DORK SOULS 3 (Dark Souls 3 Cartoon Parody) 

Hey guys! The TRAILER for the DORK SOULS 3 Sequel is finally here, you can check it out at this link! Cheers. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Q41-1XSe8E.html

Ah yes the 16 hours character creation then the helmet goes right back on

Animators get nothing on youtube these days, and still you make a 25 min long video. Job well done

"He's gonna totally bail at Abyss Watchers" DAMN I DID IT EVENTUALLY. DAMN.

As someone who started with dark souls 3 I can confirm this is an accurate playthrough of what happened

Holy shit a 25 minute animation? As a retired animator, you're a fucking madman and god among men.

The Holy Trinity: > Dark Souls: In Summary > Happy Souls > Dork Souls 3

I just realized: him leveling luck saved him on multiple occasions. Siegward was luckily there to make soup with the dragon slayer armor, Ocelot showed up out of nowhere, and his ploy worked on the red eyed liturgical knights. Most of his victories were luck that never would have come about without it

The crying next to Greirat gets me laughing every time. This is a masterpiece.

Can’t believe there are people who act over excited in front of a camera while playing games, get paid more than people who make huge animations

"As long as I open stuff, I'm invincible!" Dark Souls II : *NO*

Can’t wait to see one like this for Elden Ring!

Me, killing Soul of Cinder: A H Y E S T H E P U D D I N G I S M I N E

as someone who's played this game a few times... this was amazing dude can't even imagine how much work went into this

"The lords of Cinder are being a bunch of little sissies and they won't sit on their thrones"

I swear the character creation screen is so relatable. One minute your just messing with the hair the next is your pissed because the face doesn't fit the hair you like😂

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I just discovered your channel, maybe a few weeks ago. Things aren't too awesome in my life right now, but your toons gave me a laugh, that I really needed. I appreciate your hard work. Thank you.

Welcome, Unkindled one. Here's your Kindle. Shit, I lost.

"He's totally gonna bail at Abyss Watchers" I FEEL ATTACKED. I BEAT THEM EVENTUALLY OKAY

Man, I have watched this a dozen times, how am I still noticing new things, and laughing at the jokes? I wish you made an entire animated tv show… I would so be in for that.

This was absolutely amazing, reminded me of every part of the game

Okay, but real talk: I wish I had friends who got me things for my birthday..

Not bad for a character that never upgraded their equipment or leveled up.

I know, I’m late, but this series is the most accurate representation of this game. Great job Shez! :)

My first souls game was dark souls three. I had my friend help me through the game. And when I mean help he did everything for me. I was too terrified to even try and kill the mobs. My friend did a lot of good things to help me out but a big negative he taught me was to hate invaders. Of course at that time I couldn’t defend myself so I was really on board on the hate train. Eventually after a year my friends stop playing any kind of souls game. So I replay dark souls three by myself and then moved over to the original dark souls, which I had difficulty because the game flowed less. But the story was amazing. I started PVP in the original dark souls. I was horrible at it but I still enjoyed it. Then I tried out dark souls two and man I have a love-hate relationship with that game. I even tried PVP but I constantly got hacked. So I never really touched the game after that. Over my years of playing I’ll found a lot of enjoyment helping other people in the form of a spirit. which then later turned into cosplay. Ever since Eldon ring came out I’ve devoted my life to this game. can’t say the PVP was really good when the game came out but it’s much more bearable now. Anyway I rambled for too long. I enjoyed the blast from the past. Every time I rewatch it there’s something else I didn’t see before. I quite enjoy that. Anyway going to move To the DLC video you made.

That is indeed how being a Darksouls fan works. "Oh god when will the pain end" "Sweet the're releasing a sequel!"

Let’s be honest we all have a love hate relationship with this series. Edit: Glad to see so many agree with me.

I come back to this video at least one a month, and the “Here’s your kindle” line gets me every single time

Dude the addiction afterwards is so real. I just picked up the souls series last year it consumed me. So much fun.

If he wanted more doors he should pay a visit to" Lord of the rings:Shadow of MORE-DOOR"

this is the most positive comment section I've ever seen

5:32 Andre really hit him with that lightskin stare

This video is a masterpiece! So much effort and detail! GREAT JOB! I watched it while doing my first playthrough and I waited to watch before I did the bosses, then I watched the scene you made with the boss! Great video keep it up!

I like the added touch where characters doesn't move there mouths with the exception of the blacksmith who actually does for some reason.

“Welcome home Ashen One, I’m a fire keeper. Before taking this job I was a character from Dead or Alive.” I’m dying 😂

This video is incredible, I laughed a lot and felt very identified (it was also my first souls) and I really enjoyed all the little details 10/10

i lovee it when oinon knight says with extra oinons my friend hahaha

Whoever did the old lady voice, congrats. You totally had me fooled into thinking it was the actual game intro voice-over. ...Until the second line, that is.

1:17 when people ask matthew if he really made an 25 minute animation

Dude this is so accurate! I watched the whole 25 mins, its a masterpiece!

Fourth time watching this and I’m still finding new jokes and references! You put sooo much work into this! (Also, as a Souls moon most jokes went over my head, but since Elden Ring the ‘weapon scaling’ jokes physically hurt!)

Silver Knight: "You know I'm not dead right?" That brings back memories.. it's also accurate lmao.

Bruh his weapons screaming with him was the single best thing

Every year I come back to this masterpiece and it never disappoints. Can't wait for the Elden Ring Parody!

Not only hilarious but your attention to detail is amazing

This is every players first experience when playing any DARK SOULS game, also this mad man went the whole game with the same loot

Stand Master: Soul of Cinder Stand Name: [Through the Fire and Flames] Stand Ability: Absolutely wrecking your health bar

2:29 - An actual Conan DS3 slider would be hilarious 🤣 If someone did Darth Vader I’m sure Conan is easier haha

The Ghru poisonwalker during the AW reattempts made my night. Edit: the bit at the end? So damned accurate.

Before I saw this video, I didn't know opening doors made you invincible

“Trust me, he’s gonna bail out on the Abyss Watchers, if not sooner. 100%, we are wasting our money.”

Shez, these videos always make my day. The little references and your knockout sense of humor always cheer me up. When I’m feeling down and remember that Matthew Shezmen animated parodies of my favorite videogames (FromSoftware titles in particular), all my millennial problems seem to vanish like Torrent in “Elden Ring” when I accidentally get him killed. Thanks for taking the time and effort to create such heartfelt content. You have a gift.

i love all of the background details you notice on second or third viewings, like the okudama when he first meets anri and horace, the faces on things like gundyr’s left pauldron and the fire keeper’s eye mask thing

the easter eggs! my god the easter eggs. incredible work! i'm still laughing at the konami grave, you sir may just be the best animator i've seen on youtube not only is this insanely animated but it was funny as hell.

So I ended up getting dark souls 3 for the sole purpose of watching this and understanding it...... WORTH IT!!!!!

Brilliantly and cleverly compiled - had me in stitches ( of laughter as opposed to the stitches acquired in the course of the game! ) Bravo.

The whole exchange at the end is frame for frame how it went down between me and my first RA at college. Only difference being I started on DS1.

omg the lord of cinder was manifesting gwynn as a stand

What's up guys, Shez here. I hope you will have a good time watching my video. These last 5 months were not always a fun ride for me: just two days ago, my grandma has passed away after getting sick last November. Seeing her in that situation getting worse as time went on, while I was working on average 11 hours a day to get this done, was a tough one. I just hope this animation will bring you some joy, thank you for watching. Love you guys.

This has inspired me to play DS again. Many thanks Shez!

The passion that you put into this animation reminds me of my first dark souls three play through it’s my favorite of the soul series and you did a great job of parodying it 👍

Me at 3AM My brain : hey you're asleep ? Me : I'm trying to My brain : just one question Me : no , you always give me paradoxicals questions so I can't sleep , I'm not falling for it this time My brain : ok ok good night Also my brain 10 sec later : how the firekeeper react to your gestures if she doesn't have eyes in the first place Me : 😶

The abyss watchers “you’re lucky we spared you the second phase” XD LMAOOOO I beat that yesterday and let me tell you he is very lucky haha

I forever am thankful if this video getting me into the dark souls games

I always coming back and watching this masterpiece.

HAHAHA the screaming sword and shield made me lose it XD

How leveling up is: *kneel and give a shitload of hard-to-farm souls* How everyone wants leveling uo to be: 13:46

love this video so much! I watched it many times over the last few years

Absolutely love the dancing Soul of Cinders moment plus the Nameless king at the end

yhorm and his comically large spoon

After 3 Years... 19:30 Is the Invisible Baby from Jojo

23:27 I love the references you put in, the Miasma from fear and hunger. The stormlight archive tattoo in the dungeons of irithyll. You make hilarious videos, and I am only starting to notice these references years after the video has come out! Thank you for your awesome videos!

Been a fan for a long while, and a few other influences have pushed me into finally completing Bloodborne and it's trophies yes..all of the them and it's DLC... I now toss my hat into the Ring like you did wish me luck and Merry Christmas my fellow Ashen One!

That fucking AWESOME dark souls animation !!!! Good job duuude!

Spot-on. Best DS3 parody. You essentially captured the essence of the game. Good job man. 10/10

This has to be the BEST animation i've ever seen, allí was perfect: the jokes, the music, the animation Perfectly done!!!

6:14 Hahahaha... oh man... that's golden.

Here's a summary of all the Easter eggs I found in this video. Tell me if I missed any. Thanks for all the responses guys. I read through all the replies over the years and have spent a good 4-5 hours on this. The level of easter eggs and detail is just shocking. I think this is pretty much all of it though. Thanks to people in general for making this such a great community! 0:05 a GameCube 0:06 a bottle of Nuka cola (fallout series) and a pun on the drink Sprite with Ryu from street fighter on the front. 0:10 if you didn't figure this out game'sCock is GameStop. 0:30 Vogue one a pun based off Star Wars: rogue one just changing it based on the line of Beauty products vogue. A plant monster that appeared in lots of Mario games (Called Piranha Plant). Last of all a sort of robot arm that I couldn't really recognise but I think it might be the synthetic arm that big boss uses in MGSV TPP 0:40 the cake of lies from Portal 3:12 the message is "treasure ahead" written in elvish which is probably a LOTR reference 0:50 a portrait of Dio from JoJos bizarre adventure part 3 using the purple hermit ability 0:59 both of those helmets were used heavily in the marketing campaigns in both games and were on the covers too 1:34 I think the pudding of the lords is a joke based on Aldrich being sludge in the opening cutscene 2:00 you can see that one meme Pepe looking sad proably referencing the uselessness and disappointment of the stat as a whole. 2:29 Conan O'Brien much 3:00 roughly multiple things that I could explain but I'll only explain the less obvious ones that I get konami, in the top right the Wii U, mighty no.9 and a part of Michael jacksons thriller was playing. (Edit) you can see a skeleton that bears a striking resemblance to Geralt (except that he's a skeleton of course) in the background (Edit 2) There's a headstone for Simon Belmont the protagonist of Castlevania (This likely references the death of the series) 3:50 a mega man hat (pretty obvious) 3:53 primordial serpents instead of snakes on the ambulance (one of my personal favourites) 4:00 The emerald herald (excuse my memory if that's incorrect and mentos for whatever reason (they probably have something to do with the food them of this video. 4:13 I don't know why but that face on his shoulder reminds me of those weird cat people from undertale 4:17 the fathers mask aka the mask of MLG 5:00 the merchant from resident evil 4+Illuminati! 5:05 a PlayStation VR for whatever reason 5:26 I love this shot. We've got the helmet from the main armour in demon souls at the left we have the buster sword FF7 and last of all the master sword from the legend of self-explaining series 5:57 the hollow looks like Nemesis from RE3 6:00 here we have a messenger from bloodborne in the bowl 6:02 WACKY WAVING INFLATABLE ARM FLAILING TUBE MAN! 6:04 Danger Zone from Top Gun starts playing (or something that sounds very similar) 6:15 that armour next to him feels familiar but I can't quite put my finger on it (WAIT A GOSHDARN MINUTE! That's the armour from Dragons lair (obscure AF) 6:23 The pudding of the lords! ( I just wanted to include it) 7:05 I presume a lot of people here will know Might No. 9 7:20 that stone at the bottom right is a tonsil stone from bloodborne 8:04 you can see a bus sign that says hemwick in the bottom right corner and of course hemwick is an area in bloodborne 8:20 this entire song feels very similar to take on me but I don't know 8:56 that sign or whatever on anri's armour is probably an Easter egg but I don't know it. 9:08 I'm loving this one I missed it at first it's a forest spirit from princess Mononoke 9:15 cmon if you're watching this video you've got to know what praising is if not check it out its too grossly incandescent to describe in a few sentences. 10:00 the second colossus from shadow of the colossus ( I am loving these Easter eggs!) 10:17 the wooden grave post is shaped like the overwatch logo 10:22 the drug lord part is a reference to Walter White the MC of breaking bad 10:37 it's a reference to what some people call the dark souls wiki fextra life as a joke 10:56 Casio Piano 11:01 the wooden gravepost looks like the Quake logo 11:02 a dead goomba okkkkkkk 12:41 that skull spider though I've seen a lot of skull spiders in other stuff so you guys can decide (It's from Legend of Zelda(Skulltula)) 13:53 Firekeeper has small details similar to D.VA from OverWatch including makeup and earpieces (This likely pulls a connection of them both having waifu status) 14:00 almost definitely an Easter egg I just can't recognise that thing (Illuminati symbol) 14:17 yeah m8 exactly like Dungeons and Dragons exactly 14:20 Image of hell looks like hell from Doom 14:32 is that the mask of that bad guy from He man(edit: I think he's called skeletor) cause if it is then this is my new favourite video ever and don't forget Sans with the weird helmet (which is sabaku's no maiku helmet (an italian youtuber)) 14:52 a Zubat that was shot by an arrow 14:55 soulsbay is a pun on eBay and coolskeleton95 is the name that Papyrus from undertale uses on his social media profile(s). 15:00 there's Neto he's real Neato ain't he 15:30 a reference to the Disney castle at the start of multiple Disney movies 15:32 Below the bridge you can see an invisible player using tears of denial. Look up a ds3 speedrun with glitches for more info. 16:03 I do not know what that thing is (not really an easter egg) 16:07 the tattoo at the top right is the hunter rune from bloodborne and the one at the bottom left is the mark of the Outsider from the dishonoured series. The AD at the bottom right is from Bioshock Infinite and the Chain is from Bioshock 1. The top left symbol is a generic peace sign 16:08 "Sweet tats!" voice line may be a far cry 3 reference 16:27 I can't put any specifics one what these are from but a shovel possibly from shove knight, a (magic) lamp possibly from Aladdin, a trident (from Undertale(Asgores weapons)) and a golden great hammer/axe 16:36 probably a reference to Gwynns daughter Gwynevere 16:37 King Vendrick from dark souls 2 16:47 A reference to real life Church signs (since Pontiffs boss room is a church) 16:54 the star on it is probably captain Americas shield 17:38 A bucket used to steal from people in Skyrim (hinting at Patches' dishonest nature) 17:55 Jon snow from game of thrones 17:57 it's a invader posing as guts from berserk 18:03 that's a red eye orb which due to the shape of the tower on which it stands is most likely a reference to Saurons tower in Lord of the rings 18:14 Facehugger egg statue from Alien 18:16 a reference the the crow who carries you to Lordran in the first game plus an alien egg on the rail 18:26 Top skull on Aldrichs blobby body is Sachiels mask from Neon Genesis Evangelion 18:31 Aldrichs spear looks like the lance of longinus from Neon Genesis Evangelion (double whammy) 18:40 coca cola for some reason (likely referencing a "beer can texture" from Grave of Saints in DS2 19:25 a reference to Seath the scaleless from dark souls 1 19:28 a reference to the invisible baby from JoJos bizarre adventure part 4 19:33 it's revolver ocelot fromm metal gear solid 20:12 a cooked chicken in the back. what a castlevania reference 21:02 Candle scholars make the Metal Gear Solid alert sound effect 21:05 the books on the outsides are references to Aldias and the Pthumerians (with the Pthumerian book having the insight logo from BB on it) from bloodborne. The one in the middle has LR.R. Tolkien on it (the writer of Lord of the Rings) 21:21 an eye on the window from the last guardian 21:28 People suggested that the Pilgrim Butterfly parody at the top left is a mario pipe. I think it's just a plant pot 21:55 the banner at the back is the logo/sign of the music artist prince 22:05 deeper than the darkest holes (I'm sorry) 22:08 Artorias ring is a ring from dark souls 1 that you need to fight the four kings boss without sinking in to the Abyss 22:32 dragonslayer Ornstein from dark souls 1 in the bottom left 22:38 I'm pretty sure that's an inception reference 22:55 he used instant transmission from dragonball 23:07 GWYNNN! Plus this is so a reference to Jojos bizarre adventure this entire scene is an anime reference. 23:15 A matrix reference with the hand motion 23:25 it's soul edge from the soul calibur series (the blade with the eye) 24:00 you can see your ascended character from bloodbornes good ending 24:06 it's the PC master race mascot on his tower 24:15 I see him editing the video Dumb which leads me to believe you got this game as a birthday present Matthew plus Game grumps in the top left (WTF did I mean?) 24:35 steamed=steam and a half life 3 reference I spent about two hours making this list off memory so I would really appreciate if you would like this comment have a nice day and I hope you enjoyed the new video from Matthew cause I certainly did. Thanks for all the tips on things I didn't see this list is much more complete than it was at the start when I first posted it I'm probably going to do this for the next video from Matthew.

I remember making friends with the giant on one of my early playthroughs that bastard still shot me in the back at the cathedral. I've never trusted him since

This is fucking amazing lmao The thing I love the most about these animations is the hundreds of easter eggs in the background

The three notes at the end, omg.. gonna cry! No seriously dude, this made me a From Software addict! THANK YOU!

There are two types of dark souls players: Casuals and Masochists. Nothing more , nothing less.

I have never seen your animations before, so when I saw the video length I was expecting some rushed hack-job shite, BUT I WAS TOTALLY WRONG! This was great! The jokes were funny and insightful, the voice acting good and you got the characters' appearences on point. Animation might have been a bit still, but it worked well, mostly because you put so many nice details and easter eggs into the scenery. Great Job!

Dude I think i watched this over 15 times already and every time gets better

This is SO good. The last laugh was so wierd as well as hilarious 😄👍

This was INCRIDIBLE! Soooo goood. It must've took you guys like millions of hours and came out with a masterpiece!

23:06 Soul of Cinder: And now i will reveal my stando! GWYN, LORD OF CINDER!

Elden Ring is out, it's time for our hero to return.

I've played all 3 Dark Souls games and i want to thank you Matthew for the laughs and for your great work 👍

This. Was. A. Masterpiece. I hope Miyazaki sees this.

22:54 INSTANT TRANSMISSION BITCH Imagine if he actually did that... Great job on every second of this animation. Seriously this was fantastic. Lots of hidden references to find, lots of laughs, excellent attention to detail, and you make the boss fights more epic than i remember. Glad to see you enjoyed the souls pain train. Awesome work!

character creator part is so true!! just found this channel it's amazing!

Amazing work! Thank you for you hard work!

13:45 Waifu Material indeed

[Stand Master: Soul of Cinder] [Stand: Lord of Sunlight] [Power] [A] [Speed] [B] [Precision] [C] [Durability] [B] [Range] [C] [Potential] [A]

loved all the easter eggs, happy easter soon!

The Resident Evil 4 cameo is pure gold you are the best Matthew

fucking incredible animation. You are a genius

"Here's your kindle" I died 😂😂

I identify with every part of the video, your work looks great keep it up.