Miyazaki: "Ok, we need a theme that gives the vibe of fighting an elegant steampunk knight-huntress queen who uses blood/ flame magic, that all takes place inside a cosmic clock tower to guard an eldritch secret all within a dream." OST team: done
@Alâ bruh, not hating. But anime and manga has had a huge influence on Miyazaki san. He is a big fan of Berzerk manga, and heavily borrows it in his games.
@OneFortyFour Of course, the point of my comment is anime is not some lowly art and had had influence on the game's director. Of course bloodborne is a masterpiece, not denying that. But that doesnt make anime bad (refer to Alâ's comment).
i mean vileblood are people from cainhurst so the last one should be something more like lady maria of yharnam, in second phase she uses blood , and in the third one the blood burns
Lady Maria’s whole story in general is very sad in itself. She was one of the first hunters, learning under Gehrman himself. Despite being of Cainhurst lineage, she shunned her blood magic powers and trained and became one of the greatest hunters to have ever lived by honing her technique with her Rakuyo. Then one fateful day, her and Gerhman went to the Fishing Hamlet, discovered Kos, and eventually massacred the whole village to uncover its secrets to return to Brygenwerth; including the unborn child of Kos. This led to Willem learning about the existence of the Great Ones, thus starting all the events of the game. Maria felt so disgusted in her role in all of this that she threw her beloved sword into the lake, wishing to be free of the cycle of violence and her role in all of this. She tried to do good, and help and comfort the patients experimented on by the Church, becoming the only comfort in their wretched existence. But despite how hard she tried, she couldn’t help them. And eventually, she couldn’t outrun her guilt and the suffering around her, and she took her own life. Then she became trapped in the Hunter’s Nightmare, forced to wear her Hunter Garb and wield her sword for all eternity, standing watch over the Fishing Hamlet next to the Research Hall filled with patients she couldn’t help, both her greatest sources of shame. When she finds you, she doesn’t even hate you, the only reason she fights you is because she’s so ashamed of what happened at the Fishing Hamlet and so frightened of what’s in there, that she tries to make you give up looking. She knows you’ll just return to the dream and then come back if she kills you, so she tries desperately to stop you, even delving into the blood magic she rejected for all her life just to stop you. It’s a really sad story and killing her here could easily be interpreted as you freeing her from the eternal torment of the Nightmare, having to stand watch over your greatest source of shame forever.
I've never played this game but I watched a streamer fight her and this brought me here without any context. Thank you for the beautifully written story, it makes the music even more impressive and majestic to know the context. Your comment really should be pinned.
I've yet to complete Bloodborne, I am at the very last fight and have been thinking of getting the DLC because I'd like to fight Ludwig since I absolutely love his theme. However, I just barely today gave Lady Maria's theme a listen and oh my god. This theme is so sad, it's hurts to hear it. I feel the pain so deeply, like it is someone's last hope of salvation. It feels like if one were to have a lament dance fight with her. It's written in such a way that I can only hope to feel and emphasize from her perspective since I imagine she can only see the player as an unstoppable force she must always fight since the player will not give up unless she is dead. Her long journey and story being gambled all in one last fight to the death. A true tragedy.
There’s a reason she doesn’t have any words said when she dies in the nightmare. She did honestly try to stop you, to protect the horrors committed from you. She knew she could never stop you forever, so she resolved to do everything she could. And she did, so when she dies, there’s nothing to regret anymore, as she fades away.
It took me a very long time to realize just how Maria was able to create those arcs of flaming blood. She's a descendant of Cainhurst, and a vileblood, yet according to the raikuyo's description she despised blood blades. Her impailing herself with her blades and engulfing them with her blood, it's her finally letting go and using the vileblood in her. She's going to any means to stop you from reaching the fishing hamlet, even if it means using that which she's despised for all her life.
RandomPerson 32 By that logic it means she probably has no real practice using her vileblood powers. Looking at the fight, her blood only swung in the same pattern and angles as her blades, which only further proves that she hadn’t had a challenging opponent as us. If she had used her vileblood before the fight, say she got some practice, then it wouldn’t be a surprise if she became skilled enough to use her blood as actual projectiles.
codafett We are talking about a game made by FromSoftware, so unless you do some research on the lore you're gonna be left in the dark 90% of the time.
I love how the music begins with a flowing waltz, signifying Lady Maria’s noble birth as a vileblood, but gets progressively more chaotic and less melodic as the fight goes on and she grows more desperate. People have called this fight a dance and it’s appropriate that the music literally begins with a ballroom dance
It also doubles as the slow descent of Maria’s purity. From a premiere Hunter from Cainhurst, to the cursed harvester of Kos, to the tortured soul of the clocktower, haunted by everything done in the name of research.
My main(s?) is(are?) the Blades of Mercy. I'm not exactly sure I can find a way to fight any faster than I already do... That said, I did beat her! ...Is it bad If I hear this song in my nightmares?
Shaded Gamer The fist has a running L2 and backstep L2 attack. Considering poie is non-existent in BB, it's only real purpose is to stagger poise monster enemies in pve, which it is pretty good at. I tried to use it in pvp, while it does stagger more than firearms, it is hard to hit with and consumes huge portions of stamina per hit.
2:50 - 3:15 is so heartbreaking you can feel the anguish lady maria must have felt carrying this guilt and shame guarding the secret of the fishing hamlet for all these years all those feelings just building up
@@dashman8499 me too same order. orphan has the best gameplay, thrill and fear. gehrman has the best atmosphere, boss room, story and sad vibe. maria has the most satisfying gameplay, shes the most fast paced and badass. my 4th favorite has to be ludwig. the cutscenes, the gameplay and that damn music, best thing ive ever heard edit, i like ludwig more than maria tbh
It didn't Dawn me till the trophy popped and I saw the image better, originally I believed it be the player character acting all swag in a comfy chair...
He truly is. the Good Hunter has pretty much faced everything others would back down from. After all, if I had the arsenal the Hunter has, I'd feel like I could take on the world too.
@@johannesaskehov The cello is in the background like a bass instrument is suppoed to be. That's for sure a violin. I'd like to hear Lindsay Sterling's cover of this. If she did one.
Personally probably one the hardest and my favorite boss in the entire game. Lady Maria's boss room atmosphere and her moveset are absolutely beautiful and stunning.
Maria wasnt hard at all for me lol. I had no clue how she attacked but I was trying to visceral and I got her in my first try. Kos was my 2nd try because I fought in the ocean
@@connergalles7106 Ngl after Ludwig she wasn't hard. She was just fun. And tbh the difficulty doesn't matter. The soundtrack enhanced it and the significance of the lore just made it a treat to behold. The opening and arena...it was just perfect.
@@seanhine1851 exactly, learned to stay on her left side and it was pretty straightforward. i imagine this fight kinda like the abyss watchers where it’s more of a fun duel than it is an against all odds boss fight
@@connergalles7106 I got her in my first try, I was sweating bullets tho and my hands were shaking at the end of it, when she died I either had 6 or 0 vials left, probably 0
@@okruma625 I don't know how many tries it was, but it took me about 7 hours of attempts on my bl4 run. But yeah, it's still a great fight. Learned to love her even more because of that, same with Ludwig and Laurence. I just did not expect that the boss that would take me the longest to kill on a bl4 (or sl1) would be Maria. 2. place is Orphan of Kos with "just" 6 hours, then Pontiff Sulyvahn with 4 hours.
Gotta love how the song starts very regal and dignified, and just keeps on fucking downward spiraling into madness and despair as it progresses. Eventually it all just reaches a point of infinite anguish, there is no finality. Perfectly fitting for Lady Maria's character. There will never be another game like Bloodborne, its just a work of art through and through.
Bosses I enjoyed fighting to the point where I'd die intentionally so I can replay the fight. (Not necessarily in order) 1. Lady Maria 2. Abyss Watchers 3. Slave Knight Gael 4. Sister Friede
anyone notice how in the cutscene, the hunter shows genuine fear when they back off from Lady Maria? despite all of the giant hideous monsters, Lady Maria is the only enemy that brings genuine fear to the hunter...
Well I mean, wouldn’t you be freaked out if you approached the woman everyone had been talking about, finding her seemingly dead, only for her to spring back to life with the familiar voice and face of a woman you’ve been seeing constantly across this whole adventure, only now she’s in an almost military garb and holding a weapon in her hand? You’re fighting your only friend in the whole thing, only its not actually her, she’s just an exact duplicate.
Lady Maria was the first hunter to serve under Gherman. The doll closely resembles Lady Maria, possibly presenting the idea of the doll as a sign of remembrance of Maria for Gherman.
+Digital_Fuzion And notice how she has the same voice actor as the doll. And she even teleports around the area like powered by the old hunters bone, which was hers apparently
Took me years to notice but the vocalist who chimes in at 2:52 is the same vocalist who begins singing in the Hunters Dream after you defeat Rom the Vacuous, such a badass implementation, cool stuff bloodborne, cool stuff.
Mexican Sunbro Damage wise, yes for the 2handed greatsword, but I was using the 1 handed longsword mode. I prefer my Hunter Axe +10 80% of the time to the HB, even with the Whirlgig Saw's better scaling to strength compared to the H. Axe. Hunter axe's charged two handed mode imo is OP most of the time.
Gehrman and Maria, if only things could have been different, not led to this. However, this is why we hunters exist: to provide mercy to those who are in need of it.
"A corpse... should be left well alone. Oh, I know very well. How the secrets beckon so sweetly. Only an honest death will cure you now. Liberate you, from your wild curiosity."
Xynzienite NG she knows that you're mind will be sent back to the dream, and that only by killing you're spirit (you rage and quit) you will be defeated
The beauty of the battle, the beauty of the adversary, the excellence of the soundtrack, and the best part. The close checkpoint! You can’t help but love this boss!
Valkyryshadow this boss fight is the best most intense,heart pounding,amazing and greatest boss fight in blood born and the best or one of best boss fights ever in gaming history
I'm a simple Bloodborne player, I'm getting reprimanded and eviscerated by a blood-stained corpse? I fall in love harder than the Brain of Mensis' falls into the pit.
Says it came from "An old hunter who's name is lost." and Laurence's name has not been lost at all. But mostly it's because Maria can use that power from the start of the fight without buffing of using an item.
This is the perfect fight. Not necessarily the toughest, but sheer perfection nonetheless. The combination of the peaking music, the blood and fire, the intensity of a one on one hunter fight - goddamn, son. Between all of the Souls games and Bloodborne, I don't think any other fight even comes close [well, possibly Ornstein and Smough, Artorias, and Lorian] to mixing so many beautiful aesthetic elements together so well. I get goosebumps just hearing this music.
+Justin Kroboth For real man , blood borne to me is superior game to the souls game , for fuck sake the music of this game is legendary , Father G , Gerhman theme and cleric beast theme and the first vicar theme are out if this world , ooohhhhh my goodness the epicness is unreal in this theme , Lady maria is my Waifu easily , Damn it I want another bloodborne game , AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK
yes i was playing bloodborne at midnight and finally reached her. After her scene she slowly walked to me as i brandish my shiny Moonlight greatsword and we clashed. The immersion and goosebumps were there man.
The watchers of the Abyss, Orphan of Kos and Gerham all have the quaillty of perfectly suited themes. Even though its a bad fight, I think the deaccons of the deep theme matchs the context othe battle quite well.
As an audiophile that primarily enjoys classical and thrash metal, this is a piece I really enjoy. A lot of the really hard thrash doesn't do much with dynamics so it's great hearing it in a more orchestral sound
@@chrommu as someone who has used 5$ gas station ear buds before, i would rather use 13 year old sennheisers than brand new crappy ones * of course i doubt wal mart would sell anything that good of quality
+renation89 these games are rarely this straightforward. I think the bells symbolize death in this matter. The Harrowed Hunter says he can hear bells playing for him too, and, they're playing for a purpose, and that purpose is probably to mark the death of someone, in this case, that would be Maria.
Bruh I think you guys are reading way too much into this. I literally think its the bell from the clock tower, as in Lady Maria of the astral clocktower.
Could you stop arguing about who is harder. Obviously she feels easier, but fuck guys. Most of us have a fuckton of experience with the game. Imagine her as the last boss on your first playthrough. That would be a fucking nightmare.... literally.
+JohrnyReport The difficulty of a boss boils down to an individual's play style. Maria is easier for people with great parry rates; it is just how the boss is. People who play without visceral attacks will naturally struggle more on her.
+Naime L That's true. I watched an LP of a Guy, when he defeated Maria in the 2nd Try in his first Playthrough of the DLC. And He's NG+++. Poeple actually complained in the Comments, that he was constantly parrying her, wich would disrespect her as a Boss. Even going so far, to say, that he was "Cheesing" her.
Actually, I thought that was what made the boss so great, was it recognized her as a hunter-player style. I went full parry on her in NG+7, and not only was it easier, it was more enjoyable. People might complain, but then when you actually fight the boss, you find that it is not as easy to parry as one might think. That is the beauty of varying playstyles- people master the game in their own, unique ways.
Me: *Looks at corpse with monocular* "Is that...bae?" *Interacts and notices voice sounds exactly like the doll* "It is bae..." "Only an honest death will cure you now." Me: "No bae wait! Nooo!" D:
Am I the only one who likes the first half of the song more than the second? The violin and the deep brass in the background accompanying the bells just sound so threatening
Zenith Tempest I've been looking for a comment like this. So much yes. I don't like how the choir (ha) takes over so heavily for most of the song. I wish it would die down and go back to a similar tone in the beginning. Still, the choir is necessary for the song in the context of the fight- I just wish it weren't so prominent.
It sounds so threatening, yet so beautiful... I would even believe it would be possible to dance a waltz or something to it... And I would LOVE if someone would actually do a dance to it
Maybe I was just seeing things, but when Maria died, I could have sworn she was trying to do that astral communion gesture, or whatever it was called, just before she collapsed. A part of me wants to just brush it off as insignificant... but then I recalled that this is a Fromsoft game. NOTHING is insignificant.
The way she is sitting, next to a cup, and the fact that she may be vampirish since she is from Cainhurst, reminded me a lot to Alucard, from the second ultimate ova, before the fight against Luke Valentine
Lyrics(starts at 1:13) Because the soundtracks is not officially released, there are several instances of its lyrics exist. *Instance 1* Latin lyrics: Venator dolu Vi sentire mal, sento doles Vi ac vagis actum maledicos Exiet venare gatus verti acte mori Irae impii et sanguine male Male maledicos Vi ac vagis actum maledicos Exiet venare gatus verti acte mori Irae impii et sanguine male Male maledicos English translation: Deceived hunter Forced to feel evil, to feel grieve An act of violence and roving blasphemers Go out hunting, when asked to fight and die Wicked wraith and (of?) the evil blood Evil blasphemers An act of violence and roving blasphemers Go out hunting, when asked to fight and die Wicked wraith and (of?) the evil blood Evil blasphemers *Instance 2* Latin lyrics Venator occultātiōnēs sunt dulcēdinēs Mortem tibi terribilem Mors est mē tuus praebeātur Praebeam necessāria dulcēdinem dēcessam Mï sanguine mortem terribilem Stultam tuam cūriōsitātem oblīviscāre Stultam cūriōsitātem tuī pectore obscūrem Praebeam necessāria dulcēdinem dēcessam Praebeam sanguine dulcēdinem Stultam tuam cūriōsitātem tuī pectore oblīviscāre Mï sanguine mortem terribilem tibi Stultam tuam cūriōsitātem tuī pectore oblīviscāre English translation Hunter, how the secret beckons so sweetly Fearful death for you I shall give you death I shall give the sweet, necessary death A terrible death by my blood Because of your wild curiosity, you forget Because your wild curiosity, it makes you oblivious I shall give the sweet, necessary death I shall give you my sweet blood Because the wild curiosity in your heart makes you oblivious A terrible death by my blood for you Because your wild curiosity, it makes you oblivious -Bloodborne Wiki
I love how desperate 3:00 sounds, the music really gives off the feeling of a final stand and last ditch attempt Which is fitting since she’s pulling out all stops to prevent you from discovering what’s just beyond
Ludwig was my absolute favourite boss but when the choir began as Lady Maria stabbed herself and started slashing at me with those unending blood blades was the first time I ever felt pure awe and understood why we have the word "beautiful."
Just for the sake of this soundtrack, I would never use parry and riposte against her. A boss with such elegant theme shouldn't be treated in a savage way.
If I never used riposte I would have never gotten past her, and that's just me getting lucky after countless times of not lasting a minute when traversing the fog, seriously she either staggers and combos me, does her one hit charge attack or fucking dashes at me within seconds and expects me to have lightning reflexes
I know what you mean. When I go head to head with her I like to keep the flow of battle going; timing my attacks to hers so they collide, sometimes sidestepping out of them to go in for a combo, matching her slow walks for extra badass effect, and screaming like a madman in an anime, making for a truly awesome fight. i like to blow dicks
Today I almost beat Lady Maria on my first ever try. But I ran out of stamina when she was 1 hit a way from death, and she sliced and diced me into a million pieces to be served medium rare.
Why are people calling her an easy boss? She seemed ok in difficulty. Also, her final phase can be a bit trick because of the reach of the flame attacks. What matters is that it's awesome and stylish boss fight.
fighting maria was the first time in the game I started to think I may be the real monster. Not really because I liked lady Maria herself (though i did and do), but because of the cutscene beforehand. Something about this elegant woman suffering an eternal undeath and yet desperate for me to not continue, just wishing I would stop this destructive curiosity, and everyone telling me that some secrets are better left unfound, and then remembering the NPCs going insane in the chapel and what happened with Rom - I began to feel like, just maybe, some secrets were better left unfound after all. How many would have to die for one person's curiosity? Was it really that important for us know, when so many others were willing to put their lives and morals on the line just to stop you? I was just a murderer, who wanted to push their boundaries and see what lay beyond, a selfish person who couldn't hold back. How many had I killed, and for what reason exactly? The gameplay too, encourages you to act like a blood-hungry beast, slashing at corpses just to see their blood (I always interpreted that as the reason why rally exists, like you're essentially using their fresh blood as a partial blood vial). Those villagers were right. We are cursed. It's all our fault.
The villagers weren't doomed by the Hunters, they were doomed by the parasites from Kos. It's not our fault at all. What the Old Hunters did wrong was take the Orphan and presumable dissect it, causing the nightmare to spawn. Maria was disgusted by the slaughter of the infected villagers and the abduction of the Orphan. In the nightmare, her guilt drives her to guard the village and the Orphan. She takes up her weapon again having discarded it in life and even goes so far as to use the blood power she resisted in life. Our Hunter ends the nightmare. We put Ludwig, Maria and the Orphan out of their misery. Laurence too, although he actually did cause all the problems so not sure how much saving he deserved.
Alll what happens in the nightmare is that, a nightmare crated by and amygdala were blood drunk hunters go. You essentially uncover what happened to the old hunters and mercy kill the heroes of that time. Maria fights you because of guilt of what the hunters did to Kos and his child, essentially dooming all of humanity. Regarding the events of the main story: The hunt and the night will never end, all of Yharnam is doomed to it so the hunter has 3 ways of ending his story, either he escapes from the hunt by erasing all thought of it, he becomes the hunt by sparing Gehrman of the dream and taking his place, or he transcends humanity by becoming a great one
I don't agree at all. I view it as that we are actually freeing them from their past acts and sins, by killing them. We're giving them peace essentially, even if they don't think it's right to uncover their 'secrets'. It's like Gerhman at the end of the game. He is been stuck in the hunters dream forever. But if you kill him, he can finally be liberated of his torment and torture. It's the same for this Old Hunter Nightmare. We are liberating them. Seeing the 'truth' that they so wish for us not too uncover, Cause they don't want anyone else to see the horrific acts that they have committed. Finally when you uncover these secrets and face their sins, and they can finally rest and feel free. That's what our hunter do all game basically. He is finally letting Yharnam rest and stopping the nightmare once and for all, so that the curse and the past sins of this city is removed for good.
Maria's OST is incredible, but when you get to know her true story, her secret, the atrocity she was part of and why she lays like that protecting the path to the Fishing Hamlet shielded behind its very own guilt, it's when you really understand why the music is so intense, and what it was already amazing becomes ten times better, turning into real art. This is my favorite music of the game, and by far my favorite fight.
The entire OST is the pure definition of “How can we make the music match the atmosphere?” And then immediately makes the atmosphere spit fire and eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension.
The more time goes on the more I realize how utterly brilliant Bloodborne is/was. I was just so focused on getting through the sheer challenge of it I didnt sit back and enjoy it enough at the time. I'm an OG demon souls/dark souls player but I had a very hard time adapting to Bloodbornes faster pace and claustrophobic spaces and insistence on parrying. But man what a game.
Heres my theory on what the fuck happened in this DLC. My theory is that Maria, Gehrman, and the old hunters worked for/with Byrgenwerth. When the fishing village was discovered, they investigated it thoroughly, and brutally. Most of the villagers were killed in their frantic search for knowledge. The villagers were mutated by Kos, a great one that lived in the ocean near the fishing hamlet. She would bring them great harvests (i.e. the slug creatures we see in buckets and all over the damn place) that they could use for food/light/maybe other things. But the slugs were what started the mutations. When the hunters learned of Kos' existence, Byrgenwerth assigned them to hunt it down, in order to bring it in for study. They went out in a large fleet of ships, many were lost (the many sunken ship masts we see far off in the ocean), but the Great One was defeated nonetheless. The remaining villagers, angered by the murder of their people and the murder of their god, cried out curses on the hunters. When Kos' corpse washed up on the shore, it's infant son (still in the womb) heard the cries of both the villagers and it's dying mother, and, as all Great Ones are sympathetic in spirit, it listened to the villagers. In it's newborn cries, it created the hunter's nightmare, a cursed realm where all those who take the name "hunter" and succumb to their own thirst for blood, are cast into. Hunters who fall into this nightmare find neverending amounts of beasts, and a neverending hunt, perpetuating their bloodlust, forcing them to fight on until their untimely demise in the nightmare. It's possible the infant was also murdered by the hunters, and although it's physical body perished, it's consciousness carried on to the nightmare. Maria, so distraught with the murder of such beings at her own hands, she renounced her hunter's vows, threw her beloved weapon into a well in the fishing village, and slit her own throat in anguish. This left Gherman utterly distraught, and thus, he made a lifesized doll in her image, to help him cope with his mourning. Perhaps in his grief and desperation he suggested they use the umbilical cord they obtained from the orphan of kos. This is how they beckon the moon presence and create the hunters dream, a dream realm created to combat the beastly scourge.
+abbas delzendeh not mine i thought he was the easiest boss in the game alongside deacons which is a shame because he looks fucking sick and so do the abyss watchers
LetSwine4222 that is wierd cause a lot of people consider NK the hardest boss of DK3...but I even know some people who consider deacons one of their hardest boss so yeah it is based on your own playstyle... good for you then mate :D
"Go ask that girl out, the worst thing she could say is no"
You had it coming for asking out the woman with hunter clothes, a gun, and a blood magic embedded sword.
Or asking the dead woman who’s been trapped in nightmare for Kos knows how long.
Proceeds to plunge her fist in your chest and rip out your heart
"A corpse should be left well enough alone"
Yeah I can imagine a little worse then "no"
@@Shura31412 hot
Stages of the fight:
1 - yo she is fast
2 - holy shit! the blood hits like a truck!
3 - Why is the blood on fire?!
*dies*
4 - Parry
@@postblitz makes the fight not as fun
@@nefarious8278 which is why I used the loch shield
@@nefarious8278 makes it even funner
1. Yoooo
2. Dies
Miyazaki: "Ok, we need a theme that gives the vibe of fighting an elegant steampunk knight-huntress queen who uses blood/ flame magic, that all takes place inside a cosmic clock tower to guard an eldritch secret all within a dream."
OST team: done
Reminds me of that anime glasses meme
@Alâ Oh no, I was just saying how that comment reminded me of the guy with the anime glasses meme. Sorry if I offended you
Lol
OST Team: “Smh. C’mon, give us a challenging one next time, Miyazaki.”
@Alâ bruh, not hating. But anime and manga has had a huge influence on Miyazaki san. He is a big fan of Berzerk manga, and heavily borrows it in his games.
@OneFortyFour Of course, the point of my comment is anime is not some lowly art and had had influence on the game's director.
Of course bloodborne is a masterpiece, not denying that. But that doesnt make anime bad (refer to Alâ's comment).
Stage 1: Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
Stage 2: Lady Maria of Cainhurst
Stage 3: Lady Maria the Vileblood
This is her nightmare
That would be 3 great stage names for her
i mean vileblood are people from cainhurst so the last one should be something more like lady maria of yharnam, in second phase she uses blood , and in the third one the blood burns
@@ashenone3050 lady Maria is from cainhurst, item descriptions
@@ashenone3050 also vile bloods aren’t just cainhurst’s people, they are born with the old blood’s strain of ‘vileblood’
It's crazy how they gave her character development just by making her enter phase 2
Even better, they did it without a cutscene, *Ludwig the Accursed*
@@goroakechi6126 to be fair Ludwigs change wouldn't hit nearly as hard without the cutscene breaking up the combat
@@invalidcreations Ludwig’s cutscene is the best in all soulsborne history. Also the song is perfect
@@invalidcreations Plus the cutscene serves to switch Ludwig models as there's actually two separate ones.
@@AroAceGamer hi
Epic music
Epic boss
Epic DLC
Epic game
10/10 too mush detail
3.7/10 The game is too good
I would put 15/10 its the bestest of em all
Epic players too!
Not just epic.... Legendary...
Lady Maria’s whole story in general is very sad in itself. She was one of the first hunters, learning under Gehrman himself. Despite being of Cainhurst lineage, she shunned her blood magic powers and trained and became one of the greatest hunters to have ever lived by honing her technique with her Rakuyo. Then one fateful day, her and Gerhman went to the Fishing Hamlet, discovered Kos, and eventually massacred the whole village to uncover its secrets to return to Brygenwerth; including the unborn child of Kos. This led to Willem learning about the existence of the Great Ones, thus starting all the events of the game. Maria felt so disgusted in her role in all of this that she threw her beloved sword into the lake, wishing to be free of the cycle of violence and her role in all of this. She tried to do good, and help and comfort the patients experimented on by the Church, becoming the only comfort in their wretched existence. But despite how hard she tried, she couldn’t help them. And eventually, she couldn’t outrun her guilt and the suffering around her, and she took her own life. Then she became trapped in the Hunter’s Nightmare, forced to wear her Hunter Garb and wield her sword for all eternity, standing watch over the Fishing Hamlet next to the Research Hall filled with patients she couldn’t help, both her greatest sources of shame. When she finds you, she doesn’t even hate you, the only reason she fights you is because she’s so ashamed of what happened at the Fishing Hamlet and so frightened of what’s in there, that she tries to make you give up looking. She knows you’ll just return to the dream and then come back if she kills you, so she tries desperately to stop you, even delving into the blood magic she rejected for all her life just to stop you. It’s a really sad story and killing her here could easily be interpreted as you freeing her from the eternal torment of the Nightmare, having to stand watch over your greatest source of shame forever.
Thanks for the breakdown
so.. bad ending Gherman. What a cool character.
I've never played this game but I watched a streamer fight her and this brought me here without any context. Thank you for the beautifully written story, it makes the music even more impressive and majestic to know the context. Your comment really should be pinned.
I've yet to complete Bloodborne, I am at the very last fight and have been thinking of getting the DLC because I'd like to fight Ludwig since I absolutely love his theme. However, I just barely today gave Lady Maria's theme a listen and oh my god. This theme is so sad, it's hurts to hear it. I feel the pain so deeply, like it is someone's last hope of salvation. It feels like if one were to have a lament dance fight with her. It's written in such a way that I can only hope to feel and emphasize from her perspective since I imagine she can only see the player as an unstoppable force she must always fight since the player will not give up unless she is dead. Her long journey and story being gambled all in one last fight to the death. A true tragedy.
There’s a reason she doesn’t have any words said when she dies in the nightmare. She did honestly try to stop you, to protect the horrors committed from you. She knew she could never stop you forever, so she resolved to do everything she could. And she did, so when she dies, there’s nothing to regret anymore, as she fades away.
"you aint spinnin' you aint winnin"
-Lady Maria of the Astral Clock Tower
*Pulls out a big ass spinning axe*
How bout now bitch?
@@jimtsap04 Ally summoned before the boss fight: *Pulls out a big ass spinning wheel*
"Prepare for a big trouble and make it double"
*laughs in Dancer of the Boreal Valley*
Spinning, that's a good trick.
WHY IS THE BLOOD ON FIRE!? 'dies'
+Jimbobob5536 cause everything is better with fire XD
+Joseph C
Her head under my rage filled burning hammer too.
+Jimbobob5536 Same
rageful regret burns like a fire from with in the soul
Yeh that's pretty much what happened to me XD
It took me a very long time to realize just how Maria was able to create those arcs of flaming blood. She's a descendant of Cainhurst, and a vileblood, yet according to the raikuyo's description she despised blood blades. Her impailing herself with her blades and engulfing them with her blood, it's her finally letting go and using the vileblood in her. She's going to any means to stop you from reaching the fishing hamlet, even if it means using that which she's despised for all her life.
RandomPerson 32 By that logic it means she probably has no real practice using her vileblood powers. Looking at the fight, her blood only swung in the same pattern and angles as her blades, which only further proves that she hadn’t had a challenging opponent as us. If she had used her vileblood before the fight, say she got some practice, then it wouldn’t be a surprise if she became skilled enough to use her blood as actual projectiles.
How'd that take you so long to figure out?
codafett We are talking about a game made by FromSoftware, so unless you do some research on the lore you're gonna be left in the dark 90% of the time.
She's the most powerful vileblood
So my question is this.... WHERE DOES THE FIRE COME FROM?
I love how the music begins with a flowing waltz, signifying Lady Maria’s noble birth as a vileblood, but gets progressively more chaotic and less melodic as the fight goes on and she grows more desperate. People have called this fight a dance and it’s appropriate that the music literally begins with a ballroom dance
It also doubles as the slow descent of Maria’s purity. From a premiere Hunter from Cainhurst, to the cursed harvester of Kos, to the tortured soul of the clocktower, haunted by everything done in the name of research.
@@goroakechi6126 also also it's cool how Ludwig's theme ends as a waltz, signifying his return of consciousness
Waltz is 3/4 time only. This is 4/4 time.
@@BrainDecrease You are right that waltz is 3/4. However this is not in 4/4, but 6/8. *Technically* not a waltz, but 6/8 gives a very similar feel.
More like a ballroom blitz.
"Hey...... Wanna be my girlfriend?"
*Gets heart ripped out*
".... Just saying "no" would suffice."
*YOU DIED*
Sometimes that's the same. :)
😔
German feel that
Rip
"Welcome home, good hunter..."
KikkS "Oh good Hunter"
KikkS "Today Gehrman Joins the Hunt"
"Oh my hunter"
"A corpse should be left well alown"
“A corpse...Should be left well alone.”
Us:And A corpse shouldn’t be alive.
This fight was fucking amazing.
No matter how many times I die to her, with like 4 hits left, I just can't find it in me to rage quit.
+Fo3AR When you get to the 4 hit zone switch to the faster version of your weapon and spam the hell out of R1.
My main(s?) is(are?) the Blades of Mercy. I'm not exactly sure I can find a way to fight any faster than I already do...
That said, I did beat her!
...Is it bad If I hear this song in my nightmares?
they arent really nightmares if you hear the song though are they?
Fo3AR Nah. Good luck with the Orphan of Kos.
"May I have this dance, my lady?"
"You may not have it, but we shall see if you can earn it."
"Okay, let's dance!"
*whips out cleaver*
Underated comment
*Shoots you as an entrance with that slow walk*
@@disrpt *the only thing i know for real start playing*
My dad heard me listening to this and asked: “Is this Mozart?”
I think Mozart would have shit himself if he heard something this epic.
the bloody samurai vs the hunter with deer horns holding a giant pizza cutter. no better battle than that
+Shaded Gamer Or a naked man with fist only, no backstab or parry, oh yeah
+Shaded Gamer bloody samurai vs squid kid with WoG
+Fresh 2D Toucher Buddies they need a fist weapon, so I can make my hobo brawler
+Nevyn well in the dlc you can get a left handed fist weapon for staggering, but its no awesome bone fist like weapon :(
Shaded Gamer The fist has a running L2 and backstep L2 attack. Considering poie is non-existent in BB, it's only real purpose is to stagger poise monster enemies in pve, which it is pretty good at. I tried to use it in pvp, while it does stagger more than firearms, it is hard to hit with and consumes huge portions of stamina per hit.
This was not a fight. It was a dance
Absolutely. It was magical.
It was a pain in the arse.
Jake Reynolds For an unskilled player who blames the game for their shortcomings.
It was parry city
@@Kidder110 true.
I like how all of the hunter themes start with 'Venator', directly addressing the hunter you're fighting.
2:50 - 3:15 is so heartbreaking you can feel the anguish lady maria must have felt carrying this guilt and shame guarding the secret of the fishing hamlet for all these years all those feelings just building up
Its also fitting that the solo female soprano sounds like shes crying during this bit too, its actually really well done.
I can save her
@@Men_dra I can fix her
@@xmaslieder no
What the heck, the @ shows up as my nickname from over 10 years ago when I first made an account. TH-cam is weird sometimes
Yuka Kitamura is the Lady Maria of Soulsborne composers.
*googles "Yuka Kitamura"*
oh she is indeed
she did compose this one herself
It’s adorable that you think that :3 I do myself
Deadass!! Her work on Sekiro is phenomenal as well!! She did an interview for the music and had me geeking the whole time
"A corpse should be left well alone"
+Grayme "Oh I know, how the secrets beckon so sweetly"
Shadow Zylo "To liberate you, from your wild curiosity"
"I think Lady Maria belongs in the kitchen. Problem?"
muh upresion Rasputin The Savior
+Grayster Gherman didnt think so.
“Man nothing will beat that Gerhman fight”
*fights Maria for 5 seconds*
“Oh well ok”
Ludwig: hold my beer
@@bog7227 I think they all are crazy, but Maria, Gehrman, and Orphan were the ones that hit me the hardest personally.
@@dashman8499 orphan is the best imo
@@prithvithakur7950 Yeah, after multiple replays I think he is mine too. Orphan, Gehrman, and Maria are probably my order atm
@@dashman8499 me too same order. orphan has the best gameplay, thrill and fear. gehrman has the best atmosphere, boss room, story and sad vibe. maria has the most satisfying gameplay, shes the most fast paced and badass. my 4th favorite has to be ludwig. the cutscenes, the gameplay and that damn music, best thing ive ever heard
edit, i like ludwig more than maria tbh
Phase 1 Maria: "Gomenosai, Hunter-Kun"
Phase 3 Maria: "YOU WILL DIE SCREAMING"
Hunter : i always die screaming
and on fire
Sorry, I don’t speak Italian
@@spaghettisouls2025 hmmm, i think its sundanese
@@justanormalinternetdude2993 *Italics*
It took me far too long to realise Maria was the one on the Old Hunters cover art
Dante Sibilant OH WHAT
NOW I SEE IT TOO
i feel really stupid right now
It didn't Dawn me till the trophy popped and I saw the image better, originally I believed it be the player character acting all swag in a comfy chair...
+RichterfanReborn89 I thought the same until I walked into the boss room for Maria. Also immediately found my favorite boss in the game.
At first I thought it was Ludwig lol
@@juriahndavilaarvelo4899 yep. Nearly right 😂
1:15 It was at that moment
the hunter knew
he fucked up.
Mike Adkins he was still badass enough to take her down.believe it or not,the good hunter is one of the most badass gaming characters.
He truly is. the Good Hunter has pretty much faced everything others would back down from. After all, if I had the arsenal the Hunter has, I'd feel like I could take on the world too.
Mike Adkins but that arsenal was meant for beasts.he stumbled across cosmic entities like amygdala and gave them hell
When you have a Tonitrus or plenty of Bolt Paper, anything is possible to kill for the Hunter.
Mike Adkins the weapons were designed for beasts,not gods
0:15 the violin here is actually too good. what a fantastic OST for a fantastic game.
Yeah
I think it's a cello, going by the pitch.
its a cello, probably a cello section
@@johannesaskehov The cello is in the background like a bass instrument is suppoed to be. That's for sure a violin. I'd like to hear Lindsay Sterling's cover of this. If she did one.
@@Ujiyo It's a cello..
Personally probably one the hardest and my favorite boss in the entire game. Lady Maria's boss room atmosphere and her moveset are absolutely beautiful and stunning.
Maria wasnt hard at all for me lol. I had no clue how she attacked but I was trying to visceral and I got her in my first try. Kos was my 2nd try because I fought in the ocean
@@connergalles7106 Ngl after Ludwig she wasn't hard. She was just fun. And tbh the difficulty doesn't matter. The soundtrack enhanced it and the significance of the lore just made it a treat to behold. The opening and arena...it was just perfect.
@@seanhine1851 exactly, learned to stay on her left side and it was pretty straightforward. i imagine this fight kinda like the abyss watchers where it’s more of a fun duel than it is an against all odds boss fight
@@connergalles7106 I got her in my first try, I was sweating bullets tho and my hands were shaking at the end of it, when she died I either had 6 or 0 vials left, probably 0
@@connergalles7106 Maria is really easy to parry if I recall. Yes, Kos gave me a hell of a time.
Slow walking towards her is beautiful thing...
+spyrodragonballz9001 theres nothing more awesome then slow walking towards the human final boss.
I died from pure awesome when she cut me in half.
My hunter: YUR HOT *dies*
+William See Death by Snu snu
+William See The flaming blood is indeed pretty hot
+spyrodragonballz9001 every time i died to this boss i smiled and thought "At least i´m going to taste this awesome fight again"
Still my favorite boss, no matter how many times she's killed me.
Socks McRocks same here XD
THIS FUCKER KILLED ME 81 TIMES ON MY BL4 RUN. But still, amazing boss.
BlackFlameGames ive played bloodborne and ds3 and the nameless king in ds3 is the boss i died the most to. took me 79 tries
Orstein and fat boy kil me so many times but i love this fight
@@okruma625 I don't know how many tries it was, but it took me about 7 hours of attempts on my bl4 run. But yeah, it's still a great fight. Learned to love her even more because of that, same with Ludwig and Laurence.
I just did not expect that the boss that would take me the longest to kill on a bl4 (or sl1) would be Maria.
2. place is Orphan of Kos with "just" 6 hours, then Pontiff Sulyvahn with 4 hours.
You're in her DMs, I'm in her astral clocktower getting stabbed with her bloody sword. We're not the same
Gotta love how the song starts very regal and dignified, and just keeps on fucking downward spiraling into madness and despair as it progresses. Eventually it all just reaches a point of infinite anguish, there is no finality. Perfectly fitting for Lady Maria's character. There will never be another game like Bloodborne, its just a work of art through and through.
I hate it when bosses make a weapon look AWESOME AS FUCK, but when you get the weapon it's only great.
+Christian Lampley you have the person's wepon yes do you have the person's abilitys hell no XD
+Christian Lampley I don't know, Rakuyo is pretty OP. Probably the most consistent weapon.
+Christian Lampley Artorias is guilty as fuck of this sin. :p
The only good version of its sword is not even in Dark Souls, it's in Dark Souls 2
+Christian Lampley yeah i was really hoping to be able to do the blood buff and shit
just because you have someoes wepon dosn't mean you have there abilitys :)
You know what's different from Gehrman?
She's metal as fuck and she has a waifu status title
But i never stated who's better, just the difference.
+Creston Dalgliesh gherman is still the first Hunter, ofc he'd be the best :D
+Creston Dalgliesh but gherman is so easy to visceral attack
+Creston Dalgliesh but gherman is so easy to visceral attack
You guys are forgetting that we fought Gehrman on a peg leg and he was an old man...
Legend has it that the orchestra didn't even read sheet music they just started playing
Bosses I enjoyed fighting to the point where I'd die intentionally so I can replay the fight. (Not necessarily in order)
1. Lady Maria
2. Abyss Watchers
3. Slave Knight Gael
4. Sister Friede
Ludwig?
@@advanced8998 Not that much, simply because he earrapes me and I can't hear the boss music over his earrape.
@@Diemofoxx lower the sound effects
Fun fact all those bosses themes were made by the same person
anyone notice how in the cutscene, the hunter shows genuine fear when they back off from Lady Maria? despite all of the giant hideous monsters, Lady Maria is the only enemy that brings genuine fear to the hunter...
Well I mean, wouldn’t you be freaked out if you approached the woman everyone had been talking about, finding her seemingly dead, only for her to spring back to life with the familiar voice and face of a woman you’ve been seeing constantly across this whole adventure, only now she’s in an almost military garb and holding a weapon in her hand? You’re fighting your only friend in the whole thing, only its not actually her, she’s just an exact duplicate.
We back off from Laurence too
TheAlbooty I know I’m two years late, but I feel like the hunter realized the resemblance between Lady Maria and the Doll.
@@theberserkerarmor6511 me too
It's not much fear as confusion. It's cos we recognize her as the doll.
Lady Maria was the first hunter to serve under Gherman. The doll closely resembles Lady Maria, possibly presenting the idea of the doll as a sign of remembrance of Maria for Gherman.
+Digital_Fuzion or he's a pervert........
+chris spencer even the doll *licks lips* should it please you...
+chris spencer Yeah that might be why she left lol
+Digital_Fuzion And notice how she has the same voice actor as the doll. And she even teleports around the area like powered by the old hunters bone, which was hers apparently
+Hyroth1337 And after you kill Maria, the doll has some new dialogue
2:27 - 2:41 That part always hits my soul with so many emotions. Beautiful score for such a dark and amazing game!
Phase three music is the best part yeah
Took me years to notice but the vocalist who chimes in at 2:52 is the same vocalist who begins singing in the Hunters Dream after you defeat Rom the Vacuous, such a badass implementation, cool stuff bloodborne, cool stuff.
she only sings in two tracks throughout the game, Moonlit Melody and Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower.
@@jeremiahfall9873 Pretty sure it's the composer singing there - she sings in Gael's theme as well.
I wonder how many people fell in love with Lady Maria after fighting her. I can't blame them.
Waifu
Of course.
Every single one who played bloodborne
Yea, but so STRONG
They say killing sif is sad.Killing waifu is heatbreaking
Her fast attacks makes Sir Alonne's moves like a walk in the park.
+Mi2Lethal I found her way easier. She was the easiest boss in the DLC by far for me. She should've been immune to staggering.
+Dogf ish None of the Hunter bosses are immune to staggering, these fights are supposed to be even compared to the beast bosses
+Dogf ish Actually she is. I just spammed 1 handed Ludwig's HB on her and she stun locked. Just have to evade her op attacks.
***** dude Ludwig's HB is the most OP weapon in the game (well second most OP, Moonlight Blade and all....)
Mexican Sunbro Damage wise, yes for the 2handed greatsword, but I was using the 1 handed longsword mode. I prefer my Hunter Axe +10 80% of the time to the HB, even with the Whirlgig Saw's better scaling to strength compared to the H. Axe. Hunter axe's charged two handed mode imo is OP most of the time.
1:12 probably the biggest holy shit moment in this whole ost
that feel when you get visceral on purpose so lady maria can hold you.
I was too busy trying to kill her so I can get the weapon. It was kind of like:
"Aww you're so cute." As her hand pulled out of my heart.
Gehrman and Maria, if only things could have been different, not led to this. However, this is why we hunters exist: to provide mercy to those who are in need of it.
+Marshall Carpenter so true
Screw lady Maria. Had it coming, if you ask me.
+Rasputin The Savior Nice ass
+Rasputin The Savior lol why?
What?
"A corpse... should be left well alone.
Oh, I know very well. How the secrets beckon so sweetly.
Only an honest death will cure you now.
Liberate you, from your wild curiosity."
*loud grunts of pain as she impales herself with her own weapons and explodes blood everywhere*
Xynzienite NG she knows that you're mind will be sent back to the dream, and that only by killing you're spirit (you rage and quit) you will be defeated
B-but I'm a necrophilic, Maria-Senpee
''A corpse should be left well alone''
Oh i know very well. My mom beat me up and taught me a lesson after that one incident 3 years ago
The beauty of the battle, the beauty of the adversary, the excellence of the soundtrack, and the best part. The close checkpoint! You can’t help but love this boss!
I'm still not paying my taxes, Mr. House. Even if you have good taste.
Sorry bro I teamed up with yes man
*NCR playthrough playing Fortunate Son in the background*
The only rivers of blood user that i sympathise
she walked so mohg could run
…and also messmer i guess
YOU'RE A HERO, SHIRRAKO
+Max Radical Hope you guys enjoy it, literally stayed up all night recording stuff from the DLC, phew! still not done!
+Shirrako You've always been fast with these videos, keep up the great work, good hunter!
+Shirrako I love u, full homo
+TheYYellowmamba ditto
+Shirrako just the nickname bothers me, after I learnt what is shirako 白子 :(
i enjoyed every fucking minute of this fight, no matter how many times i died. it was that damn good.
+Valkyryshadow I agree, way much fun than Ludwigs and laurence. I suffered with these two on NG+6
I think it has alot to do with the fact that you're not fighting a bigass monster, but rather another person, an equal.
I think it has to be that by the end of the day, you still have a PS4...
Same!! I actually think this was the only boss fight I actually enjoyed dying in, because that just meant I could fight her more. Lol
Valkyryshadow this boss fight is the best most intense,heart pounding,amazing and greatest boss fight in blood born and the best or one of best boss fights ever in gaming history
I'm a simple Bloodborne player, I'm getting reprimanded and eviscerated by a blood-stained corpse?
I fall in love harder than the Brain of Mensis' falls into the pit.
Same
I’d be a lesbian for that corpse
This is one of the greatest masterpieces in video gaming history. Superior.
I'm pretty convinced that the Old Hunter's Bone came from her.
+Zamiel I thought the Old Hunter's Bone came from Laurance
Says it came from "An old hunter who's name is lost." and Laurence's name has not been lost at all. But mostly it's because Maria can use that power from the start of the fight without buffing of using an item.
Zamiel Oh yeah true
+Feel Good Music Laurence Wasnt a Hunter
Yeah, she definitly gave us the good old bone. What?
This is the perfect fight. Not necessarily the toughest, but sheer perfection nonetheless. The combination of the peaking music, the blood and fire, the intensity of a one on one hunter fight - goddamn, son. Between all of the Souls games and Bloodborne, I don't think any other fight even comes close [well, possibly Ornstein and Smough, Artorias, and Lorian] to mixing so many beautiful aesthetic elements together so well. I get goosebumps just hearing this music.
+Justin Kroboth For real man , blood borne to me is superior game to the souls game , for fuck sake the music of this game is legendary , Father G , Gerhman theme and cleric beast theme and the first vicar theme are out if this world , ooohhhhh my goodness the epicness is unreal in this theme , Lady maria is my Waifu easily , Damn it I want another bloodborne game , AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCK
Some games are meant to stand alone, to be a singular masterpiece that stands tall above a sea of half-hearted sequel cash grabs.
yes i was playing bloodborne at midnight and finally reached her. After her scene she slowly walked to me as i brandish my shiny Moonlight greatsword and we clashed. The immersion and goosebumps were there man.
The watchers of the Abyss, Orphan of Kos and Gerham all have the quaillty of perfectly suited themes. Even though its a bad fight, I think the deaccons of the deep theme matchs the context othe battle quite well.
You put into words perfectly my feelings after i fought her last week for the 1st time.
As an audiophile that primarily enjoys classical and thrash metal, this is a piece I really enjoy. A lot of the really hard thrash doesn't do much with dynamics so it's great hearing it in a more orchestral sound
as someone who uses 13 year old headphones i got at walmart i agree
@@chrommu as someone who has used 5$ gas station ear buds before, i would rather use 13 year old sennheisers than brand new crappy ones
* of course i doubt wal mart would sell anything that good of quality
@@sno676 digital footprint..
Talk about being pretentious
@@carlosdario9810 bro what
First rivers of blood user
And most fair of all
Absolutely LOVE those bells at the beginning of the track.
+Longrat actually it's a reference to the conversation you had when you met a guy in a cell. he asked if you heard a bell sound
+renation89 these games are rarely this straightforward. I think the bells symbolize death in this matter. The Harrowed Hunter says he can hear bells playing for him too, and, they're playing for a purpose, and that purpose is probably to mark the death of someone, in this case, that would be Maria.
+renation89 No, he is referring to his own sinister bell, which you will listen to later in the nightmare when he invades you.
Grissom
yeahh you're right. i realized it when i met him for the first time after the lighthouse hut
Bruh I think you guys are reading way too much into this. I literally think its the bell from the clock tower, as in Lady Maria of the astral clocktower.
Bloodborne 2, where are you?
There where Halflive 3 is
Nowhere and Nowhen.
Sean Marchman It must be a long time to wait…
it doesn't require a sequel....this is a master piece of storytelling well done.
JGC 9-0 this Definitely deserves a part 2 I want the bosses harder and harder
Every time I get a new headset or earbuds, I always use this song as a sound test. The depth is just really fun.
i fucking LOVE Lady Maria - her lore, the fight against her, her ost, her location in the clocktower, her movement. absolutely stunning
The violin...
Francesco M the cello
Everything
The choir
Maria
@@m1zu7sun35 h-hunter-kun
Could you stop arguing about who is harder. Obviously she feels easier, but fuck guys. Most of us have a fuckton of experience with the game. Imagine her as the last boss on your first playthrough. That would be a fucking nightmare.... literally.
+JohrnyReport Regardless of harder or not, I find her to be the coolest and most fun by far. xD
+JohrnyReport The difficulty of a boss boils down to an individual's play style. Maria is easier for people with great parry rates; it is just how the boss is. People who play without visceral attacks will naturally struggle more on her.
IIRC, the DLC is meant to be butt-fuckingly difficult from the start. Regardless of how many times you've beaten the game.
+Naime L That's true. I watched an LP of a Guy, when he defeated Maria in the 2nd Try in his first Playthrough of the DLC.
And He's NG+++.
Poeple actually complained in the Comments, that he was constantly parrying her, wich would disrespect her as a Boss.
Even going so far, to say, that he was "Cheesing" her.
Actually, I thought that was what made the boss so great, was it recognized her as a hunter-player style. I went full parry on her in NG+7, and not only was it easier, it was more enjoyable. People might complain, but then when you actually fight the boss, you find that it is not as easy to parry as one might think. That is the beauty of varying playstyles- people master the game in their own, unique ways.
This lady was using rivers of blood before it was meta
Lady Maria, I'm a robin. Will I ever curl up and become an egg??
Plip plop plip plop
Me: *Looks at corpse with monocular* "Is that...bae?"
*Interacts and notices voice sounds exactly like the doll*
"It is bae..."
"Only an honest death will cure you now."
Me: "No bae wait! Nooo!" D:
+Aknaught92 lel I called her bae too after she spoke. XP
Bae translates to shit. Shitbitch i guess
+Sir Gus the Mighty Yes, in Danish, which I am not. I'm using it as the American term for 'Before Anyone Else' or y'know like that she's my girl.
+Aknaught92 Totally fucking accurate.
This is the second comment about Maria that I agreed with, I love how almost all souls fanboys feel the same emotions when going through the games
1:15 for instant mask of the mother theme.
i like how lothric and lorian theme sounds almost the same
+Yakawss happy to see i'm not the only one who noticed it
The fact the dlc music isn't on spotify irritates the hell out of me
Am I the only one who likes the first half of the song more than the second? The violin and the deep brass in the background accompanying the bells just sound so threatening
Zenith Tempest I've been looking for a comment like this.
So much yes. I don't like how the choir (ha) takes over so heavily for most of the song. I wish it would die down and go back to a similar tone in the beginning.
Still, the choir is necessary for the song in the context of the fight- I just wish it weren't so prominent.
Yea me too, I really like the firts movement.
It sounds so threatening, yet so beautiful... I would even believe it would be possible to dance a waltz or something to it...
And I would LOVE if someone would actually do a dance to it
Agreed. The choir is too overbearing. That first part is wonderfully elegant and menacing.
@@akiraamamiya8483 sound like a totentanz
Lady Maria for Smash
She is too powerfull
Another Fire Emblem character...
Hell yeah I’d want to smash her, oh wait you’re talking about the game smash bros aren’t you
Bloodborne is a Playstation exclusive, so pretty unlikely.
@@Future_Doggo not anymore
This theme is so fucking powerful I just can’t believe it
I am so mad that this is not on spotify
If you're listening on pc you can add it per local files
Maybe I was just seeing things, but when Maria died, I could have sworn she was trying to do that astral communion gesture, or whatever it was called, just before she collapsed. A part of me wants to just brush it off as insignificant... but then I recalled that this is a Fromsoft game. NOTHING is insignificant.
She pretty much does the exact same death animation as gehrman.
+Photanic Actually, she collapsed just like Gehrman..... just sying
Perhaps something of her returned to the doll after all she does gain new dialogue after Maria's death
OR... and just hear me out
You’re looking too deep into it
Crazy, I know
Nigga you hallucinating and sheeeit
The way she is sitting, next to a cup, and the fact that she may be vampirish since she is from Cainhurst, reminded me a lot to Alucard, from the second ultimate ova, before the fight against Luke Valentine
That was a 70 inch...plasma screen TV...
@@ethanellickson1261 *irritated inhale* So, how can I help?
@@ethanellickson1261 ... with Netflix
mamasita maria ost
Lyrics(starts at 1:13)
Because the soundtracks is not officially released, there are several instances of its lyrics exist.
*Instance 1*
Latin lyrics:
Venator dolu
Vi sentire mal, sento doles
Vi ac vagis actum maledicos
Exiet venare gatus verti acte mori
Irae impii et sanguine male
Male maledicos
Vi ac vagis actum maledicos
Exiet venare gatus verti acte mori
Irae impii et sanguine male
Male maledicos
English translation:
Deceived hunter
Forced to feel evil, to feel grieve
An act of violence and roving blasphemers
Go out hunting, when asked to fight and die
Wicked wraith and (of?) the evil blood Evil blasphemers
An act of violence and roving blasphemers
Go out hunting, when asked to fight and die
Wicked wraith and (of?) the evil blood
Evil blasphemers
*Instance 2*
Latin lyrics
Venator occultātiōnēs sunt dulcēdinēs
Mortem tibi terribilem
Mors est mē tuus praebeātur
Praebeam necessāria dulcēdinem dēcessam
Mï sanguine mortem terribilem
Stultam tuam cūriōsitātem oblīviscāre
Stultam cūriōsitātem tuī pectore obscūrem
Praebeam necessāria dulcēdinem dēcessam
Praebeam sanguine dulcēdinem
Stultam tuam cūriōsitātem tuī pectore oblīviscāre
Mï sanguine mortem terribilem tibi
Stultam tuam cūriōsitātem tuī pectore oblīviscāre
English translation
Hunter, how the secret beckons so sweetly
Fearful death for you
I shall give you death
I shall give the sweet, necessary death
A terrible death by my blood
Because of your wild curiosity, you forget
Because your wild curiosity, it makes you oblivious
I shall give the sweet, necessary death
I shall give you my sweet blood
Because the wild curiosity in your heart makes you oblivious
A terrible death by my blood for you
Because your wild curiosity, it makes you oblivious
-Bloodborne Wiki
Thank you
I played DS3 before this DLC and i had serious reminescences in the last phase....
Geralt De Rivia of the souls of cinder im guessing?
Mitchell Staley Abyss Watchers, that flame range attack. Tho the Soul of Cinder has one similar
Geralt De Rivia The final boss of the ashes of ariandel DLC is really similar to this fight
The Final Boss? Wasnt that the Wolf? She reminded me of Friede more than anything else...
Friede is the final boss of the dlc
I love how desperate 3:00 sounds, the music really gives off the feeling of a final stand and last ditch attempt
Which is fitting since she’s pulling out all stops to prevent you from discovering what’s just beyond
Ludwig was my absolute favourite boss but when the choir began as Lady Maria stabbed herself and started slashing at me with those unending blood blades was the first time I ever felt pure awe and understood why we have the word "beautiful."
Never played Bloodborne but I'm currently obsessed with this. That transition from 1:00 to 1:15 and onwards is perfection.
If you hate yourself.... FUCKING PLAY IT ITS AMAZING but its pretty hard but the lore and bosses are so good.
Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time so if you even think in the slightest of playing it,
DO IT
Just for the sake of this soundtrack, I would never use parry and riposte against her. A boss with such elegant theme shouldn't be treated in a savage way.
*rapidly tips fedora*
*Tipping intensifies*
If I never used riposte I would have never gotten past her, and that's just me getting lucky after countless times of not lasting a minute when traversing the fog, seriously she either staggers and combos me, does her one hit charge attack or fucking dashes at me within seconds and expects me to have lightning reflexes
I know what you mean. When I go head to head with her I like to keep the flow of battle going; timing my attacks to hers so they collide, sometimes sidestepping out of them to go in for a combo, matching her slow walks for extra badass effect, and screaming like a madman in an anime, making for a truly awesome fight.
i like to blow dicks
+William See M'Doll-Created-For-Unconditional-Love.
Stage 1: Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower
Stage 2: Lady Maria of the Vileblood
Stage 3: Lady Maria, Heir of Pthumeru
Today I almost beat Lady Maria on my first ever try. But I ran out of stamina when she was 1 hit a way from death, and she sliced and diced me into a million pieces to be served medium rare.
Got her first try! So lucky
i think bloodborne is the most beautiful story ever thought of by humans
The female Vergil
+Shadow Zylo How so?
+Azure Darkness Yugi She has similar attacks
^wow amazing!
No offence but I don't think that stances alone, would be logical to compare two completely different people in different universes.
+zV Oblivion Vz Hey I'm not saying it's a rip-off LOL I'm just reminded of fights like vergil and sephiroth
Why are people calling her an easy boss? She seemed ok in difficulty. Also, her final phase can be a bit trick because of the reach of the flame attacks.
What matters is that it's awesome and stylish boss fight.
+Felipe Melo use old hunter bone
renation89 I don't use that stuff.
Because you can parry spam Maria back into a corpse in like 30 seconds.
Max Payne Just because there is a exploit doesn't mean the boss is easy.
+Max Payne
WEAK
Sucks this isn't on Spotify man..
fighting maria was the first time in the game I started to think I may be the real monster. Not really because I liked lady Maria herself (though i did and do), but because of the cutscene beforehand. Something about this elegant woman suffering an eternal undeath and yet desperate for me to not continue, just wishing I would stop this destructive curiosity, and everyone telling me that some secrets are better left unfound, and then remembering the NPCs going insane in the chapel and what happened with Rom - I began to feel like, just maybe, some secrets were better left unfound after all. How many would have to die for one person's curiosity? Was it really that important for us know, when so many others were willing to put their lives and morals on the line just to stop you? I was just a murderer, who wanted to push their boundaries and see what lay beyond, a selfish person who couldn't hold back. How many had I killed, and for what reason exactly? The gameplay too, encourages you to act like a blood-hungry beast, slashing at corpses just to see their blood (I always interpreted that as the reason why rally exists, like you're essentially using their fresh blood as a partial blood vial). Those villagers were right. We are cursed. It's all our fault.
The villagers weren't doomed by the Hunters, they were doomed by the parasites from Kos. It's not our fault at all. What the Old Hunters did wrong was take the Orphan and presumable dissect it, causing the nightmare to spawn.
Maria was disgusted by the slaughter of the infected villagers and the abduction of the Orphan. In the nightmare, her guilt drives her to guard the village and the Orphan. She takes up her weapon again having discarded it in life and even goes so far as to use the blood power she resisted in life.
Our Hunter ends the nightmare. We put Ludwig, Maria and the Orphan out of their misery. Laurence too, although he actually did cause all the problems so not sure how much saving he deserved.
Alll what happens in the nightmare is that, a nightmare crated by and amygdala were blood drunk hunters go. You essentially uncover what happened to the old hunters and mercy kill the heroes of that time. Maria fights you because of guilt of what the hunters did to Kos and his child, essentially dooming all of humanity.
Regarding the events of the main story: The hunt and the night will never end, all of Yharnam is doomed to it so the hunter has 3 ways of ending his story, either he escapes from the hunt by erasing all thought of it, he becomes the hunt by sparing Gehrman of the dream and taking his place, or he transcends humanity by becoming a great one
I don't agree at all.
I view it as that we are actually freeing them from their past acts and sins, by killing them. We're giving them peace essentially, even if they don't think it's right to uncover their 'secrets'. It's like Gerhman at the end of the game. He is been stuck in the hunters dream forever. But if you kill him, he can finally be liberated of his torment and torture. It's the same for this Old Hunter Nightmare. We are liberating them. Seeing the 'truth' that they so wish for us not too uncover, Cause they don't want anyone else to see the horrific acts that they have committed. Finally when you uncover these secrets and face their sins, and they can finally rest and feel free. That's what our hunter do all game basically. He is finally letting Yharnam rest and stopping the nightmare once and for all, so that the curse and the past sins of this city is removed for good.
Hard disagree. These are definitely mercy kills.
Underrated as fuck comment
2:27 till the end is just beyond godly.
Maria's OST is incredible, but when you get to know her true story, her secret, the atrocity she was part of and why she lays like that protecting the path to the Fishing Hamlet shielded behind its very own guilt, it's when you really understand why the music is so intense, and what it was already amazing becomes ten times better, turning into real art. This is my favorite music of the game, and by far my favorite fight.
Ok but ludwig?
The entire OST is the pure definition of “How can we make the music match the atmosphere?” And then immediately makes the atmosphere spit fire and eldritch horrors beyond human comprehension.
When this came on my playlist my studying suddenly got insanely intense
i don't understand how you can study with the badass music without being distracted
The more time goes on the more I realize how utterly brilliant Bloodborne is/was. I was just so focused on getting through the sheer challenge of it I didnt sit back and enjoy it enough at the time. I'm an OG demon souls/dark souls player but I had a very hard time adapting to Bloodbornes faster pace and claustrophobic spaces and insistence on parrying. But man what a game.
As with all fromsoft games I just wish I was good enough at them to even finish a game in a decent time frame to take in how good it is
"what is she doing nOH GOD, THE BLOOD IS ON FIRE"
Bloodborne ost is god tier
Heres my theory on what the fuck happened in this DLC.
My theory is that Maria, Gehrman, and the old hunters worked for/with Byrgenwerth. When the fishing village was discovered, they investigated it thoroughly, and brutally. Most of the villagers were killed in their frantic search for knowledge. The villagers were mutated by Kos, a great one that lived in the ocean near the fishing hamlet. She would bring them great harvests (i.e. the slug creatures we see in buckets and all over the damn place) that they could use for food/light/maybe other things. But the slugs were what started the mutations. When the hunters learned of Kos' existence, Byrgenwerth assigned them to hunt it down, in order to bring it in for study. They went out in a large fleet of ships, many were lost (the many sunken ship masts we see far off in the ocean), but the Great One was defeated nonetheless. The remaining villagers, angered by the murder of their people and the murder of their god, cried out curses on the hunters. When Kos' corpse washed up on the shore, it's infant son (still in the womb) heard the cries of both the villagers and it's dying mother, and, as all Great Ones are sympathetic in spirit, it listened to the villagers. In it's newborn cries, it created the hunter's nightmare, a cursed realm where all those who take the name "hunter" and succumb to their own thirst for blood, are cast into. Hunters who fall into this nightmare find neverending amounts of beasts, and a neverending hunt, perpetuating their bloodlust, forcing them to fight on until their untimely demise in the nightmare. It's possible the infant was also murdered by the hunters, and although it's physical body perished, it's consciousness carried on to the nightmare. Maria, so distraught with the murder of such beings at her own hands, she renounced her hunter's vows, threw her beloved weapon into a well in the fishing village, and slit her own throat in anguish. This left Gherman utterly distraught, and thus, he made a lifesized doll in her image, to help him cope with his mourning. Perhaps in his grief and desperation he suggested they use the umbilical cord they obtained from the orphan of kos. This is how they beckon the moon presence and create the hunters dream, a dream realm created to combat the beastly scourge.
You should turn this into a lore video.
That's not a theory,. that's literally word for word what happened.
@@micahholcomb7699 damn, he really copied the lore from fextralife and thought "imma kill em wit dis one"
But that’s just a theory, a game theory. Thanks for watching.
Kos cursed all the 4 ig that's why Maria suicided gehrmann got stuck in dream Ludwig became beast and Laurence became fire Beast is that so?
souls series games are the one that bosses shine more than the players... like this one.. and gehrman.. and Gascoigne..ahhhhh the feelssssszzz
like nameless king, abyss wathcers, soul of cinder, sir alonne, ornstein and smough, and of course artorias, i fucking love sous series....
+irvanCrocs i wish abyss watchers and nameless had more health
are you kidding me? sure abyss watchers need more health but damn.... nameless king already kicks ass.
+abbas delzendeh not mine i thought he was the easiest boss in the game alongside deacons which is a shame because he looks fucking sick and so do the abyss watchers
LetSwine4222 that is wierd cause a lot of people consider NK the hardest boss of DK3...but I even know some people who consider deacons one of their hardest boss so yeah it is based on your own playstyle... good for you then mate :D
Mamasita Maria que buen servicio
Mamacita Maria OST NICE
She did not prepare me at all for the boss which came next
This game is the only reason to have a ps4 imo it’s a damn masterpiece
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