You actually don’t need the master key to skip the depths and blighttown There is a passageway near the bottom of darkroot that has a bonfire and leads to the valley of the drakes. From there just go to the other end of the area and enter the back door into blighttown

@paradoxxikal7327

5 күн бұрын

The secreter way

@zaboono

4 күн бұрын

You can also get the master key from the merchant you find in the depths by the blight town gate after he moves to firelink if you’re down to do a bit of platforming under the tunnel leading to the undead burg

@mockingchief8144

4 күн бұрын

@@zaboono true, but that still requires you to kill gaping dragon for him to move, so you still would have to complete the depths

@DarknessIsTheTruth

3 күн бұрын

You just have to cut through several drakes and an undead dragon.

The merchant in the depths sells the master key when he moves to firelink

@ToucanDivineQuest

6 күн бұрын

Aye, siwmae

@MrMetallix

6 күн бұрын

But by the time you make it to the depths do you even need it anymore? 😅

@Ronam0451

6 күн бұрын

​@@MrMetallixif you want to get to blighttown from the other side without going through the valley of drakes.

@ToucanDivineQuest

4 күн бұрын

@@Ronam0451 it's useful for random things too like you don't need to run all the way down pass the crestfallen merchant in Sen's to get the key that will free Logan

@roccogough254

4 күн бұрын

Not to mention the fact that you can just go through New Londo (Killing Ingward for the key to The Seal)

As someone who hasn't really played a Souls game I like the idea that you can't hack and slash every single enemy you come across

@LoungeAct_

12 күн бұрын

What’re you waiting for then? Play one!

@indrast5203

11 күн бұрын

You could convince them to walk off cliffs

@MegaJackolope

10 күн бұрын

Go play DS1 prepare to die edition the yarr harr way, it's still a top 3 game of all time for me. Remastered edition changes the visuals in a not great way, also changes the way PvPers are grouped from being based on levels to whether or not they had picked up a weapon from the list of these predetermined lists of tiers. DS1 level design and the bosses alone are worth your time. Suffice to say, there's a reason why people compared every game to dark souls for the next ten years... Play it.

@seagull6636

9 күн бұрын

Ds3 you can with a straight sword

@pudimy

8 күн бұрын

As a souls player I guarantee that you can kill every enemy you come across, you just have to be careful and take one by one first

I find the way people approach problem solving in these games very interesting. I beat Capra with the elite knight armor and wolf ring, poised through the dogs and killed them quick before hard swapping out my armor to get a faster roll to deal with Capra. My friend used the spell that distracts enemies to kill the dogs. I also know that you can 'cheese' him by tossing firebombs over the wall, lol.

@brunocampos8640

7 күн бұрын

I think that's the beauty of these games the areas/bosses are puzzles and it's up to you to find your way to overcome them

@quaddamage7765

7 күн бұрын

You also can purchase poison daggers, get to the top of arena ans safely poison him

@prosaic.7944

7 күн бұрын

Your friend is the only person in the world who used that spell.

@nickoliekeyov746

7 күн бұрын

@@prosaic.7944 I know lol I’ve tried it myself but like, I could just kill whatever I’m distracting instead

@leonlai8270

2 күн бұрын

​@@brunocampos8640People will call it "UnfAiR" nowadays

You don't need the master key to skip the depths and blighttown. You can just take darkroot down from the blacksmith to valley of drakes which leads you to the same door and the key for it nearby. There's always ways to trivialize entire sections of DS1. It was never meant to be a hard game where you bash your head against a wall for hours. It's only meant to push you to find creative ways of solving problems

one of the coolest things about the soulsborne games is playing the new game plus cycle and seeing how easy everything becomes and you just wreak face through it. so satisfying

@geordiejones5618

7 күн бұрын

For me it's how much you improve on an entirely new game. It becomes a new challenge because you WANT to challenge yourself, at least I do. How far can I get without dying? Can I beat the first boss without leveling? Oh what about that mid game weapon I love how early can I actually get that? And of course once you stop min-maxing, the role playing feels like I'm a kid again, imagining crazy monsters and getting deep into some fictional faction and it's internal dramas.

@xristoskoumpourlis1614

7 күн бұрын

one comment i have on this topic is just how good of an idea it was for ds2 and softs to have more/unique items in ng+ cycles along with some enemies etc it really gives you a reason to play a ng+ cycle

@stevemichael652

5 күн бұрын

That’s the worst way to play. The best way is making a new character and using a new build and new weapons and having a brand new experience with a new perspective and strategy , not burn out the game on one OP character

its not a lie its more like a puzzle

the thumbnail didnt have to go so hard

I could never get into the Souls titles themselves, but Bloodborne absolutely hooked me and its atmosphere alone forced me to change how I fundamentally approached games after running into a wall in the starting area. I tried to get invest myself in Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3, to no avail, but Elden Ring and now Sekiro/AC6 have brought me back to this company. I think what I appreciate most about these games is that "Fashion Souls" really becomes the whole game when you lean into the roleplay and figure out the pace of combat. I've had some of my most memorable roleplaying moments by just committing to Fashion Souls in the purest form: choosing a faction/allegiance/creed and having all my gear reflect those choices, as well as headcanon PC idiosyncracies. There's no other games where I can truly get lost in a world and see my playstyle coordinate so well with my roleplaying, with possibly the sole exception of Fallout: New Vegas.

@caveirainvocada9438

6 күн бұрын

I'm not a big roleplayer in my games unless it's a very pure RPG that really encourages it, I'll just do what will get me the coolest stuff lol, but It's really cool that you get so much from RPing in Soulslikes to the point of comparing it to New Vegas!

There's no such thing as balanced in a true RPG

Well, I feel at least a little better about how I killed the Fire Giant last night.

@MrMetallix

6 күн бұрын

I helped someone fight the fire Giant last night too 😂

@jessewilliams6459

6 күн бұрын

@@MrMetallix I didn't help or give help 😢I had to cheese him on the cliffs with Latenna. I fought him eight times (what's with people saying they fight bosses150-200 times? I can only fight a boss 3-6 times before I lose interest) before I googled it 😢I'm just an innocent merchant hoooo

@darthnoir6370

5 күн бұрын

@@jessewilliams6459 tbh that cheese takes more effort than just whacking his legs until he cries

Capra is what woke me up and made Dark Souls click for me. It's a cheap fight, but that huge difficulty curve gave me the best feeling of accomplishment when I finally beat him. I remember standing up in my chair and doing that arm-cross "suck my dick" pose and screaming my victory. That feeling is something I rarely ever am able to hit with many other games (maybe some like GoW, or other similar ARPGs.

@MrMetallix

6 күн бұрын

I’ve never had trouble with the Capra demon… ornstein and smough were where the difficulty curve hit for me

@jiggycalzone8585

5 күн бұрын

And then you see a herd of Capra demons in the underworld and realize how easy you had it the whole time

@shoe7ess2

3 күн бұрын

@@jiggycalzone8585 For real, that's when you realized the fight wasn't against Capra... it was about the cardboard box you fight him in XD

This video is so beautiful. I feel like its my friend whos telling me about his favorite game in great details to make me want to play it too. And in fact i have not beaten this game yet, so now i know what i will play after the ER dlc :)

@hazyspliff

7 күн бұрын

i would say honestly play ds3 first. it’s the most similar in terms of mechanics i tried to go straight from er to ds1 and it was rough but after beating ds3 it was much more enjoyable

@Chily-lm1kc

6 күн бұрын

@@hazyspliffI agree. That or Bloodborne even.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

​@@hazyspliffBut Dark Souls 3 has 10000 "look, it's thing from Dark Souls 1" moments that kinda don't do anything for you if you didn't play the first one. So if you don't plan on playing Dark Souls 3 again to get most things you should really start with number 1.

To me the Bed of Chaos is still a fun fight in spite of it's many glaring issues because it's gimmick prevents the encounter from being a matter of raw stats: You can't do a kajillion damage to a boss that functionally doesn't have health and you can't tank straight through everything because gravity can always kill you. I see it as a very good idea that was executed poorly due to unfavorable circumstances and I think it had the potential to be one of Fromsoftware's all-time best bosses if it was given the time it needed. Out of the four lordvessel bosses the Bed of Chaos is my favorite - and for similar reasoning the Four Kings is my least favorite since it's basically just a DPS test. I hope Miyazaki keeps making bosses with interesting and fun gimmicks because a well designed gimmick boss can really spice up the gameplay (Pls not just another Storm King clone)

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

Oof, idk man. Bed of Chaos is just another Dragon God but somehow worse. Like how do you even go backwards from Dragon God? I know development got screwed in the entire second half of the game but that's an actual achievement.

@xryeau_1760

6 күн бұрын

@@dreamz1417 I disagree, Dragon God had less going on and felt more boring even when things go well. I think Bed of Chaos does a better job at taking advantage of it's changing environment even if it might be more frustrating at times. I usually find myself having more fun on Bed of Chaos on a good encounter than Dragon God

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

@@xryeau_1760 Well I have negative fun with both, but the Bed's worse.

Entirely unrelated to the video, but hearing What We Did in the Desert in the background of the video hit me with a wave of nostalgia. I know its weird to have nostalgia for a song thats only like 2 years old but I cant help it

great video dude!!! scrolled down expecting a huge channel and saw 16 comments... keep it up bro i was engaged the whole time

Awesome thumbnail, happy your back

"Dark Souls' difficulty is a facade to get you to think outside the box" perfectly summed up why I love this game and why every other souls game pales in comparison to it

That's so interesting, the only thing my Capra fight taught me was to fight without the lock-on system

I am so dumb. I am currently playing Dark Souls 1 with a friend and we fought Ceaseless Discharge 1v1 because we didn't know there is a tactic to defeat him haha

You can enter the short way to Blighttown without the master key Dark root basin---> valley of drakes---> Blighttown. You don’t need the key.

@LoungeAct_

9 күн бұрын

Yeah but then you still have to go through Undead Burg but I guess you could also go through New Londo.

@lordstronghold7189

9 күн бұрын

@@LoungeAct_ Yeah but you don’t have to fight Capra and Gaping dragon. And dark root basin is accessible from Andre.

@tommikoistinen2321

8 күн бұрын

You kinda need large ember from Depths so basically you need to kill Capra.

@HyrulianBeast

8 күн бұрын

@@tommikoistinen2321 Nah just build Fire Path by dropping down to ol' Vamos, Fire Path is good if you're literally building Full Vigor, I see that health bar.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

​@@HyrulianBeastIt's way easier to just use a twinkling titanite weapon like the bonkers broken black knight weapons.

Great video!!! I agree with everything especially with that take on ds3. I hope you'll release a dark souls 2 vid cause its my favorite fromsoft game. I wish you well man with your channel and all

I had no idea that the Valley of the Drake's entrance lets you skip Blightown. For my playthrough that's how I first entered Blighttown was through the Valley of the Drakes. I explored that side of blighttown and found Quelags Cave. Later on in my playthrough I was a little bit lost about where I should be going and where I should look for stuff. So when I found that other entrance to blighttown I thought something I needed could be over there. So I intentionally explored the other half that I inadvertently "skipped" only to not ever find what I really needed. I had no idea I skipped that only to go back and torture myself 😐😂

Miracles were certainly not "all the rage" in demons souls. There were almost no offensive miracles in either demons souls nor dark souls.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

Dark Souls has lightning spears to stomp early to midgame bosses. Demon's Souls' only attacking miracle is God's Wrath. I remember seeing a God's Wrath only-challenge once, it sucked ass lol

@exposingpowerfullieslivest5082

6 күн бұрын

@@dreamz1417 that's true I totally forgot about lightning spear/sunlight spear haha was so OP

Been playing since DS1, and love the growth the From team have gone through. Sekiro, AC6, and ER+ Shadow; all have me wondering what's next. I hope for something focused like sekiro with more ng+ changes like AC6. The lengths for both were much more manageable too.

@methatis3013

9 күн бұрын

AC6?

@robertl7334

9 күн бұрын

@@methatis3013 Armored Core VI, directed by Masaru Yamamura.

@allorfh2495

7 күн бұрын

I really like the Ng+ system ds2 had. it really felt like a different playthrough not just hp buffed enemies. also you get access to class respec really early on so you can make an entire different build for your ng+1

@robertl7334

7 күн бұрын

@allorfh2495 I agree that the DS2 ng+ changes made the playthroughs unique and fun. However, it felt more like, throw whatever at the wall and see what works. The devs tried it with DS2 and refined it with AC6. The ng+ playthroughs flow into the original story much more fluidly, and I hope to see it developed to a greater extent.

@allorfh2495

7 күн бұрын

@@robertl7334 I have yet to play AC6 maybe I'll check it out when a larger discount drops

I love yt recommending me new channels that happen to cover all of my interests. Also props for the name, Lounge Act is one of my favorite Nirvana songs.

Great video!!

I found an entirely different way to cheese Ceaseless and Capra. Use the gorge to bait an attack and move back for Ceaseless. Use the heavy attack as soon as you enter Capra arena to instakill both the dogs then kill Capra with magic as he chases you around. So many fun ways to beat bosses and enemies when skill isn't there yet.

I think the issue with the late-game in Elden Ring is that if you explore everything, you'll obtain levels and weapons that let you breeze through the early to midgame, only to be stopped by the wall of difficulty at Mountaintops of the Giants. The endgame is not more difficult from a design standpoint, it's just scaled higher and players who waltzed through the first two-thirds without actually learning how to fight well will perceive this as a massive spike in difficulty.

@LoungeAct_

8 күн бұрын

I actually think most of the bosses in the late game like Malenia and Maliketh are actually really well designed. But others feel far too rushed and are just kinda not good. Specifically the Godskin Duo and the Elden Beast being the biggest two. Whenever I replay the game I always find some fun crazy build but it becomes unusable in the late game. I actually think the DLC fixes this by still making the bosses hard but allowing you to keep your fun builds.

@davidtippy7976

8 күн бұрын

@@LoungeAct_ Yeah, but there are also annoying midgame bosses like Valiant Gargoyles and Lichdragon Fortissax who would probably be just as hated if scaled for endgame.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

​@@LoungeAct_The only build that really starts becoming bad endgame is a holy build, iirc Elden Beast has 80% holy res. Literally everything else is perfectly fine though?

The master key is not a requirement to skip the lower burg, the depths and blighttown. You can just go from the undead parish through the dark root garden and valley of drakes. So the capra demon is an optional boss.

This video popped on my feed out of nowhere lol

Yoooooo, I've never clicked so fast.

I recently got into souls game, starting with ds1, and realized one thing. The game relies and want you to die as much as possible, either to learn how the game works, or to learn how to master your skills. To prove my point, don't forget that we have the souls items, where if you use it, you get souls. if the game doesnt want you to die, then these items wouldnt exist

@dr.plumcake5165

4 күн бұрын

I don't agree. The souls items can be used for obtaining souls without killing enemies, that's their purpose. If you want to obtain souls because you lost them it's a way to use them. But you could also use them for reaching the souls required for a new level or buy things from merchant without farming

@btchiaintkidding7837

2 күн бұрын

Hard disagree. it doesnt even want you to lose souls. hence every boss drops a free single "homeward bone" an item that lets you instantly fast travel back to a safe location making sure that you use your massive Exp gain from the boss and not lose them during exploration or runback. DS1 is probably the only fromsoft game that really wants you to win and succeed. if you are observant and keen eyed it is the most fair game. I barely d'ed in my first blind playthrough, and it still fascinated me to no end. if you want to play your own way, DS1 lets you do it balance be dammed. wanna r2 spam stunlock everything to 0 HP even bosses? Zweihander availabe from early game. wanna feel like a wrecking tank? broken OP Poise. Love using shields? Broken OP shields. Wanna utilize something with long reach? spears. that have longer reach in hitbox then their model implies. and the souls items are there to top off your amoumt of souls so that you can level up even if you slightly lack to reach the next threshold. thats it

Excellent video 👌

Ceaseless isn't a gimmick boss, you aren't "meant" to kill him by dropping him to his death. That's a secret.

Great video bro! Just a hint: you can access blighttown early without the master key before the gargoyles fight, only thing you need is to go darkroot garden elevator and go down to valley of drakes :D

great video

Another dark souls video essay lets gooo

@Jurglenuts

7 күн бұрын

Yawn

very good video

you having amazing taste in music

Wait hold on, you mean I straight up don't have to go to Blight Town if I have the Master Key? Like it just straight up doesn't have anything obligatory to progress in Blight Town itself?? Oh boy it might be reinstall time...

I honestly don’t mind the bed of chaos

My first time through DS1 I ended up skipping the depths route without the master key by going the long way through the forest, then through the valley of the drakes. I didn’t realize it was a skip at first so I remember thinking “this is what everyone said was so horrible?” Lmao. Fucking video games man.

I really, really wish you'd encountered pre nerf Capra Demon.

Capra Demon : get filtered

Totally agree, I know you didn't take Shadow of the Erdtree into consideration but the overall balancing definitely still applies. I was having lots of fun with the new fedora-tipping light greatsword "M'lady" and its rhythm, but switched to a bleed build because it was objectively superior, and I really hate that. It got better results in a game that kills me in two mistakes and takes over five minutes of intense concentration for every boss fight, so it was a no-brainer. All these cool weapons and everyone is just funneled into something that makes the game less of a drag.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

Eh, if I can beat the final boss of the dlc with a slow colossal greatsword anyone can.

8:09 I wonder if Atlus is where they got the name for Altus in Elden Ring.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

Altus is literally just a normal latin word

The most important ingridient in souls games are enemy design even more then weapons Your foes tell you a story Their greatness/horror overshadows you the average man yet you have to overcome them overcome other players even

Multiple Characters also lies to you

Just beat this game for the first time. It forced such a primal rage out of me that I genuinely don’t think any other game will ever make me feel and it made me kind of sad after it was over. Fuck the bed of chaos tho

I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a video essay but all this video was was a lot of basic info and factoids most of the souls community already know about. The "how dark souls lies to you" part seemed to just be about the game's unique level progression and secret exploits the game lets you take advantage of which isn't anything new and I'd hardly call the game lying to you, and the rest of the vid is just a basic and slightly misunderstood synopsis of the game and its level progression with a lot of big words and an unnecessary Miyazaki history lesson at the beginning, it feels more like a "why I like dark souls" video. if we're talking about how dark souls lies to you I think of its npc's, their questlines and the lore, and specific level design aspects like how ash lake is hidden behind 2 illusory walls, and how Gwynevere and the sun in Anor Lando are illusions, as well as the fake out Seath fight before you eventual figure out he's invulnerable unless you destroy his crystal beacon thing. the game is also filled with literal and ambiguously designed traps that take advantage of a new players trust in what they'd expect in a game, Sens, the catacombs and the return to the Asylum are good examples of this kind of level design that lies to you

@Chily-lm1kc

5 күн бұрын

Yeah cause god forbid someone talk about how they enjoy something

@Vizion0513

5 күн бұрын

@@Chily-lm1kc And god forbid I be critical of a video that doesn't know what it wants to be about

Okay I almost clicked off at the beginning but I stayed an watched an I Agree with most of the points you made in this video BUT the bit about bed of chaos a bit of strategy to try next time throw on ninja flip ring an Whenever you start to go destroy the anchors Just flip through the branches destroy the anchor then quit out reload and do it again then quit reload an repeat

Playing through ds3 for my first time. Got to the dregs and early game I got the farron arrow so I could spam down the blade master and first demon. Punched my way through the giants and deacon, beat the palidans and the zume sword user the same way. Now I'm using a blessed darksword to rampage through the archdragon Peak and then beat the dregs. Hopefully I can have good gear to break poise a bit better as that pyromancer is a mean bitch.

Do i hear Rhapsody by Toe? Instant like and sub!

Imagine it fromsoft made demon's souls an open world like elden ring as their first "souls game" and now imagine the actual dark souls franchise as all open worlds... that'd be a weird timeline ( 5:52 )

I feel like we had very different experiences playing Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. Demon's Souls was my first Souls game back in 2009 and the melee weapons were fine? Barely anyone online used magic except for buffs. There also is only one miracle that does damage so no, not everyone got funneled into magic. Melee in Demon's Souls is as viable as melee in Dark Souls, and if you think Dark Souls 1 magic is any weaker than Demon's Souls magic I can honestly only assume you haven't played a mage build in both.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

I genuinely think your multiple points of feeling that you are 'funneled into a build' is just a you problem, no offense. Yes, any and all Souls games have builds that perform better than others but the only thing that even slightly comes close to 'funneling you into a certain build' in Elden Ring is that you really should level health a decent amount for endgame content.

woohoo

Being cursed making you unable to kindle is not really important as you havent unlocked kindling at that point and is actually lesser known than the masters key, everyone knows about that, you can also skip blighttown without it, just go to the valley of drakes through the darkroot basin and voila

@officialshinky

7 күн бұрын

and come on what are you talking about these things being bugs theres a staircase in the capra demon arena how is that a bug 😭

@Chily-lm1kc

7 күн бұрын

You literally can kindle at the beginning of the game? What are you talking about unlocking it?

I know I'm late but and I know you're only framing it this way for dramatic effect but 13:00 is completely wrong. Also for 14:50 I've played Remastered on both PC and PS4 and this has never been an issue? This video just feels very uninformed about Dark Souls itself despite the fact that you know a lot about Miyazaki's history.

Great vid but depths and blight town aren’t half of dark souls😂

I liked the vid but you used examples for ds2 being broken that apply to every souls game I.e. janky grab attacks. Example iron giant, gaping dragon grab attacks.

@tekashisun585

7 күн бұрын

Yeah I’m playing ds2 right now, it’s not nearly as bad as what ppl make it out to be

@Jurglenuts

7 күн бұрын

You can escape many grabs.

@dreamz1417

6 күн бұрын

​@@tekashisun585It's the best one fr fr

Why would dark souls lie to me thats very rude od dadk siuls

skill issue. I didn't have any difficulty facing capra or frogs

@UFO-vj2zy

7 күн бұрын

U definitely have some difficulty touching grass

@vvf6e

7 күн бұрын

@@UFO-vj2zy oooh yes, yes indeed, i mean with the fact that you'r tongue wont leave my foot

Dark Souls >>>>>>> Elden Ring

Hot take: bed of chaos is not hard. Block with enough endurance or dodge as it's about to hit you.

WHAT DS2 allows the MOST experimentation😂

Overleveled for capra maybe you should get better

Yet another dark souls video essay to dilute the pool of what was once quality content. Brave and stunning. Reddit is down the hall and to the left.

@Chily-lm1kc

7 күн бұрын

Then go there and don’t come back. Why are Souls fans so scared of any new opinions or commentary on their franchise?

@Jurglenuts

6 күн бұрын

@@Chily-lm1kc nope. I'm telling you to go there.