Bizarre Discoveries Found in Dark Souls 2 - Boundary Break 

I would love to see a part two focusing on the DLC, that would be neat.

2:41 Not gonna lie, you had us in the first half.

The area zoom outs are one of the best parts of the show, please continue doing them!

05:30 The player character looking disappointed in himself in the default ending actually kinda fits with the Aldia lore: DS2's ending does not show you whether you chose to link the fire again or usher in an age of dark, it just means that the cycle of fire and dark continues. Aldia tried to break the cycle, and the alternate ending implies that you follow in his path.

The Lord Vessel is actually right there, it always was in game. Just shattered. You can see it at around 4:00.

I like how you usually do zoomouts as pace-breaking gaps between sections, but when theres a specific reason to set them aside like here, a seperate section can do well. I liked this one.

5:40 I know *someone* has shown off the defeated pose your character sits in, but I've never been able to find it again, so I'm glad you showed it off

I love DS2, it's my favourite of the 3. Thank you for making this with so much love and care. Also the zoom outs are amazing, please keep doing them!

6:39 IIRC that's the shield of that boss that can summon red phantoms during their fight.

Those cut areas are really neat. Really makes it feel like the world is bigger than what you see. That blocked-off tunnel with perfectly intact exit hole in particular makes it feel like a real world with a full history, and not just the plot or lore relevant bits. Like there really was just a tunnel there, and the entrance really did just collapse, and that's all there is to it. Even if it was just a scrapped idea that the devs just didn't bother erasing entirely, it still feels organic.

With how many changes that get made in NG+ in DS2 that sadly the other games in the series never tried again, I was wondering how Freja just pops up from under the cliffside before properly fighting her or the 2 red phantoms that jailbreak during the lost sinner's fight if they are always there even before entering the arena

Dark Souls II was my favorite, before Elden Ring, so I'm happy to see a Boundary Break episode on it. Even though it's the black sheep of the series, you can tell a decent amount of care was put into it and the models and stuff.

Small correction: Those mirrors are actually located in Aldia’s Keep, and not Drangleic Castle, although there are mirrors in the castle that do not spawn enemies

omg finally DS2 boundary break, I've been wanting this forever. thank you

I love the map zoom-outs, it makes me really feel like im in a developer's point of view

The whole video I was hoping there was gonna be a zoom out section. I love getting to see parts of the level architecture that you normally can't, like at Heide's Tower

I love this channel. I also really enjoy the zoomouts and I hope you continue to do them. I'm such a fan of learning how games are made, and these videos satisfy that perfectly. Thank you for making all of these.

Long-time viewer here, gotta say that the zoomouts are my favorite part of this series. Thanks for getting arouns to one of my favorite games!

Can you look at the building in Brightstone Cove Tseldora that can't be reached, and also the upper ground in the Forest of Fallen Giant's Soldier's Rest area that looks like the blocked off cave tunnel would have led to it? It's right next to the building with 3 Turtle Knights on the roof. That place is driving me crazy, I feel like I could bait one of the Turtle Knights into smacking me up onto the ridge but it's just too difficult to bait out that attack Edit: Oh wow you actually covered it in this video! Nice job, I didn't expect that! Rock on!

5:42 It reminds me of Connan sitting on his throne, completely bored. 😅 And i love the zoom outs a lot. 😃

Oh wow, those zoom outs are great! Really cool stuff!

Thank you Shesez for continually providing such great content! I'm always ecstatic to watch a new Boundary Break :3

You died because you weren't invulnerable to their status effect. It's been some years, but I'm pretty sure those rats Petrify you, and getting petrified is instant death

Been waiting for this video for years!

I like the environment zoom out, the character eyeballs, the underground pre-spawn poses, and especially the birds! I've never played Dark Souls 2, and I still love all these little details! Another great ep!

i love the zoomouts! i'd love for you to spend more time on them when there's a need. I wouldn't be mad about there being the same number, but it sometimes feels bad when its just a zoomout with no explanation and meanwhile im trying to look at all the cool stuff but there's only two seconds. great video

The Lord Vessel in Majula is probably cut content. You can clearly see the shattered pieces in the floor of the mansion basement so, likely at some point during development they intended for you to repair it.

For The Iron Keep being "above" Earthen Peak, The best interpretation that I read is that in Dark Souls II, a major theme is the warping of time, space, and our character's memories as we slowly hollow. And it's not just these two areas. If you compare the landmarks of ANY open area, the geographical space doesn't make sense. Like, for example, Heide's Tower is WAAAAY farther from Majula than it seems just from the walk alone. The Forest of Fallen Giant's, Dranleic Castle, Lost Bastille. How far these areas are do not line up with how quickly we walk there on foot. And one of the ways this is, is that our character doesn't remember the entire journey. They just walk, going in what they think is the right direction, but losing parts of the journey along the way. Including traveling from the top of Earthen Peak on a mountain to the bottom of Iron Keep beneath a volcano. So for Earthen Peak, the implication is that our character actually does travel "correctly", but we just don't remember it. And that's honestly horrifying.

Great video. I've waited for this for so long. I only wish the video was longer.

Dooooooodd I was so stoked when I saw a DS2 boundary break! Thanks! 👍

I do enjoy the zoom out, alot of areas seem maze like at times and some paths make me confused as to how they can connect and seeing the zoom out makes it easier to understand

Commenting on each of your videos to help you fight the algorithm! Stay strong bud, love your content!

The candle under the table is a cool detail since its probably there to warm up the air below the tablecloth and keep the grannies' legs warm.

First of all, love the zoom outs, they're so important to showcase differences between how devs do things between different areas, or even different games! And that's what boundary break is all about, if you ask me. Second, hell yeah Rat King covenant is the best! Had a lot of great times working with that covenant, especially when the game first released. Dark Souls 2 holds a special place in my heart and I would definitely be excited to see a sequel video on the DLC! I'll throw your playlist on repeat for the day to show my appreciation.

Zoom outs of environments is one of my favorite parts; I love getting an overhead view and being able to see it like a 3D map. Please continue that, I think it's awesome! Awesome video!!

OMG I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR YEARS!!!!! Thank you!!!!

I genuinely can't remember how long I've been watching this series. I just enjoy it so much, and I love how I can connect with a friend now from it because we're doing a co-op run of this game and it's my first time ever playing it, while they know it like the back of their hand. It's nice to have another thing to connect with.

As someone who hasn't played a lot of these games, I really appreciate being able to get some background for most things. Even if it's a "common" thing. Additionally, I love the zoom outs, and as a segment it's cool. Honestly, the more tidbits and interesting quirks of a game you squeeze in, the happier I am. I love watching your vids, front to back! As usual, thanks for the great content, Shesez!

I think mirrors at 6:40, are using Looking Glass Knight's shield model, so that's why they all have handles.

Zoom outs are great, if anything I'd like more of them. As an aspiring indie game maker the zoom outs and your channel is an invaluable resource for game makers.

I like the area shots you were giving. They were neat to look at.

I don't know if this video even popped up for me on release. But this was fantastic and would love to see a part 2. Time to go rewatch the other Souls ones for now

A big reason I watch is for the zoom outs. Really enjoy getting a bird’s eye view of my favorite locations to get a sense of scale and just a better understanding of the layout.

I think the zoom outs are really cool, it's a totally unique perspective on a familiar environment

I love your videos man, literally going to keep that playlist playing in the background on mute. Never stop please, your content is addicting as hell. Thanks man

Love the zoomouts. Obviously potentially ground-breaking footage like what happens inside the Throne of Want is incredible. But with games like Dark Souls, they rely heavily on atmosphere. Taking a look at the environments that set the atmosphere is really great content, so looking forward to seeing more.

Please please do a second part! There's a bunch of tidbits people mentioned in the comments to check out and zoomouts of the DLC would be fantastic!

Loved the video loved the zoom outs

I very much love the environment shots!

all of your segments are interesting

imho the zoom outs are always the best parts, i love being able to see the whole area in unintended ways

I always love you going through the enviorments in big zoom outs.

Always love the zoom outs!

5:50 based on that position, that pathway outline looks like "floor data" for the area below. if you were able to look again, it should line up with the entrance to The Gutter, as the Grave of Saints area drops you from above the rope bridge in the area. the floor just below that has this general shape. its possible it is an unused version of that data and you just didnt show it or had time to show it. like traveling down there with the camera zoomed out.

5:21 There's a guy I follow who got a good angle of this Bearer of the curse pose in the final scene of the game, the channel was SanaDSK, now known as Omegafantasy, it must have been about 8 years since he first revealed this scene time, the name of the video was ''The Unused Cutscenes of Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 2 & 3 (Never-Before-Seen)''

I've always loved the zoomouts and BIRDS sections because they kinda scratch those primitive itches of wanting to go beyond where you're allowed to go. Not only that, but noting the art and design probably helps a lot of other people actually realize how much care goes into the craft of making these maps. It was also good to call out your focus on Discord since Twitter definitely is getting rougher day by day. I've been in there for years without saying a word, but hovering around and checking what fellow fans want to see is gonna be pretty nice.

Aww I was hoping he'd check what was up the broken stairs on top of the Covetous Demon room.

you should consider doing King's Field 4. the entire game has essentially no loading screens, if you manage to stream in all the areas at once, a zoom out of the entire game would be really cool

Love the zoom outs! Ways to add in after the exploration. You’re already out of bounds, why not appreciate it or a second

dark souls 2 is one of my favorite games of all time so im really happy to finally see this getting covered

I recently finished DS2 and I didn't notice some of these things. thanks

Never played any of the souls games but I love them being boundary-broken anyways!! Thanks!

Love the zoom outs, please keep them

Outlast 1 or 2 would be so cool to Boundary Break! Thank you for the Awesome Content!

Boundary break: the show about digital upskirt shots.

I had so much fun with this game back on the PS3 era. It has the best pvp in the series. Please explore the DLC´s too!

environment zoomouts are great. all new angles to see a map from are worth seeing IMO.

I'm for or against zoomouts, they still keep me interested. What I look forward to the most is the removed or changed content. The hidden pathways and caves you showed off are awesome, I like to think of the game it may have been if they were added, how different things might be.

Sort of related, but as I played Lies of P I kept saying to myself "I wish Boundary Break would do an episode on this" lots of windows, crevices and enemy models I wanted to clip into as I ran through Krat

Your videos have inspired me to do my own boundary breaking! Its really fun! RDR2, Kingdom Hearts 3, RE4 Remake, just to name a few. Its just an added fun thing as I play the game. And of course I love the zoom outs. :P

-The zoom outs can be very interesting, especially for games like Dark Souls because of all the detail the devs put into the worldbuilding. In interesting (highly stylized) areas, they often have things I would never have noticed because most of the times in gameplay (especially in difficult gameplay) I just play the game and enjoy the atmosphere I get, I'm not looking around like "Is there a giant eldritch eye peering into this chimney? No? Okay", but with zoomouts you find the eye, like here 13:19. -Also, I think "zoomouts" is just half of this video series, definitionally. -I think a lot of this video series is about appreciating graphic design, and here is an example for me 16:15, I didn't know that area had fully modeled surroundings, that's so cool. One of the coolest graphical techniques for me is those flat textures that have depth, they're literally just normal textures but they use computer magic to add depth to individual pixels of the texture. And for me, they look a little glitchy often, but they fix computer graphics so much. I feel like the biggest flaw for graphics is texture, touch texture, that a towel doesn't have individual fibers, that a tree doesn't have little vertical depressions. The technique adds so much needed detail, and, honestly, it's just models but in texture form. It's the models that are cool. That's why the environments outside the play area can be so interesting to me and I'm sure a lot of people. -On some level, every player appreciates new areas, that's why people buy DLC even if it just adds another map, F-Zero 99 is the most recent example, a lot of the playerbase wanted more maps, even though they look quite similar, even though they're more or less the same thing. And Dark souls is the perfect example, because most players in the community appreciate how you can see other areas in the distance, it gives a sense of worldbuilding and exploration, and the zoomouts are no exception. -Last point, I think some people said they're a bit boring, probably people that don't care about graphics or that need as much screen information per second as possible. Honestly, if they're boring, just leave them as the final segment of the video, then people with short attention spans can click out of the video without missing anything else. A common comment I have on media is, if it's supposed to be good, it might as well be the best version it can be. If the zoomouts are interesting, not including them would just be a waste, a lost opportunity for humanity. Think of what would've happened if Kojima had rushed his games and left them incomplete just to get more money, what a tragedy that would've been, the industry would've been so much worse (and it's already garbage for the most part), his team was the perfect example and appeared very early. People always act better with a good example to guide them, they just end up healthier and happier.

I always liked your zoom outs for areas.

So this could just be a coincidence, but I think the geometry that is present during the Royal Ray Vanguard area is probably just the water area below. It matches up basically perfectly to that. You also get to this area from a drop down right after this fight so it would make sense there potentially some of it loaded beforehand. You can see the pathway that leads to the chest and then cuts off, and then the pathway that leads to the gutter in the other direction.

Favorite episode yet! I love DS2 because it feels so different than the others. Probably my least favorite to play but still an amazing world. Love the area zoomouts!

I love these out of bounds excursions! I have been playing Neverwinter from Cryptic Studios for a while and try to get outside most zones to have a look around. I wonder if you have made any videos of this game?

Nice, wish ds2 got a remake

I think putting all the area zoom outs in one section is a great idea

5:52 - That strongly resembles the area you drop into under the broken bridge in the Grave of Saints. The central part is where you land, and the two paths are the tunnels either side.

As someone who hasn't played any Dark Souls game and isn't interested in, I must thank you for making me watch a 17 min video about it lol. Your content always gets me invested in stuff I wouldn't be normally 😁

I LOOOOOOVE the environment zoom outs!

the zoomouts are good, it's good to get a full view of an area

I literally just finished this game and you drop this now??? I must be the chosen undead

"best covenant in the series" THE SUN ENTERS THE CHAT

Thanks for covering this. I do love DS2. I'm a huge sucker for any fromsoft secrets/details. 😂

DS2 is such a fun little experiment that FromSoft went on. So many little oddball details and gimmicks present in the game.

1:55 THAT YUMMY SNOT

I'm a fan of the zooming out- one of the out of bounds things I like the most is seeing the environment as a whole

FINALLY I can put my mind at ease knowing how Earthen Peak turns into the Iron Keep! This part of the otherwise massive game including the DLCs bugged me for years! Thank you Shesez, please make a Part 2 covering the DLCs!

The zoom-outs might be my favorite part of these videos, honestly.

The Scorpioness, just sliding around! 🤣

waited on DS2 for years! Awesome!

Great stuff! One that you could of included: a full look/zoom out of the massive Lost Bastille, which also includes one of my favorite NPCs, Straid, and his text: "Feeble cursed One!" Dark Souls II is easily my most played Souls game by far, I've poured so much time into it, and it's the only Souls game I've max leveled a character.

Glad I was able to help! Been a huge fan for years and it's always an blast watching new uploads!

Want to note that in one of Fromsoft's older games, Shadow Tower Abyss, the "keeper" of the game also ends up having an eye that changes color as a plot device.

if your worried some people hate the zoom outs do it as an outro type thing that way it should satisfy everyone

4:53 it's pronounced NaSHandra not NaSandra. 6:31 that actually makes sense, since the Mirror Knight boss uses the same shield to summon enemies into the bossfight. Nice video nonetheless!

We missed you ❤

The area that us spawned in under the rat boss actually looks to be the area you drop down too with the bridge, water & exploding hollows before going farther down

Dark Souls 2 is my personal favorite of the series, so this vid was very interesting! If you ever so a part 2, the battle sequence in the Memory of Jeigh where that statue head gets knocked off would be cool to see at a distance to see where it comes from.

Where can I find the updated camera table?