Obliterating My Humanity with the Dark Souls Trilogy | Reviewing Every Mainline Souls Game
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For hitting ANOTHER (WOW) patreon milestone, I'm back with the Dark Souls video. Well the first half, anyway. Here's my look at Demon's Souls and the Dark Souls Trilogy.
FromSoft's Souls games are thought of as difficult, and they are, but it's deeper than that. Lots of games are hard, but not many reach the level of critical success and general meme status that these games did. They have genuine cultural penetration, and I think that for all their flaws, they managed to be subversive in a time of great conformity. Oh, and they're incredible for gameplay people, literally let you skip all the story you want and cut right to the rpg-character-building stuff - there's a lot to like.
I haven't listened to too many souls opinions - what I value most in them is the character building, aesthetics second, and everything else is tertiary. If you're wondering where the section on patches is, or how many characters have exposed feet for example, I'm probably saving it for part 2!
It's back to business as usual until September when I cover Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Elden Ring - need a bit of a break from souls stuff for 30 days, you know.
Here's my latest: https://youtu.be/2HX-tecRlYY
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0:00 PREMISE
2:33 Demon's Souls
30:57 Dark Souls
58:00 DS2
1:22:46 Dark Souls 3
Thanks to Ryan "Mori" Brooks for guiding me through DS2 and others!
Songs, in order of appearance:
Skit Songs
Ico - Castle in the Mist
Fable - Bowerstone
Demon's Souls Songs
Tactics Ogre - Harvest Dance
Legend of Mana - Earth Painting
急げ!! - FFX
FFCC - Tida
Diablo - Tristram
Folklore - Endless Battlefield
FFCC - Mag Mell
World of Warcraft - Eversong Woods
Super Mario Bros
Fable - Darkwood
Fable - Oakvale
Adventures of Mana - Endless Carnage
Tactics Ogre - Krypton
Nier Automata - Birth of a Wish
Folklore - The Netherworld
Prince of Persia 2008
Dark Souls Songs
Smash Ultimate - Climb Up! And Get the Last Chance
Dragon Age - The Dalish Elves Encampment
Nier - Song of the Ancients
Octopath Traveler - Tressa's Theme + Decisive Battle
World of Warcraft - Ashenvale
Diablo 2 - Rogue Encampment
Age of Mythology - Eat Your Potatoes
Legend of Mana - Picturesque
Nier - The Incomplete Stone
Dark Souls - Nameless Song
Metal Gear Solid - Encounter
Legend of Mana - Pain in the Universe
Dark Souls - Firelink Shrine
Dark Souls - Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
Nier Automata - City Ruins
DS2 Songs
Chrono Cross - Time's Scar
Octopath Traveler - My Quiet Forest Home
Legend of Mana - The Excitement of Both of Us
Dark Souls 2 Majula
Dragon Age - The Dwarves of Orzammar Suite
Banjo-Kazooie - Gruntilda's Lair
Age of Mythology - Eat Your Potatoes
Legend of Mana - Pain in the Universe
Nier - City of Commerce
Metroid Prime - Phendrana Drifts
FFT - Battle on the Bridge
Dark Souls 2 - Remains
DS3 Songs
FFT - Hero's Theme
Ninja Gaiden 3 - A Hero Unmasked
Diablo 3 - New Tristram
FFCC - Departure
Dishonored 2 - Theme
FFT - Trisection
FFTA - Amber Valley
Legend of Mana - The Wind Sings for the Journey
Nier Automata - Bipolar Nightmare
Nier Automata - Simone
Octopath Traveler - Decisive Battle 3
Octopath Traveler - The One They Call Daughter of Dark God
Dark Souls 3 - Epilogue
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