Do Dark Souls 1's Trees Even Make Sense?

[@illusorywall]

Thanks so much for the shout out! This was a fun video and based on your presentation I think I'd dig hearing you talk about any video game, really. Subscribed!

[@Xenoxygene]

Such an honor to see you here, thank you so much for your incredible work!

[@embargovenom9948]

7:12 Can you or any of your datamining friends explain why the trees and the textures are misaligned, only to fix themselves when you reload the area?

[@cuberx2727]

we all were expecting a video on bayle, but we got something even greater. "what the fuck are trees"

[@Xenoxygene]

Bayle video is coming very soon I promise!

[@Majoraspersona]

we just don't know

[@icedragon4008]

0:16 Im about 99.9% sure thats just a real life picture of a random mountain they used as a skybox. You can even see a road going up the mountain and all the trees clearly cast a shadows.

[@Bukwheat]

Ain't no way, truly Peak Souls

[@flentastic1x]

I wonder if there is any chance we happen to find the place the pic of the skybox were taken from

[@timmycu]

​@@flentastic1xGonna be playing dark souls in real life after we discover where lordran is

[@flentastic1x]

@timmycu if the community managed to find the minecraft seed of the little default new world image then this task its easy

[@hfso372]

​@flentastic1x Just show it to rainbolt and he'll have it in under a minute

[@k1wishade]

you’re fueling my constant uncontrollable urge to know things about video games that no one ever needed to know thank you so much

[@absolutnil9918]

I never noticed the tree on the kiln of the first flame, also funny thing there's a tree in firelink shrine that doesn't appear on the cutscene where the bird leaves you there

[@Xenoxygene]

I didn't even think to check the cinematic!! But yeah it's crazy I didn't notice the Kiln either, was super happy to discover it while moving around with the free camera

[@CK1000997]

Yeah it's more obvious when you come back to the same tree in DS3.

[@unstabletable3883]

strangely cozy video

[@Uro64]

Very chill, I love videos like this. Just a chill walk through looking at stuff. You know, I have played Dark Souls more than most and I never noticed the Firelink tree was growing out of the cliff face!

[@Xenoxygene]

Funny how many we just don't even think of checking when playing through games! That all stops now, nothing will get past us.

[@UnbreakableGrass]

1:37 no way bro just jumped into the well 💀

[@Solibrae]

Maybe there's trees down there too...

[@ricardoconsort2260]

My first souls game was ds2, before I played ds1 while still playing ds2 some guy made the following video, he jumps into the well and skips direct to the catacombs of the giants, when I got to play ds1 I decided to do it, bad idea

[@Solibrae]

​@@ricardoconsort2260 Sounds like @kingborehaha

[@Solibrae]

@@ricardoconsort2260 Sounds like king bore. I posted this earlier but KZbin deleted the comment because I linked his channel.

[@satosato4169]

There is a whole secret armor set, who wouldn't!

[@OrigamiPhoenix]

I'm glad I even got to learn about the real world phenomenon of adventitious and endocormic roots growing in weird ways.

[@Sunny_Haven]

Would love to see you do a video about trees for Dark Souls 2 and 3. The roots in the Old Chaos when you fight the Ivory King in DS2 look pretty cool :3

[@varsoonhks3211]

Getting some real Any Austin vibes But also Absolutely down for more

[@Ibruk595]

There's always more to be discoverd or looked at in dark souls games-I knew the fake trees could be killed, but never would have thought that they might be moving around. Especially in dark souls 1 and 2, there are so many odd, experimental systems and ideas, like miracle resonance or the rat covenant, that are sadly rare in modern games.

[@manostororosso2364]

You know the guy that finds the location of every picture you send him? We should send him the picture from the undead asylum trees so he tells us where this picture is from

[@irenemikryukova6280]

👀Dark Souls trees developers' faces when somebody (Xenoxygene) suddenly decided to check on every single tree in the forest 😁

[@arsenijeandric]

the fact that the kiln of the first flame is atop a tree is so fucking cool, amazing video m8

[@ThisHandleIsDefinatelyTaken]

I love trees and the hacky yet cohesive world construction of the first Dark Souls.

[@MrHeorhe]

When Mr Miyazaki was sitting in his small development office, maybe he shared it, maybe since he was director he had his own office. Do you think when he sat down and showed his animators the concept of the witch of izalith fight where a tree sprouts giant flaming claws and scythe... Ya know... do you think he knew that in 10-20 years his games would be so over digested by the videogame community that he would have entire essays on the design of the trees in his game?

[@Xenoxygene]

When I spend time on small details in my videos, it's always in the hopes that someone, somewhere will notice and it will make it just a bit better for them. So maybe in a way, this is the same here. Where they didn't plan on people over analyzing every detail, but they still put in that extra bit of effort on the off chance that someone would!

[@MrHeorhe]

​@@Xenoxygenelol when I commented I was halfway through, I was still expecting a joke about how the bed of chaos is a fucked up magic tree and doesn't count but I'm genuinely surprised you didn't even mention it in the video. Not that it would have been better or worse, but I was really really waiting for the bullshit magic tree 😂

[@Xenoxygene]

@@MrHeorhe I was hesitating to be fair, even recorded several shots with multiple angles. But I felt that for it to be more than just padding, I would have to dive into the lore of it and it might have been too much for this silly video! Also fuck Bed of Chaos.

[@MrHeorhe]

@Xenoxygene all my homies hate bed of chaos *spits on ground*

[@just.another.guy.2343]

A friend was blessed by the algorith and found your channel, he then proceeded to share the video with me. I must say that you gained 2 subscribers, loved the vid!

[@khaledahmed9136]

It would be interesting to do the same video for the other games to see how FromSoft improved overtime Great videos as always

[@NopeNopeNope9124]

Now we need a full geological breakdown to see if the soil/rock formations make sense and how they couldve got there

[@Majoraspersona]

It's strangely heartening to know that FromSoft has had a strange fascination with trees long before Elden Ring

[@evanseifert8858]

Play the old Kings Field games if you want to know just how far back it goes.

[@anaibag]

This is the dark souls of dark souls KZbin videos for sure

[@chops987]

The trees got that dark soul in them

[@TyphnCG]

This is very comforting, and it would also work very well with dark souls 2

[@tylerherdman1755]

My favorite genre of KZbin videos

[@jugomebu]

Ahh yes, 2:56 a propertree

[@nutherefurlong]

Very fun video :) I see the world that sits upon these trees as coming later. Like the tree didn't necessarily grow through the land, the land formed upon the trees over a very long time, and the trees were strong enough to keep these lands aloft. Fantasy universe sort of stuff but kind of different than the standard Also, did not know that there are roots at the bottom of the Kiln. Neat!

[@Xenoxygene]

That's a really cool way of looking at it, and would completely fit the idea of each Archtree potentially supporting a different world entirely

[@nutherefurlong]

@@Xenoxygene I tend to think it's just a single world propped up by many trees, but I know that the lack of land above in other areas that would make Ash Lake dark don't seem to be there. Sunlight is sort of a theme, though, with false light and true light, so I don't think it has to obey physical reality, it's all a bit dreamlike. I do see why that hypothesis is there, and I entertained it briefly, but I feel like the many worlds thing they talk about in DS1 is partly there to justify multiplayer, and that also seems to be an overlapping potentiality rather than physically separate places. Hard to say for sure

[@Xenoxygene]

@nutherefurlong I've never gone too deep into the lore but I guess I might get more information on that when studying the trees of Dark Souls 2 and 3! Especially with areas like Things Betwixt that seem to really expand on this transition between realms in a way. Thank you for your help, I'll be sure to share my findings in the next video!

[@MetroAndroid]

11:50 Somehow in all the years of lore, I never realized that the first flame was discovered in the core of an archtree. I never noticed the half-second before it starts zooming down the roots that the camera was going _into_ an archtree. OR that the Kiln was on top of the remnants of an archtree! Cool stuff

[@Jonas-ox7eo]

This is the information I need in my life right now

[@nicc9258]

I love watching videos about unnecessarily overanalazing video games (Comment for the algorithm)

[@Xenoxygene]

Me too, so I decided to contribute! Thank you!

[@cruros9084]

How did i never know that the Kiln of the First Flame was inside/ontop of a great tree??

[@Xenoxygene]

Don't worry I love this game to death and I saw it for the first time making this video. To be fair it's not that easy to spot while playing normally!

[@CakeSublime]

5:40 that's some slick editing!

[@giuliodurante2572]

This video is great, thanks for giving more insights about such an overseen detail, which is instead crucial for the original vision of the game. Apparently Miyazaki said in an interview that he already had a fascination about the concept of trees and he had already used it in the past games

[@MudmanBlues]

5:04 I actually have a very good example of this happening in my yard. We cut a large tree because it was about to fall anyways, and we kept the stump because it was too large and nobody wanted it. After a couple years, small branches of what it looks like to be a totally different tree started growing on it, and nowadays these branches are quite big although not very thick. It's honestly very impressive to look at.

[@ZombieMash]

Great video! I love the 'Any Austin' style this video has, keep it up!

[@ismailalizade8078]

hollow knight music!

[@Antarez666]

I never needed to know any of this but I already know I'm gonna love learning it in the next 12 minutes

[@slightlytwistedagain]

IMPORTATION LORE: Arch trees and giants are kin. A giant tree is likely to be a corpse of a giant. You will see this in DS2 and DS3.

[@Xenoxygene]

I like how this video turned out so I'll be sure to do as much research as possible for the next one, thank you for the information, very useful!

[@Jess-me8ol]

not exactly what i meant when i said i needed to reconnect with nature- amazing video!!! please make more

[@Humblemumble7]

Oh, you're cool bro! Awesome, half a minute in and I can already tell you've got something that's a cut above the rest. I'm in. Subscribed! To expand, there's a million Souls channels out here, and it takes something different to really stand out. You're unique approach is well crafted. I see what you're doing and ready for more. Thanks for your hard work

[@Xenoxygene]

I appreciate it a lot! Will do my best

[@BioTheHuman]

What about the trees in Darkroot Garden that have no foliage and are just a pointy stick? Are them only in my game 🤨

[@Solibrae]

Very good, you really got into the roots of the subject.

[@adam.e2154]

Interesting video. Not the thing i expected but was relaxing to watch anyway. I think Elden Ring is the best for this format cause, since it's open world, there are a lot of trees in some places and close to none in others, which would tell more of a story.

[@titusjonas9514]

Yo your videos are great, please keep it up :D

[@zenith7910]

Underrated channel fr

[@flentastic1x]

Somehow my ds1 knowledge keeps growing and i love it, also i think you covered every single tree on the whole game, including the small firelink shrine trees on the thumbnail.

[@funk3nst3in]

shoulda called it BARK souls amirite

[@TrixxAreForME]

Im so glad this showed up on my recommended feed

[@RandomGameClips27]

WHAT ?!?!?! I have over 1000 hours in Dark Souls and i never knew that beach area or that tree area existed. My mind is blown. Thank you for showing me not only 1 but TWO secret areas. You earned a sub from me

[@Roro_2338]

shelving this gem into the same brainbox where i keep "where do skyrim's rivers go?"

[@Roro_2338]

on an unrelated note, if you want to get a better "dark souls lore voice", i recommend queueing up a bunch of those videos of pets being reunited with veterans after not seeing them for years on a second monitor by your script, and playing them all in reverse so it looks like the dogs are being abandoned. really helps to develop the "1-hp voice" that clinches a melodramatic reading of the fextralife wiki

[@Xenoxygene]

Huge tip

[@coldturnipgreens]

You forgot the opening cinematic archtrees

[@ChocolateFrenzy]

bro i love this please make more

[@evanseifert8858]

You forgot to mention how the dlc's trees are smaller than their counterparts in the main game, which makes sense since the dlc happens hundreds of years earlier.

[@mups4016]

Bro.... They put trees... On trees

[@EuclideanJest]

The next any austin is here. Talking about mundane but cool stuff over a green screen.

[@RealMarvinGaye]

This is my favorite type of video. Just random shit about games I like.

[@robbo44566]

Big fan of the souls AnyAustin arc

[@RafaelGarcia022]

Ugh... Fine... You win... I'm gonna replay Dark Souls 1...

[@julioaurelio]

7:24 Bro just ruined Darkroot Garden. The trees look terrible now.

[@archie6276]

Are we continuing the series with all the games?

[@Xenoxygene]

If people enjoy the format then sure!

[@internetmovieguy]

Can you try looking at the architecture of Gravity rush? I would enjoy a video of someone talking about the world design of that game over its music.

[@Kidgoo]

I LOVE the inclusion of Lisrim, cannot wait for that DLC!!!

[@kinkstou]

VERY IMPORTANT!

[@ZalvadorZali]

This was an ultra banger

[@Zyper_Sebxr]

So the first flame was inside a tree? Doesnt seem super safe to me 😂

[@bagingibargingo4436]

Subbed , this video rocks

[@Rex87]

strange that you didn't mentioned the fact that all trees in Dark Souls 1 are completely static images, no animation, when I played this game for the first time I found this pretty unsettling but also fits this game pretty well, newer games meanwhile don't do this but yeah, I actually liked this fact in this game in particular

[@wocho2842]

Great content

[@VeryScarySmile]

Please do DS2 and DS3 next

[@oskarszile4372]

Darksouls 2 trees or perhaps roawks next?

[@takingiteasy17]

This lore is deeper than Kola Superdeep Borehole in Murmansk, Russia

[@JoeSmid]

if it's dark souls related im watching it

[@Pulleylube]

Xeno Austin

[@MrBones-td6qn]

Does the *Erdtree* make sense?

[@kirpalor74]

"FROOTS"

[@JesterBM]

They getting rid of the arch trees would make sense to why they’d design all their sewage and waste to pool down into it

[@ashen-one--x]

Very Good!

[@MrNuclearz]

Man, those 2D trees look rough, lol.

[@anas6-1-9]

Uselss dark souls data is the best cobtent on youtube

[@librarychump]

is this anyaustins friend?

[@Th3Ch0senUnde4d]

DARK SOULS DARK SOULS RAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@LuciusDidus]

Why were talking about trees again?

[@user-596]

I think DS1 is the only game that could suck ppl in and get them to analyze ever little thing

[@tray84]

ds2 next

[@Shiloh_Shepherd]

Thanks

[@Xenoxygene]

No problem

[@OrloxPhoenix]

Wtf? This video makes a question that it doesn't even answer 😂

[@vojtasek0155]

peak

[@user-ex5pg3oy9c]

Good video, but jokes don't land at all, and the conclusion is anticlimactic

[@Yobonn]

8:12 😒

[@C3lticlord]

illusory walls not invisible

[@Xenoxygene]

My apologies, I will be more careful in the future!

[@lindacruz9782]

Any Austin from walmart

[@brettrichardson7924]

Wait till you see the trees in elden ring buddy

[@DJdopaminCZ]

He's not him

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

guy holding a mic in front of green screen talking about video game shit nobody cares about virus is spreading

[@infinitepotato001]

You can't delay the Radahn vid forever.

[@Bob-y4x1t]

KZbin sucks

[@Xenoxygene]

Sorry Bob...