dark souls w/ enemies, bosses & loot RANDOMIZED🪦GIGANTIC SETBACK

[@MrFutago87]

The strongest enemy in this run is Luke's hubris.

[@Gigawolf1]

Oh cool, a free win against Ornstein and Seath. Sure was nice of the game to hand that to Luke, could you imagine if he had to actually fight them? Could. You. Imagine.

[@deigning]

today, sisyphus, the boulder is a beach ball sisyphus: fills it with concrete just to feel something

[@mateo347]

I'm looking forward to the moonlight butterfly replaced by something that can't fly and instantly falling and dying

[@MinniMaster]

Ornstein getting randomized into a different gank fight is so funny. The man refuses to be in a 1v1.

[@BW-CZ]

So true! My O&S got replaced with Ornstein & Super Ornstein LMAO

[@joeycorcoran5222]

The classic fast & faster boss combo

[@iainperkins2085]

@@BW-CZ In my randomiser he (SO) replaced about half of the random minibosses... turns out he can use his charge attack to track you from about a quarter mile.

[@MrLewis555]

@@BW-CZ I hadn't even considered that the supers were on the list. My god...

[@SolaScientia]

@@MrLewis555 Yeah, Dark Souls randomizers (including Elden Ring) tend to separate boss phases as basically 2 separate bosses. In Luke's case with Seath, I wonder which Seath he's fighting.

[@Daniel_Schmaniel]

"This is so bad." 10 minutes of edited silence. "This is so bad."

[@nathancarter8239]

"Sure the gods cannot punish ME for *MY* hubris!" ~Man punished by the gods for his hubris

[@Wolfesbrain]

28:20 Luke's face just says "...the risk I took was calculated, but *man* am I bad at math!"

[@Drax1949]

Luke: This is a game essential boss fight Evil Luke: What if it were made to be physically impossible

[@anthonybowman3423]

The randomizer must have realized that it had dropped a boss with a one hit kill move that can hit the entire tiny arena you fight in and said, okay let's not break the game. Then Luke said, "I don't need want your mercy. I want Dark Souls." And then he received the Darkest of Souls.

[@whom_hath_released_the_hounds]

I appreciate your choice to not take the free win and then immediately having your arse hamded to you along side a curse for your trouble.

[@SolaScientia]

He's better than me. I'd have said screw it to the "content" and just taken the free win and been on my way. I'd forgotten that Seath does curse, so at first I just figured he was regretting quitting out because it just made the fight tough. When I saw the "cursed" appear on screen I realized just how badly he'd miscalculated. I felt bad for laughing at it.

[@nickcennamo-smith1854]

If you're considering Merch..."Already Cursed, Mate!" is a great slogan XD

[@SleeeperAgent]

And it goes well with the old "Already dead" too :D

[@nathanplummer3282]

@@SleeeperAgentI missed out on the already dead shirt so this would be great

[@xray235]

When Dark Souls gives you a gift, you don't question why or how, you just say thank you and continue your play through. You certainly don't give it a second chance.

[@patdo777]

I'm so sorry Luke, for what past Luke has done to you

[@JWest8606]

You had me at - **PRIMAL SCREAM**

[@blarg2429]

It's like his Bloodborne playthrough, only he's the one screaming this time.

[@SolaScientia]

@@blarg2429 At least he's not livestreaming, so this way he can avoid all the backseat gaming this time.

[@clockworkcrow8590]

@@SolaScientia BOLT PAPER!!

[@dominateeye]

@@blarg2429 Can't wait to see what music video wnbe can make out of this one

[@GotchaFish]

"THE WOOOORM", followed by a scream from the bottom of your soul. Content gold, my guy

[@Lady_Sanctuary]

So deeply unsettled by Ray pulling the binoculars out of his arse everytime... 😨

[@whom_hath_released_the_hounds]

Best place for em.

[@titanuranus3095]

@@whom_hath_released_the_hounds If it had been a telescope, maybe.

[@dominateeye]

@@titanuranus3095 Cue Dark Souls moaning sound

[@dragontamer8877]

Luke you were correct, the area with all the T-posed enemies isn't really glitched. Those are usually hollows that have lost all will like the ones at the start of the asylum. They never attack, so when replaced with new enemies they obviously also won't attack. Would be a great place to farm seeing as there were two of the Dark Sorcerers who seem to always drop demon titanite.

[@Imperial_Squid]

I wonder if the enemies that would normally be there suddenly become hostile if they're placed in a different area

[@SolaScientia]

@@Imperial_Squid Most likely. Randomizers usually keep the AI of the original enemy that was there. Like, enemies that replace the roaming wolves in Elden Ring look hilarious running around as if they're wolves. The enemies in the tunnels just stand around not actually mining, so they just stare at the walls.

[@TheIndecisiveWriter]

Luke's editing is absolutely fantastic, I really should be studying but instead I am compelled by normal adult man suffering montages

[@dubblw]

This is like a Greek tragedy. I knew what had to be coming from the thumbnail, but the fact it was caused by Luke’s own hand… Homeric.

[@wipplewopple1876]

Luke messing around instead of taking the win and thusly being forced to take an L is the most Luke thing ever. All of the XMAS challenges! The bosses! ALL GONE!!!

[@NameRealperson]

31:39 Luke greeting Seath like a co-worker he doesn't particularly like; no hostility, just a deep fatigue

[@CVL13]

Up until now I didn't know that I wanted an office comedy with dark souls characters in it. Seath would be the one leaving weird science experiments in the communal fridge.

[@Siilwa]

i do love that i, a person with zero actual interest in dark souls, is watching yet another playthrough of dark souls for the sole reason that luke is the one playing ☺

[@TessaOswin]

I too have zero interest in dark soul in the sense of it being a game I’m interested in playing. The lore is fun and I will say I find the ‘get good scrub’ attention that game collected intriguing from a outside perspective (I have a theory the early no wiki no idea what to do nature eg the ‘chain of pain’ is was more responsible than the actual game difficulty) but I never watch anyone else play this sort of game or talk about them other than Luke and Ellen.

[@andrewness]

I love Dark Souls, but it is a lot more fun watching it work its evil on somebody else.

[@SolaScientia]

@@andrewness Same. I will say that I'm giving DS1 a proper go watching Luke play it this way. I watched Rusty's Elden Ring randomizer vids and I'm trying out a faith-based character from scratch in that game because of it.

[@Tickerbee]

"Pride goeth before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall" - The Bible, talking about this episode

[@BillySYT]

Gripping scenes watching you navigate while cursed. If it helps, with your current kit, if you ever get cursed & are out of purging stones, you can 100% make it to Ingward in New Londo Ruins. He can heal curse, and because of the randomizer, you won't have to deal with the hellish ghost house. Can't wait to see what's in store next, absolutely locked in with this series, as the kids would say.

[@Leith_Crowther]

Way to keep it hip and funky fresh.

[@dominateeye]

@@Leith_Crowther Funky Cat 2 Fresh, even.

[@DamonTorro]

"Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer." The dilemma of choosing to take the low-hanging fruit vs raising the tree to high heavens for content

[@cmdrvimes72]

I enjoy you reassuring yourself that the binoculars were a good choice.

[@dorn0531]

Narrator voice: “They were not a good choice.”

[@lavalampbamboo]

Luke, upon the gods handing him a boon: What the hell would I want with this?

[@lordshavron]

As you're dying to Seath my mind went to "Doesn't that attack curse you?" Then the big words came up on the screen and I said "Oh no!"

[@AngelBeatYunara]

19:09 Gotta love the Vitruvian Snek.

[@whom_hath_released_the_hounds]

Incredible.

[@trychydts]

I guess the vicotry on Seath & Smough is already recorded, so let me comment for the sake of fellow Dark Souls enthusiasts. 0. Being cursed is not such a big deal. Pump up vitality and it should be fine -- not to mention being cursed makes you able to fight ghosts (which can pop up any time in a randomized setup). (Actually, this video inspired me to try a cursed build :) ) 1. Killing this paticular duo should be managable if Ornstein can be killed fast (e.g. with the Zweihander -- he has high lightning resistance. He is the second gargoyle, so there is a window to chop him up (and Seath is relatively slow, so there should be enough time to do the job). 2. You also need a projectile weapon. 3. Seath is blind, so if you go around him constantly, he has NO CHANCE hitting you if you can keep your distance. Just walk around, shoot occasionally -- rinse and repeat until he dies.

[@emilymitchell6823]

The most cursed area of dark souls now with the MOST CURSED T-posing enemies is just too much to existentially handle haha

[@dabbingperson9236]

I’m loving this series so far. Getting through each section almost looks more like a puzzle game than anything else.

[@SolaScientia]

I'm imagining how much worse it could have been if he hadn't made sure that key items would not be randomized. I've seen an Elden Ring run that randomized everything, including key items. Took the poor guy ages to get the Academy Gate Key to get into Raya Lucaria. Boss souls/remembrances were randomly scattered around as well and he didn't get a 2nd one needed for Lyendell until he'd managed to get into Raya Lucaria. With DS1, I think randomizing key items would have been too brutal.

[@alexharrison2743]

@@SolaScientia That just makes it Soooooo long in Elden Ring... you might have to kill basically every enemy in the game to get to an early area...

[@SolaScientia]

@@alexharrison2743 I watched Rusty's Elden Ring randomizer run and I think he didn't get the Raya Lucaria key until after he'd taken the elevator up into Atlus Plateau. I forget where exactly he got it. He got Rennala's remembrance while exploring the academy, so that unlocked Leyndell for him. He didn't do Volcano Manor until the end of the game. He'd gotten into the Haligtree and Margit (or was it Morgott's first phase?) who'd replaced Loretta there dropped the Drawing Room Key, lol. He got to go to all the places, but he went about it in a very roundabout way because of how stuff dropped. He was running around with the Sacred Relic Sword and didn't have the faith to use it properly until he'd unlocked the ability to respec (Maliketh replaced Rennala's phase 1 and Godfrey's 1st phase was in place of her second phase, lmao) to better redistribute his levels. It's an absolute riot to watch.

[@liamross340]

this is the first youtube series in a while I've been really excited for and anticipating each episode

[@Moewenfels]

19:09 Ahh! A CLASSIC! The vitruvian snake man!

[@electricghost92]

"Andre at all costs" would be a good metalcore band name

[@LungsOutJem]

Luke, it looks like your new channel is getting some good numbers. I truly hope it's giving you everything you hoped for.

[@NowhereNearBerlin]

I work in gamedev so maybe i can explain what happened in New Londo Ruins (and near the bonfire on the bridge). The T-posed hostiles are supposed to be none-hostile hollows. Their code is programmed without movement logic to not engage the player but instead remain stationary and cycle animations on a hollow character model. When the character models got replaced by the unsupported mod, the code was broken and so it didn't know how to animate the model, meaning it just defaulted to a T-pose instead :)

[@exiaxzero]

28:35 the music is so unironically fitting. 😂

[@aldandurp.8398]

I am fairly certain that there is an NPC in New Londo (the creepy city) that cures your curse as a dialogue option, no stone required

[@josephhegeman9003]

The suspense surrounding who the bosses are and will Luke be able to beat Dark Souls is so much higher than I ever would have predicted for a 10 year old game

[@thespiangamer6636]

Man, I'm just loving this series. While sad that Luke has left the Oxbox team, we still get some great experiences with him.

[@thatonefrosttrollinskyrim]

you think the bonewheels are bad - wait until I turn up when you least expect me

[@classycasual3910]

My favorite part of the randomizer is getting to see unique enemies that you almost NEVER see in the original game. Keep up the great work, Luke!

[@Jaxdrill]

Accept the cheese. Always accept the cheese. Alas the man made a calculated decision and boy is he bad at maths.

[@merissaj4518]

Love for Luke and his eerie silences. I think anyone who gamed for long enough has had the "I am the dumbest person ever" moment.

[@TheGrandConde96]

The speeeeed with which I click on a new entry in this series is massive, loving this so much

[@lisaghost91]

The worms got revenge for their barrel pushing mate 😂

[@lisaghost91]

Also I wouldn't judge you harshly for bringing Solaire to the the seath fight lol

[@mediarare2386]

When I heard the Curse-breathing Basilisk I already imagined the worst. There was a brief moment of relief when Luke killed it without trouble. And then Luke happened.

[@Ilzmur]

Not sure has this been commented on before, but Ingward the sealer a NPC residing in new londo ruins should be able to remove curse by paying him some souls. He is on top of one of the houses accessed via a ladder, he is the one that normally gives the key to the seal to drain the ruins of its water. Hope this helps.

[@bobbyfernando]

I'd never expect _Dark Souls_ to be even *more* ominous, when the enemies are all just static, _non-aggressively_ T-posing, but...here we are. God, those were genuinely creepy; even the slugs and frogs look more repulsive, than when they're actively wriggling about.

[@amagicalduck155]

At launch curse actually could stack like 4 times so you'd be left with a tiny sliver of health. So it actually could be worse

[@mercuryshadow5445]

Came to say the same!

[@MrMessyy]

On a rewatch, I have such enormous respect for Luke for not just taking the easy win

[@thomasjackson1738]

[Me after Luke gets killed by the Vile Maggot]: "..walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm..."

[@dominateeye]

Now he just needs to find a balcony to dive off of (and then somehow be able to fly)

[@FifthKazekagGaara]

Um luke....i feel like either you forgit or dont know about Rickert of Vinheim hes a blacksmith less than 2 mins from firelink and there are no mobs between him and firelink. You go down the eleveator below firelink to find him If you have to restart or something please remember him Edit: finally got around to finishing the episode, i highly suggest visiting Rickert of Vinheim he seels quite a few items and with the randomizer he might sell purging stones. might want to look up what other merchants you can reach right now to see what you can get off them. the cleric right near that elevator is a good one to check

[@nuonfynn7311]

I see... Flamingos never take the easy road.

[@the_scotch]

I like that Bone wheels have pretty much become the Frost Troll of this playthrough.

[@lurick]

Luke, you are a crazy mad lad for reloading your save, lol I still think it was the "right" thing to do but I feel that pain so much

[@alexharrison2743]

On a regular playthrough, yes, it would be the right thing to do... On this, I'd honestly just be like 'hey, there are gonna be other ways in which this game is stupidly tough, I'll take the freebie'...

[@melvinkachere8782]

He literally had Seeth & Ornstein at his mercy. And yet, he did what he did

[@Fionor01]

When Dark Souls gives you lemons (and for once in a lifetime it's actual sweet juicy lemons and not some crazy murderous trap), you throw away those lemons and pour car batery acid all over your face... because that is the only right way to play Dark Souls. The normal adult Luke way!

[@dominateeye]

Perhaps the first documented instance of actually making combustible lemons, only Luke burnt his own house down by mistake.

[@TheBigbum1974]

"Is there anything around the corner?" *Stretches up to try to see around on the screen.* Definitely a normal adult thing to do!

[@bunnylizard2717]

Another amazing video! The dark souls randomizer truly does give as well as take away. funny enough, we see both sides of it in the Bell Gargoyles fight here: first one, then the other. So glad that the lady merchant ended up having 2 stones to sell - and way cheaper than normal too! (1000 vs 6000 souls normally) Honestly if she didn't sell any I was gonna suggest grabbing a few more items from around firelink in hoping luck is on your side - one on the aquaduct that needs to be jumped too springs to mind, or a few items above where the bird's nest is. I watched a streamer do this randomizer and the one key he desperately needed to progress was literally hidden in a spot he forgot existed in firelink, lmao.

[@jaxon_the_nerd]

The normal adult man who brought you dob, delacy, Oxventure presents: Blades In The Dark and many other wonderful things *drumroll* (in announcer voice) it's LUKE WESTAWAY

[@guilherme-not]

the expression transition at 24:22. poor luke 🤣

[@5Megamen]

Don't know the settings you use in a randomizer, but since it is not item shop thing I think it should still be available Ingward (the guy giving the key to seal in the flooded city under Firelink) can cure curse Apparently you have to have a humanity in your counter, which is covered by a skull, but if you don't have it, using a humanity item should still give you that Granted, you have to get through the city and I doubt you'll meet ghosts, so curse is only detrimental there, but if you get desperate, you could check it out Also if you ever find a clam, you could try farming it for purging stones if they still drop their regular items (again, don't know randomization settings)

[@Patrick-Phelan]

For the record, that "coming up" followed by "Andre or bust!" made me predict that the gigantic setback would be Luke accidentally aggroing Andre. I don't know if that would be worse or not. Probably not. It would certainly be different.

[@alexharrison2743]

Same, especially after having made the Oxtra video featuring exactly that warning... The main reason I don't think I'll ever play Dark Souls is because of becoming Cursed - I loved Elden Ring and Bloodborne, but such a hindrance as being Cursed would honestly wipe the fun out of even a regular playthrough

[@tomfallon4440]

This is my favourite series on youtube at the moment

[@rban1999]

Watching you coach Ellen through Dark Souls inspired me to finally get over my fears and pick up the game myself. Watching you play Dark Souls randomized made me want to try it as well. One of those is the best decision I made in my life, the other made me question my life choices. But seeing you suffer inspires me to continue with my own randomized run. And in case anyone's wondering how my experience is going, I got Quelaag in Capra Demon's place. In that tiny, cramped arena with her massive body and aoe attacks and lava.

[@SolaScientia]

Oh dear, that sounds miserable. I watched someone do an Elden Ring randomizer run (he randomized everything, including key items) and he got Rykard phase 1 in the location where we fight the Leonine Misbegotten in Castle Morne. The boss took up most of the arena, but at least the game just gave the guy the Serpent-Hunter right at the start, so it made it easier.

[@henryterhune8328]

"This bridge would look so much cooler if it were on fire!" Ah, Luke, I hope the backup plan goes well!

[@davesonishville]

Babe wake up, new Luke video just dropped

[@Patrick-Phelan]

...KZbin would like to suggest me a video from Luke's old stomping grounds entitled "7 Easiest Ways to Screw Yourself Over in Dark Souls".

[@DPGal]

The look of regret after Seath cursed and killed him was priceless! 🤣

[@DavidSmith-jm3xr]

New londo merchant may sell them ifmits randomed

[@mattclemson]

When I did my playthrough of DS - as a Very Not Good Player who did a ton of research to alleviate my weaknesses - I spent an awful lot of time hoarding 10 soft humanity (and making a point of actively ensuring I retrieved my bloodstain whenever I died as much as possible to sustain that), it does *wonders* for your curse resistance. With the amount of rats and humanity ghosts you have access to, that might be an option. Can go up to 30 if you need even more resistance before it's capped, but the 1-10 range is huge. 'course, you've still got to do the whole 'winning the fight' bit.

[@kennystoneman2584]

Luke at 35:00 : "Well, joke's on you, idiot. Couldn't be more cursed than I already am!" Me doing a laudable job not shouting at the screen: "This is DS1, Luke! Curse STACKS!"

[@jamesphillips4009]

No that's DS2 where curse stacks with the HP loss of Hollowing, but at a much lower rate as balance. DS1 it's a flat-cut 50% which is more harsh.

[@bernard832]

Cursed was such a good mechanic they made it a core of DS2.

[@pineapplefrostyfruits9225]

These are genuinely so funny. I'm so glad I managed to catch this channel, cause I knew your humour and commentary are both aces. All that to say, thanks for the fun series.

[@vidarmors]

You have single handedly convinced me to play these games. I've always been wary but you've shown just how fun it can be

[@mattsgrungy]

Ahhh Luke, I know thy pain. Are we not all the architects of our own struggle in the end?

[@BrandedSoren]

this episode is less 'luke vs randomised dark souls' and more 'luke vs his own hubris'

[@lexicondevil5214]

I discovered you, and the rest of the gang, through “Show of the Weekend” during covid lockdowns. The algorithm is good for something? All jest aside, it got me through our trying times. This current episodic specifically is my favorite part of the week. I haven’t had as much fun since Ellen’s “Souls Academy” (Which I’m rewatching based your commentary alone.) In short, you’re the best! I will forever miss you on OXboxtra, but will always support all of your future endeavors, and am a proud Patreon. Cheers! #normaladultluke

[@CraigJudd]

If I were Luke, I would simply have gone to the blacksmith in New Londo Ruins instead of slogging to Andre. But... I guess that is the least of his concerns now. Downwards it is!

[@mononoke721]

The game (or the partially broken randomiser at least) generously handed him that boss on a platter, and he didn't want to eat from it... oh dear. Gotta say though, it's made it more interesting to watch, precisely because the pain is so much greater! Yesss, delicious Dark Souls flavoured pain... thank you for suffering for our collective entertainment Luke!

[@SaltymanGaming]

Hmm.. was that the first cutscene boss? I'm wondering now if all of the bosses with cutscenes will be passive like Seathe was.

[@tzaandor]

This is like a hellish inversion of my first (unmodified) DS1 playthrough. I accidentally went to the Depths first and when I eventually got to the gargoyles I was incredibly overleveled and beat them straight away 🙃

[@joelguevara6566]

Getting that corpse over the fence was peak gaming content for me. I was checking your channel like 3 times a day just to see when the next video would come up 😅

[@regi8320]

Next up: Luke sings a rhyme about being cursed by a naked dragon whom he met at the wrong place and the wrong time. We're enjoying the content Luke keep at it.

[@BADCompanySarge]

I'm absolutely loving this series

[@katfromthekong414]

Watching Luke play dark souls is such a mood! Love Luke's zen approach to aggravating situations, although the zen was sorely tested this time 😆

[@agwasp]

“A dog… a FIRE dog?!” was said with the exactly the same energy as ‘a platypus… PERRY the platypus?!”

[@jordanpeacock9468]

Luke looked at free mandatory progress and a free giant boss tiny arena and he said NO. No there must be more pain. I must drive myself into the pit of despair.

[@Jamesotronart]

Hubris, thy name is Luke

[@merylsquirrel7196]

OMG, I've just reached the bugged fight on the rooftop! This is AWESOME, got to stop and go to work now but I can't wait to get back and see what Luke does after he's prodded these chumps to death.

[@Butchcavalier]

oh. oh dear.

[@quelanathecrow]

a somber and heartfelt "already cursed" u_u we're grateful as ever for your suffering Luke!! this series is amazing ^.^

[@TheYorkRose]

I was excited to see what randomised thing or glitch ruined your day...then when the double boss appeared I thought that was it... but when they didn't fight I got confused. I know I *SHOULD* have found it funny you ruined your own life, and hubris taking you down should be entertaining karma, but that moment before you quit sucked the life out of me and I just stared in a "what have you done" way and was as listless as you for the rest of the vid. Honestly grateful I know that you can power up in other places for ages and that you have a huge amount of personal resilience because it means that I'm certain you'll have it figured out by the end of the series and it will be joyous when you win, but man you weren't lying when you said it was a large challenge 😂 and I can't believe you decided them not attacking was so unfair you had to restart when the odds of getting this exact outcome were so high. Doing it for the content 💖😂

[@henrikjeppesen1240]

Great to see you in a souls borne again, I have watched your bloodborne streams several times

[@SierraDeeDidIt]

Oh this was a deep life lesson learnt at your expense, and deeply funny. Thanks Luke!

[@MrMessyy]

Sure, the reversal of fortune was pretty spectacular, but at least Seath didnt start off immortal!

[@GarmrKiDar]

I look forward to witnessing Luke have to clear out the Depths, Blighttown, Great Hollow, Ash Lake, Darkroot Garden and Basin, Catacombs, Tombs of the Giants, Petit Londo and the Demon ruins, before he can tackle the impossible fight of a Seath + Ornstein teamup on a sloped rooftop that is just about the same size as Seath's tail-span

[@alexb8561]

I respect not taking the free win. Very honourable knight energy

[@madquinn13]

The second I saw you click exit I knew it would be something that would haunt you. I think we've all been there buddy. Call Johnny, might need to know where the best hipflasks are bought.