The Story of Dark Souls (Animated Storybook) - Video Games Retold 

Hard Agree

Iron Pineapple It needs more souls my lord. Perhaps more filthy casuals from your videos?

But once it gets those 2 million views it better not get a single view more!

Indeed!

Iron Pineapple give it a month

very good

speedrunners:

The people who finish the game at SL1:

BEST RECAP EVER!!!

And those who tasted his fists named him... ...THE SPEEDRUNNER

demon trash Imma make my children play this series.

we all do know it but we watch anyways

It’s just too good

Proceeds to rewatch all of vaatividya's videos

Same for me, and I haven't even played any of the games lmao

Bad choice dude.

@@shaunlukegreen8170 nuh uh, its the perfect choice

@@ChrisPBacon-xn9up uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nope. Bad choice.

@@shaunlukegreen8170 erm, no i dont think so. Its absolutely the best choice, so yeah...

@@ChrisPBacon-xn9up why it is a best choice can you explain please?

Reminds me a little of a certain Fullmetal Alchemist character

@@rogerfvb who are you talking about it's been a while since i watched fmab

dude, this is so wholesome, wtf, you literally changed my perspective during my first playthrough!

I saw this and I'm crying

Unless um you do a sl1 run lol

Logie drawz me too brother, praise the sun

Will this be a nightmare?

your son = the pyromencer

Your sons gonna have nightmare

So true lol. Wait, I don't want children...

Versiris thank you this was such a great video

Thank god this is fucking amazing

Thx, cant wait to watch

Demon's Souls too, please please please

Versiris This was amazing and in stoked to see more

TheGaminCheese lmao

Artorias' elite except for Gwyndolin. He never died on this story, at least I didn't hear it.

Myiazaki smiling.jpg

not in DS1, but in DS3 he was finally devoured by aldritch.

Well, following the lore, your character sacrificed himself. Otherwise there would not be a Dark Souls 3 as we know.

Imagine playing as someone who has a regular pulse. Disgusting... Now, as undead, shouldn't we be immune to poison?

@@DarkAdonisVyers i just think the poison just rot away the body.

@@zamric4200 Depends. Is it a corrosive poison, or does it react to bodily fluids somehow?

I would argue that Dark Souls draws a huge distinction between zombies and undead. There Are no zombies, just people who cannot properly die who have deteriorated into madness. Even then, they have minds. Just broken minds. Contrast with the irl pill zombie. No mind, just funk. Huge difference between undead and zombies.

nooo undead is of more higher status than the low tier zombies...!!!

that sound

the most underrated comment. except it has to be all uppercase: YOU DIED

I know. 10 minutes. Felt like half.

if anything its more enjoyable to know the lore firsthand

The end PLIN PLIN PLON

yet, when my teacher told me to tell a story and i told her this, she said that she didn't understand it and that she dislikes it. I hate her until now

Power que sorpresa

Te queremos con todo nuestro corazón Power :)

esperare la parte de dark souls 2,3 y bloodborne con paciencia...valdra la pena

Pero madre mia power q mierda haces aqui?

que bueno verte por aquí power muy buenos videos saludos :D!!!

Most game protagonists are bigged up in lore when in actual gameplay we just run around like fools and die stupid deaths over and over

@@bobmcguffin5706 the fact that that’s the case for nearly every game makes this funnier lol

James Wright Seath*

I didn't know stars wars was involved 😂

🐲 🤛 🤞

Praise the sun

in jolly coperation

Cheeki breeki you a cleric?

@@TrustySlavPatches Nah I'm a knight

Your Sexualized Grandparents that’s not very nice

Thank you very much for the kind words! :)

+Cristian Santander Not to be a grammar nazi and attack a non-native English speaker, but... Maybe it's because I'm too tired to do detailed proof reading, but I don't see any spelling or grammar errors, not sure what you're apologizing for. You type English better than 60% of native English speakers. No reason to be sorry, I actually got confused when you did, because you grammar is basically perfect.

Do you... Do you want me to blush, huh? Tha'ts the sweetest thing I've been told my whole life! Thank you Yeeeah, well sorry about that! It's just that since I don't use english in my everyday life I tend to think that I probably made some kind of mistake or misused an expression, small things like that... I actually like when people correct me so I can keep up with your slang, young folks! btw you did make me blush.. a bit, just a little bit :)

Haha, well slang is a bit different than grammar. Slang isn't even the same in every English speaking country; Australian slang confuses Americans, American slang confuses Europeans, ect. But you're welcome lol.

As a native American, your English is fantastic! =]

turns out the age of fire actually ended up burning for so long that the world was burned away until almost nothing but ashes remained, at least that's what the ringed city seems to point towards

Allowing the Age of Dark to arrive is, to me, the obvious correct choice. The continuous burning of the flame defies the necessary cyclical nature of existence - there is no life without death. "The Gods" would lose their precious creation and power if the flame goes out, so humans are forced to quite literally sacrifice their humanity in order to remain servants to the Gods and keep the Age of Fire artificially limping along. One is driven to re-kindle the flame out of pure propaganda and prophecy, toiling to sacrifice themselves to re-enslave their own species for eternity. If the Age of Dark is allowed to arrive, as is the tendency of nature, the world of Dark Souls would really not be so dark.

To be fair while its clear linking the fire isn't a "good" ending as it just prolongs the world dying as seen in DS2 and DS3 we also don't know for sure if the dark lord ending is good either. Just because one ending leads the world to continuing its ruin we also don't know if the other ending will be good either. All we have is Kaathe's word for it and how do we know he isn't just telling us useful half-truths to get us to side with him? He could just as easily be telling us just enough truth to get us to believe while leaving out very important details. I mean look at what happened to Oolacile and New Londo after they followed Kaathe's advice. After you leave the kiln in the dark lord ending you could be starting a better world for mankind free of the god's interference or we could also have been played by the primordial serpents and gave humanity up like lambs to the slaughter in a fate worse than we could imagine. My point being that we saw the dark and decayed world the link the fire ending takes us to but we don't know if the dark lord ending is any better either as we never saw it. The closest thing we do have is the untended graves in DS3 which is implied to be an alternate world that entered the age of dark, the age of man. What do you see in this world? Nothing but blackness, endless void, not a single living soul. Do you really think there being an "everything was then good" happy ending is very Dark Souls-esque after all?

@@JJAB91 Yeah it seemed like Kaathe played on power to entice the Chosen Undead, Oolacile and the Four Kings. A "Dark Lord" is an enticing position of power very similar to how he likely enticed Oolacile and the Four Kings and we know what happened with them, they became captives of the Abyss. But perhaps his intentions on unleashing and furthering the unstoppable Abyss was not incorrect. Perhaps the Age of Dark was a necessary part of the cycle that had been born, Light to Dark, Dark to Light and on and on. Kaathe may have known this and used deception to try and correct this balance, half truths and lies to right a perpetuated wrong. Prior to the Age of Light it was a foggy gray world, so the Light started this, and I guess we will never know if the Age of Light will ever return. It could be an eternal age of darkness and abyss with nothing but humanity roaming around. Dunno

@@JJAB91 I agree with this perspective. Now, this may be an unpopular opinion, but I believe I find the "alternative" ending of Dark Souls 2 to be the wisest choice to the fate of the cycle. The role of "Monarch" that our character inherits means that we are forced to make a decision that determines the fate of the cycle and the world as we know it. However, depending on our choices during dialogue with Aldia, we are presented an option to walk away from the throne. By walking away, (atleast in the sequel), we don't appear to receive, nor swear allegience to Kaathe and his agenda. Instead, we're on our own in our search for a different solution that results in an uncertain future. We don't seem to pick a side. In Dark Souls 1, we can only choose to sacrifice ourselves for the Flame, or embrace the Dark alongside Kaathe. In Dark Souls 3, we can once again sacrifice ourselves for the dying Flame, corrupt it to herald the Age of Dark as a Lord, allow the flame to die and let the world transition naturally into the Age of Dark as ordained... or let our desire and greed steal the flame for ourselves. I don't know. I find the alternative ending in Dark Souls 2 to be a more sensible approach. A monarch that realize the truth of the cycle and attempts to find a better way, without kneeling for someone else's cause and ambitions.

i were sure u meant that chest monster to be like one of those troll messages but this works even better and i have to agree with u on that lol

Try two handed

Try Ambushing from behind

Dont forget about Queallag's nice chest!

Try one handed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Omg haha

lmao

That was a bladder bone

Oh i see it now.

He had... A boner

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Yeah yur right

Exactly

Now you’re getting it

@@gamingtime4835 And going insane is what they describe as going hollow... makes sense now

yes all hollows and dead bodies you see scattered around the world are all chosen undead who gave up or lost hope.

@@colbyboucher6391 it's hard when something always want to beat your ass the whole time

This sounds like good english humor

@@colbyboucher6391 dont feel like reading

Almost every single game ever made is a murder quest.

Thank you very much! I do plan on doing the other games :)

Please do demon’s souls!

He's helping

@@dragondan6243 Still... With his soul used to power yours... It feels bittersweet..

I thought it was a nice way to honor him.

And i thought it was just an average enemy, then it knocked me out with one punch.

They look dumb and slow but then they fucking knock you out with one hit

"Everyone has a plan, til they get hit"- Mike Tyson

And Sif...

They look genuinely terrifying, and even more so after being punched by them. AVOID THIS MENACE AT ALL COST OR BECOME YET ANOTHER BLOODSTAIN ON THEIR HANDS AND BODY

Definetely not 99% of the players, since most of them quit after the first few hours...

@Evaly you speak the truth

Yeah your not wrong but just because someone doesn’t wanna play a hard game doesn’t mean that they suck they tried something that they didn’t like and they didn’t like it. That’s fine

@@oobieboobiekanoobiscoobied5972 git gud casul

@Evaly FBI agent Its not that it being hard makes it good. Its the achievement, the feeling of surpassing where you used to be, and overcoming this game.

Thank you for the kind words! I'm working on DS2 :)

@@Versiris My pleasure!! Okay, awesome, I'm gonna be starting DS2 so hopefully I'll finish in time. But, with Elden Ring... i dunno lol

Thank you very much! I'm very glad you enjoyed it :)

Amazing chest ahead, obviously

@@lilixpictures6128 Try ambush from behind.

*Tongue but hole*

All of them, set it to shuffle

Or rather don’t put it on shuffle and have the story restart with the linking of the flame at the end.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cringe. ...Or both.

i miss when this was funny

@@_Ho7line 2018 memes were the best.

So you’re the funny guy, huh?

@@hamsandvich8956 no no, Smough is pretty thicc tho

This is confusing when playing a translation...

Zetsub0 what are some other good ones?

What we've been waiting for

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\[T]/praise [*] The | | Sun

Thank you for watching! :)

Another nitpick, the Witch of Izalith trying to recreate the first flame out of desperation is a misconception, the chaos flame and creation of demons was a success and lead to Izalith's prosperity. Only later did it go out of control.

One more nitpick, the one who drops the key to the cell at the start wasn’t Oscar, other than these I think it’s incredible

Trommari Would the story of Runescape deliver a similar good experience, story wise, in your opinion? Im corious, maybe ill read it too

The story and lore of Runescape has gotten miles deeper in recent years. It definitely could be as interesting as this video. I'd say not quite as interesting but Dark Souls is my favorite game series of all time so I'm a bit biased. :p

ChickenSphere Nevertheless, it's a good idea. I hope you get to make this one day, good courage. 🙏

It was just going to be for fun really

The Regular Village ghoul probably with what has happened in the more recent updates. Especially since the God's are now back fighting for control of the world