How Dark Souls Lies to You

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  • Dark Souls is known for its sick and twisted difficulty, that’s no secret. Random ambushes, poison rats, cursed enemies, knockback archers, lava pits, insta-kill fire breathing dragons, and literally immortal bosses, are just a few of the things the game holds above your head to make you feel beneath it, like you don’t even deserve to be holding the controller in your hands. That is why I will never forget the defining moment of my first ever Dark Souls playthrough. With the Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC being right around the corner, I felt that it was time to finally talk about why I loved its progenitor so much.
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Komentáře • 189

  • @thesmolpopato4972
    @thesmolpopato4972 Před 23 dny +104

    The merchant in the depths sells the master key when he moves to firelink

    • @ToucanDivineQuest
      @ToucanDivineQuest Před 22 dny +26

      Aye, siwmae

    • @MrMetallix
      @MrMetallix Před 22 dny +8

      But by the time you make it to the depths do you even need it anymore? 😅

    • @Ronam0451
      @Ronam0451 Před 22 dny +9

      ​@@MrMetallixif you want to get to blighttown from the other side without going through the valley of drakes.

    • @ToucanDivineQuest
      @ToucanDivineQuest Před 20 dny

      @@Ronam0451 it's useful for random things too like you don't need to run all the way down pass the crestfallen merchant in Sen's to get the key that will free Logan

    • @roccogough254
      @roccogough254 Před 19 dny +1

      Not to mention the fact that you can just go through New Londo (Killing Ingward for the key to The Seal)

  • @mockingchief8144
    @mockingchief8144 Před 22 dny +70

    You actually don’t need the master key to skip the depths and blighttown
    There is a passageway near the bottom of darkroot that has a bonfire and leads to the valley of the drakes. From there just go to the other end of the area and enter the back door into blighttown

    • @paradoxxikal7327
      @paradoxxikal7327 Před 21 dnem +6

      The secreter way

    • @zaboono
      @zaboono Před 20 dny +6

      You can also get the master key from the merchant you find in the depths by the blight town gate after he moves to firelink if you’re down to do a bit of platforming under the tunnel leading to the undead burg

    • @mockingchief8144
      @mockingchief8144 Před 20 dny +3

      @@zaboono true, but that still requires you to kill gaping dragon for him to move, so you still would have to complete the depths

    • @DarknessIsTheTruth
      @DarknessIsTheTruth Před 19 dny +2

      You just have to cut through several drakes and an undead dragon.

    • @zerumsiru5204
      @zerumsiru5204 Před 15 dny +1

      Bit of a long way to run there, but that's true. There's also the merchant that sells boss armor, he sells the boss key after he moves under the bridge in fire link. Or you could just start off as the thief class, as they start with the master key regardless of the gift you pick.

  • @thunderbruh
    @thunderbruh Před 27 dny +202

    As someone who hasn't really played a Souls game I like the idea that you can't hack and slash every single enemy you come across

    • @LoungeAct_
      @LoungeAct_  Před 27 dny +60

      What’re you waiting for then? Play one!

    • @indrast5203
      @indrast5203 Před 27 dny +21

      You could convince them to walk off cliffs

    • @MegaJackolope
      @MegaJackolope Před 26 dny +22

      Go play DS1 prepare to die edition the yarr harr way, it's still a top 3 game of all time for me. Remastered edition changes the visuals in a not great way, also changes the way PvPers are grouped from being based on levels to whether or not they had picked up a weapon from the list of these predetermined lists of tiers.
      DS1 level design and the bosses alone are worth your time. Suffice to say, there's a reason why people compared every game to dark souls for the next ten years... Play it.

    • @seagull6636
      @seagull6636 Před 24 dny +6

      Ds3 you can with a straight sword

    • @pudimy
      @pudimy Před 24 dny +5

      As a souls player I guarantee that you can kill every enemy you come across, you just have to be careful and take one by one first

  • @nickoliekeyov746
    @nickoliekeyov746 Před 26 dny +60

    I find the way people approach problem solving in these games very interesting. I beat Capra with the elite knight armor and wolf ring, poised through the dogs and killed them quick before hard swapping out my armor to get a faster roll to deal with Capra. My friend used the spell that distracts enemies to kill the dogs. I also know that you can 'cheese' him by tossing firebombs over the wall, lol.

    • @brunocampos8640
      @brunocampos8640 Před 23 dny +7

      I think that's the beauty of these games the areas/bosses are puzzles and it's up to you to find your way to overcome them

    • @quaddamage7765
      @quaddamage7765 Před 22 dny +1

      You also can purchase poison daggers, get to the top of arena ans safely poison him

    • @prosaic.7944
      @prosaic.7944 Před 22 dny +2

      Your friend is the only person in the world who used that spell.

    • @nickoliekeyov746
      @nickoliekeyov746 Před 22 dny +2

      @@prosaic.7944 I know lol I’ve tried it myself but like, I could just kill whatever I’m distracting instead

    • @leonlai8270
      @leonlai8270 Před 17 dny

      ​@@brunocampos8640People will call it "UnfAiR" nowadays

  • @xerathgaming1915
    @xerathgaming1915 Před 24 dny +42

    its not a lie its more like a puzzle

  • @skew5386
    @skew5386 Před 21 dnem +15

    You don't need the master key to skip the depths and blighttown. You can just take darkroot down from the blacksmith to valley of drakes which leads you to the same door and the key for it nearby. There's always ways to trivialize entire sections of DS1. It was never meant to be a hard game where you bash your head against a wall for hours. It's only meant to push you to find creative ways of solving problems

  • @AaronSAllison
    @AaronSAllison Před 24 dny +63

    one of the coolest things about the soulsborne games is playing the new game plus cycle and seeing how easy everything becomes and you just wreak face through it. so satisfying

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 Před 23 dny +13

      For me it's how much you improve on an entirely new game. It becomes a new challenge because you WANT to challenge yourself, at least I do. How far can I get without dying? Can I beat the first boss without leveling? Oh what about that mid game weapon I love how early can I actually get that? And of course once you stop min-maxing, the role playing feels like I'm a kid again, imagining crazy monsters and getting deep into some fictional faction and it's internal dramas.

    • @xristoskoumpourlis1614
      @xristoskoumpourlis1614 Před 23 dny +4

      one comment i have on this topic is just how good of an idea it was for ds2 and softs to have more/unique items in ng+ cycles along with some enemies etc it really gives you a reason to play a ng+ cycle

    • @stevemichael652
      @stevemichael652 Před 21 dnem

      That’s the worst way to play. The best way is making a new character and using a new build and new weapons and having a brand new experience with a new perspective and strategy , not burn out the game on one OP character

    • @nikodemvankenobi
      @nikodemvankenobi Před 15 dny +3

      @@stevemichael652tell em dude, how dare they enjoy a video game how they like lmao

    • @stevemichael652
      @stevemichael652 Před 15 dny

      @@nikodemvankenobi it’s an objective fact the souls games are so good bc they’re challenging idk wat ur biching about lmao weird comment

  • @geordiejones5618
    @geordiejones5618 Před 23 dny +11

    I could never get into the Souls titles themselves, but Bloodborne absolutely hooked me and its atmosphere alone forced me to change how I fundamentally approached games after running into a wall in the starting area. I tried to get invest myself in Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3, to no avail, but Elden Ring and now Sekiro/AC6 have brought me back to this company. I think what I appreciate most about these games is that "Fashion Souls" really becomes the whole game when you lean into the roleplay and figure out the pace of combat. I've had some of my most memorable roleplaying moments by just committing to Fashion Souls in the purest form: choosing a faction/allegiance/creed and having all my gear reflect those choices, as well as headcanon PC idiosyncracies. There's no other games where I can truly get lost in a world and see my playstyle coordinate so well with my roleplaying, with possibly the sole exception of Fallout: New Vegas.

    • @caveirainvocada9438
      @caveirainvocada9438 Před 22 dny

      I'm not a big roleplayer in my games unless it's a very pure RPG that really encourages it, I'll just do what will get me the coolest stuff lol, but It's really cool that you get so much from RPing in Soulslikes to the point of comparing it to New Vegas!

  • @jessewilliams6459
    @jessewilliams6459 Před 27 dny +38

    Well, I feel at least a little better about how I killed the Fire Giant last night.

    • @MrMetallix
      @MrMetallix Před 22 dny +2

      I helped someone fight the fire Giant last night too 😂

    • @jessewilliams6459
      @jessewilliams6459 Před 21 dnem +4

      @@MrMetallix I didn't help or give help 😢I had to cheese him on the cliffs with Latenna. I fought him eight times (what's with people saying they fight bosses150-200 times? I can only fight a boss 3-6 times before I lose interest) before I googled it 😢I'm just an innocent merchant hoooo

    • @darthnoir6370
      @darthnoir6370 Před 20 dny +3

      @@jessewilliams6459 tbh that cheese takes more effort than just whacking his legs until he cries

  • @ennayanne
    @ennayanne Před 19 dny +4

    "Dark Souls' difficulty is a facade to get you to think outside the box" perfectly summed up why I love this game and why every other souls game pales in comparison to it

  • @felipekenzodecastrotanaka

    the thumbnail didnt have to go so hard

  • @shoe7ess2
    @shoe7ess2 Před 26 dny +9

    Capra is what woke me up and made Dark Souls click for me. It's a cheap fight, but that huge difficulty curve gave me the best feeling of accomplishment when I finally beat him. I remember standing up in my chair and doing that arm-cross "suck my dick" pose and screaming my victory. That feeling is something I rarely ever am able to hit with many other games (maybe some like GoW, or other similar ARPGs.

    • @MrMetallix
      @MrMetallix Před 22 dny +1

      I’ve never had trouble with the Capra demon… ornstein and smough were where the difficulty curve hit for me

    • @jiggycalzone8585
      @jiggycalzone8585 Před 20 dny +1

      And then you see a herd of Capra demons in the underworld and realize how easy you had it the whole time

    • @shoe7ess2
      @shoe7ess2 Před 19 dny

      @@jiggycalzone8585 For real, that's when you realized the fight wasn't against Capra... it was about the cardboard box you fight him in XD

  • @lordstronghold7189
    @lordstronghold7189 Před 25 dny +10

    You can enter the short way to Blighttown without the master key
    Dark root basin---> valley of drakes---> Blighttown.
    You don’t need the key.

    • @LoungeAct_
      @LoungeAct_  Před 25 dny +3

      Yeah but then you still have to go through Undead Burg but I guess you could also go through New Londo.

    • @lordstronghold7189
      @lordstronghold7189 Před 25 dny +1

      @@LoungeAct_ Yeah but you don’t have to fight Capra and Gaping dragon. And dark root basin is accessible from Andre.

    • @tommikoistinen2321
      @tommikoistinen2321 Před 24 dny +3

      You kinda need large ember from Depths so basically you need to kill Capra.

    • @HyrulianBeast
      @HyrulianBeast Před 23 dny

      @@tommikoistinen2321 Nah just build Fire Path by dropping down to ol' Vamos, Fire Path is good if you're literally building Full Vigor, I see that health bar.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem

      ​@@HyrulianBeastIt's way easier to just use a twinkling titanite weapon like the bonkers broken black knight weapons.

  • @juicyjuustar121
    @juicyjuustar121 Před 24 dny +5

    Entirely unrelated to the video, but hearing What We Did in the Desert in the background of the video hit me with a wave of nostalgia. I know its weird to have nostalgia for a song thats only like 2 years old but I cant help it

  • @xryeau_1760
    @xryeau_1760 Před 22 dny +6

    To me the Bed of Chaos is still a fun fight in spite of it's many glaring issues because it's gimmick prevents the encounter from being a matter of raw stats: You can't do a kajillion damage to a boss that functionally doesn't have health and you can't tank straight through everything because gravity can always kill you. I see it as a very good idea that was executed poorly due to unfavorable circumstances and I think it had the potential to be one of Fromsoftware's all-time best bosses if it was given the time it needed. Out of the four lordvessel bosses the Bed of Chaos is my favorite - and for similar reasoning the Four Kings is my least favorite since it's basically just a DPS test. I hope Miyazaki keeps making bosses with interesting and fun gimmicks because a well designed gimmick boss can really spice up the gameplay (Pls not just another Storm King clone)

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem

      Oof, idk man. Bed of Chaos is just another Dragon God but somehow worse. Like how do you even go backwards from Dragon God? I know development got screwed in the entire second half of the game but that's an actual achievement.

    • @xryeau_1760
      @xryeau_1760 Před 21 dnem

      @@dreamz1417 I disagree, Dragon God had less going on and felt more boring even when things go well. I think Bed of Chaos does a better job at taking advantage of it's changing environment even if it might be more frustrating at times. I usually find myself having more fun on Bed of Chaos on a good encounter than Dragon God

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem

      @@xryeau_1760 Well I have negative fun with both, but the Bed's worse.

    • @chrislevack405
      @chrislevack405 Před 9 dny

      Bed of Chaos is not fun

    • @xryeau_1760
      @xryeau_1760 Před 9 dny

      @@chrislevack405 Ah yeah I forgot that fun is an objective thing that everyone feels the same way, sorry, I'll delete my comment now

  • @qwasedral
    @qwasedral Před 25 dny +4

    great video dude!!! scrolled down expecting a huge channel and saw 16 comments... keep it up bro i was engaged the whole time

  • @mishademchyshak6719
    @mishademchyshak6719 Před 23 dny +12

    This video is so beautiful. I feel like its my friend whos telling me about his favorite game in great details to make me want to play it too. And in fact i have not beaten this game yet, so now i know what i will play after the ER dlc :)

    • @hazyspliff
      @hazyspliff Před 23 dny +1

      i would say honestly play ds3 first. it’s the most similar in terms of mechanics i tried to go straight from er to ds1 and it was rough but after beating ds3 it was much more enjoyable

    • @Chily-lm1kc
      @Chily-lm1kc Před 22 dny +1

      @@hazyspliffI agree. That or Bloodborne even.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem +3

      ​@@hazyspliffBut Dark Souls 3 has 10000 "look, it's thing from Dark Souls 1" moments that kinda don't do anything for you if you didn't play the first one. So if you don't plan on playing Dark Souls 3 again to get most things you should really start with number 1.

  • @_Gharm
    @_Gharm Před 28 dny +6

    Awesome thumbnail, happy your back

  • @jamiewass1960
    @jamiewass1960 Před 27 dny +7

    Yoooooo, I've never clicked so fast.

  • @JSAmember
    @JSAmember Před 20 dny +1

    I had no idea that the Valley of the Drake's entrance lets you skip Blightown. For my playthrough that's how I first entered Blighttown was through the Valley of the Drakes. I explored that side of blighttown and found Quelags Cave. Later on in my playthrough I was a little bit lost about where I should be going and where I should look for stuff. So when I found that other entrance to blighttown I thought something I needed could be over there. So I intentionally explored the other half that I inadvertently "skipped" only to not ever find what I really needed. I had no idea I skipped that only to go back and torture myself 😐😂

  • @ennayanne
    @ennayanne Před 19 dny +1

    Ceaseless isn't a gimmick boss, you aren't "meant" to kill him by dropping him to his death. That's a secret.

  • @digitalquartergod2989
    @digitalquartergod2989 Před 22 dny +2

    I am so dumb. I am currently playing Dark Souls 1 with a friend and we fought Ceaseless Discharge 1v1 because we didn't know there is a tactic to defeat him haha

  • @exposingpowerfullieslivest5082

    Miracles were certainly not "all the rage" in demons souls. There were almost no offensive miracles in either demons souls nor dark souls.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem +1

      Dark Souls has lightning spears to stomp early to midgame bosses. Demon's Souls' only attacking miracle is God's Wrath. I remember seeing a God's Wrath only-challenge once, it sucked ass lol

    • @exposingpowerfullieslivest5082
      @exposingpowerfullieslivest5082 Před 21 dnem

      @@dreamz1417 that's true I totally forgot about lightning spear/sunlight spear haha was so OP

  • @mattlech29
    @mattlech29 Před 21 dnem +1

    That's so interesting, the only thing my Capra fight taught me was to fight without the lock-on system

  • @Mrblackblackboy
    @Mrblackblackboy Před 25 dny +1

    Great video!!

  • @robertl7334
    @robertl7334 Před 27 dny +4

    Been playing since DS1, and love the growth the From team have gone through. Sekiro, AC6, and ER+ Shadow; all have me wondering what's next. I hope for something focused like sekiro with more ng+ changes like AC6. The lengths for both were much more manageable too.

    • @methatis3013
      @methatis3013 Před 24 dny +1

      AC6?

    • @robertl7334
      @robertl7334 Před 24 dny +1

      @@methatis3013 Armored Core VI, directed by Masaru Yamamura.

    • @allorfh2495
      @allorfh2495 Před 23 dny +1

      I really like the Ng+ system ds2 had. it really felt like a different playthrough not just hp buffed enemies. also you get access to class respec really early on so you can make an entire different build for your ng+1

    • @robertl7334
      @robertl7334 Před 23 dny

      @allorfh2495 I agree that the DS2 ng+ changes made the playthroughs unique and fun. However, it felt more like, throw whatever at the wall and see what works. The devs tried it with DS2 and refined it with AC6. The ng+ playthroughs flow into the original story much more fluidly, and I hope to see it developed to a greater extent.

    • @allorfh2495
      @allorfh2495 Před 22 dny

      @@robertl7334 I have yet to play AC6 maybe I'll check it out when a larger discount drops

  • @Scrappy_Coco
    @Scrappy_Coco Před 25 dny +2

    Great video!!! I agree with everything especially with that take on ds3. I hope you'll release a dark souls 2 vid cause its my favorite fromsoft game. I wish you well man with your channel and all

  • @thescatologistcopromancer3936

    This video popped on my feed out of nowhere lol

  • @Some-robot-guy
    @Some-robot-guy Před 23 dny +1

    The master key is not a requirement to skip the lower burg, the depths and blighttown. You can just go from the undead parish through the dark root garden and valley of drakes. So the capra demon is an optional boss.

  • @mikecoxlong7072
    @mikecoxlong7072 Před 22 dny +2

    I recently got into souls game, starting with ds1, and realized one thing. The game relies and want you to die as much as possible, either to learn how the game works, or to learn how to master your skills. To prove my point, don't forget that we have the souls items, where if you use it, you get souls. if the game doesnt want you to die, then these items wouldnt exist

    • @dr.plumcake5165
      @dr.plumcake5165 Před 19 dny +1

      I don't agree. The souls items can be used for obtaining souls without killing enemies, that's their purpose. If you want to obtain souls because you lost them it's a way to use them. But you could also use them for reaching the souls required for a new level or buy things from merchant without farming

    • @btchiaintkidding7837
      @btchiaintkidding7837 Před 17 dny

      Hard disagree.
      it doesnt even want you to lose souls. hence every boss drops a free single "homeward bone" an item that lets you instantly fast travel back to a safe location making sure that you use your massive Exp gain from the boss and not lose them during exploration or runback.
      DS1 is probably the only fromsoft game that really wants you to win and succeed. if you are observant and keen eyed it is the most fair game. I barely d'ed in my first blind playthrough, and it still fascinated me to no end.
      if you want to play your own way, DS1 lets you do it balance be dammed. wanna r2 spam stunlock everything to 0 HP even bosses? Zweihander availabe from early game.
      wanna feel like a wrecking tank? broken OP Poise.
      Love using shields? Broken OP shields.
      Wanna utilize something with long reach? spears. that have longer reach in hitbox then their model implies.
      and the souls items are there to top off your amoumt of souls so that you can level up even if you slightly lack to reach the next threshold. thats it

  • @corneliussmiff2773
    @corneliussmiff2773 Před 8 dny

    Great video. Thanks for the content!

  • @WOOKMEISTA
    @WOOKMEISTA Před 23 dny

    Excellent video 👌

  • @davidtippy7976
    @davidtippy7976 Před 23 dny +1

    I think the issue with the late-game in Elden Ring is that if you explore everything, you'll obtain levels and weapons that let you breeze through the early to midgame, only to be stopped by the wall of difficulty at Mountaintops of the Giants. The endgame is not more difficult from a design standpoint, it's just scaled higher and players who waltzed through the first two-thirds without actually learning how to fight well will perceive this as a massive spike in difficulty.

    • @LoungeAct_
      @LoungeAct_  Před 23 dny

      I actually think most of the bosses in the late game like Malenia and Maliketh are actually really well designed. But others feel far too rushed and are just kinda not good. Specifically the Godskin Duo and the Elden Beast being the biggest two. Whenever I replay the game I always find some fun crazy build but it becomes unusable in the late game. I actually think the DLC fixes this by still making the bosses hard but allowing you to keep your fun builds.

    • @davidtippy7976
      @davidtippy7976 Před 23 dny

      @@LoungeAct_ Yeah, but there are also annoying midgame bosses like Valiant Gargoyles and Lichdragon Fortissax who would probably be just as hated if scaled for endgame.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem +1

      ​@@LoungeAct_The only build that really starts becoming bad endgame is a holy build, iirc Elden Beast has 80% holy res. Literally everything else is perfectly fine though?

  • @mysterium364
    @mysterium364 Před 18 dny

    I found an entirely different way to cheese Ceaseless and Capra. Use the gorge to bait an attack and move back for Ceaseless. Use the heavy attack as soon as you enter Capra arena to instakill both the dogs then kill Capra with magic as he chases you around. So many fun ways to beat bosses and enemies when skill isn't there yet.

  • @mrpropper1696
    @mrpropper1696 Před 22 dny

    Great video bro! Just a hint: you can access blighttown early without the master key before the gargoyles fight, only thing you need is to go darkroot garden elevator and go down to valley of drakes :D

  • @NickC_222
    @NickC_222 Před 13 dny

    Man, I had no idea how many things had to go just right in order for us to end up with our favorite series, and Miyazaki at its head. If one seemingly little decision had gone any differently, we might not know who Miyazaki is, and we probably wouldnt have Dark Souls, and most certainly wouldn't have Elden Ring. Things like this always kind of blow my mind. The stars aligned, and today we're very fortunate to have been blessed with the creations of Hidetaka Miyazaki.

  • @terimichelle747
    @terimichelle747 Před 27 dny +1

    great video

  • @kadenfrfx
    @kadenfrfx Před 17 dny +1

    you having amazing taste in music

  • @metal4k787
    @metal4k787 Před 3 dny

    Im sure when you fight the Asylum Demon from the very start it tells players that dropping attacks will do big damage before getting to the Capra Demon. Its not something you had to work out.

  • @lukamilic227
    @lukamilic227 Před 26 dny +1

    very good video

  • @roccogough254
    @roccogough254 Před 19 dny +1

    I know I'm late but and I know you're only framing it this way for dramatic effect but 13:00 is completely wrong.
    Also for 14:50 I've played Remastered on both PC and PS4 and this has never been an issue? This video just feels very uninformed about Dark Souls itself despite the fact that you know a lot about Miyazaki's history.

  • @ernestbatiy1070
    @ernestbatiy1070 Před 9 dny

    The Capra demon was my trial by fire. Challenging me to the limits of my 14 year old sanity. It took me 13 straight hours against it to beat it. This, because I was stubbornly using the halberd.

  • @s.farazdak1547
    @s.farazdak1547 Před 23 dny

    Another dark souls video essay lets gooo

  • @richardbriley8072
    @richardbriley8072 Před 18 dny

    I love yt recommending me new channels that happen to cover all of my interests. Also props for the name, Lounge Act is one of my favorite Nirvana songs.

  • @kaimusic7884
    @kaimusic7884 Před 22 dny

    I honestly don’t mind the bed of chaos

  • @Vizion0513
    @Vizion0513 Před 21 dnem +2

    I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a video essay but all this video was was a lot of basic info and factoids most of the souls community already know about.
    The "how dark souls lies to you" part seemed to just be about the game's unique level progression and secret exploits the game lets you take advantage of which isn't anything new and I'd hardly call the game lying to you, and the rest of the vid is just a basic and slightly misunderstood synopsis of the game and its level progression with a lot of big words and an unnecessary Miyazaki history lesson at the beginning, it feels more like a "why I like dark souls" video.
    if we're talking about how dark souls lies to you I think of its npc's, their questlines and the lore, and specific level design aspects like how ash lake is hidden behind 2 illusory walls, and how Gwynevere and the sun in Anor Lando are illusions, as well as the fake out Seath fight before you eventual figure out he's invulnerable unless you destroy his crystal beacon thing. the game is also filled with literal and ambiguously designed traps that take advantage of a new players trust in what they'd expect in a game, Sens, the catacombs and the return to the Asylum are good examples of this kind of level design that lies to you

    • @Chily-lm1kc
      @Chily-lm1kc Před 21 dnem

      Yeah cause god forbid someone talk about how they enjoy something

    • @Vizion0513
      @Vizion0513 Před 21 dnem +2

      @@Chily-lm1kc And god forbid I be critical of a video that doesn't know what it wants to be about

  • @Jikuri
    @Jikuri Před 22 dny +7

    There's no such thing as balanced in a true RPG

  • @Skaroosh
    @Skaroosh Před 19 hodinami

    Are there people that DONT know about using the master key to skip blighttown?

  • @P-KopSlayer
    @P-KopSlayer Před 18 hodinami

    It's almost impossible to dodge bed of Chaos arms. Out of desperation i put on heavy armor (i forgot wich) and shield with high stability to block those arms. Surprisingly i managed to reach the second weakness.😂

  • @nulls5408
    @nulls5408 Před 12 dny

    My favorite game in the series is ds2 and what I can say is: are there problems with the games? yes but each one has its own unique strengths to it.
    Ds1 has its interconnected world design, ds2 rewards paying attention to your surroundings, bb its atmosphere and trick weapons, ds3 its covenants and finishing the trilogy’s story, sekiro its stagger system, and elden ring its size and variety of options. Plus AC6’s character conflicts.

  • @RaresG-hu1ht
    @RaresG-hu1ht Před 7 dny

    13:10 not rlly ,u can go down into an elevator,next to the dark root basin,u don t need the master key

  • @weskerpawnch
    @weskerpawnch Před 23 dny

    Totally agree, I know you didn't take Shadow of the Erdtree into consideration but the overall balancing definitely still applies. I was having lots of fun with the new fedora-tipping light greatsword "M'lady" and its rhythm, but switched to a bleed build because it was objectively superior, and I really hate that. It got better results in a game that kills me in two mistakes and takes over five minutes of intense concentration for every boss fight, so it was a no-brainer. All these cool weapons and everyone is just funneled into something that makes the game less of a drag.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem

      Eh, if I can beat the final boss of the dlc with a slow colossal greatsword anyone can.

  • @bartekowczarek6861
    @bartekowczarek6861 Před 7 hodinami

    I just got grave lord sword by joining the covenant i had no idea it had to do with killing demons

    • @LoungeAct_
      @LoungeAct_  Před 5 hodinami

      That’s how you get it but the only way to upgrade it is to fight titanite demons

  • @camerongranger6301
    @camerongranger6301 Před 17 dny

    My first time through DS1 I ended up skipping the depths route without the master key by going the long way through the forest, then through the valley of the drakes. I didn’t realize it was a skip at first so I remember thinking “this is what everyone said was so horrible?” Lmao. Fucking video games man.

  • @ErikLobsel
    @ErikLobsel Před 20 dny

    Wait hold on, you mean I straight up don't have to go to Blight Town if I have the Master Key? Like it just straight up doesn't have anything obligatory to progress in Blight Town itself?? Oh boy it might be reinstall time...

    • @SoupTasty
      @SoupTasty Před dnem +1

      You always have to go through Blighttown because you have to kill Quelaag (the area boss) and ring the bell in order to progress the game. Also later in the game yo need to go through Blighttown to reach Demon Ruins.
      But if you take the Master Key, you can take the elevator from Firelink to New Londo Ruins, walk through a (Master Key locked) door into Valley of Drakes, and from there into Blighttown. But that takes you to the side of Blighttown that's closer to Quelaag so you just have to hop down a couple of platforms and you're at the bonfire in front of Quelaag's arena. You don't have to go through the area with a lot of enemies and platofrms.
      You can do the same without a Master Key, so no need to reload. Go to Undead Parish (Andre's bonfire), walk out into the Darkroot Basin, take the first right, before you reach the area leading to the hydra, the windy path continues looping around downhill. There's a black knight there, but run around him and you'll find a bonfire in a cave. From there you can take an elevator into the Valley of the Drakes and follow the same path to Blighttown without needing the Master Key.

  • @justinponkow2378
    @justinponkow2378 Před 21 dnem

    8:09 I wonder if Atlus is where they got the name for Altus in Elden Ring.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem +1

      Altus is literally just a normal latin word

  • @ThaFuriousJoegan
    @ThaFuriousJoegan Před 20 dny

    Capra Demon : get filtered

  • @ShoobieBoobie
    @ShoobieBoobie Před 24 dny

    Just beat this game for the first time. It forced such a primal rage out of me that I genuinely don’t think any other game will ever make me feel and it made me kind of sad after it was over. Fuck the bed of chaos tho

  • @spacesatan5840
    @spacesatan5840 Před 23 dny

    The most important ingridient in souls games are enemy design even more then weapons
    Your foes tell you a story
    Their greatness/horror overshadows you the average man yet you have to overcome them overcome other players even

  • @viperspike1709
    @viperspike1709 Před 2 dny

    Another "bug" that dark souls has is the arrow drop soul duplicate. Not only is it in both the original and remake. Its also easier to do in the remake.

  • @dudeistpreist5721
    @dudeistpreist5721 Před 18 dny

    Playing through ds3 for my first time. Got to the dregs and early game I got the farron arrow so I could spam down the blade master and first demon.
    Punched my way through the giants and deacon, beat the palidans and the zume sword user the same way. Now I'm using a blessed darksword to rampage through the archdragon Peak and then beat the dregs. Hopefully I can have good gear to break poise a bit better as that pyromancer is a mean bitch.

  • @officialshinky
    @officialshinky Před 23 dny +1

    Being cursed making you unable to kindle is not really important as you havent unlocked kindling at that point and is actually lesser known than the masters key, everyone knows about that, you can also skip blighttown without it, just go to the valley of drakes through the darkroot basin and voila

    • @officialshinky
      @officialshinky Před 23 dny +1

      and come on what are you talking about these things being bugs theres a staircase in the capra demon arena how is that a bug 😭

    • @Chily-lm1kc
      @Chily-lm1kc Před 22 dny

      You literally can kindle at the beginning of the game? What are you talking about unlocking it?

    • @SoupTasty
      @SoupTasty Před dnem

      you can kindle to 10, but you need the rite of kindling (Catacombs) in order to kindle to 20.

  • @lanceuppercut7418
    @lanceuppercut7418 Před 18 dny

    I really, really wish you'd encountered pre nerf Capra Demon.

  • @LegenDz_Evil
    @LegenDz_Evil Před 23 dny

    Okay I almost clicked off at the beginning but I stayed an watched an I Agree with most of the points you made in this video BUT the bit about bed of chaos a bit of strategy to try next time throw on ninja flip ring an Whenever you start to go destroy the anchors
    Just flip through the branches destroy the anchor then quit out reload and do it again then quit reload an repeat

  • @In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock.

    Good video, terrible title, but I get it

  • @bonelessman56
    @bonelessman56 Před 23 dny

    Imagine it fromsoft made demon's souls an open world like elden ring as their first "souls game" and now imagine the actual dark souls franchise as all open worlds... that'd be a weird timeline ( 5:52 )

  • @Dindosaur
    @Dindosaur Před 21 dnem

    Multiple Characters also lies to you

  • @tavysek3193
    @tavysek3193 Před 19 dny

    Do i hear Rhapsody by Toe? Instant like and sub!

  • @hollowmatthew
    @hollowmatthew Před dnem

    The first time i met the capra demon i killed it with 4 hit XDD (i forgot hes exist)

  • @dreamz1417
    @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem

    I feel like we had very different experiences playing Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. Demon's Souls was my first Souls game back in 2009 and the melee weapons were fine? Barely anyone online used magic except for buffs. There also is only one miracle that does damage so no, not everyone got funneled into magic. Melee in Demon's Souls is as viable as melee in Dark Souls, and if you think Dark Souls 1 magic is any weaker than Demon's Souls magic I can honestly only assume you haven't played a mage build in both.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem

      I genuinely think your multiple points of feeling that you are 'funneled into a build' is just a you problem, no offense. Yes, any and all Souls games have builds that perform better than others but the only thing that even slightly comes close to 'funneling you into a certain build' in Elden Ring is that you really should level health a decent amount for endgame content.

  • @cottonmouthasmr8713
    @cottonmouthasmr8713 Před 7 dny

    Has anyone tried Steel Rising its pretty sweet

  • @jakabshaw4127
    @jakabshaw4127 Před 27 dny +1

    woohoo

  • @jjones6244
    @jjones6244 Před 23 dny +1

    Great vid but depths and blight town aren’t half of dark souls😂

  • @niemand7811
    @niemand7811 Před 11 dny

    11:50 every well designed action rpg rewards the player for being patient and and thoughtful. Like I mentioned before, DS didn't do anything special. DS games are good action titles. But except those stat counts and some shop keepers and black smiths there isn't much role playing going on if any worth mentioning. That is an aspect that had me going for a while now. While playing the games was fine, there was always something weird about them. I realized it after replaying other rpgs. You know, ROLE PLAYING games. Where I take on a character, interact with other characters, take on the membership of a guild. And all of that is equally important to pumping up the skills and character statistics. So weird enough Dark Souls and the likes are rpgs without actual role playing. I think this has become lame and boring to me. If I want twitch action I keep playing Devil May Cry or Soulstice or Bayonetta. Or Prince of Persia. Or ....... any action title that doesn't pretend to be an rpg.

  • @michaelcarroll5801
    @michaelcarroll5801 Před 24 dny +3

    I liked the vid but you used examples for ds2 being broken that apply to every souls game I.e. janky grab attacks. Example iron giant, gaping dragon grab attacks.

    • @tekashisun585
      @tekashisun585 Před 23 dny +2

      Yeah I’m playing ds2 right now, it’s not nearly as bad as what ppl make it out to be

    • @Jurglenuts
      @Jurglenuts Před 22 dny

      You can escape many grabs.

    • @dreamz1417
      @dreamz1417 Před 21 dnem

      ​@@tekashisun585It's the best one fr fr

  • @niemand7811
    @niemand7811 Před 11 dny

    07:00 You know, talking about games becoming too linear, and yet non linear action rpgs exist for such a long time, just makes the argument redundant. Dark Souls did not invent anything new. A game like Doom did. It took the classic ego perspective dungeon crawler and turned it into a fast paced shooting galore while also running on a game engine that could run the game on a potato. A potato in the 90s. Which is worse than today's potatoes. The game never lied to me. It never made me expect something that never happened. People are lying.

  • @niemand7811
    @niemand7811 Před 11 dny

    No, no, no, no, no. Dark Souls is NOT know for its difficulty. It is know for people complaining about difficulty. That's a major difference. Because after awhile it gets easier and also a tad boring since there is not much of actual role playing involved. It is like they just rebooted the Otoki franchise.

  • @Lordlaneus
    @Lordlaneus Před 13 dny

    Fromsoft games are tsunderes

  • @niemand7811
    @niemand7811 Před 11 dny +1

    And why are so many people playing a naked zombie? Is there some hidden fetishism going on in the DS community? That's just disgusting.

  • @cheesecrackers29
    @cheesecrackers29 Před 21 dnem

    Why would dark souls lie to me thats very rude od dadk siuls

  • @Hugo_Tate
    @Hugo_Tate Před 9 dny

    What was the point of this video? halfway thru and youre just talking about Miyazaki history and DS history

  • @NuevoExistence
    @NuevoExistence Před 22 dny

    Hot take: bed of chaos is not hard. Block with enough endurance or dodge as it's about to hit you.

  • @vvf6e
    @vvf6e Před 23 dny

    skill issue. I didn't have any difficulty facing capra or frogs

    • @UFO-vj2zy
      @UFO-vj2zy Před 23 dny

      U definitely have some difficulty touching grass

    • @vvf6e
      @vvf6e Před 22 dny

      @@UFO-vj2zy oooh yes, yes indeed, i mean with the fact that you'r tongue wont leave my foot

  • @Jurglenuts
    @Jurglenuts Před 22 dny +3

    Yet another dark souls video essay to dilute the pool of what was once quality content. Brave and stunning. Reddit is down the hall and to the left.

    • @Chily-lm1kc
      @Chily-lm1kc Před 22 dny +1

      Then go there and don’t come back. Why are Souls fans so scared of any new opinions or commentary on their franchise?

    • @Jurglenuts
      @Jurglenuts Před 22 dny +1

      @@Chily-lm1kc nope. I'm telling you to go there.

  • @NuevoExistence
    @NuevoExistence Před 22 dny

    WHAT DS2 allows the MOST experimentation😂

  • @CygnusX-11
    @CygnusX-11 Před 16 dny +1

    Dark Souls >>>>>>> Elden Ring

  • @gradyturay4240
    @gradyturay4240 Před 24 dny

    Overleveled for capra maybe you should get better