The Little Things About Dark Souls

[@sanddagger36]

If you give up playing the game, its a canon event

[@nickzanoni582]

How so

[@unusualcarrot]

@@nickzanoni582hollowing

[@SilverwingedBat]

@@nickzanoni582 You went hollow. If an undead's resolve wavers and they feel their goals are out of reach eventually losing it and giving up, in lore that's the point they go hollow so if you give up on the game it's the same kind of thing.

[@sanddagger36]

@@nickzanoni582 10:12

[@mattmelton7389]

Don't you dare go hollow

[@zaolodyckm2296]

So Dark Souls has actually three endings: 1-Continue the age of fire. 2-Start the age of darkness. 3-The chosen undead goes hollow. (which means the player had gave up.) How cool is that! Making players giving up as part of the game story.

[@ennayanne]

it's not an ending though is it

[@jonasc1221]

@@ennayanne lol no. It's just an interpretation of how giving up on the game is lore-friendly, I guess.

[@David-jw1zh]

If that were true then your character would lose 1 humanity a day or something in game then?

[@fearan9406]

Be a cool hard mode​@@David-jw1zh

[@fentanyl625]

​@@David-jw1zh no since most people dont actually play every single day

[@carlschrappen9712]

I would like to add a detail that a lot of people miss out on. If you anger Frampt, he will disavow you as the Chosen Undead, and says will return to waiting the real chosen Undead to come along. However, you can still choose the Link the Fire ending. To me, this says that the Undead Prophecy was a lie all along, that there is no Chosen Undead pre-determined to link the fire. The only thing that really seperates us from all the other Undead trying to Link the Flame is that only we had the syrength and willpower to see it through. This means that our choice in the ending doesn't really matter in the long run. Even if we choose to become the Lord of Dark, some similarly determined Undead will eventually come and Link the Fire in our place.

[@thechugg4372]

This doesn't mean the prophecy is wrong in any way, but more that Frampt thinks that 100% someone rude enough to anger him will probably fail on the way. He just gives up on you being his favorite.

[@Passageofsky]

2 and 3 explore this further

[@hilkob796]

Melina with the gloam eye ending. No I will not elaborate.

[@User-s7j5u]

@@Passageofsky Sorry bro but we are like torah only jews. If its anything other than that then we walk!

[@Zapdos7471]

All the NPCs connected to the gods that speak of the prophecy tell you to “usurp Lord Gwyn”, the word usurp is intended to imply that you will take his place as king/god. The fact that the role you’re actually usurping is kindling for the fire is proof enough that it’s all a scam. “Usurp Lord Gwyn” has real focus tested marketing energy and it makes me laugh.

[@Peubescent]

I love the analysis. Soulsborne games are spicy but aren't spicy for the sake of being spicy, it still has flavor. which a lot of fan games forget

[@MrJordwalk]

On the subject of spice, Japanese Curry is Hidetaka Miyazaki's favourite dish to cook... entirely because it's prepared slowly and this allows the concert of flavour profiles to become a symphony.

[@LethalKicks]

@@MrJordwalk man you made me want some of that 🤤

[@BradyRamaker]

And even industry games that are in the vein of Dark Souls. The last boss of the SOTE DLC was getting too spicy for me to enjoy. I beat it thru a cheese build, and hated every moment. I then played Black Myth Wukong, which starts heaping on the spice in the last 1/3. Im sitting there, clenching up to get thru it but its just a tedious exercise in memorization and split second reflexes. Its the trend ot all these souls inspired games to slap your fingers with a ruler if you breathe once incorrectly. I beat them but I'm like "this was a waste of time and effort."

[@bronzehorizon2550]

That pfp is incredible dude

[@forwardmoving8252]

​@BradyRamaker consort radahn was a little over the top, but that being said, you don't seem like the type of person who should play these games. I don't mean that as an insult, but the punishment and failure is a big part of why the victory feels so rewarding afterwards . I've been in shock after killing bosses before. No other games do that for me in the same way.

[@potatogamerman]

i remember on my first playthrough I left my controller on the couch while going to pee and it pressed r2, somehow multiples times and aggroed the crestfallen warrior, not yet having discovered the apology guy after gargoyles, I had to kill him. Its strange, how so many of these little differences in every player's journey makes everyone's experience completely unique and their own. Dark Souls truly is a masterpiece.

[@lewistran5973]

Bro, I thought these npc would be reactive to hostiles, and so cos I needed help with the skellys, I aggroed them all the way to firelink thinking they were gonna help but they didn't. Can't remember what happened but I think I kept hitting the NPC when I tried to defend myself so that's how I got into your situation 😂. Pretty sure everyone who started there died.

[@spirosnapspirosnap403]

Thought Solaire was some kind of enemy like the Black Knights. Shot him from a distance until he aggro’d. When I heard his voice line and realised he was an NPC, ran to the ladder to lower Undead Burg and he fell down and died lmao

[@AllBitsCarter]

Your pad somehow pressed a button multiple times?

[@Rubbish_]

Laurentius' story also reveals the players own selfishness. As in the final quote you played of his, he gave you a piece of his soul. You then promptly, and without second thought, transform it into a flame of twisted chaos, all because it promised more power.

[@ianwilliams2632]

You should be proud of this video, it's a good one. I've always enjoyed the poignant item names like "Soul of a Proud Knight". The fact that they never achieved their goal didn't make me feel the game was too edgy or grim-dark. Rather, it was inspiring to see that there were heroes and proud knights still left in Lordran and the wider world. Seeing them as a marker for how far you've come is a different approach. I like that. This is a great analogy for the depth of feeling and even tenderness in DS1, especially compared to the uninspired writing for Elden Ring (things like "Golden Rune [1]"). I feel they made that game far too large and it was hard to keep the human element which makes DS1 (and 2 and 3 imo) so beautiful despite being sad. I'm so glad people still appreciate them, so many years later...

[@dachimshvidobadze2286]

They were actually considering the "human element" in ER as well but it would have been a lot of useless naming. Numen's rune, Hero's rune, Lord's rune - they are the ones that made it though. And imagine having 8 different prefixes for upgrade materials: slightly chipped tarnished smithing stone, slightly less chipped tarnished smithing stone, tarnished smithing stone, slightly less tarnished smithing stone, mid-range but bottom-of-the barrel smithing stone, etc.

[@ghotiphoti]

beautiful observation at 8:20. i never would have realized any of these 3 points about the Great Heros' souls, least likely of all the fact that each is at the zenith and nadir of the map.

[@martinez5566]

FromSoft have never been able to match the storytelling prowess of the first Dark Souls. Everything in the game reveals more about the world. It is a masterpiece in world building, that's stories can be heartbreaking when delved into.

[@Exel3nce]

bloodborne came very close, and the others just eh

[@fringillus1]

​@@Exel3nceI think despite DSII not adding much new lore, it by far did the best job at fleshing out the existing lore around the curse.

[@Exel3nce]

@@fringillus1 too much bs around good ideas. Should have been seperated

[@fringillus1]

@@Exel3nce I don´t think so and I am certain, that had DSII released in a better state, it would have been beloved

[@adamyohan]

It's sad how Ds1's many merits get buried under "epic hard game" journalism. I recently made a little vid about Darkroot Garden. There's so much in just that one area and I never see anyone talking about it much.

[@coleozaeta6344]

My first few steps into the garden was through the entrance next to Andre. One shrub monster came out and I ran all the way back to Andre.

[@thefebo8987]

Not only Journalism. Also gamers

[@Exel3nce]

even fromsoft themselves buried themselves with it and now they are only doing epic hard game

[@adamyohan]

@@Exel3nce that's true to a certain extent

[@Exel3nce]

@@adamyohan true to the fullest, sadly. There is nothing left but unfair spectacle

[@Mr_Wallace97]

Sudden algorithm recommendation? It’s about Dark Souls? The writer shares my opinions? Based video.

[@saki3963]

hell yea

[@kurenian]

Bro your analysis of the Crestfallen Warrior is amazing. He def made the greatest impression on me during my 1st playthrough.

[@johnnyflannigan136]

I always kill him right away

[@gojambe3957]

This video is such a beautiful tribute to Dark Souls... it made me a little emotional tbh. You picked up on many things I'd never heard anyone else mention before. Fantastic music choices too. Instant like & sub for me.

[@nackskott12]

Great video and the abundance of Kings Field music is extremely based, good content

[@4tc4]

That waiting room dark souls ad was so awesome I havent seen that yet

[@OCarrasco420]

I was genuinely shocked to see that you only have less than 100k subs, the video is amazing! Top notch quality, keep up the great work man.

[@whatsinameme5258]

Never made that connection with the Crestfallen Warrior before. I always wondered what made him go hollow. That hit me in the feels.

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

I figured that he actually had rung the bells but could not handle the burden of being called "Chosen Undead". But the video's explanation makes more sense than my own theory.

[@alloverwithclover]

It was really cool how the armor sets locations were specifically placed, I never thought about it when picking them up

[@Passageofsky]

The first track, played at the main menu through to the character creator where you recall your origin is titled "A Moments Peace" as the only moment of peace offered is the brief respite helt before the journey begins.

[@mvdude3]

Was very surprised to see the low view count upon finishing the video. Really good stuff

[@whatsabutterz6792]

Bro your editing skills are really good. I thought i was watching a semi-popular youtube channel and here you are with 588 subs. ❤🎉

[@knack2657]

Well said friend. I hope to see more from you soon.

[@necromancerboyo3394]

Oh my god florentius' questline fucking broke my HEART man. That's one of the feelings this game always gave me was that it seemed anyone you interacted with was doomed the moment you spoke to them. After so many likeable and memorable npcs died, I felt more and more alone in a world that was truely and utterly against you. That alone, I feel, would make any stout hearted warrior struggle to push on.

[@morgboat744]

really really well said man. i’ve finally gotten around to playing Elden Ring for the first time recently and while it’s an absolutely brilliant game, that’s kind of all it feels like to me for now: a brilliant GAME. the first Dark Souls’ meta narrative about going hollow and losing yourself is what elevates it to an incredible piece of art imo, and i wonder if i’ll ever play anything like it again. PS huge props for Persona 3 music, i played both games around the same time a few years back and was shocked to see how similar their themes were xD

[@ianwilliams2632]

Well said. Souls changed lives, and ER just feels like a big game in many ways. A pretty one, an imaginative one, but its soul is weak.

[@JigglypuffTutorials]

@@ianwilliams2632Projection. You played souls when you were younger and in a different stage of life.

[@ianwilliams2632]

@@JigglypuffTutorials Assumption. You don't know anything about me. Accept that others can have a different opinion.

[@nibiru2x410]

Eyyyy, Roachdoggjr!

[@nathan_something]

@@nibiru2x410 That's Roach Dogg's son... Roach Dogg Jr. Wecome to the roach kingdom. haha

[@sevrenhoover6858]

I do a playthough every year and your video came along right after I beat the game with my new character. I’ve played this title so much, and yet every time I go back in I get entranced all over again. I’ve easily played almost 200 hours of this game and I still discover new things on every run. One of the most addicting and masterful games ever made.

[@thoma_se]

This video is so cool! I love finding more information about one of my favorite games. I feel like there’s always more to learn. The editing and presentation of this video are great. Keep it up :^)

[@joeybeeton4334]

I never comment on KZbin videos but I just wanted to say I really loved and appreciated this video, an excellent video essay on ds1 hope to see new videos in the future

[@pavelthefabulous5675]

When I started the game (and finally made a decent character for once), I did not fully understand what restoring humanity does and figured that it was best to save up my humanities to heal with. I ended up using very few of the humanities because I might need them later. Because of this, I fought and beat every boss without Solaire or anyone else. I played carefully and avoided most of the other NPC's as well. I did not use consumables in general. I beat the game with basically a pure warrior build. I wore chain maille that was heavily upgraded, the Mask of the Child, a black knight shield, and a black knight halberd, along with Havel's Ring and the Rusty Iron Ring. I did not wear the Ring of Favor and Protection or whatever you call it because I saw that you could not take it off, and I figured that I might want to put on another ring at some point in that same spot. After watching this, I realize that I beat the game as the Crestfallen Warrior. Before I got the Black Knight Shield, I used that same blue heater shield too.

[@ILiveforSorcery]

Thank you, KZbin, for finally giving me something worth watching on my front page, ya goobers

[@SheoNerevar]

Watching this video at 360p really made the production feel contemporary to release, a nice touch on the video. Especially in the little touches, like the use of the wikidot as footage of the wiki as opposed to fextralife

[@the.forlorn]

Beautiful video! Don't you dare go hollow, my friend.

[@morowenidi4621]

For me nothing beats the feelings ds1 draws out, not ds2 or ds3, and definetly not elden ring. But i could never put a finger on it, why was it special? Now i think it's the attention to detail without showing it off. It's sort of like Tolkien writing, behind every item description there is a whole bunch of connections to other things in the world, some written some unwritten, some published and some just in the mind of an artist or in his letters, and you can deduce some of them, but you dont have to, you can just enjoy the feeling of a rich world with mysteries around every corner while you explore on your adventure. The world is like a forest and you are treading a narrow trail through it, and the fact that people still come out with original takes on it to this day proves my point.

[@lucaigansi]

great video! never had noticed the positioning of armors and souls. keep up the good work!

[@ye4480]

Love the video. Dark souls 1 is probably my favorite video game ever and your analysis is fun to watch and very insightful. Great stuff!

[@ozsun9736]

I often asked myself: Where does Dark Souls "happen"? And it definitely is the whole with the miriad details strewn throughout this most magical of games

[@taylorjack2130]

My top 5 games of all time, absolutely sensational and only played it for the first time during COVID

[@CityofButterfly]

I've beaten this game twice but never really thought about a lot of the details you bring up here. Very good video.

[@the_fenestrator]

3:47 waltuh 😳😫

[@blob8396]

Idk if it was a glitch but I never used pyromancy or upgraded it and yet I still found Laurencius at the bottom of the swamp on my first playthrough. I talked to him loads as he was one of the only few genuinely friendly npcs and got chills when I just saw him standing there at the bottom of the swamp.

[@barg1465]

If a player invades or you or you summon someone who has an upgraded pyromancy glove it will trigger the quest progression in your world, moving Laurentius and even spawning Quelana. To put it simply the game only checks if there is an upgraded glove in the area, it doesn't care who wields it.

[@blob8396]

@@barg1465 I played offline tho,

[@TheSkyfolk]

You don't have to use or upgrade it for Laurentius to advance, you simply need to acquire a chaos pyromancy, or speak to one of the chaos witches.

[@Ze_Chef69]

0:15 That ad is so creative i love it

[@TK-bo5kj]

is that an official poster?

[@anonecki]

​@@TK-bo5kjYep! It was commissioned from the UK-based Flipbook Studio by the game's publisher, Bandai Namco

[@eluziev]

Very cool! The pacing, the narration, the dialogue, very cool.

[@Anchylxrd]

Man what a well put together video! It really shows that you put loads of thought and love into it

[@goid314]

Man, i enjoyed a lot this little monologue of you here near the bonfire. Don't you dare go hollow until we meet again.

[@xxANBUxx]

Great retrospective dude

[@kundetjenesten]

I remember Dark Souls 1. I failed in killing any more than the first mob, gave it maybe 10 tries and then put the game away and didn't look back until I tried Elden Ring without realizing it was a similar game. That one worked alot better for me as I found out I could just grind and outlevel the game, making it quite enjoyable. Right now I'm doing Dark Souls 3 running back and forth in the beginner area trying to get to at least lvl 50 before I advance. 😂

[@alex_c7968]

A well made video, also really fun to watch.

[@stut7177]

Great video! Love DS1.

[@moonlightostrich3690]

i enjoyed the subtle humorous edits throughout the video and your voice is very soothing.

[@ursaminor2732]

yo insane video quality to sub ratio i mean wow. editing was fun and engaging and narration was good.

[@maximusprods.kdvbyp564]

Approximately my first 10 hours of darksouls gameplay were tryng to find simewhere to go at the graveyard or new londo, imagine how it felt to sudenly see enemies up there and finding the path toward undead burg 🙏

[@ohyes54]

This was an excelent video. While I knew all the things mentioned, it's a good intro to how in-depth and varied DS is for new comers and those who have played it once. Your editing, music choice and commentary/info kept my attencion all the way through. Keep on doing you thing!

[@chaplainamin9888]

Great video mate ! even though I played the game since 2011 I actually learned new things from your video :3 so, cheers for that!

[@catbug2080]

absolutely great video, i played and completed dark souls this past summer and it was truly awesome

[@FolksFox]

As a lover of dark souls, I'm so happy with the perspectives and insights shown in this video. This is a great video. You should be proud. Made me think of all the things that could've been.

[@AbissoInteriore]

Wow, I wasn't expecting this video to be this good. The mix of lore and jokes, perfectly balanced and not trying to be anything more than it needs to be, just simplicity and perfect delivery. Very well written, my friend, you did a pretty good job.

[@MrGlyra]

Wonderful video!! There were some things I hadn't considered before but really like with how you put them. For example the souls ander starting class armors being like milestones for the player to compare yourself to. Or how the crestfallen warrior's goal was fulfilled and that's why he went hollow. Great work! :)

[@BogzKenny]

This is what i like about dark souls. There are always new perspectives and insight. Lore is Immaculate

[@TheBloatedChap]

Good video man! I love dark souls so this kinda stuff tickles that part of me quite well

[@mortalexo103]

This is one of the best DS videos I've seen. Thanks. ❤

[@groshek4820]

Damn. I only played a little bit of Dark Souls 1 and 3, never finished either (maybe one day) but I always deeply respected these games for their design. You're right that it's the little things that sometimes make a work of art not just good but tuly great. Great video! Also thank you for including the ost names on the screen. It should be more common for content creators to include them.

[@blakeduddles9290]

Great job on this. Very well said.

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

Might be the best game ever made

[@ZerkUWU]

Great video, I loved it! As for feedback, I would not put louder memes but thats it (ofc a better mic would be... better, but its understandable to not have one on your first video of this style). Keep up the great work! :D

[@briannakata]

Great video dude! Just started my second playthrough ever of DS1 this was a nice lil accompaniment to that.

[@billiemack64]

This game reprogrammed my impatient dingus brain to try and try and try again. Legit. It has actually helped me in my REAL LIFE insane

[@Beeyo176]

Chrono Trigger music and Dark Souls, never thought I'd see the day

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Why? People mix things all the time and they are both videogames, really making the odds better

[@Beeyo176]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 Just two very different vibes that you don't see mashed together much.

[@PutitinDaramen]

:3 monotone tickles my hypothalamus. good video!

[@LilyWhiteRiot]

Never knew that about the starting sets. Great video.

[@itrywayytoohard]

great video! fun edits without being too over the top.

[@abdulelahhamad9967]

You've done well, I've enjoyed the video to the fulliest. The monolouge, chosen details, and many more aspects of the video are really well put together. Nice work fellow undead.*ThumbsUp

[@ulrichsix]

more of these please!!👏🏼👏🏼

[@moxfaple]

The thing that stands out is your editing dude. A lot of video essays I see feel so boring to watch but the quick cuts make this actually watchable and not just a lecture well done

[@bjd3707]

Great video, thanks!

[@cdman90]

You get a like and subscribe for the Chrono Trigger music 6:56. Ggs

[@ejmcmoo214]

Instant sub, you put in so much effort! Love you bro

[@RockwellJames-zi1bp]

Dark souls is such a masterpiece for all of these reasons. The narrative and the mechanics work perfectly and they actually feel important to life. This is the most empowering fantsy I have ever experienced

[@Squirrel_314]

Really good video, well done. 😊

[@Kamawan0]

Really hope they go a totally different direction next game. Elden Ring shows A LOT of aspects of a studio burnt out on an idea. They need to give this formula a rest because it is nothing like Dark Souls anymore. When they made BB and Sekiro, it was a breath of fresh air. Here’s to hoping they can keep the magic going on the next release.

[@gojambe3957]

Agree so much with everything you said. I wish it was a more popular opinion.

[@carlschrappen9712]

What makes you say that?

[@Kawaiilolrofl]

Totally have to disagree. I play demon, as well as dark 1, 2 and 3 every year. Love it. Hated sekiro, stopped playing it halfway through. Hated bloodborne, stopped playing it after about 30ish % Didn't really like elden ring because it was not enough like dark souls

[@Passageofsky]

Yes, I would agree. I felt the same way, Elden Ring's structure is it's most unique quality as it's the only traditionally open-world game in the series. In terms of story, the obvious Irish mythological influences are refreshing from a narrative and asthetic stand point as the art direction is beautiful. Where it falls very short of all the other titles in the series is in the open world/level design and sense of progression. Without exception, the enemies are re-used throughout the game several times over making levels not only feel less unique, but deminish the excitement of exploration and the character of progression. The reuse of the enemies hurt the level design in other ways too, such as from a gameplay perspective; Play Demon's Souls 1-1, the enemies are designed around the level and vice versa, in Elden Ring this is so rarely true and it shows in painfully obvious ways, such as two or more enemies that are encountered together doing contradictory attacks which the player can not react to properly at the same time and was never supposed to because these two enemies were designed totally seperately and never meant to be fought together (God Skin duo is a boss fight exemplifying this) as well as the location where you encounter the enemies often limiting the players movement and making alot of encounters and attacks unavoidable. The bossfights have too many stateffects, too much hp, endless stamina and poise and attacks that are too hard to read (some due to the boss litterally input reading the players movements) oh and those Chalice Dungeon-esc bossfights are disgraceful at least Bloodborne they were otherwise unique enemies you could only find in the dungeon chalices, in Elden Ring just reuse foes found every else in the world. While the world is visually varied it is less cohesive tonally, there were so many times that locations looked like they came from completely diffirent games and totally seperate settings (a lot of the worst examples are obviously reused assets from Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne which visually clash terrible and look totally out of place in any location) my dad has seen me play all the other games and can tell them apart, but I swear that everytime he walked into my room he would ask "which videogame is this, is this Elden Ring?" Oh, and a special side note for the mountain top of the giants being the worst location in the series Elden Ring is Froms most flawed game in my opinion

[@slop4308]

elden ring honestly feels a lot less uninspired and a lot more aimed at a bigger audience, thats fine but it makes it miss out on a lot of the stuff that made the other souls games special, specially ds1 which i think is the best by far

[@doukerh8805]

1:50 you just name dropped my top 3 games 🔥

[@mustangus1_Tv]

Omg that persona theme song drop. Never thought I'd here that while seeing ds1 😂

[@ozsun9736]

Exzellent music choices, thouroghly enjoyable vid mate

[@pieterhoekstra6826]

nice when someone really gets it; great work

[@bubliverman8007]

Well said mate. So we'll said i subscribed with my tears

[@mack7696]

Wow this video deserves more views, and you deserve more subscribers. Well done.

[@SimaoFan]

Please tell me you're gonna do more Dark Souls content like this, this was great

[@ianplummmer]

Such a good video. I wish it was longer. Mandatory sub

[@Blockvard]

Just replayed DS1 for this very reason. Tried it as Guts this time, fun experience! Great analysis.

[@ghost_of_a_dead_poet]

I indeed was loosing touch with my humanity while fighting the bed of chaos xD

[@dadiddde.3568]

keep going youre gonna be big

[@dadiddde.3568]

find more tropics as random as they may seem

[@furjaden8553]

16:35 OH HELL NAH 💀

[@PlotistLOL]

Great video, man! Love it!

[@PastaMaster115]

How are you supposed to beat the 4 Kings by going straight there? You can't survive the abyss without the ring of Artorias. And you need to go to the dark root garden to get that.

[@anonecki]

Good observation! That's why I made sure to specify that it's possible to beat them _before ringing the bells_, rather than straight immediately after Firelink. I wanted to dive a little deeper into New Londo and Catacombs during that segment, but unfortunately I ended up having to trim the script a fair bit in order to meet university deadlines.

[@PastaMaster115]

@@anonecki yeah you did say that. My bad. You don't need to ring the bells to get that ring.

[@DarkSideOfTheRock]

Great video.

[@sina7149]

man dark souls 1 is a masterpiece i love the game so much, however the second half of the game loses most of the magic with contradicting level design(compering to earlier map segments) the same problem can be experienced in later 20% of elden ring after defeating morgott & the great piece of level design in leyndell i have replayed darksouls series and elden ring multiple time but reaching the latter parts of the runs always make me not finish the run

[@AxeMain]

I agree, I kinda lose steam after I get the Lord Vessel

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

The 2nd half is the reason I don't replay the game often. I wish there was an ending that let you skip everything after the Lord vessel and go straight to Oolacile with Gwyn being right after that

[@gojambe3957]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 There's always the kiln wrong warp I guess haha

[@thesnatcher3616]

At least with Elden Ring it's only really the last fourth due to how barebones the mountaintop is. And I would say the late game bosses are definitely some of the game's most memorable. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to you I suppose.

[@Kamawan0]

Only thing I genuinely dislike is Izalith, but I made a mod that solves that so weeeeeee🎉

[@Kaatheds]

i just really love this game, all its world is bizarre outworld experience that no other souls could give me, all details that it have and the experience that is walking through its world is amazing, btw i was so shocked the first time i saw laurentius hollow that i just let him kill me

[@Rudi4rius]

We rise

[@Vman_95]

It boggles my mind how Miyazaki and Fromsoft made such deep and rich level lore and put it into game that's under 10 GB. This game needs to be studied 💯

[@thechugg4372]

Great video!

[@dev4159]

Elden Ring has clearly not been very fair recently

[@shutup1037]

It's a bit too far, but still beatable even without cheesing

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

The humanity system, weapon/armor reinforcement and lack of warping is something I wish stayed into the later games.