All Unused Enemies from Demon's Souls in Details

[@movezig5]

Usually content gets cut for a reason, but I think this is a case where we genuinely missed out on something great due to time constraints.

[@CelestialHunter-]

maaan Northern Limit is such a lost potential for an awesome world..

[@skirtboi]

it's a shame they didn't finish the 6th archstone as dlc

[@filippopaolillo2006]

Probably because of many ideas getting introduced in later games, but yeah, i would’ve loved that

[@Zansekai]

I love the owl enemy, it looks unique. I wish someone modded Demon's Souls similarly to DS3 Archthrones and added these enemies to the game since they all seem to be finished

[@UtterApe]

Pretty neat that those serpent soldiers seem to be the prototype of what would eventually become the Man Serpents of Dark Souls 1 and 3.

[@StephanuSneed]

They are also just a more armored version of the Widdas from KF4 down to having both a soldier and archer variant.

[@raphicoco]

And DS2, we always forget it but they are indeed in the game.

[@UtterApe]

@@raphicoco wait, there are snake people in DS2? The only thing I remember coming close to them is Mytha, and she is more of a Lamia then a Man Serpent.

[@raphicoco]

@ Yup. The Flexile Sentry is their take on the two headed serpents. The Suspicious Shadows sounds are the same as the serpent soldiers from DS1 which would mean their helmets are actually shaped like their head and not just for decoration. The Shadows also appear in the Sentry boss fight in ng+ which straightens their connections even more.

[@MMasterDE]

Such a huge missed opportunity to not include this area in the remake, if not just as a DLC.

[@MMasterDE]

Any chance for a mod?

[@Rhysdoesletsplays]

@@MMasterDE Its currently being developed by Ariane.

[@GuardianOwl]

In another video I saw the scale of the Shadow Bird. Up until then I thought it was small like the Double Hawk, but it is actually on par with the size of the Storm Beasts. So I think they were originally what was flying around chucking spears in Shrine of Storms, another bit of the Shadowmen’s magic.

[@KickieB]

i wonder if some of the beastmen (owl, bear,wolf, hyena) were intended for the shrine of storms at some point in their designing, as their garb is very similar to what the old hero wears. We would see a revisit of this "beast folk worshipping the elements" theme in Farum Azula (Elden Ring), with another storm themed area featuring Wolfmen who are now skeletons, which i guess links back to demon's souls in a way...

[@CrestfallenYT]

That's an interesting point, specially because the Wolf Warrior has the same death animation as the Old Hero.

[@KanaevM]

That bird is a plane.

[@noice__]

1:21 walk cycle on the left looks like he wants to tell me how beautiful his world could have been

[@zelthur]

So much Detail on all of them... I wonder how it would've turned out if the developers were given the opportunity to finish the final map as a DLC much like the had done with Artorias of the Abyss.

[@Lunartic_]

You have a heart of gold. Don't let them take it from you.

[@GrumpyCat97]

Ahh, welcome home, good hunter. I must have drifted off

[@embargovenom9948]

Out of all the cut content in the Souls series, this might be the one that makes me saddest. These enemies are the coolest From ever designed and they never got to shine...

[@Falleax69]

Man, I just love Demon Souls' aesthetic so much.

[@Boczekek]

Serpent soliders are looking so cool

[@JackisaMimic]

Between the Planarian and the Yeti I think we see some of these designs live on in Elden Ring. The design of the Fire Giants having a face in their stomachs are an obvious connection to Miyazaki's desire for a larger enemy with a mouth in the stomach (the Yeti's also remind me of the Lost Children of Bloodborne.) The Planarians look to be predecessors to the Silver Tears. Their smooth silver faces and ability to transform into something else looks to be something Miyazaki has wanted to introduce into his games for a long time coming. Great work!

[@peradolia]

crazy how far in development it got before getting cut

[@517342]

Cut content always seems interesting to me because the fascination comes primarily from what could have been. Like imagine an alternative timeline where they put the area in the game. What if it was unfinished and rushed? Would people hate it? Instead of the fascination of what could have been, could it instead be the most hated area? Imagine if Blight Town was cut and people would have looked into the files and speculated about the mysterious poison area we never got...

[@MMasterDE]

And the Snake Soldier is taken straight from King's Field, both with bow and with knife too I think, but definitely the bow. :D

[@saladmancer4802]

Fun fuct, the orphan of kos shade reuses the planarian model and animation.

[@DagothBob]

When?

[@saladmancer4802]

@DagothBob after you kill it. The dark shadow thing over Kos' body.

[@dantelucef]

Yeti イエティ Yeti Yeti

[@Gtaninja]

Yeti

[@bluegum6438]

( X ) OK

[@Xilivian]

Such a shame this game got the original Soul Reaver treatment. So much cut content that appeared near completion, all because of time constraints. They both even lived on to get the remaster treatment, still not getting ANY of said cut content into the game (SR pseudo "got it" in the form of viewable content from the main menu, but I don't count that, as it exists in no properly playable format in a playthrough.)

[@drizlam5827]

The Nameless King used to be an Owl

[@imskiller99]

The text and animation syncing with the music is a nice touch.

[@5.99USD]

I like to think that the Mountaintop of Giants area in Elden Ring is basically what the northern limit was intended to be.

[@GamerRoman]

Thanks for doing these.

[@FlannOff]

1:00 This looks like something the Nameless King would wear, maybe a very very very early armor design inspiration

[@Defileros]

3:56 Least obvious Berserk reference (Apostle Wylad)

[@jonathonphillips4056]

When the remake was announced I was always holding out for the 6th archstone. Oh well...

[@thatgamingkiwi1630]

The Planarians honestly remind me of the Filth enemies from ULTRAKILL.

[@main_rouge]

I can't believe we lost furry land!

[@Greggo24]

Such cool monster designs, wish they stuck with them in the game

[@昇天院煜]

巨人んとこか〜 リメイクされちゃったし もう日の目を見ることはないんだな〜😢 いいデザイン😊

[@SirpixelAnimations]

Man this models fits really good for an Altered Beast remake.

[@Nomad-bl4yw]

hyena warrior looks like those pink enemies in blight town ds1

[@jpcsdutra]

The skeleton animation for most of these are probably still used to this day.

[@DooderMcAltair]

The Yeti stands out as a very Go Nagai-inspired design.

[@muratonuryilmaz5385]

I would like to get a demon souls 2 or whatever it would called with new areas in same universe that would give us more of this kind of enemies

[@Wormerizzator]

I've just platinumed, for the first time, the original Demon's Souls on my PS3 not even a hour ago, after 6 years 2 weeks since I started playing it. And what better way to rest, if not watching a video about cut enemies from the Northern Limit by Crest?

[@Xilivian]

Bet getting that Pure Bladestone was fun. I did the same thing back about 12-ish years ago. The guides online sure as heck helped, especially the road map one

[@Wormerizzator]

I've farmed the Pure Bladestone with 50 luck, which makes the farming even worse XD But getting the Friend's Ring too, man... it was painful to say the least.

[@Xilivian]

@@Wormerizzator High luck, oof. I still remember when I learned that stat is a complete trap, my condolences...

[@sephytcd8349]

So like where did you confirm these were supposed to be in the northern limit? Is there data for them to appear there? I mean I don't know where else they would be, but given the aristochrats appearing in the unfinished versions of the level, what was supposed to be in this level is hard to say. So I'm just wondering like how did you confirm it?

[@CrestfallenYT]

Honestly I never considered them not to be until now. The wiki says that the Snake Soldier has data on 6-3, and the Yeti that is confirmed to be at 6-1 is with the Bear Warrior in the intro cutscene. The 6th archstone itself also has a man/creature wearing tribal clothes which they all are wearing. So It's not really confirmed, sorry

[@jpcsdutra]

I feel like we did end up seeing most of these ideas reused later on in some form or another. Wolfmen and wolves are everywhere in fromsoft games, and bears were a massive presence in Elden Ring. Both of the ideas kinda feel like they could still have made it in with Dark Souls 2 animal people, and probably lowkey did with the Lions. The planary humanoid things kinda feel like Humanity Sprites and a few other concepts too. But I'm actually kinda sad we never got the Owl mage (We would get the Crow People and ravens and all, but I like owls) and the Hyena (Connections with Patches, maybe? Could be fun). The Shadow Bird is also awesome and very different from everything else..

[@GrumpyCat97]

6:30 wasn't this wolf used in Dark Souls as a boss fight? the one that carries sword in his mouth

[@HunterSolosTheVerse]

Ngl barbarian wolf looks like old heros's fursona

[@Patryk-zq2pw]

Yeti animatons are similar to Golem's from ds2 i think

[@UnsujetollamadoGareth]

2:46 wait, i didn't know my cousin was acting in Demon's Souls

[@omgcandy16Kimicari0]

good creature variety but unfortunately easy to see why this area met the cutting room floor when it didn’t have much overlap with the rest of the archstone areas.

[@SpecShadow]

Serpent mobs are almost iconic part of FROM games... surprised they skipped them in DeS If they did 6th stone and put it in the final game then it would make stronger connection with older FROM games like Shadow Tower where there was larger variety of enemies than Souls. edit - heard that there's a mod/project that plans to restore 6th stone, wonder how it's going?

[@badatit576]

Gosh they’re neat

[@xgnik5334]

Think some of these were reused for Sekiro and Elden Ring

[@ArianeC7150]

Only two enemies are present in the Northern Limit, the Yeti, and the Planarians. There is no evidence supporting that the beast warriors were meant to be in the northern limit at all. I do not know why you would include them as if they were part of the northern limit, while also having another section for enemies from unknown areas.

[@CrestfallenYT]

I've never considered them not being part of the 6th archstone, or have seen people thinking that they're not, and since the Bear Warrior and Yeti are together in the intro I thought it was fair to assume that they're all from the same place. The Serpent Soldiers have data on the 6th archstone (according to wikidot) and it's pretty clear to me that these human-animals were all supposed to be from the same area. Also the 6th archstone itself has a man/creature wearing tribal clothes, which they all are wearing.

[@ArianeC7150]

@@CrestfallenYT Serpent soldiers are in all early developer maps, hence why there are in m07_02 (which is the map earliest in development). Concept art cannot always be used as evidence for where an enemy was meant to be, the flamelurker was also in that concept art, and yet you did not list them as part of the northern limit. While yes, the beast warriors are closely related and were probably meant to be in the same area, there's no evidence in the game files themselves to have placed them into the northern limit. As I already stated, the only enemies we know for sure were meant to be in the northern limit are the planarians and the yetis, the rest is all speculation, and should not be stated as fact.

[@Pakira.]

Nice

[@Gtaninja]

Yeti