ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC - Part 4

[@jacksepticeye]

Reminder that this entire series was recorded about 2 weeks before the game came out. So I will likely miss things everyone knows about by now. You're seeing a completely blind playthrough

[@huntrbb]

good to know jack, have a good day!

[@BruceWayne-f4o]

I was trying to compete to see if I could beat it before you 😭

[@LukeyBoyAndTheCatlings]

When is the next garden of ban ban???

[@smush-zr2zd]

That's fine, I hope you can record a long video for the DLC again soon!

[@eshanmohotty3704]

I THOUGHT I’M SEING A LIVE PLAYTHROUGH I FEEL DECEIVED NOW SHAWN

[@Daddo-Penguin]

Npc: Marika wouldn't abandon her own flesh and blood... Meanwhile Morgott and Mohg: *Left in the sewers to rot*

[@bombthing]

Yeah at least when Marika abandoned Messmer in the shadow realm he had this whole keep to himself, meanwhile the omen twins chilling in a sewer

[@Pete_thegoldfox]

Morgott

[@GutsVod]

@@Pete_thegoldfox yeah he probably did

[@Pete_thegoldfox]

@@GutsVod dude I don't know what you're talking about okay I was just correcting this person spelling mistake

[@GutsVod]

@@Pete_thegoldfox i know what you were doing. but youtube told me that Morgott translated to 'he grunted'

[@dan-zq6uy]

Just in response to you talking about someone seeing your videos and using the bonk build at the start of the video Jack, I am also rocking the bonk build because of your Elden Ring playthrough and its been seriously fun and satisfying. I've seen others with dual Great Stars whilst playing too, you've definitely inspired a new generation of bonks.

[@FaiAstriel]

We Bonk, We Kill

[@kdkorz10211]

Maybe the real treasure was the Bonks we made along the way. (Side note: my autocorrect changed Bonk to Bible at first 😂)

[@dan-zq6uy]

​@@kdkorz10211 We all must follow the teachings of the Holy Bonkle 🙏

[@LowercaseAcorn]

I dropped them for my wife who’s not the best at these games so she can get through it a little easier. I want her to be able to experience the game as fully as possible

[@emisthem6562]

Now I'm changing my cult name in Cult of the Lamb to Cult of the Bonk

[@argamer1105]

Jack if you read this just to clarify. You can get dialogue from St. Trina, you just have to Imbue nectar 6 times to get all the dialogue options

[@jacksepticeye]

Yeah I didn't know that back when I recorded this. Shame I missed it

[@LukeyBoyAndTheCatlings]

​@@jacksepticeyewhen is the next garten of ban ban??? You going to love the surgeon 😂

[@DanKor-]

@@jacksepticeyethere’s no way this guy replies. I love you

[@Hayden-pg4og]

@@jacksepticeyeyou should atleast watch a video about the diffferent dialogue, I believe she has 3 lines in total

[@josh1electricboogaloo250]

@@jacksepticeyeyou can still go back and get it

[@RainingJellyBeans]

It would be so interesting to see you go though the dlc a second time; visiting the places you know you missed, the places you don't know of yet and learning the patterns for bosses. The playthroughs of the previous FromSoft games have been wonderful. Instead of taking us on a new adventure with you, it feels like your inviting us into your house to hangout and show off your favourite things. It has been so cozy. Keep doing you

[@vivaanwadhwa6206]

I agree with this so much. His play through of elden ring was what got me into fromsoft. I would love if he could make another video after beating the dlc, just covering quests he missed.

[@Amctrovada]

Maybe he’ll do it like he did with the other souls like games. I would love one long video of him just going over things he missed and kicking ass all over again.

[@YayaFeiLong]

I'm guessing he'll do an all-in-on-video run like half a year from now, after Demon's Souls, Sekiro, and Dark Souls II

[@wuberkz1692]

"learning the patterns for bosses" so far he's just tanked hits and bonked them to death before they can even actually do a "pattern" lmao

[@YayaFeiLong]

@@wuberkz1692 think you might want to reread OP's comment again my guy

[@darthdeimos6967]

24:00 you nailed it jack, you go somewhere else. The sleep is part of a npc quest. You tell them where she is and then drink her nector over and over to hear her speak

[@daisyjoy242]

Thanks

[@gabadaba5436]

Miquella and St. Trina lore, as far as I understand it: Throughout the Realm of Shadow, there are 13 crosses, each of which represents or is literally a part of Miquella that has been discarded/shed. 10 of these crosses are for physical parts of him, such as arms, eyes, heart, and less specific parts of his body. Three of these crosses stand out from the rest, however. The one relevant to this video is the cross in the Fissure above St. Trina, which represents where he discarded his love. The other two of note are the one in the Cerulean Coast, which represents where he discarded his "doubt and vacillation", and the one in the final area, which represents where he "abandoned all his fears". Talking about the final one includes some big spoilers, so I'll refrain from talking about it. From what I can tell, at some time before the Shattering, St. Trina and Miquella were one in the same, in a very similar way to Radagon and Marika. From what I understand, St. Trina is the quite literal embodiment of the compassion Miquella is known for. This manifests in the ability to put people into an Eternal Sleep, thereby taking away their pain. The version of St. Trina directly attached to Miquella, I believe, only had the ability to put people to sleep temporarily to ease their suffering, but once separated, this ability became far more concentrated, which is why we only see reference to Eternal Sleep in and around the split off version of St. Trina. The Velvet Sword of St. Trina item description seems to confirm this, saying "When St. Trina was abandoned, the light-purple mists coalesced into an intoxicating deep-purple cloud". In separating the guise of St. Trina from himself, Miquella also lost his ability to put people to sleep and ease their pain, hence why the cross says "here I abandon my love". With suffering so prevalent in this world, the ability to give people a break from it could be considered the greatest kindness. As for the "doubt and vacillation" cross, I believe this is the very first cross Miquella made, representing his commitment to his chosen path. Vacillation, if you don't know, just means indecision. The cross basically just says doubt twice. I believe the second cross is then the love cross, where he sheds literally half of himself, and arguably the most important part. I think the fear cross is then the final one he made, just before completing his journey, although this is mostly because of its location rather than any real story reason. This could all very well be wrong, as I definitely haven't read every single bit of lore there is. I think there's a lot more going on with how the Shattering ties into Miquella's story, and I can't really be sure what parts of Miquella are tied to the Greater Will and the Golden Order and what parts aren't. Afterall, before this point, Miquella was seen as a sort of literal golden boy of the the Golden Order. I also think his ability to pull people's minds onto his side is completely separate from his St. Trina side, even though their controlling nature's seem pretty similar. Also, the fact that he found both St. Trina, Midra, and Bayle before Messmer is absolutely insane to me. It took me so long to find the paths to those zones, yet he just stumbled into both. I don't get it.

[@sentientplant9658]

This was absolutely insane to read (in a good way). Last video, with the NPC (forgot his name) calling Miquella a monster, Malania in the main game saying Miquella is the most powerful Empyrean and SHOULD be feared, and now completely discarding his "better half" St. Trina....his lore just gets sadder and sadder to me. He's so interesting

[@safijivvaboi5081]

I found bayle and St. Trina before messmer as well. But midra I didn’t find until just before I went to go do the final area of the dlc. It’s crazy how hidden midra is.

[@blank3arth]

@@sentientplant9658 I love the twist in the story with Mohg and how he had no intention of stealing Miquella. But Miquella charmed him with his abilities and forced Mohg to take him.

[@TheMirksta]

I also found them all blind before Messmer. If you are like me and get annoyed by not having map fragments, then it's pretty reasonable to find them all early on, especially because I was running an arcane character so I wanted to check out the area I saw a huge dragon corpse in.

[@DhanrajPrakash]

Thank you for explaining

[@it_all_r3v0lv3s7]

Torrent was frightened in The Abyssal Woods because The Frenzied Flame is capable of killing spirits and specters and Torrent is a Spectral Steed Also... 1:35:39 i love so much how ominous and haunting the noise the flame makes... it's so menacing☠️

[@anna-gt2mu]

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[@GlassPieceGames]

Part of that sound I think is actually from the OST itself with scratchy strings.

[@millo7295]

You get scared by noise in videogame? Fair but I'm still gonna say "cringe"

[@it_all_r3v0lv3s7]

@@millo7295 understandable... there just isn't any way i can explain it in a non cringy way

[@Way2Dawn3185]

Out of all the bosses Midra was probably among my top favorites. The design of not only the area, but the boss was something else. I can't wait to get here with my frenzied flame character.

[@angelshadow95]

I was like "dude we are the same!" And he ignored my scorch scars and went in for a kill. But that was peerless character design

[@TheDataByteChannel]

The Lord of Frenzied Flame reaction was perfect. Such a Bloodborne vibe with his music.

[@dinklebinkle9475]

it was awesome but sucked the fight only lasted 45 seconds and looked extremely easy because of his summon

[@tuyoufpazic5746]

​@@dinklebinkle9475 dude my experience with him was a 7 minute long grueling 1v1 where i needed to about perfectly learn the moveset because i dealt so little damage, and then i watch this video and cry

[@Laney.R00]

It’s a badass boss battle, but I really wish he’d just fight each boss on his own at least the first time instead of trivializing everything. Makes it so boring and doesn’t showcase the bosses.

[@Laney.R00]

@@tuyoufpazic5746he’s playing an extremely broken build and uses his summon all the time. It’s easy mode. Don’t be sad. It’s better to experience the game instead of trivializing everything

[@TheBakerZen]

@@dinklebinkle9475 It wasn't the summon, dual wielding great stars basically invalidates the experience of the game. Constantly spamming jump attacks with them will stagger any boss before they even get to do anything, especially frail ones like Midna. Kinda wish he would use a new dlc weapon instead of just blitzing everything with his base game build because it's the meta.

[@ryanli8371]

Me entering the Abyssal Woods for the first time and seeing those ominous warning messages: "Psshh, I've faced countless terrors and what not. What is the worst that Miyazaki can throw at me this time?"

[@Abyssalbookwyrm]

“What’s the worst that can happen?” Famous last words in a Fromsoft game/ soulslike type game

[@calebscheidegger9461]

Those messages SHOOK me. Killing those enemies made for some SWEET catharsis though.

[@AsheLevi]

“How are you at parrying while screaming, bro.”

[@sushiroll3795]

I love how every time I've seen a Bloodborne player get to this area, their face immediately drops when they pick up a winter-lantern fly.

[@Destructocorps]

Nothing beat getting flung off of torrent, and seeing that message on trying to resummon

[@godly_potatoe69xd19]

WTF that 17:03 ghost reading dialogue was insane u were not kidding about u being a good voice actor

[@ritun4656]

OMGOSH I KNOW!!! I thought the ghost was talking until I looked at Jack and saw his mouth moving. I AM STUNNED ❤❤❤

[@DashBolt]

Guys, please go back and watch games like undertale, where no one speaks. He's been doing great voices for years

[@AndrewStonerock]

Stone coffins look a whole lot like ships to me. Miyazaki said in an interview that the shadow land is a part of the lands between that was sealed away. He also said it takes place at the same time as the main game.

[@godly_potatoe69xd19]

That’s probably because it says they are coffins that were once floating and drifted to the cerulean coast

[@orangmangames7358]

99 likes

[@Ryujin89]

Jack we all love these dlc videos. The views are lacking cause we have to beat it ourselves first! So please don’t stop them.

[@zaimrana2746]

Also I for example ain’t really enjoying these playthroughs as he’s basically playing the game on easy mode. Kinda missing the point (or at least a big part of the experience) by skipping most of the challenge

[@Patatopatado]

⁠@@zaimrana2746it’s all in the way we play, I play just like him. I like to be able to just destroy the bosses, makes me feel like a god. Remember that Elden can be played so many ways. You can play it fast, play it slow. There are 308 unique weapons in the game, there are just to many ways to play the game.

[@Patatopatado]

@@zaimrana2746 I recommend you go watching moist critical videos on the DLC. He just finished he did fist only and it was one hell of a fight.

[@manjotgillsingh]

​@zaimrana2746 there are many ways to play elder ring. There is a streamer who plays with just thinking using a headset tailored, there is a streamer who is lvl1 and took 750+ deaths to beat the first lion boss. Jack plays it in a fun way that makes it entertaining for viewers and he can't cater to everyone possible, so just sit back and enjoy or find someone else to watch

[@zaimrana2746]

@Patatopatado yeah I should’ve added it is completely fine to do this like people complaining about the game’s difficulty you can make this game significantly easier! Do so if you find the difficulty irritating (lets be honest it has a lot of bs) What I meant was there’s a lot viewership attracted to people struggling over bosses and Jack kinda skips that. He also isn’t doing any gimmicks like playing elden ring with a guitar of some shit like that. That certainly could hurt viewer count like wouldn’t people who heard this game is fucking nuts be like wait rellana aint that cool or hard as jack beats her so easily and early that half her moveset didn’t even show up in the fight.

[@GuyWhoCooks]

Jack at 51:03: "I don't like this place." The same guy in a second: "WoeGhHt the Phuuucgg!"

[@DanielHurst-fz3yv]

Videos been out for a few minutes how are you at 51 already?

[@mr.rat.cheesuschrist3441]

man skipped the video smh

[@Fried_Brice]

​@@DanielHurst-fz3yvthat's what I was saying

[@orbitalhorizons]

"I dont like this place" **

[@markipliertrash1562]

How are you so fast

[@tjcar9601]

It is so entertaining watching back on this after your own playthrough, and frustrating seeing the dual morningstars completely trivialize every obscenely difficult encounter.

[@ohichbinyorick5241]

I thought my Eleonora's Poleblade build was trivializing the bosses. I was sorely mistaken.

[@Guzioo]

It's more just using the ash, which is carrying his fights compeltely. Sure a bit more damage is nice too, but just a minor thing. His ash is so strong that he doesn't need to dodge even against a boss, and kills so fast that 50% of the bosses attacks aren't even seen.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Right? Like, Midra is SUPPOSED to be quite difficult IMO... like I'm pretty surprised They haven't nerfed the strat Jack is using. Like can you become OP in this game? Yeah, should you be that OP that you just run over every single enemy and boss, no questions asked, while being actually under leveled? Probably not

[@CrazeeAdam]

@@Guzioo I mean, the weapons he is using and the strat is also extremely OP IMO. Like I used Spirit Ash against Midra too, the thing still killed me about 10+ times.. this coming from someone who has 100% all other FromSoft games as well.. like it's just his build staggers and bleeds enemies pretty fast with what he's using, then double that, yeah. Makes light work of most bosses. Which makes me surprised From hasn't nerfed the strat/strats he's using with the double morningstar stuff.

[@solarft]

⁠@@CrazeeAdamused spirit summon against midra while having all souls 100% and still struggled and died 10+ times against him? 🤔

[@kazuallykunfuzed]

Didn't expect to hear Jack mention Reign of Fire. It's like Jurassic Park but with dragons!

[@pargaras]

It was a disappointing movie for someone who loves dragons

[@rigel9228]

​@@pargaras And the premise is also a little silly because if this actually happened in real life the dragons would be either absolutely obliterated or at least not be able to make society collapse...

[@cerberus4961]

aww kinda sad he didn't take his time with the Midra fight, the music for that boss was so epic and the fight in general is so cool.

[@Laney.R00]

It’s boring af how he trivializes everything and doesn’t showcase the bosses at all. The main attraction of these games. He needs to not summon every single time. At least go in blind for the first attempts.

[@john_etc]

@@Laney.R00ah yes, so boring for him to have fun

[@kiiturii]

I just don't get it, he sees a new cool af boss that he was excited for from the trailers and immediately cheeses the shit out him?? How is that even fun lol, at least do ONE attempt where you feel the boss out instead of just perma stagger and end the fight in less than 60 seconds

[@cerberus4961]

I wouldn't say boring, I still had fun watching him.

[@r9bbery454]

@@Laney.R00 Then go watch someone else? lol

[@icetide9411]

Jack immediately crushing the Iris of Grace hurt my soul

[@SadBearsFan33]

Iris of occultation better anyways

[@israelsanford560]

What if he gives it to the one lady and yes I could skip back to remember her name but I'm not here for elden ring lore I'll watch other stuff for that later right now I'm hear to watch Jack go bonk and scream because yea

[@SadBearsFan33]

@@israelsanford560 if he did, he would be using her summon and not her sword. You wanna use the sword of night, and you want to also get the other guys spear

[@OrionWendigo]

Im surprised Jack didnt comment on the Putrescent Knight having a similar or same weapon to Orphan Of Kos given Bloodborne is his favorite game

[@RhiDElton]

I was thinking that too!

[@blazeshatter-shield2072]

I believe he did while he was reacting to the trailer. though, don't quote me on that, I might be wrong lol.

[@OrionWendigo]

@@blazeshatter-shield2072 i never saw his reaction to the trailer

[@xXadelaydes_paradeXx]

Watching Jack completely miss the lever in Shadow Keep to lower the hanging exhibits: “PULL THE LEVER BONK!!!” Edit: what makes this better, is in Part 5, he finally notices the lever from above and says, “How did I miss this?” 😂

[@rjafitzgerald]

“Wrong leverrrrrrr” 😂

[@zeththedarkmage]

Even better "PULL THE LEVER, BONK!"

[@Abyssalbookwyrm]

@@zeththedarkmageomg that is perfect

[@xXadelaydes_paradeXx]

@@zeththedarkmage 🤦🏼‍♀️ such a missed opportunity

[@sanguiniusszuiriel4984]

The idea behind Marika and Radagon being the same person is a nod to hermetic alchemy, wherein the perfect being was seen as the conjoining of male and female anatomy without preventing the gifts of both. If Miquella is also Saint Trina, in my eyes that means that the lore suggests Miquella is the only empyrean who had the kind of power to change their own self in totality to achieve a different goal. This suggests that Miquella could have been the empyrean chosen to take the Elden ring as a vessel before mogh stole them from the Haligtree. I wonder if Marika foresaw these events and punished mogh for it ahead of time, and he escaped his shackles with morgott’s help…so much to take in

[@blank3arth]

Except Mohg was tricked by Miquella's charm into stealing him. Miquella wanted to be stolen so I guess he could slip away into the shadow lands. Hence why the ritual Mohg was trying to perfrom wasn't working because he was tricked by Miquella into thinking it would.

[@Qwerty-zj3rk]

Oooo two very very good lore takes..

[@godly_potatoe69xd19]

@@blank3arththe charm seems to only happen if you’ve met miquella face to face, so I think he was already intending to steal him since he did the whole blood cult thing even without miquella’s charm, and then miquella charmed him into being solely obsessed with him and helping him with his goal

[@EllaGriggs-te9rz]

Miquella tricked Mohg into kidnapping him because Miquella was relying on his sister, Melania, to come looking for him and to slay Mohg. What Miquella was not expecting was for Melania to stale mate with Radahn, comatosing herself when she bloomed. It’s all coming together lads!!

[@gysahl]

except the Young Lion armor set explicitly says what Malenia whispered to Radahn in that one trailer/cutscene: "Miquella awaits thee, o promised consort." remember, we never knew exactly why Malenia fought Radahn in the first place; there was a lot of speculation but nothing concrete. this makes it seem pretty obvious, to me, that she was there on Miquella's orders to get Radahn to enter the land of shadow to fulfill the vow that they made as stated by Freyja.

[@Nkookdmin-fh5cu]

Lorewise,I think that the first half is true. However, I think it also has stuff to do with radahn holding the stars in place. I think melania was aware of her brother’s orders and knew she had to slay radahn AND mohg for him. So maybe, her course of action was to kill radahn first, release fate and then kill mogh for miquella! But yeah well.. things didn’t go according to plan for her atleast.

[@windwaker407]

@@gysahl That doesn't contradict what op said though. Her being there on Miquella's orders and stalemating with Radahn can both be true. Malenia blooming on Radahn and infecting him with scarlet rot is not speculation. That's just canon. There's no interpretation of events where that's not what actually happened. Either she bit off more than she could chew or killing Radahn was the entire point and part of Miquellas plan from the start. In which case ops theory still holds up. Miquella expected Malania to deal with Radahn so he could make Radahn fulfill his vow, and then come and kill Mohg when she was finished up. What he didn't expect was Malenia not being strong enough to take out Radahn thus being unable to go deal with Mohg afterwards

[@ryttere7577]

if you imbibe nectar 6-8 times, there's a secret dialogue about miquella 24:11

[@glitch7708]

I was so hoping he would do it until he got the dialogue, I haven’t played it but I just knew that something would happen

[@sighborgg]

Watching him get his face eaten over and over again by the fly molds was the peak Elden Ring experience.

[@drbeeant]

Midra is an INCREDIBLE boss, glad to see someone else fight it finally. But WOW did double bonk completely trivialize it. RIP

[@eldritchbidoof]

Ikr, actual BS, what's even the point w/ how overpowered Sean is?

[@ldjx1000]

@@eldritchbidoof he got lucky that the boss focused on his mimic more than it did him, simple as that really. I wasn't so lucky and Midra constantly focused me and it took me at least 10 tries or so even with the mimic summoned, and I run a similar build.

[@peterpepper8553]

@@eldritchbidoofi think he just wants to speedrun the boss for the sake of the videos, which i dont understand tbh, but he said he will go through it again and actually learn the moves

[@WendyOdontella]

Someone probably has already mentioned it, but the reason Torrent is too scared to be summoned is because Frenzy can permanently kill him (or any spectral/spirit for that matter). This makes the area extra creepy and cool in my opinion. I don't remember where exactly I read/heard it, might be the Frenzy video by Vaati, in the comments of that video or somewhere on Reddit.

[@xxdarkcobraxx]

Blues Clues would like to have a word with you Scadutree "Blue scadu, we can too"

[@hme850]

I think this every time he says it

[@xxdarkcobraxx]

@@hme850 its the first thing i thought of the first time he said it

[@lenabeanzx]

As someone who loved doing a frenzy build, I promise you it isn’t as bad as some people think. Yeah, things don’t get afflicted with the madness proc, but the incantations do enough damage on their own to where that doesn’t really matter and Vykes warspear looks so sick. It’s very fun, would recommend. I can’t wait to use Midra’s stuff too. Man, I love this game so much.

[@sekiro_the_one-armed_wolf]

It’s really just an evil fucked up pyromancy build tbh

[@17kpk]

12:06 for those wondering, no "meta" does not originate from an acronym. That belief is a false etymology of the word meta called a "backronym", where people invented an acronym for the existing word. Meta comes from the original Greek word 'meta', meaning "after" or "beyond".

[@Avrimor]

This is the answer

[@gysahl]

it's truly fascinating to me how meta has such different connotations in different spheres of gaming. in video games it's just good practice to play a game well, but in tabletop metagaming is almost universally hated

[@unluckycaboodlegrg2483]

Jack the amount of luck you had not being grabbed by the lantern guys in the abyssal woods is amazing they kill you instantly if they grab you also if you want to kill them You only can with parrying.I died so many times to them lol

[@PabloTheFirst85]

The fact that Mesmer was hinted to be the triplet of Malenia and Miquella is crazy to me. They’re all empyreans and have weird factors about them.

[@pm0532]

nah he's 100% Melina's brother

[@bombthing]

If you read his kindling it says Messmer, like his sister, had a vision of the kindling of fire to burn or something like that. So actually Melania, Messmer, Miquella, and Melina are all related. They are probably not quadruplets, but are definitely all Radagon + Marika kids

[@bombthing]

@@pm0532 Melina 100% because of the Messmer's Kindling description. However his resemblance to Malenia is impossible to not notice. They are likely all siblings born from Radagon and Marika.

[@pm0532]

@@bombthing yeah but he's not "a triplet" is my point

[@bombthing]

Yo why is Miquella in these replies

[@MrFanservice]

41:24 Bro's pulling out the Baby Keem adlibs, he is CERTIFIED😂🤣

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

Jack being a huge Kendrick stan is so fuckin random but I love it

[@maddiemurphy9252]

loving these playthroughs!! I just got my sister into the souls games and now we're watching/rewatching your series together. Let's go bonk!!

[@ashemarlow6471]

Main-gauche is French for Left Hand, which makes sense being that it is a left handed dagger

[@AbiKenzie-mz5sb]

Elden ring is just a story of a messed-up family being slaughtered by a random guy from some foreign country

[@katiesgamingxx]

Elden ring is a family feud and we’re the ones to end it😂

[@deadsoul7409]

The main characters of the souls games are just built different in general

[@williamhenriksen]

Its a tree burner killing a family tree

[@bumble67]

@@rithrius5384ur likely a bot

[@Nero_9000]

​@@katiesgamingxx hey bro, has jacksepticeye fought Messmer yet, don't got time to check I've got lab exam tomorrow

[@SonOfLaughter07]

10:24 Jack perfectly explains time travel

[@FangOriona]

Thank you Jack for the amazing Elden Ring content

[@bradylynch3481]

I love watching Jack play through these games but I wish he didn’t first try every boss😂

[@Neffffi]

This is more intense than those western towns with only enough room for one man.

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

As someone who’s the exact opposite of what a FromSoft Veteran is, let me tell you what I love about watching Seán cover this entire Franchise: 1.) His Comparisons- In the almost twelve years he’s been on KZbin, Seán has always expressed his likes and dislikes based on what he’s done/ seen/ played in the past. 2.) Inclusion- And not just in this Beautiful Community of ours! I don’t feel the slightest bit outcast because of my lesser familiarity with these particular games! 3.) Entertainment- Catchphrases evolve; edit styles differ; commentary changes. But through it all, you can absolutely see how much Seán loves the FromSoft Franchise! 4.) Conscientious Criticism- Not just of the games he loves, but of the misconceptions; particularly those who seemed to misunderstand what Hidetaka Miyazaki said regarding Dark Souls II and Elden Ring.

[@JaydenLeeWas]

Bro wrote an entire essay

[@Tilleyforever44]

I really enjoyed watching both you and Gab's series on this. She is really thorough at exploring everything and you are really immersed in the lore and read every item. All together its a perfect like 100 hrs of content!

[@SwornQuietus]

44:22 you can light the golem on fire and he will wake up then you can get into the building

[@thatblondchick4595]

I'm glad you mentioned this, ik you have to use a pot for it (I saw someone else use it for that exact golem in a vid) but I tried to do it and wouldn't let me use it I couldn't equip it either so I'm confused on how to use it . I've never use pots before in this game so that doesn't help either lol

[@mjra76]

Sean needs to see this.

[@dracaryslace]

I'm loving this series, thank you Sean for sharing!! ❤

[@cindy9188]

Bad thing about being Aussie is that these uploads are 2am every time worth it tho

[@Patatopatado]

2 am is crazy, luckily you can watch a KZbin video whenever you want to. You don’t have to watch right when it releases. Like ima watch half this during my lunch break then after work ima finish the rest.

[@cycy8699]

you're not gonna miss anything just sleep bro 😭

[@potate.potato]

I really really love this series so much, the bloodborne videos especially became such comfort thing for me and I can already tell that I'll watch the DLC right from the beginning as soon as it ends

[@ThespianPlayer]

Me: This area is giving me Sekiro vibes. Sean: 48:10 Those giving Sekiro vibes. Me: :D

[@crystalbowlin1720]

I love this so much. I don't care if he doesn't cover every little thing in the dlc. He is having fun and this dlc is beautiful. I can't wait to play this myself. But thank you Jack for showing this.

[@kittydragon777]

Jack, you need to play Still wakes the Deep next. You are going to love the design and effort put in the game more than the playthrough itself. It is beautiful and horrific at the same time!

[@Croulx]

literally just watched a friend play it, its really good!

[@kittydragon777]

@@Croulx yes it's amazing ! wish it could have been a bit longer

[@OmegaChaosZ]

I,TOO, AM DESCIPLE OF BONK! WE BONK WE KILL! Seriously tho Jack, I've never been a big heavy weapon guy but you and BONK inspired me and I'm running +25 Great Stars now and loving it.

[@hellfire6775]

1:31:40 that "HOLYYYYYYYYY! FAKKKKK" right there, Got me ded 💀

[@Blackout020]

What's with y'all going to far into the video lmao vid only been up for like 45 minutes

[@hellfire6775]

​@@Blackout020 ik😂 but tbh I only watch boss fight and his reaction so I do skip alot of the journey part🤧

[@Blackout020]

@@hellfire6775 fair enough lmao

[@breakzw]

I was kind of excited to see you fight Midra, easily one of the best OST's and thematics from any fromsoft game - so for it to be super glossed over was unfortunate. I understand of course, the need to just get the recording done. But I feel it was definitely a shame. I'd say his fight is only second to Ludwig, perhaps third altho I don't know if I'm putting Kos above or bellow still. Both feel like good, fair fights either way, with amazing aesthetics and OST's. Plus all the extra lore from items you missed about midra makes it even cooler. There are definitely more Cinematic fights, in Bayle - for example. But it's not as good of an actual fight, imo. If that makes any sense. Gunna go watch the rest of the parts now, just wanted to leave some thoughts. Cheers jack~ Looking foward to a longer playthrough in the future perhaps that allows for more time on each of the encounters. Frenzy'd flame best ending~

[@maeganwhitaker8769]

1:33:00 bro i had the biggest jumpscare of my life. My phone was sideways next to a wall and it echoed BEHIND ME!!! I ALMOST DROPPED MY BLT MAN! hahaha P.s. Thanks for the great videos Séan

[@TacDonut]

The journey and discovery of the abyss was so fun! I found it playing through blind and was so immersed with that creepy atmosphere. 10 out of 10 so freakin cool

[@pawanwijesinghe7346]

Just finished part 3 of this series and noticed that part 4 had been uploaded only a minute ago!

[@BigDaddy2068]

your first playthrough video with bonk got me to try the game again. i write this now after beating the game and the dlc i enjoy watching these videos a lot more knowing what your talking about.

[@ThatOneDream]

Jack taking his time in the dlc really is what makes his playthrough just way more fun and entertaining, Plus give mimic tear raw meat dumplings

[@Laney.R00]

He’s not though. He trivializes every boss with the stupid summon.

[@brendensutton3201]

@@Laney.R00 bro how many comments you gonna reply to about a damn summon just watch someone else than lmao

[@Tier1216]

I really really really enjoyed the entire abyss and frenzied manse sections, it all really gave eldritch bloodborne vibes. I actually felt like the manse reminded me a lot of Byrgenwerth, if it hadn't only been two goddamned rooms. Plus the boss! SO COOL.

[@Terrobastian]

Hay, Jack. I'm just repeating this from part 3. There is an ash of war called savage lions claw. It's by the beginning area somewhere there.

[@Robosapion]

He sadly is already done with this dlc. He recorded these 2 weeks ago but it could help him when he plays it on his own

[@Terrobastian]

@@Robosapion thanks for the update

[@SuperNASCARrocks]

This DLC just keeps getting better and better. Another great part. Loving it sean.

[@oojumaflip1]

I went ahead and made a bonk build after the Elden Ring in one video upload, and man alive it carried me all the way through the main game (including a first try Malenia) and the DLC to completion! Jack really pulled a rabbit out of the hat with this build, its bloody nuts lol. Thanks for the hard carry man xD

[@1925683]

It’s fun watching these videos after playing the DLC and noticing all the subtle differences/mistakes.

[@JourneyGeist-xr8eg]

I died. More times than I can count.

[@TheTatianaVA]

Between you and Gab doing the DLC - it feels like my bday, Xmas and all other gift-giving events rolled into one! So much of spoiled!

[@MultiVince95]

Julia Chang: wow my goodness that is so beautiful Vincent marandola: I know Julia what wide waiting for

[@anubisperry7234]

What wide waiting for? Huh

[@yc1307]

The long darkk jaack play it agaain i watch it omce and awhile and gives me big time nostalgia watching those 8 year old videos seeing the game has grown so mush over these 8years. ❤

[@GralbGralbX2]

Jesus Christ. Wasn’t aware of how severely mimic trivializes the entire game. You didn’t even get to see the phase transition for Midra, bro beat him up like he was a dungeon boss only at Scadu 10 which is under leveled for Midra

[@GralbGralbX2]

I get wanting to get through it rather quickly to be able to make it watchable for YT and so you can get the vids out quicker but being able to beat one of the hardest bosses in the dlc without breaking a sweat is crazy to me

[@citizenstorm7631]

Honestly really sad too, Midra is a really fun fight to learn. Hopefully he gets to experience it on another playthrough off camera.

[@GralbGralbX2]

@@citizenstorm7631 agreed one of the coolest fights from the dlc. It would be like walking into Placidusaxx fight and beating him in 2 mins before you ever get to see his laser or gigantic AoE explosion move

[@TheBakerZen]

That's why he wont try any new dlc weapons, why bother when you can steamroll everything with the same old op build that we've already seen for 12 hours.

[@chrisgeraghty9951]

@@GralbGralbX2 Genuinely I think he had more trouble with the fly men grabing him than the boss.

[@davidgibbs2109]

Kung fu Bonk and The scadushtree😂

[@kat_girlm6956]

1:03:48 This area (the madness area) gave me serious nightmares and axiety, those creatures are terrifying!

[@ShikiRyougi05]

Man...him having this insane build and summoning double bonk right off the bat leads to him sometimes not engaing with the bosses at all...what a shame. Fighting Midra is so fun.

[@ShikiRyougi05]

And yeah ik what he said about not wanting to get stuck in a playthrough but i think watching a youtuber learn the bosses is the most fun part... It's not like you gotta show every second of attempts.

[@anonisnoone6125]

Yh I agree. I don't mind then summoning but at least try the void without Mimic first. It would be nice to see how they do against it alone.

[@Laney.R00]

Exactly. Makes for a very boring playthrough. It’d be nice if he did his first attempts without a summon. It’s so lame how he immediately does every damn time

[@digital7779]

​@Laney.R00 dude i have seen your comments all over repeatedly saying this. As nicely as possible dude, just let the man play as he wants to. If you just want to watch the gameplay, but the way jack is playing is disturbing you then just watch someone else. I understand you have your own opinions and can respect that. But dont gatekeep someone elses playstyle man thats a dick move. If you dont want to use a summon or dont want to use a super strong build then do that in your own playthrough and let the man enjoy his bonk sticks. (Also you probably know, but his vids are prerecorded so any build advice wont mean anything but maybe he will do a summonless run in his next playthrough😁)

[@Thriedan]

This series feels great to watch. Its fun as a viewer and looks like jack is having fun with it. Hope he continues to just play games he enjoys.

[@Relannathemoon]

Hi its my birthday tomorrow and i wanna say thx for making me *smacks wall* LAUGH through all of this year and i look forward to watch more have a great day/year jack and people in comments good day ❤

[@simvader]

I’m so happy to see such lovely people here. Keep spreading the love!

[@HowlinnWolf]

19:42 That was... in rhyme. "It's my life, it's now or never, and-- I need 200K per level."

[@mymetallicarulez]

There was no rhyme there though.

[@HowlinnWolf]

@@mymetallicarulez If "now or never" doesn't rhyme with "K per level" then I don't know what is.

[@mymetallicarulez]

@@HowlinnWolf The only thing that rhymes is never and per but that is stretching it.

[@thehighground3578]

is the rhyme in the room with us right now

[@HowlinnWolf]

@@mymetallicarulez Dp you know how rhymes work? It's "never" and "level" in this case. But you could've just clicked on the timestamp, and heard it with your own ears. It did rhyme perfectly without Sean realizing it.

[@SoloGamer42]

You know what I just thought of something- everyone in this DLC is mesmerized.

[@manofmystery1649]

There can only be one Lord of Frenzied Flame 🔥🔥

[@MinaRivera85]

40:56 I scared the crap out of my coworkers when I saw that and spit laugh all over my computer screen. Thank you, Mr. Editor for that. Totally worth it. LOL

[@coolguystorm1248]

They locked me in a forest, an abyssal forest, an abyssal forest full of rats, and rats gave me madness

[@ashers_aether7256]

madness?? i was mad once.. they put me in a forest, an abyssal forest, an abyssal forest full of rats.. rats drove me to madness… madness??

[@laneskirata]

I love how quickly your discussion into dimensional travel raises points about time travel that actually make an insane amount of sense.

[@Taxingrichguy]

Marika is picking favourites like she sent mogh and morgott to the sewers and then she sent messmer to a different realm and she baby’s godwin so sad

[@Taxingrichguy]

Yoooo

[@meteormashup8497]

Of course she did. He was literally her "golden child", the only one who wasn't (outwardly) afflicted by some terrible curse

[@Taxingrichguy]

Maybe so but it’s still really not a good look in her mother ability’s to abandon her babies

[@matthewdrolet185]

Main Gauche is just the french translation of left hand...... you were prety much spot on there

[@renecamacho8767]

I love the baby keem reference at 41:23

[@therealSlushydeer]

I have been a fan for a 8 long years and this is my favorite video. I love you so much Séan❤

[@Jonkenstonk]

Oh god. The abyssal woods.

[@RTXBRINGER]

This is still better than television (broadcasting). Never stop.

[@zawhtet4903]

Another day, another great video from Jack.

[@ate_my_homework]

dude, I searched up reign of fire (2002) and it has all of my 2000s crushes in their prime. I landed on a gold mine

[@aidanfahrenholtz6824]

it just feels a little upsetting how he’s using such a powerful set of weapons he just first tries all the bosses

[@Ringoroadagain6]

Yeah, he doesn't see half of the boss's move sets🥲

[@muisemarissa]

I think he does it for the sake of the length of the series. He will likely play in his own time and test out new weapons. 😊

[@EnaidMora]

because of the note "arm dextral" i just had the conscious realization that dexterous/dexterity has its roots in being incredibly skilled with the right side of your body, most people's dominant sides. also, your videos convinced me to finally play a game form from software.

[@JackLemon10]

I'm sad that after finishing this series, Jack will disappear for 2 months again 😢

[@Wasattsi]

Yeah, that bums me out. Especially if we only have two years left maximum.

[@supersonicROCKES]

I absolutely love how Jack acknowledged the Putrescent Knight's arena looks like Midir's arena. Cause I thought the same thing and had a mini ptsd episode when I first saw the cave

[@HosseinTaghavi-sq1cf]

could've at least tried to fight him alone, he's a really cool boss

[@Laney.R00]

Exactly. Trivialized the best boss and music in the entire dlc. The immediate summon is so boring

[@Chicken_Nugget_]

Quick tip (if you read this): bleed damage scales on arcane and since I see your using a bleed weapon I suggest you lvl arcane if u want

[@OneDarthViper]

Jack lovin the series thank you for playing this masterpiece

[@PinchedSlinky]

I struggled so much with the Putrescent Knight, that lengthy healthbar did you wonders! I'd have died two times in your fight alone 😂

[@whengale]

20:30 reaction has me crying. like those are all words yeah

[@superbumpern]

Jack just no hit Midra, Lord of frenzied flame and didn't even notice it.

[@kiiturii]

wow so surprising when he cheeses it lol.. of course he wouldn't notice or even care

[@Guinope]

Jack, I know these are all pre-recorded, but in case you want to explore in the future: the trick to getting past the furnace golem is to throw a hefty furnace pot into its head. That will wake it up and you can simply fight it. This is super obscure but it's probably going to be well known in a couple of days lol

[@haferrishaydenferris5549]

dual wielding great stars is like playing elden ring on baby mode

[@Lazyslime56]

The bonk build is what got me into Elden Ring and I really am enjoying it