Ever since then, Miyazaki never let a swamp area be cut ever again.

@davidf.morais6916

11 ай бұрын

Actually, there is DS3's God's Grave ☝️🤓

@awter.they-it

11 ай бұрын

​@@davidf.morais6916that was because Miyazaki still needs God to make his ultimate poison swamp: Poison Game. Only then can he let Him rest in peace

@davidf.morais6916

11 ай бұрын

@@awter.they-it Sounds legit lol

@ericbright1881

11 ай бұрын

It was a traumatic event he still hasn't gotten over, and now we all have to deal with it. Hurt people hurt people.

@grayfox6518

9 ай бұрын

I wish he would just get it off his chest and make an entire game based around swamps. I want to spend an entire playthrough agonizing over fat rolling through sludge while eating purple moss clumps.

- "Mr. Miyazaki we can't make this area in time!" - "Then it's time to execute plan B." - "Plan B?" - "Deploy... dragon asses..."

Izalith being a swamp would've fit in with the lore too. We hear a great many things of a "Great Swamp" which is the origin of many pyromancers, but we never quite understood why pyromancers loved swamps, or why they converged upon/come from a Great Swamp in particular. Well, if Izalith was previously a swamp, then it all makes sense. The stone city of Izalith is IN the Great Swamp. The Pyromancers come from the Great Swamp, because Izalith is there, and Izalith is the birthplace of Chaos, Flame Sorcery, and as a result, Pyromancy.

@H20No

11 ай бұрын

Holy shit you’re right

@Scruffy72

11 ай бұрын

I'd like to think that lost Izalith was infact a great swamp before the witches of Izalith attempted to recreate the first flame. But since then the flames of chaos engilulfed the whole region.

@davidepastore5600

11 ай бұрын

The Great Swamp referenced by Laurentius and some item descriptions is clearly outside of Lordran, like the other places the face presets are named after (Astora, Vinheim, Catarina, etc). I do however agree that if Izalith itself was situated in a swamp, it would explain why Pyromancers would congregate in other swamps outside of Lordran, instead of volcanoes or deserts.

@Scruffy72

11 ай бұрын

@@davidepastore5600 you make a great point

@turtlebuttmudd

11 ай бұрын

​@@Scruffy72I also like this idea. Like, it WAS a great swamp before the creation of Demonkind, and what we're seeing is another instance of post collapse

The Sanctuary Guardian once being something called Leo Demon makes so much sense. After Taurus and Capra Demon. This kinda blew my mind

@yewtewbstew547

11 ай бұрын

It doesn't really match the other demon's art style though. It's also only part lion, the rest is a mix of goat, bird and scorpion.

@luna7157

11 ай бұрын

​@@yewtewbstew547At one point in time, long before the black knights were founded, Izalith was allied with Anor Londo. While I do think the Sanctuary Guardian looks more like something Seath would make, if it were actually the Leo Demon, it could imply the Witch of Izalith and her daughters were able to wield their lord soul, that which possesses powers relating to life, to modify living things. This may also be the origin of the serpent-men who guard Sen's Fortress, the gauntlet a prospective silver knight must pass to attain knighthood. Both the Sanctuary Guardian and Serpent-Men are chimeras who wield lightning, the hallmark of Anor Londo's power. If the "Life Soul" could modify existing life but not produce new life, this would provide additional context to the Witch of Izalith's decision to create the Chaos Flame, itself an ill-founded attempt to birth a new First Flame (supposedly the origin of all life, with the exception of dragons).

@psevdhome

11 ай бұрын

@@yewtewbstew547 Would it blow your mind to tell you that those are the exact traits of, especially in modern fantasy, the manticore? A man faced lion with a barbed tail that shoots poison darts that sometimes is depicted as a segmented scorpion tail. And in modern versions it almost always has pegasus-like bird wings to allow it to fly. It makes total sense.

@twolessba1087

11 ай бұрын

@@psevdhome manticore or chimera yes

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

@@yewtewbstew547 Sanctuary Guardian's soul item in the DLC mentions they are related to demons. But also: c'mon.

I've heard that the dragon asses was supposed to be just one ass, and that geographically, this ass is just below the undead dragon half in the Valley of Drakes. But then, when they were forced to rush Izalith, they didn't had the time to make better enemies so they just used the ass that was already there, ready and working and spammed it everywhere.

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

I never really bought that theory, and with the crawling undead dragon in Izalith map data + the previously large enemy variety (before they got cut) makes me have significant doubts. I would personally guess there used to be just a handful of legs to go with the torsos. Crawling Undead Dragons had some significant technical issues which are quite difficult to resolve, which is likely why they were cut in the first place. If they worked better, I imagine they would have been in the lava when DS1 came out.

@venus_as_a_b0y

11 ай бұрын

@@kingborehaha alternative theory: the dragon legs model is also used in the centipede demon which is basically the dragon legs infected with a bunch of centipedes (like the egg carriers are). the one thing that's different is that in the centipede demon the ribs point upwards and the feet have turned into little centipede heads. centipede demon even has some animations from the dragon legs i think also. so it could be that the upper body gets separated from the lower which gets turned into centipede demon?

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

@@venus_as_a_b0y Centipede demon's legs are pretty different vs undead dragon legs if you really look at the model data, but I think that's a fun idea. More reasonable than Izalith being full of nearly 30 dragon asses for SOME reason, at least. lol.

@nobody2416

11 ай бұрын

​@@kingborehahadoes it work for you to resolve the problems around the crawling dragon?

@Sunborne187

9 ай бұрын

One could say... they half-assed it.

You know, I never found it odd that there were so many roots and branches just emerging from lava just fine, like they're made of adamantium.

This is like seeing Lost Izalith for the first time Not because it's so different, but without the bright lava i can actually see more than just red glow

@JC-kl3uc

9 ай бұрын

My eyes (and I imagine ears as well) wouldn't have to bleed if we were to get this version.

The fact that swamp Izalith doesn't burn your eyes with the bright as shit lava already made it way better than the original

@martingarricks6209

7 күн бұрын

That's the magic of izalith tho, I love feeling like I'm in a deep fryer

With the swamp, it really does look so much more like the Angkor Wat temples it was clearly designed around!

@dylanroemmele906

4 ай бұрын

I think if they added some gold accents the area could've really popped out, unfortunately it's a horrible mass of grey and red.

that moment you realize the toxic pit in seigmyer's quest is a glimpse into what the rest of Izalith could have been. and you know it wouldn't have been just poison, but toxic, because they would have to make the end game area more than the early game poison swamp that is lower blighttown.

@QuintessentialWalrus

Ай бұрын

I actually wonder if Lost Izalith was intended to be a swamp full of boiling water, considering its location and lore. That would've been a much better way to distinguish it from Blight Town than "poison, but stronger." If nothing else, my new head canon is that Lost Izalith certainly USED to be a swamp until it got filled with lava, hence the branches.

Izalith being a swamp makes so much more sense when you consider the pyromancers lore being from great swamps.

That would have been crazy if everything past Blighttown was also just swamp. Demon Ruins? Swamp. Izalith? More swamp. Just like 5 hours of gameplay that is nothing but dark poisonous swamp. I'd have been down for that, Valley of Defilement is my favourite level in Demon's Souls.

@Sykroid

11 ай бұрын

- Hidetaka Miyazaki

@LoveFor298Yen

11 ай бұрын

@@SykroidDude. I saw you a while back on an almost unknown Umineko Rokkenjima build in Minecraft from a decade ago. Now I find you here again. Plus you’re a Castlevania fan too? The internet really is a small place.

@Sykroid

11 ай бұрын

@@LoveFor298Yen wait...I remember that video! That was way before I changed my name though, but I've kept this same unique pfp, so you must have an amazing memory to be able to spot me lol. Weird question, but are you also a touhou fan?

@LoveFor298Yen

11 ай бұрын

@@Sykroid Of course! I love the series, especially the print works.

@Sykroid

11 ай бұрын

@@LoveFor298Yen YES! I remember you! I think we had a small discussion about castlevania back then lol. Unless that was a different touhou/castlevania fan that I found on an obscure unineko video years ago. Which would be even more incredible as it would be the second time I've had this happen lmao

Izalith being a swamp makes perfect when you consider that the structure design is based off of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a real place in SouthEast Asia known for its sprawling swamps, Jungles, and unique architecture. This also explains the Bed of Chaos resembling more like a Tree than a Demon given the swampy background of the pyromancers and the cut content here.

Looking at images of how Lost Izalith looked on the original DS1, the buildings and background have an odd green tint. With this knowledge, it makes complete sense. (The remaster improves the lighting of this area and it is the single time it improves the lighting of DS1).

@carlschrappen9712

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I played the remaster before playing the original, and I think the the original's lighting is better in almost every instance. The one real exception is, as you said, Lost Izalith, primarily because the awful glare from the lava was toned down.

If you look into the real life inspiration for lost izalith, this makes a lot more sense

@strngr4752

11 ай бұрын

angkor wat right?

I like the idea that Izalith was originally a swamp, which then became consumed by lava when the Flame of Chaos was created. The witches probably saw the abundance of life that exists within the growth and decay of swamps, and thought they could channel that living energy into a new a First Flame.

@freedomgoddess

22 күн бұрын

not sure if i agree completely but i am glad to see another person noticing why this place needs its lava. it was a once great hub for pyromancers -- until the dearest witch ruined it. it was her experiments that gave way to chaos to emerge, the very same chaos that consumed her, turning her into what we know as the bed of chaos. to mitigate the issue of chaos taking over, the son, ceaseless, was tasked with flooding the place with lava, to protect the rest of the world from such forces... ...until you came along.

A large swamp with branches and dragon-related enemies? They must have used this idea in shrine of amana from DS2

@treefroggy

11 ай бұрын

and the swamp in DS3, which has tons of large branches and those giant dragon enemies.... and the Crimson Lake of Rot in Elden Ring, which has a giant dragon enemy in the center.

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

Wouldn't be the first time fromsoft took another swing at an idea that didn't work out! Or second, or third.

@autisticbraindamagedmoron

11 ай бұрын

More like that one location from DS2 dlc. There's semi-flooded cave with weird bipedal dragon monsters that look similar to Dragon Asses!

@alyseleem2692

11 ай бұрын

​@@autisticbraindamagedmoronShulva. Lair Of The Imperfect.

I DOUBT YOU COULD EVEN IMAGINE IT

@LucDeTruc

11 ай бұрын

THAT WHICH COMMANDED THE SWAMP

Well, you know what they say: Every Izalith area is personalized!

@deathbyslipknot

11 ай бұрын

Who says that?

@JoseViktor4099

11 ай бұрын

@@deathbyslipknot me

@deathbyslipknot

11 ай бұрын

@@JoseViktor4099 based

The burning red swamp concept really gives aeonian swamp vibes. Caelid is the true Izalith we lost.

@ericmurray5441

5 ай бұрын

Fucking hate souls community you all spend more time on dumb shit like this than giving your own life’s.

In hindsight, it was a bit weird to have large roots sticking out of burning lava.

I am working on a mod that will let you play through the recreated Izalith Swamp. Look forward to it! Edit: it's out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/po2omK2IYLTMmqg.html

@Elutai

11 ай бұрын

sounds good asf you better reply when its done i gotta see that!

@vihu2001

11 ай бұрын

hype!

@sirbill_greebi3811

11 ай бұрын

I love how you're making people hype for a poison level in a souls game.

@paperclip3734

11 ай бұрын

@@sirbill_greebi3811 posion level>lost isalith

@sir.spliffalot_mobile4968

11 ай бұрын

nice, wasn't expecting you to go this far. also, since you seem to have dug farely deep into the source code, is there any hint of a former version of Bed of Chaos?

The cut at 3:02 fit so perfectly with Nito's theme. "The instant I saw them, everything became clear." *cuts to blighttown*

this makes the little basement with siegmeyer being a shallow swamp make even more sense! I always found it weird how there is no lava down there, only demons and a swamp.

this makes izalith make so much more sense. also the area you fought centipede demon in would be filled with swamp (slows you down) rather than lava (murders u in 2 seconds) which would probably have made that fight not awful. i'm currently brainstorming for a mod of dark souls atm myself and this is such a godsend! can't wait to see more.

@zsDUGGZ

11 ай бұрын

Considering what the Archthrones modders are doing. I hope they re-vamp Izalith in the future (Izalith deserves it the most)

I for one am glad that we got the Lost Izalith that we did. Stepping through the outer wall, after seeing a mysterious, giant round stone thingy in the Demon ruins, climbing down my way all the way from Ceaseless Discharge through the Firesage Demon and Centipede Demon arenas, and then seeing "Lost Izalith" on screen. It just clicked for me. Yes, this was the lost ancient city, this was the unmoved kingdom with "transformed" inhabitants that was laying for a thousand years under an inaccessible and impenetrable dome and cut off because of massive amounts of lava. Left to itself, to wither away, undying, with unending chaos flame energy. It fit perfectly in my head because the entire and obvious demon/chaos/lava connection. The architecture helped, too. So majestic, so mysterious, so different from every other area in the game. Yes, Bed of Chaos is lackluster. But the Lost Izalith in the final game is honestly, truly, one of my favorite areas in the entire game, and nothing will ever change that. I still feel some of the awe I felt in that moment when I stepped through the outer wall, stepping into a realm that was cut off from the rest of the universe by arrogance, and massive amounts of lava.

@Jupiter__001_

6 ай бұрын

Also the name is mysterious and builds up the idea of Lost Izalith from item descriptions and dialogue before arriving there.

Crag Hollows said f this lava shit and took off to Brightstone Cove Tseldora.

Incredibly written script with professional tone. "Dragon asses" Well played, hollow

I've always had an inkling that, since time is broken in Lordran, the Great Swamp that's mentioned as the home of the pyromancers was just Izalith before it erupted with Chaos.

it's hilarious how much cut content explains explains the unexplainable parts of these games.

Kinda makes me wish the final game gave some explanation of "the fake flame set the Great Swamp into perpetual fire alongside turning the denizens into demons". The magma always felt out place, but methane fire and stepping on hot shit? Now that makes sense.

It makes so much sense now with Laurentious saying that his home, the "Great Swamp" was the home of pyromancy. I always thought that it was strange to refer to blighttown in such a grandios way, because truly, theres nothing "great" about blighttown at all. It all clicks with me now. Thank you for this well done video. All the peices fit into place.

Thats incredible. I'd love to know the path everything took. Like was the bottom of Blighttown always a swamp also? Or was it only swamped up after Izalith was changed in order to retain at least 1 swamp?? Was there a big debate in the From offices, 1 swamp vs 2 swamps? Did swamp politics ruin Izalith?

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

Blighttown w/ swamp is present in concept art too, or at least an area that looks very much like Blighttown.

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

The swamp wars...

@darkpuppetlordful

11 ай бұрын

It'd make sense for blighttown to be a swamp, if Izalith is a swamp and the "home" where a lot of the Blighttown residents left behind.

@chrislevack405

11 ай бұрын

Drain the swamp!

@MonteKowalsky

11 ай бұрын

⁠@@darkpuppetlordfulQuelaag’s big weird cocoon thing looks a lot like a nightmarish beaver damn, keeping the toxic sludge in Blighttown. Makes for some interesting story with her cut dialogue.

Clearly, we should fuse the two concepts together, making a swamp that has volcanic features! Though now that I think on that joke more, it may actually be an interesting concept to explore. You could have fumaroles appear in the map, which could make an area temporarily dangerous due to the deadly gas they emit. There could also be some magma/lava streams that could provide a very risk vs reward shortcut (get to someplace sooner at the cost of a decent amount of HP loss). The swamp itself could maybe even do slight damage when you travel through it, perhaps due to high temperatures / other hazards.

@cerilis569

Ай бұрын

Sounds like a sulphur swamp to me!

ooohh the gracious swamp will finally be upon us

"it was a swamp" should probably be our baseline assumption

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

normally I assume everything was a swamp. this is the first time it actually worked

Izalith swamp with all the roots and South Asian style temples looks like a mangrove jungle and way cooler than the spicy lasagna we got

Great investigation, and nice choice having Maridia track for the intro.

MAKE IT INTO A MOD RIGHT NOW

@kingborehaha

11 ай бұрын

ok sure

While it's a shame the area is so unfinished, I think I prefer Lost Izalith as a lava area. It makes thematic sense for there to be lava in such a deep underground area populated by chaos demons, and it would have been lame for Blightown to be succeeded be an area that's just the second half of Blightown again.

@cyansung-sun1308

11 ай бұрын

I suppose you're not wrong, lore wise it panned out rather well, the home of pyromancers should be a little hot, and we wouldn't have gotten Ceaseless Discharge if it was still a swamp. But I doubt it would be back to back Blighttown.

@tranquil3727

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I think lava theming was a good direction to take Izalith, but I wish we could've seen what Fromsoft would've done with it given more dev time. Current Izalith feels half baked in a lot of ways.

@qwormuli77

11 ай бұрын

But the omnipresent lava acting more as a simple stage hazard than some thematic element just downgrades into a more generic 'fire level' IMHO. What if only the central seat of Izalith's past power was immersed in in fire and brimstone as the unapproachable bastion amidst the great swamp? That'd be the best of both worlds and the most fitting.

@cyansung-sun1308

11 ай бұрын

@@qwormuli77 Hey...there's a poison swamp in that bastion isn't there, where all the toilet demons are? That's actually kind of infuriating, your idea is right, they just got the order wrong! Here's hoping they fix that if they ever remake the first Dark Souls, it would be nice to find the Toxic Pyromancy there, remake the Centipede Ring to boost pyromancy power, there's a lot of neat stuff they could do with your suggestion.

@MGrey-qb5xz

10 ай бұрын

You're missing the point, it turned in to lava world after the witch tried to revive the flame using her lord soul

"Imagine a swamp area. Heck, imagine two swamp areas." - Miyazaki during DS development

This is a really good analysis, I was not expecting for the video to be this informative. Well done!

The muddy underground area where you help Siegmeyer to kill Chaos Eaters makes more sense with the original design in mind.

I hope one day Miyazaki and the team can recreate DS1 in a modern engine with unlimited time to fully create the game they invisioned back in 2011.

@spagootest2185

11 ай бұрын

I think an eventual dark souls remake is inevitable

@jankbunky4279

11 ай бұрын

​@@spagootest2185yeah, but I doubt Fromsoft would make it. I feel they'd currently rather make new games.

@spagootest2185

11 ай бұрын

@@jankbunky4279 i mean a la demons souls remake, done by another studio

@theta_clips

11 ай бұрын

So it would be shit@@spagootest2185

@unclefiend3087

9 ай бұрын

@@spagootest2185 But then it'd just be prettier, it wouldn't have anything new or fully realized which is what the original poster wanted

I think it would be a cool idea if sludge from Blighttown was seeping into the lava soaked ruins of Izalith. The top part of Izalith is typical swamp, but as you get lower the sludge starts to boil as it comes into contact with the lava and you get areas with toxic gas, until eventually you find a final boss room flooded with lava. The lava could also be a side affect of the botched recreation of the first flame, hence why you have all this foliage in an area full of lava.

Finally, Loster Izalith

It'd be cool if someone restored this in a mod and all those cut shortcuts.

The fact Pyros originate from the Great Swamp that is now lost makes perfect sense that Lost Izalith was The Great Swamp. Anyway your visualisation of the swampy Izalith is beautiful, too bad it was never finished.

Now I'm imagining a Dark Souls where the progression was Blighttown>Lost (swamp) Izalith>Demon Ruins where demon ruins is the fiery, lava-filled place the Bed of Chaos burns wildly and spews demons out. I think it's a bit better than we got, considering how much of a mixed bag of quality the last half of Dark Souls is.

We all need a Dark Souls Director's Cut mannn

I see how a fetid swamp could represent the wild, unrestrained aspect of the Witch of Izalith's Life Soul and attempt to create a new source of life apart from the first flame.

Pulling on my heartstrings opening with that nostalgic Maridia music.

As an actual avid Blighttown enjoyer, it makes me sad that we missed such an awesome swamp area :/

@somniloquous0

11 ай бұрын

Nahhhh, for the exact same reason I'm glad it was cut. It would have made Blighttown less special!

ok, all of this seems to work out really nicely, but miyazaki letting other ppl delete his swamp seems almost unbelievable to me. seeing what izalith is now i would have definetly liked to experience this version ingame at least once, i mean even Bed of Chaos fits into this version better thematically, and it would make "The Great Swamp" make alot more sense. But imo BoC really is the main gripe about all of izalith.

@TheAlguien

11 ай бұрын

They manage to cut a Miyazaki swamp once and the worst part of the game is created. After that, Miyazaki uses it as justification for no swamp being removed again.

Seeing the cut content kinda restored would be really cool as a mod or something. Would love to have a play-through of Swamp Assaleth. (But seriously this would be sick as a restoration kinda thing, even if it was just the lava being replaced with the swamp water, lily pads, enemies, and etcetera.) Thank you for this video and your time 🧡

I think the swamp looks cool and makes a whole lot more sense, I mean, pyromancers come from a swampland in these games. If they had layed a few out here and there, or at least kept those fire-breathing dragon statues, it would have made perfect sense.

The lava does make the whole area way more unique aesthetically, although rushed the whole look of the area stands out more

Yeah!! This looks great, I always love seeing content about DS1 Keep up the great work, and I hope to see even more about the lore of the game, and the behind the scenes!

I wonder what was the original plan for demon ruins if izaketh is a swamp. The area was very clearly rushed its the most unfinished area in the game but lava in it sort of makes sense and its also a huge area with lazily placed enemies in lines so i wonder what it was originally mesnt to look like.

Considering how shit blightown ran on release and how its significantly smaller than Izalith, I'd say they made Izalith a swamp with enemies, discovered they couldn't even run it, and just filled the place with lava snd just ONE enemy just to be able to play

Fromsoft may have changed it because of blighttown. If both places were swamps it may have been to much swamp area in a single game. The interesting bit would be if blightown was made before or after the swamp izalith. I would assume blightown came after and fromsoft thought they should change izalith to make it more distinct, but just ran out of time after making that decision.

Such a great video. Thank you so much for your hard work. Subscribed, I hope you make some more DS1 content in the future !

Great video, thanks for putting it together.

Now that deep area where you find Siegmeyer makes sense

What I would find cool is if it was a mix, the lava fields produced by ceaseless contrasted by a poison infested swamp in the same area

dude, after many years since this game has been released, going though it several times, etc. the community is still active and discovering things like this. Really nice video man. I love this game to death.

Very interesting! I didn't know about this. My guess is that they wanted to distinguish every area from each other, and they might felt like Izalith swamp was too reminiscent from the one in Blighttown. This precursor versión of the smouldering lake from DS3 looks cool though

@user-rd6fo6tv7o

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, they wanted to distinguish Izalith from Blighttown so they made it nearly identical to demon ruins as if there was not enough lava areas with fire themed bosses already. 😁

This is amazing. I snort up dark souls cut content like crack. Thanks for the fix.

Great video and got me to subscribe! Looking forward to more Fromsoft exploration!

Wow, it looks so much better as a swamp. The architectur, the tree branches, it all just fits. However, I do understand the argument against it. Blightown is a gigabtic swamp. And from a basic visual view, the lava world is a lot more distinct. It's just a big shame there was no time to actually change it and we ended up with a half baked mess.

Great video my dude, lots of info!

Nearly 12 years later this community still manages to be a thriving group of dedicated people. I may not like all the soulsborne games, but man this community is unreal. GREAT video

Knowing that they had to rush to get this area finished in time makes it so much funnier that there are so many dragon asses down there. They themselves thought that the area was absolute ass lol

Would've been cool if in the final product there was a little bit of surviving swamp, maybe on a slightly elevated area the lava couldn't reach. Also this makes me think that the Sunken King areas in Dark Souls 2's DLC were a nod to this, since they are a toxic underground area with giant temples.

Amazing video! I love seeing their original ideas 😊 surprises me it was cut considering how much Miyazaki loves swamps 😂🙏🏻

Swamp Izalith looks so cool and it being the great swamp makes a lot of sense lore wise, but i genuinely feel like we'd really be missing out on all the cool and iconic lava stuff that's found nowhere else in the game, unlike swamps which already have blightown rep. If there was room for the lava stuff either somewhere else or only in the area between Quelag and Demon Firesage and they could make that fit cohesively then I'd be all for it.

I'd been waiting for this video for a while.

And I thought I knew everything there was to know about this game. Great video, man

King bore haha, more like King bore legendary hehaer. Seriously though, fantastic work man. It's people like you who help keep all this intrigue alive and I greatly appreciate your dedication to the cause

Blight Town II : Blighter Town

A decade on and Im still learning new things about this game. Thank you

It would have been neat if the area started cooled off, got heated up to lava as you approach the boss, then was returned to some semblance of a swamp after you kill her.

So basically, because they didn't have the time to fully rework enemies to fit the lava motif, they relocated (or in Ohmushi's case, cut entirely) everything but the dragon butts because dragons still worked with lava. I like the lava motif, myself. It both evokes Izalith's connection to fire (and particularly, Gwyn's fire) and reflects the hostile side of humanity's relationship with fire. The vestigial plant motif overlapping with it also works for me: 1. It meshes with the architecture 2. The presence of plants (which are nourished by the sun) evokes the more harmonious side of that relationship, while the way they're overgrown (and kinda dried-looking) gives a sense of that going off the rails and falling apart. 3. I grew up with Bionicle, so to me the mingling of fire with overgrown plants evokes the Morbuzakh - a monstrous plant that loved heat and fire - from the 2004 Bionicle storyline. I think it would be interesting _to_ tweak some of the enemies to mesh with the lava motif. Like a fire-belching brother of the crawling undead dragon. And Ohmushi with a blacker, stonier-looking carapace. Also bring back some of the plant walkways, but textured as petrified wood.

An important lesson was learned here: if you want it to be a swamp, make it a swamp. Every game after was cool with multiple poison swamps.

@Rexhunterj

2 ай бұрын

DS3 did it right, you can get poison moss before the swamp so the swamp isn't completely miserable, also in the area before and during the swamp there are armors with decent poison resistance for those brave enough.

Doesn't excuse not having a bonfire right before the bed of bullshit. Also, the orange charred ring should simple give lava immunity

Makes perfect sense for it to be a swamp, given the architecture and the vegetation. I've always been puzzled how all these roots never turned to pure carbon and collapsed surrounded by all this lava...

Very nice video!

It looks so much better as a swamp and makes much more sense as well.

this reveals an incredible amount of lore and information

Amazing find! Is there any such cut content related to the Bed of Chaos I wonder 🤔

This might be the most interesting DS1 video ive ever watched.

I just loved every detail about this video, and it is crazy that even about 12 years after the release os this game, we are still discovering shit like this

Almost feels like Shulva Sanctum City drew inspiration from this, like a secret hommage!

This is a huge discovery that makes a lot of sense. I love my From Soft swamps, and imagine they would have had more time to polish the area if they didn't change it later in development, so I wish they kept it as a swamp. Maybe they were pushed to include a lava area in the game by some external force.

That view was so much better. Can't wait to play the mod. My guess is since you came from a swamp to get there, maybe they just wanted a change of scenery? Just seems like an unfortunate mistake.

really cool find, loves seeing izalith in a new setting with all its enemies. I wonder if this also explains why bed of chaos has that weird green filter on during the fight.

Another hint is the poison pool inside Izalith itself! Seriously would have been amazing if Fromsoft actually had a go at finishing the area for DSR

Amazing! It makes so much sense that it would've originally been a swamp.

Izalith as a poison swamp with those enemies gave it a feel of a combination of the Latria Swamp and Valley Of Defilements Stage 2 to be honest.

Makes sense. I'd imagine it as a sort of Blighttown+. You get all the way through the disgusting stench of Blighttown, only to reach it's underbelly: A thick, disgusting soup. The faint glow of molten magma illuminates the bog. The air is unbearably thick and humid, and we can only make out the silhouettes of whatever festers in the distance.