Can You Beat All Dark Souls 2 Bosses In Alphabetical Order?

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Thanks for watching! I knew I'd end up looking into the sequel one day, we started this challenge all the way back in July, and it's so surreal to finally see it be completed, edited and uploaded. #canyoubeat #darksouls2
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[@dragonlord4898]

Promotion Skip Button: 2:23 If this comment disappears, we know creators are deleting my skip buttons

[@ghostraptor1741]

This was fun. Now do Bloodborne

[@zn4rf]

You sound like a young David Mitchell...

[@NGPlusVideos]

@@zn4rf I'll take that ha ha

[@gwyn7353]

Please do other souls games for this series! Great video

[@m.douglas8492]

I think it's hilarious that the answer to the alphabetical question is always no and yet these are some of the best challenge runs I've seen.

[@a.randomguy950]

It's impressive how many bosses the answer is "Yes" for, though. I mean in this game the only 2 bosses that ARENT beatable are the 2 very final bosses who don't even spawn till you kill the prior bosses.

[@avebave6550]

Top comment spoiled the video 🙄

[@SuperHothead14]

@@avebave6550 if you knew ds2 you immediately knew it wasn’t possible

[@ZorrotheArtist]

@@avebave6550 Well why are you in the comments before finishing the video?

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

@@avebave6550 Then stop reading comments before watching the video?

[@MattTheMan2708]

The fact that the first boss alphabetically and the last boss alphabetically are both pretty much the exact same enemy is oddly beautiful, much like how in DS1 they were the first and second intended bosses respectively.

[@chaoticstarfish3401]

Taurus Demon is crying right now

[@ariannadravis3934]

@@chaoticstarfish3401 Taurus is fake

[@shawnmarcum8078]

Haha. Frigid Outskirts go burr.

[@sileopatronus]

it's like poetry, it rhymes

[@nemtudom5074]

Uhhh, bed of chaos is before bell gargoyles

[@amimm7776]

The journey taken to get to Aava as the first boss perfectly exemplifies why I love dark souls 2 even with all it's flaws.

[@elias.t]

Completely glitchlessly. Marvelous, honestly.

[@nataliecameron]

I adore dark souls 2 so much for things like this

[@waltuh11121]

Imagine asking to a friend "Which was your first DS2 boss? Dragonrider? Maybe the Last Giant?" And he says "Nah, Aava"

[@elias.t]

Just for reference, as soon as you start a (glitchless) game, your potential first bosses are: The Last Giant The Pursuer (as mentioned by @cainmorningstar6124, you can fight him once on the roof outside the blastable wall and it counts if you kill him.) Dragonrider The Old Dragonslayer Scorpioness Najka (Buy Melentia's FBoY) Royal Rat Vanguard (with enough HP and/or Silvercat Ring) The Rotten DragonriderS Fucking DARKLURKER (No, really, Grandahl isn't behind any bosses.) And Aava Am I missing someone?

[@yahia5476]

@@elias.t Also, you can beat the game in 9 bosses only (10 if we count SotFS) making 30 something bosses optional lol

[@Styxer1008]

The art style for the boss images you had were incredible

[@Nightweaver1]

Yeah, I want that fanart.

[@prexot2341]

@@Nightweaver1 it's by someone named Brent Skinner. link is in the description

[@KainaX122]

I feel like with the multiple-enemy bosses that it would’ve been acceptable to kill them all after you’d killed them in the intended alphabetical order In simpler terms, if you’ve already gone through the list normally, if you end up killing the last of the multiple enemies, just go ahead and kill the others

[@blindsloth364]

this way you have to worry about getting around the fight again even after you beat it, and thats just more of the challenge

[@KainaX122]

@@blindsloth364 yeah, but you’re only leaving them alive by choice. You’ve already killed them, why not just. . . _KILL_ them?

[@jamiebroughton3310]

Yeah, that was a tad confusing😂

[@brycekrispiez714]

True but it also would’ve unnecessarily messed with the alphabetical order just backwards

[@joshmay2944]

@@jamiebroughton3310 I still don't understand what they're proposing even after rereading them restating themselves!

[@miuchiweighsaton7059]

Love what a unique challenge these alphabetical runs are. It seems like a glutted, tired genre of videos, but then something comes along like this. Always glad when someone does a DS2 run and doesn't spend the whole time complaining about the game. Looking forward to DS3.

[@oneofthem6124]

can't be done with ds3 cuz it's too linear

[@planescaped]

I love Dark Souls 2, most of the complaints I see about it are rather subjective anyway.

[@orionweiss5418]

​@@oneofthem6124 Surprise surprise

[@NGPlusVideos]

And I took that personally 😅

[@monhi64]

It mostly just kills me the way creators act like there is a chance the challenge run they crafted is impossible. Like no one clicks on a “can you beat elden ring with only bows” video thinking it’s up in the air, no we know it’ll be hard but obviously feasible. So at least it’s kinda nice that these vids are legit and actually impossible sometimes. I really can’t recall a single “can you beat” vid that ended up impossible out of the hundreds I’ve seen (not counting this)

[@alfFINNERS]

Continuing to marvel at your patience and dedication to videogame challenges. You are a god.

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

The way that this one ended compared to the last one is very satisfying

[@richardgauvin8293]

"that brings us to the Fume Knight..." I couldn't help but laugh out loud. What a wild way to run the game. Cheers to all the work for our nerdy entertainment.

[@SpuddyCube]

Holy heck, that was incredible. I hope that the run felt half as good to finish as it did to watch. Nothing quite like having to repeat frame perfect bugs, manage out of bounds navigation on a time limit, and sequence break your way through a marathon of bosses that are themselves already difficult. Absolutely amazing, as always.

[@Estus1999]

I appreciate the commitment but I really want to you to know that many of us won't mind if you killed the bosses that have multiple like the prowling magus and the congregation after defeating them in order. for example if you killed the congregation, left until the magus then killed the congregation again (as it's still first alphabetically) then killed the prowling magus in the same fight. or if you feel like you've already killed the congregation and leaving them for after the magus that works too.

[@selenalulamoon1167]

Honestly the 2 bosses you had to skip being the literal final bosses is still impressive.

[@Cromagen]

What the hell man? This is insane, you never cease to surprise me with the techniques and methods you apply! Fantastic work, I can't even imagine how much effort went into this. Great video again! Love your content! Easily one of the best challenges I've seen done in these games!

[@darkridoom]

I’m sorry that you had to go through the Frigid Outskirts twice

[@gypsyassassin2004]

I'm sorry anyone has to go through Horsef*ck Valley ONCE . . .

[@zachofragnarok3067]

You are criminally underrated my dude. You are right up there with legends like ymfah and The Spiffing Brit in my eyes. Legitimately good show, you should be proud!

[@maxlindemann1429]

So happy to see this! Your previous video for Dark Souls bosses in alphabetical is probably my favorite challenge video of any game. This one definitely lives up to it. Wildly impressive what you accomplished. (The little cameo of your wife was also very cool)

[@mauser98kar]

What I love in your videos is that every one of them is like you telling us about a cool puzzle you've solved. And you do it so passionately and clearly its not confusing. Which is an accomplishment!

[@Poolio_10]

I'll be honest, these videos are great and the only thing I'd change is a minor modification to the multiple bosses rule, where when fighting the last boss for a fight, all other bosses in the fight must also die. You'd still fight them in order and leave, just once the last boss is reached in the order, all the others must be killed again. For example, congregation would be killed once on it's own, then again when the priest fight comes up. Just my opinion tho, lord knows I don't have the skill or patience for anything like this

[@TheMoogleKing93]

"Next boss is X, but before we can fight them..." Great video, looking forwards to the 19 hour Elden Ring version of this video.

[@H4xx0rk1dd13]

The amount of preparation, research, execution and determination required to actually do these runs is insane! Loved every bit of the video!

[@thestabbybrit4798]

I rule that Aldia doesn't count as a failure because he doesn't die after his boss fight, which means he's not defeatable by design.

[@Clarity_Control]

Defeat and die are two different things..

[@Cheezyman3]

already tell this is going to be a banger ❤keep it up nathan & gina

[@barneybetsington7501]

Who tf is Nathan and Gina?

[@NGPlusVideos]

Nathan is me, and Gina is my wife. The NG in our channel name are our initials

[@chipskylark5500]

@@NGPlusVideos I bet Gina's a fan of the manscaped sponsor spot! Now you've both got healthy coin purses!

[@NGPlusVideos]

It's a double meaning really, so that's fine 😄

[@darksoulsdude3218]

@@barneybetsington7501 he went silent after that 💀

[@xdean816]

Easily the most impressive and complete breakdown and execution of a challenge run I've ever seen. This was literally like Master thesis levels of work and knowledge how do you not have 8 million to subescribers

[@ringer1324]

finally! i loved the video you made on ds1. I hope you do this for the other souls games aswell. This is such a unique concept for a video of this style.

[@the_judge5083]

Would LOVE to see a DS3 version but both the original video as well as this one have been amazing to watch! Thank you for doing this!

[@dood4870]

Incredible job. The amount of creativity and painstaking detail it takes to perform these challenges is insane, and I it's both entertaining and informative to see them pulled off. I couldn't imagine trying this myself so I'm glad someone out there is patient (and crazy) enough to do so. Seriously, your work is awesome, and I can't wait to see what's next

[@shawnmarcum8078]

This playthrough proves why Ds2's world and gameplay is still solid. Not interconnected, or open world, but still solid. And I still like a bunch of these goofy muthers. Covetus Demon, Skelton Lords, Demon of Song. It's goofy and absurd for an absurdist depiction of fantasy. I love it.

[@tovlasek]

Great job! This was absolutely incredible, I can't imagine how much preperation this demanded!

[@DrGriff]

The journey to the Congregation was amazing to watch live. It took so long, I really wondered if it could be done.

[@novemberbravo6194]

Holy Christ, the amount of work that went into this video is just bananas. Massive respect, seriously.

[@cheese_vviz]

The time has finally come for all us....

[@aranokarkan]

Worth the wait! Great video as always! Glad I got to be at the streams to witness the struggle.

[@zeebooboo9663]

This video makes me remember why I love this game so much. leveling and customizing a character is so much fun in this one

[@nextProgram]

This is my favorite series ever, I’ve watched the DS1 version so many times. Please do DS3 too!

[@jajasking9652]

Ds3 Will be interesting, really few amount of bosses, but is soo lineal that a lot of glictches Will be requiered

[@handtomouth4690]

Imagine Elden Ring in alphabetical order.

[@jajasking9652]

@@handtomouth4690 someone did that, but only with remembace, Imagine with all the bossfights, that would be awful, as well as imposible at times ( one example would be astel, alecto might be posible with zips )

[@caffeine3845]

once again just amazing. I would have thought it would be way less. Some skips are just insane and i love how you explain the details of glitches. Cant wait for your next video.

[@zachofragnarok3067]

So excited! The DS1 challenge was what brought me to your channel in the first place!

[@jeffthebiglizard8099]

This was a really great video and I appreciate the shout out in the description. I look forward seeing how you'll manage in ds3.

[@stevenschannel6411]

This guys’s challenge videos are some of the only videos of their length that I can easily sit through without feeling tired. Great content man

[@Romrom2020]

This video and the ds1 video are genuinely the coolest challenge run videos I've seen, I love challenge runs that require creative routing and abusing of game mechanics, rather than skill, and this is exactly what I like to see Edit: in some of your responses i learnt you're working on a ds3 in alphabetical order, and even though I'm already impressed with these, if you somehow manage to pull off something similar in the much much more linear ds3 I will be Hella impressed because I would consider ds3 nearly impossible for a challenge such as this, good luck!

[@NGPlusVideos]

Thanks a lot! DS3 is being researched right now, it's going to be very difficult, but we're hopeful. In the meantime, I am working on two other videos first 😁

[@Romrom2020]

@@NGPlusVideos I'm definitely excited

[@TheLivingRoomHero]

The amount of planning and game knowledge to make a run like this is just mind-blowing.

[@swervetoohard7153]

Great video! Excited to see you beating the DS3 bosses in alphabetical order

[@Poisonjam7]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels, and your dedication to these challenges is insane. I’m really looking forward to the Bloodbourne version of this challenge. 😉

[@TheGuyWhoAsked1245]

14:59 Fun fact : in scholars of the first sin edition , the primal bonfire doesn’t immediately teleport you back to majula

[@NasuPrime]

Back at it again with the "technically no but let do the challenge run anyway!" Are you considering doing DS3 next? Although that one seems to be a much more firm *no* as a few bosses make it outright impossible without some heavy rule bending

[@TheRabidRaccoon]

Such a under rated youtuber/ twitch streamer. Always watch your live streams when I'm not working. Keep up the amazing work

[@brandongreen4439]

If I ever try this run, I’m gonna allow myself to kill bosses I already killed if they’re in the same arena as my next target, as long as I do it in order. They should be dead, I’m just making sure of it. (Ex: Congregation when I hunt Prowling Magus)

[@Praetarius]

So does that mean in reverse-alphabetical order it could be possible?

[@somebody4094]

@@Praetarius yep cause aldia in this way becomes available

[@ECLIPSE-THESUN]

Ds2 glitches are insane, But not as insane as this run, bloody good run my dude

[@YOURteacher_100]

DS1: massively OP item dupe and item quantity use DS2: Flying being able to skip giant parts of the game DS3: Couple small skips that don’t really help with much because of the things required to do it

[@MikeHesk742]

Shoutout to parrywalk on current patch. If that bug hadn't been discovered this year, a whole bunch of the new DS2 content just wouldnt be possible.

[@kevins8071]

I absolutely love your channel. Watched all your videos and I am blown away with your level of research and expertise. I’m sure these vids are a lot of work but please keep them coming. Great work.

[@randomyoutubeuser261]

It started how it ended, with a Frozen Cat

[@dumpykong]

Dude the work put into this is incredible. Fire video :)

[@GameboySR]

Very well edited and entertaining video, looking forward to the next one

[@eladidu3]

These beautiful parry walks, dist would be proud

[@LongThanh-iv6ih]

One of the best DS II or DS in general content I've ever seen. Keep up the good works !!!!!!!

[@niktri8312]

Grinding a million points before you even fight the first boss is the most Chad thing I have ever heard.

[@plaguedokktor6420]

Oh my lord yesssss Best Souls 2! Thank you so much for covering this game too! Plus the boss sketches are charming as always.

[@MINTY_FN]

treating Lud and Zallen as separate on this and making yourself do Frigid Outskirts twice was frankly psychotic. Well done

[@sunnicune3396]

This was so much fun to watch! Your voice, the editing, humor and all it just works so good. Can't wait for more challenges!

[@andeggbreaks]

Its funny to me that mario 64 and DS2 both have the exploit where you can build up speed for 12 hours

[@LegendFatalis]

These videos are absolutely quality content. Can't wait to see what's coming next

[@GailForceNyine]

For any more you do, for multi boss fights I'd say modify your rule so once You've killed the last boss (in order ofc, coming back each time), treat yourself and finish the fight.

[@sparklepuff9330]

Vendrick losing his title as King by the time you fight him makes so much sense in the lore of his character, I'm surprised I didn't think about before.

[@nateseidel2584]

I would love to see this for the full series. This is such a good video keep up the good work

[@TheBones5]

This was insane, respect the patience bro☝️💪

[@remuskane8684]

I personally feel that, for bosses that are actually just multiple bosses stacked in a trench coat, you can kill all of them in 1 run, but only on your last run. So, for the congregation bit, you kill the congregation, leave, then eventually come back and kill both, though with congregation first. Or, you kill the Afflicted Grave robber, leave, kill the Ancient Soldier, leave, then kill Afflicted Graverobber, Ancient Soldier, and Cerah in 1 run.

[@Obileo346]

Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring still left to do. Demon's Souls feels like it would be literally impossible to do in this order because of how the game is set up.

[@Lasang824]

I wish i could parry my way through my problems

[@mr.bucket3710]

I think it should be absolutely fine to fully kill multi enemy bosses if you're on the last one. Like congregation and prowling magus, you should be allowed to kill magus and then the congregation to fully clear them. But only after you've passed the congregation and all the bosses between them and magus

[@Skywolve1998]

I suppose this would cut down on the cool tricks, but I always felt that having to kill each boss exactly once wasn't right. It felt more like the fun of the challenge was avoiding bosses until they came up in the order, but once you've reached them you've sorta unlocked them.

[@adrianeden8977]

One thing Ds2 did absolutely right is how much freedom you have in your journey. You didn't need to use a single glitch until after the first dlc boss!

[@Trafalgar1399]

Will you be doing another final fantasy challenge run? Would love to see another, absolutely loved the first one.

[@NGPlusVideos]

Thank you. I am Live Streaming a FF8 challenge on our Twitch channel every Saturday 👍

[@karlrudd8914]

That was pretty insane. Good on you

[@Semispace]

please do this for the remaining from soft games as well

[@nikiardo]

Oh yeah, I've been waiting for this one. Gonna go get some popcorn.

[@mythical_pizza]

A manscaped sponsor for what is quite possibly the sweatiest run in existence is so on point

[@marmitasemcarne]

Great content, clearly a lot of effort went into it and the quality shows. Now, I'm sure those 41 bosses took a long ass time, but I'm patiently waiting for Elden Ring's 240. Please!

[@leodabro6339]

Great video man, literally drop everything I do to watch ur video when it drops!!!

[@JanitorJim56]

35:22 that laugh fills my heart with joy

[@TheWrongOne]

I loved you video so much I tried a challenge run for myself killing them in reverse order, probably the best time I have had on dark souls 2. Thanks for the inspriation.

[@iveharzing]

I got whiplash every time you said "Hunstman's _Copse"._ Then I looked it up, and that's actually what it's called. Somehow I _always_ read it as "Hunstman's _Co _*_r_*_ pse"._ Great video btw!

[@zackv3957]

Parry walk: "I started this man's whole career."

[@judaslayerschuldiner]

Man I just rewatched the Dark Souls 1 video yesterday, perfect timing!

[@devastatheseeker9967]

I'd argue this might as well be a victory since the only bosses you skipped were the ones that have no way to get to without killing another boss, even if you could just teleport to the boss room

[@honeydarlinggaming9156]

I cannot believe the secret to skipping rotten was to build speed for 28 seconds like this is Mario 64. And this why it's Best Souls 2

[@ricky.t.1658]

35:24 bro literally used the power of love

[@logangomes1942]

Great video. Loved the first one and this one just as much. Very excited for the DS3 version of this run

[@Lakakaeditz2001]

I Was waiting so long for this!

[@Beastlango]

Usually people don’t count the “the” as part of the name. Look at your music playlist in alphabetical order and most songs will be under the next word not the “the. That how I would have treat the challenge, but it probably wouldn’t effect it anyways.

[@christopherdunn8767]

I am now tempted to try to do reverse alphabetical order despite having yet to beat a couple of these bosses in normal gameplay.

[@behurastudio]

When you realize Aava is the first boss alphabetically... Oh geez lmao

[@scantyer]

GODAMN this is amazing. Yet again this video shows how you can break the game just like you did with DS1. I don't even care if the challenge failed, this whole run is superb

[@faraikodzanai4124]

You can do everything that speedrunners can do keep it up NGPlus

[@Linealo]

With the group bosses, I think your decision was right to always only kill the one that was next on the list, but I think once you killed one, you should be allowed to kill it again. Technically it should be "dead". That way you could have truly wiped the map and if attempting such a thing again, you'd have the reign over that area, no more skipping needed. So if a boss is made up of three enemies, upon killing the first, you can also kill it on the attempt of the second enemy and both on the attempt of the third. To keep the challenge alive though, you still have to kill all of the 3 in their own respective order.

[@tuckergregory]

Spoilers of the video below! The fact that the conclusion of this run resulted in the only two bosses not defeated being the final two is so funny, very opposite to most runs in a weird way

[@thatlittlemonstrosity]

This video in a nutshell 5% invaders 15% skill 80% we’re gonna use the parry walk Also amazing job, your patience is very appreciated (sorry, my grammar is ass)

[@MrRaposaum]

Laughed out loud when I realized that the first boss for this challenge is an end-game area boss. Curse you, Aava.

[@Fiddl3head]

Imagine being a skilled warrior deciding to invade the world of some other curse bearer to fight them, only for them to effortlessly parry your attack, then while you're lying on the floor defenseless they suddenly leap over you, and start running through the air and off into the distance like a madman.

[@racistpandagod]

Now the wait begins for the 3rd part in this series