15 Overlooked Secrets in Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Demon's Souls & Sekiro

[@ZullietheWitch]

I'm in this video.

[@pee-bot]

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[@pspspspsps44]

You are in this video.

[@Redbarron1972]

It’s true

[@dorhenge]

It’s true, i was the video

[@HorkPorkler]

I was just watching one of yours

[@VaatiVidya]

This will hopefully be the last secrets video for a while? I had kind of hoped there would be more Elden Ring news to talk about at this stage, so I wanted to come up with a quick video and get through a ton of my secrets in storage. Next vid will likely be a Prepare to Cry on Latria, but I'm also working hard on the book for the next few months! Seriously, please click those links in the description and support all the creators I mentioned. They're all great additions to your sub feed.

[@alexanderkuhn9179]

Hey vaati!

[@kade_viralbrush]

love you vaati

[@zelky1394]

New video! Let's go!

[@lordofeggs5427]

The hidden secrets of jorge

[@Megalobytes]

Nice

[@AeroViro]

I LOVE Zullies stuff, I always show my friends their videos and it's really cool that you are showcasing it here!!

[@chained2052]

Yeah the channel is great always fun to see how the game works

[@itsyaboiguzma]

Well well shen glad to see you take an even deeper dive into the souls community. Glad to see you're a fan of zullie and vaati as well.

[@morganahowll1940]

I'm so glad you've fallen down this rabbit hole Shen ! ❤️

[@jarenbayon9286]

Its crazy seeing you here, kinda surreal since I was subscribed to you years ago

[@MrCrebres]

Damn i remember you from some 2016 overwatch videos, good too see you doing well

[@Rafl3r]

Ohh god Vaati why did you show us Vicar Amelias face... that's the true horror of Bloodborne

[@freakshow3076]

And why does it resemble Gollum from the lord of the rings so much XDDDDDD

[@shayposting]

She looks like that cause she uses the same model as the bell ringing Pthumerians lol. You're not meant to see it.

[@GleepGlop2]

For real that was my waifu, I was not prepared for that

[@ryanli8371]

@@GleepGlop2 Lady Maria is still Bloodborne's no.1 waifu. So don't get disheartened. We still have her...

[@bigode9743]

@@ryanli8371 Excuse me? What about Ebrietas? Those tentacles 'bout to make me act up 😥🐙

[@_ONGBAL]

Whaaat?? Vaati mentioned me!? It's a great honor ! 🙏

[@ranewolfe19]

great content, dude!

[@reiniersoralde103]

Ongbal getting the recognition he deserves, in my opinion he's not only one of the best but most creative sekiro player out there. Everyone sekiro fan should at least see some of his gameplay!

[@aidanru.2469]

I've adapted his tactics whenever I do runs through the Gauntlets of Strength. Like increased use of the Sparking Axe on Headless Ape, Inner Father, and Inner Isshin. Ongbal is the king of Sekiro

[@murii_desu1436]

The first time i saw his "No Hesitation" video i was just fuckin awestrucked. When Ongbal does a bossfight, the boss is stuck with him and not the other way around. Love that more people are recognizing him.

[@reiniersoralde103]

He just beautifully executes the bosses whilst also finding so many different ways to defeat them.

[@armaani11]

Ongbal is basically Sekiro himself. I mean, if Sekiro was an anime or movie of highest quality, that's how Sekiro would execute his every encounter and fight.

[@kemulli14]

I was so glad when I heard his name mentioned in the video. Ongbal's creativity with Sekiro's "limited" combat is insane.

[@ihearvoices8881]

I'm glad that ER's graphics are similar to DS3 and Sekiro. At least, I'll be able to run it.

[@palawolfy4855]

Yeah same, only have ps4 pro to play with so makes it easier to run

[@100_pesos]

I'm just glad that they've stuck with the Berserk inspired dark fantasy aesthetic that most recent fromsoft games have.

[@berserkerciaran]

@@100_pesos > Enchanted Arms > Tenchu > Armorer Core > Felyne-centered Monster Hunter spinoffs I wouldn't really say "most"...

[@100_pesos]

@@berserkerciaran Yeah, you're right. I should've said "most recent".

[@dreadknight0]

Well, imagine if they had to make a new Game Engine just for Elden ring but you have to wait another 2 years.

[@ianbowden2524]

I honestly like the way dark souls games look. They look way more visually interesting than a lot of new games and without using the same insane level of graphical fidelity. To me that's impressive.

[@jeffersonmarques2899]

Same here. I also think Demons Souls looks so good that it doesn't feel like a From game lol (don't get me wrong, it looks gorgeous, but maybe a little too gorgeous).

[@sapphic_sophie]

The art direction is what I think really stands out in these games. The rendering and fidelity might be low, but the actual visual atmosphere in unparalleled

[@JustusLynetta]

I love the art style but by gods do I wish I could look a little closer and not have really muddy textures and blur lol.

[@ianbowden2524]

@@JustusLynetta nah not worth it imo

[@golDroger88]

That's because photorealism is a meme. You need to reproduce the sensual response to a real thing with its virtual corespondent, not reproduce the thing itself. For example the leaves of the trees in The Last Guardian are extremely good at this despite the textures being technically inferior to so many games.

[@alaskaperson1994]

We all know this is everyone’s favorite asmr channel

[@AxxLAfriku]

I recently revealed the genders of my two girlfriends. It got a lot of hate and now has 30 times more dislikes than likes. I am really sad that people can be so mean. Sorry for using your comment to talk about my problems, dear som

[@raszota8466]

These are the games where you can still discover things a decade later.

[@SnailHatan]

I mean, obviously. That’s why we’re still discovering things a decade later

[@Plusimurfriend]

Its true for most games, but most games are not worthwhile enough.

[@EliteVeyron835]

0:25 Other than the red glow from the ravine, that's just Undead Settlement with the Darksign sun from the DS3 Kiln of the First Flame. The character is going towards the bonfire next to the sewer entrance, you can see the Undead Settlement architecture on the left and the Giant Archer's tower to the right of the sun.

[@entrxpic]

now we wait for “15 new secrets found in elden ring”. to hibernation we go

[@abdulqyat4728]

Man the art in all your videos are so good, this community is super talented. You love to see it

[@Sagaan42]

Honestly, super high detail games like demon's souls remake are expensive and long to produce. I think it's unhealthy to expect more and more graphical fidelity from studios like from software. We've seen from dev stories on for instance TLOU2 how this can be destructive to studios. from's clearly got a good and effective production pipeline down by this point. I'll be happy if they can continue producing games at the rythm and quality they've got right now.

[@xXSpiKeXx24553]

no. i rly couldnt care less about graphics but someday you gotta improve... and fromsoft hardly does that in terms of graphics. im sure they could do it. and when you see how it could be.. (des remake) you even get more soaked in the incredible atmosphere of those games. i never expected that elden ring will look like des remake but i did expect a bit more than ds3 graphics/details

[@nathanbateman4255]

I agree 100%. The triple A gaming mentality ends up squashing creativity; studios don’t want to take creative risks with so much money on the line.

[@dynamicflashy]

By the time Elden Ring is released, the same amount of time would’ve passed between Demon’s Soul and Dark Souls 3, and Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring. We should be seeing the similar graphical leaps. Far too many games from its generation have improved their graphics while keeping their art styles. Similarly, new games have been released that have great graphics and art styles.

[@Sagaan42]

@@dynamicflashy The hardware power leaps between those two generations are hardly comparable. In addition to that, you might have noticed that while the durations from DeS to DS3 and from DS3 to elden ring are the same, the first period gave us 4 games, while the second only 2. Do you know why? Because as games get bigger, more detailed, and more complex, as player expectations grow, the money and time needed to produce games grows exponentially. The risk taken by companies when producing AAA games such as these also grows, which is why you get less games, and why big publishers are moving away from premium AAA and into Freemium and mobile games, that are way less risky of an investment. Take some time to think about how your mindset is affecting this industry.

[@dynamicflashy]

@@Sagaan42 Okay, I've taken some time out to think about it and I stand by my statement. If Elden Ring won't be able to make the required leaps as expected, then it should be delayed. Demon's Souls remake and even Ghost of Tsushima's PS5 update has shown this generation can achieve terrific results akin to a "jump". Releasing a game with nearly the same graphical fidelity as a game from the early parts of the previous generation doesn't cut it. Sure, the core game should still be great, but I'm talking about its visuals.

[@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495]

I’m glad Elden Ring doesn’t look “truly next gen”, it means my PC can hopefully run it.

[@LyllianaofMirrah]

yep hehe boah

[@anatoliasmercenary.]

Fromsoft games aren’t graphically demanding, so you’re good.

[@jexicon618]

@@anatoliasmercenary. Honestly Im glad, I would rather they put the time into art direction and worldbuilding, rather than polygon count

[@bophadesknutz7798]

@@anatoliasmercenary. Not graphically demanding, but if its anything like DS3 it will run like shit.

[@anatoliasmercenary.]

@@jexicon618 thats what I love about fromsoft, they take their time perfecting gorgeous art styles and dont bother with advanced tech to cover up laziness, bless fromsoft tbh

[@LoverofChildren]

It's such an oddly comforting sensation to see these creators here after following them steadily throughout the past almost 10 years since I got into the Souls series, either through Vaati's recommendation or my own interest in dissecting the games. Illusory wall could upload a 40 minute video about mostly insignificant changes from Dark Souls PTD and Dark Souls Remastered, and I'd happily watch it multiple times. I assumed I would be alone in this quite niché interest in small details, and yet there's an overwhelmingly large amount of people who seem to similarly enjoy it. Maybe I am overthinking it, but this all feels like we're writing love letters to games of a similar nature that have touched us all on deeply emotional, mechanical, or otherwise layered level. I'm sincerely happy to be part of this, even if I am only a spectator.

[@Kasaaz]

Learned two things relevant to Elden Ring from watching this. About why sometimes during a mid-fight cutscene phase transition a boss will take a huge chunk of damage. Somehow, they're taking fall damage as they're being moved into the scene.

[@XrockinamadeusX]

This was great, like going through recent suggestions, glad to see some new surprises and YT bringing people to those channels. Finding more secrets this far out is incredible, this community is amazing. Can't wait to put Soul Arts right next to the official set on the bookshelf. Cheers Vaati

[@shadowbrain4814]

The Fifth King segment reminds me of a Raid in Destiny 2, Deep Stone Crypt. There's an encounter involving a bunch of clones, and outside the arena is a solitary, standard enemy that "stores" the boss's health bar. People used to be able to cheese the fight by glitching outside the arena proper and attacking this standard enemy.

[@Zahqariah]

When I heard Ymfah my ears pricked up, all the KZbinrs in this vid deserve a sub but ymfahs effort in his videos are amazing and super entertaining, I’d recommend him to anyone

[@IncandescentWriter]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the motion capture team? They're awesome. They did an incredible job.

[@ArcRay20]

7:00 i figured the Blue Point remake was done with tweaked mo-cap for the new looking animations, but holy shit they actually didnt tweak much for those riposte animations. it puts away my theory that all those animations were done by hand, cuz they didnt look natural in any way, shape, or form. turns out the actual actor was just as unrealistic and moved as jank-ily as the animations ended up looking in the end. im surprised a human was able to force themself to move as robotically as that.

[@humanbeing8676]

This video is just an all star showcase for underrated souls and sekiro content creators.

[@TheRoflDragon]

"Bloodborne has poison rolling!" Me, who's watched Ymfah's pacifist Bloodborne video: *laughs in pain*

[@bdj_tvk]

Absolute God tier vid as always. Vaati can always make me stop every at 4 am and go "Oh boy!"

[@captainjustin]

That motion actor with the beard really nailed it. What a king.

[@dklordful]

Vaati: "Y'know, I wonder when Fromsoft will update their graphics" Me, who has only ever played Dark Souls 3 with 20 or less FPS: "pls no I wanna play your games"

[@hatefulgaming1800]

Fr it’s bad enough that Elden ring is 150 gigabytes

[@idlemindedmage6925]

I really appreciate so much how much you do as a spokesperson for the community, and how you showcase all these other wonderful creators that all share our love for the rich FromSoft worlds. Means a great deal.

[@Halcyon1916]

Finally some love for Ongbal on this channel!!! Dude is the most satisfying Sekiro player I’ve ever seen

[@Jesse__H]

Damn Vaati, this was 100% other youtubers' work and footage. I guess it's good for their exposure tho ...

[@GSWoof]

Imma be 100 with you chief. The fact that elden ring looks more like DS3 than Demon Souls Remake makes me and my friend happy since we're still runing last gen specs on our PCs and we will be able to play the game thanks to that.

[@Xanderj89]

I know other games still use that hidden boss trick, the Deep Stone Crypt raid in Destiny 2 had a boss where you have to kill copies/clones, and someone found a way to break out of the map and just kill the secret---real---boss that the real health bar was tied to, and that was made like a year ago.

[@organizedbonfire2649]

Watching VaatiVidya at 1:38 am > Sleep

[@gilbertgotfried]

8:23 Gotta disagree here. I'll take good art design over grafix any day. If their engines were more like Bethesda (where grafix are the least of its problems) then I'd call for an overhaul. As it is, if it ain't broke...

[@tinynugget2800]

12:05 you don't know how much I needed that

[@afturbo671]

Holy shit a vaati video that credits basically all my favourite soulsborne creators? Neat

[@rainday1273]

And again vaati you have proven why you're one of my favorite channels. The tone of your voice along with the presentation is perfect!

[@TheTrueJuan]

I read somewhere you can buy the art book after the campaign. However, I just love the art so much and how much work you are putting in Vaati and publisher. So since I got paid yesterday, I got the tier that has the slipcase. To be honest, it was the narration and the bookmark that gave me the needed push.

[@nervantes]

I just ordered my physical copy with only 18 hours to go. Never supported anything on Kickstarter, but this was a must.

[@ahmadyousif2131]

That vicar amelia secret was horrifying, i have been scarred for life.

[@weavatronobservatory]

So glad this video reminded me about the Kickstarter, I forgot and I almost missed it.

[@djangonesh5591]

The quality of those artworks looks genuinely amazing!

[@ArcRay20]

bonus secret at the end legit surprised me, im going to totally forget about that in like an hour though. lol

[@MattTheParanoidKat]

Mentioning ymfah is amazing, he's legit one of the most unique and funny soulsborne youtubers there is and his style has basically improved to make his challenge runs into anime... with some classic memes thrown in.

[@Simple_Drake]

So many people don't know about the mouse wheel opening new tabs and it blows my mind!

[@ibrahimalsalmi4759]

I really hope garden of eyes get mentioned in one of these videos. He's doing some great stuff.

[@Spoco1234]

ok out of all these secrets the only one that really blew me away was the last one. I had absolutely no idea that you could use the middle mouse button like that.

[@nickoderso]

Every time I think I've seen everything in the series, Vaati proves me wrong

[@NeroDeAngelo]

HOLY SHIT! THAT IS A REVELATION I DID NOT KNEW ABOUT This is incredible... opening links with the scroll button on your mouse automatically opens them in tabs... I never knew this until now... Holy Shit!

[@IgnusIncubus]

Smoll Ornstein doesn't exist, he can't hurt you. Smoll Orstein:

[@FireBurner101]

And also if you kill smough first than Orenstein first puts his hand on smough showing respect to him before absorbing him while if you kill Orenstein first than smough just crushes him with his hammer without a sense of hesitation and respect

[@yellowsaurus4895]

Literally this entire video is just a mediocre rehashing of content from other channels, wtf? I'll never understand how he gets away with this shit

[@yellowsaurus4895]

@@CerealKiller Hmm, i didnt realize a 15 minute video literally just paraphrasing other people's work could be considered a "recommendation." Interesting.

[@dynamicflashy]

It sounds like Vaati is not too pleased with the similarities between Elden Ring and DS3, which is a game from 2016.

[@bhavyakanodia9427]

At first it seems like this video doesn't have any content of it's own and is just an advertisement for Soul Arts and a bunch of content which isn't Vaati's. But after thinking about it a bit, it's nice to see Vaati understanding his responsibility as the prominent figure in soulsborne content creators and bringing these other good creators to light. Missed Ray Dhimitri tho. They have been uploading great dark souls 2 content.

[@rick3227]

I bet the dead wolf in the abyss watchers fight was supposed to lay on that part where the bon fire pops up and the second phase sends the blood into the wolf instead of another watcher. Really awesome video, good look at how things work

[@stephenkern7503]

so... I know this is an old video, but at 0:12 the picture on the right-middle of the page look extremely similar to Enir-Ilim from SotE. I just think it's crazy they've had this design cooking in the oven for so long

[@TerraKnightly]

The middle mouse button thing was the biggest mind blow I've had today what tf

[@LeLa_Lu]

1:41 the house be like: Bro, I am sooo high rn

[@minime220]

ngl that final bonus secret will change my life forever. Once again, thank you Vaati

[@mackey4568]

Dude a dark souls movie would be so amazing. Fighting bonfire to bonfire losing allies and learning lore as they go.

[@SmolBloof]

15 times Vaati wishes he was Zullie

[@kodaxmax]

"middle click can be used to open links in new tabs" me: hah! finally a soulsborne secret i found on my own!

[@night1952]

While i agree that we have enough wolf fights, this could've been a way to fight the spiritual succesors of Artorias and Sif together and if they had some interesting mechanics it could've been an fun fight. Just cut the Champion's Gravetender instead.

[@stephenrogers5987]

I love how it just starts, no intro, no stupid ads, no personal stories just drops you into content, similar to a game we all know and love….

[@aaricialambrigts]

I’m impressed by the motioncapture. Gaming has come a long way. Also thanks for mentioning the other creators, will check them out.

[@OwnyOne]

The amount of work and effort put into the Demon's Souls animations is outstanding!!

[@John-wq4pl]

i have always loved the artists who's work you feature and it makes me happy to finally see ornstein

[@ericsbuds]

that motion capture stuff looks so cool. man i would love that job!

[@CogzillaOfDojima]

The middle mouse trick blew my mind

[@linnhtetpaing3416]

Finally an Ongbal shoutout! He's awesome.

[@dustinzhane7329]

I personally love the style of from games. They're almost dehumanizing

[@rustydynamo1088]

I really like all the shoutouts to the channels! Even limit breakers!

[@ethanwagner]

Thank you for all the work you put in to your content man. Sadly I'm not able to preorder Soul Arts but I will for sure buy it when I can, I hope it's as successful as you dream and you get rewarded for all the effort uve put in over the years. Long Live Vaati

[@EredinLore]

Shout out to the OG, Crest!

[@Battleguild]

Vicar Amelia is a recolored Bell Maiden, as her face was never intended to be seen. I assume that Vicar Amelia in the Hunter's Nightmare that you fight after Ludwig to have her official face.

[@spyrotikus]

I finally made the decision to back it, I got myself a hard copy. I AM SO EXCITED

[@pedroscoponi4905]

Weird take perhaps, but I don't think From needs to update their visuals very much. The DS3 look shows it's age, but it's not _bad._ If they have to choose between spending time and budget with prettier pixels, and spending that same time on literally anything else, I think things like more weapons, more bosses, more level design all win, every time. I wish more studios were willing to do that, the diminishing returns on all that photorrealism is getting hard to ignore. I don't think they're going to keep the same visual fidelity going forever, but this seems like a pretty happy place to sit on for a while.

[@Late0NightPC]

Another odd detail about the Alarm guys is that they literally can not kill you. Not only do they deal the lowest damage in the game at 1 per hit, for some reason even if you are at 1 HP they can not finish you off. Even the "upgraded" red alarm guys when the Ministry invades who deal 3 damage are the same. Limit Breakers made a video exploring a lot of weird Sekiro stuff, and that was something he came across.

[@TheLaur200]

The houses at 1:38 - CLEARLY insipired by the Romanian city of Sibiu and it's main square. The city has similar buildings with *eye windows* that constantly look at you. Look it up on google. I live here and seeing the pictures, I instantly thought of those buildings.

[@doctorsnakeeater1997]

Another secrets video from Vaati? *My Insight grows further.*

[@KorvasYT]

Fun fact: In the game files of Demon’s souls(PS3) there is a GOW lancer and the Hydra from Ninja blade

[@marianoibarra3178]

The way you Narrate your videos and the music is awesome its to similar to another guy called "Lemino" in youtbe (not a souls content creator) but both him and you are my top narrators in whole Youtbe

[@omehoffice]

The Design Books are amazing. Can't recommend them enough

[@makaroninini]

1:37 The house on the left looks like it's high

[@Cathart1c]

Holy smokes, I didn’t even think that these 2 lift guys in DeS are to be considered as a secret. I’ve noticed them in my first playthrough some years ago right away and I was always wondering why literally no one talks about them (in the meantime everyone’s talking about firedog in Besttown from DaS 1, although I didn’t see it for a while). I guess, now I know the answer. They’re pretty sneaky bois lol

[@batatac4mil86]

Vaati pls make a video highlighting all the places we can buy high-quality FS merch, for example I didn't know about the design books, and there's displate, tune and fairweather etc

[@hurri_cane1066]

Is it possible that you can possibly make a video on gargoyles Are they related to ancient dragons? In ds1 you can cut off they're tails that might be a contributing factor

[@alexcruz3043]

this fucking guy still out here pumping out content. Like damn Vaati is finding juice in these stones.

[@GatsuRage]

11:41 makes you feel how GOOD it would be a remake treatment of DS1....

[@TMBGE420]

That Chester one was actuallly cool

[@Vipera217]

what a time to return to binging Soulsborne content

[@johanngambolputty5351]

I have been binging zullie videos a fair bit recently

[@Takaho31]

man I missed your Dark Souls videos, thanks for making more of them ! Hail Vaati !

[@Dhieen]

must have been so hard for the actors of the demon souls remake to redo the animations with the exact correct timing of the original

[@JustZeke99]

Hey Vaati i just wanted to ask if the Soul Arts book would be available after pre order, or is it exclusive? While I love the channel and have pledge to support the cause by backing a digital copy I would still love to buy a physical book someday . Much love

[@jadonwalker5991]

8:15 I understand why this happened (avoiding hitting his coworker with a prop) but the idea of this happening in game make me laugh.

[@aqueelkadri8371]

Finally a shoutout to Ongbal.

[@jroberts2nd]

Zullie the Witch AND Ongbal in this video? It must be Christmas!

[@kylehart8829]

The 999 poison resistance doesn't make them immune, it just means you need to tick the bar up all the way to 999 to proc it. So it takes twice as long as a boss with 500 resistance. It's not a 99.9% resistance, it's just the size of their hidden rapid poison bar.

[@ZullietheWitch]

Typically when they give an NPC 999 resistance to something, they also give it a SpEffect that makes it outright immune too. It feels redundant, but it might be an internal bookkeeping thing.

[@deedoubs]

>Manta ray shooting manta rays Clearly inspired by Steve Irwin