Japan's Darkest RPG | Black Souls Review

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  • @VladePosting
    @VladePosting  2 місяці тому +56

    How do you like them tarot cards I made, eh?
    Also, that face reveal, holy moly.
    But real talk, do let me know what you think of all the new additions to the mix I made. I am really curious. I cashed in all the Patreon money to buy that camera, so you'll probably see more of me in the future. Again, feedback is appreciated, I can't wait to read your comments.

    • @homecomin
      @homecomin 2 місяці тому +2

      Face good, AI Tarot Slop bad

    • @doshirakova
      @doshirakova 2 місяці тому +1

      @@homecomin Do you think we should put pressure on Vlade to try harder or turn to a real artist. And ban him from feeding his subscribers low-grade AI crap?

    • @homecomin
      @homecomin 2 місяці тому +2

      @@doshirakova I just don't support AI image software. If he wanted to commission an artist he could but that's a money problem. There are many artists that drastically undersell themselves that would probably do one of these tarot cards for 10$ but that's still quite a bit of money if you need 6+ per video.
      I just don't want to see AI

    • @doshirakova
      @doshirakova 2 місяці тому +1

      @@homecomin Vlade often wrote that he was currently unemployed. You can probably guess that hiring an artist is now financially expensive for him. bro, it seems to me that your claim against the owner of a small channel is unfounded.
      10 dollars in Russia buys food for two days.

    • @homecomin
      @homecomin 2 місяці тому +1

      @@doshirakova Again, I just don't want to see AI. And I talked about how an artist might be too expensive. Please don't assume that I suddenly hate the guy

  • @pradachains
    @pradachains 2 місяці тому +127

    the /vrpg/ thread's not gonna be happy about this

  • @HerbertWest-te9wc
    @HerbertWest-te9wc 2 місяці тому +53

    >Level up companions
    >on a SL1 run
    You didn't beat the game

  • @necromater6656
    @necromater6656 2 місяці тому +64

    You didnt happen to play through ending C with the H turned off, did you?

    • @VladePosting
      @VladePosting  2 місяці тому +24

      I turned it back on after END B because I was afraid that sex was crucial to the plot. You know the rest. I was more impressed by Baphomet scenes, the dev is clearly talented (mentally ill)

    • @necromater6656
      @necromater6656 2 місяці тому +2

      @VladePosting I've greatly enjoyed almost everything about Black Souls (though the first one was a bit of a drag at the end when trying to get the last few books) 2 is a lot better in every single way though, also the art quality in the h improves too.

    • @Alpharius.18123
      @Alpharius.18123 2 місяці тому +8

      @@VladePosting Two good tips for the future. First: This game is what it is advertised as, so scenes pretty much are necessary(Not just in gameplay but in lore deparment) to play unless you want to out yourself as Tourist. Second: /vrpg/ was right about gatekeeping and maintaining low profile for game as whole, else you might doom it in the future. Thats all I wanted to say.

    • @ClearLocation7289-s7j
      @ClearLocation7289-s7j Місяць тому

      ​@@Alpharius.18123 Give me a single example of an H-scene that adds to the lore. Sneaky Tweedledum doesn't count since you'd get the joke only if you already experienced end B

    • @AurenQ84
      @AurenQ84 26 днів тому +2

      @@ClearLocation7289-s7jSorry I’m late. From what I can remember, the Mary Sue ending in the 1st game, one of the Red Hood cg’s in the 2nd, a handful in 2 that have small bits of text in them that are mainly Alice Easter eggs, and I’m not sure if it skips the cg’s for ending H if you have it off since there is nudity, but if it does then it skips the most important cg’s in the series.
      There are plenty that justify keeping the censorship off, which is the way I played, but if you’re that adverse to seeing nudity (for whatever reason), then you can just turn it back on when you get to important stuff. Problem with that is you need to know where stuff is beforehand so you can turn censorship off, which spoils you

  • @RanZerlin
    @RanZerlin 2 місяці тому +28

    DOROTHY BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO😭😭😭😭

  • @LTDLetsPlays
    @LTDLetsPlays 2 місяці тому +46

    6:55 but sex is important to the plot especially in 2 it characterizes our main character and how degenerate the world is
    İn the first game Ending C without H scenes is like actively butchering the plot to fit people's sensibilities
    15:30 outside of snow white you can get away with not killing all of them

    • @makowiecmakowiecki4565
      @makowiecmakowiecki4565 2 місяці тому +4

      About the first one? Yeah.
      Gonna speak from experience here. I've missed an entire major plotpoint in the second game because I had scenes turned off, and because of that I didn't get the whole picture of the story without a 3rd party explaination.

    • @sucu7359
      @sucu7359 2 місяці тому +4

      @@makowiecmakowiecki4565 Agreed. Second game uses the H-scenes lot more narratively than the first one. It's basically necessary.

    • @ClearLocation7289-s7j
      @ClearLocation7289-s7j Місяць тому

      @@sucu7359 Give me a single example of an H-scene that adds to the lore. Sneaky Tweedledum doesn't count since you'd get the joke only if you already experienced end B

    • @ClearLocation7289-s7j
      @ClearLocation7289-s7j Місяць тому

      @@makowiecmakowiecki4565 Give me a single example of an H-scene that adds to the lore. Sneaky Tweedledum doesn't count since you'd get the joke only if you already experienced end B

    • @flowwy_
      @flowwy_ Місяць тому

      ​@@ClearLocation7289-s7j Victoria Sex Battle, Jabberwock Reverse Rape

  • @Thungoid
    @Thungoid 2 місяці тому +37

    I'm going to Vlade

  • @lykaios8336
    @lykaios8336 2 місяці тому +13

    I would like to say the H scenes are crucial but not as a jerk off tool, the R options and even the normal ones make me uncomfortable and I believe that's the point, for example Dorothy you know is a man who transforms into a witch to gain power and conquer the world, but you dont know that if you turn off the H scenes, and well.... If you R her... Actually that scene break me, is horrible in all senses, ngl some scenes were too much for me but i wouldn't care about the characters if didn't saw the progression in the H scenes, like Golden goose being just hungry for love for in the hotel scene saying she wants to have your children all for.... Her bad ending

    • @lykaios8336
      @lykaios8336 2 місяці тому +1

      Also the song changes between consensual and non consensual scenes, also the writing changes like if it was another person writing the text, the main character Grimm is gentle and noble, but cruel and sadistic, maybe it is because you are a mix of multiple authors, I liked the first game but I played the second and.... The game sucks compared to the second one, just because it is like 5 times bigger and heavy in lore, even the sex scenes become less and yet with more quality somehow, like for level up you don't have to feed the companion.... And the Seggs is completely optional

    • @ClearLocation7289-s7j
      @ClearLocation7289-s7j Місяць тому

      Give me a single example of an H-scene that adds to the lore. Sneaky Tweedledum doesn't count since you'd get the joke only if you already experienced end B

    • @lykaios8336
      @lykaios8336 Місяць тому

      @@ClearLocation7289-s7j just one? I'll give you multiple, Elma first scene, even if she's a fujoshi, it's implied Leaf told her to do you that, she wasn't 100% aware of what she was doing, the progression of the Dorothy scenes, each one she acts more intimate, in the first one you are stepped on, while the more you have sex with him, he starts to act more like a woman and starts to develop affection for you, making her dead scene in the Poseidon hotel hits harder, Miranda is not interested in sex and in the end she uses sex as a tool to give birth a strong child that fulfills her quest to become stronger, goose kinda the same, in the beginning is just sex, but in the hotel she says she wants to have your kids and... What happened in the goose ending? It might be subtle but is there, even in the grape scenes there's something to tell, the narrative changes to a more brutal and colder, making more clear Grimm is not only one person, but an amalgamation of multiples authors, like lewis Carroll, Andersen, Lovecraft and more, even The nun and the knight have a narrative going with her religious beliefs and how the feel dirty in the beginning

  • @darekdomagaa4018
    @darekdomagaa4018 2 місяці тому +12

    15:25 You don't need to kill them, not all of them at least, It's either Snow White or the other 3. Covenants open the gate too. You can come back to them after getting an ending for some additional dialogue. And it's always amusing to see people try to figure out the story after only playing the first game. You'll be laughing at the spoilers part of this vid too after you play the sequel, it's gonna be a complete change of perspective.

  • @1stGuardTB
    @1stGuardTB 2 місяці тому +15

    I'm going to Alice.

  • @dr.1277
    @dr.1277 2 місяці тому +17

    Finnish and Japaneese RPG makers in a competition to make the most fucked up stories known to man:

  • @kdvtea
    @kdvtea 2 місяці тому +8

    yeah another banger, I enjoy the authenticity vlade constantly delivers the most.
    This authenticity compels me to keep eternally asking for that Library of Ruina review.
    Guess I'll even sign up for his patreon too 🤔🤔🤔

  • @SoysteinMD
    @SoysteinMD 2 місяці тому +8

    You're hiding Alice from me, aren't you?

  • @Big_Unit
    @Big_Unit 2 місяці тому +12

    Awesome to finally see a face reveal Vlade though you look younger than I imagined.
    Great review of Black Souls been curious about what it was ever since hearing about the game and it seems like an interesting and fucked up game. Weird how two games that rip off other IPs can get such huge cult fanbases.

  • @ShivanSnake
    @ShivanSnake 2 місяці тому +4

    You know bro, I've watched multiple 5 hour long Russian videos about this game and never played it myself. Kinda weird. Happy to see your face and hear about your opinion on this one.

    • @VladePosting
      @VladePosting  2 місяці тому +4

      Oh, hey, nice to see you again! You know, for some reason, Russians are very into RPGMaker stuff, probably because most of their PCs are literal toasters. Fear & Hunger is also big in Russia & CIS, right?

    • @ShivanSnake
      @ShivanSnake 2 місяці тому +1

      @@VladePosting It's not like everybody in Russia knows about F&H, but there are a lot of Russian fans judging by the amount of memes. Russians know how to channel their depression into beautiful sorrow, so Silent Hill is popular and well-known. Nice to talk to you, man.

  • @theyellowarchitect4504
    @theyellowarchitect4504 2 місяці тому +20

    That intro image/tarot card artstyle is incredible, what is the source? Are there more like it?

    • @VladePosting
      @VladePosting  2 місяці тому +16

      Glad you enjoy them! I made them myself and you'll definitely see more of them in the future!

    • @theyellowarchitect4504
      @theyellowarchitect4504 2 місяці тому +1

      @@VladePosting wow. You are talented if you didn't use AI. Could make a video exclusively on these lol

    • @VladePosting
      @VladePosting  2 місяці тому +4

      I did use AI, unfortunately, the news about my talents are greatly exaggerated

    • @triplewave5214
      @triplewave5214 2 місяці тому

      @@VladePostingregardless, they look really cool

    • @homecomin
      @homecomin 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@VladePostingIn that case many of us would rather have white text on a black background

  • @lfdslfds458
    @lfdslfds458 2 місяці тому +2

    dark souls 2 does not progress questlines like that,its actually pretty lenient and you can do quests after you finished the game
    and if you somehow miss summoning an npc you can just use an ascetic to redo a boss

  • @bighex5340
    @bighex5340 2 місяці тому +1

    Oh my god babe wake up, Vlade face reveal

  • @luckygirl7324
    @luckygirl7324 2 місяці тому +3

    Looking forward to a Black souls 2 review as its a much more polished game with more depth, character development/focus and a objectively better story

  • @Mrhat5252
    @Mrhat5252 2 місяці тому +13

    Black Souls reviews becoming just as generic as Fear and Hunger reviews lmao

  • @notdoppler9833
    @notdoppler9833 2 місяці тому +3

    No mention of black vanguard of lindamea from the black trial

  • @floppagoga2892
    @floppagoga2892 Місяць тому +1

    I have just downloaded both parts of the game on my phone and will play in my free time. I really have high hopes for this game. The plot is mysterious, and that attracts me.
    Well.... its time to dive in and suffer

  • @Pudding404
    @Pudding404 24 дні тому +1

    Don't know how I feel about Black Souls becoming more (deservingly) popular. Just that more searchers for alice out in this wonderland.

    • @techno1247
      @techno1247 23 дні тому

      Well if it gets more popular some guys might try jumping or try sending death threats to the dev which we as a community dont want it since he his gonna release black souls 3 after the new game he is going to release, to top it all of the dev mainly uses twitter or so i heard and i know the some of the people on twitter are braindead donkeys

  • @demogaimer
    @demogaimer 2 місяці тому

    never in a million years would i expect you to make a video on black souls

  • @ayemate2945
    @ayemate2945 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice review Mister Vlade of the Posting also nice design of the tarot cards, you look nice so keep showing yourself king 😎
    Where is Alice?

  • @sucu7359
    @sucu7359 2 місяці тому

    Never thought vlade would be reviewing black souls at some point

  • @vlakace
    @vlakace 2 місяці тому +5

    Dorothy is the peak of saying "it takes a man to become best girl" cuz man shes really best girl

  • @LlNDAMEA
    @LlNDAMEA 2 місяці тому +1

    Red hood wake up, peak just dropped.

  • @rjproduction486
    @rjproduction486 2 місяці тому +1

    Very good review! Now try Demon Roots!
    If Black Souls is S tier in story, I can proudly say Demon Roots Story and characters is S tier as well.

  • @ftorididk4198
    @ftorididk4198 2 місяці тому +4

    Where is Alice?

  • @mohamadparadox2453
    @mohamadparadox2453 2 місяці тому +1

    did not see that one coming also power within + soul discharge literally erases enemies from existence

  • @The_Mothman_cometh
    @The_Mothman_cometh 2 місяці тому +2

    another banger

  • @Sigmaairav
    @Sigmaairav 20 днів тому

    Japan was nuked twice and the only country on earth that had endured such an atrocity and they survived. Of course they would know how to effectively communicate dread despair and isolation because, they lived it

  • @JohnFloydASagum
    @JohnFloydASagum 12 днів тому

    absolute cinema

  • @christianlachner3253
    @christianlachner3253 2 місяці тому

    Nice Alice Vlade

  • @Murloc017
    @Murloc017 2 місяці тому

    HELL YEAH, A CLASSIC ONE.

  • @kalenics123
    @kalenics123 2 місяці тому +3

    Now try lonaRPG if you want some deranged shit.

  • @kazzy2974
    @kazzy2974 2 місяці тому +2

    i love node

  • @QQnowQQlater
    @QQnowQQlater 2 місяці тому

    For what it's worth the Japanese were lost long before the West even found them. (But thankfully that put a hitch in U731... yeah, remember that, Japan?)
    After studying Japanese history, and even modern day research... they're pretty mentally barbaric.
    They loved bayonets so much they removed the triggers, and just used those.
    They loved boys and bought them to escort them around.
    They're nihilists and think like a computer more than abstractly.
    They write so much about honor and tradition, but the second you turn your back it's out the window.
    Ninjas/assassins weren't cool guys; they were just female prostitutes with real training.
    "Also the phrase Seppukku for you, but not for me"
    The biggest facade of culture.
    I digress, that's a lot of the reason they bastardize and lean so heavily into Western stories and folklore, etc.

  • @ArturWe-h6i
    @ArturWe-h6i 2 місяці тому +3

    I really enjoy when people such as yourself review nische videogames that never get a proper Spotlight but man, can you like not make a forced, cringe sexual joke every other minute ? You are a grown ass, well fed man in his 30's with a decent education, so try to be more self aware and be creative with your scripts, or at least do not force jokes, especially if they are bellow the beltline. It's ok to have a lower density of jokes in your script, after all what really makes your Videos worthwhile is you taking the time to play through a nische video game and giving a great summary of it's content, everything else is secondary imo.

    • @doshirakova
      @doshirakova 2 місяці тому

      bro, you haven't seen any really creepy jokes. Vlade jokes for children and normies.

  • @Trauson
    @Trauson 29 днів тому

    So where do i get it then? xD

  • @fluxcapacitor2147
    @fluxcapacitor2147 2 місяці тому

    cool hoodie

  • @pooppup6440
    @pooppup6440 2 місяці тому +14

    the sex dialogue is definitly crucial to the plot bro

    • @ClearLocation7289-s7j
      @ClearLocation7289-s7j Місяць тому +1

      Give me a single example of an H-scene that adds to the lore. Sneaky Tweedledum doesn't count since you'd get the joke only if you already experienced end B

    • @shiba3996
      @shiba3996 3 дні тому

      @@ClearLocation7289-s7j Mans copy-pasting on posts that agree with him. Learn to read dumbass.

  • @DrimPerDiem
    @DrimPerDiem 2 місяці тому +3

    Bro looking kinda cute 👉👈

  • @dannozzer
    @dannozzer 25 днів тому

    Very interesting review. Addressed everything directly and actually had good insight into the game instead of sex bad grr. Also if I squint you kind of look like my uncle. I'm going to Alice🙏🙏

  • @Matt-dn5jc
    @Matt-dn5jc 2 місяці тому

    Cool face reveal. I don't care for the style of tarot cards though.
    Glad to see poison swamps came in too. Wouldn't be a soulslike without them.

  • @TheTSense
    @TheTSense 2 місяці тому +3

    TL;DW Blacksouls pretends to be a random H-RPG like Brave Alchemist Colette, the same way Doki Doki Literature Club pretends to be a dating sim, only to then smash you over the head with amazing gameplay and world building. And once you are done being shocked by that, it hits you even harder with Lore. And once you are on the ground and can't recover, it whips out the biggest twist in gaming history itself.
    Even better? Some people think the game is bad because the idea of an evil fictional character doing evil things in a fictional story is too much.

  • @Wcleanup
    @Wcleanup 2 місяці тому +1

    2:15 is that a cat i see?

  • @sky_king9150
    @sky_king9150 2 місяці тому

    We're going to alice with this one

  • @illustrious8235
    @illustrious8235 Місяць тому

    wheres alice?

  • @aceedex5277
    @aceedex5277 2 місяці тому +2

    Alice?

  • @skinschizo
    @skinschizo 2 місяці тому +2

    you look finnish

  • @cirnobyl9158
    @cirnobyl9158 2 місяці тому +1

    Please review BS2 as well.
    I'M GOING TO ALICE

    • @VladePosting
      @VladePosting  2 місяці тому +1

      You heard me say the words at the end of the review, didn't you?

    • @mohamadparadox2453
      @mohamadparadox2453 2 місяці тому

      YES

    • @MIKI_V123
      @MIKI_V123 2 місяці тому

      ​@@VladePostingIf you need any help with BS2 lore I'm always happy to help.

  • @hearys_
    @hearys_ 2 місяці тому

    Where is my Alice?

  • @celeste1727
    @celeste1727 2 місяці тому

    For when the release of Black Souls 3 : Vlade me harder ?

  • @acrab6527
    @acrab6527 Місяць тому

    Hi goofy internet man, I am also one of those.

  • @southernviking64
    @southernviking64 2 місяці тому

    Oh hey I know this game

  • @primarybiomass1060
    @primarybiomass1060 2 місяці тому

    Oh no...

  • @_JD_C
    @_JD_C 2 місяці тому

    Face Reveal!!!!

  • @RobertoNieto-bw5kg
    @RobertoNieto-bw5kg Місяць тому

    I had this game come up on my tik tok fyp so i went to yt to search for gameplay and i was so shocked after this whole video

  • @natiwatpatassawagul7662
    @natiwatpatassawagul7662 27 днів тому

    Try Black Souls 2
    It's much better

  • @lorenzogaming3692
    @lorenzogaming3692 2 місяці тому +1

    W vid

  • @guillaumelenormand3631
    @guillaumelenormand3631 2 місяці тому

    you look like you smell good haha

  • @rjproduction486
    @rjproduction486 2 місяці тому

    Leaf did nothing wrong!

  • @DARKandGRITTYoni
    @DARKandGRITTYoni 2 місяці тому

    Reddit the video game

  • @CyroBlizzard
    @CyroBlizzard 2 місяці тому

    First!

  • @asdadasdasda2617
    @asdadasdasda2617 2 місяці тому +1

    dark souls for coombrained elitists