What Dark Souls is like for a casual gamer

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This game was an interesting experience to say the least.
This video's pretty different from what's on the rest of the channel right now, so I doubt it will do well, and my next couple of videos may suffer under the algorithm for it. However, I wanted to try other kinds of content, and talk about games other than just Zelda. Hope y'all enjoy.
Have a nice day, y'all! See you in the next one.

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@bfranciscop 9 дней назад

"The dragon killed me on the bridge, and there was no way to see it coming" When you've seen enough of FromSoft's environmental storytelling, you start spotting these things before they happen. For instance, the dragon bridge is covered in corpses and scorch marks. An observant player may realize something is up, before the dragon shows flies in. Of course, I wasn't that player, I ate all of the surprise death traps the first time I played it. But when I played Elden Ring I was a bit wider, I paid attention to the environment, the traps became visible to me, the trolling attempts always have clues pointing to them. It's a different kind of learning.

@golgol4903 Месяц назад

That's the thing, only people who failed at Dark Souls cry it's too hard. Every fan will tell you it's not as hard as people say.

@tiredasf107 Месяц назад

Those are the hollows you see around

@nayyarrashid4661 23 дня назад

Usually there is an easy way around everything except the bosses and even bosses take only a few tries to get through. The run backs in DS1 are nowhere near as obnoxious as in DS2

@skeletonemoji 22 дня назад

Yeah, it's not really that hard once you get past the learning curve. People who failed or quitted playing souls game/s either just didn't have the patience for the game or soulslike genre isn't simply for them.

@witha1 22 дня назад

@@nayyarrashid4661bed of chaos tho

@giannixx 10 дней назад

@@witha1 Bow and arrow tho. And the runback isn't as bad if you start from the secret bonfire, it takes about half the time of the regular runback that passes through the Titanite Demon. But don't get me wrong, the BoC boss fight is the worst one of DS1 in terms of fight design.

@sterlingmuse5808 Месяц назад

Fun fact, Gwynivere's design was made by one of the younger members at FromSoft. Someone asked him to design her and then when he presented it to Miyazaki, the young guy was so proud of the design that Miyazaki didn't have the heart to remove it from the game. It happens from time to time, but Miyazaki usually isn't the kind of guy to throw in sex appeal for no reason. Comparatively, in Elden Ring, I can only remember one character who gets near that line (though to be fair, she gets pretty close, definitely moreso than anyone in this game). Also for the record, based on the footage, you had less difficulty with bosses because you were naturally patient and cautious. Compare that to me, someone who's beat several souls games multiple times, and yet dies over and over to simple mistakes because I rush through things even now. Still, I agree with your assessment completely - the real difficulty in Dark Souls 1 is in the regular enemies and the level design. One final thing. Part of the reason everyone emphasizes the bosses is because of later games. Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring all have bosses that move far faster than the majority of the bosses in Dark Souls 1, and often have more refined movesets that take more effort to get used to.

@thomasstump5076 Месяц назад

Who in Elden Ring? Cannot for the life of me think of who you mean.

@sterlingmuse5808 Месяц назад

@@thomasstump5076 I'm trying to avoid spoilers for OP, so I'll just say the Goddess of Rot and leave it at that.

@thomasstump5076 Месяц назад

@@sterlingmuse5808 I knew I was going to feel stupid when I found out.

@iandungeon273 Месяц назад

Amazing chest ahead

@CyberpunkF Месяц назад

@@thomasstump5076 there is Fia but there is a selfish reason for it.

@nathan-kellyjohnson7437 Месяц назад

Persistence and willingness to learn is not something a lot of folks have.

@HomelessShoe 23 дня назад

It's hardship people lack in general these days. This also reflects what game the majority of people like; Comfort, holding hands etc.

@_wildehopps 22 дня назад

Which is honestly pathetic if you ask me

@AccainGaming 19 дней назад

Spot on Nathan!

@themasquerader101 13 дней назад

Not true. That's just you teying to act like an elitist. No everybody seems out challenges

@AccainGaming 13 дней назад

@@themasquerader101 the statement is true. A Lot of people want to be good at things without trying. It's why you have people who cheat in video games bc it gives them the satisfaction of being good without actually being good. For an example I have had people tell me in climbing they would love to climb V10 which is relatively hard, but they do not put the time and effort in to get to that level. Dark souls is a challenging game but there are ways to make it less. Like summoning or grinding levels, there is nothing wrong with summoning or over leveling for a fight that you are struggling with if that helps with making the game more fun for yourself, but to say it is elitist to point out the fact that most people in life say they want to be good at something but don't actually won't to put the time in is just objectively wrong. To get good at something you have to be able to keep working at it for long periods of time. Which takes persistence and willingness to do so. The harsh truth is most people are lazy and don't want to work towards that goal. A lot of people want to be good at things but don't actually want to work at it. Especially as someone who was a coach for competitive gymnastics you can see this clearly with some kids. Some have more drive while others don't. Just is what it is, but it's not elitist to point out the truth. As someone who does hard runs I will support anyone trying to beat the game no matter how they are going about it, but if you want to get good at the game you will need to have persistence and willingness to do so

@carlucioleite 22 дня назад

Did you fat roll the entire game? Sir, you are the final boss.

@barbecuesos6242 21 день назад

a lot of it was mid-rolling, but basically yes. I liked the aesthetic of the armor

@carpetworms_ 18 дней назад

@@barbecuesos6242 fat rolling for fashion souls is acceptable

@stephensauer1771 2 дня назад

😂

@BellXllebMusic 23 дня назад

I guess Quelaag is supposed to be distasteful. She's a chaos witch so it would be out of character if she was very modest. Even the Bible doesn't shy away from giving rather graphic descriptions when applicable.

@morgana_vr7802 Месяц назад

i love these games because it pushes the casual gamer to leave their comfort zone of the constant hand holding and objective base stuff to a more challenging and rewarding system of the souls games

@high.level.noob. Месяц назад

Dark Souls has a really good difficulty that makes you always feel like you are improving. The first boss teaches you to go around and do something else before you charge blindly at the next challenge.

@NAWWMANNN Месяц назад

I hate the "souls player vs casual" thing lol Dark souls is a series that can be played casually to relax. Literally my comfort food of games

@ernestobesto9990 Месяц назад

You have to at least beat one Souls game to feel that way. If you’ve never beaten a souls game you would not consider it a casual game. I didn’t like souls games for years until Elden Ring. Now I’ve gone back and beaten them all except Demon Souls.

@NAWWMANNN Месяц назад

@ernestobesto9990 uh, no man lol I felt like this when I first got into souls with DS3. It took me bouncing off of it for like a year and going back to try again, but once it finally clicked with me I was hooked forever and it immediately became a great comfort game for me. And I was nowhere near beating it

@ernestobesto9990 Месяц назад

@@NAWWMANNN but did you beat ds3?

@rainynight02 Месяц назад

Biggest issue with dark souls is the learning curve. I just finished a play thought after years and I just did a pure strength build. I sucked at the game in the past, and by just keeping it simple, I almost got disappointed with how, well, simple it got. I even defeated Ornstein and Smough first try! Though, admittedly I did summon Solaire, but I mean, he's never been useful to me in that fight before.

@michaelmai6514 28 дней назад

@@ernestobesto9990please play demons souls man its amazing and its on par with all the other souls games

@alexadelaide 28 дней назад

“Hard” is literally how people describe not having invisible walls on every cliff

@HomelessShoe 23 дня назад

I honestly find it annoying to get treated like a kind of baby. It's not meant to insult people that loves those safety bars though.

@cj7011 19 дней назад

It is actually, that's the point

@navatheramenguy3127 Месяц назад

I have only one thing to say about this video Based halberd user

@s.e.n3264 18 дней назад

Never heard someone call the Basilisks a "curse frog". 😂 that's awesome!

@sayo9812 Месяц назад

In dark souls you either skip every enemy or you pick solo fights. Most people are used to rushing 10 enemies at once and they are humbled by Dark Souls timings. Bosses on the other hand are just a timing minigame, you roll, attack, roll again. You could call dark souls combat chess-like: you move, your opppnent moves, you react to what he did and react accordingly

@witha1 22 дня назад

or just tank through and trade hits

@sayo9812 22 дня назад

It really depends on the game, 1 and 2 that's a viable way. In 3 not so much, as everything hits like a train and armor doesn't do much.

@witha1 22 дня назад

@@sayo9812 tru ds3 is where you actually have to play the game lol

@Ricard1807o 15 дней назад

I pick option 3, kill crowds of enemies by manipulating their AI

@xthejetx Месяц назад

I think the big reason souls games have this reputation, is that players who beat them believe they've overcome a nearly impossible challenge, and in their ego they oversell that difficulty to players who aren't aware. It's a testament to the design that it does feel that way, but the challenge is just a side effect of this type of design, it's not the goal to make it the hardest game possible. These are immersive dungeon crawlers more than they're arpg's.

@chase6579 16 дней назад

Nah I thinks because game journos who can't even beat a tutorial said it was.

@PurzelPadauZ Месяц назад

"There was virtually no way to see it (fire breathing dragon) coming" while walking over a totally scorched bridge lmfao.

@Ruchunteur Месяц назад

to be fair, everything happen very quickly. you have an audio cue and then you are toast. Even if there was clues on the bridge design, the dragon wasn't in sight

@dontthrow6064 27 дней назад

@@Ruchunteur to add to this, it's not like you have any other route, even if you know about it and run to the stairs there is a chance you get hit

@user-mo6fx1jg1l 22 дня назад

You're 100% right about Dark Souls not being as hard as people say it is, or at least it isn't hard in the WAY that people who haven't played it imagine it being. It doesn't require complex inputs or twitch reflexes, it's really about being patient & discipline & managing your own emotions so that you make the right decisions in the moment. It heavily rewards a "work smart, not hard" mindset.

@gilgamesh310 День назад

Beating those gargoyles on a first try seems like a remarkable feat. They were a big roadblock for me.

@nayyarrashid4661 23 дня назад

For me the biggest appeal of dark soul was for being the archetype knight character having a sword and shield that actually matters in the gameplay. Long have I desired for a game that used the shield and sword in a meaningful way having played a bunch of party based rpgs like Dungeon Siege where sword and shield merely means a boost in attack ans defense stats. Other than that gameplay involved just clicking this target and see what's happening coupled with using a few abilities. But once I started playing it brought back the memories and feeling of those old NES games where you have to learn the game and pay attention carefully and where owing to the contraints of tech at that time no cutscenea existed. The story existed only if you paid attention but other than that you are just a good guy on a mission; to kill as many enemies as you can. All this got me into dark souls although I had a pretty hard time with it in the beginning but eventually learnt there is always an easy workaround. You just have to find it on your own and that's half the fun. Gameplay is the king here. It is brutal engaging and rewarding and satisfying all at the same time.

@phongtranquoc7557 29 дней назад

Im a complete beginner and i started dark souls 1 one week ago and i gotta say it is certainly difficult for me. I dont even know how to run until 2 days ago playing the game. But i am a kind of a stubborn one so despite dying for like almost 100 times im still grinding and loving the experience

@cj7011 19 дней назад

That a boy, don't give up you won't regret it.

@JackXombi 7 дней назад

Keep going! Don't go hollow.

@HomelessShoe 23 дня назад

No matter how old Dark Souls is, it will always have a special place in my heart.

@nebulaswirl Месяц назад

I'm gonna guess that the characters that were "distasteful" with your Christian beliefs were; Gwynevere and Quelaag?

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

ya. Those and Pale Lady

@familylusc5593 Месяц назад

Pale lady?

@nebulaswirl Месяц назад

@@familylusc5593 Quelaag's sister

@familylusc5593 Месяц назад

@@nebulaswirl thank you

@joe_souls Месяц назад

Wait.... Can someone explain this to me? Why does a Christian have problems with Gwynevere and Quelaag?

@brutusmagnuson315 14 дней назад

I think a big part of the reason people get stuck on the difficulty is just the time it was released. Games were made too much for wide audiences and didn’t respect the players enough to expect anything out of them at the time.

@dontthrow6064 27 дней назад

I like that you mentioned the game does really well with a single difficulty, and then players are free to choose whatever strategy they see fit without feeling that you lose any fun.

@Ennello 7 дней назад

Halberd is absolutely cracked in DS1, not really an easy mode, but a pretty easy mode at least ;p I think I used it too my first time playing.

@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage 24 дня назад

This brings back memories of my first attempts at Dark Souls 1. I'll be honest, I struggled for months to actually commit time to learning the game, instead of getting stuck at where I was. But once I actually committed to a playthrough (this is more my fault than anything), I really started to appreciate the tools the game provides the player--the weapons and techniques needed to survive, explore, and also piece together the hidden stories. Going back to my earliest days of playing the game, tho--I honestly love how the Undead Burg and Darkroot Garden are perfect sandboxes for figuring out the game's mechanics, before braving the Depths and Blighttown, and being graded on your performance by Sen's Fortress.

@averagedjio8086 7 дней назад

You absolutely see the dragon breath comming. You get to a "chared" brige with piles of corpse to loot. This scream "be carefull or you will be the next corpse"

@CatNolara 19 дней назад

Btw. if you kill Lautrec after you freed him/he escaped, he won't kill the Firekeeper at the Firelink Shrine. Just shows that you can trust no one but yourself in this game.

@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 26 дней назад

Glad someone else understands it's not as hard but punishing and a casual could do it

@jealousagain783 9 дней назад

I haven’t thought about this until you mentioned it, but I think the purpose of losing the Firelink bonfire is to nudge you toward the natural path of progression that is Sen’s fortress. Most players will experience that event after ringing both bells and seeing the gate opening cutscene. Cutting off that bonfire encourages you to go that direction rather than further explore areas that will ultimately lead to dead ends at that time, and you get the fire keeper’s soul back at the end of Anor Londo when you’d naturally be returning to Firelink anyway.

@GoofyPoptart 23 дня назад

Hey I'm a new soul's player just started DS1 2 week's ago I work a full time so I can only play after 4 if I choose. I just beat Ornstien and Smough 2 night's ago, Yes the game's are difficult but once you're used to everything you can adapt like you said be willing to learn.

@rektitralf9089 Месяц назад

Did you play through the whole game fat rolling? (Heavy dodging) That must have been tough. I can’t play any of the souls games without either a medium or light roll. Having the extra invincibility frames makes a huge difference.

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

Most of it I was mid-rolling for, I think I only fat-rolled when I was still figuring out the numbers. I didn't feel the need to go all the way to light-rolls though, I'd rather have the extra armor points and the style :D

@rektitralf9089 Месяц назад

@@barbecuesos6242 oh ok. I only saw fat rolls from the footage. I was wondering if you completed the game like that. I’m impressed you beat the gargoyles in one try. They gave most people problems including myself. It took me maybe 10-12 tries to beat them.

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

@@rektitralf9089 I didn't notice them on the first comb through that area, so I beat them a little later than most people probably do.

@Thundra93 Час назад

That is actually so interesting. I was in disbelief as you told your list of bosses you got on your first try. Like wth xDD

@vapehat2679 Месяц назад

At the time of me commenting, you have 666 subscribers. Lol

@howdyfriends7950 7 дней назад

i agree that quelaag is a little immodest, but i think that's very thematic considering she is a witch/demon, she's basically pulling from the succubus trope from old christian/european folktales, to explain nocturnal emissions (wet dreams) a female demon visits you in your sleep and has sex with you in order to steal your manhood/vigor, i think that's where the idea for her comes from because miyazaki is really big on western myth and fantasy. as for gwynevere, she is a goddess of fertility, basically aphrodite, I don't think she's even dressed particularly immodestly but her design is definitely a little much, nothing against women who are naturally built like that, but she is absolutely stacked. i'm guessing the second NPC is the blacksmith andre of astora, that one's reasonable imo, like for female characters how i would say that lingere is not armor, like you're hammering hot iron, I'm assuming metal works the same in lordran as on earth, you'd have hot embers flying everywhere, why on earth do you not have a shirt on?

@howdyfriends7950 7 дней назад

as for the rest of the video, i 100% agree with you, i went into dark souls as someone who almost exclusively played nintendo games, hollow knight, etc. cutesy games like that, thinking that it would be this crazy trial by fire, and i was amazed by how easy it was compared to my expectations. it's not a typical action game, it tests a very different skill than reaction time, everything is buffered inputs so it's almost like turn based combat. i really enjoyed DS1 and DS2 for this reason, the stamina slows things down so much that i didn't feel limited by my reaction time. now I'm on DS3 and it's much faster, more like elden ring, and i am really struggling with how fast things are, it feels like this is a lot more action-y of an action game, and I don't know how to feel about that. also the parry timing is different and i hate it

@paladin181 20 дней назад

That bridge was covered in scorchmarks, my friend. It's environmental story telling. Sure, you may not have realized that someone was coming, but there were clues. But the entire premise of the series is brutally fair. Early on , in the first Dark Souls, the enemies stick to a set of rules similar to yours (not the same for balance reasons). Some can heal a limited number of times, they can't generally spam attacks without resting, and their attacks hurt you a lot, as yours do them.

@dragonmancer9514 2 дня назад

Nice video man! I’m really glad that a video like this exists. There are too many videos either saying the game is perfect or too hard, when neither of those are entirely true. It makes it hard to actually talk about the game (both good and bad) without feeling like your wrong since you haven’t picked a side

@Mayhap34 7 дней назад

I'm so glad you mentioned the two silver knights on the ledge in Anor Londo. My first time there I couldn't get past it. Rage quit and don't go back for a couple weeks.

@miroslavduran7826 Месяц назад

Only one gripe: "Theres no way to see it coming" when the bridge is the only piece of architecture in the area wih huge burn marks.

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

Wow I’m blind lol

@Luekirt2 Месяц назад

Have u beaten the dlc? That's the hardest and best part of the game

@hyrumarnold8816 20 дней назад

It bothers me SO much that he never locks on to enemy’s and he’s FAT ROLLING. Fast rolling or even medium rolling is essential to playing that game.

@thekindred999 10 дней назад

It's not though. Definitely not for DS1.

@hyrumarnold8816 10 дней назад

@@thekindred999it’s not necessary but it’s way more enjoyable.😂

@thekindred999 9 дней назад

@@hyrumarnold8816 Absolutley more fun. But you can fatty a whole first playthrough ez.

@hyrumarnold8816 9 дней назад

@@thekindred999true

@masacarre Месяц назад

I very much enjoy the Dark Souls series. Starting on the second, game I probably had a much different experience from most people who started on ds1 or elden ring as ds2 is arguably clunky and very different overall. The world of intrigue and mystery really cought me though. The difficulty was never something I considered. Understandjng that the game is going to be difficult and having the mindset to "try and learn" is really all you need. As an aside: I don't know what your hardware is but dark souls 3 is pretry well optomized. I played it for years on a gtx 970 and a laptop with a 1050, easily able to keep a stable 60fps at 1080p or 1440p if I hooked it up to TV. I don't know if you want to play DS3 but if you do, I don't think the hardware is as far away as you might think.

@jeremyjmusic 11 часов назад

“Curse frogs” are called Basilisks

@chrissalcido7410 5 дней назад

I remember my first time playing dark souls 1. Was my first souls game, so i didnt know what to expect other than what people said about it (keep in mind this was before elden ring). I remember dying to the asylum demon like 15 times with my broken sword before i realized there was a side gate you were supposed to go through. I literally thought the asylum demon was supposed to be that hard based on the reputation it had lmao. I think i even got him to around 60% hp once. Honestly tho the reputation dark souls gets with its difficulty is super overblown. As this dude said, all it takes is some patience and willingness to learn

@seymourbands1258 24 дня назад

Fat rolling into the archers arrow was pretty funny 😂 No hate bc when I was new to souls I had also chosen to be armored up into a fat roll on occasion

@georgeprchal3924 25 дней назад

The hardest thing about Dark Souls is that you cannot roll well with any armor for quite some time (no under 70% B.S. here) and magic does not scale at all nor pyromancy nor miracles. (And the range of magic and pyromancy are equally B.S.)

@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 22 дня назад

You can roll well with armor, what you're looking for is heavy armor, that's not the only kind of armor in the game. Even if you mean stereotypical armor like what knights wear there's a handful that aren't heavy but not as high in defense either but do count as armor

@georgeprchal3924 22 дня назад

@@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 you still need at least 40 endurance to roll normally without Havel's ring with Elite Knight armor.

@Jim-pq9pm 17 дней назад

"Average gamer" beats rooftop gargoyles on first try...

@barbecuesos6242 16 дней назад

That one just clicked for me. I had a much harder time with the Taurus on the ramparts

@Bilbobaggins82242 22 дня назад

Can we help all give this a like so my due can get a GPU as seeing DS1 this jaggy hurts my soul! , My dude needs to play eldern ring at stable 60fps high setting its stunning

@v.d.2090 14 дней назад

3:25 - Well, technically, there was visual clues about burning fire everywhere on this bridge. They were there for one specific reason: alerting us of incoming fire. And Dark Souls give us these small clues each time.

@Dan82W 22 дня назад

It’s both the hardest game and later the easiest game I’ve ever played. It’s definitely a masterpiece

@briancaro196 Месяц назад

While the constant fat rolling got to my nerves a lot it was a solid run, congrats. Hope you play again sometime and start experimenting, I found that for me at least experimentation is the best part of dark souls. My 3rd playthrough I planned a route and got a +15 Iaito killing only Capra Demon, then proceeded to melt all the bosses up to and including Artorias.

@Nyarly-san Месяц назад

The fact he killed Capra demon in 2 tries while holding a pole arm with one hand and fat rolling

@LycanTroop3 9 дней назад

Dark souls is about learning from your mistakes

@VaasMontenegro12 26 дней назад

My only question is, since you seemed to have fun with the game mechanics and combat for the most part, why did you give it 6/10? What did the game need to improve upon to get a higher score?

@barbecuesos6242 26 дней назад

I give it a 6/10 because it's very niche. It's a good game, but I can't recommend it for most people. Just because I think most people can beat Dark Souls doesn't mean that I think most people will enjoy the game's punishing design.

@VaasMontenegro12 26 дней назад

@@barbecuesos6242 So is the 6/10 a rating based on how many other people in general will enjoy the game and not based on how much you enjoyed it? And if I'm understanding correctly that that's what you meant, how much would you give it based on your own enjoyment? Also thanks for the reply!

@barbecuesos6242 25 дней назад

@@VaasMontenegro12 For my own enjoyment, I'd say maybe 8/10.

@VaasMontenegro12 25 дней назад

@@barbecuesos6242 cool cool, thanks again for your time

@ObtuseDookie Месяц назад

I do recommend playing ds3 if you ever get a machine that can run it. It’s harder but if you beat ds1 you can handle it. I think the third game adds a lot of nuance to the ending of the first game.

@stevenbrooks8983 17 дней назад

These games aren't so much hard as they are obscure. Once you understand what they want from you, you will just get better and better.

@budoolove5887 17 дней назад

I remember the first times dragon fire stopped me getting somewhere. Maybe demon souls trained me but i remember thinking there has to be a way. Wether timing or hiding you gotta get by it

@rhythmhawk29 Месяц назад

I think you might have an even higher opinion of the game if you do another playthru, fresh character or not. I always come to regret some choices on a blind run of these games, but going through them a second time with game and world knowledge can really demonstrate how intricate and intentional the design of these titles are (DS1 is still the best at this imo.) It’s actually kind of amazing how much you can miss. Also, if you’re playing on switch, I’m pretty sure it comes with the Artorias of the Abyss DLC. That’s where the most challenging fights in DS1 are. Arguably the best too.

@carlcouture1023 17 дней назад

Dark Souls isn't as hard as people say. It does, however, ask you to learn. One of the first things you need to learn is that dying in the game isn't a sign of failure. Some of the runbacks are pretty bad, but in general, look at every death as a chance to learn something. A great example is the spear wielding undead soldiers early in the game. They will block and counter you if you just use your standard attack. Rather than throwing your controller in defeat, you should learn to approach them differently. Wait for them to attack you so that you can block and counter. You could even try using parrying, something the game teaches you how to do before that. Parrying is surprisingly useful in this game, but it does require proper timing. And that's probably the best micro example of how this game works as a whole.

@user-lg7wt5zd9g 20 дней назад

I remember playing Dark Souls Remastered on my Switch last year, and I absolutely adored it. I had tried to play through it at different times after it came to Nintendo Switch, and while I enjoyed what I had played, I just couldn't make it very far. Once I truly understood the mechanics, I loved it. It is one of my favorite games of all time. Yes, I'm a Christian too, and I agree on the characters you mentioned, but I also think that comparatively speaking, this game has less sex appeal than many T games despite its M rating. I think it's a genuinely fascinating game, and I really wish they had brought 2, 3, and Sekiro to Switch, but I think that ship has sailed. Anyway have a good day.

@AccainGaming 19 дней назад

Ah yes the Lautrec trap. You have to kill him before bell gargoyles to avoid the fire keeper from being killed. That aside I completely agree that the game isn't just for the elite. Great video BarbecueSos!

@martinmakovsky7839 20 дней назад

I am casual myself and I love the fight in game, that was what carried me through the whole game. :D

@DraftyMood 14 дней назад

OkI I finished the video and i have question... so quetiony question i deside to make a separate comment. I know who is first "immodest" boss, it's all about fire and spiders and breasts. But..! Who is the second? I'm really-really-really curisuos!

@vidyastuff3509 18 дней назад

I'm of the opinion that Souls games aren't obscenely hard, they just don't hold your hand in an age where hand-holding has become the norm; where getting through an entire game without a single death or game over is the standard. Also big props for getting through Capra and Four Kings in 2 tries.

@Squishyk9 14 дней назад

0:07 guess i'm watching it later :')

@konsty_2 29 дней назад

O&S are strong but the fire demon is the true endboss

@cassthenerd6023 Месяц назад

Dark Souls isnt hard,its methodical. I completed my first full playthrough recently and got all the achievements not too long ago, and the game can be punishing but once you learn it, its much, much easier.

@briancaro196 Месяц назад

That's the meaning of "Get Good", as a mantra.

@dave9515 27 дней назад

@@briancaro196 Gonna be honest and admit the mantra sucks and we gotta stop using it. skill issue can be a valid response though even if it can be annoying. Although explaining should always be done instead honestly. OOT promo trailer (if you know you know) has done an insane amount of damage to gaming discussions.

@Digital_Her0 15 дней назад

Someone who actually gets the game. Awesome

@guyfromnj 15 дней назад

Dark souls is as hard as you want it to be. If it’s too hard level up. If it’s too easy don’t level up. You control the difficulty for the most part.

@high.level.noob. Месяц назад

Did you play the DLC?

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

I haven't. Maybe if I ever play through it again I'll try DLC, but I was ready for a break after just the base game.

@hoozoohleague8264 Месяц назад

@barbecuesos6242 the story of the DLC is worth playing through

@high.level.noob. Месяц назад

@@barbecuesos6242 yeah 100% recommend

@gergelymagyarosi9285 29 дней назад

"There was this dragon on a bridge. And there was virtually no way to see it coming." - says the content creator, while literally ignoring charred cobblestones and burned corpses.

@doxdorian5363 12 дней назад

You just have to wear a shield, and block. Then you don't have to be very precise with your dodges and stuff. Becomes much easier.

@cirnobyl9158 20 дней назад

Would be cool to hear your experience with Sekiro!

@noname-bv2hc 3 дня назад

Dark souls is mostly fair and you learn along the way, my issue is theres a few times that you absolutely need a walk through or your never going to find a way to Oocalile or the undead asylum.

@stonecold998 Месяц назад

DSR on Switch, everytime i get out of the game i have to get used to the buttons again lol

@briancaro196 Месяц назад

That's the real struggle right there

@SophistiFaebl 29 дней назад

I have had other people ask me about Dark Souls. My response has always been, "It is tough, but fair." I love the Soulsbourne games (despite not playing them to completion) I have never felt that something was impossible in one. Tough. Difficult to beat at my current level. But never impossible. Dark Souls 3 to be specific always had me growing as a player rather than mashing the same buttons and hoping rng takes care of the rest. If I fail it is because I did something wrong (usually. That camera will get you every now and again) If you are scared to try a Souls game. Don't be. They are tough, but be patient and think about what you do and I promise you will go far.

@tristan4959 Месяц назад

guarantee this vid will blow up stg

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

I hope so! It's doing better than the channel average for now

@fabiourbano6404 Месяц назад

You can pick bombs and take out the asylum demon first try he drops the demon hammer. Under firelink you have spells. In firelink you have a bleed weapon a talisman spear and Zweihander. The game does reward determination and exploration.

@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 Месяц назад

I decided to try dark souls 2, after having TONS of fun with the partying system in dark souls 1, and was surprised by its difficulty. I beat the majority of bosses in dark souls 1 on my first try, but the very first pursued fight was HARD. I beat manus in 2 tries WITHOUT the magic repellent item, but I had constant struggle all the way through dark souls 2, to the point I haven't even finished it yet, because it just WASN'T FUN. If you are skilled or sadistic enough that dark souls 1 was a severe letdown for you, dark souls 2 will NOT disappoint.

@Ruchunteur Месяц назад

I played through all the dark soul. The second one was definitely the most frustrating and less fun (it's the only one I couldn't bring myself to do the dlc after I reached the end of the scenario. There might be an non dlc area that I missed as well). But my version of the game was "scholar of the first sin" and I heard after the fact that this version pace is badly design compare to the original one. They throw at you much more enemies, seemingly to make it harder for the sake of difficulty and that make the difficulty curve completely wrong. I heard the orginal version was much more progressive. All power to you if you decide to finish the second game. Regardless of if you finish it or not, I highly recommend the third one. It was the most fun to play in my opinion.

@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 29 дней назад

@@Ruchunteur Yeah, I was playing SOTFS too, it's just a SLOG. And please, dear god, DO NOT do the DLC. Even if I finish the base game, i'm not gonna touch the DLC with a twenty mile twinblade. Horsefuck Valley is named that for a very good reason, and is not a hell I want anyone subjected to. Except possible rapists, but that's a moral debate

@90ZAZ09 4 дня назад

Pretty good take on DS and i know when i was a newbie back on the ps3 the game caused me alot of trouble, one thing i will say is blighttown isnt an issue now but back in the day on the old hardware the issue came from the ledges mixed with the frame rate tanking, could easily drop to single didget frames and accidently walk of a ledge 😂. Casually learning this game with friends and comparing builds and how far we had gotten after months of play is deffinatly what made this game for me though more then anything else.

@1Synner 19 дней назад

Couple things to note of. Yes, Dark Souls is hard, but only the people that give up (or are on the outside looking in) call it sadistically hard, as if it were some Kaizo Mario or IWBTG type game. It's challenging, but also very fair, which brings me to my second point... All of those tricks and traps can be avoided, even without prior knowledge of what's coming. The game EXCELS at environmental story telling in both a narrative and gameplay perspective. That bridge you crossed where the dragon roasted you? Did you not see the many, MANY scorch marks that marked it? The den of basilisks that inflict a petrifying curse? There are statues of players that lead up to the area. Trap holes that lead you into some dangerous location? Not running headfirst down a tight corridor blindly would help you avoid those. Pressure plates that activate some unseen trap? The plates themselves are raised above the ground in a noticeably way. As for enemies hiding around corners, keeping your shield up and moving cautiously would easily help you deal with those types of situations, and most of the time those enemies tend to be easy to handle. And mimic chest look different to regular chests (time to play "spot the difference" with that one, lol) Paying attention is the key to playing these games. The game respects the players intelligence enough to lay these pranks and traps all around and EXPECTS you to get around them relatively unscathed.

@nicoldengenyakeye6905 16 дней назад

I remember playing this back in the day. but man Capra demon !! I cant tell you how i beat that guy after a 3 hour grind it was a true battle i literally lucked out with 1 hp. Even now when my nephew was playing it I just told him to fight and pray.

@FoxyCAMTV 15 дней назад

I can name 10 games harder than DS from the top of my head....

@Naimskus 18 дней назад

You are right. Nothing about the game was hard just challenging. I mean if the internet wouldnt make ornstein and smough some kind of "superstars" they were just some bosses for me. I mean i understood fast that i could use the pillars to my advantage and then it was easy

@mohitkravi 20 часов назад

The only hard game in souls game is Sekiro ( ik it's not a souls game, but still I consider it)... In dark souls series and elden ring, you have options to become overpowered and you can summon too ( I was shocked to see the summon feature when I played Dark souls)... I played Sekiro first ( you've to become good that's all, it's no way around, death gives more penalty basically taking your exp and sens)... Edit : Sekiro is in top 5 games of all time

@theloniousparekh101 12 дней назад

bro beat o and s heavy rolling 😬

@czerwon00ki22 11 дней назад

I can say that this vid is huge success for the chanel. Congrats on beating your first Dark Souls game (i hope u will come back for the dlc)! Are you gonna play other titles in near future? I dont really agree with some of your statements but we're all different so idc. Hope you had some fun And i love your answers to other comments fashion > s

@WOOKMEISTA 24 дня назад

Excellent video, friend 👌❤️

@P-Nello Месяц назад

What the hell

@illuminate4 Месяц назад

idk why this vid has an oddly high number off dislikes. I thought it was good and informative! (not a dark souls player myself)

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

It's probably because everyone and their mom has an opinion on these games. I can't complain too much, it helps to promote the video in the YT algorithm more.

@Nyarly-san Месяц назад

@@barbecuesos6242probably because there are a lot of people that heavily disagrees with you, but RU-vid doesn’t have a agree or disagree option just a like or dislike system

@Curse-rotted_Greatwood 29 дней назад

How do you guys know it has a lot of dislikes ?? And personally, I respect your opinions, it’s different for everyone. I’m a messianic Jew and can definitely relate to not really caring for the few unsavory NPCs in the game, bosses and the sort, but I personally enjoy the other parts of the game so I just beat em and move on. Great video!!

@illuminate4 29 дней назад

@@Curse-rotted_Greatwood absolutely. It's not a dealbreaker for any game but its definitely something that's just annoying. as for dislikes, I have a "return RU-vid dislikes" plugin in my browser. check it out its pretty cool!

@zachs5229 24 дня назад

@@Curse-rotted_Greatwoodi just think it’s a weird thing to mention in a review especially since the game is rated M and it’s a dark fantasy it’s like going to see Harry Potter then complaining about witchcraft. I also disagreed about some other complaints but to each their own.

@ales6305 23 дня назад

It's not hard; it just has a pretty steep learning curve. It's why myself and others have found the second playthrough incredibly easy compared to the first.

@praised_goodness Месяц назад

12:28 man , dear brother , your words made me subscribe immediately , to see someone dislike immodest character design rather than say a dirty joke about it , to see someone actually say that "this isn't good" ahh , i wish more people could be like you

@praised_goodness Месяц назад

btw keep going with this content , i have seen some of your other content and i can argue this way of content is much better

@barbecuesos6242 Месяц назад

Thank you, it does my heart good to know that there are people who still care about that kind of thing.

@Kaptinkumar 27 дней назад

Wtf are you Amish?😭 who gives a fuck if there’s a little skin showing, it’s just the human body why is it a bad thing?

@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 22 дня назад

I'm right there with ya honestly I don't like revealing character designs unless they're done right, which requires a very specific design and balance

@praised_goodness 22 дня назад

@@rohuffgamingakaLea1576 give me an example of an immodest character "done right", i don't get it really

@DraftyMood 14 дней назад

"Dark souls is not that hard as people think..." Yep, it's moslty a survival horror in gameplay department. Like Resident Evil, for example. Extreme first time, but for player "in the know" it';s almoust a breeze. I manage to complete 1slvl run on a broken comtroller, just with a mere knowledge, with ALL sidequests and possible activities after my first playthrough :) I bet, Elden Ring would be much harder fro a casual player, if you challenge the, to drop mimic tear and bleed build. P.S. Shout out for a HALBERD. I'm also finish my first playthrough with HALBERD

@nathan-kellyjohnson7437 Месяц назад

Funnily enough I killed Artorias on my first attempt on my first playthrough. Heavy armor and zweihander like a true noob.

@sterlingmuse5808 Месяц назад

Zweihander isn't a noob weapon, it's good for both noobs and experts. Still impressive that you beat him on your first attempt though.

@nathan-kellyjohnson7437 28 дней назад

@@sterlingmuse5808 The zweihander has the ability to stun lock most things in the game, effectively making it the cheesiest weapon you can get aside from the painting guardian sword. At +15 with a buff the painting guardian sword has the highest dps with 2 handed light attacks so you can demolish everything so fuckin quickly.

@sterlingmuse5808 28 дней назад

@@nathan-kellyjohnson7437 Oooh I misunderstood why you were calling it that. Yeah, I see what you mean now XD

@YOUR_NARRATOR975 Месяц назад

It's only hard until you get that fromsoft epiphany and then it's one of the easiest games you'll play (until you slip up in a boss fight and can't beat it for the next week)

@geraltofrivia7448 23 дня назад

I'm assuming you're playing on a switch. This is why I think that console is obsolete and is far outclasses by even old gen consoles. On a base ps4 or xbox one, you could play the entire series, sekiro and elden ring (even Bloodborne on ps4)

@barbecuesos6242 23 дня назад

That's correct, it's a switch. I would consider getting another console, but I can count the games that I would actually want from xbox and playstation on one hand, so I can't really justify that purchase as of now. I've historically been mostly a PC gamer anyway.

@thatswhatsgood24 15 дней назад

You should try all of them. 2, 3, bloodborne, sekiro, elden ring. 2 is slow like 1 but every other game is a lot faster paced and tighter mechanically. Much better for someone used to modern games.

@chrismerriweather7692 18 дней назад

That’s the only thing “distasteful” I can think of in the games Miyazaki made other thank that everyone gets the exact same armor so no scantily clad Havel ladies

@shinobi197 23 дня назад

The thing you said about blightown not being bad is true.. on the remastered version. In the original it was at 10-15 fps thats why ds veterans hate it.

@barbecuesos6242 22 дня назад

ya that's more understandable lol

@autovon6699 19 дней назад

Curse frogs are stupid, you’re right

@mrslasher1064 27 дней назад

Veterans of the franchise like to scare new players with all the horror stories of blightown and the capra demon and all that,but really that's just a bit of friendly hazing,in reality the dark souls series is not that hard,it's challenging but very accessible and not so difficult that it's completely impossible,this isn't sexy hiking Miyazaki actually wants you to beat the game eventually...

@x_mau9355 Месяц назад

The true way to beat DS is to pick your side and master it. And the two sides are "WITH POISE" and "WITHOUT POISE". If you understand that, the rest comes by itself. If you are "in between" you'll die... a lot more than needed.