The renewed hope and optimism evident in the first five minutes is a delight to watch. I'm glad these two have learned what it is to smile again after O&S.
Episodes 1-10: Aoife to Johnny: "No, seriously. You're doing really well. You just have to believe in yourself more." Episodes 10-Onward: Aoife to Johnny: "Jesus fucking Christ."
At 38:34 you guys missed the ladder next to the illusory wall. The switch to flip the bridge was there (as well as Patches). Otherwise decent progress :)
don't use the homeward bone, there's a ladder out of pinwheel's room that's the only entrance to the tomb of giants! and remember to rest at the bonfire that's down the ladder near patches before you speak to him. getting the fire keeper souls in new londo and blighttown should be quick and easy by now and will make your life so much easier in the long run (they will raise the amount your estus heals from 400 to 600)
43:00, (Three years later, on a second watch-through): to be fair, Johnny did rock his way through the brunt of the bloody Catacombs all by his lonesome, with aplomb. /kudos
also in the three years later gang, Johnny improved so much and their mix of light/heavy attacks and rolling definitely makes for a higher risk/reward than Aoife's Shield First strat. Johnny just got in their own head at times, but I loved watching them play their way!
remember when you got stuck for a bit and there was a broken stairway where Aoife didn't want to go down? well you have to go down thru there to unlock a cutscene and give you the skeleton blacksmith. also at the end of Pinwheel coffin there is a ladder that leads to the tomb of the giants. Remember you got the skull lantern which you can use as a source of light down there
Not sure if you guys know, but Quelaag's Furysword gets a physical damage boost as well as fire damage boost for each humanity you pop. It would have been a decent option for Ornstein and Smough because Ornstein is susceptible to fire damage, and after Smough absorbs him he is as well. So if you're in a tough spot against a boss weak to fire with humanity to spare, you can get a nice attack bonus. So now that you have it you can use it to much better effect. Cheers, you guys rock.
About getting in the coffin, you can actually only do that BEFORE you defeat Nito. It brings you to his boss room and you can pray to him to join his covenant (the Gravelord Servants)
I know I'm super late, but as saruman is a white wizard, and saurons tower is black with a massive red eye at the top, you could have put mostly light colored meat and salad in one, and then in another you could go for dark meats and salad, but have super hot chillis at the top to represent sauron's eye.
This episode had a higher than average number of times when I wanted to tell them to look to a certain direction or to go just a little bit further. But most of that is due to the Catacombs being a really difficult area to navigate. Tomb of Giants is even harder to navigate, for obvious reasons, but I think that will force them to pay close attention to their surroundings.
Before I started this video I heard the title "Ash Lake bayybeee" sung to the tune of "Ice Ice Baby" in my head... I've never been so glad to be proven wrong.
The one where Johnny carries Aoife? 😝 apart from when the Halberd needed to be repaired at least! Also don’t homeward bone back to a bonfire, there’s a ladder in one of the walls and you’ll only need to come back here again later if you don’t find the next bonfire.
Is the new-ish practice of having the studio cutout take up so much of the screen locked in, or would you be up for reconsidering? I never get motion sick from games, but I swear that the prominence of that foreign element made me queasy at times -- especially in the catacomb sequences, where the camera is closer to the player character. If you're determined to have you guys be larger on screen, wouldn't it be possible to crop the shot in a way that would keep you guys at the same size, but decreasing the size of the cutout? With the current framing, there's loads of "wasted" space in the shot, both above you and to the sides.
Wezzeth the issue is, moat people watch letsplays for the people playing the games. They are just as much of a focus ( if not more) than the game itself. So it makes sense having the IRL cam shot so large. Any smaller and i think people would complain about not being able to see them. Do you watch on tv, tablet or phone?
Oh, seeing the two of them is an absolute must, don't get me wrong! Watching their body language and various antics as they play is essential to the A&J experience. I just found the old size of the cutout to be quite perfect. With the new size, there's an actual physical dissonance between the cutout and the gameplay I've never experience before watching any other picture-in-picture LP. Normally, dividing my attention between the cutout and the gameplay is a non-issue; the new size makes it actively distracting. Last week, I thought I was imagining things when something suddenly felt wrong about the cutout, but with another incremental increase this week, it's undeniable. To be honest, it feels like a silly thing to get bothered about, but I just thought I'd pipe up, in case I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Wezzeth yh i guess, i personally think its an okay size how it is right now but there again a lot of letsplays i watch have similar size window. So perhaps im just used to it.
You're not the only one. The lower corner of the PIP is nearly in the middle of the game screen. Really distracting. It'd be nice if it was a bit smaller and had a fade around the edges.
Thing is, up to last week's episode (when they increased the size quite a bit, and then even further this week) the cutout was significantly smaller. Now, the video team wanting to increase the size of that image isn't negative in and of itself; watching A&J as they're playing is crucial to the experience, and some people (cf James Vasa's comments in this very thread) won't mind the increased size at all. On a purely physical level, though, with picture-in-picture, I think there might be a limit to how big that cutout can be before it starts messing with visual perception. I suspect this might have something do with the brain perceiving the encroaching image as part of the gameplay. Instead of switching between two separate things, you start trying to take in both at once. Of course, the adverse effect will vary from person to person (like motion sickness from playing FPSs or VR), but I think it's a thing worth considering when making a choice like this.
Gravity demands a Johnny sacrifice!!! Also your ability to pick the wrong direction every time is quite spectacular, gj with that. Put on the silly mask pls. They look great and the other 2 have really good buffs.
Orthanc and Barad-Dur are the titular two towers. Orthanc was gifted to Sauruman by the stewards of Gondor in ages past and for many lives of men he was a strong and noble ally. Barad-Dur is the tower of the Dark Lord Sauron, servant of Melkor.
My car lacked any audio equipment for about 6 years. That whole time I would sing 'Love Shack' to myself while driving. Didn't even realise I was doing it but it drove my passengers mad. Good times.
I'm sure this is going to change as the video racks up the views, but the fact that the poll showed 100% for "Nailed it" after I'd voted made me really happy. Love you, Eurogamer watchers! (and Aoife n' Johnny, obv)
On the clam legs testicle debate. Clams sexual parts are inside the shells, but if you are determined to locate an external pair, a male octopus uses its 3rd right leg...I hope this is useful information
Tbh I usually can't stand the airhorn, but it was weirdly soothing to hear when you were fighting Ornstein and Smough (although I can understand why people didn't like it). Anyway, you two do whatever you have to do to finish this playthrough, treat yourself, even if it annoys someone who is watching these videos.
Also I'm not coming here for absolutely serious Dark Souls, I come here to have a good time and to see what the game is like (never played it). Even if that includes weird genitalia talk, but hooray for singing!
Have you guys thought about doing intros to these videos? I don't know about anyone else, but I find it disconcerting that you just go straight into it. Anyway, keep up the good Dark Souling :)
I thought the clams were just weird, funny-looking clams... until I realised those aren't pearls in there, they're skulls. They seem a lot more creepy now.
Johnny could've just sung Placebo's cover for Running up that hill instead of Kate's and he'd have been spared all those high notes :p (it's an awesome cover too, for those who havent heard it)
This episode was kinda painful to watch at times because of not paying attention to your surroundings and because of it missing things and taking forever to find places.
Yes we do! The Gamer Network office has a shiny new studio where before we had a sort of, erm, cupboard... thing? Either way it's nice enough that we've started sharing it with OX/OXtra.
Taking the risk to repeat someone else's idea....but you just de-Hydra-ted the Ash Lake. Ha. Haha. Sorry. Not sorry. XD I've got nothing but respect for you and everyone who plays games like Souls
What were people who listened to grunge & wore flannel called? Um... everyone. It was the 90's. We all looked like we'd stepped off the set of Singles. We all owned the soundtrack to Singles. You went around school taking notes regarding who had better Pearl Jam t-shirts than you. Jeans and black t-shirts in the middle of July, slowly melting in the sun. What were we? We were just... y'know, grunge. I could never be bothered with goth, though. I was already melting; add in all that makeup, I'd have been a gross teenaged puddle.
Some molluscs (i. e. clams, slugs and squids) mate by forcibly ramming a "spear" full of sperm into the flesh of their prospective mate. Maybe those giant legged oysters were just trying to be "friendly"? On the other hand, that kind of unwanted attention is deserving of death by pole axe.
“Cut the heads and the body will die”? You really didn’t pay attention in Mythology 101. Or in any Marvel movie. “Kill one, and two more will grow back”? Doesn’t ring a bell? All joking aside, it’s great that you’re back. I look forward to the next Dark Souls video every Monday.
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To be fair to Johnny, if the halberd wasn't due falling to bits he'd have killed pinwheel in a oner
The renewed hope and optimism evident in the first five minutes is a delight to watch. I'm glad these two have learned what it is to smile again after O&S.
Episodes 1-10:
Aoife to Johnny: "No, seriously. You're doing really well. You just have to believe in yourself more."
Episodes 10-Onward:
Aoife to Johnny: "Jesus fucking Christ."
Johnny, that phrase you were talking about around 23:30 was originally a phrase inscribed on ancient Roman tombstones.
"Tu fui ego eris": "I was as you are; you shall be as I am"
Did you hear about the new Eurogamer scimitar store run by Johnny and Aoife? They’ve got curved swords! Curved! Swords!
I think Johnny deserves a little time to indulge in some hubris. He did a pretty good job this episode.
46:21 - the atmosphere in the room couldn't be cut, not even with a +10 Gargoyle Halberd.
At 38:34 you guys missed the ladder next to the illusory wall. The switch to flip the bridge was there (as well as Patches). Otherwise decent progress :)
don't use the homeward bone, there's a ladder out of pinwheel's room that's the only entrance to the tomb of giants! and remember to rest at the bonfire that's down the ladder near patches before you speak to him.
getting the fire keeper souls in new londo and blighttown should be quick and easy by now and will make your life so much easier in the long run (they will raise the amount your estus heals from 400 to 600)
43:00, (Three years later, on a second watch-through): to be fair, Johnny did rock his way through the brunt of the bloody Catacombs all by his lonesome, with aplomb. /kudos
also in the three years later gang, Johnny improved so much and their mix of light/heavy attacks and rolling definitely makes for a higher risk/reward than Aoife's Shield First strat. Johnny just got in their own head at times, but I loved watching them play their way!
After you leave the bonfire room through the former illusory wall turn left for a ladder
remember when you got stuck for a bit and there was a broken stairway where Aoife didn't want to go down? well you have to go down thru there to unlock a cutscene and give you the skeleton blacksmith. also at the end of Pinwheel coffin there is a ladder that leads to the tomb of the giants. Remember you got the skull lantern which you can use as a source of light down there
This episode needs 100% more air horn.
MMöööööööööööööööPPPPP
Thanks Johnny, now I'm imagining Withnail fighting wheely skeletons
Musical Dark Souls. My favourite time of the whole week. Thank you!
Not sure if you guys know, but Quelaag's Furysword gets a physical damage boost as well as fire damage boost for each humanity you pop. It would have been a decent option for Ornstein and Smough because Ornstein is susceptible to fire damage, and after Smough absorbs him he is as well. So if you're in a tough spot against a boss weak to fire with humanity to spare, you can get a nice attack bonus. So now that you have it you can use it to much better effect. Cheers, you guys rock.
Aoife & Johnny’s friendship is made of pure joy & snark.
About getting in the coffin, you can actually only do that BEFORE you defeat Nito. It brings you to his boss room and you can pray to him to join his covenant (the Gravelord Servants)
Ashes to ashes, Butts to Butts
I know I'm super late, but as saruman is a white wizard, and saurons tower is black with a massive red eye at the top, you could have put mostly light colored meat and salad in one, and then in another you could go for dark meats and salad, but have super hot chillis at the top to represent sauron's eye.
I had a good old chuckle at the Rhythm is a Dancer/ Necromancer song.
First time i've ever seen Pinwheel kill someone! Well done. :)
Leonardo Carneiro To be fair the halberd needed to be repaired.
I just love that you guys were quoting Lord of the Rings, made me feel right at home. And you go Johnny! I think you are doing great!
The "That's a right fine pickle you've gotten us into" bit was a laurel and hardy reference of all things.
Marley Hannan THATS A REFERENCE!
Jonny has improved so much over the course of the series. It really is a joy to watch! Keep it up guys, you absolutely can beat this game!
This episode had a higher than average number of times when I wanted to tell them to look to a certain direction or to go just a little bit further. But most of that is due to the Catacombs being a really difficult area to navigate. Tomb of Giants is even harder to navigate, for obvious reasons, but I think that will force them to pay close attention to their surroundings.
Sia?? I BARELY KNOW HER!!
Before I started this video I heard the title "Ash Lake bayybeee" sung to the tune of "Ice Ice Baby" in my head... I've never been so glad to be proven wrong.
The one where Johnny carries Aoife? 😝 apart from when the Halberd needed to be repaired at least! Also don’t homeward bone back to a bonfire, there’s a ladder in one of the walls and you’ll only need to come back here again later if you don’t find the next bonfire.
Johnny’s look to camera at 46:25 says it all
The skeletons remind me of the destroyer droids from Star Wars, rolling into action, etc.
Is the new-ish practice of having the studio cutout take up so much of the screen locked in, or would you be up for reconsidering? I never get motion sick from games, but I swear that the prominence of that foreign element made me queasy at times -- especially in the catacomb sequences, where the camera is closer to the player character.
If you're determined to have you guys be larger on screen, wouldn't it be possible to crop the shot in a way that would keep you guys at the same size, but decreasing the size of the cutout? With the current framing, there's loads of "wasted" space in the shot, both above you and to the sides.
Wezzeth the issue is, moat people watch letsplays for the people playing the games. They are just as much of a focus ( if not more) than the game itself. So it makes sense having the IRL cam shot so large. Any smaller and i think people would complain about not being able to see them. Do you watch on tv, tablet or phone?
Oh, seeing the two of them is an absolute must, don't get me wrong! Watching their body language and various antics as they play is essential to the A&J experience. I just found the old size of the cutout to be quite perfect.
With the new size, there's an actual physical dissonance between the cutout and the gameplay I've never experience before watching any other picture-in-picture LP. Normally, dividing my attention between the cutout and the gameplay is a non-issue; the new size makes it actively distracting. Last week, I thought I was imagining things when something suddenly felt wrong about the cutout, but with another incremental increase this week, it's undeniable. To be honest, it feels like a silly thing to get bothered about, but I just thought I'd pipe up, in case I wasn't the only one who felt this way.
Wezzeth yh i guess, i personally think its an okay size how it is right now but there again a lot of letsplays i watch have similar size window. So perhaps im just used to it.
You're not the only one. The lower corner of the PIP is nearly in the middle of the game screen. Really distracting. It'd be nice if it was a bit smaller and had a fade around the edges.
Thing is, up to last week's episode (when they increased the size quite a bit, and then even further this week) the cutout was significantly smaller. Now, the video team wanting to increase the size of that image isn't negative in and of itself; watching A&J as they're playing is crucial to the experience, and some people (cf James Vasa's comments in this very thread) won't mind the increased size at all.
On a purely physical level, though, with picture-in-picture, I think there might be a limit to how big that cutout can be before it starts messing with visual perception. I suspect this might have something do with the brain perceiving the encroaching image as part of the gameplay. Instead of switching between two separate things, you start trying to take in both at once. Of course, the adverse effect will vary from person to person (like motion sickness from playing FPSs or VR), but I think it's a thing worth considering when making a choice like this.
... I totally did not know there was a Great Scythe there. God, you never stop learning things in this game.
Gravity demands a Johnny sacrifice!!! Also your ability to pick the wrong direction every time is quite spectacular, gj with that. Put on the silly mask pls. They look great and the other 2 have really good buffs.
I'm disappointed you two didn't ignore the hydra for a bit so that Johnny would freak out about it jumping overhead.
Orthanc and Barad-Dur are the titular two towers. Orthanc was gifted to Sauruman by the stewards of Gondor in ages past and for many lives of men he was a strong and noble ally. Barad-Dur is the tower of the Dark Lord Sauron, servant of Melkor.
Johnny is so great in this ep
Definitely watch this for the back and forth banter, asking the real questions and quoting Rick and Morty. "Show us what you got"
This week on Dark Souls: Johnny's Sausage Nav comes with a side of pickle!
You guys seem to have switched roles this week. Aoife falling off all the things? Johnny carrying them through the Catacombs?
Nothing strikes fear into a Souls player like a boss which can be routinely killed in 20-30 seconds xD
Shout out to poor old Wolnir!
My car lacked any audio equipment for about 6 years. That whole time I would sing 'Love Shack' to myself while driving. Didn't even realise I was doing it but it drove my passengers mad. Good times.
'Fuck this. Fuck off. Fuck's sake' - Johnny Wordsmith Chiodini, 2018
I'm sure this is going to change as the video racks up the views, but the fact that the poll showed 100% for "Nailed it" after I'd voted made me really happy. Love you, Eurogamer watchers! (and Aoife n' Johnny, obv)
AOIFE, you were singing Fink and that is just grand.
I only just realised that Johnny looks like he could be Daniel Radcliffe's older brother
Funnily enough, I actually auditioned to be his body double in the third film. Actual true story. (Johnny)
I'm out of Estus and I'm out of patience. Tell your family to be nicer.... Love it...
Still smiling but this felt like the turning point. Only a matter of time until Aoife vs Johnny IRL volcano duel.
The coffin you are thinking about Aoife is at the beginning of DS 2, it changes your gender and if you get in again it changes your gender back.
We used to call what you call 'grebos', sweatys. A very literal name.
On the clam legs testicle debate. Clams sexual parts are inside the shells, but if you are determined to locate an external pair, a male octopus uses its 3rd right leg...I hope this is useful information
Third from the left or right, yours or theirs?
Asking for a squid.
So Ian is a Hydra now?
That...
Actually makes a lot of sense.
Tbh I usually can't stand the airhorn, but it was weirdly soothing to hear when you were fighting Ornstein and Smough (although I can understand why people didn't like it). Anyway, you two do whatever you have to do to finish this playthrough, treat yourself, even if it annoys someone who is watching these videos.
Also I'm not coming here for absolutely serious Dark Souls, I come here to have a good time and to see what the game is like (never played it). Even if that includes weird genitalia talk, but hooray for singing!
Love Johnny's Johnny cash cover and I want more
The first 45 minutes are like: Great, Johnny! Don't get cocky!
Is it just me, or is this episode much lighter in tone now that we've gotten past Ornstein and friend?
Hmm. I'm wondering do they have the DLC because I'd love to see if they'd struggle with Knight Artorias.
It's always a joy to be with people who clearly woke up on the right side of the bed :)
Thanks you two.
Have you guys thought about doing intros to these videos? I don't know about anyone else, but I find it disconcerting that you just go straight into it.
Anyway, keep up the good Dark Souling :)
I thought the clams were just weird, funny-looking clams... until I realised those aren't pearls in there, they're skulls.
They seem a lot more creepy now.
Those clams have been boned.. (sorry)
Was Johnny's "you're a good friend" comment (at Aoife being right about the ladder) a Hello from the Magic Tavern reference by any chance?
Yes, yes it was.
iamjacksvlog, at least, it is now. Definitely. Yes.
what were they talking about at 6:05?
Pokémon!
Also I love you to bits Aoife, but do you always have to be so hard on Johnny?
hehehehehehehehehehehehehe
hard on
I agree, especially because he did quite well this time, in some parts here even better than she did at least imho
Johnny could've just sung Placebo's cover for Running up that hill instead of Kate's and he'd have been spared all those high notes :p (it's an awesome cover too, for those who havent heard it)
25:25 Oh hi there zoidberg
This episode was kinda painful to watch at times because of not paying attention to your surroundings and because of it missing things and taking forever to find places.
I still only know Chandelier from Puddles the Clown.
I can feel a Johnny heel turn coming on....
did they just suddenly forget they can just run and attack the hydra heads
Aoife when Johnny is upsetting her is all of us.
Johnny loves a lovely cold scyther... ;)
Whoop whoop irnbru!! 🏴
Sean Bean dies in every movie because the universe is trying to correct the fact that his name should rhyme, but doesn’t
its 1am i have a chunky kitkat bar, milk, and aoife and johnny. life is good
Eurogamer, come for the videogames, stay for the discussions about mollusk sex.
Hey Everybody! JOHNNY DIED TO PINWHEEL!! Lets all point and laugh at him!
you lot seem a lot happier this week :D was it because of the great chest you found last week?
did you cut off the dragons tail that's a cool ass sword
guess you did
Did they miss Patches?
Jonny you would have wrecked those Pinwheels if not for your broken weapon xD xD
Do eurogamer and outsidexbox/outsidextra share an office space? OX have filmed on that sofa and set
Yes we do! The Gamer Network office has a shiny new studio where before we had a sort of, erm, cupboard... thing? Either way it's nice enough that we've started sharing it with OX/OXtra.
Eurogamer thats awesome! Congrats on the shiney new office! :)
“Oh, I am slain!”
Respect the air horn.
Taking the risk to repeat someone else's idea....but you just de-Hydra-ted the Ash Lake. Ha. Haha. Sorry. Not sorry. XD
I've got nothing but respect for you and everyone who plays games like Souls
so peeved the remaster for the switch is delayed,
Snark Souls: Fuck It Edition.
So the Halberd was broken but.. bro.. death by pinwheel?..
Wait, was Johnny joking about having a crush on Sean Bean as a kid or was that totally serious? Because if it was serious I totally approve.
100% serious
This made my day. You guys are the best! I never get tired of watching you play games together. :)
Yass Johnny drinking a can o' bru
What sort of joyless people didn't like the air horn?!
Blind people with a heart condition maybe?
Perfect for a lazy bank holiday.
Never dis The Bush!
BAYYBEEE!
If Johnny is a HYDRA agent, wouldn't he be in favor of Brexit?
Bank Holiday Souls!
No flying Hydra today.
What were people who listened to grunge & wore flannel called?
Um... everyone. It was the 90's. We all looked like we'd stepped off the set of Singles. We all owned the soundtrack to Singles. You went around school taking notes regarding who had better Pearl Jam t-shirts than you. Jeans and black t-shirts in the middle of July, slowly melting in the sun. What were we? We were just... y'know, grunge.
I could never be bothered with goth, though. I was already melting; add in all that makeup, I'd have been a gross teenaged puddle.
Some molluscs (i. e. clams, slugs and squids) mate by forcibly ramming a "spear" full of sperm into the flesh of their prospective mate.
Maybe those giant legged oysters were just trying to be "friendly"?
On the other hand, that kind of unwanted attention is deserving of death by pole axe.
Cut off one head, two more shall take its place... thankfully, not really :)
“Cut the heads and the body will die”? You really didn’t pay attention in Mythology 101. Or in any Marvel movie. “Kill one, and two more will grow back”? Doesn’t ring a bell?
All joking aside, it’s great that you’re back. I look forward to the next Dark Souls video every Monday.
The skeleton teenager joke wasn’t one of your best, Johnny. Must do better.
What should you do on a date with a corpse? Necromance 'er.
Necromancer? I barely know 'er!