I kept on hearing about the feels when you finish this game. I didn't believe it until I did. Been roaming around my house for hours not knowing what to do 😭
@@ridleyrickmanreduz2196 no the Black knights are the ones that fought alongside gwyn in the war against the dragons so well that just makes it more personal
I was so pissed off that they removed the armor sound from every other souls and souls like game just because fans were bitching about it. Loved listening to my armor when moving along.
@@arrowheadwaterbottle6815 They removed it from dark souls 2 and dark souls 3. I wish they added the armor sound in elden ring aswell but no, fans moan that the armor plate sound was annoying in dark souls 1.
@@Arkadi_peredozov I was talking about the only games being as good as this being bloodbourne which aged horribly because we good sekiro and elden ring
What I want to know is why Gwyn sacrificed himself to keep the First Flame going. He created it in the first place to preserve his era, didn't he? If some regular undead human was enough to stoke it, why didn't he just use a human sacrifice in the first place?
iirc the flame appeared by itself, and Gwyn found his lord soul inside it. The witch of Izalith did try to create another flame, but she failed and created demons instead. As for why Gwyn sacrificed himself, the flame needs a lord's soul -- the chosen undead himself has to collect all the great souls to become a lord and open the path to the Kiln. I guess there's some symbolism to all this, about becoming a king and sacrificing your own life to link the world to the divine, or at least that's what I got from it.
And for one it's not anyone who can do it. Only champions have the fuel to light the flame. In dark souls 3 the ashen one is someone who was too weak to light the flame and became ash
You can go watch Vaati. He have a lot of lore videos explain about Souls series. Aslo Gwyn did it for the sake of his era, blind everyone like he was a hero that dare to sacrife himself for the fire to last, encourace other do like him, but that aslo the reason the world become twisted since the fire should not been able to burn continued like that. Because for the fire to burn, it need fuel, in this case is the powerful souls of everyone. That why you have to go and kill so many powerful boss in Dark Souls, because only the strong can keep the flame last longer. Keep doing that and one day the world will run out of fuel to feed, everything left is only the twisted and weakling. Such is the cause for Gwyn want his era of light to continue.
This boss battle is so aesthetically beautiful. The desolate emptiness of the kiln, Gwyn's flaming sword shining in the darkness, the slow and almost elegant balance of the duel and the absolutely gorgeous music. Gwyn seems like a fairly easy boss now compared to what came later but I feel like a lot of the emotional impact of this fight would have been lost if it was just an insane dodge and spam attack fest like some of the final bosses in the later FROM titles. There's a dark majesty and tragic reverence to this battle that ultimately leaves a much greater impression on the player.
i agree but funny enough the way i fight him is exactly how you described the other fromsoft final bosses, i don’t bother with partying gwyn (mainly cuz i suck at parrying) and just 2 hand and dodge. he’s actually really fun and a decent challenge that way
@@matthewrodriguez257 I usually fight Gwyn the same way because I suck at parrying too lol. I just really like the slower pace of the fight. Some of the later boss battles in FROM games I can barely remember at all (like Gael and Malenia) because I was so hyper focused on playing perfectly and dodging every single attack. The finer details get lost in the insanity of the challenge. But the Gwyn fight always holds a fond place in my memory.
@@Turkenberglol, Yeah Radagon was awesomely designed. Probably one of the only late game bosses that isn't frustrating to fight as a melee build. EB on the other hand is just a running simulator.
