To be fair, half the acts I commit as Dragonborn I do not condone. It's just that I can't get to all that sweet sweet glitchy content without making stupid decisions
There's actually a way to bypass the Ebony Blade's Curse. Take it along, on quests you know one or more "ally" will betray you, and slay them with it, when the time comes. One example, is the final main Thieves Guild quest. Killing Mercer can count as one of the ten kills, since technically, he was once an ally.
I loved to trick Deadra rules with some experience through P&P devils pacts. I killed the cannibalistic trader in Markath, revived her with the stronges necromancy spell which does not destroy the corpse...and killed her again. Rinse&repeat until the blade is charged up again. And no, i dont tend to dark techniques and arts, what gave you that idea.
Are there ten or more "allies" that betray you? I haven't played the game. If there are, then it sounds like no one is trustworthy here. If there aren't, then you're still gonna have to kill someone decent.
@@wanderlustwarrior It's been a while since I played, so I'm not sure it there are ten people that betray you. Let's see... 1. Mercer Fray 2. Ciciero (I probably spelled his name wrong...but he's the jester guy, with Dark Brotherhood) 3. Accano (Again...probably spelled this name wrong. But he's the end villain in the Wizard School missions.) 4. Leader of Dark Brotherhood (Can recall her name right now.) 5. In one of the crypts, you go in with two explorers, and one betrays both of you, to use you as a sacrifice. 6. There's a guy you help with something, living in the town at the foot of the Throat of the World Mountain. He's then a target for the Dark Brotherhood. If you help him before doing the assassination mission. I could be wrong, but I think this counts too. These are ones I can think of, off the top of my head...but I bet there's more scenarios like this.
@@wanderlustwarrior There’s also an exploit you can do with it that only requires one person to be betrayed. I usually use a follower you can gain from a specific Daedric quest because she’s a cannibal, she kind of sucks as a follower and she has no importance to the game after you finish the quest. So once you kill her, you need to use the power from the ritual stone to resurrect her, then kill her again. Usually you can only use this power once a day, but with the Aetherial crown you can have multiple stones active at once, and removing it and putting it back on lets you get the stone back and its power right away, allowing you to do all 10 revives/murders in a couple minutes. Just be sure to save between resurrections, as if you kill her with a decapitation (which is a random killing blow you can’t control when it happens), it’ll be impossible to resurrect.
The nice thing about the Ebony Blade is that It's not picky at all. You don't have to kill friends or loved ones like it's advertised, just general allies. Meaning you can simply hire a merc and chop them up right then and there. Better yet, it also has a twisted sense of humor, because you don't even need to kill multiple people. If you have the master level Undead Thrall spell then you can just keep reviving and killing the same person over and over. Combine these facts with any other quest that has an ally die in script, and you can keep the population of Skyrim right where it should be.... (low on civilians, and high in bandits)
@@solidmoon8266 I can understand why they included it. Lore wise, it should be totally fucked up and evil. They're just not accounting for poor game design.
@@ReigoVassal Killing one zombie that you barely know repeatedly is more fucked up than murdering several loved ones? The world you live in is a funhouse.
Since any undead Thrall counts as an ally you can just raise a bandit and repeat no need to kill anyone friendly at all. However in concept it's pretty messed up so I'd say still has a place on a list like this.
i love that most of these are like 'ohhh you have to do so much murder, this weapon will drive you to become a being of pure moral degeneracy and violence oh nooooo' and the borderlands one is just: annoying lol
They also completely forgot the fact that the only way to stop the noise is to turn down the volume of the appliance itself. In-game volume doesnt affect it at all.
@@thereub8166 They didn't took away half of the throws. The B+G throws are moved to 6A+G and you need to break them with the appropriate movement (because some chars like Cassandra even has 4A+G throws).
Definitely one of the best. Deserves to be talked about more but maybe gets overlooked because of its graphics. I loved the story and the characters and its the best post fight music and action. It's amazing. If they really want to re do another one after 7 it should be 6.
I thought with DMC 3 you would have talked about the item that drains your life bar but gives you infinite Devil Trigger. Agni and Rudra are cuties and they can talk as much as they want!
On the cursed shield from FF6: If you have the patience, in the world of ruin segment, there is an island with an enemy called "Mu" I believe. They have low health and are inflicted by the sap status. Meaning they will die roughly 5 seconds after the battle starts. These make the grind for the paladin shield slightly more bearable.
I just waited until I was max level to equip it, made sure I had a ribbon on, then continued grinding Dinosaur Forest until I had lifted the curse on the shield. With the ribbon the only status my character had was Doom, and that's not an issue if you're so overpowered you one hit everything on the screen. Totally worth it for the paladin shield.
Oh, sentient weapons are the *worst* kind of curse. They're prone to having a will of their own, and leading the poor sap that's dumb enough to hold them on a merry chase across the countryside to do *their* quest, and fuck this "saving the world" bollocks the hero was originally doing.
@@mikato2 except, they're just swords. And they're not allowed to talk or they'll be easily replaced by Cerberus, Beowolf or Nevan. So......yeah, they have no power over themselves any longer.
The ebony blade in Skyrim is actually really good and you don't have to kill your besties just anyone who trusts you enough to travel with you so you can hire random mercenaries and then kill them
FF6, the cursed shield was the best equipment in the game. Attach a ribbon to that character and get to fighting. No other equipment comes close to the paladin shield, then it teaches it's wielder the Ultima spell as a bonus. Considering the Ultima spell is the most difficult spell to get in the game (or really any FF game), thats huge.
@ChristophBrinkmann do you remember the cursed ring? Same nonsense, but the payout was a hero ring when you can literally buy them for dirt cheap. I had to stop for a while after figuring that one out.
@@aaronruf8421 actually Southern Hospitality doesn't have a "hit yourself on miss" effect, just no crits and more fire vulnerability, though if I remember correctly it used to be less damage instead of no crits
You missed the fact that the true curse of the Ebony Blade is that it can’t be improved by smithing. Meaning that without glitches it’s only going to do about a tenth of the damage as any fully improved weapon.
That was actually a bug caused by the Unofficial patch that was then later fixed by an update to the patch in the base game you are SUPPOSED to be allowed to upgrade it with smithing so yeah
I'd add Frostmourne to that list which appeared first in Warcraft 3. That runeblade has the ability to drain the life and soul from it's victim just by touching it, including the wielder. It also controls the wielder as long as the sword is close to him/her. Arthas found the weapon with the intention of saving his people from the Undead Scourge with it but instead Arthas' soul was the first that was claimed by the sword and he became undead. And evil. And Lordaeron fell. Yikes. On top of that, you can hear the Lich King through that sword. At least you are never alone I suppose.
Technically the first souls claimed by it when Arthas grabs it are those of his allies who are with him...... namely the Dwarven Hero, whom I loved to death. Dude has an amazing ultimate
@@johnlucas2838 nope, Frostmoure consumes the Dwarf & any nearby allies, if you watch the cutscene and then look at the surrounding area after you have the blade, the Dwarf is dead... i can't remember his name currently though
Another thing this video overlooked is that the Paladin Shield is not just "the best shield in the game", it is broken, giving several inmunities and a big boost to defense and evasion.
I actually thought I had the genius idea of equipping a ribbon on anyone with the shield equipped (the GBA version) and then immediately regret it because I accidentally fired an Inferno spell and killed my Cyan, who's my strongest attacker then. (because I do not want to abuse Quick + Valor Knife Locke for damage multipliers)
Yea... i don't think the writer ever USED the shield... It made you absorb almost all elements, block nearly every physical attack and taught you ultima. Combine it with a ribbon and that character was effectively a god. Big payout for some level grinding.
Not to mention the fact the shield is RIDICULOUSLY easy to uncurse by just going to the solitary island where enemies just instantly die before you even get a turn.
@@kalierdarkekd Why even 'grind' to uncurse the shield? Cursed shield + Offering + Safety Bit + heal staff = one hell of an auto medic. Hit them with haste and it makes some of hardest fights way easier.
I cannot believe Frostmourne (HUNGERS!) was not mentioned: Pros: Arthas becomes a powerful knight and is able to kill the demon Mal'ganis. Cons: Arthas becomes a powerful *evil* Death Knight, and goes on to make atrocities several times greater than Mal'ganis. Not the best deal ever if you ask me.
@@KozKalanndok So why is Soul Edge in the video then? If anything Frostmourne would be a perfect weapon to have in the video with all the negative things it did to Arthas and the kingdoms in Azeroth
I love the original Warcraft fans.... before WoW ruined the franchise (imo pay-to-play games are insane when you have to buy the game and then pay a subscription to even play the dammed thing)
Ac Odyssey: the Falx of Olympos. When you equip it, your damage is up by 100% but your health is capped at 25%. If you so much as stub your toe, you’ll die.
Yeah, I came across that thing by accident and was baffled for a moment why my health did not regenerate. Also maybe not the best moment to square off against a boss.
Nah thats absolutely worth it. That doubles your assassin damage too. So that's the difference between one shotting high level targets and only getting a partial. If you play stealth that plus armor augs can make one wicked build
I equiped it plus increased fire damage. Would do the conquests where I would combo the ignitr weapons move with the stun move which lights up everyone in the vacinity (armor auged for fire and assassin damage plus faux equiped) ares rush straight through the flaming group lighting more people on fire. Then theres to much chaos for you to really take damage if you good at dodging. Faux equiped makes light work of mercenaries when you chain that assassin's damage boost with the hero strike(I rarely ever actually use the faux as a weapon. Mainly attached as secondary to either a heavy hammer auged to convert physical to fire damage or twin blades depending on the situation)
I never noticed that Agni and Rudra were talking. Their voices sounded similar enough to standard magic whirlwind sounds that I thought that's all it was.
- Agni and Rudra aren't cursed. They're just 'devil arms'; all bosses have weapons for souls (or however that works). - They cannot be combined to form a staff, Dante just holds them awkwardly for style points.
I think they're called devil arms because they are armaments made of demons. Soul sculpting kinda thing. Much easier to do just after you've kicked the heck out that demon.
Agni and Rudra actually being the two swords and not the two bodies wielding them, means that those swords are demons. demons are infernal being. as such, one could quite correctly state that two demons you use as swords/demons in the form of swords, are cursed weapons.
Demon souls are crafted into devil arms. Although in Agni and Rudra's case it came directly from their spines and severed heads. I always figured they were joined at the mouth for the linked attacks
Quick correction about Siegfried: he was only Nightmare in Soulcalibur I and II. (and then on VI due to the timeline reboot). In SC III and IV, Nightmare was essentially a sentient Soul Edge controlling a lifeless armour. In SC V, Nightmare was actually Raphael (never stated officially but made clear through plot info & Nightmare's armourless appearance), possessed by the Soul Edge.
I like that you brought up the shield in FFVI, but most of the status ailments (sans Doom) can be a non-issue by then as you should have two or three Ribbons at your disposal. It still makes those 256 victories a mindless grind, but at least you can laugh in the face of said curse for the first dozen or so battles before you get bored of it.
One really unusual one: In Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, a parody game about video game consoles, one of the endings involves you finding a cursed sword capable of defeating the final boss. The catch? The sword can only be powered up by brutally murdering half of your entire party, including the protagonist of the previous game. You do get a really nice sword to use on a New Game Plus, though.
What is truly terrifying about the Ebony Blade is finding out you can make better gear with maxed enchanting after you've already maxed the Ebony Blade
Me and my friend play with double sal, he handed me his corrosive bane with my slag and all my friends who watch me stream it on discord fucking hate me while playing it, it’s hilarious though and strong enough to destroy anything that sucks against corrosion, I just can’t move while doing it and at least I can see things unlike my friend who duel wields rocket launchers and can’t see anything through the smoke.
Fun fact: the bane can't be silenced by turning down the special effects sound. It's tied to the game "music" and even if you turn that down. It's not a guarantee that it's silent.
The Soul Reaver got smashed over the head of Raziel, caused it to impale himself, bound itself to him in both realms and only released itself after he caused Kain to stab him. That’s a cursed weapon.
And his ultimate fate? Being TRULY consumed by the Reaver, after purifying Kain, so that his former adversary could finally "see the true enemy." Hell of a sacrifice, but then what else did Raz have left, after everything he had gone through?
@@jaredcrabb Unfortunately, Square Enix owns most of LoK, and doesn't see any financial gain in making anything after Nosgoth Online (which went defunct a few years back, anyways, save for fandom-ran servers).
The cursed sword from baulders gate was so powerful, but a total pain to use. Caused the party member with it to go in a rage and kill everything in sight until the fighting was over.
Too broad to put on a list feature. They could probably do an interview video where each member talks about their personal favourite video game outfit. That could be fun.
I mean, it's a black suit with a white dress shirt and a red tie. I'm pretty sure that at least half of Congress and 60% of groomsmen have been accidentally cosplaying as Agent 47 for the last 75 years.
To be fare, Soul Edge isn’t the only problem. Soul Calibar is just as problematic to hunt down. Not to mention that it’s the reason Nightmare exist independently of Siegfried. And sometimes it turns the heroes to crystal after they defeat Soul Edge! Sophitia had the right idea of destroying both swords, since in her words they’re both a blight on humanity.
Akujiki. The entire plot of PS2 Shinobi, and only weapon you can use, kills you if you don't defeat enemies fast enough. Which gets tough seeing that in the first level, the floor is lava.
The Bane was always my most favorite weapon. Every time i started a new game, i would bee-line to it whenever i got to the point i unlocked the quest. It was so much fun to use!
10:06 As a Psychology major, I would like to point out that Freud was a bit of a looney thinker, even during his time. Psychoanalytic theory itself is kind of a looney practice. So, please people take the humans have a death wish thing with a teeny tiny grain of salt.
Now, to be fair, the Paladin Shield is not just the best shield in the best Final Fantasy game, it is also one of the few ways outside of espers to learn a spell. Said spell being Ultima.
Not to be too nitpicky (but totally still nitpicky), but Frostmorne was actually from Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. It's what turned Arthas from a paladin into a death knight in the first place, long before he became the lich king.
@@Mythlorrr *Thank* you! Everyone forgets that Warcraft used to be a strategy game series first and it really bugs me when people talk about "Thrall/Jaina/Tyrande/Arthas etc from World of Warcraft"! And I'm not even a big Warcraft fan at all, so I wonder why it annoys me so much?
@@Mythlorrr I’m well aware Frostmorne originated from Warcraft 3. I’m a massive Warcraft lore nerd. Shadowmorne and Kingsmorne are from WoW though, so I just said WoW instead of Warcraft. Also Xalatath could fit this list maybe.
What about the entire cursed set of gear in Golden Sun? Had zero stats, couldn't remove any of it, and the one way to make it useable was to find a special ring towards the end of the game.
I'm so glad "The Darkness" franchise is coming to light now, I loved those games growing up, the first was more of a puzzle and the second is based more on combat
Tales of Symphonia's Devil's Arms: you need to first find all of them throughout the world and then beat the game's hardest boss. After that, they gain one power for every enemy you kill with them, but only the weapon that landed the killing blow.
Those are a mainstay in all Tales games, like the Fel Arms in Tales of Vesperia (and yes you have to kill x number of baddies to get them to full power as well).
@@GayBearBro2 No. By the point you get them, some of your characters have killed tons of enemies, and your main character (usually Lloyd) would just break the game in two with their devil arm (doing over 20K damage with just one Rising Falcon is enough to prove it). Not only that, Raine and Genis's Devil arms buff their magical stats by a lot, making them the best weapons for the siblings even before unlocking their powers.
Phantasia doesn't have cursed arms but there is the Doom Blade. It's the third strongest sword in the game (fourth if you've played the PSX version and managed to get the Swordian Dymlos from Stahn's sister in the Coliseum) next to the Eternal Sword but since almost every enemy/boss has resistance/immunity to darkness, or if you're like me, foolishly equipped the sword in the fight to get Pluto, it might as well be a cursed arm.
Why deal with the painful moral dilemmas of the Ebony Blade when you can just use the Wabbajack? No questionable actions there, just turning people into chickens and cheese. Seperate, unrelated question. *Is it cannibalism if I turn a man into cheese then eat the cheese to heal myself in a fight against his mates.*
@@Santisima_Trinidad I *may* have eaten more than one cheeseperson, so I *might possibly* have tasted another human... But hey I'm still better than a vampire, werewolf or Namira worshipper, right? If it wasn't for people like me we wouldn't know that CheeseNords taste of cheddar and that DairyArgonians taste of stilton, so my 'research' is actually helping to further our understanding of the world!
@@Santisima_Trinidad I think the guards can settle this. While for you they'll mention how you smell of death and a wet dog while simultaneously trying to burn you, for me they'll only notice a mild aroma of parmesan. Nobody could possibly know that the smell was not mere cheese, but actually a notorious Redguard bounty hunter by the name of Derek the Rich and Creamy.
@@Spiracle yes, but consider: the guards call you childish given absolutely zero provocative, and so are we really going to listen to them? I think not. And vampires can turn people into health without needing soul gems and the favourable smile of the wabbajack
Ok, so I thought you said “Diamond-tit Jason Statham” which was an initially strange mental image but I’ve decided that diamond nippled Jason Statham is a great concept for a future action movie
In dark souls there is a ring that give you more spell slots but cuts your hp in half. Not sure if it counts as a curse but I thought it was worth mentioning
Kusanagi is a semi-legendary, semi-real sword that may or may exist (supposedly it still exists and is part of the ceremony to crown a new emperor) and is part of the royal treasures of Japan. According to legend, it was handed down from divine ancestor of the Emperor.
The Lucky Blade in Lufia and The Casey Bat in Earthbound had the same curse: it missed its mark roughly 97% of the time. But the attack boost made you want to believe.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who isn't bothered by The Bane. I find it comical rather than annoying. 👌👌 That gun is 100% worth it. Also, Agni and Rudra are totally worth it. Then again, I am the guy who listened to the same song on repeat for 4 days straight and I still wasn't sick of hearing it.
17:26 ~ Jane spittin' some truth that all of us content creators are very aware of. Also, the cursed belt from the very old school original Dragon Warrior game on the NES. Find it, put it on, and it squeezes you literally to death. Absolutely zero positives of equipping it.
@@shotgunshells2 sorry, but in classic horror movie fashion, I didn't watch the add. Obviously nothing is going to happen later that's gonna make me regret that.
Spooky's jump scare mansion: The axe. Okay, it is not cursed per se, but if you kill anything with it you are forced to become a new specimen in the end instead of dying. Again, no thanks.
More specifically, if you kill too many things with axe that isn't the final boss, you get the bad ending. And that includes the cardboard cutout signs that try and jump scare you.
Man I really was sad to see that it was agni and rudra and not that blasted Artemis. If I remember the Artemis was even described as a cursed gun, and ooh boy did that thing not work, and my what a curse it wa to use,because it wasnt even laughably good for a single flipping enemy. If you were even able to hit anything with one of the 4 billion lights that shot out, it didnt damage them for squat. Even on higher levels of upgrading and style performance. Agni and Rudra were honestly in my top 5 weapons of DMC3, just because the versatility of two blades and so many ways to beat the pulp out of your foes. But to each their ownhonestly, as I'm sure there's others that agree and disagree with me.
And then two games later most of us realize that Dante's behavior is just an escape mechanism that allows him to endure the sheer amount of people dying in his life on a somewhat cheery manner, and most of all endure how much of an annoying dick his brother is until the last few moments of the fifth game.
I used it to torture my cousin into doing side missions (he likes to power through games, I’m a completionist, it was the only way I could gain leverage over him)
What I love most about your channel is that you remember that games existed before 2000 and reference them. Curse of Monkey Island played too big a role shaping my childhood. Thanks for the reference
@@DGneoseeker1 it's the cursed blade that stole the soul of prince Arthas as he was trying to defeat the undead, binding him to the will of the lich king turning him on his own people he was just fighting so hard to protect and eventually becoming the lick king. Literally one of Warcrafts best storylines. Go play Warcraft 3/ watch Arthas storyline online
wait the kusignagi makes no sense, you'd redeem it in like 3 years of just killing one random bad guy every day, that's not horribly cursed, that's a normal dead end job
unless it resets with every new weilder meaning everyone who gets it now has to kill one bad guy a day for 3 years. Doing that consistently a day without rest is going to be tough. Especially depending on how bad they have to be to count. Like does a guy who litters count?
the guy is jealous of Dante (a fictional character) because he's a soy boy “13:20 Why doesn’t my body look like that” “15:11 That’s an entirely reasonable response” 19:50 Soy wojak meme in real life
I know they ain’t cursed, but filling your weapons, shields, and bows inventory with “Royal Guard” weapons and nothing else in legend Of Zelda Breath of the wild basically curses you to run out of weapons almost immediately
Curse you all for forgetting the 'Chicken Knife' from Final Fantasy 5!! The cursed weapon that scales attack power with the number of escapes from battle, becoming the strongest weapon of them all.
That one fits more on a list of 'Curses that are totally worth the downsides', honestly. I mean, who DOESN'T use the chicken knife? It's too damn good, and the side effects are easily worked around.
I love Agni and Rudra. Excellent crowd control and they’ll occasionally complement you for doing really cool moves with them (I don’t remember how that happens).
I have a bit of an obscure one for you: the dagger with an evil aura around it found in the dungeon in the game Swordbreaker. It mind controls you and makes you commit suicide the instant you pick up the dagger.
Whenever I find a talking weapon, my first thought is "where is the sound coming from?". Which is usually much harder to ascertain in-game than IRL, like in the case of the cursed squirt gun I found in my basement.
On the Ebony Blade (if you don't have the unofficial patch) just grab a companion you don't particularly like, grab the ritual stone blessing, kill, revive, repeat. Since creatures resurrected using the ritual stone don't disintegrate when re-killed, and retain their relationship to you, you can continue doing this until the blade is fully upgraded. Have fun!
Dragon Quest has a plethora of cursed items you can get. Some give kind of good bonuses but with permanent status effect, or are just straight up cruel. Heck they even got a little jingle that plays when you wear them, oh and if you wanna unequip them you gotta visit a priest
@@marhawkman303 I seem to vaguely remember a game like that too. I'm sure that it' not Shining Force though because lifting the curse only unequips the item.
@@marhawkman303 yes, it's the Dragon Quest (Warrior) games. Cursed equipment like the Sword of Destruction, Armor of Hades, Noh Mask, and Unlucky Helmet could not be removed from the character except by a Priest's Uncurse spell, which destroyed the item.
The Soul Reaver from Legacy of Kain. It's the ultimate weapon that can help you change your fate in a Universe where time and the events in it are set in stone normally. However, if you wield it, you're probably going to get messed up by a convoluted time paradox or TEN at least, maybe, if you're lucky.
How about the titular Destiny Plume of Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume? Using it gave a party member immense power, but permanently killed them after the fight.
And if you overused it, you'd get Freya on your ass. If you use it enough to get to route C, good luck fighting all the guys you killed. If you didn't use it, you'd get Hel and her pet on your ass, so it's a bad time all around. Honestly, though, the special skills you get on Wyl from using the Plume did make it worth using just so you'd have them for Route A and the Seraphic Gate.
Siegfried's hardly a "clean-cut Teutonic knight" before finding Souledge. While his father was away fighting, he'd taken to ambushing knights returning from the Crusade with his mates for fun and profit, until one day he nicks a victim's helmet to discover IT WAS HIS OWN FATHER! At which point he simply can't deal, and goes, "Oh no, SOMEONE has killed my father! I must dedicate my life to hunting them down and seeking vengeance!" So really, he's the perfect vessel for Souledge to wield.
Dream Blade from "Shining in the Darkness". Strongest and hardest to get weapon in the game, but you can't use it, because your character falls asleep at the start of every battle.
@@Geheimnis-c2e Yeah, but Dark Sabre is at least usable and it's able to cast desoul. Dream Blade on the other hand, renders the character totally useless. Even if you wake him up via a spell, he falls asleep as soon as it's his turn again... Of all Shining games, SitD has the most fkt up cursed items... Dream Blade is just the tip of the iceberg. Demon Staff and Forbidden Box are fun too.
If a weapon having a voice is all it takes to not make it worth it, you forgot two: From Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn: Lilarcor. Not only does it talk, it is an absolute moron who is constantly yammering at you to "Swing harder swing harder swing harder!" during combat and begging you to please go kill something -- ANYTHING! -- when you are not. From Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark: Enserric the Longsword. Who spits out a one-liner every single time you attack a certain type of enemy. Which, in a game that takes place in the Underdark, means you are going to hear him shouting "I love the taste of elf blood! Oh yes!" once every three seconds.
But i liked the bane, it was fun to use and i always kept it. Right next to the sniper rifle handsome jack gives you that constantly belittles every action you do.