The first enemy we encounter in ds1 is a hollow with a broken sword. In ds3, the last enemy at the end of everything is Gael, a hollow with a broken sword.
I want Gael to win, but gameplay demands I kill him, and I love every second of the process. I think Gael is the best boss in the series. Ringed City slaps so hard
@@Warpdedagreed, gael is a actual perfect boss in my opinion. The music, his design, the boss arena and most importantly him saying the name of the game all of it just makes me excrete every time i fight him without fail.
Scorching hot take: there should never have been any sequels. BloodBorne, Sekiro and Elden Ring are all more worthwhile experiences than the numbered souls sequels.
It's not fan-service, it is delicate and careful continuation of the story of this world and it's characters. It's not dumb insertion of stuff just to please fans. Huge difference.
I've said it, time and time again, but it still amuses and pleases me that people are still playing or even talking about a series from over 10 years ago. That's when I remember classics never get old. Keep that fire linked, fellas.
Gael also knew he would never make it back to the painter not being insane, thats why he leads you around knowing that youll defeat him and will give the dark soul to her
He didn't mention it but after you beat Gael, you get the dark soul from him which you can give to the painting woman. Doing so she paints a new "gentle" world where the undead curse can come to a close and the greed that caused it won't occur. You can also get her to name the world after your character so you can dedicate the new world to "jfklasdfja".
I love that Ariandel is a microcosm of what the outside world is going through. A land doomed to rot forever, so one selfish leader won't lose their grip on power. The corvian citizen down in the village is basically FromSoft grabbing your shoulders and shaking you; the correct choice for the world's fate at this point is clear... "When the world rots, we set it afire. For the sake of the next world. It's the one thing we do right, unlike those fools on the outside."
But forcing the fire to reignite over and over again is exactly what has caused this cycle of stagnation in the first place, to the point that not only the lands are collapsing in the Drag Heap but even the next natural stage of the world, the age of Dark, has been corrupted into things stagnant and noxious: Aldrich's Deep, the murkmen, the Pus of Man are all forces that were NOT supposed to happen. The only way is to break the darksign, usurp the First Flame and use both Fire and Dark to make things right
I just gotta say, this game has the best ending boss in any game ever. And I'm not talking about Soul of Cinder. My man Gael is the single best boss to close out a franchise.
Soul of Cinder tho is the better actual ending boss. Gael is a very good boss for the secrets of the franchise but Soul of Cinder is a more fit one for the entire question of the lord of cinder, which is a more fundamental one.
Soul of Cinder tho is the better actual ending boss. Gael is a very good boss for the secrets of the franchise but Soul of Cinder is a more fit one for the entire question of the lord of cinder, which is a more fundamental one.
@@ThefrenziedMercury I get that, with the movesets and all too. But the game is called "Dark Souls", and the whole culmination is your fight with Gael, fight for the Dark Soul.
@@ToadimusPrime The Dark souls are the humans tho, and it is located in a cicle like world where things repeat and change. Gael is not Manus, is not Artorias, he is not the chosen one as his lore states exactly like Midra is in comparison to the lord of the Frenzied Flame. But he is the one who *saves* humans by creating another world where they can live from the utter chaos of Lordran and Lothric. Soul of cinder tho is not just the gods who were the regolators of the humans' power and potential alongside entire kindoms in the dark souls universe, it is also the manifestation of you, the lord, the one who left all behind to make that same destroyed world live again another day in cinder but still alive. Gael is not the dark soul, just a human who took some bigger fragments of it, but the soul of cinder is the culmination of everyone who has ever linked the fire, the most important event in Dark souls, and a rapresentation of the Dark souls of those lords. One is the last resource, One is you and everything you could ever be, it is obvious for me that Soul of Cinder rapresents better what Dark souls really is, as the main characters are all people with dark souls.
I played this game a lot when my grandma got dementia. It was my way of coping because I had shown her the lore of Bloodborne and she was super invested in the art style and the story. She was very religious and she said that "although the Healing Church was awful with how they treated the people of Yharnam, I can't deny that the gothic buildings are beautiful," I also gave her context of the player character and she still found it very interesting. We were best friends and I was very close with her. She isn't dead, thankfully, but I clung to DS3 like a security blanket because I didn't want to play Bloodborne because of how much details of Bloodborne and how her memory was getting worse. I love her still, but its just so hard for me to come back to Bloodborne. Dark Souls 3 is a comfort game of mine. I know its not super easy, but it reminds me of a time before it got bad.
I actually like how DS III’s Firelink is disconnected. It’s because the Flameless Shrine is the one that’s actually connected, so when you get there, it’s even more impactful.
Pull out a torch to get rid of the bleed worms. The dragonslayer armor, having literally gained a soul and will of its own through ages of battle, was malding after losing to you the first time, and either tracked you down, or simply ran into you by happenstance and it was on sight. Did you forget about smoldering lake?
Pontiff sulyvahn was the original final boss and his original name was Old King of the Eclipse and everything in the game kinda leads up to him being the final boss in a way the more you think about it
The final boss was a character called "Old King of the Eclipse" with the current Pontiff Sulyvahn model. It wasn't, however, the Pontiff Sulyvahn we have in the final game, it was a different character. Pontiff Sulyvahn wasn't supposed to be the final boss. A different character, for which the same model was originally created, was.
@@caiqueportolirabecause the firelink the player character arrives in is like the nexus from demon’s souls or the hunters’ dream to an extent. You come across the real firelink shrine behind champ gundyr’s boss arena and its completely dark.
@caiqueportolira Spoilers: The firelink Shrine the player uses isn't actually the same firelink from the world you play in. That firelink has long since burned out and with it, any hope of rekindling the first flame. Ludleth actually created this firelink by breaking the flow of space and time to give the world a last chance.
@@nobodycares743 hey thats great lore and would explain why it is disconnected. Do you have more on this, maybe a video link or lore piece, I would love to know where the theory came from and the source behind it.
The climax of Vordt's boss theme is my damn alarm to wake up because nothing else drags me out of a dead sleep faster than "DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUN DUUUUN" Wake up fucking scared and panick rolling towards my phone
video posted 1 hour ago, less than 200 views, noticed it on recommended and clicked hoping to fall asleep to it. here i am 30 minutes later still awake and enthralled by the content. amazing video man❤❤
23:53 If you didn´t know, Pontiff Sulyvanh was gonna be the game Final Boss fight. Makes sense that this guy is probably one of the best character on DS alone,and probably written by FromSoftware. Would had been amazing that this was the case, that you hear about the things he did and his entire influence, and then you find him trying to stop you because you are an obstacle to his plans, Nasandra but way more menancing.
You are wildly underrated…im sharing this video with as many people as possible to help get them subs up even if just a little. Keep grinding my man. You doing the work.
11:52 actually you are wrong firelink shrine is ds3 is actually disconnected from the rest of the world in it's own unique way.... It seems to belong in some other timeline or most likely in the future so uh yeah it makes sense why it's disconnected
Man I remember fight clubs, I'd come home from high school and play it all night long lasting hours in the same fight club, I was invincible with the black knight sword
The color pallet of ds3…. For some reason it doesn’t get old to me. I never get tired of looking at the world. it feels almost comforting compared to elden ring. The immersion in ds3 is just stronger, no music in the levels lets you hear every little sound. there is a reason I played 6000 hours of ds3 and only 800 of Elden ring.
the last unkindeld fighting the last undead at the end of time over the little bit of humanity inside eachothers hollow souls so a new world can be painted, the last piece of hope in the hopeless world. A nobody fighting a nobody over everything at the end of time
truly ringed city is the best way they could have ended it. it has the 3 greatest boss fights lmao. gael, midir, twin demons. and teh soundtrack, and everything. just perfection.
@@Al-ji4gd both locations look gorgeous. dreg heap has lots of verticality and the the big drops into the ash. ringed city has the archers at the start, some of the best and coolest enemies, midir environmental hazard a secret area, and amazing interconnectivity
Dude your analysis is excellent, articulated some thoughts I’ve had myself (I always loved how poignant the fight with Gael is for the exact reason you said. Two nobody Undead’s alone, the end of the world fighting for something that nobody wants and doesn’t really even matter anymore. Peak Souls.) You’re fucking funny too. This channel will grow. Easy sub.
12:00 If you look closely, its the other way around. From lothric Castle, behind Oceiros, you directly drop into the Untended Graveyard. You can only warp to and from the shrine. It raises the question of how people like Patches or Greirat get there. Edit: in the untended graves, if you do not speak to the shrine merchant in firelink, will have unique dialogue confirming that the untended graves is the real place iirc
I appreciate your love and everyone else’s love for Dark Souls III, but I just love Dark Souls II the way you all love Dark Souls III, it had more of an impact on me than Dark Souls III did. Dark Souls III felt like a cinematic experience which was a perfect final climb to the very top of a deadly mountaintop which is the end of the trilogy. Dark Souls II felt like a grand action RPG journey and I loved the characters and story a little more than DS 1 and DS 3. Bloodborne is my favorite FromSoft game too by the way. Awesome video ✊🏼. The Dark Souls Trilogy was an unforgettable experience that I love revisiting time and time again, I love every game for their own reasons.
Dont forget that the untended graves is literal time travel, and if you never talk to the main shrine maiden and then talk to her after untended graves her dialogue changes and she recognizes you
@Generalmacka yep! Its champion gundyr before he got corrupted by the pus. You should try a run where you dont talk to the old lady until you run through untended graves. Its a neat piece of dialogue
When ringed city came out, a lot of people were dissapointed at Gael being the final boss. Most were expecting a "proper" conclusion to the story started by ds1 by fighting the primordial serpents. As it was kinda teased by statues ingame. The general reaction was kinda like "wait, Gael? Why?" Kinda like how Elden Ring players had Radahn (again) as a final boss.
@@SunWarriorSolairesimple, they won’t. People realized that lore wise Gael works perfectly as the final boss. Radahn simply does not (both gameplay wise and lore wise)
@@upsideproductions2maybe they'll do another DLC with Unbound Divine Beast Rereincarnated Radahn as the final boss... that would work from where we're at now, I think
I'm sure some people had that reaction, but I dont remember that being like the "main narrative" or something on the internet. From my perspective it seems like tha majority of the community were extremely pleased with Gael, a final 1v1 against a corrupted knight on a field of ash when everything else has been long dead felt pretty perfect as a conclusion to the series. Also at that point we made quite a journey together with Gael so it also felt like it was built up towards rather than coming out of the blue. Btw I thought Promised Consort Radahn was great both in terms of fight and lore, didnt bother me at all, so yeah just saying lol
Dark souls 3 is special for me. My journey started with DS 1, rage quit never touched it again. Then a friend convinced me to play DS2 with him and we beat it together. As well as DS1, we played together and beat it together. DS3 we played together, but as my skills with souls game improved I started playing alone. For the first time I was leading him through the game. Mostly the DLC and some secrets but still.
So, in defense of halflight. Play online. You see another ashen one. You see another version of yourself enslaved to the will of Gwyn. You see yourself tied to the old ways and you must overcome and strike it down. Also I very much loved the coiling path of the cathedral and how it shows flames to being purifying to the ones who are pious (as hint to use torches if you didn't play Demon's Souls first to figure DOT's that weren't a status could be burnt) and I think Pontiff is better than Abyss Watchers. That's my hot take.
Depending on my mood, Dark Souls 2 is my fav of the series, despite some glaring issues. My big issue with DS3 is the early warping. It made the world feel disconnected. A simple walkable path towards the high walls of Lothric would have taken care of that. I think it was a tech limitation. The game is stellar regardless. When Anor Londo revealed itself, I was blown away.
Hearing the plin plin plon in the Soul of Cinder's theme transition will never fail to give me chills and a rush through my whole body. Such a perfect cap to a perfect series ending.
I disagree on your point of uniqueness. Dark souls 3 level design wise is super interesting every level even profane capital I found really memorable. People always mention the linearity but every other souls game is just about the same except ds1 and ds2 to a certain point. You do the starting areas pick which area between 2 areas after beating a skill check most to finish the rest of the game. Except with ds3 you can kill dancer early and say fuck it
And even in Lothric Castle, you can pick either to go down the main path or go through the Consumed King's Garden. Furthermore, going down that path unlocks the crossroads at the Profaned Capital or Archdragon Peak. Not to mention the hidden entry point to Smoldering Lake in the Catacombs of Carthus that can serve as a crossroads with Irithyll of the Boreal Valley. I'm sure by "interconnectedness" people mean having multiple entrypoints into areas that lead into an equally various amounts of exitways to different areas either already discovered or unexplored, and while Dark Souls III doesn't have a namecard dropped for most of those instances unlike say Dark Souls 1 or 2, that sort of level design (especially within the areas themselves through how they're sectioned) is most certainly present in much of the optional content.
RUclips seems to be having some issues. During the description of Gael's second phase, the video jumped forward a tiny bit so instead of, "Is this man shooting a repeating crossbow at me mid-somersault?" I heard, "Is this, somersault?" And yet it still captures the mood of the fight
This game came out nearly a full decade ago and i am still learning new things about it to this day. I had no idea about that Gwyndolin breathing detail in the Aldritch fight. So so sick.
I played DS3 before the ER DLC came out. Man it was so fucking good. I have to say I loved it so much more than ER. It gave me the motivation to finally finish DS1. I beat all these games with keyboard & mouse too. Such a good series but DS3 is PEAK
This is the game I wanna play on my death bed and I’m choosing the fire fading ending to signify the fading of my flame, but leaving behind small embers in the form of my legacy, which will ignite for far longer after I’m gone.
I just recently started playing DS3 again for the first time in a while...High Lord Wolnir which was always an easy fight for me, somehow became a hard fight. For the first time ever he took about 7 times to beat. For the first time he used his sword against me, he spawned skeletons and skeleton wheels which he never had a chance before and he called the abyss into the whole arena every time I tried to hit his last bangle...I never experienced any of that before, he was always one of my easiest bosses but it showed me how much this game can beat you if you are too cocky. Love it!
This brought out such intense emotions, realized why 6 years later I never sold my copy of DS3 as opposed to Sekiro or Bloodborne. This video described it all.
Holy shit my heart shrinks everytime I hear the PLIN PLIN PLON on the Soul of Cinder fight, I cried like a bitch at the end while remembering the other 2 games and I don't even know why lol. These games will trascend history and I bet I will remember and come back to them from here to the grave
Everyone keeps saying that using Storm ruler is the only way to damage Yhorm. Well, here are 2 more for you: 1) Arrows to the head - poise break - visceral 2) Using colossal weapon bait his close attack which ends by him kneeling on the ground - jumping r2 to strike the head - poise break after 2 or 3 of these - visceral attack
I do somewhat agree that the level design is not anything TOO special. It's 'good' with enemy placement, item placement, and overall actual design (Terrain, set pieces, ect.) But I think the best part of overall level design is the atmosphere - Going into catacombs: Feels like a place where lost souls have gathered. A little eerie, slightly depressing. Going into Irithyll: Grand yet feeling like a shadow of it's former self. Like some big thing is missing from it (Okay several things, but you get the idea) Going into Dungeons: Genuinely sp00py. You feel like you'll get ganked at every turn, yet the easiest ganks are lacking This is especially apparent in the DLC's of course. Particularly the Sister Friede boss fight has such an intense yet solemn atmosphere around it that you kinda feel it during the battle with her and Ariandel, it's a strong feeling of "I kind of feel I'm doing something bad, but I must press on" almost. Hard to describe. Personally DS3 is a masterpiece simply because it has the correct atmosphere for each level when you really thing about it. .... sucks that it's as linear as it is, though. Edit: Oh and ofc Anor Londo being so run down and grim compared to before is an insane feeling.
The fact that you stagger gael every two hits makes it feel like an actual fight between two gods and not just a run for survival. Ashen ones were the weakest of the bunch , sent as a last hope from the belle to relighten the fire . They were never meant to make it. But you meet gael after you have defeated every god , archdragon, mage and the soul of cinder who is all of them together. You are no less than him and it shows . Actually you are way above him and he knew that would be the case because he set you up to fight himself because he knew you’d win .
Guy ehl! Guy ehl! Guy ehl! weve never had pvp mechanics this fun or enjoyable, elden ring with 6 player cap and fight clubs like pontiffs backyard wouldve been incredible. I spent hundreds of hours in fight clubs, or hosting them, even doing things like using usb saves to drop every weapon maxed out in the game around christmas time for fightclubs that were funny, its a truly special experience I hope fromsoft finds a way to revive so you can experience it too. thanks for sharing another passionate video zitiboi, also I agree that DS2 areas felt more memorable as a whole and DS3 suffers from a bland color palette despite being a great game
My favourite part about gael is the natural progression of each phase once you master phase one the cape basically introduces stricter dodge and positioning timing and phase three is some new spells but a similar move set still to two. I struggled with phase one for ages but I beat him first time after getting to phase two
At first, I was about to write quite the paragraph about missed or wrong information... Yes, I went down the Dark Souls Lore rabbit hole and by now I know way more about this game than about human history... One of the missed things was the Slaveknight aspect (which weaves into him using Way of White Corona) of Gaels lore, which made him as a Character even more impressive... But then I tried to remember my first playthrough, a time when I didn't know anything about it, and then I realized, none of this really maters. The fact that this video missed so much, makes it actually feel like a first time experience, and holy crap did this remind me of my firs experience... Nameless king, midirs lasers, Friedes and Gaels music and the biggest fanservice to even been served, Gwyns piano in Soul of Cinders second phase... I've had goosebumps all over my body and I think I'll be starting a new playthrough where I explore everything slow and steady
Great video. For a second, I thought you weren’t even going to talk about the Soul of Cinder after you stopped talking about the base game and went into the DLC lol. Great points overall and I agree with you on most. This is definitely my favorite of the Souls games. Also Midir > Bayle and every other dragon imo
As much as I like DS3's speed, I hope the next souls-like From Software makes (if they do make one) is more tactical and slow, similar to DS1, but keeping most of the qulity of life changes the newer games has.
Reading comments and not seeing anyone pointing out that the knight in Ariendel is called Vilhelm and not Orbeck Orbeck is the magic teacher in the base game you rescue in the road of sacrifices
It was my first souls game back in the day and even now with elden ring and sekiro out I still come back to this game I actually beat midir for the first time this playthrough. It’s still my #1 souls game such a amazing game
Cemetery of Ash is the present. The fire link shrine not connected to the world you play in. That's why if you skip the old lady and talk to her in CA she will then say she recognizes you when you do her first dialogue in FLS.
Lol! Weapon skills were in DS2 also. Plus, it was where we got power stancing. Some very good stuff in DS2. I love DS3, but it didn't create much. Just refined almost everything created in other entries :).
The first time I defeated the Abyss Watchers was an absolutely Amazing feeling! After a fuck ton of deaths I didn't even see them as "some Boss in a Video Game", I saw them as a mighty Warrior fighting countless enemies!
I'm not even gonna front, when i got to the end of time and Gael spoke and said he wanted the dark soul, it made my cry lol. It was just so perfect and made me realise after all these years it was coming to an end. Sounds dumb, but back in 2011/2 dark souls literally saved my life. If I hadn't got into that game when I did, I might not even be here today. So Fromsoft has meant the world to me for over a decade now.
DS3 is peak, the fan service is done in the best way possible, honoring everything that was important to the series and transform in a destroyed world to fit perfect for the end..PVP is also the best so many hours invading, dueling and making builds! The Bosses are the best from software ever made.
22:17 when the horned knight on elden ring did that tackle followed up but the kick... my ptsd kicked in and I literally panicked, champion Gundyr is the shit
Yeah I played DS3 after elden ring. I did actually end up beating nameless king on the first try. No more estus and one hit away from death and the adrenaline pumping. Probably one of my favorite experiences in a Fromsoft game
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The first enemy we encounter in ds1 is a hollow with a broken sword. In ds3, the last enemy at the end of everything is Gael, a hollow with a broken sword.
A perfect end with a perfect beginning
And we? We were too, a hollow with a broken sword, waiting for the end of the world in our cell...
damn
I want Gael to win, but gameplay demands I kill him, and I love every second of the process. I think Gael is the best boss in the series. Ringed City slaps so hard
@@Warpdedagreed, gael is a actual perfect boss in my opinion. The music, his design, the boss arena and most importantly him saying the name of the game all of it just makes me excrete every time i fight him without fail.
It's such a perfect conclusion that when it's over you understand why there should never be a Dark Souls 4
True, but ngl I'd love to see a Lord of Lodor game or smth that would follow up on the hollow ending of ds3
Scorching hot take: there should never have been any sequels. BloodBorne, Sekiro and Elden Ring are all more worthwhile experiences than the numbered souls sequels.
@@comradecatbug5289Frenzied Flame take
@@comradecatbug5289 ds3 is much better than bloodborne and sekiro
@@Yive.nah idk about bloodborne, bloodborne is a master piece.
It's not fan-service, it is delicate and careful continuation of the story of this world and it's characters. It's not dumb insertion of stuff just to please fans. Huge difference.
Good distinction
I've said it, time and time again, but it still amuses and pleases me that people are still playing or even talking about a series from over 10 years ago. That's when I remember classics never get old. Keep that fire linked, fellas.
i’m actually replaying ds3 rn lol. i’m 20+ hours in and i’m already on soul of cinder
@@sylokthedefiled I bet that's a new record for you - good job!
Gael also knew he would never make it back to the painter not being insane, thats why he leads you around knowing that youll defeat him and will give the dark soul to her
He didn't mention it but after you beat Gael, you get the dark soul from him which you can give to the painting woman. Doing so she paints a new "gentle" world where the undead curse can come to a close and the greed that caused it won't occur.
You can also get her to name the world after your character so you can dedicate the new world to "jfklasdfja".
behold the painted world of "bigassbonk"
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the world of Snorfblart McStabberz420
The world of John Souls the Third
I love that Ariandel is a microcosm of what the outside world is going through. A land doomed to rot forever, so one selfish leader won't lose their grip on power. The corvian citizen down in the village is basically FromSoft grabbing your shoulders and shaking you; the correct choice for the world's fate at this point is clear...
"When the world rots, we set it afire. For the sake of the next world. It's the one thing we do right, unlike those fools on the outside."
Stagnation and rot are rooted in Japanese Shintoism. That's why they put so much emphasis on it in the games they make
But forcing the fire to reignite over and over again is exactly what has caused this cycle of stagnation in the first place, to the point that not only the lands are collapsing in the Drag Heap but even the next natural stage of the world, the age of Dark, has been corrupted into things stagnant and noxious: Aldrich's Deep, the murkmen, the Pus of Man are all forces that were NOT supposed to happen.
The only way is to break the darksign, usurp the First Flame and use both Fire and Dark to make things right
I just gotta say, this game has the best ending boss in any game ever. And I'm not talking about Soul of Cinder. My man Gael is the single best boss to close out a franchise.
Soul of Cinder tho is the better actual ending boss. Gael is a very good boss for the secrets of the franchise but Soul of Cinder is a more fit one for the entire question of the lord of cinder, which is a more fundamental one.
Soul of Cinder tho is the better actual ending boss. Gael is a very good boss for the secrets of the franchise but Soul of Cinder is a more fit one for the entire question of the lord of cinder, which is a more fundamental one.
@@ThefrenziedMercury I get that, with the movesets and all too. But the game is called "Dark Souls", and the whole culmination is your fight with Gael, fight for the Dark Soul.
@@ToadimusPrime The Dark souls are the humans tho, and it is located in a cicle like world where things repeat and change. Gael is not Manus, is not Artorias, he is not the chosen one as his lore states exactly like Midra is in comparison to the lord of the Frenzied Flame. But he is the one who *saves* humans by creating another world where they can live from the utter chaos of Lordran and Lothric.
Soul of cinder tho is not just the gods who were the regolators of the humans' power and potential alongside entire kindoms in the dark souls universe, it is also the manifestation of you, the lord, the one who left all behind to make that same destroyed world live again another day in cinder but still alive.
Gael is not the dark soul, just a human who took some bigger fragments of it, but the soul of cinder is the culmination of everyone who has ever linked the fire, the most important event in Dark souls, and a rapresentation of the Dark souls of those lords.
One is the last resource, One is you and everything you could ever be, it is obvious for me that Soul of Cinder rapresents better what Dark souls really is, as the main characters are all people with dark souls.
@@ThefrenziedMercury Look man, you can argue your personal logic here. For me, Gael is a much more fitting finale for the series.
I played this game a lot when my grandma got dementia. It was my way of coping because I had shown her the lore of Bloodborne and she was super invested in the art style and the story. She was very religious and she said that "although the Healing Church was awful with how they treated the people of Yharnam, I can't deny that the gothic buildings are beautiful," I also gave her context of the player character and she still found it very interesting. We were best friends and I was very close with her. She isn't dead, thankfully, but I clung to DS3 like a security blanket because I didn't want to play Bloodborne because of how much details of Bloodborne and how her memory was getting worse. I love her still, but its just so hard for me to come back to Bloodborne. Dark Souls 3 is a comfort game of mine. I know its not super easy, but it reminds me of a time before it got bad.
I actually like how DS III’s Firelink is disconnected. It’s because the Flameless Shrine is the one that’s actually connected, so when you get there, it’s even more impactful.
Pull out a torch to get rid of the bleed worms.
The dragonslayer armor, having literally gained a soul and will of its own through ages of battle, was malding after losing to you the first time, and either tracked you down, or simply ran into you by happenstance and it was on sight.
Did you forget about smoldering lake?
Its the latter. The thing seemed to have wandered or fell into the Ringed City as it just massacred a whole army of Harald Knights
12:40 undead settlement is great because you can traverse it in many different ways, having a different path every playthrough
It really only has 2 paths.
Pontiff sulyvahn was the original final boss and his original name was Old King of the Eclipse and everything in the game kinda leads up to him being the final boss in a way the more you think about it
The final boss was a character called "Old King of the Eclipse" with the current Pontiff Sulyvahn model.
It wasn't, however, the Pontiff Sulyvahn we have in the final game, it was a different character.
Pontiff Sulyvahn wasn't supposed to be the final boss. A different character, for which the same model was originally created, was.
@remilenoir1271 thanks for the info bro
I think to this day, the Fanservice Criticism is stupid.
It's a Sequel.
"Two nobodies in the middle of nowhere, fighting over nothing at the end of the world"
That's what the hubris of the Gods brought to the world.
Imagine a guy making an entire video on DS3 and how much he likes it, yet not realising why Firelink is disconnected from the rest of the game. SMH
Why is firelink disconnected?
@@caiqueportolirabecause the firelink the player character arrives in is like the nexus from demon’s souls or the hunters’ dream to an extent. You come across the real firelink shrine behind champ gundyr’s boss arena and its completely dark.
@caiqueportolira Spoilers:
The firelink Shrine the player uses isn't actually the same firelink from the world you play in. That firelink has long since burned out and with it, any hope of rekindling the first flame. Ludleth actually created this firelink by breaking the flow of space and time to give the world a last chance.
@@nobodycares743Ludleth is a shriveled up Chad. RIP Luddy boi
@@nobodycares743 hey thats great lore and would explain why it is disconnected. Do you have more on this, maybe a video link or lore piece, I would love to know where the theory came from and the source behind it.
The climax of Vordt's boss theme is my damn alarm to wake up because nothing else drags me out of a dead sleep faster than "DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUN DUUUUN" Wake up fucking scared and panick rolling towards my phone
Dark souls one will always be my favorite but there just something special about dark souls 3. A prefect way to end a series
Very mild take but DS3 is not only the best dark souls game but is the best game in the souls genre (this is an opinion)
agreed
2 is incredible no matter what the haters say. 3 is also incredible.
@@ashen-one--xagreed
Its def second best, elden ring the goat😊
@@qwarrentine elden ring is the worst souls game hands down
45:55 I still remember the first time I heard that piano in second phase Soul of Cinder...
Miyazaki is truly a legend.
video posted 1 hour ago, less than 200 views, noticed it on recommended and clicked hoping to fall asleep to it. here i am 30 minutes later still awake and enthralled by the content. amazing video man❤❤
23:53 If you didn´t know, Pontiff Sulyvanh was gonna be the game Final Boss fight. Makes sense that this guy is probably one of the best character on DS alone,and probably written by FromSoftware. Would had been amazing that this was the case, that you hear about the things he did and his entire influence, and then you find him trying to stop you because you are an obstacle to his plans, Nasandra but way more menancing.
Sulyvahn wasn't supposed to be the final boss. A different character that originally used the same model was.
You are wildly underrated…im sharing this video with as many people as possible to help get them subs up even if just a little. Keep grinding my man. You doing the work.
11:52 actually you are wrong firelink shrine is ds3 is actually disconnected from the rest of the world in it's own unique way.... It seems to belong in some other timeline or most likely in the future so uh yeah it makes sense why it's disconnected
Man I remember fight clubs, I'd come home from high school and play it all night long lasting hours in the same fight club, I was invincible with the black knight sword
Yeah Im sure buddy lmao
The color pallet of ds3…. For some reason it doesn’t get old to me. I never get tired of looking at the world. it feels almost comforting compared to elden ring. The immersion in ds3 is just stronger, no music in the levels lets you hear every little sound. there is a reason I played 6000 hours of ds3 and only 800 of Elden ring.
I feel similar, when I first played Elden Ring, I was actually a bit overwhelmed by the (in comparison) vibrant colors and didn't like it very much :D
the last unkindeld fighting the last undead at the end of time over the little bit of humanity inside eachothers hollow souls so a new world can be painted, the last piece of hope in the hopeless world.
A nobody fighting a nobody over everything at the end of time
Dude, I honestly learnt more unique lore of these boss's. Than from most other dedicated channels.
Awesome work, editing & thoughts 👍
truly ringed city is the best way they could have ended it. it has the 3 greatest boss fights lmao. gael, midir, twin demons. and teh soundtrack, and everything. just perfection.
the areas could have been less cancer and they could have let us explore more of the ringed city
Shit level design, though, so no, not perfection. It's one of the weakest DLCs in the series.
@@Al-ji4gd not really. Some bad enemy placement in some areas but that’s it
@@Yive. how? the level design is just basic, with virtually nothing interesting going on.
@@Al-ji4gd both locations look gorgeous. dreg heap has lots of verticality and the the big drops into the ash. ringed city has the archers at the start, some of the best and coolest enemies, midir environmental hazard a secret area, and amazing interconnectivity
"Let the sun shine upon this lord of cinder!* My boy Siegward is cooking
Dude your analysis is excellent, articulated some thoughts I’ve had myself (I always loved how poignant the fight with Gael is for the exact reason you said. Two nobody Undead’s alone, the end of the world fighting for something that nobody wants and doesn’t really even matter anymore. Peak Souls.) You’re fucking funny too. This channel will grow. Easy sub.
Bruh you should have at least 100k subs. You always putting out BANGERS
12:00
If you look closely, its the other way around. From lothric Castle, behind Oceiros, you directly drop into the Untended Graveyard.
You can only warp to and from the shrine. It raises the question of how people like Patches or Greirat get there.
Edit: in the untended graves, if you do not speak to the shrine merchant in firelink, will have unique dialogue confirming that the untended graves is the real place iirc
I appreciate your love and everyone else’s love for Dark Souls III, but I just love Dark Souls II the way you all love Dark Souls III, it had more of an impact on me than Dark Souls III did.
Dark Souls III felt like a cinematic experience which was a perfect final climb to the very top of a deadly mountaintop which is the end of the trilogy.
Dark Souls II felt like a grand action RPG journey and I loved the characters and story a little more than DS 1 and DS 3.
Bloodborne is my favorite FromSoft game too by the way.
Awesome video ✊🏼.
The Dark Souls Trilogy was an unforgettable experience that I love revisiting time and time again, I love every game for their own reasons.
Dont forget that the untended graves is literal time travel, and if you never talk to the main shrine maiden and then talk to her after untended graves her dialogue changes and she recognizes you
Oh so the Untended Graves take place before the Cemetery?
@Generalmacka yep! Its champion gundyr before he got corrupted by the pus. You should try a run where you dont talk to the old lady until you run through untended graves. Its a neat piece of dialogue
One of the best video essays on Ds3
When ringed city came out, a lot of people were dissapointed at Gael being the final boss. Most were expecting a "proper" conclusion to the story started by ds1 by fighting the primordial serpents. As it was kinda teased by statues ingame.
The general reaction was kinda like "wait, Gael? Why?" Kinda like how Elden Ring players had Radahn (again) as a final boss.
I wonder how long it will take when people accept Radahn as being the final boss of Elden Ring
@@SunWarriorSolairesimple, they won’t. People realized that lore wise Gael works perfectly as the final boss. Radahn simply does not (both gameplay wise and lore wise)
@@upsideproductions2maybe they'll do another DLC with Unbound Divine Beast Rereincarnated Radahn as the final boss... that would work from where we're at now, I think
I'm sure some people had that reaction, but I dont remember that being like the "main narrative" or something on the internet. From my perspective it seems like tha majority of the community were extremely pleased with Gael, a final 1v1 against a corrupted knight on a field of ash when everything else has been long dead felt pretty perfect as a conclusion to the series. Also at that point we made quite a journey together with Gael so it also felt like it was built up towards rather than coming out of the blue.
Btw I thought Promised Consort Radahn was great both in terms of fight and lore, didnt bother me at all, so yeah just saying lol
@@upsideproductions2 You have no understanding of the lore then. Not your fault, not many people do.
I can already see that tour channel is going to grow. Great video man! Keep it going. Soulsborne games Re one of the best of all time!
Commenting to give this video traction. Nice cadence, editing, and hilarious delivery. Keep going brother.
Agreed. Of all the areas in Fromsoftware games, I barely remember DS3 besides the Hub world and the DLC
20:56 I'm glad you're shouting out those themes. People often dismiss those bosses, but the music man! so good!
The intro is very good continue bro
Bro you deserve more subscribers. I just stumbled on this video at 2:40 am and it's now 3:25. I regret nothing.
Dark souls 3 is special for me. My journey started with DS 1, rage quit never touched it again. Then a friend convinced me to play DS2 with him and we beat it together. As well as DS1, we played together and beat it together. DS3 we played together, but as my skills with souls game improved I started playing alone. For the first time I was leading him through the game. Mostly the DLC and some secrets but still.
So, in defense of halflight.
Play online. You see another ashen one.
You see another version of yourself enslaved to the will of Gwyn. You see yourself tied to the old ways and you must overcome and strike it down.
Also I very much loved the coiling path of the cathedral and how it shows flames to being purifying to the ones who are pious (as hint to use torches if you didn't play Demon's Souls first to figure DOT's that weren't a status could be burnt)
and I think Pontiff is better than Abyss Watchers. That's my hot take.
31:18 *Vilhelm, not Orbeck. Orbeck's the sorcery vendor.
How tf do only have like 7k subscribers. I was expecting 100k when i looked at you channel after watching this video. Keep going bro you're amazing 🗿
Putting the soundtrack in the background was a great touch. God, I love DS3 so much. Especially its soundtrack.
14:45 Wait…. That’s Vort and Dancer!? Why didn’t I know this until now?
Depending on my mood, Dark Souls 2 is my fav of the series, despite some glaring issues.
My big issue with DS3 is the early warping. It made the world feel disconnected. A simple walkable path towards the high walls of Lothric would have taken care of that. I think it was a tech limitation.
The game is stellar regardless. When Anor Londo revealed itself, I was blown away.
Hearing the plin plin plon in the Soul of Cinder's theme transition will never fail to give me chills and a rush through my whole body. Such a perfect cap to a perfect series ending.
I disagree on your point of uniqueness. Dark souls 3 level design wise is super interesting every level even profane capital I found really memorable. People always mention the linearity but every other souls game is just about the same except ds1 and ds2 to a certain point. You do the starting areas pick which area between 2 areas after beating a skill check most to finish the rest of the game. Except with ds3 you can kill dancer early and say fuck it
And even in Lothric Castle, you can pick either to go down the main path or go through the Consumed King's Garden. Furthermore, going down that path unlocks the crossroads at the Profaned Capital or Archdragon Peak. Not to mention the hidden entry point to Smoldering Lake in the Catacombs of Carthus that can serve as a crossroads with Irithyll of the Boreal Valley. I'm sure by "interconnectedness" people mean having multiple entrypoints into areas that lead into an equally various amounts of exitways to different areas either already discovered or unexplored, and while Dark Souls III doesn't have a namecard dropped for most of those instances unlike say Dark Souls 1 or 2, that sort of level design (especially within the areas themselves through how they're sectioned) is most certainly present in much of the optional content.
Also you can literally access the dlc in 3 bosses
RUclips seems to be having some issues. During the description of Gael's second phase, the video jumped forward a tiny bit so instead of, "Is this man shooting a repeating crossbow at me mid-somersault?" I heard, "Is this, somersault?"
And yet it still captures the mood of the fight
Thumbnail image of this video is so perfect for its theme too!
This game came out nearly a full decade ago and i am still learning new things about it to this day.
I had no idea about that Gwyndolin breathing detail in the Aldritch fight. So so sick.
I played DS3 before the ER DLC came out. Man it was so fucking good. I have to say I loved it so much more than ER. It gave me the motivation to finally finish DS1. I beat all these games with keyboard & mouse too. Such a good series but DS3 is PEAK
Praise the Sun ☀
I still like ER more but I can see why ppl see otherwise. DS3 is forsure a better more complete experience. Elden Ring is just wayyyy too massive.
This is the game I wanna play on my death bed and I’m choosing the fire fading ending to signify the fading of my flame, but leaving behind small embers in the form of my legacy, which will ignite for far longer after I’m gone.
Use a torch outside the cathedral it will stop the bleeding because there on leaches on you.
Amazing vid, keep up the good work ziti🙏🏻
Aight I’n gonna replay Ds3 for the 40+ time
You win
Just Got It 2Weeks Ago & Already Like It Better Than Elden▪︎R!ng
Great Video, Subbed
This video was excellent man. I just finished another play through a few days ago and this video was the icing on the cake 🎂 thank you 😊
FINALLY
I waited so long for this video
Ty Ziti
I just recently started playing DS3 again for the first time in a while...High Lord Wolnir which was always an easy fight for me, somehow became a hard fight.
For the first time ever he took about 7 times to beat.
For the first time he used his sword against me, he spawned skeletons and skeleton wheels which he never had a chance before and he called the abyss into the whole arena every time I tried to hit his last bangle...I never experienced any of that before, he was always one of my easiest bosses but it showed me how much this game can beat you if you are too cocky. Love it!
Aldrich: I DEVOUR GODS
Player: I dont even remember fighting you.
This brought out such intense emotions, realized why 6 years later I never sold my copy of DS3 as opposed to Sekiro or Bloodborne. This video described it all.
Holy shit my heart shrinks everytime I hear the PLIN PLIN PLON on the Soul of Cinder fight, I cried like a bitch at the end while remembering the other 2 games and I don't even know why lol. These games will trascend history and I bet I will remember and come back to them from here to the grave
34:51 bro is so real for this 😂
Everyone keeps saying that using Storm ruler is the only way to damage Yhorm. Well, here are 2 more for you:
1) Arrows to the head - poise break - visceral
2) Using colossal weapon bait his close attack which ends by him kneeling on the ground - jumping r2 to strike the head - poise break after 2 or 3 of these - visceral attack
You can also literally just hit him with any weapon in the game.
@valravnsshadow9422 well, yeah, technically you can damage his feel, but this would take so frigin long to kill him that it isn't even funny 🤣
It shows what time does to everything we’re just on top of world that we’d never experience but we get to see parts of it.
Great video my guy! Subbed
12:59 Equip a torch and it negates all build up
keep up the marvelous work. been subbed since the bloodborne vid!
I do somewhat agree that the level design is not anything TOO special. It's 'good' with enemy placement, item placement, and overall actual design (Terrain, set pieces, ect.)
But I think the best part of overall level design is the atmosphere -
Going into catacombs: Feels like a place where lost souls have gathered. A little eerie, slightly depressing.
Going into Irithyll: Grand yet feeling like a shadow of it's former self. Like some big thing is missing from it (Okay several things, but you get the idea)
Going into Dungeons: Genuinely sp00py. You feel like you'll get ganked at every turn, yet the easiest ganks are lacking
This is especially apparent in the DLC's of course. Particularly the Sister Friede boss fight has such an intense yet solemn atmosphere around it that you kinda feel it during the battle with her and Ariandel, it's a strong feeling of "I kind of feel I'm doing something bad, but I must press on" almost. Hard to describe.
Personally DS3 is a masterpiece simply because it has the correct atmosphere for each level when you really thing about it.
.... sucks that it's as linear as it is, though.
Edit: Oh and ofc Anor Londo being so run down and grim compared to before is an insane feeling.
This is the only video that I think will ever truly show how amazing and impactful ds3 was
The fact that you stagger gael every two hits makes it feel like an actual fight between two gods and not just a run for survival. Ashen ones were the weakest of the bunch , sent as a last hope from the belle to relighten the fire . They were never meant to make it. But you meet gael after you have defeated every god , archdragon, mage and the soul of cinder who is all of them together. You are no less than him and it shows . Actually you are way above him and he knew that would be the case because he set you up to fight himself because he knew you’d win .
I've been playing this game, this video and the game itself are awesome
Guy ehl! Guy ehl! Guy ehl!
weve never had pvp mechanics this fun or enjoyable, elden ring with 6 player cap and fight clubs like pontiffs backyard wouldve been incredible. I spent hundreds of hours in fight clubs, or hosting them, even doing things like using usb saves to drop every weapon maxed out in the game around christmas time for fightclubs that were funny, its a truly special experience I hope fromsoft finds a way to revive so you can experience it too. thanks for sharing another passionate video zitiboi, also I agree that DS2 areas felt more memorable as a whole and DS3 suffers from a bland color palette despite being a great game
My favourite part about gael is the natural progression of each phase once you master phase one the cape basically introduces stricter dodge and positioning timing and phase three is some new spells but a similar move set still to two. I struggled with phase one for ages but I beat him first time after getting to phase two
8:09 - after seeing this short clip with McGregor I thought you've said ' I wasn't around for Diaz 3 fight club' 😂
you sir,just earn a new subscriber
Dude DS3 has some of the most memorable places :( Entering the Smoldering Lake and Ithryl Valley is straight magic
At first, I was about to write quite the paragraph about missed or wrong information... Yes, I went down the Dark Souls Lore rabbit hole and by now I know way more about this game than about human history... One of the missed things was the Slaveknight aspect (which weaves into him using Way of White Corona) of Gaels lore, which made him as a Character even more impressive... But then I tried to remember my first playthrough, a time when I didn't know anything about it, and then I realized, none of this really maters.
The fact that this video missed so much, makes it actually feel like a first time experience, and holy crap did this remind me of my firs experience... Nameless king, midirs lasers, Friedes and Gaels music and the biggest fanservice to even been served, Gwyns piano in Soul of Cinders second phase... I've had goosebumps all over my body and I think I'll be starting a new playthrough where I explore everything slow and steady
Great video. For a second, I thought you weren’t even going to talk about the Soul of Cinder after you stopped talking about the base game and went into the DLC lol. Great points overall and I agree with you on most. This is definitely my favorite of the Souls games. Also Midir > Bayle and every other dragon imo
As much as I like DS3's speed, I hope the next souls-like From Software makes (if they do make one) is more tactical and slow, similar to DS1, but keeping most of the qulity of life changes the newer games has.
over the past 5 or so years fromsoft has become my favorite game developer period. they just don't miss.
DS3 = Peak
NAH, I would say that Bloodborne and DS3 and Sekiro are Fromsoftware peak games
The Boogie reference got me lol
Reading comments and not seeing anyone pointing out that the knight in Ariendel is called Vilhelm and not Orbeck
Orbeck is the magic teacher in the base game you rescue in the road of sacrifices
It was my first souls game back in the day and even now with elden ring and sekiro out I still come back to this game I actually beat midir for the first time this playthrough. It’s still my #1 souls game such a amazing game
Just came up in the recommended algorithm. Crazy thing is I was itching to play this game today, so I popped it in the ps5 and started a new game!
Cemetery of Ash is the present. The fire link shrine not connected to the world you play in. That's why if you skip the old lady and talk to her in CA she will then say she recognizes you when you do her first dialogue in FLS.
Lol! Weapon skills were in DS2 also. Plus, it was where we got power stancing. Some very good stuff in DS2. I love DS3, but it didn't create much. Just refined almost everything created in other entries :).
The first time I defeated the Abyss Watchers was an absolutely Amazing feeling! After a fuck ton of deaths I didn't even see them as "some Boss in a Video Game", I saw them as a mighty Warrior fighting countless enemies!
I'm not even gonna front, when i got to the end of time and Gael spoke and said he wanted the dark soul, it made my cry lol. It was just so perfect and made me realise after all these years it was coming to an end. Sounds dumb, but back in 2011/2 dark souls literally saved my life. If I hadn't got into that game when I did, I might not even be here today. So Fromsoft has meant the world to me for over a decade now.
DS3 is peak, the fan service is done in the best way possible, honoring everything that was important to the series and transform in a destroyed world to fit perfect for the end..PVP is also the best so many hours invading, dueling and making builds! The Bosses are the best from software ever made.
incredible video, like actually
22:17 when the horned knight on elden ring did that tackle followed up but the kick... my ptsd kicked in and I literally panicked, champion Gundyr is the shit
4:12 RIP Etika. 🙏
Yeah I played DS3 after elden ring. I did actually end up beating nameless king on the first try. No more estus and one hit away from death and the adrenaline pumping. Probably one of my favorite experiences in a Fromsoft game
Dude.... I was just thinking about this game the other day. Its easily in my top 5 favorite games....