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  • @TheParryGod
    @TheParryGod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7934

    *𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰*
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    • @VaatiVidya
      @VaatiVidya  5 ปีที่แล้ว +353

      ParryGod OP! Senpou is so good for footage that I might just have to make..three episodes on it..O.O

    • @Patchess
      @Patchess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@VaatiVidya Hey vaati, if fromsoft stops making games, will you move to something else?

    • @raymonesimpson1291
      @raymonesimpson1291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Prepare to Cry Remastered ► The Legend of Artorias the Abysswalker music at 10:20?

    • @MercurialStatic
      @MercurialStatic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He better be paying you.

    • @elsonc8308
      @elsonc8308 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

  • @samjones4635
    @samjones4635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8971

    *reads more than 3 item descriptions
    "I'm something of a Vaati myself"

    • @xx_halkon_xx8936
      @xx_halkon_xx8936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      *reads 2 holotapes
      "I'm something of a shooddy myself"

    • @Priceluked
      @Priceluked 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@xx_halkon_xx8936 woah Shoddycast, what a blast from the past.

    • @robloxlover123456790
      @robloxlover123456790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      twinsies

    • @yoursexualizedgrandparents6929
      @yoursexualizedgrandparents6929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Priceluked I mean they haven't gone anywhere.

    • @Priceluked
      @Priceluked 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929 Uh what? You know it's owned by that terribly annoying Austin guy right? Who will never make lore videos because he never did in the first place.

  • @alexwacker5271
    @alexwacker5271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3675

    The scream at 5:09 is so sad. Clearly not the scream of a man fearful of his own death, but the scream of a man’s sorrow for not being able to protect his son.

    • @jacobxiongnu2931
      @jacobxiongnu2931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Live to see his child back and healthy.

    • @obsidianreaper9507
      @obsidianreaper9507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      He doesn’t scream like that when you beat him though, he does yell Robert, it would have been more powerful to have that scream in there

    • @dungeonmaster7974
      @dungeonmaster7974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He fell like all those who came before him

    • @koximm8241
      @koximm8241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@obsidianreaper9507 he screamed robert just before this 5:02

    • @notstarboard
      @notstarboard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jesus Christ, yeah 🥺

  • @this_too_shaII_pass
    @this_too_shaII_pass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4842

    "He died thinking he had failed his son" Man, that gave me goosebumps

    • @mattseay7355
      @mattseay7355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Me too

    • @grizzman9989
      @grizzman9989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Its unlikely but hopefully he saw the other bodies before he went splat and learned the truth

    • @mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396
      @mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So how his son live?

    • @gilbertgotfried
      @gilbertgotfried 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      @@mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396 He didn't. His son's fate was sealed when he was taken to the monks in the first place.

    • @mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396
      @mikebaneofntrguardianofwho5396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@gilbertgotfried ty

  • @SaladDongs
    @SaladDongs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2813

    Props to the voice actors for the knight. There's something in that scream after he falls and yells his son's name that's so visceral, so pure. We don't know much about him and his son but the voice actors sell the idea 100%

    • @guitaridiot9000
      @guitaridiot9000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      From always has such good voice actors

    • @ivanl.8054
      @ivanl.8054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      The English VA sounds really good but also familiar. Do you know his name?

    • @nado6947
      @nado6947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      That scream stuck with me, what an amazing mini boss he was.

    • @gilbertgotfried
      @gilbertgotfried 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I have to say I"m surprised. I played the Japanese dub, but the knight's VA just did it better. That scream was haunting.

    • @emilksf1725
      @emilksf1725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @Robin Banks but he's Portugese, English makes as much as sense as Japanese for him

  • @ZoeyTheWoofer
    @ZoeyTheWoofer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4305

    Oh finally now I can get to know whatsup with the tin can on the bridge who gave me big sad and big mad

    • @Aceshot-uu7yx
      @Aceshot-uu7yx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      He is the best mini boss

    • @ZoeyTheWoofer
      @ZoeyTheWoofer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      I have confirmed he gives me more sad then mad now ;~;

    • @byront2115
      @byront2115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      big smad

    • @angeloabbatiello4755
      @angeloabbatiello4755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wolf Guardian The Big Smad

    • @Humblemumble7
      @Humblemumble7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      These games are so weird like that because I had almost no trouble at all from this dude.. literally 2 tries and I got him.... But jesus fuck that fucking Ape!

  • @shadebinder9969
    @shadebinder9969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1828

    The armored knight is literally the most powerful boss in the game. You literally can't damage him. If he wasnt conveniently standing on a tall bridge he'd be immortal.

    • @supremedak_god619
      @supremedak_god619 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Plot

    • @ukor4100
      @ukor4100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      "strike me all you like, im unbreakable"

    • @pokimanefartcompilation
      @pokimanefartcompilation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately he can still die to terror aswell

    • @shell6467
      @shell6467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +264

      To be honest, katana aren't meant to penetrate plated armor so he's probably the only one Sekiro can't do anything against. But against other enemies? There's a giant snake, ape, and orges. The strength of those thing is probably enough to destroy an entire building so I don't think a plated armor going to stop them.

    • @helge5565
      @helge5565 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      “I am f**king invincible!”
      *The Armored Knight forgot that his standing on a bridge*

  • @itzshiori7403
    @itzshiori7403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    Before I knew about this I thought the knight screaming "ROBERRRRRT" was kinda funny and I actually giggled because the whole encounter was so confusing. Now I just feel like a monster

    • @agasthya9128
      @agasthya9128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Even I laughed really hard when I beat him and also when I saw others fighting him and beat him.

    • @aether388
      @aether388 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tbf, we don't know for sure that this is the official back story, Vaati draws some conclusions here that aren't 100% backed up (he indicates it by saying such and such "likely" happened that way). My assumption was that the armored knight was trying to prevent anyone from entering the temple to stop the monks from getting their hands on anyone else, after what they did to Robert - not that he was working for them and unaware of his son's fate

  • @Kmi_Sama
    @Kmi_Sama 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1031

    The moment he falls off, screaming the name of his son, painfully screaming while he gets closer and closer to the ground. That moment almost made me shed a tear. The idea of sacrificing everything you have, even your own life, to the life of a beloved one, is beautiful, but the idea of failure, to loose your beloved one and your own life, is tragedy. I just love the armored knight more than any other character/enemy in sekiro, it really touches deep in the soul.

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      It also helps that he states several warnings to give Sekiro a chance to turn back, but video game boss mechanics prevent that from happening. The fight is 2 men trying to save the person they care for the most, but tragically only one of them is allowed to succeed.

    • @blazeaglory
      @blazeaglory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I'm sorry but it's "lose", not "loose"
      Can't believe I'm correcting you because I hate it when ppl do that but I've noticed allot of ppl using "loose" when it should be "lose"
      Anyways, carry on!

    • @gaelsdaddy2341
      @gaelsdaddy2341 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@blazeaglory then why did you correct them if you hate it when people do that?

    • @henrytims4745
      @henrytims4745 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      D Harlo it’s a really easy typo to make and autocorrect doesn’t recognize the error. No matter how good intentioned you are, it’s just a douchebag thing to do.

    • @absoutezeo2126
      @absoutezeo2126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@henrytims4745 Fuck you. Also, run-on sentences with way too many commas are much worse, but spelling "lose" wrong is pretty bad.

  • @AsianBasement
    @AsianBasement 4 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    "He died thinking he had failed his son"
    I'm no father, but that instantly made me lose my mood.

  • @XLegion100
    @XLegion100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    damn that cry out to Robert and scream as he falls was pretty powerful.

    • @willywilliam6936
      @willywilliam6936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      A shinobi would know the difference between honor and victory

    • @cermit5626
      @cermit5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That was definitely not honor

  • @Nitrinoxus
    @Nitrinoxus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5072

    The only force more powerful than sorrow in the FromSoft universe:
    Gravity.

    • @fyanmuhamad4441
      @fyanmuhamad4441 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Armored Core for Answer: "hold my 07-MOONLIGHT"

    • @Nitrinoxus
      @Nitrinoxus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@fyanmuhamad4441 Haven't heard *that* title in a while. Yeah, fair point, anything with the moniker 'Moonlight' in a From game is going to be powerful.
      Still, you can't deny the Answerer made a pretty mighty bang when it fell back to Earth.

    • @MRJDXTRA
      @MRJDXTRA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Gravity is a harness i have harnessed the harnesss

    • @ekakiman
      @ekakiman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MRJDXTRA No one escapes GRAVITY!

    • @lightpoint4426
      @lightpoint4426 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most meta mini boss

  • @spinyslasher6586
    @spinyslasher6586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1606

    Also an interesting observation:
    The armoured Knight doesn't seem to be an actual knight. His swordsmanship is very unpolished, he just keeps swinging his sword erratically. He doesn't seem to have any formal training in any form of western swordsmanship, which leads me to believe that this is just a normal merchant dude in heavy armour, not really a warrior.

    • @RedFloyd469
      @RedFloyd469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      I mean, in FromSoft Games "Knights" generally use their shortswords (No, not longswords, that's a completely different thing and I won't call a shortsword a longsword no matter what D&D handbook you're using as a 100% historically accurate source of information.) as if they're wielding giant hammers. The playable character acts like he can barely lift his own feet let alone a weapon as easy to swing as a regular sword.
      So following this gaming logic, the armoured Knight might just as well have been an actual Knight. It's just that FromSoft Knights are extremely incompetent in general.

    • @NieroshaiTheSable
      @NieroshaiTheSable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@RedFloyd469 laughs in falchion

    • @stormsamba6070
      @stormsamba6070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@RedFloyd469 i thought he was like fucked up

    • @muttonchops2232
      @muttonchops2232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      Thats what was known as a cataphrak. Which was basically a mercenary who could afford plate but was never given the training a knight would receive.

    • @spinyslasher6586
      @spinyslasher6586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      @@RedFloyd469 not in Sekiro. A trained knight would move with more grace and leave less openings for the players, look at Fume Knight as an example, his moves have a certain 'reason' to them, and even when he's wielding the FUGS, he's still precise and agile, and he feels like a trained and battle hardened warrior. The armoured knight doesn't act that way. For example, he has the rage attack, when he arches his back and then rushes towards you and starts slamming his sword with one hand. The move looks uncouth, bestial, and very unlike that of a trained knight.

  • @ImperfectWeapons
    @ImperfectWeapons 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3555

    Is this the guy who stole all the posie from Dark Souls 3?

  • @frytcuzz2295
    @frytcuzz2295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2409

    Audience: How do shadows cry?
    Vaatividya: I will show you wolf

    • @expertionis794
      @expertionis794 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      cries in sif*

    • @badrequest5596
      @badrequest5596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@expertionis794 and more recently...
      cries in blaaid*

  • @nightmare171
    @nightmare171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    Most heartbreaking of all is that those firecrackers were Robert's toy. Imagine having to sell of your son's toys to complete the journey to find cure for your son which is you don't know if it's true or not.

    • @megazion34
      @megazion34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I’m sure he didn’t have thousands of them...he probably just got the idea from his son

    • @nightmare171
      @nightmare171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      When he didnt have any more money to keep going, Robert must have said "We can sell my firecracker. I don't play with it that much anyway". And he must have promised his son to buy back his favourite toy one day after he is cured...

    • @wea69420
      @wea69420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      @@nightmare171 Firecrackers are consumables dude, you can only use them once. You can't keep a favourite. Chances are they knew how to make them.

    • @carrotsandpeas4091
      @carrotsandpeas4091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Imagine giving your son a firecracker
      I sure hope Robert didn’t have epilepsy
      Make sense why all of a sudden the dads selling thousands of them

    • @amyfalconer1660
      @amyfalconer1660 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's super sad, dang...

  • @BonesMalon3
    @BonesMalon3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    when he screamed his sons name, damn that hit hard

    • @khledsingleton9063
      @khledsingleton9063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pull up your pants, Oni-Chan lmao

    • @willywilliam6936
      @willywilliam6936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A shinobi would know the difference between honor and victory

    • @martinmortyry7444
      @martinmortyry7444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think he hit even harder a few seconds later.

  • @nat040496
    @nat040496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    5:03 this voice acting legitimately sent chills down my spine. The level of fear and anguish conveyed by this voice actor feels completely genuine and it's hauntingly beautiful

  • @mustafam3285
    @mustafam3285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    He was one of the few bosses I didn’t die to. It confused me as to why I needed to kill him, until in a later playthrough I did. The voice line made me realise he wanted Robert to receive the Rejuvenating Waters. He probably had to protect the bridge in order to receive those waters. Robert is probably dead, given that most children perished.

    • @Felsmukk
      @Felsmukk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He was tasked with guarding the bridge.

    • @Grandmaster-Kush
      @Grandmaster-Kush 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      He was easy to beat but at the same time the hardest because THEM FEELZ MAN!

    • @mustafam3285
      @mustafam3285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Serathis That’s what I meant by pathway.

  • @TheGamerguy6
    @TheGamerguy6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    5:04 ive heard the armored knight fall screaming "Robert" a dozen times now in game, but for some reason the way its edited in this video gave me goosebumps

    • @amyfalconer1660
      @amyfalconer1660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yess

    • @leaflizard8485
      @leaflizard8485 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I haven’t played the game but I still felt the intensity

    • @zacharybrown8054
      @zacharybrown8054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@leaflizard8485 you should definitely play it. Fucking amazing game

  • @LautrecOfCarim
    @LautrecOfCarim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4848

    I'm already crying...
    You see, I have this soft spot for innocent knights who get kicked off cliffs for some reason.
    Heh...

    • @Oroku_Sensei
      @Oroku_Sensei 5 ปีที่แล้ว +301

      This is absolute gold.

    • @yetanotheryoutuber4271
      @yetanotheryoutuber4271 5 ปีที่แล้ว +339

      My, what splendid armour you have there!
      *kick*

    • @KissedByFire16
      @KissedByFire16 5 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      I'm Trusty Sekiro, The one and only!! :)

    • @jahrfuhlnehm
      @jahrfuhlnehm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Nice, very useful-looking ring you got there, you don't mind if I...

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Might be Jiminy Cricket speaking, ignore him.

  • @guanbulbus2376
    @guanbulbus2376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    As a father myself, this storyline hits especially hard.

    • @knoxzedlav7343
      @knoxzedlav7343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      would be cool to have a dad

    • @cookiecore69
      @cookiecore69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@knoxzedlav7343 sheeesh ...

    • @j99044
      @j99044 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@knoxzedlav7343average westerner with no dad

    • @kazokadas
      @kazokadas 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@j99044 I don't think you know anything about westerners

    • @adventurousclash6323
      @adventurousclash6323 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@j99044Wow, such an egdy indian. Now go back to working 18 hours a day for a quarter of minimum wage in the west lmfao

  • @atijohn8135
    @atijohn8135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1843

    Tfw you have the saddest story of all characters, but you are also the most comedic

    • @ryoumakoushiro7447
      @ryoumakoushiro7447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +250

      You know what they said: "The funniest people are often the saddest"

    • @theultimateracist3037
      @theultimateracist3037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@ryoumakoushiro7447 never before have i been so offended by something I 100% agree with.

    • @VardaElysium
      @VardaElysium 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Story of the class clown right here.

    • @yukichiichi
      @yukichiichi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Vesti la giubba

    • @davgg9621
      @davgg9621 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Story of my life

  • @TheeMonkeMan
    @TheeMonkeMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    His final scream to me isn't a scream of fear, but of rage. The rage of a father unable to protect the one thing he has left in this life: his son.

  • @tarkadhal8344
    @tarkadhal8344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1229

    Is he giantdad? If so then the legend truly never dies

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Guess he kinda is the spirit of aspiring giantdads.

    • @OliverOcelot29
      @OliverOcelot29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      more like black iron tarkus, op armour, massive sword, dies from falling

    • @cnut7383
      @cnut7383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@OliverOcelot29 yes but tarkus isn't giant nor a dad

    • @MiorAkif
      @MiorAkif 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@cnut7383 he can be my dad any day

    • @Hangman-yq5uh
      @Hangman-yq5uh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OliverOcelot29 tru

  • @pathfindersavant3988
    @pathfindersavant3988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    "Which was impenetrable, but cumbersome"
    *Laughs in cartwheeling knights*

    • @lastor9148
      @lastor9148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      when will people realize that knight armor inst cumbersome at all...

    • @vocalvortexstudios2058
      @vocalvortexstudios2058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@lastor9148 its definately not "cumbersome", but its still heavy as fuck hunks of metal, that the average person would have trouble moving around in

    • @FireClaw00
      @FireClaw00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@lastor9148 Knight armour is cumbersome, that's just a fact. If you try on Chainmail alone you'll feel the weight of it, let alone plate armour. Knights were trained to fight in it for years though. If you look back to english battles, one was to remove their armour in favour of lower protection higher mobility gambesons so that they could win a battle in the mud & rain vs the french army double maybe triple their size, that kept their plate mail on.
      Edit: Cumbersome in comparison to ANYTHING else, you can still move well in it but it'll be 10x more draining and without the stamina to back it up not many could handle it.

    • @lastor9148
      @lastor9148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@FireClaw00 its 15-25 kilos, i can lift 15 kg with one arm and 30-35 with both arms, sure its a little heavier and requires a little bit more stamina but it doenst hinder movement at all, a fully plated skilled knight can win against all bladed weapons, its just a fact, being agile doenst stop the opponent from poking or slashing you with a sword, if the lore was realistic the knight would have beaten the shit out of the protagonist by a mile

    • @slashharkiri4581
      @slashharkiri4581 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lastor9148 nothing unrealistic about getting kicked off a bridge.
      i've had my fair share of fun with armour in real life, turns out its perfectly viable to get shoved over by someone who can get past your sword

  • @hagishin00
    @hagishin00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1369

    I still think that this is a Dark Souls reference. Even the dude's death is a typical Dark Souls death

    • @yetanotheryoutuber4271
      @yetanotheryoutuber4271 5 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      There is a knight's armour set in Bloodborne - makes me think Miyasaki likes to reference the knight in all his works.

    • @rustedgreatsword4902
      @rustedgreatsword4902 5 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      Faliing off the ledge because of bullshit? Pretty much

    • @Frostblast7
      @Frostblast7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +296

      Of course it is a Dark Souls reference. He is a Giantdad.

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@rustedgreatsword4902
      Gravity: the killer of more players in FROMsoft games than any ultra-difficult boss.

    • @rustedgreatsword4902
      @rustedgreatsword4902 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@joshuakim5240 ever one thinks the hardest gank boss is orestein and smough, but really its bed of chaos and gravity

  • @Spike2175
    @Spike2175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    My God, something about that scene with him yelling Roberrrrttt really got to me. Well done

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 5 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    *The Armored Knight have my utmost respect*
    _F_

  • @boid9761
    @boid9761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I think the Senpou monks actually tried to give Robert the gift of rejuvenation, but just like the rest, he too is deemed a failure, and is now just another statue amongst the thousands on the bridge.
    Probably placed nearest to the where the Armored Knight is, to honor the memory

  • @MrLeoKing00
    @MrLeoKing00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    -saw notification of Vaati's upload
    -I cried.
    -saw title
    -I cried, again.

    • @hallowedwhisper2365
      @hallowedwhisper2365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Seriously, their story is one of the most tragic.

    • @sutonukarmakar7253
      @sutonukarmakar7253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "Shadows cry twice"

    • @YvanTDF
      @YvanTDF 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      -Watched the video, cried some more

  • @YouKnowHimTheGuy
    @YouKnowHimTheGuy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Aah yes the Enormous Paternal Figure my favorite SoulsBorne character.

  • @slowhite1706
    @slowhite1706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    This why I watch Vaati, so I can regret everything I have ever done.

    • @cermit5626
      @cermit5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I regret killing him

  • @Comsworth
    @Comsworth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I've watched this video several times and each time I think how good this story would be for a movie. One centered around the armored knight, beginning with him and Robert arriving on the shores of Japan, and the movie slowly revealing the truth of Senpou Temple.
    Thank you for this wonderful video.

  • @mariapazgonzalezlesme
    @mariapazgonzalezlesme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Sekiro: Feels Stab Twice.

  • @LukeDabbs
    @LukeDabbs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That scream after he cries his son's name is haunting. He gave every fibre of his being to save his boy, and still it wasn't enough.

  • @NapoleChan
    @NapoleChan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    "Shadows Cry Twice" ok that's about a perfect title to continue the Prepare To Cry series.

  • @charlesfarmer5250
    @charlesfarmer5250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I knew something was wrong when I heard the armor knight screamed Robert. Know I feel terrible that just killing a father who was willing to do anything to save his son, but to know that his son was already dead and he been played as a fool. I’m sorry armor knight

  • @The_TooKings
    @The_TooKings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    ROBERRRRRRRT!

  • @3rdworldofficer296
    @3rdworldofficer296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I love how this game shows how Eastern weapons, like katanas, while great for cutting through light armor, does nothing against heavy armor, like the knight's. Usually katanas in most games cut through anything and everything.

    • @ultimaaxe
      @ultimaaxe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Honestly even light armor like chain/ring would stop a katana and other slashing swords completely. Worn with padding like a gambeson to also protect against the bludgeoning force as well. Increasingly heavy armor just offered better protection of ever increasing parts of the body, with full plate protecting the entire body and making essentially a medieval tank that remained a nightmare up until the advent of firearms.

    • @3rdworldofficer296
      @3rdworldofficer296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ultimaaxe Fair point, though I guess I should've meant the armor of samurais when I said "light armor". But yes, you're correct.

    • @MattBG67
      @MattBG67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ultimaaxe Depends, guns weren't the only way to fight armor, that's why warhammers became more and more common, halberds too, not to mention getting clubbed multiple times on the helmet could easily give you concussion.

  • @Nightbanekaizer
    @Nightbanekaizer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This was one of my favorite yet sad moments in the game. I fight some knight standing in my way and then as I kick him off the cliff he cries out to Robert. I quickly wanted to find Robert and then I couldn't. Meeting the girl in the temple confirmed the sad fate of Robert and I ultimately wished I had a way to help. But this is indeed good story telling in From Soft's behalf. So much power as a Shinobi yet I could not save two or at least one of these individuals. If there was another way I would help knight though there is sadly no other way to sneak past him and uncover the fate of his son early.

    • @monroerobbins7551
      @monroerobbins7551 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Honestly… yeah. When I learned why he was screaming Robert, I genuinely started weeping, because… imagine sacrificing everything, including your son’s toys, your own sanity, your freedom, everything, so you can save your son, and die thinking you’ve failed, when… it was a folly, as there is only one person who survived the rejuvenating waters, only one pure white flower. But you can’t know, so you die, thinking that in your failure, your child, your loved one, the one you sacrificed everything for, will die in vain. The powerlessness you as a protagonist feels, the guilt, the grief, for characters you’ll never know on a personal level, as is the burden of knowledge.

  • @Noobie2k7
    @Noobie2k7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I always found this mini boss the most amusing since my name is Robert. So when i finally beat him and he cried out my name i was like 'the fuck?'

  • @pyrrhusofepirus8491
    @pyrrhusofepirus8491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    ‘A compromise with western plate, which was impenetrable but cumbersome’
    Meanwhile cartwheeling Knights frollick in the distance

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, that would be funny, a narrator slowly talking about how cumbersome plate armour is, interrupted by plated knights doing workout and zumba dancing on the background, maybe dancing some salsa while wearing sombreros and watching another do the limbo.

  • @mcvgs1780
    @mcvgs1780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He loved his son so much he traveled to the ends of the world looking for a cure and even in his last moments his only thought is of his son. Greater love hath no man than this.

  • @Grandmaster-Kush
    @Grandmaster-Kush 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Me at 3 am: Maybe I should go to bed, try and get a normal sleep schedule
    *Sees prepare to cry video*
    Me: HESITATION IS DEFEAT!

    • @frankuraku5622
      @frankuraku5622 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sees funny Sekiro video after this
      Me: *R1*

  • @VarmitCoyote
    @VarmitCoyote 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    See these shorter, punchier Prepare to Cry's always get me at the end. The voice actor truly nailed the despair in the final scream as the armored knight fell. Not his cry for Robert, but the scream after as he fell to his death. And all your setup is essential to making that single scream land hard enough to make me actually cry. Brilliant video ❤

  • @schemberger91
    @schemberger91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    I will be the one comment guy this time, WE NEED A LADY MARIA PREPARE TO CRY

  • @jacopoarmini7889
    @jacopoarmini7889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Love this video! Although, I would like to add that european armor was not "cumbersome", no more or less than any other type of armor. Especially in the seventeenth century armor had become very nimble, but began to disappear due to the overwhelming power of gunpowder.

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Compared to anything not plate.

    • @cathulionetharn5139
      @cathulionetharn5139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      cumbersome as in tiring to use rather than restricting movement I presume

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      If i recall, the armor itself wasn't cumbersome so much as the ridiculous number of layers of armors required to wear plate mail without its sectional joints skinning the wearer (leather under armor + chainmail + the plate mail). Plate mail on its own wasn't heavy by any means, but the lack of clothing technology to make more suitable under-gear made the prerequisites for wearing plate mail ridiculous (albeit in return this multi-layered setup provided an insane amount of protection to the point where the pre-gunpowder method of killing a plate mail soldier was to knock him down and slit his throat with a dagger because nothing else could actually hurt him).

    • @ZionStrickland
      @ZionStrickland 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Y. Ahriman on earth yea, but this is in some fantasy land.

    • @insaincaldo
      @insaincaldo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ZionStrickland No it's Earth, it's just Japanese legend Earth

  • @elcatrinc1996
    @elcatrinc1996 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    He's the best character in all Sekiro, he says so much with so little

  • @squiddydii7020
    @squiddydii7020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    5:04 "No, I'm Dunkey"

  • @sevenam9609
    @sevenam9609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Even if this isnt the hardest miniboss, it was the one that really marked my game. You really felt the pure shock and strengh of each oh his blows and it was THIS battle that made me start to learn parries and start playing the game correctly

  • @Unbottled.Water23
    @Unbottled.Water23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Kinda wish there was a DLC where you can play as Robert or the Armoured Knight

  • @myamdane6895
    @myamdane6895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    Hey Vaati, if you're seeing this, please convince Miyazaki to give us even a shred of information regarding Elden Ring!

    • @nyleen
      @nyleen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I second this request. We need more drip feeding of information.

    • @VaatiVidya
      @VaatiVidya  5 ปีที่แล้ว +497

      Yeah i'll give him a call I have him on speed dial

    • @myamdane6895
      @myamdane6895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      VaatiVidya Chuck George RR Martin a text while you're at it please!

    • @ascended313
      @ascended313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hopefully something at TGA

    • @WinterJack15
      @WinterJack15 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Problem here it's that we need to talk even to George R R Martin

  • @juliebelle1756
    @juliebelle1756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Giant Dad reference.
    Huge sword he two hands. Cool looking mask that covers his whole head. Impenetrable armour that he still manages to move in. Constantly regenerating stamina to attack us over and over. Had an abundance of an incredibly useful fire like item that he never put to use. A father of a son we never see.
    Well played, Fromsoft. Well played indeed.

  • @TsulaAngenati2292
    @TsulaAngenati2292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Armored knight: Put down your sword, for the sake of my Son.
    Me: Okay then
    Seikiro: I will not
    Me:..... Screw you edgy Anime man
    Edit: nothing is wrong with anime, it’s a joke

    • @sebastiantorrez8563
      @sebastiantorrez8563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Hell yeah!!! fuck you weeb character with weeb logic!!!

    • @husamjanahi7770
      @husamjanahi7770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And when geichiro asked sekiro to help him for the sake of ashia, sekiro straight up called it heresy. Like dude give it some though at least, genichiro here working bone and blood to help his country, surely you can sever immortality later. Genichiro is such an honest guy that even though he "kidnapped" kuro, he never forced him to do anything, rather, when kuro didn't share his blood, he went on to seek other ways for immortality instead of forcing him

    • @sharif47
      @sharif47 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@husamjanahi7770 Genichiro suggested serving him instead of Kuro, and that's why Sekiro said, "Heresy".

    • @muhammadzariff7075
      @muhammadzariff7075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@husamjanahi7770 that is the problem with Sekiro, the lack of choices. It would have been amazing if the game allow you to side with Genichiro, and help Ashina reclaim its former glory. Besides, we technically betrayed Kuro when we chose the Shura ending, so why not side with Genichiro?

    • @jroberts2nd
      @jroberts2nd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@muhammadzariff7075 There's the little matter of while we're killing Emma and Ishin, Owl is off killing Genichiro to claim the black Mortal Blade stopping us from doing that there...

  • @emilioedj
    @emilioedj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember that I actually laughed when the Armored Knight screamed Robert I thought it was a over the top and really silly! But now that I actually understand the story its so unbelievably tragic!!! Shadows cry twice indeed! :(

  • @ismaelanzaldua7959
    @ismaelanzaldua7959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Been wanting to know more about him, he was a cool guy

  • @MjIsHere50
    @MjIsHere50 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This easily became one of my favorite prepare to cry episodes. The delivery of the VA's lines, Vaati's narration, and the descending line of the music was phenomenal. All of it tied together beautifully. Thank you and the other contributors for coming together to make masterpieces.

  • @tbonezz
    @tbonezz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Vaati the editing for this at 3:53 with the music swelling as Kotaro speaks is superb. This is one of your best Cry videos yet.

  • @thunderousyeet5155
    @thunderousyeet5155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God the visuals on your videos are so well done and stunning. One can truly see the work you put in behind not only your visuals but in the script behind them. The audio, the visual, the emotion, it’s all perfectly done. Stunning, beautiful work Vaati.

  • @OhNoTheFace
    @OhNoTheFace 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    With that kick and him shouting Robert I feared looking more into it. I was right

  • @LinLin-rs2bv
    @LinLin-rs2bv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Such great prose writing backgrounded with amazingly beautiful and perfectly edited video game pictures (probably some mods have been used)

  • @gregory4349
    @gregory4349 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The iron golem but with feelings

  • @Gamer36046
    @Gamer36046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man, his cries for his son just feels so real. The voice acting for the english dub may be wack, but it's still heart wrenching hearing that cry with the context behind it.

  • @StirCrazyB
    @StirCrazyB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The tantrum rage that he gets half way into the fight suggests that he knows the truth at the very least on a subconscious level. That is the true crack in his armor.

  • @ramidp
    @ramidp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine the Souls series becoming a movie and watching this kind of moments in the big screen .. That would be very emotional to be honest, plus the narrator (Vaati of course) ..

  • @sG_Paradise
    @sG_Paradise 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Roooberrrtt!!”
    That hit me in the feels not gonna lie 😢😢😤

  • @TheChedderZX
    @TheChedderZX 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So I finally got and finished sekiro and didn’t want to watch any of your sekiro videos until I did so that I would understand and not spoil anything. I’ve watched all your other “cry” videos and I gotta say this is the only one that actually brought tears to my eyes. Not that I didn’t enjoy them but I feel this one really hit home and the way you told the tragic story sold it so well. Many thanks to you.

  • @ugliestboyalive2863
    @ugliestboyalive2863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the many agonizing an oddly unsettling screams of the souls series gets me every time

  • @noctis0caelum
    @noctis0caelum 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is such a sad story.
    Other youtubers would just show and repeat the battle of this knight and tell the story normally, but you made this video full of emotions with your unique voice and fitting scenes. Thank you

  • @ThatGuy-vw6gc
    @ThatGuy-vw6gc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just realised that he and his son were the people who made the Firecrackers.

  • @sketchysketches381
    @sketchysketches381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That last Robert scream and your line actually got to me even through all the memes of this poor father

  • @moonmessiah9368
    @moonmessiah9368 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Still my GotY. Every day i pray for DLC. this game was one of the best journeys in my video game career.

  • @IsaacIsDead1
    @IsaacIsDead1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sekiro was my first FromSoftware game and I was so immersed in combat the story went over my head. Now finally looking back three years later it’s heartbreaking.

  • @StarlightDragon
    @StarlightDragon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Robert and the Armored Knight would make a great OVA style anime mini series.

  • @IsRickIV
    @IsRickIV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That scream near the end. It always makes me so sad 😭

  • @comradecody5872
    @comradecody5872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Shadows Cry Twice... damn it Vaati that title is already making me shed a tear here

  • @Shadowdragon_TV
    @Shadowdragon_TV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everything surrounding Senpou Temple is just sad, in my opinion the most heartbreaking area of the entire game. The armored knight just wanted to save his son, so blinded by desperation he would never realized he delivered him to a much crueler fate. His son was more than likely dead already by the time Wolf reached that bridge.

  • @fangwhiteclaw7089
    @fangwhiteclaw7089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I first encounter the armoured Knight and had mentioned how he was fighting for his son I felt bad I enjoyed the clashing of wills but I felt cold when I kicked him off the ledge and he screamed his sons name. The same name described some firecrackers I picked up early in the game and my blood ran a bit cold when I realized the connection and what I had just done.

  • @diogenis8229
    @diogenis8229 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much hidden meaning behind all those"seeming empty" characters that you randomly you come across in your journey has from software put into their games is truly amazing. And with this channel we get to uncover them all. Good job and very nice video 😊

  • @cyke-zp8dw
    @cyke-zp8dw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "He died thinking he failed his son"
    This brought a tear to my eye😢

  • @CLEAPEY
    @CLEAPEY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The pain in his voice hits way harder than his fall..

  • @BrianNarendra
    @BrianNarendra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    me : oh i'm so tired studying history for the next test. time to watch some sekiro lore
    vaati : 0:10

  • @aquacyanide
    @aquacyanide 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved the zankyou no terror OST choice in 1:39. It's a beautiful piece of music, and I'd forgotten its existence, thank you for reminding me.

  • @Poisonedblade
    @Poisonedblade 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    This makes more sense than my theory of the knight mistranslating, "I'm falling!" to "Roberrrrt!"

    • @transformersguy234
      @transformersguy234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If you play with Japanese audio he shouts "Roberto!" which is the Japanisation of Robert.

    • @tinchosabala
      @tinchosabala 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Icyfiend, and also Spanish, and maaaaaaybe, juuust maybe also Portuguese for Robert. Huh...

    • @k4in5037
      @k4in5037 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@tinchosabala Beat me to it, it's not japanisation but the Portuguese version of the name, much like how "Juan" is spanish for "John", it gets to show the attention to detail that fromsoft puts on their games.

    • @Poisonedblade
      @Poisonedblade 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@transformersguy234 Yeah, I got the "Roberto" ending, too.

    • @transformersguy234
      @transformersguy234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tinchosabala It's more that as Japanese is the original language of the game I was merely using it as a the most valid option due to it not being translated.
      It's also not strictly the Japanisation of Robert as that is Robaato but is similar enough phonetically that I didn't bother.

  • @Glass-Lemonade
    @Glass-Lemonade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The one miniboss that could make me both rage and feel bad for him at the same time.

  • @jelagalam9839
    @jelagalam9839 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He forgot about one of the main rules in souls games “watch those ledges”

  • @DivingHawker
    @DivingHawker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:03 The voice acting is so great it gives me chills.

  • @georgehouliaras7239
    @georgehouliaras7239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    My Soul is ready, my Blood is boiling and my Shadow is eager for the light of Vaati's lore. Umbasa

  • @DanielS-gv5nj
    @DanielS-gv5nj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pinwheels are often used on childrens graveyards instead of gravestones. So you are basically walking over a childrens graveyard on your way up the mountain.

  • @LdNidd
    @LdNidd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There's a theory that one of the ogres might be Robert, given that the ogres look more like Westerners than Japanese. If Robert arrived at the temple before they fully cut ties with Ashina, it's possible he ended up getting experimented on by Doujun, or in some other manner than just being given the waters, that led to the transformation. Not sure how likely that is, but it would be interesting.

  • @thejanitor9154
    @thejanitor9154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ya'll talking about the infamous ROOBBBEEERRTTTT, but that scream at 5:08 sends shivers down my spine

  • @shad0wzucchini134
    @shad0wzucchini134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We killed him thinking we killed a dishonorable knight hiding in armor but instead he was a honorable father who did best for his son

  • @FyreLol
    @FyreLol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:00
    “I am unbreakable.”
    I think I heard that line from somewhere

  • @user-wt2dz5bx5m
    @user-wt2dz5bx5m 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    YES
    I just started a second playthrough and I have been CRAVING more Sekiro
    I hope you go into more depth about the endings and the different ways to achieve immortality at some point too!

    • @lucas5530
      @lucas5530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sekiro is a really good game, but I lost interest one I got every achievement bar that skills one

    • @user-wt2dz5bx5m
      @user-wt2dz5bx5m 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lucas5530 yeah that's why I'm only on my second playthrough. I beat the game when it first came out, and the months in between let me forget most of the attack patterns and stuff so it feels pretty fresh again. I would be hella burnt out if I had tried to get platinum immediately

  • @KenKlejs
    @KenKlejs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Right in the feels around 5:04. Well done.

  • @zboy1152
    @zboy1152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:03
    Damn......that's just tragic

  • @Beatjoy5511
    @Beatjoy5511 ปีที่แล้ว

    man this one actually hurt, when he screams robert before falling to his death is like a cry of desperation. a scream for mercy.
    fromsoft definitely has the best writing n character designs man

  • @KyoMao
    @KyoMao 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That scream was on par with "SHIIIIIIIZZAAAAAAAA!!"

  • @odysseusrex2751
    @odysseusrex2751 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very cool lore insights!
    Some fan theory is that the Chained Ogre is Roberto: he is WAY bigger than the Japanese guys, has non-Japanese features, and fights with an exaggerated western style (i.e. pro wrestling).
    So the theory is that the monks did in fact work on Roberto, but for some reason the process didn't fully take, so they gave him to Geni to protect the gates but never told Armored Knight about his son's fate.