Demon's Souls BUT With The 2009 GameFaqs Guide

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  • čas přidán 21. 02. 2022
  • After years of saying I use the Gamefaqs strategy guide, I actually use one.
    I'm going to be real here, it was very hard to read every single page in full detail and keep everything smooth - I GOT A LOT OF THINGS WRONG!!! This is all just meant to be a really funny fun video so don't treat this too seriously!!
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  • @ZeroLenny
    @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +1641

    Wow you guys are quick.
    Can confirm that the guide has been found and retrieved!

    • @MastaDRD
      @MastaDRD Před 2 lety +151

      Did they restore the grave? I kinda wanted to make it a pilgrimage someday.

    • @starhammer5247
      @starhammer5247 Před 2 lety +98

      They retrieved it in one day!? That's fucking impressive.

    • @invacth4952
      @invacth4952 Před 2 lety +10

      Elden ring is here

    • @nikenit
      @nikenit Před 2 lety +23

      can you link it? the acctual guide on gamefaqs is very different.

    • @jamessherlock6912
      @jamessherlock6912 Před rokem +8

      Bro dial it down a bit. You come across like Dec from Ant&Dec and Kat on a Saturday morning 20years ago. No one likes children's presenters bro drop that bit watch the subs climb.

  • @JohanniklasLp
    @JohanniklasLp Před 2 lety +2501

    "Once you play this way, you will never go back to playing 'your way' "
    RIP broken sword runs

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +690

      if i have to go into elden ring with bow red tearstone ill cry

    • @GrugGangGrugGang
      @GrugGangGrugGang Před 2 lety +100

      @@ZeroLenny You also have to use Anti-Magic Field, and evacuate whenever you get poisoned. Btw, was the anti-magic ever used for anything?

    • @deadhookerproductions1068
      @deadhookerproductions1068 Před 2 lety +53

      @@ZeroLenny lenny this isn't an elden ring spoiler but just in case you're a psycho who would count it as one
      Every build is viable in elden ring. Miyazonkles said it himself.

    • @Schtiffles
      @Schtiffles Před 2 lety +44

      @@GrugGangGrugGang The guide said the anti-magic was for an area he'd already cleared lol. So I doubt it.

    • @OceanicManiac
      @OceanicManiac Před 2 lety +5

      @@deadhookerproductions1068 NoOOOoOoOoOo Spoiilerrrsss!!!!

  • @colossalweeb
    @colossalweeb Před 2 lety +5408

    I love the line about the poison swamp in this guide especially considering Miyazaki pretty much said that making poison swamps is practically an addiction and that elden ring has like 3 or 4 poison swamps if I remember what he said in the interview correctly

    • @josevictorribeirolisboa7576
      @josevictorribeirolisboa7576 Před 2 lety +1436

      what do you mean addiction? does he wake up in cold sweat with the thought of not having a poison swamp in his games?

    • @TheFaqvideos
      @TheFaqvideos Před 2 lety +1206

      @@josevictorribeirolisboa7576 Yes.

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +1281

      nice spoiler.... cheers kids crying now.....

    • @vitato
      @vitato Před 2 lety +172

      I might be stupid but I find poison swamp in DS3 actually interesting area which is fun to explore. DS1 was more annoying with enemies, not actual swamp and in DS2 there is like maybe one place you will get poisoned thats not optional

    • @TransientWitch
      @TransientWitch Před 2 lety +161

      @@ZeroLenny I can't believe how many spoilers the game's gonna have in it when I play it.

  • @masterplusmargarita
    @masterplusmargarita Před 2 lety +4634

    I love how easy it is to tell who the person who wrote the guide is. It's clearly a young kid or teen who cares a lot about being a hardcore gamer but isn't old enough to be great at Demon's Souls, so they used the fact that they have nearly endless free time to come up with the cheesiest, safest strategies possible and then felt ultra proud of themselves for beating this infamously hard game. It's weirdly endearing.

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +1457

      lmaoo this is spot on. I can go back a lot of years and see myself in that situation where it like "heh! i beat this hard game what came out.... I should teach these no brain noobs how to play". Back then it might have come off anoyying, but now yeah it's very endearing.

    • @jamesmaysflyingwashingmach7459
      @jamesmaysflyingwashingmach7459 Před 2 lety +47

      Lol yeah it’s weirdly endearing

    • @JinFreeks
      @JinFreeks Před 2 lety +447

      To be fair, they did write a complete guide. Start to finish.
      Which works.
      So, aside from the how it is written, just the fact that it's done is honestly quite the accomplishment in and off itself and is definitely something to be proud of.

    • @TheJamieellis
      @TheJamieellis Před 2 lety +345

      @@JinFreeks Gotta give em points for the ascii map in the guide, too. Didn't need to do that, but they went the extra step. They genuinely wanted to help people.

    • @aelix56
      @aelix56 Před 2 lety +9

      Now you find out is just a 40 yo tismo hitting the hot pockets hard in his mom's basement while typing the guide

  • @TheRealPDizzle
    @TheRealPDizzle Před 2 lety +1857

    Wow, I have to comment about Loot Crate. I subbed to them for a couple months a really long time ago, like right around when they first got started. After about 3-4 months I noticed they were mostly packing their crates with stuff I had no interest having around, whatsoever. I'm not into pop-culture, mainstream "nerdom", or Marvel especially. It just wasn't for me. Well, they kept coming. And coming. I made sure to check with my bank multiple times. Loot Crate wasn't charging my card ever, for any of these boxes. Sometimes a few months would go by, and I wouldn't get any, and I'd think I was finally done getting these annoying boxes. Then out of nowhere, I'd get 2-3 at once, and then again every month thereafter. This went on for years. It became a massive joke amongst my family. We'd open them, but most of the time no one wanted anything, it was just all goofy, useless shit.
    This is where it gets really weird. I sold my house and left the country, but made sure to keep my mailing/home address for legal reasons at my dad's address, where I grew up. Eventually, my fuckin dad started getting Loot Crates on his front step every month. Then the joke became a bit of a concern. Remember, I had cancelled my sub like two years prior to this. How did they get that address? Why were they still sending them? Why didn't they care that they weren't getting ANY money for them?! Were they charging him now somehow? Nope. Still not me, either. Strange. Now here's the main reason I even thought to write this in the first place. Now, watching this video, I learn they filed for bankruptcy in 2019. Yet...
    My dad is STILL getting fucking Loot Crates.
    Update: I did not anticipate all the responses I'd generate from this little anecdote. I'll get in touch with my dad soon, and find out what's going on with the Loot Crates. Sometime in the middle of 22 I stopped getting regular messages about it. Both of us stopped caring and he just stacked em somewhere. When I was last in the US which was early '21, I saw a wall of them stacked in my old bedroom and a few random piles of them scattered around. Many were opened and being used as storage for my father's items; many were still sealed.

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +877

      Holy fuck that was a trip to read

    • @abigcupofwater
      @abigcupofwater Před 2 lety +526

      This sounds like the start of a creepypasta

    • @boneslice4419
      @boneslice4419 Před 2 lety +78

      Continue...

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob Před 2 lety +297

      Wtf, he's still getting Loot crates? Time to call the SCP Foundation.

    • @dakota9821
      @dakota9821 Před 2 lety +182

      Jesus christ, no wonder they filed.

  • @Ch1l1C0nCarnag3
    @Ch1l1C0nCarnag3 Před 2 lety +2362

    I love how the guide uses the Poison cheese on Allant, but it doesn't use the Poison cheese on the Red Dragon instead of wasting 150 arrows.

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +584

      :------)

    • @tigolbitties9739
      @tigolbitties9739 Před 2 lety +193

      Its a reward you get for later ;)

    • @svenbernhagen6320
      @svenbernhagen6320 Před 2 lety +145

      Wait... poisoning works on the dra...
      *Stroke*

    • @phillipcraig1120
      @phillipcraig1120 Před 2 lety +19

      Works on flamelurker too.

    • @rtiq270
      @rtiq270 Před 2 lety +46

      The person writing it probably figured it out in the middle of writing the guide lmao

  • @themerchantof1175
    @themerchantof1175 Před 2 lety +1473

    This guide is like following a recipe but instead of telling you what ingredients you’ll need, it’ll tell you “oh yeah you’ll need to add in those black truffles you minced already” in the middle of the recipe when the fucking recipe is Pizzi

    • @Bronimin
      @Bronimin Před 2 lety +157

      the farming for +5 is like when the pizza guide asks you to age dough in the fridge for a week

    • @capperbuns
      @capperbuns Před 2 lety +77

      Now that you've aged the dough for a week throw it away. Sums up killing scirvir

    • @cptKamina
      @cptKamina Před 2 lety +11

      I love Pizzi!

    • @icehoof
      @icehoof Před 2 lety +64

      "I hope you added sugar and other stuff to the sauce, or it may taste bad" while the pizza is already in the oven

    • @ByzanQueen
      @ByzanQueen Před 2 lety +26

      Dunno if you've ever tried following an old recipe, like from before about the mid-20th century or so, but that's exactly how those old recipes go. You'll be halfway into making a dessert and it'll casually tell you to throw in those chopped almonds it assumed you knew you needed

  • @ezrasilver9819
    @ezrasilver9819 Před 2 lety +384

    I love that during the Rupert story Lenny makes sure to specify the part where "without saying a word", the horse tried entering the house. That made my day.

  • @Jormyyy
    @Jormyyy Před 2 lety +2176

    Not even 30 seconds and it's already absolute chaos, love it.

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +148

      :---) my nameajeff

    • @Jormyyy
      @Jormyyy Před 2 lety +19

      @@ZeroLenny

    • @mat6990
      @mat6990 Před 2 lety +2

      Youre the smite guy!

    • @Jormyyy
      @Jormyyy Před 2 lety +1

      @@mat6990 That's me!

    • @Jimmyvdpost
      @Jimmyvdpost Před 2 lety

      Jormygormy I've seen you in so many comments on Smite videos

  • @TyeTaylor
    @TyeTaylor Před 2 lety +2275

    Having a red-tier stone build for a beginner's guide is devilishly hilarious. I know you're new at the game so new in fact that you're reading this guide but hear me out play the entire game extremely close to death it's the new meta!

    • @user-sy6tg1ol9e
      @user-sy6tg1ol9e Před 2 lety +117

      Lol my thought exactly, game guides were savage before the 2010's

    • @lagg1e
      @lagg1e Před 2 lety +121

      And half the bosses are being cheesed anyway. Gamefaqs guides are a mix of ruthless and weirdo cosplayers.

    • @lucillefrancois150
      @lucillefrancois150 Před 2 lety +37

      Guides are either spot on and make the game infinitely easier, or make the game harder cause they’re completely off the mark. I had that happen with the IGN guide for Bravely Second. I couldn’t figure out how to get 2 of the jobs, and so used the guide, but the guide was completely stupid and had no idea what they were talking about at times

    • @Cynsham
      @Cynsham Před 2 lety +35

      @@lucillefrancois150 If I'm looking for genuine information on anything related to gaming, IGN is one of the absolute last places I would ever go.

    • @lucillefrancois150
      @lucillefrancois150 Před 2 lety +10

      @@Cynsham Eh I was just looking for where some quests start. Basically a glorified map. IGN works fine for that. I just also happened to see a boss strategy which was dog shit, then checked and like 60% of them were like that

  • @Kira-rn9fl
    @Kira-rn9fl Před 2 lety +1033

    “the toxic poison swamp and creepy bug insects. If they make a Demon’s Souls 2, I’m sure they won’t make the same mistake again.”
    “I fucking LOVE poison swamps”
    -Miyazaki, probably

    • @Lunarice98
      @Lunarice98 Před 2 lety +146

      I put 3 poison swamps in elden ring. Each with a different kind of poison.
      -Miyazaki

    • @mikemiles2241
      @mikemiles2241 Před 2 lety +41

      he actually did say that

    • @Kira-rn9fl
      @Kira-rn9fl Před 2 lety +19

      @@Lunarice98 I’ve unlocked almost all of the map, except for the northeast portion. Though I haven’t fully explored every part of what I’ve unlocked, I’ve only actually found one swamp so far, which is the scarlet rot one in Caelid. And that one wasn’t too bad because you can just ride through it on the horse which also stops you from being poisoned.

    • @Jaegerborn
      @Jaegerborn Před 2 lety +28

      @@Kira-rn9fl Fringefolk Hero’s Grave has a poison pool.
      And there’s a couple smaller poison swamps in Limgrave and the Weeping Peninsula I believe!

    • @LainWithSweetTea
      @LainWithSweetTea Před 2 lety +6

      @@mikemiles2241 he really did tho

  • @GreebusBleeb
    @GreebusBleeb Před 2 lety +1036

    The great thing about these walkthroughs were that they were usually a lot of work done by one person. People put in a lot of effort for random reasons just because they wanted to, like that ASCII map in this guide. I remember reading these as a kid and just enjoying the random rating systems or jokes or graphics that people put in simply because they wanted to. It was a wholesome and user-driven time. Compare that to these days where if you look up a game you get 8000 results from ad-infested garbage sites with the same "Top Ten Dark Souls Tips" taken from Reddit. Gamefaqs had soul, man.

    • @ashikjaman1940
      @ashikjaman1940 Před 2 lety +79

      Demon's Souls < Gamefaq's Souls

    • @jacuul6735
      @jacuul6735 Před 2 lety +64

      Buried in my closet, I still have a King's Field 1 and 2 guide that I printed off probably 15 or 16 years ago. Being a young kid, I always felt a bit a pride when I knew something that wasn't in a guide on there, like these were written by experts and not just John or Jane down the street. I always have a soft spot in my heart for the ASCII graphics people put so much time into at the top of the guides

    • @CoratMcRed
      @CoratMcRed Před 2 lety +18

      God I miss that ASCII art stuff they did

    • @Noobie2k7
      @Noobie2k7 Před 2 lety +7

      Same. I remember using a GameFAQ's guide I printed off back in the day for Final Fantasy XII. It had pretty details ascii maps for every area including all item locations and a key someone had clearly done by hand on their own. The guide had real love put into it. Was actually super useful for a lot of challenge runs I'd end up doing on the game down the line. It included a lot of really good gambit cheese set ups and boss strats that actually worked too. Including the 2 infinite farming spots. GameFAQ's could really nail it sometimes. I still use them to this day sometimes for certain games.

    • @GeraltofRivia22
      @GeraltofRivia22 Před 2 lety +6

      Gamefaqs is still amazing. So many great guides and I use them all the time for games.

  • @WelcomeToDERPLAND
    @WelcomeToDERPLAND Před 2 lety +681

    I literally lost my sides to the demons when I heard the primary weapon was the compound bow.

    • @leiderhosen7110
      @leiderhosen7110 Před 2 lety +54

      I mean, RTS and Morian is like 130% bonus damage (been awhile since I did the math but it's close), so it does make range quite cracked.
      But Lava Bow is much better since elemental damage is strong as hell, and if you're going for raw win mode Firestorm/Homing Soul Arrow runs circles around both.
      So even though he got something right, he stopped at the first ridge and called it the summit.

    • @leifeinaramundison745
      @leifeinaramundison745 Před 2 lety +28

      @@leiderhosen7110 Unless you're going sticky with 30 dex; then the compound bow is arguably better, and you might only want to pull out the lava bow with fire arrows for those weak to fire... Red-Eyed Katana Skeletons come to mind...
      But yeah, unlike in the other souls games, Bows are nothing to scoff at in Demon's Souls.

    • @sharlesdaviskendy2391
      @sharlesdaviskendy2391 Před 2 lety +10

      Sticky Compound Bow does hit like a truck in Demons’ Souls. I used it quite a bit.

    • @ShiningDarknes
      @ShiningDarknes Před 2 lety +2

      @@leifeinaramundison745 Mostly because of not being limited to 99 of the best arrows available to you and then having to settle for worse after those run dry.

  • @alduinthetyrant5225
    @alduinthetyrant5225 Před 2 lety +733

    That was probably the best guide that lenny has used in these videos. That allant cheese was was the ultimate redemption. He really did reward us.

    • @misantrope6267
      @misantrope6267 Před 2 lety +35

      PWNED xD

    • @Tanner_LaFond
      @Tanner_LaFond Před 2 lety +34

      Unfortunately the guide doesn't seem to be real. I mean, it's a real guide on GameFAQs, but all the funny/weird stuff, the gamer levels, reward, PWNED XD, etc - isn't in the guide.

    • @communitygame99
      @communitygame99 Před 2 lety +21

      @@Tanner_LaFond just looked up the actual guide to confirm this for myself and damn that's disappointing, did Lenny add the extra lines himself?

    • @leagueofdead569
      @leagueofdead569 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Tanner_LaFond might have been looking at a different guide.

    • @Tanner_LaFond
      @Tanner_LaFond Před 2 lety +5

      @@leagueofdead569 I've checked quite a lot, it doesn't exist

  • @BigBadBalrog
    @BigBadBalrog Před 2 lety +147

    I'm so emotionally invested in this that the moment he read that there are two methods to beat the Storm King I involuntary started shouting, "NO! NO WAY!"

  • @MatiasTrks
    @MatiasTrks Před 2 lety +135

    There is something magical about reading some gamefaqs guides about old games, it's like a time capsule. I love the guides to obscure games where the writer shares his opinions it feels like playing a game with a friend.

    • @ryoumakoushiro7447
      @ryoumakoushiro7447 Před rokem +11

      The fact that I kinda still use this for a new game (yes, there ARE some guide for new games around gamefaqs) makes me feel like an old man... Felt like reading a game-zine filled with walkthrough for the said game

    • @Pikkabuu
      @Pikkabuu Před 10 měsíci +4

      I remember reading a guide for BG1 and for the Durlag Towers demon fight in the village it just told me to get my own strategy...

  • @Sid010_
    @Sid010_ Před 2 lety +390

    I love how the guy who made the guide keeps talking about "Gamer Skill", yet he only uses cheese strats to beat every boss.

    • @croc3862
      @croc3862 Před 2 lety +112

      So if you're lactose intolerant you can never be a god gamer

    • @armedweiss5531
      @armedweiss5531 Před 2 lety +68

      To be fair, there is a certain level of skill in thinking of the most efficient ways to cheese every boss. BUT, it's still less skill than just fighting the bosses the "intended" way.

    • @duroorud527
      @duroorud527 Před 2 lety +11

      Are you questioning the master's skills?!

    • @Artem_Shepelev
      @Artem_Shepelev Před 2 lety +49

      @@armedweiss5531 I would argue that killing a dragon you don't need to kill and farming stones for 5 hours is the least efficient way to kill a boss imaginable

    • @GermanKinsmen
      @GermanKinsmen Před 2 lety +13

      @@Artem_Shepelev Yeah, now show me the run where you pwned the final boss with zero hits and only one spell.

  • @LONEWOLF105
    @LONEWOLF105 Před 2 lety +135

    The "Dragon death on screen." Is a gem 🥴

  • @FelixWalton
    @FelixWalton Před 2 lety +154

    these old guides remind me of my first time playing dark souls. I was so scared because the game had a reputation for being really hard, so I followed a guide that had me going all over the world collecting random shit and making a scuffed build. It totally ruined my first experience with the game, and it wasnt until about a year later that i actually played it properly and fell in love with it. Guides like this were all about beating "le epic hard game" by any means necessary, rather than actually enjoying the experience

    • @aliceinwonderland4395
      @aliceinwonderland4395 Před rokem +14

      Yeah I followed an IGN guide back in 2013, it was a journey from the Drake Sword to Quelaag's sword then the black knight greataxe. Good times.

    • @raspyApostle
      @raspyApostle Před rokem +7

      @@aliceinwonderland4395 today i learned, you can get Quelaag's sword. I have literally never used a curved sword build before so I had no idea. Thanks.

    • @The97Noname
      @The97Noname Před rokem +24

      yeah i think the myth about dark souls being a "hardcore" game actually did a lot of damage to the franchise.
      i remember that i was too scared to try dark souls 1 at launch. now im a huge from software nerd but almost all of my gaming buddies still think that dark souls is only for the most hardcore gamers - even tho its one of the least frustrating games to play as a semi-casual because these games are so well designed and polished.

    • @hossdelgado626
      @hossdelgado626 Před rokem +21

      @@The97Noname I am nor normally a spiteful person, but sometimes I carry a grudge and my reason for starting Dark Souls was to spite an asshole names Drew in high-school. I heard him describing a fun game to his friend, so I waited a moment and asked about it (I had been stuck behind them walking to cafeteria in narrow hallways, they were walking side by side and so I was stiluck anyway, might as well ask).. dude legit snorts, turns slowly and says I'm not good enough to play it. I've only done something twice in my life for pure spite, and somehow they both worked out. I love most of From Soft's work and if it wasn't for that one douche, I would've never tried the game. (No joke, when I was younger we didn't have a whole lot of spare cash, having an Xbox was two years of saving extra cash back on my parents part for us kids. I remember saving up money to try Dark Souls with no other information then "your not good enough". My mom thought CZcams was a virus and my internet access was school computers that blocked CZcams. So imagine my face when I play it and me and my brother initially both wanted to beat it to prove a point. He heard the story and was pissed to. If you read all this and wonder why I did any of this, why I shared it, etc. Honestly dunno. It'd an honest story and I'm sure I've left out other details due to vague memories. I don't know why I never punched him either. ) Anyway tldr, Spite inspired me to play and love the game because it was "too hard". It's not that bad either. Still think playing Mario party without domestic disputes is more difficult.

    • @joo1325
      @joo1325 Před rokem +3

      @@hossdelgado626 your mom thought CZcams was a virus?

  • @mrRomual
    @mrRomual Před 2 lety +80

    For those curious, with my limited japanese, the line about King's Field reads basically as "King's Field is a good game" with a bit of polite connotation.

    • @CrissCrossCA
      @CrissCrossCA Před 10 měsíci +4

      Dang, and here I thought I could flex my shitty japanese for the first time

  • @HarryBook
    @HarryBook Před 2 lety +689

    this absolute legend making the best comfy funny videos about really unique stuff, LOVE THIS LAD

  • @manvslife271
    @manvslife271 Před 2 lety +408

    Watching this run live on twitch was such a fun ride, the final plot twist with King Allant was so good

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +61

      thanks for coming down!!

    • @justrandomstuff6828
      @justrandomstuff6828 Před 2 lety +16

      It was the wooden shield against frenzy situation again, but it actually worked, that's nuts!

  • @chantelstenner2553
    @chantelstenner2553 Před 2 lety +26

    I adore how the writer of the guide acts like the guide is a way to become like an amazing, pro gamer but it's pretty much just cheesing through the game lol

    • @leiderhosen7110
      @leiderhosen7110 Před 2 lety +4

      Cheeseing very badly might I add. His """""""guide""""""" is just castrating a known hyper lavabow build by removing the Morian Blade and wasting the armor spider soul.

    • @SyndicateOperative
      @SyndicateOperative Před rokem +4

      To be fair, finding ways to cheese games was the done thing in the 90s and 2000s. The whole 'no hit' meme challenges weren't really a thing until way later.

  • @HollandTHG
    @HollandTHG Před 2 lety +215

    "I used to think I was bitter and jaded. Then, I watched Lenny read a Demon's Souls guide from 2009, and realized that I'm a really happy person, apparently."
    I hope this author got some therapy.

    • @HollandTHG
      @HollandTHG Před rokem

      @telgrammezerolinny Whoever programmed this bot, may your favorite pet get cancer, and then you flip your car headed to the vet, and they die by your hand.

    • @SyndicateOperative
      @SyndicateOperative Před rokem +5

      People don't need to get therapy just because they aren't celebrities or entertainers. Believe it or not, random people on the internet don't exist to entertain you - especially not pre-2010 when e-celebs just didn't exist.
      Zoomers, I swear...

    • @noxthestar8300
      @noxthestar8300 Před rokem +27

      @@SyndicateOperative cringe

    • @fatty1040
      @fatty1040 Před rokem +3

      @@noxthestar8300 not as cringe as taking an internet comment seriously. Peeps cant have laughs around sensitive eyes.

    • @noxthestar8300
      @noxthestar8300 Před rokem

      @@fatty1040 snowflake

  • @b_sway
    @b_sway Před 2 lety +288

    Watching this series live was so much fun. That Club Penguin bit was a religious experience

  • @TOFWHY
    @TOFWHY Před 2 lety +78

    The Red Dragon does die on screen if you look over to where it loops over it has a fuckin heart attack halfway round and flops out of the sky like a paper bag in the wind

  • @Takeh07
    @Takeh07 Před 2 lety +65

    This was amazing. Big-ups Lenny!

  • @TheSeelieCourtier
    @TheSeelieCourtier Před 2 lety +9

    Showed my friend this video. He is now binging ALL of your videos because he finds you fucking hilarious.
    Which you are.
    Cheers, mate!

  • @light819
    @light819 Před 2 lety +197

    My addiction into the fromsoft versus games started in a game informer when they mentioned it in a tiny little off article that barely had a paragraph and a half mentioning an upcoming Japanese game called demon souls
    Idk why but the one screenshot it had piqued my interest, when I went to the store to buy it they warned me "this game is really hard so you should really get the used version so you can return it when it kicks your ass" I took offense to that and bought a new version out of spite and how much I love a collector's game case, now I've played almost every single fromsoft game from kings field to dark souls 3

    • @theashendevil
      @theashendevil Před 2 lety +1

      What about sekiro?

    • @light819
      @light819 Před 2 lety +12

      @@theashendevil yes i have also played sekiro i just forgot it came out after ds3

    • @theashendevil
      @theashendevil Před 2 lety +3

      @@light819 oh thank god. I thought I was gonna have to hate you for this.

    • @assman3862
      @assman3862 Před 2 lety

      Bloodborne?

    • @BeeTheBee
      @BeeTheBee Před 2 lety

      @@assman3862 that came out before DS3

  • @alexl3438
    @alexl3438 Před 2 lety +165

    There’s so much cheese from this guide that I had no idea about, gotta give them props for that. It’s like seeing the dragon rider insta kill from ds2 or knocking the iron golem off for the first time

  • @johnkubiak1154
    @johnkubiak1154 Před 2 lety +36

    The fact that allant strat worked is mind boggling. At the same time props to the guide writer for finding that.

    • @arturosandoval8862
      @arturosandoval8862 Před rokem +6

      He probably wasn't the one who found that cheese, it was probably posted on forums by someone else and then he just added it to the guide

  • @nomukun1138
    @nomukun1138 Před 2 lety +54

    "Dumb name if you ask me" I don't know very much about Demon Souls builds, so this was the first time I seriously disagreed with our 2009 expert. How can you possibly think Phalanx is a dumb name? It has all the coolest sounds you can put in a word, the meaning is cool, it's historical and interesting and Greek, and it perfectly describes the boss.
    But he made up for his misstep with the gamer graduation titles. A++ Gamefaqs guide right there.

    • @OckhamAsylum
      @OckhamAsylum Před rokem +9

      The author struck me as the type of kid who hated anything that wasn't dripping with edge and Japanese culture. It's like the kid in class who says all those old Greek philosopher guys were idiots because they didn't fully understand some of their quotes, and as all kids know anything you don't fully understand is automatically and objectively stupid.

  • @ScarletAlly
    @ScarletAlly Před 2 lety +147

    Drunk streamers always do and say weird ass stuff when live and then you have Lenny just being wholesome as fuck while thanking his viewers

  • @d.g3265
    @d.g3265 Před 2 lety +108

    From fighting anime to embracing Hokage Mode, what a character arc.

  • @johncameron1935
    @johncameron1935 Před 2 lety +31

    Running through Tower of Latria screaming "GET A REAL JOB" is top tier. 10/10

  • @chazzergamer
    @chazzergamer Před 2 lety +67

    I know a few people were going "Remastered" at the False King Allant cheese but I honestly LOVE that Bluepoint left that in!

    • @Rumym8
      @Rumym8 Před rokem +25

      They keep the games close to the original as they can
      They rarely change anything

    • @TheWikkdOne
      @TheWikkdOne Před rokem

      ​@@epoch151 That's the remastered part dipshit

    • @JimmyPizzaDelivery
      @JimmyPizzaDelivery Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@epoch151 Some of it's better, some of it's worse.

  • @kenenglish9496
    @kenenglish9496 Před 2 lety +219

    Lenny I was having a really bad day today. This just turned it around for me. Thank you for another amazing video!

  • @michaelhuit
    @michaelhuit Před 2 lety +70

    Maybe the best one you've done yet, absolutely killer. Now we wait for the Elden Ring GameFaqs guide!

    • @itsyaboiguzma
      @itsyaboiguzma Před 2 lety +16

      Admittedly I'm tempted to create an account just to create a "guide"
      A guide with a build so unviable so terrible it will spawn a new synonym for the word suffering. For the sole reason of my own amusement.

    • @theeast7005
      @theeast7005 Před 2 lety

      @@itsyaboiguzma The most devilish of troll jobs, I hope you do it I'd be the first to try and be broken by it.

  • @combatrobot1443
    @combatrobot1443 Před 2 lety +10

    The thought that this bow-focused build doesn't get the Lava Bow because the guide writer wanted you to have fucking Fire Spray is agonizing.

  • @FailcopterWes
    @FailcopterWes Před 2 lety +22

    The Lenny's mum cameo was great. I don't know if she was told beforehand what to expect, but I can see where Lenny gets his personality from.

  • @chester1882
    @chester1882 Před 2 lety +120

    The dedication of Lenny with that ending.
    I really enjoyed this one, just as much as the Bloodborne IGN guide. I will probably come back and watch this later.
    I loved the bit with the call to your mum.

  • @crim3511
    @crim3511 Před 2 lety +53

    It's actually really cool to see old guides like this one work for the remake. The only time it really didn't work was with the Maneater cheese
    Good video as always, Lenny! Can't wait to see what you do with Elden Ring

  • @WantSomeWhiskey818
    @WantSomeWhiskey818 Před 2 lety +61

    I like to imagine the writer for this guide getting all hype over the remake and nostalgic over the cringy guide he wrote as a teen. Great video, makes me nostalgic for this era of GameFAQs where everything was all sassy and not great lmao

    • @GribbleGob
      @GribbleGob Před 2 lety +5

      all signs point to it being fake or he was given a cringe edited version of the guide.

    • @esssss8415
      @esssss8415 Před rokem +25

      @@GribbleGob “All signs Point to””🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

    • @GribbleGob
      @GribbleGob Před rokem +3

      @@esssss8415 You got a problem with the way I talk?

    • @gianni.sacciloto
      @gianni.sacciloto Před rokem +4

      He's really not wrong. I got curious about the guide and wanted to read it because I also found it hilarious.
      But the "funny" parts seem to have been edited into the guide after by someone to make it more fun for the video. Not even the "you graduated from x to y" partes are real. It's basically all made up. lmao
      The original guide has some mannerisms you'd expect from someone writing for gamefaq 13 years ago, but the guy who wrote the guide even had it edited and published OFFICIALLY as the deluxe guide by Atlus on the NA publication of the game. It's not some random kid.

    • @Lewtable
      @Lewtable Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@gianni.sacciloto Probably an edit by someone who incorporated their own aspects and re-published it as their own then? I'm guessing you're talking about Volume's guide which can be found as a recommended 2009 guide on Gamefaqs that does do the tearstone bow build and does mention the death cloud cheese for King Allant (specifically death cloud, not the spell Lenny used). However, that guide does not have the ascii map for Tower of Latria 1. Because of the effort the guide still have in places that isn't found in the official one I seriously doubt it was an intentional rewrite for the video. The only way I could see it be the case is if the guide was suggested / sourced by someone else for Lenny to use, don't know if he finds them himself or if other people find a funny guide for him and he picks which one to use. If so that someone may have chosen to summarize the guide and took too many liberties in the process. There isn't really something like a "fake guide" though. It still accomplishes to comprehensively guide people through the game so for all intent and purpose it is a legitimate guide, only its age is questionable and the writing doesn't make it apparent that the personality of the writer was acted out.
      Think it is just a kid / young teen that plagiarized the real guide and made it their own at some point. Doesn't really matter any ways, videos are still funny and only Lenny himself knows the answer.

  • @GranMaj
    @GranMaj Před 2 lety +65

    to be fair, in a cosmic way, this guide actually prepared you for the rest of the souls series to come, since this guide is so punishingly hard for a new player, when you finished demon souls, you were pratically set for the rest of the souls series. and in a way, i kinda want to go back to 2009 and use this guide.

    • @hossdelgado626
      @hossdelgado626 Před rokem

      Lmao, a unique take away for sure

    • @Garl_Vinland
      @Garl_Vinland Před rokem +6

      No because the Tearstone build would slowly phase out of existence in subsequent games

    • @SyndicateOperative
      @SyndicateOperative Před rokem +1

      Hmm... demon souls was far more punishing than the souls games that came later, though.

    • @MemeLordCrusader
      @MemeLordCrusader Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@SyndicateOperativetell that to Elden ring one shots

  • @hootpuff1548
    @hootpuff1548 Před 2 lety +60

    Absolutely amazing. The amount of effort and talent out into this is mind blowing. Thank you Lenny!

  • @awestrich2172
    @awestrich2172 Před 2 lety +17

    This guide was batshit insane

  • @onimaxblade8988
    @onimaxblade8988 Před 2 lety +37

    I'm surprised how impressed you were with the bow working well. In Demon's Souls the bow was pretty notorious for being really good. The +5 spider bow or the white bow.

  • @Eleechee
    @Eleechee Před 8 měsíci +2

    Oh wow excellent series this is such a good idea. I bet this idea will catch on very quickly

  • @Gackt4awesome
    @Gackt4awesome Před 2 lety +17

    The fact you can kill Alant that way makes it so worth it

  • @ExtraPorkin
    @ExtraPorkin Před 2 lety +118

    The best part was when that kid full of enthusiasm ran downstairs to tell his mum only to be told "Who gives a shit"
    Valuable life lesson early on

    • @vyor8837
      @vyor8837 Před 2 lety +25

      That he shouldn't trust his mom with anything?

    • @carlos-us2sx
      @carlos-us2sx Před rokem +1

      U know that kid now has almost 1 million subs right!? Ahaha i love youtube

    • @ExtraPorkin
      @ExtraPorkin Před rokem

      @@carlos-us2sx Deserves all of them considering what seems to be his home life with family. Get big and leave that mum in the dust.

    • @carlos-us2sx
      @carlos-us2sx Před rokem +1

      @@ExtraPorkin noooo, look up danny aarons, his mom is funny af

  • @pitiful_shoe3716
    @pitiful_shoe3716 Před rokem +3

    This is my comfort video every few months. Ty for the cool videos Lenny!

  • @MrGlyra
    @MrGlyra Před 2 lety +4

    This was so much fun to catch live. Had an absolute blast tuning in and watching you face off against 2009 gamefaqs.
    Fantastic one Lenny, you god gamer!

  • @JohanniklasLp
    @JohanniklasLp Před 2 lety +12

    "I'm gonna get absolutely [redacted] here"
    I wasn't able to watch the streams, but thanks to your community posts I can still pinpoint certain events

  • @theseekerofdankness959
    @theseekerofdankness959 Před 2 lety +60

    Legends say that the one that gets the Guide treasure will be officially recognized as a God Gamer, but only Lenny knows the true secrets of the box's power

  • @andrrs9172
    @andrrs9172 Před rokem

    Man I love this video! Even months after it came out I keep re-watching it. Good job, lad!

  • @a_level_70_elite_raccoon

    I have never played Demon's Souls, but that looked like a hell of a time. I love archery builds.
    I hope that guy's still out there and sees this video.

  • @TopSunbro
    @TopSunbro Před 2 lety +17

    We need to find the man who wrote this, he has potential.

  • @lum3316
    @lum3316 Před 2 lety +25

    This was one of the most fun streams I've ever watched. During dragon God I thought you were seriously gonna die. Great work Lenny, fucking love your videos

  • @thegavinside
    @thegavinside Před 2 lety +5

    Lenny's ability to supernaturally upload on my worst days is much appreciated, it always seems like he uploads when I need it most. Like, I haven't had a bad day in months, and the moment I do... BAM! Lenny upload!

  • @crazebear
    @crazebear Před 2 lety +12

    It is VERY rare for me to actually full on laugh to a video, but this one had me bursting out laughing every minute. Fantastic work! Can’t wait to see Elden Ring lol

  • @ryomathekillers7421
    @ryomathekillers7421 Před 2 lety +5

    I really appreciate your work man, and I think you’ve hit a new stride keep it up this stuff is fantastic

  • @mikaLtubeyou
    @mikaLtubeyou Před 2 lety +12

    ...He actually buried the guide. What a lad.

  • @Elegiast
    @Elegiast Před 2 lety +3

    These guide videos are the best, absolutely hilarious!

  • @anastasius3477
    @anastasius3477 Před 2 lety +2

    Hey Lenny, I had a really bad falling out with a close friend and had a really bad night of drinking, watching your video right now is helping a lot, especially that club penguin part which has been the only thing to put a dumb smile on my face today, cheers lad.

    • @ZeroLenny
      @ZeroLenny  Před 2 lety +3

      Chin up lad xx

    • @anastasius3477
      @anastasius3477 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ZeroLenny I’m trying my best, thank you Lenny and uh... Lenny

  • @dirvushhh7398
    @dirvushhh7398 Před 2 lety +7

    This was absolutely golden the ending is a cherry on top of this endless hell cake

  • @NoobGamer-25
    @NoobGamer-25 Před 2 lety +17

    Thank God for this guide I'll finally be able to graduate as a gamer. I have been stuck on the first boss since 2009.

  • @GhostKn1ght
    @GhostKn1ght Před 2 lety

    YES !!
    The game guide run is back !
    I've been waiting for so long ♥

  • @A.Useless.Goddess
    @A.Useless.Goddess Před rokem +1

    happy birthday demon's souls gamefaqs guide

  • @nobodytotallynotodysseus3222

    Really loving the old guide formats, good funny and a comfy step back to a simpler time.

  • @giorgoskilkis
    @giorgoskilkis Před 2 lety +7

    I love the guide runs. they are so funny :D i hope you do more of those

  • @MetaphonicEDM
    @MetaphonicEDM Před 11 měsíci +1

    latria absolutely wrecked you lol brilliant! love how much you commit to the content dude!!

  • @DankLordDemaar
    @DankLordDemaar Před 2 lety

    These Guide-following videos of yours are by far my favorite.

  • @mccarbomb1715
    @mccarbomb1715 Před 2 lety +3

    It was so epic to follow your journey on this masterpiece of a guide!!

  • @iPxL4RRY
    @iPxL4RRY Před 2 lety +4

    Lenny i know you put a lot of work in your videos and i just wanna say thank you bringing so much entertainment :D

  • @tylerlazarus2126
    @tylerlazarus2126 Před 2 lety +8

    such a good watch! You have a strong natural understanding of comedic timing and its process. As well in your overall presentation and edits which are hilarious! you are criminally underrated and deserve way more attention. always impressed and full of laughs when i watch you stuff and i can't wait to see more! Cheers.

  • @palecurve
    @palecurve Před 2 lety

    I found about your channel through Indeimaus, and I gotta say, this is top tier content right here. I might be at work, but it's rainy, cold and there's nothing to do - so I'm gonna binge your videos!
    Cheers!

  • @paytongagliardi8709
    @paytongagliardi8709 Před 2 lety +24

    Guides like this are fun because you see how another brain explores and beats this stuff before community hivemind figures out how to absolutely break it and no one tries different builds

    • @TheClownesque
      @TheClownesque Před 2 lety +5

      when I played demon's souls for the first time back in 2010, it didn't occur to me to use the internet for help, and besides, it was supposed to be hard
      I beat the game with a tower shield and winged spear +10, never found blacksmith ed

    • @hossdelgado626
      @hossdelgado626 Před rokem +3

      Yeah, or when you think your smart for finding a cheese and learn someone did it better and made an entire meta out of it and your sitting their comparing your 1st grade fridge doodle to a fucking Capasso or insert other artist

    • @OckhamAsylum
      @OckhamAsylum Před rokem +3

      @@hossdelgado626 That's kinda the theme of life in general, really. "Hey, I did it! I actually did this thing I've been trying really hard to do! I can't wait to tell everyone and see the looks on th-- Oh... Oh, someone already did it but better... and with their feet only, just to style on everyone else... Oh... okay then..."

  • @alcatraz160
    @alcatraz160 Před 2 lety +7

    Can't wait for Elden's Ring with day 1 guide from IGN guy.

  • @TwinXlyric
    @TwinXlyric Před 2 lety +1

    Extremely underrated youtuber. You put so much effort into your videos. Keep up the great work and looking forward to see what you can do with this series on the other games 👍

  • @totallynotmycho9491
    @totallynotmycho9491 Před 2 lety

    I love these old game guide videos you've done. Hope to see more in the future.
    That poison PWN tho lmfao

  • @Rafael-kl2ts
    @Rafael-kl2ts Před 2 lety +3

    great video mate, pissed myself laughing the whole time, love this series.

  • @TheDark10003
    @TheDark10003 Před 2 lety +6

    I haven't finished the vid yet but I love how this guide is like the textbook definition of confidently wrong so far

  • @JakeJong
    @JakeJong Před 2 lety +2

    Watching this whole experience live was quite to journey, glad I get to experience it all over again

  • @Richie_Godsil
    @Richie_Godsil Před 2 lety

    Lenny, this was the 2nd most anticipated thing in my life this week. Glad you didn't disappoint!

  • @RIBAYRO
    @RIBAYRO Před 2 lety +41

    Tbf hyper mode bow cheese really breaks this game. It also helps that a lot of the bosses can even be confortably killed with this strat. Thief ring is a blessing.
    Allant can actually be killed from all across the room via hyper mode bow and he never aggroes. Just be sure not to use fire arrows, since those eventually will push him back too much and make you have to get closer, finally triggering him.

  • @manjiimortal
    @manjiimortal Před 2 lety +19

    Some of those strats were insane, and it's even more insane that they were still effective on a remake that was released 11 years after the original game!!
    You're a madlad Lenny, but a very entertaining madlad!

    • @armedweiss5531
      @armedweiss5531 Před 2 lety +1

      The False King Alant cheese was the ultimate redemption arc for the guide. Ignore the 5 hour grind to upgrade the bow, ignore that it doesn't mention you need a boss soul for a spell until it's too late, that cheese is so good that it more than makes up for it.

    • @brunoslybruno
      @brunoslybruno Před 2 lety +2

      we gotta thank for not fixing harmless glitches/exploits
      so many companies think that glitches are a shame to their families & their worst enemy, when often they're just interesting alternatives that most players wouldnt use anyway until it was their second playthrough, if even

    • @martmine4618
      @martmine4618 Před 2 lety +1

      Well the "remake" is exactly the same game so no one is surprised...

  • @redreploid1713
    @redreploid1713 Před rokem +2

    I like how at 20:57 one of the comments complaining about Lenny shouting is just himself

  • @IReDeYeZ
    @IReDeYeZ Před rokem +1

    brilliant videos mate cracked me up!

  • @quandarywithnonumbers
    @quandarywithnonumbers Před 2 lety +6

    Hilarious video! I hope that my videos could be half as humourous as your videos in the future.

  • @SirVyre
    @SirVyre Před 2 lety +13

    This was heart warming. I like your dedication to following the guide. It makes me wish I'd been into guide writing when I was younger.
    As far as grinding for items goes, there was a lot of grinding for stuff in older games, and I think that's why a lot of older guides expected that you did. Efficient use of time to beat the game wasn't much of a consideration back in the day.

  • @robjsh8101
    @robjsh8101 Před 2 lety

    Lenny I adore this series! Thanks for the laughs

  • @DerVasto
    @DerVasto Před 2 lety

    I love this.
    The Bloodborne guide video was my favourite one you ever made, this is promising and I hope it´s not the last one.

  • @quiteobserver3610
    @quiteobserver3610 Před 2 lety +19

    Hey Lenny have you ever heard of deaths gambit?There is a weapon named Lenny’s broken sword in it when you start a play through.

  • @frankthetank1741
    @frankthetank1741 Před 2 lety +3

    i love this channel so much. i cant wait for the first lenny elden ring broken sword runs

  • @sirtastytoast2265
    @sirtastytoast2265 Před 2 lety +4

    Getting drunk on stream and having a hangover too, this man has balls that nobody else does.

  • @whatwhat98
    @whatwhat98 Před 2 lety +7

    The guide you are using makes me realize that I was actually pretty good at demon souls when I first played it. Considering the fact that I played a knight and I tried to literally have all even equal status because I was to stupid to realize how to min max builds. 🙂🙃😅

  • @Colak01
    @Colak01 Před 2 lety +6

    Only reached day3-4 of the stream, It's been fun watching this compilation. I really hoped that we would've got the makoto story, where one chad-lad voluntarily invaded just for enabling PWT. The struggle to uphold the guide.... Cheers, hope to catch your another stream in the future.

  • @amberhernandez
    @amberhernandez Před 2 lety +6

    One of my favourite highlights was when Lenny got disappointed he didn't level up his gamer skills afterLeechmonger. It's moments like this, where we expect growth and reward, only to be met by hardship for the sake of character development.
    Glad Lenny was finally able to achieve God Gamer status and absolutely Pwned XD Allant!!

  • @madskull13
    @madskull13 Před 2 lety

    Absolutely brilliant as usual. Thanks Lenny.

  • @ectopicEye
    @ectopicEye Před 2 lety

    this format is golden! love it!