The Dark Queen of Mortholme - You Are The Final Boss in a Dark Souls Game in this Reverse Soulslike!

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

The ending in this video is the official cannon ending (and the best ending), but there are two alternate endings that occur if you do unexpected things (beat the hero enough times or don't fight). I've linked the video of the alternate endings at the end screen of this video if you want to check them out. :)

[@guigondi7671]

i'm annoyed... i wish there was a better ending where the hero and the boss would get along.

[@ruscell0000]

@@guigondi7671 i like it. not everything needs a happy ending, and it hits harder if the queen dies.

[@guigondi7671]

@ruscell0000 I get it, but I get frustrated with how often sad endings seems to be the scapegoat to make something memorable.

[@abra4662]

I was prompt to defend the queen like a simp but... that was one theses situation we condemn the "find out" and ignore the"f*** around"

[@weimertiler]

@@guigondi7671I believe it’s Scapegoat lol

[@gabrielviloria3051]

there is an ending where, if you actually manage to kill the hero enough times without losing to much health and without entering your second phase, the hero will just give up and the dark queen will just return to her throne, and sit there, to rule, always, forever...

[@DrGandW]

Played it myself, there's a surprising amount of dialogue for edge cases. My favorite is when you get a phase 1 kill after he's gotten really good and he's either like, "whoops I was distracted" if he dies right before phase 2 or, "Am I even improving anymore?" If you manage to kill him before losing the first chunk of HP(pretty difficult by that point).

[@Jonas-Seiler]

You definitely have to cheese it somehow tho? Like at some point the hero just stopped taking damage from things that definitely were hitting them before, not to mention how fast and hard to hit they become.

[@Joe-ug2mb]

so the good ending?

[@Hamdidittoo]

the hero just rage quitted

[@fluckter_600]

​@@Jonas-Seiler yeah at some point the AI becomes sorta perfect, as all of the attacks can be dodged, so I'm assuming you have to cheese it a little and never make it to the second phase

[@SunTheUser]

At the pov of the villain, this would be terrifying, imagine having to fight an entity that will just keep returning, and worse yet get even better

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Yeah, I really started to feel sorry for the Queen. Especially when she realizes what's happening.

[@haywirewindgod]

That was literally the Sans fight in undertale.

[@MoogMonster554]

@@haywirewindgod Not even close. The only similarity is that the hero is persistent.

[@SunTheUser]

@AlphaBetaGamer i saw a chemistry forming and i thought after defeat of the queen, the hero would spare her and take her with him, showing the outside world Sadly it wasn't an option

[@StaryExtra]

Fate has abandoned the Villains, and that's a more cruel fate that what horrors a Villain can do.

[@WyvernLP]

..Not gonna lie, watching this made me realize that fighting a boss that dodges everything would be more annoying than a boss that keeps one shooting you.

[@lasagna3289]

sans

[@HappleProductions]

​@@lasagna3289 Eh. sans is a bit different in that even if he is dodging, the fight is progressing. Wyvern is more talking about a fight you can't manage to make any progress in because you can't hit them.

[@seisoch6969]

indeed, the purple ninjas in sekiro who keep dodging and parrying are very annoying

[@Bloodlyshiva]

"God damm I-Frames!"

[@nigelchirstopher8871]

V2 from ULTRAKILL.

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

Notice how the queen began the anti-game getting rid of the corpse of the hero with a snap of her fingers, like it was trash. Then as the hero persisted she began touching the corpses directly by touching the forehead. Just before the final loop however, she was picking the body of the hero up and embracing them.

[@thehermit8618]

The gesture can also be understood as her closing the hero's eyelids before burning them, as a small, private show of respect for her foe

[@bearandthebull2372]

​@@thehermit8618and the final hug being her finally finding a friend,and someone who has given her hope.

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

@@thehermit8618 Ah, good point!

[@nyxborne1786]

Makes you wonder if she was starting to see the hero as someone she could care for when all she's known is subjugation. Maybe she found love?

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

@@nyxborne1786 There are certainly some vibes in that direction. Ultimately though, probably not possible as they are both dead-set on destroying each other.

[@RachRatos]

I love how this game addresses one of the silliest elements in all of the Souls games, since reviving is canon and your character is expected to die, it implies that every boss really just shrugs, goes back to phase 1, and returns to whatever they were doing before you showed up

[@ViolacTrough]

Godrick the Grafted just casually dislodging his phase 2 newly attached dragon head appendage to then place it back upon its draconic corpse and reattach his own cobbled mess of limbs just in time for the tarnished to waddle back in through fog gate thus beginning the cycle anew once more. _Godrick groans knowing he shall have cleave his armies off yet again in few a short moments_

[@pacowallochenkenrick]

Reviving is canon, but so is the flow of time. The whole world is multiversal in a way, where time passes back and forth always, which is how summons are explained. It’s not a great explanation, but it’s a base level reasoning for why forgotten king kills his favorite dragon 50 times in a row

[@DeoMachina]

This is extra interesting in Dark Souls 2, where enemies stop respawning if you kill them enough. This means that...they're reviving and just giving up? They went hollow?

[@tailongraven4924]

​@@DeoMachina lol then that dont explained bonfire ascetics buddy

[@DeoMachina]

@@tailongraven4924 tHe flOw oF tImE iS coNvOlUtEd

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

I like how when the player said that they see her as the ultimate challenge, she was kind of touched.

[@romanplays1]

wouldve been funny if you could spite the hero by just doing nothing after they said that and get a ending that way.

[@blakhawk999]

Time stamp : 23:25

[@astuteanansi4935]

@@romanplays1 You can indeed do this at any point in the fight (not sure if anything extra happens if you do it specifically after this line)

[@heinrichknierim5666]

I was hoping they get married at the end .

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

​@@heinrichknierim5666 I layed the Demon King. 😳

[@gergelymagyarosi9285]

It's all fun and games for the Eternal Queen, until a naked guy with dual katanas and a pot on his head shows up.

[@everythingsalright1121]

AH HELL NAH

[@elshaddollconstructor2019]

The Queen in question: 😭💀

[@arthurbarros5189]

This should happen if the player manages to kill the hero fast too many times. He calls help.

[@linuxforpunks]

best comment

[@RandomPerson28337]

The legend of let me solo her lives on.

[@ezg4m3r_12]

Oh SURE, when YOU'RE the boss you don't get the dogshet larger-than-it-looks hitboxes.

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

Sounds like salt

[@silverius678]

When you're not the boss: the scepter slam's shockwaves one shot you When you're the boss: the scepter is apparently just a darkwood stick

[@heavydutydavid5020]

@@silverius678 Darkwood mentioned:

[@Cat_Garfield]

@@heavydutydavid5020 Pyrocynical Darkwood Video referenced

[@trevhart2124]

I'm happy someone said it

[@TheDweeb002]

The queen forgot about that save point just outside the throne room

[@FFXfever]

As she said, she probably doesn't even know it's there. It's handled by her servant

[@bearandthebull2372]

Her hugging him at the end was genuinely depressing,and hero promising to keep her memory alive was a nice touch that shows the two could have been friends under different circumstances.

[@EllaFallecio]

She hugged him? When?

[@bearandthebull2372]

@EllaFallecio When he died the final time she hugs his body before burning it.

[@GhayelRubio]

24:27 here, so touching 😔🥲

[@andre_601]

Not gonna lie.... Legit expected the hero to last more than a second for the first encounter... has me laughing tears

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Haha! That's pretty much how long I last when I first meet a Dark Souls boss! :)

[@potato88872]

Bonk

[@nebulous9280]

​@@AlphaBetaGamer The way it works for me is I get them down to like 10% HP, die, then think to myself "I got so far on my first attempt! This will be easy!", then die 2 seconds into my next attempt 😅

[@Victoria3WorldConquerer]

@@AlphaBetaGamer I have 40 hours in Elden Ring. I'v defeated a total of 1 boss.

[@trevhart2124]

21:17 freaking love this part. That moment when you've mastered the 1st stage. But you just kinda...idk, fuck it up somehow

[@herewegoagain6003]

Relatable souls moment. The sign that it's time for a break.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

When you don't know if you should rage quit, or buckle down and cut the nonsense 😅 ​@@herewegoagain6003

[@FFXfever]

It's funny, I have moments of tilts where my first attempt is better that the next 10 attempts.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

wth, my comment about making mistakes and trying again was deleted?

[@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939]

@@TragoudistrosMPH YT automatically deletes about half of my comments these days, to the point that I’ve almost given up trying - so much for their vaunted “engagement” metrics…

[@IIIOldSchooLIII]

Inaccurate. She doesn't get all her health back when she goes into her second form.

[@eRe4s3r]

Nor does she shoot 110 guided magic missiles at you AND 2 shockwaves that you have to jump over with perfect timing instead of dodge rolling ~.~

[@JannahSWT]

Some bosses stay at the same health when entering the 2nd phase though

[@Mr_Zeniel]

​ @eRe4s3r yes, instead she just one-shot entire room if you don't manage to block her second phase transition attack with holy sunlight shield.

[@fluffy_tail4365]

Missing the version where the hero comes in the 5th time and starts calling you "tall mommy" and then trying to zoom on you using the telescope item

[@baresize]

how do u even get that interraction

[@saphi20]

You missed a secret ending, not doing anything from the start. (and keep doing nothing)

[@evilmiera]

That would be the worst boss ever. I approve

[@lowhp_comic]

Miyazaki gives us a freebie

[@GiaThinhNguyenHaytb]

Spoil: After 4 round, he will suddenly strengthen mid fight and hit you to death and u can't move

[@reddraken6366]

I am curious to see that ending

[@DrGandW]

Doing nothing had me in tears because at first he just ran up and started swinging wildly, but after like 5 swings he started swinging slower, and after that he started seemingly randomly jumping and going back and forth to see if he could get a reaction before just standing there for a moment

[@DakkonAkrossa]

5 minutes in and I really thought this was going to turn into a dating sim

[@8Robba]

i was a bit sad it didn't :D

[@Frostedlyre]

Time loops often have that effect

[@mz.projiekt]

Well it is better that it didn't.

[@samakiraroyjanssen6326]

@@Frostedlyrelooks at Warframe 1999….

[@bingusbongus9807]

I KNOW!!! when she started to embrace the guy to send them back :(

[@SpiderQueen00]

I could say quite a bit, but ultimately I did not expect this to have a sorrowful, but beautiful story. It's a reminder that there really are two sides to every story. A hero having empathy instead of just a sense of righteousness is refreshing (not unheard of, but just not often seen in games to this Level).

[@Raximus3000]

What are you talking about anime is filled with them!!!

[@SpiderQueen00]

@@Raximus3000 I said not often in games, though.

[@Raximus3000]

@@SpiderQueen00 Even in games... When the plot is weak to the point of it being beyond a side show then you see nothing of it. This is all plot to begin with!

[@PowerSenpai]

@@Raximus3000 There is a difference beteen a hero with empathy and a hero who is a overly naive and often being a child as well.

[@Raximus3000]

@@PowerSenpai That is the point of growth and hardly if ever they lose empathy. The point is growth no them geting overly empathic over the their enemies.

[@CrowSkeleton]

This is beautifully compact, beautiful in aesthetic and heartbreakingly poignant, yet I am desperate to see what loot she dropped.

[@Gilbert.Suhendra]

Ok godless

[@astuteanansi4935]

[Ebony Scepter of Mortholme] Mace, two-handed Legendary Requires 18 STR Damage: 54-66 Standing power attack unleashes a pillar of dark flames. _The blood of thousands, warriors and innocents alike, stains this abominable weapon, the emblem of the Queen's eternal rule._ [Iron Crown of Mortholme] Helmet, plate Legendary Armor value: 3 Grants Wail of the Forsaken magic when equipped _The ruler's true face has been long forgotten. Her subjects know her only by the Crown._ [Immutable Soul Fragment] Miscellaneous Legendary Used in crafting _A piece of a soul that has lost its humanity falling in the maw of forever. You can't tell if its screaming or crying._

[@dementia4452]

nah she just dropped two arrows

[@zacharyr666]

​@@astuteanansi4935 Crying I'd say, because surely i'm not the only one... right?

[@silverius678]

and one health potion on top of that

[@Sykroid]

25:09 This moment right here. She literally asks him how to come back to life after he jokes that she doesn't change. Does that mean she wishes for the fight to keep going on forever so that he'll never leave? That would mean she wants to cling to her own life because she fears death. I mean she clutches his body at 24:24 because she doesn't want him to leave her. But I think there's more to it. She's hurt that he would say she hasn't changed, because she knows she desires more. Her response is asking how to be more like the hero who has hope and is an unstoppable force. When beaten, she admits defeat, because she believes things can't be changed, and it was her defeat that was inevitable. But that's not the point. It wasn't a fight over who would win in battle, it was a fight about whether or not an immovable object could be moved. And she has. Her dying form is not that of a hideous monster that represents her twisted emotions and suffering, it's that of someone who almost appears to be crying. It's about moving on, which she does. And she finally leaves her throne when the hero absorbs her power and carries her in his memories. It's a good ending for the both of them. Truly it's beautiful writing. Even though I wish there was a marriage ending lmao

[@ØRandomHumanø]

Welp I cried😅 Now I need a 200+ page fanfic of the hero and the dark queen just having a good time together enjoying life, being friends, all that good stuff to feel better

[@zacharyr666]

Same...on both.

[@raylenn4444]

Denied. It is not meant to be.

[@theneef174]

Snu snu it is.

[@locoroco9846]

R34 artist take note.. 😂😂😂

[@bulletant7431]

Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - 61 chapters, finished

[@bachtrinh8783]

I like how in the beginning, the minions got defeated while the hero is like a newbie, then stumble upon a huge difficulty spike which is the queen Implying the bad balancing of this game design

[@zachrabaznaz7687]

Well, it's possible she's the only boss in a really short castle climb game. She seems designed like it after all- and it could also be like Breath of The Wild where you can challenge the final boss at any time

[@ElementalAer]

Maybe she's a major side quest. Even the sword and shield needed to defeat her where late with the hero. The idiot entered a secret dungeon, got luck, and found the deadliest foe.

[@andre-8420]

I think shes a Chrono Trigger style final boss. You can try to fight her super early but youre just gonna get obliterated and back to the main story or grinding. Which is very much what happens, the Hero obtains power ups and equipment, the implication is that at several point he is not immediately fighting her upon respawn he went out to to grind and get loot

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

​@@andre-8420 She's an optional RPG boss but self-aware and can be romanced somehow?

[@Zeforas]

He even mentionned getting a blessed sword from a side-boss he ignored previously because it was too hard to beat, but he improved so much by fighiting the queen he could finaly get it now. The game's balance really's fucked.

[@KeterHirameki]

Almost makes me feel bad for Malenia, Blade of Miquella.

[@charlesatanasio]

=Vietnam flashback=

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

Or her brother

[@zacharyr666]

Every time I think of her, one optional boss I'd let be.

[@TrueNamelessOne]

Almost

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

and she has never known defeat (ignore the naked man with the potted head and two katanas)

[@misterkeneksi]

"Dormammu, I've come to bargain"

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

*Stabs him with a million spikes*

[@redwho763]

I was looking for this comment

[@darrengreen9374]

This video perfectly shows the difference between growth mindset and fixed mindset, why and how fixed mindset seduces us, and why and how growth mindset is the more resilient of the two. So many kids grow up being told how smart they are, how good they are - and then they fuck up, as we all do, and suddenly they doubt that. Now they think, I wasn't really smart at all, I was stupid. I wasn't really good at all, I was bad. But that isn't true. They, as all of us are, are a process. They started out doing things they knew they how to, but we always have the potential to learn and grow. Don't tell your kids how proud you are that they're smart or good - tell them how proud you are that they worked hard, they did good, they figured it out. And tell yourself, too.

[@plumey7593]

This is a lovely comment.

[@mildlymarvelous]

As a former gifted kid, this makes me see this game in a whole different light. Thank you.

[@andrewowens4421]

That was exceptionally poetic.

[@Deadsphere]

I like the concept that by the time in Souls games you do defeat the boss you've been working so hard to beat, your character and the boss have a mutual understanding of what's going to happen, and the boss is okay with this.

[@rythofthefourthhouse7104]

Depends on which boss it is honestly. I can see someone like Godfrey/horaux loux, or Radhan accepting defeat by the hand of a greater warrior; but not someone like Godrick

[@MoreImbaThanYou]

Orphan of Kos: REEEEEEEEEEE

[@Readasaur]

I absolutely love the dynamic that develops between them

[@davitucsonn2243]

Sometimes the ai sidesteps to dodge the main attack and didnt get fully out of the way, but didnt get hit nonetheless, a lot of it grazes by, but one of them was a direct hit, i know this is not where the game seems to spark but i would enjoy it if you have at least a minimal impact in the outcome of the fight by just attacking more wisely

[@Jonas-Seiler]

It was rigged from the start

[@alonelywalker]

He figured out how to get 16 i-frames

[@GuyWhoPlaysWarhammer]

He leveled adaptability

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

I once fought a dark queen who was 12 inches tall. She was a terrible queen, but a great ruler. :)

[@huntingsaint94]

Top tier comedy

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

Sounds like a terrible chess piece. Deserves to be throne out

[@gamelover2222]

@@AntipaladinPedigri The throne is a lie, but I hear they have cake.

[@dragontear1638]

I like the measure of this pun.

[@valenking4862]

i dont get it

[@Phoenixashes245]

I feel so bad for the little imp at the beginning. Poor thing didn't even last long enough to learn if she forgave it or not.

[@ephemeraltimekeeper8127]

I like these types of games where the AI level starts like noob tier and dies instantly and as more deaths happen the AI level increases to the point where it is god tier levels and is like when the ant spray repellent isn’t working anymore against the last one

[@thehermit8618]

This game shows in a very creative way, how kinship and mutual respect can be found in the unlikeliest on of places and from the last person you'd think. And at the same time, its a poignant social commentary about the nature if status quo and how systems and beliefs that feel inmutable are enduring thanks to the belief they're unmutable and with enough tenacity and resilience, one can defeat anything or anyone

[@andrewowens4421]

No matter how many times you fail, as long as you get up and never _give_ up you can eventually win against the "impossible".

[@SilverFoxeGames]

Clicked immediately because i remembered you (or manlybadasshero) played a game of the same concept before and i wanted to see if this was an expansion of that

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

Yeah, Reversary! That was a cool game too! :)

[@dragontear1638]

I was thinking the same thing, in a way this feels like a 'spiritual sequel' in that regard.

[@justabulletjustaboxofammo3817]

What game did he play?

[@Hikaratashi]

​@@justabulletjustaboxofammo3817dude read the reply again pls

[@FrancoAlmiron-f6o]

I must admit that i loved the game, the hero showing empathy in the next encounters and the queen truly starting to care for the hero.

[@AJTalon]

I really shouldn't ship them and wish for an alternate ending where they're happily married with a dozen kids. ... However...

[@planescaped]

It really is unfair how the hero can keep coming back indefinitely.

[@gamelover2222]

Not when the baddie comes back too. This is why Link and Gannon's fight is eternal. Same for the Bro's and Bowser. Etc etc

[@rivhardkiluva2905]

"All is fair in love and war"

[@LochVandral]

@@gamelover2222 Sure, but Gannon's got one bitch of a respawn timer by comparison...

[@dirtpeanut1820]

Because of DETERMINATION.

[@ArtofJaha]

“Your victory was inevitable, but so is mine.” LEGENDARY.

[@sovereignflux]

Such a badass line

[@tuumef1799]

This was a touching story. I enjoyed what it had to say on the nature of change, death, and moving on. The nice doses of humor were a nice touch as well. Thanks for the playthrough.

[@buzzlightyearpfp7641]

sad how there isnt a happy ending for the both of them

[@gam3army]

right XD was almost expecting some sorta thing could pick were she gave up her throne to go out and allXD

[@Truthdefender101]

Dialogue is amazing.

[@Alexalicious]

I've always wanted this! This is so my jam! And that writing is amazing~! Also love how her animations for dusting the character change as the battles progress.

[@James-wd9ib]

2min: this is dumb 27min: deeeeeeeeep af

[@MelodyLumina]

dude when i clicked on this video i expected a cool gameplay gimmick, maybe a funny skit, i didn't expect my heart to get torn into shreds this genuinely made me cry

[@Rafeku1]

If DS games actually had these types of exchanges for every single boss you'd fight I'd be more inclined to actually keep going. Also this dude is a very VERY patient man, it's just unreal.

[@NamePending878]

26:36 i was expecting him to say "in my party as a much weaker underwhelming version of yourself!"

[@sovereignflux]

Redemption demotion

[@thediamonddragon8051]

In the beginning I thought the hero would end up breaking the boss out or something

[@temporary67315]

The Dark Queen of Mortholme is a bit like Messmer from Elden Ring; they initially look evil but turn out to be more sympathetic in the end. By the way, can you actually win against the Hero? As in the Hero quits if killed enough times?

[@gamelover2222]

That would be my story. I usually give up at some point in Souls games. I still play them all though!

[@blackbloom8552]

The dev confirmed that there is a secret ending if you managed to find a way to cheese the game and keep defeating the hero.

[@niyebe6406]

Yup, quite a difficult one to pull off.

[@skylenlightangel2410]

And it’s secret less because it is exclusive and more because it’s a script backup to prevent game freeze. Basically, the hero gives up and never comes back, the sits goes back on her throne and sits, forever unchallenged, but not happier.

[@isekaiexpress9450]

So the enemy AI actually learns your patterns? Interesting.

[@TheSweetSpirit]

I think it’s more the queen has baked in delay to your actions so it can just be given more leeway to read your input and react as you’re locked into the action.

[@hakumenx1]

​@@TheSweetSpirit that exactly. Its button reading + some invulnerability going on.

[@GigaDarkness]

​@@hakumenx1that was a hell of a lot more than "some"

[@tezereth]

Probably the best "reverse soulslike" I've seen

[@mrmm1110]

Bro, let her sit

[@someoneunknown6553]

I'm glad the "player" could help her grow as a person at the end of you long reign of evil, despite her stagnant nature

[@Darkmage1293]

This is hilarious AND ingenious. Instead of how long can you keep dying...."you're the boss; how long can you keep this up?"

[@datemasamune2904]

There should be a third ending where they get married. Lel

[@Garland235]

agreed

[@rafaelmartinez9259]

Yesss

[@НикитаДенисов-у9ы]

yep, now that sounds like a good idea to manga

[@TobiNightcore]

@@НикитаДенисов-у9ы There's a webtoon like this. It's called Mage and Demon Queen

[@ZAPcon]

Really clever idea! I could see a scaled up version of this that includes a sort of dungeon builder (probably very light). The AI hero has to get through your dungeon, and each time you beat them you take their gold to improve the dungeon some more. Maybe even have multiple bosses each with their own dungeon design. Really cool stuff!

[@slimeballsake]

this is one of the most compelling stories ive seen told by a game of this genre, absolutely beautiful work of art, her walls being breaking down and being humbled by the hero’s empathy and perseverance. Amazing❤

[@jurtheorc8117]

Love the queen's design. Full proper armor AND a mace for a weapon!

[@LookOutProd.]

Inaccurate, she doesn't have hitboxes that span more than her hits

[@sakura368]

the queen says that she's not allowed to change things up, but that's technically not true, you control her attacks, you change what she does first and next

[@yep1486]

true, but at the same time she cannot leave this hall she cannot return once defeated she cannot adapt to the hero's adapting Against anything else, she is supreme but against one who is ever changing, her pre-set powers, speed, damage are all futile

[@ElementalAer]

She was given the same thing the hero had, a player.

[@redoak4543]

I like that she realized she can’t actually finish him off after a couple respawns and is just like whatever you’ll get sick of this long before I get tired

[@G102Y5568]

I'm curious what would happen if you just didn't fight back and let the hero kill you the first time.

[@mrtuxedo1467]

Then the next time a hero comes in they’re wearing nothing but a loincloth and using a broken sword. Then the Queen shall truly know fear.

[@Ceronia]

I love how the Hero can dodge, but the AI be like : "Nah too speedrunner for this shit."

[@Nightbanekaizer]

This tugs at me a little bit. Many times I play a Dark Souls game or Elden Ring and I keep thinking what if you could save the villains or change them for the better and still live. And I don't speak for the unforgivable lot. I mean the ones who seem like they could've been good people before tragedy struck their world.

[@fluckter_600]

The emotion this gives of reminds me of underhero. Very melancholic, very meta, similar character motivations (especially for the antagonists). It's worth checking out

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

5:24 Got shived in the kneecaps twice in a row. You're getting old, ABG

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

When you live for an eternity young heros stab you in the eternit-knee. :)

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

@AlphaBetaGamer How? They are well b-elbow your skill grade...

[@Maliwans_Executive]

​@@AlphaBetaGamerGod I hate you now 😂

[@Jonas-Seiler]

the controls are clunkier than the visuals make apparent

[@lasagna3289]

@@AlphaBetaGamerEter-knee-ty.

[@asquishyjellyfish5431]

this concept is cool, imagine someone make an actual game that instead of you being the protag going for the bosses, you are THE boss, running around the world and making preparation for the incoming doom. also after a certain ammount of encounters you meet your demise or straight up denied the defeat, thus force the protag to change into some special dialogues or situation

[@s07195]

There's a few with a similar concept.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

​@@s07195 Jack Garland?

[@Kraigon42]

Honestly, I didn't come into this video expecting an enemies-to-lovers story.

[@samfivedot]

The Queen is like "Why do they keep coming back" and I'm just like "Girl, who wouldn't"

[@SunTheUser]

Ngl, i shipped both of them

[@RA8IDP3NGUIN1]

touch grass

[@gamelover2222]

@@RA8IDP3NGUIN1 Smoke grass and chill bro

[@ChannelName3230]

Real

[@everythingsalright1121]

I mean she is rather dreamy isnt she? Those tall, dark, edgy ty- oh shes a goth girlfriend.

[@hazzmati]

That's what your mind decided to think of?

[@NightmaresLPs]

this game needs a romance ending... the queen understands the hero and they come to understand each other... after many many fights the start liking each other and fall in love ^^

[@shadexvii3975]

1:40 do you have to go and burn the hero corpse to ash? Or can you leave it?

[@ДокторЯдо]

24:24 *D A M N.*

[@johnnynakazono6626]

24:25 - yep

[@clarencezer]

Such a small tender moment.

[@howardmurphy8019]

Wish Souls game let you verbally spar with the bosses.

[@rhysofsneezingdragon1758]

Melania: you never learn, do you? Me: I never learn that one move. Everything else is good

[@Clop2haha]

Gotta turn dark soul into fallout new vegas

[@alinkbetweengames4328]

Actually peak fiction

[@LocustaVampa]

A game I've daydreamed of many times

[@LimboEffugiumWritter]

11:55 my counter argument is defeating NKG about one million times in god home. To me it remains a tie until I can win against the boss consistently.

[@mylifeisfunny8911]

we need more games where we can play as a boss monster

[@ZetTroxX]

The writing really elevates this game.

[@placeholder5181]

This game is a lot like reversary. In both games you are also a soullike boss that has to keep fighting a hero until you lose, and as you keep fighting your character and the hero get to know each other and even bond a bit. But what makes this connection even stranger is that the boss in reversary mentions an empress (the boss in the dark queen is mostly described as a queen but is also referred to as an empress at different points.) that they serve which is implied to be the final boss of the game that the hero is playing in reversary.

[@GoddessShadowYT]

being the final boss is stressful when u know the hero comes back *nigh endlessly* after being defeated (alongside getting smarter & adaptive) on what killed him before the 1st time.

[@sovereignflux]

That hero was honestly really inspiring

[@zzj_ason-trax_zz4191]

Reminds me of Sans in Undertale. No matter how many times the MC has fallen, they keep getting better, smarter, faster, and stronger. Determination.

[@Sureflame]

Or just beat him him 2nd try because you've played too much Touhou 💀

[@chaoticnate-ral2226]

I love the random storytelling in the blood. In the very beginning it's only on the heros side, but the very first one that deviates...is right where queen stands after each bout. Every time she looks back at the hero, they're both standing in the hero's blood. And in the middle of the video roughly, there's a other splotch. Right between them.

[@KingofAwesomness14]

this game actually touches upon the fact that the main character can't die so its just the final boss trying to figure out what to do and how to conclude a story she can't come to terms with. I feel bad for the queeny here. That's for sure.

[@ImFangzBro]

I love how the hero can cancel his attacks to dodge. That's such a player character thing to give him.

[@HammytheDevourer]

Hey, remember Lorraine? They developed an extended version with upgraded graphics.

[@daneal7500]

Hey! Where is the true ending where hero and evil queen live happily in marriage!

[@lucamorello_guardiansoul]

Kinda wish there was a secret ending where she returns, with the roles of her and the hero switched, making him endure the same process XD

[@Shiriru_Kurokodairu]

I absolutely love the way they talk to eachother before each fight XD

[@SomeThing-uw8hz]

I really like this game idea. Playing as multiple bosses in the game the protagonist has to defeat. Having a fixed move sets as the boss with cooldowns so you use them at specific times (like to bait out the AI protagonist attacks). And the AI grow stronger and smarter each time you defeat them, making the game like trying to kill the protagonist as much as you can as a score before they defeat you.

[@angmordagnithil7127]

Wow. I wasn't expecting this to be genuinely heartfelt. The plucky attitude of the hero was honestly kinda inspiring.

[@0kills]

DORMAMMU, I’ve come to bargain!

[@normalguycap]

The philosophies in this are very interesting. I think it also exposes flaws in souls boss combat. Rather than being fair and balanced, it's about you retrying so much to deal with the "gotcha" moments. There is something to be said about what the queen utters at 4:15. I think good boss fights don't have to rely on cheapness so much. Like, "oh ho, you didn't know I could do this and now you are dead." A fight then isn't because of skill but instead about memorization and the only barrier to winning is time.

[@normalguycap]

and at 11:54. Very interesting. This is why I prefer games like Nioh and Devil May Cry because it's about how well you can beat them using all your abilities, a much higher skill ceiling. Beating a boss in souls has much less satisfaction because of how rigged it is. You don't feel as good because they, usually unfairly in the modern games, beat you so much in like 2-3 hits. So when you finally beat them once, it doesn't feel earned, it doesn't feel repaid. If a fight is 30-1, do you really feel good about it? And since the only barrier to beating a souls boss is time, that rigging shifts and I feel it's the worst of both worlds. If their winning at the start is inevitable and my winning later is inevitable, what's the point?

[@normalguycap]

Infinite respawns is the highest cheat code power imaginable lol. I remember that Akasha guy vs Rengoku in Demon Blade. It takes no skill at all to throw your limbs away, eventually you'll win because your opponent will get tired slicing you to ribbons. Or that comic with Homelander confronting that ceo and he's all unimpressed because Homelander is doing nothing more than what a baby could also do if they were given the same powers. Fascinating stuff.

[@normalguycap]

The hero also "likes" it, that "dance" but only because they cannot truly die. Otherwise they would face absolute horror. If they weren't actually safe from the most final 'game over' possible I doubt it would be enjoyable, especially being so weak facing something so strong. It would be super interesting to see a true fight where your opponent learns from you too. It's easy when your boss is static. It's more horrifying and the hero would have far less confidence/bravado about fighting.

[@normalguycap]

20:58 oof. Suddenly the hero isn't such an underdog after all. They were secret jesus from the start.

[@normalguycap]

I like the dialogue that's more meta. The other stuff doesn't resonate. A lot of platitudes that don't really hold up to scrutiny.

[@EE-iv5ej]

No one: Hero: "Egh-" *dies

[@KamiKagutsuchi]

Aw, the part where she hugs the hero's corpse before burning it was so cute

[@Quiltfish]

At least the runback doesn't seem so bad.

[@sinjinreed2091]

"Dormammu, I've come to bargain!"

[@nickchua5772]

This was beautiful

[@mfadliilrizaldy5867]

Now imagine if the hero could heal like we used to do in every souls like game 😂

[@kinomasaya8506]

Hero:Dark Queen, I've come to bargain.