I Turned Elden Ring Into Dark Souls 4 Challenge Run
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
- Elden Ring is nice, but spirit ashes, the physick flask, and a horse make the game too easy! If we could just take those things out of Elden Ring, it would be a challenge just like the dark souls games right? So today we do just that, and take on all remembrances in the lands between, even Malenia, WITHOUT the new Elden Ring features. Becoming the Elden Lord just got harder!
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Ah, the genre of video I like to file under “we enjoy his suffering for 40 minutes”
Hey how bad could it be?
"How bad could it possibly be? Let's see"
Mittensquad and this guy should do a crossover runs.
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Finally a reason to use the serpent hunter that doesn't mess with the run rules.
99% of the reason we did it
The Regal Ancestor bit actually got me at first. I was like "Wait... you can use the horse in this fight.....?"
Same lol
I love how unapologeticly pro union he is
Lets start a comment section union, I am so serious
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033Hell yeah I'm in
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 YES SIR 🫡
Collective bargaining for likes and subs @@tulokthebarbrarian2033
The only people who aren't are people who either don't actually know anything about unions, or actively benefit from workers being legally closer to slaves than humans.
Olivia Rodrigo really is such an important historic figure. I'm glad Miyazaki recognizes her genius and pays tribute to it
So true, certainly one of the most important Manga of all time: Sour
Kinda hope the horse is more necessary in the DLC, or they don't make more giant boss rooms devoid of horsery
I'd just like a horsery health boost
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 maybe scale with your flask or something at least
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Exactly. Give us something to buff up Torrent !
And some horse armour to increse its poise to... not ZERO ? XD
Our horny boy desperately needs more meat on his bones and some measure poise at least ! Using greatswords from horseback still feels damn cool, though.
Love how the ideal anti-cavalry weapons (well, against Torrent only) are dagger flurries and just HOLDING A TORCH OUT in front of you, oh my God make it stop !
I played Mount & Blade games a lot and gotta say, was it not for the acrobatics, Torrent would rank very low on a steed scale, slightly above a pack donkey to be honest...
Seriously, I love the double-jumping little antilope, but that squishyness deters me from using him against anything with real power, minus Night´s Cavalry of course.
a platforming boss would be fun. Imagine Bed of Chaos, but with horse.
I would prefer smaller boss rooms, especially for the elden beast and astel. Just why did they make those fights in HUGE arenas with no horse and teleporting bosses.
Well now you have to do a Solaire run
With the horse and spirits because of jolly cooperation of course. Can't wait to imagine... Solaire...in Fort Haight
The existence of a School of Hope implies the existence of a Prison of Rock.
Jailhouse Rock
Another cool under the hood addition is always on UI, which in elden ring is set to turn off on default, to increase immersion when exploring the environment.
Yeah, I'm a UI enjoyer, so mine is always on haha
Tbh, I've been playing a lot of Dark Souls 2 recently, the heads-up display in default is set to auto-hide like in Elden Ring too, so I expect DS3 to be similar. Perhaps always on hud must be limited to DS1 and original Demon's Souls
I propose that we name Fia’s Champions Violet, Klaus, and Sunny
They do oft befall a series of unfortunate events
Nice. All I could think was Virgin sorcerer, Mad chad (cause he uses a mad pumpkin head) and Dad Lionel, cause he's Fia adoptive dad
This comment is a stroke of genius , a phrase which here means "Tulok should call them that in his next challenge run."
Actually the greatsword is a reference to the evil dead movies where Miyazaki gets most of his references from.
Fun fact! The hunter rune is a reference to the necronomicon in the 2nd evil dead movie!
Oh that's so true
i dont know if this is funny or massive bullying for evryone who has to read this XD
So, I just have to say that I like this idea partly because it's not too limiting. I don't like watching frustration, I like watching creativity. Some of your runs were a little too frustrated by their limitations. Keep creative ones like this coming! =D
Next run is just us steamrolling the whole game. Haven't even started streaming it yet, I'm just confident.
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 confidence is key
I love how this video is just "let's take away all the things that make this game more convenient and less unnecessarily painful" run
Thats Dark Souls baby
No spirit ashes isn't even that painful, I feel 😅
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 That's not Dark Souls, that's Only World Game Design. For some reason having overly giant spaces regularly and evenly filled with recycled content in an attempt to justify the massive play area is something people just accept as part of the experience, again for some reason. Fromsoft didn't add Torrent as a fun new addition to spice up gameplay, it's a band aid to make traversal less painful, which it doesn't even fully succeed at because Upgrade Materials, people just skip 90% of open world content to beeline for Upgrade Materials, and Torrent (and the bland and stale world design) basically enables that. It's like they don't even want you to play the game, just ride around on your horse while looking at pseudo-interesting vistas while you avoid fighting anything that doesn't give you a bajillion runes and is cheesable at a low level.
You want to beeline for Upgrade Materials in DS3? Not as easy when you don't have a horse and the linear game design bottlenecks you in doing at least _some_ of the content to get those upgrades. You want to do to Lothric Castle early to get some Titanite Chunks? Better buck up and beat the Dancer at a low level, as in actually fighting it unlike using Poison Mist to stealth kill the Draconic Tree Sentinel.
People will ruin their own fun if you give them the opportunity to do so. "Meta" is a word you may have heard of before. I'm not saying that there aren't people who might like that kind of gameplay and find the "meta" progression of Elden Ring to be enjoyable, but that's not Dark Souls. That's Open World. That's Elden Ring, which is why it's not Dark Souls 4. This is just a single aspect under analysis, but it is of my opinion that the open world is the singular aspect that makes Elden Ring not Dark Souls 4. And that's okay, it's just not to my personal preference.
@@michaelbowman6684 I think youre just complaining about open world games...letting you skip content to get items. Which is the point of an open world game
11:30 "looks at all the *golden* runes in my inventory."
Hmm, I wonder why the *golden* scarab gives a rune boost? Maybe there's a lore video on it.
Love the run as always man
I'm more talking about how DS3 Silver snake boosts runes, but Gold boosts item discovery and it switched. I get why. But like... hwy
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033souls are silver runes are gold, I guess
As always, a great video. This channel has quickly become one of my faves.
We like to do it quickly
You absolutely got me with the Torrent in the Regal Ancestor Spirit fight thing, I am not too proud to admit that. Well done
Fire giant is actually easier without the horse, imo. Iron Fist Alexander is such a cool guy, and super durable.
Yeah, we really love Alex, kinda wish I went to pick him up
Agreed. Horse is bait, it just makes the fire giant hit you more often.
@@dontmisunderstand6041 I think for status builds that wanna keep up the pressure it can make sense, but if youre going for raw damage, alex all the way.
Just use the horse to do specific things within the fight. You don't need to stay completely on or completely off of it
@@minerman60101 That's a lot of risk. If giant hits the horse once you're as good as dead, and both the act of summoning and jumping off the horse have periods of vulnerability where you can do nothing to save yourself. Horse is bait specifically because you'd be tempted to use it the way you describe. Staying on the horse the entire time is actually safer than on-off-on-off.
The old Apharad intro for the Not series at the stat hit me like a truck. Shame he doesn't do that anymore;
Big Alpharad fan here, I will "borrow" their style as much as I can
I always call the unnamed Fia's champions Homer and Marge, they are after all the Simps.. Ons.
You're in early contention for the winner of the naming contest
I was hesitating so subscribe to your channel, but this one definetively conviced me. Great job boss
Hell yeah
why would you hesitate hes arguably the best elden ring youtuber out there
@@Rocky_Mort it was a joke, I've been subscribed for a while now. I agree he makes really great content
I just saw the intro and I already fear for Sir Tulok's sanity...*grabs popcorn
Pop that corn baby
Watching this makes me thing a Guts run could be cool
Personal favorite
This is a guts run. We're doing a lot of olivia rodrigo references, what more do you want
I was playing ds3 while this played very accurate
Oh I know
I never thought I’d see the day where we can have Greg Jennings and a MTG joke in the same video. What a time to be alive 😂
This is what no DLC makes a man do...
Maybe next month :(
Big tulok scares me
Big tulok can't hurt you
Sure Darksouls doesn't let you jump in combat but that doesn't mean you couldn't make the swag jump to safety first try right?
Nailed the swag jump this time
these videos are such a perfect blend of... well, everything
18:12 for anger to grant haste you need to control a mountain, so you shoulda beaten Mt Gelmir before fighting him
elden ring gameplay info varies from me saying "uhh of course you can skip Radahn's arrow rain by sprinting away from him, isn't that obvious?" to me being absolutely shocked that you can use Torrent on Regal Ancestor Spirit.
Honestly one of the biggest complaints about Lies of P was that all the long handles just... weren't long, especially the heavy/slash ones like the spike. Like any handle that didn't have a charged R2 with a forward step or dash was effectively useless.
I love your videos, and I would be down to watch you play the other games.
We will, its gonna take a minute!
This run showed me that , even if he wasn't used, Torrent puts da tarnished on his back.
i appreciate the demon's souls references. good jokes.
Also, Bert and Ernie and Elmo for the nameless fia champs. Elmo for twinblade, Bert for twinned axes, Ernie for spell and shield.
I have always wondered why the people who hate on spirit ashes have no issue with the physick. They both make the game easier and making the game easier cheats not only the game but yourself as well.
Also, keep being pro people. Based that you don't apologize or tiptoe when it comes to human rights.
Because they can delude themselves into believing the physick's performance is just their own skill. It's harder to do that when the game has AI characters help you. The game is literally balanced AROUND spirit ashes, while it's very clearly NOT balanced around the physick. So in reality, the physick is actively giving you an advantage you shouldn't have, while the spirit ashes just make the game fair.
A Viewtiful Joe reference?
Best Dark Souls IV video
Red hot video
Hey pookie. I love ur videos. Watch them all as soon as they come out. They’re not getting old for me ❤
Baaaaaaaaaaaaabe
I got the popcorn going as we speak!
Midday popcorn? Sick. Rent a theater for next thursday watch it on big screen
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 tulok marathon? I'm here for it. I'd also be down for a barbrarian film 😂
There are various "souls" consumables that give you more souls to spend. I think you can use the rune consumables and still fit the theme.
Watching your Maliketh fight here, and how you're doing it, made me think of how fun it is to learn the movesets of the various enemies. Then eventually snapping them! SO rewarding and that's why we play these games. Awesome channel and content sir.
Also: I finally learned the Royal Revenant moveset last night. The hard way.
stake of marika is the best QoL improvement
SO damn true, the run backs are annoying af
God all of your content is amazing, keep up the great work
We literally can't stop
I've been playing through Elden Ring with some friends using the seamless co-op mod and i keep making Tulok & Mango references that they don't get. For Biden lands, Ignorealus, etc... when they ask me wtf I'm talking about, I tell them to watch the videos I've shared with them!
Tell them to watch his videos on their work computer :)
great idea for a video! I'm thinking of ways to spice up a playthrough beyond a level 1 run rn
Love it! Definitely continue the series. Any excuse to talk more about DS2 is worth it!
To hell with Dark Souls II’s equipment, I’d love to see you do a run through actual Dark Souls II.
I enjoy the silly little interjections every so often. Quite humerus and comical. Love you man
Watching this video while watching you stream lol. Love your videos and content.
Who is dark and why is his hole in Elden ring????
Darks Holes For? For f**king
Ahhh! Unexpected greenscreen!
Surprise
don't worry I'm old af and remember that reference and every other youtube video from over a decade ago ugh
RUclips elders unite
My dog runs in circles for a minute before laying down, perfect reference
The only time “Back in my day” is acceptable
Boomer Tulok activated
Was not expecting the ZZ Top reference
Very inventive video. Also props for calling them the Two Kings and not making a Tenacious D reference. Keep us guessing.
let’s go! another tulok and mango video
Holy hell, ive never been this early
Hit that bell and make sure it happens again
Oh no I can't play Dark Ring Borne yet, I've only played Dark Souls 1
Dark Ring Borne: Cores Die Twice
Oh, I made a tiktok explaining this a few days ago. A possible reason for the color association in elden ring are the keys of heaven/saint peter. The gold key represents spiritual/heavenly authority and silver represents temporal/material authority.
Ironically, since the runes can be lost, but not the items, "temporal" describes runes more. Given that souls are more commonly viewed as silver, this would justify the association of the same concept in dark souls, although likely influenced by myazaki's old passion for english fantasy books.
18:10 Was not expecting this deep MTG cut.
Loving all the recent Magic jokes!
One great pairing for a colossal sword is throwing knives, they come out quick and keep stagger pressure up for critical hits.
I didn't expect a reference to a Greg Jennings breaking his leg but stilll scoring a TD as time expired to protect a 4 score lead
You can do like straight sword only runs and we’d watch for you and your sick sick editor Im drunk
I hope you know every time you ask for something else in the dlc is another month Miyazaki doesn’t release it out of spite.
Normally I wait until the end to upvote. I had to pause to vote with the invisible basilisks joke. That was funny.
Babe wake up, new Tulok and Mango challenge run
We never miss
Greg Jennings reference was fucking tight.
Put the TEAM on they back
another thing dark souls 3 didn't have, the ability to propel yourselves upward while standing still with your legs known as a proper jump
Bro you're majestic
Have you ever tried doing a full jar run? You know, jar hat, jar cannon, Alex talisman, soljars of fortune? I think that could be a funny gimmick
god i am loving these mtg references
Fia's Champions:
First Dude:
Storm Knight Danwick; An esteemed knight of Stormveil Castle who discovered the Death Blight growing beneath the fortress, joined Fia in order to stop the creeping deathblight corrupting the Lands Between. (And because he despised Godrick as a lord)
2nd & 3rd Dudes:
Sorceress Larincina
A tarnished astrologer who met Fia within the Roundtable Hold, Fia recruited her into her service, and she has been a devout follower ever since. (She's so totally gay for Fia)
Mad Pumpkin Vindrec
A former gladiator who was deemed insane after escaping, and was sealed into a pumpkin head. However, he was broken out of his prison by Lionel the Lionhearted, and was inducted into his daughter's order. Vindrec now wears the helmet he was once trapped in as a symbol of his strength (and because it has great defense.)
That Nameless King and Ornstein bit had me rotflmao
Knight Bernahl is a secret starting class, right? I wonder if our favorite Bard-barian can beat Elden Ring as dear old Bernie.
ruclips.net/video/VtJ1sT5Mdcg/видео.html we did do a Bernahl run a while back before the secret starting class series started!
Oh dang...you did.
In all seriousness your videos have been getting better and better, I’m currently getting my partner into elden ring by helping them thru there first play through, just waiting for the addiction to take hold. Dude like 65 percent of why I want them to play elden ring, is so we can watch your videos together ♥️ I’m just super thankful for your videos they are such a sight for sore eyes, after my only elden ring content being 2 hour long vids ,that’s no offense to these talented streamers, can get dry as hell. Keep up the great work please and thank you.
Should have gotten those Undead Bone Shards.
Gargoyles somehow whiffing the biggest swords in the game is just the dark souls 2 hit/hurt boxes references
Ds3 Challenge runs would be sooo fun. I just started playing it again because it's a masterpiece
Loved this fun twist on elden ring!
This just makes me feel better at the game lol. I regularly play with very close to ds3 rules (not nearly this strict) and die a lot because of it
1 vote for Tulok Barbarian build in Elden Ring.
Looks like you got 3 so far champ
The Tom Cardy reference got you a sub.
Watching this while I endure the second faze of the last dab shits boss fight
I was not expecting tom Cardy in this video
Love me a Cardy Party
Now just hang on. How are you going to give Yhorm points for the Storm Ruler being optional when the Storm King is literally easier with magic than with the Storm Ruler?
Easier? Sure. But less hype. And Yhorm wins for having Seigward
Bro wasn't spitting in general.
Stormruler is only a bit more "optional" for the fight because you don't take the constant lava chip. Still no damage otherwise, lmao
At least Serpent Hunter has an actual moveset as opposed to just having to stand there for five minutes, charging, verrrryyy slowly, until his stance is broken, aaand then you repeat the process, four times. Very fun, interactive, thank you, Hayao.
Like, is it fair to judge a fight by the way it wasn't even meant to be played? They literally give you the darn sticker and poker and it's the coolest one of all.
I have fully functional eyeballs and never realized before this video that the artillery on the approach to Caria Manor is Loretta.
Also, if you use the beast repellant torch in your offhand, basilisks will ignore you.
And yay, I watched rocky and bowinkle as a kid! :D
1:41 I honestly did not have Big & Rich on my 2024 bingo card, wow what a call back LOL
Yo Tulok my fellow! When the Moongrum starting class drops dude? The guy has the dripy armor, the dripy shield, the dripy sword and even the flashy ash of war
There are sort of… what.. 5 open world on top of each other? Different sizes, Lower Continent (Limgrave/Weeping/Caelid), Altus, Deeproot, Mountaintops of the Giants, and Nokron/Nokstella/Ancestral Woods/Siofra (all kind of one)
Rocky and Bullwinkle I know them and they’re where the ‘Wayback Machine’ gets its name.
"That's Halfling shit" -- I'm dying
Should have said hobbit, but the Tolkien estate is so litigious
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Around our DnD table my friend and I have said many times during session zeroes: "I'm thinking of playing a Completely Legally Distinct, Non-Copywrite-Infringing Open License Halfling" -- because The Enemy has many eyes and ears. Then we whisper: "Keep it secret. Keep it safe."
Love the Tom Cardy in the Part 3 title card
ah yes, the great RUclipsr has once again uploaded
We never miss
I can't stand the people who are like "You aren't playing the game right, if you don't ignore a bunch of mechanics the game introduced, and the developers clearly expected you to use!!".
There's nothing wrong with doing challenge runs where you willingly make things harder for yourself, but telling others they're playing the game wrong because they don't play like you just means you're a huge prick.
Nobody seriously says that.
The serious thing that we say is you aren't good, nor should you be proud about beating the game with stuff that makes the game stupidly easy.
But also, things like spirit ash are objectively bad for a souls game.
Souls games are meant to be hard, players being able to cut its difficulty in half with spirit ashes alone is stupid.
And it's pretty disrespectful to us players that had to actually WORK for a win in previous souls games.
@@maxdrags3115"Nobody seriously says that." Guy who is about to say that
@@maxdrags3115 if you feel disrespected by how other people play video games, there's a very simple cure I can recommend you:
- get up from your computer chair
- do some warm up stretches
- go for a nice jog around the block
- go around the block again in a nice slow walk to cool down, smell some flowers along the way maybe
@@maxdrags3115 So, what you're saying is spirit ashes are fine while physicks and melee are not. There's nothing difficult about winning Elden Ring with a melee weapon, the STRONGEST non-melee build is still several tiers below a base melee weapon.
Souls games are also not hard, they're not meant to be hard either. They're about learning. If you pay attention and actually think, you succeed. That's why Elden Ring isn't a souls game, because it takes the fundamental core of Dark Souls' design and throws it out. It intentionally separates itself from the Souls series by design. Dark Souls is punishing but fair, Elden Ring doesn't care about fairness and expects you to just cope with its abuse.
i was literally thinking about this yesterday lmao. "is there a mod that turns elden ring into dark souls like map or something?"
Theres a few on PC that cut out the open world I think
Love the idea of making a 45 minute video to spite the people who hate spirit ashes
Great video as always my guy!
Just gotta say the new thing with you coming up in the middle of the screen is a bit jarring.
But hey, I’m just 1 opinion, maybe others like it.
Keep up the creative play throughs!
If you use the big saw blade for a bloodborne theme, you have to make an Ash Williams for it
If only I could subscribe twice for the rocky and bowinkle reference…