Dark Souls III | The Completionist

I finish off the last entry of the month of three-quels with the darkest one: Dark Souls III.
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Calling something "the Dark Souls of insert anything being reviewed here affected the development of Dark Souls III. Not in a way of cranking up the difficulty, but with all the attention Dark Souls 3 was made to be more accessible to new plays and combined the best elements of the previous installments. Dark Souls 3 is crisp and haunting, build from the ground up for the new consoles. The only thing that falls short is the narrative. Not in the quality but in the presentation. Dark Souls lore is something you have to piece together with flavor text and conversations to get the full effect of the world they have built. With such a difficult game series, I'm sad to see it go but am happy that I completed Dark Souls!
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[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

Who is your favorite and least favorite boss in the entire Dark Souls series, and why?

[@Falloutlover1011]

The Completionist my favorite is the soul of cinder and my least is the gaping dragon

[@TheMilkman42]

Favorite is definitely The Nameless King. While he IS difficult, the fight is dynamic and incredibly rewarding. I love it. Least Favorite is Bed of Chaos because...well... Bed of Chaos

[@ryanbollinger1759]

The Completionist My favorite boss in the series is Slave Knight Gael. His design is beautiful, his attacks are brutal and elegant, his music is grand and spectacular, and his story is amazing. He's the last fight of the series and the best. The spectacle of his fight is wonderful with the Dark and the lightning, with each phase getting progressively harder. There is no other boss I would rather have as the final boss of the series. My least favorite boss in the series is the covetus demon. He's boring, dull, his attacks are slow and easy to dodge, and he dies in like 6 hits.

[@Bitter-Wounds]

The Completionist Looking Glass Knight in DS2, goddamn is that a nice ass boss.

[@noahbelt1]

Fav is the dancer. She was so cool to see. Least fav was Aldrich

[@tylerdalton4406]

I remember my girlfriend saying just hit him and then move so he doesnt hit you on the nameless king like I hadn't thought of that shit before

[@deadishi3732]

😂 girls be saying that type of stuff when your playing a game but don’t know how to play it themselves

[@ravaen87]

My friend used to say 'just don't be where they hit' when we used to engage in jolly cooperation. Not many things in life made me want to smack him over the head with a controller more than that. Even worse, he could do it and I kept getting hit.

[@cabbage385]

@@ravaen87 It sounds like he was telling you his version of "git gud"

[@ravaen87]

@@cabbage385 I want to say yes, but I don't think so, because he was just naturally that good, I'm pretty sure he was just trying to give me honest advice :D

[@sirgiggleshitsvi4648]

Women. Am I right?

[@youmo6054]

"It's not gonna get worse than the Nameless King fight." *cries in Darkeater Midir*

[@greyman7605]

*Cries in Gael*

[@youmo6054]

@@greyman7605 for me Gael was way easier than Midir

[@greyman7605]

@@youmo6054 man honestly Gael beat my ass back to back but midir only took me 8 tries I was stuck on Gael for like 2 days.

[@thethirdwheel4758]

Nameless took me around 20 tries or so but I was able to beat midir and Gael first try, theres something about nameless for me...

[@austineis3790]

The more you play the more difficult nameless becomes. I swear.

[@Campinkarl8x]

0:55 has my vote for Completionist Moment of the Year. Its been a while since i mindlessly giggled from a youtube video

[@ShiningTaiga]

Sunny D is good

[@LudicrousJester]

*Praises the Sun*

[@timothymckane6362]

\[T]/

[@mookiestewart3776]

Praise the sun

[@Gerno_]

Praise the sun indeed, fellow traveller

[@corbanoT.V.]

\[T]/

[@Leitefsj]

I really respect your focus and drive. Completing all those time-consuming games is a major achievement. And don’t you ever let people say it isn’t. Congratulations

[@ZeroZmm]

"The developers took what they learned from the first 2 entries" * doesn't show Demon's Souls* Oh Jirard..

[@ZexionII]

Correction: Halflight, Spear of the Church is not the only boss in the series that summons other players. Dark Souls 2 had the Looking Glass Knight that did the same. Only problem is, there was no real incentive to let yourself summon ala the covenant Spears of the Church. Thus, it ended up being NPCs being summoned a lot of the time. Also, if you include Demon's Souls as part of the series, which it is in a meta Soulsborne level, the Old Monk from Stage 3-3 did the same, and was decently active back in the day. So while the idea is cool, and well executed here, it is not their first time doing this.

[@theslavicrat3784]

Technically Dark Souls 3 has a harder gameplay ( boss have more combos etc ) and personally i finishd dark souls 1 with less death than in ds3...

[@themlg_nut_job9593]

I found ds1 more difficult, due to more confusing level design, more elaborate boss arenas, better enemy placement, and the enemies generally doing more damage, ds3 boss rooms are just flat rooms, while you can run past every enemy in the game

[@Lemmy_Kilturtle]

Give me a Dark Souls 1 boss arena and I'll match you an elaborate Dark Souls 3 boss arena. Also, you can run past just about every enemy in Dark Souls 1 too. Your view is probably biased because I assume you played 1 before you played 3. If I think back to my time with 1, I remember it as being incredibly difficult. But if I play it now after 900+ hours of Dark Souls 3, 1 doesn't even come close in difficulty to 3.

[@jaysonwithay2347]

Defalt Everyone’s First souls game was probably their hardest considering they have to learn the mechanics of the souls series in the first game. All in all opinions are opinions even though the developers have stated that the enemies in 3 have harder/ longer combos

[@gutymarquezrocks17]

I played DS3 two times before I played DS1. I heard all the hype about O&S and I thought I was gonna get my shit pushed in, but I literally one-shotted them. Left me a feeling like that of blue balls. Yeah the level design in DS1 is more intricate but not really that complicated if you pay attention, it may "feel" harder to some because of the low quality of life compared to DS3.

[@jeffjefferson2853]

I agree. I played through ds 1 twice, two completely different builds. It was easier than ds 3.

[@gigaganon]

PLease, do a demon's soul completionist episode! Demon's soul already had the "invoque a player as a boss", way back in 2009, dark souls 3 just reused this idea! Not that i complain, but it should be pointed out! Lots of idea from dark souls 3 came from previous entries! The stormruler, the sword you use against yorm, also come from demon's soul! Demon's soul still have the best boss in my opinions, they were all unique in some way!

[@danielhounshell2526]

True, the bosses were really unique, but a lot of the clunky and sort of frustrating mechanics served as a huge barrier to those experiences, plus demon's souls had its fair share of bad bosses as well, even if they were still unique. I feel like if they revisited the game with new design concepts that they ironed out in later entries, then it would likely be my favorite as well.

[@KratosAurionPlays]

I think I heard demon souls servers were shut down so he wouldn't be able to do that.

[@gigaganon]

there's no need to play online to complete demon's soul 100%! Covenents were not a thing in this one

[@Brossy123]

Demon souls isnt dark souls.

[@gigaganon]

it's not the same lore, but it's the same as any other fromsoft soul games

[@MobiusReview]

This is the Dark Souls of Three-quel games!

[@ingonyama70]

...go sit in the corner and think about what you did.

[@donb6897]

Doesn't "complete" rpgs often because they take too long. Plays through the dark souls 3 campaign 4 times. ok

[@khurelbatbayanbat7913]

Don b compared to rpgs this is a breeze in the wind. The main problem is the amount of grinding and boredom that can come from rpgs and the arbitrary things in them that just pad for time.

[@jimdabarbarian]

66 hours for 4 playthroughs is pretty short. Don't think most RPGs are that short

[@officialREZNIIKZ]

Don b Considering you can beat the game in 1 hour 30 *easily* and even earlier if you plan your playthough, you can easily get all 4 done in a day.

[@brokenwave6125]

Well many rpgs dont even have an end. Dark Souls isnt an rpg though

[@lordofdarkness4204]

It is an RPG.

[@Jojaderr]

(When talking about Halflight) "And theres not really a fight like this in the series" They did the player boss fight gimmick in both Demon Souls and Dark Souls 2, so yes, there are fights like this in the series

[@matthewbusch6841]

Beating friede with a greathammer is pretty impressive

[@shepherdofelo1122]

19:55 Have you played Demon Souls?

[@blueblur1984]

Fingers crossed it gets a remaster. I still remember getting that yellow head wrap for the boss fight 💪

[@megadebtor]

He had dark souls for the 360, so my guess is he's not played it.

[@dogestep64]

@@blueblur1984 ur dream came true

[@greywolf187]

"no game series is immortal " Clearly you've never heard of Nintendo

[@Nutt_lemmings]

How many Mario and zeldas bitch must they release

[@jazzmaster909]

Lemmings-Gaming enough to keep it relevant forever.

[@monsus7129]

I now suffer PTSD because of the dark moon covenant

[@custodianvrael6471]

Gank city flashbacks

[@GarrigKitten]

You bastard...your amazing videos have compelled me to redownload and play the series from the start. Let's pour one out for whatever productivity I might have had before now...

[@steveneumann9011]

I got a sensible, yet smug, chuckle out of it doesn’t get worse than the nameless king

[@salllmanjohn20]

I have over 500+hours in dark souls 3 Platinumed the game and got everything in the DLC's. The online is so much fun, so many different build possibilities too! This was such an amazing and brilliant. I cried when i got the final ending

[@CaporegimeMarcus]

This was my 1st soulsbourne game and I'm so glad I tried it out! It is so satisfying to play and really accessible for newcomers like myself. I'm already on my 3rd playthrough and trying out pyromancy!

[@ceral1871]

Clariño D. Marc try bloodborne

[@pyatig]

How the hell did he finish it 4 times in 66 hours? I call BS

[@diamondelves]

i took me 70 hours for my first playthrough (first souls game, all possible achievements and collectibles and i suck at it) im at soul of cinder at ng+ with 83 hours. the latter playthroughs don't take as much time. if jirard doesn't suck and had a guide its totally possible hed do it in 66.

[@xrphoenix7194]

@@diamondelves I definitely disagree

[@charlieb8735]

“That shit tastes like diabetes” is some of the truest shit I’ve ever heard.

[@KingCasual1986]

I have no comment on that statement since the only orange juice my family drinks is Tropicana.

[@slavkei]

I started with Bloodborne then tried to go back to Dark Souls and I just could not handle the drastic change in playstyle from countering and needing to do some old-school Monster Hunter greatsword timing to get viscerals, to just hiding behind a shield and circle strafing for instant backstabs. I'm glad I can watch videos like this to enjoy the game more than I could while playing it.

[@slavkei]

Plus that whole "resting your sword on your shoulder" thing looks horrible and I hate it. That's how you get your own neck cut when someone slaps your arm.

[@vicduran6353]

''it wont get any worse than the nameless king fight''hey why d'ont you meet my friend *midir*

[@iCatCloud]

thought i saw something, then it went away, then it came up again....odd

[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

The video died, but we were able to claim those souls.

[@iCatCloud]

Praise the sun you did.

[@ShiraVT]

"It's not going to get any worse than the nameless king fight." Me: "You poor, poor naive child.."

[@ryangilbert1733]

Love that you use the Super Saiyan sound effect once your beard is full grown in the intro! :D

[@herespaul]

19:52 did ya forget about The Old Monk in Demon's Souls?

[@juliandezeeuw4404]

And the Mirror Knight in ds2.

[@kersaherpafuqer784]

Demon's Souls is not in the series

[@juliandezeeuw4404]

Kers A HerpaFuqer But ds2 is although it actually has a bossfight aswell.

[@kersaherpafuqer784]

Julian de Zeeuw could you please repeat that statement? I couldn't quite understand

[@juliandezeeuw4404]

The mirror Knight itself was the main fight, But he can summon other players alongisde.

[@Lamarr93]

There is no other Boss where you fight a player instead of a traditional Boss in the series? I thought you did play Demon's Souls, unless you don't count it as part of the "series".

[@ngoyette94]

Lamarr93 don’t forget the mirror knight in dark souls 2. That was undeniably part of the series

[@danielhounshell2526]

Mirror knight didn't summon a player until the end of the fight, then you were fighting both a boss and a player, that's a lot different from the spears of the church boss fight where the player IS the boss rather than just supplementing it.

[@midnight_matter8707]

Erm... Not to be a numpty, but there *_IS_* a new game + completion reward. If you get both Twin Princes Swords (Ultra Greatsword and Straightsword), you get a OPAF Greatsword combining both weapon's powers.

[@robertfullchim923]

I haven't seen your stuff in a few years. Your writing has gotten better, less redundant than it used to be. Also I thought 3 was harder than 1. It took me a while to get used to the faster pace. The first one was way more accessible to me.

[@thesaltysnail1943]

4 years later dragon rider can come back in elden ring

[@thekingofcardboard]

You killed darkeater midir on your own? Damn, jirard, thats impressive

[@justaguywhosasigmaforfun3752]

I havent watched the video but i know, The covenant grinding and ring getting will drive him crazy especially when he has to go all the way to new game+3

[@LINKchris87]

I completed Dark Souls 3 immediately after finishing Dark Souls 1 and I didn't see a gap i dificulty. In fact, I found Soul of cinder 10x more challenging than Gwyn. Not better, calm down, more difficult.

[@actuallynotryanstopasking]

"No game is eternal" *Doom Music Starts Playing*

[@gabriellecollier8127]

"Lothric's sacred First Flame--" You've already fucked up.

[@DarkKosmic]

It isn't technically the end, the franchise is on hiatus until further notice, Miyazaki said there's always a possibility of another souls game. Until then I'll be enjoying some jolly cooperation

[@cz-kick]

"nothing could be worse than the nameless king" Sister friede, demon prince, darkeater midir, and slave knight gael would like to know your location

[@Spikeheslter]

I loved this, and as a gamer , respect you good sir. Well played.

[@juanignaciogonzalezcarrasc3754]

I think that its not even posible to complete the game 4 times and only spend 61 hours in it

[@Loafusbreadmyre]

About the story: i agree mostly, dark souls 3 isn't the best in the series in terms of presenting the story. but it does have my overall favorite story in the souls series. Dark Souls 1 does the best at telling it to me though. You at least know the main story beats.

[@Mr.BlurryEyes]

Nameless king is the hardest boss *Midir leaves the chat*

[@jacobjabberwock]

Very impressive! Even if first playthroughs are the hardest, it's no easy task to run through the game four times in sixty-six hours with only ~70 deaths. You mentioned you already had some trophies from Alex's playthrough on SBB; did you take those into consideration in terms of total play-time, or start completely fresh? Also, any chance we'll see Monster Hunter World in the future?

[@scottstockman4465]

if Jirard had actually completed dark souls 2 he would know that the characters said Drangleic out loud multiple times 🤷

[@apollyonkatastrefia1586]

How many hours did you spend on all 4 play throughs ?

[@attacklizard1709]

Jokes on you, 0x2x4 is still zero

[@boxman7044]

"Witnessing yourself get better and better-" imma have to stop ya right there my beating of the game was mostly luck i mean id say i still suck and i have over 200 hours in the game

[@Gakusangi]

Abyss Waters Dragonslayer Armor Nameless King Those are my top three picks (in no particular order) for best bosses in Dark Souls 3. Deacons were pretty lame, the Spear of the Church is either a brain-dead NPC or a min-maxed goon looking to just murder you, and the teleporting princes can get pretty annoying during their fight (though they're probably the less offensive of the choices). I don't know why the Nameless King gets slagged off so much, especially after introducing an overpowered asshole like Sister Friede. Friede is not only a BS, three-phase boss fight (with the second phase being a tag-team) which you have to do over entirely if you lose at any point, but she's also clearly a love-letter to fans of the Lady Maria boss fight...only done shittier.

[@Diskael]

my number 1 boss in this game without the dlc is always pontiff. he's like a wall when i first fight him. learn to parry or go home, i know for some he is really easy but unfortunately, not for me.

[@warzone822]

the dark souls player character is alot more intresting if you look at them as you. as you get better they get better, if you read the in game text and learn things they learn things, if you quit the game, then you hollowed out

[@ZombieDragQueen]

12:41 "The Bone Zone: We'll full on eat your face or you get your money back!"

[@misterturkturkle]

Started as a knight. Cheater. Unsubbed.

[@OmegaBoost1]

Really? Sister Friede you thought was more BS than Darkeater Midere?! I killed Friedge *MY FIRST TRY*. It took me nearly a dozen to kill Midere!

[@leytonsroom5675]

Veteran Nioh player here. I thought I’d give the Soulsbourne series a go and well that was a humbling lesson for me (a filthy casual), lol. 😄👊🏽

[@austineis3790]

Only game where I sat through the credit

[@Ytinasniiable]

Midir is probably my favorite dark souls boss but my top are pretty interchangeable (midir, gael, soul of cinder, o&s, artorias) depending on my mood

[@OHSNAPPLEIMACAT]

What about an abyss watcher flash mob of thriller?

[@laundrybasketgamers]

I’m pretty sure it is drang-lay-ick, considering a bunch of npcs pronounce it that way

[@thecynicalone6391]

You can REALLY tell Gerard has never played demon souls because that stuff about Halflight being 'innovating' is painful.

[@cursedcleric9617]

How’d the dancer not make it to your fav top three??

[@ethanb3653]

honestly one of the best games of the decade, maybe the best

[@vanderkarl3927]

71 deaths, 66 hours somehow doesn't feel right for 4 playthroughs, especially with all that covenant grinding.

[@AndrewAnstrom]

66 hours feels way short... I have a file on new game plus 4 that's over a hundred hrs despite the last couple runs being beat in about 13 hrs a piece.

[@RainingFlow19]

The next 2 playthrough is not that long. Only the crap covenant farming. I did many of the covenant farm with a rando where we kill eachother for a few covenants reward. Easily done in 3-4 hours. Also "hard" enemies like nameless king becomes crap easy once you know how to strafe and drink next to him once he stops.

[@jannahkillinger]

I must have put in 200+ hours and didn't come anywhere close to platinum.

[@ericvanleeuwen979]

John Killinger lol then your kinda bad I just finished it Wyrm93 you can check and only took 80 hours...

[@Dave_ja_vu]

@@AndrewAnstrom so you can beat runs in like 13hrs but he can't?

[@gizzylaserfoot2604]

You can't say you completed Dark Souls 3 unless you beat it blindfolded, with a rockband guitar, using your feet, Soul level 1, and unarmed. *filthy casual*

[@themlg_nut_job9593]

IKR? Saying this game is hard, I beat the game without taking damage, sl1, no rings except calamity ring, fat rolling, no damage, with fists only, without sprinting, only fully charged r2s, no parries, and I 100% it first try GIT GUD

[@RetroArcadeFan1]

Nater thats rather funny 😜

[@haomary]

That's quite literally impossible

[@michaelronqedar7919]

You mean the DK bongos

[@deadmaker0845]

There's actually someone who beat dark souls with a guitar

[@indeimaus]

This game looks good, might have to try it out

[@surreal9583]

Fuckin hate you /s

[@williamchasse1981]

lol breath, calm down

[@surreal9583]

sorry, forgot an important detail

[@Kefka117]

Top ten dark souls doors?

[@bradencosier80]

Goddamnit man, you made me breaking into a coughing fit from chuckling at your comment! Lmao

[@DomOfSin666]

“It’s not gonna get any worse than the Nameless King fight” Gael has entered the chat Midir has entered the chat

[@tennesseeponderer3146]

I don’t know, Gael was pretty easy for me, and it’s not like I’m a particularly good player

[@DomOfSin666]

Tennessee Bear Agreed, Gael isn’t the worst imo. Definitely more difficult than Nameless tho

[@darthcerebus]

Gael I found extremely satisfying to fight. He's exactly what a final boss should be, on par with the Soul of Cinder and his Gwyn form showing hella nostalgia to the first game's final boss. He's predictable, but you can't assume you'd just flat out be able to dunk him effortlessly. His moves are all over the place but combo together, his health makes him just a tank without a care in the world, and his second phase just makes the lore of the game even more intense. He goes Hollow in the middle of the fight after discovering the Blood of the Dark Soul comes form him and then literally becomes the physical personification of the Dark Soul itself. WE. KILL. THE DARK SOUL. Like fuck! In the lore of the game, that's intense!

[@D1ab0lical]

@alsimard Honestly the first phase is the only slightly annoying part of Nameless. His second phase is pretty damn easy, his attacks are insanely well telegraphed. They deal a a ton of damage though so it kinda balances out I guess. I think a lot of people have trouble with Nameless because some of his tells aren't entirely obvious but he has a different kind of momentum.

[@GrunchFuggler]

opinion has left the chat

[@budemawa411]

“It wont get any worse than the Nameless King fight...” ah haha haha HAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *cries in the corner thinking of Midir*

[@SpoopyChicken]

Shit midir

[@andrewwalker1251]

And Gael, and the dancer, and pontiff, and freide, and the champ, etc.

[@havefun2590]

Yeah Midir gave me the most trouble.

[@bradwilcox08]

Gael and Freide definitely made me more frustrated than any other Souls boss. Midir is too much of a wall for me to get angry with.

[@Bentbire]

hahahahahahahaHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... AAAAAAAAAAAAA NO *internal and external screaming*

[@Lattrodon]

Dark Souls is the Dark Souls of Dark Souls.

[@DukeofGames50]

Lattrodon fine attempt but it should read Dark Souls III is the Dark Souls of Dark Souls.

[@topazlynx2228]

You are wrong! As Dark Souls... Is the Demon's Souls... Of Dark Souls.

[@DukeofGames50]

This is getting out of hand xD

[@topazlynx2228]

Who's hand?

[@topazlynx2228]

WHOS HANDS ARE THE HANDS OF HANDS?

[@polverine7491]

Dark Souls is the Dark Souls of videogames

[@ShermTank7272]

Dark Souls is the Dark Souls of Dark Souls

[@BigMac87963]

It’s the Dark Souls of Bloodborne

[@Bjorick]

hmmm, i never thought about it that way, polverine.....interesting

[@sethflanders7032]

True

[@djpanda6256]

Genius f*cking genius

[@SlickJenkins]

71 deaths? Jesus man. That's basically 1 death an hour at 66 hours played. That's so much better then I will ever be at dark souls lol

[@kevinbacon8254]

Than

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

It's cause he lied. I'm not sure why he would lie but he just obviously did. Look at his trophy dates at the end, this took him significantly longer than 66 hours and nobody is going through 4 NG+ cycles and only dying 71 times.

[@Storm1Trooper5]

He likes to make up numbers for that card at the end. He claims to have beaten the pantheon of hallownest with all 4 bindings on at the same time which I highly doubt

[@mr.potato4371]

@@Storm1Trooper5 I haven’t played dark souls but pantheon of hollownest with all bindings is near impossible unless he did them one at a time. Update: I played dark souls and one playthrough took me 60 hour sooo yeah.

[@Storm1Trooper5]

@@mr.potato4371 yup very very few people have been able to do it. Jirard would be considered a legend in the community if he really did the full Pantheon with all bindings

[@soundandfury9641]

“geographical consistency” like that one time in DS2 where you go up an elevator on top of a windmill and end up in an endless expanse of lava and volcanoes.

[@tydendurler9574]

Are there still idiots who didn't get DS2? 😒

[@tanakaba]

Following in the footsteps of swamps magically held aloft in giant tree branches, and leading to the mystical moon-lit city of Irythyll underneath swamp crypts.

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@tanakaba actually Irithyll is hidden behind a bunch of mountains. The catacombs aren't that deep, they're located within a giant empty space inside a mountain range. You just appear from one end of the mountain to the other.

[@rhyswhittington8759]

DS2 geography still pisses me off to this day....

[@depressedgaming6911]

What don't you understand? Dark Souls II was never real!

[@LudicrousJester]

Ha only 71 death I only had 1.... Million deaths...

[@KratosAurionPlays]

Yeah no kidding and it was 71 deaths over 4 playthroughs too. I had hundreds if not thousands on just my first and only playthrough. I felt like I died 71 times to the last two bosses of the final DLC alone. You definitely have to be pretty good at games to be a completionist...

[@MlurfHD]

imo, knowing most of the game beforehand still doesn't make it MUCH, if any easier.

[@kersaherpafuqer784]

Ever play DS2? It's easy as hell

[@BrushedBeet]

Very common to die that much.

[@Bjorick]

word has it that pewdiepie is at 0 deaths :)

[@Jargonloster]

Wow, Jirard spent less playtime completing the game than I've spent on my first playthrough.

[@L33PL4Y]

Same. I just finished my first playthrough and it took me 140 hours.

[@redjaygaming9757]

Rushed through it

[@redjaygaming9757]

@Anthony Rubio it doesn't suck though

[@daddyespressodepresso2207]

probably mentioned somewhere in the comments. But the mechanic of summoning another player online to serve as a boss fight has been done before in the series. The Mirror Knight in DS2 could summon a player to fight you instead of the phantom npc, and though not technically a dark souls game, Demon's Souls also had that mechanic in the monk fight in Latria.

[@celarious1989]

*points down*

[@chcc12]

TIME FOR CRAB

[@NEETKitten]

*looks skyward*

[@ApexGale]

you were indicted

[@NEETKitten]

*xXG1tGudPu55yD3stroyerMLG420Xx sent you a message*

[@DukeofGames50]

Try finger But hole.

[@theobnoxiouslycharming1747]

*about your personal completion criteria* I'm so proud of you. Idk if you saw my comment but I posted about how worried I was that you were stressing yourself out about what children was saying about how you play, what you play and who you partner/advertise with like you don't work hard and need to eat. I'm so glad you're putting less stress on yourself even if it's just your personal competition criteria.

[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

It's something that's been struggled with for sure. Glad to have you in my corner. :)

[@justice7788]

71 deaths total? I've died that many times today alone lol

[@custodianvrael6471]

Friede?

[@kingofpoptarts321]

yeah couldn’t be real I die 20 times a day if I’m trying some bosses

[@bradyward2177]

My top 3 Ds3 bosses are: 3.) Nameless King 2.) Abyss Watchers 1.) Slave Knight Gael

[@BORISTIMUS]

I would put Pontiff Sullivan in there somewhere. That is by far one of the smartest boss fights ever designed in a souls game. The way you learn his next attack by watching that ghost thing while still trying to keep up with the Pontiff is fucking ingenious.

[@Monyato]

Grehn exactly. Tbh I thought pontiff was harder than nameless. Nameless wasn’t that hard (for me at least). Abyss watchers were by far one of the easiest boss battles for me. Dark souls 3 was my first souls game and I beat the abyss watchers second try ever.

[@stevenbills2600]

And pinwheel

[@Judge-Mortis]

But where is darkeater McDonald’s

[@arnaeus7448]

No love for friede?

[@Neo2266.]

Just 71 deaths?

[@GhettoDoughBoy]

Neo2266 I find that very hard to believe as well lol

[@gravybatter]

it turns out Jirard is very good at games

[@EthanSchmethan]

Yeah, that seems a bit too many

[@mohamedmahmoud4045]

Neo2266 when all you do is use a straight sword and shield with the knight class it becomes really easy since that shield blocks all non magic damage if I remember

[@meris8486]

Neo2266 Bear in mind he'd already been through the game at Least once before making this video

[@yhorm9959]

Chooses two of the worst bosses in his best three. Proceeds to choose three of the best bosses in his worst.

[@anidiotwithabrain8971]

Sonny Megeary I think he was judging by difficulty, not actual good bosses.

[@anidiotwithabrain8971]

I just don’t like how he chooses the best and most fun bosses as his least fun. Don’t really understand him.

[@anidiotwithabrain8971]

I mean, come one, friede is awesome.

[@a2izo]

@@anidiotwithabrain8971 You commented 3 times to inform us you don't understand someone else's opinion?

[@Gerno_]

@@anidiotwithabrain8971 I don't like how he says bullshit Then shows us the nameless king. LIKE COME ON HE TELEGRAPHS HIS ATTACKS REALLY WELL AND THE FLOW IS GOOD THE DIFFICULTY IS FAIR.

[@michaelearhart3863]

I personally think Dark Souls 3 was the hardest for me, and I’ve been playing Dark Souls since October, 2011. It was a day-one buy. Also, I absolutely ADORE Bloodborne and I think that was the easiest Souls game for me. Just my opinion

[@Walamonga1313]

Did you 100% Bloodborne?

[@NinjaMaster-og8ti]

Thats becuase Dark Souls 3 is the hardest. after dark souls 2 came out and everyone said it was too easy, fromsoft was determined to make a game that would challenge even the best souls veterans, and they kinda overdid it and forgot about the new players.

[@zero.9831]

@@Walamonga1313 is it actually DS3 level of difficult to 100%

[@Dravianpn02]

@@NinjaMaster-og8ti how did they forget the newcomers? A good portion of the combat mechanics were balanced for them. Apart from just basic improving.

[@MaxAndCheese0917]

@@NinjaMaster-og8ti I disagree, but also there’s nothing wrong with making a game for the people that have been following your series for a while. Not everything needs to be easily available for new people

[@L1nkk9E]

He forgot the secret ending, took the video down, finished it and put it back up!

[@n33ma]

What secret ending? Last I checked there were only 4 in the game and that's what he said in the original upload

[@Maesterful]

What secret ending?

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

He's making fun of Jirard over his review of the previous game. Jirard isn't perfect, people; he'll forget stuff because he didn't know they existed.

[@jacobhobart845]

"it's took like 66 hours to complete!!" Me with my 200 hour's: "Sure it did buddy"

[@zeusbark]

I agree, 66 hours is nothing... Sorry but I don't buy it

[@hockeymad1233]

Especially with the grind for those covenant items (though admittedly the grind probablt wasnt as bad at game launch)

[@DisDatK9]

Jacob Hobart so why would he lie about the time? To try to “impress” Dark Souls getgud fans? Maybe it’s just his full time job, so he doesn’t have to separate his playing sessions like a usual player. But exactly like he said. There will ALWAYS be someone saying that it’s not good enough.

[@tydendurler9574]

@@DisDatK9 dude...play it and try to finish NG+ (1!) in 66hrs. (If you play "normal", you'll need that just to beat it once) Then read guides and think about aaaall the time it would take, to do & collect EVERYTHING. Not to mention the even more time to figure shit out yourself... It would take more like 666hrs / weeks! So yeah, i too think this guy is talking BS. And the BS seems to be getting more & more since the good ol' "but Beardman" times...🤔

[@tydendurler9574]

@@hockeymad1233 yeah, it's ridiculous. He even says multiple times that this alone took hours & hours of grinding. "Always grinding...grinding forever...and waiting to be summoned" 😒 Edit: just look at the dates of his trophies, says all

[@vanquish5023]

Only 66 hours for 4 complete run throughs even with the grinding at the end is pretty impressive.

[@noahkirkland5844]

Darth Vanquish for real, my first playthrough took me like 50 hours lol, and Ive played through like 5 more times and now have 150 hours

[@KohlerK93]

and only 71 deaths???

[@jpcsdutra]

TBH, he saw Alex playthrough the whole base game, he has extensive knowledge of DS1 and 2, and it is Jirard after all.

[@unnoticedhero1]

Yeah, I died almost that many times on Midir at level 140, he's getting pretty good at games, I couldn't believe when he said he only had 4 deaths in Metroid Prime 3.

[@nicholasdismukes6741]

No joke im sitting on 700 hours ng +4 125 pvp all damn day

[@Jack_Sparrow_85]

The deacons of the deep? One of the best darksouls bosses? REALLY? 😂 I mean.. its memorable.. for how much of a gimmick it is.

[@nito2032]

True bro

[@ds2isntbad]

Ikr

[@laundrybasketgamers]

Getting to Deacons is harder than Deacons themselves

[@mamalannightshyaman]

*laughs in alluring skull"

[@KingCasual1986]

@@mamalannightshyaman more like “laughs in Left Eye of the Pontiff”!

[@SwEeTxXxNoOdLe]

Do I watch this or Beard Bros DKC3 first? Ahhhhh good problems to have

[@halfwithazard4112]

Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne truly hold a special place in my heart

[@sexycavetroll2788]

More like fart

[@Walamonga1313]

The whole series man. Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 (and now Sekiro) are all very special games. Amazing experiences imo

[@halfwithazard4112]

@@Walamonga1313 I agree my guy, but I didn't play demon's souls or sekiro. DS and DS2 were nice but it was more rage inducing than fun, like I kinda had to force myself thru it. Whereas BB and DS3, I had a good time even in the hardships

[@KingCasual1986]

I started playing Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne on the same day(I first played them earlier last year when the pandemic was really amping up and I had to stay at my grandfather house in Long Island to stay safe and we first came out during spring break so there was not much to do BUT game) and I definitely had more fun with DS3 than Bloodborne. BB was too fast for me.

[@redjaygaming9757]

@@Walamonga1313 i notice dark souls 2 isn't in your list pretty cringe

[@lupvirga]

Sorry, Demon Souls Did the "player is the Boss" before Darksouls 3 did. Glad they brought it back though :3.

[@crazyape515]

lupvirga they had a boss in dark souls 2 who summons players through his mirror shield

[@daltongarrett3393]

As did the looking glass knight in DS2

[@IslanKleinknecht]

The addition of a Portrait Guardian with tons of health and healing just makes this fight unplayable for me, though. The other player just spends the match running, buying time for their healing assassin to respawn.

[@daltongarrett3393]

Nick Clinite never had this problem, nor have I been the problem, sorry that you keep getting assholes. Although I’ve never known the painting guardian to have much health at all. Honestly I’ve always had to do my best to babysit and keep him alive.

[@IslanKleinknecht]

@@daltongarrett3393 You don't need to babysit him, if he dies, he just comes back. He just keeps coming back! Stop rolling! God!!

[@Cam-vu5bn]

my ability to play games drastically changed after dark souls 3. i play every and all games on the highest difficulty now and it’s so worth it

[@WanderfromSOTC]

Same

[@leglockcontrol]

Try playing any soul again after Nioh. The games will be in slow motion.

[@redjaygaming9757]

@@leglockcontrol nioh isn't actually that fast paced and i consider it easy compared to dark souls yes you do take a lot of damage but there are so many ways to prevent getting hit or even getting in melee range plus even if you are in melee range its easy to stun lock only trouble are bigger enemies but they aren't hard to deal with either after you get used to it but nioh 1 and 2 have far more bullshit moments compared to dark souls and bloodborne

[@leglockcontrol]

@@redjaygaming9757 After beating Nioh in the hardest difficulties and made some self made challenges, I came back to DS3 since it was the only one I only beat once and left it since I didn't have the time back then, and I can tell you I died waaaay less than I thought, I beat the game 4 times and did everything I wanted to do and the game was in some degree easy for the must part. Now I am trying The convergance mod who looks and feels very polished and I am sastisfied with the QOL made in there. TLDR: After Nioh 1, DS3 was easiest to beat for me.

[@redjaygaming9757]

@@leglockcontrol bro nioh 1 is easy, if you have to set the game to harder difficulty that already means the base game is already to easy for you, thats like me trying to say dark souls is harder cause i beat it ng+7 with the sword hilt. I believe dark souls is harder cause the enemies punish you more and there is a good variety of enemies to keep you on your toes. Nioh is to easy simply cause you can range legit everything to death and the game can't answer for it. Sure you died less in dark souls after beating nioh on the "hardest difficulty" but thats cause you are comparing a base game (dark souls) to a difficulty you set to max and put challenges on yourself (nioh) not really a fair comparison now is it, also like it or not nioh has the dark souls formula so your skills probably translated pretty well when go back to dark souls 3. Now this is all opinion base and you can believe nioh is harder but you have to admit your comparison pretty stupid considering you weren't comparing it to ng+7 for dark souls and you never did any special challenges or rules when playing dark souls. I believe base dark souls 3 compared to base nioh 1 and 2, dark souls 3 is harder. To struggle in nioh makes no sense if you are a seasoned vet of soulsborn games simply cause nioh offers you way to many tools to cheese or make combat easy sure at the start it maybe harder but by the time you are done with the first mission shit gets super easy super fast, dark souls the difficulty slowly rises and almost never falls that goes for all 3 games as well. However i do like the online coop better in nioh cause i prefer quick search options to the soap system also nioh is still really fun like dark souls which I'm sure we both can agree on.

[@bernout]

2:40 I consider myself a VERY active member of the souls community since Demon's Souls and don't remember any hate on DS3 for being too accessible or too easy. Nor did I ever feel that way myself. Sounds a bit overdramatized if you ask me.

[@headglitch7003]

I've heard a lot of people complaining about it being too easy but I think that has more to do with the fact they played two whole ass other games before they got to this one. I played 3 first and thought it was pretty damn hard but didn't have much trouble with 1 which I heard was the hardest. The menus are nicer in 3 and the paths are a bit easier to navigate but apparently having no idea where to go and being confused by clunky menus and upgrades makes the game better.

[@Walamonga1313]

I do remember it. But most of the hate is because "iTs A cOpY oF 1". These smooth brains can't comprehend that sequels are always building up on previous games' mechanics and items. To call it fanservice when it references things from the past games is idiotic, its like they expect it to be a completely new ip but have it keep the same name? But oh when Dark Souls 2 took stuff from 1 none of them complained. That's how I know they're just the salty DkS2 fanboys shitting on 3 because it's better than their precious failed experiment of a game.

[@joaquinrodriguez227]

@@Walamonga1313 finally, somehow who have my opinion of the bulshit "copy" in Ds series

[@kstreet7438]

It's all the bonfires in my opinion

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

One of the saddest, subtle moments in Dark Souls III - telling Anri where you'd found Horace after having to kill him. If you go back there later, you get to see that she'd built a cairn for him and setting Prism Stones on top, tying into her conversation earlier where she mentions that she'll lay them out to guide him.

[@Avghistorian77]

Even sadder fact, if you go through Anri's quest, and have it so that she does fight Aldritch with you, she ends up going hollow where Horace did

[@airone7794]

4 runs in 66hrs with 100% completion ? With the completion of Hollow Knight being around 150 hrs that's the second time i call bullshit. And i'm not alone...

[@fmspjanus]

Sry for Necromancy, but it's easily doable since he was using GANK squad and Jolly Cooperation since he finished NG. So not really bullshit, but yeah bit missleading. Without friends to help u farm convenant items there is no way u can lock down 100% in less than 100hours. Especially if its ur first time playing DS3... forget it, not even wiki will help you to achieve 100% that fast.

[@airone7794]

@@fmspjanus No problem, actually that's interesting. Didn't know he got that much help for PvP. I can see it being done in that amount of time now. But he should definitely have mentioned the process a bit more. After finishing a cracked version some years ago it took me around 130-140hrs for 100% on the steam version, taking my time, fucking around in PvP. And you ?

[@fmspjanus]

@@airone7794 I am left with Darkmoon Blade and i'm missing about 10 of "Proofs". It's been like that for mroe than a year now. It's still installed and lately i started playing again as i got PS5. There is 0.1 % chance u will get summoned so farming is the only hope. 99 Luck, Mimic head, ring +3, crystal sage staff. Sometimes 1 hour of farming results with 0 Proofs :D Also He mentioned in the video : NG+ is where cooperation starts, and from there u can see all his bosses are pretty much jolly cooperation.

[@airone7794]

@@fmspjanus Ah yeah probably, it's been 5 months so i don't remember the video well. I feel you for the covenant , it's a common problem I know. Actually I was quite surprised getting summoned so much (summer 2020), i almost done no farm except for the old wolf stained leaves, i assume it's because the playerbase on PC is still really active. I was gonna propose playing Elden Ring together sometime but if you've got lucky getting a hand on a PS5 I guess we're gonna go our seperate ways when it comes out :)

[@fmspjanus]

@@airone7794 I have DS3 on my steam but i only play it for mods and sometimes some pvp. But yeah i was really lucky to get PS5 so... as for Elden Ring, I have a good news for u! From what i know since Elden Ring is not an exclusive tittle to any console, it was leaked that it will be CROSS-PLATFORM

[@greatsword6365]

"Its no gonna get harder than the nameless king." One fu*king word: Midir

[@sleepyeevee6299]

Uh, didn't hear the bell toll... Yet here is another video, rising from the ashes.

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

19:56 ... A human player as the boss. "There's no other fight quite like it in the entire series" I guess you never played Demon's Souls? The old monk fight in the very first game of the franchise had this kind of fight too.

[@warbreaker88]

Demon's is still the best Souls game.

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

Mayonnaise Eater Played and love them all ... It started with Demon's Souls and i play that game still now and then.. 😁

[@Glowing0rb]

Mirror Knight in Dark Souls 2 as well

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

Glowing0rb Indeed ..Almost forgot that one!. only in New game plus though.

[@Schlumbuo]

well he also said that the deacons were one of the 3 best bosses of the game

[@angryyordle4640]

I think an important question you should ask yourself is: How would Dark Souls deliver a traditional story? Any more traditional storytelling than it already has would completely take away from the games' atmosphere. Not understanding what you're seeing is a big part of the Dark Souls experience, it gives a sense of wonder

[@glengaines4286]

No doubt one of the best parts of the series. You read and discover new info then piece it all together.

[@kulrigalestout]

I had that same feeling of sadness after finally beating Dark Souls 1. It was the only one in the series I hadn't beaten yet thanks to the horrors of Blight Town, and the hype surrounding Ornstein and Smough made me hesitant to push forward. And ya know, they were deserving of that hype. Had to gain a few levels, learn how to parry in the process, find out Ornstein can't be parried, grind a few more levels, and eventually learn how the bosses work meaning I probably didn't need all those extra levels in the first place but screw it I got 'em let's move on. But when I faced up against Gwyn, saw his bedraggled corpse flailing about, noticed how easy he was to parry... I felt hollow. The music was a good fit for the mood I had after mercilessly beating the last boss of the game, last boss of the series to me, to an embarrassing pulp. There was nothing left for me to attain, no new journey, no horizon to chase. I had done it. And there was nothing left. I suppose challenge runs are still available to me, but never again can I step foot in Boletaria, Lordran, Drangleic, Lothric, or Yharnam without a strong sense of familiarity. I will be forever trapped playing the same game over and over again, each time losing some of the magic that enraged and then entranced me. From created something special in the Soulsborne series. Something that others tried to imitate, still others crafted love letters in the form of games, but none have truly captured the magic that Dark Souls wove. In the end, I suppose the Linking of the Flame endings represent how Miyazaki came to feel about the series; the first time, it was a grand flame, with strong hope for a magnificent future. The second linking produced a somewhat smaller flame, but still brilliant and with faith in what was yet to come. The third linking was tiny; I mean look at us, we barely even catch light. The Age of Fire is at an end, and no matter how many more times the Fire is linked, it will never be as brilliant as before. The time has come for a new Age to usher itself in.

[@sirgiggleshitsvi4648]

“It can’t get worse than the nameless king fight” Midir/Gael: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@FrankieSmileShow]

Thats weird, I think its the first time I hear that DS3 was considered easier than the other games? Personally I thought it was about on par with the others, and the hardest it gets is definitely harder than any of the previous games, except maybe Bloodborne. The combat feels more aggressive overall, and the bosses get really wild and hectic. Also, the tutorial's boss, Iudex Gundyr, was probably the hardest first boss of the series, I felt that was a really bold move to put a legit fight like that right at the start of the game! I mean, bloodborne had something similar going on with Father Gascoigne, but you had a lot more room to explore and practice, and even level up before fighting him. I think its less that the game itself is easier, and more that fans of the series have grown accustomed enough to the games that new games can never be quite as difficult as the first few ones were.

[@DukeofGames50]

FrankieSmileShow how about instead of saying this game is easier, let's call it "More Fair" in terms of difficulty/risk/reward.

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

@@DukeofGames50 if you think ds3 is more fair, you've never played it. The game has the worst hitboxes of all three games.

[@michaelearhart3863]

Aditya Upadhye I agree with you wholeheartedly

[@MrGhosta5]

Gundyr has a large window to nail him for free hits when you first trigger his fight and again when you trigger his second form. He has a lot of attacks with long recovery times and has trouble hitting at close range. His second form is week to fire so you can just cheese him with firebombs or pyromancery.

[@iota-09]

I dunno... I feel like bloodborne aside, ds3 is the easiest one, with ds2 being the least fair(but also the easiest to cheese thanks to life gems) but for me personally? Ds1 is the hardest, not because it's the First i played, in fact, aside from ds2 it was the last(i started with bb and then gone to ds3), it's just so clunky and the later bosses put you really on the line, and you don't do enough dps, they're gonna feel like tanks(artorias was my wall, quit the game there after 5 deaths, it was(the gameplay) too clunky for me, too much of a war of attrition (artorias) and the run to the fog gate took imho too long(sanctuary to elevator to arena) It was starting to get frustratingly boring, whereas in ds3 that happened to me only against midir, and for Bloodborne, only with the cursed dungeon bosses(as well as ludwig, Lawrence and the well sharks) But unlike ds1, i only quit against the dungeons. And yes, if you're wondering: i died as much in ds3 and bloodborne as ds1, even though i had WAY more experience (almost 1k hours) under my belt with the souls series when i tackles onto ds1.