Sekiro: Shadows Cry Twice ► Robert & the Armored Knight

[@TheParryGod]

*𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰* Hope you like the footage ^^

[@VaatiVidya]

ParryGod OP! Senpou is so good for footage that I might just have to make..three episodes on it..O.O

[@Patchess]

@@VaatiVidya Hey vaati, if fromsoft stops making games, will you move to something else?

[@raymonesimpson1291]

Prepare to Cry Remastered ► The Legend of Artorias the Abysswalker music at 10:20?

[@MercurialStatic]

He better be paying you.

[@elsonc8308]

Thank you!

[@samjones4635]

*reads more than 3 item descriptions "I'm something of a Vaati myself"

[@xx_halkon_xx8936]

*reads 2 holotapes "I'm something of a shooddy myself"

[@Priceluked]

@@xx_halkon_xx8936 woah Shoddycast, what a blast from the past.

[@robloxlover123456790]

twinsies

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

@@Priceluked I mean they haven't gone anywhere.

[@Priceluked]

@@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929 Uh what? You know it's owned by that terribly annoying Austin guy right? Who will never make lore videos because he never did in the first place.

[@alexwacker5271]

The scream at 5:09 is so sad. Clearly not the scream of a man fearful of his own death, but the scream of a man’s sorrow for not being able to protect his son.

[@jacobxiongnu2931]

Live to see his child back and healthy.

[@obsidianreaper9507]

He doesn’t scream like that when you beat him though, he does yell Robert, it would have been more powerful to have that scream in there

[@dungeonmaster7974]

He fell like all those who came before him

[@koximm8241]

@@obsidianreaper9507 he screamed robert just before this 5:02

[@notstarboard]

Jesus Christ, yeah 🥺

[@this_too_shaII_pass]

"He died thinking he had failed his son" Man, that gave me goosebumps

[@mattseay7355]

Me too

[@grizzman9989]

Its unlikely but hopefully he saw the other bodies before he went splat and learned the truth

[@mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396]

So how his son live?

[@gilbertgotfried]

@@mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396 He didn't. His son's fate was sealed when he was taken to the monks in the first place.

[@mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396]

@@gilbertgotfried ty

[@SaladDongs]

Props to the voice actors for the knight. There's something in that scream after he falls and yells his son's name that's so visceral, so pure. We don't know much about him and his son but the voice actors sell the idea 100%

[@guitaridiot9000]

From always has such good voice actors

[@ivanl.8054]

The English VA sounds really good but also familiar. Do you know his name?

[@nado6947]

That scream stuck with me, what an amazing mini boss he was.

[@gilbertgotfried]

I have to say I"m surprised. I played the Japanese dub, but the knight's VA just did it better. That scream was haunting.

[@emilksf1725]

@Robin Banks but he's Portugese, English makes as much as sense as Japanese for him

[@ZoeyTheWoofer]

Oh finally now I can get to know whatsup with the tin can on the bridge who gave me big sad and big mad

[@Aceshot-uu7yx]

He is the best mini boss

[@ZoeyTheWoofer]

I have confirmed he gives me more sad then mad now ;~;

[@byront2115]

big smad

[@angeloabbatiello4755]

Wolf Guardian The Big Smad

[@Humblemumble7]

These games are so weird like that because I had almost no trouble at all from this dude.. literally 2 tries and I got him.... But jesus fuck that fucking Ape!

[@shadebinder9969]

The armored knight is literally the most powerful boss in the game. You literally can't damage him. If he wasnt conveniently standing on a tall bridge he'd be immortal.

[@supremedak_god619]

Plot

[@ukor4100]

"strike me all you like, im unbreakable"

[@pokimanefartcompilation]

Unfortunately he can still die to terror aswell

[@shell6467]

To be honest, katana aren't meant to penetrate plated armor so he's probably the only one Sekiro can't do anything against. But against other enemies? There's a giant snake, ape, and orges. The strength of those thing is probably enough to destroy an entire building so I don't think a plated armor going to stop them.

[@helge5565]

“I am f**king invincible!” *The Armored Knight forgot that his standing on a bridge*

[@Nitrinoxus]

The only force more powerful than sorrow in the FromSoft universe: Gravity.

[@fyanmuhamad4441]

Armored Core for Answer: "hold my 07-MOONLIGHT"

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@fyanmuhamad4441 Haven't heard *that* title in a while. Yeah, fair point, anything with the moniker 'Moonlight' in a From game is going to be powerful. Still, you can't deny the Answerer made a pretty mighty bang when it fell back to Earth.

[@MRJDXTRA]

Gravity is a harness i have harnessed the harnesss

[@ekakiman]

@@MRJDXTRA No one escapes GRAVITY!

[@lightpoint4426]

Most meta mini boss

[@ImperfectWeapons]

Is this the guy who stole all the posie from Dark Souls 3?

[@absolutepineapple4115]

It was gaintdad all along.

[@thelaughingrouge]

Exactly as intended.

[@aidangough9293]

Nice profile pic ;)

[@BARDOCK601]

He is quite literally giant dad

[@mrbioshock783]

Giantgranddad

[@spinyslasher6586]

Also an interesting observation: The armoured Knight doesn't seem to be an actual knight. His swordsmanship is very unpolished, he just keeps swinging his sword erratically. He doesn't seem to have any formal training in any form of western swordsmanship, which leads me to believe that this is just a normal merchant dude in heavy armour, not really a warrior.

[@RedFloyd469]

I mean, in FromSoft Games "Knights" generally use their shortswords (No, not longswords, that's a completely different thing and I won't call a shortsword a longsword no matter what D&D handbook you're using as a 100% historically accurate source of information.) as if they're wielding giant hammers. The playable character acts like he can barely lift his own feet let alone a weapon as easy to swing as a regular sword. So following this gaming logic, the armoured Knight might just as well have been an actual Knight. It's just that FromSoft Knights are extremely incompetent in general.

[@NieroshaiTheSable]

@@RedFloyd469 laughs in falchion

[@stormsamba6070]

@@RedFloyd469 i thought he was like fucked up

[@muttonchops2232]

Thats what was known as a cataphrak. Which was basically a mercenary who could afford plate but was never given the training a knight would receive.

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@RedFloyd469 not in Sekiro. A trained knight would move with more grace and leave less openings for the players, look at Fume Knight as an example, his moves have a certain 'reason' to them, and even when he's wielding the FUGS, he's still precise and agile, and he feels like a trained and battle hardened warrior. The armoured knight doesn't act that way. For example, he has the rage attack, when he arches his back and then rushes towards you and starts slamming his sword with one hand. The move looks uncouth, bestial, and very unlike that of a trained knight.

[@XLegion100]

damn that cry out to Robert and scream as he falls was pretty powerful.

[@willywilliam6936]

A shinobi would know the difference between honor and victory

[@cermit5626]

That was definitely not honor

[@itzshiori7403]

Before I knew about this I thought the knight screaming "ROBERRRRRT" was kinda funny and I actually giggled because the whole encounter was so confusing. Now I just feel like a monster

[@agasthya9128]

Even I laughed really hard when I beat him and also when I saw others fighting him and beat him.

[@aether388]

Tbf, we don't know for sure that this is the official back story, Vaati draws some conclusions here that aren't 100% backed up (he indicates it by saying such and such "likely" happened that way). My assumption was that the armored knight was trying to prevent anyone from entering the temple to stop the monks from getting their hands on anyone else, after what they did to Robert - not that he was working for them and unaware of his son's fate

[@frytcuzz2295]

Audience: How do shadows cry? Vaatividya: I will show you wolf

[@expertionis794]

cries in sif*

[@badrequest5596]

@@expertionis794 and more recently... cries in blaaid*

[@AsianBasement]

"He died thinking he had failed his son" I'm no father, but that instantly made me lose my mood.

[@Kmi_Sama]

The moment he falls off, screaming the name of his son, painfully screaming while he gets closer and closer to the ground. That moment almost made me shed a tear. The idea of sacrificing everything you have, even your own life, to the life of a beloved one, is beautiful, but the idea of failure, to loose your beloved one and your own life, is tragedy. I just love the armored knight more than any other character/enemy in sekiro, it really touches deep in the soul.

[@joshuakim5240]

It also helps that he states several warnings to give Sekiro a chance to turn back, but video game boss mechanics prevent that from happening. The fight is 2 men trying to save the person they care for the most, but tragically only one of them is allowed to succeed.

[@blazeaglory]

I'm sorry but it's "lose", not "loose" Can't believe I'm correcting you because I hate it when ppl do that but I've noticed allot of ppl using "loose" when it should be "lose" Anyways, carry on!

[@gaelsdaddy2341]

@@blazeaglory then why did you correct them if you hate it when people do that?

[@henrytims4745]

D Harlo it’s a really easy typo to make and autocorrect doesn’t recognize the error. No matter how good intentioned you are, it’s just a douchebag thing to do.

[@absoutezeo2126]

@@henrytims4745 Fuck you. Also, run-on sentences with way too many commas are much worse, but spelling "lose" wrong is pretty bad.

[@BonesMalon3]

when he screamed his sons name, damn that hit hard

[@khledsingleton9063]

Pull up your pants, Oni-Chan lmao

[@willywilliam6936]

A shinobi would know the difference between honor and victory

[@martinmortyry7444]

I think he hit even harder a few seconds later.

[@LautrecOfCarim]

I'm already crying... You see, I have this soft spot for innocent knights who get kicked off cliffs for some reason. Heh...

[@Oroku_Sensei]

This is absolute gold.

[@yetanotheryoutuber4271]

My, what splendid armour you have there! *kick*

[@KissedByFire16]

I'm Trusty Sekiro, The one and only!! :)

[@jahrfuhlnehm]

Nice, very useful-looking ring you got there, you don't mind if I...

[@insaincaldo]

Might be Jiminy Cricket speaking, ignore him.

[@nightmare171]

Most heartbreaking of all is that those firecrackers were Robert's toy. Imagine having to sell of your son's toys to complete the journey to find cure for your son which is you don't know if it's true or not.

[@megazion34]

I’m sure he didn’t have thousands of them...he probably just got the idea from his son

[@nightmare171]

When he didnt have any more money to keep going, Robert must have said "We can sell my firecracker. I don't play with it that much anyway". And he must have promised his son to buy back his favourite toy one day after he is cured...

[@wea69420]

@@nightmare171 Firecrackers are consumables dude, you can only use them once. You can't keep a favourite. Chances are they knew how to make them.

[@carrotsandpeas4091]

Imagine giving your son a firecracker I sure hope Robert didn’t have epilepsy Make sense why all of a sudden the dads selling thousands of them

[@amyfalconer1660]

that's super sad, dang...

[@mustafam3285]

He was one of the few bosses I didn’t die to. It confused me as to why I needed to kill him, until in a later playthrough I did. The voice line made me realise he wanted Robert to receive the Rejuvenating Waters. He probably had to protect the bridge in order to receive those waters. Robert is probably dead, given that most children perished.

[@Felsmukk]

He was tasked with guarding the bridge.

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

He was easy to beat but at the same time the hardest because THEM FEELZ MAN!

[@mustafam3285]

Serathis That’s what I meant by pathway.

[@guanbulbus2376]

As a father myself, this storyline hits especially hard.

[@knoxzedlav7343]

would be cool to have a dad

[@cookiecore69]

​@@knoxzedlav7343 sheeesh ...

[@j99044]

@@knoxzedlav7343average westerner with no dad

[@kazokadas]

@@j99044 I don't think you know anything about westerners

[@adventurousclash6323]

​​@@j99044Wow, such an egdy indian. Now go back to working 18 hours a day for a quarter of minimum wage in the west lmfao

[@atijohn8135]

Tfw you have the saddest story of all characters, but you are also the most comedic

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

You know what they said: "The funniest people are often the saddest"

[@theultimateracist3037]

@@ryoumakoushiro7447 never before have i been so offended by something I 100% agree with.

[@VardaElysium]

Story of the class clown right here.

[@yukichiichi]

Vesti la giubba

[@davgg9621]

Story of my life

[@nat040496]

5:03 this voice acting legitimately sent chills down my spine. The level of fear and anguish conveyed by this voice actor feels completely genuine and it's hauntingly beautiful

[@tarkadhal8344]

Is he giantdad? If so then the legend truly never dies

[@insaincaldo]

Guess he kinda is the spirit of aspiring giantdads.

[@OliverOcelot29]

more like black iron tarkus, op armour, massive sword, dies from falling

[@cnut7383]

@@OliverOcelot29 yes but tarkus isn't giant nor a dad

[@MiorAkif]

@@cnut7383 he can be my dad any day

[@Hangman-yq5uh]

@@OliverOcelot29 tru

[@TheGamerguy6]

5:04 ive heard the armored knight fall screaming "Robert" a dozen times now in game, but for some reason the way its edited in this video gave me goosebumps

[@amyfalconer1660]

yess

[@leaflizard8485]

I haven’t played the game but I still felt the intensity

[@zacharybrown8054]

@@leaflizard8485 you should definitely play it. Fucking amazing game

[@hagishin00]

I still think that this is a Dark Souls reference. Even the dude's death is a typical Dark Souls death

[@yetanotheryoutuber4271]

There is a knight's armour set in Bloodborne - makes me think Miyasaki likes to reference the knight in all his works.

[@rustedgreatsword4902]

Faliing off the ledge because of bullshit? Pretty much

[@Frostblast7]

Of course it is a Dark Souls reference. He is a Giantdad.

[@joshuakim5240]

@@rustedgreatsword4902 Gravity: the killer of more players in FROMsoft games than any ultra-difficult boss.

[@rustedgreatsword4902]

@@joshuakim5240 ever one thinks the hardest gank boss is orestein and smough, but really its bed of chaos and gravity

[@pathfindersavant3988]

"Which was impenetrable, but cumbersome" *Laughs in cartwheeling knights*

[@lastor9148]

when will people realize that knight armor inst cumbersome at all...

[@vocalvortexstudios2058]

@@lastor9148 its definately not "cumbersome", but its still heavy as fuck hunks of metal, that the average person would have trouble moving around in

[@FireClaw00]

@@lastor9148 Knight armour is cumbersome, that's just a fact. If you try on Chainmail alone you'll feel the weight of it, let alone plate armour. Knights were trained to fight in it for years though. If you look back to english battles, one was to remove their armour in favour of lower protection higher mobility gambesons so that they could win a battle in the mud & rain vs the french army double maybe triple their size, that kept their plate mail on. Edit: Cumbersome in comparison to ANYTHING else, you can still move well in it but it'll be 10x more draining and without the stamina to back it up not many could handle it.

[@lastor9148]

@@FireClaw00 its 15-25 kilos, i can lift 15 kg with one arm and 30-35 with both arms, sure its a little heavier and requires a little bit more stamina but it doenst hinder movement at all, a fully plated skilled knight can win against all bladed weapons, its just a fact, being agile doenst stop the opponent from poking or slashing you with a sword, if the lore was realistic the knight would have beaten the shit out of the protagonist by a mile

[@slashharkiri4581]

@@lastor9148 nothing unrealistic about getting kicked off a bridge. i've had my fair share of fun with armour in real life, turns out its perfectly viable to get shoved over by someone who can get past your sword

[@duchi882]

*The Armored Knight have my utmost respect* _F_

[@ArnoO242]

F

[@angelusinnocentius622]

F

[@tunabass1144]

F

[@simonmercuri3073]

F

[@willywilliam6936]

A shinobi would know the difference between honor and victory

[@TheeMonkeMan]

His final scream to me isn't a scream of fear, but of rage. The rage of a father unable to protect the one thing he has left in this life: his son.

[@YouKnowHimTheGuy]

Aah yes the Enormous Paternal Figure my favorite SoulsBorne character.

[@masonjones7777]

the Titan Elder I presume

[@Daniel-bj6ov]

Laughs in father gascoine

[@hubguy]

Gwyn’s a big dude

[@pandinus1377]

Titanic parent

[@TriantafyllosTsiakiris]

Huge Male Parent.

[@slowhite1706]

This why I watch Vaati, so I can regret everything I have ever done.

[@cermit5626]

I regret killing him

[@Spike2175]

My God, something about that scene with him yelling Roberrrrttt really got to me. Well done

[@boid9761]

I think the Senpou monks actually tried to give Robert the gift of rejuvenation, but just like the rest, he too is deemed a failure, and is now just another statue amongst the thousands on the bridge. Probably placed nearest to the where the Armored Knight is, to honor the memory

[@MrLeoKing00]

-saw notification of Vaati's upload -I cried. -saw title -I cried, again.

[@hallowedwhisper2365]

Seriously, their story is one of the most tragic.

[@sutonukarmakar7253]

"Shadows cry twice"

[@YvanTDF]

-Watched the video, cried some more

[@NapoleChan]

"Shadows Cry Twice" ok that's about a perfect title to continue the Prepare To Cry series.

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

Sekiro: Feels Stab Twice.

[@3rdworldofficer296]

I love how this game shows how Eastern weapons, like katanas, while great for cutting through light armor, does nothing against heavy armor, like the knight's. Usually katanas in most games cut through anything and everything.

[@ultimaaxe]

Honestly even light armor like chain/ring would stop a katana and other slashing swords completely. Worn with padding like a gambeson to also protect against the bludgeoning force as well. Increasingly heavy armor just offered better protection of ever increasing parts of the body, with full plate protecting the entire body and making essentially a medieval tank that remained a nightmare up until the advent of firearms.

[@3rdworldofficer296]

@@ultimaaxe Fair point, though I guess I should've meant the armor of samurais when I said "light armor". But yes, you're correct.

[@MattBG67]

@@ultimaaxe Depends, guns weren't the only way to fight armor, that's why warhammers became more and more common, halberds too, not to mention getting clubbed multiple times on the helmet could easily give you concussion.

[@The_TooKings]

ROBERRRRRRRT!

[@MrSage0011]

Did you watch dunkey's sekiro video?

[@reianvase6683]

Ur mental health has become shit.

[@aaronbozack830]

PLANKTON!!

[@fyanmuhamad4441]

RICHAAAAAAAARD!

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

AAAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@Comsworth]

I've watched this video several times and each time I think how good this story would be for a movie. One centered around the armored knight, beginning with him and Robert arriving on the shores of Japan, and the movie slowly revealing the truth of Senpou Temple. Thank you for this wonderful video.

[@Noobie2k7]

I always found this mini boss the most amusing since my name is Robert. So when i finally beat him and he cried out my name i was like 'the fuck?'

[@charlesfarmer5250]

I knew something was wrong when I heard the armor knight screamed Robert. Know I feel terrible that just killing a father who was willing to do anything to save his son, but to know that his son was already dead and he been played as a fool. I’m sorry armor knight

[@Nightbanekaizer]

This was one of my favorite yet sad moments in the game. I fight some knight standing in my way and then as I kick him off the cliff he cries out to Robert. I quickly wanted to find Robert and then I couldn't. Meeting the girl in the temple confirmed the sad fate of Robert and I ultimately wished I had a way to help. But this is indeed good story telling in From Soft's behalf. So much power as a Shinobi yet I could not save two or at least one of these individuals. If there was another way I would help knight though there is sadly no other way to sneak past him and uncover the fate of his son early.

[@monroerobbins7551]

Honestly… yeah. When I learned why he was screaming Robert, I genuinely started weeping, because… imagine sacrificing everything, including your son’s toys, your own sanity, your freedom, everything, so you can save your son, and die thinking you’ve failed, when… it was a folly, as there is only one person who survived the rejuvenating waters, only one pure white flower. But you can’t know, so you die, thinking that in your failure, your child, your loved one, the one you sacrificed everything for, will die in vain. The powerlessness you as a protagonist feels, the guilt, the grief, for characters you’ll never know on a personal level, as is the burden of knowledge.

[@LukeDabbs]

That scream after he cries his son's name is haunting. He gave every fibre of his being to save his boy, and still it wasn't enough.

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

Me at 3 am: Maybe I should go to bed, try and get a normal sleep schedule *Sees prepare to cry video* Me: HESITATION IS DEFEAT!

[@frankuraku5622]

Sees funny Sekiro video after this Me: *R1*

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

‘A compromise with western plate, which was impenetrable but cumbersome’ Meanwhile cartwheeling Knights frollick in the distance

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Yeah, that would be funny, a narrator slowly talking about how cumbersome plate armour is, interrupted by plated knights doing workout and zumba dancing on the background, maybe dancing some salsa while wearing sombreros and watching another do the limbo.

[@myamdane6895]

Hey Vaati, if you're seeing this, please convince Miyazaki to give us even a shred of information regarding Elden Ring!

[@nyleen]

I second this request. We need more drip feeding of information.

[@VaatiVidya]

Yeah i'll give him a call I have him on speed dial

[@myamdane6895]

VaatiVidya Chuck George RR Martin a text while you're at it please!

[@ascended313]

Hopefully something at TGA

[@WinterJack15]

Problem here it's that we need to talk even to George R R Martin

[@mcvgs1780]

He loved his son so much he traveled to the ends of the world looking for a cure and even in his last moments his only thought is of his son. Greater love hath no man than this.

[@schemberger91]

I will be the one comment guy this time, WE NEED A LADY MARIA PREPARE TO CRY

[@minion630]

Yes

[@pauricconwell6817]

100% yes

[@Will-rv3tf]

Yep

[@insaincaldo]

Up this Dan

[@Zengo38]

Pin this Vaati

[@VarmitCoyote]

See these shorter, punchier Prepare to Cry's always get me at the end. The voice actor truly nailed the despair in the final scream as the armored knight fell. Not his cry for Robert, but the scream after as he fell to his death. And all your setup is essential to making that single scream land hard enough to make me actually cry. Brilliant video ❤

[@jacopoarmini7889]

Love this video! Although, I would like to add that european armor was not "cumbersome", no more or less than any other type of armor. Especially in the seventeenth century armor had become very nimble, but began to disappear due to the overwhelming power of gunpowder.

[@insaincaldo]

Compared to anything not plate.

[@cathulionetharn5139]

cumbersome as in tiring to use rather than restricting movement I presume

[@joshuakim5240]

If i recall, the armor itself wasn't cumbersome so much as the ridiculous number of layers of armors required to wear plate mail without its sectional joints skinning the wearer (leather under armor + chainmail + the plate mail). Plate mail on its own wasn't heavy by any means, but the lack of clothing technology to make more suitable under-gear made the prerequisites for wearing plate mail ridiculous (albeit in return this multi-layered setup provided an insane amount of protection to the point where the pre-gunpowder method of killing a plate mail soldier was to knock him down and slit his throat with a dagger because nothing else could actually hurt him).

[@ZionStrickland]

Y. Ahriman on earth yea, but this is in some fantasy land.

[@insaincaldo]

@@ZionStrickland No it's Earth, it's just Japanese legend Earth

[@elcatrinc1996]

He's the best character in all Sekiro, he says so much with so little

[@squiddydii7020]

5:04 "No, I'm Dunkey"

[@laundrybasketgamers]

But what if dunkey were Robert?

[@thunderousyeet5155]

God the visuals on your videos are so well done and stunning. One can truly see the work you put in behind not only your visuals but in the script behind them. The audio, the visual, the emotion, it’s all perfectly done. Stunning, beautiful work Vaati.

[@sevenam9609]

Even if this isnt the hardest miniboss, it was the one that really marked my game. You really felt the pure shock and strengh of each oh his blows and it was THIS battle that made me start to learn parries and start playing the game correctly

[@MjIsHere50]

This easily became one of my favorite prepare to cry episodes. The delivery of the VA's lines, Vaati's narration, and the descending line of the music was phenomenal. All of it tied together beautifully. Thank you and the other contributors for coming together to make masterpieces.

[@Unbottled.Water23]

Kinda wish there was a DLC where you can play as Robert or the Armoured Knight

[@juliebelle1756]

Giant Dad reference. Huge sword he two hands. Cool looking mask that covers his whole head. Impenetrable armour that he still manages to move in. Constantly regenerating stamina to attack us over and over. Had an abundance of an incredibly useful fire like item that he never put to use. A father of a son we never see. Well played, Fromsoft. Well played indeed.

[@ismaelanzaldua7959]

Been wanting to know more about him, he was a cool guy

[@Deathwatch-cx5sr]

was....

[@cocakula6093]

Cool Dad For Sure

[@emilioedj]

I remember that I actually laughed when the Armored Knight screamed Robert I thought it was a over the top and really silly! But now that I actually understand the story its so unbelievably tragic!!! Shadows cry twice indeed! :(

[@tbonezz]

Vaati the editing for this at 3:53 with the music swelling as Kotaro speaks is superb. This is one of your best Cry videos yet.

[@TsulaAngenati2292]

Armored knight: Put down your sword, for the sake of my Son. Me: Okay then Seikiro: I will not Me:..... Screw you edgy Anime man Edit: nothing is wrong with anime, it’s a joke

[@sebastiantorrez8563]

Hell yeah!!! fuck you weeb character with weeb logic!!!

[@husamjanahi7770]

And when geichiro asked sekiro to help him for the sake of ashia, sekiro straight up called it heresy. Like dude give it some though at least, genichiro here working bone and blood to help his country, surely you can sever immortality later. Genichiro is such an honest guy that even though he "kidnapped" kuro, he never forced him to do anything, rather, when kuro didn't share his blood, he went on to seek other ways for immortality instead of forcing him

[@sharif47]

@@husamjanahi7770 Genichiro suggested serving him instead of Kuro, and that's why Sekiro said, "Heresy".

[@muhammadzariff7075]

@@husamjanahi7770 that is the problem with Sekiro, the lack of choices. It would have been amazing if the game allow you to side with Genichiro, and help Ashina reclaim its former glory. Besides, we technically betrayed Kuro when we chose the Shura ending, so why not side with Genichiro?

[@jroberts2nd]

@@muhammadzariff7075 There's the little matter of while we're killing Emma and Ishin, Owl is off killing Genichiro to claim the black Mortal Blade stopping us from doing that there...

[@LinLin-rs2bv]

Such great prose writing backgrounded with amazingly beautiful and perfectly edited video game pictures (probably some mods have been used)

[@TheChedderZX]

So I finally got and finished sekiro and didn’t want to watch any of your sekiro videos until I did so that I would understand and not spoil anything. I’ve watched all your other “cry” videos and I gotta say this is the only one that actually brought tears to my eyes. Not that I didn’t enjoy them but I feel this one really hit home and the way you told the tragic story sold it so well. Many thanks to you.

[@gregory4349]

The iron golem but with feelings

[@OhNoTheFace]

With that kick and him shouting Robert I feared looking more into it. I was right

[@Gamer36046]

Man, his cries for his son just feels so real. The voice acting for the english dub may be wack, but it's still heart wrenching hearing that cry with the context behind it.

[@noctis0caelum]

This is such a sad story. Other youtubers would just show and repeat the battle of this knight and tell the story normally, but you made this video full of emotions with your unique voice and fitting scenes. Thank you

[@ThatGuy-vw6gc]

I just realised that he and his son were the people who made the Firecrackers.

[@crazymees981]

love this video. There are not that many Sekiro lore video's out there than any onther souls like game. I love rewatch youre videos's and get a better understanding of the game's world. Sekiro is so awesome and i think the most underappreciated soulsborne game. Bloodborne has always been my favourite one but since playing Sekiro i am not so sure about that. It also has deep lore gameplay and awesome bosses a true masterpiece in it's own unique way. Love youre vids man keep it up. But don't forget about Sekiro Shadows die twice for it's the black sheep of the fromsoft family and the never will nothing quite like this again.

[@ramidp]

Imagine the Souls series becoming a movie and watching this kind of moments in the big screen .. That would be very emotional to be honest, plus the narrator (Vaati of course) ..

[@odysseusrex2751]

Very cool lore insights! Some fan theory is that the Chained Ogre is Roberto: he is WAY bigger than the Japanese guys, has non-Japanese features, and fights with an exaggerated western style (i.e. pro wrestling). So the theory is that the monks did in fact work on Roberto, but for some reason the process didn't fully take, so they gave him to Geni to protect the gates but never told Armored Knight about his son's fate.

[@StirCrazyB]

The tantrum rage that he gets half way into the fight suggests that he knows the truth at the very least on a subconscious level. That is the true crack in his armor.

[@DanielS-gv5nj]

Pinwheels are often used on childrens graveyards instead of gravestones. So you are basically walking over a childrens graveyard on your way up the mountain.

[@sG_Paradise]

“Roooberrrtt!!” That hit me in the feels not gonna lie 😢😢😤

[@moonmessiah9368]

Still my GotY. Every day i pray for DLC. this game was one of the best journeys in my video game career.

[@BrianNarendra]

me : oh i'm so tired studying history for the next test. time to watch some sekiro lore vaati : 0:10

[@IsaacIsDead1]

Sekiro was my first FromSoftware game and I was so immersed in combat the story went over my head. Now finally looking back three years later it’s heartbreaking.

[@fangwhiteclaw7089]

When I first encounter the armoured Knight and had mentioned how he was fighting for his son I felt bad I enjoyed the clashing of wills but I felt cold when I kicked him off the ledge and he screamed his sons name. The same name described some firecrackers I picked up early in the game and my blood ran a bit cold when I realized the connection and what I had just done.

[@ainvill4737]

That scream was heartbreaking when I heard it knowing the context

[@LdNidd]

There's a theory that one of the ogres might be Robert, given that the ogres look more like Westerners than Japanese. If Robert arrived at the temple before they fully cut ties with Ashina, it's possible he ended up getting experimented on by Doujun, or in some other manner than just being given the waters, that led to the transformation. Not sure how likely that is, but it would be interesting.

[@OWstin7]

@VaatiVidya is it bad that I keep re watching all your videos because it helps me sleep...the music you use to your voice, if I have trouble sleeping, load the video and bam, out like a light! Keep up the good work!

[@ugliestboyalive2863]

the many agonizing an oddly unsettling screams of the souls series gets me every time

[@diogenis8229]

How much hidden meaning behind all those"seeming empty" characters that you randomly you come across in your journey has from software put into their games is truly amazing. And with this channel we get to uncover them all. Good job and very nice video 😊

[@StarlightDragon]

Robert and the Armored Knight would make a great OVA style anime mini series.

[@sketchysketches381]

That last Robert scream and your line actually got to me even through all the memes of this poor father

[@jelagalam9839]

He forgot about one of the main rules in souls games “watch those ledges”

[@FyreLol]

2:00 “I am unbreakable.” I think I heard that line from somewhere

[@comradecody5872]

Shadows Cry Twice... damn it Vaati that title is already making me shed a tear here

[@thejanitor9154]

ya'll talking about the infamous ROOBBBEEERRTTTT, but that scream at 5:08 sends shivers down my spine

[@cyke-zp8dw]

"He died thinking he failed his son" This brought a tear to my eye😢

[@williambrown4030]

He did fail him

[@aaronburnette4218]

Watching your old videos compared to now it's nice to see how much you've grown and how much more love and care you're able to put into the videos you make 💕.

[@Poisonedblade]

This makes more sense than my theory of the knight mistranslating, "I'm falling!" to "Roberrrrt!"

[@transformersguy234]

If you play with Japanese audio he shouts "Roberto!" which is the Japanisation of Robert.

[@tinchosabala]

Icyfiend, and also Spanish, and maaaaaaybe, juuust maybe also Portuguese for Robert. Huh...

[@k4in5037]

@@tinchosabala Beat me to it, it's not japanisation but the Portuguese version of the name, much like how "Juan" is spanish for "John", it gets to show the attention to detail that fromsoft puts on their games.

[@Poisonedblade]

@@transformersguy234 Yeah, I got the "Roberto" ending, too.

[@transformersguy234]

@@tinchosabala It's more that as Japanese is the original language of the game I was merely using it as a the most valid option due to it not being translated. It's also not strictly the Japanisation of Robert as that is Robaato but is similar enough phonetically that I didn't bother.

[@aquacyanide]

I loved the zankyou no terror OST choice in 1:39. It's a beautiful piece of music, and I'd forgotten its existence, thank you for reminding me.

[@georgehouliaras7239]

My Soul is ready, my Blood is boiling and my Shadow is eager for the light of Vaati's lore. Umbasa

[@IsRickIV]

That scream near the end. It always makes me so sad 😭

[@KyoMao]

That scream was on par with "SHIIIIIIIZZAAAAAAAA!!"

[@kiume203]

alright, listening the Armored knight's lore and listening to his scream made me depressed, holy shit.

[@user-wt2dz5bx5m]

YES I just started a second playthrough and I have been CRAVING more Sekiro I hope you go into more depth about the endings and the different ways to achieve immortality at some point too!

[@lucas5530]

Sekiro is a really good game, but I lost interest one I got every achievement bar that skills one

[@user-wt2dz5bx5m]

@@lucas5530 yeah that's why I'm only on my second playthrough. I beat the game when it first came out, and the months in between let me forget most of the attack patterns and stuff so it feels pretty fresh again. I would be hella burnt out if I had tried to get platinum immediately

[@andyghkfilm2287]

Jesus I don’t think I EVER would’ve put together that the pinwheels represent the children the monks sacrificed in the name of their search for immortality

[@shad0wzucchini134]

We killed him thinking we killed a dishonorable knight hiding in armor but instead he was a honorable father who did best for his son

[@Shadowdragon_TV]

Everything surrounding Senpou Temple is just sad, in my opinion the most heartbreaking area of the entire game. The armored knight just wanted to save his son, so blinded by desperation he would never realized he delivered him to a much crueler fate. His son was more than likely dead already by the time Wolf reached that bridge.