This Boss was Hiding a Monumental Secret - Bloodborne
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2024
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This Boss was Hiding a Monumental Secret, The Most Iconic Boss in Bloodborne History is about Ludwig the Accursed, a cleric to the healing church, a god to others, ludwigs time may have been in Yharnam, but his half man half beast self resides in the undead corpse pile apart of the fishing hamlet. A lot of the bosses found themselves in the chalice dungeons and while I appreciate this, I still think that bloodborne was missing that IT factor in the boss department. Sure the world blended with the combat and the story of Yharnam is enough to be a great game, but when you hear about characters like Laurence, Lady Maria, and of course Ludwig, you want to see them. So that's what this Evan will do!
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Intro: 00:00
Cinematic: 00:44
Lore: 1:31
Ludwig, The Accursed: 08:41
Ludwig, The Holy Blade: 13:28
Extra & Moonlight: 16:57
Outro: 19:20
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Music:
Bloodborne - Bloodborne OST
Ludwig - Bloodborne OST
The First Hunter - Bloodborne OST
Into The Divide - Trevor Kowalski
Saga Melodies - Rand Aldo - Ігри
Bloodborne universe of EvanExplains will carry over to the finale in the Old Hunters final fights against the Orphan of Kos and Lady Maria
In an interview Miyazaki explained that the transformation into a beast is not caused directly by the blood, but by the fact that in every human being there is a bestial part that the blood awakens. In fact he said that the people who have the strongest will transform into the more terrifying beasts and that's why Lawrence, Ludwig and Amelia transform into those enormous beasts
aaaahhhhh you were at my side all along.... THE CHOIR KICKS IN! i lost it when i first saw that boss
Ludwig was a masterpiece
"My guiding moonlight"
Still in love with the music
I see bloodborne, I click.
This game is still an absolute masterpiece
That's kind of how masterpieces work.
For me, Ludwig transforming into a beast doesn't explain how grotesquely deformed he is. Comparing his design to other enemies in the game, he looks like the deformed scourge beasts in Yahar'gul, with legs and misplaced appendages sticking out all over them.
By all accounts Ludwig was an honorable man whose chivalric code would not have fallen in line with what the Healing Church wanted the citizens of Yharnam to believe. Knowing full well the dire side effects of the church's healing blood, he discouraged people from using it, although he was forbidden by the church to reveal their dark secret. Although he was the first official church hunter beloved by the people, the church eventually decided he was more trouble than he was worth. They tried to besmirch his reputation as a diseased degenerate, because he refused to use the church's healing blood. When that didn't work, they arranged for the School of Mensis to make him disappear. For the citizens, it was a warning of what would happen to anyone who dared to defy or speak out against the church.
Meanwhile the School of Mensis began their horrible experiments on him, fusing his body with that of his noble steed. He became so twisted and misshapen that he couldn't even survive. Unfortunately because of the curse of the Hunter's Nightmare, his suffering was far from over. He became a hideous accursed monster standing guard at the mouth of the river of blood, beneath the second nightmare church. But despite everything that had happened to him, his true mentor remained ever at his side, even in death. And that is how in his final moments, the guiding moonlight of the ancient sword he discovered deep within the Chalice Dungeons, restored clarity to his Human mind for one final battle.
Thanks for the backstory and explanation, I appreciate the context!
Well said
Wait, this is the dude that made full chalice dungeon walkthrough. Thanks to him, i cheesing all enemies using Burial Blade r2 hold.
@@supparmanpawar4203 Wait... am I seriously the only person who's ever done a full Chalice Dungeon walkthrough?
@@BDeerheadabout 3 channels as i've known but not as detail as yours. Still hilarious watching you raging against Pthumeru decendant and especially Maneater Boar.
I always give him the reassuring words at the end every playthrough. Few who turn into beasts get the chance to be comforted before the end, and Ludwig was perhaps one of the most deserving of the peace it offered him
Man nothing will beat Ludwig's second phase, especially the first time around when you watch him pull out the damn Moonlight Greatsword! EASILY one of my favorite soulsborne bosses
i think it’s really good, i just think his attacks are easy to dodge and there are not a lot of different ones, i died about 10 time on his first fase and only once or twice on his second because i used all my heals on the first lol
I love how beautifully fucked up ludwig is. Like they put aliens,horse, and human in a blender and partially blended it and say "good enough"
One of the details of the boss NOBODY mentions is the blood in the arena. Although it's a thin enough layer to walk on, it's basically a shallow pool full off it. The thing you see before the fight (The guy who says "Help us") isn't a monster, he's trying not to drown in the blood and is covered in it
Another detail around that which I love is the skeletal figure banging on the sealed gate further down the river of blood, outside of the boss room. It’s as if they are trying to escape and banging on the gate to be freed - perhaps pleading to the Healing church who they trusted, seeing as the gate mirrors the ones sealing of Cathedral Ward from Central Yharnam. So it’s as if Ludwig and the Hunters were just unleashed on the populace and slaughtered in their thousands while the Church barred the gates to seal themselves in.
@@jacobwatkinson6071Indeed, as that is heavily implied to be exactly what went down.
It seems that the Hunter's Nightmare takes a great many inspirations from a story of when Buddha gazed into Hell. He could see down through a pool of water all the layers beneath him, but was invisible to those below, and he saw there a river of blood, where sinners were tormented, crushed to death by a horse headed demon, only to rise again without escape.
So we have the river of blood, we have the snail woman dropping from an unseen higher partition where the Fishing Hamlet exists, and finally we have Ludwig, stomping on the condemned.
@@TheAdarkerglowthanks for sharing that, I had no idea.
This boss has the best OST to ever be in a game
The music is so iconic
How fitting it is that this video was uploaded less than a week after getting my first tattoo, the guidance rune.
Truly my favorite bossfight in any game ever.
That’s so cool congrats!
I still maintain that Ludwig is the absolute very best boss in the history of modern video games
Great Gameplay
Great Design (both form)
Great music
Great lore
Great mid-life Transformation
Great ending
Great reward for defeating
I've never felt so relieved and sad at the same time. Knowing that it's finally over but also realising that I'll never beat this greatest boss the first time ever again. I love this boss so much
Laurence The First Vicar on the other hand.......
you forgot to mention the most important thing, the BEST FUCKING mooonlight greatsword reveal ever
Laurence 💀
I loath that Laurence fight
@@wallcity318 Don't we all?
What is about Laurence?
My boy Evan dropping more Bloodborne Content???? FEAR THE OLD BLOOOOOD
Even is from another universe
Lies of P video soon?🤔
What I love about him, is normally the berserk phase of the boss is the last part, while for Ludwig, it was reversed. He was berserking in the first half, but the second half he became more controlled, more fluid in his motions. This was such a great fight in every aspect. The location, the design, the voice, the fight itself, the music, and breaking out the iconic fromsoft weapon for it.
Such a great concept they reused the fuck out of it in Elden Ring
Just found this channel recently. Absolutely incredible stuff. Love it.
The only fromsoft boss I'm obsess with. Not because I died so many times, but the tension build up, the ambience, and the music was just perfect. Even better if you manage to get the music transition for the 2nd phase. Majestic.
The OST always gives me chills
It’s truly one of a kind
I've played through bloodborne enough times just since 2020 that i can barely stand the thought of picking it back up again, but when i see videos about bloodborne in my feed i click it right away no matter what I was watching before. I adore the world and dripping atmosphere of this nightmarish game. I just wish I hadn't forced myself through NG+8 it was one playthrough too many.
Maria will always be one of my favorite bosses. Shes up there with Slave Knight Gael, Sister Friede, and Maliketh that I love for not just difficulty but for sheer atmosphere, build up, and theme.
“What boss comes to mind when you think iconic”
Sephiroth wants to know your location
(Ludwig and FROM Software bosses are still incredible as well please don’t hunt me down)
I feel like many of Fromsofts bosses will hold that same iconic status once they've aged a bit like Sephiroth has. FF7 is almost 30 years old now and has had so many other games and media based around it so it's had so much more time for Sephiroth's legend to built on. I think many Fromsoft bosses will be viewed the same way in 10-20 years time.
@@anonymousnate678 never actually thought the idea that the bosses are still years from becoming old legends of gaming but they still have so much of an impact now plus Sephiroth has so many variations at this point it’s hard to keep track of them all
Manhunt scheduled, sorry
I’ve never played FF7 😞
@@EvanExplains honestly I’d personally say it’s worth the one playthrough to go through a piece of gaming history but it’s definitely aged a lot, remake is amazing and I hope rebirth (part 2) continues that
The most Iconic would be the nameless king in whole From Software.
But in bloodborne yessir
Nah pretty sure that spot belongs to pikachu & snorlax.
In all of from software?
That would be 9 ball
That music was phenomenal
One of the best fight in gaming history
Best game ever ❤❤
Iconic big doggo
Lies of P PLEASE
I love that this game is still so good looking today and for being a 2015 too this game warms my heart because it’s my favorite game ever created
Such an amazing dlc and game my first soulsborne game wish i can go back in time and relieve this moment
The music change for phase 2 still gives me chills like it's the first time I'm hearing it
god i fucking love this game, i could talk about it for hours
More coming in this universe
Stay awhile and listen
@@EvanExplains please bro bloodborne is my 2nd or 3rd fav game oat
best game sound track iv had the pleasure to experience
The music makes a great fight unforgettable.
Still playing in 2023 lol I find myself comin back to this and sekiro alot cuz of how fun and insane the world's are and the way they're left when we enter into the game
I've never noticed how the power flowing up the blade looks like bubbles rising through the water. Also there appears to a face on the blade when Ludwig raises it up.
Every Hunter is a gangster until the horse starts standing up on its hind legs.
Everybody gangster till the horse priest pulls out a lightsaber
I really wish you could look up during the fight and see Ludwig on the cieling scuttling toward you, that would be a thing that would haunt my nightmares!
I’ve played this game time and time again as well as many other fromsoft games and lady Maria and ludwig the accursed are my two favorite bosses from every one of those games
Next door for the next video may or may not be about Maria and Kos
This is the first time I've ever heard his battle theme, as i was too busy screaming and trying not to die. Damn, that's an epic theme!
I just fought him for the first time ever a few days ago, and holy shit he was tough. His speed and ferocity was insane for how big he actually is.
I just finished Lies of P (Hyped for DLC) and it Was my Fist Souls-Like and was Really considering Bloodborne Is Worth the run
I love how the moonlight greatsword has been the equivalent to the legendary sword from Zelda. Its in every game, it's just there. And it's the most beloved and held onto item. A gift from Lady Ranni, a gift from a dwarf, a reward for beating a boss. And now Ludwig holds it
I will always be emotionally attached to this boss, and in particular to his ost, because that's the reason why I got to know fromsoft's games. That's a pretty nice story I like to remember from time to time.
Years ago, I had never played anything, I wasn't into gaming at all, and was talking with the guy I just started dating about music genres we liked, when he sent to me Ludwig's ost, thinking I would have liked it. Well, thank god he did or I will probably still be sleeping on this masterpiece, I was so captured that I asked him to give me more context about this piece, to know if what I imagined listening was anywhere near the real story.
And here I am now, I have learned how to use a joystick, loved a lot of soulsborne games, I'm close to get the platinum on bloodborne, and me and that guy are planning to get married
This is absolutely From Soft's masterpiece boss. The design, the build-up, the backstory, the challenge, the MASSIVE discrepancy between the first and second phase, the tragic end, the MUSIC oh my gods the music... magnificent.
nice video but I thought you were going to explain that only the Moon Presence could have given Ludwig his guiding moonlight
Will never forget the night me and my little cousin faced Ludwig for the first time, we were jumping all over the room when we got him.
Idk why but for me Maria was always THE bloodborne boss.
Ludwig was just all of a sudden there. But the build up to Maria and the actual fight.. Wow
Goddamn Ludwig’s song just tells you epicness ensues. Like I get HYPED
I’m so excited for the day when the algorithm gets it shit together and this dude jumps to 1 mil subs in less than a month. Shits too good
This is my favorite boss fight of all time.
The trombone heavy waltz after he regains whatever humanity he had left is the hardest hitting EVER.
Ludwig’s dialogue when you where church hunter clothes and lie to him about the hunters always breaks my heart
See, I've always been a greatsword guy in Souls games. My first playthrough of Dark Souls 1, I was blessed by the loot gods and the Undead Burg black knight dropped the Black Knight Sword and that sword carried me through the game. That weapon has become my favorite. I know that moveset. I used it on so, so much.
And I liked Bloodborne, sure, but when I found the Holy Moonlight Sword, and then it had the greatsword one-handed moveset, it was like I found an old friend. I know that swing speed, that arc, I know the thrust. It just all came together. I can't even remember what I was using that playthrough, but I went and ground out everything I needed to get my sword up to par and then...sure, it wasn't easy, but I knew I could handle the rest of the game and it'd be easier than it would have been.
Oh god, i found the horse video💀💀
Wait what?!
Wow not the Destiny 2 universe? Evan you've changed
wrong universe Evan
SMH BRO ERMMMMM STICK TO DESTINY
I literally just did him in. After being done in for a few days because i had limited time and couldn't focus
Bro what about amygdala, Mergo's wet nurse, and also running through the dungeons!? The thumerian bosses? Dark beast paarl? A lot of the bosses in the dungeons I ran into before ROM
It’s crazy how the people turn into weak beasts but people who have power in like holy people or scholars turned into the most scariest of the beasts. It’s like a metaphor for life.
Between the lore, the design, and that truly EXCEPTIONAL score, I consider this the best boss fight of any game Ive ever seen and/or played.
I sobbed like a little bitch when I finally beat him. Maybe it's because I'm on the spectrum, but this type of music overwhelmes me, but in a good way. This entire game is so special to me. I dont think we will ever get anything like it again.
I think Ludwig was one of my favorite bosses and this is by far my favorite incarnation of the Moonlight Greatsword. Narratively it shows that all hunters, even the best of them, can fall to the Old Blood. Those that haven't physically have fallen to madness. The only one that I can think of that doesn't is Maria, and honestly, she has so much more going on. ALSO He's better than Radahn, he didn't learn magic to keep his horse, he FUSED with it.
Loood wig, m hmm loood wig, not lud like lug lol then that'll do some justice
ludwig is the only boss in the game that still gives me trouble
there is one word that summarizes this whole fight that is unrelenting
Thankfully I played Bloodborne when the game went on sale via ps4- too bad it wasn't released on PC.. :(
There was no mention of lady Maria until the old hunter DLC. And no, the old hunter’s bone isn’t hers.
This fight will always be special to me. The howling of the choir when you are frantically dodging through lasers is just perfect. Its like a whirlpool of sound.
And this fucker on ng6 would one shot you by repositioning. Good times XD. First of 3 epic fights in that dlc
Happy you liked the video
Currently playing this game. at the moment the bosses I have to to fight are Bloody Crow, One Reborn, & Amaidala, & Ludwig. (if I ring bell can you help me? lol)
For me Ludwig is the most iconic monster designers in souls’ games. ❤
I beat Ludwig and Im all "wow", just sitting there amazed. Then, I go talk to the head, and its all solemn and serious. And then... the hysterical horse noises...
The best weapon to use against him is the Whirligig Saw. It turns him almost into a joke. There’s a reason FromSoft gives it to you right before his boss room.
When i think about iconic boss, I think of something more like Artorias
Probably the scariest thing they've created
I think Maria is my favorite boss, but nothing will beat Ludwig’s spectacle
Ebrietas is the most Iconic boss for me.
Ludwig’s theme gives me demons souls vibes
As of right now Sekiro is the only game that lets you fight only the bosses over and over if you want. That’s what’s missing from all these games.
I do love Ludwig both in the fight and the lore and his character, but I watched the whole video for what the secret was and didn't catch it :/
What. An. Asshole.
Helluva boss fight tho. Next to Maria, one of my favorites.
Cutest character in Bloodborne be like
It’s the eyes in the neck for me 😊
What about Gehrman. I think he’s worth covering as well.
definitely a great boss!
I rate this as the top of Bloodborne and maybe all of souls. Some people like Orphan better, but Ludwig is just incomparable to me.
Plin plin plon
What is "the light"? Game on.
So what was the monumental secret?
I still prefer Vicar Amelia, she was iconically Dope man with a deep design concept
Bb 12/10 even at 720 30fps
The Hunter’s Nightmare is well… a nightmare created by Kos out of spite and hatred for all hunters after her vivisection and mutilation at the hands of Gherman and the scholars of Brgynwerth. It’s a torture demension where hunters are sent when they fall blood drunk and die. Forced to engage in a hunt for eternity.
I think making Laurence a Cleric Beast in the DLC was a big mistake on From's part. There's more than enough in-game evidence to support that his physical body is the Blood-letting Beast, however because From decided to reuse a Cleric Beast asset for his fight in the DLC instead of the Blood-Letting model, everyone seems to think he turned into a cleric beast. It makes way more sense for him to change into the Blood-letter because he was never really a proper cleric of the church, he just founded it in order to achieve his personal goals in surpassing his mentor Willem at any cost.
Laurence fight definitely felt rushed, really was sad about that fight
Only issue I have with that theory is that there are 2 different BLBs in the chalices, one with a head and one without. If Laurence is one of them whos the other one and why is he in the Pthumerian labyrinth? It does make more sense that we find him in the hunters nightmare grand cathedral since thats where his skull is found in the 'real' Yharnam
I dont have an issue with him being a cleric beast from a gameplay perspective since he still feels distinct from the one in central Yharnam, but your point about him not even being a proper cleric is a valid argument (if its true). I used to speculate that maybe theyre the same exact beast and that the weak cleric beast is his real world body while the flaming Laurence is his cursed and tormented form in a state of purgatory. Sadly that theory doesnt really add up the more I think about it lol
@@mrzero_7883 it’s not a theory and can be supported with both in-game evidence and through cut data. It’s a cold fact.
One of Bloodletting Beast’s ID tags in the game data is “Founder Beast” and Laurence is the founder of the healing church. There’s dialogue for Gehrman where he’s sleeping and calling out to Laurence. Begging for an end to the dream. The entire goal of the game is to acquire a newborn to satiate the moon presence and put an end to the curse. If you follow the intended route to fight Queen Yharnam, you pass through both fights with BLB. Story-wise, he and Gehrman planned to put an end to the hunts, so this makes sense because Laurence would have traveled through the dungeons in order to take the queen’s baby, but ultimately never made it as he succumbed to be beast before he did.
Laurence’s physical head is the beast skull in the Grand Cathedral, it’s literally the same head with the same cleaved scar on it, you touch it in order to see the flashback with Laurence and Willem.
Everything in Yarhnam is the physical real world. Everything outside of this, the Nightmare, the Frontier, Mensis all exist in a plain outside of reality. So the human Laurence skull and the Cleric Beast form is only there because it’s not his physical form. His actual body is in the Dungeons and Grand Cathedral. What we see in the nightmare is just a manifested projection. You can think of it as something akin to his consciousness being stuck there. Just like Mergo is stuck in Mensis and Orphan is stuck in the fishing village. Their bodies, their physical forms are dead, but their consciousness live on in the nightmare.
Now As for all the cut content that further supports all this, there isn’t two BLB. That’s just one. Literally. It’s the same boss model, They just made the head on the headless one invisible because originally, that fight had two phases. The first phase he would speak to you, but all his dialogue was deleted, however you can still glitch the game to play it. Unfortunately because the audio is gone, it just randomly plays patches lines. Laurence has two VA credited in the credits. One did the human Laurence and the second did the beast Laurence. This credit existed before the DLC was even planned. So he clearly voiced some version of him. After the fight you would touch his freshly severed head and get a flashback with him and Gehrman talking about their plan to find a way to end the hunts. Now notice both times you touch a specific beast skull you get a flashback with Laurence being the common denominator between the two? That’s because it’s him. He’s the Bloodletting Beast. You’ll also find that despite being a chopped up boss fight From still reused this idea for both the Guardian Ape boss in Sekiro and the Ludwig fight in the DLC.
I'm a simple man, I see Ludwig, I click ✊️✊️✊️
*So, what was the secret??*
I still want a Moonlight Greatsword appearance in another FromSoftware game that isn't just, "here you get blue weapon. good? we good."
You should look into Armored Core 6 and Sekiro. Some of their bosses are just beautiful, and especially for Armored Core 6's large cast of complex and deeply interpersonal *people* who genuinely can be some of the most heartbreaking characters to some of the most outrageous and hateable characters.
fire as FCK
2:16 as an arachnophobe myself the hardest boss of the whole game bar none is the first room of nightmare of Mensis after the outside section, it single handedly turned me off the game for months.
I just started the video, I don't believe the title is true, I do not believe Ludwig made Bloodborne iconic. I'll update this comment at the end of the video
UPDATE: excellent video as always. Don't get me wrong, he is an iconic boss, top 5 designs in Bloodborne, but I don't think he made the game iconic. Imo, the ""boss"" that defined Bloodborne is the Amygdala.
It's one of the first things you see in the game once the blood Moon rises and you're able to see past the veil, they are scattered through Yharnam ever present. And their names are in reference to us losing our minds to the reality of the night I think perfectly encapsulates Bloodborne.
As a boss (moveset, fun, lore, music, everything you said in the video)... Ludwig #1 best FROMSOFT boss no contest. The Amygdala fight is easily missed and is not a good fight.
But seeing that ya meant mechanics, lore, etc etc. and the fight itself.... Yeah, Ludwig is very iconic. (Maria/Gherman being a close 2nd)
Update?
@@EvanExplains lol break ended before I could update
A corpse should be left well alone...
Woah woah that’s the next video
@@EvanExplains Left. Well. Alone.
Unless, of course, you mean for us to turn to the curatives for those sweetly beckoning secrets...
(Why yes I am very much looking forward to that next video!)
Rom the hardest?
If you’re scared of spiders
@@EvanExplains i think the spiders in the nightmare are worse
I still dont know the show.
I bought a ps4 a little over a year ago for $300 fucking dollars just to play this game😂
Pull back and center that wig
I think you believe the word humane means something different than what it actually means. You should look up the definition.
i have to disagree the base game bosses were pretty memorable except for maybe bird cage boy and the witches of hemwick but ludwig is definitely the boss i think of first when i think of bloodborne i really hope sony can stop being greedy and let go of the license so the gamers that want a sequel can finally get it but i have to say alot of the shitty bosses were in the chalice dungeons like the three fat men or the fire doge
Friend... Did you just say Rom was the hardest boss?...
To people with arachnophobia
@@EvanExplains ahhh. I'm deaf or dumb. Either way. Great vid nonetheless
No
But i dont want to look below!!!
Unless a emo girl with long dark hair and bangs.
*EvanExplains long flowing hair leaves the building*