Subscribe: th-cam.com/users/BenPlaysGames Support the channel: www.patreon.com/ben_plays_games Probably my favourite Souls game despite it being mechanically wonky compared to the series' newer titles. The intense, dreamlike loneliness of its atmosphere is unrivalled.
The OG Tower of Latria is what hooked me into FromSoftware. The remake's Latria is fun and looks great, but like the rest of the game, they missed big on the atmosphere. Heck, Fromsoft, themselves couldn't quite get it back when they tried with Irithyll Dungeons...though, it's amazing, on it's own
The remake is absolutely stunning, one of the best games of its generation still, but its visuals are too busy and consequently a lot of atmosphere is lost. It doesn't feel weird and dreamlike, like the original does.
@@BenPlaysGames I personally don't think the atmosphere was lost, I think we have just already experienced it and went into the remake with a different perspective from how we all did originally.
And what an absolutely fantastic game it was too. I remain amazed that the only way to play it is on PlayStation at 1080p/60. Whenever it gets a re-release or similar, if that ever happens, I'll definitely dive in and write a few bits and bobs about it.
@@BenPlaysGames you mean 30? Or are you running a jailbroken ps? Maybe you're emulating on pc - havent watched the vid yet heheh. 30 max too, for sure not consistent. I'd pay a full $60 for 60fps versions of both OG Demons Souls & Bloodborne running on PS5. Its wild all the crap they've repackaged over & over but these two classics remain trapped in time
Ah man I'm so glad you're getting into From Software stuff. Dark Souls became my favorite game ever back in the days. I was a huge Halo guy, but Dark Souls changed my life. looking forward for more !
Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are both absurdly good. Along with Bloodborne, they're the best games From Soft has produced. Demon's Souls is my personal favourite, there's just something so bleak and lonely about it.
I was currently replaying the game on ps3 making a fresh character with pure black tendency "using the archstones server to set everything to pure black in all worlds" and no weapon upgrading and i literally just killed the idol only for TH-cam to recommend me this and i cant stress how insane the red phantom mind flayers are... If you havent been in latria with pure black you should try it they straight up one shot which makes it insanely horrifying
@@dragonslayer3552 no, rather that you can't get help if your stuk in pure black or the fact that is difficult to progress in this level. I got killed there so many times just by the mindflares alone. Welp atleast it wasn't ball torturing then the swamp.
Really great analysis! I started playing Demon’s Souls this spring, and while I haven’t made it that far, I am looking forward to going back and finishing the game. This level seems like a fantastic addition to the game, and I’ll be on the lookout for all of the small details you pointed out in this video.
Nice one, Joe! You're in for a treat mate - it's a little mechanically simplistic in places compared to From's newer games, but it has bucketloads of personality.
I spent so much time getting absolutely destroyed by the flayers back in the day. Of course, once you realise they basically always do the knock back then the stun over and over again they're easy, but man alive did it take me ages to realise that!
I'm not sure if there will be many, if any, more individual video like this, but I'm seriously considering creating one long piece from beginning to end. Having played it through twice over the last week, there's just so much to talk about!
Excellent video. I especially want to applaud you for making an interesting, informative and well-paced 15-minute video that is well-narrated WITHOUT the use of the grating speech pattern known as upspeak. You have no idea how much it means to me. 👍
Demon's Souls in probably my favourite From Software game honestly and I've generally enjoyed their newer releases (especially Elden Ring) a lot less than Demon's and Dark Souls especially. Bloodborne slaps too.
@@BenPlaysGames Yeah Elden Ring failed to grab me like the others did. Sekiro remains my personal favourite, though I haven't had the chance to try Bloodborne due to a lack of Playstation console
DeSR, removed the bugs buzzing, the noble wife sings the old ones lullaby, yes we dont want the modern audience to feel discomfort. Also des's fool's idol looked divine, like she really could be the salvation for the tortured prisoners, while desr's looked insane with her crazy eyes. Same with fat ministers, des looked like they revel in torturing and doing the r word, while desr's looks like theyre the victims of circumstances. Naw, DeSR's art direction looked like final fantasy
I have a love/ hate relationship with Prison of Hope. I love it for its Lovecraftian theme, setting, and atmosphere. I hate it because of its labyrinthine design and those bloody mindflayers. But hey, all the best games have at least one level that players hate and love simultaneously
I played the entire soul series from the very beginning and can without a shadow of a doubt tell you it was one of the best fucking games ever. I absolutely loved the original demons souls, as well as the remake.
Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne are three of my absolute favourite games of all time. Demon's Souls is an interesting one too, as it's obviously less mechanically robust than later From Software games, but at the same time quite possibly has the best atmosphere out of all them. It's so wonderfully dreamlike and lonely in a way no other Souls game is.
I enjoyed this. I'd love to see you revisit other FromSoft titles, and tell us what you thought were the scariest levels in them. DLC included as bonus content!
I'm glad they changed the music to Return to Slumber in the remake because the Tower of Latria is too scary and as a member of the modern audience I really needed a lullaby to calm me down so I can finish the level.
Good journalistic instincts here. Appreciate the use of examples over opinion and conjecture, as well as a clear script rather than endless waffle. Keep it up.
Literally the first time watching your vids and subscribed half way through. But I gotta disagree with you when you said they couldnt replicate the atmosphere in any other title. IMO they definitely did with bloodborne and far surpassed it. Not to take away from demons souls Latria. Its still awesome
Which version is better is completely based on which you play first. I played the remake first and it was the most terrifying and sad level I have ever experienced. Then I played the OG two days back and felt nothing. And I have heard many arguments about the opposite.
@@BenPlaysGames lol defenitly, especially the first time, when you have absoloutly no idea what is making these breathing sounds when they are all fucking skeletons
Cheers mate! The remake is a gorgeous game - in fact, it remains one of the most graphically impressive PlayStation 5 titles - but the visuals are very busy and I think the starkness of the original fits the dreamlike atmosphere and bleak tone far better. The remake is beautiful, but the original evokes much stronger feelings of melancholy for me.
I 100% thought this was gunna be about some Bloodborne shit like YaharG'ul or some shit like the hypogean jail. But nope. Now I am reminded of some of the scariest shit in all of from's repertoire. That Latria jail is fucking terrible. On my 1st playthough, omfg I was wrecked. Every corner had me pause n collect myself, every scream made the hairs stand on my neck, that fuggin bell. Omg i hated that place. I had got soooo fuckin lost one time, it took me for-fuckin-ever to find my way out, which was actually just me dying...
Not sure why but something about Dark souls 3's profaned capital is really unsettling , really cannot explain it. The centipe head guys and Yurt are the cherry on top of this area though.
Sorry if this seems mean, but this video really doesn't deliver IMO. Or the video title was a huge disservice. I was expecting a major emphasis on why the level was scary, but I feel like you only spend a minute or two convincing us. Most of this video feels like explaining random moments of gameplay and they don't reinforce the theme of scary. It feels like a bunch of average well-designed FromSoft encounters but not any scarier than average. --- I love your prior videos. Halo is amazing and From Software is pretty good, but I hope your can maintain your video quality >_>
It's all good mate, I appreciate the feedback regardless and sorry you didn't enjoy it - can't win em all, right! Edit: Having watched this again a couple of days removed from the making of it, I'm not sure I necessarily agree. In order, the video talks about the unsettling sound design, the rarity of mind flayers making them particularly creepy, the disturbing moral choice with the prisoners, the survival horror layout and horrid sense of place, traps and how to avoid them, and finally the bleak story. Some of those may not be considered overtly scary things by some, but I think throughout there's a focus on horror and often on what Latria does differently compared to the rest of Demon's Souls.
I have a feeling he has never played bloodbourne. How can you compare? Every inch of bloodbourne's dna is like a horror movie. Demon souls was the OG from Mizaki, but bloodborne was the official horror/nightmare game. That scared you almost from the beginning too the end.
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Probably my favourite Souls game despite it being mechanically wonky compared to the series' newer titles. The intense, dreamlike loneliness of its atmosphere is unrivalled.
The OG Tower of Latria is what hooked me into FromSoftware. The remake's Latria is fun and looks great, but like the rest of the game, they missed big on the atmosphere.
Heck, Fromsoft, themselves couldn't quite get it back when they tried with Irithyll Dungeons...though, it's amazing, on it's own
The remake is absolutely stunning, one of the best games of its generation still, but its visuals are too busy and consequently a lot of atmosphere is lost. It doesn't feel weird and dreamlike, like the original does.
@@BenPlaysGames I personally don't think the atmosphere was lost, I think we have just already experienced it and went into the remake with a different perspective from how we all did originally.
@@Garviel-Loken I’d like to think you’re right because I never played the original, but I absolutely loved the remake
They took the idea of this level and then made an entire game out of it, Bloodborne.
And what an absolutely fantastic game it was too. I remain amazed that the only way to play it is on PlayStation at 1080p/60. Whenever it gets a re-release or similar, if that ever happens, I'll definitely dive in and write a few bits and bobs about it.
@@BenPlaysGames you mean 30? Or are you running a jailbroken ps? Maybe you're emulating on pc - havent watched the vid yet heheh. 30 max too, for sure not consistent. I'd pay a full $60 for 60fps versions of both OG Demons Souls & Bloodborne running on PS5. Its wild all the crap they've repackaged over & over but these two classics remain trapped in time
@@BenPlaysGames it's 30 fps, goober.
@@BUKUDI No, this is me typing the wrong thing, meant to say 30fps!
Nah
Ah man I'm so glad you're getting into From Software stuff. Dark Souls became my favorite game ever back in the days. I was a huge Halo guy, but Dark Souls changed my life. looking forward for more !
Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are both absurdly good. Along with Bloodborne, they're the best games From Soft has produced. Demon's Souls is my personal favourite, there's just something so bleak and lonely about it.
I was currently replaying the game on ps3 making a fresh character with pure black tendency "using the archstones server to set everything to pure black in all worlds" and no weapon upgrading and i literally just killed the idol only for TH-cam to recommend me this and i cant stress how insane the red phantom mind flayers are... If you havent been in latria with pure black you should try it they straight up one shot which makes it insanely horrifying
Now imagen this but just in offline mode
@@LOLMGS uh wait what's the difference outside of bloodstains and messages ?
@@dragonslayer3552 no, rather that you can't get help if your stuk in pure black or the fact that is difficult to progress in this level.
I got killed there so many times just by the mindflares alone.
Welp atleast it wasn't ball torturing then the swamp.
Really great analysis! I started playing Demon’s Souls this spring, and while I haven’t made it that far, I am looking forward to going back and finishing the game. This level seems like a fantastic addition to the game, and I’ll be on the lookout for all of the small details you pointed out in this video.
Nice one, Joe! You're in for a treat mate - it's a little mechanically simplistic in places compared to From's newer games, but it has bucketloads of personality.
I'm always up for more classic Demon's Souls content. Please make that follow-up vid!
Always good to see content from the original DeS
Props for talking about the good one
Demon's Souls (original version) is probably my favourite From Software game, with Dark Souls and Bloodborne taking a close join second. It's so good.
Back in the day, I literally had to stop playing because of how terrifying this level was. Those fucking bells!
I spent so much time getting absolutely destroyed by the flayers back in the day. Of course, once you realise they basically always do the knock back then the stun over and over again they're easy, but man alive did it take me ages to realise that!
Holy shit I genuinely can't wait for the rest of these. A true dream come true for your analysis of Souls.
I'm not sure if there will be many, if any, more individual video like this, but I'm seriously considering creating one long piece from beginning to end. Having played it through twice over the last week, there's just so much to talk about!
Excellent video. I especially want to applaud you for making an interesting, informative and well-paced 15-minute video that is well-narrated WITHOUT the use of the grating speech pattern known as upspeak. You have no idea how much it means to me. 👍
Love that you're covering Demon Souls. Figured the Tower of Latria would appeal to the resident evil fan in you :)
Demon's Souls in probably my favourite From Software game honestly and I've generally enjoyed their newer releases (especially Elden Ring) a lot less than Demon's and Dark Souls especially. Bloodborne slaps too.
@@BenPlaysGames Yeah Elden Ring failed to grab me like the others did. Sekiro remains my personal favourite, though I haven't had the chance to try Bloodborne due to a lack of Playstation console
Cool kids don’t like Elden Ring.
DeSR, removed the bugs buzzing, the noble wife sings the old ones lullaby, yes we dont want the modern audience to feel discomfort. Also des's fool's idol looked divine, like she really could be the salvation for the tortured prisoners, while desr's looked insane with her crazy eyes. Same with fat ministers, des looked like they revel in torturing and doing the r word, while desr's looks like theyre the victims of circumstances.
Naw, DeSR's art direction looked like final fantasy
I’ve played all from soft games but demon souls will always be my favorite it just has some weird charm for me
I have a love/ hate relationship with Prison of Hope. I love it for its Lovecraftian theme, setting, and atmosphere. I hate it because of its labyrinthine design and those bloody mindflayers. But hey, all the best games have at least one level that players hate and love simultaneously
I played the entire soul series from the very beginning and can without a shadow of a doubt tell you it was one of the best fucking games ever. I absolutely loved the original demons souls, as well as the remake.
Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne are three of my absolute favourite games of all time. Demon's Souls is an interesting one too, as it's obviously less mechanically robust than later From Software games, but at the same time quite possibly has the best atmosphere out of all them. It's so wonderfully dreamlike and lonely in a way no other Souls game is.
Im so happy you used the original. Bluepoint's just doesnt hit the same
Ah, so Tower of Latria is what Irithyl Dungeon is trying to be. Almost!
I still hear the OG rydell screaming
What an amazing level
Very happy to see original game footage and not the remake.
rpcs3 def
I enjoyed this. I'd love to see you revisit other FromSoft titles, and tell us what you thought were the scariest levels in them. DLC included as bonus content!
I'm glad they changed the music to Return to Slumber in the remake because the Tower of Latria is too scary and as a member of the modern audience I really needed a lullaby to calm me down so I can finish the level.
That NPC invader before Fools Idol had me stonewalled, one shot crossbow and tough to see when spawning in.
Good journalistic instincts here. Appreciate the use of examples over opinion and conjecture, as well as a clear script rather than endless waffle. Keep it up.
Nice one mcgeady! I'll let you in on a secret - I actually got my diploma in journalism after university.
Literally the first time watching your vids and subscribed half way through. But I gotta disagree with you when you said they couldnt replicate the atmosphere in any other title. IMO they definitely did with bloodborne and far surpassed it. Not to take away from demons souls Latria. Its still awesome
Yeah obviously completely wrong because they did it literally in every single game
My favorite stage! The best stage to level up and spent hours here. “Help me , ahhhhh!”
Dis Game is still a masterpiece!
Agreed.
Which version is better is completely based on which you play first. I played the remake first and it was the most terrifying and sad level I have ever experienced. Then I played the OG two days back and felt nothing. And I have heard many arguments about the opposite.
"The scarriest From Software level", Tomb of the giants: "hold my beer"
Hearing the dog skeletons' breathing from somewhere in the darkness is the worst.
@@BenPlaysGames lol defenitly, especially the first time, when you have absoloutly no idea what is making these breathing sounds when they are all fucking skeletons
I thought it was the Abyssal Woods for a tick!
Good to see him talking about the best dev team objectively "Fromsoftware"
Love the vid. What’s behind the decision to use the original version as opposed to the ps5 remake?
Cheers mate! The remake is a gorgeous game - in fact, it remains one of the most graphically impressive PlayStation 5 titles - but the visuals are very busy and I think the starkness of the original fits the dreamlike atmosphere and bleak tone far better. The remake is beautiful, but the original evokes much stronger feelings of melancholy for me.
Oh I realized there is an area in Lunacid based on this place, it even has the iron maidens that can poison you.
Thought this would be Upper Cathedral Ward from the description.
This jail area reminds me of the jail under Irithyll leading to the profaned capital if I’m not mistaken it’s been some years
it looks like Irithyll dungeon
i just discovered this now and i'm honestly mind blown
In the Remake I forgot how to get to the end so I did the ballista challenge and got an achievement for it lol.
One of my favourite From Software shortcuts due to the challenge that comes with it.
I 100% thought this was gunna be about some Bloodborne shit like YaharG'ul or some shit like the hypogean jail. But nope. Now I am reminded of some of the scariest shit in all of from's repertoire. That Latria jail is fucking terrible. On my 1st playthough, omfg I was wrecked. Every corner had me pause n collect myself, every scream made the hairs stand on my neck, that fuggin bell. Omg i hated that place. I had got soooo fuckin lost one time, it took me for-fuckin-ever to find my way out, which was actually just me dying...
I hope you review some Armored Core in the future.
I've been meaning to play the newest one for a long while but never quite found the time. One day, one day!
A fellow Kilij user! Oh wait - ah, nevermind, a fellow curved sword user!
First stop after stocking up on grass in 1-1 is always 1-4 for the Crescent Falchion. Sword's an absolute beast.
Yea I always loved this area ❤
Wait.... The mindflayers AREN'T the strongest enemy in the game?
Dodge was nice
That's not upper cathedral ward?
It is if you squint hard enough.
This is the most cheerfully anyone has ever talked about horror 😂
Not sure why but something about Dark souls 3's profaned capital is really unsettling , really cannot explain it.
The centipe head guys and Yurt are the cherry on top of this area though.
Oh what, no bashing of the game? This is not why I'm subscribed, I'm subbed because you live to hate everything and this is not hate
All you need is love, baby.
Valley of Defilement clears
Awesome to see that you’ve used footage from the original, rather than the inferior remake. Remake Latria has nowhere near the same impact
Nice! I'd like to see Bloodborne videos too!
One day, for sure. I'm still holding out hope of a re-release before I do, so I can get nice 4K footage.
Torent would disagree with you.
You should totally give Lies of P a shot, it captures vibes and atmosphere perfectly
Lovecraft Prisons "The Game"
12:36 Pidia?
Scariest level? Try going into the Tomb of the Giants with no light.
One doesn't simply walk into the Tomb of Giants without a light.
Wish From makes demon souls type game. Not an action game but a true Metroidvania.
Demons Souls is a masterpiece! It also has some of the worst Boss run backs ever! lol!😂
Completely like ds3 area
What the bloodborne is this?
my comment for the algorithm is given
Love ya buddy, cheers!
Sorry if this seems mean, but this video really doesn't deliver IMO. Or the video title was a huge disservice. I was expecting a major emphasis on why the level was scary, but I feel like you only spend a minute or two convincing us. Most of this video feels like explaining random moments of gameplay and they don't reinforce the theme of scary. It feels like a bunch of average well-designed FromSoft encounters but not any scarier than average. --- I love your prior videos. Halo is amazing and From Software is pretty good, but I hope your can maintain your video quality >_>
It's all good mate, I appreciate the feedback regardless and sorry you didn't enjoy it - can't win em all, right!
Edit: Having watched this again a couple of days removed from the making of it, I'm not sure I necessarily agree.
In order, the video talks about the unsettling sound design, the rarity of mind flayers making them particularly creepy, the disturbing moral choice with the prisoners, the survival horror layout and horrid sense of place, traps and how to avoid them, and finally the bleak story. Some of those may not be considered overtly scary things by some, but I think throughout there's a focus on horror and often on what Latria does differently compared to the rest of Demon's Souls.
@@BenPlaysGamesi agree he perfectly tells us how the level was scary, the whole point of the video
Why are you narrating in a "Top Ten Something-Something" voice?
Westernoids getting scared by screaming, classic.
Westernoid sounds like the name of an enemy in a Souls game.
Like the other comments said, all of Bloodborne makes this level goofy by comparison
I have a feeling he has never played bloodbourne. How can you compare? Every inch of bloodbourne's dna is like a horror movie. Demon souls was the OG from Mizaki, but bloodborne was the official horror/nightmare game. That scared you almost from the beginning too the end.
Bloodborne is not that scary just creepy
The prison of hope and all of the valley of defilement are peak level design with the best atmosphere in all of souls. Also PS3 demons souls > remake
>Praises the diagetic audio in OG Latria
>Still shills the awful remake
What mean?
Imagine really thinking it's FromSoftware's scariest level, after mansion with werewolves in Bloodborne