Dark Souls Was Right All Along

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Dark Souls is all about growth and change, adapting and learning from your mistakes to push through whatever is thrown your way. And some incredibly deep lore. It's been 10 years since it was first released and with a Dark Souls Remastered game out, I think its time to revisit this world and see how much both me and the game might have changed.
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Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps. Dark Souls Remastered includes the main game plus the Artorias of the Abyss DLC.
Deep and Dark Universe
Delve into an epic dark fantasy universe stricken by decline and the Curse. Explore its intricate world design - full of hidden passages, dungeons and secrets - and uncover its deeply rooted lore.
Each End is a New Beginning
Each playthrough surprises you with new challenges and unexpected facets of the game. Don’t bet on completing the game only once.
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[@CoreyLaddo]

Shoutout to From Software for conquering hundreds of hours of my life across all Souls games

[@cynicalpotato6837]

I'm on hundreds of hours of each game on pc and ps4 separately

[@akatsukitheassassin3503]

Bruh I have over 500 on ds1 for 360, about 200 for Ds2 on 360, another 300 for Ds2 sotfs on ps4, 1500 on Ds3 for ps4, 200 on ds1ptd on pc, 600 on Ds2 sotfs on pc, 900 for Ds3 cinders mod on pc, 60 on the ds1 remaster on pc. I play souls games fucking religiously.

[@redtukeguy4263]

Word.

[@miiihuel6228]

You have to pump these numbers up, those are rookie numbers

[@badtimesgt]

It's playtime is over 9000!!

[@PixxelTrixx]

This really is, the Crash Bandicoot of Souls games.

[@obitosenju3768]

Your comment is perfection of irony.

[@El_Surge]

Yo what's good I used to watch your Splatoon campaign videos to find all the sunken scrolls

[@RazorBladezX]

10/10

[@JamesGowan]

That’s a trashy thing to say

[@buffkage7749]

its all come full circle 🤣

[@CeHee123]

I still remember the promo vid when the remaster came out where Jirard braved his fear of spiders....by "heroically" fleeing from battle.

[@Turtle-Front]

The Joestar secret technique?

[@oyska_g2985]

He bravely ran away

[@Turtle-Front]

@@oyska_g2985 o brave sir Robin

[@zlac]

It was a tactical manoeuvre to outsmart the enemy!

[@homersimpson6787]

@@Turtle-Front Nice to see Jojo fans here

[@beansnrice321]

The story telling of a dark souls games is told like it's a crime scene and you're the detective trying to figure out what happened... or your the person comitting all the crime trying to get away with it all.

[@unclevivid9028]

Honestly. You're the same person the whole time. Going through and you don't realize it til you get to the end of the crime spree.

[@MaxAndCheese0917]

You’re both

[@ephemeralnihilist]

Dude o never thought of it like that. So crazy

[@w00tyd00d]

Dark Souls is one of the only games series I know that actually makes giving up on the game actually canon lol the whole time you're playing, you're portraying your undead character trying to push forward and trying to stay determined to complete your goal for once you lose your purpose, you go hollow. So if you as the player give up in the game, that's your character giving up on their will to go on and they "go hollow", never to be able to complete their goal.

[@yazanyoussef2980]

@SNES Nes no the only way you can't beat it is if you give up playing the game completely

[@mr.fister4738]

Since time is convoluted in Lordran this can theoretically mean that one of the hollows you fight in the game could be a character you gave up on or the characters of other hollowed players. I think that's cool

[@axothegremlin]

Blud really stole that shit from The Act Man.

[@jawar5673]

@@axothegremlin That's been the prevailing understanding since 2011.

[@ArloStuff]

I've done one playthrough and it took me over 70 hours. I'm awesome.

[@7bracket7]

yes

[@grfrjiglstan]

Don't worry Arlo, you'll get it to 69 any day now.

[@StarPointy]

Hey there Arlo!

[@toallin5146]

I don't understand how The Completionist is able to complete games in so little time.

[@tevildo9383]

My first ever FromSoft game was DS3 and that took me around 70 hours to complete. Now I can play through the whole game on NG in well under 10 hours, depending on how long I decide to farm the Anor Londo knights. DS1 still takes me longer, even after 3 playthroughs on NG and one NG+, partly because I have not put as much time into it as DS3, and because of the level design. Also I just finished my first playthrough of DS2 and that took me about 55 hours.

[@ohaiduhg]

"And 0 rage holes in my wall which is how I know I've grown as a person" *cuts back to Jirard in a room with brick walls*

[@HonestGhost21]

His rage used to know no bounds, lol.

[@amarizvi]

33 deaths? I died more by looking Manus the wrong way.

[@Walamonga1313]

On a repeat playthrough you did?

[@iqueda1420]

I died more times today trying to pass the archers of anor lando for the first time.

[@LunaLinkle]

I’ve died more in the depths alone

[@dhoffnun]

If you climb a mountain, it comes more naturally to appreciate the view at the top than if you'd woken up there. Souls games are this truth distilled into gameplay mechanics.

[@nickp3949]

This is true for life as well. This is why I disagree with things coming easy or people getting free handouts. Everybody should climb the mountain, because everybody CAN, some people just don’t want to.

[@David-nd4to]

very well put

[@Arcxzal]

@@nickp3949 "yo disabled guy go climb a mountain" "what...?" "JUST GO CLIMB IT"

[@SioxGreyWolf]

@@Arcxzal Until you the achievement for the first disabled man to accomplish climbing that mountain. Disabilities make life hell, but it doesn't stop them from living it how they wish if they put their minds and bodies into it.

[@eno6712]

@@Arcxzal way to take it literally clown. Its called a Metaphor.

[@randomplaceinruralamerica9618]

“Don’t want to see you go hollow”

[@calebtimmons4458]

It’s don’t you dare go hollow

[@jasonlincoln7863]

Andre vs. Laurentius. They have the same message though.

[@solidsalt3412]

@@calebtimmons4458 andre says "neither of us want to see you go hollow" maybe that's what he was trying to say

[@BoomSonicSuper]

Andre is inspired by the character called Godo from Berserk.

[@El_Surge]

Literally just beat my first dark souls 3 run last night. This is perfect

[@itcheebeard]

Congrats! Gaming will never be the same again after your first dark souls run. Whether its DS1, DS2, or DS3, they leave you feeling like all other ARPGs just pale in comparison

[@loser_jpeg8480]

Yo same except last night i beat dark souls remastered lol

[@El_Surge]

@@loser_jpeg8480 I did that exactly one year ago, which was perfect to do DS3 one year later. I should go beat the dlc for DS1 tho

[@menialbee]

Beat my first a few hours ago!

[@El_Surge]

@@itcheebeard DS1 was my first game exactly a year ago. I haven't beaten all the dlc tho. I stopped after beating artorias

[@quag311]

I’m down to get weird but not all the time. -Jirard Khalil, 2021.

[@flaminx0r]

I've been through a lot personally in the last 10 years and this game has helped me through a few of the harder times admittedly.

[@brasteen1]

Stay safe friend. Don't you dare go hollow.

[@Johnson-gu8gg]

Glad to hear it's helping you. The Zelda series is helping me through a really tough time at the moment. I'm thinking of starting my first Dark Souls playthrough this week

[@m00nbutter7]

@@Johnson-gu8gg make sure to start with dark souls remastered Its clunky but the world design is amazing

[@ariabrown6779]

Therapy is good, too.

[@JoseFernandez-bn4tl]

Ngl this video got me in the mood for a new Dark Souls run

[@TheRezro]

I suggest check old King's Field series aka ignored canon of Souls franchise, what explain half of things what happen in those games.

[@jakub_zawadzki]

@@TheRezro Wait, really? How?

[@TheRezro]

@@jakub_zawadzki Did you played those games? Seath is major character in KF2 and KF3. You don't need to be genius to find out that you basically play as Gwen in KF3 and Nameless King in KF4. And I would not even mention that Otogi 2 directly link Sekiro to Bloodborne.

[@nj4442]

@@TheRezro You should make a video about that. I can’t find any explaining the lore connection between KF and Dark Souls

[@esssss8415]

@@nj4442 There isn’t a connection. He has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about.

[@rcurl44]

"One to get the good ending, and one to get the bad ending." But are those really the good and bad endings? 👀👀👀

[@blackcat19]

Good ending = "Dark Lord" Bad ending = "To Link the Fire" DUH

[@topgamer101]

Really depends on your viewpoint/opinion. I tend to play as a paladin/warrior with cleric or lightning spells. I've played others but it's my fav trend. But within the context of the choice in and of itself and less of the outside sources, I look at linking the fire is giving those people you passed along the way and chance to keep living and possibly find some form of happiness and enjoyment in their life. I sacrifice myself to give them a chance to continue on and hopefully find value in their lives. Darkness destroys everything, or at least how I've viewed it. It's possible that's not accurate, and likely isn't, but those people and beings I've met along the way that helped me, that died for me, that hallowed, don't deserve to just be wiped out. Their memory deserves to keep going, that's why I almost never snuff the fire out. That is of course just my view point/opinion. Game is a game.

[@cory6266]

Neither. Link the fire, let it fade, it changes nothing. Ages of Fire and Dark are a cycle, the Flame returns no matter what you do.

[@topgamer101]

@@cory6266 Well since I've never done anything other than light the flame, no darkness in my universe version. Welcome to your own canon but that's mine.

[@michaelrate7693]

@@topgamer101 you link the flame but it still fades later, so hero of ds2 can link it....then it fades again for ds3......so even if you play the whole franchise and link every time, the flame will still eventually fade. You just delay the inevitable. Personally linking in ds1 feels like the 'good' ending because it feels like it makes the story flow between the trilogy better, as oppose to not linking so random undead we never see links between ds1 and ds2.

[@ThePickledAuthor]

What better way to celebrate spring than to nestle up to a bonfire...and just watch the world go hollow.

[@ThePickledAuthor]

@She Who Shall Not Be Blamed Exactly! Hopefully we have enough estus lol

[@redtukeguy4263]

The stagnation overflows.

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

That’s it, I’m gonna link the frigging fire and try all this again

[@owensreviews625]

Oh, a dark souls review. Nito.

[@javgoblin]

I see what you did there!!!

[@laundrybasketgamers]

Yes, indeed it was.

[@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853]

Yes, indeed.

[@Hauntedundead]

Mm yes

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

Clever.

[@JJGamezMC]

Jirard definitely had some major character development with this series.

[@oscarmonterroso7161]

What I just bought the game on PS4 last night glad to know this community is still strong 💪🏽

[@KeyToAeris2024]

Oscar Monterroso The Soulsborne community will never die why do you think the reason Demon Souls was a launch title for the PS5

[@kevinnigins9488]

I have a very unhealthy addiction to the souls series

[@ElectricKitty]

from soft is secretly a drug dealing mafia

[@artofdying1278]

Saaame😅. Souls and Monster Hunter are my biggest time sinks.

[@mykelmellen2378]

I feel like I've watched just as many hours of Souls content as I have play time in the games themselves.

[@esssss8415]

Your not alone. Umbasa.

[@nickg131]

My wife tells me the same. And my friends. And my tattoo artist. :-p

[@judgedsalmon]

I loved how when he talked about the only negative point, the video showed the bed of chaos 😂

[@danyjoms13]

Bed of chaos isn't that hard

[@sodecdash9336]

@@danyjoms13 its not hard. Its just simply Bad. Like all of Izalith in General. Its the area where the Lack of development time shows up more than everywhere else. I lovee DS1, but Lost Izalith is trash

[@JoshuaPriemerArtist]

Jirard: exists Tarantula: and I took offense to that

[@joshwhelan4225]

Jirad talks about the game like he's returning to some sort of toxic relationship

[@epicprogamer6986]

"0 controller shaped holes in my wall!" Proceeds to show a brick wall

[@Elthechop]

I’m playing this now and it makes me want to rip my hair out but I KEEP. COMING. BACK. FOR. MORE

[@tasteyhands2917]

We all did I got into the game late and was prepared for some of the frustration but it still pissed me off time and time again

[@SystemBD]

Good. At the end of this journey you might not have any hair, but you will discover that you have grown not only as a gamer, but also as a human being (at least, in your perseverance and your ability to mentally recover yourself from bad situations). The only issue is that, once you finish this game, you will probably be chasing a (now metaphorical) dragon for the rest of your life, seeking that same feeling of personal growth and achievement.

[@liyifenn]

This game isn't that hard, honestly. Dark Souls III's harder.

[@bonkusdonkus3743]

@@liyifenn dark souls 1 took me 2 years to beat. 3 was the same amount of time. I beat 2 within a month and didn’t get stuck on any boss. I think it depends on how much experience you have on games like dark souls. Some of the games are just harder for different people.

[@NateSammich]

He really said that linking the fire is the good ending

[@JJAB91]

To be fair there is no good ending.

[@marcelaoo]

2:16 “Vaatividja”

[@MissCanada-LIVENOW]

Welcome to the First day of Spring, Soul of Cinder. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@taku-ruki]

People need to stop calling the "dark ending" the bad one. Gwyn litterally ruined the world by extending the age of fire, the world in ds3 is litterally burned to ashes as a result of what he did. Also the age of dark is the age of humans, the dark soul is the human soul and Gwyn tries oppressing humans so much that his age of fire shenanigans cursed (some of) them to become undead, hell after a certain part in ds3 the world itself gets branded with the darksign with the black sun. Light does not always mean good and vice versa.

[@Humblemumble7]

Soo, people think the "bad" ending is the one that sees the humans take over the world? I have to agree

[@liyifenn]

@@Humblemumble7 Compared to the gods, the humans in this series are much more benevolent

[@bonkusdonkus3743]

Honestly, I don’t think either endings are good. Dark souls as a series would not let us get away that easy with at least 1 good ending.

[@SkribbleNL]

​@@bonkusdonkus3743 I do think it is still bit vague but the story gets told through the lens of Gwyn, so most people assume following that main route is the good ending. While it seems quite plausible the dark ending is actually the "good" ending from the player/human perspective. Or atleast not the bad ending just because its dark and people hate darkwraiths because they often kill the player. so for me its kind of fun to say the other ending is the good one because a lot of people never actually see the lore from that perspective.

[@bonkusdonkus3743]

@@SkribbleNL yeah but we’ve already seen the age of man in dark souls 3. The untended graves is the age of man and that shit is scary af. Not only that but there’s like no one even there, not a single LIVING soul. Also isn’t it canon that the world is fucked anyways because we go into the future to see the world all burnt up and shit. Like I said, we weren’t gonna get a happy ending, that’s way too good to be true.

[@eva_pilot]

"Back then he didn't want me, now I'm hot he all on me." - Dark Souls

[@thekingofcookies4877]

I had Great Axe/Gollum Axe with the lightest clothing possible. My tactic was, I don't need protection if I don't get hit, so I fast roll. Worked pretty well for me.

[@Goob4430]

I:25 I love frogs theme

[@abysswalker3590]

This is the game that got me back into games. As much as it’s an awesome journey through an amazing world, what I love most is my own journey of skill improvement, from turtling up with a shield on play through one, to consistently parrying with a bare hand and most recently completing a no estus run. Something to be said for a game that gets more fun the more you play it.

[@duckfilms3662]

9:20 it is SUPER debatable on weather the dark ending is "bad" or the light ending is "good"

[@TheSwordsman100]

The "light" ending being "good" being debatable sure, the dark ending however? Not really. Giving power to a cult of murders isn't good in the slightest.

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Dark souls series are my favorite games of all time

[@MrPrince416]

I feel the Souls Series biggest strength is that it never forgets it’s a video game. It doesn’t force a pretentious story, holier than thou main character, gimmick mechanics... Nope. It’s 2021, we hardly know wtf is going on. We explore, find hidden paths, take on bosses, fight through mobs that are actually threatening...back then this would be used to describe a game like Megaman 2 or Metroid...Souls has translated this into the modern era very very well

[@solidskullz5736]

One of these days I’ll play dark souls, and watch my ass get kicked like 100 times

[@howardhavardramberg7160]

Me too : )

[@alexaltman8106]

It’s honestly not that bad, people overate it’s difficulty. There’s a few tough spikes but overall doable

[@solidskullz5736]

I guess it just depends on the player themselves

[@SystemBD]

It is important to note there are no "Good" or "Bad" endings in Dark Souls, but "Fire" or "Dark". And how good or bad (or meaningless) each of them is depends on your interpretation of the Lore.

[@nickg131]

And humanity hardly "reigns supreme". You're in the very last days of a dwindling age of fire. Mankind is all but gone in Lordran, and by linking the fire all you're doing is delaying until someone else can figure out a way to break the cycle. I feel like he definitely doesnt get the lore here. Which is OK, not every souls player has to get obsessed like I do :-p

[@TheSwordsman100]

I have to disagree, while is there some trickery from Kaathe going around to convince you that the Dark ending might be good, all the cold hard evidence given in this game and heck even the gameplay for the covenant itself points to the Dark ending being clearly evil and thus a bad end. Its the Fire ending that is actually ambiguous.

[@robinchamp5876]

@@TheSwordsman100 I would disagree since we know that the original humans lived peacefully in the abyss until the gods screwed them over so returning to the dark is the best possible option of the two available

[@TheSwordsman100]

@@robinchamp5876 The original pgymies lived peacefully in the abyss not humans, humans are a light altered state of the race that goes out (becoming hollows instead) without the Flame. (Which is why the Darkwraiths/Londor started to view hollows and hollowfication as ideal) Aside from that two wrongs do not make a right.

[@robinchamp5876]

@@TheSwordsman100 I wouldn't say all of humanity is altered by the flame as we know not everyone turns undead even when the flame is dying. As for two wrongs not making a right, I don't think it's wrong to not want to burn in agony for who knows how long before eventually going hollow while damning the world to burn down to ash

[@SebMegronski]

Anyone gonna point out the fact that Jirard has a Black Knight Halberd by the time he gets to the Gaping Dragon

[@oyska_g2985]

Can't believe he called the age of darkness ending the "bad ending"

[@mohamedtahlawy3728]

This trilogy man,it changed my damn life,happy to see the original game getting a video.

[@shawnheatherly]

So nice to see that this game, infamous for its difficulty, wasn't a problem for Jirard as he progresses through NG+.

[@munico6055]

Can’t wait for the Elden Ring episode

[@junoglrr9119]

fun thing is, invaders arent there to ruin your fun. they appear as a consequence for going human and summoning help..

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

I'm coincidentally completing it on my PS5 at the moment.

[@GURKENGOTT]

I just finished my first Dark Souls run today, and it was a blast. I used to trash talk the game because I couldn't see its appeal, but I'm glad I've given it another shot, since it's a top 5 game for me now. Anyways, thanks for this video

[@mabman3235]

The real question that no one seems to be asking is: If something is often hated on the first time through, and is only good when revisited, does that actually make it a masterpiece? To me it seems like a type of blindness, different from nostalga. It certainly is not for those who have very little time on their hands, nor those who have been given no reason to reserve some faith in some game that they recall did nothing but bully them. I feel the only conclusion one can come to is: This is exactly why we say "It is certainly not for all people". A large amount of patience, faith, and time are requirements to enjoy this game, and some people, of no fault of their own, can't afford to expend those on this game. However, this game is absolutely perfect for those who can. Just, don't call it flawless... It absolutely has flaws... rather, call it revolutionary. It it did things others didn't, and ushered a new Era. Man, this quick response slowly turned into an essay. I should save some of this for later debates.

[@aidenwade3891]

To beat Dark Souls is to completely know Dark Souls, and to completely know Dark Souls is to love Dark Souls.

[@MrSkme]

I dont feel like "It gets a pass because its dark souls" is a valid argument. I'm a huge sucker for from software but criticism should still be equally valid for dark souls as any other game.

[@E-Bizzy]

Agreed

[@itsopmassacre8478]

Just wanna say “conpletionist new game +” is a genius title for this new series

[@FinneousPJ1]

New game +7

[@cory6266]

I never had to change for Dark Souls, I did enough soul grinding to force the game to accept the way I wanted to play. Zwei, artorias shield, sanctum shield, heavy armor, iron flesh, stand and trade with anything in the game, give no shits. Conquering 'git gud' is a matter of will, and I succeeded where most others failed.

[@laundrybasketgamers]

That sounds like a really really really fun build.

[@yourneighbormordecai]

3:07 I guess you could say the word soul no longer has any . . . soul.

[@jordanhatt6824]

Dude I remember hating dark souls at first, thinking it was unfair and hating it but after pushing forward it eventually became one of my favorite games

[@calvinnigh5489]

I finished Dark Souls for the first time yesterday and was scouring for reviews or retrospectives or whatnot. Thanks Jirard

[@shurikenkat]

I’ve played this game a handful of times and am still awestruck at 22 deaths. What.

[@HenryMyth]

Black Knight halberd. It completely breaks the first playthough. He probably just followed a guide.

[@NinjaPokeProductions]

'death are going to happen' *cut to footage of that madman who completed them all one after another with no deaths.*

[@BlazeStorm]

>Personally talked to Vaati >Calls To Link The Fire the good ending

[@thelegalsystem]

Humble seems like a great partner. Hope its a fruitful relationship for both parties :)

[@Humblemumble7]

Oh SHUT UP!

[@thelegalsystem]

@@Humblemumble7 calm down lmao

[@ChonkUm]

Got Dark Souls as a Xbox freebie having never played or really thought about it before that. 10 years later I own them all except Sekiro (I like the online stuff), and have beat them all multiple times, even getting into full completion and fashion souls. Even the clones have a place in my pantheon of great gaming memories... I'm talkin to you Surge lol. These games more legit then MC Hammer in the 90's. If you haven't lit a bonfire, give any of these a shot and you will find one of the most fulfilling genres in all of gaming. I just had to chime in and show some Miazaki love. Peace...

[@JonathanTacoman]

I literally just started Dark Souls for the first time last month I’m currently at the Castle with the Rolling balls and lizard men... that shit is fucki’n difficult as hell

[@bryancadents3559]

I just finished Dark Souls for the first time a few weeks ago. Great game. It's rough around the edges, but I think it's firmly one of the best and most important games of the last decade.

[@Malysitos]

Beginning of video: “Hey, thanks for watching today’s video.” Me: “I didn’t even finish watching yet, Jirard!”

[@L33PL4Y]

But you ARE watching it, and he's thanking you for that.

[@jeremiah1293]

Completionist and Beard Bros are about the only things keeping that ember of trying Soulsborne game lit for me. One day, I’ll try them

[@laundrybasketgamers]

Do it. You won’t regret it. Just don’t start at Bloodborne, you’ll be disappointed by the rest lol

[@frohnatur9806]

You forgot to mention how the left hand "weapon", which is usually a shield, but can be a sword, axe or similar, can never be used as a weapon. As Miyazaki himself, I too am in pure disbelief how nearly every new Dark Souls player relied on shields.

[@hiduck8247]

lel, of course it's easier. You're playing with a BLACK HALBERD. For those not in the know, it's by far the best weapon in the game and you can get it early if you know how

[@serene-illusion]

Killing that one black knight in Darkroot and praying that he drops it, or else restarting the game or living with it for the rest of the playthrough. Missed my chance to equip Covetous Gold Serpent Ring on ng+, and was bummed that it didn't drop for me.

[@sanfransiscon]

I'm glad your story is one where the community was helpful! I know a few who swore off the franchise forever due to certain parts of the fanbase, though I suppose that's kinda par for the course with any popular thing.

[@davidsweeney4090]

Thats music was epic as hell

[@user-mk5xd5fm1u]

maybe you should try this new and unique game called tribal hunter, the game is said to be in early access, but that is what the page on steam said, I can't spoil allot but, can still say some staff. the thing that it has that is very different from other platformers is the size change mechanic, but you have to explore the other staff on your own.

[@LeoStep93]

Mistake: humanity is not reigning supreme in the age of fire, Gods are reigning supreme, and humans are merely their slaves. Age of Dark is the Age of Men :D

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

Atleast that’s what Kaathe says.

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

@@mr.cup6yearsago211 which gives Kaathe every excuse to manipulate the Chosen Undead into becoming the Dark Lord.

[@Tomiply]

The first time I played Dark Souls, I got completely lost in it and loved it. I was obsessed. Been a huge fan ever since.

[@reagansido5823]

Got to be honest, I can't think about The Completionist and Dark Souls at the same time without remembering that deadlock episode from game theory. As a VERY big dark Souls fan It's........hard for me to forget.

[@PeterMasalski93]

Dark Souls 1,2,3 Demon Souls Sekiro Bloodborne are the only games I finished 100x times I played them so many times, I even though of joining the speedrunning community..

[@nbr6116]

Oh how have I waited for this NG+ ❤️

[@younghacker09]

What are the odds that after I finally decide to 100% the first Dark Souls (my personal favorite) Jirard drops this gem. Thank you for this treat you bearded beast!!

[@Siegmeyer_]

I’m currently doing the same. Quite the coincidence haha

[@FinneousPJ1]

Having summons in almost every boss fight is hardly getting good lol

[@iAmMajorRico]

did this man really learn sen skip for his last playthorugh??!?!? dude congrats thats awsome

[@victoriousf.i.g.3311]

Games in general: Get really easy to appeal to the broadest possible audience. Miyazaki: *Laughs ominously*

[@xthewhitewolf]

Dark Souls 3 was made easier so that new fans could jump in.

[@Link122011]

I literally just finished Dark Souls for the first time a few minutes ago, and entered KZbin to see you released this video... I’m shook

[@skoomajoe6205]

Congratulations man! You should be proud

[@laundrybasketgamers]

How’d you like it?

[@lunch_trey]

Dark Souls saved the RPG genre for me. Games like Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Mass Effect and others were becoming very stale to me; I didn't feel connected to these characters or worlds anymore, I felt like the stakes weren't as high as they should be and I felt like I was just going from Point A to Point B with a few distractions along the way. Then, I played Dark Souls 2... Everything I wasn't feeling anymore in RPGs anymore came back and in a BIG way! I was driven to continue this quest, to explore my surroundings and to make my character feel like they're adapting and overcoming the world. From Dark Souls 2 I played the rest of the series: I came, I saw, I got pushed down to the ground and kicked in the belly and I conquered. Having just recently finished Dark Souls 1, I can definitely say that my adventures through Lordran, Drangleic and Lothric rekindled (no pun intended) my love for RPGs. As long as I have Dark Souls around, I'm never gonna feel that way again.

[@victorionut9133]

Finally beating Havel after getting bonked and instantly dying like 20 times and having to run back all they way felt so fking good

[@FumiTheSillyGirl]

my favourite series of all time over 4000 hours across all games and bloodborne since Demons Souls They are just so good and fun to play

[@tonts5329]

Does that include Sekiro and some of the games that do the Fromsoft formula well like Nioh and The Surge 2? And the less impressive copycats like The Surge and Lords of the Fallen?

[@hellboy30098]

Throughout my teenage years, I've bought dark souls 4 times. I kept playing it and dying and dying and dying. 3 years ago I was forced to finish it by a friend. Now I've beaten then all. Dark Souls had it right all along

[@TimeToRelax199]

The dark soul of man , it was you all along , so easily forgotten

[@AidanRatnage]

At 4:17; no, Gwyn is not a human, nor are his knights. The original human was the Furtive Pygmy, he/she is the progenitor of all humans. If you look at all the in-game models of the black knights and Gwyn they are at least a head taller than the player character and all other humans. And Nito? Well he's huge.

[@Benjitos2]

This is really weird. I just started getting into Dark Souls and now everyone seems to be making videos about. Cool.

[@bennettam.9330]

This sounds like a title to a Game Theory video lol

[@agnel47]

It's gotten fine with time. I hated its guts back when it came out, now can't even stop thinking about it since played it finally this year.

[@BirdMoose]

I miss my first DS1 playthrough, the later Soulsborne games are prolly harder... but I'm dramatically different as a player. In DS1 I had to beat it by creating 2 different characteds, the first was when I tried a bow build and couldn't kill Gargoyals, and the second was a super tanky build that had almost no damage that killed all the lords but couldn't DPS enough to stop the Kings from swarming me. On later games I had a better idea of how to play to compensate a bad build, or re-adjust my build. It's just a matter of never getting to do something for the first time again.

[@itcheebeard]

CHRONO TRIGGER OST! Just finished my first playthrough in like 10 years the other day. SUCH a fuckin' legendary game

[@aidanredding8058]

I was just playing it earlier. I started it 3 years ago, and I still have not beat it.

[@granthamlin8126]

@@aidanredding8058 Oh man. You really should. It's a classic amongst classics.

[@itcheebeard]

@@aidanredding8058 DUDE! Stick with it! Its hands down one of squares best. Along with FF6. Snes era square really was the pinnacle tbh. Although PS1 era was pretty damned good too

[@aidanredding8058]

@@granthamlin8126 I know it's one of my favorite games of all time, I just keep forgetting to play it since I have so much other stuff to play. Seriously my back log is ENORMOUS. I'm almost done.

[@DigYourSumo]

Your epiphany about the challenge of Dark Souls reminds me of the voice over from Getting Over It. Jirard Foddy...

[@realkingofantarctica]

The last thing I had to do for the Platinum was make Artorias' Shield for Knight's Honor, which means the last thing I did in the game was kill Sif, which made me very sad.

[@huntersanders308]

I love how you use Chrono Trigger music so often in your videos!

[@ninjanarwhal7963]

Mans just called age of dark the bad ending smh my head

[@ukguy]

Been playing games since I had a NES in the 80's and Dark Souls is still my fav game of all time... Zelda LTTP, Demons souls, Bloodborne, the original FFVII and the Witness are all close too.

[@browland1]

Your journey with Dark Souls pretty much mirrors mine. It's only over time and with a lot of patience and personal growth (as a gamer) did I truly come to appreciate the game and the genre it would come to create. It's one of my favorite series of all time and Dark Souls (along with Bloodborne) rank among my top games of all times, and I've been gaming for over 30 years.

[@garnerhowerton9153]

alternitive title : Jirad says vibe a total of 324 times

[@wariodude128]

Still hoping that the dev studio which remade Demon's Souls does a remake of the King's Field series as one continuous story. Would be awesome.

[@duckfilms3662]

Yeah like a "king's field compleat edition" or some thing.

[@wariodude128]

@@duckfilms3662 Yes, exactly.

[@Walamonga1313]

Hell no, they ruined Demon's charm. Maybe have them remake the engine and combat/gameplay mechanics but someone else to remake assets like models, textures, soundtrack, etc

[@sunless]

The soulsborne series has helped me through some dark times, their atmosphere and philosophy manifests beyond the barriers of a "game"

[@altairezio6850]

Frog's (Glenn) theme - 01:25 Just beautiful!

[@ZoeBateman]

Throwing yourself down a rabbit hole IS good sometimes yeah! It also makes me think of the "Try jumping" messages around everywhere from players, they're not always messing with you (they mostly are though) they're sometimes guiding you to cool stuff