Is the softlock really a softlock if there are skeletons? If you can get a boneward drop from them I am pretty sure if you don't fire Majula bonfire you'll get teleported there always. That should be an escape.
Nashandra and the Majula Cat both tell you the Ancient Dragon is a fraud without really elaborating on it. It's heavily implied it's not a real dragon and is instead just an artificial being made by Aldia using the power of a Giant Soul to mimic an actual Everlasting Dragon which explains why it drops one.
to add on to this, there are tons of giant corpses in aldia's keep, implying that he was doing some sort of experimentation on the giants, so to me its reasonable that he ended up creating some sort of false dragon with the results of his experiments
@@nothingness217Aldia didn't succeed. Seath made an actual stone dragon whelp who was actually immortal and couldn't be damaged. This poop lizard made of dragon bone and giant soul has no stone scales of immortality hence how we can own him.
I'm pretty sure the game states as a fact that the "ancient dragon" is an outright fake and really a giant; perhaps the ancient dragon heart description icr; either way pretty sure it's a fact.
@@johnsmith-xw7hvWell some assume Seath created the baby ancient dragon but it's just as possible it was a hidden leftover from the age of dragons, or possibly even spared, and the conspirators were keeping the dragon hidden from Seath and the Gods (could very well be the nameless king who saved or hid the ancient dragon baby as we know he eventually sided with the dragons) as the game pretty heavily implies Seath went completely insane from trying and repeatedly failing to recreate the ancient dragons so it would seem odd he would have succeeded and then gone insane or gone insane and then happened to create a pure ancient dragon baby. It could be that Seath created the ADB, it could well not be. We'll never know for sure.
You can also softlock yourself by starting a new char with ascetic as a gift and killing old dragonslayer without lighting any bonfires, then if you light the bonfire past him and use an ascetic, the boss respawns, locking you in that small area and you cant enter his arena from behind
I heard that if you use the dark sign if you haven’t lit the Majula or Things Betwixt bonfire you will be sent back to the start of the game even if you lit other bonfires but I haven’t tried it myself
I’ve embraced confidently proclaiming DS2 as one of the most underrated and arguably best Souls game “packages” of all time. An utterly insane amount of content and build variety. Its vastness honestly felt unmatched until Elden Ring. It also had the best PvP hands down.
@@NJ93 Every game has flaws. Elden Ring is no exception; the copy-paste is pretty bad, for one. For DS2, on the other hand, the only immediate bad thing that comes to mind is the Soul Memory system, but that's only relevant if you PvP a lot. It has a bit of jank, but it never really bothered me. I even prefer DS2 over DS3 any day of the week. IMO, it has aged better than D3 has.
@@BaumisMagicalWorldsoul memory may be on of the worst mechanics in the series. I understand why they went for it but it ruins the multiplayer more than it helps it
Having tons of content doesn't really matter when a lot of it sucks ass. Yeah, PvP might be better in DS2 than the other 2 souls, but that doesn't matter either because online always sucks in Fromsoft games and only the most diehard fans actually play it for more than a week. Power stance, bonfire ascetics and the inventory menu update are way better points to compliment this game on. This is coming from someone that played the original and Sotfs on lunch after already playing the first Dark Souls.
I did a file of the game where I got every item, so I have a few fun facts to share relating to enemy drops. Not sure how commonly known these are, but they're neat nonetheless. Wearing the King's Ring makes the statue enemies in Drangleic Castle non-hostile until you attack them, allowing you to walk around the castle without being attacked. And, in a related fact, most of the Stone Soldiers (you know, the ones with the spears) near the King's Gate bonfire in Drangleic Castle respawn infinitely, even when not in the Company of Champions. And these Stone Soldiers have a low (but not too low) chance of dropping Titanite Slabs. Combine this with the afore-mentioned King's Ring fact to easily and safely farm Titanite Slabs. Just, ah, make sure you despawn all the Ruin Sentinels first. The Golems in Frozen Eleum Loyce can be killed before they wake up. Seriously. You can just hit them while they're inert and they take damage like normal. I can't imagine this was intended behavior, what with how they're used as obstacles around the chest containing the Curved Nil Greatsword, but there you go. And similarly to that, the Stone Knights in King's Passage can be killed before they wake up, too. But you'll only have time to do it to one of them, and you can run past them pretty easily, so it's not really worth it. Enemies that drop equipment will each only drop one of each piece of equipment. What that means is that if you kill, say, a Heide Knight, and he drops the Heide Knight Greathelm, that specific Heide Knight will never drop the Heide Knight Greathelm again (until the next NG+ cycle, I think). The Insolent Spirits in Undead Crypt can drop Fragrant Branches of Yore, albeit rarely. There are enough guaranteed branches in the game to make this unnecessary, but if you use one in the wrong place, you're technically not entirely screwed. They also drop a bunch of other stuff, too, and they never drop pieces of their set when you really want them. Seriously, if you're going after this set, save yourself the headache and backup your save before summoning the spirits. Some enemies have truly bizarre drop pools. The Kobolds in Aldia's Keep drop the Affinity hex, as well as Black Knight weapons and a couple other weapons too. The spiders in Brightstone Cove Tseldora drop a selection of odd weapons, such as the Mastodon Halberd, and in original DS2 they could even drop Ricard's Rapier. And the Dark Stalkers (the weird long-arm things in No-Man's Wharf) drop pieces of the Tattered Cloth set and some basic swords. The Heide Knight in The Gutter drops the Heide Knight Iron Mask and the Heide Lance... but ONLY on Bonfire Intensity 1. If you miss them... say, for example, he throws himself off the damn cliff while you're fighting him and his drops spawn deep out of bounds, completely out of your reach, right in the middle of your All Items file... you can never get them again. Respawning him with a Bonfire Ascetic or going to a new NG cycle won't save you. You only get one chance.
@ I eventually got someone to give it to me online. I think I traded them the full Loyce Knight set for it? Or maybe a Monastery Scimitar. I don't remember exactly, but it was something very valuable that I happened to have a duplicate of.
I'm not sure if anyone here realizes this, but the reason why the guys by the King's Gate bonfire respawn is to ensure you don't despawn them and lock yourself out from opening the right door. It's also why knights constantly come from around the corners outside of Drangleic castle, to make sure you can open the door.
Dark Souls 2 will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first Souls game, and the amount of surprises and little details I encountered made me fall in love with it. Wish I could go back in blind, but without needing adaptability.
you dont really need adaptability honestly. i usually only rank it to 20 or 25 and i promise its not as bad as you think it might be. just speaking for myself though, i am not gonna tell you how to play ;) if anything, it helped me learn to time my rolls better playing with lower adaptability. i know it affects other things too, but most of that other stuff never made much of a difference for me either.
Dark Souls 2 is filled with this odd details that are used only once. They are so inconsequential for the average player, yet they add so much charm to the game imo
It's definitely my favorite hub. The fact that it's an actual town that slowly gets new residents as you bring them back, I love that. On my first playthrough, I despawned all the enemies between Majula and the Wharf and imagined I got everyone from the town to get on the boat and sail for new lands.
@@NatetheNerdy The way that Saulden reacts once you've filled out Majula and talk to him and he finds a little bit of comfort and relief in having other people around the town to ease his loneliness makes him my favorite Crestfallen version by far.
There's more unique invaders for lightning sconces than just the one in the Gutter. Off the top of my head there's Things Betwixt, where you need to light all sconces, Aldia's Keep, where you only need to light a couple for the dragon skeleton to come alive (and get an invader later), Undead Crypt, with only one required, and McDuff's workshop, where lightning the sconce lets you access a chest with twinkling titanite. For someone who went around carefully lightning everything for the vibes, these were all nice surprises.
haha thats funny. the torch time mechanic drove me nuts at first because im OCD to the max and would never use them😂but i mean ovbiously you end up accumulating more torch time than youll ever need so i did get over it😆
Hell yeah, I love the torch mechanics. I think by the time I got to the end of the game I got 1 hour and 45 minutes worth of torches, and that was even while lighting as many as I could.
Yeah the no man's warf destructable wall is the only room hidden by a destructable wall you can break, but there are plenty of destructable walls in the game, most made of wood, but there are stone walls that can be destroyed by large enemies, this exists in the dlc too.
Dark Souls 2 has a very diverse set of Trapped Chests, a feature that's almost entirely dropped in future titles. These Trapped Chests include: A Firebomb Trap (Unique*) A Tri-Shot Repeater Crossbow Trap (Random) A Poison Spray Mist (Random) A Taunting Orb (Unique*) A Healing Spray Mist (Random, Very Rare) *I've only ever encountered the Firebomb Trap in Brightstone, but I've heard others that it can be random as well. *The Taunting Orb is also unique to Brightstone in the spider den before the Congregation Boss, though I've heard that it can be random as well. *The Healing Mist Trap is Very Rare and will actively heal the player that stands in its Red Mist. As for Illusory Walls, I prefer to call the ones in DS2 Secret Walls instead. As calling it a Secret Wall implies that you have to find the hidden switch to operate it, whereas an Illusory Wall simply requires physical interaction to break it.
The treasure traps are extremely King's Field coded, sad they stopped doing that but you can tell some oldhead FromSoft people worked on DS2 thanks to that lol (confirmed in credits)
@LZ02-OVERTURE The only trapped chests in Elden Ring that I recall are the Teleporter Traps. Sadly, most of the dungeon traps are very basic or extremely obvious. I did like what they did with the Spiked Ceiling Trap though, as it often functioned as both a hazard and a traversal tool.
I got the healing trap for the first time ever in my most recent playthrough (at doors of pharos while my health was completely full of course, but still very cool)
I never knew about the Dragon Memories. Ironic that among my complaints about Dark Souls 2's progression was that the Ashen Mist Heart didn't get enough time to shine in unique ways, so it's actually mind-blowing to learn something new about it, however small.
One thing I think abt a lot is how Freja was supposed to ambush you at multiple points throughout the level, and between the swords stuck in her back & the black & orange cracks along her back as well, I wonder if she was ever planned to be like, camouflaged as a false bonfire, like a trapdoor spider.
DS2 came out during a great time of my life, I always remember being so excited about getting it. Played the Network test and everything, DS2 is in my top 3 favorite souls games. It tried to do a lot of things differently with a proper amount of nostalgia.
Dark Souls 2 always felt the most "fantastical" in the series to me, where everything felt more like a dream or a interpretation, rather than a real place. I'm not sure if that was intentional, but it's the vibe I always get. Absolute 10/10 on the editing too by the way! ♥
100% not intentional. Lots of the game was just thrown together, which is why the map is so weirdly connected. It just so happened that fans decided that it was actually on purpose to create a sense of dreaminess
I think it's a mix. There are several of those projected into a memory sequences in this game that could be equated to a 'dream.' The literal first line of the opening cinematic is "Perhaps you've seen it, maybe in a dream." and if the contents of the opening are taken beyond face value, it implies your character as a victim of the hollowing curse(and potentially others drawn to the land like Lucatiel) dreams of Drangleic in some sort of subconscious understanding to look for the cure there. There's more cut content regarding characters like the Emerald Herald that probably supports it more, but that's not in the final product. But of course, much of what constitues the fan perception of the dreamy nature of the game is the result of being stitched together in a few months to create a functional game(which they accomplished far more in that time than many would have.) Just take the Shrine of Amana being shuffled from the first area after the tutorial to the start of the final stretch of the base game as an example.
Having too low stamina to attack doesn't just reduce the damage, it also slows the attack a little. When I played PvP, I would sometimes deliberately do this, often catching enemies when a regular attack wouldn't.
It applies to bow shots as well as melee attacks, I've been playing a run of the new ds2 enemy/item randomizer and been using the bow of want in areas that had terrible enemy selections to clear things more safely(Tseldora infested with frozen reindeer was a literal nightmare scenario lmao) and loading a shot that would empty your stamina bar takes noticeably longer to fire.
@@CaptinSpyke Yes, sadly it's just annoying on bows, especially the slower bows and the greatbows. I don't remember off the top of my head, but i'm fairly certain it also slows down the firing of crossbows as well.
DS2 is pretty scuffed, but I still love it. It improved on so many things from DS1, and added a lot of really cool mechanics. DS3 is a lot more polished, but the gameplay feels a lot different. DS2 was the last and best classic Dark Souls game, despite all its flaws. I'd love to see a Dark Souls trilogy remake, but I'm worried everything would be "updated" to follow the modern Souls formula used by DS3 and Elden Ring.
Only thing I can think of is that it suprised me that on the rottens shoulder is the main body that controls it's actions, I didn't know that for so long lol. Oh also if you get the eye of the priestess or whatever, in Ivory dlc, it let's you see the invisible dudes in the woods Also one of my favorite things about this game is all the unique weapon and armor effects. Like that one ghost blade that can cast spells with it's heavy attack. Or the shield that could parry spells. Or the ring that increased aggro and gave you red eyes like the pursuer so you could tank for friends. Stuff like this made Dark souls 2 feel more like a casual, comfortable, odd fantasy adventure rather than an epic god slaying quest that the other games can feel like
@5:00 in scholar the chest that has the pyromancy flame was moved to from the corner to next to the contraption to be more noticeable. But the devs forgot about the chest’s shadow so if you look where the chest used to be there’s an awkward shadow of a chest just chillin in the corner like a ghost.
Bro, I genuinely learned so much from this video. I've played this game like 5 times and I somehow didn't know about almost any of those parts you can cut off. The little petrification fact at around 20 mins in was great too. Good good video
the shit-pot is a model that was used in ds1's starting cell! they just seemingly reused it without noticing the shit. multiple times. the fire keeper's hut is actually full of way, way more of them than just the one, and i'm pretty sure they appear elsewhere in ds2. insanely funny.
couldnt agree more. the NG+ mimics are so freakin cool. i didnt even know about that lol. i generally prefer starting new characters and never been much of a NG+ player
Oh the algorithm recommending Dark Souls 2 content to me? My favorite Souls game is now the subject which TH-cam wants to show me, despite the fact it only ever recommends DS3 and Elden Ring content every other day? Im subbing so i dont lose you.
Without question the most underrated Souls game ever . In fact , I would argue that by today's standards ds2 could probably compete or even surpass ds1 . The huge weapon variety , actually interesting new game plus , 3 amazing dlcs , the fact that you can obtain almost any weapon that you might want to use almost instantly ( if you know where to go ) and the solid pvp that yes , surpasses Elden Ring in certain aspects ( fight me for this one ) makes ds2 a unique experience. Its not a perfect game , far from it , but most of its flaws can also be found on other souls titles and yet no one bats an eye.
Majula is my favourite hub area out of any game that I played in my entire life, maybe giant's deep in Outer Wilds but because I really like Gabro, he finds calm in the middle of the storm, the "only" place on the entire planet in wich it can chill and play his instrument (and he chooses to play always that song cause thats what the rest of his friends are playing too), tried to keep spoiler at minimum, but well that's not a hub technichally but more like a pitstop, wich we were talking about, oh yeah majulla would totally live there, the skelleton buddis on the basement totally a plus, and free.
Thank you for making these, always full of the most interesting and fun facts that one could easily miss. Much appreciated. The ending made me chuckle.
I think dark souls 2 is the most alike their older pre souls game era titles, it's pretty interesting. A lot of enemy and npc designs, area designs & vibe, and the odd little details are very reminiscent to stuff found in kings fields.
Ds2 is probably one of the few games which feel amazing even tho it's development was crazy and had tons of cut content. Lots of the atmosphere is created from its weird development cycle and it truly feels like fantasy. It's hard to truly describe. Getting back to majula after adventuring you cannot explain how comforted you feel. In DS1 while I looove firelink and the safety you feel there! nothing really captures majula's feel after going through this rough, unfinished and kinda dreamlike levels and just admiring the sun and seascape. I've played all the souls games and 1 and 3 are decently easy games once it 'clicks' with you, DS2 sotfs was the 1st one I actually went wow this is kinda challenging. In a series famed for it's hard difficulty I can't understand how people say scholar is crap. It's genuinely different to Ds2 vanilla and different from other souls. It made me think how to attack large mobs and I loved that. Like other souls games I stopped, figured it out and moved on as with 1 and 3. Nothing different. Yes adp was a thing but ffs leveling it up is a breeze. DS1 and ds3 are amazing games and I love them, but 1 felt janky and 3 was a best of hits collection but didn't leave an impact on me as 1 and 2 in how unique they felt. 3 was like I'm them but better. While that may have just been my personal experience I feel like Ds2 gets hate for the very thing souls games are famed for - difficulty lol😅 Dark souls fans are fucking weird.
The idea behind a souls game is not just the difficulty, but much more. The reason why ds2 is mistreated is precisely because it focused more on being difficult (and not on how to be difficult), all with a slow character movement system. And let's not mention the fact that many bosses are beaten simply by going behind their backs. I understand ds2's love of detail and how Ng+ works, I too would love it if they were included in the new games; but other than that, the rest is pretty much ignorable.
@laxis3155 yup I agree, ds is so much more than difficulty. It's seriously well thought out and the idea of learning more about the world through items is quite fun as well as having deep resonating themes. I do wholeheartedly agree that its deeper. Its one of my fav game series. Your point on ds2 focusing on difficulty is fair. But it is kinda weird when people are so taken aback by that. I feel ds2 offered the best story imo and gave me exactly people what I wished for. A souls story not directly or as important as 1. Somewhere far away with its own identity. For me Ds2 is also the most varied in environment design that really stick out. And ds2 introduced a lot of mechanics I wish 1 and 3 had. The idea of using healing gems is great. Its so satisfying to use and I miss it in other games. There's a few things I find unique to 2 but the story is what really makes it special to me. I am a little biased towards it. And yes, most bosses require walking around them. Very fair point you bring up. I do wish it had more varied fighting styles but what made it ok for me was fighting lots of reasonably sized knights. Not everyone's cup of tea yes. But I find in souls games there's quite a few of bosses large in size and you spend alot of time swinging swords at scrotums. So its more my speed to fight knights. Seems slower but its more fun. Ds3 has amazing fast paced fights tho from decently sized enemies. Ds2 needed more of that. I just meant that there's a lot of hate bandwagons rolling through the fan base and it seems funny because ds2 is still an amazing fantasy game. Dark souls is that good. The so called worst one is leagues above most games. But alot of people can't see any good in it. Of course this is just my opinion. I do appreciate hearing from people like you who have genuine criticism and I wish ds2 received a good remake that appeased most and added cut content as well addressed the issues you bring up. Its development cycle crushed what would've been an amazingly perfect souls game. I love its imperfections and hence my comment, I love the weird vibe it gives off. Really adds to the fantasy feel. Regardless, thanks for adding your comment. I don't know which is ur fav dark souls but if you haven't seen it (I suspect u probably have tho), pls see the Arch thrones mod. Its so awesome. It has like all the cool dark souls areas in one game.
@@laxis3155 It's not mistreated, since that implies it doesn't deserve it. The game is poorly designed in pretty much every aspect, with most of what works being solely because it's a sequel to Dark Souls, and even then it manages to do things worse than its predecessor. The game is a case study, if nothing else. It's also interesting to see how most of the people defending it do so on very nebulous terms as calling it "unique" without having much of a clue about what they even mean.
@@laxis3155 loud and wrong, ds2 is an improvement on every mechanic ds1 layed out, and ds3 isnt even close to as ambitious or interesting as ds2 is in countless ways.
There is also a plunge attack animation for the giants in the memories. Also if you are covered in oil, taking out the torch also sets u on fire. Peak video about peak souls.
Hey man I always knew about the DS1 mimics having their chain at a different orientation, but never saw any other youtuber mention it before now. Thank you for bringing this important mechanic to light.
Feeling like a very proud ds2 enjoyer since i knew like 90% of these. Awesome and comfy video though, glad to see people still remember this rough gem of a game.
Some of the bull-head flame vents in Iron Keep are on tracks and can be moved along by hitting them with a weapon. Very handy for zone control and manouvering.
Watching this video after playing King's Field 1 and 2 makes me realise how many things DS2 just brought back from KF. Especially stuff like invisible walls being opened with interact button even the animation is just like KF2 lol. DS2 is such an oldschool FromSoft feeling game and sadly that isn't what a lot of the modern fans want but people like me love that.
23:58 there's actually 4 places you can plunge in dark souls two! Flame Salamanders Giants in the Memories Elephants in the Doors of Pharros And The Drakes of the Dragon Shrine!
The navigation panel in the ship in No Man's Wharf having "The Sacrifice of Isaac " (in 4:48) reminds me of my friend pointing out several instances in Dark Souls 2 where imagery from the Bible is either used or taken inspiration from (notably with the Looking Glass Knight and the Old Iron King, according to their interpretation), and seeing that little detail there reminded me of that. Really cool!!! Love Dark Souls 2 so much :3
There's a ton of biblical imagery in all of the souls games if you know what you're looking for. The locust preachers in ds3 look exactly like the description of a creature in revelations, same with the sanctuary guardian in ds1
Le Desir de Vivre means "The Desire to Live," so it was likely chosen on title alone as it matches the themes of the series, as the character resists hollowing.
A lot of textures in Dark Souls 2 are from texture resources (same with sounds as well). You'll often see real world art or sculptures in the game simply because they looked like they'd fit. I'm sure someone has looked at the sacrifice of Isaac on the navigation table and thought it had some deep lore connection to Dark Souls but it was really just for flare lol.
13:32 I LOVE The illusory rings they added. No other souls game has a physical item that you can show to your friends to prove you beat the game without dying or resting at a bonfire. Because there was an item it made me want to give it a shot and I eventually ended up getting both of them. This isn't something I've even wanted to try in the other games just because there isn't anything to show for it. 🤷
I think there is a reason behind the boars. Because they know players are going to farm them over and over for souls, eventually they become a big mini-boss, because the little piggies don't wanna be farmed like animals.
Veeery nicely done Video! Your voice is soo calming and most of the details you pointed out, i wasn't even aware about! Thank you for your amazing videos ❤
You uploaded this juuusst after I finally got all achievements (+most items and quests and all) in the game, heh. I started with this one too, was always a special one to me... kinda sad to have done everything in it now in a way cx
I love how cozy Majula is, even if i never buy stuff from the npcs i still like to populate the town to give it more life, somehow more home like than the roundtable of elden ring
I vividly remember, after playing the original Dark Souls for hundreds of hours, when Dark Souls 2 finally was released. It did so many things different, some good, some bad - but it was overall an incredible experience. Yes it has it's flaws and directly comparing it to Dark Souls makes you realize just how different it is, and while a ton of fans of the series always point toward DS2 as the 'black sheep' of the trilogy, I still played it for hundreds of hours - and loved every second of it. It's a phenomenal game.
Interesting video, more a few things I didn't know about. From Soft did a trip to Europe to get assets at some point (notably Chambord castle's staircase appears in Dark Souls) seeing as the Sacrifice of Isaac is on display in London, not inconceivable they got a lot of reference materials from the museums at the same time.
The description of the Dragon Soul says the dragon is standing in the shrine. The Ancient Dragon boss is laying down. So it’s not quite the same as what the original is supposed to be, like a mimic is. The boss is a clone
Whoah, you can do roll>roll attack >roll to cancel faster than roll>roll? I love that! Thease features are what makes pvp great in games in general; the player expression and high skill ceiling. I actually didn't know about this feature/bug at all since i haven't played ds2.
Is the softlock really a softlock if there are skeletons? If you can get a boneward drop from them I am pretty sure if you don't fire Majula bonfire you'll get teleported there always. That should be an escape.
huh, i just tested it and you’re right. you don’t even need a homeward bone, you can just use the darksign and it takes you back to things betwixt
@@Volnixz wow so you can’t really soft lock yourself in ds2. The devs were big brain to think of this
Nashandra and the Majula Cat both tell you the Ancient Dragon is a fraud without really elaborating on it. It's heavily implied it's not a real dragon and is instead just an artificial being made by Aldia using the power of a Giant Soul to mimic an actual Everlasting Dragon which explains why it drops one.
to add on to this, there are tons of giant corpses in aldia's keep, implying that he was doing some sort of experimentation on the giants, so to me its reasonable that he ended up creating some sort of false dragon with the results of his experiments
It is still a monumental success, recreating an everlasting dragon. Besides Aldia, only Seath was able to do that.
@@nothingness217Aldia didn't succeed. Seath made an actual stone dragon whelp who was actually immortal and couldn't be damaged. This poop lizard made of dragon bone and giant soul has no stone scales of immortality hence how we can own him.
I'm pretty sure the game states as a fact that the "ancient dragon" is an outright fake and really a giant; perhaps the ancient dragon heart description icr; either way pretty sure it's a fact.
@@johnsmith-xw7hvWell some assume Seath created the baby ancient dragon but it's just as possible it was a hidden leftover from the age of dragons, or possibly even spared, and the conspirators were keeping the dragon hidden from Seath and the Gods (could very well be the nameless king who saved or hid the ancient dragon baby as we know he eventually sided with the dragons) as the game pretty heavily implies Seath went completely insane from trying and repeatedly failing to recreate the ancient dragons so it would seem odd he would have succeeded and then gone insane or gone insane and then happened to create a pure ancient dragon baby. It could be that Seath created the ADB, it could well not be. We'll never know for sure.
You can also softlock yourself by starting a new char with ascetic as a gift and killing old dragonslayer without lighting any bonfires, then if you light the bonfire past him and use an ascetic, the boss respawns, locking you in that small area and you cant enter his arena from behind
That’s also true for the chariot boss fight
I heard that if you use the dark sign if you haven’t lit the Majula or Things Betwixt bonfire you will be sent back to the start of the game even if you lit other bonfires but I haven’t tried it myself
Dark sign :|
I believe you can jump from this area to the one in front of his fog wall.
@TrebleSixVideos this comment made me test it and it's absolutely true, the fabled "easy softlock" is just not real
The curse of DS2: Every video about DS2 feels the need to point out that it has flaws.
I’ve embraced confidently proclaiming DS2 as one of the most underrated and arguably best Souls game “packages” of all time. An utterly insane amount of content and build variety. Its vastness honestly felt unmatched until Elden Ring. It also had the best PvP hands down.
@@NJ93 Every game has flaws. Elden Ring is no exception; the copy-paste is pretty bad, for one. For DS2, on the other hand, the only immediate bad thing that comes to mind is the Soul Memory system, but that's only relevant if you PvP a lot. It has a bit of jank, but it never really bothered me. I even prefer DS2 over DS3 any day of the week. IMO, it has aged better than D3 has.
@@BaumisMagicalWorldsoul memory may be on of the worst mechanics in the series. I understand why they went for it but it ruins the multiplayer more than it helps it
people don't even mention it when half of ds1 is unfinished
Having tons of content doesn't really matter when a lot of it sucks ass. Yeah, PvP might be better in DS2 than the other 2 souls, but that doesn't matter either because online always sucks in Fromsoft games and only the most diehard fans actually play it for more than a week.
Power stance, bonfire ascetics and the inventory menu update are way better points to compliment this game on.
This is coming from someone that played the original and Sotfs on lunch after already playing the first Dark Souls.
I did a file of the game where I got every item, so I have a few fun facts to share relating to enemy drops. Not sure how commonly known these are, but they're neat nonetheless.
Wearing the King's Ring makes the statue enemies in Drangleic Castle non-hostile until you attack them, allowing you to walk around the castle without being attacked.
And, in a related fact, most of the Stone Soldiers (you know, the ones with the spears) near the King's Gate bonfire in Drangleic Castle respawn infinitely, even when not in the Company of Champions. And these Stone Soldiers have a low (but not too low) chance of dropping Titanite Slabs. Combine this with the afore-mentioned King's Ring fact to easily and safely farm Titanite Slabs. Just, ah, make sure you despawn all the Ruin Sentinels first.
The Golems in Frozen Eleum Loyce can be killed before they wake up. Seriously. You can just hit them while they're inert and they take damage like normal. I can't imagine this was intended behavior, what with how they're used as obstacles around the chest containing the Curved Nil Greatsword, but there you go. And similarly to that, the Stone Knights in King's Passage can be killed before they wake up, too. But you'll only have time to do it to one of them, and you can run past them pretty easily, so it's not really worth it.
Enemies that drop equipment will each only drop one of each piece of equipment. What that means is that if you kill, say, a Heide Knight, and he drops the Heide Knight Greathelm, that specific Heide Knight will never drop the Heide Knight Greathelm again (until the next NG+ cycle, I think).
The Insolent Spirits in Undead Crypt can drop Fragrant Branches of Yore, albeit rarely. There are enough guaranteed branches in the game to make this unnecessary, but if you use one in the wrong place, you're technically not entirely screwed. They also drop a bunch of other stuff, too, and they never drop pieces of their set when you really want them. Seriously, if you're going after this set, save yourself the headache and backup your save before summoning the spirits.
Some enemies have truly bizarre drop pools. The Kobolds in Aldia's Keep drop the Affinity hex, as well as Black Knight weapons and a couple other weapons too. The spiders in Brightstone Cove Tseldora drop a selection of odd weapons, such as the Mastodon Halberd, and in original DS2 they could even drop Ricard's Rapier. And the Dark Stalkers (the weird long-arm things in No-Man's Wharf) drop pieces of the Tattered Cloth set and some basic swords.
The Heide Knight in The Gutter drops the Heide Knight Iron Mask and the Heide Lance... but ONLY on Bonfire Intensity 1. If you miss them... say, for example, he throws himself off the damn cliff while you're fighting him and his drops spawn deep out of bounds, completely out of your reach, right in the middle of your All Items file... you can never get them again. Respawning him with a Bonfire Ascetic or going to a new NG cycle won't save you. You only get one chance.
Thanks for sharing!
Yikes sorry you missed that singular item. But this information is so cool
@ I eventually got someone to give it to me online. I think I traded them the full Loyce Knight set for it? Or maybe a Monastery Scimitar. I don't remember exactly, but it was something very valuable that I happened to have a duplicate of.
I'm not sure if anyone here realizes this, but the reason why the guys by the King's Gate bonfire respawn is to ensure you don't despawn them and lock yourself out from opening the right door. It's also why knights constantly come from around the corners outside of Drangleic castle, to make sure you can open the door.
Dark Souls 2 will always hold a special place in my heart. It was my first Souls game, and the amount of surprises and little details I encountered made me fall in love with it. Wish I could go back in blind, but without needing adaptability.
you dont really need adaptability honestly. i usually only rank it to 20 or 25 and i promise its not as bad as you think it might be. just speaking for myself though, i am not gonna tell you how to play ;)
if anything, it helped me learn to time my rolls better playing with lower adaptability. i know it affects other things too, but most of that other stuff never made much of a difference for me either.
Sorry to hear that was your first exposure to the series. It's genuinely a trash game.
@@CarlWidegripit’s called an opinion and no one asked for yours
@DestructiveF56 It’s not an opinion, it’s a fact. Don’t get it twisted, lil bro.
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"You can cut off the last giant's arm-"
Me with 2k hrs: You can do WHAT???
Dark Souls 2 is filled with this odd details that are used only once. They are so inconsequential for the average player, yet they add so much charm to the game imo
Worth mentioning the Curved Dragon Greatsword description is a direct quote from the opening of DS1
Glad i wasn't the only one who noticed that
I have a strong feeling that dragon is a reference to the ancient dragon in ash lake in DS1
Reading that description after going to the funky dragon zone was such an awesome moment. One of many in Dark Souls 2.
@@Mohamed_Ibrahim5576 maybe Aldia is just nostalgic for Path of the Dragon so she transposed a Giant Soul into a dragon
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Wait, Aldia is a she? I think it's time to replay the game I guess
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The vibe of home majula has,and how it reveals itself after things betwix, its just beautiful. I want to go there and just rest.
It's definitely my favorite hub. The fact that it's an actual town that slowly gets new residents as you bring them back, I love that. On my first playthrough, I despawned all the enemies between Majula and the Wharf and imagined I got everyone from the town to get on the boat and sail for new lands.
@@NatetheNerdy The way that Saulden reacts once you've filled out Majula and talk to him and he finds a little bit of comfort and relief in having other people around the town to ease his loneliness makes him my favorite Crestfallen version by far.
There's more unique invaders for lightning sconces than just the one in the Gutter. Off the top of my head there's Things Betwixt, where you need to light all sconces, Aldia's Keep, where you only need to light a couple for the dragon skeleton to come alive (and get an invader later), Undead Crypt, with only one required, and McDuff's workshop, where lightning the sconce lets you access a chest with twinkling titanite. For someone who went around carefully lightning everything for the vibes, these were all nice surprises.
They had so many unique ideas for Peak Souls 2
the torch mechanics are my personal favorite
haha thats funny. the torch time mechanic drove me nuts at first because im OCD to the max and would never use them😂but i mean ovbiously you end up accumulating more torch time than youll ever need so i did get over it😆
Hell yeah, I love the torch mechanics. I think by the time I got to the end of the game I got 1 hour and 45 minutes worth of torches, and that was even while lighting as many as I could.
torch mechanics sucked ass and were annoying as fuck to deal with
Love love LOVE how you put song names in the video itself. Great stuff!
Yeah the no man's warf destructable wall is the only room hidden by a destructable wall you can break, but there are plenty of destructable walls in the game, most made of wood, but there are stone walls that can be destroyed by large enemies, this exists in the dlc too.
Dark Souls 2 has a very diverse set of Trapped Chests, a feature that's almost entirely dropped in future titles.
These Trapped Chests include:
A Firebomb Trap (Unique*)
A Tri-Shot Repeater Crossbow Trap (Random)
A Poison Spray Mist (Random)
A Taunting Orb (Unique*)
A Healing Spray Mist (Random, Very Rare)
*I've only ever encountered the Firebomb Trap in Brightstone, but I've heard others that it can be random as well.
*The Taunting Orb is also unique to Brightstone in the spider den before the Congregation Boss, though I've heard that it can be random as well.
*The Healing Mist Trap is Very Rare and will actively heal the player that stands in its Red Mist.
As for Illusory Walls, I prefer to call the ones in DS2 Secret Walls instead. As calling it a Secret Wall implies that you have to find the hidden switch to operate it, whereas an Illusory Wall simply requires physical interaction to break it.
The treasure traps are extremely King's Field coded, sad they stopped doing that but you can tell some oldhead FromSoft people worked on DS2 thanks to that lol (confirmed in credits)
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The only trapped chests in Elden Ring that I recall are the Teleporter Traps.
Sadly, most of the dungeon traps are very basic or extremely obvious. I did like what they did with the Spiked Ceiling Trap though, as it often functioned as both a hazard and a traversal tool.
I got the healing trap for the first time ever in my most recent playthrough (at doors of pharos while my health was completely full of course, but still very cool)
I never knew about the Dragon Memories. Ironic that among my complaints about Dark Souls 2's progression was that the Ashen Mist Heart didn't get enough time to shine in unique ways, so it's actually mind-blowing to learn something new about it, however small.
One thing I think abt a lot is how Freja was supposed to ambush you at multiple points throughout the level, and between the swords stuck in her back & the black & orange cracks along her back as well, I wonder if she was ever planned to be like, camouflaged as a false bonfire, like a trapdoor spider.
dark souls 2 is the best dark souls 2 of all time
DS2 came out during a great time of my life, I always remember being so excited about getting it. Played the Network test and everything, DS2 is in my top 3 favorite souls games. It tried to do a lot of things differently with a proper amount of nostalgia.
DS1 has a poop pot in the Undead Asylum as well. This really shows how little FromSoftware cared about making good games after DS2.
DS2 has the highest metacritic score of the trilogy. Just wanted to remind the haters.
What exactly do you think you're saying with this?
@VladDascaliuc it means we know the truth, despite what the vocal minority would have you think, duh
@@xKindle Who do you mean by "we"? And are you actually using Metacritic as a demostration of truth?
ds2 content delivered to my feed, fresh, in this year? Yes fuckin please. I'll go back to farming acolytes for dragon bones now.
Dark Souls 2 always felt the most "fantastical" in the series to me, where everything felt more like a dream or a interpretation, rather than a real place. I'm not sure if that was intentional, but it's the vibe I always get. Absolute 10/10 on the editing too by the way! ♥
100% not intentional. Lots of the game was just thrown together, which is why the map is so weirdly connected. It just so happened that fans decided that it was actually on purpose to create a sense of dreaminess
I think it's a mix. There are several of those projected into a memory sequences in this game that could be equated to a 'dream.' The literal first line of the opening cinematic is "Perhaps you've seen it, maybe in a dream." and if the contents of the opening are taken beyond face value, it implies your character as a victim of the hollowing curse(and potentially others drawn to the land like Lucatiel) dreams of Drangleic in some sort of subconscious understanding to look for the cure there. There's more cut content regarding characters like the Emerald Herald that probably supports it more, but that's not in the final product.
But of course, much of what constitues the fan perception of the dreamy nature of the game is the result of being stitched together in a few months to create a functional game(which they accomplished far more in that time than many would have.) Just take the Shrine of Amana being shuffled from the first area after the tutorial to the start of the final stretch of the base game as an example.
100% intentional, the artistic vision of the game is unmatched. most creative setting and layout of the fromsoft games.
@@momentoyal930 Intentional? Bro coping. They literally said themselves they just threw shit together.
I really like the tone of your videos. Perfect to watch at night before sleep. Ty
Nice video, very comfy. Lots of memories with this game.
I actually prefer DS2 over DS1 and DS3. I played all 3 of them, but DS2 is the only one i come back to
Having too low stamina to attack doesn't just reduce the damage, it also slows the attack a little. When I played PvP, I would sometimes deliberately do this, often catching enemies when a regular attack wouldn't.
It applies to bow shots as well as melee attacks, I've been playing a run of the new ds2 enemy/item randomizer and been using the bow of want in areas that had terrible enemy selections to clear things more safely(Tseldora infested with frozen reindeer was a literal nightmare scenario lmao) and loading a shot that would empty your stamina bar takes noticeably longer to fire.
@@CaptinSpyke Yes, sadly it's just annoying on bows, especially the slower bows and the greatbows. I don't remember off the top of my head, but i'm fairly certain it also slows down the firing of crossbows as well.
You also get a plunging attack animation on the dual wielding clubs giants.
I love your vibe dawg
DS2 is pretty scuffed, but I still love it. It improved on so many things from DS1, and added a lot of really cool mechanics. DS3 is a lot more polished, but the gameplay feels a lot different. DS2 was the last and best classic Dark Souls game, despite all its flaws. I'd love to see a Dark Souls trilogy remake, but I'm worried everything would be "updated" to follow the modern Souls formula used by DS3 and Elden Ring.
You should've included that the Alva set looks better in DS2 than in DS3, and that it's the best looking set ever in all DS games.
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Only thing I can think of is that it suprised me that on the rottens shoulder is the main body that controls it's actions, I didn't know that for so long lol.
Oh also if you get the eye of the priestess or whatever, in Ivory dlc, it let's you see the invisible dudes in the woods
Also one of my favorite things about this game is all the unique weapon and armor effects. Like that one ghost blade that can cast spells with it's heavy attack. Or the shield that could parry spells. Or the ring that increased aggro and gave you red eyes like the pursuer so you could tank for friends.
Stuff like this made Dark souls 2 feel more like a casual, comfortable, odd fantasy adventure rather than an epic god slaying quest that the other games can feel like
The eye of the Priestess iirc also lets you see the hidden invisible hollows.
@5:00 in scholar the chest that has the pyromancy flame was moved to from the corner to next to the contraption to be more noticeable. But the devs forgot about the chest’s shadow so if you look where the chest used to be there’s an awkward shadow of a chest just chillin in the corner like a ghost.
This is the ONLY video I have seen that acknowledges that you can knock back firebombs with your weapon!
such great editing and commentary!!
I really like your video style. Something about it feels like it would pop up in my recommendations around the 2020 - 2021 era.
Ds2 was also my first introduction to the souls series, such a good game
I love the little box that tells you what song is playing :)
Bro, I genuinely learned so much from this video. I've played this game like 5 times and I somehow didn't know about almost any of those parts you can cut off. The little petrification fact at around 20 mins in was great too.
Good good video
I died to the exact enemies in that petrification clip and was so confused because I was like "didnt I just use an effigy?"
the shit-pot is a model that was used in ds1's starting cell! they just seemingly reused it without noticing the shit. multiple times. the fire keeper's hut is actually full of way, way more of them than just the one, and i'm pretty sure they appear elsewhere in ds2. insanely funny.
DS2 has so many odd and unique things. Its part of why I love this game so much.
couldnt agree more. the NG+ mimics are so freakin cool. i didnt even know about that lol. i generally prefer starting new characters and never been much of a NG+ player
@ashen-one--x same for me I also prefer new characters to test out some new weapons but that is super cool.
Even though I had a lot of trouble with Dark Souls 2, I have to admit that Majula is probably my favorite hub in the entire series.
wow i am stoked i was recommended this video, i can't believe your channel isn't bigger yet. keep up the great work!
Excellent! Loved DS2 back in the day.
And am right now watching KayPlays' first DS2 playthrough, on its tenth anniversary.
Oh the algorithm recommending Dark Souls 2 content to me? My favorite Souls game is now the subject which TH-cam wants to show me, despite the fact it only ever recommends DS3 and Elden Ring content every other day?
Im subbing so i dont lose you.
loved the c418 music you used in this vid, always happy to see his non-minecraft stuff get recognition :)
This video is so cozy, it's like if Joe Pera was telling me about dark souls 2 hahaha. Great vid!
Goated c418 enjoyer. Awesome video bruv
10/10 video, and I think there's enough obscure things in DS2 to even make more videos like this.
Shows how good this game is.
Without question the most underrated Souls game ever . In fact , I would argue that by today's standards ds2 could probably compete or even surpass ds1 .
The huge weapon variety , actually interesting new game plus , 3 amazing dlcs , the fact that you can obtain almost any weapon that you might want to use almost instantly ( if you know where to go ) and the solid pvp that yes , surpasses Elden Ring in certain aspects ( fight me for this one ) makes ds2 a unique experience. Its not a perfect game , far from it , but most of its flaws can also be found on other souls titles and yet no one bats an eye.
Not really.
Majula is my favourite hub area out of any game that I played in my entire life, maybe giant's deep in Outer Wilds but because I really like Gabro, he finds calm in the middle of the storm, the "only" place on the entire planet in wich it can chill and play his instrument (and he chooses to play always that song cause thats what the rest of his friends are playing too), tried to keep spoiler at minimum, but well that's not a hub technichally but more like a pitstop, wich we were talking about, oh yeah majulla would totally live there, the skelleton buddis on the basement totally a plus, and free.
great video, i cant believe dark souls 2 is so old. You channel has a nostalgic vibe
Thank you for making these, always full of the most interesting and fun facts that one could easily miss. Much appreciated.
The ending made me chuckle.
Great vid, so nice to see someone point out all the cool things about ds2 I LOVE THIS GAMEEEEEE
I think dark souls 2 is the most alike their older pre souls game era titles, it's pretty interesting. A lot of enemy and npc designs, area designs & vibe, and the odd little details are very reminiscent to stuff found in kings fields.
Ds2 is probably one of the few games which feel amazing even tho it's development was crazy and had tons of cut content. Lots of the atmosphere is created from its weird development cycle and it truly feels like fantasy. It's hard to truly describe. Getting back to majula after adventuring you cannot explain how comforted you feel. In DS1 while I looove firelink and the safety you feel there! nothing really captures majula's feel after going through this rough, unfinished and kinda dreamlike levels and just admiring the sun and seascape.
I've played all the souls games and 1 and 3 are decently easy games once it 'clicks' with you, DS2 sotfs was the 1st one I actually went wow this is kinda challenging. In a series famed for it's hard difficulty I can't understand how people say scholar is crap. It's genuinely different to Ds2 vanilla and different from other souls. It made me think how to attack large mobs and I loved that. Like other souls games I stopped, figured it out and moved on as with 1 and 3. Nothing different. Yes adp was a thing but ffs leveling it up is a breeze. DS1 and ds3 are amazing games and I love them, but 1 felt janky and 3 was a best of hits collection but didn't leave an impact on me as 1 and 2 in how unique they felt. 3 was like I'm them but better.
While that may have just been my personal experience I feel like Ds2 gets hate for the very thing souls games are famed for - difficulty lol😅
Dark souls fans are fucking weird.
The idea behind a souls game is not just the difficulty, but much more. The reason why ds2 is mistreated is precisely because it focused more on being difficult (and not on how to be difficult), all with a slow character movement system.
And let's not mention the fact that many bosses are beaten simply by going behind their backs.
I understand ds2's love of detail and how Ng+ works, I too would love it if they were included in the new games; but other than that, the rest is pretty much ignorable.
@laxis3155 yup I agree, ds is so much more than difficulty. It's seriously well thought out and the idea of learning more about the world through items is quite fun as well as having deep resonating themes. I do wholeheartedly agree that its deeper. Its one of my fav game series.
Your point on ds2 focusing on difficulty is fair. But it is kinda weird when people are so taken aback by that. I feel ds2 offered the best story imo and gave me exactly people what I wished for. A souls story not directly or as important as 1. Somewhere far away with its own identity. For me Ds2 is also the most varied in environment design that really stick out. And ds2 introduced a lot of mechanics I wish 1 and 3 had. The idea of using healing gems is great. Its so satisfying to use and I miss it in other games. There's a few things I find unique to 2 but the story is what really makes it special to me. I am a little biased towards it.
And yes, most bosses require walking around them. Very fair point you bring up. I do wish it had more varied fighting styles but what made it ok for me was fighting lots of reasonably sized knights. Not everyone's cup of tea yes. But I find in souls games there's quite a few of bosses large in size and you spend alot of time swinging swords at scrotums. So its more my speed to fight knights. Seems slower but its more fun. Ds3 has amazing fast paced fights tho from decently sized enemies. Ds2 needed more of that.
I just meant that there's a lot of hate bandwagons rolling through the fan base and it seems funny because ds2 is still an amazing fantasy game. Dark souls is that good. The so called worst one is leagues above most games. But alot of people can't see any good in it. Of course this is just my opinion. I do appreciate hearing from people like you who have genuine criticism and I wish ds2 received a good remake that appeased most and added cut content as well addressed the issues you bring up. Its development cycle crushed what would've been an amazingly perfect souls game. I love its imperfections and hence my comment, I love the weird vibe it gives off. Really adds to the fantasy feel.
Regardless, thanks for adding your comment. I don't know which is ur fav dark souls but if you haven't seen it (I suspect u probably have tho), pls see the Arch thrones mod. Its so awesome. It has like all the cool dark souls areas in one game.
@@laxis3155 It's not mistreated, since that implies it doesn't deserve it. The game is poorly designed in pretty much every aspect, with most of what works being solely because it's a sequel to Dark Souls, and even then it manages to do things worse than its predecessor.
The game is a case study, if nothing else. It's also interesting to see how most of the people defending it do so on very nebulous terms as calling it "unique" without having much of a clue about what they even mean.
@@laxis3155 loud and wrong, ds2 is an improvement on every mechanic ds1 layed out, and ds3 isnt even close to as ambitious or interesting as ds2 is in countless ways.
There is also a plunge attack animation for the giants in the memories.
Also if you are covered in oil, taking out the torch also sets u on fire.
Peak video about peak souls.
Hey man I always knew about the DS1 mimics having their chain at a different orientation, but never saw any other youtuber mention it before now. Thank you for bringing this important mechanic to light.
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type shit
always a good day to see a video on dark souls 2
Feeling like a very proud ds2 enjoyer since i knew like 90% of these. Awesome and comfy video though, glad to see people still remember this rough gem of a game.
Some of the bull-head flame vents in Iron Keep are on tracks and can be moved along by hitting them with a weapon. Very handy for zone control and manouvering.
Watching this video after playing King's Field 1 and 2 makes me realise how many things DS2 just brought back from KF. Especially stuff like invisible walls being opened with interact button even the animation is just like KF2 lol. DS2 is such an oldschool FromSoft feeling game and sadly that isn't what a lot of the modern fans want but people like me love that.
This man played DS2 of his own free will, crazy
23:58 there's actually 4 places you can plunge in dark souls two!
Flame Salamanders
Giants in the Memories
Elephants in the Doors of Pharros
And The Drakes of the Dragon Shrine!
holy hell
The navigation panel in the ship in No Man's Wharf having "The Sacrifice of Isaac " (in 4:48) reminds me of my friend pointing out several instances in Dark Souls 2 where imagery from the Bible is either used or taken inspiration from (notably with the Looking Glass Knight and the Old Iron King, according to their interpretation), and seeing that little detail there reminded me of that. Really cool!!! Love Dark Souls 2 so much :3
There's a ton of biblical imagery in all of the souls games if you know what you're looking for. The locust preachers in ds3 look exactly like the description of a creature in revelations, same with the sanctuary guardian in ds1
Can't wait for the episode on dark souls 3, love your videos
Le Desir de Vivre means "The Desire to Live," so it was likely chosen on title alone as it matches the themes of the series, as the character resists hollowing.
4:46 caught me off guard and got a legit LOL out of me. Nicely done.
DS2 is surprisingly very alive right now. I get constant invasions and often get invaded by blues. I even got rat kinged one time.
A lot of textures in Dark Souls 2 are from texture resources (same with sounds as well). You'll often see real world art or sculptures in the game simply because they looked like they'd fit.
I'm sure someone has looked at the sacrifice of Isaac on the navigation table and thought it had some deep lore connection to Dark Souls but it was really just for flare lol.
yay you uploaded! i love your videos keep it up
the pots of dung are a reused asset from the Undead Asylum in ds1, you can find them in the players cell
I love your videos and your chill approach. And, well, you know. Souls💚
I always liked the weird ant thing in the gutter that shoots blue smoke that heals poison
13:32 I LOVE The illusory rings they added. No other souls game has a physical item that you can show to your friends to prove you beat the game without dying or resting at a bonfire. Because there was an item it made me want to give it a shot and I eventually ended up getting both of them. This isn't something I've even wanted to try in the other games just because there isn't anything to show for it. 🤷
I miss golf swinging people off edges for the entire first year
I think there is a reason behind the boars. Because they know players are going to farm them over and over for souls, eventually they become a big mini-boss, because the little piggies don't wanna be farmed like animals.
Aldia created that ancient dragon, you can see in his lab all the dead giant bodies as he was trying to extract their soul
In the cave before the Skeleton Lords, you can find a regular skeleton wearing Vendrick's Crown on his head. Ds2 is brilliant
I've been playing DS2 since shortly after its' release, and I learned things from You. Subscribed!
I love Dark Souls 2! Nice video,lots of interesting details.
Veeery nicely done Video! Your voice is soo calming and most of the details you pointed out, i wasn't even aware about! Thank you for your amazing videos ❤
You uploaded this juuusst after I finally got all achievements (+most items and quests and all) in the game, heh. I started with this one too, was always a special one to me... kinda sad to have done everything in it now in a way cx
The Tony Hawk special trick sound effect for Gaining 1 Sin has restored my humanity
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Really cool video, looking forward to more :)
THIS MAKES ME WANT RO REPLAY THIS GAME SOOOO MUCH
I love how cozy Majula is, even if i never buy stuff from the npcs i still like to populate the town to give it more life, somehow more home like than the roundtable of elden ring
I vividly remember, after playing the original Dark Souls for hundreds of hours, when Dark Souls 2 finally was released. It did so many things different, some good, some bad - but it was overall an incredible experience. Yes it has it's flaws and directly comparing it to Dark Souls makes you realize just how different it is, and while a ton of fans of the series always point toward DS2 as the 'black sheep' of the trilogy, I still played it for hundreds of hours - and loved every second of it. It's a phenomenal game.
Interesting video, more a few things I didn't know about. From Soft did a trip to Europe to get assets at some point (notably Chambord castle's staircase appears in Dark Souls) seeing as the Sacrifice of Isaac is on display in London, not inconceivable they got a lot of reference materials from the museums at the same time.
The description of the Dragon Soul says the dragon is standing in the shrine. The Ancient Dragon boss is laying down. So it’s not quite the same as what the original is supposed to be, like a mimic is. The boss is a clone
Awesome Vid!
Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany!
I did not know torch man at the wharf was friendly… I’m a monster
Such a good channel i hope for more video soon
video so fire, always looking for stuff like this
My guy is single handedly offering fresh dark souls 2 content that’s incredibly well produced and insightful. What even.
Great work man. Would love a video like this on other Souls games.
Whoah, you can do roll>roll attack >roll to cancel faster than roll>roll? I love that! Thease features are what makes pvp great in games in general; the player expression and high skill ceiling. I actually didn't know about this feature/bug at all since i haven't played ds2.
the way the giant dragon was MADE was with the giants soul
like how we make weapons with souls they made a dragon using a soul
The poop jar is a reused asset from Ds1, it's been there since the very first room :>