Dark Souls 3 Ringed City: Slave Knight Gael Boss Fight [4K 60FPS]

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  • @Shirrako
    @Shirrako  7 лет назад +1227

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    • @Gr33nOfGrundleburg
      @Gr33nOfGrundleburg 7 лет назад +24

      Shirrako Love the armor you're using. The fashion souls is strong with this one.

    • @andreacapuano585
      @andreacapuano585 7 лет назад +5

      Shirrako the spam is strong with you

    • @DenDrake5722
      @DenDrake5722 7 лет назад +2

      Shirrako what ng where you?

    • @hdss170
      @hdss170 7 лет назад +2

      Shirrako What is The name of your weapon???

    • @Gr33nOfGrundleburg
      @Gr33nOfGrundleburg 7 лет назад +4

      Josué Luna Domínguez Looks like a Pontiff Knight Curved Sword

  • @alicematalice
    @alicematalice 10 месяцев назад +1537

    The first enemy in the first game is a hollow wielding a broken sword
    The final enemy in the final game is a hollow wielding a broken sword
    I’ll miss you, Dark Souls

    • @nightmare3215
      @nightmare3215 8 месяцев назад +18

      Underrated comment

    • @LocalArchangel
      @LocalArchangel 4 месяца назад +84

      We started out as a hollow wielding a broken sword
      I love dark souls

    • @wahterr6281
      @wahterr6281 3 месяца назад +8

      Unbelievably underrated comment.

    • @daith_izumi
      @daith_izumi 3 месяца назад +4

      WHAT THE FAWK!!!!!🤯

    • @daith_izumi
      @daith_izumi 3 месяца назад +5

      UNBELIEVABLY, INCREDIBLY, UNDERRATED COMMENT

  • @suiciniv1995
    @suiciniv1995 6 лет назад +10130

    "THAT'S what you were supposed to do when i summoned you to fight sister Friede"

    • @lostrelos4670
      @lostrelos4670 5 лет назад +754

      Lol sooo true in fact i was surprised when i entered the room after the 30th attempt wich drove me into summoning him and he wouldnt appear until second phase i was like wtf is going on gael are u broken or something

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 5 лет назад +337

      @@lostrelos4670 He's supposed to wait until the second phase.

    • @lostrelos4670
      @lostrelos4670 5 лет назад +224

      @@TheStraightestWhitest I know this happened in my first playthrough i kept resetting cause i thought it was a bug lol

    • @ambitiousheart5441
      @ambitiousheart5441 5 лет назад +18

      666 likes.....

    • @arceuslegend4605
      @arceuslegend4605 4 года назад +125

      Sister Friede and Father BDSM

  • @Frescko
    @Frescko 2 года назад +7081

    Gael is an absolute legend from a lore perspective.
    He was a Slave Knight aka cannon fodder for the mooks during the war against the everlasting dragons. He survived all the ages of fire up until DS3, and when you touch the egg your sent thousands if not tens of thousands years into the future and Gael is still alive, not only that but he’s also killed every human alive. How do we know he killed every human? Well he has the completed dark soul which every human contains a bit of. And on top of all of this he used his galaxy brain and planned the time travel as he knew a champion would go to the future and kill him only to then go to the past and hand the painter girl his blood. Absolute legend

    • @Oryyyt
      @Oryyyt Год назад +481

      lol galaxy brain indeed. respect

    • @engelsarian2993
      @engelsarian2993 Год назад +641

      Thousand of years, uncountable battles...and he is the real hero of this story.

    • @joshuagleeson4776
      @joshuagleeson4776 Год назад +681

      @@engelsarian2993 and nobody will ever know what he did to give life some fleeting chance of living free from the cycle that ultimately doomed it.
      Seriously, why couldn't we have an option to name the painted world after Gael? After everything he deserves that recognition at least.

    • @engelsarian2993
      @engelsarian2993 Год назад +36

      @@joshuagleeson4776 That's right!

    • @bigbozza2754
      @bigbozza2754 Год назад +207

      Sorry if this is a stupid question but when the player travels BACK in time to give The Painter the Dark Soul, is Gael alive at this point in the past? He would still be his regular self no? Something I’ve always wondered about

  • @goguisowo2898
    @goguisowo2898 3 года назад +7462

    A servant more loyal than Gwyn’s Four
    A warrior more fierce than the Dragonslayer.
    A knight more resolute than the Abysswalker.
    The man who claimed the blood of the Dark Soul.
    The man who found a purpose.
    The man who completed his task.
    A man that rivals the legends of the Age of Fire
    Yet his legend will be written nowhere. History won’t remember him, nowhere in the annals shall he be mentioned.
    His name was Gael, and he served his lady well.

    • @declicitous1763
      @declicitous1763 2 года назад +235

      Well said my friend

    • @jayelex2459
      @jayelex2459 2 года назад +144

      But he didn't complete his task though. His purpose was to find pigment for the unnamed painter in ariandel, but as you can see he never actually got to give her the pigment.

    • @doomer016
      @doomer016 2 года назад +589

      @@jayelex2459 but you did

    • @dinorex3464
      @dinorex3464 2 года назад +838

      @@jayelex2459 Not quite.
      In Phase 2, Gael turns Hollow because he realises the Dark Soul is inside him, so despite knowing he will never return, he has fulfilled his purpose because he knows you are here to kill him, so you will deliver it to the Painter in his place.

    • @tesalan2180
      @tesalan2180 2 года назад +27

      Underrated comment

  • @dragonboy0158
    @dragonboy0158 4 года назад +5670

    *Remember guys, all of this happened because The Painting Lady refused to buy regular black paint.*

    • @superspurgdale1925
      @superspurgdale1925 3 года назад +936

      Yeah she needed this fucking fancy shit, does she also eat with a trident instead of a fucking fork?

    • @the_infinexos
      @the_infinexos 3 года назад +67

      @@superspurgdale1925 Probably, I mean you need to get a statue to slit its own fucking throat just so you can get an ordinary ladder to drop down

    • @highfivemistertorque4537
      @highfivemistertorque4537 2 года назад +266

      @@the_infinexos or use a fancy as branch to turn into a literary idea into phisical form just to extend a ladder down

    • @blitzie66
      @blitzie66 2 года назад +169

      “starving artist” as if

    • @barkyonyx962
      @barkyonyx962 2 года назад +196

      probably has a throne for a gaming chair

  • @elijahsong8218
    @elijahsong8218 4 года назад +8421

    Everybody a gangsta until Gael whips out the Glock 18 Crossbow.

    • @neesonBadass92
      @neesonBadass92 4 года назад +693

      This comment is sponsored by Isshin gang

    • @lecopshavefoundme9461
      @lecopshavefoundme9461 4 года назад +304

      Come to think of it, a semi-large amount of the old man fights in soulsborne have guns in them. Gehrman, Gael, and Isshin have guns (if you count Gael’s repeater)

    • @valentinvas6454
      @valentinvas6454 4 года назад +180

      He probably inspired Isshin the Glock Saint too.

    • @GOD-nx1yo
      @GOD-nx1yo 4 года назад +50

      Slave knight gael is a simp

    • @Phloob_
      @Phloob_ 4 года назад +93

      G o D slave knight gale has fallen to a underaged egirl

  • @seiker9643
    @seiker9643 2 года назад +1453

    4:56 that whole sequence gives me chills every time. The last two living things, fighting in a desolate wasteland sunk in ashes, the erratic swings of Gael, the cape whipping itself in response to those moves, the lightning falling from behind, the creepy sounds of the souls and the insane choirs along with the music in the background... this truly feels like the final boss for the series.

    • @doomfanboy9413
      @doomfanboy9413 2 года назад

      not the last two living things lmao you guys are all retarded

    • @ezrasitompul6796
      @ezrasitompul6796 2 года назад +10

      I bet Shira is still alive during the fight lol

    • @nolantreadway4706
      @nolantreadway4706 Год назад +39

      That’s ringed knight is still alive, I call him Fred

    • @JackyBoneskull
      @JackyBoneskull Год назад +34

      @@nolantreadway4706 Fred, carrier of a Titanite Slab

    • @renanleandro5914
      @renanleandro5914 Год назад +22

      The last two livings things, fighting in a desolate wasteland sunk in ashes. They are not particularly grandiose, the stories of their deeds are not written on the annals of any history, for there is no history left at all. They were both pawns during their tale, and yet, here they stand, at the end of the world, fighting so that someone, somewhere, in a different time, can create a new world, with what's left of this.

  • @Charles-A
    @Charles-A 3 года назад +3443

    *Mom, I'm being bullied at school!*
    Mom: "just ignore them"
    Dad: "tell your teacher next time"
    Your war veteran grandpa in a wheelchair: 3:34

    • @brithemchildsplay7283
      @brithemchildsplay7283 3 года назад +308

      The bullies were never seen again

    • @kingcrazy4069
      @kingcrazy4069 3 года назад +130

      This one made me giggle

    • @whatthewhatthe9117
      @whatthewhatthe9117 3 года назад +242

      “Tonight, Gehrandpa joins the hunt” [Loads gun with holy intent]

    • @GDRunny
      @GDRunny 3 года назад +67

      "Gherman joins the hunt."

    • @rain8767
      @rain8767 3 года назад +41

      "grandpa pulls out uzi he got during his service as a commando"

  • @rocketbirb7110
    @rocketbirb7110 6 лет назад +9345

    That airborne crossbow barrage that ends in a front flip sword slam is quite possibly the most badass thing I’ve ever seen

    • @blaakheart8
      @blaakheart8 5 лет назад +339

      Its kinda lame you get the weapons and armour but can't perform all the techniques

    • @ASmartNameForMe
      @ASmartNameForMe 5 лет назад +596

      @@blaakheart8 well that would be hard to implement

    • @excusemewhatthephuck1090
      @excusemewhatthephuck1090 5 лет назад +685

      blaakheart8 it isn’t lame because moves like those are what makes bosses unique.... no reason for the player to perform them.

    • @blaakheart8
      @blaakheart8 5 лет назад +121

      @@excusemewhatthephuck1090 but I want to

    • @rectaalborween8471
      @rectaalborween8471 5 лет назад +212

      @@blaakheart8
      Become a modder and implement them yourself :X

  • @JohnMarsto2011
    @JohnMarsto2011 3 года назад +7009

    "At the end of the day as long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead."
    -The Sniper

    • @malum1424
      @malum1424 3 года назад +182

      *gunshot and heavy screaming*

    • @zigzag3625
      @zigzag3625 3 года назад +295

      I'am a black Scottish Cyclops
      -Demoman

    • @Jampolo_OG
      @Jampolo_OG 3 года назад +226

      "Then he used his fight money to buy two of every animal on Earth. And then he herded them all to a boat... and then he beat the CRAP out of every single one!"
      -The Soldier

    • @sisusieni9510
      @sisusieni9510 3 года назад +136

      "She weighs one hundred fifty kilograms."
      -Heavy

    • @numbjuhnu
      @numbjuhnu 3 года назад +114

      "You listening? ok.. Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, I hurt people."
      - The Scout

  • @archie3547
    @archie3547 Год назад +1837

    I my opinion, this fight is flawless. As a conclusion to the Dark Souls trilogy, and as a fun and entertaining boss, it does everything right.

    • @joshuagleeson4776
      @joshuagleeson4776 Год назад +113

      As a final boss for the series, Gael would have had monumental expectations, and he delivered in every single aspect of what makes these games so great. Truly a perfect send off and a perfect boss.

    • @eleventyeleven
      @eleventyeleven Год назад +81

      In my opinion, a perfect boss is one that makes you wish you never defeated it, because now you can’t enjoy fighting them anymore (until your next playthrough). I felt this as soon as I beat Gael, why isn’t there a boss replay system in souls game??!

    • @just_cade
      @just_cade Год назад +29

      Slave Knight Gael and Sister Friede are the absolute pinnacle of Souls bosses. We truly do not deserve the DS3 DLCs.

    • @hitalick5999
      @hitalick5999 Год назад +3

      @@eleventyeleven there is one called bonfire ascetic in ds2 i wish they had implemented in ds3 aswell

    • @dPlayer_5b
      @dPlayer_5b Год назад +4

      @@eleventyeleven agree 100% im going through rn on another playthrough just to get to him and fight him, then let him kill me before my inevitable success, just so that I can fight him at any time.

  • @dinorex3464
    @dinorex3464 Год назад +267

    It took me an insane amount of time to realise his teleporting attack is literally him PUTTING DOWN HIS SUMMON SIGN to summon himself behind you and catch you off-guard.
    The Dark Souls literally made him weaponise the game mechanics.

  • @Embi-G
    @Embi-G 4 года назад +4696

    Gael as Boss Fight: *THIS*
    Gael as a Ally vs Friede: ho ho ho Merry Christmas!

    • @atahanakay
      @atahanakay 3 года назад +473

      This Gael when you are on naughty list

    • @gaelgerald8122
      @gaelgerald8122 3 года назад +113

      My name is Gael irl

    • @jobaruyt4920
      @jobaruyt4920 3 года назад +126

      @@gaelgerald8122 are you also a slave knight?

    • @gaelgerald8122
      @gaelgerald8122 3 года назад +136

      @@jobaruyt4920 yeah sure

    • @VGamingJunkie
      @VGamingJunkie 3 года назад +99

      To be fair, that was Gael before he took in the corrupting power of the Dark Soul.

  • @garpu_9187
    @garpu_9187 5 лет назад +2900

    When an enemy spams his combo and there is nothing to do:
    *initiate roll sequence*

    • @Xhaato_
      @Xhaato_ 4 года назад +192

      I beat gael without rolling because the circle button is destroyed in my ps4
      275 attempts with my claw build

    • @bromomento3862
      @bromomento3862 4 года назад +80

      @@Xhaato_ That must've been like hell.

    • @bingitybong6518
      @bingitybong6518 3 года назад +26

      He’s a filthy R1 Spammer

    • @adamnajami4902
      @adamnajami4902 3 года назад +8

      _cuteboy22_ how?

    • @joule8878
      @joule8878 3 года назад +18

      Adam Najami I mean it took 275 tries so it’s no surprise that he beat the boss

  • @SiIvei
    @SiIvei 2 года назад +1006

    The best part is when you finally win and there is no ending cutscene, you're just left alone on an ash covered world. Such a powerful ending IMO, no words or anything needed, you're the last survivor constantly wandering the ash wasteland.

    • @genghiskhan910
      @genghiskhan910 Год назад +124

      actually you're supposed to bring the pigment for the Lady to paint a new world

    • @Celebrimbor965
      @Celebrimbor965 Год назад +94

      No way you don't know that you have to give the dark soul to the lady

    • @scarsch1286
      @scarsch1286 6 месяцев назад +8

      You don’t have to give the Dark Soul to the Lady. You could keep it for yourself and bring it into one of your endings.

    • @dami8875
      @dami8875 5 месяцев назад +3

      Honestly i like that the games never directly showed us what to do. Just some clues here and there, then you're off on your own to make decisions for yourself. You could help the NPCs and summon them in return, but you can also ignore them-- continuing your own mission without any assistance.

    • @joshjames582
      @joshjames582 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@dami8875 Yeah it's great how the two DLC tie in with one another. I happened to listen to her talk about "Uncle Gael returning" and knew what I had to do, but many players might overlook it, and either way you have an enjoyable experience.

  • @JeshuaMorbus
    @JeshuaMorbus 3 года назад +3244

    The real homage to Guts.
    Rest in Peace, master Miura...

    • @spleeneater9481
      @spleeneater9481 3 года назад +83

      RIP miura, guy was a legend

    • @nikssu
      @nikssu 3 года назад +26

      What?

    • @yourewallsareveryconvenien8292
      @yourewallsareveryconvenien8292 3 года назад +420

      @@nikssu Slave Knight Gael was inspired by Guts, a character and the main hero of a manga, anime and movies called Berserk. Few weeks later it was revealed that the author of the manga passed away on 6 may 2021.

    • @jobaruyt4920
      @jobaruyt4920 3 года назад +77

      @@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292 this is the worst year...
      R.I.P Miura

    • @cheefqueef6494
      @cheefqueef6494 2 года назад +84

      Especially if Guts continues on an endless journey without the guidance of Miura nor Griffith and survives until the end of the world. You get Gael. But add the Berserk armor.

  • @acharat6
    @acharat6 4 года назад +3934

    Slave Knight Gael's weakness was his humility. His desperate plan had one flaw: he thought that the chosen one would beat him easily.

    • @declicitous1763
      @declicitous1763 2 года назад +678

      “Ah shit man I’m going hollow, sorry in advance for destroying you if I do”

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 2 года назад +742

      To be fair, Gael assumed if the Champion of Ash were strong enough to survive to the end of the world, he'd be strong enough to kill Gael. Moreover, he was counting on the Player Character being even more stubborn than Gael himself.

    • @002f4dsw4
      @002f4dsw4 Год назад +199

      I feel like Gael is kind of a representation of the player's journey through the Souls series, you gotta be as stubborn as that man to make it this far despite being destroyed over and over in your first game :D hollowing is giving up and never finishing the games

    • @Brock_Lee501
      @Brock_Lee501 Год назад +36

      Gael’s plan was in no way flawed, you beat him eventually.

    • @jackvambracetube
      @jackvambracetube Год назад +45

      ​@@Brock_Lee501 the 30 corpses I left behind in his arena would like a word

  • @douglasdiggins8296
    @douglasdiggins8296 6 лет назад +5275

    You've come so far only to face what is essentially a background character in the most intense boss fight ever.
    Very Dark Souls.

    • @mkzhero
      @mkzhero 5 лет назад +15

      Intense? He's pretty easy tho...

    • @Urlastnerve
      @Urlastnerve 5 лет назад +509

      Mk.z you one of those, “I beat it with a drum set with earplugs and blindfold, while doing my taxes.?” Just messing with you bud. But I wouldn’t call him easy. There are definitely harder fights, and easier. But this guy is definitely a challenge. Yea you can beat him relatively easy with an over leveled fighter and op weapon. But this was one of my favorite fights in the series. It’s just a lot of fun. It really is intense, in spectacle and the over all energy of the fight and what it represents. Yea the difficulty isn’t maddening, but it’s even, just like every other fight in the series.

    • @mkzhero
      @mkzhero 5 лет назад +37

      @@Urlastnerveyeah, the fight does looks great, and is well made, yeah, but he's pretty slow, low damage and easy to read, so dancing between his attacks while swinging something fast is pretty easy, a slow weapon is trickier, but manageable too ( i did it with a zwihander). He also gives plenty of room to back off and heal up... Unlike the nameless king and Fride where its super tricky to heal up, they hit like a truck, and have unpredictable, quick attacks . Overall, yeah, he's not a pushover like some of the bosses (especially with summons), but definitely not hard.

    • @tonktonk9874
      @tonktonk9874 5 лет назад +10

      Fisrt sorry for my bad English
      It's depends on your souls experience.Ds3 was my first soul experience so i found the game very hard ( i literally spent 8 hours on Farron swamp),but after some research on internet i felt the game way easier.At the point Gael bossfight,i dont know i was too op or geal too easy,i just smacked him till death with 50 str and ledo hammer,went through ng+1 and decided to challlenge my self with a stock Greatsword,still beat him in 30 minutes,no struggle at all....

    • @roroc.2944
      @roroc.2944 5 лет назад +107

      @@mkzhero Shut up, kid ;)

  • @masterelia3259
    @masterelia3259 2 года назад +703

    even after elden ring, this still remains not only as my favorite from soft boss, but my favorite boss in gaming history.

    • @ashcrow9233
      @ashcrow9233 2 года назад +51

      After Sekiro and Elden Ring Gael still best FromSoftware boss.

    • @masterelia3259
      @masterelia3259 2 года назад +10

      @@ashcrow9233 spitting facts🗣🗣

    • @Hafisath
      @Hafisath 2 года назад +37

      Elden ring boss design makes me cry

    • @yoba867
      @yoba867 2 года назад +9

      @@Hafisath DaS 3 had one good boss before DLC and Nameless wasn't even THAT good, not in top 5 for sure. Midir and Gael are pure kino tho

    • @LuM4rex
      @LuM4rex 2 года назад +35

      @@yoba867 DS3 and Sekiro still have the best overall boss pack.

  • @professorgrimm4602
    @professorgrimm4602 2 года назад +613

    Closing the Dark Souls trilogy out with the player actually obtaining THE DARK SOUL is such a great move. Also, this fight is truly worthy of ending a series as great as Dark Souls.

    • @Colonsworth423
      @Colonsworth423 8 месяцев назад +13

      I guess it truly was a Dark Soul.

    • @JudeEaley
      @JudeEaley 8 месяцев назад +2

      What's the dark soul i dont understand

    • @damiensg1844
      @damiensg1844 8 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@JudeEaleyit's one of the soul's that was spawned by the first flame and used by the pygmy lords to create humanity

    • @renduks361
      @renduks361 7 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@JudeEaleyFour souls appeared by the Tree. Soul of Light, Dark, Life and Death.

    • @MrSeta
      @MrSeta 6 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@JudeEaleyThe dark soul is, well, you know what Humanity is in DS1? That's fragments of the dark soul. Gael obtained ALL fragments, and then we obtain it.

  • @jahredharrison4069
    @jahredharrison4069 4 года назад +3474

    You ever fight someone so hard that your clothing, the weather, and the namesake of your universe all join your side?

    • @kwamemwangs2173
      @kwamemwangs2173 3 года назад +98

      and still lose 🤣🤣

    • @pillarmenn1936
      @pillarmenn1936 3 года назад +414

      @@kwamemwangs2173 I mean he wanted to lose so technically he won lol

    • @Proto294
      @Proto294 3 года назад +357

      @@pillarmenn1936 "task failed successfully" the fight

    • @littlesneets8026
      @littlesneets8026 2 года назад +16

      @@pillarmenn1936 wait, really? I don't understand

    • @pillarmenn1936
      @pillarmenn1936 2 года назад +283

      @@littlesneets8026 Gael's whole entire plan to give the painter the pigment of the dark soul was to have you kill him.
      He knew he'd end up succumbing to insanity and hollowing as soon as he completed his mission of finding the pygmies and the dark soul so he placed as many strips of his cloth and messages around the dreg head to lead you to the ringed city to eventually kill him.

  • @gehrman2727
    @gehrman2727 6 лет назад +7598

    Two undeads fighting in a empty arena
    for something that does not matter anymore

    • @Greendalewitch
      @Greendalewitch 6 лет назад +1541

      Zekthror 1130 Even at the end of the world, the two who are left still somehow find a reason to fight over a woman....

    • @ashtongrey6755
      @ashtongrey6755 6 лет назад +531

      GT xD damn that comment just summed up the whole theme of dark souls which is hopelessness and pointlessness

    • @aX0n777
      @aX0n777 5 лет назад +154

      Lore noob confirmed

    • @Hura_the_Blessed
      @Hura_the_Blessed 5 лет назад +234

      Its for a new world

    • @randomguy6679
      @randomguy6679 5 лет назад +9

      Just like Dark Souls!

  • @ozera16
    @ozera16 Год назад +422

    I got to a point I memorised every move of his and would refuse to kill him coz it was so fun …. My fave boss in the franchise!!!

    • @reefer674
      @reefer674 Год назад +26

      EXACTLYYYYYY. I would literary be fucking happy if i made a mistake and die. Just to fight him all over again. Such a fun, well made, badass boss. #1 fav boss in all the souls games

    • @joshuagleeson4776
      @joshuagleeson4776 Год назад +4

      I'd quit out at the end so I could fight him all over again lol.

    • @cullenpinney2997
      @cullenpinney2997 Год назад +1

      I eventually felt the same way about orphan of kos

    • @DemoniteBL
      @DemoniteBL Год назад +1

      I spent hours just putting my signs down in front of his boss fight, just so I could fight him over and over.

    • @swordsfaith8761
      @swordsfaith8761 Год назад

      mine right now is the pontiff, although i havent fought midir and a few of the bloodborne bosses

  • @theorangeninja6486
    @theorangeninja6486 Год назад +1139

    The subtle environmental storytelling here regarding Gael as a person and what he's been through is incredible.
    By this point, Gael has been fighting for tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands. He survived the entirety of the age of fire, fought in the war against the dragons, and now he's been on a quest for who knows how long to consume the dark soul of every human alive. His is a life of brutal efficiency and savagery, and we see that throughout the first phase. Endless warfare has turned him into a mere beast - He fights on all fours, he roars at you, he swings his sword wildly and with reckless abandon.
    He fights like an animal.
    And then when you come along, the first thing in thousands of years to make him bleed?
    When gael sees that the blood of the dark soul is spilling out of him, he knows that his mission is finally complete, and he *immediately* hollows, leaving nothing left of him but his most fundamental instincts. And then something interesting happens - He stands up, holds his sword properly...
    *And he starts fighting like a man.*

    • @RandomPerson28337
      @RandomPerson28337 Год назад +212

      Another interesting point is hollowing turns the one that is being hollowed to dark version of themselves losing their humanity, however hollowing made gael regain his humanity in a sense as he fights like a man.

    • @Wanabechef
      @Wanabechef Год назад +81

      That shit gave me chills cold enough to freeze over ariendel. Amazing wording

    • @ArjunB5
      @ArjunB5 Год назад +34

      Pretty similar to Ludwig when u put it that way

    • @bazplayzyt6207
      @bazplayzyt6207 Год назад

      i have a quick question, why is there a ringed knight out there?

    • @pituvir2618
      @pituvir2618 Год назад +29

      It is said hollow's are humanity's true form

  • @cinderluna
    @cinderluna 5 лет назад +5067

    This boss is the PERFECT ending to the series. Nothing will change my mind
    The world is dead and all that is left are ashes, the blood of the dark soul and two nobodies. It doesn't get better than that

    • @Joawlisdoingfine
      @Joawlisdoingfine 4 года назад +35

      cesar garcia
      How long will that world last?

    • @jiggiedaz
      @jiggiedaz 4 года назад +206

      @@Joawlisdoingfine I'm pretty sure that world is Bloodborne, and I still play it soooo...

    • @sonicdrip5972
      @sonicdrip5972 4 года назад +138

      @Tyler Kadle but there's still life in Bloodborne, but in dark souls...

    • @jhonny1416
      @jhonny1416 4 года назад +34

      Theres a ring knight around there

    • @jhonny1416
      @jhonny1416 4 года назад +35

      Also that bitch who beats you with a corpse.

  • @DrPonk
    @DrPonk 4 года назад +4211

    The fact that this man kicks your shit in with what is essentially a big-ass Broken Straight Sword is honestly inspiring.

    • @janogabor7697
      @janogabor7697 3 года назад +134

      With a broken straight sword and with his fucked cape.

    • @HadiaVin
      @HadiaVin 3 года назад +84

      the fact that lothric and lorian, two cripples, manage to kick your ass

    • @Charles-A
      @Charles-A 3 года назад +224

      @@HadiaVin well, the potato conjures miracles and the mute one teleports and moves fast af

    • @KhangNguyen-um4rg
      @KhangNguyen-um4rg 3 года назад +25

      @@HadiaVin fuck those twos. I had enough of their teleporting bullshit so i just called 2 sunbro in and we whoop their asses

    • @AlastorAltruistGaming
      @AlastorAltruistGaming 3 года назад +49

      @@KhangNguyen-um4rg meanwhile, in one of my older playthroughs of the DLC, I summoned a Sunbro… who did absolutely fucking nothing!

  • @confusedsausagetm871
    @confusedsausagetm871 Год назад +147

    I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge what a stupendous job Mr. Stephen Boxer did voicing this character. The scream at 2:48 is so animalistic and raw and full of rage. Marvelous!

  • @Brouhahaski
    @Brouhahaski 2 года назад +109

    5:08 that move was absolutely insane

  • @GilgameshofBabylon
    @GilgameshofBabylon 7 лет назад +4156

    By the gods, fear it Gael. Fear the Old Blood.

    • @ScarletAlly
      @ScarletAlly 7 лет назад +424

      Gael, dont fuck with the Blood.I dont want another fiery cleric beast in my city

    • @starblack6745
      @starblack6745 7 лет назад +43

      so damm true

    • @hiatus9148
      @hiatus9148 7 лет назад +54

      Gilgamesh should have been the final boss.

    • @CarlJohnson-mb7zf
      @CarlJohnson-mb7zf 7 лет назад +51

      +Hiatus But then we'd never finish the DLC

    • @tengopremium9637
      @tengopremium9637 7 лет назад +18

      Bloodborne?

  • @oelaty9116
    @oelaty9116 4 года назад +4033

    *Hand it over, that thing, your crippling depression over the fact that this is one of the most beautiful moments in gaming history as it wraps up one of the greatest trilogies in all of gaming*

  • @ShinyShandera
    @ShinyShandera 3 года назад +313

    A lot of people seem to think these two are fighting a battle that doesn't matter anymore and this couldn't be further from the truth.
    Gael fought for humanity. He is quite literally the champion of mankind for his pursuit of the dark soul. The sad truth however is that this journey corrupted him beyond being able to complete it. On some level Gael knew he would not be able to finish his duty which is why he enlists the aid of the chosen undead to carry the torch across the finish line for him. By going on this quest Gael ensured that humans would be able to live in a world free of the curse that was cruelly bestowed on them by unjust gods and give everyone a second chance at glory.
    The chosen undead winning this fight is the most important thing that could happen in the souls universe, literally everything depended on it.

    • @superextremehappy
      @superextremehappy 2 года назад +87

      I mostly agree with you, but I think there's a few things you got wrong. I think Gael knew from the beginning there was no way he could complete his quest alone. That's why when you meet him he's frantically praying in the cleansing chapel, he needs one stroke of good luck to be able to pull off his impossible mission. You're that good luck. That's why he sends you to the painted world to give Ariandel and Friede a kick in the pants. He knows only an unkindled can do it, and he wants to see if you're the one. That's why he has phantoms pointing you to the Ringed City from the Dreg Heap. It says on his soul description that he knew he would almost certainly never make it back. But that never mattered to him, because he's a slave knight, and all he knows is endless, hopeless battle until backup can arrive. He wasn't corrupted beyond being able to complete it, he knew from the beginning you would be the backup. He WAS driven insane, since it's probably thousands of years from when you see him in the chapel to when you find him at the end of all things, so he doesn't recognize you. BUT when he saw himself bleeding the black blood, he had a moment of clarity, and he realized that he did his job, and if that's the case then the one he's fighting is YOU, and all his work paid off. That's why he goes hollow after seeing the blood. humans go hollow when they have nothing driving them forward, that means despair OR relief. Gael is relieved, so relieved from thousands of years of unimaginable hardship that he goes hollow INSTANTLY.
      I don't know that it's the most important thing in the souls universe, but it definitely is a great contrast to the wasteland at the end of the world. With Gael's help, you're fighting to make sure that a new better world can be created. Gael's is definitely my favorite story in the souls universe.

    • @kevinbeck8836
      @kevinbeck8836 9 месяцев назад +23

      his soul item description confirms all of this. Gael knew he was no champion and that the Dark Soul would likely ruin him

  • @villelepoaho4105
    @villelepoaho4105 3 года назад +133

    5:07 - 5:11 just perfectly sums up the epicness of this battle. Truly one of a kind.

  • @Adamanthillo
    @Adamanthillo 7 лет назад +5253

    He wasn't this strong against Friede. How many push-ups did he do? How many sit-ups? WHAT KIND OF JUICE DID HE DRINK!?

    • @julesop3866
      @julesop3866 7 лет назад +872

      The DARK SOUL*Energy Drink Version

    • @Mordalon
      @Mordalon 7 лет назад +392

      He had his vitamin D.

    • @pokegen2000
      @pokegen2000 7 лет назад +493

      For you see, your not dealing with the average slave knight anymore

    • @silverhand9965
      @silverhand9965 7 лет назад +418

      IaM He did ALL the pushups
      He did ALL the situps
      He drank ALL the juice

    • @CODA96
      @CODA96 7 лет назад +303

      A slave to surpass Metal Gear!

  • @rickygowda7045
    @rickygowda7045 7 лет назад +1962

    me:give it to me that thing your crossbow.

    • @Laerei
      @Laerei 5 лет назад +111

      Gael: *dies* Here you go...

    • @eutriV33
      @eutriV33 5 лет назад +34

      hand it over* and you can't have it it's my precious.

    • @eutriV33
      @eutriV33 5 лет назад +3

      @Hideki Tojo I think it's damage is enough and it's weapon art is a good finisher in PvP if you can manuel aim.

    • @nathan24-_-2
      @nathan24-_-2 5 лет назад +3

      Hideki Tojo Because no one likes Gael using the crossbow

    • @salvale9184
      @salvale9184 5 лет назад +14

      His GS is a way better weapon imo

  • @abuckarooboyo7104
    @abuckarooboyo7104 2 года назад +166

    Even after elden ring
    This guy is still my favorite
    Gael is still the pinnacle of fromsoft bosses imo

  • @dutchbannger6503
    @dutchbannger6503 8 месяцев назад +27

    "Give me that thing, your Dark Souls III: The Ringed City DLC ™️"

  • @KingFancy
    @KingFancy 6 лет назад +3092

    6:23 my god......

    • @98Dreadboy
      @98Dreadboy 6 лет назад +369

      King Fancy Where is your god now?

    • @danwork1149
      @danwork1149 6 лет назад +580

      King Fancy I remember when I first saw that move I thought it was the coolest thing to ever exist...

    • @skyswordlegacy4446
      @skyswordlegacy4446 6 лет назад +311

      King Fancy where's your stamina now silly mortal

    • @armintor2826
      @armintor2826 6 лет назад +27

      Style

    • @cjcalloway6087
      @cjcalloway6087 6 лет назад +208

      The fact he dodged all of that makes me hard

  • @nico4338
    @nico4338 6 лет назад +9091

    If there are any people who don't think this is a fitting end to this series, maybe this will convince you:
    It's the end of the world, and the only two living beings left are two undead. The old gods who cursed humanity are long dead, and the curse is all that's left of their legacy. In order to claim the dark soul (the games namesake) you have to fight the last enemy...yourself. Gael is no god, no great warrior, not even a terribly important character. His fate is what happens to an undead with a solemn duty and nothing left to lose, in other words, the player.
    Once you kill him, you get your reward and it's done. There's nothing left in the whole world. It's all ash and death.
    If that doesn't scream dark souls, I don't know what does.

    • @Spritus3241
      @Spritus3241 6 лет назад +187

      All the reputation of dark souls hinges on it's "difficulty", a merit that only pleases a minor demographic that doesn't require any extra challenge than high boss hp and hard hitting enemies everywhere. dark souls isn't that special, it's just a well built game with a few gimmicks like item based storytelling and resetting everything when you die (which is bog standard for pretty much everything, it just doesn't have an object tied to it). that said it isn't bad, it's just good, C-, pass.
      feel free to have your rage, i don't care, you perceive the game as you will and i'll be minding my own business passing time with equal and greater games.

    • @dandazed5846
      @dandazed5846 6 лет назад +779

      Spritus Animation, Games & YTPs
      But... but the *LORE!*
      In all seriousness, I won't get down on my knees and try to convince you otherwise. You do you, and I'll just enjoy this gem of a game.

    • @argen2949
      @argen2949 6 лет назад +111

      Spritus Animation, Games & YTPs like SUPAH MARRIO BRUHDAS 2

    • @Sahuagin
      @Sahuagin 6 лет назад +271

      +Spritus Animation, Games & YTPs Dark Souls "difficulty" is not really about hit points and damage. It mainly comes from obscurity (even misdirection) of important gameplay information, which is why it becomes easier and easier the more you play it. it's "easy when you know how" but it takes a while to know how. (I'm not 100% sure I like this concept, but I can't disagree that the end result is extremely fun and satisfying, at least once you get to the "you know how" part. it's a bit frustrating until you get there though.)
      other than that, it also has a huge number of ways to play, each surprisingly deep in its own way. (it's actually way more fluid than this, but you could say, maybe, pyro/mage/cleric/pure fighter * light/medium/heavy * shield/no shield for something like 12-24 base play styles (some of those are a bit odd though), and not including specific gear like weapons and rings)

    • @Treyast
      @Treyast 6 лет назад +255

      Spritus Animation, Games & YTPs The game's lore is there for those who actually can appreciate a good game for the stories it tells, not those who want a game to spoon-feed them info or an easy fight.

  • @HeyItsTheWykydtron
    @HeyItsTheWykydtron 2 года назад +90

    The best fight I've experienced in any Dark Souls games. Very fair. No annoying minions, no giant sweeping tree, no old crawling giant grandpa with a metal bowl, no giant fire breathing chicken dragon that breaks the camera, just you and your character trading blows until someone falls.

  • @krucjata9924
    @krucjata9924 2 года назад +156

    Coming back to this after elden ring .. really notice how all these attacks are fair yet fast , unlike waterfowl dance.. which just hurts

    • @burningknight7
      @burningknight7 2 года назад +40

      exactly, elden ring missed bigtime by just upping the difficulty without concern for fairness.

    • @krucjata9924
      @krucjata9924 2 года назад +36

      Not to mention , ER just kinda scales up the health and dmg of others while taking a bat to your dmg and how much you can take

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +31

      @@krucjata9924 starting at the mountaintop of the giants, the game just goes to ng+2 for no reason

    • @Xirenx
      @Xirenx 2 года назад +22

      @@lewispooper3138 I wasn’t gonna say anything but i hate how fucking accurate you are lmao

    • @Future_Doggo
      @Future_Doggo 2 года назад +8

      As much as I love Elden Ring, I have to agree. ):

  • @JLHoskins
    @JLHoskins 4 года назад +2700

    Fighting this guy's 3rd phase with 0 Estus is perhaps the most terrifying thing in Dark Souls history

    • @fuckmedaddy373
      @fuckmedaddy373 4 года назад +256

      it truly is a large endurance test. if you make it to phase 3, you know how long it took to get there. okay maybe only minutes, but still, very long minutes.

    • @GremmyV
      @GremmyV 4 года назад +39

      @@fuckmedaddy373 Except you use the Sellsword cheeseblades and spam L1.

    • @bbpoItergeist
      @bbpoItergeist 4 года назад +11

      MR g37 R3K7 everyone spams L1 dumb ass

    • @boliwijskisprzedawcakapucynek
      @boliwijskisprzedawcakapucynek 3 года назад +29

      @@bbpoItergeist Not everyone it's not Bloodborne

    • @sckecherten8304
      @sckecherten8304 3 года назад +23

      Dream chaser and the moment when you beat him on your first try, there is so much dopamine courseing through you that you may have a stroke

  • @KingTimmahB
    @KingTimmahB 7 лет назад +1836

    Gael: What's that smell? The sweet blood, oh, it sings to me.

    • @Canqwertz1
      @Canqwertz1 6 лет назад +14

      Hahahha nice one dude

    • @chrisgennusa8588
      @chrisgennusa8588 5 лет назад +147

      its enough to make a man sick

    • @2185JTT
      @2185JTT 5 лет назад +99

      Beasts all over the shop...

    • @yamnbam4346
      @yamnbam4346 5 лет назад +90

      JTT 2185
      You’ll be one of them, sooner or later

    • @deathserpent9747
      @deathserpent9747 5 лет назад +2

      @ZerglerLive 1st same universe tho

  • @realsupercobble
    @realsupercobble Год назад +135

    The best fight in all of SoulsBorne. There is no question. It is absolute PEAK FromSoft. Everything about Slave Knight Gael is perfect, down to the last little details. His boss theme, his mechanics, his phases, his lore, his subtle storytelling, the arena, literally everything about Gael is perfection.

    • @Hirat3
      @Hirat3 11 месяцев назад +2

      This game is beautiful. The animations are so precise.. combat looks pretty much cinematic all the while he's controlled by an AI!

  • @Hikarmeme
    @Hikarmeme 2 года назад +268

    Gael is the perfect example of a hard boss that doesn't rely on bullshit to be hard. He doesn't have a gank squad backing him up, doesn't have an instakill move that you need to run across the arena to avoid. He has an AOE cape, but the roll windows aren't vague. He has a lot of health, but he gives you good windows to attack, and has a cool moveset that's rewarding to dodge and predict. He's aggressive and unwavering, but you can still get a heal off if you play smart. You aren't expected to play perfectly, but you have to keep your focus until the very last swing. I wish more Elden Ring bosses were like Gael, especially Malenia...

    • @Salciin
      @Salciin 2 года назад +43

      Absolutely agree. I think Elden Ring is an awesome experience, but compared to Dark Souls the bosses are very lackluster

    • @merimkastrat5846
      @merimkastrat5846 9 месяцев назад +6

      He also has a range weapon in case you try to be clever keeping your distance and shooting, or just simply running away. Following with using them simultaneously such as a front flip while shooting and slashing.
      And to make it interesting, no repeated attacks. He has 3 phases in a single boss fight.

    • @AnimosityIncarnate
      @AnimosityIncarnate 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yup. I'm replaying DS3 soon as I beat Gael on my first attempt, and I feel I missed out on some of the spectacle, while getting ass whipped by midir for hours 😂
      Such an intuitive fight, fast reaction time can carry with a very readable moveset!

    • @majora919
      @majora919 6 месяцев назад

      Yea all of Elden rings bosses are pretty easy, then there's probably the biggest jump in difficulty I've seen in the series when you get to endgame bosses

  • @alexcalo4619
    @alexcalo4619 5 лет назад +2311

    Imagine if he had a move where he chugged an estus since he is an undead

    • @Bubbadroid6502
      @Bubbadroid6502 5 лет назад +404

      I’d actually like that. It’d be a reminder that he’s still human like you.

    • @felipecosta-kv2fx
      @felipecosta-kv2fx 4 года назад +218

      If he could parry? Or even use dark sorcerys?

    • @Phantom-el6oe
      @Phantom-el6oe 4 года назад +88

      @@felipecosta-kv2fx His lightning looks like dark sorcery

    • @sopmodii1505
      @sopmodii1505 4 года назад +295

      @@felipecosta-kv2fx We saw Soul of Cinder parry...Please never again.

    • @vulcan_nova
      @vulcan_nova 4 года назад +25

      He might as well. His health in the ten thousands.

  • @aidanchilders9043
    @aidanchilders9043 3 года назад +2311

    Most of the gods, deities, dragons, royalty and heroes in Dark Souls died like feral, half-crazed nobodies, clawing at themselves in the dirt. Gael is a feral, half-crazed nobody clawing at himself in the dirt, who stood up and died like a god.

    • @t0q14s9
      @t0q14s9 2 года назад +166

      Kinda like ludwig in bloodborne

    • @lesogod8162
      @lesogod8162 2 года назад +14

      @@t0q14s9 true

    • @angsty_saint
      @angsty_saint Год назад +9

      No he died a hero😢

    • @nikotsapaliaris4919
      @nikotsapaliaris4919 10 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah it's like poetry almost it rhymes

    • @samp2651
      @samp2651 9 месяцев назад +1

      Cringe

  • @dinorex3464
    @dinorex3464 2 года назад +83

    I remember being so close to beating him first try, but then he did the mid-air crossbow combo and I died because it was so epic that I forgot to dodge.
    One of the best bosses of the series.

  • @mntyki6977
    @mntyki6977 2 года назад +237

    even after finishing elden ring i still think this boss fight is the best fromsoft has ever put together.

    • @mohduk4
      @mohduk4 2 года назад +9

      For me Godfrey is the best rn

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +36

      @@mohduk4 whack

    • @vacancy959
      @vacancy959 2 года назад +14

      lol I started a new game on ds3 again after I beat ER cuz i wanna say hello once more to these amazing bosses in ds3 xD

    • @danielcharles3553
      @danielcharles3553 Год назад +5

      For me Ishin is still my favorite. It's hard to top the lightning counter

    • @joshuagleeson4776
      @joshuagleeson4776 Год назад +5

      @@mohduk4 Godfrey was cool but Gael (as a vessel of the full Dark Soul) had 3 games of build up and delivered in every single aspect. The boss, the visuals, the incredible music and the great lore around Gael himself and the heroic tragedy of his efforts. Just a perfect perfect fight in every regard that went above and beyond what we expected as a final boss for the Souls series. Nothing they've done has come close and nothing else will for at least another decade.

  • @atahanakay
    @atahanakay 4 года назад +2524

    Dark souls 1:Artorias
    Dark souls 2:Weeb Artorias
    Dark Souls 3:Artorias Grandpa

    • @damiank5976
      @damiank5976 4 года назад +388

      Bloodborne: grandpa with a scythe
      Sekiro:Artorias grandpa with a spear and glock

    • @hellishbound5520
      @hellishbound5520 4 года назад +262

      Gael = Old Man Guts.

    • @vanjaarsic1616
      @vanjaarsic1616 3 года назад +40

      @@damiank5976 Actually Owl has that Artorias flip.

    • @LordSevla
      @LordSevla 3 года назад +16

      Actually the Abyss Watchers are the Artorias successors here.

    • @Mo-ir3qz
      @Mo-ir3qz 3 года назад +15

      @@LordSevla they're probably referrencing the difficulty or the moveset idk, but I dont think the abyss watchers are the successor of artorias, more like followers or worshippers of artorias

  • @Twocoolman115
    @Twocoolman115 5 лет назад +574

    0:59 ah, he said it. He said the thing.

    • @aymanelkadouri8235
      @aymanelkadouri8235 3 года назад +35

      Hand it over that thing your comment

    • @Ryu-iq5dp
      @Ryu-iq5dp 3 года назад +42

      Hand it over, that thing, your miracle build.
      For my lady's memes.

    • @shisaso2115
      @shisaso2115 2 года назад +1

      Rip John DarkSoul

  • @brj87402
    @brj87402 Год назад +52

    Not one of Elden Rings bosses gave me the chills like I got when fighting Gael. All time favorite video game boss right here

    • @FlyntofRWBY
      @FlyntofRWBY Год назад +6

      While I feel the same way, I doubt Elden Ring is anywhere near finished. Gael is the final boss of an entire Trilogy, so of course he’s going to be phenomenal. Elden Ring, if it doesn’t get other games, will at least get a few DLC. I’m sure in those dlc, the bosses will be really good (though it’ll be hard to compete with Gael).

    • @Rob526
      @Rob526 Год назад +1

      @@FlyntofRWBY Yeah, luckily the dlc bosses and dlcs in general in from soft games are always fucking amazing even in comparison to the base game

    • @allmasterofficial
      @allmasterofficial Год назад +1

      Gael was amazing, until i saw Godfrey...

    • @Orientx20
      @Orientx20 6 месяцев назад

      Ludwig, Lady Maria, orphan of kos and Laurence ​@@Rob526

  • @Slenderman454
    @Slenderman454 2 года назад +394

    I am literally in love with elden ring and have beaten it twice now, but NONE of the bosses hold a light to Gael

    • @zamaznta2796
      @zamaznta2796 2 года назад +55

      Not even debatable imo

    • @15200NICO
      @15200NICO 2 года назад +58

      Gael is just peak boss fight ever.

    • @WackyToaster
      @WackyToaster 2 года назад +44

      Yeah, unfortunately most of the bosses in Elden Ring fell a bit short imo. I still had an absolute blast with it though and played through it twice too :)

    • @paduls
      @paduls 2 года назад +33

      just wait for the DLC to hit ;) it is very hard to pass Gael. the accumulation of the 3 games

    • @Comhead1234
      @Comhead1234 2 года назад +13

      I think you get the epicness of battling a god from the Redahn fight, and some of Melania's moveset shares with Gael's, at least in his first phase

  • @burritowyrm6530
    @burritowyrm6530 5 лет назад +998

    His sword must’ve been screaming AT RISK

    • @cazmoken8181
      @cazmoken8181 5 лет назад +52

      It is the risk!

    • @Xhaato_
      @Xhaato_ 4 года назад +50

      Remember that gael sword is broken
      Imagine if the sword was good
      Btw sorry for bad english

    • @Tigerman4545
      @Tigerman4545 4 года назад +33

      mathias UwU Well, the intact version of his sword is just the Executioners Greatsword.

    • @YOUR_SELF.
      @YOUR_SELF. 3 года назад +5

      @@Xhaato_ shit no no no!

    • @declicitous1763
      @declicitous1763 2 года назад +3

      @@Xhaato_ your English was good

  • @mrfigs7804
    @mrfigs7804 7 лет назад +874

    The Orphan of Kos and Artorias had a baby and it's beautiful 😭

    • @redhaziouche9972
      @redhaziouche9972 7 лет назад +150

      MrFigs I don't want to imagine that night

    • @thedoudou900
      @thedoudou900 7 лет назад +26

      Redha Ziouche XDDD Too late for me :'(. Kill me plz

    • @user-rk3dm3qs2p
      @user-rk3dm3qs2p 7 лет назад +12

      MrFigs from why not kos with maria?

    • @MrSticksASMR
      @MrSticksASMR 7 лет назад +31

      We all saw, though, Orphan of Kos had no dick. So what, was Gael a test-tube baby?

    • @user-rk3dm3qs2p
      @user-rk3dm3qs2p 7 лет назад +29

      kos has tenticle don't think it

  • @Gemidori
    @Gemidori 2 года назад +78

    This is one of the most glorious final bosses I have ever seen.
    It's such a beautiful culmination. At the very end of the world where there are none left alive, only you and an old friend remain standing. A friend trying to give life a final shred of time, to go out in dignity when the dark settles, and having become the embodiment of the Dark Soul to do it.
    Gael has become Dark Souls itself, and not only that, he fights just like how you would. There's no shame in battle now - no one's watching. No one will ever witness your final battle. It's just you, him, and the Soul of Cinder left in the world.
    Oh and a Fire Keeper if you're going for that ending.

    • @twazza
      @twazza Год назад +1

      I’m pretty sure this is after soul of cinder

    • @pituvir2618
      @pituvir2618 Год назад +6

      ​​@@twazza in the timeline this is after everything but in our character's journy the last fight is the Soul of cinder canonically speaking

  • @spencerfoote6977
    @spencerfoote6977 Год назад +45

    It’s sad how humanity finally got to use dark soul at its peak when all was gone. Took them getting to world ends, while almost everyone and everything is gone. However, they were still able to use it for the painting of a better future for all.

  • @tonyofhousestark1511
    @tonyofhousestark1511 4 года назад +971

    *2022*
    "What. still here?"

  • @clakedenclaken
    @clakedenclaken 7 лет назад +920

    You know a boss is a natural at being a badass when he shoot you with his auto-crossbow during a somersault jumping behind you in a middle of a combo while loosing magic homing bloody skull everywhere. Whithout forgetting gaping hole remplacing his stomach.
    Edit : Forgot about the thunder hitting the area from the sheer BADASSERY

  • @damienperez4357
    @damienperez4357 Год назад +48

    Gotta love that roar from the power of the dark soul being released 5:00

  • @Danktorias
    @Danktorias 3 года назад +569

    Like Artorias, this badass legend of a boss would've never existed had Miura never created Berserk. Sad to see we'll never see the end to it. Thank you Miura, RIP.
    Edit: thankfully I'm proven wrong about Berserk never ending. It will still continue as Miura's assistants will bear his torch and keep the legacy alive

    • @yourewallsareveryconvenien8292
      @yourewallsareveryconvenien8292 3 года назад +7

      Artorias = Blue
      Gael = Red
      Get it?

    • @Danktorias
      @Danktorias 3 года назад +16

      @@yourewallsareveryconvenien8292 I know that. I'm just saying that Gael is like Artorias because they're both inspired by Guts

    • @NinjapowerMS
      @NinjapowerMS 3 года назад +7

      Berserk would end but it won't be the same. His assistant can try but I doubt they can replicate his exact vision. RIP. Elden ring's tribute to berserk looking promising though

    • @XArticSpartanX
      @XArticSpartanX 2 года назад +2

      There's no confirmation of his assistants finishing berserk. Best to keep your expectations in check

    • @TheSleepingSeer
      @TheSleepingSeer 2 года назад +3

      Dark fantasy as we know it essentially wouldn't exist without Berserk. It would still exist but it would be radically different

  • @alariaaurora8456
    @alariaaurora8456 4 года назад +645

    That jump into the air and using crossbow in 6:24 is the coolest shit I’ve ever seen in any souls game

  • @EgorKlenov
    @EgorKlenov 5 лет назад +5332

    Best boss in Souls series

    • @bonifacemartinez6830
      @bonifacemartinez6830 3 года назад +164

      I couldn’t agree more

    • @argonianguy6226
      @argonianguy6226 3 года назад +15

      Егор, не ожидал увидеть здесь :0

    • @DallasM00n
      @DallasM00n 3 года назад +153

      Nah It's Isshin the sword saint. But all the others are correct too.

    • @Arbitrary_Arbiter
      @Arbitrary_Arbiter 3 года назад +114

      @@Swellard6415. Nah Gwyn it's your royal knight, Artorias

    • @Future_Doggo
      @Future_Doggo 3 года назад +145

      I cant chose between ludwig and gael. THEIR BOTH SO AMAZING!!!!!!

  • @yishaipol5154
    @yishaipol5154 Год назад +38

    Words cannot describe how well done this bossfight is

  • @zamaznta2796
    @zamaznta2796 2 месяца назад +7

    In terms of the story, lore, design and the fight itself; I still consider this to be the best boss fight of all time

  • @davidmaseda7165
    @davidmaseda7165 7 лет назад +3325

    Here you are. Man versus man. no gods, no prestigious knights, no legends. A slave knight, who wasn´t supposed to even stand a chance, and a unkindled one, unfit to link the flame completely. And yet, only both survived, only both reached the end of the world. There is no fancy cutscene, there is no final music, there is no shiny reward. The world is rotten, and nothing you do will fix it. Linking the flame, leaving it to die, becoming the new dark lord... Nothing will prevent the world to sink into ashes, ashes of innumerable cycles passing, of countless heroes linking the flame. Just ash co ering the world, just Gael finding each piece of the dark soul, and becoming corrupted by it every step.
    And now you are alone in the future. When you go back to our timeline, you know there is no future, there is nothing that you can do with this world... Except creating another world, and leaving this one to die. You give the dark soul's blood to the painter, and there it is. Countless attempts to save the world. Everything was in vain. You failed, but there is hope in another world.
    Bravissimo, From.

    • @Romb772
      @Romb772 7 лет назад +218

      David Maseda But there is music

    • @davidmaseda7165
      @davidmaseda7165 7 лет назад +99

      Touché

    • @dannyboi5887
      @dannyboi5887 7 лет назад +410

      Also that one ringed knight, he made it too. What a trooper....

    • @ashtongrey6755
      @ashtongrey6755 7 лет назад +79

      That's really depressing to think about

    • @trags3
      @trags3 7 лет назад +62

      David Maseda You don't leave the current world to "die", you simply re-link The First Flame and the new era beggins, the reason you can travel back to the "old dark-time firelink shrine" is because all the bonfires are linked trough time and matter.
      So basicly you travel in to past in that part of the game, after linking the first flame it does not create a new world, it brings life and hope to the current one.
      If you take the flame away the dark age is to come...
      "The First Flame quickly fades.
      Darkness will shortly settle.
      But one day, tiny flames will dance across the darkness.
      Like embers, linked by lords past."
      Tiny flames will still remind the world of the old era, and bring hope that maybe one day, there will be enough souls again, to link The First Flame.

  • @MultiKillerontheroad
    @MultiKillerontheroad 5 лет назад +2124

    You are lucky that he doesn't drink potions.

    • @haroldsedit5181
      @haroldsedit5181 5 лет назад +25

      Omg 😂

    • @MultiKillerontheroad
      @MultiKillerontheroad 5 лет назад +15

      @Franmaxplay we know what was the point.

    • @jo-jk2sr
      @jo-jk2sr 5 лет назад +118

      If he was able to do so, I would cry in front of my tv 😭

    • @youngedge746
      @youngedge746 5 лет назад +33

      @@MultiKillerontheroad uninstall dark souls 3 after that

    • @hope_pead
      @hope_pead 4 года назад +117

      Honestly I kind of wanted him to. He is an undead like us but has hundreds of thousands of years of experience. This boss should have been so hard that it takes you a week of gameplay to beat him. But then people wouldn't buy it I guess. I wouldn't mind making him 10x more powerful because, at this point, he is an antithesis to Gwyn, the most powerful character in the story.

  • @just_cade
    @just_cade Год назад +21

    The way the Ashen One takes a step back when they realize what Gael has become. Our character almost never shows a sign of fear, but this could almost be construed as fear.

  • @mohamadzairul3020
    @mohamadzairul3020 2 года назад +19

    Elden ring has been a blast. But I have not found any ost can be compared to this fight. Yet here i am

    • @Slenderman454
      @Slenderman454 2 года назад +6

      Same here, had to swing by and hear that intro into phase 2, my god

    • @mau228
      @mau228 2 года назад

      For me it got beat by godricks theme

    • @EdgeOfDarknezz
      @EdgeOfDarknezz 2 года назад

      Ever heard of godfrey, elden beast or regal ancestor spirit? Check them, they are awesome too!

    • @mohamadzairul3020
      @mohamadzairul3020 2 года назад

      @@EdgeOfDarknezz those are awesome too. But not to grand or like a same theme with gael.. one could compare is godskin apostle

  • @butternutter5712
    @butternutter5712 7 лет назад +741

    Also, so sad that old uncle gael became, this thing. From his dialogue and his action, he has no more semblance of sapience left. All he can think of is, gather more dark souls, gather more, for his lady.

    • @hellatze
      @hellatze 7 лет назад +17

      Butter Nutter just like knight kirk.

    • @Shinoyami65
      @Shinoyami65 7 лет назад +86

      And now we're probably going to give Gael's Dark Soul to the painter, but she'll never actually realise whose sacrifice allowed her to paint a new world.

    • @butternutter5712
      @butternutter5712 7 лет назад +22

      Now that i looks, this reminds me a bit of the fight with ludwig strictly from a concept point of view. As he starts he is nothing but a wild hunter of humanity no different to a dark wraith. But as he progresses through his phases his battle techniques become more advanced his swords strokes more intelligent and graceful. Visual story telling is everywhere, just go look for it.

    • @rayiiirodriguez5523
      @rayiiirodriguez5523 7 лет назад +1

      Butter Nutter Does anybody know who is the person Geal throws?

    • @butternutter5712
      @butternutter5712 7 лет назад +41

      I think it's a group of pygmies who took the dark soul from the furtive. That's why gael is killing and eating them or something.

  • @childeater7327
    @childeater7327 7 лет назад +1154

    Hand it over
    That thing
    *your conniptions*

    • @carlos-zy7vx
      @carlos-zy7vx 5 лет назад +34

      Gib me conniptions

    • @felipecosta-kv2fx
      @felipecosta-kv2fx 4 года назад +36

      For my lady's memes

    • @bruhski136
      @bruhski136 4 года назад +21

      What?
      Still here?
      Hand it over, that thing.
      Your lumbago.

    • @cptinvincible3223
      @cptinvincible3223 4 года назад +10

      What?
      Still here?
      Hand it over, that thing.
      Your *_G O D D A M N P L A N_*

    • @mdr1696
      @mdr1696 4 года назад +10

      Hand it over
      That thing
      Your memes
      For my lady's shitposting

  • @aydenturkel7942
    @aydenturkel7942 Год назад +23

    Im not even kidding when I say that this is not only the best boss in the entire series but probably the best boss fight in any game ever. The sheer size of the arena, Gaels attacks and phases and even the music is the best in the series in my opinion.
    Not only thay he is also the final boss of the entire Dark Souls franchise as like many people have commented, there is nobody left in the world except you and Gael himself.
    He even uses a broken sword. Legit the very first weapon you obtain in the series is a broken sword and im the end you fight a man wielding one as well.

  • @alexwilson2227
    @alexwilson2227 Год назад +20

    The music and atmosphere and then Gael's roar at moments like 5:08. Gives me chills man

  • @ApexGale
    @ApexGale 7 лет назад +285

    I fucking love how he starts by moving around like an animal on four limbs but then he finds his resolve and starts fighting you properly

    • @LaserThemTheGirl
      @LaserThemTheGirl 7 лет назад +78

      Zenith Tempest ... Exactly like Ludwig

    • @chufucachoo
      @chufucachoo 7 лет назад +52

      * And Knight Artorias, the fight also starts the same as Artorias in that he throws a dead body at you.

    • @KarlismiSN
      @KarlismiSN 2 года назад +12

      He doesn't find resolve, rather he turns hollow in that moment as his purpose is complete when his blood is spilled

    • @RandomPerson28337
      @RandomPerson28337 Год назад

      @@KarlismiSN no what that's the point hollowing has the opposite effect on him as if in death he finds new purpose.

  • @youaintready1006
    @youaintready1006 4 года назад +1702

    It kinda makes sense that Gael would be the final boss. By the time we fight him in the wasteland at the end of the Ringed City, Filianore is definitely dead and Gael is the oldest remaining character in the entire game (assuming you killed the Nameless King and Midir). His Repeating Crossbow description states that he has been fighting alone, on his own, against overwhelming odds on an endless journey. Plus he knows the ancient Way of White Corona miracle, which only DS1 characters knew. People are just upset because his character didn't appear at all until Ashes of Ariandel, so it feels gimmicky to have him as a surprise final boss.
    But the real reason Gael is the final boss of the series is because Berserk had an outsized impact on Japanese game developers who grew up reading and watching it in the 80s-90s. Miyazaki has admitted he loves Berserk and it's really easy to see its influences across the lore and storylines of the DS universe. Besides, we had already killed Artorias (i.e., Guts reference #1) and Miyazaki wanted us to fight a fallen Guts at the end of all things (because that's the most meta Berserk reference of all), so he made us fight Gael instead. Stage 1 of Gael is Guts in his Berserker "Beast of Darkness" form, hence the all-fours, beast-like fighting style. Stage 2 of the boss fight is Guts regaining a bit of his sanity as the Black Swordsman, wielding his repeating crossbow.
    Even the concept of Gael as a Slave Knight who served Gwyn (who looks just like the King of Midgard, by the way) and presumably the rest of the gods and their lieutenants (i.e., Dark Sun Gwyndolin and Ornstein, who are references to Femto and Griffith, respectively) lines up with Guts backstory in Berserk as an orphaned child who was raised to fight and kill his entire life without asking questions before he joined the Band of the Hawk and began to realize he could have a purpose and a dream of his own (i.e., the dark, gentle painted world that requires the Dark Soul). In Berserk, a constant question that Miura leaves unanswered is whether Guts will succumb to the evil inside of himself and use the Behelit he holds onto to make a pact with the Godhand. In Miyazaki's homage to Berserk, Guts/Gael has finally fallen to the darkness.

    • @lukascostello2413
      @lukascostello2413 3 года назад +163

      My man woke up and chose to right an entire English essay

    • @BushBumperBaker
      @BushBumperBaker 3 года назад +19

      @@lukascostello2413 Ooga booga, me can't read so I gon make fun of u!

    • @lukascostello2413
      @lukascostello2413 3 года назад +92

      @@BushBumperBaker when did I ever make fun of him. Just said that he wrote a long comment

    • @autisticduck3071
      @autisticduck3071 3 года назад +10

      Sadly his crossbow does not obey the laws of physics at all so bad boss

    • @lt.pickle6208
      @lt.pickle6208 3 года назад +42

      Shit man knowing this it makes recent news of Miura even more sad. Rip to the legend

  • @imaginationpersona7961
    @imaginationpersona7961 Год назад +68

    Out of all the video game bosses I faced, none have awestrucked and impressed me as Gael. No boss has gotten my blood pumping and my adrenaline rushing like Gael. Everything about him is just amazing - the lore, the design, the movesets, the music. The first time I faced him, I felt like I was partaking in an epic anime fight - Gael gave me all he got and I did the same for him. In a way, I felt like we respected each other during the fight - Gael and I reached the end of our journeys and only one of us was going to live. Slave Knight Gael, I bow before you and tip my Mimic hat to you.

    • @Falco-Lombardi
      @Falco-Lombardi Год назад +3

      Exactly, my favorite boss of all time everything about him is perfect. Knowing what's truly going on and what's at stake makes this incredible fight, just flat out amazing.

    • @Brainmelt427
      @Brainmelt427 Год назад

      Wtf you wore the symbol of avarice during the fight?

    • @danielnorville-weaver5316
      @danielnorville-weaver5316 Год назад

      i agree elden ring might have more bosses with spectacle but this boss hits all the darksouls themes and it really feels like the collimation of the entire series with gael being being a love letter to all the dark depressing themes of the previous games. The idea that gael is the selfless in this act is beautiful. Just the scene of gael yelling in pain while fighting you at the end of the world and casually destroying basically the last ancient gods of the series (The pigmy lords) thrones and devouring them is so frickin dude. Gael was born a slave and died being the most important pigmy to ever live in the entire series. his lore and themes just hit different man, godfrey and radahn might be close in spectacle but gael wins in context every time for me.

  • @Pentazemin7
    @Pentazemin7 Год назад +17

    I cried after this fight. Having spent so much time on Dark Souls and knowing this was the end of the series, with the beautiful music and stories all finished, I felt sadness and joy at having reached the very end. The whole experience was breathtaking from the very start, I remember feeling butterflies in my stomach the moment I heard the title music, and was never disappointed anywhere in the whole trilogy. It will remain engrained in my heart forever.

  • @coolbeans3635
    @coolbeans3635 7 лет назад +1793

    Slave Knight of Gwyn, Gaeltorias.

  • @famtomerc
    @famtomerc 7 лет назад +210

    3:49
    "ah, you were at my side all along."

  • @Rockingrey
    @Rockingrey 2 года назад +22

    To this day that is still the best Fight and the best Ost in the Souls Series

  • @jadenlee2042
    @jadenlee2042 3 года назад +10

    At 5:14 you can see a skull pattern in Gaels dark soul attack. I just realized this and once you spot it you can’t unsee it

  • @avimimus10
    @avimimus10 7 лет назад +1143

    Easily one of the coolest, if not THE coolest, bosses I've ever seen.

    • @hellatze
      @hellatze 7 лет назад +13

      avimimus10 I think, the boss fight are clone of nameless king, friede, maria, and athorias. with a bit orphan of kos.

    • @TheUltimaGhost
      @TheUltimaGhost 7 лет назад +15

      A rehash of of bosses of the previous entries in the series is considered cool?????????

    • @avimimus10
      @avimimus10 7 лет назад +53

      Aye, he's basically an amalgamation of several previous bosses with the added bonus of an awesome boss arena.

    • @avimimus10
      @avimimus10 7 лет назад +91

      If the boss rehashes elements from some of the most awe-inspiring encounters in the series, then aye. Coolness is in the eye of the beholder. :D

    • @hellatze
      @hellatze 7 лет назад +13

      avimimus10 not really, I mean this boss is cheap.
      lighting, humanity soulmass, same attack moveset, and thunder.
      I rather support champion of gundyr who use pure skill, not using too much cheap magic and diffrent moveset. compare this boss fight, looks rushed too much.

  • @TheAdaoo7
    @TheAdaoo7 4 года назад +3629

    Another reason why this dlc is a fitting end. It has you fight the last of everything.
    The last demon
    The last remnant of the church
    The last dragon
    The last man

    • @chaosrex1487
      @chaosrex1487 3 года назад +443

      God damn, and fittingly enough the man is the last of them all. We see the last pygmy die just before the boss fight.

    • @fhearrbod858
      @fhearrbod858 3 года назад +84

      The last jedi

    • @siegwardofcatarina100
      @siegwardofcatarina100 3 года назад +7

      @@Cptsuccess what thing?

    • @siegwardofcatarina100
      @siegwardofcatarina100 3 года назад +3

      420 nice

    • @Cptsuccess
      @Cptsuccess 3 года назад +5

      @@siegwardofcatarina100 the last jedi

  • @sirblockepicmcswaggins5248
    @sirblockepicmcswaggins5248 2 года назад +48

    I absolutely love how at the end of time, when all else has collapsed, the last two people left aren't lords, kings or gods. Instead, it's two homeless hollows beating the hell out of each other.
    "At the end of the day, so long as there's two people left on the planet, someone's gonna want someone dead." - Sniper, TF2

  • @garou4936
    @garou4936 2 года назад +58

    Even after Elden ring, this is still the best boss fight From Soft has ever done

    • @chunchunmaruwaijeblevid9425
      @chunchunmaruwaijeblevid9425 2 года назад +1

      Best is debatable, there are tons of bosses that deserves top 1 too like Isshin, Orphan of Kos, artorias, ludwig, etc

    • @garou4936
      @garou4936 2 года назад +12

      @@chunchunmaruwaijeblevid9425 dude I'm not saying it as a fact. It's my personal preference

    • @claustrophobicmole867
      @claustrophobicmole867 2 года назад +5

      gael best boss of all video games

    • @EdgeOfDarknezz
      @EdgeOfDarknezz 2 года назад +1

      I think i love the most fighting malenia/godfrey, inner father, gael and artorias/ornstein & smough

    • @garurumon1203
      @garurumon1203 10 месяцев назад

      nah

  • @nickalling2924
    @nickalling2924 7 лет назад +832

    A quote from a steam user that goes by the name KILL.A that pretty much fucks up my life.
    "I've seen many people talking about how someone nearly nameless as Gael being the final boss not only of the dlc, not only of the game, but of the series itself just ruinned everything. And I say that I partialy agree with that.
    Why? Well, having Gael as the final boss of the DLC is not so great I will agree. I myself and I believe that almost everyone was expecting some big name like pigmy or another god, so having a nobody slave knight was pretty... meh.
    But now, seeing the big picture, not looking only on the ringed city or dark souls 3 itself, but the soulseries as a whole, having a nobody slave knight as the final boss is just a masterpiece.
    You see... dark souls was never a history of conquest, or honor or of a hero saving the day... No, it is a melancholy history of a decrept civilization falling apart as time passes while nobody can't really do anything about it, other than watch and try something for no major avail.
    Now, what best way to finish such a sad and depressing history of a world once ruled by great and immortal dragons which waged war with mighty gods than having two nobodys fighting the last fight the world will ever see? A crazed nobody slave knight fighting a nameless undead in the end of the world while the entire world is already gone. A fight with no reason, the nobody slave is in a crazy blood rage and the nameless undead is just trying to defend himself, no major ideals, nothing to be saved, only two nobodys fighting over nothing."

    • @onlyicedgarrett7791
      @onlyicedgarrett7791 6 лет назад +78

      Nick Alling You're on the right track, but they're not fighting over nothing. The Slave Knight is fighting to claim more Dark Soul for his lady's painting. His lady is the only reason why he sought the Dark Soul. He knew the Soul would corrupt him, but Unkindled ones, Ashen ones, they're vessels for souls. If anyone could not only claim but deliver the Soul, it'd be the Ashen One. And so, Gael leads you through the Dreg Heap, helps you slay the Demon Prince, reach the Ringed City, reveal the Dark Soul by collapsing Filianore's egg, then claim the Blood of the Dark Soul.

    • @Treyast
      @Treyast 6 лет назад +14

      Nick Alling um... No. They are fighting over the Dark Soul, the last known true lord soul in existence. If Gael won, then everything would be lost forever ( or until the flame fades naturally at least.)
      Gael isn't a nobody. He is arguably the most powerful thing in existence when you fight him as he has the most complete and least faded lord soul.
      You aren't a nobody, as you are powerful enough to kill all of the current lords even though you were never even supposed to make it past Gundyr. People everywhere have heard the legend of the unkindled and recognise (or sense?) That you are unkindled.

    • @minusp895
      @minusp895 5 лет назад +18

      Pigmy was on the ground dragging itself away from Gael.

    • @itsprod.472
      @itsprod.472 5 лет назад +2

      Well said, sums it all up

    • @user-eq7zv4wh2s
      @user-eq7zv4wh2s 5 лет назад +2

      Then what's shira doing here?

  • @victoryip2332
    @victoryip2332 7 лет назад +189

    A warrior so badass that even his cape is a weapon...

    • @blankabs7056
      @blankabs7056 5 лет назад +6

      some heros whear capes badass warriors use it as a weapon

    • @core-nix1885
      @core-nix1885 2 года назад

      They're his angel wings...

  • @Grzelsonable
    @Grzelsonable 2 года назад +67

    After beating every boss in Elden Ring I can say with full certainty that none of Elden Ring bosses even came close to the level of design to some of those from DS3. Uncle Gael is still the best boss fight in the series.

    • @Based1889
      @Based1889 2 года назад +7

      Ludwig,Maria,kos,nameless king,artorias,isshin and midir too

    • @Grzelsonable
      @Grzelsonable 2 года назад +6

      @@Based1889 twin princess, sis Friede, O&S, Genichiro, Father Owl and Gascione.

    • @Based1889
      @Based1889 2 года назад +1

      @@Grzelsonable oh yes friede, ornstein and smough and daddy gascoigne, personally i never put father owl and genichiro as the best boss fight because well they are just too easy and unfun to fight at times but I do respect your opinion :) also note I did play elden ring but damn that game's bosses are nowhere near the older game boss fights like malenia is the most unfair and garbage boss fight in a video game to date.

    • @Grzelsonable
      @Grzelsonable 2 года назад +4

      @@Based1889 malenia is a total bs. A fight not fun to master. Like most of ER bosses. I enjoyed that black blade fight though. Mostly praised dragon lord phdsjshhedeux fight was cheap as well imo. Full body hitbox, aoe spam with teleport. Not even close to Midir and kalameet.

    • @Based1889
      @Based1889 2 года назад +4

      @@Grzelsonable yeah, maliketh and Godfrey was an awesome fight but that too ruined with 1 hour combos and one shots.

  • @iffatfikri1450
    @iffatfikri1450 2 года назад +15

    you know i cam back here because of elden ring
    and somehow gael still feel like out of the league than most interesting boss in elden ring
    gael is just built different

  • @maxmodeIRL
    @maxmodeIRL 7 лет назад +1884

    it makes sense that Guts would be the final boss of Dark Souls

  • @lutherwells3522
    @lutherwells3522 7 лет назад +410

    Does anyone else notice the fact that Gael is kicking the player's ass with a larger version of a Broken Straight Sword?
    Love the contrast between Gwyn and Gael. We first see Gwyn at the height of his power before the game even starts, before we finally fight him as a weakened husk of himself; while we find Gael as a lowly and humble slave before The Ringed City DLC, and we fight him at the height of his strongest using the power of the Dark Soul to fuel his abilities.
    While Gwyn/Soul of Cinder fought with a powerful blade and the miracles of Lightning, Gael wields a rusty, broken sword alongside the dark and a repeating crossbow never seen in the game before (shut up, Avelyn).

    • @moonraven6145
      @moonraven6145 7 лет назад +36

      never thought of that actually, he's basically the complete mirror opposite of Gwyn

    • @lutherwells3522
      @lutherwells3522 7 лет назад +55

      To add to that: Gwyn, even as a hollow and as the first incarnation of the Soul of Cinder, fought methodically and carefully playing defense often against the player in what could be considered a "dance".
      Gael, on the other hand, fights savagely and completely on the offensive, so much so that comparisons to Manus and Artorias could be drawn since one was corrupted by the Dark (Artorias and Gael's 1st Phase) while another had been considered as a "father" or vessel for the Dark (Manus and Gael's 2nd/3rd Phase).
      Thinking about that now, I can see why people get mad thinking that Gael is a recycled Artorias/Manus combination. It may look lazy at first glance, but not all is seldom as seen. It seems like a smart move on FromSoft's part that Gael behaves much like Manus and Artorias because they are all influenced by the Dark in their own ways.

    • @josephcole8102
      @josephcole8102 7 лет назад +23

      It's a corroded version of gaels executioner GS

    • @lutherwells3522
      @lutherwells3522 7 лет назад +25

      I know that, but it still looks like a giant Broken Straight Sword. I would guess that it plays into the symbolism of Gael's psyche, as the description of the Broken Straight Sword says, "Only the completely Hollowed would even consider using this as a weapon," and he's straight up kicking ass with it.
      Though he's not hollowed, he sure as hell is maddened by the power of the Dark Soul.

    • @baronvonbeandip
      @baronvonbeandip 5 лет назад +11

      Actually, Gael is just ZeroLenny after having been requested to do the all the souls and souls-likes. Drunk off the spice.

  • @casacara
    @casacara 2 года назад +11

    I think it'll be hard to ever conclude a series as satisfyingly as this again.

  • @polskillz
    @polskillz 2 года назад +12

    Love the disparity between the opening cutscene and the cutscene from when you first meet Gael, the shot at 1:00 shows him wanting to take something from you while in the first meeting, the same angle is used but it's him handing you a piece of the painting with both hands

  • @JillLulamoon
    @JillLulamoon 6 лет назад +881

    The shift to phase 2 is one of the best moments in the series. I think only Ludwig the Accursed reclaiming his sword matches for me.
    The Dark Soul of humanity reawakens in all it's terrible power, and Gael, this old, abused, and forgotten hollow becomes the most powerful being the world has seen, matched only by you. A nameless Ashen One, unfit even to be cinder.
    A climatic final battle between two worthless beings at the end of the world, fighting over something that doesn't really even matter anymore.
    Fitting end to the series in my opinion.
    And I love how Gael stands on his feet, and fights like a knight, not a mindless monster like in phase 1.
    And Everytime Gael explodes and souls escape from his body. Like he has so much power it's literally tearing him apart. So cool.

    • @KaIubka
      @KaIubka 4 года назад +14

      Gael isn't hollow though. He's just a mad lad

    • @Joawlisdoingfine
      @Joawlisdoingfine 4 года назад +83

      KaLubka
      Oh no he becomes hollow as the fight drags on. He becomes weak to the hollowslayer!

    • @Ldenlord
      @Ldenlord 4 года назад +6

      Ludwig is a lot harder though

    • @Joawlisdoingfine
      @Joawlisdoingfine 4 года назад +38

      Rith Panhapich
      Well that entirely up to both play-style and your own skills. You would be surprised how different other’s experiences are!

    • @JillLulamoon
      @JillLulamoon 4 года назад +10

      @@Beppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Probably just a troll account. Honestly it was pretty funny to see this dude respond to a 2 year old comment lol

  • @jreaganmorganchannel
    @jreaganmorganchannel 7 лет назад +692

    People have noticed that the ethereal skulls are like bloodborne, but what they don't seem to notice is the lightning. Most of the lightning in Dark Souls is yellow, but lightning in bloodborne is blue, like the lightning in this fight

    • @Ford_Everest
      @Ford_Everest 6 лет назад +62

      Martyr Logarius!

    • @andreaspadaccini948
      @andreaspadaccini948 6 лет назад +134

      Coincidence?
      *I think not*

    • @luttrellcaleb
      @luttrellcaleb 6 лет назад +210

      Hanzbow Shitada fitting for the fact of the theory bloodborne is the the world created from the ariandel painters painting I mean "bloodborne" i take that as born from the blood of the dark soul

    • @Spritus3241
      @Spritus3241 6 лет назад +105

      have you considered its probably not miracle based lightning? and even then if its blue could it be soul lightning? that seems more fitting as it comes from his power not faith.

    • @Albert_Lecter03
      @Albert_Lecter03 6 лет назад +52

      I think its actaul lightning this time because gwyn’s and nearly everyone in Anor londo especially NK use lightning sun miracles.
      Since there some go striking without those red souls independently in the background. Just sayi’n

  • @zackd6242
    @zackd6242 3 года назад +18

    My favorite part of this boss fight is Gael holds nothing back. He really fights you with all he's got like you really are the last two living creatures in existence. Best boss in the series

  • @robsch1035
    @robsch1035 2 года назад +19

    5:03 is literally the best moment out of every souls Bossfights!

  • @minilink3371
    @minilink3371 4 года назад +737

    Honestly, this guy was the only Dark Souls boss that I enjoyed dying to and try to fight again.

    • @liamobrien6903
      @liamobrien6903 4 года назад +50

      Same here, never raged once in all the 2000 times it took me to beat him.

    • @EmoZix
      @EmoZix 4 года назад +3

      Lol true

    • @bbpoItergeist
      @bbpoItergeist 4 года назад +9

      MiniLink same and prince Lorain too.

    • @rychier6994
      @rychier6994 3 года назад +2

      Fume knight felt this way to me and also ornstein and smough...

    • @reaperleviathan4726
      @reaperleviathan4726 2 года назад +21

      @@bbpoItergeist This spot marks our grave, but you may rest here too

  • @lakobause
    @lakobause 4 года назад +396

    6:21 The moment Dark Souls went full anime.

    • @justinchalifoux4424
      @justinchalifoux4424 4 года назад +33

      Then the shinobi executions came to be...

    • @iksskan9147
      @iksskan9147 4 года назад +30

      Nameless king has entered the chat

    • @joshuagleeson4776
      @joshuagleeson4776 3 года назад +30

      Can't have cool shit without it being labelled anime can we

    • @iaminsanity2238
      @iaminsanity2238 3 года назад +34

      Well i mean, he IS basically Miyazaki's version of Guts

    • @thomaspereira1545
      @thomaspereira1545 3 года назад +5

      The coolest combo in the whole game

  • @essexu
    @essexu 2 года назад +60

    It still feels like no bosses can even compare to this fight in elden ring

    • @tannerpowers4082
      @tannerpowers4082 2 года назад +19

      Exactly, dark souls 3 just has a vibe to it that elden ring will never reach.

    • @darksouls7939
      @darksouls7939 2 года назад +5

      I think Elden Ring bosses are better

    • @LuM4rex
      @LuM4rex 2 года назад +27

      @@darksouls7939 Of course, it's your right to think as you want and have your own opinion. But the fact that the average quality of the DS3 boss is much higher than that of the Elden Ring is obvious.

    • @claustrophobicmole867
      @claustrophobicmole867 2 года назад

      yeah radahn is pretty easily top tier along side gael but if i had to choose gael is still peak fiction final boss, radahn is also peak fiction but not in the number 1 spot tbh

    • @berk131415
      @berk131415 2 года назад +6

      Elden Ring bosses are better overall, but still no Gael level bosses. Maybe Malenia, maybe...I hope Elden Ring DLC gives us the necessary answer.