Who would have thought that the Artorias flip would turn out to be one hell of a vicious circle... Full livestreams: ua-cam.com/video/1_viVzij3SM/v-deo.html 0:00 Intro 2:37 Abysswalker 3:21 Early game 17:17 Ringing the bells 25:06 I die perhaps once or twice... 34:39 Mid-game 40:31 Deepest Lore 42:50 The DLC 58:26 End-game Intro song: ua-cam.com/video/7fmkMa9K0v4/v-deo.html Discord server: discord.com/invite/9wmc2AV6fJ Patreon: www.patreon.com/presscontinue
@@PressContinue I wish your sanity the best of luck man if you decide to presscontinue on this challenge run and do ds2 and 3. Edit: Your word play is still better.
Notice how Artorias is the only boss of the game who can do front flips and soul of cinder is the only one who can do backflips. In asian culture you would call them ying and yang ! Or goku and vegeta. Or sugar and salt. Or reasonable dark souls UA-camr like VaatiVidya who does videos about the lore and masochistic and crazy UA-camr like PressContinue who does video about his daily routine in the northern asylum. Keep it like this ! ❤
It's interesting how so many people are mentioning the transitions. I was just using them kind of at random for... well not any reason in particular actually
Artorias becoming Lord of the Abyss should be amongst the top 10 Anime Betrayals. After such a gruelling challenge run, I hope this glorious ending cheered you up a bit at least. I've been looking forward to watching this! Your reaction at the end of the Four Kings fight was truly something out of this world and perhaps the most emotional I heard you in these videos. Congratulations! Thank you for all your work Press!
8:00 ROFL, "Poise boys, poise, poise, poise, the best weapon in the game is poise!" You got me good with that one... 24:15 Oh?! You got jokes? LOL...MAtorias (Mom joke) and R2rias...brilliant...and that skele-parry was god-tier... 27:30 Lordran's STD F-house!
Love your content Press, my hubby and i are always having your videos playing in the background. We watched the last stream video last night. We looked away for a minute and you beat the 4Kings. We laughed at hard at the noises you made after beating them. 😂Thanks!
Aww thank you so much for the super thanks :D really appreciate that. And it's good that you watch together with your hubby, because watching Press Continue content together is the foundation for a health marriage :)
The Elizabeth Mushrooms are so OP they actually make face-tanking the 4 kings on NG+ at sl1 barely possible Still requires their AI to play along like yoh were experiencing, but it's possible(NG+ also means you get 8 mushrooms instead of 4)
Huge respect for continuing this run after SO much trouble! I recently, finally, got all the achievements for DS Remastered on Steam, and I am NEVER playing this game again without mods, it is just TOO tough for me without being able to adjust more than I can in the base game. On the other hand, I played over 600 hours of DS2 on steam with no mods and really enjoy it, so! Nothing can be "right" for everyone!
@@PressContinue The first one I ever used for DS1 was a really basic "damage reduction" so that I could actually WIN against Artorias, cuz the run-back was SO tough, I kept using half my Estus on the way. I did one play-thru with Better Bonfires for the fast travel, that was a good one. Then I discovered DS Gadget, which has literally everything I could want - item spawn and warp-anywhere and no-death cheats! Someday I'd like to do an item-randomizer run, but I'll have to wait for the frustration to wear off lol
As a new subscriber, I'm genuinely upset that I didn't find this channel sooner. As long as I've been watching people like Gino, squilla, Aggy etc. I feel like I should've had this channel recommended beforehand. Either way, I've got covid part 2 and I've binged these videos for 3 days now. Love 'em
One of the things that I love most about your content that you don’t really see on too many other channels is how in-depth of an understanding you have of the souls games and how casually you slip in little jokes and such. If you wanted to branch out to other games, and incorporate your same style, I can’t speak for anyone else but I will support that.
How serendipitous. Just last night I was in the mood to watch an Artorias fight again for the 75th time in my life. This video should scratch that itch.
It ain't much, but it's to congratulate your channel on passing 100k subs and producing quality videos, interesting challenges, and the BEST of all is your writing, the wits, the puns man. love it. 😍
playing the game like this would make me somersalty as hell but you make this an ARTorias. cant wait to see what abysmal experience youll subject yourself next
What a fantastic idea. Sort of like a no leveling run but with a weapon requirement. I think using secondary equipment (rings, consumables, passive shield effects) is fair game in a run like this. You did great.
Hey, just want to say thanks for all the challenge guides, I followed your sl1 for ds1 and am now doing bloodborne bl4 and only have ebriates left in base game, so thanks couldn’t have done it without your guides so keep up the good work👍
I actually watched some of the live and glad you made it all into a video! I recall you said you have trouble putting out content in a steady pace or something along these lines. Have you considered making little funny shorts off the streams? Your content is perfect for that with all the golden unscripted moments. Plus the algorithm really love those.
@@PressContinue Not always, yes, but it's a game of numbers. I've personally found some cool channels by them just spamming shorts and ended up subbing :D
I don't remember which video it was or if it was even on his channel but I remember seeing someone's attacking with only the scimitar flip and thought "Well what about the Artorius flip?
I'm actually doing a high SL playthrough to NG+7 right now(currently on ng+6) and the abyss greatsword has kinda become my default weapon ngl You can't buff it which sucks but the chaos scaling makes it actually stronger than the claymore by like 40 AR. If it's stat requirements didn't suck it would probably be really popular in pvp
During the four kings fight when you were running for your souls I felt the instinct to dodge when he was attacking you off screen I’m so used to the fight.
Hey man, hope you aren't upset about not having the voice over like your other videos. I actually really love the VOD playthrough and I wouldn't be upset if you do more like these.
I came for the challenge runs and I am staying for the puns, gosh darn the puns, I love the puns, did I mention I love the puns? Anyways, love the puns, cant wait to see more
Honestly the "No levels at all" idea doesn't really sit with me in this particular run and in runs with similar content. I would prefer something in the lines of "every time you enter a new area or slay a boss you get 1 level-up". That way you scale and you don't have to break brick walls by slamming your head against them.
I remember thinking to myself "It sure has been a while since Press Continue uploaded". Then I check the channel and see 2 new videos that never appeared in my sub feed. Thanks, UA-cam.
Every time when I think you can't torture yourself any more than you already have, somehow you find a way. I guess it's true that when you stare for too long into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.
I think the reason why the Iron Golem never stumbled is that you only hit the loins, not the ankles the double backstabs on the rafters were very funny though
If you end up doing that snake eater run, the intro must to be you singing the entire snake eater song acapella. Anything else would be downright scandalous
This run was always close to being abyssmal, but thankfully Artorias knew the only art in all of Fromsoft that could defy the laws of the gaping abyss Jumping
c'mon press, you had to know this challenge would throw you for a loop! the mario land bit made me laugh out loud. i'll never see those mario pipes the same way. cross pollenating cultures can lead to some memorable moments. here's to 250k subs!
One thing that might be good to know, having liquid humanity does increase your defenses up to I think 99 humanity, so they might’ve aided in taking less damage especially in the late game, they don’t only increase the damage of the abyss greatsword
Who would have thought that the Artorias flip would turn out to be one hell of a vicious circle...
Full livestreams:
ua-cam.com/video/1_viVzij3SM/v-deo.html
0:00 Intro
2:37 Abysswalker
3:21 Early game
17:17 Ringing the bells
25:06 I die perhaps once or twice...
34:39 Mid-game
40:31 Deepest Lore
42:50 The DLC
58:26 End-game
Intro song: ua-cam.com/video/7fmkMa9K0v4/v-deo.html
Discord server: discord.com/invite/9wmc2AV6fJ
Patreon: www.patreon.com/presscontinue
Thanks for the video man you challenge runners are crazy. You know artorias' sword is in ds2 I wonder if it has the same somersault attack.
@@Caleb-zs8isIt does. So this challenge can be done in the entire DS trilogy... and perhaps I might end up doing that
@@PressContinue I wish your sanity the best of luck man if you decide to presscontinue on this challenge run and do ds2 and 3.
Edit: Your word play is still better.
glad to see you didn't flip out.
@@soulsearcher9620 That's a good one.
Scripted parts: Extreme density of clever puns.
Streamed parts: Extreme density of "fuckalicious".
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
Let’s not forget the very clever streamed part, “Artorias of the Abyss? Artorias it’s time to go take a piss!”
54:56 "how do you keep going?"
"I dont know I just press continue"
*credits role*
"What I've Done" by Linkin Park starts playing
“Sif is the only good doggo in Fromsoft games”
This is Blaidd slander.
... oops
Sif is the superior doggo, unless you're also a furry.
Let's not forget miriel
@@mathewmontavon9079 I’m not making arguments about which is better, just that Blaidd is also a good boy.
Blaidd is a furry, not an actual doggo
It was all worth it for the sickest plunging attacks of all time.
Notice how Artorias is the only boss of the game who can do front flips and soul of cinder is the only one who can do backflips. In asian culture you would call them ying and yang ! Or goku and vegeta. Or sugar and salt. Or reasonable dark souls UA-camr like VaatiVidya who does videos about the lore and masochistic and crazy UA-camr like PressContinue who does video about his daily routine in the northern asylum.
Keep it like this ! ❤
DS2's Burnt Ivory King also does backflips. I guess no matter the souls game, someone in the lategame wil be flipping you off.
I think my favorite part of continues vids is always starting the video with “Alright”. I say it every time I see one of his vids pop up
6:54 "OwO Please get me through the gate" (I hollowed from hearing this)
That datamoshing/glitch transition to the gargoyles was so perfectly done. Love it!
It's interesting how so many people are mentioning the transitions. I was just using them kind of at random for... well not any reason in particular actually
I suppose it's just not a transition style you see often, so it really stands out - especially when it's done so cleanly!
“Alright” my favourite intro 😻
Because you mentioned it, I'd love to see you do some Metal Gear challenge runs. I don't know if other would, but you can at least count on my view
We don't know yet when the Snake Eater remake will come out but I'll definitely keep my eye on it
Same here: some "not souls" games would be great. If is a Press Continue vídeo, i watch any game challenge
Artorias becoming Lord of the Abyss should be amongst the top 10 Anime Betrayals. After such a gruelling challenge run, I hope this glorious ending cheered you up a bit at least. I've been looking forward to watching this! Your reaction at the end of the Four Kings fight was truly something out of this world and perhaps the most emotional I heard you in these videos. Congratulations! Thank you for all your work Press!
8:00 ROFL, "Poise boys, poise, poise, poise, the best weapon in the game is poise!" You got me good with that one...
24:15 Oh?! You got jokes? LOL...MAtorias (Mom joke) and R2rias...brilliant...and that skele-parry was god-tier...
27:30 Lordran's STD F-house!
Beautiful touch adding The abysswalker by Visigoth during the introduction, phenomenal song, good taste sir.
Love your content Press, my hubby and i are always having your videos playing in the background. We watched the last stream video last night. We looked away for a minute and you beat the 4Kings. We laughed at hard at the noises you made after beating them. 😂Thanks!
Aww thank you so much for the super thanks :D really appreciate that. And it's good that you watch together with your hubby, because watching Press Continue content together is the foundation for a health marriage :)
The Elizabeth Mushrooms are so OP they actually make face-tanking the 4 kings on NG+ at sl1 barely possible
Still requires their AI to play along like yoh were experiencing, but it's possible(NG+ also means you get 8 mushrooms instead of 4)
This is the first I've ever heard of that Ceaseless Discharge tentacle!
Huge respect for continuing this run after SO much trouble! I recently, finally, got all the achievements for DS Remastered on Steam, and I am NEVER playing this game again without mods, it is just TOO tough for me without being able to adjust more than I can in the base game. On the other hand, I played over 600 hours of DS2 on steam with no mods and really enjoy it, so! Nothing can be "right" for everyone!
What mods were you using in DS1 then?
@@PressContinue The first one I ever used for DS1 was a really basic "damage reduction" so that I could actually WIN against Artorias, cuz the run-back was SO tough, I kept using half my Estus on the way. I did one play-thru with Better Bonfires for the fast travel, that was a good one. Then I discovered DS Gadget, which has literally everything I could want - item spawn and warp-anywhere and no-death cheats!
Someday I'd like to do an item-randomizer run, but I'll have to wait for the frustration to wear off lol
As a new subscriber, I'm genuinely upset that I didn't find this channel sooner. As long as I've been watching people like Gino, squilla, Aggy etc. I feel like I should've had this channel recommended beforehand. Either way, I've got covid part 2 and I've binged these videos for 3 days now. Love 'em
Hey better late than never right :) welcome to the channel!!
One of the things that I love most about your content that you don’t really see on too many other channels is how in-depth of an understanding you have of the souls games and how casually you slip in little jokes and such. If you wanted to branch out to other games, and incorporate your same style, I can’t speak for anyone else but I will support that.
How serendipitous. Just last night I was in the mood to watch an Artorias fight again for the 75th time in my life. This video should scratch that itch.
First run I caught live... and what a legendary run it was.
Video was flippin' great too.
3:00 Ey, it's Abysswalker by nerd metal group Visigoth! Love those guys.
We got the return of Flipping Havel... to a point. Worth it. Hope you get a break after this, tho; this was an insane run to watch.
It ain't much, but it's to congratulate your channel on passing 100k subs and producing quality videos, interesting challenges, and the BEST of all is your writing, the wits, the puns man. love it. 😍
Aww thank you so much bro :D I really appreciate that!!
7:19 Look mom, the question I asked got into the final video! But for real, this stream was so much fun to watch. Good luck on the album Press :D
playing the game like this would make me somersalty as hell but you make this an ARTorias. cant wait to see what abysmal experience youll subject yourself next
Would love to see any and all MGS challenges from you
I was expecting you to start the fall animation when hitting the Asylum Demon, wasn't expecting a plunge hit, that's actually quite fun.
What a fantastic idea. Sort of like a no leveling run but with a weapon requirement. I think using secondary equipment (rings, consumables, passive shield effects) is fair game in a run like this. You did great.
Again, Press... amazing editing and even better run. Idk how you do this all the time
I knew this was a banger as soon as i seen you try to frontflip the titanite demon off the top ropes lmfaooooo
I saw Gwyn fight on stream and wondered how would you kill him and i can finally see how you did it, nice 🙂
really loved lords of the fallen, would be great to finally see some videos on it
I might have to do a little research poll on non-fromsoft content soon
Hey, just want to say thanks for all the challenge guides, I followed your sl1 for ds1 and am now doing bloodborne bl4 and only have ebriates left in base game, so thanks couldn’t have done it without your guides so keep up the good work👍
I absolutely love your videos! Please keep up the absolutely outstanding work!
Was there for all the streams. I applaud you for your pain man
Yayyy, new video🎉🎉 Man, I love more and more your content
this video came out at the perfect time, need some laughs from you today :)) thank you for being swag, stay safe and healthy dude
The recommendation came with perfect timing, just saw visigoth perform abysswalker live today
That was a Flipping amazing challenge run as always
As someone who is dutch myself the Germany thing at 40:31 was relatable as hell 😭
Glad I was around for the stream
Man, looks like that Four Kings fight caused you to really flip out
At this point I'm surprised if I don't see you in the comments of another challenge runner's videos
Things really took a turn for the worse there indeed. Had to kind of flip the script on them
This is a flipping great vid!
I'm here for the challenge runs and thanks to your personality, tbh the game in itself doesn't really matter as long as it's interesting
I love watching your vids while grinding the ds3 covenant items and cry
A very fitting Intro Song, both songs of the EP are DS themed. Visigoth - Bells of Awakening, wo could have guessed the DS influence…
Loved that u included that Visigoth track that was fucking sick.
1:10:25 when he said this; i felt that. 🤝
So happy to finally here a Visigoth song in a dark souls vid!
59:24 No sir, we are not hollow! You are going to persevere and do this!
I actually watched some of the live and glad you made it all into a video!
I recall you said you have trouble putting out content in a steady pace or something along these lines. Have you considered making little funny shorts off the streams? Your content is perfect for that with all the golden unscripted moments. Plus the algorithm really love those.
That's kinda doubtful actually because people don't subscribe from shorts. You just swipe through them mainly.
@@PressContinue Not always, yes, but it's a game of numbers. I've personally found some cool channels by them just spamming shorts and ended up subbing :D
I had so many things happen to me in my most recent playthrough that you experienced here. Sens fortress was an identical experience
Here to stop people from saying first
First
Too late
But you still used the word first yourself... hmm....
you were too late sadly.
Got really confused because I was like “wait I haven’t commented yet”
Dude, I shit you not, I asked for this a few videos ago. That's amazing, idk if I was the only one who wanted this but I love it
I don't remember which video it was or if it was even on his channel but I remember seeing someone's attacking with only the scimitar flip and thought "Well what about the Artorius flip?
If DS1 was an early 90s dungeon crawler, it would control like this.
Oh boy Dark souls with tank controls... now that's something...
Thank you for the video! It was very entertaining, it was like watching a movie.
Glad you managed to beat Gwyn at the end. GG!
I'm actually doing a high SL playthrough to NG+7 right now(currently on ng+6) and the abyss greatsword has kinda become my default weapon ngl
You can't buff it which sucks but the chaos scaling makes it actually stronger than the claymore by like 40 AR. If it's stat requirements didn't suck it would probably be really popular in pvp
During the four kings fight when you were running for your souls I felt the instinct to dodge when he was attacking you off screen I’m so used to the fight.
Hey man, hope you aren't upset about not having the voice over like your other videos. I actually really love the VOD playthrough and I wouldn't be upset if you do more like these.
Good to see a video when you miss like last 6 streams 🤣 keep up the good work 💜
That gwyn fight was tense. Good job.
great video as always, you never disappoint until you do :)
I came for the challenge runs and I am staying for the puns, gosh darn the puns, I love the puns, did I mention I love the puns?
Anyways, love the puns, cant wait to see more
Honestly the "No levels at all" idea doesn't really sit with me in this particular run and in runs with similar content. I would prefer something in the lines of "every time you enter a new area or slay a boss you get 1 level-up". That way you scale and you don't have to break brick walls by slamming your head against them.
Press Continue lore, the most demonitizing type of lore!
I'm glad you've eventually managed to finish the Gwyn fight in time, would have been a sad ending to already torturous run. 👍
More like Artorias the Flip-Walker
What a fun Vidya, Great work Mr. Continue :)
I remember thinking to myself "It sure has been a while since Press Continue uploaded". Then I check the channel and see 2 new videos that never appeared in my sub feed.
Thanks, UA-cam.
Well that might be part of the explanation for the low views. Not even my own subs get my vids recommended to them...
Every time when I think you can't torture yourself any more than you already have, somehow you find a way. I guess it's true that when you stare for too long into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.
I think the reason why the Iron Golem never stumbled is that you only hit the loins, not the ankles
the double backstabs on the rafters were very funny though
Artorias slam is such a great move for dealing damage, mid rolling locked on you can perfectly side roll each jump then punish
Normally yeah, but not in this run unfortunately
"Thank you Manus I- why am I thanking him, f**k you Manus"
That's one of the truest things I've ever heard lmao
I don’t have the patience for this kinda of stuff. You could say it would make me flip out!😂😂.
Bring out the fancy crisps, it's here!
My favorite boss and I love using his sword in all of the dark souls games
3:15 Incredibly sick moment even if you know he got pancaked for that shot lmao
According to lore, Artorias, before being infected by the foul abyss, used a sword in his left hand and a shield in his right hand.
If you end up doing that snake eater run, the intro must to be you singing the entire snake eater song acapella. Anything else would be downright scandalous
Another great video!
32:33 bonus points for the reference to 00s classic 🤣
This run is flipping abyssmal?
No, gravity is the best weapon. When you can use it.
Funnily enough I considered playing Stellar Blade watching this.
This run was always close to being abyssmal, but thankfully Artorias knew the only art in all of Fromsoft that could defy the laws of the gaping abyss
Jumping
It’s such a fun weapon.
Too bad the Manus "tailcut" didn't give any special reward.
From the name of the video I thought this was going to be a flip ring only run, maybe with the thorn armor
Visigoth! FUCK YEAH!
3:00 thank you for reminding me of this song🙏
honestly, i kinda liked this format with some unscripted and scripted parts.
10:32 "let's buy a piece of poop...pa"
I understood that reference ❤
You know, without this attack we might not have Lion’s Claw in Elden Ring (which is thankfully, actually good)
There is not a more perfect song than Visigoth's Abysswalker, such an underrated song
c'mon press, you had to know this challenge would throw you for a loop! the mario land bit made me laugh out loud. i'll never see those mario pipes the same way. cross pollenating cultures can lead to some memorable moments. here's to 250k subs!
01:10:19 That right there, that’s insanity…
I didn’t realize you’re intro montage theme was speed up at first I’m like holy fuck this double bass lol
Oh hell yeah, Press Continue
One thing that might be good to know, having liquid humanity does increase your defenses up to I think 99 humanity, so they might’ve aided in taking less damage especially in the late game, they don’t only increase the damage of the abyss greatsword
Yeah but it's like 1 extra defense per humanity when you go above 10, so... especially when you lose it so easily, it's not really that helpful
Ok yeah, I didn’t know the numbers behind it I just remember it being useful for me at one point or another but that’s not a very useful scaling