BLOODBORNE is the BEST GAME Ive Ever Played
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2023
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“My only complaint is I wish there was more of it”. My exact words after getting platinum.
I just got mine this morning and it was the best gaming accomplishment I’ve ever had
When i felt that i realized that i had forgotten basically all the chalice dungeons, then i went in there and got so much cool stuff and amazing experiences lol
Im very close to get mine and theres is many builds to try out but cant help but to feel the same
I finally got the platinum and 100% the DLC and I still listen to lore and reviews of Bloodborne. I always get drawn back to complete a new run.
Bloodborne is absolutely unbelievable. I started the game for the first time about a year ago and didn’t play anything else for the few weeks until I got the platinum and then I was so sad when it was over. I just want more.
I love Ludwig's fight so much. Most of the bosses in this game become more erratic and wild as your fight progresses. But Ludwig does the opposite. After he sees his sword he regains some of his humanity and you two have a proper sword duel. He dies with dignity and that is beautiful.
I love Ludwig's fight ! I love the rythm, I love his music and I love his lore ! and yes I effing LIED through my teeth to him. I lied like I never lied since my schooldays and missing homeworks days... Laurence can go die for soooo many reason though (him and THE F^$^µù^$NG PILLARS OF HIS ARENA !!!!)
The song gives me chills 😊
Orphan of kos is as good as ludwig imo. Both are really funny. Im about to new game +++ them with 99 insight.
And then if you wear church garb he speaks to you after as if you’re one of his followers, so you can send him off with pride or despair over his hunters’ legacy
@@kuronaialtani LIE! LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETHS TO HIM! HE'S HAD ENOUGH PAIN!
The thing I love about blood borne is that’s it’s a game first and foremost, too many games nowadays are trying to be 8+ hours movies with a game around it. It’s so nice to actually PLAY a game instead of watching it half the time
YES!! I only have so much time to play games and I dint want to watch most of it(red dead 2, witcher 3
My dad got me Bloodborne and Sekiro for Christmas, and I’ve been loving it. I had to watch fightincowboy’s guide to figure out how to go through central Yharnum since I didn’t know what I was doing, but now I’m in the area past the portal door after you go through that school thing where the weird “amygdala” grabs you.
Also, the way you described the difficulty is spot on in my experience. If I’m playing Sekiro and I’m struggling to beat a boss (like Genichiro for instance) I can keep dying to him, then randomly the fight just clicks, and I can hit all of the parries I used to think were just bullshit attack strings. It’s weird, but I love it.
The only bad thing I can say about bloodborne is the 30fps, the frame times, no alternative port?!?! And the fact that I didn't play it sooner. It was the reason I got a PS4 besides waiting for KH3. 10/10 such an amazing game. Will play again, it's like the perfect Halloween game.
Oh and congrats sir, you get a sub.
How disappointed were you from KH3?
So many bought a ps4 just for BB....... including myself.
Ive played this game to death, and not once did I find myself wanting more frames per second.
@@Kweeshonly when the bosses explode with blood, because it would be sick to experience that without the immersion breaking frame drops that happen every single time bar none
the 30 fps lock is pound for pound what makes this the worst soulsborne. im sorry but somebody has to say it, atleast on DS2 I get 60 frames.
I hope that all the love and attention this game is still getting after all these years will eventually push Sony to release a remaster.
Bloodborne literally trending every other week on twitter and people still get high amount of interaction for bloodborne. Sony probably just dont have the money to pay from soft exclusivity.
@@RainingFlow19sony owns the IP they could have any development studio make it
@@oukeith the problem is that when bluepoint remade demon souls people mad it destroy the original art design. There very few studios that can remake or do a sequel for a very beloved IP and when a high caliber studio like bluepoint got criticized its understandable sony may be hesitant.
@@RainingFlow19I'm fine with a PC porting
I'm fine with the graphic
Or even better.. they could make a new one?
bloodborne was actually my first ever souls game and it’s still amazing for me. I still come back once a year for a new playthrough
My first souls like is Sekiro. Playing it rn. Awesome game
Mine was ds3
same. Bloodborne was the game that made me into From Software games
@@MareSrbijai beat sekiro lately. What a satisfaction😊😅
I'm hoping RUclips pushes this like it pushed the last one. Either way, just keep doing what you're doing and keep covering what you genuinely enjoy. It makes a good watch, and deserves the attention the Fallout video received.
Thank you, it's in the almighty algorithm's hands now lol
@@stankmedia Bloodborne fans starve for content, this has a lot of potential, after all I found this video on my for you page
it did
100K views, yeah it pushed it lol
Loved this video dude. Bloodborne is also my favourite game of all time and at this point I’ve lost count of how many hours I’ve put into this game. Yharnam is just so captivating as a setting and the gameplay is some of the best I’ve ever seen in a video game. I love to hear others talk passionately about this game.
The lore and the idea of higher planes of existence and beings that exist within them that are in the physical world but our minds can’t see it. I love this game
I love the combat in this game. I’m currently playing dark souls but the combat compared is just a lot more boring compared to bloodborne combat wise. The bosses are really good tho
I just finished DS3 and man, I loved it but some parts really sucked. I had to take up to a week break multiple times because it was a slog to get through. Bloodborne I played through 6 times across 4 characters and could play through it 6 more times and enjoy it.
Take it from me man. If you loved bloodborne and want more, play either Sekiro or Elden Ring.
Dark souls 3 works too if you uses the theif class. As for the other games? Nah
The original dark souls is just really old so will definitely feel clunky. Same with DS2
DS3’s combat is my favorite since it can be so varied.
Bloodborne is great and pretty different though with the Hack & Slash feel, rally mechanic to heal after getting hit, 20 blood vials, ranged parry, and the dash being a lot easier to time since you don’t roll (unless you want to roll)
I think only a few DS3 weapons can give you that feeling but personally liked the varying feel both games have. (I like that the Hunter is fast & agile, while the Ashen One can be agile or in the middle or heavy)
have you tried sekiro
@A I just started it the other day. Man I love it but it's a learning curve. Almost beat Oniwa twice but he gets me when I almost have him. I'm going to get him today or tomorrow if I have time to play.
Bloodborne also has the greatest voice acting in all of videogames. Every single character is perfect.
@modi the tone effects the voice acting, I think. Elden Ring is triumphant, sad, you're rising up to be something great and will take it by force. Bloodborne is very mysterious, somber, creepy, you're wandering around and constantly feel like people know more then you do, and something is watching you
eh i love bb probably my goat but thats a bit of a stretch
No. That honor goes to Metal Gear. Bloodbornes voiceacting is sorta easy to do, because everyones a sinister/insane character. It's good, but faaaar from the greatest.
@@ihuh1000not a stretch at all
@@DibsEquippednope
Another cool thing I discovered while doing my BL4 run is that sometimes an enemy's second attack is easier to parry than the first. Dodge once, parry and Gehrman goes down.
This title Is what I’ve been feeling since I first beat Cleric Beast. The literal best setting ever in a game.
I was so scared to play this game for so long, but watched my ex play it and fell in love with it. finally decided to try it a few weeks ago and i'm obsessed. you also perfectly explained that aggressive playstyle we're forced into. Also, the beasts don't move like AI at ALL!!!!
Love your video's dude, great quality and wonderful execution (and opinions)!
I think they got really good after dark souls 2 with animating their enemies.
In BB, DS3, Sekiro & Elden ring they all feel “alive”. Idk non fromsoft games don’t scratch that itch for me
I appreciate your love for this game. It definitely deserves it. The shadows of yharnam are a great boss though imo.
i tried playing bloodborne in 2017 and it was so hard for me cuz i couldnt get past central yharnam so i didnt touch it for years. then last year i was like i really wanna try it again and it ended up being my favorite game of all time! also has the best FS story/lore imo. gr8 video!
You’re spitting facts man. I went from quitting at the first enemy years ago to beating every non-Sekiro souls game 10 time 😅
Dark souls isn’t easy, but video game media and word of mouth has tricked a lot of folks into thinking souls is harder than it truly is lol
I love this reply. I'm someone in the "every non-Sekiro souls game" camp. I enjoy parrying but not so much that I want an entire game centered on it. I'll take agility and rolling every time.
This video is really well edited and makes me want to play Bloodborne somehow more than I already do. Congrats!
Edit: in watching more, congrats on completing the dungeons XD
My Bloodborne starting experience was the same way lol. It was my first From Soft game, so once I lost about 3 times to Gascoigne, I left for about 5 years, tried it again one day out of boredom, having beaten Demon Souls Remake, and wanting to like it like everyone else, and it is now my favorite From Soft game. The OST, the costume designs, the environments, the combat mechanics, the elusive story, the disquieting NPCs... I adore it so much.
If you want a book that gives you a Souls/Borne feeling, read The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. He did this in the 80s, and Miyazaki was the only game dev to get wise and put that atmo into a game.
When I first started bloodborne, it was my first souls game. I thought the starting area of yarnham was the whole game. It was so massive, and there was so much to do. I kept discovering more things so you can imagine the awe I felt when I started discovering the rest of the game, I spent hours just exploring the opening area
Your video makes me fall in love with Bloodborne by proxy as I don't have a PS4. Very well done and enjoyable watch. Looking forward to your next video and subscribed
Goddamn I wish there was more too. I've pumped so many hours in this game and it always surprises me an hits the feels hard. Great video dude, love it.
Great video, just finished my first playthrough and I can't get enough of the game. I didn't mind any of the "bad bosses" you named; instead I appreciated the variety. And for most of those, you have the option of an NPC summon if you want to make them less ganky. The Chalice Dungeons are fun during a first playthrough if you want to go hunting for better gems and loot, but once you get through the main story there's little motivation to play them and they become tedious quickly.
My main negative is how few Blood Chunks and Blood Rocks you can get in a single playthrough; it would be nice to be able to experiment with other weapons more easily. But that's true of all Fromsoft games. Oh and no character respec in this one either.
So glad I found this video. I played bloodborne in covid lockdown and it's been my favorite ever since, even got a tattoo of my boy Spider Patches. Great video dude, happy to sub
I've wanted to get tattoos for a while but I'm an overthinker and they can be expensive so I haven't done it yet
amazing video man you have earned a sub and aslo Bloodborne has got to be one of the best games ever made the combat is nice and smooth the story is amazing but confusing the gothic and dark location this game takes place in really sets this game apart from other games the transforming weapons has got to be one of the best parts of this game that's what makes Bloodborne so unique from other souls games and also the outfits are amazing each outfit has his own design and feel I was also struggling the first time I played it but look at me now having beaten the game 4 times and having the platinum in just 3 months
yupe it's also my favourite games of all time..after bloodbourne i started to love darksoul and elden ring games... first play ,after died soo many times i thought i'm gonna quit playing but turns out i'm obsessed with this games after learn the games strategy and how to become powerful hunter.. the gothic environment is one of the factors that turns me on..
This game is also my favorite game ever and you sir have done a great job of giving it justice while keeping it short. Excellent!
"I found a few movies and books here and there that have gotten close to giving the same feeling as Yharnam does"
*shows a clip of the movie that inspired Miyazaki to make bloodborne*
Love the video (and the sneaky FFX background music)!!
One thing people dont give bb's healing system is that youre healing items are kept sepearte from your inventory. Meaning you have more room to use other stuff. I can fit all my hunter tools and other items and i never have to cycle back just to switch to my healing item like with elden ring
You nailed that tumbnail haha. Way to play the algorithm
😅 I love the chalices and Yahargul for their lore implications. The one reborn makes me laugh with it's funny sounds - and the chanting in that area is WICKED
Your points on rally are really good but also it is additionally a tool for skilled players allowing those that know when they can take a hit and keep attacking to both regen health and deal extra damage. It can really make the game feel like a blood bath all out brawl
You and I have the same story when it comes to Bloodborne. I was horrible at Bloodborne the very first time I played. I knew nothing about how anything worked and started to think I was being punished for dying. I had given up on it for 7 years. Then I picked it back up and started learning about the dodging and the parrying. I even realized that the reason things were getting harder was because my weapon needed to be repaired. Now I still struggle on some parts but, I can beat most bosses the first try.
About the Chalice Dungeons you go through to reach Queen Yarnham, those actually are handcrafted by actual humans.
As for the rest, the Tomb Prospecters community discovered that they were, in fact, not procedurally generated and that there is just a ton of them. Oh, and they mapped every single one of them
Seeing so many people playing this game in the last months and appreciate it makes me so happy! It's one of my favourite games of all time, a true classic and it deserves all the love
I personally love the shadows boss fight. Only because it's the transition from gothic horror to cosmic horror.
one of my favorite platinums i’ve obtained, if they dropped a 60fps patch i’d go back and replay it
I I must have a good 700+ hours in bloodborne, and to this day!! I did not know you could talk to Ludwig's head with the church outfit on for dialogue!
Side note, I just looked at your subs, the quality of this was so good, I just expected you to have like 70-100k at least!
Oh well, add one more :)
Dude! Thank you.
I had never played a souls game previously and had just downloaded Bloodborne with my PS Pro account a couple days ago. I rage quit yesterday twice, first after just dying over and over when starting out and then again after dying 10 times in the Father Gascoigne boss fight. Your pep talk really inspired me and reminded me how I always tell my kids that you have to be willing to be foolish at something first if you ever want to get better at it. And I’m not exactly sure what happened - maybe it just took my stress and anxiety away - but I just started it back up a few hours ago and killed my first boss on the first try (the optional one on the bridge in the first area) and then took out the Father on my second attempt. It’s like the game slowed down for me and, instead of being terrified of dying, I simply embraced the fact that I needed to to get better. Surviving the werewolf transformation for the first time was so invigorating. Thanks again!
wow I'm glad I could help. I remember a big thing that helped me was shifting my perspective on dying in the games. Realizing that it's part of the game and part of learning not a failure.
I love being summoned with my old hunters gear with the beast cutter
i swear every other month there's a new bloodborne video essay
My Rom advice: play it like you run the ball in Madden. Hold the sprint button while running through the spiders like Barry Sanders, go in for a couple hits, run away, repeat. It's one of my favorite fights now
Spitting facts. I was stuck in central yarnam for so long, thinking how the hell am I going to advance in this game. After the darkbeast thunder boss, i coasted through the rest of the game. The Cainhurst Reaper boss and Ludwig gave me some trouble, but im finishing up the DLC and then going to finally beat the final boss and start my NG+
I love the fact that he’s editing in kingdom hearts 2 boss music periodically
I remember the first time I came into Ludwig’s arena and fought him, the music, the boss or just everything about it just clicked
(Ive fought him 23 times since then)
My favorite souls game as well, also I noticed those Berserk volumes, man of culture
One of the only games i was dedicated to platinum, the defiled chalice was something fierce but so worth it.
Love this game so much and the dlc was amazing.
I just want to point out the chalices required for the platinum the ones most people do since unlike me most people seem to ignore the root chalice dungeons are not actually procedural. They are set in stone. They were crafted by a person and not random.
"A hunter must hunt"
Played a lot of Games, 36 years of gaming, started with atari, Sega, Master S, Drive, all Nintendos, all PlayStations but
my favourite game ever is bloodborne 10/10 !!!
*a hoonter must hoont
As a fellow “brotherhood of the wolf” fan. It was nice to see that reference in there with similar feels.
Exactly about giving it time to click. I always remember back when I first played Dark Souls it took me 8 hours to ring the first bell. By the time I beat the game and went for play through 2 the first bell took 30 min or so
Bloodborne was my first soulsborne game, I remember starting it just stressed and intimidated because of the amount of people talking about how hard these games are. I ended up playing through maybe to before or after rom I just stopped because how hard it was I took some time off and eventually went back to it and I just fell in love with it because of the lore, the story, the cosmic horror behind it, it was just amazing. I’m glad to say that I’m a huge soulsborne fan now and when I went to play dark souls 1 I did it with no shields so thanks bloodborne
The insight system is the perfect video game version of the sanity system from the Cthulu games. The more you experience the more you see until you suddenly are seeing the "world" for what it is and it's horrifying.
18:08 yeah i can feel why people don't like the healing system, but in my opinion the vials's system is pretty accurate to lore: you're a hunter who continiously takes beasts/monsters's blood, and blood (not the church blood) is basically a medicine for the hunters.
Just found you through this video my dude, and it was hella entertaining, so I'm on for the ride. +1 Sub
This was my second fromsoft game after Elden Ring. I’d been scared for so long to play them, and tbh, if you’re a gamer in the sense of just playing CoD or sports games you’ll definitely struggle with these games, but I came from the n64/ps1 era and over the years have played every style, and I have to say that these games just feel so refreshing and nostalgic, it reminds me of an old games challenge. Idk why I was so scared to play all these years
The posibilty of a Bloodborne Pc Port is the reason I get up in the morning.
You deserve more subs man great video
"Why did Blood Vials go back to being a consumable healing item when they had already invented the Estus Flask?"
This bothered me for the longest time. Like you, I could never understand why they made this seemingly bad choice. Recently it finally dawned on me.
It's because of Rally, which is unique to BB. Every design choice in BB is meant to encourage aggressive play, including Rally; when you take damage, Rally will encourage you to behave offensively rather than defensively as you would in Dark Souls.
And what better way to encourage this even further than to make the healing item consumable? Now, the player will REALLY prefer not to waste a consumable item, so they are even MORE likely to go on the offensive to get that health back for free.
It is still a poor design choice in my opinion. If you learn or/and struggle with a boss you get punished even harder having to farm blood vials after a few tries if you run out of them.
This quite often ruins the great boss experience you would otherwise have in this game.
@@englorious thats a possibility, yes. In practice, I personally find it extremely rare to actually run out of them. The game provides you with a ton as you explore, and then I usually buy a few with whatever I have left after leveling up. But for someone who is struggling, it can indeed be pretty punishing.
The love I have for this game is out of this world I had only played one “difficult” game prior to the souls games and it was cuphead and it left me wanting more of the same. Then I played dark souls 3 and while I was able to scrape a full playthrough of the main and both DLCs I still didn’t comprehend the full picture of souls games my next stop was bloodborne and it’s the game that made me into the monster I am today.
The use of kh2 tension rising theme is the reason I subscribed
My frustration in trying to get my brother to play this game is high. Especially since he played and enjoyed Elden Ring.
Lady Maria was def the hardest for me, she was just so fast. I got stuck on Ludwig too, but it was Maria that made me take like a two week break. I think she was more frustrating bc I would get so close and then too brave and I always died.
For me it was Mergo’s wet nurse 😭
Her battle would glitch and remain in that one dark mode. She’d just insta-kill me too since I don’t upgrade health
Outside that I’ve never had problems with that bosses difficulty wise as far as I remember.
Ludwig gave me a true battle
They were fun & challenging fights throughout though
@@StripedJacket I think I really enjoyed Bloodborne because I came from playing Demon's Souls, which seems to have a cheese for almost every boss. Bloodborne gave me all these great bosses that put up a challenge for me but also didn't make me frustrated or want to just beat them as fast and easy as possible to get it over with. I had challenges but nothing felt insurmountable. And the change from the Souls way of always using a shield into just having a gun and needing to be aggressive really improved the entire experience for me.
@@kaitlynblount7683 agreed, the hack & slash like style was really enjoyable
People just need to understand how these games work. There is no auto save like we are all used to. You have areas with a save spot. And every time you die, you restart there. So scour the area for items, kill enemies for currency to spend on leveling up and purchases. then it’s time to fight a boss. Make sure you spent all your money so you don’t lose it all dying to the boss over and over. Once you get it, it’s the most rewarding game series. I never thought I could beat any of them now it’s the opposite. I beat them all, including DLC. You will be learning new things for years to come including story elements. And the people that play these games are a great community.
Lady Maria is hands down the best boss encounter ever made. Ludwig is a close second
I recently played BloodBorne for the first time after playing Dark Souls 1 and 3. I was one of those players with the finger costantly clutching the L1 button, so I was a bit worried about not having a shield. I was so wrong. The game makes it a point to make you feel strong, you are the hunter and they are the prey. The rally mechanic is incredibly good and I actually like the blood vials system, as it allows longer exploration. I ended up finishing the game and obtaining the platinum, having killed most of the bosses on my first try (including defiled Amygdala). All in all, incredible experience, 12/10
Underrated channel, you'll definitely get a lot bigger, and I believe that will happen very soon. Much love, and remember us lol
This is a very well edited, scripted and crafted video. You are absoultely as good as big youtubers, i really enjoyed this. Keep the good content up!
thank you, and I also don't know music theory
I never thought about it, but I feel for Ludwig the same way. 5 or 6 playthroughs and I've never once been able to bring myself to tell him the truth about the church hunters...
Great video, even better game
The thing is. It clicked for me playing darksouls 1 vs the 4 kings and or orenstien and smough. And it's never been unclicked, in every fromsoft game.
How tf do you make videos for games I love & basketball?! Subbed
Really enjoyed this video and subscribed too :) BB is also one of my favorites of all time.
cool video, good luck with the channel !
3:26 I agree with this point for sure. I’ve tried Bloodborne twice I think before now and each time didn’t make it to Father Gascoigne. Before my first playthrough I had played Sekiro and first tried got my PS4. I tried it again after playing Elden Ring. Both times I had trouble getting into the different weapons and combat system. Still besides Bloodborne I’ve only played Sekiro and Elden Ring both a few times and no other full FromSoft games. I’ve started Demons Souls on PS5.
After I finish this playthrough of Bloodborne which I am really enjoying now that I am enjoying the combat and found a weapon I enjoy…. I’ll probably move to finish Demons Souls as well. Hopefully I’ll be able to adjust to it as well.
But my original point of the comment… I definitely needed to work to learn and eventually enjoy the combat. Once I did… I really started enjoying it.
I love this game. as someone who has played these games since ds1. I thought for the majority of the playthrough it was just hunters and beasts. But then the game exposes you to the cosmos. And it did all but grow eyes in my head because I was NOT expecting it.
Not to mention this was the first time fromsoft had completely alien animations. Even Elden ring has very dark souls animations.
AND THE MUSIC! I may be different here but this game has some of the best OSTs. and those who evaluate them can tell almost you the story of the bosses from just listening. The horn sections bring up themes of grandeur and royalty but it has an underlying deceptive nature to it.
This game was one of the most original pieces of art to come from fromsoft. And that says something given it’s company.
Great video you had many good points that I agree with. Btw love the final fantasy X music when you used it
This video really came at the perfect time. For the past few weeks I've been re-hooked on Bloodborne. It really is the Best. Good Video. Love the memes and usage of FFX music.
FFX is based, I used to roll up one of my shorts legs as a kid to be like Tidus
i just fkn LOVE first time bloodborne players telling their experiences with the game.
Fantastic video! You should make the next video about Sekiro! Looking forward to future content
Just played through the game again, it was just as good as I remembered. I was really happy when I beat the Orphan of Kos on the first attempt, I was dreading that fight.
After consuming 3 umbilical cords… god I love this game 😭😭
For real though, genuinely awesome video, I hope this vid helps you get the recognition you deserve, this is so much better than most content on the platform
Thank you, I'm still used to posting videos and getting like 5 views so I'm just glad people are enjoying them
Died 34 times to Ludwig the first run in NG+ (most of us had to go to NG+ to activate the Hunter’s nightmare). Now he’s a breeze. I spent 90% of my time Tomb Prospecting.
Took me 20 my first time and 5 the second. Still the hardest in any souls game
I love Bloodborne so much I got hunters mark tattoo , it's so much more than a game
Went so deep into the maniac hunter mentality on my first playthrough that i basically steamrolled final 5 bosses without letting them hit me once, just due to how much damage my chikage was doing. It probably did make me way better at this type of game.
Exact story as me. I quit this game because I couldn’t even get to a boss and kept finding branching paths it was just overwhelming. Went back later and it was amazing once I started to get better.
Absolutely! Just started myself and I think it's fabulous 🤩
Eight years later, the hype is still as great as it was after one year.
great video dude, this was the first game i ever platinumed.
"Till you're on a t-shirt" LMAO
I just gotta say this..... my first full playthrough of this game was with an arcane strength character XD very fun
First fromsoftware game I've played and it was the one that stuck with me the most, I agree
The beginning of your video is so true. For me it happened in Demon souls on PS3. I had no idea what I was doing, no idea what the point of the game was and eventually just quit (Tbf I was a kid)
Bloodborne mobs to me are the hardest part of the game in the beginning as well since you don’t have access to leveling up and aren’t familiar with the combat yet
6:25 Made me laugh. I like your sense of humour.
"THE SPIDER'S THREAD" by Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, first published 1918:
One day, the Buddha was strolling alone along the edge of a lotus pond in Paradise. The blooming lotus flowers in the pond were each pure white like jewels, and the place was filled with the indescribably wondrous fragrance continually emitted from each flower's golden centre. It was morning in Paradise.
After a time, the Buddha paused at the edge of the pond and from between the lotus leaves that covered it saw a glimpse of the state of things below. Now this celestial pond just happened to lie directly over Hell, and peering through that crystal-clear water was like looking through a magnifying glass at the Sanzu River and the Needle Mountain.
Buddha saw there, in the depths of Hell, a single man writhing along with the other sinners. This man was named Kandata, and he had been a notorious thief who had performed murder and arson and other acts of evil. In his past, however, he had performed just one good deed: one day, when walking through the deep forest, he saw a spider crawling along the road. At first he raised his foot to crush it, but suddenly he changed his mind and stopped, saying, "No, small though it may be, a spider, too, has life. It would be a pity to meaninglessly end it," and so he did not kill it.
Looking down upon the captives in Hell the Buddha recalled this kind act that Kandata had performed, and thought to use his good deed as a way to save him from his fate. Looking aside, there on a jade-coloured lotus leaf he saw a single spider, spinning out a web of silver thread. The Buddha carefully took the spider's thread into his hand and lowered it straight down between the jewel-like white lotuses into the depths of Hell.
Kandata was floating and sinking along with the other sinners in the River of Blood at the bottom of Hell. It was pitch black no matter which way he looked, and the occasional glimpse of light that he could see in the darkness would turn out to be just the glint of the terrible Needle Mountain. How lonely he must have felt! All about him was the silence of the grave, the only occasional sound being a faint sigh from one of the damned. Those who were so evil as to be sent to this place were exhausted by its various torments, and left without even the strength to cry out. Even the great thief Kandata could only squirm like a dying frog as he choked in the River of Blood.
But one day, raising up his head and glancing at the sky above the lake, in the empty darkness Kandata saw a silver spider's thread being lowered from the ceiling so far, far away. The thread seemed almost afraid to be seen, emitting a frail, constant light as it came down to just above Kandata's head. Seeing this, Kandata couldn't help but clap his hands in joy. If he were to cling to this thread and climb up it, he may be able to climb out of Hell! Perhaps he could even climb all the way to Paradise! Then he would never be chased up the Needle Mountain, nor drowned in the River of Blood ever again.
Thinking so, he firmly grasped the spider's thread with both hands and began to climb the thread, higher and higher. Having once been a great thief, he was used to tasks such as this. But the distance between Hell and Paradise is tens of thousands of miles, and so it would seem that no amount of effort would make this an easy journey. After climbing for some time Kandata tired, he couldn't climb any higher. Having no other recourse, he hung there from the thread, resting, and while doing so he looked down below.
He saw that he had made a good deal of progress. The River of Blood that he had been trapped in was now hidden in the darkness below, and he had even climbed higher than the dimly glowing Needle Mountain. If he could keep up this pace, perhaps he could escape from Hell after all. Kandata grasped the thread with both hands and laughingly spoke in a voice that he hadn't used in the many years since he had come here, "I've done it! I've done it!"
Looking down, however, what did he see but an endless queue of sinners, intently following him up the thread like a line of ants! Seeing this, surprise and fear kept Kandata hanging there for a time with mouth open and eyes blinking like a fool. How could this slender spider's thread, which should break even under just his weight alone, support the weight of all these other people? If the thread were to snap, all of his effort would be wasted and he would fall back into Hell with the others! That just would not do. But even as he thought these thoughts, hundreds more, thousands more of the damned came crawling up from the Lake of Blood, forming a line and scurrying up the thread. If he didn't do something fast, surely the thread would snap and he would fall back down.
Kandata shouted, "Hey! You sinners! Who said you could climb up my thread?! This is my salvation, not yours! Get off! Get off!"
Though the thread had been fine until just then, with these words it snapped right where Kandata held it. Poor Kandata fell head-first through the air, spinning like a top, right down through the darkness. The severed end of the spider's silver thread hung there, suspended from heaven, shining with its pale light in that moonless, starless sky.
The Buddha stood in Paradise at the edge of the lotus pond, silently watching these events. After Kandata sank like a stone to the bottom of the River of Blood, he sadly shook his head and continued his stroll. He must have been surprised that even after Kandata had suffered such severe punishment his lack of compassion would lead him right back into Hell.
Yet the lotus blossoms in the lotus ponds of Paradise care nothing about such matters. Their jewel-like white flowers waved about the feet of the Buddha, and each flower's golden centre continuously filled the place with their indescribably wondrous fragrance. It was almost noon in Paradise.
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And that is why the Hunter's Nightmare looks the way it does, with Yharnam's needle-like spires and steeples and its flowing river of blood. It's what Ludwig is referring to when he asks if you have seen the thread of light; just a hair, a fleeting thing, that he clung to, steeped as he was in the stench of blood and beasts. It's what the Caryll Rune "Guidance," of which there are two, one held by Ludwig in the Research Hall's basement, and the other held by a crow at the very top of the Research Hall tower, represents. And it's why there are Nightmare Apostles, Spiders, in Mergo's Loft.
Incidentally, the gates of Hell in Buddhism are typically said to be guarded by two Oni: Gozu, the Ox-Head, and Mezu, the Horse-Face... And if Laurence hadn't gotten lost, if he had been in the right Nightmare Cathedral, the one in which is head is located, then he would've been close enough to Ludwig to make them back-to-back bosses, or possibly even a dual boss...
Great video! Hope one day you critique hollow knight
Oooo me too! That’s my favorite game right now
I loved the video and Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time as well next to Majora’s Mask, but I have to ask, what is the song used for the Mike Tyson clip? I’ve been trying to find it for years but I haven’t been able to.
it's called otherworld from the final fantasy x soundtrack
Hey man just found your channel and subbed. Just wanted to give a thought on the beginning bit of the video. I can guarantee people enjoy organic and genuine thoughts/opinions. If you enjoy being objectively right about every game fact then sure research away but otherwise be yourself. Great videos, good flow, very coherent etc. Thanks for the content, cheers.
10:00 1000% agree! That’s why I personally feel the bosses in Elden Ring DLC are weird cause the fast pace doesn’t fit the mechanism of ER so well, no mention those crazy AOE.
As a huge Fromsoft fanboy........... you are correct. Good video man