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@shawnwilcowski

Ай бұрын

Thankfully KZread actually rang the bell for me😂, hope you’re doing well man 👊!

@longLee280

Ай бұрын

Love your videos keep up a good work and I bet it take a long time to ride it all out 👍

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

A functioning youtube feature!?!? lol

@feresoththedamned2688

Ай бұрын

i've never been sold on opera GX because i had my trusty Firefox for years, now that i've seen for the first time, and interesting and funny promotion for it, it might be time to give it a chance!

@base13music

Ай бұрын

opera gx is spyware btw idk if u knew

I grew up as the only white kid in a black neighborhood. So I was always exporting white kid culture to all the others. Dark souls was one of those things. Every night I would have like 5-10 kids at my house, even some of their parents, taking turns playing dark souls. It was so hype when we beat Taurus demon. I remember when one of the dads said "reminds me of your mother". It was literally a hood classic.

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

And they say white people have no culture lol. As if the long form video essay didn’t exist

@SaurabhPandey-ow6ex

Ай бұрын

Pink people have no culture, and Greeks and Romans weren't pink.​@@ManleyReviews

@Soul_Alpha

Ай бұрын

Literally bro that's what's up

@stzaleft7355

Ай бұрын

Isn't dark souls Japanese culture? So you were culturaly appropriating Japan to African Americans. What a dance we do...

@wahwahwah6690

Ай бұрын

​@@stzaleft7355and Miyazaki was heavily inspired by western literature when making Dark Souls.

"Don't you dare go Hollow."

@SteveBufz

28 күн бұрын

Moans

@lemonscentedgames3641

27 күн бұрын

Neither of us want to see you go hollow...

@user-qg1wl1dp2q

25 күн бұрын

I love you Andre

@bungiecrimes7247

16 күн бұрын

Cornball ahh line

@paradoxxikal7327

15 күн бұрын

“And pray that we never go hollo-“ SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

I'd say one of the top most unforgettable moments of every first-time DS1 player will be their first ever encounter of the amazing chest ahead.

@ManleyReviews

26 күн бұрын

"be sure to hold with both hands"

@RelaxingNostalgia

8 күн бұрын

bed of chaos is definitely the most memorable thing fromsoftware has ever made.

@doggocapitano

Күн бұрын

Try holding with both hands

Miyazaki: halving player's HP was a mistake. Also Miyazaki: *stacking curse*

"More than Tom Brady loves his own son" Damn boy starting like that are we?

@The_Iron_Yuppie

Ай бұрын

Ironic because it might not be his son 😬

@toolittletoolate

Ай бұрын

@@The_Iron_Yuppie That's good then it's not incest and just PDF File

@ImGonnaFudgeThatFish

29 күн бұрын

I remember when I said on a news post announcing Tom Brady was already coming out of retirement for more football that he was doing it to get away from being a father, and everyone said I was the worst person ever in the replies Well, again I am right and Tom is still trying to not be home. Probably loves the pigskin more than his wife.

@crakhaed

16 күн бұрын

Surprised he didn't use the picture of him kissing him on the lips lol

In 2012 I was at Walmart, window shopping the game displays, and the electronics employee recommended it for me. I bought it at GameStop a few months later and was so glad I did. Beat it 7 years later

@EDK105

Ай бұрын

I got Dark Souls for free with Xbox’s games with gold program nearly 10 years ago. Best game offered that got hooked on the whole series and other entries from FromSoftware. Still haven’t beaten either even though I beat DS2 and 3 lol

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

damn those loading times we're really that bad

@JPx115

27 күн бұрын

Sounds accurate, some people, including myself, need years in order to find the right mindset to play the game, I got the OG DS1 xbox 360 version for free thanks to Games with Gold, I knew about the game and wanted to try it but when I did I felt like I was hitting a wall over and over again so I abandoned the game, came back 2 years later, same thing happened but I did a little more progress, ended up abandoning the game again. Suddenly one day, around 2018 or 2019 a friend of mine told me he was playin DS Remastered and that he was having a blast, he showed me some clips he recorded and something about seeing his character using cool armor and wielding awesome weapons, fighting against enemies completely different to what I was used to and also doing all that while standing in a mind blowing end-of-the-world-like scenario made feel that I was also capable of doing all that and that I was really missing a lot by not playing the game, so I decided to install my DS1 360 version again and to beat it. My friend gave me one and just one advice "use your shield and git gud" and, ironically enough, that was all I needed to complete the game. Afer that experience I felt like I needed more so I purchased the remastered version and completed the game again this time with the DLC, then I got DS3 deluxe edition and completed the whole game + DLCs, but I still craved more Dark Souls, I got DS2 and completed the game with the secret ending, loved that game, but after that I needed more, so I got Sekiro and what a journey that game is, I became a disciple of Miyazaki, a true DS grizzled veteran. Then, Elden Ring came out, first Fromsoft game that I got 100% achivements on, after that Armored Core VI came and so did I. Now I'm paciently waiting for shadow of the Erdtree. Miyazaki is my master, I will lack nothing.

@foolishstrudel2689

27 күн бұрын

About a year ago, I got myself the Switch to play Tears of The Kingdom. While browsing my local GameStop for any other games to get for it, I saw a used Dark Souls Remastered. I've heard of the franchise before, so I bought it. To say it changed me would be an understatement.

@gmitchell5000

27 күн бұрын

@@ManleyReviews I got stuck on Ornstein and Smough haha. I made it one of my 2020 New Year’s resolutions to beat the game. It’s the only one I stuck to

How did they even let him make DS1? From: "Sir we aren't even going to publish your game outside not because of costs but because we are ashamed of the game." Miyazaki: "Can i do it again?" From: "Absolutely"

@datensaft

13 күн бұрын

THIS! xD

My friends and I found Dark souls 1 at GameStop for $15 (it was used) back in 2012. All of us (4) tried it and we never stopped after that night. Truly the game of all time.

@Moon_Presence

9 күн бұрын

"Truly the game of all time" what?

@jordanbarton1624

8 күн бұрын

@@Moon_Presence your lack of meme knowledge is showing 😉

@jordanbarton1624

8 күн бұрын

@@Moon_Presence just google “truly the most game of all time” lol. It’s just a meme.

@justinmacdonald6289

6 күн бұрын

@@Moon_Presence minus 1000 aura :(

@mrfootfxtish9430

2 күн бұрын

@@jordanbarton1624you’re using it incorrectly. you say that for something mediocre

27:43 Finally, someone shows off the Pro Skater build. No one ever does that one.

@bad1080

Ай бұрын

tony skawks pro hater

Dark Souls is truly the Jak II of action adventure RPGs

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

that actually made me laugh out loud

@Motoko_Urashima

Ай бұрын

@@ManleyReviews Well, you could review that one...

@akira1699

Ай бұрын

Jak 2 my beloved

@Weatherman4Eva

Ай бұрын

I don't entirely understand your comparison but I'll upvote anyone that keeps the memory of the Jak series alive

@Dartokenove

Ай бұрын

I've never played Jak games, can you explain?

I really liked your point about how dreamy the world is in this game. Dark Souls III is my favorite in the trilogy but Dark Souls is so unbelievably special, largely because it has that dreamy world that none of the other games do. I like that each game really just kinda did its own thing.

13:06 Oh man it feels good to be a Periphery fan

"Git gud" is such a wonderful phrase. It's simultaneously a snarky insult against those complaining the game is too hard, but also the most genuine thing you can say to a struggling player. "Get up, try again. You'll learn eventually. You got this!" ... or, y'know... "Git gud"

@poutineausyropderable7108

Ай бұрын

Yes but you can also teach players genuine advice. It's very easy to put yourself into a pit and can be very punishing for newbs who don't know what to avoid. And there's so many ways to make the game easier. RTSR, and the roll ring and having proper stats and weapon level. Skipping enemies. I couldn't tell someone to get good at elden ring. It's such a hard game that sucks at teaching their players. I'd rather write a 10 paragraph essay on how to play the game generally and then every single openings of a boss + multiple variation of how to use said openings order from easiest to execute to hardest (where the harder methods lets you deal mote damage). And how to dodge every attack and general tips about the boss AI. Ans if they are an absolute noob, then explaining the basic of stats and weapon leveling is a must.

@iHaveTheDocuments

Ай бұрын

​@@poutineausyropderable7108 Elden Ring is objectively the easiest Fromsoftware game. You can become overpowered by accident easily.

@witha1

Ай бұрын

​@@poutineausyropderable7108bro let ppl just play the game, don't gotta tell ppl what to do yk

@mr-scope

Ай бұрын

'Surpass your limits. Right here, right now'

@watchmehope6560

Ай бұрын

I remember it didn't start as an insult ruined by arseholes. It geinuely was just 'you gotta get better' like you mentioned. Now everyone just uses it as a lazy diss.

I have never seen someone use a green screen so effectively lol.

@dumbass9347

20 күн бұрын

Nakey jakey

@MaVerik1727

15 күн бұрын

Check out internet pitstop. This one's better because he's dressed like his character, which is pretty funny.

@indecay8756

14 күн бұрын

Check out Avatar 2, the story is dogshit, but they used the green screen really well

@XSilent_DevilX

14 күн бұрын

It's not green screen, he's actually in those locations

@slavko7898

11 күн бұрын

what about jakey, jakey, and jakey

Subscribed after the first minute! The editing is gorgeous (especially with the green screen)! It takes SO much time and effort to create. Great job!

the editing is so god damn good, inspirational first video I've seen by you, sticking around for sure

@ManleyReviews

27 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Holy evangelical Genesis. This Thumbnail slaps so hard.

@marine47ncaa25

Ай бұрын

So hard bro💪 You can (Not) go hollow

@dumbbumsc5329

Ай бұрын

Main reason I clicked and I’m subbing for the editing

@Fellow_Follower

Ай бұрын

It really is beautiful.

@errantcondor9349

Ай бұрын

​@@marine47ncaa25 haha that's awesome

@grrrr255

Ай бұрын

Weebs

I have a friend who was obsessed with Demon Souls so when Dark Souls launched and I got a ps3 in 2012 I tried it. Got all the way to Sens Fortress and then gave up. A couple months later I just had that itch to go back to it. Started a fresh file and there was no looking back. My PS3 file has every character slot full with at least 20 hours. One of my favorite games of all time and such a wonderful experience

@jtn81x

13 күн бұрын

Same for me. I did not particularly enjoy it back on the 360 and quit. But when I played it again on the PC like 7 years ago I loved it. I did play through it again a couple of months ago and it is still a great game.

@edbrito-swdev

16 сағат бұрын

Finally people writing about DEMON'S SOULS. It makes me dizzy seeing him talk about dark souls as if it came from nowhere. Demon souls, yeah, dark souls came from demon souls.

Great vid, as a long time dark souls fan (15 months fr 💪) I was genuinely shocked by how much of this I didn't know

@ManleyReviews

27 күн бұрын

Better late than never

Awesome vid man. Especially dug the Periphery: Wildfire instrumental edit at 13:00.

Return of the King. (For real though, big fan of your editing style and content overall!)

@longLee280

Ай бұрын

Good

@LeMel257

Ай бұрын

Hell yeah, im alwais flabergasted every time!

@emperortgp2424

27 күн бұрын

the only good nakeyjakey clone

Man 2011 was the golden year of gaming MINECRAFT, SKYRIM, PORTAL and DARK SOULS…. What a year

@yobro6053

Ай бұрын

+ Arkham city, Dead space 2, Gears 3, battlefield 3, deus ex… dayum.

@DzikiWaclaw

Ай бұрын

You mean 2004 right? Right? Im not a boomer I swear!

@yobro6053

Ай бұрын

@@DzikiWaclaw no, he meant 07 😤

@noti7510

Ай бұрын

my fav is terraria, dark souls being second favourite; of 2011, and all time. 2011 was a good year for games, if only for the games mentioned, the seventh gen being in full swing. though, minecraft was a thing, and popular, long before it's 1.0 release, which was in 2011

@scorpion0498

Ай бұрын

@@yobro6053 was gonna give gears 3 a shout also. awesome package of a game, super fun system linked with friends :D

So good to see another video, Liam! Always looking forward to the next.

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

Dude! I saw you in discord while editing this and then you left. been wanting to catch up for a minute.

I just watched an old zelda essay of yours and I'm now restarting this video. Lights off, cast to TV, and appreciate the endless details. Your essays imo are the most polished and hilarious... I mean really. Didn't even skip the ad 2nd time around. Do you play in Denver? Can't search rn i gotta super dope video to watch.

best part of dark souls is when john souls says its dark soulsing time

@longLee280

Ай бұрын

Good

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

personally downvoting

@basedamogus

Ай бұрын

@@ManleyReviews tysm for noticing me. been a fan for such a long time ❤❤❤

@AbelMusa

Ай бұрын

I've never seen a comment so rancidely unoriginal in my life

@michaelmai6514

Ай бұрын

Uhm.. acztually, its John Darksoul. Get it right! - 🤓

The phrase "mental de-buffs" is honestly a really good way of describing depression/anxiety/etc.

@ales6305

Ай бұрын

I'm going to proc curse irl

@penatio

23 күн бұрын

I feel like I'm going hollow ngl.

@notproductiveproductions3504

23 күн бұрын

What about mental rebalancing? Cuz sometimes I react to delayed gratification the wrong way (hard work makes food taste good…unless I had one of *those* days)

The very brief usage of the REmake safe room music was just perfect.

My man saw he had some of the best production quality on the platform and said "not enough" The thumbnail and transitions are sick

Great point about while having a interconnected world is cool it’s more about the experiences in that world that matter!

@MFBushidoBrown

Ай бұрын

buddy got the YT Comments, god damn

@rizwanfaruqi

Ай бұрын

Buddy brought the KZread Comments goddamn

@shira_yone

Ай бұрын

buddy carried the ユーチューブコメント欄 got damn

@Mattznick

Ай бұрын

awwww shit it's IP

dude your thumbnails are always so god dang incredible

@longLee280

Ай бұрын

Good

outstanding editing. really good stuff man

Being a DS1 fan in the first 6 months as the mechanics and lore began to unravel was something else. With no frame of reference for how to allocate levels or how weapons work or anything it was brutally difficult and every time you figured something out it was huge

The one-two punch of "Running by a graveyard - I was fat" *Fat roll crash* Then being too fatty to fit between the gap.. that bit wiped me out lmao

Wow I can't believe he edited this entire video from the back of a Cedan in Puerto Rico Edit: I'm not gonna do it.

@jarlwhiterun7478

Ай бұрын

Sedan*

@Shimod01

Ай бұрын

*Sedan

@jerrodshack7610

Ай бұрын

*Sedan

@rizwanfaruqi

Ай бұрын

sedan

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

*saidan

Bro I just found your content and been running through it, really good shit man. sick editing, commentary and the humor scratches my manic-depressive 28 year old brain. Keep it up man.

Awesome work! Looking forward to your next video, and hope you're doing good!

“Opera comes highly reguarded….” 😂

@Motoko_Urashima

Ай бұрын

I'm tired of a youtube tab in Brave taking up 1.9gb of memory. I'm giving Opera a genuine try.

@AC-hj9tv

23 күн бұрын

Chinese spyware

I really dug the vid, but I think you are missing one very important aspect of DS at the original launch, and that's the community (reddit, forums, ect). These places were on fire with little details, builds, strategies, and general patting each other on the back for getting past certain sections or bosses. I relied on the community during my teething phase with Demon's Souls, and there was a palpable buzz in these spaces, learning about esoteric mechanics, NPC behaviors or lore-diving, it made the whole experience something you wanted to proselytize to your friends about, knowing they were going to go get their asses kicked and come back to you with a shrug, and then you could offer some tips till it all just clicks into place. I converted no less than four of my friends through sheer "I never shut up about this" persistence. I think that player energy led to the seemingly continuous rising sales figures for the title years beyond the rush of launch. Having Vaati, and Bonfireside Chat, and guys doing ridiculous level 1, no hit playthroughs all just coalesced into excellerent for a hungry fanbase. It was a great moment in gaming.

@rodrixgaming2527

24 күн бұрын

Completely agree, DS comunity is an important part of the experience. I hope he can cover that and the multiplayer aspects for the ds2 video.

@Ewil.Bluetooth

24 күн бұрын

I don't understand him trying to argue that Dark Souls wasn't a hit until DS3. It was very obviously a hit, because it got funded for sequels as soon as the first title was released. It wasn't because of Bloodborne either. It was already a hit with Demon souls. Each entry just got more buzz about it..... because the previous game was beloved by a big fanbase. Hell just look at the gaming sites review of Dark souls original release. It was a hit. This guy seems to be convinced that games are only hits when he decides it.😂 Imagine starting to play first at the 4th entry and actually believing that a game series that has spawned 3 sequels, one every two years wasn't a big success.🤦 I wouldn't be surprised to learn that this guy didn't play DS on PS3 because he was a 360-guy. It was only because he switched to PS4 that he realized that fps wasn't the only games that are fun.

@micahjones7837

22 күн бұрын

I played it in 2018 and this was still my experience. Having an in person friend to help was awesome, but the reddit community was ablaze wtg support, positivity, tips, and lore speculation. The game is great on its own but it really brings out the best in people. I've never been in a more positive gaming community online then ds1

The backtracking and lack of fast travel was what made the world of Dark Souls so immersive (also the level design and everything was just amazing). It reminds me a bit how in vanilla World of Warcraft, the world seemed so huge and immersive when you didn't have a mount because if you wanted to go somewhere, you had to plan a route, and really got to experience the game world when going from A to B. If you traveled a really long way it almost felt good just to reach where you were going.

We missed you Manley. Good to see you back 🥳

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

oh hey love the vids

Manley is the Dark Souls of Nakey Jakey.

The rare Manley Reviews upload and it's one of my favorite games! It's a win win.

Can‘t wait for DS2, which was my entrance to the Souls games. Amazing video as always, keep up the good work, you deserve every single one of the views you are getting!

First Dark Souls video I have ever seen that managed to include YTP style sentence mixing without feeling like a completely stupid addition. Don't change, never change.

i could never beat gravelord NEET-o and eventually gave up. should i give it another shot, bros?

@Sleepy_Dan...

Ай бұрын

Of course

@TheKing-kd9li

Ай бұрын

If you made it to him you were just about to beat the game so not much else is there to see after that

@AndroxineVortex

Ай бұрын

No, he's literally unbeatable. No one's ever been able to get past him.

@nayyarrashid4661

28 күн бұрын

Yeah you should and there are just a couple of things you need to remember. 1)don't go running to him. That will spawn the two giant skeletons that will make the fight really tedious 2) Learn the timing of his sword from down unded attack. Once you learn It's timing avoid it and to hit Nitto stand next to him. He won't be able to hit you. 3) Once you start seeing him sit down this is the AOE. Run away or pull your shield up. His AOE also takes care of the three skeletons. Get a blessed weapon to take care of those skeles for good.

@larry5272

28 күн бұрын

You're so close!

This is honestly some of the best editing I've seen 😂

Love the effort you put in your videos my man, always a joy to watch! ❤

Not having fast travel makes having it that much more fun. It also makes some memorable moments like climbing out of Blight Town. It’s fun for me but I also kind of understand why people hate not having it.

@jeanjorts6553

21 күн бұрын

It drove me nuts at the start, so many times I'd have to run back to the blacksmith to upgrade things and would groan at some of the back tracking, although I don't think it's the worst thing ever.

@crakhaed

16 күн бұрын

It's like the anti Starfield

@reggieisnotadog4841

15 күн бұрын

It also has the benefit of making you commit. If you had warping from the start, people are liable to reach Anor Londo, realise they hadn't gone down into the catacombs yet (now they're a bit stronger) and warp back to try those before proceeding. You see it in Elden Ring with warping back and forth across the world and it slowly becomes one big checklist rather than an adventure.

@yourdad5799

14 күн бұрын

It just makes you backtrack. Just running around with nothing to do, just starting at that akward running animation

@xXLunatikxXlul

11 күн бұрын

@@reggieisnotadog4841and that’s why I prefer semi linear souls, to open world souls.

I usually just listen to most video essays, especially on Dark Souls, since I've already seen much of this game. But your videos are so well edited, I really enjoy watching them with full focus 👌

There’s a feeling i struggle with sometimes that I won’t find new games or music that impact me enough to be nostalgic. I have many blissful memories as a kid and i always want to be in a position to experience them anew. Elden ring was this experience for me in my 30s, which led to dark souls 1. DS1 atmosphere and music makes me feel like a kid who doesn’t quite understand the full picture of things, and in that mystery is a wonder and beauty I will always cherish.

I was wondering where you've been!!! So glad you're back on my youtube homepage manley!

Oh man, finally! I thought you've quit making your awesome vids! Glad to see you back!

Your channel is amazing Mr.Manley. such good writing and editing. Please never stop ❤️❤️

Dude your editing is on point, I’m definitely subbing.

i just love EVERYTHING about this channel , instant subscribe for me tbh

I love everything about this video, from the thumbnail to the intermission in each section. Good to see you back after all this time.

Great video!! Glad youre back manley. Hoping i can get the IDs of the songs you used in the video cuz they slap hard

I don't know why this isn't getting put in my home feed, It should be seen WAY more

from the instant the video starts the quality is just levels above other similar channels!! Love me a good Manley Review!!!!

Literally every time Im thinking “I haven’t seen a Manley vid in a minute. Let me make sure that stupid bell is working.” A video appears a few days later. 2:35 my god Ive never been called out harder in my life

I love how genuine these videos are and the innovations brought forward with every vid. Always so fun to watch, I've never played dark souls but the editing in and of itself kept me intrigued and learning something new. Hope surgery recovery is going well!

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

Wait you WHAT!? Get your ass in the game before I revoke your gamer card

Your vid popped up in my recommend. Holy wow your production quality and presentation is 10/10. Definitely subscribing. Good stuff man!

oh man the transitions keep evolving. glorious! I HIGH-KEY was waiting for the traditional transition music, plz dont ditch it

hell yeah another Manley video! hope your feeling better after the operation man

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

Thanks doing way better now

12:50 oh yeah, hit em with the Skyward Sword roll credits theme 😎

@ManleyReviews

Ай бұрын

it's a "break glass incase of emergency" song i save for those moments.

@wizcatcheslightning

Ай бұрын

@@ManleyReviews you accomplished what you were going for in style my friend

Just amazing and entertaining content guaranteed! Love your videos man! Always worth waiting!

Maaaaaaaaaan those transition cards are BANGING

I just want to say I don't think there is any channel on youtube that matches your level of consistent quality Almost every frame has some editing baked in that would take me hours to learn. The music/visual choices, the small details, witty jokes, everything I eventually want to make "guy in front of green screen" content and when I watch your videos it makes me think: "yeah nobody can top this without plagiarizing" lol. Keep up the great work man

@zaidlacksalastname4905

Ай бұрын

As someone who's dabbled in video creation, it takes TONS of time. That's why it's rare.

22:15, the text on the ground appears to say "I am aware I am bending over for this game, but few of them ever deserve it".

Dark Souls is without question my favorite gaming experience of all time. A friend of mine who was really big in a from soft games recommended it to me at a time that was very difficult and I just locked in. It took a while though but once you really get it and you get good there's almost nothing else like it, It's like you said the world design is unreal, the interconnectedness the story, the general theme and the feel. And when you take down that big boss like artorius, It's such an amazing feeling. Love Dark Souls remastered and I know it's a different version than the one that first came out. That said, it's my favorite game of all time. My other favorite games are Chrono Trigger and super Mario 64 to give you an idea, they couldn't be any different, That said, Dark Souls rules supreme. Awesome content by the way, new subscriber. You have really good content 🔥 looking forward to your Dark Souls 2 video

You have the cleanest transitions in any medium I have ever witnessed in my life brah. I don't say that lightly, nor am I trying to glaze.

Manley! You are right up there with NakeyJakey as my two favorite content creators on this website. The humor, the editing, the pacing and information are all top of the line. You deserve a LOT more subs man!

Im a simple guy. I see an Evangelion thumbnail, I click.

Sweet editing. My first was DS3. It hooked me and now the only ones I haven't played are BB and Demons

My first achievement in DS1 was earned 12/26/2012, after a still good online friend of mine recommended me the game. I made my way through a complete playthrough and thought "Yeah, cool game I guess, I'm gonna go back to Skyrim" I'm not sure what led me to my second playthrough of DS but that playthrough something clicked and I've held the series extremely close to my heart. Earlier this year, right before the trailer for Shadow of the Erdtree dropped, someone I've known since I was in kindergarten told me he was going to try Dark Souls and its amazing how even more than a decade later that one game can produce such formative experiences.

why is this guy so unrecognized his editing is so good and the videos are also really good. deserves way more than just 250k subs

The motion graphics video in this go insane, dude

I loved Dark Souls. My friend and I swapped consoles for about a month back in high school and he had a 360 and I had a PS3. I gave him like Uncharted and several other PS3 exclusives and he gave me Bioshock Infinite, Halo, Gears of War and Dark Souls. I played Bioshock first and didn't really enjoy it. Then I played Halo 3 and Gears with my other friends, which was fun. Then I took a swing at Dark Souls. My friend I swapped with said it was super hard and he stopped playing when he fought a "mage in a church". I'm assuming he meant the undead parish area with the mage before the gargoyles. I spent the rest of the month only playing Dark Souls because I found it to be so fun and challenging. Played every fromsoft game since. The friend I swapped with even replayed it after my glowing review and he also plays all the fromsoft games now. Great series.

I love the fact you did these edits yourself you created a brutally honest and beautiful review that this game series deserved 🎉

HE’S FINALLY DOING DARK SOULS!!!

14:57 wtf I'm dead lmaoooo

God damn i love you're videos. You deserve so many more views. Only complaint is I wish you had more time to upload more often

I LOVED this video, your style is peak bro

amazing how this series could have never been made. Miyazaki was in an accounting firm. he quit his job on a whimp. Fromsolf decided to hire a guy on a whimp. they promote him to director out of nowhere, Japan company normaly dont do that. they happen to let him take charge on Demon Soul on a whimp. everything just happen on accident all by a coincidence. and the stars aline, and everything was history.

@ursaminor2732

Ай бұрын

whim*

@jeanjorts6553

21 күн бұрын

I think you mean *whim. But this is historically accurate!!

Dark Souls is the type of game that makes you stop thinking of yourself as the main character, and it starts making you think like the character you're controlling.

This guy is the most dudebro person I've ever seen talking about Dark Souls and I love it

Bro the transition scenes are so sick I love them

Dark Souls 1 absolutely did not come out of nowhere. It had tons of hype from IGN and many other gaming outlets coming off the cult success of demons souls. It sold over 6 million in its first year.

@NeumaSeven

23 күн бұрын

Yeah...I don't understand why this video isn't centered around the first Souls game unless making it about Dark Souls gets more views?

@ManleyReviews

23 күн бұрын

no it didn't lmao. it sold 1.19 mil on its first year according to bandai namco earnings reports. still was coming from a cult hit, only to be in another cult of its own.

@bespincloudcity7893

23 күн бұрын

@@ManleyReviews It came out in September, right before Skyrim. I should have said ‘in its first 12 months’. DS1 was not a ‘cult hit’, it was a blockbuster. Source: I was there.

@NeumaSeven

22 күн бұрын

@@ManleyReviews I still wouldn’t consider DS1 a cult hit if it had success like that it’s first year. Either way it’s a well made video. Definitely way more than what I can do lmao

@solame10101

21 күн бұрын

​@@bespincloudcity7893 I was a bit confused about this part too, coming from demons souls i was picking up hype when the das1 footage started releasing. I remember the launch being pretty big, only that skyrim kinda fucked with it.

I hope you won't trash Dark Souls 2's name.... it deserves better from people.

@randomfurrygirl548

Ай бұрын

The most mediocre game from an amazing series

@ninetailedara3802

Ай бұрын

​@@randomfurrygirl548just admit you didn't beat the game and move on.

@hashtags_YT

Ай бұрын

​@@ninetailedara3802 Beat it twice and done 2/3 DLCs. Am I also not qualified to say how shit it was start to finish? Do you wanna keep pretending it's good?

@ninetailedara3802

Ай бұрын

@@hashtags_YT Still a very fun game besides like 1 area, cant change my mind.

@the_seer_0421

29 күн бұрын

​@@ninetailedara3802it's not a terrible game but most of the usual criticisms are very much justified. You can like the game and still admit it's issues.

Man what are those pants called?? They look so good on you! Excellent video and audio editing by the way, the little touches like the echoing are chef's kiss

After 4 months of searching manley reviews hoping to find a new video KZread STILL DIDNT NOTIFY ME WTF

my buddy invited me to his house after school to play this game. it was around its release. I bought it, started fresh, hated it. Didn’t end up finishing it til before DS2, that was when I fell in love with it lol. rip kirk. everytime I play a fromsoft game I miss ya buddy.

i love dark souls too, but i just wanna say this is great editing man, really hard work and it shows, keep it up :D

The Fable music at 22:44 🥹

I discovered Dark Souls 1 around 12 years ago, by a recommendation from a dude who already had two daughters around half my age. And I've absolutely loved the series ever since and still play it to this day. You know how RuneScape players would say that you never really quit? It's the same with Dark Souls, I wouldn't even dare to count how many hours I've sunk into it across a decade. And I can tell you're in the same boat by just the fact of how many different Easter eggs I saw in this video, that contained things normal fan wouldn't even know about because it's so obscure you have to actively search for it or know about an actual dark souls trivia goldmines of a youtube channels. Like, the idea of another human basing her persona on an Dark Souls 2 NPC Invader telling me really obscure FromSoft series trivia with Zelda BGM at 1:00 AM is my adult comfy time now.

Love that periphery plug in there homie! Loved the vid

This was amazing! I can't wait for the ds2 video

manley reviews + dark souls game is the best thing to ever happen

I think there has been something huge I've missed in each Souls game, plus Bloodborne and Elden Ring. It's one of the reasons I keep playing and why I even sought out these old ass games in the first place. I'm such a goblin for secrets and loot and exploration in every game I play, and the fact that I had thought I'd gotten such a rich, full experience and yet had missed so much was mind blowing. Completely changed the blueprint for what my favorite games consist of. In case anyone is wondering, in DS1, completely missed Ash Lake, which I think a lot of people do. I also missed the little opening in Darkroot Basin to get down to the Hydra and crystal dudes until wayyyy later. In Elden Ring, I missed quite a few different dungeons, mostly all of the nighttime specific bosses, and whole areas of the map. I'm STILL finding things and I've got serious hours in that game. DS3, had no idea I could knock bridges down until I needed help with something in the Ariandel dlc, then I realized I completely missed Smouldering Lake bc I never even looked at that bridge. 🤣 And those are just the specific examples I can think of, there's a ton of stuff in Demons Souls, DS2 and Bloodborne as well. The urge to play all over again after your first run of any Souls game is really the selling point. I've never felt "put me back in there, I got this now!" so hard with any other games.