@eta2670 exactly and offline or online it rings all the time, ds1 isn't active enough for ppl to be killing the gargoyles every 30 seconds. I really think it's a lordran urban legend
@@Mohobofoit probably worked like that in the beginning. Id guess now its both, it plays randomly *and* when someone rings it, so the game feels more active
0:35 shows the real magic of DaS1, for the first half of the game you're always in pure shock when you've made your way through a huge chunk of a location and then there's a shortcut to where you've been like 3 hours ago. Then you realise it actually makes sense geometrically. And then the map starts to align in your head piece by piece and you realise how well done it is and it's just BOOM. Damn I wish they did this with their later games too.
Nowadays its just a useless horse to cover huge empty plains and ton of trash berrie bushes to craft items that were given you as is in a previous Souls games. Yes, Im looking at you Elden Ring! 😄
@@LeoStep93 they’re especially uncommon nowadays I was lucky enough to see one on my first play through but I’ve never seen one again there are actually like three or four different types of them. I would recommend seeing illusory walls video on it. It’s very interesting.
Bro that explains it, I seen one of them on the ledges in anor londo where the knights shoot giant arrows at you, I died and when I came back it werent there Weirdly enough I seen another in anor londo castle once id made it there and I thought it was the same one I was so confused
9:50 "THERE'S A SECOND ONE" this is the sort of stuff that makes me happy watching blind first playtroughs lol, wish i could replay these games blind again
It’s easier to backstab the black knights if you lock onto them when you circle round them. I noticed you’re not locking on very often. Also, you have a shield. Use it😉
They probably do that because not locking on makes enemies not turn as much in DS3 and Elden Ring making backstabs easier. It's very noticeable in DS3 to the point that you almost always want to unlock for those run around quick backstabs. But yeah you don't need to do that in DS1.
I remember my first playthrough. The game is hard, harder than the other games in the series, but it is a difficulty that is manageable. It isn't unfair. Well no, it is unfair, but that unfairness can be countered by being careful, steady, and not rushing forward like it is your normal hack and slash. The game is based on making sure you learn where the enemies are, what kind of enemies they are, and learning how to fight them. Also, learn how to use the game's mechanics well and exploit them.
I haven't seen anyone else comment this so I think it's worth mentioning. You happened across an extremely rare enemy that many people don't see or know of called a Vagrant. He was the lil crystal crab guy that you saw behind the big knight with the shield and mace. That's super funny that you saw it and didn't realize how special it is
I love the balance between being amazed and surprised by things but not being a noob that dies all the time and gets frustrated plus ur funny I wish you luck
A couple quick tips; 1- lighten your equip. you roll slower, faster. you want under 50% load to have any decent I-frames. 25% or less for quick-roll. 2- your shield will save you, you can pop it up and down in an instant compared to the animations of a roll. pop up to block a hit then release to regen stamina.
@@adtrajgaming4899yeah but this game has four directional rolling when locked on, it’s less fluid and flexible than the other games. a shield really keeps you from getting frustrated trying to dodge everything in the cramp environments. this is opposed to a game like Bb which is made for strictly movement based defense. plus, a shield won’t save you from everything.
@@adtrajgaming4899Oh no, some people want to use a legitimate mechanic this game (which encourages us to do things the way we want to) provides! And it's NOT the one YOU like to use~! Boohoo~! Better insult them in a shallow attempt to seem superior, instead of actually being a cool person & earning that right. Then wonder why the smug satisfaction wears off so fast & you never really feel fulfilled in life. ...Y-yay? 🤔
I never dreamed I would experience any kind of tension watching someone fight the Moonlight Butterfly, but that race to kill it before it charged up that last attack was surprisingly gripping!
It's so good to watch Dark souls played this way, it's such a famous and old game that on YT you tend to find only experts or whatever, watching someone enjoying it as a new game is gold
Your videos are what i wanted Zanny to do with the soulsborne series. Actual video, series ,not cuts from streams with edited effects. Now I am relieved. Hope you wont stop with dark souls content. Keep up!
@@quinntrbl Exacly! I was disappointed that his dark souls ,,series" was just 3 or 2 videos and half of it were a, once again , cuts from his streams. I love watching zanny but in that case i was angry that he ended it so quickly and poorly
@@quinntrbl I like Zanny and I've been watching him for around 3 years, but he's pretty much a one trick pony. I wouldn't really watch his FromSoft playthrough over the FromSoft playthrough of a guy like SeeReax. Plus I just kinda grew out of him. I'm more of a chasethebro/prod kind of guy, and I was before too but I probably wouldn't watch anyone else over them for Soulsborne vids
then the very next video of ds1 he uploads is stream highlights lmao. i know how you feel though, i hate them too. i refuse to watch content that’s just repurposed stream footage
I have recently started playing DS1 for the first time! It is so fun to see someone on the same journey as me! Be safe friend, don’t you dare go hollow.
Makes my heart happy that more and more people are diving into DS1 after ERs success. I played this game on and off back in 2014 and just recently ran through Remastered and my God, it's still such an experience.
If you parry mid swing during an enemy attack it'll be really easy. This game has the largest parry window so once you got it your set for the game. And for the Black Knights, you can either lock on and circle strafe them to get the back stab, or alternatively you can try to lock on and forward roll to their back while they heavy attack, and backstab them as they recover.
Oh, the classic "consuming the fire keeper soul without reading the warning on its description on your first playthrough" move. I never did it, but most let's players do for some reason! ^^" It's ok, it will only matter until the late game when you catch up on fire keeper souls. lol
I love that each From Soft game is a contender for being the hardest for someone with different gameplay sensibilities. I know people who plow through Sekiro only to stumble and get rolled by the original Dark Souls because they fall for every trap, underestimate every enemy, and overcomplicate all the bosses no matter how many times they play. It's something I really appreciate about these games that makes them all age better than most other games.
Personally i found Elden Ring to be both the easiest and hardest one, most of the experience was easy, but with some huge difficult spikes, like Margitt at the begining and Malenia, both killed me way more than any other boss in these games, actually i'm pretty sure Malenia killed me more than all of my first playthrough of DS1 many years back For consistently difficult though, uuuuh probably Sekiro for me, also my favorite
@@ghoulsome9483 elden ring difficulty comes from your build and pride, it's main bosses are more difficult/complicated than any souls boss but are made easier with ashes of war and spirit ashes.
@@Ghorda9 i definitely noticed a huge difference between my playtroughs using different builds. My first one i went blind, didn't go for bleed (was fresh off a bleed playthrough in ds3 and wanted something different), no summons or spirit ashes (missed the first encounter with Ranni so i thought spirit ashes were a miracle/faith thing lol), and for most of that playthrough i think i used the giant hunt ash of war on my twinblade and i got the experience i described there, mostly easy with spikes, Malenia stands out in particular for being absolutely miserable to fight no matter how hard i tried to like it, i love hard bosses but i will die on the hill of her being poorly designed overall despite having a lot of stuff i like My second i decided to do all the meta things just to see what those player's experience was like and wow it's almost a night a day difference especially with the spirit ashes, mimic and oleg are pretty much this game's easy mode and can often win bosses on their own, and these summons are sold to you the same as any other mechanic rather than an easy mode and i wonder how many people's experience got compromised by not realizing this
@@ghoulsome9483 malenia is better designed than you give credit for, she has quite a few openings and her second phase aggression allows you to see those openings more often, her hyper armour isn't a problem if you don't get greedy.
@@Ghorda9 my biggest issue is waterfowl dance, for phase 1 if they were to remove that i would mostly just have minor nitpicks and a small tweak here and there, stuff like she shouldn't be able to heal when hitting a shield (didn't use a shield but i did see it online) and stuff like that. But waterfowl dance essentially turned the fight into an rng where sometimes i was able to roll through the first wave of slashes and sometimes wasn't, the last two i could consistently avoid but not the first one, the super fast windup for such a strong move is also super short and often made it impossible for me to deal with because an attack i started before the windup hadn't recovered yet and wouldn't finish recovering until after she started it, so pretty much gg when that happened, what also doesn't help is that she heals a shit ton when she hits you with waterfowl, undoing a lot of progress if you somehow survive it (not all slashes hit) For phase 2, first of all waterfowl is still around and it's worse because of the higher aggression and has a higher chance of happening due to the more defensive playstyle phase 2 wants you to have, she constantly combos her moves and i didn't feel like there was enough of a sign of when the combo was over and when she was going to string something extra, pretty sure the one where she stabs the ground and does a rot beam is the only one that will 100% of time give an opening, particularly bad when i tested the fight with slow weapons like greatswords and colossal weapons, there's also a lot of moves that i could deal with (mostly) consistently, but didn't feel particularly fair, first example that comes to mind is the clone one, without seeing the move over and over again it's very unreasonable to dodge it all, for most of the clone's livespan it's hard to tell what he is going to do, on top of it being super fast and one coming right after the other in quick succession, and there isn't anything stopping her from chaining it with other combos, so it isn't even a hard to deal with move that rewards you with openings for properly dealing with it. Having to be super defensive also seems to go against what made phase 1 interesting, feels less like a duel and more like a test of patience as you wait for combo after combo after combo for the chance to hit her once, only for her to pull out waterfowl and having to start from the beginning for the 200th time. Also her wings get in the way of seeing what she is doing I totally get people enjoying it and i really, really wanted to as well but i can't
i didn't play souls like series but i started playing bloodborne and now i'm loving this type of game and your videos are so good and funny to watch, please continue with this series 👍
Advice for getting to the black knights back: Use lock on, block with your shield, and move right so you circle around him to their back. Once you're at their back stop blocking so you can backstab. Also I SERIOUSLY recommend lowering your equip load until you can fast roll. Fast rolls are super important to have in Dark Souls 1 because unlike other Souls games, mid rolls are significantly worse than fast rolls.
Also another big difference to other games and reason to prioritize rolls over armor is cuz in DS1 any armor without poise is entirely cosmetic, the defense increase from armor is laughably insignificant unless you wear like +5 giants armor and the steel plate ring
Helpful tips that got me through my first time. -You have a sheild use it! -learn how to perry or else the final boss is going to suck. -Make it a habit to lock onto enemies. -Two hand your weapons when fighting big bosses. -Strength weapons like claymores are op. (I recommend the Zweihander which is by firelink) -Upgrade your weapons as much as you can with Andre. -lower your equipment load for fast rolling so u have more invincibility frames. -In the forest there's an enemy named Havel. Kill him for a useful ring that increases carry capacity. -Kick the golden armor guy you saved off the cliff for his ring, and so the fire keeper dosen't die. -You can use the Drake on the bridge for easy soul grinding -For armored boars you need to back stab them. -Use humanities so you can reverse your hollowing which allows you to summon npcs for boss fights, and you can kindle the bonfires for more flasks. -Kindling only increases flask at the specific bonfire you kindled.
What I enjoy about watching your videos is the fact that you actually take the time to read about the things you pick up and take your time to keenly observe whats around you. That is exactly how you should approach this game during your first play through and I can already tell it’s making your experience a lot better.
While in dark souls 1 they are pretty good, in other souls like Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3 are pretty useless so if you are new to dark souls 1 you probably won't think about using them. I myself started without shields in ds1 until a friend told me that they were better here.
Always fun watching a newb! It brings you back to those days when the Bell Gargoyles were a tough encounter and you spent countless deaths desperately trying to make it through the Undead Burg...ah the memories!
Great video as usual, just one tip is I would definitely lower your equipment load so you can roll properly. Anything other than the fast/medium roll in this game kinda sucks
Omg as a Darksouls veteran this series has been hilarious so far. I really appreciate your gameplay, and seeing you fail against the enemies in this game makes me nostalgic lol
It's a joy seeing someone realize the interconnectedness of the dark souls world for the first time. Elden ring was quite possibly one of the best games ever made, but I think it's scope affected this aspect a lot.
@@gary4689 you're being a fan of which is okay. But Elden Rings has major flaws for an open world RPG. The quest system is god awful and many of the easter eggs are not intuitive.a lifeless world to boot, it loses really heavily on second playthrough. The gimmick wears off and you just get an open world souls game. The environment design is absolutely unbelievable but that's really not a defining quality for an RPG.
@@MK3504 I understand your perspective. Elden ring is, in many ways, a departure from the formula the developers perfected, so there are bound to be flaws with the execution of certain new aspects. There are also massive technical and creative innovations that are the culmination of over a decade of refinement. It's really a matter of personal preference whether the triumphs outshine the flaws. Remember: dark souls one is often credited as the best of the franchise, another 'one of the best games ever made', yet it has massive flaws in it's combat, late game pacing, and it just downright isn't finished in certain areas. Don't give me wrong, I've loved the game since it came out, but it's not perfect. I see elden ring being in a similar situation: not perfect, but a massive leap during which some risks had to be taken. I also think it's a jumping off point for a decades worth of new innovation. This, as in my comment above, is just an opinion, though. You are free to disagree. I'd love to get another opinion.
@@MK3504 maybe respect people's opinion, jackass. hell, he didn't even say it was, just that it is a contender, which is pretty much a fact at this point. just because you don't think so doesn't mean other people don't. no one will ever agree on what game is the best game ever, and thats fine.
That yellow guy you freed from the parish, your first assumption about him was correct. He is a fucking bastard, he straight up kills the fire keeper at fire link shrine, and you can't rest there anymore. The NPCs in this game either hate you outright and betray you, or they're nice to you, go insane, and betray you. And what the crestfallen warrior says about the two bells of awakening is the only hint you are ever going to get from anyone in this game.
Funny thing I'm playing the game blind right now and I found him locked up on Undead Parish with a message at the door saying "Liar Ahead" so I just left him there. Then he showed up at Firelink Shrine and was kinda pissed at me but not hostile. Then there was a bunch of messages in front of him telling me to kick him off the ledge so I did lol. Kinda felt bad for a while cause I had no idea who he was or if I should have killed him for no reason like that.
I find Elden Ring a lot harder because I haven't gotten used to the insanely delayed attacks. And too many of the bosses are going for a cinematic experience and end up being more style over substance
I just find that Elden Ring bosses are too fast/attack too frequently and have too many big AOEs. It feels like I'm playing a DS2 character in Sekiro. I can barely sneak in 1 attack before the boss starts going apeshit again. I have no idea why people think Elden Ring is the easiest (unless you use spirit ashes).
spirit ashes are there to replicate calling for help like summon signs, also there are repeat bosses where summons are not allowed, teaching you to fight without additional help
Those giant knights before the moonlight butterfly their effect that just stuns you is so out of left field and no other enemy seems to have it. So weird and a big middle finger to new players.
Lol, I have played all the souls games (besides demon souls) and I would say DS1 was the easiest by far, elden ring (when played not over leveled is the hardest
actually ds1's bosses are much easier than other souls game, and there are also some really op weapons like the black knight's weapons Also,your shield is very useful, use it
Most of them are at least. That's for sure. The exception being the DLC, Ornstein and Smough, and the bullshit ones like all the lost izalith bosses, or the capra demon.
for me it s the four kings i hated them because i skipped the spider girl in blightown and thought he was garding the 2nd bell , also did all the tomb of giants without light just to be blocked by a giant yellow wall 😅
@@bmxgu2361 that's only true for dlc, the others not so much, capra demon is easy if you just focus on getting out of the corner immediately and the lost izzalith bosses are still easy.
@@Ghorda9 I'm not counting those guys as hard since they're more just badly designed bosses, than hard because of skill. The closest one to being hard due to skill was the centipede demon, and even that one was really janky and often camped in the lava or got stuck in the arena ceiling. And capra demon has 0 space to fight him, 2 dogs that will corner you with their model hitboxes, and capra does an unblockable jump attack that does half your health the second you enter, witch will most likely get you your first time or 2. However, bosses like Ornstein and Smough (hardest in base game), Gwyn if you can't/don't want to parry, and on your first few playthroughs; the gargoyles, and quelaag, or even the stray demon, are quite hard for most players, if you don't get the blackknight halberd or something.
Interesting take. I genuinely feel like the souls-series games upped the difficulty with each subsequent iteration. DS1 feels like it's in slow motion compared to DS3, for example. You can also just pump equip load, toss on havel's set, and almost literally facetank anything in the game.
I tend to see DS1 as harder in the sense that it is more unforgiving than the later games due to you having far fewer options at the start and getting more is time consuming. It is also much more slowly and deliberate in its pacing due to the engine limitations of the time. This is a trend for the series as a whole, but DS1 was both harder and easier than the other games for me. DS2's difficulty was more based on a fake difficulty aspect than simple challenge like the first or third games. The third game was harder in the sense that it was much smoother in terms of animations and framerates, which will throw off a Souls veteran who cut his or her teeth on the first two games or Demon's Souls and hasn't done Bloodborne, which gets you used to that smoothness. Funny enough, Bloodborne experience actually makes the challenge easier due to how that game conditions you with regards to Fromsoft games, unlike the Souls games.
@@chrisvisser-fee2631They are absolutely there, though they'll be small and relatively rare if you have shitty rng, or keep picking spots to stand where the enemy will activate a certain attack. What helps is making good use of projectiles.
@@jankbunky4279 oh nah I know they are, I'm just... Like Dark Souls is clunky enough you can bait out the same attack over and over that you can punish, BloodBorne enemies are fast and sporadic enough that it's hard to avoid everything but rally means taking damage isn't a "failure". Elden Ring feels as fast as BloodBorne, but as punishing as Dark Souls. I haven't managed to wrap my head around it yet.
How could he have got it, he chose warrior and ring of tiny being, so no master key, so no Valley of the Drakes so no Red Tearstone Ring, I think what happened was the Blue Tearstone Ring being activated
You're doing good man, you got past the gargoyles, which is pretty much the first filter. I also accidentally consumed the fire keepers soul on my first playthrough - Undead Parish became my new homebase. Some tips (if you want them): - If you don't mind a little farming, you should farm some humanity. You will get more item drops, and they're good backup healing items. (Rats are the best for farming humanity) - Abuse the circle strafe mechanic, especially for knights and similar enemies. You need a bit of space to do it, so lure them out and then get right up against them, then strafe around them as fast as possible. 99% of the time their swings will miss you by strafing alone, then you can backstab. - Black knights drop really good stuff, but there is a finite amount of them for most of the game, so try to make sure your item discovery is high when you fight them. - Try to avoid being cursed at all costs. I know that is easier said than done, especially on a first playthrough. But if you see an enemy that does curse damage, be extra careful. Getting cursed can definitely make things interesting, but mostly it just sucks lol. It can be brutal, especially if you're already getting your ass kicked or are exploring somewhere you're under-leveled for. So if you see a vendor selling an item that cures curses, buy at least one, even if you think it's expensive.
I only started getting into gaming around 2020, and was more of a casual gamer. What I mean by this is playing it with the intention to complete a game rather than just to pass the time, when I was younger I experienced different kinds of consoles like the N64, Game Cube, PS1, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii (my favourite because of Wii sport and resort) and 3DS XL but the only problem was I only ever played these if it was raining outside or if I was injured and couldn't play outside, because the issue was I loved sports. I've played basketball, soccer (true football), tennis and table tennis, AFL (Australian Football League), cricket and my main sports rugby. So when COVID hit and I found myself stuck inside, I started to get into PC gaming eventually leading to me getting my own gaming PC. I did want to build it myself but unfortunately I just didn't have the patience to wait for the right parts and wanted to jump into gaming. I started playing all story based games because it felt like I was watching a movie, which I than slowly overtime started playing various games before conlcuding that RPG games were my favourite. Enter Dark Souls, alot of my experienced gamer friends mentioned this as a hard game and told me to avoid playing especially since I only started to get into the gaming scene...but honestly for me it was kind of a let down, I dunno if its because most games nowadays branched off from darks souls creating the "Soul-like" genre but the game was quite linear and not as hard. Maybe because I played safe by uterlising the bonfire to eliminate nearby respawned enemies over and over again to get lots of souls to level up that by the time I came to fighting the boss I was in a sense already to overpowered that it was easy. FYI I also hate watching videos of games prior to me playing it because to me it felt like movie spoiler's and felt it ruined the "noob" experience for me. Besides that, the game was just so well designed, and how everything geogrpahically came together, the jumpscares were definitely no joke and going to dark areas made me even more wary of whether another flaming barrel was going to come flying my way. None the less I enjoyed the game and it funny to watch Spicy go through somewhat similar experience as me, more so the jumpscares. I am defintiely keen to try Dark Souls 2 which I hear is apprently the worst of the 3 but thou shall judge with thine own eyes.
i’ve platinumed this game on ps3 & 4 both and have never seen one vagrant, and this man casually sees one his first time playing also, agrume for the outro, good taste
I honestly have so much respect, whilst also being confused about how you haven't been spoiled about pretty much everything this game has to offer since its release and re-release so many years ago.
13:15 Real nostalgic, and this place will get even more nostalgi-er down the line XD Hats off to you my man (and those that beat the Gargoyles without grinding stronger weapons), I only fought them after I had +5 weapons. As a strength main I relesh in beeg numbers.
honestly watching you play for the first time is better than me beating the game for the 50th time. I got a tactic for every fckin enemy, its nice seeing someone actually have some trouble
I'm one of the weird ones who considers Gargoyle Duo to be THE hardest boss of Dark Souls 1 xD It's probably the only boss I died to like 10 times, if not more. It was likely a great deal of luck, but I even first-attempted the other boss duo who is considered the hardest in this game, later on in a lovely cathedral, but they were ridiculously easy in comparison to gargoyles, even though the latter objectively shouldn''t be that difficult, in theory. Yet I just kept dying. So I felt your pain, right there. Don't give up, skeleton. Cool video! PS. I also encountered that weird creature in the same spot in the church, although mine was red-colored! It's supposedly a very rare enemy, which might appear only if someone died with multiple humanities in the same spot, in their world. I only saw another creature like this one once more, later in the game. Startled me pretty badly, but it was a very lucky find nevertheless!
I can't believe you found a Vagrant that early in your first playthrough. It's the little orb crab thing that shoots needles. Those are rare as shit, I've done maybe 5 playthroughs over 100 hours in the game and I've only ever seen one
As someone who is about to platinum ds1 in about another 10 hours of gameplay I find these video’s hilarious since it reminds me of when I first played years ago
Nice Video as Always. If you want a little basic tipp (no spoiler) read along: your roll seems very slow. Try not so much Armor and you will Run faster too.
That crystal crab thing behind the guy with a mace is called a vagrant and it’s super rare. It spawns where someone has lost an ungodly amount of souls.
As a souls vet I can confirm... DS1 is the easyest if you know em all and how they work. DS3 is the hardest. DS2 is strange but has a lot of fun weapons and mechanics.
watching someone play this for the first time is great, i had to struggle with no summons at the time due to not having internet, so no patches, no help nothing, i feel your pain
FFXVI combat music GOATED. 5:10 lmao. Played and beat it for the first time this year so a lot of these thoughts and moments are very familiar. It’s always fun to watch someone go back to dark souls 1. Like the others it’s got it’s unique charm.
I haven't played Dark Souls 1 in a very long time. But I recently went through DS3's Ringed City DLC again and it's quite tough. That being said, the whole sequence of the swamp where Angels are constantly shooting you, it's reminiscence of a lot of DS1 areas, and while looking at this video I remembered how much trouble I had with DS1.
This is such an amazing game. Happy you are finally enjoying the misery it has to offer 😂 on a real level there is so much to this game. Between gravelording and becoming a darkwraith there are so many hidden mechanics and storylines. Proud to say I believe I have experienced it all back on 360. Got remastered on the Switch and its just as brutal haha
Ah yes, dark souls remastered. I'm currently on a platinum run for all the souls games, I have this one done and am working on 2. Great content as well, enjoy this game and the rest to come :)
Ok firstly this is hilarious. But also thanks because I'm playing DS1 for the first time and it's my first Fromsoft game, and it's reassuring to see you have trouble with it too
You’d be faster if you took off some armor to lighten your load. It would also help your dodging because you’ll get a faster dodge animation. The earlier souls games are slower paced, and it makes timing so much more crucial, so being faster helps a lot.
The ringing bell is actually a network feature. It goes off whenever someone rings the bell in their world.
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Naw it rings when ur offline too so urban legend imo
@@Mohobofoit rings randomly when offline x
@eta2670 exactly and offline or online it rings all the time, ds1 isn't active enough for ppl to be killing the gargoyles every 30 seconds. I really think it's a lordran urban legend
@@Mohobofoit probably worked like that in the beginning. Id guess now its both, it plays randomly *and* when someone rings it, so the game feels more active
0:35 shows the real magic of DaS1, for the first half of the game you're always in pure shock when you've made your way through a huge chunk of a location and then there's a shortcut to where you've been like 3 hours ago. Then you realise it actually makes sense geometrically. And then the map starts to align in your head piece by piece and you realise how well done it is and it's just BOOM. Damn I wish they did this with their later games too.
Nowadays its just a useless horse to cover huge empty plains and ton of trash berrie bushes to craft items that were given you as is in a previous Souls games.
Yes, Im looking at you Elden Ring! 😄
another sin ds2 did. dont care no excuse for throwing such an important part of a games identity out, still fine game but my metroidvania itch 😭
been playing for 12 years now and the level design still impresses me every time
Dark souls 2 killed it all. Dark souls 3 tried to make up for it but failed map wise just like DS2
@@leyang.6 nah dude
If you don't like poison, toxic is going to blow you mind
Oh no blight town is going to be true hell
Am I crazy or did the rats originally hit you with toxic and they changed it to poison
@TomBombadil89 not sure about the toxic but they definately where nerfed. Those 3 rats used ti be a serious issue -_-
@@TomBombadil89still toxic
That was the worst lol, especially when I couldn't find that one blowdart guy 😂
6:00 is a extremely rare enemy that only occurs when another player dies with over five humanities they are very uncommon to see
I have over 100 hours in DS and I have never seen it before! I was like wtf is that 😂 rare indeed
@@LeoStep93 they’re especially uncommon nowadays I was lucky enough to see one on my first play through but I’ve never seen one again there are actually like three or four different types of them. I would recommend seeing illusory walls video on it. It’s very interesting.
not dies ... loses those humanities , so he have to die and die again before picking up his blood stain
I've seen it once and I platinumed the game
Bro that explains it, I seen one of them on the ledges in anor londo where the knights shoot giant arrows at you, I died and when I came back it werent there
Weirdly enough I seen another in anor londo castle once id made it there and I thought it was the same one I was so confused
"Your poison is probably the worst thing I've experienced"
Toxic tapping it's fingers like Monty Burns
bro managed to find the rarest enemy in the game lmaoooo
You know people say they've never seen one before but I've seen them at least 3 or 4 separate times in my only hundred hours of gameplay
I'm on ng+7 and I've finished the game with multiple other saves and I've never encountered one, they are like my Bigfoot lol
@@ILoveMoms445 I’ve got about 80 hours and never seen one
just saw one two days in a row, weird.
What is it?
9:50 "THERE'S A SECOND ONE"
this is the sort of stuff that makes me happy watching blind first playtroughs lol, wish i could replay these games blind again
Just wait until you are 87 with Alzhiemers and you can relive it every 15 minutes
@@Saeloftwhat’s Alzheimer’s?
@@Saeloftwhat’s Alzheimer’s?
He didn't realize how lucky he was when only one was triggered.
“Well then...what will you do about the second one, Ohnoki”
It’s easier to backstab the black knights if you lock onto them when you circle round them. I noticed you’re not locking on very often. Also, you have a shield. Use it😉
@@Outlaw013parry hard
Counterpoint: You have a shield, don't use it.
Nah, don't use the shield.
@@v1b3wAgree. Dual wield and dodge.
They probably do that because not locking on makes enemies not turn as much in DS3 and Elden Ring making backstabs easier. It's very noticeable in DS3 to the point that you almost always want to unlock for those run around quick backstabs. But yeah you don't need to do that in DS1.
I can't resist watching Dark Souls newbies.
I play Dark Souls to relax. Really.
Enjoy your playthrough. The game is a work of art.
it's a comfort game for me nowadays lol
Its fun to watch em die repeatedly, reminds me pf my first playthrough
@@ghoulsome9483 Too bad FromSoft didn't have more time to flesh out Lost Izalith.
The game that created a genre.
First half at least :)
I remember my first playthrough. The game is hard, harder than the other games in the series, but it is a difficulty that is manageable. It isn't unfair. Well no, it is unfair, but that unfairness can be countered by being careful, steady, and not rushing forward like it is your normal hack and slash. The game is based on making sure you learn where the enemies are, what kind of enemies they are, and learning how to fight them. Also, learn how to use the game's mechanics well and exploit them.
I haven't seen anyone else comment this so I think it's worth mentioning. You happened across an extremely rare enemy that many people don't see or know of called a Vagrant. He was the lil crystal crab guy that you saw behind the big knight with the shield and mace. That's super funny that you saw it and didn't realize how special it is
I wondered what it was
When I saw it I was yelling "It's a Vagrant!? Holy hell, he found a Vagrant!"
I love the balance between being amazed and surprised by things but not being a noob that dies all the time and gets frustrated plus ur funny I wish you luck
A couple quick tips; 1- lighten your equip. you roll slower, faster. you want under 50% load to have any decent I-frames. 25% or less for quick-roll. 2- your shield will save you, you can pop it up and down in an instant compared to the animations of a roll. pop up to block a hit then release to regen stamina.
Shield is cheese
@@adtrajgaming4899yeah but this game has four directional rolling when locked on, it’s less fluid and flexible than the other games. a shield really keeps you from getting frustrated trying to dodge everything in the cramp environments. this is opposed to a game like Bb which is made for strictly movement based defense. plus, a shield won’t save you from everything.
@@gh05tnoh24 get good scrub
@@adtrajgaming4899Wow! You're so cool! I'm sure all the hoes will be swinging by now!
@@adtrajgaming4899Oh no, some people want to use a legitimate mechanic this game (which encourages us to do things the way we want to) provides! And it's NOT the one YOU like to use~! Boohoo~! Better insult them in a shallow attempt to seem superior, instead of actually being a cool person & earning that right. Then wonder why the smug satisfaction wears off so fast & you never really feel fulfilled in life.
...Y-yay? 🤔
I never dreamed I would experience any kind of tension watching someone fight the Moonlight Butterfly, but that race to kill it before it charged up that last attack was surprisingly gripping!
he asked it not to explode too lol he could have died; and after he was like "easy peezy" or something lol
It's so good to watch Dark souls played this way, it's such a famous and old game that on YT you tend to find only experts or whatever, watching someone enjoying it as a new game is gold
Your videos are what i wanted Zanny to do with the soulsborne series. Actual video, series ,not cuts from streams with edited effects. Now I am relieved. Hope you wont stop with dark souls content. Keep up!
Zanny can make a million destiny videos but cant make a series out of the souls borne games lmao
@@quinntrbl Exacly! I was disappointed that his dark souls ,,series" was just 3 or 2 videos and half of it were a, once again , cuts from his streams. I love watching zanny but in that case i was angry that he ended it so quickly and poorly
@@quinntrbl I like Zanny and I've been watching him for around 3 years, but he's pretty much a one trick pony. I wouldn't really watch his FromSoft playthrough over the FromSoft playthrough of a guy like SeeReax.
Plus I just kinda grew out of him. I'm more of a chasethebro/prod kind of guy, and I was before too but I probably wouldn't watch anyone else over them for Soulsborne vids
then the very next video of ds1 he uploads is stream highlights lmao. i know how you feel though, i hate them too. i refuse to watch content that’s just repurposed stream footage
I have recently started playing DS1 for the first time! It is so fun to see someone on the same journey as me! Be safe friend, don’t you dare go hollow.
Absolutely loving these videos! Its so refreshing seeing someones first DS experience
Thats true. I remember so many things in the first few minutes.😂
Makes my heart happy that more and more people are diving into DS1 after ERs success. I played this game on and off back in 2014 and just recently ran through Remastered and my God, it's still such an experience.
this game aged better than honey
6:00 one of the most rare enemies in the game…
I was going to say, first time playing and he sees that
what is that thing?
@@roadman420 its called vagrant
i had never seen that in my own runs lol
i finished ds 1 5 times never see him dame
If you parry mid swing during an enemy attack it'll be really easy. This game has the largest parry window so once you got it your set for the game. And for the Black Knights, you can either lock on and circle strafe them to get the back stab, or alternatively you can try to lock on and forward roll to their back while they heavy attack, and backstab them as they recover.
This will probably be a 30 part serious, and I am very excited
Be sure to read item descriptions. One of the keys will have an especially useful description to help you figure out where to go next
This is one of those things that make this game such a masterpiece
The fact there isn't a bunch of cutscenes and you get the lore from the descriptions makes dark souls games s tier
Oh, the classic "consuming the fire keeper soul without reading the warning on its description on your first playthrough" move. I never did it, but most let's players do for some reason! ^^"
It's ok, it will only matter until the late game when you catch up on fire keeper souls. lol
5:51 the monster behind the berenike knight is a vagrant and it’s so rare to see one of those, you’re really lucky!😅😅😅
Funny thing is I have found one in that area before. They were easier to find back in 2012
I love that each From Soft game is a contender for being the hardest for someone with different gameplay sensibilities.
I know people who plow through Sekiro only to stumble and get rolled by the original Dark Souls because they fall for every trap, underestimate every enemy, and overcomplicate all the bosses no matter how many times they play.
It's something I really appreciate about these games that makes them all age better than most other games.
Personally i found Elden Ring to be both the easiest and hardest one, most of the experience was easy, but with some huge difficult spikes, like Margitt at the begining and Malenia, both killed me way more than any other boss in these games, actually i'm pretty sure Malenia killed me more than all of my first playthrough of DS1 many years back
For consistently difficult though, uuuuh probably Sekiro for me, also my favorite
@@ghoulsome9483 elden ring difficulty comes from your build and pride, it's main bosses are more difficult/complicated than any souls boss but are made easier with ashes of war and spirit ashes.
@@Ghorda9 i definitely noticed a huge difference between my playtroughs using different builds. My first one i went blind, didn't go for bleed (was fresh off a bleed playthrough in ds3 and wanted something different), no summons or spirit ashes (missed the first encounter with Ranni so i thought spirit ashes were a miracle/faith thing lol), and for most of that playthrough i think i used the giant hunt ash of war on my twinblade and i got the experience i described there, mostly easy with spikes, Malenia stands out in particular for being absolutely miserable to fight no matter how hard i tried to like it, i love hard bosses but i will die on the hill of her being poorly designed overall despite having a lot of stuff i like
My second i decided to do all the meta things just to see what those player's experience was like and wow it's almost a night a day difference especially with the spirit ashes, mimic and oleg are pretty much this game's easy mode and can often win bosses on their own, and these summons are sold to you the same as any other mechanic rather than an easy mode and i wonder how many people's experience got compromised by not realizing this
@@ghoulsome9483 malenia is better designed than you give credit for, she has quite a few openings and her second phase aggression allows you to see those openings more often, her hyper armour isn't a problem if you don't get greedy.
@@Ghorda9 my biggest issue is waterfowl dance, for phase 1 if they were to remove that i would mostly just have minor nitpicks and a small tweak here and there, stuff like she shouldn't be able to heal when hitting a shield (didn't use a shield but i did see it online) and stuff like that. But waterfowl dance essentially turned the fight into an rng where sometimes i was able to roll through the first wave of slashes and sometimes wasn't, the last two i could consistently avoid but not the first one, the super fast windup for such a strong move is also super short and often made it impossible for me to deal with because an attack i started before the windup hadn't recovered yet and wouldn't finish recovering until after she started it, so pretty much gg when that happened, what also doesn't help is that she heals a shit ton when she hits you with waterfowl, undoing a lot of progress if you somehow survive it (not all slashes hit)
For phase 2, first of all waterfowl is still around and it's worse because of the higher aggression and has a higher chance of happening due to the more defensive playstyle phase 2 wants you to have, she constantly combos her moves and i didn't feel like there was enough of a sign of when the combo was over and when she was going to string something extra, pretty sure the one where she stabs the ground and does a rot beam is the only one that will 100% of time give an opening, particularly bad when i tested the fight with slow weapons like greatswords and colossal weapons, there's also a lot of moves that i could deal with (mostly) consistently, but didn't feel particularly fair, first example that comes to mind is the clone one, without seeing the move over and over again it's very unreasonable to dodge it all, for most of the clone's livespan it's hard to tell what he is going to do, on top of it being super fast and one coming right after the other in quick succession, and there isn't anything stopping her from chaining it with other combos, so it isn't even a hard to deal with move that rewards you with openings for properly dealing with it. Having to be super defensive also seems to go against what made phase 1 interesting, feels less like a duel and more like a test of patience as you wait for combo after combo after combo for the chance to hit her once, only for her to pull out waterfowl and having to start from the beginning for the 200th time. Also her wings get in the way of seeing what she is doing
I totally get people enjoying it and i really, really wanted to as well but i can't
i didn't play souls like series but i started playing bloodborne and now i'm loving this type of game and your videos are so good and funny to watch, please continue with this series 👍
Advice for getting to the black knights back: Use lock on, block with your shield, and move right so you circle around him to their back. Once you're at their back stop blocking so you can backstab. Also I SERIOUSLY recommend lowering your equip load until you can fast roll. Fast rolls are super important to have in Dark Souls 1 because unlike other Souls games, mid rolls are significantly worse than fast rolls.
Also another big difference to other games and reason to prioritize rolls over armor is cuz in DS1 any armor without poise is entirely cosmetic, the defense increase from armor is laughably insignificant unless you wear like +5 giants armor and the steel plate ring
Helpful tips that got me through my first time.
-You have a sheild use it!
-learn how to perry or else the final boss is going to suck.
-Make it a habit to lock onto enemies.
-Two hand your weapons when fighting big bosses.
-Strength weapons like claymores are op. (I recommend the Zweihander which is by firelink)
-Upgrade your weapons as much as you can with Andre.
-lower your equipment load for fast rolling so u have more invincibility frames.
-In the forest there's an enemy named Havel. Kill him for a useful ring that increases carry capacity.
-Kick the golden armor guy you saved off the cliff for his ring, and so the fire keeper dosen't die.
-You can use the Drake on the bridge for easy soul grinding
-For armored boars you need to back stab them.
-Use humanities so you can reverse your hollowing which allows you to summon npcs for boss fights, and you can kindle the bonfires for more flasks.
-Kindling only increases flask at the specific bonfire you kindled.
What I enjoy about watching your videos is the fact that you actually take the time to read about the things you pick up and take your time to keenly observe whats around you. That is exactly how you should approach this game during your first play through and I can already tell it’s making your experience a lot better.
you made the gargoyle boss way harder by not upgrading your weapon and also not two handing your weapon
we getting out of heavy equip load with this one 🔥🔥🔥🔥
bros never used a shield before i guess....
While in dark souls 1 they are pretty good, in other souls like Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3 are pretty useless so if you are new to dark souls 1 you probably won't think about using them. I myself started without shields in ds1 until a friend told me that they were better here.
They are not useless in any of them lol just don't use against bosses
Always fun watching a newb! It brings you back to those days when the Bell Gargoyles were a tough encounter and you spent countless deaths desperately trying to make it through the Undead Burg...ah the memories!
Great video as usual, just one tip is I would definitely lower your equipment load so you can roll properly. Anything other than the fast/medium roll in this game kinda sucks
"EMBRACE THE CHONK" - Ser Johnny Poise
Omg as a Darksouls veteran this series has been hilarious so far. I really appreciate your gameplay, and seeing you fail against the enemies in this game makes me nostalgic lol
ah man, this is one of my absolute favorite things. To see someone experience my favorite game for the first time.
yippee!! more souls content from my favourite guy, can't wait for this to be a series!~
It's a joy seeing someone realize the interconnectedness of the dark souls world for the first time. Elden ring was quite possibly one of the best games ever made, but I think it's scope affected this aspect a lot.
Best game ever played??? Okay bud maybe get off your knees for a second and breathe some air.
@@MK3504 What do you mean by this?
@@gary4689 you're being a fan of which is okay. But Elden Rings has major flaws for an open world RPG. The quest system is god awful and many of the easter eggs are not intuitive.a lifeless world to boot, it loses really heavily on second playthrough. The gimmick wears off and you just get an open world souls game. The environment design is absolutely unbelievable but that's really not a defining quality for an RPG.
@@MK3504 I understand your perspective. Elden ring is, in many ways, a departure from the formula the developers perfected, so there are bound to be flaws with the execution of certain new aspects. There are also massive technical and creative innovations that are the culmination of over a decade of refinement. It's really a matter of personal preference whether the triumphs outshine the flaws.
Remember: dark souls one is often credited as the best of the franchise, another 'one of the best games ever made', yet it has massive flaws in it's combat, late game pacing, and it just downright isn't finished in certain areas. Don't give me wrong, I've loved the game since it came out, but it's not perfect. I see elden ring being in a similar situation: not perfect, but a massive leap during which some risks had to be taken. I also think it's a jumping off point for a decades worth of new innovation.
This, as in my comment above, is just an opinion, though. You are free to disagree. I'd love to get another opinion.
@@MK3504 maybe respect people's opinion, jackass. hell, he didn't even say it was, just that it is a contender, which is pretty much a fact at this point. just because you don't think so doesn't mean other people don't. no one will ever agree on what game is the best game ever, and thats fine.
That yellow guy you freed from the parish, your first assumption about him was correct.
He is a fucking bastard, he straight up kills the fire keeper at fire link shrine, and you can't rest there anymore.
The NPCs in this game either hate you outright and betray you, or they're nice to you, go insane, and betray you.
And what the crestfallen warrior says about the two bells of awakening is the only hint you are ever going to get from anyone in this game.
Funny thing I'm playing the game blind right now and I found him locked up on Undead Parish with a message at the door saying "Liar Ahead" so I just left him there. Then he showed up at Firelink Shrine and was kinda pissed at me but not hostile. Then there was a bunch of messages in front of him telling me to kick him off the ledge so I did lol. Kinda felt bad for a while cause I had no idea who he was or if I should have killed him for no reason like that.
I find Elden Ring a lot harder because I haven't gotten used to the insanely delayed attacks. And too many of the bosses are going for a cinematic experience and end up being more style over substance
I just find that Elden Ring bosses are too fast/attack too frequently and have too many big AOEs. It feels like I'm playing a DS2 character in Sekiro. I can barely sneak in 1 attack before the boss starts going apeshit again. I have no idea why people think Elden Ring is the easiest (unless you use spirit ashes).
spirit ashes are there to replicate calling for help like summon signs, also there are repeat bosses where summons are not allowed, teaching you to fight without additional help
Good to know we're all playing the same game It is literally my first time around playing ds1 and 5:05 thank you for your content
Those giant knights before the moonlight butterfly their effect that just stuns you is so out of left field and no other enemy seems to have it. So weird and a big middle finger to new players.
Agreed. Super annoying haha
"Always two there are, no more, no less."
~Master Yoda when encountering Gargoyles in any Souls game
good to see elden ring players actually getting good
Lol, I have played all the souls games (besides demon souls) and I would say DS1 was the easiest by far, elden ring (when played not over leveled is the hardest
@minecrafthcs7821 the hardest, is by far, ds3 non over leveled, i beat elden ring at level 92 on my first playthrough... severely UNDERLEVELED
Ds3 is way easier lol
I love the editing, kinda reminds me of the old days like something Pewdiepie would have edited in 2012 and for that you just earned a sub good sir!
actually ds1's bosses are much easier than other souls game, and there are also some really op weapons like the black knight's weapons
Also,your shield is very useful, use it
Most of them are at least. That's for sure. The exception being the DLC, Ornstein and Smough, and the bullshit ones like all the lost izalith bosses, or the capra demon.
for me it s the four kings i hated them because i skipped the spider girl in blightown and thought he was garding the 2nd bell , also did all the tomb of giants without light just to be blocked by a giant yellow wall 😅
@@bmxgu2361 that's only true for dlc, the others not so much, capra demon is easy if you just focus on getting out of the corner immediately and the lost izzalith bosses are still easy.
@@Ghorda9 I'm not counting those guys as hard since they're more just badly designed bosses, than hard because of skill. The closest one to being hard due to skill was the centipede demon, and even that one was really janky and often camped in the lava or got stuck in the arena ceiling. And capra demon has 0 space to fight him, 2 dogs that will corner you with their model hitboxes, and capra does an unblockable jump attack that does half your health the second you enter, witch will most likely get you your first time or 2.
However, bosses like Ornstein and Smough (hardest in base game), Gwyn if you can't/don't want to parry, and on your first few playthroughs; the gargoyles, and quelaag, or even the stray demon, are quite hard for most players, if you don't get the blackknight halberd or something.
@@bmxgu2361 capra demon is really easy to dodge.
So happy to see you play this. Gold right here
Interesting take. I genuinely feel like the souls-series games upped the difficulty with each subsequent iteration. DS1 feels like it's in slow motion compared to DS3, for example. You can also just pump equip load, toss on havel's set, and almost literally facetank anything in the game.
I tend to see DS1 as harder in the sense that it is more unforgiving than the later games due to you having far fewer options at the start and getting more is time consuming. It is also much more slowly and deliberate in its pacing due to the engine limitations of the time. This is a trend for the series as a whole, but DS1 was both harder and easier than the other games for me. DS2's difficulty was more based on a fake difficulty aspect than simple challenge like the first or third games. The third game was harder in the sense that it was much smoother in terms of animations and framerates, which will throw off a Souls veteran who cut his or her teeth on the first two games or Demon's Souls and hasn't done Bloodborne, which gets you used to that smoothness.
Funny enough, Bloodborne experience actually makes the challenge easier due to how that game conditions you with regards to Fromsoft games, unlike the Souls games.
Legit. Like... to the point where I kinda don't like Elden Ring because I just can't find an opening on half the bosses
@@chrisvisser-fee2631They are absolutely there, though they'll be small and relatively rare if you have shitty rng, or keep picking spots to stand where the enemy will activate a certain attack.
What helps is making good use of projectiles.
@@jankbunky4279 oh nah I know they are, I'm just...
Like Dark Souls is clunky enough you can bait out the same attack over and over that you can punish, BloodBorne enemies are fast and sporadic enough that it's hard to avoid everything but rally means taking damage isn't a "failure".
Elden Ring feels as fast as BloodBorne, but as punishing as Dark Souls. I haven't managed to wrap my head around it yet.
Idk ds2 is easier than 1
The funniest thing to me about watching souls playthroughs is people with shields that NEVER use them. The fat rolling in this vid was killing me.
Ah the classique using of the fire keeper soul without understanding the item description... There's still enough to upgrade but not to max in NG.
Crazy how you found a humanity crab so soon. I saw my first after around 400 hours
Most of the enemies in this game are so slow at striking they literally wait for you to parry them.
Btw, you can also parry those silver knights. Love your content, your my favorite ytber at the moment
PLEASE UNEQUIP SOMETHING PLEASE
3:05 aint no way i farted and you said excuse you, like thank you man so respectful, i appreciate it
This gave me a good laugh lmao
So Elden Ring was indeed made for casuals, thanks for confirming
How you ever beat Elden Ring playing like this is beyond my understanding.
Fun series though 👌 always nice to see a fresh playthrough.
The fact u saw a full vagrant is insane
I laughed through the whole video, great video, so entertaining. Also great memes and editing
2:50 He's already got red tearstone ring at the undead burg and he's pretending it's the first time he's played.
How could he have got it, he chose warrior and ring of tiny being, so no master key, so no Valley of the Drakes so no Red Tearstone Ring, I think what happened was the Blue Tearstone Ring being activated
Finally started posting, you funny af I watched your last ds1 video many times, let's gooooo full series!!
You're doing good man, you got past the gargoyles, which is pretty much the first filter. I also accidentally consumed the fire keepers soul on my first playthrough - Undead Parish became my new homebase.
Some tips (if you want them):
- If you don't mind a little farming, you should farm some humanity. You will get more item drops, and they're good backup healing items. (Rats are the best for farming humanity)
- Abuse the circle strafe mechanic, especially for knights and similar enemies. You need a bit of space to do it, so lure them out and then get right up against them, then strafe around them as fast as possible. 99% of the time their swings will miss you by strafing alone, then you can backstab.
- Black knights drop really good stuff, but there is a finite amount of them for most of the game, so try to make sure your item discovery is high when you fight them.
- Try to avoid being cursed at all costs. I know that is easier said than done, especially on a first playthrough. But if you see an enemy that does curse damage, be extra careful. Getting cursed can definitely make things interesting, but mostly it just sucks lol. It can be brutal, especially if you're already getting your ass kicked or are exploring somewhere you're under-leveled for. So if you see a vendor selling an item that cures curses, buy at least one, even if you think it's expensive.
2:38, i like the fact that even though he said that, the butt is the weak point and doesnt have armour
I only started getting into gaming around 2020, and was more of a casual gamer. What I mean by this is playing it with the intention to complete a game rather than just to pass the time, when I was younger I experienced different kinds of consoles like the N64, Game Cube, PS1, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii (my favourite because of Wii sport and resort) and 3DS XL but the only problem was I only ever played these if it was raining outside or if I was injured and couldn't play outside, because the issue was I loved sports. I've played basketball, soccer (true football), tennis and table tennis, AFL (Australian Football League), cricket and my main sports rugby. So when COVID hit and I found myself stuck inside, I started to get into PC gaming eventually leading to me getting my own gaming PC. I did want to build it myself but unfortunately I just didn't have the patience to wait for the right parts and wanted to jump into gaming. I started playing all story based games because it felt like I was watching a movie, which I than slowly overtime started playing various games before conlcuding that RPG games were my favourite.
Enter Dark Souls, alot of my experienced gamer friends mentioned this as a hard game and told me to avoid playing especially since I only started to get into the gaming scene...but honestly for me it was kind of a let down, I dunno if its because most games nowadays branched off from darks souls creating the "Soul-like" genre but the game was quite linear and not as hard. Maybe because I played safe by uterlising the bonfire to eliminate nearby respawned enemies over and over again to get lots of souls to level up that by the time I came to fighting the boss I was in a sense already to overpowered that it was easy. FYI I also hate watching videos of games prior to me playing it because to me it felt like movie spoiler's and felt it ruined the "noob" experience for me.
Besides that, the game was just so well designed, and how everything geogrpahically came together, the jumpscares were definitely no joke and going to dark areas made me even more wary of whether another flaming barrel was going to come flying my way.
None the less I enjoyed the game and it funny to watch Spicy go through somewhat similar experience as me, more so the jumpscares. I am defintiely keen to try Dark Souls 2 which I hear is apprently the worst of the 3 but thou shall judge with thine own eyes.
i’ve platinumed this game on ps3 & 4 both and have never seen one vagrant, and this man casually sees one his first time playing
also, agrume for the outro, good taste
i saw one on my second run through and was like wtf is that
I honestly have so much respect, whilst also being confused about how you haven't been spoiled about pretty much everything this game has to offer since its release and re-release so many years ago.
13:15
Real nostalgic, and this place will get even more nostalgi-er down the line XD
Hats off to you my man (and those that beat the Gargoyles without grinding stronger weapons), I only fought them after I had +5 weapons. As a strength main I relesh in beeg numbers.
honestly watching you play for the first time is better than me beating the game for the 50th time. I got a tactic for every fckin enemy, its nice seeing someone actually have some trouble
Watching this after ng+++ just brings me joy how far we've come
at 6:00 he found the rarest enemy in dark souls, on his first playthrough. Insane
This was painful to watch as a dark souls player. Glad you're enjoying the game though!
I'm one of the weird ones who considers Gargoyle Duo to be THE hardest boss of Dark Souls 1 xD It's probably the only boss I died to like 10 times, if not more. It was likely a great deal of luck, but I even first-attempted the other boss duo who is considered the hardest in this game, later on in a lovely cathedral, but they were ridiculously easy in comparison to gargoyles, even though the latter objectively shouldn''t be that difficult, in theory. Yet I just kept dying. So I felt your pain, right there.
Don't give up, skeleton.
Cool video!
PS. I also encountered that weird creature in the same spot in the church, although mine was red-colored! It's supposedly a very rare enemy, which might appear only if someone died with multiple humanities in the same spot, in their world. I only saw another creature like this one once more, later in the game. Startled me pretty badly, but it was a very lucky find nevertheless!
You aren't alone. I can usually best O&S on the first or second try. The Gargoyles kick my ass every playthrough.
@@Zoomii5 I'm glad to hear I'm not alone :,) Thanks for sharing. These Gargoyles are a menace!
I can't believe you found a Vagrant that early in your first playthrough. It's the little orb crab thing that shoots needles. Those are rare as shit, I've done maybe 5 playthroughs over 100 hours in the game and I've only ever seen one
Hell yeah, stoked to see the rest of this series. DaS1 is my absolute favorite game of all time.
I can't imagine discovering the New Londo Blacksmith before Andre. Excellent stuff.
love this hope you turn it into a series
As someone who is about to platinum ds1 in about another 10 hours of gameplay I find these video’s hilarious since it reminds me of when I first played years ago
Nice Video as Always. If you want a little basic tipp (no spoiler) read along: your roll seems very slow. Try not so much Armor and you will Run faster too.
That crystal crab thing behind the guy with a mace is called a vagrant and it’s super rare. It spawns where someone has lost an ungodly amount of souls.
As a souls vet I can confirm... DS1 is the easyest if you know em all and how they work. DS3 is the hardest. DS2 is strange but has a lot of fun weapons and mechanics.
5:11 "after all, they are just rats" in the exact moment he picks up humanity from said rat.. makes u think huh
watching someone play this for the first time is great, i had to struggle with no summons at the time due to not having internet, so no patches, no help nothing, i feel your pain
Crazy seeing this guy go from getting his ass kicked by the twin gargoyles to 1st try twin demons in DS3 DLC.
How far you've come sir.
I went back to my main on there, a scythe-wielding sorcerer.
I'm currently on Artorias, trying to beat him.
It was a sudden bad time, lol.
FFXVI combat music GOATED. 5:10 lmao. Played and beat it for the first time this year so a lot of these thoughts and moments are very familiar. It’s always fun to watch someone go back to dark souls 1. Like the others it’s got it’s unique charm.
Tip for parrying, parry as their strike starts coming down not at the wind up. Basically right before their hitbox makes co tact with you
That never worked for me. the parry animation is too slow most of the time. What did work, is just learning the timing.
I haven't played Dark Souls 1 in a very long time. But I recently went through DS3's Ringed City DLC again and it's quite tough. That being said, the whole sequence of the swamp where Angels are constantly shooting you, it's reminiscence of a lot of DS1 areas, and while looking at this video I remembered how much trouble I had with DS1.
This is such an amazing game. Happy you are finally enjoying the misery it has to offer 😂 on a real level there is so much to this game. Between gravelording and becoming a darkwraith there are so many hidden mechanics and storylines. Proud to say I believe I have experienced it all back on 360. Got remastered on the Switch and its just as brutal haha
13:35 YOU MONSTER... NOT CHILL HOLLOW
some might say to not use the tail axe because of rare upgrade materials. but to hell with them! its too cool.
"Your poison is probably the worst thing ive ever experienced" oh just you wait for the frogs
This hurt when he didn’t find Andre
Ohhh tranquil walk of peace 😆 either get your shield up during its duration or get out of its area lol
This was cute to watch
Beautifull genuine ds 1 first playtrought experience. I will enjoy every episode
The "crab thing" is called a vagrant. Really cool concept
Ah yes, dark souls remastered. I'm currently on a platinum run for all the souls games, I have this one done and am working on 2. Great content as well, enjoy this game and the rest to come :)
i think DS3 has the worst achievements, get ready for a shitton of grind (less so if you manage to engage with MP a lot)
If you go into the basement of the tower before taurus demon there is a very cool npc that I recommend you meet asap.
Ok firstly this is hilarious. But also thanks because I'm playing DS1 for the first time and it's my first Fromsoft game, and it's reassuring to see you have trouble with it too
You’d be faster if you took off some armor to lighten your load. It would also help your dodging because you’ll get a faster dodge animation. The earlier souls games are slower paced, and it makes timing so much more crucial, so being faster helps a lot.