Dark Souls - Sif, The Great Grey Wolf - Cutscene Comparison

A comparison of the cutscenes that play before the fight against Sif, The Great Grey Wolf. First the regular cutscene, second the alternate cutscene that plays when fighting Sif after saving him in the Chasm of the Abyss

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

Normal cutscene: Prepare to Die Alternate cutscene: Prepare to Cry

[@ronaldbaumgarden1352]

Imagine if in 3 if you did sigwards quest Sifs theme played for the yhorm fight. Just to remind you that you are going to lose that friend you made.

[@eliasgibson4743]

“I watched my old master suffer a fate truely worse than death. I cannot let the same happen to you. Forgive me, my friend”

[@Aloysius2113]

who started chopping onions here?

[@MetalThornTree]

Now it makes sense, I never realised that sif is protecting not the grave but the abyss walker ring to stop anyone going into the abyss and not surviving the corruption. All these years later and I'm still learning more about the lore. I guess they didnt have a mount doom to throw the ring in.

[@porkfreegaming5278]

* cries a river *

[@specificocean8378]

@@porkfreegaming5278 *cries a lake*

[@christoffelsymbol1631]

@@MetalThornTree no, this doesn't make sense. the dude has just made this up

[@hpmarratick4684]

the way sif removes the blade in the second one kills me, he doesn't want to, but knows he must.

[@salderin]

HP Marratick Just showed the DLC and post DLC Sif cutscene. Always very sad :'(

[@flatmarssociety5707]

She not he

[@drakemono3453]

Plus, we can't even see his eyes in the cutscene after he takes the blade... Who knows how sad he can be to have to do this kind of job? (He or she, in French it's he, but I know that translations sometimes...)

[@Crystal-dl9ks]

@@flatmarssociety5707 nobody actually knows if sif is a her or she, most just go with He.

[@flatmarssociety5707]

@@Crystal-dl9ks sif is a girls name so pretty sure it's a she

[@Gabi-vt4ex]

One thing I noticed is how Sifs howl in the normal cutscene is like a threatining war cry towards his enemy. But in the alternative one it sounds much more mournful and full of regret

[@GatsuRage]

the fact u save sif in the past only to kill sif in future is the worst... but it's implied that sif is slaved by that stupid cat and u actually freeing him. But who knows like I said it's open to interpretation nothing is confirmed.

[@buschmenschhelmutderzersto9232]

@@GatsuRage its more like a shared duty to protect the gravesite of an mutual friend and prevent others from befalling the same fate

[@moonlightact1792]

what breaks me the most its that when sif realizes we are the ones who saved him in the chasm of the abyss, the chosen undead extends their hand like if they wanted to pat him and let him know that "its ok". the character doesnt want to hurt sif, but because of the circumstance hes forced to fight you in order to not share the same fate as artorias, and you dont have much option about it.

[@BlueEyesWhiteJoeWBush]

Yeah, that hand raise from the pc is really a nice touch. You don't often see emotion from player characters in souls games

[@ronaldbaumgarden1352]

I always let Sif get in a Couple hits before I even start attacking.

[@Gibboner13]

But still one question remains...why is Artorias' greatsword so damn big in this fight?

[@TheClassicDoomGuy]

It's like a monument created for him and for Sif.

[@chronoshindou9848]

Souls can be manipulated to give various shapes, this time the sword created from Artorias's Soul was bigger

[@Fahimlol]

just like how sif got bigger

[@Hoonters-goona-Hoont]

seeing Sif's different reactions back-to-back like this makes the thing even more tear-inducing. >_

[@dunetiger]

They shoulda just made it so that if you do the DLC, you don't have to fight Sif for the ring.

[@masons2442]

The point in the second one is that he is trying to prevent you from making the same mistake as Artorias. Artorias went down to the abyss and was corrupted by it. Sif doesnt want to see the same fate happen to you, the one who saved them and defeated the crippled Artorias

[@tree490]

@@masons2442 But I saved Sif by going in the chasm of the abyss in the first place.

[@masons2442]

@@tree490 Cool, 50% success rate. Not great odds.

[@wildman7220]

@@masons2442 This response makes no sense lol.

[@masons2442]

@@wildman7220 what do you mean? Artorias went in and got corrupted, the player went in and escaped. That means that 50% of the people sif knew got corrupted by the abyss

[@xxmlgdoodxx]

The goodest boy

[@alexmetaverse]

Super Scunt girl

[@trohnjon7944]

@@alexmetaverse Boy*

[@threebucks]

@@alexmetaverse Sif is a he, thanks.

[@animeguy4074]

Sif is not a boy. It's never stated that the wolf is a boy, and Sif is a girl name

[@KDA21]

@@threebucks sif is a girl.

[@drakemono3453]

When you see such precisions like the emotions in Sif's eyes and the small whimpers he makes when he recognizes you...

[@RaincloudTheDragonXD]

the leitmotif that comes in the background for a second really makes the alternate scene

[@eresh1805]

why?... just why?

[@baritonamekian3639]

Sif saw what the Abyss did to Artorias, so he's/she's trying to stop you from having the same fate. He draws up his master's sword to keep you from taking the ring and being corrupted by the dark forces that corrupted his friend.

[@CT-yc4gd]

@@baritonamekian3639 I think it's more of an immediate emotional response. The wolf misses his master but engages anyway to protect his sword.

[@damobeck1]

I'm not crying... I promise.

[@theisjepsen22]

Liar, no one can watch this and not cry

[@SephConUno]

Ever noticed that in the Alternate Cutscene when you fight Sif, he's not as aggressive. almost have the punches pulled sort of fight.

[@god3485]

Must be luck. His AI is till the same

[@SolarCrunch]

I experienced this also!

[@jgustin1267]

It would be awesome if during the alt cutscene, Sif would let you have the covenenant and be a summonable ally during the Four Kings boss fight.

[@nadamada8328]

jgustin yeah, but the lore gets in the way of that. Even if you've already killed artorias, sif still guards his grave so you can't progress towards the abyss, and potentially sharing the fate of artorias.

[@threebucks]

@@nadamada8328 Or, just maybe, post defeat, Sif is summonable for four kings, prepared to stand by your side as you confront the abyss.

[@AQS521]

threebucks still wouldn’t make sense. No one is able to traverse the Abyss except for the chosen undead. It wouldn’t make sense for Sif to help you.

[@thelvadam5834]

Onyx Guard in oolicile you don’t need the covent of artorious to move around so maybe not all of the abyss is instant death.maybe it’s just in the future but idk just a theory.

[@Bishal101]

@@thelvadam5834 the CHASM OF THE ABYSS is what the place is called in Oolicile, so it is technically not the abyss I also think that Sif would not be able to traverse in the 4 kings area

[@murbly]

F for goodest boi.

[@KDA21]

*girl

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

@@KDA21 no one truly knows what Sif’s gender is, really.

[@KDA21]

@@AlastorAltruistGaming sif is the name of a godess, may as well default to female

[@specificocean8378]

F

[@bobbobber4810]

I don't want to fight you... but... this is my duty.

[@jedediahhopkins6051]

I cannot handle the doggo whining pls stop

[@homemmorto4127]

The way that sif starts to cry and the music plays on background...

[@PeakWheat]

Sif.... :(

[@henryglias5671]

Tristeza iminente

[@Albert_Lecter03]

Actually there was this theory running for a bit that the old wolf farron is actually sif still alive but aged too long in ds3

[@HijaxFarran]

I’m pretty sure it is...

[@StallionFernando]

Nah. Fake news, Sif is dead and we killed him. Welcome to Dark Souls bud, no happy endings here.

[@Albert_Lecter03]

@@StallionFernando and what if there's no happen ends in Dark souls? and Fake news? It's fucking theory you rinnegan fuck.

[@Albert_Lecter03]

and also have I ever said Sif being alive is a happy end for him? No, that's your drunkass mind telling you things.

[@TrafalgarEnthusiast]

@@Albert_Lecter03 Just wanted to say that the Uchihas dont have access to the rinnegan and it is awakened by the power of both Asura and Indra so i think you should have referred to him as Sharingan fuck not rinnegan fuck

[@ideasband6204]

The sheer pain in his eyes at 1:01 is just- *cries in the corner* I CAN TELL WITH HIS EYESS- HE SAYS: "Forgive me, friend, neither you nor I can do this; but it must be done."

[@thetalltitan2235]

Sif’s howl and whimpering from remembering the Chosen Undead basically says to me “either finish what you started and let me join my master, or let me spare you the same fate as my master.” 😭

[@ducksgaming4125]

Im not crying youre crying

[@joefurlet7626]

When the best boy looks at you, it looks like hes saying "You're not supposed to be here, why are you here?"

[@TheSowut]

i still can't get over it.

[@Whitebread0101]

Wait, so how do you get alternate cutscenes, do you need dlc and kill artorias

[@dutch_urth]

Before you go to fight Sif for the first time, you have to do the DLC and save Sif from the Abyss. Then, when you go fight him, the alternate cutscene will play instead of the regular one.

[@Whitebread0101]

Bart ok, thank you

[@rkwnrgl]

This shit hurted

[@brettpotter7312]

very based Leeroy armor

[@turbotegs2102]

I wish it were possible to not have to kill sif for the ring

[@gamashito3771]

Rest in peace friend

[@TheClarkBark]

“Oh it’s you. I remember you. You were cool. I’m gonna gut you like a fish.”

[@owlgoddess8534]

im not crying. you're crying

[@GatsuRage]

*insert overflowing amounts of tears right here*

[@AQS521]

Prepare to cry

[@corporealaegis9634]

😭

[@Dreinack]

who bringed onions to this video?

[@someboiwhogivesadamn]

Seigmeyer

[@hardgay7537]

I like how you see Sif's eyebrows soften, and then at the end, the camera cuts away from Sif's eyes after she picks up the sword.