hmm i seem to have misunderstood the comment i thought they were saying that the man at the end was him when in fact it was havel tho i have re watched it and i understand now thank you
Duck360Gaming2 I keep stumbling upon tight passages which look as if you were able to go through there, but you can't. Every single one of them has a bunch of "Give up, fatty" signs.
the endings to the souls series is truly amazing- you can watch them all, and you still won't be spoiled cause, much like the player, you'll have little to no idea what the hell is going on XD
+The PaNdA_FoR_HiR3 Or just having the most ridiculous looking stuff on that you used to beat a boss. I looked like a total pansy when I beat the Nameless King
0:00 - link the fire, but being an unkindled it's unclear if it works 0:50 - snuff the fire entirely setting all the cycles back to the very start. 3:20 - Kill the fire keeper and take the fire for yourself. Saving only you. 4:02 - marriage to Anri, transferring the dark sigils to you. Saving her from hollowing. 4:51 - Usurping the flame. Removing the Dark Sign//Symbol of Fire from humanity and lifting the curse altogether. (Possibly bearing the whole curse yourself)
1) The linking of the fire definitely works, but the flame is much much weaker after so many interations. This ending leads to the events in the DLC, where you travel foward in time and see the world covered in ash, as there is nothing else to offer to the flame. There is nothing left to do, but to escape to a new painted world, one created with the pigment of the dark soul of man. 2) This is the grand betrayal ending. The true end to the age of fire and start of the true dark age. It is also the true canonical ending to the series as a whole. Although the dark age begins, it is hinted that some day, a new age of fire will eventually begin, as a new flame will appear in the world. The balanced of the world is restored, and the first sin undone. 3) Out of greed, the ashen one, prevents the firekeeper from betraying the flame in the last second to keep the flame for himself. After all, ash seeketh embers. The flame doesn't go away, as there is still light in the world. This ending is very similar to the next one, with the distinction that you act on your own here and not in conjuction with the hollows of londor. 4) Usurping the flame means absorbing the flame, which keeps on existing inside the Lord of Hollows, so he can utilize its power. It is self preservation on its core and acting acording to the plans of Kaathe. This ending is the evolution of the Dark Lord ending in DS1. Kaathe seems to have realized that just letting the flame go away will not create a Dark Lord as someone else will eventually link the flame, so he comes up with this new plan instead.
Feels like letting the Flame die is the best ending. The age of Fire was supposed to end countless years ago. It was forced prolonged by Gywn and started the First Sin. That in turn ruined the world for countless generations. Its not like the world is over when the Fire goes out. Its just a new age, and just like any age it will eventually end and start anew. The Dark age will come and eventually the Fire age will reemerge. Correcting the natural balance of the series. I literally can't see a better ending than that. Lord of Hollows kinda takes that philosophy.. but you become such a dick about it. So just letting it die naturally feels right with me.
If we let the age of fire ends, a new unkindle will come and succeed us, delaying the dark age..its an unending cycle...indeed there are two choices...but only one is relevant...tis my meager lots in this life
@@solagm4236 Except there'd be no one to succeed the player. Wresting it from the bonfire results in the dark age. Usurping it results in some mixture of light/dark. Even if you chose to rekindle the flame, chances are there won't be another rekindling. They kind of made it clear that the age of fire is going to end no matter what you choose. Furthermore, even if you did choose to rekindle it - there'd be no one to succeed you. You the player ended all four Lords of Cinder. There's nothing left to rekindle it after that.
@@AdventurerOfOblivion one thing that stood out to me is how unceremonious things are if you decide to re-kindle, if you compare it to DS1 it's a night and day difference. So like you were saying whatever the player chooses, the dark age is next
@@misterio10gre For real. You light the first flame and it just stresses itself out to simply not go out. Just... quietly prolonging the age of light for what little comfort it'll bring, however brief it'll be. It changes nothing... but it brings closure to one's journey.
In the linking fire ending, the first flame is only able to engulf its lord of cinder. Unlike in dark souls 1, it engulfed the entire Kiln. In Gwyn's case it even incinerated all his knights. However Dark souls 3 takes place after many, many champions have linked the fire. It seems after all this time, the first flame really is withering. Eventually it won't even be able to engulf a lord of cinder to which it'll just fade. This is what the linking fire ending showed, It is underwhelming and they could of done it better, but that's a solid theory as to what it signifies and it makes it atleast much more profound. The End of the fire ending is much better and seems more canonical.
I think the fact that it is underwhelming suited the DS III best. The underwhelming nature of the endure further highlights the fact that the First Flame IS dying.
Oh! I'll make a video about the endings! I'll just put the biggest and bulkiest armor for the cutscenes! That way, all my armor will clip through everything!
For platinum trophy hunters: Make a backup savefile before you stab the boy/girl so you don't miss the original ending trophy, the 3rd ending has to happen because when you stab you will get a spell which is required for the trophy so you will need the 3rd ending as your default, second ending can be done no matter what but make a backup savefile again before you go in the final boss.
In the lord of hollows ending, you peacefully bring in the rightful age of darkness; and by becoming the lord of hollows you ensure that humans are never mistreated again.
@@samuelw01 kaathe didnt mislead oolacile or new londo imo, he just sort of told them the truth about the dark and expected them to use that knowledge in literally any way other than self destruction. that's just how kaathe is, he's more concerned with the fabric of the world than with anyone's well-being, and if someone doesn't use his very matter-of-fact wisdom for good then he sees it as a failure on their part with your character at the helm this time, it's a choice where it's really up to the player whether this is a good ending, a terrible one or something in between
Ya know...I think my favorite moment in this entire game (admittedly I had a few) but the part where they start playing Lord Gwyn's theme fighting the Soul of Cinder...dude I had a hard time not tearing up. It was a beautiful bittersweet moment.
+Grégory Z. He´s literally the "meta knight", each mode consist of something the players abused in the past. Greatsword mode-greatsword/ultra greatsword users who stunlock you to death. curved greatsword with pyromancy-people that use heavy armor and curved swords, not giving you a chance to counter(havel armor with curved sword, for example).Also couple with power within(glass build) and poison mist, a pyromancy used many times in the past(Dark Souls 2) to easily win a fight. spear with miracle-The spin to win attack shared by the halberds coupled with wrath of the gods. Both spammed in previous game for a quick kill. (WOG in DS1 and spin to win in DS2). Sorcery: I don´t even need to detail this one. Gwyn mode:The cosplay fanbase.
+IThe AuthorityI to be fair, the only ending that isn't immediately obvious what's happening is #3. #1 and #4 are just continuing the cycle, and #2 is returning the world to a pre-fire state.
IThe AuthorityI they revealed who the first born is. That's been bugging people for ages. But yeah, I see what you mean. Still a lot of unanswered questions.
I feel like that last ending was kinda how Gwyn started. The players character represents Gwyn taking control and getting the lord soul from the flame. The hollows who are bowing down represent Gwyns Knights.
Notice how, in the Betrayal ending, the First Flame seems to burn just a little brighter as the Unkindled reaches for it. It’s like the Flame can’t bear to be touched by a being capable of such vile betrayal, and is exercising the last of its strength to try and keep you at bay. This primordial force that created the gods, that is the bedrock of reality itself, is *afraid* of you.
+Sam Li well you killed her in the end, for me the lord of hollows ending seem to be a better choice, but from what I've seen it seems that the cycle of fire still continues
+Sam Li Forgot I like The lord of hollow ending (stabbing your bride) because you have a choice of not lighting the fire to rise the age of humanity or combining both fire and abyss.
+Obtenebrations well there is the other ending which is The End of Fire the one were you let the firekeeper take the flame and let the flame slowly die. Though she mentioned that after many many years small flames are dancing and such, from what I've understood from this is that humans can finally die again much like a flame slowly dying out. well i thought of this because somehow humans were created by light and dark(it came from light, created by dark?)
Yes, i really cant say which is the true ending unless they add something to the dlc if there will ever be one. but at the same time if the usurpation of fire ending is the true ending it would mean we are still immortal the fire didnt die out but is within us, yes there is no more god, no more fire, no more cycle, and yet if you look at at from a different angle the current God will be us the player. now for me the true ending would be the end of fire ending in which the flame really died out. this is dark souls i dont think it will ever have a perfect ending just like the other games most of the ending is bad and yet we look at the best ending that may actually satisfy us.
Ending #1 As Aldia said: "There's no path beyond the scope of light, beyond the reach of dark..." And so Vendrick said... "As flame rises, so does it fade. Such is the way of things." And so the dark will find its way one day, and when it do, for every age of light... only dark will remain. Ending #2 King Vendrick words can clarify; "Seeker of fire, you know not the depth of Dark within you. It grows deeper still, the more flame you covet." "The fire will fade, and the souls of old will reamerge. With Dark unshackled, a curse will be upon us. And men will take their true shape." "Fire came to be, and with it disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, light and dark." "Dark was seen as a curse. Shadow is not cast, but born of fire. And the brighter the flame, the deeper the shadow." "One day fire will fade, and dark will become a curse. Men will be free from death, left to wander eternally." "Dark will again be ours, and in our true shape, we can bury the false legends of yore. Only... is this our only choice?" Is not that the world is falling in the dark, is you. With the cycle of nature broken, with the champions of fire forcing the light age, dark will force its era. With the dark finally unshackled the man will take his true shape, left to wander eternally, just like in the beginnng (the first game cinematic pygmy-like creatures)
I like how the first two endings are really subdued since they are simply the continuation of the cycle and only by breaking the cycle do we get a more dramatic ending.
@@unrdnungmk6902 its scary because she's basically asking if you, the ashen one becoming hollow or not, since your purpose is linking the fire but you actually forfeit your purpose, no fire=no life you are bound by the fire, thus letting the dark age will make you hollow and cue her question asking your sanity. In betrayal ending, you actually killed the firekeeper, you act as though you are mindless beast who remembers no one and losing all purpose, and that is why you attracted by the fire and kill firekeeper who in your mindless brain thinks that she would extinguish the fire, the light in your darkness. and the female narrator basically said you're worthless ash unbecoming of a cinder but still seeks ember, so yeah. i think that's it, im not really into wumbo jumbo dark souls lore like vaati, i could be wrong
@@cinnabar_ umm i think that when she asks you if you hear her voice she actually asks you if you are still with her, beside her or if you have lost all hope because the age of fire ended
The usurpation of flame was the BEST ending because it gives over to the rise of the age of man. The second best was starting a new age of darkness. Keeping the flames lit were equally bad endings. In my opinion.
@@NoName-hy6xj why would they? They started to lose it when fire started to fade, so if fire fades completely then their sanity also disappears completely.
@@ProstoShelMimo It is really complicated to say what trully would be the Age of Man. As stated by Vaatividya... What if undeads are the true humans? Inmortal and all... Yet again, the lies of the gods to keep humanity obedient have been rooted in this world for so long that we don't know how another age would trully be like
All the endings mean different things if you do the Lord of Hollows quest line you will get the wedding/Lord of Hollows ending. if you don't do any quest lines you'll get the first flame ending and then lastly if you give the fire keeper eyes to the fire keeper you'll get the betrayal ending. You can pretty much understand all the endings by what you see. hope that helps.
I have some thoughts about the "linking the fire" ending. Does it really continue the cycle? Because it seems to me as small hint that the flame has weakened significantly after so many times that it had been linked. OR that souls themselves have weakened after so many millenia of being claimed by certain undead and then eventually finding their way back into the world. You dont get the flashy ending of dark souls 1, where you burn like the sun. The unkindled sits down casually, slowly burning up. Can the continuation of the age of fire that the unkindled brings really last that long? Or have the ancient souls that he acquired simply cannot burn any longer? For me, every ending of dark souls 3 is a hint that the age of fire simply cannot continue anymore. Sure, after some time, tiny flames may arise once again, but thats really the only good way to bring back the days of the first age of fire, the one ruled by gwyn and the other lords.
Let the flame fade away, and when the time is right, it will start burning like the flame that gave rise to the ancient lords and ended the reign of the everlasting dragons.
+Ates Goksu my theory on this is that there is nothing really to burn. All the lord souls are still in the chosen undead from DkS2, which probably sits there enjoying how the cycle ends on his behalf. The lords of cinder presented ingame are humanity's attempts to sustain the fire with anything they could get (with Aldritch, they literally fed him sacrifices upon sacrifices, along with their souls, to then burn in the first flame), but really, they failed and the fire is finally fading. You linking the fire did nit help a bit, as you simply do not have the souls needed to sustain it.
A big plot theme of all games, but specially the third, is that no matter how hard humans or gods try, they will never be able to completely stop it from fading away. It makes sense that the flame has grow weaker, and now I t can barely consume the Ashen One and won't last much.
+screeem What did you expect? Literally the entire Dark Souls series has been about a magical fire and the darkness it keeps at bay. No shit the ending is going to involve the First Flame.
***** Fair enough, but the themes of the game are about things repeating and concepts of death and rebirth, naturally everything is going to cycle back to the First Flame and what people do with it somehow.
I think it’s interesting that despite being called ‘the age of darkness’ and being made out to be some awful thing in the lore ending the fire is the best thing to do because it leads to an age of humans ruling themselves rather than powerful gods.
Ik this comment is 4 years old but She straight up says that she sees scattered flames in the future, which reveals it clearly won't be dark for eternity. Rather that a new age has come and another is set on the horizon
Watta Mugen Bandai Namco has got to be one of the best game publishers of all time because they actually listen to the consumers, literally the only thing i don't like about Dark Souls 3 is that your character is smaller than everything else
+ForbesyGames Too bad they can't code for shit. I love it whenever the game autosaves my frames drop and I'm occasionally kicked to the main menu for having such low frames.
Smough after being rejected into being one of the legendary 4 knights of Gwyn he decide to be the main character of dark souls 3 and to make his own story
So what I’ve gleaned from my play through/a to those still lost is that long ago 4 entities born from the first flame came into existence. These great 4 eradicated the dragons (mostly) and took their place as gods. But as eons passed the first flame grew weaker and a solution was created. Every Eon or so a great warrior or lord would have to sacrifice their soul, humanity, and body to link the fire and continue the cycle. Eventually this stops because it’s super fucking painful and some of the warriors believe it’s pointless to continue a cycle that requires suffering. So basically every dead warrior that has linked the flame is awakened from death to put who ever flakes out on a eternity of suffering. Depending on the endings you choose you either continue the cycle, steal the flame or “embers” for yourself, end the cycle and usher in an age of darkness, and or become a dark lord by killing the fire. Personally the cycle of eternal suffering to continue the survival of all powerful deities isn’t worth it so I’d choose to become a dark lord/deity thing to reshape the world. Also the age of darkness isn’t necessarily a bad thing it’s the state of limbo which the world falls into between linking the fire and not that creates the curse of the undead, reality bending eldritch horrors, and collapse of human civilization. You as the player enter the picture at the beginning and the end of this limbo to choose what fate. You can return humanity to a state of semi normality at the cost of eternal suffering for a short time with the sun or completely reshape reality in the age of darkness. Either way my interpretation is that irregardless of your actions the age of fire ends and will begin a new eons later.
I find it odd most people seem to consider assuming the flame for themselves and pledging yourself to the Dark Sigil and becoming the only lord the "True / Best Ending," it's so cynical compared to the two other endings (excluding the betrayal ending of course), Even the End of Fire ending is more hopeful / optimistic, considering that the Fire Keepers eyes allow her to see that flames will not cease to exist entirely in the future, inferring that there's a chance in a world of peace for the future. I definitely don't think there is, fore say, a "True / Right or Wrong Ending," but there most certainly are more optimistic and content endings vs sinister and tyrannical endings.
Wow, I thought the other games had lots of influences of Berserk, which they do, but this game tops it. That Eclipse looks identical to the one in the mangas, and movies. I absolutely love this franchise and how From Software was inspired by Berserk and it's amazing dark story. From Software had to make a story just as dark ^_^
+Shaun Gill Probably one of the greatest Mangas/Animated movies ever made by Kentaro Miura. it's literally what From Software used as inspiration to make their game. After you read Berserk, you'll see the similarities between both and how much influence is in Dark Souls.
@@BMIASthe greatest piece of dark fantasy there is and has inspired almost every work of dark fantasy after the 90s , It's journey is like the journey of lord of the rings but instead of happy things, it's brutal and sad and the main character goes through more shit then anyone could bear and yet he still keeps moving forwards, still keeps trudging along , he is the struggler, the black swordsman, he is guts 🤙 The Greatsword in ds game and elden ring is his sword in the Manga, the dog demons in ds3 are his inner beast, and several costumes look like his different outfits through out the series and some locations In the Manga panels are locations in darksouls / elden ring its really cool I'd reccomend you watch the 90s anime before reading it It's 25 episodes long and will shock you like nothing has ever shocked you before 😅
I spent hours and fought with two "dark souls" bosses just to get the eyes of a fire keeper and then gave the eyes to the fire keeper just to get the betrayal ending and in that excitement, I forgot that I had to summon her near the bonefire and I ended up linking the fire with the shitty baseless ending. Now I have to redo this all of this again just to get the ending I originally wanted to get.
Really confused about the third ending tho, but isnt the third ending just us going beyond the age of light and dark? was the whole reason why this all started was because gwyn and the old gods feared humanity, that it would rise to power, creating a world where gods were not needed? so they linked the flame to humanity to stop the uprise? and from what i can gather we are just moving on ending the cycle freeing us from the curse made by the old gods, making their biggest fear come true although they died before ever seeing it.
Did you try killing the firekeeper after you gave the eyes to her before reaching the ending? The firekeeper also mention betraying you so did you try kindling the last bonfire without summoning her?
She's not betraying you, she's betraying everyone else EXCEPT you. The firekeeper's sole purpose is to tend to the unkindeled. She stated that she would betray everyone else for you if you decided to go with the ending to let the flame die out.
To Link the First Flame: This is the ending when you return all the "lord soul" you gathered back to the First Flame. This ending is consider the normal ending for DS 1 and 2, and will only last another thousand years before someone will need to "re-gather" all the "lord soul" again and return it back to the First Flame. The End of Fire: This is consider the true ending of the whole DS sequel. This ending requires you to restore the "sight" of the Firekeeper. This "sight" presumably contain not only knowledge of the FIRST firekeeper, but perhaps also the truth about the fading of the First Flame and what will come after it. Apparently, after many cycles, nature began to shape up and form the "balance" elsewhere; the balance is now able to contain within mankind, at a smaller scale. In DS3, both "dark soul" and "lord soul" are now bound to mankind, forming embers; and players were no longer the "undead", but an "Unkindled". Unlike the "undead", who leave behind "Humanity" when killed, an "unkindled" leaves behind "ashes" - signify the "balance" are slowly making mankind normal again. (When a human soul passes on, both "dark soul" and "lord soul" were able to neutralized one another, leaving no energy residual behind, only the ashes) Which is why letting the First Flame fade out totally is the true ending in Dark Soul 3, as there is no point going back to the First Flame again when mankind can now contain both "dark" and "light" within themselves.. The End of Fire (Alternative): This special ending involves taking the First Flame from the Firekeeper just as she was about to let it rest. What we know is that the First Flame is an energy gateway that allows the player to teleport, the motion of presenting the First Flame to the Dark sigil will allow more dark energy to escape through it at a much higher rate. (*Due to the lack of lord soul to suppress it) The ending could very well be the true "Dark" ending of whole DS sequel. Usurpation of Fire: This ending, similar to "Linking the First Flame" requires you to light the First Flame, but this time, not with the "lord soul" you gathered, but with the dark soul that you accumulated with the dark sigil. To do this, you need to be return to the "undead" state (similar to DS1 and 2) where you will turn "hollow" upon death. You need to first get the dark sigil from Yoel to break the "balance" within yourself. I presume this ending will only last another thousand years before someone will need to "re-gather" either the "lord soul" or "dark soul" again and return it back to the First Flame.
What these endings mean 1. You continue the cycle of the chosen undead and sacrifice yourself to keep the fire lit 2. Your hard reset the cycle so the events of dark souls 1 can eventually repeat as even if the fire is smothered, there will always be embers 3. You end the cycle and destroy everything 4. You start a new age of hollow The best ending is probably number 2 as it is gradually getting harder for the chosen undead to link the fire with the souls of cinder refusing and that.
The Guide To Dark Souls Endings: 1 You can sit on your throne/chair/the ground and wait for your eventual demise. 2 You can link the flame/fire/legacy and be burned to death. 3 You can smother the flame and become lord of darkness! (land is in ruins though) I think we all know which one is the "good" ending.
Yeah cause Gywn caused the First Sin by not letting a true age of Dark happen but instead he defiled the course of nature and kept his Age of Fire going
I guess the ending's go like this, the first ending you link the flame and life carries on but the events of what happened will happen once more in the far future. If you end the do not link the flame you enter a world of darkness and nothing either lives or die, life will be hollow until one day the flames reignite and start the cycle again. If you kill the fire keeper you must simply want to take more souls to be powerful and possibly live forever, but you will be the one who survives as everything else turns hollow and you must live throughout darkness until the flame reignites. The last ending could possibly mean not only you link the fire but you become a god I assume, leading the world into a new start as hollows and all life look upon you as a god maybe? That's what I got. I simply linked the flame on the first play through even though I wanted to extinguished the flame, I stupidly did not look at the floor and summon the fire keeper. Either way loved this game and will definitely play through many a times. Not sure if I consider this my favourite out of the Souls series as Dark Souls 1 still holds dear to my heart, but I still consider Bloodborne to be my favourite FromSoftware game and possibly my favourite Souls game even though it isn;t a souls game but everyone relates the two series.
+PrinceBalor There was one thing that resonated throughout the whole game. A central theme. "You are unkindled, unfit to be cinder." I don't think you were able to rekindle the first flame in any ending, and that you are forced to let the flame die regardless of your choice.
+Chomp Haai Interesting thoughts. When we linked the flame in dark souls, the reigniting was intense, and even ended in an explosion, whereas in dark souls 3, it doesn't seem to do much. Sure, the flame seems to have some extra fuel for now, but it's still only a tiny flame dancing across your body, and it doesn't seem to extend the life of the Flame for more than a few minutes at most... (at least, that was the impression i got from the linking cutscene). We are Ashen after all... No use trying to set Ash alight... I myself find the End of Fire ending to be extremely interesting... Is it over or not? It's the first time we actually get to see the age of dark. In other games we just walked away, but now we watched over the flame until it faded, implying that there is no longer anything to rekindle, yet the firekeeper says that the flame isn't gone... Extremely ambigous indeed.
I like the ending of fire, though my question is what comes after.The Dark Age begun, I hope the Ashen one bought a torch its too damn dark, and how are they going to escape that place without a bonfire lol. It would be cool to see both Ashen one and Fire Keeper walking with each other trough the darkness.
When I finished this game first time with Londor ending, I thought I had the basic ending. Just now I am learning that Anri wedding thingy did affect the ending. (I didn't know I supposed to kill the disguised assassin 😢)
I forgot to mention my personal rating for the whole soul series and their difficulty: Dark Souls 1 is the best souls game as it was well made and pretty hard with lots of secrets, I give it in difficulty bout 9/10. Demon's Souls For me it wasn't that much better than dark souls 1 because it's damn short but I can say it was well made, it's the most difficult souls game as everytime you die it will make it even harder, difficulty 9.5/10. Dark Souls 2 Was abit easy till they nerfed magic to the ground then came the dlc with some hard bosses that were even harder than dark souls 3 bosses which made it a hard dark souls, difficulty 8.5/10 Dark Souls 3 I can say some bosses here are almost impossible to be beaten alone such as nameless king, prince lothric and any 2 phased boss that recovers hp to max, Difficulty 8/10. All of the souls game difficulty can be a 1/10 if you bring an online companion, it distracts the bosses making them look stupid giving their back to you. The games are awesome they are not bad, want a challenge? do it alone, want to have fun? do it online, want it to be longer? don't rush and kill everyone that comes as the normal enemies are much stronger than bosses if they come in groups specially the group before the prince boss. Hope you enjoy them, I'll try to collect all magic and get the remaining trophies but if I finish the game now, yuria will die and no one to give the books to so better stop before beating the prince lothric up the castle.
+Duck360Gaming2 This game has much better designed areas than DS1, none of them are incomplete, there are secrets and references, and there are no inconsistencies in the bosses like from the majority of shit ones from DS1 with their few shining stars that mostly come from the DLC. DS2 DLC bosses are not that hard. Not even Raime is harder than the Dragonslayer Armor to be honest. And he is definitely not harder than the Nameless King.
Seriously? you think this game's areas beats the ghost area of DS1? the forest area of DS1? Volcano area in DS2? Skeleton area in DS2? Dragon area in DS2? DS3 areas after I did the exploring time, I found out each area is VERY SMALL but filled with enemies to slow you down, SERIOUSLY you can beat the game under 1h without cheating!
Duck360Gaming2 New Londo is boring. The Ghosts are better in the manor in Irithyll, and require no stupid consumables. And the Darkwraiths are stronger, and faster in DS3. No comparison at all. I like both forest-y areas in both games. Even though DS3 makes it more of a swamp. Iron Keep was just that, enemies slowing you down. The place is nothing special at all. You mean the little fragment Huntsman's Copse were you fight the Skelleton Kings that ismade up of literally one straight path, and one curved path for a shortcut filled with bad enemies once the Necromancers are dead? Dragon Area in DS3 actually has more content than Dragon Aerie. Better bosses, better dragons/wyverns, and better enemies. Dragon Aerie looks much cooler with all the flying dragons. The areas are evidently larger in DS3 compared to other Souls games. Dark Souls 1 can be beat in 45 minutes, and DS2 in 54. DS1 areas are very small, and DS2 areas are just passageways. You compare Undead Settlement to Burg and Parish? They have no chance. Izalith in DS3 to DS1? For starters, DS3 finished the area, has interesting enemies, and it mixed the Deph's design in it to make it a labyrinth. In DS1 it is just there. The Catacombs in DS3 take a dump on DS1's. Lothric castle, and the newly designed Irithyll and path to Anor Londo are also more complex than Anor Londo itself in DS1, especially the interiors. I can go on for every area. Even Firelink itself and the related areas are more interesting.
Not to mention, ALL areas in ALL souls games are simple paths filled with enemies as obstacles. There are no mysteries other than fake walls here and there. The Great Hollow, being the only exception by actually being something more important. And the Great Hollow is still a very poorly made area with the most atrocious geometry in the game. Obviously, when you just run past them, like you can in all of them, the lenght decreases dramatically.
If you want running pass DS1 2 3, DS2 is by far longest run (No wall glitch) then comes DS1 then finally DS1 as the shortest, seriously just about 9 or 10 bosses on the way! lemme see: First boss after 1 min of starting the game, second boss after 3 min, 3rd boss (dunno if tree boss required for story?) 3min, 4th boss 3 min, 5th boss may stop you (watchers) 3min, going all the catacombs with stupid skeleton boss 3 min, after that we reach a cell area going down to the yharm or whatever 5min, get taken back up to meet dancer 0min, go fight the boss in the iced place 5min, going up to the armored boss 2 min, fighting prince 3min then final boss. so about 12 bosses or 11 if tree not required to beat the game, compare with old souls games the time and boss numbers. I see that DS1 has the best looking areas such as the tree with dragon down there was awesome, volcano of ds1 not 2, anor londo of course and all the studd I mentioned before. DS3 what does it have? pretty much the same but less work and very small, I didn't find any awesome area in it at all they all look normal to me, I loved the dark castle in DS2 was very beautiful looking like a castlevania thing I was surprised, also we got some new weird stuff like hidden fogged guys, ghosts in ds1, nothing special in ds3? where are their unique guys? I only see npc doing spell swords :S really? ok the bosses has two phases but that dies fast if bringing a companion unlike some bosses in past dark souls were your companion DIES QUICKLY and I think they can't use flask right? I can't remember much but they must make companion can't use flask only the host can.
+Christian Yaerger *Go and see the Intro for Dark Souls 1* "Even now, there are only embers. And man sees not light, but endless nights. And amongst the living are seen carriers of the accursed Dark Sign." *Ending 1* - Link the Fire: You offer your powerful lord soul as fuel to keep the fire burning. But many cycles have passed and the Fire is so weak, it barely has enough power to consume you and send back the Darkness. So you just sit there, slowly roasting. *Go and see the true ending of Dark Souls 2: SotFS* "...the crowns will prevent the player from going hollow by any means, including death and curse." *Ending 2* - You summon the Fire Keeper, that has in her possession one of the lost crowns of the kings. She will keep what little remains of the fire and safeguard it for eternity, for she will never die. "But one day, tiny flames will dance across the Darkness" *Ending 2 (b)* - You stop the Fire Keeper, Darkness covers the world, and since you're not immune to hollowing, you and the rest of the world are now forever trapped in eternal Darkness. *Ending 3* - You corrupt the flame, and embrace great power, usurping Gwyn's throne and becoming the new Dark Lord.
+Ibo Fons Wait, if the crowns prevent you from going hollow by any means, why do you say that you're not immune to hollowing in ending 2 (b)? Shouldn't you be alone in darkness, while all the others hollow?
orestesmkb You don't have a crown, the fire keeper does. And you don't know about the crown's power since that's only explained to you in Dark Souls 2.
the second ending seems more like she has stopped talking to the current ashen one and is talking to the one who will arise when the age of fire begins anew
I finished the game linking the first flame, didn't understand why the questlines would always say for me to do so. After the really tiny weak flames, I felt so empty and fooled
"Time to record the dark souls endings, let's wear the biggest and most clipping-heavy armor I possibly can!"
+Thomas Schaak Bruh.. I had the Sage's hat on and I couldn't see shit :D
+Hiro The Phantom hahahahah xD
Poises lol
@@TheRealScarion lmfao
Fucking smoug
It's hard to keep a straight face with Smough standing there XD
havel*
hmm i seem to have misunderstood the comment i thought they were saying that the man at the end was him when in fact it was havel tho i have re watched it and i understand now thank you
@@zillagod4097 glad you corrected yourself, you looked like an idiot
@@brysonyoung932 yeah me too
@@zillagod4097 ily
Dark Souls 3: The Legend Of Smough.
+Irfan Handono legend of a fatty
+Duck360Gaming2 Visions of fatty. Therefore praise the fatty.
U know, in dark souls 2, I remember reading a sign saying: fatty ahead
Duck360Gaming2 I keep stumbling upon tight passages which look as if you were able to go through there, but you can't. Every single one of them has a bunch of "Give up, fatty" signs.
+Irfan Handono smough money smough problems
"Unable to summon phantom"
Damn true
+Micah Okelley Just git gud, dude
Anna Alētheia I'm talking about the summon sign . The firekeeper
Micah Okelley Have you given the eyes to the firekeeper? And it still doesn't work?
No idea ... I linked the flame in my first playthrough.
Anna Alētheia it was a joke comment about how summoning phantoms could be a pain
the endings to the souls series is truly amazing- you can watch them all, and you still won't be spoiled cause, much like the player, you'll have little to no idea what the hell is going on XD
exactly :-D
lol
exactly i have no idea wtf is going on i only got the first ending
hahaha, you guys are hilarious.
Well that you have to ask Vaatiya for the answer lol
Showing endings in Smougs armor is bad choise.
Ikr
Havel*
Havel*
+Zombifi3r nope , Smough´s armour is the one when he linked the fire , fatty with long neck..
+Makotzu And for the rest it was Havel's armor.
good thing I did not choose the stomping waifus head ending
True lol
Who ever chooses that ending doesn’t deserve fire keeper Waifu
It was my first ending i think it was the normal ending
Wait you can choose your ending
I just realised that you could move during the last moments of the cutscene which I will not do
#MakeLondorGreatAgain
#Havel2016
+Death Jekins YES
#SmallLoneOfAMillionSouls
+Edwin Keating Build a wall around the hollows and make them pay for it.
+Edwin Keating high wall of lothric just got 10ft higher
All the great cutscenes were ruined by these bad fashion souls
agreed
+The PaNdA_FoR_HiR3 Or just having the most ridiculous looking stuff on that you used to beat a boss. I looked like a total pansy when I beat the Nameless King
+sukadikandi I will take all the deaths for how ever long just to have my fashion souls haha but I feel you dude
+The PaNdA_FoR_HiR3 People these days have no regard for the fashion souls
+Adriano de Almeida Marcato fashion souls 4 lyf
0:00 - link the fire, but being an unkindled it's unclear if it works
0:50 - snuff the fire entirely setting all the cycles back to the very start.
3:20 - Kill the fire keeper and take the fire for yourself. Saving only you.
4:02 - marriage to Anri, transferring the dark sigils to you. Saving her from hollowing.
4:51 - Usurping the flame. Removing the Dark Sign//Symbol of Fire from humanity and lifting the curse altogether. (Possibly bearing the whole curse yourself)
1) The linking of the fire definitely works, but the flame is much much weaker after so many interations. This ending leads to the events in the DLC, where you travel foward in time and see the world covered in ash, as there is nothing else to offer to the flame. There is nothing left to do, but to escape to a new painted world, one created with the pigment of the dark soul of man.
2) This is the grand betrayal ending. The true end to the age of fire and start of the true dark age. It is also the true canonical ending to the series as a whole. Although the dark age begins, it is hinted that some day, a new age of fire will eventually begin, as a new flame will appear in the world. The balanced of the world is restored, and the first sin undone.
3) Out of greed, the ashen one, prevents the firekeeper from betraying the flame in the last second to keep the flame for himself. After all, ash seeketh embers. The flame doesn't go away, as there is still light in the world. This ending is very similar to the next one, with the distinction that you act on your own here and not in conjuction with the hollows of londor.
4) Usurping the flame means absorbing the flame, which keeps on existing inside the Lord of Hollows, so he can utilize its power. It is self preservation on its core and acting acording to the plans of Kaathe. This ending is the evolution of the Dark Lord ending in DS1. Kaathe seems to have realized that just letting the flame go away will not create a Dark Lord as someone else will eventually link the flame, so he comes up with this new plan instead.
3:20 praise the sun ya goddamn thot
they crushing the fire keeper is sick
That last one is some Christ the Redeemer imagery.
@@alfiejordan9835 just like the bad ending of Demon's souls(the original one)
Feels like letting the Flame die is the best ending. The age of Fire was supposed to end countless years ago. It was forced prolonged by Gywn and started the First Sin. That in turn ruined the world for countless generations.
Its not like the world is over when the Fire goes out. Its just a new age, and just like any age it will eventually end and start anew. The Dark age will come and eventually the Fire age will reemerge. Correcting the natural balance of the series. I literally can't see a better ending than that.
Lord of Hollows kinda takes that philosophy.. but you become such a dick about it. So just letting it die naturally feels right with me.
If we let the age of fire ends, a new unkindle will come and succeed us, delaying the dark age..its an unending cycle...indeed there are two choices...but only one is relevant...tis my meager lots in this life
@@solagm4236 Except there'd be no one to succeed the player. Wresting it from the bonfire results in the dark age. Usurping it results in some mixture of light/dark. Even if you chose to rekindle the flame, chances are there won't be another rekindling. They kind of made it clear that the age of fire is going to end no matter what you choose. Furthermore, even if you did choose to rekindle it - there'd be no one to succeed you. You the player ended all four Lords of Cinder. There's nothing left to rekindle it after that.
Or you could just live in Gael's painting :)
@@AdventurerOfOblivion one thing that stood out to me is how unceremonious things are if you decide to re-kindle, if you compare it to DS1 it's a night and day difference. So like you were saying whatever the player chooses, the dark age is next
@@misterio10gre For real. You light the first flame and it just stresses itself out to simply not go out. Just... quietly prolonging the age of light for what little comfort it'll bring, however brief it'll be. It changes nothing... but it brings closure to one's journey.
these endings make a lot of sense
XD
Well, if you know the lore, somewhat yeah... But even then, vaguer than they've ever been I think
In the linking fire ending, the first flame is only able to engulf its lord of cinder. Unlike in dark souls 1, it engulfed the entire Kiln. In Gwyn's case it even incinerated all his knights. However Dark souls 3 takes place after many, many champions have linked the fire. It seems after all this time, the first flame really is withering. Eventually it won't even be able to engulf a lord of cinder to which it'll just fade. This is what the linking fire ending showed, It is underwhelming and they could of done it better, but that's a solid theory as to what it signifies and it makes it atleast much more profound. The End of the fire ending is much better and seems more canonical.
I think the fact that it is underwhelming suited the DS III best. The underwhelming nature of the endure further highlights the fact that the First Flame IS dying.
Dean Walker Dark souls 4, cant wait for it if it comes
Oh! I'll make a video about the endings! I'll just put the biggest and bulkiest armor for the cutscenes! That way, all my armor will clip through everything!
I know right, he should have used the dragon torso instead xD
I'm using the fallen knight armor
@@ThatOneGuy-yq9ik best looking armour in the game and with ember it looks so badass.
Wow, they brought the ol' Maiden in Black head stomp back.
+SilentTree after that head stomp i was expecting something really nasty...
+Grégory Z. I got so buttmad when I saw it. Nobody fucks with the Fire Keeper waifu, it's just wrong. That shit is a crime against humanity.
***** a crime against ember then
buttrape?
+Saitama sensei is that you?!
godamnit havel, stop killing all your wives
They gave themselves to him, but he didn't give himself to them.
@@furyberserk Such an alpha.
@@AotO_DJ lol your name
Boi that's smough
@@Corvidriot smough the rock
Why did you have to wear the uglyest fucking armor imaginable
Why you gotta wear that ugly face all the fucking time
so ugly
I legitly thought the same thing
why does it matter
though I do see your point
did you really have to wear the most ridiculous armor possible? this is fashion souls dammit, show some respect.
@disappointment Username checks out.
Bad choice in armor for the cutscenes......should've worn full masters with bright blue skin and a face that screams "MY PARENTS ARE SIBLINGS!"
That has to be the best insult you could give to someone without calling them ugly
For platinum trophy hunters:
Make a backup savefile before you stab the boy/girl so you don't miss the original ending trophy, the 3rd ending has to happen because when you stab you will get a spell which is required for the trophy so you will need the 3rd ending as your default, second ending can be done no matter what but make a backup savefile again before you go in the final boss.
I don't get the ending where he stabs the dead body can someone please explain
it was shown in the video Ending #3, I think it's the decoy spell
+hashaam bachani actually I heard that NPC's gender depends on what your character is. It will always be the opposite gender.
+darkwzrd4 yea it does change based on your gender
+Shalashaska Yes
"End of Fire" ending was always my favourite. Seems like the closest we get to a "good" ending.
In Dark Souls you kinda have to take what you can get.
Lord of hollows is the good ending.
In the lord of hollows ending, you peacefully bring in the rightful age of darkness; and by becoming the lord of hollows you ensure that humans are never mistreated again.
you also turn into a fascist with kaathe as a puppet. remember oolacile and new londo?
@@samuelw01 I think that Kaathe would bow to us like he did in DS1
@@samuelw01 kaathe didnt mislead oolacile or new londo imo, he just sort of told them the truth about the dark and expected them to use that knowledge in literally any way other than self destruction. that's just how kaathe is, he's more concerned with the fabric of the world than with anyone's well-being, and if someone doesn't use his very matter-of-fact wisdom for good then he sees it as a failure on their part
with your character at the helm this time, it's a choice where it's really up to the player whether this is a good ending, a terrible one or something in between
Second ending rules! Get the lady and turn off the lights!
The amount of times I've touched the darkness within her... ;)
Oh yeah, I told her what my heart's desire is.
I hope you took responsibility. She can't raise a little baby Fire Keeper all by herself! Holding fire isn't easy.
Don'tLetYourMemesBeSteelDreams What are you talking about? You perv!
+jason Longstaff You touched her "deepest" place. A hole of utter and complete darkness.
Note to self: Havel Set not good for final cutscene
+MisterZed Smough's too.
Better than Smough armor.
Fuck you havel is the best
LMAO
*A N G E R Y*
Ya know...I think my favorite moment in this entire game (admittedly I had a few) but the part where they start playing Lord Gwyn's theme fighting the Soul of Cinder...dude I had a hard time not tearing up. It was a beautiful bittersweet moment.
+darkwolf1989 yeah the theme is fine .
and the boss kept surprising me with all his tricks
+Grégory Z. He´s literally the "meta knight", each mode consist of something the players abused in the past.
Greatsword mode-greatsword/ultra greatsword users who stunlock you to death.
curved greatsword with pyromancy-people that use heavy armor and curved swords, not giving you a chance to counter(havel armor with curved sword, for example).Also couple with power within(glass build) and poison mist, a pyromancy used many times in the past(Dark Souls 2) to easily win a fight.
spear with miracle-The spin to win attack shared by the halberds coupled with wrath of the gods. Both spammed in previous game for a quick kill. (WOG in DS1 and spin to win in DS2).
Sorcery: I don´t even need to detail this one.
Gwyn mode:The cosplay fanbase.
Ludleth: "Treat the Firekeeper not with discourtesy..."
You: * STOMP HER HEAD INTO THE FUKCIGN ASH YEAA *
Stomping on her head if you hit her. What a piece of shit ending! My heart broke seeing that!
+Waifu Rider seriously. i saw that and I was like, "NO. my heart."
+Waifu Rider
It's a Demon Souls reference.
+Kyrator88 Maiden In Black headstomp didn't make me feel jack shit. This Fire Keeper is sweet, therefore her headstomp made me rage
Don'tLetYourMemesBeSteelDreams
I mean that doesn't really change the fact it's still a Demon Souls reference lol
+Waifu Rider I got that ending on my first run due to a stupid "can I still move?" *R1* moment
Launch Trailer: "ALL WILL BE REVEALED." Me: "k."
+IThe AuthorityI to be fair, the only ending that isn't immediately obvious what's happening is #3. #1 and #4 are just continuing the cycle, and #2 is returning the world to a pre-fire state.
Yes, but all wasn't really "revealed" at all. Love the story, but it wasn't. lol
IThe AuthorityI
they revealed who the first born is. That's been bugging people for ages. But yeah, I see what you mean. Still a lot of unanswered questions.
+IThe AuthorityI Still two DLCs to go though :D
+quetch2 Who's Gwyn's first born? Haven't played the game yet.
I liked the part where I played the game for like 60 hours and was rewarded with an 8 second cutscene of a guy sitting down
kinda made me sad when he squished the fire keepers head... not gonna lie lol
I know right I’ve heard that was one of the endings but holy crap
That's my wife >:(((
I feel like that last ending was kinda how Gwyn started. The players character represents Gwyn taking control and getting the lord soul from the flame. The hollows who are bowing down represent Gwyns Knights.
Notice how, in the Betrayal ending, the First Flame seems to burn just a little brighter as the Unkindled reaches for it. It’s like the Flame can’t bear to be touched by a being capable of such vile betrayal, and is exercising the last of its strength to try and keep you at bay. This primordial force that created the gods, that is the bedrock of reality itself, is *afraid* of you.
Or maybe it's happy to, after all these ages and forced rekindlings, finally go out entirely.
i think its just sensing how many souls you have
I CANT SEE ANYTHING BEHIND THE LAYERS OF FAT/STONE.
Yooo thats so Demon's soul when he step on her head lol
EricPaz because developers so lazy. They taking endings from other souls game
nice troll dude
John Gushiken what troll go and look Demon souls ending
I think you should know the difference between reference and "lazy" lol
John Gushiken still almost same little diffirent but idea same no matter dude
I like ending#2, stay with fire keeper.
+Sam Li well you killed her in the end, for me the lord of hollows ending seem to be a better choice, but from what I've seen it seems that the cycle of fire still continues
+Sam Li Forgot I like The lord of hollow ending (stabbing your bride) because you have a choice of not lighting the fire to rise the age of humanity or combining both fire and abyss.
+Obtenebrations Yup thats the breaking of the cycle having with you both light and dark.
+Obtenebrations well there is the other ending which is The End of Fire the one were you let the firekeeper take the flame and let the flame slowly die. Though she mentioned that after many many years small flames are dancing and such, from what I've understood from this is that humans can finally die again much like a flame slowly dying out. well i thought of this because somehow humans were created by light and dark(it came from light, created by dark?)
Yes, i really cant say which is the true ending unless they add something to the dlc if there will ever be one. but at the same time if the usurpation of fire ending is the true ending it would mean we are still immortal the fire didnt die out but is within us, yes there is no more god, no more fire, no more cycle, and yet if you look at at from a different angle the current God will be us the player. now for me the true ending would be the end of fire ending in which the flame really died out. this is dark souls i dont think it will ever have a perfect ending just like the other games most of the ending is bad and yet we look at the best ending that may actually satisfy us.
Dark Lord Havel.
+Swagbito Uchiha That sounds awesome.
I would shit myself at havels boss form
Ending #1
As Aldia said:
"There's no path beyond the scope of light, beyond the reach of dark..."
And so Vendrick said...
"As flame rises, so does it fade. Such is the way of things."
And so the dark will find its way one day, and when it do, for every age of light... only dark will remain.
Ending #2
King Vendrick words can clarify;
"Seeker of fire, you know not the depth of Dark within you. It grows deeper still, the more flame you covet."
"The fire will fade, and the souls of old will reamerge.
With Dark unshackled, a curse will be upon us.
And men will take their true shape."
"Fire came to be, and with it disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, light and dark."
"Dark was seen as a curse. Shadow is not cast, but born of fire.
And the brighter the flame, the deeper the shadow."
"One day fire will fade, and dark will become a curse.
Men will be free from death, left to wander eternally."
"Dark will again be ours, and in our true shape, we can bury the false legends of yore.
Only... is this our only choice?"
Is not that the world is falling in the dark, is you. With the cycle of nature broken, with the champions of fire forcing the light age, dark will force its era. With the dark finally unshackled the man will take his true shape, left to wander eternally, just like in the beginnng (the first game cinematic pygmy-like creatures)
I like how the first two endings are really subdued since they are simply the continuation of the cycle and only by breaking the cycle do we get a more dramatic ending.
The last ending is the nicest ending you could give to the undeads because throughout the lore they were treated badly.
“Ashen one? Hearest thou my voice still?”
Such a scary line if you understand the lore
Explain please I'm lost lollollol
Why scary?
@@unrdnungmk6902 its scary because she's basically asking if you, the ashen one becoming hollow or not, since your purpose is linking the fire but you actually forfeit your purpose, no fire=no life you are bound by the fire, thus letting the dark age will make you hollow and cue her question asking your sanity. In betrayal ending, you actually killed the firekeeper, you act as though you are mindless beast who remembers no one and losing all purpose, and that is why you attracted by the fire and kill firekeeper who in your mindless brain thinks that she would extinguish the fire, the light in your darkness. and the female narrator basically said you're worthless ash unbecoming of a cinder but still seeks ember, so yeah. i think that's it, im not really into wumbo jumbo dark souls lore like vaati, i could be wrong
@@cinnabar_ umm i think that when she asks you if you hear her voice she actually asks you if you are still with her, beside her or if you have lost all hope because the age of fire ended
Sophia Pavlidou vania is right she just ask to see if you have gone hollow.
What of these endings make firekeeper become my girlfriend?
If I was to guess, it would be the one where you let the flame die
No but there is one that you kill her and step on her head ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
@@theskywalker8416
That's necrophilia, my friend
@@reinermost6269 we're already undeand , so...
@@dracopo8862 uh oh
So glad to see Smough finally linking the fire.
those were probably the worst two armouurs you could've chosen for this, still, i don't have to do the other endings now.
The usurpation of flame was the BEST ending because it gives over to the rise of the age of man. The second best was starting a new age of darkness. Keeping the flames lit were equally bad endings. In my opinion.
Age of man and age of darkness are the exact same thing, like the age of gods and age of fire
Exept their vision of what man is pictures hollows, not regular humans. So it's not really a age of men more like age of mad undead...
@@ProstoShelMimo Maybe hollows will regain their sanity?
@@NoName-hy6xj why would they? They started to lose it when fire started to fade, so if fire fades completely then their sanity also disappears completely.
@@ProstoShelMimo It is really complicated to say what trully would be the Age of Man. As stated by Vaatividya... What if undeads are the true humans? Inmortal and all... Yet again, the lies of the gods to keep humanity obedient have been rooted in this world for so long that we don't know how another age would trully be like
The Smough armor makes it look like the fire is consuming the character and coming out through the openings in the armor, pretty cool
All the endings mean different things if you do the Lord of Hollows quest line you will get the wedding/Lord of Hollows ending. if you don't do any quest lines you'll get the first flame ending and then lastly if you give the fire keeper eyes to the fire keeper you'll get the betrayal ending. You can pretty much understand all the endings by what you see. hope that helps.
I like the last one the most personally.
For showing fashion souls fuck yeah
Me too, i just dont like looking like a raisin for most of the game
@@TheCompleteMental there is nothing fashionable about a big fucking armor
@@KingLich451 wrong and dumb
gotta work on your fashion souls scrub
"Now that I can finally see again I sure hope I get plenty of time to enjoy the beautiful landscapes that surround us."
Yo guys it's John Dark Soul the titular protagonist of the popular hit franchise Dark Souls™ 0:01
THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING!
the true ending: fashion is everything.
I have some thoughts about the "linking the fire" ending. Does it really continue the cycle? Because it seems to me as small hint that the flame has weakened significantly after so many times that it had been linked. OR that souls themselves have weakened after so many millenia of being claimed by certain undead and then eventually finding their way back into the world. You dont get the flashy ending of dark souls 1, where you burn like the sun. The unkindled sits down casually, slowly burning up. Can the continuation of the age of fire that the unkindled brings really last that long? Or have the ancient souls that he acquired simply cannot burn any longer? For me, every ending of dark souls 3 is a hint that the age of fire simply cannot continue anymore. Sure, after some time, tiny flames may arise once again, but thats really the only good way to bring back the days of the first age of fire, the one ruled by gwyn and the other lords.
Let the flame fade away, and when the time is right, it will start burning like the flame that gave rise to the ancient lords and ended the reign of the everlasting dragons.
+Ates Goksu my theory on this is that there is nothing really to burn. All the lord souls are still in the chosen undead from DkS2, which probably sits there enjoying how the cycle ends on his behalf. The lords of cinder presented ingame are humanity's attempts to sustain the fire with anything they could get (with Aldritch, they literally fed him sacrifices upon sacrifices, along with their souls, to then burn in the first flame), but really, they failed and the fire is finally fading. You linking the fire did nit help a bit, as you simply do not have the souls needed to sustain it.
A big plot theme of all games, but specially the third, is that no matter how hard humans or gods try, they will never be able to completely stop it from fading away. It makes sense that the flame has grow weaker, and now I t can barely consume the Ashen One and won't last much.
i believe by linking the flame you are just prolonging the suffering of the world
jeez another fucking bonfire ending.
+screeem What did you expect? Literally the entire Dark Souls series has been about a magical fire and the darkness it keeps at bay. No shit the ending is going to involve the First Flame.
*****
Fair enough, but the themes of the game are about things repeating and concepts of death and rebirth, naturally everything is going to cycle back to the First Flame and what people do with it somehow.
I still have no idea what any of this means
Actually it is Dead simple, just watch some Lore videos, read items
I think it’s interesting that despite being called ‘the age of darkness’ and being made out to be some awful thing in the lore ending the fire is the best thing to do because it leads to an age of humans ruling themselves rather than powerful gods.
DLC dark souls 1. That is the age of darkness.
@@kaikuso9711 Abyss is not the darkness.
2:47 I like how there's a little light, from the bloodstain.
The fire fading ending is the most tense imo. Just having the light fade out slowly to nothing. An Eternity of Darkness.
You mean the grand betrayal ending?
Ik this comment is 4 years old but
She straight up says that she sees scattered flames in the future, which reveals it clearly won't be dark for eternity. Rather that a new age has come and another is set on the horizon
Damn that Lord ending is beast
+ForbesyGames It's literally all that we could have asked for :D
#MakeLonderGreatAgain
Watta Mugen Bandai Namco has got to be one of the best game publishers of all time because they actually listen to the consumers, literally the only thing i don't like about Dark Souls 3 is that your character is smaller than everything else
+ForbesyGames Too bad they can't code for shit. I love it whenever the game autosaves my frames drop and I'm occasionally kicked to the main menu for having such low frames.
I was wearing Gundyr's set during the Hollow ending cutscene and it looked so fucking cool.
My fucking head.
“But one day, tiny flames will dance across the darkness”
Ashen One 2020: Make Lothric Whole
well, at least the endings didn't't suck royally mass effect 3 style
And so it was, that Havel the Rock became the Lord of Hollows
After 50 hours you are rewarded with a 10 seconds movie.
after 50 hours you rewarded to fighting 19 great boss dude, think like that..
and one of the finest bosses in all souls games
Havel the lord of darkness. shit.
+Smile HD we're all doomed
+Smile HD Cant stop the rock
Better than giantdad becoming the lord of darkness.
Knight Solaire or you becoming the lord of darkness
Saddam Hussein The only thing I could become would be 'The Lord of Gross Incandescence'. Hah hah hah!
I can't help but hear the Lich Kings song as he stands up in the fourth ending.
havel's armor ruins all cutscenes
+unrealpictures68 Better than Smough´s armor.
illusion video ahead
try attacking monitor
When I was at age of killing Soul of Cinder , he dropped me small loan of million souls.
Smough after being rejected into being one of the legendary 4 knights of Gwyn he decide to be the main character of dark souls 3 and to make his own story
So what I’ve gleaned from my play through/a to those still lost is that long ago 4 entities born from the first flame came into existence. These great 4 eradicated the dragons (mostly) and took their place as gods. But as eons passed the first flame grew weaker and a solution was created. Every Eon or so a great warrior or lord would have to sacrifice their soul, humanity, and body to link the fire and continue the cycle.
Eventually this stops because it’s super fucking painful and some of the warriors believe it’s pointless to continue a cycle that requires suffering. So basically every dead warrior that has linked the flame is awakened from death to put who ever flakes out on a eternity of suffering. Depending on the endings you choose you either continue the cycle, steal the flame or “embers” for yourself, end the cycle and usher in an age of darkness, and or become a dark lord by killing the fire. Personally the cycle of eternal suffering to continue the survival of all powerful deities isn’t worth it so I’d choose to become a dark lord/deity thing to reshape the world. Also the age of darkness isn’t necessarily a bad thing it’s the state of limbo which the world falls into between linking the fire and not that creates the curse of the undead, reality bending eldritch horrors, and collapse of human civilization. You as the player enter the picture at the beginning and the end of this limbo to choose what fate. You can return humanity to a state of semi normality at the cost of eternal suffering for a short time with the sun or completely reshape reality in the age of darkness. Either way my interpretation is that irregardless of your actions the age of fire ends and will begin a new eons later.
the last one sounded like dead space where Nicole kept say "Make us whole"
Poor Isaac. Man I wish there was Dead Space 4
I find it odd most people seem to consider assuming the flame for themselves and pledging yourself to the Dark Sigil and becoming the only lord the "True / Best Ending," it's so cynical compared to the two other endings (excluding the betrayal ending of course),
Even the End of Fire ending is more hopeful / optimistic, considering that the Fire Keepers eyes allow her to see that flames will not cease to exist entirely in the future, inferring that there's a chance in a world of peace for the future.
I definitely don't think there is, fore say, a "True / Right or Wrong Ending," but there most certainly are more optimistic and content endings vs sinister and tyrannical endings.
great video too!!(:
"Let the world end now, it matters not to me !"
Fresh from death's chrysalis.
He beat the soul of cinder in smough's Armor set?. Impressive!
Wow, I thought the other games had lots of influences of Berserk, which they do, but this game tops it. That Eclipse looks identical to the one in the mangas, and movies. I absolutely love this franchise and how From Software was inspired by Berserk and it's amazing dark story. From Software had to make a story just as dark ^_^
What's berserk? I'm intrigued...
+Shaun Gill Probably one of the greatest Mangas/Animated movies ever made by Kentaro Miura. it's literally what From Software used as inspiration to make their game. After you read Berserk, you'll see the similarities between both and how much influence is in Dark Souls.
@@BMIASthe greatest piece of dark fantasy there is and has inspired almost every work of dark fantasy after the 90s ,
It's journey is like the journey of lord of the rings but instead of happy things, it's brutal and sad and the main character goes through more shit then anyone could bear and yet he still keeps moving forwards, still keeps trudging along , he is the struggler, the black swordsman, he is guts 🤙
The Greatsword in ds game and elden ring is his sword in the Manga, the dog demons in ds3 are his inner beast, and several costumes look like his different outfits through out the series and some locations In the Manga panels are locations in darksouls / elden ring its really cool
I'd reccomend you watch the 90s anime before reading it
It's 25 episodes long and will shock you like nothing has ever shocked you before 😅
and now I've heard them all
I spent hours and fought with two "dark souls" bosses just to get the eyes of a fire keeper and then gave the eyes to the fire keeper just to get the betrayal ending and in that excitement, I forgot that I had to summon her near the bonefire and I ended up linking the fire with the shitty baseless ending. Now I have to redo this all of this again just to get the ending I originally wanted to get.
This game was released 5 years ago and I made the same stupid mistake too 😂
@@justyouraveragegamer5065 atleast someone gets it lol
git gud
@@KingLich451 What in the fucking context are you trying to use this overused line here for?
I never got any of the endings because my save data got corrupted before I fought soul of cinder 💀
Well damn I’ve heard that there was a “kill the fire keeper ending” I didn’t realize you stomp on her freaking head that’s brutal!
Really confused about the third ending tho, but isnt the third ending just us going beyond the age of light and dark? was the whole reason why this all started was because gwyn and the old gods feared humanity, that it would rise to power, creating a world where gods were not needed? so they linked the flame to humanity to stop the uprise? and from what i can gather we are just moving on ending the cycle freeing us from the curse made by the old gods, making their biggest fear come true although they died before ever seeing it.
Did you try killing the firekeeper after you gave the eyes to her before reaching the ending? The firekeeper also mention betraying you so did you try kindling the last bonfire without summoning her?
She's not betraying you, she's betraying everyone else EXCEPT you. The firekeeper's sole purpose is to tend to the unkindeled. She stated that she would betray everyone else for you if you decided to go with the ending to let the flame die out.
To Link the First Flame: This is the ending when you return all the "lord soul" you gathered back to the First Flame. This ending is consider the normal ending for DS 1 and 2, and will only last another thousand years before someone will need to "re-gather" all the "lord soul" again and return it back to the First Flame.
The End of Fire: This is consider the true ending of the whole DS sequel. This ending requires you to restore the "sight" of the Firekeeper. This "sight" presumably contain not only knowledge of the FIRST firekeeper, but perhaps also the truth about the fading of the First Flame and what will come after it. Apparently, after many cycles, nature began to shape up and form the "balance" elsewhere; the balance is now able to contain within mankind, at a smaller scale. In DS3, both "dark soul" and "lord soul" are now bound to mankind, forming embers; and players were no longer the "undead", but an "Unkindled". Unlike the "undead", who leave behind "Humanity" when killed, an "unkindled" leaves behind "ashes" - signify the "balance" are slowly making mankind normal again. (When a human soul passes on, both "dark soul" and "lord soul" were able to neutralized one another, leaving no energy residual behind, only the ashes) Which is why letting the First Flame fade out totally is the true ending in Dark Soul 3, as there is no point going back to the First Flame again when mankind can now contain both "dark" and "light" within themselves..
The End of Fire (Alternative): This special ending involves taking the First Flame from the Firekeeper just as she was about to let it rest. What we know is that the First Flame is an energy gateway that allows the player to teleport, the motion of presenting the First Flame to the Dark sigil will allow more dark energy to escape through it at a much higher rate. (*Due to the lack of lord soul to suppress it) The ending could very well be the true "Dark" ending of whole DS sequel.
Usurpation of Fire: This ending, similar to "Linking the First Flame" requires you to light the First Flame, but this time, not with the "lord soul" you gathered, but with the dark soul that you accumulated with the dark sigil. To do this, you need to be return to the "undead" state (similar to DS1 and 2) where you will turn "hollow" upon death. You need to first get the dark sigil from Yoel to break the "balance" within yourself. I presume this ending will only last another thousand years before someone will need to "re-gather" either the "lord soul" or "dark soul" again and return it back to the First Flame.
Literally none of this is correct lol.
who's the one being stabbed at 4:09 onwards? is that anor londo? is that part of ending 2? i don't understand any of that cinematic :(
hitting her and stomping her head what cruel ending it hurts me to see that :'(
What these endings mean
1. You continue the cycle of the chosen undead and sacrifice yourself to keep the fire lit
2. Your hard reset the cycle so the events of dark souls 1 can eventually repeat as even if the fire is smothered, there will always be embers
3. You end the cycle and destroy everything
4. You start a new age of hollow
The best ending is probably number 2 as it is gradually getting harder for the chosen undead to link the fire with the souls of cinder refusing and that.
The Guide To Dark Souls Endings:
1 You can sit on your throne/chair/the ground and wait for your eventual demise.
2 You can link the flame/fire/legacy and be burned to death.
3 You can smother the flame and become lord of darkness! (land is in ruins though)
I think we all know which one is the "good" ending.
Number one
Best description
Its a bit of a fixer upper
Aldia, in Scholar of the First Sin, tells us that even if the First Flame fades entirely, there is always a fragment remaining for reignition.
Yeah cause Gywn caused the First Sin by not letting a true age of Dark happen but instead he defiled the course of nature and kept his Age of Fire going
I guess the ending's go like this, the first ending you link the flame and life carries on but the events of what happened will happen once more in the far future. If you end the do not link the flame you enter a world of darkness and nothing either lives or die, life will be hollow until one day the flames reignite and start the cycle again. If you kill the fire keeper you must simply want to take more souls to be powerful and possibly live forever, but you will be the one who survives as everything else turns hollow and you must live throughout darkness until the flame reignites. The last ending could possibly mean not only you link the fire but you become a god I assume, leading the world into a new start as hollows and all life look upon you as a god maybe?
That's what I got. I simply linked the flame on the first play through even though I wanted to extinguished the flame, I stupidly did not look at the floor and summon the fire keeper. Either way loved this game and will definitely play through many a times. Not sure if I consider this my favourite out of the Souls series as Dark Souls 1 still holds dear to my heart, but I still consider Bloodborne to be my favourite FromSoftware game and possibly my favourite Souls game even though it isn;t a souls game but everyone relates the two series.
I think final one is where unkindly actually turns into a lord of cinder
Sounds pretty legit
+PrinceBalor There was one thing that resonated throughout the whole game. A central theme. "You are unkindled, unfit to be cinder." I don't think you were able to rekindle the first flame in any ending, and that you are forced to let the flame die regardless of your choice.
+Chomp Haai Interesting thoughts. When we linked the flame in dark souls, the reigniting was intense, and even ended in an explosion, whereas in dark souls 3, it doesn't seem to do much. Sure, the flame seems to have some extra fuel for now, but it's still only a tiny flame dancing across your body, and it doesn't seem to extend the life of the Flame for more than a few minutes at most... (at least, that was the impression i got from the linking cutscene). We are Ashen after all... No use trying to set Ash alight...
I myself find the End of Fire ending to be extremely interesting... Is it over or not? It's the first time we actually get to see the age of dark. In other games we just walked away, but now we watched over the flame until it faded, implying that there is no longer anything to rekindle, yet the firekeeper says that the flame isn't gone... Extremely ambigous indeed.
How do you chose the last ending?
the armor at the last ending reminds me of imlerith
wow it does now that I think about
+tito fauzan fauzan imlerith from witcher 3?
how do you get the last ending in the video? the first 3 i got, last one im figuring out
Compete the hollowing quest line, needs at least 5 hollow lvls to get it
Nice video dude :D
I like the ending of fire, though my question is what comes after.The Dark Age begun, I hope the Ashen one bought a torch its too damn dark, and how are they going to escape that place without a bonfire lol. It would be cool to see both Ashen one and Fire Keeper walking with each other trough the darkness.
Age of dark it will literally like Berserk vibe
The way he stomps the fire keeper's head makes me feel sad.
When I finished this game first time with Londor ending, I thought I had the basic ending. Just now I am learning that Anri wedding thingy did affect the ending. (I didn't know I supposed to kill the disguised assassin 😢)
Finally I can see what a real dark Souls 3 ending is without me accidentally clicking attack on my first and only time....
I forgot to mention my personal rating for the whole soul series and their difficulty:
Dark Souls 1 is the best souls game as it was well made and pretty hard with lots of secrets, I give it in difficulty bout 9/10.
Demon's Souls For me it wasn't that much better than dark souls 1 because it's damn short but I can say it was well made, it's the most difficult souls game as everytime you die it will make it even harder, difficulty 9.5/10.
Dark Souls 2 Was abit easy till they nerfed magic to the ground then came the dlc with some hard bosses that were even harder than dark souls 3 bosses which made it a hard dark souls, difficulty 8.5/10
Dark Souls 3 I can say some bosses here are almost impossible to be beaten alone such as nameless king, prince lothric and any 2 phased boss that recovers hp to max, Difficulty 8/10.
All of the souls game difficulty can be a 1/10 if you bring an online companion, it distracts the bosses making them look stupid giving their back to you.
The games are awesome they are not bad, want a challenge? do it alone, want to have fun? do it online, want it to be longer? don't rush and kill everyone that comes as the normal enemies are much stronger than bosses if they come in groups specially the group before the prince boss.
Hope you enjoy them, I'll try to collect all magic and get the remaining trophies but if I finish the game now, yuria will die and no one to give the books to so better stop before beating the prince lothric up the castle.
+Duck360Gaming2
This game has much better designed areas than DS1, none of them are incomplete, there are secrets and references, and there are no inconsistencies in the bosses like from the majority of shit ones from DS1 with their few shining stars that mostly come from the DLC.
DS2 DLC bosses are not that hard. Not even Raime is harder than the Dragonslayer Armor to be honest. And he is definitely not harder than the Nameless King.
Seriously? you think this game's areas beats the ghost area of DS1? the forest area of DS1? Volcano area in DS2? Skeleton area in DS2? Dragon area in DS2?
DS3 areas after I did the exploring time, I found out each area is VERY SMALL but filled with enemies to slow you down, SERIOUSLY you can beat the game under 1h without cheating!
Duck360Gaming2
New Londo is boring. The Ghosts are better in the manor in Irithyll, and require no stupid consumables. And the Darkwraiths are stronger, and faster in DS3. No comparison at all.
I like both forest-y areas in both games. Even though DS3 makes it more of a swamp.
Iron Keep was just that, enemies slowing you down. The place is nothing special at all.
You mean the little fragment Huntsman's Copse were you fight the Skelleton Kings that ismade up of literally one straight path, and one curved path for a shortcut filled with bad enemies once the Necromancers are dead?
Dragon Area in DS3 actually has more content than Dragon Aerie. Better bosses, better dragons/wyverns, and better enemies. Dragon Aerie looks much cooler with all the flying dragons.
The areas are evidently larger in DS3 compared to other Souls games.
Dark Souls 1 can be beat in 45 minutes, and DS2 in 54.
DS1 areas are very small, and DS2 areas are just passageways.
You compare Undead Settlement to Burg and Parish? They have no chance.
Izalith in DS3 to DS1? For starters, DS3 finished the area, has interesting enemies, and it mixed the Deph's design in it to make it a labyrinth. In DS1 it is just there.
The Catacombs in DS3 take a dump on DS1's.
Lothric castle, and the newly designed Irithyll and path to Anor Londo are also more complex than Anor Londo itself in DS1, especially the interiors.
I can go on for every area. Even Firelink itself and the related areas are more interesting.
Not to mention, ALL areas in ALL souls games are simple paths filled with enemies as obstacles. There are no mysteries other than fake walls here and there. The Great Hollow, being the only exception by actually being something more important. And the Great Hollow is still a very poorly made area with the most atrocious geometry in the game.
Obviously, when you just run past them, like you can in all of them, the lenght decreases dramatically.
If you want running pass DS1 2 3, DS2 is by far longest run (No wall glitch) then comes DS1 then finally DS1 as the shortest, seriously just about 9 or 10 bosses on the way! lemme see:
First boss after 1 min of starting the game, second boss after 3 min, 3rd boss (dunno if tree boss required for story?) 3min, 4th boss 3 min, 5th boss may stop you (watchers) 3min, going all the catacombs with stupid skeleton boss 3 min, after that we reach a cell area going down to the yharm or whatever 5min, get taken back up to meet dancer 0min, go fight the boss in the iced place 5min, going up to the armored boss 2 min, fighting prince 3min then final boss.
so about 12 bosses or 11 if tree not required to beat the game, compare with old souls games the time and boss numbers.
I see that DS1 has the best looking areas such as the tree with dragon down there was awesome, volcano of ds1 not 2, anor londo of course and all the studd I mentioned before.
DS3 what does it have? pretty much the same but less work and very small, I didn't find any awesome area in it at all they all look normal to me, I loved the dark castle in DS2 was very beautiful looking like a castlevania thing I was surprised, also we got some new weird stuff like hidden fogged guys, ghosts in ds1, nothing special in ds3? where are their unique guys? I only see npc doing spell swords :S really? ok the bosses has two phases but that dies fast if bringing a companion unlike some bosses in past dark souls were your companion DIES QUICKLY and I think they can't use flask right? I can't remember much but they must make companion can't use flask only the host can.
So, what do all of these endings MEAN? From a lore perspective.
+Christian Yaerger it means u should wait for dlc
+Christian Yaerger
*Go and see the Intro for Dark Souls 1*
"Even now, there are only embers. And man sees not light, but endless nights. And amongst the living are seen carriers of the accursed Dark Sign."
*Ending 1* - Link the Fire: You offer your powerful lord soul as fuel to keep the fire burning. But many cycles have passed and the Fire is so weak, it barely has enough power to consume you and send back the Darkness.
So you just sit there, slowly roasting.
*Go and see the true ending of Dark Souls 2: SotFS*
"...the crowns will prevent the player from going hollow by any means, including death and curse."
*Ending 2* - You summon the Fire Keeper, that has in her possession one of the lost crowns of the kings. She will keep what little remains of the fire and safeguard it for eternity, for she will never die.
"But one day, tiny flames will dance across the Darkness"
*Ending 2 (b)* - You stop the Fire Keeper, Darkness covers the world, and since you're not immune to hollowing, you and the rest of the world are now forever trapped in eternal Darkness.
*Ending 3* - You corrupt the flame, and embrace great power, usurping Gwyn's throne and becoming the new Dark Lord.
+Ibo Fons That makes alot of sense! Thanks for your explanation.
+Ibo Fons Wait, if the crowns prevent you from going hollow by any means, why do you say that you're not immune to hollowing in ending 2 (b)? Shouldn't you be alone in darkness, while all the others hollow?
orestesmkb You don't have a crown, the fire keeper does. And you don't know about the crown's power since that's only explained to you in Dark Souls 2.
the second ending seems more like she has stopped talking to the current ashen one and is talking to the one who will arise when the age of fire begins anew
I finished the game linking the first flame, didn't understand why the questlines would always say for me to do so. After the really tiny weak flames, I felt so empty and fooled
OH SHIT, IT'S THE ECLIPSE!
+Nyrufa reminder that griffith did nothing wrong
+victim109 hahaha
Griffith did nothing wrong!
+Nyrufa Eclipse again ?! Ok, I better go for my Greatsword ...
+Nyrufa .... im such a fool i just got that berserk reference --- its the eclipse.. darkness. darkness everywhere.