They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame: Nito, the First of the Dead; The Witch of Izalith and her Daughters of Chaos; Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights; And the Furtive *G L O O B Y,* so easily forgotten...
@@cathoderayguns The branches all split and stem from a single source. They represent all the demons that spawned from the Witch of Izalith and the Flame of Chaos. Source: trust me bro
It's only matter of time. Now on my 4 th walkthrough, the last one was around 5 years ago. Yes i remembered many things but man , the feeling of it came back to me again.
Yes indeed... Hanging all around in undeadburg, darkroot garden and going to blight town and then the gate opens, you go through sen's funhouse and then when the demons lift you up and you see anor Londo first Time you get the sensation of how insignificant you are. City of gods and you are only a trespasser
A small detail but worth mentioning. After you free Lautrec from his cell, you can speak to him at Firelink Shrine before fighting the Gargoyles, which will enable him as a summon for the fight alongside Solaire. It helps build a rapport with him, just to make his actions later all the more impactful. Most players go straight to the boss after freeing him though, so not many people know about it.
You don’t need to speak with him beforehand. You can just free him, pop humanity, and his summon sign will appear near the boss area. The first time I activated the Black Eye Orb only to see it was him that killed the FL Bonfire Keeper, I was surprised.
It's finally complete after nearly a year of work! I remember when I started this analysis I was at around 60 subscribers. I never expected it to get to where it is now but I am so glad I've gotten to hear so many people's different perspectives in the comments:) Hope you enjoy this insanely long video! Have a great day! Edit: I FORGOT TO ADD THE COVENANT VIDEO TO THIS SUPERCUT SOMEHOW! I AM SO SORRY I'LL LINK IT HERE AND IN THE DESCRIPTION (along with the other videos I said I would link). Again, I am sorry, the video was a bit of an offshoot so it completely slipped my mind. ua-cam.com/video/0mvlVg7PPjA/v-deo.html
I think this is the first video of yours I've watched - I gotta say I love your sense of humor. The Bad to the Bone riff when the skull rolled into frame with no other acknowledgement got me so good, you've earned a sub.
Ive been playing video games for over 30 years. No game has given me the same specific feeling that playing ds1 for the first time did. I still cant put my finger on what the exact "vibe" is, but damn. I remember specifically getting out of the asylum and looking out at the snowy mountains and thinking itll be a game i remember for decades
this feels like something from an older era of youtube in the best way possible. also im gonna replay dark souls now. i would love to see you cover even more fromsoft games! ❤
@LavenderRex7705 man, the algorithm hath hooked me up. Same on MatthewM for me. Then Matthew lead me to Tim Rogers. Then he dissappeared...and that road has now lead me to LavenderRex. I appreciate you for carrying the torch
@@LavenderRex7705 The commentary on lore or even just a playlist of the music are nightly rituals. Who knows if any of it sticks but they're all amazing, this included
Cursed in the depths: spends 5 minutes lazily walking to the church bell. Cursed in the Greathollow: stuck on the poorly designed little bumb that requires a running jump to go up. Never rest in the Greathollow.
I rested in the great hollow a few days ago and got cursed. I was making a dragon greatsword run and refused to rest at ash lake because I wanted to avoid a long run back to the church for a purging stone. I kept getting one spotted by the hydra cuz of lo health. So I ended up saying screw it and rested at ash lake anyway. Then it dawned on me that I could kill the clams for a stone. Then I killed the hydra and got the sword Game is cruel sometimes, but felt rewarded for pushing through instead of retreating. Moments like that really make the game
Dark Souls changed my life single-handedly when I was trying to stabilize my lifestyle. Now I'm unemployed again after several attempts to work in game studios to pursue my dream of making a GOOD GAME and that made me think about DS1 again. I still analyze what makes a game good even with a lot of bugs and weird shit in it and pretty amazed by how far did the DS1 gone with this. Thanks for sharing your opinions on the game
DS1 used to be my least favorite in the series, but since replaying it a few times recently, it's become second only to Bloodborne. there's something so great about the simple yet refined mechanics. also this is a really good video, thank you! edit: the bloated hollows don't spray toxic if they're killed with fire. use some charcoal grease or a pyromancy
The way i stumbled upon this video after i beat the game. Ive been playing all fromsoft and none have come close to capturing this games vibe. This video is awesome
Ah another review about one of my favourite games, it never gets boring to see that other people share this passion. I just have to watch you and I feel like playing again myself. New Londo Ruins is also one of my favourite areas, besides that I also really like Painted World of Ariamis. The Ash Lake was also very ethereal, the location totally took me away - far too short. I enjoy this lonely dystopian setting. I could be on the verge of starting another Let's Play. Thanks for rummaging through fond memories.
Alright, the right kinda profile pic, the right kinda sleepy voice, the right kinda games to talk about, subbed and waiting for another 3 hour vid. Don't worry about all those 5-6 minute uploads you made btw, we know you didn't mean it, no offense taken.
I really wish this was longer to be honest lol really great and well put together retrospective, you really did a good job on weaving a proper story of the ages.
love it, that you just gave up to give the video chapters after blight town... seriously, great video, love your attention to detail and learned a lot!
I am more than a decade into my time with Dark Souls and Dark Souls retrospective videos and still I learn new things, thank you for your Capra Demon tip, and thank you for your beautiful insights.
2:04:45 this made me realize. That the reason for this is Fromsoftware's dedication to adhere to its world. Yes, it would make sense in a gameplay perspective to put a bonfire in New Londo close to the darkrwraiths and the Four Kings. But that place had been submerged underwater for so long, so in a world perspective, it makes zero sense to add bonfire there. They don't care if the overall experience suffer for it, they didn't want to make Dark Souls 1 feel gamey. It's something that they had clearly strayed away from with Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring.
Beat this game for the first time a few months ago. Defeating Gwyn made me feel so empty. I feel like the game taught me so much, got me through a really hard point in my life, and continues to inspire me. I think it’s amazing that this game continues to speak to people on such a deep level and that extremely comprehensive videos about it are still coming out to this day.
I had this video playing on my iPad as I was getting ready for bed walking in and out of the room. Your voice would get muffled until I could barely hear it as I was too far away, until I clearly heard ‘RATS!’ from 2 rooms away. Thank you for this video
there's a video on youtube about how to get kalameet's tail every time, the method is extremely consistent, basically you need a light equip load, don't use lock-on, run in fairly big circles at mid range to bait the swoop (forward flying dash attack), then you roll 45° forwards, then 45° forwarda back inwards (both rolls going in the opposite of his direction of motion, making a V shape to get around his body and end up behind him) then you just run under his tail, he swats it on the ground, and then you're in the perfect position and you have a pretty big window to hack away at it. it took me about 5 minutes to get his tail the first time after watching the video, and then on a new file it took me about 30 seconds just doing it from memory, it's like riding a bike
I rested in the great hollow a few days ago and got cursed. I was making a dragon greatsword run and refused to rest at ash lake because I wanted to avoid a long run back to the church for a purging stone. I kept getting one shotted by the hydra cuz of low health. So I ended up saying screw it and rested at ash lake anyway. Then it dawned on me that I could kill the clams for a stone. Then I killed the hydra and got the sword Game is cruel sometimes, but felt rewarded for pushing through instead of retreating. Moments like that really make the game special
What a beautiful video dude, profoundly insightful analysis, hilarious editing, and even the transition screens are carefully crafted. As a fellow DS1 lover I appreciate all the thought you put into this, such en entertaining experience
2:30:30 something funny, there's a glitch/exploit where if you hit an idle enemy/NPC with a bare fist jump attack, it resets their animations, it's used in the painted world to get past the undead dragon butt so you can skip right to priscilla without seeing a single bonewheel. you can use that exploit to "wake up" dusk, and she'll just be standing there in a GTA pose, but her dialogue is still her being unconscious and inconsolable, it is a very funny little thing to do
2 things: A) 1:26:20 ... if you kill them with a backstab, you won't get afflicted by "toxicity" B) 32:30 "Be safe friend, don't you dare go hollow" and "You have a heart of gold...don't let them take it from you" are Some of my favorite quotes of any Fromsoftware game. The one i love the most, however, is a little latin phrase that Reah says if you speak to her in upper undead burg after saving her from the tomb of the giants: "Vereor Nox".. while most agree on it simply meaning "be afraid of the dark/i fear the darkness", i remember many years ago reading an article from a student in old latin, with a very long explanation and analysis, where the student came to the conclusion of it actually meaning " I, the dark, fear myself " . Considering the themes that Dark Souls touches, and the fact that it is a phrase spoken by a human cleric of the Way of White (devotees of the sun/light) whom you just saved from depths of the tomb of the giants (the only place in the entire serie that is actually void of light) makes me think she is wrestling with the fact that she is a human afterall, a descendant of the dark and ultimately drawn to it, wether willingly or unwillingly.. makes me want to believe this translation to be the correct one.
re: the toxic hollows in the painted world: if you use fire damage, be it via items, pyromancy or weapon infusion, they don’t do the toxic burst. if you don’t have a fire weapon, pine resin or pyromancy before you get trapped there you’re out of luck though.
I'm on my first playthrough ever and I'm in love with this game I just searched "dark souls 1" on yt because I wanted to know more about the game but not sure what hahahaah just saw this video was uploaded 12 days ago... amazing how the community is so alive! great video man!!
I’ve only got into your content the past few days and then you drop this? I’ve been watching mostly the dark souls videos but I’ll happily watch this, I think your voice is perfect for the way you write and deliver your lines
HEY YOU, LAVENDER REX thanks for this video man, it’s pretty chill and I watch this while eating ramen or doing dishes. This video is great, and has been making me think about souls 1 again, which is always amazing. Love this vid. ok, bye, love you
Thx you. Fabulous attention to detail. This is the only game I've played daily since my first ps3 in 2012. Now, three ps3's and 3 ps4's later and I'm still fascinated and learning . The slow clunky fighting is want it's like in real combat
I played this game an uncountable amount of times and today I learned you can climb out of the stray demon arena instead of being forced to use the homeward bone it drops.
1:14:06 Notice that pose; the crossed arms and legs. The secret symbol of the Darkmoon is the double-cross (XX); a reference to the Judgment Tarot card, as well as Darkmoon Velka's betrayal of her husband, Gwyn. Note that Velka's rapier traces a V (2handed-heavy) and an inverted V (1handed-heavy) - overlay the two, and you get XX.
My favorite film of all time is Stalker and my favorite game of all time is DS1... You have earned yourself a sub from me within the first 5 seconds of the video. A man of taste
I never really drop comments but that was such an enjoyable watch. DS1 was my first FROM love, and you put a lot of feelings into words. Hope you cover more of their games.
I'm watching this video as the days goes by because it's long but even being at 1/3 of it I can already say it's one of my favorites about DS1, really liking the script ❤ Just a heads up: the chapters of the player end on blighttown, might want to add some more later
I played Dark Souls for the first time in 2011. It infuriated me at first and I regretted buying it even. And yet I came back and decided to give it another fair shot and holy mother of god. Easily became one of my favorite games of all time. I have every single Souls game platinum. Demons, DS 1-3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring. Dark Souls started the entire journey for me and the philosophy of it is incredible. Through perseverance and patience I’ve become fairly good at every game. I can boot up Bloodborne and it immediately comes back to me and I’m slaying everything. I have infinite love for these games. This was a really great video
I still can't believe From Soft teased everyone with the unreachable item in Undead Assylum with the intent of players coming back for it many hours, even sessions later and only IF they figure out or get told about the bird nest interaction. And then they also throw in the key to a whole optional area and boss, it's magical.
References to crosses in the Painted World; Crucified Hollows (crux simplex), Xanthous King Jeremiah, X-shaped crank, *annex* key, cross-breed Priscilla, crow demons cross their wings to telegraph their grab attack, the Velka Set has rings of crosses on the upper arms and legs, note also that the arcs on the hilt of Velka's Rapier can be interpreted as the initials J.C.
@@sludgepls "Do you have a single fact to back that up?" For real tho, consider Oswald and Gwyndolin's T-pose, Crucifixion Woods and Shira's Crucifix of the Mad King.
I’ve been watching this video on and off all week and I’m gonna try to finish it it’s like a long epic movie or something and I’m really enjoying it and also it’s pretty funny!!
I don’t know if it’s the best game ever but the first playthrough was the most fun and challenge and anguish and stress and joy I ever had playing a game. I felt like a different person by the time the credits rolled. I felt I had truly been on an adventure
Not since The Good Place have I heard so many Arizona jokes! Great video, a good mix of insight, humour, and a quiet joy about something you clearly care a lot about. This is gonna be a classic for me for sure
Freakin awesome video man!!! I also thought the jokes referencing Phoenix were hilarious. Being from northern AZ that was refreshingly delightful to hear.
Okay I don't want this to come out wrong but the gate in Church after the dragon you said it's not too satisfying to come up to this gate, especially cuz I have no real need for it now or something really close to that. But what is really satisfying about that gate is trying to run at it and at one time getting through and then it's slamming down and killing the pig. Then you grab your key. Open it back up and happily die knowing that that challenge is done cuz there's like 15 guys on your right now
I BEAT the final boss of the Elden Ring DLC halfway through listening/watching this!! I love hearing your ideas and perspectives on this game and I share a lot of them. Really brings me back to my first magical experience playing through DS1
GLOOBYYYYY GLOOBYYYYYYYYYY GLOOBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Yes, indeed.
@@LavenderRex7705 this guy gotta be clinically insane, gotta give him an award rex he has commented GLOOBY on every dam video I swear haha.
@@Comporio I appreciate the dedication
They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame:
Nito, the First of the Dead;
The Witch of Izalith and her Daughters of Chaos;
Gwyn, the Lord of Sunlight, and his faithful knights;
And the Furtive *G L O O B Y,* so easily forgotten...
@@LavenderRex7705It is called Lothric, where the transitory lands of the Lords of Cinder converge.
Dark Souls 1's male pain sounds are still so funny to me.
* Gets absolutely bodied by a 400lb boulder *: "Uunnnh 🥰"
ejaculation
lmao I misread "bodied" as boulded", but boulded should so be a word
ooaauggghhh
OOOAHHHH 😫💦
Oooghhh😩
The 2 hour segment on why Bed of Chaos is the best Fromsoft boss could've been a little shorter but otherwise great video.
I got a little carried away there…
@LavenderRex7705 i don't think you spent enough time talking about what the branches represent.
@@cathoderayguns The branches all split and stem from a single source. They represent all the demons that spawned from the Witch of Izalith and the Flame of Chaos.
Source: trust me bro
Fantano ass comment
Bed of chaos is named bed of chaos. 10 out of 10 I expected chaos.
I will never not click on an hours long souls retrospective
Same dude
Help me
So real
Why are we like this
PEAK asmr fr
The only bad thing about playing the original Dark Souls is that you can never experience it for the first time again.
It's only matter of time. Now on my 4 th walkthrough, the last one was around 5 years ago. Yes i remembered many things but man , the feeling of it came back to me again.
@@omocat4944 That's awesome, but I don't think I could wait 5 years between playthroughs :)
well said
Yes indeed... Hanging all around in undeadburg, darkroot garden and going to blight town and then the gate opens, you go through sen's funhouse and then when the demons lift you up and you see anor Londo first Time you get the sensation of how insignificant you are. City of gods and you are only a trespasser
I’ve experienced up until Ornstein & Smough about 6 times. After that: once.
A small detail but worth mentioning. After you free Lautrec from his cell, you can speak to him at Firelink Shrine before fighting the Gargoyles, which will enable him as a summon for the fight alongside Solaire. It helps build a rapport with him, just to make his actions later all the more impactful. Most players go straight to the boss after freeing him though, so not many people know about it.
You don’t need to speak with him beforehand. You can just free him, pop humanity, and his summon sign will appear near the boss area.
The first time I activated the Black Eye Orb only to see it was him that killed the FL Bonfire Keeper, I was surprised.
I didn't know he was a summon omg
@@AqarzyWhere is his sign? I freed him well before I fought the gargoyles and I didn’t kill him but I only saw Solaire’s.
you can also summon him alongside solaire for the gaping dragon fight
U can even summon him for gaping dragon, that 2 boss fights u can summon him for and end up accidentally thinking he’s a good friend
I am so glad there is people who understand how peak ds1 is
Dark Souls has Gwyndolin, max level femboy. 11/10 game.
I’m glad we can collectively decide this
It's finally complete after nearly a year of work! I remember when I started this analysis I was at around 60 subscribers. I never expected it to get to where it is now but I am so glad I've gotten to hear so many people's different perspectives in the comments:) Hope you enjoy this insanely long video! Have a great day!
Edit: I FORGOT TO ADD THE COVENANT VIDEO TO THIS SUPERCUT SOMEHOW! I AM SO SORRY I'LL LINK IT HERE AND IN THE DESCRIPTION (along with the other videos I said I would link). Again, I am sorry, the video was a bit of an offshoot so it completely slipped my mind.
ua-cam.com/video/0mvlVg7PPjA/v-deo.html
Yo, I'm really excited to deep dive into your deep dive over the next few days.
Wheres my skibbitt toilet video
Congrats man, making this video is a huge achievement
btw use fire weapon/spell to kill hollows in painted world to avoid poison. Great work
You are now obliged by FromSoft Law to make a video essay for every other FromSoft game... and don't even think about skipping Peak Souls 2!
I think this is the first video of yours I've watched - I gotta say I love your sense of humor. The Bad to the Bone riff when the skull rolled into frame with no other acknowledgement got me so good, you've earned a sub.
@LavenRex7705 second this - between bad to the bone, RATS!!, and the Black Knight sound I loved the humor and subbed
Ive been playing video games for over 30 years. No game has given me the same specific feeling that playing ds1 for the first time did. I still cant put my finger on what the exact "vibe" is, but damn.
I remember specifically getting out of the asylum and looking out at the snowy mountains and thinking itll be a game i remember for decades
Ds1 is th3 best cumulative experience with a game ive ever had.
Honestly the closest game to it is hollow knight.
I feel you. For all of the bad this game has (there's a lot) there's something to be said for the massive amount of soul
It was just miles ahaed of its time, in every aspect.
this feels like something from an older era of youtube in the best way possible. also im gonna replay dark souls now. i would love to see you cover even more fromsoft games! ❤
I’ve literally been playing the playlist on repeat to go to sleep to so thank you for this long video ❤
As someone who used to fall asleep watching Matthew Matosis’s Dark Souls Commentary, this comment means a lot to me:)
@LavenderRex7705 man, the algorithm hath hooked me up. Same on MatthewM for me. Then Matthew lead me to Tim Rogers. Then he dissappeared...and that road has now lead me to LavenderRex. I appreciate you for carrying the torch
@@LavenderRex7705 The commentary on lore or even just a playlist of the music are nightly rituals. Who knows if any of it sticks but they're all amazing, this included
This was a good sleep indeed. Have an upvote
Cursed in the depths: spends 5 minutes lazily walking to the church bell.
Cursed in the Greathollow: stuck on the poorly designed little bumb that requires a running jump to go up.
Never rest in the Greathollow.
I rested in the great hollow a few days ago and got cursed.
I was making a dragon greatsword run and refused to rest at ash lake because I wanted to avoid a long run back to the church for a purging stone. I kept getting one spotted by the hydra cuz of lo health.
So I ended up saying screw it and rested at ash lake anyway.
Then it dawned on me that I could kill the clams for a stone. Then I killed the hydra and got the sword
Game is cruel sometimes, but felt rewarded for pushing through instead of retreating.
Moments like that really make the game
@@hcrisis bro everytime i do the run i instinctively hit that bonfire and just delete them afterwards
Dark Souls changed my life single-handedly when I was trying to stabilize my lifestyle. Now I'm unemployed again after several attempts to work in game studios to pursue my dream of making a GOOD GAME and that made me think about DS1 again. I still analyze what makes a game good even with a lot of bugs and weird shit in it and pretty amazed by how far did the DS1 gone with this. Thanks for sharing your opinions on the game
DS1 used to be my least favorite in the series, but since replaying it a few times recently, it's become second only to Bloodborne. there's something so great about the simple yet refined mechanics.
also this is a really good video, thank you!
edit: the bloated hollows don't spray toxic if they're killed with fire. use some charcoal grease or a pyromancy
Man, i haven’t watched yet, but this notification on my phone made me literally so excited. You are my favorite UA-camr right now.
The way i stumbled upon this video after i beat the game. Ive been playing all fromsoft and none have come close to capturing this games vibe. This video is awesome
Ohhh Boiii
Love your short rambles and now you bless us with a 3 hour one?! Nice love your content mate
Finally someone who also recognizes the simply exceptionaless of the Bastard Sword. Never fails you, never disappoints you and never leaves you. Yes.
This is now my favorite video on youtube. Props man, you got a new sub
*mentions the boss fight that is largely considered to be the greatest boss fight in video game history*
"I wouldn't say it's bad"
Ah another review about one of my favourite games, it never gets boring to see that other people share this passion. I just have to watch you and I feel like playing again myself. New Londo Ruins is also one of my favourite areas, besides that I also really like Painted World of Ariamis. The Ash Lake was also very ethereal, the location totally took me away - far too short. I enjoy this lonely dystopian setting. I could be on the verge of starting another Let's Play. Thanks for rummaging through fond memories.
i love that its actually really comic with perfect cuts and stuff beside the tone of the general topic
46:07 the way you deliver this part of your rambling reminds me a lot of old AVGN and gives me a very nostalgic vibe
Alright, the right kinda profile pic, the right kinda sleepy voice, the right kinda games to talk about, subbed and waiting for another 3 hour vid.
Don't worry about all those 5-6 minute uploads you made btw, we know you didn't mean it, no offense taken.
I really wish this was longer to be honest lol really great and well put together retrospective, you really did a good job on weaving a proper story of the ages.
RATS!!
wonderful and captivating. love being along for the ride with a guy who just loves dark souls
The chains of mimics are different than those of normal chests. Thats how i always told the difference.
I always tell the difference by just smacking all chests with a heavy attack lol
love it, that you just gave up to give the video chapters after blight town...
seriously, great video, love your attention to detail and learned a lot!
using a shield for the dogs makes capra a lot more manageable
I've seen a thousand essays on Dark Souls but yours is one of the best!
Something about this video is very cozy like casually talking to a friend while playing dark souls made me feel very comfortable for some reason
It's weird how much he loves the bed of chaos like we get it bro it's the best you don't need to drone on and on and onnnnn let it go
Thank you for making this fantastic essay. This was a labor of love; a love all of us viewers share for this game.
One of my favorite video series made into a huge video is a great gift
I am more than a decade into my time with Dark Souls and Dark Souls retrospective videos and still I learn new things, thank you for your Capra Demon tip, and thank you for your beautiful insights.
It’s amazing that no matter how many of these hour(s) long souls retrospectives, I never get tired of them.
2:04:45 this made me realize. That the reason for this is Fromsoftware's dedication to adhere to its world. Yes, it would make sense in a gameplay perspective to put a bonfire in New Londo close to the darkrwraiths and the Four Kings. But that place had been submerged underwater for so long, so in a world perspective, it makes zero sense to add bonfire there. They don't care if the overall experience suffer for it, they didn't want to make Dark Souls 1 feel gamey. It's something that they had clearly strayed away from with Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring.
Beat this game for the first time a few months ago. Defeating Gwyn made me feel so empty. I feel like the game taught me so much, got me through a really hard point in my life, and continues to inspire me. I think it’s amazing that this game continues to speak to people on such a deep level and that extremely comprehensive videos about it are still coming out to this day.
The fact that he called the basic hollows "Phenix residents" is absolutely killing me😂
Just found your channel this week but already love it. Great content, hoping your channel grows. You deserve it.
I had this video playing on my iPad as I was getting ready for bed walking in and out of the room. Your voice would get muffled until I could barely hear it as I was too far away, until I clearly heard ‘RATS!’ from 2 rooms away. Thank you for this video
One of the most chill retrospectives of a game i think i've ever watched.
I love Dark Souls as well.
there's a video on youtube about how to get kalameet's tail every time, the method is extremely consistent, basically you need a light equip load, don't use lock-on, run in fairly big circles at mid range to bait the swoop (forward flying dash attack), then you roll 45° forwards, then 45° forwarda back inwards (both rolls going in the opposite of his direction of motion, making a V shape to get around his body and end up behind him) then you just run under his tail, he swats it on the ground, and then you're in the perfect position and you have a pretty big window to hack away at it. it took me about 5 minutes to get his tail the first time after watching the video, and then on a new file it took me about 30 seconds just doing it from memory, it's like riding a bike
I rested in the great hollow a few days ago and got cursed.
I was making a dragon greatsword run and refused to rest at ash lake because I wanted to avoid a long run back to the church for a purging stone. I kept getting one shotted by the hydra cuz of low health.
So I ended up saying screw it and rested at ash lake anyway.
Then it dawned on me that I could kill the clams for a stone. Then I killed the hydra and got the sword
Game is cruel sometimes, but felt rewarded for pushing through instead of retreating.
Moments like that really make the game special
Then u had to climb out of G hollow LOL
@@GusGussy-er7em lol. I actually found it harder going down, than back up
I still enjoy the Lord Of The Rings sound bite with the big Crow at the beginning of every playthrough.
1:26:36 I'm sure you figured it out by now but in case you haven't, backstab and parry kills won't activate their toxic mist when they die.
What a beautiful video dude, profoundly insightful analysis, hilarious editing, and even the transition screens are carefully crafted. As a fellow DS1 lover I appreciate all the thought you put into this, such en entertaining experience
Great video! Honestly the best video I’ve seen in a while. I hope somewhere down the line you create more like this
1:55:38
I never clear the ghost house. I just run straight for the ladder and pray for the best
This is absolute quality the entire way through. If this is you uncomfortable on the mic then I cannot wait to see what you produce in the future.
2:30:30 something funny, there's a glitch/exploit where if you hit an idle enemy/NPC with a bare fist jump attack, it resets their animations, it's used in the painted world to get past the undead dragon butt so you can skip right to priscilla without seeing a single bonewheel.
you can use that exploit to "wake up" dusk, and she'll just be standing there in a GTA pose, but her dialogue is still her being unconscious and inconsolable, it is a very funny little thing to do
hey this is terrific. your dark souls videos are just one huge love letter to the game and i think im really gonna enjoy this one thanks dude!
2 things:
A) 1:26:20 ... if you kill them with a backstab, you won't get afflicted by "toxicity"
B) 32:30 "Be safe friend, don't you dare go hollow" and "You have a heart of gold...don't let them take it from you" are Some of my favorite quotes of any Fromsoftware game.
The one i love the most, however, is a little latin phrase that Reah says if you speak to her in upper undead burg after saving her from the tomb of the giants:
"Vereor Nox".. while most agree on it simply meaning "be afraid of the dark/i fear the darkness", i remember many years ago reading an article from a student in old latin, with a very long explanation and analysis, where the student came to the conclusion of it actually meaning " I, the dark, fear myself " .
Considering the themes that Dark Souls touches, and the fact that it is a phrase spoken by a human cleric of the Way of White (devotees of the sun/light) whom you just saved from depths of the tomb of the giants (the only place in the entire serie that is actually void of light) makes me think she is wrestling with the fact that she is a human afterall, a descendant of the dark and ultimately drawn to it, wether willingly or unwillingly.. makes me want to believe this translation to be the correct one.
Okay I'm amazed I never tried that alluring skull spell before
re: the toxic hollows in the painted world: if you use fire damage, be it via items, pyromancy or weapon infusion, they don’t do the toxic burst. if you don’t have a fire weapon, pine resin or pyromancy before you get trapped there you’re out of luck though.
I'm on my first playthrough ever and I'm in love with this game
I just searched "dark souls 1" on yt because I wanted to know more about the game but not sure what hahahaah
just saw this video was uploaded 12 days ago... amazing how the community is so alive! great video man!!
I’ve only got into your content the past few days and then you drop this? I’ve been watching mostly the dark souls videos but I’ll happily watch this, I think your voice is perfect for the way you write and deliver your lines
HEY YOU, LAVENDER REX
thanks for this video man, it’s pretty chill and I watch this while eating ramen or doing dishes. This video is great, and has been making me think about souls 1 again, which is always amazing. Love this vid.
ok, bye, love you
Thx you. Fabulous attention to detail. This is the only game I've played daily since my first ps3 in 2012. Now, three ps3's and 3 ps4's later and I'm still fascinated and learning . The slow clunky fighting is want it's like in real combat
Mind blown. Dark Souls is just about a dude that goes to Arizona. Never seen a DS video that put all the pieces together
You did a really great job in capturing the atmosphere and the little details of the game
bro put the pitbull more toddlers plz pic in the video lmaooooooooo kingly
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who stopped by the new Londo Smith often, because I felt actual empathy for his situation.
I think I've seen a new video essay about Dark Souls every day for the past 5 years
I played this game an uncountable amount of times and today I learned you can climb out of the stray demon arena instead of being forced to use the homeward bone it drops.
1:14:06 Notice that pose; the crossed arms and legs.
The secret symbol of the Darkmoon is the double-cross (XX); a reference to the Judgment Tarot card, as well as Darkmoon Velka's betrayal of her husband, Gwyn.
Note that Velka's rapier traces a V (2handed-heavy) and an inverted V (1handed-heavy) - overlay the two, and you get XX.
Also, the minimum bonfire estus is 5 (V), and the maximum is 20 (XX)
I use spider shield and lightning spear to take out those muffin heads in the painted world without being intoxicated.
My favorite film of all time is Stalker and my favorite game of all time is DS1... You have earned yourself a sub from me within the first 5 seconds of the video. A man of taste
i would love to see you do a video of this type for the trilogy!
@@unluckyalt6664 I will get around to doing a video on two eventually!
a multi hour dark souls review more than warrants a sub hell yea
Wow was I ever not expecting the LTG covenant rant in the middle of a Dark Souls video essay.
I never really drop comments but that was such an enjoyable watch. DS1 was my first FROM love, and you put a lot of feelings into words. Hope you cover more of their games.
I'm watching this video as the days goes by because it's long but even being at 1/3 of it I can already say it's one of my favorites about DS1, really liking the script ❤
Just a heads up: the chapters of the player end on blighttown, might want to add some more later
Holy shit I have never used aural decoy before, but I'm going to go get it right now.
"Babe wake up, a new 3 hours long Dark Souls analysis video just dropped"
dedicating 2 hours of the video to blight town was a bold choice
thank you so much for the great content you create!
Okay bro where’s that sound effect for the *BLACK KNIGHTS* from I gotta know
I played Dark Souls for the first time in 2011. It infuriated me at first and I regretted buying it even. And yet I came back and decided to give it another fair shot and holy mother of god. Easily became one of my favorite games of all time. I have every single Souls game platinum. Demons, DS 1-3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring. Dark Souls started the entire journey for me and the philosophy of it is incredible. Through perseverance and patience I’ve become fairly good at every game. I can boot up Bloodborne and it immediately comes back to me and I’m slaying everything. I have infinite love for these games. This was a really great video
I still can't believe From Soft teased everyone with the unreachable item in Undead Assylum with the intent of players coming back for it many hours, even sessions later and only IF they figure out or get told about the bird nest interaction. And then they also throw in the key to a whole optional area and boss, it's magical.
44:29 not me screaming "PARRY HIM U FILTHY CASUL"
References to crosses in the Painted World;
Crucified Hollows (crux simplex), Xanthous King Jeremiah, X-shaped crank, *annex* key, cross-breed Priscilla, crow demons cross their wings to telegraph their grab attack, the Velka Set has rings of crosses on the upper arms and legs, note also that the arcs on the hilt of Velka's Rapier can be interpreted as the initials J.C.
I'm not gonna sit here and let you badmouth the greatest democracy the world has ever known -J.C.
@@sludgepls "Do you have a single fact to back that up?"
For real tho, consider Oswald and Gwyndolin's T-pose, Crucifixion Woods and Shira's Crucifix of the Mad King.
The noise you hear in the sanctuary guardians arena at around 2:11:18 is a bullfrog call
The ladder down to the basement... that made me lol 😅
I’ve been watching this video on and off all week and I’m gonna try to finish it it’s like a long epic movie or something and I’m really enjoying it and also it’s pretty funny!!
This is one of the best breakdowns on dark souls ive ever seen. I hope you c9ver the sequels as well! 😮
oh boy, a new multi-hour video about dark souls to watch in one sitting!
I don’t know if it’s the best game ever but the first playthrough was the most fun and challenge and anguish and stress and joy I ever had playing a game. I felt like a different person by the time the credits rolled. I felt I had truly been on an adventure
Not since The Good Place have I heard so many Arizona jokes! Great video, a good mix of insight, humour, and a quiet joy about something you clearly care a lot about. This is gonna be a classic for me for sure
oh golly i was binge watching all the vids! Having them all compiled is surely nice yepi
Freakin awesome video man!!! I also thought the jokes referencing Phoenix were hilarious. Being from northern AZ that was refreshingly delightful to hear.
really lovely review. took me couple of days to watch it all but really enjoyed it. my favourite so far.
I hope more people see this. I can't wait to watch it all. Heres hoping the algorithm shares this with everyone
Wow I never knew the bell was other players ringing it! I love it, that's so cool. New player and I love the game
Okay I don't want this to come out wrong but the gate in Church after the dragon you said it's not too satisfying to come up to this gate, especially cuz I have no real need for it now or something really close to that. But what is really satisfying about that gate is trying to run at it and at one time getting through and then it's slamming down and killing the pig. Then you grab your key. Open it back up and happily die knowing that that challenge is done cuz there's like 15 guys on your right now
1:41:28 This feels perfect thought that voice over is from a movie.
I BEAT the final boss of the Elden Ring DLC halfway through listening/watching this!!
I love hearing your ideas and perspectives on this game and I share a lot of them. Really brings me back to my first magical experience playing through DS1