Can You Beat DEMON'S SOULS With Only a Crossbow?
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- Опубликовано: 22 дек 2023
- The end of an era, the end of a year.
We've been shooting our way through every game in the Soulsborne series, and it's about time we go back to where it all began.
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Outset Island - Zelda Windwaker
Onett Theme - Earthbound
Mario Circuit - Super Mario Kart
Night - Bugdom
Sozo - Cult of the Lamb
The Poets II - Streets of Rage 3
Greenpath - Hollow Knight
Storm King - Demon's Souls 2020
Panic Puppet Zone - Sonic 3D Blast
Frigate - 007 Goldeneye N64
New Junk City - Earthworm Jim
Night in the Swamp - Vectorman 2
Dam - 007 Goldeneye N64
Reflection - Hollow Knight
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It's interesting how both you and JK got the Dragon God glitch so shortly after each other given that I've never seen that happen before then. Makes me wonder if it's a bluepoint thing
I've never had it happen in the original. You’re probably right on the money with that guess.
@@TheBacklogswhich version do you prefer?
After seeing the JK Leeds video, I tried to replicate the glitch in the original and couldn't. It's definitely a remake only glitch.
a youtuber called kaif got the bug as well
@@ikitclaw4298 did not expect anyone from Salt Raiders being mentioned here, but nice to see that the community is spread out.
For anyone curious, Lemon did the PS5 joke in the fist-only Dark Souls 1 video, almost 3 years ago. Still a great video, would watch again, 5/5
Can confirm I watched it
My favourite bit was when lemon said its crossbow time and crossbowed all over the place.
My favorite bit was when Lemon said "its firebomb time," and then he firebombed all over the bad guys
That's great too.
I liked when he said sticky white stuff
Bro it's been out for 2 hours how did you beat me to this joke
This meme format is always a blessing, guess we really do have to thank Morbius for that.
0:24
You know that you're definitely going to have to do King's Field challenge runs at some point now that you've mentioned it, right?
Yesss!
We have lemon cornered now he has to do it!
Look up Blinge on YT! He does KF runs and his videos are FANTASTIC and super underrated! He also does all old Fromsoft games. His videos are amazing, highly recommend!
Kings field ancient city magic only?
In the off chance that he actually sees this and does do a King's Field challenge run (do it, Lemon, the Content Gods demand it, lol), I think it's worth pointing out that you can run all of the King's Field games with mouse and keyboard through emulators with a program called Mouse Injector. It works in Duckstation (PS1), Retroarch, and PCSX2 (PS2) and while it's not 100% perfect and it's a little wonky to set up, it's still infinitely better than controlling the camera with the shoulder buttons.
The Morion Blade, Clever Rat Ring, and Viscous Compound Bow +5 are absolutely cracked.
Love that hokage mode
I looked up what "Viscous" did.
S rank Dex scaling??? On a BOW?!
S dex scaling my beloved.
@@alexread6767did they change it to viscous in the remake? I thought it was still "sticky"
@@noxer5589reccomended by sweet baby angels everywhere
I feel like the problem with the facial animation is that they are super highly animated and emotive, but the rest of the body is still completely unmoving. So as a result you get this weird uncanny valley effect since you have a head that's hyper expressive and bouncing around as it talks grafted on top of what might as well be a mannequin for how little the body moves or emotes.
Good old talking Heads effect just like in the older Fallouts
Curiously, a read a review from a friend on Steam for Horizon: Zero Dawn just a couple of hours ago, exactly about uncanny valley. And I think both of you are right on the money:
(...) Last but definitely not least... (actually, this is my biggest gripe with the game) Horizon Zero Dawn is the most acute case of "uncanny valley" I've ever personally witnessed. The game just looks...... wrong. The bit in the intro where we get to play as child-Aloy was particularly sickening to me. Her model just looks... unnatural. The characters are constantly twitching in ways humans just don't and the changes from animation to animation in conversation can be very abrupt. It's like they tried to add a ton of subtlety and variety to the movements but there is actually too much and they don't connect naturally? It made me super uncomfortable to the point where I started to actually avoid dialogue. Which is a bit of a shame because I've been told that the story in this game is actually pretty decent.
Honestly it doesn’t bother me that much but that’s probably because I’ve played oblivion’s persuasion mini game too much
I've been binge-listening to your runs a LOT recently while working on my school projects. Surprisingly they help me focus a lot, but I'm at a point where I'm re-listening to many of them lol. Funny enough I was about to continue working on another project so this is great timing. Thank you for suffering for our entertainment Lemon 🙏
I’ve been binge listening to him while driving to work. I set my phone down and don’t even watch, just hearing his friendly voice and goofy jokes helps pass the time SO well. God Bless Lemon.
haha, while working from home, cooking, cleaning. but i am never really watching. the voice is just magic
@@christopherjackson2685 I do exactly the same thing.
You should watch his full stream vods of these runs for more footage. I put these on at night before I go to sleep and the full vods are magic. They're a couple hours long as well
what I really enjoy about this remake are the small things like the disappearing rain if the stormking is directly above you and such
My favorite animal is a stingray so seeing you appreciate the Storm King made me really happy.
Congratulations on defeating the Flamelurker....oh and the run, congrats on the run too.
Stingrays deserve more appreciation tbh
You love the Irwin slayer
@@goreobsessed2308 Not a slayer when it was acting in self defense
@@goreobsessed2308that’s a good name for stingrays 🤣
@@alyxparker4410 slayed is slayed it not a synonym for murder silly
Another glorious victory achieved by shooting ancient beings and eldrich horrors with toothpicks till they die.
GG! And thank you for good fun!
Happy holidays to everyone!
Interesting enough, DS3 technically also cuts your HP if you're not human 'AKA embered', but instead of being a visible, set begin with, effect, it's hidden, and the health is 'given' when you kill the tutorial boss of that game. It's a interesting concept to keep a so-far staple mechanic, but trick players brains to view it as a reward rather then a standard formula of hardship... Honestly a unique little thing about our brains. Plus, I think seeing you challenge kings field and shadow tower, would be super cool actually.. a little YTber going by blinge did a magic only kings field (1-3) and a gun only shadow tower, truthfully hard and fun challenges, but Goodluck getting your hand on those games lol but you should be fine, hell you did potato only salt and sanctuary, I believe you can handle the pain of those two games.
DS3 is also balanced to have your non-Embered health be decently playable as well. Demon's Souls balances it around your full health and says "you get half now, fuck balancing"
@@dretadel Ye fair, DS2 is also balanced.. and well, ya get humanities real easily, not sure bout DS1 though.. But DS2 is my personal fav, great game all around for its time, and even now it holds up fine.
@@misterspoken2803 See, I felt like they were really stingy with Human effigies compared to how punishing hollowing gets.
I still really like 2, but a game that feels good for challenge runs it is not for that reason
Never really felt that way tbh. Just felt annoyed that i lost an ember and all my health.
@@dretadelwhat makes you say it's balanced around the full health mode?
The funniest part is right before this video dropped, youtube decided I needed to watch all 3 crossbow videos in succession
0:26 So are we going to see a challenge run of King’s Field this October? That is the month you’re supposed to play games that scare you.
Hey Lemon, i just wanted to say that your challenge run videos is what inspired me to do my own challenge run videos and it has changed my life. I love your videos and thank you :)
When I reached Storm King back in 2010 I felt the same as you with the remastered version. I hope I can get a PS5 soon too because I really want to play DS remastered. Great video, it's always great to watch your gameplays!
Crazy that a 3 year old release title is still one of the best looking games for the PS5. Bluepoint did a great job.
Love a bit of demon souls
Does anyone else want "Carl! Cut the Camera!" merch? entertaining run as always! Well Done. Glad no one has gotten around to a Demon Souls' Immolation mod yet. 😂😂
A new Lemon video?! Just for me?! That’s all I wanted for Christmas!
I'm really happy that I found your channel last year...I'm excited to see what comes next!
Storm king gave me goosebumps, I've haven't experienced that in so long.
"No not Kings Field that game scares me" well now you have to
i'd never have thought the funny firebomb guy was so sweet and inspirational when i first started watching your stuff
thank you for the video, your voice is really relaxing, i listen to your runs when im about to sleep, keep the energy😊
Binge listening your videos again, love your videos man. I've watched surely almost or all your videos. Love watching them while I work.
Another awesome run from Lemon? A great way to start to weekend!
On a side note: is anyone else having trouble liking the video? I even reloaded after the first watch and it still says "this action is disabled." I know Lemon is a masochist, but I doubt sabotaging his own analytics is in his wheelhouse.
"Angry Waist Bend" is probably the most roundabout, indirect, nonsensical way to make a crossbow pun and I'm 100% here for it
Glad you've made use of the double rtsr setup, it's one of the things I really love in this game, as it can make pretty much any weapon hilariously overpowered
Its always joy when new baclogs video drops. My favorite yt chanel
Ahhh yiss! Been waiting and waiting for a new video from you! Perfect start to the Christmas!
Thanks for another great vid champ! Keep it up , and happy holidays!
Best part about night shift, I'm on time for Lemon's uploads and streams
Lemon, I always smile when I see that you have dropped another video. Wonderful work as always.
You know, Lemon, it occurs to me that there are 2 games you probably haven't heard about that have the ability to deal fire damage/ use firebombs aplenty that would fit your patience idea greatly. Granted, those games are also CRPG's of 60+ hours each, so it would likely be longstanding projects, but still.
The first is Pathfinder: Wrath of the righteous, there you can play as an infuser, a class that specializes in using specific types of energy damage (like fire) and one of the abilities that class unlocks is the ability to create a bomb of their chosen infusion element (fire)
The 2nd game is Rogue Trader, there you can pick a Sanctioned Psyker to be able to use Pyrokinesis, your first unlocked ability is literally the ability to set your enemies on fire, with more fire abilities you can unlock later, including abilities that encourage you to set YOURSELF on fire. The game also has fire grenades and fire weaponry in the form of flamers (literal flamethrowers) and plasma guns because liquid fire is still fire.
Woo! I've lost track of how many times I've rewatched the vod of your demon souls run, good times!
Saw you streaming this on yt and have been waiting for this vid ever since. Love your vids Lemon!
Oh now THIS is a comfy birthday gift to watch, thank you for the video before Christmas!
Thanks for the bit at the end. I needed that.
Another great run. These always make my day
Merry christmas lemon thanks for all the fun and good videos from berboy
Your videos are my light in the dark my friend, please keep it up for as long as you are happy with it.
A new Backlogs video on Xmas eve, nice.
Thank you for the Video Lemon, Happy Holidays
For those wondering: the PS5 joke in the intro is a callback to "Can You Beat Dark Souls With Only Fist Weapons?"
Go watch it! :)
Merry Christmas to you and your family I enjoyed the video very much and have loved your work all year
Happy Holidays, Lemon. To everyone else, too.
That name pun was pure genius. Took nearly a minute to catch on but it was an absolute laugh when I got it
This was the game that got me back into gaming. I remember getting this with a ps3. I was beyond hooked on it.
hah, and you sealed the book for near the whole series with my fvorite weapon type. well done.
Also, thank you. you and some other challenge runners got me into observing gimmick run ideas in my own games now.
Merry Christmas backlogs hope you have a wonderful holiday thank you for always making entertaining videos
Happy Holidays Lemon.
Edit: ok the Storm King bit is pure eargasm
You finally did this challenge run so I guess its time for me to complete all the achievements
Man, cant believe lemon commited tax evasion with crossbows
Lord, I missed you my guy!!! Good to see another video from ya.
Ive been watching all your challenges from the beginning just recently, and i am trying salt and sanctuary for the first time. Feels very soulsy and im enjoying it. Thanks lemon
congratzz on the 400k Subs! we love your videos!
Your videos are truly a joy to watch.
Good stuff. Merry Christmas
another great video as always keep up the good work
It's only recently that I managed to finally find a physical copy of Demon's souls remake in my country after having the ps5 for year and a half, and yep, as someone that loves bloodborne and all things lovecraftian, I too fell in love with the storm king's soundtrack/sound effects, super simple boss fight, specially if you use the sword, but all the sound engineering made it epic as hell.
i love your videos! its awesome to see one when it comes out :)
That ending speech was really nice man. Good on ya.
I went looking for that video and you couldn't stop me!
So the only scaling crossbow gets +40 damage, at 99 of a stat... not even usually used for archery? But MAGIC?
Dang, that's sadistic. Somebody at From must have had themselves quite a giggle at that one.
Exactly what I needed today, bless up
Happy early merry Christmas lemon! Happy holidays!
“That’s better, much better, let’s go.” Sneaky Mushu reference there lemon.
I know you won't see this, but thanks for your vids backlogs, they've gotten me through some pretty tough times, and helped me make several new friends, seeing a new video of yours lights up my day, and your outro is always heartwarming, thanks for all the great vids, this was a great year! Hears to another Year of amazing videos and memories! *begins sniffling* wait, why are you seeing this? Carl cut the camera, Carl I said cut the came-
P.S. I have a challenge run for you, beat siren head resurrection without ever using a ranged weapon (bear spray is considered melee) There is no way you do this challenge lol, let alone complete it. if you somehow manage to complete this on NG+, you've earned my membership for sure. I know it's outside of your usual wheelhouse, but I am in the discord for the game if you need help, as the litteral only speedrunner, I know the games glitches better then the dev himself.
P.S.S wow, you saw this, you are amazing
I knew that something was keeping me from gaming today... like something was just like "meh, not feeling it." Now I know. It was a new Backlogs video, calling softly from the comforting darkness...
Keep up the great work Lemon! Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas Lemon hope you and your family are having a good time.
Ah, just what I needed while I get ready to cook for the holiday madness ahead. Watching/listening to this on my nest hub max while I prep is quite nice. Thanks for doing these, Lemon. It's truly S-tier content, and I'm glad I found this channel. Happy holidays!
“After sending all my unwanted items back to the nexus”
What???? I played this whole game not knowing that. Lemon you beautiful boy.
The Average Bow Fan
vs.
*The Chad Crossbow Enjoyer*
Merry cmas. Great video!
What I love about demon souls is the really out there ideas the team came up with for the bosses. The old hero and the stone king are boss concepts I’d love to see revisited in newer games cause in a better system they could be the most memorable moments of a game.
Kind of fitting that I just rewatched all the other crossbows only runs like 2 days ago
Merry Christmas lemon!
Love the work you mad lad
I have been here since the sns fist only run and this is the first video I watch wile drunk, therefore an instant favorite, merry Christmas everyone!
Great video as always
Yayyyy I needed this I was running out of challenge runs
Very underrated game imo!!! , love your content & keep the challenges coming.
"You sweet summer child" will always be associated with ZeroLenny 😂
Wooooooo! yes I have been waiting for you to play the Remake
Here's hoping in the new year we start seeing some Xcom 2 content.
I can't keep rewatching your Xcom Enemy Within videos. I can start quoting them at this point
The best part of the video is when Lemon did the Elden Ring Fire Bomb playthrough
Christmas came early this year! Lemon dropped a video! Hopefully we don’t have to wait til next Christmas for the One Shot Challenge vid 😢
3:33 when Dark souls 2 brought back the hp penalty for dying I remember saying "well that's a bad idea"
Merry Christmas lemon
My hat goes off to you. That is one tough run!
oh boy backlogs uploaded, the holidays have officially began
Keep this up and crossbows might become part of your brand
Im just super excited to watch this so i can finally learn where to go in this game.
Nice video as always, cheers from Germany
Merry christmas to ya
Lemon I needed this Ive spent most of Xmas considering ending but this shit kinda helps
This was my older brother's account I only found this because he gave me his laptop rip and damn bro I wish you had of looked towards someone who cared than asking the internet you dummy
Hell yeah xmas backlogs vid
For clever rat ring not doing 50% more damage maybe this is because of defence/res, maybe if you deal 100 damage and boss takes 50, when you deal 150 he takes 100, i dont know how that works in souls but different games treat defences differently, some have it as a % and some as static number, so that might be another explanation
That's right! It's why mixed damage usually needs to be look much higher to equal a single type; it's fighting through two resists. It's not exactly 1 armor = 1 damage reduced, but it is slanted such that armor stats are much better at blocking small hits than big ones. If you've gone through an early game area with lategame gear, you might've been surprised by everything bouncing off.
My own experience of hyper mode multi is a level 1 character holding a morion blade and a lava bow (two weapons sl1 does not have the stats for) to kill a pure black NG7 Leechmonger. 1.5x1.3 is just under 2, but it feels like it does ten times the regular damage against a low resist.
Yes, the bonus is applied before resist, so it appears higher than 50%. It is the same in ds1, so I am surprised he didn't seem to know this. Strangely though, power within was applied after defenses because it's good to stay consistent lol
12:03 you know what would perfectly work here. The ‚my back‘ scene from spider man.
Finally new Demon's souls content.
On CHRISTMAS!