Dark Souls: The Story of Hidetaka Miyazaki
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- Опубликовано: 23 мар 2017
- When Hidetaka Miyazaki fired up Ico for the first time, he had no idea how much his life would change. Ten years later, with the success of his own game series, Dark Souls, Hidetaka was made president of From Software - and it was all thanks to a single inspiring gaming experience.
Hidetaka's story is one of triumph through trial and error. After quitting a job at a prestigious technology company to pursue his dream of becoming a games developer, he had to work hard to find a new place for himself. But a desire to tell a powerful story through video games motivated him to change his entire life.
His first game, Demon Souls, was an enormous challenge, as the project was believed by his peers to be doomed to failure. Hidetaka had the odds stacked against him - but, if we've learned anything from the Dark Souls games, it's that tough challenges are worth fighting through in return for a more satisfying victory.
Special thanks to everyone who requested this episode, here's hoping it inspires you to take another crack at whatever personal goal you've been struggling with. We have faith in you!
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Miyazaki was the first to git gud!
thats so true
Hahahaha !
Our lord and savior!
666likes perfect
The first lord of cinder and the first to figure out mimic chests and not tell us nothing
Correction, Miyakai wasn't a bad reader in his native language, the issue he had was that he was reading books written in English.
Thanks for adding this, mate. I was a bit annoyed by that part and slid down to find this.
That makes a lot more sense
This is a critical point and undermines the entire video.
Do you have sources from an interview with him ? I heard both versions of the story and, though the version with books in English is more common it seems less likely to me. Japanese is a difficult language to read since there are so many characters (kanji) to learn that even most adults don't know them all so it wouldn't be surprising that a young Miyazaki would struggle to read books even in his own language, doesn't mean he was particularly dumb. On the other hand, there aren't many books written in English in Japan, so I'm surprised he would have read that many...
Now, as I said, I don't know for sure, but it would nice if someone could bring a proof either way.
I watched a different video on this channel last week and there was a lot of small incorrect details like this.
"Sometimes he'd read through an entire paragraph of text without having any idea of what was going on in the story"
We did it, folks, we found the underlying principle behind Dark Souls lore.
Hahaha
True
That's hilarious
It's probably true though. It's no secret that Miyazaki loves the esoteric and gives reward to people that comb through every item, no matter how mundane to piece a story together.
I know you wrote this as a joke, but it is likely the reason soulsborne games are so convoluted, with the lore only being revealed with meticulous cataloguing of 100% runs
RUclips Recommended finally giving me something I actually wanna watch
Wow here for the same reason
@@alchemicalmoon3426 i came here from wandering what scot cawthon had done with his life before FNAF.
Mad Cat 74 *WHOOP WHOOP!*
Guess it got tired of you never having a plan
Lol, true.
So... he got gud
17659817265781465781 No.
He got great.
16 strengt
12 attunement
Skele Stone HE GOT PERFECT
he went from waste of skin to a great one
Salted 48 vitality
66 endurance
I didn't know they got Crossbreed Priscilla to narrate
nrg this channel is peaceful. It's subscribers kind
Blessing of the Darkmoon upon your journey
DJJ 2000 please, leave this peaceful land. Thou doest not belong here.
I want that fluffy tail!
I had to kill her twice just to have paired life hunt scythes, haven't killed her since.
All these years later, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice won Game of the Year 2019, so there you have it
IMO bloodborne should have won in 2015 as well, but eh i guess all the hype was on Witcher 3, which i understan the game is massive and immersive, but i found myself never feeling like finishing it.
Almost all his games win
@@EGH666 you don't get it.. goty is all about hype.. Witcher 3 feels extremely repetitive boring next to any souls borne games
@@COHOFSohamSengupta I think it's also very much about the graphics and story. You can't deny the witcher had a good story and was very polished in that department, even if the combat was boring and repetitive. Honestly I was super surprised even sekiro won even though personally I think both bloodborne ds1 and sekiro were goty's
@@COHOFSohamSengupta You seem to have some sort of personal vendetta against Witcher 3 as I have seen you bashing it in the comments section of other videos, If we go by what you say then soulsborne or any other game is not that different from Witcher 3, you travel, you defeat enemies, kill bosses, then move to another area and this is coming from someone who has played DS2, DS3, Bloodborne, and Witcher3. Witcher 3 won for a reason, the amount of effort poured by the developers in creating it was insane and if you had previously played Witcher 2, you would know how much of an improvement Witcher 3 was, Bloodborne was amazing but Witcher 3 deserved the award.
Wow, that rare moment when you accidentally stumble upon some random content and it's actually good. Impatiently waiting for the next episode. You deserve success.
is the narrator the firekeeper herself?
Levi Jordan she's crossbreed Priscilla
@@patches2221 Where can I find this Priscilla? I feel the overwhelming urge to pat her tail... So warm, gaaaaawk, so soft.
No, this is the Nameless King.
@@PaladinfffLeeroy Thou must returneth whence thou came.
Nah.
She is either Yorshka or CrossBreed Priscilla.
not enough credit goes to that one friend with the ico game. HE STARTED THIS WHOLE THING
OH MY GOD
i have ALWAYS thought they felt like they belonged in the same universe
Imagine all the amazing games that never got lucky enough to be made!
Ico friend is Umbasa
Myazaki revived gaming for me and each and every game with his name on it is and always will be pure solid gold. I can't hardly wait to see what he is working on with his team. Bloodborne, Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1+3 are the finest video games I have ever played. He could make a farming simulator and I would pre order the crap out of this game at this point haha
Thank you for the amazing story of an amazing and very interessting personality, all hail the gaming messiah Myazaki XD
Soul's farm? Explore the world, collect exotic stuff and use them as ingerdiants in making souls, and then put it in a body of your choice.
I bet you're enjoying the heck out of Sekiro... i know i am lol
Same for me. I had lost my interest in gaming for several years, until I found Dark Souls 1 and now I play games everyday again after a hiatus of like 10 years. Elden Ring is the first game I’ve preordered since I was a kid. Miyazaki is a genius, an auteur of gaming creating art akin to Tarkovsky or Villeneuve!
@@KusoTeitoku Hell yeah :D haha
@@GigawingsVideo Would buy day one!
He said "I really like berserk, I want to make an unofficial berserk Video game." And demon souls and dark souls were born!
Grehn but DS has an end...
Grehn there are no boats in demon's souls
There's no CLANG in dark souls.
Drake the troll Nope, only an endless cycle of light and dark.
@@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761 That hits a lot worse now more than ever...
This channel is criminally under appreciated. This is another wonderful episode! Thank you for making this!
Takes a while for a channel to build up a following. But kudos to the videos so far!
Her videos are pretty good, but the reading is *very slow...*
Slow reading actually is a benefit for non-native English speakers. :)
+Deep Weep
I love her voice and her reading speed
I'm fine with slow reading, it felt so calming unlike current "Talk loud and fast" bullshit started by Zero Punctuation.
Dark Souls was a game that turned my life around. Thanks for doing this story!
I've gladly spent 10 minutes of my life on a story I already knew, just because of the narration. Exceptional job and I love your voice.
This was fantastic. Dark Souls is one of my favorite all time series. I had no idea that Hidetaka Miyazaki struggled so much. This gives me so much inspiration to continue working on my own creative efforts on my channel. It's been such a hard grind to get even 1000 subcribers - I'm sure you know the feeling as well. I subbed, looking forward to watching more episodes.
The Wanderer I'm your subs now
Lol me too. Keep it up!
feel like its important to point out, at the start when she mentions him struggling to understand big and complicated words, that isn't true, he was reading western Fantasy stories, which were often in English without having Japanese translated version available, he had to just try and read through them in a language he didn't fully grasp. which gives pretty much the same result, context would end up missing, which is where the lore style of Dark souls now originates from, it's not very specific or coherent, so you have to sort of figure it out on your own, instead of just reading it, you have to interpret the world around you. which I personally don't see why more RPG's didn't think of, it makes sense doesn't it? Experience, and interpret the world around you, instead of just listening or reading, being told what it is. as film critics say. "Show it, Don't tell it!"
same here. i spent too much time expecting stuff to fall in my lap. but nowadays ive been grinding in earnest, and trying to improve my content creation. This story was rather inspirational :)
You have no idea.
11-12 years after RUclips's inception, and I only have around 470+ subscribers.
I’m so proud of him. He is my own personal hero. It may seem silly but I deeply share his love of storytelling and unfortunately, continuous failure. Dark Souls quite literally saved my life and reignited my love of games when it has almost completely evaporated. I owe him everything.
I would pick up this man's suits from the dry cleaners, no questions asked.
why did i almost cry watching this
Miri-chan's Discount Souls Memes gey
oh look who it is
i did thou
Same, but for me it's probably because I love dark souls as a series
I think because it felt so pure. This man worked his ass off making a game of his dream and it got so loved by everyone. He started as lowly programmer in From Soft and now the president of that company. No politic or social commentary bullshit, just pure fun video games.
I guess I can say I am proud that I was one of the few who got Demon's Souls on day 1, my first impression was: this is what Zelda games could've been if the theme grew up with the players.
Didn't know his inspiration was ICO, I need to play that someday.
get the HD version as Sony made a terrible cover art for the PS2 version.
Giordan Diodato Only for the US. Europe and Japan got the good cover art.
I think it's the sense of exploration and silent story telling as you pick up hints about who is the girl and the horned boy. Also maybe I'm not part of the people who pick the game at day one but I heard it from other people who got so passionate about it and made me buy it.
@Lain Hold up. A remake of ICO? When? Where?
i got to play it day one too it’s kinda wild how rare that is
Elden Ring is finally out and became Miuazaki's magnum opus. It's one of the greatest games of all time since Ocarina of Time
It very well might be the greatest game of all time
@@lv1543 It's so good. It's an amalgamation of every other amazing fantasy game. Fromsoftware are truly on a different level. In a world of Cyberpunk 2077s, Assassin's Creeds and Far Crys, Fromsoftware have proved themselves to be leaders of the pack. They always were, but now they've conquered the open world genre as well. Elden Ring for game of the year! Well done, boys!
@@imlerith1800 What is most exciting about elden ring too is due to the open world nature the amount of dlc is basically endless, elden ring could be expanded upon for years. Which is crazy to think about.
believe it or not I'm actually crying watching this video after playing elden ring i decided to look who the person behind this amazing game and now i know who he is, Hidetaka Miyazaki you actually made me really excited playing a game again for very long time.
I cried too... I love Miyazaki and his games so much.
Same 😂
one of the best game directors in the world along with kojima
+RED SEA GAMING
I think Metal Gear Solid 3 was the Best i played through it 3 times
Funny enough, a different Kojima and a different Miyazaki are both well-known anime directors. Consequence? I think not
That is very true
While Kojima trying to tell a lot of story in his game with events and dialogues Miyazaki prefer subtle dialogue and visual hints. Both are great in their games.
Miyazaki, Kohima, and Yoko Taro (Nier & Nier Automata director) are my 3 top game devs. These guys really show how video games are art. They are my prime examples of how game devs make each of their games their own unique styles of story and art.
With Bloodborne, Miyazaki created my most favorite game of all time. :D
Please do one of those about Yoko Taro. He's a brilliant and inspiring at the same time.
O Bloodborne...
That was his favorite game to work on 😎
So basically…he like’s pretty girls and philosophy.
Demon's Souls was an amazing experience. It DESERVES a remaster/remake. :(
Nernx Ultima it's poor servers.
I wish this also.
10 year anniversary in 2019. I am pretty sure remake for ps4 coming
Don't think Sony will do it tho .
@Crimson Epitaph already heard lmfao, thanks tho. :D
Little did he know, that he would one day become one of the greatest game directors of all time.
Miyazaki is an inspiring man. You never know when or how you can make an impact on the world.
Well that was nice, thank you for your channel!
I think I may be in love. The charming animation style. The sweet, soft voice of the narrator. The quiet background music. It all lulls me into a very real sense of security. Not to mention the quality information being presented. I only just found this channel this morning and I haven't even finished this video yet, but I'll be sure to check out the rest. Thank you for what you do.
"Don't you dare go hollow" basically Miyzaki telling the player to not give up !
One of the best video I ever seen. Great work.
This video made me feel so much better, thanks :)
+Informative and interesting
+Relaxing voice
+Nice visuals
Superb video 👍, im surprised it doesnt have more views honestly
Never thought he would be good at writing, but when on to write one of my favorite stories. The story of this game is so good!
This video was wonderful. Thank you for making it. Here's hoping that someone out there will find inspiration in dark souls like miyazaki did in Ico, and go on to create something great as well.
I had no idea Hidetaka was so inpired by Ico! That makes everything so much cooler. Ico was a very important game for my "gaming" childhood and the fact that it helped inspire one of my favorite franchises of all time is just amazing.
It's always been amazing to me how the Souls games came at just the right time. Demon's Souls and Dark Souls fit in like a missing puzzle piece at a time when it felt like games were just degenerating into interactive movies. There was also a lot of post-modern deconstructions of the value of challenge in video games going on at the time.
Dark Souls' success showed that people *do* want challenge, they *do* want to earn success. It was also a good case for video games' ability to show fascinating worlds and stories without excessive use of cutscenes and dialogue. People can be captivated without having everything handed to them.
Spot on!
Greatness can come from anything and anywhere especially when you're willing to take risks to achieve your goals
Just wanted you to know I come back to this video at least once every three months for motivation. Dark Souls saved my life back in high school and the way you describe the games relation to the real world, never fails to pick me up and help me keep moving forward.
Thank you
This video was exactly what I needed for my life. Thank you.
This is some prime bed time story reading, to put your chillins to sleep
This explains quite a bit :) Thanks for the video!
this was perfect, thank you.
I don't want this channel to die! It's beautiful, classy and just play emotional but in a good way.
Great video. Love this type of content.
The Souls series holds a special place in my heart. Burning like a warm ember, or a small, Dark Soul.
Edit: thank you so much Miyazaki. Thank you so much for sharing your dream with us.
Thank you for the excellent video. Well researched and a lovely presentation.
This is a very charming video. The best thing about RUclips is stumbling onto great content like this. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Wow, I actually learned something about my favorite content Creator. you get my subscription. The adorable pictures and soothing voice really brings home the storytime theme. Keep doing what you're doing and this channel will eventually catch on. Now off to put some views on your other videos.
As a Dark Souls fan, this moved me to tears. I've never seen anything more relatable and more inspiring. Thanks for making this video!
I love the dark souls imagery and style you put into this commentary.
I love this so much. it's great narration, great animation, and a great story. I even love that you set the ad break purposely and how you used it to give the story a pause. this is awesome
Dark Souls is an absolute masterclass game. It is pure art and beauty with deep themes of life. There's darkness and despair and there's hope and fighting for our humanity. The central theme of purgatory is what really intrigued me. Those stuck in that world too long became "hollow". Which really relates to our lives on how if we let all that darkness consume us and we get lost in despair, we lose our humanity when we should be fighting for it. I never thought there could be a beautiful message from such a Dark game.
metallicak5
*YOU DIED*
The most iconic Dark Souls thing
It's also perfect allegory for videogamers in general. When they give up finishing the game halfway thru the character in the game (and the gamer themselves) lost a purpose and become trapped in the middle of the story and become purposeless hollow. I really want the next Souls series to keep tab on player created characters and which one of them not yet finished the game for a long time and can become special enemy in other people's gameplay as special hollow.
this sounds like a copypasta
I am so glad Miyazaki took up Demon's Souls. Personally, it's my favorite of the Souls line up and I feel like it's almost criminally underrated. Sure, could have used some polish here and there, but that lack of polish gives it the charm in the same way the other Souls games have charm.
I still love the hell out of Maiden Astraea's story too.
Demon's Souls was like an uncut diamond. Nobody knew what to do with it and it was a bit of a mess but look through it at the right angle and you could see beauty beyond your imagination. Dark Souls, its sequels and Bloodborne was like they cut that diamond brilliantly, and it sparkles all around but every now and then you think about that perfect radiance of Demon's Souls, whether it's the Old Monk, or Latria, or Maiden Astraea, or whatever, there was just a little bit of brilliance that shone through in Demon's Souls that has never quite shone through in any of the other games.
MEGA KURA what I always disliked about dark souls that there was no nexus, i loved that I could go to every world I wanted.
MEGA KURA As a gemstone collector this is the perfect analogy. Yes I can always wear polished Turquoise or quartz ring but rough turquoise or quartz is so charming to look at. Demon's Souls bosses are actually felt like old NES bosses, especially the first Castlevania. They're not visually polished that well but pretty iconic. Even the weird blob, the Tower Knight, or the final boss that actually looks pretty generic.
You got a remake now.
this was a really well made video thank you
This story was way more touching than I expected going into it. I'm so happy for Miyazaki. Hopefully life continues to serve him well.
Why in the actual FUCK does this channel not have at LEAST a million subscribers?!
This site sometimes makes me cry.
Congratulations to Miyazaki for achieving the lifetime achievement award, well deserved.
Fantastic Video with a nice philosophy at the end!
How you describe Hidetaka Miyazaki in his working days is eerily similar to myself, what with "taking the path of least resistance". I sleepwalked through my education and am currently quite satisfied with a part-time job at a pet shop. I've been aching for some extra context for the creation of Dark Souls, since I agree with the majority that it is one of the best games ever made. Thank you so much for making this. I'll think very hard about Hidetaka's story going forward in my life.
Could you do a video on Yoko Taro? He's got quite a sad life story and he's such a quirky character, it would be perfect for the channel :)
Aleks Mcallister
I have heard, but I would like to know...
Aleks Mcallister My condolences for his friend.
Aleks Mcallister who? I feel like I'd know what he worked on, but I've never heard of it.
Drake the troll His friend slipped off edge of building and died, which drove Yoko make dark stories.... And Berserk is main inspiration for Caim.
I must say... AMAZING content, lots of hard work and love here, i can tell alot of passion went into this. New sub here FOR SURE!!
thanks for this video
Wonderful video!
I stumbled upon you by accident, and i'm very glad I stuck around long enough to listen.
May you gain greater success!
Dammit woman! How am I supposed to watch this video if I'm going to fall asleep listening to your soothing voice (=.=)
lol
Aydan Kennison
Holy shit
I'll join you too my friend.
virgin neckbeard
I am curious about her moans...
Thank you for existing!
This video has been done so well, I really enjoyed learning his story and struggle which has led to such an amazing achievement
Thank you for this.
I already had respect for Miyazaki, but this made me respect him so much more. He really has changed the way that we tell stories in games.
I had no idea that Ico was what inspired him to make games! I love that game!!
"He enjoyed piecing the story together, and he particularly liked the ambiguity that his method of reading created."
I now have so much more respect for the Souls series method of story-telling. I thought it was an interesting and rewarding method of figuring out the world before, but now that I know it was based on Miyazaki's eagerness to continue reading even if he didn't understand everything, it just makes it all the more beautiful.
Thank you! This was beautiful, and a perfect description of what Dark Souls is.. and gaming.. and life..
This is wonderful. It makes me happy, is relaxing, encouraging, well spoken, well told, and similarly well concluded. I'm glad I found this channel.
Recently I droppend my 10 years stable job to study economy and the stock market. I've been quite challenged and frequently sad, rather happy about the decision. This story helped me to keep pursuing my dream. Thank you.
Also worth noting that Demon's Souls was originally supposed to be a remake of King's Field, and thus takes lots of inspiration from it, acting as a sort of new take on the concept. It wasn't all Miyazaki. In addition, Demon's Souls sold a whopping 1.7 million copies, with virtually no marketing to speak of.
Absolutely amazing story, inspiring and motivating. Didn't think I could love this game anymore but now I do thanks to the amazing Miyazaki
Got tears in my eyes because this hit home and also made me appreciate Dark Souls even more.
2:08 you didn't just do that...
Its funny as an Oracle employee I see a lot of "Oracle-isms" within the game of Dark Souls.
While I feel Dark Souls is a blast I do have times where I can say "hey, this trait from Dark Souls was birthed from an Oracle-ism."
Like what? Can you name an example?
@@doublespade I would advise looking up Oracle jobs on glassdoor. That would give you a good idea than some random person on youtube.
This is one of your best! Such a well fitting "bedtime story" feel to it! Well done!
This is one of the best videos i have ever seen, great job.
Anyone watching after playing Elden Ring ?
this is awesome
30 seconds in and I'm completely in love with everything about this video and channel. Criminally underrated.
His story is genuinely inspiring! To think of what it all amassed.
Why would someone even bother to thumbs down this?? Even if you had no clue what dark souls is This was amazing and heartwarming, Very inspiring to say the least. Thank you for making this!
indeed, but if even demons souls had some thumbs down, why can't we all deal with some of those as well? maybe they have their own beauty. have a nice week
I'm just saying like I don't understand why you would even thumbs down this? Like what's there to even dislike? that's a concious decision you make that you thought this was trash basically..
i cannot understand either. If i ever don't like something i would just watch another video, i only dislike videos that i find offensive :-?
Some of their statements are inaccurate
It all makes sense now, the creator of my second favorite franchise was inspired by my favorite franchise
wow
Ive been brought here. Thanks,I actually enjoyed it and it made me want to replay dark souls
Very informative well made video! Very well done 👍🏼
Much like Miyazaki-San, "ICO" was the video game that got me back into gaming during my struggles, so in a way, we are kindred spirits! :D
Also: Berserk. lots of Berserk.
Miyazaki has been a huge influence and source of inspiration , especially when I feel like everything's hopeless. Thank you, Miyazaki-san, for all that you've done.
Thanks for putting Miyasaki's story this way, so inspiring!
he was also a very big fan of berserk
which was set in the medieval knight era AND was written in japanese
7:22
*Changes character gender
*You Died*
Dryridley 208 pls no. My feels
Whoever made this video, thank you, I was needing to watch something like this.
You are amazing, keep up the incredible work!
Miyazaki and Kojima would have a lot to talk about if they sat down and had a drink together. The two best minds in gaming right now.
Kojima: "I made video games with hours of cutscenes explaining the story to the audience"
Miyazaki: "I made video games and the story was explained thru multiple character's dialogues and visual hints and let the audience take their own conclusion"
Kojima: ............
Miyazaki: ...........
*CIVIL WAR*
GigawingsVideo EA: I made this! *throws mud on table*
Drake the troll 😂
And i was one of the 20000, and i loved the game.
Your doing a fantastic job with this channel !
Not only is the voice very fitting and soothing for these stories, it also shows the most important aspect of a video game.
Not the graphics, not the engine, not the story and not even the mechanics but the people behind it.
Beautiful vid. Gem of a channel. Good story to motivate my creative and personal growth. I plan on binging all of these later.