The Story of Dark Souls (Animated Storybook) - Video Games Retold
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2018
- This is my new series called "Video Games Retold": relive the adventure as classic video games come to life as animated storybooks!
Episode 1 features Dark Souls! The harrowing journey of the Chosen Undead to rekindle the First Flame... or not. Just in case it wasn't obvious: SPOILER WARNING!
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"The chosen undead dealt the final blow to the ancient lord" - More like "The chosen undead parried every swing using a wooden shield and clubbed Lord Gwyn over the head with a tree branch"
Bad choice dude.
@@shaunlukegreen8170 nuh uh, its the perfect choice
@@ChrisPBacon-xn9up uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nope. Bad choice.
@@shaunlukegreen8170 erm, no i dont think so. Its absolutely the best choice, so yeah...
@@ChrisPBacon-xn9up why it is a best choice can you explain please?
This has about 2 million less views than it deserves
Hard Agree
Iron Pineapple It needs more souls my lord. Perhaps more filthy casuals from your videos?
But once it gets those 2 million views it better not get a single view more!
Indeed!
Iron Pineapple give it a month
"and then, the skinny rotting man, with no armor nor weapon, and after skipping every lord and opportunity to level in power, ran up to the angered king, to then dodge and parry his every swing, with his boney fists. The battle lasted five hours, and the fate of the ages ahead, sadly rested now, in the hands of the random corpse that escaped the asylum."
very good
speedrunners:
The people who finish the game at SL1:
BEST RECAP EVER!!!
And those who tasted his fists named him...
...THE SPEEDRUNNER
I love how the money system is based in souls, you get stronger with the help of the fallen, who are now free because of you, when you end the game, is not just you saving the world, is the power of a millon fallen warriors within your soul, burning in every attack of your sword
Reminds me a little of a certain Fullmetal Alchemist character
@@rogerfvb who are you talking about it's been a while since i watched fmab
dude, this is so wholesome, wtf, you literally changed my perspective during my first playthrough!
I saw this and I'm crying
Unless um you do a sl1 run lol
Me: Knows the established lore by heart
Me: Cannot resist watching more lore summaries despite this
demon trash
Imma make my children play this series.
we all do know it but we watch anyways
It’s just too good
Proceeds to rewatch all of vaatividya's videos
Same for me, and I haven't even played any of the games lmao
EDIT: Thanks for the overwhelming feedback! DS2 was being worked on but I ended up being unhappy with the progress and scrapped it, so it may get reworked and/or end up being something different at this point. I'll update this post with any new info on DS projects.
Versiris thank you this was such a great video
Thank god this is fucking amazing
Thx, cant wait to watch
Demon's Souls too, please please please
Versiris This was amazing and in stoked to see more
When I become a father... I’ll be reading this as a bed time story
Logie drawz me too brother, praise the sun
Will this be a nightmare?
your son = the pyromencer
Your sons gonna have nightmare
So true lol.
Wait, I don't want children...
I love how you can recognize all the areas here in milli-seconds. You feel home.
When it said "Only the God's know" a picture of myiazaki should've showed up
TheGaminCheese lmao
Artorias' elite except for Gwyndolin. He never died on this story, at least I didn't hear it.
Myiazaki smiling.jpg
not in DS1, but in DS3 he was finally devoured by aldritch.
Well, following the lore, your character sacrificed himself. Otherwise there would not be a Dark Souls 3 as we know.
Solaire is a fool.
But he's a loveable fool.
Praise the sun
in jolly coperation
Cheeki breeki you a cleric?
@@TrustySlavPatches Nah I'm a knight
Your Sexualized Grandparents that’s not very nice
One thing I've always found to be really interesting and unique with Dark Souls' backstory is that the main character and most (of not all) side characters are undead. This is a fantasy zombie apocalypse, and we're one of the zombies.
Just goes to show that even a super cliche genre like zombies can become one of the most interesting stories in video gaming just through clever writing and worldbuilding.
Imagine playing as someone who has a regular pulse. Disgusting... Now, as undead, shouldn't we be immune to poison?
@@DarkAdonisVyers i just think the poison just rot away the body.
@@zamric4200 Depends. Is it a corrosive poison, or does it react to bodily fluids somehow?
I would argue that Dark Souls draws a huge distinction between zombies and undead.
There Are no zombies, just people who cannot properly die who have deteriorated into madness.
Even then, they have minds. Just broken minds.
Contrast with the irl pill zombie. No mind, just funk.
Huge difference between undead and zombies.
nooo undead is of more higher status than the low tier zombies...!!!
in the end the furtive pygmy won. he split his souls to create humanity and in the end the age of man did came.
at the end of dark souls 3 even lighting the fire proved futile, the age of fire was long dead, no amount of sacrifices can ever restore it to it's true glory.
better to start the new age as a king than a servant.
turns out the age of fire actually ended up burning for so long that the world was burned away until almost nothing but ashes remained, at least that's what the ringed city seems to point towards
Allowing the Age of Dark to arrive is, to me, the obvious correct choice. The continuous burning of the flame defies the necessary cyclical nature of existence - there is no life without death. "The Gods" would lose their precious creation and power if the flame goes out, so humans are forced to quite literally sacrifice their humanity in order to remain servants to the Gods and keep the Age of Fire artificially limping along. One is driven to re-kindle the flame out of pure propaganda and prophecy, toiling to sacrifice themselves to re-enslave their own species for eternity. If the Age of Dark is allowed to arrive, as is the tendency of nature, the world of Dark Souls would really not be so dark.
To be fair while its clear linking the fire isn't a "good" ending as it just prolongs the world dying as seen in DS2 and DS3 we also don't know for sure if the dark lord ending is good either. Just because one ending leads the world to continuing its ruin we also don't know if the other ending will be good either. All we have is Kaathe's word for it and how do we know he isn't just telling us useful half-truths to get us to side with him? He could just as easily be telling us just enough truth to get us to believe while leaving out very important details. I mean look at what happened to Oolacile and New Londo after they followed Kaathe's advice. After you leave the kiln in the dark lord ending you could be starting a better world for mankind free of the god's interference or we could also have been played by the primordial serpents and gave humanity up like lambs to the slaughter in a fate worse than we could imagine. My point being that we saw the dark and decayed world the link the fire ending takes us to but we don't know if the dark lord ending is any better either as we never saw it. The closest thing we do have is the untended graves in DS3 which is implied to be an alternate world that entered the age of dark, the age of man. What do you see in this world? Nothing but blackness, endless void, not a single living soul. Do you really think there being an "everything was then good" happy ending is very Dark Souls-esque after all?
@@JJAB91 Yeah it seemed like Kaathe played on power to entice the Chosen Undead, Oolacile and the Four Kings. A "Dark Lord" is an enticing position of power very similar to how he likely enticed Oolacile and the Four Kings and we know what happened with them, they became captives of the Abyss. But perhaps his intentions on unleashing and furthering the unstoppable Abyss was not incorrect. Perhaps the Age of Dark was a necessary part of the cycle that had been born, Light to Dark, Dark to Light and on and on. Kaathe may have known this and used deception to try and correct this balance, half truths and lies to right a perpetuated wrong. Prior to the Age of Light it was a foggy gray world, so the Light started this, and I guess we will never know if the Age of Light will ever return. It could be an eternal age of darkness and abyss with nothing but humanity roaming around. Dunno
@@JJAB91 I agree with this perspective. Now, this may be an unpopular opinion, but I believe I find the "alternative" ending of Dark Souls 2 to be the wisest choice to the fate of the cycle.
The role of "Monarch" that our character inherits means that we are forced to make a decision that determines the fate of the cycle and the world as we know it. However, depending on our choices during dialogue with Aldia, we are presented an option to walk away from the throne.
By walking away, (atleast in the sequel), we don't appear to receive, nor swear allegience to Kaathe and his agenda. Instead, we're on our own in our search for a different solution that results in an uncertain future. We don't seem to pick a side.
In Dark Souls 1, we can only choose to sacrifice ourselves for the Flame, or embrace the Dark alongside Kaathe.
In Dark Souls 3, we can once again sacrifice ourselves for the dying Flame, corrupt it to herald the Age of Dark as a Lord, allow the flame to die and let the world transition naturally into the Age of Dark as ordained... or let our desire and greed steal the flame for ourselves.
I don't know. I find the alternative ending in Dark Souls 2 to be a more sensible approach. A monarch that realize the truth of the cycle and attempts to find a better way, without kneeling for someone else's cause and ambitions.
Listening to the story: the chosen undead was like a superhero, a savior.
Playing the game: You died.
that sound
the most underrated comment. except it has to be all uppercase: YOU DIED
Great job! :)
Power que sorpresa
Te queremos con todo nuestro corazón Power :)
esperare la parte de dark souls 2,3 y bloodborne con paciencia...valdra la pena
Pero madre mia power q mierda haces aqui?
que bueno verte por aquí power muy buenos videos saludos :D!!!
This is definitely easier to follow than the actual lore cutscene. It looks beautiful, I love the story book theme. Thank you!
i know im late,
this makes us souls players look way more badass than we are
Most game protagonists are bigged up in lore when in actual gameplay we just run around like fools and die stupid deaths over and over
@@bobmcguffin5706 the fact that that’s the case for nearly every game makes this funnier lol
This really was like listening to an old medieval tale, I feel like you managed to embody that vibe that dark souls is supposed to have.
Nice job, really
Now that i’ve seen it, this is such a rich and well crafted world From Software made, and this might be the most simple and clear way of understanding it.
The best way to come back after a while
yet, when my teacher told me to tell a story and i told her this, she said that she didn't understand it and that she dislikes it. I hate her until now
This video actually makes Dark Souls more immersive and enhances the power fantasy of it at the same time! Great job, my dude.
I literally know the whole story and this still was so fun to watch
I know. 10 minutes. Felt like half.
if anything its more enjoyable to know the lore firsthand
6:50 NITO PUT THAT AWAY THERE ARE BABY SKELETONS PRESENT
Omg haha
lmao
Oh i see it now.
He had... A boner
???, preverts, look more close
Amazing Chest ahead 6:05
i were sure u meant that chest monster to be like one of those troll messages but this works even better and i have to agree with u on that lol
Try two handed
Try Ambushing from behind
Dont forget about Queallag's nice chest!
Try Thrusting, therefore try tongue
I'd buy this book immediately.
The end PLIN PLIN PLON
So I never actually die, the enimies will just kill me over and over agian until they drive me insane
Yeah yur right
Exactly
Now you’re getting it
@@gamingtime4835 And going insane is what they describe as going hollow... makes sense now
yes all hollows and dead bodies you see scattered around the world are all chosen undead who gave up or lost hope.
OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH, THAT'S why I'm on a murder quest? I mean besides the fun of murder.
@@colbyboucher6391 it's hard when something always want to beat your ass the whole time
This sounds like good english humor
@@colbyboucher6391 dont feel like reading
Almost every single game ever made is a murder quest.
4:27 PRAISE THE SUN *\[T]/*
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1:29 "What is Sith doing?"
*His best*
James Wright Seath*
I didn't know stars wars was involved 😂
🐲
🤛 🤞
9:31 That moment was really epic.
This video is going to boom anytime now, seriously there's an inherent high quality here, beautiful artwork, amazing narration and the selected music is just perfect too.
Every part of this is just great on its own, but all together... it's just a beautiful work.
Sorry about the spelling, as you can see this isn't my native language, but man... this REALLY deserves all the recognition from the community! An exquisito job guys, keep on with it :D!!!
Thank you very much for the kind words! :)
+Cristian Santander
Not to be a grammar nazi and attack a non-native English speaker, but...
Maybe it's because I'm too tired to do detailed proof reading, but I don't see any spelling or grammar errors, not sure what you're apologizing for. You type English better than 60% of native English speakers. No reason to be sorry, I actually got confused when you did, because you grammar is basically perfect.
Do you... Do you want me to blush, huh? Tha'ts the sweetest thing I've been told my whole life! Thank you
Yeeeah, well sorry about that! It's just that since I don't use english in my everyday life I tend to think that I probably made some kind of mistake or misused an expression, small things like that... I actually like when people correct me so I can keep up with your slang, young folks!
btw you did make me blush.. a bit, just a little bit :)
Haha, well slang is a bit different than grammar. Slang isn't even the same in every English speaking country; Australian slang confuses Americans, American slang confuses Europeans, ect.
But you're welcome lol.
As a native American, your English is fantastic! =]
Holy hell, EVERY single panel is absolutely gorgeous! Great work!
9:30 You just HAD to add sif in there, did you?! Way to make me feel guilty!
He's helping
@@Dracophile7 Still... With his soul used to power yours... It feels bittersweet..
I thought it was a nice way to honor him.
This is truly underrated and deserve more views.
This is incredible! A perfect retelling of the core story of Dark Souls that's accurate, and that doesn't drag on. I look forward to seeing new entries in your "Video Games Retold" series, and hope that you one day also cover the other Souls/Borne games.
Thank you very much! I do plan on doing the other games :)
Please do demon’s souls!
THIS IS AMAZINGG! :OOOO
Such a beautiful retelling of the story of the chosen undead. This video is amazingly voiced and beautifully drawn. I love that angled art style. Simple and bold.
I need this as a book.
That would be so cool.
"Which path was chosen? Only the gods know."
Does that make me and 99% of DS players Gods then?
Definetely not 99% of the players, since most of them quit after the first few hours...
@Evaly you speak the truth
Yeah your not wrong but just because someone doesn’t wanna play a hard game doesn’t mean that they suck they tried something that they didn’t like and they didn’t like it. That’s fine
@@oobieboobiekanoobiscoobied5972 git gud casul
@Evaly FBI agent Its not that it being hard makes it good. Its the achievement, the feeling of surpassing where you used to be, and overcoming this game.
I'll be honest, I subscribed for the pokedex. But now you're telling me you do Dark Souls too!? You are the best!
Brilliant work of art!! I just finished Dark Souls Remaster and your video helps me understand the plot much more clearly :) Thank you for your hard work and enlightenment.
I beat this game for the first time 2 years ago, almost. I still remember it. It’s my favorite of the Soulsborne games. I love Bloodborne to death, but one part always sticks out to me in this game. When the npc says “don’t you dare give up.” I don’t remember which one, but nonetheless. It cemented the point that this game was meant to be hard, but it was also meant to be overcome. Other games in the series were piggybacking off of it, but this one was the first one that really meant it. Demon’s Souls was meant to be hard. This game was meant to be overcome. When I was struggling with depression, that struggle to always push forward is what kept me going. It’s why I still consider it one of my favorite games of all time. Even though Bloodborne was my first game, that line “don’t you dare give up” is what keeps me loving this game. The developers knew they were giving us a tall task, but they believed us to be up to the task. That’s what made the game special, versus the rest of the series.
I literally took a screenshot of every picture lol, trying to figure out which one to use for my wallpaper
Amazing chest ahead, obviously
@@lilixpictures6128 Try ambush from behind.
*Tongue but hole*
All of them, set it to shuffle
Or rather don’t put it on shuffle and have the story restart with the linking of the flame at the end.
9:29 “The chosen Undead, embodying souls of Great Knights, Beast and even demons”
Me: Sees Mushroom Sage
*I fookin’ knew it*
And i thought it was just an average enemy, then it knocked me out with one punch.
They look dumb and slow but then they fucking knock you out with one hit
"Everyone has a plan, til they get hit"- Mike Tyson
And Sif...
They look genuinely terrifying, and even more so after being punched by them. AVOID THIS MENACE AT ALL COST OR BECOME YET ANOTHER BLOODSTAIN ON THEIR HANDS AND BODY
Makes me wanna replay the whole story, after watching this
6:00 amazing chest ahead
So you’re the funny guy, huh?
@@hamsandvich8956 no no, Smough is pretty thicc tho
This is confusing when playing a translation...
Amazing series! Great narrative, sounds & music, illustrations, animation, editing and narration. I know some time has passed since this happened, but I still can express the enjoyment I had with this awesome work.
Thank you very much! I'm very glad you enjoyed it :)
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Whoa! I’m late to the party but this is masterful. I’ve only just recently begun my descent into the souls games and am loving how well this recounts the adventure. I really do hope you’ll come out with more!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for the kind words! I'm working on DS2 :)
@@Versiris My pleasure!! Okay, awesome, I'm gonna be starting DS2 so hopefully I'll finish in time. But, with Elden Ring... i dunno lol
Absolutely love this, the stylized artwork is so good and the story included only the necessary parts. All around amazing job
I was not ready for amazing and thought out this was. Amazingly put together your content continues to amaze me.
Bloodborne at 1m views?
Deal :)
Holy shit bloodborne would be soooo epic
....I'm gonna watch this video another 900k times ..
That would rule.
1/4th way there
Man imagine this as a physical item.
A heavy book with a thick cover wrapped with faux-leather. Set in the center of the front cover is a Dark Sign made from rose gold. Each page has a parchment feeling to it, and the letters are slightly pressed in to give more texture to each page. It'd come packaged with a bookmark that looks like a white soapstone, and the Collector's Edition includes a set of bookends themed to look like Firelink Shrine and the Kiln of the First Flame.
Man, just watched this great video. It's overwhelming, really. I'm a big fan of DS series, especially lore, and this legendway of telling our story it's calming me someway. If there will be stories about the 2nd and the 3rd, I'm definitely will watch this! Thank you, man!
Nicely told, well animated. I also like that it includes Kaathe's part of the story instead of just doing the vanilla "Link the fire" story
6:08 "Amazing chest ahead"
What we've been waiting for
When Gwyn Killed The Dragons, He Was Like:
🦀🦀 *DRAGONS ARE GONE* 🦀🦀
I don’t know whether to laugh or cringe.
...Or both.
i miss when this was funny
@@_Ho7line 2018 memes were the best.
I constantly keep rewatching this video. So well made!
Having played Dark Souls myself, I can honestly say you hit the nail on the head here. Well done, keep up the good work.
This was awesome! I eagerly wait to see more.
Wow! I didn't know, it's possible to tell the story of Dark Souls in such a beautiful way. Wonderful reading, wonderful pictures. Keep goin man!
love it so much, amazing work you guys deserve the world
NICE NICE NICE
Can we please make this go trending?
It's so well made!
I love the storybook/cutout style
Hats off to you, Versiris
The song in the begining gave me so much nostalgia from Dark Souls I
This is brilliant! You've been able to take the story of the first game and using simple but beautiful illustrations, tell it in an easily digestible ten minute virtual book. I really like this idea!
This is so amazing; the art style and voice work are _addictive_ ! Thank you so much for this beautiful storytelling!!
2020 and I'm here still excited for this story
An impressive amount of work, I truly love this story, and the voice... MY GOD, this voice is made to read an entire book 😍
Man I really love the way you help people understand the beautiful story of dark souls. To be honest, I would love to see you make 2 more of these for the other 2 games. These games have such a wonderful story and it would be an honor to be able to see you convey the other 2 stories in such a great way
I come back to this video a lot, just for the art, it's so crisp and clean it's just super satisfying to look at!
Amazing video.
But...instead of "only the gods know"
You could've hit the prime principle of the souls game, disparity. It doesn't matter what choice the chosen undead made as where there is light, there will always be darkness and vice versa.
But loved the artwork and the narration regardless!!
I have seen many DS lore videos but this one was my absolute favorite! It was kept so simple and I love it. And the art. Dear lord. Well done!!
Zetsub0 what are some other good ones?
That was awesome! I like the way the story telling was done and the way you summarized everything, as the plot can get a bit confusing at times. The art work is amazing, too! Very well done!
I've always been curious about the lore of the game and now I understand it completely! Thanks for the explanation and the AMAZING artwork.
This video is just magnificent it's like the perfect knight's tale to tell to my children. just subscribed!
Just seeing this for the first time and had to pause watching just to say wow! This is incredible work!
I can neither think of any reason this needs to exist, nor can i find any fault with it's existence and kinda love that. Really nice work.
This is PERFECT. Amazing artworks with amazing soundtrack followed by the classic dark soul character voices just amazing.
“Only the gods will know” well so does my ps trophies
The fact that this is online for free is so incredibly amazing! Thanks for the great video!
Thank you for watching! :)
This is excellent!! True talent in making this!
MAN, love the art syle, you really did a good job with it!
I've been meaning to do this sort of video for RuneScape! Looks like you've beaten me to it and to great success! Thank you for the awesome vid!!!
Trommari
Would the story of Runescape deliver a similar good experience, story wise, in your opinion?
Im corious, maybe ill read it too
The story and lore of Runescape has gotten miles deeper in recent years. It definitely could be as interesting as this video. I'd say not quite as interesting but Dark Souls is my favorite game series of all time so I'm a bit biased. :p
ChickenSphere
Nevertheless, it's a good idea.
I hope you get to make this one day, good courage. 🙏
It was just going to be for fun really
The Regular Village ghoul probably with what has happened in the more recent updates. Especially since the God's are now back fighting for control of the world
This is a high quality piece of art and a beatiful reminder of Dark Souls, I thank thee for this magnificent video😃
This is amazing. I've just finished this game for the first time, and your video makes it so much easier to understand what the hell just happened, thank you.
I just stumbled across this. How incredibly well done this was! I immediately searched to see if others were made. This could be a really worthwhile series, people would love it.
Thank you! :) I'm working on a DS2 episode
This is amazing, I have only played DS3 and just recently started DS remastered. Besides the mechanics, the only gripe I had was not being able to go over any dialogue or any information that was previously given so at the rate I’m progressing the lore has been hard to follow. This tied it together and filled in a lot of the blanks I’ve been having
Love this! So cool!
It moved me greatly to remember my experiences in DS being retold in this masterful way. Thank you a lot!
The perfection in one video, a lot of work! Is the best video explaining the DS story. Thank u for this.
The art is amazing! I would love to buy a Dark Souls storybook like this.
Makes my skin crawl, my god- Dark Souls is so freakin awesome
I got to thank you for this... the intro gave me this feeling, that remembered me of my childhood watching this one particular series I sadly cant remember the title... and this all combined with the Story of my most favorite game series...
you just made my day
This is amazing. Thank you for this. I love the dark souls stories and this made them so much easier to digest.
this was awesome. you should absolutely do dark souls 2 and 3 next.
i love this, and because i love this ill point out a certain nitpick, before the fall gwyns knights were silver, and only blackened and scorched after a certain campaign against the deamons 1:00
otherwise perfect
Another nitpick, the Witch of Izalith trying to recreate the first flame out of desperation is a misconception, the chaos flame and creation of demons was a success and lead to Izalith's prosperity. Only later did it go out of control.
One more nitpick, the one who drops the key to the cell at the start wasn’t Oscar, other than these I think it’s incredible
This is something i really needed to watch, i freaking love the storytelling
This was absolutely wonderful. I'm so glad I watched it. I'm sad that you didn't do any of the other games because I'm less familiar with their lore but I wish you luck on your game. Good luck!
Impressionante, contou a história de uma maneira super interessante e cativante, tão incrível como o próprio game!
That was the best thing i have ever seen!!!!!!
great illustration, and a much needed concise summary of the story without being too detailed
This was absolutely Amazing!!! I can’t wait to see the rest Fantastic Job!