These games are really fun. Majority good balancing makes even a simple longsword and shield able hold it's own throughout the entire game. Which is good, considering FromSoft is good at tugging the difficulty string. A lot of watching patterns, pretty solid mechanics, and trial and error. It's a game that's made for you to dig into yourself for the grit to keep trying, and dig into the entire game to piece the rest of the story out. Other UA-camrs, my favorite VaatiVidya, have hours of content relating to observations and connections made throughout the entire series. It's a pleasure to get into with all the depth being optional and hidden away for the people who seek it. As a side note: Dark souls 2 stands out as a different team handled visual and gameplay.
@@ThatepicpinkkiD idk why people said DS2 is bad. Mediocre, I agree, but definitely not bad at all. I like slow paced soulsborne game, and DS2 fits me well (roll spam in DS3 is immersion breaking FOR ME). Gameplay wise, it's quite nice. Forlorn can be annoying, so does low player base. But I like durability system instead of MP with dual estus system. DS2 felt a bit more punishing somehow. Brume tower has the shittiest game design of all time, but I recall DS3 also has 1 bad DLC too. The ending kinda not fitting into the timeline, but I guess as Age of Fire coming to end, a lot of "chosen one" has its own story and its own effect on the world. DS2 has the least effect yet I think it's fair. I like the feeling of insignificance. So yeah, sometimes people potrays DS2 as a really bad game, even a disgrace to the series. But nah. Worse on the series yeaaaaaa maybe. But still 10/10 worth to play.
"A twisted version of London". Well, yes. If you play Bloodborne, and even only watching the cinematic, you can tell the atmosphere is pretty much Lovecraftian and Victorian. Amazingly well done
@@DxV04 even though i like ds1 more, the intro for the third game gets me every time. The part where you start hearing the choir , and the narrator says; Farrons undead legion, the abyss watchers, as they rise from their graves, knowing their lore. Chills man
@@DxV04 I mean , it’s still a fromsoft intro, it’s automatically better in my eyes than 95% of all other games. But no, it’s not as good as earlier intros. But the standard is set pretty high so
Yhorm's entrance is so sad. People think it's terrifying, but it's just sad. To make a sacrifice for your people, only to wake from your death and realize that your sacrifice was all but in vain. You can hear it as he rises, looks around, and screams in disparity and sadness. His scream says it all. So terribly tragic.
That (for me) is the beauty of these games. You see this terrifying, menacing Boss, but then when you actually look into the lore they were a tragic tale of Loss/Corruption/...
THE RISER yeah I would love to see him play them, I just bought dark souls 3 whilst it was on sale and it’s so good, it’s of course extremely difficult but it’s so incredible how you are really for the first time in a game left to your own devices and your left to survive on your own, many players like me going in had no idea of the controls or combat etc so considering your not babysat with endless tips and tutorials when you kill an enemy or learn something it feels really rewarding, and of course you have lots of content to cover and lots of things to discover not to mention incredible weapon and armour designs and a wide variety of locations and enemies, it’s gaming at it’s finest really
Seath screaming in victory perched atop a literal mountain of his dead kin with lightning flashing in the background is just a goddamn awesome image, I love it so much.
Nathaniel Marshall you using that word right there bud? Because he hasn’t affected the dark souls community more than anyone else has. Learn definitions before using big words.
They are a little hard to get into because of the learning curve and people bringing across bias's from other games but once it clicks they are seriously badass. Always remember it's not the games fault it's yours.
@@reesespuffs4412 Use ultras, play aggressively and combine horizontal swings with use of the environment (the pillar in the middle and the two coves on the left and right). It's the only bullshit enemy placement in the game, but not unfair. Or just cheese the fuck out of them, but I assume you wanted a serious answer.
I used to dislike 2 but after playing it I have grown fond of it, I definitely want to give the whole series a good thorough playing again sometime. There are a few things I missed in 2 and bloodborne especially.
The creator of Dark Souls has a following not just for the settings and backstories, but for his style of writing. As a child he would read fantasy books in English despite only knowing some english, so he got bits and pieces of the story and had to piece the rest together in his head. When he started writing the story for games he wanted to put the player in the same situation, omitting tons of information most games would tell you, only giving you little hints of the hows and whys. The games suck you in precisely because you're curious and the game only gives you those bread crumbs.
The first Dark Souls i ever played was the first one (4-5 years ago) and still get shivers from the opening cinematic (by far the best one for me), is just so cool and well done, and is one of the reasons the first Dark Souls is my favorite.
It is NEVER too late to start playing a game. ESPECIALLY if it's dark souls. They're tough at first... but after every victory you get this overwhelming sense of accomplishment.
Lastly the Demons Souls trailer The OG Dark Souls game... It was the first one I played, a guy at my local GameStop around when it came out recommended it to me lol. TY GameStop employee! Demons Souls and Dark Souls aren’t connected but It was the first Souls game. Well other then through some armor sets.
Dark Souls is the better game though. It's logical, because they essentially made Demon's Souls again, but they had much more freedom with what they wanted to do. Dark Souls is better, but it wouldn't exist if it weren't for Demon's Souls.
@@EllaKarhu is it tho? quelaag is blegh iron golem is meh moonlight butterfly is poop taurus demon is meh asylum demon sucks stray demon is just a cheap reskin
It's never to late to experience the beauty of Dark Souls, it's not only the graphics or the music it's how it makes you feel and gameplay also plays a huge rol in this, it's also like therapy in some ways.
What I like about all these games, is that the intros are the epic high fantasy parts setting up the world, but the actual games are the aftermath. They set up these amazing worlds, but you're actually playing the game once the world starts falling apart. It creates an amazing bleak atmosphere that makes you feel just small and insignificant. It's almost post apocalyptic fantasy.
Man the intro to dark souls 1 still gives me chills. I love this idea of "the really awesome battles and heroes happened way before your time... You're just a little turd in a rotting world".
All great games with a lot of visual art and symbolism, drenched in an atmosphere of misery. Truly a unique experience and genre of games, I would say.
*bangs head on wall “Shrouded by night, but with steady stride. Colored by blood, but always clear of mind. Proud hunter of the Church.” *bangs head on wall “Beasts are curse, and a curse is a shackle. Only ye are the true blades of the Church.” *bangs head on wall
It was adorable when you referred to “FROM SOFTWARE” as simply “Software” at the beginning of the Bloodborne Main Screen Cinematic. I will say that you probably should have watched the actual intro cinematics for Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne however. For Dark Souls 3 that was just a trailer and Bloodborne you seen the Main Menu Idle Cinematic. Also 100% you should play these games, if you are a fan of RPGs and Fantasy Horror you will undoubtably love them, you may also hate them at the same time which is normal.
Definetly dark souls is one of my favorite games of all time And bloodborne one of the best games of that generation of consoles you should play them ¡Glad you like it!
You really should play at least the original Dark Souls blind and then after you finish it look up lore video, it is worth it First time Dark Souls experience is precious, don't spoil it and it is never too late, just make sure you don't go hollow edit: Make sure to record it and upload on youtube! Would love to see full let's play of the original Dark Souls, I'm sure I'm not the only one
The greater scope of Dark Souls... Humans aren't a thing. There are these unformed creatures, far below the ground. They discover Fire, which grants them souls and individuality. Some gain a greater, burning soul. These become the gods. Gwyn, Nito, etc,. The pygmy gains the Dark Soul, which is humanity. They become the first human, serving under the gods in their war on the dragons. They win, and human history progresses. However, as time passes the fire that sustains Gwyn and the gods begins to falter. Without it, they'd lose their identity and return to their true forms. Hollows, not living, nor thinking, nor dying. Humans, who hold the Dark Soul, are exempt from this. The Dark Soul only grows with each birth and death. The humans will inherit the earth, in the Age Of Dark, named for their Dark Soul. Gwyn views this as a problem, so goes down to the Fire itself, and feeds it whatever he can. This causes problems, as he tried to feed it powerful humans. This links them to the flame, and it tries to consume the Dark Soul. It can't, but it burns away at the edges of it, which is what the Darksign is. This causes humanity to turn into Hollows as well. A hollow loses their minds, memories, etc,. over time. Tragic events ensue, and Undead humans, who have begun to turn into Hollows, are made strong and fed to the Fire to rekindle it. In Dark Souls, you succeed, causing a new Age Of Fire. This repeats an unknown amount of times, each cycle getting worse. Other Dark Souls games take place within these cycles. 3 takes place at the last such cycle, as even kindling the fire with your soul causes a weak and anemic flame. And so instead of a great future, the world sinks into an endless period of suffering. All because Gwyn wanted to keep power, so many millennia ago.
To take the lyrics of Bloodbornes theme song to best describe it "your bloods gone bad, I knew it would. The demons came to make bad from good. So hide in shadow as I stalk this town. I've come to slay and I'm gonna hunt you down. I don't bring forgiveness, I don't bring peace. I've come to hunt, come to slay the beasts, and I'm gonna cut you down."
So Dark Souls 2's intro has little to do with the game, but not nothing. It tells you about your character, while the other 2 entries tell you about the world.
@@TheGloriousNosebleed I never finished dark souls 2 cause I hated it compared to dark souls 1. I don't know if I can force myself to finish it... I love Dark souls 1, Dark souls 3, and Bloodborne...but I couldn't bring myself to go back and finish dark souls 2
" This is crazy good though. " Just. You. Wait. The first time you play this game, you'll be one of two people. The one who rages, and the one who does not. Have fun in lordran!
the cleric beast wouldn't have been nearly as terrifying if not for the music that accompanied it. And uh, the music for the fight with Ludwig still hurts my soul in a way that I haven't been so viscerally impacted in since Nier /Nier :Automata
Demon's Souls, the original but forgotten of the series was released in 2009, Dark Souls in 2011, DS2 in 2014, Bloodborne in 2015, and DS3 in 2016. BB and DS3 were actually developed simultaneously. But you absolutely need to play them all. If you have access to a PS3, I highly recommend Demon's Souls also.
8:50 Her eyes look that way because she is blind. Blindness is a very common theme in the series for a particular type of character. Some of the people with her duty also lose their tongues, but they are all blind aside from 1 example.
So, here's a weird thing about Dark Souls lore. At least how I understand it. Each game is a snippet of the same time loop. As the First Flame dies and is re-lit, the world resets itself and it is your job as the Chosen Undead/Bearer of the Curse/Ashen One/Whatever you happen to be in that timeline, to either let the flame die or use your soul to light it, which restarts the world bringing a new, different age. In my opinion, I believe Dark Souls 1 is of the first set of loops, before any major changes, 2 is really anywhere, and 3 is the FINAL loop, depending on your choice. Or 2 could be the final loop... It's complicated. Either way, the world is fucked and we can't stop it.
There’s pretty much every depiction of hell in the soulsborne series. Dark souls 2 has an entire kingdom that’s frozen over. Dark souls 1 has the demon ruins/ lost izalith and the abyss. If there’s a conceivable way to suffer, it’s in soulsborne.
Now I imagine some newbie twelve year old discovering Dark Souls for the first time and saying "Whoa, this games looks rad. Imma pirate it!" [12 minutes later] *Angry german kid noises and controllers thrown* Good thing I didnt buy it. Fuck this game tho." *Smashes controller and keyboard and rages in 12 year old*
God! I can not tell you how much I love you. Your genuine and honest way of getting captured in the videos you are watching and your reactions no different than how we felt when we first watched most of these.... Thank you, really, thank you for being you.
Demon Souls blew me away when I first played it. I ordered it online before the US release because after seeing it I wanted to play it now. Totally worth it. I hope to god its getting a remaster/remake.
I finished dark souls 3 and bloodborne only a few months back and honestly, I would hv never played it if not for my friend's influence and im so glad he brought me into the series! XD I was always very intimidated by its notorious difficulty but the game sorta teaches u to get better the more u play, it's been such an amazing experience and I cant wait to play the 1st 2 games once I finish my undergrad thesis XD wish me luck!
I was worried too, but I jumped into Bloodborne after the original, bad-controls and 'what the hell' of DS1 and found it both relieving, in that the controls were sharp, clean and responsive, but also ' no more kid gloves for you'. I will say that I enjoy the fast-paced combat of Bloodborne more than the Souls series. It feels like "Was Dark Souls hard, but you got over it? Okay cool, well, we're gonna take your shield now. Good luck!"
you should also check out deamon's souls cinematic as well. deamons soul is a playstation 3 exclusive. after the success of deamons souls from software made dark souls. basically deamons souls acted as a formula for what dark souls and bloodborne become later on.
this is great and its really interesting to see a new perspective on dark souls storytelling, most people who care have been involved in it for years, so you comparing dark souls 2 to the lord of the rings was both hilarious and refreshing. definitely subscribed.
its definitely not too late to get into them! theyre incredibly hard, as im sure youve heard and learned, but all you have to do is not look at dying as losing, and only look at giving up as losing, and you'll just have to beat it :)
also no one @ me but dark souls 3 is the weakest one story and presentation wise because miyazaki made it specifically to put an end to the souls series, because he didnt want to make any after the first game. thats why dark souls 2's intro is so different and more personal, like shes speaking directly to you, because miyazaki didnt have anything to do with the game because he was developing bloodborne. dark souls 2 has the best story in my opinion, though, for spoilery reasons that only make sense after playing through every souls game multiple times and really having a long think about what the fuck is going on in the series. its absolutely phenomenal and well worth the rage, though. the souls series has one of the best and most interesting stories of anything ive ever interfaced with.
bloodborne is the only one i cant give longwinded critique of solely because i dont have a playstation 4. the one playthrough of it at a friends house was phenomenal though. its VERY different from dark souls, story wise.
Dark Souls starts with you facing a Hollow with a broken sword. And at the end of the series, at the end of the world, you face off against another Hollow with a broken sword.
The Dark Souls games got a trilogy pack for ps4, about £40 currently I think. Has DS1 remastered, DS2: Scholar of the First Sin, DS3 with all the dlc. DS1 remastered has the dlc plus retextures, but nothing updated or remodelled. DS2 Scholar of the First Sin is DS2 with all the DLC, which wasn't directed by Miyazaki originally, but then Miyazaki gave it a once-over, changing enemy placement, AI, object placement and interaction, and added new skins and I think models. DS2 originally got a lot of decriers over not having Miyazaki on board and it does show, through the different concepts that the designers had in mind regarding level design, world design, enemy placement, boss design, lore, and all the stat stuff. But Miyazaki was evidently fine enough with it to give it a touch-up, and then use the same team for DS3. I think during DS3's development, the Bloodborne team, which could've been the Dark Souls 1 team (I'm not quite certain), then proceeded to Sekiro. Maybe some of them also worked on DS3, the two share a lot of things. Also there's Demon's Souls, for the ps3. Haven't played it, but it might be getting a remaster? Not sure on that. Would quite like one, if only to see Miyazaki's origins.
I think it won't be long before we see a netflix announcement of a Darksouls movie/series. It's such a grim universe, but surprisingly interesting and addicting.
Damn, if you record or stream you playing any of the soulsborne games, I'll watch it religiously. Soulsborne are my favorite games ever, ain't never tired of watching blind runs
Gods above I would watch the heck out of a let's play of yours for any of these. In any event though definitely check them out. They run the gamut from good game to masterwork~
It's never too late to playbloodborne. I've played it through 5 times, the dlc twice, and I've 100%'ed it, but I will definitely play it again some day. It's one of my top 5 games of all time
Game is 7 years old. This game has been out for over a decade.
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“Please play dark souls”
*Everybody likes that*
Omg I will actually die if you do, in a good way of course
Make a video while playing it!
These games are really fun. Majority good balancing makes even a simple longsword and shield able hold it's own throughout the entire game. Which is good, considering FromSoft is good at tugging the difficulty string. A lot of watching patterns, pretty solid mechanics, and trial and error. It's a game that's made for you to dig into yourself for the grit to keep trying, and dig into the entire game to piece the rest of the story out. Other UA-camrs, my favorite VaatiVidya, have hours of content relating to observations and connections made throughout the entire series. It's a pleasure to get into with all the depth being optional and hidden away for the people who seek it.
As a side note: Dark souls 2 stands out as a different team handled visual and gameplay.
Do it
@@ThatepicpinkkiD idk why people said DS2 is bad. Mediocre, I agree, but definitely not bad at all. I like slow paced soulsborne game, and DS2 fits me well (roll spam in DS3 is immersion breaking FOR ME).
Gameplay wise, it's quite nice. Forlorn can be annoying, so does low player base. But I like durability system instead of MP with dual estus system. DS2 felt a bit more punishing somehow. Brume tower has the shittiest game design of all time, but I recall DS3 also has 1 bad DLC too. The ending kinda not fitting into the timeline, but I guess as Age of Fire coming to end, a lot of "chosen one" has its own story and its own effect on the world. DS2 has the least effect yet I think it's fair. I like the feeling of insignificance.
So yeah, sometimes people potrays DS2 as a really bad game, even a disgrace to the series. But nah. Worse on the series yeaaaaaa maybe. But still 10/10 worth to play.
"Bloody Hell"
Basically Bloodborne in a nutshell.
Blue Phoenix Guy I mean you’re not wrong
yeap
This is a fine note
Blue Phoenix Guy eeeeh change it to “bloody nightmare” and it’s more accurate
*The blood intensifies*
"It's never too late to jump into a game", truer words are rarely spoken.
Online only games... heh.
Play Z1 battleroyale
Except MMO's after all the servers are shut down and it's literally impossible to play.
"A twisted version of London". Well, yes. If you play Bloodborne, and even only watching the cinematic, you can tell the atmosphere is pretty much Lovecraftian and Victorian. Amazingly well done
wigglesza guess who Britain was basically bitched by :D yes the pope.
Bruh bborne clearly based off of industrial era america. Dingus.
It's more gothic era
@@TheSkelzore I mean ur right but u don't need to call him dingus also its more of a gothic era...
It's actually just regular London if you stop squinting so hard
I've beaten Dark Souls so many times and that intro still gives me chills.
Me too, I love DS1 intro.
@@DxV04 even though i like ds1 more, the intro for the third game gets me every time. The part where you start hearing the choir , and the narrator says; Farrons undead legion, the abyss watchers, as they rise from their graves, knowing their lore. Chills man
@@mattiasandersson8693 yes! I was so disappointed with the Elden Ring intro 🤮😭
@@DxV04 I mean , it’s still a fromsoft intro, it’s automatically better in my eyes than 95% of all other games. But no, it’s not as good as earlier intros. But the standard is set pretty high so
You still get the chills but for a different reason than your first time. Crazy how good that intro is.
Yhorm's entrance is so sad. People think it's terrifying, but it's just sad. To make a sacrifice for your people, only to wake from your death and realize that your sacrifice was all but in vain.
You can hear it as he rises, looks around, and screams in disparity and sadness. His scream says it all.
So terribly tragic.
That (for me) is the beauty of these games. You see this terrifying, menacing Boss, but then when you actually look into the lore they were a tragic tale of Loss/Corruption/...
JoJo,Warhammer,and now Dark Souls,you sure have some good tastes sir!
What I wouldn't give to watch you play one of these games!
THE RISER yeah I would love to see him play them, I just bought dark souls 3 whilst it was on sale and it’s so good, it’s of course extremely difficult but it’s so incredible how you are really for the first time in a game left to your own devices and your left to survive on your own, many players like me going in had no idea of the controls or combat etc so considering your not babysat with endless tips and tutorials when you kill an enemy or learn something it feels really rewarding, and of course you have lots of content to cover and lots of things to discover not to mention incredible weapon and armour designs and a wide variety of locations and enemies, it’s gaming at it’s finest really
And now I see you everywhere I go
We are born of the blood,
Made men by the blood,
Undone by the blood.
Fear the old blood.
By god fear it Lawrence
*I must take my leave.*
Suckled from the teat of the Blood.
Our eyes are yet to open. Fear the old blood.
If only someone(Lookin' at you Lawrence!) had remembered the adage!
"Aldrich.... Yuck"
Yep, that's the correct reaction
Aldrich the trap
Chris teh Zambambo Aldrich isn’t a trap, he is eating the trap as you fight him
Lmao
Chris the Zambambo well its more like Aldrich ate the trap.
@@pohatu1873 >eating the trap
👁👄👁
"Disparity's the worst, man."
No truer words were ever spoken.
Seath screaming in victory perched atop a literal mountain of his dead kin with lightning flashing in the background is just a goddamn awesome image, I love it so much.
His envy of his kins immortality led to both his greatest victories, and greatest defeat.
You good sir really have a very good taste, i mean dark souls, blood born , JOJO....
Umm it's bloodborne
Souls series are all great arts, absolutely.
You should see Vaati Vidya's dark souls story videos where he tells the storys of various characters . You will love them just as much.
[Agreement noises]
I'd absolutely love to see the reaction to Artorias' story by VaatiVidya. Or just any video by Vaati in general
Or maybe just ThePrulds version of the lore
Really? the guy is pretentious.
Nathaniel Marshall you using that word right there bud? Because he hasn’t affected the dark souls community more than anyone else has. Learn definitions before using big words.
They are a little hard to get into because of the learning curve and people bringing across bias's from other games but once it clicks they are seriously badass. Always remember it's not the games fault it's yours.
Except for that one time with the broken hit box on the undead chariot.
What about that one room in ds3 with like 10 jailers?
@@reesespuffs4412 Use ultras, play aggressively and combine horizontal swings with use of the environment (the pillar in the middle and the two coves on the left and right). It's the only bullshit enemy placement in the game, but not unfair.
Or just cheese the fuck out of them, but I assume you wanted a serious answer.
@@reesespuffs4412 Or you could just cheese them with a bow. or just run past unless you desperately want the mimic dead.
I used to dislike 2 but after playing it I have grown fond of it, I definitely want to give the whole series a good thorough playing again sometime. There are a few things I missed in 2 and bloodborne especially.
“This place has seen better days”
yharnam in a nutshell
@Okuyasu Your dad has also seen better days.
@@anamggss ?
Lillian Oak It's a reference to the the username, Okuyasu's a character who's dad really has seen better days lol
@@Lillith-uj7tt what anam said is a jojo reference
@@Lillith-uj7tt A MOTHERFUCKING JOJO REFERENCE
I love that "it looks like Lord of the Rings gone wrong".
The creator of Dark Souls has a following not just for the settings and backstories, but for his style of writing. As a child he would read fantasy books in English despite only knowing some english, so he got bits and pieces of the story and had to piece the rest together in his head. When he started writing the story for games he wanted to put the player in the same situation, omitting tons of information most games would tell you, only giving you little hints of the hows and whys. The games suck you in precisely because you're curious and the game only gives you those bread crumbs.
"Disparities the worst"
Abyss cultist confirmed.
The Cinematic for the Bloodborne expansion is also absolutely amazing and the score is just 10/10
All hail the pizza cutter
YES YES! This part of my life is called happiness. Thanks, Dean.
Bloodborne is one of the greatest games ever created, You must play it.
Yeah..I think Ima reinstall it and play it all over again! :D Round uh...400? ish?
Would be even better if it ran 60 FPS. Hurts playing at choppy 30 on PS5, don’t even want to finish it :(
The first Dark Souls i ever played was the first one (4-5 years ago) and still get shivers from the opening cinematic (by far the best one for me), is just so cool and well done, and is one of the reasons the first Dark Souls is my favorite.
It is NEVER too late to start playing a game. ESPECIALLY if it's dark souls. They're tough at first... but after every victory you get this overwhelming sense of accomplishment.
Lastly the Demons Souls trailer The OG Dark Souls game... It was the first one I played, a guy at my local GameStop around when it came out recommended it to me lol. TY GameStop employee! Demons Souls and Dark Souls aren’t connected but It was the first Souls game.
Well other then through some armor sets.
Dark Souls is the better game though. It's logical, because they essentially made Demon's Souls again, but they had much more freedom with what they wanted to do. Dark Souls is better, but it wouldn't exist if it weren't for Demon's Souls.
@@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ eh, Demon's souls was way more creative and complete
I believe they are connected though in some tiny way.
Jan Terri Armor sets mostly. There could be more in the item lore? Idk.
@@EllaKarhu is it tho?
quelaag is blegh
iron golem is meh
moonlight butterfly is poop
taurus demon is meh
asylum demon sucks
stray demon is just a cheap reskin
It's never to late to experience the beauty of Dark Souls, it's not only the graphics or the music it's how it makes you feel and gameplay also plays a huge rol in this, it's also like therapy in some ways.
"Disparity is the worst, man."
Yeah, can I get some Sunlight Spear over here? I found a confirmed dragon.
Pvp with gnyaaa
Wow, a true man of culture, jojos bizarre adventure, and dark souls, my favorite tv show and my favorite game.
Check out the opening to Demon's Souls and Sekiro, the two other From Software games
There have been other fromsoft games tho...
• Dragon_Flame • they arent as highly regarded and praised
I mean... if you take into account the less obscure of their titles sure
Sad kingsfield noises
@@Apollo3698
Faint mechanical Armored Core buzzing
What I like about all these games, is that the intros are the epic high fantasy parts setting up the world, but the actual games are the aftermath. They set up these amazing worlds, but you're actually playing the game once the world starts falling apart. It creates an amazing bleak atmosphere that makes you feel just small and insignificant. It's almost post apocalyptic fantasy.
"A twisted version of London." Nah, that's just London on Tuesday
England after losing football
"I've never played this..."
You've got some games ahead of ya sir.
Daym, only suggested this the other day, you are very quick on the uptake! Kudos!
Man the intro to dark souls 1 still gives me chills. I love this idea of "the really awesome battles and heroes happened way before your time... You're just a little turd in a rotting world".
All great games with a lot of visual art and symbolism, drenched in an atmosphere of misery. Truly a unique experience and genre of games, I would say.
It's so refreshing to watch these openings
dark souls 1 came out 2011. great games
*bangs head on wall
“Shrouded by night, but with steady stride.
Colored by blood, but always clear of mind.
Proud hunter of the Church.”
*bangs head on wall
“Beasts are curse, and a curse is a shackle.
Only ye are the true blades of the Church.”
*bangs head on wall
The art design for this game is so eerie and melancholy. Its just awesome
you sir are a very charming fellow, i'm glad that you popped up in my recommended feed
I admit that I would love you making gameplays, this channel keeps surprising me!
I would watch you play Dark Souls, it will suck you in if you get past the learning curve!
"They're not part of the same series, right?"
Die-hard fans: YES, THEY ARE!!!
No, sir. You are not old.
_you are wise_
Top games of Miyasaki
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4.Games
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2. Incredible
1.Bloodborne
I’m subbing in hopes you do a play of dark souls. There are few things I love more than a fresh blind play of a souls game
It was adorable when you referred to “FROM SOFTWARE” as simply “Software” at the beginning of the Bloodborne Main Screen Cinematic.
I will say that you probably should have watched the actual intro cinematics for Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne however. For Dark Souls 3 that was just a trailer and Bloodborne you seen the Main Menu Idle Cinematic.
Also 100% you should play these games, if you are a fan of RPGs and Fantasy Horror you will undoubtably love them, you may also hate them at the same time which is normal.
Way cool reaction. Makes me want to dive back into these worlds again.
NPCs in Dark Souls 2:
"Who are you and how did I get here?"
Definetly dark souls is one of my favorite games of all time
And bloodborne one of the best games of that generation of consoles you should play them ¡Glad you like it!
ONE OF US, ONE OF US, ONE OF US
Your phrase there at the end 'it looks like it's seen better days' That is basically all the Soulsbourne games in a nutshell.
Keep up the awesome reactions, making my stay in the hospital much less boring between the tests lol Happy Reacting ;)
Awww mate. I really hope you’re ok...
Glad to hear I’m helping with the boredom. Stay well brother.
Dark Souls 2 wasn't directed by Miyazaki, so that's why it's so different in style from the other two games of the series.
Bloodborne is such a masterpiece
You really should play at least the original Dark Souls blind and then after you finish it look up lore video, it is worth it
First time Dark Souls experience is precious, don't spoil it and it is never too late, just make sure you don't go hollow
edit: Make sure to record it and upload on youtube! Would love to see full let's play of the original Dark Souls, I'm sure I'm not the only one
This right here
Ds1's intro still gives me chills everytime. It's absolutely brilliant.
Your very optimistic and level headed, i like that
"This place looks miserable"
Every Dark Souls world in a nutshell
not true!
bloodborne's world is more disturbing and disgusting than miserable!
Marcos Danilo he said Dark Souls not soulsborne
JoJo and Souls, there's only one thing left...
Berserk obviously.
Yes!
CGI mess
Time is convoluted in Lordran
The greater scope of Dark Souls...
Humans aren't a thing. There are these unformed creatures, far below the ground. They discover Fire, which grants them souls and individuality.
Some gain a greater, burning soul. These become the gods. Gwyn, Nito, etc,.
The pygmy gains the Dark Soul, which is humanity. They become the first human, serving under the gods in their war on the dragons.
They win, and human history progresses. However, as time passes the fire that sustains Gwyn and the gods begins to falter.
Without it, they'd lose their identity and return to their true forms. Hollows, not living, nor thinking, nor dying.
Humans, who hold the Dark Soul, are exempt from this. The Dark Soul only grows with each birth and death. The humans will inherit the earth, in the Age Of Dark, named for their Dark Soul.
Gwyn views this as a problem, so goes down to the Fire itself, and feeds it whatever he can.
This causes problems, as he tried to feed it powerful humans. This links them to the flame, and it tries to consume the Dark Soul. It can't, but it burns away at the edges of it, which is what the Darksign is.
This causes humanity to turn into Hollows as well. A hollow loses their minds, memories, etc,. over time.
Tragic events ensue, and Undead humans, who have begun to turn into Hollows, are made strong and fed to the Fire to rekindle it.
In Dark Souls, you succeed, causing a new Age Of Fire.
This repeats an unknown amount of times, each cycle getting worse. Other Dark Souls games take place within these cycles. 3 takes place at the last such cycle, as even kindling the fire with your soul causes a weak and anemic flame.
And so instead of a great future, the world sinks into an endless period of suffering.
All because Gwyn wanted to keep power, so many millennia ago.
To take the lyrics of Bloodbornes theme song to best describe it "your bloods gone bad, I knew it would. The demons came to make bad from good. So hide in shadow as I stalk this town. I've come to slay and I'm gonna hunt you down. I don't bring forgiveness, I don't bring peace. I've come to hunt, come to slay the beasts, and I'm gonna cut you down."
SUNBROS!!!
Assemble!
So Dark Souls 2's intro has little to do with the game, but not nothing.
It tells you about your character, while the other 2 entries tell you about the world.
Not just the character, but the curse in general
@@haydeng3316 yap
It tells you exactly what to expect: you have no idea why you’re progressing in the game... until you look up lore videos lol
DS2 isn't a bad game, but the cinematic is so badass that it's almost better than the whole game hahah
@@TheGloriousNosebleed I never finished dark souls 2 cause I hated it compared to dark souls 1. I don't know if I can force myself to finish it... I love Dark souls 1, Dark souls 3, and Bloodborne...but I couldn't bring myself to go back and finish dark souls 2
" This is crazy good though. "
Just. You. Wait. The first time you play this game, you'll be one of two people. The one who rages, and the one who does not.
Have fun in lordran!
Would fully recommend playing all of these, even ds2 tbf. The worlds are incredible
He recognizes a work of art when he sees it
Bloodborne's Soundtrack is still one of my very favorites. I listen to it regularly. Dark Souls 3's is pretty good as well.
the cleric beast wouldn't have been nearly as terrifying if not for the music that accompanied it. And uh, the music for the fight with Ludwig still hurts my soul in a way that I haven't been so viscerally impacted in since Nier /Nier :Automata
Demon's Souls, the original but forgotten of the series was released in 2009, Dark Souls in 2011, DS2 in 2014, Bloodborne in 2015, and DS3 in 2016. BB and DS3 were actually developed simultaneously.
But you absolutely need to play them all. If you have access to a PS3, I highly recommend Demon's Souls also.
@Sophie Kerns Yes, yes. But it's so damn good.
Correction: bloodborne was being developped simultaniously with dark souls 2, which is why Miyazaki had so little to do with ds2.
8:50 Her eyes look that way because she is blind. Blindness is a very common theme in the series for a particular type of character. Some of the people with her duty also lose their tongues, but they are all blind aside from 1 example.
Dean. Well frocking done Dean, I love your reactions. And as always, "That was cool")
#thatwascool
So, here's a weird thing about Dark Souls lore. At least how I understand it.
Each game is a snippet of the same time loop. As the First Flame dies and is re-lit, the world resets itself and it is your job as the Chosen Undead/Bearer of the Curse/Ashen One/Whatever you happen to be in that timeline, to either let the flame die or use your soul to light it, which restarts the world bringing a new, different age.
In my opinion, I believe Dark Souls 1 is of the first set of loops, before any major changes, 2 is really anywhere, and 3 is the FINAL loop, depending on your choice. Or 2 could be the final loop...
It's complicated.
Either way, the world is fucked and we can't stop it.
Or DS2 is just non canon basically fan fiction cause who gives a shit what the B team thinks
There’s pretty much every depiction of hell in the soulsborne series. Dark souls 2 has an entire kingdom that’s frozen over. Dark souls 1 has the demon ruins/ lost izalith and the abyss. If there’s a conceivable way to suffer, it’s in soulsborne.
Dark Souls & Bloodborne = Brutally difficult games
add Sekiro to that list now also
I don't know about difficult, but definitely challenging.
Bigdude0444 They're pretty much synonyms at this point.
Now I imagine some newbie twelve year old discovering Dark Souls for the first time and saying "Whoa, this games looks rad. Imma pirate it!"
[12 minutes later]
*Angry german kid noises and controllers thrown*
Good thing I didnt buy it. Fuck this game tho." *Smashes controller and keyboard and rages in 12 year old*
Bigdude0444 yeah those are synonymous 😂
God! I can not tell you how much I love you.
Your genuine and honest way of getting captured in the videos you are watching and your reactions no different than how we felt when we first watched most of these....
Thank you, really, thank you for being you.
Cool. Thank you.
Demon Souls blew me away when I first played it. I ordered it online before the US release because after seeing it I wanted to play it now. Totally worth it. I hope to god its getting a remaster/remake.
I finished dark souls 3 and bloodborne only a few months back and honestly, I would hv never played it if not for my friend's influence and im so glad he brought me into the series! XD I was always very intimidated by its notorious difficulty but the game sorta teaches u to get better the more u play, it's been such an amazing experience and I cant wait to play the 1st 2 games once I finish my undergrad thesis XD wish me luck!
I was worried too, but I jumped into Bloodborne after the original, bad-controls and 'what the hell' of DS1 and found it both relieving, in that the controls were sharp, clean and responsive, but also ' no more kid gloves for you'.
I will say that I enjoy the fast-paced combat of Bloodborne more than the Souls series. It feels like "Was Dark Souls hard, but you got over it? Okay cool, well, we're gonna take your shield now. Good luck!"
Launch trailers for soulsborne are really great too!!
I hope you react to them as well :)
Bloodborne honestly is probably the best PS4 game in existence. Youd be doing yourself an immense service playing it man
I legit laughed when he said "i like these short stories" I can't wait to see his reaction to all the item description!also say hi to vaati lol!XD
You sir... Are truly a man of culture
you should also check out deamon's souls cinematic as well. deamons soul is a playstation 3 exclusive. after the success of deamons souls from software made dark souls. basically deamons souls acted as a formula for what dark souls and bloodborne become later on.
this is great and its really interesting to see a new perspective on dark souls storytelling, most people who care have been involved in it for years, so you comparing dark souls 2 to the lord of the rings was both hilarious and refreshing. definitely subscribed.
its definitely not too late to get into them! theyre incredibly hard, as im sure youve heard and learned, but all you have to do is not look at dying as losing, and only look at giving up as losing, and you'll just have to beat it :)
also no one @ me but dark souls 3 is the weakest one story and presentation wise because miyazaki made it specifically to put an end to the souls series, because he didnt want to make any after the first game. thats why dark souls 2's intro is so different and more personal, like shes speaking directly to you, because miyazaki didnt have anything to do with the game because he was developing bloodborne. dark souls 2 has the best story in my opinion, though, for spoilery reasons that only make sense after playing through every souls game multiple times and really having a long think about what the fuck is going on in the series. its absolutely phenomenal and well worth the rage, though. the souls series has one of the best and most interesting stories of anything ive ever interfaced with.
bloodborne is the only one i cant give longwinded critique of solely because i dont have a playstation 4. the one playthrough of it at a friends house was phenomenal though. its VERY different from dark souls, story wise.
and, if you somehow havent (im sure you have and im just missing it) the sekiro intro cutscene is actually better than all of these, imo
I like it when you react to this type of video
Glad you enjoyed it.
@@DeanBarryStuff Very.I look you from italy...You have to be proud that your videos are so appreciated also abroad.
Holy trinity of good stuff, JoJo, Dark Souls, Berserk
Dark Souls starts with you facing a Hollow with a broken sword. And at the end of the series, at the end of the world, you face off against another Hollow with a broken sword.
I love From Software's games so much, I get all proud when you're like "it looks good" haha
ITS NEVER TOO LATE FOR DARK SOULS
I love you reaction videos keep up the good work! :D
The Dark Souls games got a trilogy pack for ps4, about £40 currently I think. Has DS1 remastered, DS2: Scholar of the First Sin, DS3 with all the dlc. DS1 remastered has the dlc plus retextures, but nothing updated or remodelled. DS2 Scholar of the First Sin is DS2 with all the DLC, which wasn't directed by Miyazaki originally, but then Miyazaki gave it a once-over, changing enemy placement, AI, object placement and interaction, and added new skins and I think models. DS2 originally got a lot of decriers over not having Miyazaki on board and it does show, through the different concepts that the designers had in mind regarding level design, world design, enemy placement, boss design, lore, and all the stat stuff. But Miyazaki was evidently fine enough with it to give it a touch-up, and then use the same team for DS3. I think during DS3's development, the Bloodborne team, which could've been the Dark Souls 1 team (I'm not quite certain), then proceeded to Sekiro. Maybe some of them also worked on DS3, the two share a lot of things.
Also there's Demon's Souls, for the ps3. Haven't played it, but it might be getting a remaster? Not sure on that. Would quite like one, if only to see Miyazaki's origins.
I think it won't be long before we see a netflix announcement of a Darksouls movie/series. It's such a grim universe, but surprisingly interesting and addicting.
Damn, if you record or stream you playing any of the soulsborne games, I'll watch it religiously. Soulsborne are my favorite games ever, ain't never tired of watching blind runs
Never too old to have fun, except in souls games.
Gods above I would watch the heck out of a let's play of yours for any of these. In any event though definitely check them out. They run the gamut from good game to masterwork~
"-came disparity"
"Disparity's the worst, man."
I feel that lol
It's never too late to playbloodborne. I've played it through 5 times, the dlc twice, and I've 100%'ed it, but I will definitely play it again some day. It's one of my top 5 games of all time
It's so strange watching these intro cinematics without waiting to hop into the game yourself :D
They all hold up very well
You missed the other intro part to Bloodborne that happens during character creation.