hmm i seem to have misunderstood the comment i thought they were saying that the man at the end was him when in fact it was havel tho i have re watched it and i understand now thank you
Duck360Gaming2 I keep stumbling upon tight passages which look as if you were able to go through there, but you can't. Every single one of them has a bunch of "Give up, fatty" signs.
the endings to the souls series is truly amazing- you can watch them all, and you still won't be spoiled cause, much like the player, you'll have little to no idea what the hell is going on XD
+The PaNdA_FoR_HiR3 Or just having the most ridiculous looking stuff on that you used to beat a boss. I looked like a total pansy when I beat the Nameless King
In the linking fire ending, the first flame is only able to engulf its lord of cinder. Unlike in dark souls 1, it engulfed the entire Kiln. In Gwyn's case it even incinerated all his knights. However Dark souls 3 takes place after many, many champions have linked the fire. It seems after all this time, the first flame really is withering. Eventually it won't even be able to engulf a lord of cinder to which it'll just fade. This is what the linking fire ending showed, It is underwhelming and they could of done it better, but that's a solid theory as to what it signifies and it makes it atleast much more profound. The End of the fire ending is much better and seems more canonical.
I think the fact that it is underwhelming suited the DS III best. The underwhelming nature of the endure further highlights the fact that the First Flame IS dying.
0:00 - link the fire, but being an unkindled it's unclear if it works 0:50 - snuff the fire entirely setting all the cycles back to the very start. 3:20 - Kill the fire keeper and take the fire for yourself. Saving only you. 4:02 - marriage to Anri, transferring the dark sigils to you. Saving her from hollowing. 4:51 - Usurping the flame. Removing the Dark Sign//Symbol of Fire from humanity and lifting the curse altogether. (Possibly bearing the whole curse yourself)
1) The linking of the fire definitely works, but the flame is much much weaker after so many interations. This ending leads to the events in the DLC, where you travel foward in time and see the world covered in ash, as there is nothing else to offer to the flame. There is nothing left to do, but to escape to a new painted world, one created with the pigment of the dark soul of man. 2) This is the grand betrayal ending. The true end to the age of fire and start of the true dark age. It is also the true canonical ending to the series as a whole. Although the dark age begins, it is hinted that some day, a new age of fire will eventually begin, as a new flame will appear in the world. The balanced of the world is restored, and the first sin undone. 3) Out of greed, the ashen one, prevents the firekeeper from betraying the flame in the last second to keep the flame for himself. After all, ash seeketh embers. The flame doesn't go away, as there is still light in the world. This ending is very similar to the next one, with the distinction that you act on your own here and not in conjuction with the hollows of londor. 4) Usurping the flame means absorbing the flame, which keeps on existing inside the Lord of Hollows, so he can utilize its power. It is self preservation on its core and acting acording to the plans of Kaathe. This ending is the evolution of the Dark Lord ending in DS1. Kaathe seems to have realized that just letting the flame go away will not create a Dark Lord as someone else will eventually link the flame, so he comes up with this new plan instead.
Feels like letting the Flame die is the best ending. The age of Fire was supposed to end countless years ago. It was forced prolonged by Gywn and started the First Sin. That in turn ruined the world for countless generations. Its not like the world is over when the Fire goes out. Its just a new age, and just like any age it will eventually end and start anew. The Dark age will come and eventually the Fire age will reemerge. Correcting the natural balance of the series. I literally can't see a better ending than that. Lord of Hollows kinda takes that philosophy.. but you become such a dick about it. So just letting it die naturally feels right with me.
If we let the age of fire ends, a new unkindle will come and succeed us, delaying the dark age..its an unending cycle...indeed there are two choices...but only one is relevant...tis my meager lots in this life
@@solagm4236 Except there'd be no one to succeed the player. Wresting it from the bonfire results in the dark age. Usurping it results in some mixture of light/dark. Even if you chose to rekindle the flame, chances are there won't be another rekindling. They kind of made it clear that the age of fire is going to end no matter what you choose. Furthermore, even if you did choose to rekindle it - there'd be no one to succeed you. You the player ended all four Lords of Cinder. There's nothing left to rekindle it after that.
@@AdventurerOfOblivion one thing that stood out to me is how unceremonious things are if you decide to re-kindle, if you compare it to DS1 it's a night and day difference. So like you were saying whatever the player chooses, the dark age is next
@@misterio10gre For real. You light the first flame and it just stresses itself out to simply not go out. Just... quietly prolonging the age of light for what little comfort it'll bring, however brief it'll be. It changes nothing... but it brings closure to one's journey.
In the lord of hollows ending, you peacefully bring in the rightful age of darkness; and by becoming the lord of hollows you ensure that humans are never mistreated again.
@@samuelw01 kaathe didnt mislead oolacile or new londo imo, he just sort of told them the truth about the dark and expected them to use that knowledge in literally any way other than self destruction. that's just how kaathe is, he's more concerned with the fabric of the world than with anyone's well-being, and if someone doesn't use his very matter-of-fact wisdom for good then he sees it as a failure on their part with your character at the helm this time, it's a choice where it's really up to the player whether this is a good ending, a terrible one or something in between
Oh! I'll make a video about the endings! I'll just put the biggest and bulkiest armor for the cutscenes! That way, all my armor will clip through everything!
Ya know...I think my favorite moment in this entire game (admittedly I had a few) but the part where they start playing Lord Gwyn's theme fighting the Soul of Cinder...dude I had a hard time not tearing up. It was a beautiful bittersweet moment.
+Grégory Z. He´s literally the "meta knight", each mode consist of something the players abused in the past. Greatsword mode-greatsword/ultra greatsword users who stunlock you to death. curved greatsword with pyromancy-people that use heavy armor and curved swords, not giving you a chance to counter(havel armor with curved sword, for example).Also couple with power within(glass build) and poison mist, a pyromancy used many times in the past(Dark Souls 2) to easily win a fight. spear with miracle-The spin to win attack shared by the halberds coupled with wrath of the gods. Both spammed in previous game for a quick kill. (WOG in DS1 and spin to win in DS2). Sorcery: I don´t even need to detail this one. Gwyn mode:The cosplay fanbase.
For platinum trophy hunters: Make a backup savefile before you stab the boy/girl so you don't miss the original ending trophy, the 3rd ending has to happen because when you stab you will get a spell which is required for the trophy so you will need the 3rd ending as your default, second ending can be done no matter what but make a backup savefile again before you go in the final boss.
+IThe AuthorityI to be fair, the only ending that isn't immediately obvious what's happening is #3. #1 and #4 are just continuing the cycle, and #2 is returning the world to a pre-fire state.
IThe AuthorityI they revealed who the first born is. That's been bugging people for ages. But yeah, I see what you mean. Still a lot of unanswered questions.
I feel like that last ending was kinda how Gwyn started. The players character represents Gwyn taking control and getting the lord soul from the flame. The hollows who are bowing down represent Gwyns Knights.
+Sam Li well you killed her in the end, for me the lord of hollows ending seem to be a better choice, but from what I've seen it seems that the cycle of fire still continues
+Sam Li Forgot I like The lord of hollow ending (stabbing your bride) because you have a choice of not lighting the fire to rise the age of humanity or combining both fire and abyss.
+Obtenebrations well there is the other ending which is The End of Fire the one were you let the firekeeper take the flame and let the flame slowly die. Though she mentioned that after many many years small flames are dancing and such, from what I've understood from this is that humans can finally die again much like a flame slowly dying out. well i thought of this because somehow humans were created by light and dark(it came from light, created by dark?)
Yes, i really cant say which is the true ending unless they add something to the dlc if there will ever be one. but at the same time if the usurpation of fire ending is the true ending it would mean we are still immortal the fire didnt die out but is within us, yes there is no more god, no more fire, no more cycle, and yet if you look at at from a different angle the current God will be us the player. now for me the true ending would be the end of fire ending in which the flame really died out. this is dark souls i dont think it will ever have a perfect ending just like the other games most of the ending is bad and yet we look at the best ending that may actually satisfy us.
Notice how, in the Betrayal ending, the First Flame seems to burn just a little brighter as the Unkindled reaches for it. It’s like the Flame can’t bear to be touched by a being capable of such vile betrayal, and is exercising the last of its strength to try and keep you at bay. This primordial force that created the gods, that is the bedrock of reality itself, is *afraid* of you.
I like how the first two endings are really subdued since they are simply the continuation of the cycle and only by breaking the cycle do we get a more dramatic ending.
Ending #1 As Aldia said: "There's no path beyond the scope of light, beyond the reach of dark..." And so Vendrick said... "As flame rises, so does it fade. Such is the way of things." And so the dark will find its way one day, and when it do, for every age of light... only dark will remain. Ending #2 King Vendrick words can clarify; "Seeker of fire, you know not the depth of Dark within you. It grows deeper still, the more flame you covet." "The fire will fade, and the souls of old will reamerge. With Dark unshackled, a curse will be upon us. And men will take their true shape." "Fire came to be, and with it disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, light and dark." "Dark was seen as a curse. Shadow is not cast, but born of fire. And the brighter the flame, the deeper the shadow." "One day fire will fade, and dark will become a curse. Men will be free from death, left to wander eternally." "Dark will again be ours, and in our true shape, we can bury the false legends of yore. Only... is this our only choice?" Is not that the world is falling in the dark, is you. With the cycle of nature broken, with the champions of fire forcing the light age, dark will force its era. With the dark finally unshackled the man will take his true shape, left to wander eternally, just like in the beginnng (the first game cinematic pygmy-like creatures)
@@unrdnungmk6902 its scary because she's basically asking if you, the ashen one becoming hollow or not, since your purpose is linking the fire but you actually forfeit your purpose, no fire=no life you are bound by the fire, thus letting the dark age will make you hollow and cue her question asking your sanity. In betrayal ending, you actually killed the firekeeper, you act as though you are mindless beast who remembers no one and losing all purpose, and that is why you attracted by the fire and kill firekeeper who in your mindless brain thinks that she would extinguish the fire, the light in your darkness. and the female narrator basically said you're worthless ash unbecoming of a cinder but still seeks ember, so yeah. i think that's it, im not really into wumbo jumbo dark souls lore like vaati, i could be wrong
@@cinnabar_ umm i think that when she asks you if you hear her voice she actually asks you if you are still with her, beside her or if you have lost all hope because the age of fire ended
+screeem What did you expect? Literally the entire Dark Souls series has been about a magical fire and the darkness it keeps at bay. No shit the ending is going to involve the First Flame.
***** Fair enough, but the themes of the game are about things repeating and concepts of death and rebirth, naturally everything is going to cycle back to the First Flame and what people do with it somehow.
The usurpation of flame was the BEST ending because it gives over to the rise of the age of man. The second best was starting a new age of darkness. Keeping the flames lit were equally bad endings. In my opinion.
@@NoName-hy6xj why would they? They started to lose it when fire started to fade, so if fire fades completely then their sanity also disappears completely.
@@ProstoShelMimo It is really complicated to say what trully would be the Age of Man. As stated by Vaatividya... What if undeads are the true humans? Inmortal and all... Yet again, the lies of the gods to keep humanity obedient have been rooted in this world for so long that we don't know how another age would trully be like
All the endings mean different things if you do the Lord of Hollows quest line you will get the wedding/Lord of Hollows ending. if you don't do any quest lines you'll get the first flame ending and then lastly if you give the fire keeper eyes to the fire keeper you'll get the betrayal ending. You can pretty much understand all the endings by what you see. hope that helps.
Watta Mugen Bandai Namco has got to be one of the best game publishers of all time because they actually listen to the consumers, literally the only thing i don't like about Dark Souls 3 is that your character is smaller than everything else
+ForbesyGames Too bad they can't code for shit. I love it whenever the game autosaves my frames drop and I'm occasionally kicked to the main menu for having such low frames.
I have some thoughts about the "linking the fire" ending. Does it really continue the cycle? Because it seems to me as small hint that the flame has weakened significantly after so many times that it had been linked. OR that souls themselves have weakened after so many millenia of being claimed by certain undead and then eventually finding their way back into the world. You dont get the flashy ending of dark souls 1, where you burn like the sun. The unkindled sits down casually, slowly burning up. Can the continuation of the age of fire that the unkindled brings really last that long? Or have the ancient souls that he acquired simply cannot burn any longer? For me, every ending of dark souls 3 is a hint that the age of fire simply cannot continue anymore. Sure, after some time, tiny flames may arise once again, but thats really the only good way to bring back the days of the first age of fire, the one ruled by gwyn and the other lords.
Let the flame fade away, and when the time is right, it will start burning like the flame that gave rise to the ancient lords and ended the reign of the everlasting dragons.
+Ates Goksu my theory on this is that there is nothing really to burn. All the lord souls are still in the chosen undead from DkS2, which probably sits there enjoying how the cycle ends on his behalf. The lords of cinder presented ingame are humanity's attempts to sustain the fire with anything they could get (with Aldritch, they literally fed him sacrifices upon sacrifices, along with their souls, to then burn in the first flame), but really, they failed and the fire is finally fading. You linking the fire did nit help a bit, as you simply do not have the souls needed to sustain it.
A big plot theme of all games, but specially the third, is that no matter how hard humans or gods try, they will never be able to completely stop it from fading away. It makes sense that the flame has grow weaker, and now I t can barely consume the Ashen One and won't last much.
Ik this comment is 4 years old but She straight up says that she sees scattered flames in the future, which reveals it clearly won't be dark for eternity. Rather that a new age has come and another is set on the horizon
the second ending seems more like she has stopped talking to the current ashen one and is talking to the one who will arise when the age of fire begins anew
I think it’s interesting that despite being called ‘the age of darkness’ and being made out to be some awful thing in the lore ending the fire is the best thing to do because it leads to an age of humans ruling themselves rather than powerful gods.
Smough after being rejected into being one of the legendary 4 knights of Gwyn he decide to be the main character of dark souls 3 and to make his own story
I finished the game linking the first flame, didn't understand why the questlines would always say for me to do so. After the really tiny weak flames, I felt so empty and fooled
Really confused about the third ending tho, but isnt the third ending just us going beyond the age of light and dark? was the whole reason why this all started was because gwyn and the old gods feared humanity, that it would rise to power, creating a world where gods were not needed? so they linked the flame to humanity to stop the uprise? and from what i can gather we are just moving on ending the cycle freeing us from the curse made by the old gods, making their biggest fear come true although they died before ever seeing it.
Did you try killing the firekeeper after you gave the eyes to her before reaching the ending? The firekeeper also mention betraying you so did you try kindling the last bonfire without summoning her?
She's not betraying you, she's betraying everyone else EXCEPT you. The firekeeper's sole purpose is to tend to the unkindeled. She stated that she would betray everyone else for you if you decided to go with the ending to let the flame die out.
Wow, I thought the other games had lots of influences of Berserk, which they do, but this game tops it. That Eclipse looks identical to the one in the mangas, and movies. I absolutely love this franchise and how From Software was inspired by Berserk and it's amazing dark story. From Software had to make a story just as dark ^_^
+Shaun Gill Probably one of the greatest Mangas/Animated movies ever made by Kentaro Miura. it's literally what From Software used as inspiration to make their game. After you read Berserk, you'll see the similarities between both and how much influence is in Dark Souls.
@@BMIASthe greatest piece of dark fantasy there is and has inspired almost every work of dark fantasy after the 90s , It's journey is like the journey of lord of the rings but instead of happy things, it's brutal and sad and the main character goes through more shit then anyone could bear and yet he still keeps moving forwards, still keeps trudging along , he is the struggler, the black swordsman, he is guts 🤙 The Greatsword in ds game and elden ring is his sword in the Manga, the dog demons in ds3 are his inner beast, and several costumes look like his different outfits through out the series and some locations In the Manga panels are locations in darksouls / elden ring its really cool I'd reccomend you watch the 90s anime before reading it It's 25 episodes long and will shock you like nothing has ever shocked you before 😅
Yeah cause Gywn caused the First Sin by not letting a true age of Dark happen but instead he defiled the course of nature and kept his Age of Fire going
I find it odd most people seem to consider assuming the flame for themselves and pledging yourself to the Dark Sigil and becoming the only lord the "True / Best Ending," it's so cynical compared to the two other endings (excluding the betrayal ending of course), Even the End of Fire ending is more hopeful / optimistic, considering that the Fire Keepers eyes allow her to see that flames will not cease to exist entirely in the future, inferring that there's a chance in a world of peace for the future. I definitely don't think there is, fore say, a "True / Right or Wrong Ending," but there most certainly are more optimistic and content endings vs sinister and tyrannical endings.
I spent hours and fought with two "dark souls" bosses just to get the eyes of a fire keeper and then gave the eyes to the fire keeper just to get the betrayal ending and in that excitement, I forgot that I had to summon her near the bonefire and I ended up linking the fire with the shitty baseless ending. Now I have to redo this all of this again just to get the ending I originally wanted to get.
When I finished this game first time with Londor ending, I thought I had the basic ending. Just now I am learning that Anri wedding thingy did affect the ending. (I didn't know I supposed to kill the disguised assassin 😢)
+The Man Who Sold The World yes. After giving ehr the eyes of the fire keeper, you have to summon her for the dark ending, you have a small window to hit her. any hit will trigger that. So yes.
I like the ending of fire, though my question is what comes after.The Dark Age begun, I hope the Ashen one bought a torch its too damn dark, and how are they going to escape that place without a bonfire lol. It would be cool to see both Ashen one and Fire Keeper walking with each other trough the darkness.
So what I’ve gleaned from my play through/a to those still lost is that long ago 4 entities born from the first flame came into existence. These great 4 eradicated the dragons (mostly) and took their place as gods. But as eons passed the first flame grew weaker and a solution was created. Every Eon or so a great warrior or lord would have to sacrifice their soul, humanity, and body to link the fire and continue the cycle. Eventually this stops because it’s super fucking painful and some of the warriors believe it’s pointless to continue a cycle that requires suffering. So basically every dead warrior that has linked the flame is awakened from death to put who ever flakes out on a eternity of suffering. Depending on the endings you choose you either continue the cycle, steal the flame or “embers” for yourself, end the cycle and usher in an age of darkness, and or become a dark lord by killing the fire. Personally the cycle of eternal suffering to continue the survival of all powerful deities isn’t worth it so I’d choose to become a dark lord/deity thing to reshape the world. Also the age of darkness isn’t necessarily a bad thing it’s the state of limbo which the world falls into between linking the fire and not that creates the curse of the undead, reality bending eldritch horrors, and collapse of human civilization. You as the player enter the picture at the beginning and the end of this limbo to choose what fate. You can return humanity to a state of semi normality at the cost of eternal suffering for a short time with the sun or completely reshape reality in the age of darkness. Either way my interpretation is that irregardless of your actions the age of fire ends and will begin a new eons later.
+Steven Chabot still gotta feel bad for the ones who wanted to die. Now they'll live forever or until the flames are relit. They'll wander the darkness once again, never truly understanding who they were or what they could be. All of their being stripped away because you let the flames die out.
