Dark Souls 3 BUT With The IGN Guide
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After years of saying I use the IGN strategy guide, I actually use one.
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is this dark souls 2?
Try the planes. They float down
The reason IGN stopped making the jokes isn't "being bullied" that completely misses what happened to the games journalism as a whole at the time. Games journalism as a whole come 2016 was dying, in large part because completely disconnected from many of the writers the corporate interest had been exchanging good reviews for early access and money for a long time and gamers had caught on. The change happens around 2013 with GamerGate, what was about the ethical issue by 2014 had become entirely cultural in nature (much to the distaste of those on the GG side who wanted to focus on ethics). So many games journalism businesses started to change culturally to take their side in this conflict, this means any funny "awooga awooga sexy character" jokes were effectively excised on ground of "being sexist". We even saw articles proclaiming that "Gamers don't have to be your audience" which flies in the direct face of the gaming industry because who else plays games if not gamers?
The lack of jokes isn't because they were afraid of being bullied, it's because the culture in the industry had shifted and there was (still is) a fear of making a joke which can be perceived as being some kind of "-ist". The reason you don't see the soul of newer stuff is because it has been sucked out, anything someone can say which might be funny could just as easily find them blacklisted from the industry entirely so why ever risk making a joke?
Noo
as someone who has finished ds3 40 times this guide sure is a guide. also fuck the dancer.
Farming 20,000 souls SOLELY for the sake of *farming back 20,000 souls* is maybe the single most IGN thing ever
props to IGN for knowing having souls do help
Except it's not to just farm back 20k souls. It's so that literally every future enemy drops more souls. By far the most efficient way to play the game.
@@mattandrews2594 which you can also get for free if they knew about the tree jump 😆
I think you guys failed to understand the Silver Covetus ring. When they say you get your 20K souls back quickly because of it, they don't mean you only get that many back. You get the 20K back and then continue to get 20% extra souls every time they drop. By the end of the game, you will have gotten millions of extra souls for that 20K investment early in the game.
@@Jeremy-ql1or still, it’s not worth spending nearly 5 HOURS from early enemies for it.
In Demon Souls, there was a message you could put on the ground that says "The true Demon's Souls starts here." That's what the guide is referencing with "The true Dark Souls starts here."
Absolutely been a thing since then. It was at the start of every area 😂
Lenny didn't know that. Fake fan confirmed. :v
My sense of humor is so dumb, I cracked up every time I saw that in Remake.
I believe the very first time it popped up was a dev message just before the Vanguard bossfight in the tutorial, which the game fully expected you to get smashed by.
It was a silly in-game way of telling you things were about to get much harder.
It's an old meme, but it checks out.
It's so sweet of Lennys mum to act all oblivious when she's there, but afterwards, she goes home, boots up her IGN cheeseburger mage and carry her son through the game, top shelf parenting right there.
Respect to the guy who abandoned Lenny like the guide told him to.
That was so funny
Hey, when Lenny said “To the letter,” that goes for chat too
I'll be fully honest, if Lenny pivoted to start making videos based on IGN guides for other games (like the Pokémon guide) I'd be pretty darn excited
There are only so many fromsoft games but an endless amount of shitty guides. He could be the anti-ymfah
I’d actually be Down for this lol
Sing me up for that!
Fortnite Battle Pass Day One IGN Guide
I'm so for this idea
"Man learns Through the Fire and Flames on expert just to get through a Dark Souls 3 run," is not something I was ever expecting to see in my life
The intro made it seem like he just jumped on Guitar Hero as a bit.
Nah, man actually did it. Insane 😂
I had to look up the full song just to see how impressive this was... 8 minutes of button spam is insane. I totally thought he wasn't going to be able to do it
IGN Cheezburger returning home as soon as he saw the Sulyvahns beasts was actually fantastic. Wouldve been so easy to make the most of his moment getting to co op with Lenny and fight as much as possible, but he committed to the moment
exactly, the roleplay was on point
Timestamp?
Honestly made the video for me, IGN Cheeseburger carried this guide
That Dancer strat completely blew me out of the water. I played this game from day one and I have never seen that before. Crazy how the IGN guys found it
Fucking with the fog door to either resupply items or hit enemies without retaliation has been a staple of twat strats since original Demon's Souls
@@thomasprice7893yeah but to get it to work with such a simple trick, so soon after release is impressive
@@thomasprice7893nah i think he's talking about the boss ai glitch, tbh i played this game for like 5 years and i never knew that you can do that tbh
@@Bsmv712 I mean it makes sense, but I rarely use consumables enough in Dark Souls for me to resupply anything.
It took them 68 hours for a reason lol
As a guides writer myself, not from IGN, but I miss the days when Google SEO didn't dictate what we write. This series has been a hoot to see what the old days were like.
What is the Google SEO?
@@silentkhaos1176 search engine optimization. do the things the way the algorithms want you to or don't make rent.
@@silentkhaos1176search engine optimisation. basically trying to optimise clicks and popularity.
@@silentkhaos1176 "Search Engine Optimization", also called "The Algorithm" by a lot of people, basically the internet's "meta" at the moment. Writing not necessarily in ways that satisfy your creativity but instead in ways that are more likely to pop up in someone's search bar or recommended or whatever they're using to find things online.
@@silentkhaos1176 Search engine optimization, ie. using specific keywords/phrases, backlinking, and other best practices to appear organically in google searches, presumably with the intent of increasing organic traffic and, therefore, ad revenue. In other words, the point of writing the guide is no longer to be helpful, funny, and wholesome. It's to get clicks and eyeballs.
Ladies and gentlemen
It was a ride full of it floats down , gamer ranks and cat memes, but everything comes to an end
The dark souls IGN guide was a true masterpiece that shows how textbook guides can still have some soul in them
He’ll do the guides for the DLC’s as well
You could say; this whole series "Floated Down".
I did, and had everyone at the office LOLing.
Perhaps some.. Dark soul in them : ^)
bros forgetting about the dlc bananza
A Dark Soul that is...
So, the DS3 guide involves a lot of the same stuff from DS1, but everything hits a bit weaker, you can see the light of the golden age fading in real time, and you just know it's not any one person's fault? Damn, that's powerful.
You could say… the fire fades?
That one cuphead game journalist contributed a lot to the changes of video game guide
The commitment to the Guitar Hero bit was absolutely bonkers. That was legit insane. Well done lad
I can't help but absolutely love this guide in particular, it is such a beautiful time capsule to what gaming and the culture around it was like in 2016, just before the edgy bubble burst and we were experiencing the last dying breath of "lol XD Randum = Funny"
Very true! The edgy bubble burst is a very good way of putting it.
I don't think Game culture was like this at all in 2016 outside of socially inept teens, back when DS1 released sure may have been but I just think the guide writer didn't get the memo, if it wasn't intentinally like this.
That lines up well with dark souls 3 though. That which once reigned is now degraded and locked away to be forgotten
As far as I'm concerned "lol xD random" is still funny, and will always be funny, because the world is trying to forget it, but cringe never dies, and until I do, I will continue to use that fact to get my own personal kicks.
In my opinion, cringe is the most wonderful humor in the world. For socially inept autistic f*ckers like myself, who ABSOLUTELY HATE the dynamic and never-lasting nature of what people in the world consider "funny" my ability to throw stupid sh!t people totally thought was funny 8 years ago in their faces and watch then die inside is literally one of the greatest pleasures in my life.
Not the first, nor the last. Reunite brothers and sisters,as we bow down to the one and true king of comedy: Dank memes!
31:30 If i had to guess, its BECAUSE of the Pestilent Mist that they didnt realize the Red Glow, to them they just saw hordes of Priests dying and every now and again the hp would go down
Mission failed successfully
“Did I beat the IGN challenge of 68 hours? Yeah I did it in 9.” XD I loved that line.
Lenny..... I have never seen any of your videos before, or heard your name. This is the first one I watched. I have not yet seen any others and I have no idea what's waiting for me there (i supposed more of similar or better quality stuff :D), but just this one earned you an instant sub and Twitch follow.
It's a masterpiece. The amount of perfectly tuned humour, the amazing editing, the actual Fifa, Guitar hero and mom guest presence... Holy crap man, I have not seen any piece of content this great, polished and entertaining in a LONG while.
I do realize a bit of that in this case comes just from how good of an idea doing the game along an IGN guide is, but you're an absolutely amazing content creator. Keep it up!
I love the video but I just want to point out how good of an entertainer Lenny is. It's really impressive how he can stay so energetic and it's really infectious.
That's really nice of you to say :---)
@@ZeroLenny I'm glad you saw it! I know positive comments can sometimes be a bit overshadowed by negative ones so I'm glad to big you up a bit.
He got it from his mom
I'll have what his having
Every single cat edit in these videos adds one year to my lifespan
Big man is gonna live till 3005 💀
Can we just talk about the insane 720 no scope killing shot by Lenny at 16:16
Like, that's pure skill right there
25:50 love how the ad switched from "ARE GAMERS OKAY?" to "NO FUSS CREMATIONS" as soon as lenny lost.
Oh my god
they made a dark souls 3??? that's UNBELIEVABLE i gotta try this out for myself!!!!! looks absolutely bonkers
be careful, only SERIOUS gamers allowed
@@grandmacrinkle8094 well gosh darn... i'm a bit of a silly gamer myself 😔😔
@@swag_tortoise Silly gamers ARE allowed but you have to be careful not to get TOO silly because the residents are not very fond of it
😂
Make sure to praise the sun at every opportunity.
Pestilent Mist is one of the recommended strategies for Dark Eater Midir. He's actually the ideal target for it, because he's huge so he's more likely to stay in the cloud and he has a massive health bar. It's how I beat him the first time.
Same, most butt clenching time of my life tbh
@@red_menace1829 pretty sure it's also the best damage/cost ratio (cost being both level requirements and focus cost as well as total casting time) in the game when fighting high health bosses. Because afaik it doesn't scale with your int. Just enemy HP. So you can just get the minimum stat requirements and put everything else in your survivability stats and focus bar. My only issue with it is that most people who can make effective use out of it are good enough at the game to use other strats. Especially since it's primarily good for either hords of small weak enemies or big chunky bosses. Single enemies that move are hard counters and it's probably almost worthless in PvP.
RT moment
@@LycorisLilyP ?
@@RyugaruSenbi RTgame did a whole playthrough using only the mist, and ended up destroying Midir
Your dedication to follow the guides 100% amazes me.
Great video series, can't wait for the DLC Bonanza :D
ZeroLenny, floating down with another absolute BANGER of a video
The running full sprint to the store gag gets me everytime
The true Dark Souls were the friends we made along the way.
I guess it was always started, we just never realized it
Honestly, Pestilent Mist got me through a lot of bosses on my first playthrough as well! A nice journey through time to 7 years ago :)
You literally can't imagine the amount of happinness I get when I see a new ZeroLenny video AND it's IGN guide. It really makes my day. Thank you.
There’s something incredibly funny to me about IGN making a series of guides that offer you absolutely no transferable skills to any subsequent playthroughs you might want to try out later. Like yeah, you’ll see the end credits, but if you want to try any other build after this, you’ll have to learn it all again from scratch.
Games journalists will do anything other than get good
when the first 3 seconds of the video starts with a "Warning to all gamers!" from an IGN guide... That's how you know it's gonna be good
You can only appreciate IGN guides when you know the monetization scheme behind them. It is like a moment of enlightenment of why they are so surreal and it makes total sense.
I'm curious now, what exactly is the deal
What do you mean?
Please explain
Elaborate further please, dont leave us 22 hanging!
Monetization:
flat rate based on views
mulplier based on word count
Scheme:
guide is designed to be convoluted and give the player a very slow progress.
this guarantees an increased engagement with the guide and the possibility of double or triple dipping on the same viewer per section of the guide.
These IGN guide videos always make me laugh so much. Thanks for that!
They also really remind me of when I used to actually buy guidebooks for games. The Pokemon ones had quite a bit of charm like this as well. A good balance of humor and helpful is what I usually prefer when I actually consult guides.
The true dark souls starts here
I remember people going nuts over Pestilent Mist because it would destroy Midir. I tried it for fun only to see Midir simply jump away from it lol.
Was still cool to beat the Ancient Wyvern with it though
I shit you not , I re specd my character for just pestilent mist cheese for midir and its how I genuinely beat him
Yeah I remember making a caster build and seeing people say pestilent mist is a cheese. Usually I would cast it once and he would stay within it to deal around 500 damage. Which is a lot, but it was the same amount as I would do with one cast of whatever lightning miracle I was using. If I was lucky, the mist would deal 1000 damage, but that's still just two casts. It really does not work well with midir.
Lenny's energy is what makes him such a pleasure to watch, outside his humor
Your mom had me howling! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. She needs to be a staple in videos like these. Fuckin' loving it mate.
You going off and practicing TTFATF and coming back next day and NAILING IT was the coolest thing I've ever seen on a stream. GG!
The music degree really paying off
honestly having the bow in guides like these make sense, as its easy to deal with enemies and vastly lowers mortality taking them out from a range, also bow generally easier to aim/more range than a lot of spells
But bows suck
@@ficolas2 buddy just walked down two major bosses with the bow, i think theyre fine
@@MonsoonTheWindsOfDestruction I beat dark souls 1 with the sword hilt. Sword hilt is a fine build by that logic.
@@ficolas2 if you use it right, then yes, just like the bow silly
It's absolutely the range. I doubt the guide writers are thinking it through analytically as opposed to trying a stupid number of things to figure out what works, but a running theme with bows in the Souls series in general (not just IGN guides) is that they are responsible for more boss exploits than any other weapon, many of which are things the average player never encounters, thinks about or even learns about. Case in point the Dancer exploit right at the start of this guide- I'm not sure spells would have the range to pull that off, iirc they move you forward slightly which would aggro the boss, and given the arrow stacks outside the wall, they may not even be able to achieve the same total damage pool. I think every game in the series has at least one boss you can kill from outside of its boss room with a bow, too.
really enjoying the usage of sfx, makes it feel like a live studio audience
Agreed
Lenny videos just make me so happy. The high energy, the funnies, the cat memes, all of it is so charming
Haven't even watched it yet, but I know this is going to be an absolute banger, as per usual. Thank you for everything Lenny! Going to watch this with my little brother (another huge fan) once he gets out of school. Keep up the good work!
This was an absolute banger of a stream.
Yes, it was where the true Dark Souls began.
The part with his mom is adorable
These IGN guide videos really brighten my day, I like to rewatch them when I am bored at work or in a bad mood! Thanks for being entertaining Lenny!
Watched the whole vod of this run and now the video and it was like two entirely different experiences. Lenny you are brilliant this was a blast
A dose of Lenny is just what I needed on this shitty day!
Absolutely my pleasure man! Hope things turn round for you xx
@@ZeroLenny Thanks man, that means a lot to me actually. Much like with Dark Souls you gotta soldier on or go hollow, right? And nobody wants that.
Don't you dare go hollow🔥
@@marcusadams2557 Appreciate the concern, but don't worry. I simply need time to rest at the fire while I gather my strength.
I’ve been waiting for this day. Lenny finally floats down to bless us with another IGN video.
WHEN THE LENNY
THE
THE LENNY FLOATS DOWN!!
That got the whole office rolling
Love the music choice through all these videos, it really gives me my own sense of nostalgia looking back through these videos, masterfully crafted brother!
These are so awesome man. I cannot understate how epic it is to see the IGN guide videos.
Hey Lenny, when the dlc bananza happens, it might be fun to do them in reverse order since the guides (in my opinion) would become more and more unique
Lets start a petition to get lennys mom to narrate the intro to from's next gane. Her final take was surprisingly good
That story about fromsoft PR rizz attempt killed me lmao. Great video, the IGN guide videos are always 10/10.
So these like "I played X but with Y guide" is how I found your channel and I really love this type of content. I never really enjoyed DS2 myself but I watched that one and LOVED every second of it and now seeing you picked up one of my fav games of all time. I am really hyped to watch this one o3o
Keep up the great work
Can't wait for the Lies of P version and Lords of the Fallen version
I also can’t wait for when I get passed the tutorial of those games, so I can say. “The true Dark souls starts here”
The original or the remake of lords of the fallen
Ohhh lies of p would be a fun one to watch
@@BlarghMeow the remake the original is fucking awful compared to the new one
This video was incredible. The guide even referenced the offski AND the floating down. It all comes together.
Only 2 minutes in but man watching this live was a damn blast and can't wait for more content to come out
I kinda love how chaotic this guide is, but also that it does have some legit ideas for early, easy soul boosts and the like.
I never expected a ds3 guide to give us fifa and guitar hero gameplay. I loved it :)
I loved this lenny, i didn't expect the build to actually work! looking forward to the next video
Thank you for making my day. I finished my first pc build today and this was an amazing way to round it out!
A fine spooky Friday to you, good sir! Thank you for yet more Souls content!
I have waited ages for this, a quiet evening, a couple of cold ones and Lenny being an absolute madman
Man, this video was just so wholesome and fun. I can't wait for the DLC video!
Going back to watch the earlier ones now
I’ve rewatched your videos at least 4 times each and it’s because you have an infectous sense of humor out of what the IGN guides do, your random bits with you mother and guitar hero, etc. and everything else has made me enjoy your work too much. When it all floats down you’re one of a kind content creator!
P.S. Please make apparel or merch with your various jokes including the float down meme
Always happy to see another Lenny video and of course lovely to see Lenny's Mum! Have a brilliant day both of you!
Another historic heroic Lenny does IGN Guide Video in the books! Loved the Chaos, The Cats, The Jokes and the wholesome Mom moments! Fr though those boss freeze strats they keep pulling never fail to amaze me, I'm always like "that can't possibly work" and it just works. scary good!
It makes me so happy to see Lenny content, thank you for everything that you do, and go through, you make my day
the crowd noises are killing me LMAO
The cheese in this is some stuff I didn't even know with couple of thousand hours in the game, such as the Dancer cheese and the infinite backpaddling. Not bad.
Been waiting so long for another one of these!
First time I've seen a video on this channel and while youre great fun, your mum is an absolute gem, bless her cotton socks. She is where the real Lenny Souls began.
Hey Lenny. I have been watching you since the Dark souls experience videos since before you face revealed. I just wanna say I've always loved your content and can tell how much you love doing it. I hope you know we love you and want you to take your time between releases and never feel pressured. We know when you release a video it'll be a banger. You should also do more guide videos on other games once you've done fromsoft !
I think the “The true dark souls starts here” being something every player says at the start of an area is actually in reference to demon souls😂
I think I see another speck of bingeable content in my feed; always glad to see these highly accurate and top-tier gaming guide videos from you Lenny :3 (props to the OG IGN guides too ofc)
Also I didn't know the FEBREEZE SORCERER that RTGame used in his series actually originated here; truly amazing lore, as befits any true entry of the Dark Souls franchise ^w^
I absolutely loved the streams! Thank you for the consistent high quality entertainment ❤
Always excited to watch these videos come out! 😛
These videos are one of the only things on CZcams that make me vocally excited for an upload
I've been on a Dark Souls 3 bender again so this video came out at the perfect time
Thanks for this video Lenny I've been having. Really rough month and this cheered me up a lot.
I am continually amazed by this man's dedication to following the guide TO THE LETTER. Even if it means running to the store at midnight
Lets go! Love the series Lenny, keep the awesome content coming!
Lenny's mum is a national treasure. Protect this wellspring of wit and class at all cost!
41:23 I just noticed your mom actually drinking the goku water 😂 what a legend
I love these videos so much hahahaha good job homie
The edits honestly kill me. The screams and yays are just top notch
As someone who never used bows or magic in any of the games before Elden Ring it was fun to see how effective it was to play with only those two from the IGN guide. My first ever playthrough of DS3 was done entirely with a Lothric Straightsword. And before that DS2, which was my first Dark Souls game, was done with a two handed Heide Knight sword. Had a great time seeing the guides, here's hoping the DLC one has a bit more personality in it.
I love these IGN Guide videos. So f'n FUNNY! Always love seeing ZeroMum on the channel.
Actually one of the best vids I’ve seen in awhile. You’re killing it bro.
This is where the true zerolenny begins
This is the content CZcams was made for. Thanks for another rodeo of laughs Lenny.
this dude is so wholesome
his mum is the cherry on top
I've only seen 2 of your videos and I can already say this is my new fav Dark Souls channel 😂
Lenny just never fails to deliver! Banger vid as usual!
Lenny's mom is one of the best parts of these. She's such a treasure, and im glad they have such a wholesome relationship.
Also I totally agree this guide has less soul in it.
These ign guide playthroughs are incredible! Hoping for more
I love the whole feel of this video. It's like this was a preformed in front of a live studio or something.
This was so fun to watch on stream
Havent laughed this much in a while, Lenny truly is the Dark Soul (all along)
Hey!
Your video was incredibly entertaining and captured my attention for all the duration. I am writing this with a smile on my face, thank you)
It has solid pasing, smooth cuts and transitions, the theme is interesting, and all those funny cute cats are just adorable, and really add to the spirit of the video)
Also, your british accent just brings the smile to my face, and your mother is very cool)
Thanks again, for such a work that you provided!
I love when he follows the flavor text instructions.
Also, the co-opper that left him to die is GOATed