Lmao, I remember that guy. I've never looked up a guide on his quest but I love him

@@NevinWarrior-es6ds No real quest to complete. Just visit him in the Wharf, then in the poison area, then he shall always be in the Pharros area with infinite poison supplies.

@@Ironica82 wish I knew that, I always do the poison area first and never go back because I think I'd waste my time

To elaborate on my own point, I think the series (particularly 2) wants you to accept that you don’t control the fate of the world without making you completely powerless. Each game reveals that your previous choice was ultimately overruled, but that doesn’t make those choices invalid; they obviously affected tons of lives for many lifetimes each, and that’s the most any real person can hope to do. Still it will go beyond your control in time. The ending to dark souls 3 is the most consequential given that it really might change the world in a permanent-ish way. However, letting the fire fade still fits that exact theme; it’s about letting go of that control that the gods (and probably you) had been fighting to keep up to that point.

Being able to summon chars doesn’t necessarily mean they’re alive. Many of the summon signs across the series are from characters who died a long time ago (Tarkus, for example)

Batman: Arkham City is a sequel to Arkham Asylum yet they didn't have a whole section in the asylum. DS2 is a sequel to DS1 yet you didn't spend anytime in areas that were in the first game. DS3 really seems like they went too far in trying to please their fans. People complained that DS2 was too clunky, well, DS3 makes you feel as light as a feather. People complained about DS2's enemies tanking attacks, well, DS3 mostly changed poise into either they had it or they didn't. People complained about the "non-linear" of DS2 so they made DS3 as linear as possible. People complained about slowly loosing health when dying, so they went back to Demon Souls logic but this time, hid how much health you have lose in order to trick your mind. People praised Fume Knight as one of the best fights (as well as Mirror Knight) as well as O&S in DS1, and they took that as meaning that people loved two phases boss and made EVERY boss a two phase boss (and one a three phase but that was done perfectly and made sense). Now, does that all make DS3 a bad game, no. However, it does seem like they went too far in the other direction after DS2 instead of just fixing the things that people hated the most. Though DS2 is the all time favorite of their games and DS3 is my least favorite, even I have to admit that DS3 boss fights (well, the later ones at least) look amazing and much better than fighting a frog with a human face.

@@Ironica82 "DS2 is a sequel to DS1" but it broke so many established lore from DS1 because it was written and developed by a different team, and it shows. The redesigning of giants and rewriting their history and personality, making the "dark soul" inherently evil with how they portrayed Nashandra who was an offspring of Manus (who wasn't even really evil, just the manifestation of the dark soul), the introduction of Vendrick who was a completely new character who was basically an OC not-Gwyn, and even the introduction of the Throne of Want as opposed to the bonfire/first flame as a power system. Hell, even the way they portrayed hollowing was different. DS1 Hollowing was a metaphor for a sense of purpose and will to move forward, but DS2 Hollowing was treated like a disease and an infection that progressively got worse (which was already covered in DS1 with.... undead....). DS2 was essentially a different team's misinterpretation and rewrite of Dark Souls and IS NOT the norm of what a sequel should be. You call DS2 a sequel yet it breaks all of the rules of the previous game while establishing new rules and continuing none of the lore which is NOT the norm when creating a sequel. DS3 absolutely did not "lean too far in the other direction". It's what a sequel naturally should flow into. You can argue that DS3 was too linear in it's level design (which is true, but that doesn't make it bad. i personally prefer it) but DS3 takes all of the established rules and lore from DS1 and continues it. It introduced the concept of embering and the Ashen Ones which just adds on to the worldbuilding without breaking the rules of DS1 nor does it introduce an entirely new power system.

@@brandonkite4414 "he redesigning of giants and rewriting their history and personality," Who said they were the same giants from the first game? Considering that DS2 takes place thousands of years later, it really doesn't change anything. "making the "dark soul" inherently evil with how they portrayed Nashandra who was an offspring of Manus (who wasn't even really evil, just the manifestation of the dark soul)" Each of the four daughters were different aspects of Manus. That's why the one who went to the Burnt Ivory King was actually good. "the introduction of Vendrick who was a completely new character who was basically an OC not-Gwyn," Not sure what you mean by "OC". The point of Vendrick is that, after cycle upon cycle, the next one who was supposed to take over wanted to know if there was another option besides the age of fire or dark. That's the overarching story of DS2. DS2 asked what happens if someone tries to cure the curse. DS3 ask what happens if they choose to ignore their fate and does not bring in either ages (though even that is futile as if the princes stayed alive, the age of dark would happen as no one would link the fire). "even the introduction of the Throne of Want as opposed to the bonfire/first flame as a power system" The throne of Want is basically the typical ending of your character either linking the fire or letting itt go out. The alt ending shows your character ignoring fate and continuing in Aldia's and Vendrick's research into curing the curse. "DS1 Hollowing was a metaphor for a sense of purpose and will to move forward, but DS2 Hollowing was treated like a disease and an infection that progressively got worse (which was already covered in DS1 with.... undead....)" DS1 showed what happens after someone goes hollow. DS2 showed the process. "DS2 was essentially a different team's misinterpretation and rewrite of Dark Souls and IS NOT the norm of what a sequel should be" The head guy was still a supervisor over the game so that comment is muted as he would have had them change the story if it was a "misinterpretation" "DS3 absolutely did not "lean too far in the other direction". It's what a sequel naturally should flow into." So, first game, you go to restart the fire and should solve the issue. Now, you find yourself 1000+++ years later, find that all of DS1 was basically pointless, yet somehow, someone who died in the first one was still alive for some slug to start eating them, and somehow, there are some of the same characters around, even though the lore states that, during the age of fire, people actually die and the immortality only takes effect when the fire starts to fade and the dark sign appears. "DS3 takes all of the established rules and lore from DS1 and continues it. It introduced the concept of embering and the Ashen Ones which just adds on to the worldbuilding without breaking the rules of DS1", yea, DS2 does that as well. It builds on the lore of DS1, introduces how hollowing fully works, introduced the concept of the "chosen one" not following their fate, and did not make any of DS1 characters immortal.

​@@brandonkite4414no it didn't break any established lore, ds3 did that with it's retcons

It's Bearer, seek, seek, lest

What don't you understand?

Doooo you don't like story? Ok bud

Fighting Cowboy. He does tons of playthroughs of games so I wouldn't call him a great Souls player (though, for DS3, more persistence than me as I never got past Pontiff). Still fun to watch if you want to see an average skilled gamer taking on different genres.

@@Ironica82 i cant stand that guy tbh, he's not very good and his "walkthroughs" are basically just him playing games while reading through wiki's. when it comes to watching youtubers im tryna see someone better than me play the game but when it comes to souls games thats hard to find. not even tryna sound cocky but the pvp guys and speedrunners are normally the only ones that are considerably better than i am

@@squish-d2k I think I watched one of his playthroughs but that's it. My main playthrough channels are Christopher Odd and Luckless Lovelocks.

@@Ironica82 might have to check them out. lots of story games like god of war i like to watch instead of actually play because the story is cool but the actual gameplay is pretty boring at least from what i experienced myself from the first game

@@squish-d2k For games like God Of War, there are channels that does a movie version. I usually watch cinematic games that way.

also I love the vid

In the darkest depths of despair, no matter how crippling, she was able to get back on her feet and keep going. It's fitting that's in the final DLC since that's Dark Souls 2's thesis the whole journey. It's nice to see Lucatiel is capable of it just as much as the player, despite all her struggles.

also the description of her armor in dark souls 3 of the mask is just...so wholesome "Mask attached to a ceremonial hat. A Hollow once fought valiantly with this mask, but feared the fading of her self, and implored a comrade remember her name. Perhaps that is why this gentleman's mask is named after a woman." I always interpreted as the Hollow Undead writing the name on the mask to always remember her, no matter how much time passed, probably passing down her story on Majula, so that story spreads and people start to know her story.

Id like to see a side game set in an age of light, where people are around and cities are thriving. Like a proper RPG game within the setting.

Importante note: that ending also exists in base DS2, as long as you have the DLCs.

This is how I see it as well. On my gaming channel, I even point out that you can see mountains behind Earthen Peak and can surmise that The Iron Keep is over there. However, I also did come up with a better transition to that point that would have only taken about how long the tunnel is to Dranleic (or shorter) and still make sense (basically, instead of going up, the elevator goes down, opens in a room with a huge pool of poison (to show where the poison that the windmill was pulling up came from), a bridge across the pool, and then, after the bridge, you turn the corner and enter Iron Keep).