We Raced in the BEST Dark Souls Game...It didn't go so well

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  • čas přidán 6. 05. 2023
  • I was "challenged" by Bri to a race outside of Elden Ring, so I hope you guys enjoy this more relaxed style of race :)
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Komentáře • 158

  • @star0chris
    @star0chris  Před rokem +49

    I was "challenged" by Bri to a race outside of Elden Ring, so I hope you guys enjoy this more relaxed style of race :) Here is the VOD of the run: czcams.com/video/RDZDcQXoV3g/video.html
    Here is all of Bri's links and link to her perspective of the run, be nice to Bri everyone thanks :)
    www.youtube.com/@blueberrybrioche
    www.twitch.tv/blueberrybrioche
    Her perspective of the race: www.twitch.tv/videos/1814200854

    • @BRS_Stella
      @BRS_Stella Před rokem

      souls 2 is cool sadly retards are constandly attacking the ds2 servers and often shut them down

  • @inciaradible7144
    @inciaradible7144 Před rokem +174

    ‘Oh, you went through Smelter Demon, interesting.’
    Chris: 👁👄👁

  • @ITanmanI
    @ITanmanI Před 6 měsíci +41

    32:41 *gets asked to dinner by a woman*
    "No, I'm gaming." 🗿
    Pro gamer moves

  • @sorensouthard927
    @sorensouthard927 Před rokem +273

    It's strange seeing someone both have tons of game knowledge and the execution of a first playthrough. Still faster than me though.

    • @romanbruh9727
      @romanbruh9727 Před rokem +18

      From time to time everyone should replay ds2 to really appreciate the quality of life in their other games. I mean ds2 it's a good game but they really added some tedious and kinda unnecessary mechanics here and there.

    • @tomasstargamer6308
      @tomasstargamer6308 Před rokem +26

      @@romanbruh9727 I mean, DS2 itself adding a bunch of QoL over DS1, and even DS3 removed some of that QoL.

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Před rokem +2

      ​@@tomasstargamer6308There's only so much quality of life you can have before it becomes power creep.

    • @bahencio
      @bahencio Před rokem +18

      @@romanbruh9727 ds2 has better quality of life than bloodborne. I don't think that's the thing you should be pointing out

    • @romanbruh9727
      @romanbruh9727 Před rokem +7

      @@bahencio i mean i had no major problems with bloodbornes mechanics compared to ds2,i could easily dodge atacks without getting hit mid animation cause ny adp was low and the combat had a really and i mean really good feel to it. Bloodbornes biggest issue were some runbacks that were basically entire areas to reach the boss door and a minor one was having bullets and healing as farmables even tho i personally never had issue with not having enough of them early game and late game you have so much echoes it isn't a big deal.

  • @reliuscb2905
    @reliuscb2905 Před rokem +46

    Seeing Chris simply destroy any ER run and then seeing Chris... trying his best in DS2 are two completely amazing experiences.
    Thanks for this one man. Hope to see more content like this one.

  • @tomasstargamer6308
    @tomasstargamer6308 Před rokem +106

    Elden Ring players when you fall from a few dozen feets and your ankles actually hurt like hell: Surprised Pika.

    • @purplefloyd1513
      @purplefloyd1513 Před rokem +15

      I love DS2 but the fall damage is like you are a arthritic great great grandfather, I could drop a baby off the same height you die and youd be fine

    • @purplefloyd1513
      @purplefloyd1513 Před rokem

      @@blakesimmons5130 Hey man all Im saying is I want whatever magical bunghole the dude in Elden has

  • @invictus_1245
    @invictus_1245 Před rokem +49

    Damn done in by the prowling magus. As someone who loves and plays Ds2 pretty often highly enjoyable watching this one and watching someone not too familiar with ds2's quirks.

  • @alkramer7436
    @alkramer7436 Před rokem +23

    Seeing you not just totally own at the game is a new experience

  • @romanbruh9727
    @romanbruh9727 Před rokem +61

    The biggest problem with ds2 that i personally had wasn't the clunky movement or not knowing that you need adp but the absence of i-frames on boss gates. Not the first playthrough while exploring and killing most enemies but on repeat ones or on bosses which moves I'm still learning. Getting stunlocked by 3 normal enemies at some boss that i keep dying to is the most tilting thing in all fromsoft games for me.

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Před rokem +7

      It honestly helped me to know the fog gates worked like that in advance. Every boss run I did in the game would be methodical - actually routing a path where I could kill off the problem enemies and get to the fog gate easily.

    • @romanbruh9727
      @romanbruh9727 Před rokem +8

      @@DanielFerreira-ez8qd it makes you have a different approach but honestly if i die even 2 times to a boss idgaf about the area or enemies i just wanna get to him as soon as possible to learn his moves. That was my favorite thing about ER honestly, being able to retry a boss basically instantly made even the "hard" ones bearable and enjoyable in the end.

    • @tomasstargamer6308
      @tomasstargamer6308 Před rokem +9

      @Bill Clinton Enjoyer The "B team" memes are so stupid, there is no "B team", and even then, the geniuses of the "A team" gave us Izalith, both Demon Ruins, Tomb of the Giants, New Londo and Ariandel.

    • @omegashinra7672
      @omegashinra7672 Před rokem +4

      @Bill Clinton Enjoyer It's all From Software, any shortcomings are studio-wide faults.

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Před rokem +1

      @@tomasstargamer6308 well, literally speaking there is a "B team", but in general, yeah. Any ideas will get scuffed if you're under poor direction, which is what happened in Dark Souls 2. An easy mistake that a lot of developers do, and it still came out to critical and financial success.

  • @finnh7542
    @finnh7542 Před rokem +14

    I know that the rapier is the best weapon "technically", but most bosses are weak to strike damage and lightning damage, so a Lightning Mace can shred almost all the bosses.

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +7

      Yeah I just know some speedruns use the rapier for most of the run, so I just went with that lol

    • @MorizonPlays
      @MorizonPlays Před rokem +5

      Tbh i find the rapier pretty bad for a casual playthrough. It's great for killing bosses quickly but traversing the levels is usually more difficult than the bosses anyways in this game, so imo heavy weapons that stagger basic enemies are better

  • @zantku
    @zantku Před rokem +19

    Ah yes Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the Giga Chad

  • @SirGigster
    @SirGigster Před rokem +45

    Each Souls game has its own jank and DS2 may have some of the weirdest of it but I still love this game regardless, also powerstancing in this game is way cooler than ER's

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +7

      Agreed

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Před rokem +2

      As a halberd user I more than disagree with your statement on powerstancing.

    • @kaiderhai86
      @kaiderhai86 Před rokem +5

      ​@Bill Clinton Enjoyer reality? Dark Souls 1 and 3 fanboys are just funny

    • @PressinPickle
      @PressinPickle Před rokem

      Ds2 power stance is dog shit compared to elden ring lmao. Seems like someone’s mad elden ring makes ds2 look like shit

    • @genesisosuna
      @genesisosuna Před 5 měsíci

      ​@awhellnah__ I'm not a big ds2 fan, I do like it tho, but saying that only ds2 has a lot of jank and isn't comparable is laughable and being purposefully obtuse.

  • @pacolibre5411
    @pacolibre5411 Před rokem +20

    For a run that seemed to have a pretty unrehearsed route, this was super close. I’m curious how different the strategies were.

  • @AnotherSkeletor
    @AnotherSkeletor Před rokem +9

    The run to the bosses is harder than the bosses themselves

  • @Laevaryl
    @Laevaryl Před rokem +12

    Souls 2 (pre-SOTFS version) is unironically my favourite souls game. Had such a blast going through each of the DLCs blind as they launched.
    I do like the new content added in Scholar, but they did screw up some of the enemy placements compared to vanilla imo.

    • @Laevaryl
      @Laevaryl Před rokem +5

      ​@Bill Clinton Enjoyer I couldn't pick a best souls game if I tried lol. They all have their own unique gameplay twists and gimmicks, for better and for worse.

  • @gladnox
    @gladnox Před rokem +5

    Happy to see I'm not the only one struggling with hitting the Persuer with the ballista. He's so good at dodging OML!

  • @TheAfroWombat
    @TheAfroWombat Před rokem +9

    I really enjoyed the older darksouls games its alot of fun watching you play them after a while

  • @riddarhyttan
    @riddarhyttan Před rokem +5

    Ah, the joys of de-rusting. (And infinite hitstun, mid-swing tracking, ADP, soul memory, Monster Hunter hitboxes, fog gates sans i-frames, gank spawns, etc. etc. )
    Fun to see an unoptimized race, hope you can dream up some more unconventional runs.

  • @dragonviper7925
    @dragonviper7925 Před rokem +9

    yay best souls 2 content, honestly wish there were more videos on it since i enjoy playing/watching it a tonne, this video really scratched an itch and was super well made :)

  • @DarkSouls2_Enjoyer
    @DarkSouls2_Enjoyer Před 20 dny

    always fun watching someone figure out how to play this game :)
    you get used to it in the end

  • @dunsky02
    @dunsky02 Před rokem +4

    12:05 nice save

  • @123Yandan
    @123Yandan Před rokem +3

    Finally, a new video of my fav content creator. Luvv ya pal.

  • @Laevaryl
    @Laevaryl Před rokem +3

    Based take on Looking Glass Knight actually. Such a beautiful arena, and the fight is honestly pretty great (if a little easy).

  • @jonathanschmidt7874
    @jonathanschmidt7874 Před 9 měsíci +1

    6:13 I fought this dude so many times and have never seen that move before, wow.

  • @mohalaidd
    @mohalaidd Před rokem

    12:05 yeah, yeah, the one with the... your face man after that is so funny, no words needed lol.

  • @Bubloi
    @Bubloi Před rokem +2

    My boi got slapped into oblivion by the Semon of Dong

  • @bananajacob6182
    @bananajacob6182 Před rokem

    Less goo, always a great night when chris posts 😎

  • @tomschlaiss5735
    @tomschlaiss5735 Před rokem

    Great video as always, cheers

  • @puokki6225
    @puokki6225 Před rokem +2

    It's very odd to watch a star0chris video that actually makes me feel good about my own gameplay, but then again I'm a weirdo whose most played Fromsoft game is DS2

  • @tde5318
    @tde5318 Před rokem +8

    that title is going to cause a riot

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +11

      Haters gonna hate

    • @123Yandan
      @123Yandan Před rokem +4

      ​@@star0chris like if you don't quite hate yourself why even play fromsoft games?

    • @quasarone3083
      @quasarone3083 Před rokem +6

      They hate him because he tells the truth

    • @123Yandan
      @123Yandan Před rokem +2

      @QuasarOne it's like master baiting with hands vs sandpaper.

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Před rokem

      ​@@123Yandanevery dark souls game hurts a bit.

  • @vassillios16
    @vassillios16 Před rokem +5

    That gank squad at 1:40 is what made me quit the game for a couple months before coming back lol

  • @RandomRedPhantom3958
    @RandomRedPhantom3958 Před rokem +1

    I would love to see a ds2 all boss run. Awesome video by the way❤️

  • @NotCptCrunch
    @NotCptCrunch Před rokem

    Best Souls 2 videos are always super enjoyable

  • @geminiproject704
    @geminiproject704 Před rokem +1

    A tip. Pursuer is a strafe right boss fight

  • @LW1773
    @LW1773 Před rokem +1

    Suffering AND Dark Souls 2?
    Perfection

  • @genesisosuna
    @genesisosuna Před 5 měsíci +1

    People may say a lot of things a lot about ds2, but imo majula is the best hub out of all the games. The nexus being a close second, especially if you have patches to sell you infinite grass.

  • @loocsihaon
    @loocsihaon Před rokem +3

    Still playing through DS1 for the plat. Definitely so hyped to play this amazing ass game!

    • @genesisosuna
      @genesisosuna Před 5 měsíci +1

      Good luck with that, it's so hard to get platinum in every ds game because 1-3 all have online covenant related stuff, and ds1 is pretty dead when it comes to that kinda stuff. I got plat ds3 and ds2 only because I found looking for group posts on Xbox that were willing to help. All 4 of them lol

    • @loocsihaon
      @loocsihaon Před 5 měsíci

      @@genesisosuna haha nice, never platted DS1. Platted DS2, Bloodborne and Elden Ring tho :)

  • @Celatra
    @Celatra Před rokem +1

    starochris try to kill pursuer with ballista challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
    the way you do it is you bait the lunge attack, roll forward over that pile of boxes and then immediately run to the ballista and fire without thinking, dont even bother aiming

  • @TrueBlueNeXus
    @TrueBlueNeXus Před rokem +2

    DS2 Is truly a masterpiece. I Just miss more active multiplayer

  • @jankogo
    @jankogo Před rokem

    Van Halen says Jump!, Chris... 🤣

  • @alexandere9368
    @alexandere9368 Před rokem +1

    Everybody love Emerald Herald

  • @tysonclark8209
    @tysonclark8209 Před rokem

    True Sigma move to deny dinner for the grind.

  • @jupiterho11ow
    @jupiterho11ow Před rokem

    6:06 I have never seen this attack in my entire life.

  • @ZoeBateman
    @ZoeBateman Před rokem

    It really is the best souls game, common chris W. Also congrats on being the only youtuber/streamer I've ever seen die to Magus + Congregation!

  • @Mandasai12
    @Mandasai12 Před rokem

    Lol this was fun. I love ds2 but i also acknowledge that it has its fair share of issues

  • @HouseFootwork
    @HouseFootwork Před rokem +1

    Did you know that the B Team WHO worked on this wanted you to Always drain the 15 respawns so your lvl is high enough and you have a Clean path to the Boss. That's why you have no i frames on the fog wall. I hated that🤣

    • @m.h.4907
      @m.h.4907 Před rokem +2

      The B Team who worked on DS2 also made Sekiro btw because the main team was into ER already

    • @Celatra
      @Celatra Před rokem +1

      @@m.h.4907 untrue, the director of ds2 is also the executive producer of ER

    • @m.h.4907
      @m.h.4907 Před rokem +1

      @@Celatra director yes, the Devs clearly not. Fromsoftware stated that in an Interview that the DS2 team worked on Sekiro, because Elden Ring development started in the same time and they needed the bigger and better team for it

  • @kampasco1877
    @kampasco1877 Před rokem +2

    Did you by any chance ever finish Sekiro? I would have loved to see you play through the rest of the game.

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +5

      Yeah links to the rest of the first playthrough are in the description of the first, I just had the videos as unlisted instead of public

  • @kaiderhai86
    @kaiderhai86 Před rokem

    Damn. I love this game.

  • @soulsofwar8985
    @soulsofwar8985 Před rokem +1

    I don't wanna be that guy, but you didn't get the "old lord souls," you just got the normal lord souls. The old lord souls are granted on NG+ (or with a bonfire aesthetic, which is what I assumed was gonna happen) and are the lord souls you obtained in DS1

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +2

      ah okay, well the speedrun category for it is "old souls" so I just went off of that lol

    • @soulsofwar8985
      @soulsofwar8985 Před rokem

      @@star0chris You're good, it was a really good and fun video! I was just confused when I noticed you weren't getting any of the old lord souls lol

  • @bara3526
    @bara3526 Před rokem +5

    “How ? I Dodged!” My man the dodge animation have 3 in a slow ass game with lingering hit box and input reading , good luck
    (For reference ER have 13 on dodge) my advice for you is to level EDP .. i m-mean ADP

    • @broccolin
      @broccolin Před rokem +1

      I was told ER had 26 s on dodge

    • @bara3526
      @bara3526 Před rokem +1

      @@broccolin hah? I didn’t know that !, I thought it’s the same as Ds3 , damn

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Před rokem +3

      It's the same, the 13 frames are with the 30fps logic, so 60fps is 26.

    • @christophercollins3632
      @christophercollins3632 Před rokem +2

      DS2 rolls can have more roll I frames than any other souls. It just starts low, like an RPG should.

    • @bara3526
      @bara3526 Před rokem

      @@christophercollins3632 yes, any normal RPG game should have that , not fromsoft games because they are not normal RPG

  • @AbyssionQC
    @AbyssionQC Před rokem +3

    This game is nothing but pain from start to finish and yet it's still my favorite.

  • @Exld2241
    @Exld2241 Před rokem

    You should race ymfah next. :)

  • @BrilliantBouncingBall

    great video

  • @OfficialMilk
    @OfficialMilk Před rokem

    Nice video, I’m a little confused on the rules though. At the beginning you said you had to get the 4 OLD souls, and showed them on screen, but getting the old versions of the souls requires you beat the great ones in NG+, or using a bonfire ascetic on the bonfire, so you would’ve fought them twice but that isn’t shown in the video

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem

      Yeah I just went off the speedrun category "old souls" which is what we did in the race, idk why they call it that lol

    • @OfficialMilk
      @OfficialMilk Před rokem

      @@star0chris fair enough lmao

  • @randomshortsguy4108
    @randomshortsguy4108 Před rokem +2

    I realy enjoyed a non Elden ring video thanks man

  • @Piklzzz
    @Piklzzz Před rokem +1

    Am I the only one who is screaming right now that you can get Old Lords souls only on ng+? I thought that you'd have to find 4 bonfire aesthetics and kill main bosses twice. Still fun run tho

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +1

      Nah you're the third person to point it out lol
      I was just going off of what the speedrun category is called (Old Souls), which is like the same route in terms of requirements

  • @Oakshield2
    @Oakshield2 Před rokem

    Mobs or "adds" ftw

  • @CoreDump07
    @CoreDump07 Před rokem +2

    i love DS2

  • @user-zh4ux7kd8p
    @user-zh4ux7kd8p Před rokem

    Finally ds2 video🔥

  • @apukami3643
    @apukami3643 Před rokem

    Best Souls 2 babyyyyyy

  • @jasetheface14
    @jasetheface14 Před 18 dny

    Good video, ty

  • @SunBro_Drysnuix
    @SunBro_Drysnuix Před rokem +2

    As a Level 838 in DS2 I enjoy seeing the pain of others *smurks*

  • @danielvykysaly1708
    @danielvykysaly1708 Před rokem

    Dark Souls II Bingo Brawlers when?

  • @FAKE1234RS
    @FAKE1234RS Před rokem

    Finally DS2

  • @bloonhuntergaming8653

    Greeting from Deutschland/Germany

  • @OhhSimify
    @OhhSimify Před rokem

    POG NEW VIDEO POG POG POG

  • @bengamincopper6508
    @bengamincopper6508 Před rokem +3

    Hot take, I like ds2 more than ds1, but just slightly, the DLC makes it for me for ds2

    • @BrilliantBouncingBall
      @BrilliantBouncingBall Před rokem +1

      without ds2’s dlc would you like ds1 better?

    • @bengamincopper6508
      @bengamincopper6508 Před rokem

      @@BrilliantBouncingBall, thinking about it, I probably would still like ds2 better, but I do love how broken you can become in ds1

    • @DarkSouls2_Enjoyer
      @DarkSouls2_Enjoyer Před 20 dny

      ​@@bengamincopper6508one, not really a hot take, I'm sure many others would agree. Two, you can get far more broken in DS2 than DS1/R. Even Broken Straight Swords are viable with a decent setup

  • @kuunibyou7642
    @kuunibyou7642 Před 3 měsíci

    DS2 is not the most fun souls to play, but surely the most fun to watch lol

  • @IceBen4444
    @IceBen4444 Před rokem

    Which one is the earthen peak lady?

  • @flabbajabba9527
    @flabbajabba9527 Před rokem +1

    I read "BEST dark souls game" but then I saw you were just playing DS2. That's gotta be some kind of false advertising!

  • @Mars.TN_
    @Mars.TN_ Před 6 měsíci

    Chris I love you man but this was physically painful to watch XD

  • @hohohoupufuru
    @hohohoupufuru Před rokem

    I'm going to ask the question asked on every ds2 video
    Is this Scholar or vanilla?

  • @adbucks1570
    @adbucks1570 Před rokem +5

    wait until you find out ds3 came out

  • @srovypupper5600
    @srovypupper5600 Před rokem

    Ds2 lightmode

  • @amirmehr151
    @amirmehr151 Před rokem

    Do more videos from dark souls1/2/3

  • @HouseFootwork
    @HouseFootwork Před rokem

    Cool Video tho

  • @yahyaj4845
    @yahyaj4845 Před rokem +2

    This has reminded me why I don't play Dark Souls 2

  • @zenixrl_
    @zenixrl_ Před rokem

    i did not enjoy this more relaxed style of race (i havent even begun the video)

  • @piszanshid1953
    @piszanshid1953 Před rokem +1

    Dark souls 2

    • @bara3526
      @bara3526 Před rokem +7

      My humor is broken that just a guy with the albinoric profile and saying something without explaining or elaborate on anything, it make laugh

  • @burningtime7746
    @burningtime7746 Před rokem +2

    I love dark souls 2 and personally think other than adp that it is better than dark souls 3

  • @omegashinra7672
    @omegashinra7672 Před rokem +1

    I was new to FromSoft when Sekiro released and I became obsessed with it. I got the 100% on that, then did the same for Elden Ring, then went to Bloodborne, then just finished up Dark Souls. I bought Dark Souls 2, played it for around 3 hours and put it back down, this game is awful. It makes the #1 sin a game can make to me, it just isn't fun at all. I had fun learning the other games in the trial by fire stuff, but this one just doesn't have it for me.
    I know that isn't a new take, and I know there's people who like it which is awesome, but I personally think it's pretty bad and they enhanced all the bad parts of DS1 and took out most of the good stuff. I'll be skipping it and going straight onto DS3 instead.

  • @thisistheescapeplan
    @thisistheescapeplan Před rokem +1

    See I straight up despise this game. I have like 40 hours in... I know I made it through iron keep... I know I made it to giant dragon in that godforsaken place... I know I made it to a snowy place and then said "yeah no seriously fuck this game." To this day, it's the only souls game I've not finished, and I never will. At least it makes for interesting content XD

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +1

      Yeah not every game is for everyone, nothing wrong with disliking a game; can totally understand the flaws lol

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Před rokem +1

      Is that not the DLC area?

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +1

      @@DanielFerreira-ez8qd yeah, which is why I can understand quitting the game there, especially from the horses that chase you down lol

  • @HouseFootwork
    @HouseFootwork Před rokem

    Oh god i Beat that Shit Game too😅 ITS Not slow but rather restrictiv, Long potion, high Fall DMG, slow attacks and movement. IT IS clunky af😅 yeah i Had some fun with IT but is the worst from Software Game in my opinion😅

  • @Enddox
    @Enddox Před rokem +1

    First

  • @winterflan
    @winterflan Před rokem +2

    God, I hate this game. Lmao.

    • @broccolin
      @broccolin Před rokem +1

      I just reached drangleic castle in my first playthrough and I’ve hated almost every moment of this game. Yet I still play.

  • @narddand8367
    @narddand8367 Před rokem

    Sorry you were forced to play ds2

    • @star0chris
      @star0chris  Před rokem +3

      Don't be, I love this game :) although yeah it definitely does have its flaws lmao