a frame-perfect tech.
I love it when people do (or even discover) absolutely crazy tricks purely on instinct or by accident.
I- I didn't even know that was a thing wow
Do you think that's why John Souls gave up? He just went "well fuck I got frame perfected you win gg
@@AeroViro hey shen, did you read the comment above this one about curses stacking in the original? Gotta love this hellhole of a game... and there are people who do no-hit playthroughs
@@AeroViro Apperently it is...
"I feel so bad, I'm pretty sure people wanted to watch me actually do this boss"
Nah. We just wanted to see our friend Tarkus again.
I will always be here for you, friend.
@@spartacus778 bro I didn’t summon you in my two play throughs but I will do in my third one hope you can solo him
@@spartacus778 I'm your biggest fan!!
Can you sign my Black Iron set!?
Fully Upgraded of course.
Man I had no idea Tarkus was so loved. I missed him in my first playthrough because I was Hollow so the only encounter I got from him was his armor, of which I used for the rest of the game. I love that armor set and I never even knew who the legend that wore it was. It was also around the time I got his armor that I started to use my one true love, Zweihandler.
Summoning Tarkus isn't an "easy mode" or even an "option". It's a mandatory cinematic setpiece! Your job is to stand there and hype up that legend of a man!
Shenpai feeding her yt only gremlins again :D
Hey, that's me.
Lil bro
we eatin gud tonite bois!
Gremlins assemble
😠
Shen: dies to asylum demon
Also Shen: parries a black knight to death
the knights have clean parry windows, so it's not that hard. They're just really risky for less experienced players due to high damage before you've got some good levels and armor
@@soulsearcher9620 🤓
@@filiaknight8514" 🤓" 🤡
@@filiaknight8514no need to be a douche
@@soulsearcher9620look at this nerd
John Souls is the absolute peak of Dark Souls invasions, what a bro.
Dude came in and pulled a fake Spider-Man.
You should watch RTgame’s dark souls videos then lmao
I absolutely have to find the rest of RT's Dark Souls vids, this was so great.
Shen: Goes up the ladder
"She's a fast learner!"
Also Shen: Stays at the top of the building as the demon looks up at her.
"WHAT DID WE LEARN IN THE ASYLUM???"
Also also Shen: *radio static in the head*
Tarkus is the kind of bro that supplies the booze, cooks a steak for everyone, and hip-checks the school bully out of the party.
Let's not forget the party was at HIS house. He let's people stay that are fucked up and/or don't got a way home. True homie.
I’d bump that hip check up to a swanton bomb, Tarkus don’t play no games
He is my absolute favorite NPC summon in any of the Souls games, and I use his armor in honor of him anywhere it's available.
Wonder if he ever gets tired of people chanting his name when he enters a room because he's the bro you always want to see at the party.
Tarkus will always be my favorite NPC Summon.
"Who hurt you enough to do a Faith Build?" I actually chuckled for a good second.
@@jdmnissan shut
Pretty sure that's not a fat joke and a carry weight joke.
...at least, I hope so
whats wrong with a faith build?
you making fun of Solaire?
@@oddball1999 Isn't the only offensive Miracle Lightning Spear in the first game? Of which you need 50 Faith to get access to? The only other reason I can think of that any poor fool would level faith other than for Heal is for Divine Weapons, of which their only real use is to keep the Skeletons down, but even a greatsword is enough to kill them once you hit your mid-game.
@@leoncoben6983 I think yer thinkin of sunlight spear. Lightning spear you can get early by joining sunbros and its pretty powerful. You can also get sunlight blade in anor londo. It is my least favorite build in ds1 tho because there are so few miracles
I love how Shen and her friends have such great chemistry. It's so nice just to listen to the banter and the jokes, even if Shen doesn't play like a master gaming god, they are so patient and want her to enjoy and have a fun time anyway.
I'm pretty sure it also has to do with the fact that she is now experiencing the same level of hell that everyone experienced when playing this game for the first time
I love how we can only listen to parts of their conversations and it is always something different, makes it feel like a feverdream lol
They’re actually impressed with her learning rate in Bloodborne, because she’s punched way outside her weight class several times and won.
48:25 Pure Dark Souls moment. Finding that bonfire after going through all of Sen's Fortress' shit is one of the best feelings in the world.
I played the og 360 version of Dark Souls.... I beat Sens fortress without ever finding that bonfire... or summoning Tarkus. and I feel both.... bad ass, and like a total fucking idiot.
i remember died on fall damage on this bonefire 😂
@@FizzieWebb same
@@orangecobraEU When I found it for the first time I just lit it and forgot to rest so when I got thrown off the cliff by the iron golem I had to do the whole fortress again 😭😭
@@Jake-nm7ow yeah but imagin find it, has 1 hp, land on the bonfire and died because you fall from 2 meters, and doing all the forteress for 1 hour
"WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE ASYLUM". Got me cackling
staring at bosses while you could plunging attack them is like watching a grenade after you throw it. real easy way to get yourself killed.
The very real panic in their voices as she just stares down at him.
The basilisk pipeline of, "wtf is that??!!!" to, "Why is half of my health bar gone?" is always hilarious to watch.
Less hilarious to experience 😅
It's only funny because I remember the pain of my first cursing and then grinding out the souls to pay for a stone
Shenpai should consider herself lucky she didn't play this when it was first released, since when the game first came out, curses used to stack. So it would keep halving your max HP until you only had 1/8th of your original HP. This was obviously patched out.
then there was the fact that Blighttown was so horrendously badly optimized, that it made the game render in single digit frames sometimes.
8 frame gang
yes but on the plus side the iron flesh pyromancy wasn't nerfed yet and made the game into a cake wa-no its still hard, but quite a bit easier.
bruh curses could stack??
Wasn't the Blighttown lag so bad at some points you switched to measuring it seconds per frame?
Oh man l suffered with this becuse l was a kid and it took me a wile to figure out how to stop the curse especialy because l didn't wach youtube a hole lot back in the day😂
"You're very good at this game, in an odd way."
Best statement to encompass this journey of hers
Me: "I'm going to bed in 10 minutes."
*Sees Shen uploaded an almost hour long video
"I'm going to bed in an hour and 10 minutes." :3
Is it also 2am, and have work at 6?
@@noangles1564 I work nights. lol
"Havel hits like ... Havel"
Exteme accuracy
"Miyazaki subconsciously makes poison swamps" I'm so fricking dead 🤣🤣🤣
He really does. I think he said something along this in an interview.
@@cooldudeachyut Yeah he already confirmed one in Elden Ring. Man is on a mission to singlehandedly carry the mandatory poison swamp flag
I just like the idea that a Fromsoft employee just sees Miyazaki pass out all of a sudden, takes a long drink of their morning coffee and says, "Well, there's another poison level now."
This is why Armored Core is the better from software series. No poison swamps. Instead we have RADIATION ZONES.
@@DamnDaimen Poison Swamps are better than Radiation zones because poison won't give you birth defects.
"Why are you killing them they didn't do anything to you"
"They're weird"
Funniest part imo
Shen: *Keeps Running Out Of Estus*
"Should we mention Kindling Bonfires?"
"Nah"
I forgot what those were, then remembered.
@Logan Colborn Nah, you can kindle once without that. Going beyond that requires facing that nightmare.
I think they have mentioned it...in undead parish she had more than 5
I think they have mentioned it...in undead parish she had more than 5
@@Acorn_Anomaly pinwheel? Or the rolly polly?
"What's the cheese strat for Ceaseless Discharge, I just want to know, I'm not going to use it."
Proceeds to use it. Seriously though, I can understand why. It's such a bizarre way to take care of a boss that you have to try it just to see how it works. I'm glad you're playing through the Dark Souls games and I hope you're having fun! Or satisfying your inner masochist, either works.
It's not even cheese actually, it is completely intended with multiple unique animations for it
@@lukes.854 I mean, it is cheese. It’s not a glitch or anything like that, but you’re still beating the boss without any worry of it fighting back or killing you. Just lure it to a certain spot and knock it off the cliff.
@@manwithabasicprofilepic So, intended cheese? Dev approved cheese? What do we call it?
@@MammalianCreature Legal cheese?
Considering she was only doing 35 damage a hit to it and it has at least 4200 hp.
Shen: I need to heal
Also Shen: *applies gold pine resin*
yes, people make mistakes...
God bless Bloodborne for having heal be a different button
I just discovered this channel and "Rough 'em up, we're the knife triplets see?" Had me fucking dying lmao
*bonks a doorway twice
"rolled a 1 on that one"
*shen is immediately stabbed
I remember being in the chat when Tarkus was summoned. Everyone was chanting Tarkus in all caps. It was glorious.
Bro I remember the chat going bonkers yelling TARKUS! TARKUS! TARKUS! and the we raided JoCat and we kept yelling TARKUS! TARKUS! TARKUS! and he caught up immediately and started chanting TARKUS! TARKUS! TARKUS! with us. Magical Tarkus moment, right there.
F to john souls, he was a lad, a knight of honor, donor and a pal when needed🙏 50:30
"Does walking in lava kill me?" -Shenpai 2021
43:20 The intended lore is that you just stole what was left of his sister and when you tried to run away with it he desperately lunges after you to try and get her clothes back knowing it will likely kill him. He lost the ring that she gave him so that he wouldn't be in constant pain from the profuse lava his body was generating and after she died all he does is sit there and mourn at her grave. Which you just robbed
52:29 You pronounced Anal Rodeo incorrectly
Jesus
Wow....that explains why that's his name...I never got it because I didn't know that
@@themagrimes9677 gotta read them item descriptions: “An orange ring enchanted by a witch. Reduces lava damage. Since his sores were
inflamed by lava from birth, his witch sisters gave him this special ring. But fool that
he is, he readily dropped it, and from that spot, a terrible centipede demon was born.”
@@themagrimes9677 It also happens that Ceaseless is a demon that was born when the Chaos Flame was still not yet stable so that's why he is in constant pain and he his sores are lava inflamed.
It is also known that not everything is as it seems and perhaps the robes of Quelana were left there with a deceptive purpose.
Over the years I've watched so many people play the Souls games and it never gets old! Really great to experience these vicariously through you, Shen. Glad you seem to have loved these games!
I wish I could experience so many games for the first time again and hell yea this is one of them
@@ToastUrbath it's fun it wasn't hard but definitely wasn't easy currently stuck on ng+ ornstein and smough though
@@Bladerunner5146 Im not sure what you're referring to but I will say O+S on ng+ was definitely a much easier fight for me. Higher level, more experience with the game, and basically knowing the fight considering I spent several grueling hours on my first run trying to beat them. I also came in with the uchigatana that time which was hella fun. Patience my guy
@@ToastUrbath I beat them second try on ng so I don't remember how I beat them the first time. Also this was my first time playing so my build sucks I even thought res was good early on so it's at 20
@@Bladerunner5146 oooof plot twist: res was never good. Like what does it even do? Slightly reduce poison build up? Dsr poison is mad weak sauce. Now in ds3 you’ll have to drink about eight estus before poison wears off but even then res is pretty dog poop. Also I’m baffled that you beat o+s so easily, that’s nuts man
"How did you live through that?"
"I don't... know..."
Sums up Shen's experience with this entire game
that John Souls mirror match was the best thing to happen to us all year.
How the hell did I find the only person in the universe with the same profile pic as me
@@woozlegamer8253 truly a wonder, my brother!🤝 I was confused when I saw your picture pop up in my mentions lol.
@@burezu9190 Lmao, let’s start a cult
50:10 I haven't seen that frame perfect tech in a while. Even Shen's friends were pogging off because of how fucking sick that looked.
I love those compilations so much. Always have them running in the background while drawing. I love laughing while trying to make art and started drawing Jenny from Hr cause she fit in the picture
I do the same thing when I draw, except I start to get really distracted from laughing so much😂
@@screamingbean7509 haha same it love playing them while sketching
I never seen her stream before but I can imagine when Tarkus joined to help Shempai, the entire chat going “Ooga booga Tarkus, Ooga booga Tarkus” chant as a way to show respect on this one person.
39:42 The series of out-of-context, non-sequitur statements as Shen just dies repeatedly is so funny. X'D
How dare you insult little Caesars
8:44 Out-of-context conversations are probably my favorite part of compilations like this.
"No, we are not UA-cam-Pooping Ryu from Streets"
Ok, no joke, my first ever Blood borne character was named Bingus Bungus
My first ds char was named motoboy
My first dark souls character was named the Crimson Chin. I was so badly optimized tho and I had no fuckin clue what I was doing but damn I looked amazingly terrible.
@@redpikachu3754 Leveled Resistance?
my first ds character was shamanthah - but I didn't play it at all. my first actual play through was nastiboi69.. for some reason
The John Souls invasion was the cherry on the cake of this masterpiece. Well played mystery viewer, well played.
22:50 Fun fact! On release, Curse stacked, so you'd be at 25% HP.
That happened to me! And it was my first playthrough!
"This is Dark Souls, never tell anybody anything"
Ah, the true experience. Learning through messages, item descriptions, and mistakes.
I know I'm not the only one who stood up and cheered when they summoned the legendary TARKUS! Extremely enjoyable, can't wait for the next part!
My first Dark Souls experience was discovering how unfriendly bridges were in this series. My crowning last words: "Why does this bridge have scorch marks on it?"
34:10 - So what happened, for those who don't know, is Shenpai 'still falling' when she got stuck. And when she got un-stuck, the game registered it as such and she took the full fall damage and died. RIP.
Yup. As soon as I saw her get stuck like that, I let out a big "Oh no..." because I've seen more than enough SunlightBlade videos to know where this is going...
The knife triplets already made ma all giggly but it was the "get him Fido" that absolutely destroyed me! What an amazing video! :D
Shen might be my favorite SoulsBourne ytuber. Which was not a sentence I ever thought I'd say when I first subbed here. Always happy to see one of my favorites playing one of my favorites
Honestly I'm just impressed by how you basically bodied the Gargoyles on you first try(got screwed by the weapon breaking) and then struggled with Gaping Dragon. I didn't even know Gaping Dragon could kill so that's crazy
I love how Shen's default death cry is just "WEH"
I will point out that Summoning Tarkus for the Iron Golem is the correct way to do the boss fight. It makes you invested in this beast of a man, who crushed the golem in his world and then came to yours to do it again.
So they can gut punch you when you find out what ACTUALLY killed him in Anor Londo.
Gravity. His only weakness.
"We crave the punishment".
Me in my head: "GIVE IT TO ME MIYAZAKI!!!!!"
Me when Elden Ring drops.
13:46 ~ Fun fact, every time you hear that ding ding in that part of game without actually ringing the bell yourself.
It is some other player who just ringed their bell on their play trough.
Now go back and count the ding dings >:)
“His name is John Souls”
You better have paid Max0r his royalties
Brother of John Bloodborne, son of John Control, Father of John Impact
@@Nightwowolf And cousin of John DOOM, the angry Louisianan with a double-barrel.
Who?
Thank you Shen for 9:00. I had some stick from my gaming friends about killing the pig in this exact same way. You've legitimised my playstyle!
Using fire is a very legitimate strategy
2:20 already had me dying. I expected the "yeah.. Nope" not the flipping mario BOING lol
That was so perfect, the editing is top notch
except that's not a Mario boing, that's a Sonic Spring
I'm honestly impressed that she had the balls to fight Havel and the brain to beat Havel. She's legendary I should take a page out of her book.
Im more impressed that she just parried tf out of the black knight before him
Speaking of havel I restarted and killed havel 17 times trying to get his armor until I found out its in anor londo
the continuation should be titled "The Second First Dark Souls Experience"
2:17 I saw you stand there not moving and my first thought was “oh no.”
R.I.P Imissbloodborne. No one really liked him and he won't be missed.
@keep rollin no
Maybe Bloodborne missed him :[
This is the most entertained I've been watching a Dark Souls game in a while (not that I watch a lot) but when I do, it's a great time, and this is one of the greatest yet, Iron Tarkus is a god damn champion.
I am so happy to watch the streams for this vid.
Cause I'm all like, "eeeeyyy I remember that part".
Hearing her friends talk about REDACTED gave me the biggest shit eating grin as I knew exactly what they were talking about and I could not agree more about how great it would be to see Shen to through it
Shen parried that Black Knight more than I parried in my first runs of DS1 and DS2 combined.
"What did we learn from the Asylum Demon?"
Shen: We were supposed to learn something?
After playing all three DS games this is by far my favorite. Happy to see Shen getting into it!
My dumbass thought you said DS as in Nintendo DS @_@
@@joganesha4151 Don't worry, it got me as well :-)
46:12. Death: 69.
Shen: I don't know the timing.
@@johngreen8344 nice
DS1 remade with the gameplay of DS3 would be a dream come true for me
50:55 The colour commentary had me rolling. Incredible.
14:08 "It's dark souls. Never tell anybody anything"
(Looks back in the video)
Mission failed. We'll get em next time.
It never gets old watching Tarkus solo iron golem
Shen's laugh is so dang contagious
This was such a treat, new to the channel but I love first time experience videos like this (not the other kind).
And even more of a treat to hear JoCat in the background!
I love the little snippets of conversations we hear while Shen is playing
“Next is blight town” my brain shuddered in my skull.
I'm happy to see you enjoyed Tarkus. welcome to the club
I love rewatching these vids now that ive actually played all the souls games. Its twice as funny when you know whats going on, why its going on, and whats about to go wrong in about 4 seconds when she opens that door or walks around that corner lol.
Place your bets:
- John Souls
- John Souls
- Tarkus
Think twice before choosing.
Gravity
@@TasTheWatcher gravity is either your best friend or your personal hell. There is no grey area.
@@TasTheWatcher We got a Prod fan here.
@@maphestispain203 did you mean: Anor Londo Archers
@@songbird6414 In that particular situation, gravity isn't your enemy. He's your worst nightmare.
Watching Shen's gameplay brings back all the traumatic memories i have playing dark souls in college. Was so turned off by the game initially, but after playing for a couple of hours "something" clicked and it made me finish the whole game including the dlc..... with 216 deaths under my belt.
Its really entertaining seeing someone suffer through the same levels I’ve seen everyone suffer on.
Not the first playthrough I’ve , but really enjoyed seeing your first experience to Dark Souls.
There is a certain magic watching people play through Soulsborne games for the first time.
@@yppahdalg2397 is it called sadism?
@@jmassagetherapist6773 I mean...your not wrong...not what I meant...but still not totally off course I suppose...uh...brb, I think I need time to process this new information I learned about myself.
@@yppahdalg2397 Careful in the bedroom, friend ; )
46:56 That gnorc sound effect caught me totally off guard lmao. I love your editor.
Okay that edit in the sped up Havel fight made me legitimately happy.
I literally went "this is the most dark souls thing I've ever seen and I love every bit of it"
1:11 *I'm bussy?*
0:33 *what is the STD Bomb*
0:53 *Jubilant Catarina, the best face*
4:00 *I gotta know who the hell is this*
16:38 - 16:55 i fucking died laughing cus of the sound effects + your wheezing.
as always, the editing of your videos is _beyond_ godtier, shen
Found this channel yesterday watching your Elden Ring content and loved it. Watching this now, John Ring makes alot more sense to me.
Been waiting for this, I keep seeing your post about your dark souls streams and haven't been able to catch them I'm so glad you upload to UA-cam, you are the Best!
"oh no" repeated multiple times is the most dark souls reaction ive ever seen
to see this, shen struggling, mastering the dark souls, and dropping in on the stream a day or so ago on youtube just out of curiosity and seeing her absolutely massacre the final boss of ds3/the twins (didn't see how many attempts it took her for twins, but final boss was one attempt) was fucking amazing. the absolute journey. all endings on ds3.
Absolute legend shen, im so proud of you
Being a souls veteran who's 100% all the games,it's so refreshing to see a new player begin their new journey
Thus continues the legend of Shen's Magic Pixel, which has saved her from death countless times. And also, of John Souls (invader)
10 minutes into Dark Souls I fell off a ruin, got bullied by four skeletons, fell of a cliff and then got bullied by other skeletons so I admire Shenpais tenacity to continue even when the death counter keeps rising into the hundreds lol
Can't wait for part 2. I hope we see John Souls again. Seemed like a pretty chill dude.
Shenpai's distressed "WAAH!" gives me life.
Watching shen play this reminds me a lot of my first time playing the game before I became experienced at the dark souls series lol. It's very rough at first but once you get the hang of it everything comes together and the game becomes super fun :).
After about 5 rewatches, your dark souls videos have turned into my comfort series.
6:52. The Kirby fan boy in me is going crazy when I hear Green Greens.
"Liar ahead"
"Try jumping"
This is so dark souls.
Shen,you've inspired me to take on the Dark Souls stream grind.
I love your pfp
@@andregiannotti1310 Thank you
I started watching this last year and I stopped four minutes in for some reason. I'm glad I came back. My favorite part was when John Souls arrived to guide Shenpai around. So wholesome.
Especially when he turned around and let shen put it in the back.
Milky going PTFFFFFFFFFFF every time shen does something funny gives me positive energy
Shenpai: IS THAT THE RAT KING?!
Me: No, he's in DS2