Man I remember beating dark souls for the first time and then discovering Vaati's channel, then realizing I'd missed basically everything the game and had to go back and play it at least two more times.
It really did. Like when you let a friend you barely know stay the night, and then y'all become best friends after laying up all night talking about music and video games. This video really made me wish I was 17 again.
ImThePineapple those kinds of feelings are what Jakey does best. I call this distant feeling of a nostalgic situation that we all somehow went through, a vibe. And jakey knows what I mean but he may call it something else
@@vceisdead Back when it released for XBox 360, not only was it dark and super choppy but I went in through the depths with no clue where to go. Everything turned me toxic, poisoned me, I don't think you're going to run into a lot of people who'll say their first play through of blight town was easy... I mean now it is cus I got remastered on PC and I know where to go
I was watching this whilst lying in my bed too but I just put the phone on the bed, closed my eyes and listened and it was legit like when you and your drunk friend are staying in the same room and you have deep talk with no eye contact and Just speech haha like you said, it was weirdly intimate
DezuReborn Fark im a grown dude in my feels now cause I’m depressed af not even going out anymore smh games have helped me through life but maybe it was all an illusion damn you Thomas
Same. I know that this video is old, but I still want to share my piece. I had a traumatic experience in 2011. I quickly developed PTSD, and I was really overcome by it. I wasn't experiencing time, I wasn't present in any room. I was stuck in the time and place of my trauma, reliving it over and over with flashbacks and nightmares, while spending the rest of the time trying to process how this happened, what this meant, and how I'd ever put myself back together. I couldn't engage with anything in real life anymore. For months, I kept getting worse instead of better. I didn't play Dark Souls on release. I didn't own a PS3, I had barely played Demon's Souls, and Dark Souls wasn't even on my radar. I was staying over at my older brother's place for a little while, and he pointed out his copy of Dark Souls and asked me to play it. I didn't want to play it, really, but I did at least have some interest in seeing the game that came after Demon's Souls. My brother pushed me through character creation and got me to start playing. It came easier than Demon's Souls did, probably because of my experience with that game. It somehow engaged me, even though nothing else could, and I started clearing content. It was a miracle I was engaged at all. My big moment came at the Centipede Demon. It was so hard, and I almost quit after over an hour. Then, something clicked. I solved how to survive and fight the boss just enough to progress the battle. I got the ring. I equipped it and downed the boss in no time, and something about it was special for me. The struggle, the patience, the perseverence, the problem solving, the grind, the ring's novelty, all led to feeling driven, valuable, and proud. Dark Souls was my first connection back to the real world, and it kicked off my very long and labored recovery. I don't know that any other game could have had the same effect on me. It will never stop being special to me, and I will never stop being grateful. I've heard similar experiences from others, even before this video. I'm so glad to see there is a video out there from one of us sharing that confoundingly healing effect this game has, that I believe games, in general, are capable of. Thank you very much for sharing, and thank you for giving this emotional notion exposure. I'm glad it helped you so much; it helped so many of us. Never stop trying.
Quit drugs a couple of months ago, started dark souls around the same time. I can accurately say dark souls saved me from getting back into drugs. I had to finish, I had to continue and find the next boss. I didn't want to stop playing the game, something I hadn't done and felt since I was a kid. It made me a better person, relieve myself from depression and fuckery in general.
This video is cozy AF, reminds me of when my brothers and I would have to go to bed and we'd just stay up in bed talking about video games until we all fell asleep. Cheers Jakey
You never really think about those times anymore, but damn... those were some of the best times. As people get older, I feel like we make excuses so we don't have to put effort into the little things. Everyone is always looking how to best spend their time, and most of the time, that doesn't mean sitting down and having a chat. I guess in reality, those times were some of the best times... because we had just that--time. Time for each other. Time to do nothing and be okay with it. I hope to feel that again. Doesn't have to be today, nor tomorrow, but a time where I can appreciate it for what it's for.
TheNovaProspect agreed :) people will appreciate it if you make the effort to reach that level with then though. Everyone is hoping for it deep down I think. To be able to to let go of the constraints of their lives and just connect with another human.
I never really just chatted with by little bro, but back in the day I can remember laying down on the floor next to my best friend and we knew we should just fall asleep; instead we would just talk and talk in the pitch black just staring up at the ceiling. Sometimes I wish i could have that kind of bond with my lil bro, but the 8 year difference hindered that possibility a bit too much.
Bro. I can totally relate! Dark souls just awakens the idea in you that persevering through the shit is the way to go. It always gets better, I'm so glad so many people can relate to this. Thank you.
The fact your brother insisted you play Dark Souls and you fell in love with it really shows how well your brother knows you. There are bands, shows, and games friends have introduced me to that have changed my life in all sorts of ways and I feel eternally grateful to them for bringing me into them.
I wish my friends listened to my recommendations they just say they will then never check them out and worse they find it months later acting like they found it hahahah
@@DECA808 Yeah, that's super annoying but, do you check out things people suggest all the time? :p I know I don't. Not always, anyway. I might look it up and see if it's something that catches my interest but, I feel like most people don't check things out because they only have so much time to watch or play things and go for things they know they will enjoy so they don't waste time on something they may potentially not enjoy. But sometimes you gotta take that plunge and give it a whirl. Some things friends have recommended me have turned out to be favorites of mine after trying.
@@DECA808 dude that happens to me all the time. Mostly with bands. I dont know how many times I've enthusiastically showed some friends a band I knew they would like and then a year later they're stoked saying "kiernan you have to listen to -band I showed them a year ago- you'd love it."
at least 75% of people that played dark souls had some kind of deeply emotional experience. Genuinely don't think a game can get any better than dark souls
I bought demon souls not knowing anything about it just because it had knights in the cover. It instantly became my favorite game, but then it came dark souls and it became religion. Just came back to DS3 a couple weeks ago. Its like being in love again.
I was seriously considering suicide a few years ago, after beating in this order Bloodbourne, ds1 and then ds3 i figured i could manage anything. Clearly I’m still alive and the soulsbourne series is the reason why.
"Dear God, I don't know what to do. Just... send me a sign or give me the strength to get through this or... whatever, I-" [A 40oz. bottle of malt liquor materializes by his bed.] [Jake inspects it incredulously.] "It... it's already half-drunk?!"
I was picturing how nice it would be to have him lay in my bed, huddled in comfy looking sheets and telling story's while I'm siting next to him in a chair. Is that weird?
Same! It felt like we're staying over with family or something and we're just doing those late night chat things. Also, started my first Dark Souls run a could months ago, it's really changed my approach to vidya
For anyone who doubts the beauty of video games and why people love them, they need to watch this video. Never thought an upload of just a guy snuggled in bed talking would hit me with such feels.
ngl i started crying when you brought up your depression concerning how all of your friends were in college while you were struggling to get by. i’m in the exact same situation now, and this video was the first time in a while i actually felt something. i hope i can find a dark souls of my own one day, whatever it is. thank you for this. it means way more than you could ever imagine.
If you’re into games with RPG elements (or really fun games) then you should try rdr1, rdr2, Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Doom (hoping to get Doom: Eternal later this year..btw Doom is kinda like Dark Souls), GTA: 4, GTA: San Andreas, Fallout: New Vegas (can be depressing at some points), Halo: Combat Evolved, 2, 3, Reach, and Assassins Creed: Black Flag Those are my dark souls games if u want to play them. wish u luck and hope u find your dark souls
Remember when you brought your friend home to stay over and when it was time to sleep you both got in bed and started talking about random shit ? yh this gave me that nostalgic vibe thanks Jakey
Falfool yeah, just a few weeks ago I hung out with a few friends and we got in bed at 11:00 but ended up talking past 2:00. That's how you know you have good friends.
I'm currently battling depression and general anxiety disorder, so this hit home hard. I feel that the witcher 3 is giving me that same sense of purpose you mention, not to mention the therapy. But thank you dude, I love to see someone rediscover beauty or their passion. Love from Ireland.
Had to say I had the same experience as the two of you. I put off playing The Witcher 3 for so long and played the game as a last resort when I was at my worst. That world and those characters breathed life into me and I was so glad to be alive just to have experienced that story
I've dealt with isolation for long periodic intervals throughout my life and Yume Nikki treats solitude and isolation like its the most attractive and cathartic state of existence you could hope to find yourself in. i open the game, walk around for a few hours and then fall asleep feeing good about myself, like for a brief moment i can romanticize my one dread.
Yeah me too, I think I found him when he was in the 25k range and bingewatched all his Games That Should Bang videos. After the 1st one I thought that TH-cam was lying to me. After the 2nd one I was furious that it was true. He's easily an over-a-million-sub-worthy content creator that always puts his heart into his videos and he has a really unique comedic flow. I love me this hot boy.
I'm repeating a semester while all my friends are in almost finished college. I spend a lot of time at a shitting restaurant job too. You're right. There's no reason to feel guilty. Early twenties can be tough to adjust to. Some people turn to hard drugs. The way I see it games. Are way better and require commitment and discipline
Mo bit of unsolicited advice, don't concern yourself with where your friends are in life. Speaking from personal exp some jump out way ahead and others start way late. But, for whatever reason every decade or so you look around and find that you all are pretty much neck and neck again. It's just bc the race is so very long.
OMG same ... I had only two years left for highschool but I fucked up, being in a big city got me hooked with drugs and "friends", I stopped playing video games and went out drinking and smoking ... I failed that year ... Now I'm back to my old life, staying at home and studying and playing, it's much healthier! :D
I used to think Dark Souls was just for people to brag about how good they were at stupidly hard games, but after Elden Ring I can truly say I resonate with so much of this. Just an amazing video, Jake
my mom passed away a few months ago, soulsborne games were the only games that can be my distraction, their dark and lonely themes somehow matched with my mindset, therefore they became my sense of purposes
Waking up in bed to a new Jakey video, and watching it in my bed while he's in his bed, talking to me from his bed while I'm in my bed, is the best way to wake up.
My dad died a month ago, and one game that helped me get through it is red dead 2. I know totally different game but that world helped me forget about everything all I did was play red dead 2, it was the only thing that I looked forward to. I dont.know I'm still fucked up from it, but I am thankful at least I had that game.
Whoa man you described my personal experience with the game. I had just gone through my first break up, made a lot of stupid decisions, realized my life wasn’t going to be what I was hoping it would be, dropped out of college,got a job hosting at a restaurant, abandoned all connections with any friends I had, and just fell into this looming depression. I picked up Dark Souls and it completely absorbed me, it was almost like some catalyst for me coming out of a really hard time in my life. Dark Souls and Bioshock really helped me grow and that’s the most bizarre thing.
My sister and her boyfriend Jon got me Dark Souls III for Christmas 2016. I tried it once and was obviously terrible at it. Barely made it to Iudex Gundyr and couldn't get past him, so I hated the experience and quit the game for a little over a month. Not sure exactly what made me come back to it. Maybe it was my sister and Jon asking me how I liked it and not wanting to lie. But I tried it again, and with a little bit of advice from Jon I managed to make it past Gundyr and into the Firelink Shrine. I kept at it. I wasn't necessarily enjoying the game much more than I had the first time, but something compelled me to continue. Maybe a part of me started to feel like I owed the game more of a chance. Maybe it was Jon helping me to get a little further each time we played together. In any event, gradually I thought about the game more and more and at some point things just sort of "clicked" for me and I became hooked. I played that game for at least 6 months straight. It was the only game I played in that time. The only game I wanted to play. I played the entire campaign through probably somewhere in the vicinity of 40-50 times as I created new characters to try out mechanics I hadn't used yet, helped Jon or other friends to finish characters of their own, or just played through with random people as a sunbro to pass on what I had learned. Once I got past the feeling of hopelessness that being bad at the game made me feel I realized that a lot of modern games had conditioned me to feel that way by being childishly easy. By handholding me through every step of the gameplay and rarely offering a genuine challenge. Dark Souls III rekindled in me the sort of love of the challenge of videogames that I can remember feeling when I was like 10 years old playing Super Mario 64, in the days before you could just look up solutions on the internet and had to figure out how to progress all on your own. All you had was your wits and the toolset the game provided to you and you had to make it work. It's a kind of game design that's sadly underrepresented in most major videogames today. We've become so accustomed to games that tell you exactly where to go and what to do when you get there that a game that asks you to figure it out yourself initially comes across as punishing and tedious, when in reality that's one of the most important points to a videogame in the first place. I was spoiled. I'd forgotten the joy of surmounting a challenge that initially seems impossible. Videogames had become little more than a distraction for me, rather than an enjoyable pastime. Dark Souls III reminded me why I originally loved videogames in the first place.
I used a 32 gold bar glitch on red dead 2 and this post made me feel ashamed that i did because not that glitches are fun because they are, but because i wanted to get the money fast so i could upgrade everything right away and use fast travel to get through riding back and forth through this beautiful well thought out and easter egg ridden landscape. Thanks for bringing me back down to reality and why games are fun to play in the first place. Think ill delete my save and start over.
Great comment, bro. I agree with everything, because... Well, I bought and played DS3 because of a friend (my roomie) who helped me to play. It was my first entry in the series. And then I got totally hooked, had a lot of fun with him while we stood together . We streamed the gameplay in Twitch, it was a total blast, some of the best breaks I didn't traveled. And then I played a lot alone as well, once we parted ways. Good memories. I gladly paid full $60 at launch and was some of the best cash I spent.
Reminds me of being a kid again going to school planing a sleep over getting there playing hours and hours of video games then having your friends parents telling you guys to go to sleep and not make to much noise so you lay there all cozy having deep talks while “trying” to sleep and it always starts with “hey you asleep yet?”
I also played dark souls when I was depressed except that I was severely depressed and it didn't really change my life, it may have helped though. What helped me most was exercise, getting a job (even though I hated it) and just over time you get better and accept your circumstance. To anyone going through severe depression, it does get better. If you're going though hell, just keep going. I thought I was a shattered person going insane with my anger and withering away from my sadness. After many months staying in my room playing games and sleeping. I decided to take solo walks in the morning while listening to podcasts about random shit. I didn't take medicine I just slowly got better. Anyway, here I am two years later and I rarely feel depressed anymore and when I do I overcome it by the next day.
@xiaguan whisky what a sad world you live in man. This dude is talking about how he became a man and you are just saying that his whole existence is depressing
The Hard-To-Beat Bosses of Dark Souls teaches us that no matter how hard a phase of life is.. You can beat it if you try hard enough.. And after you do it you will feel a sense of accomplishment and peace. #nosuicide
The most important thing I learned from Dark Souls: No matter how many times the obstacles of the world knock us down, we will always get up. And one time we get up, we have developed ourselves enough to beat the obstacles, and to come out as a winner.
Yea I can definitely relate to that life is a bitch, but if you keep pushing through it you can eventually find a reason to keep going its ultimately up to you to make that decision to find that thing that is worth living for in your mind.
And relating back to the games’ coop elements, that it’s okay to reach out to others for help. There will always be people who would be glad to render their assistance to you.
The way he talks about this game is like someone sitting around a campfire recounting the tales of an old Legend. I need to play this game. My God. ❤️🦁🙏👍
Play it. Right now. All of them. Tho I'd have to say you missed out on the multiplayer aspect of the games. It gave them basically infinite longevity and had probably one of the most simultaneously great and toxic communities ever. I have many fond (and bitter) memories of forest pvp, bridge duels, and pontiff invasions. Definitely play them with a friend after beating them once. It's fun af.
@@hisholiness4537 Yes the community was the best the first two years, the third year still a lot of people where around, now most people are either extreme edgelords or new players and there are few. Wish there would be a Dark Souls 4... Shit.
It's something you needa take your time with and remember that no one was good at it at first. Also, once you let go of the idea that souls even matter you'll be much better off it's about improvement you improve as you play
This video really resonates with me. I was in a similar situation around this time last year. The girl I loved broke my heart. I gave her my everything. Turns out, it wasn't enough. I was extremely depressed. The only escape I had was Bloodborne. Even though Bloodborne kept kicking my ass over and over again, I kept going. I NEEDED to win. I had to feel like I could accomplish something, even if it was as trivial as beating a video game. One month later, I had done it. I had achieved my goal. This may seem melodramatic and cliched, but I felt as if I could do anything after this. I had endured the worst breakup of my life and I beat one of the most difficult games in the modern video game era. My confidence was given an immediate boost. More importantly though, I finally began to smile and laugh again. I know this was a long ass rant, but I felt convicted to write about it. I think it's really cool how influential video games can be in our lives.
Seth Chafee Same feeling dude. Once I beat dark souls and found the Beauty beneath what I just played, I felt like I could do anything. Marks at school went up, my shyness became almost nonexistent, making me get more friends than I ever thought I would. Most importantly though, I felt happy.
Seth Chafee this is very relatable and something I needed to read right now. Funny how a random comment from a stranger can change your outlook on something in life. Thanks for sharing
Dude don’t you get it, parents say that so then video games can’t save you and you’ll end up ending your life and they will be free from you, because after all of those years of taking care of a child makes you think of things you wouldn’t think of, it changes you.
Dark Souls was my destiny. Back in 2009 I started to feel nostalgic about the Sega Dreamcast, so I got one and for some reason while I was playing it, something snapped inside my head and I suddenly felt the urge to play Dark Souls, I thought, I want to play a sword and shield game in a dark medieval fantasy setting. So I started searching for a dark medieval fantasy games, I found a couple of titles like Draconus Cult of the Wyrm and Die by the Sword. I didn't have a PS3 at the time neither did I know Demon's Souls existed, so I played those and I liked them but it wasn't enough. 2011 came and I started hearing about this Dark Project game and it seemed to be the game I was looking for 2 years prior. The game finally came out, I was like, is this it?, is this the game?, I went to youtube, I searched for gameplay footage, because I don't like turn based RPG's so I just wanted to make sure it wasn't turn based, I watched a couple seconds of gameplay, just to see a guy slashing an undead with an axe, in a dark fantasy setting, no music, just ambient sound, and I said: Yup, this is it!, grabbed my savings and bought it. I played that game to death, one day I played ti so much I started feeling sick, I had to go out and take a walk because I got motion sickness. What an awesome game.
Update: *Damn,* man. Not only did it become my favourite video game overall, it made me go out of my way to ply Bloodborne, Dark Souls III, and now Elden Ring. It all feels so… deliberate. From its setting, to the way that the levels fit together, the enemy encounters - all of it (at least up until Anor Londo) feels fine-tuned in a way that I’d never experienced in a video game before. Exploring Lordran and seeing everything that it has to offer enriched me with this childlike wonder over everything it had in it. It’s one of the few games that I would genuinely describe with the word “beautiful.”
@@swissidol8403 I agree. I'll never forget the first time I exited the great hollow and discovered ash lake. When I looked up and the music started playing, my jaw dropped
Love this video man. You can hear the authenticity and love in the way you talk about the game. I had a similar "religious" experience with The Witcher 3 in 2015. That game reignited my love for the medium and helped me get through a tough time in my life, even when I got the "bad" ending it actually taught me things lol Also helped inspire me to get back to making music strangely enough
I feel like you just put into words a vague feeling I've been struggling to name, which is just a discontent and emptiness because recently I haven't been able to find a piece of art like that. Only when I experience something that great do I feel like I have purpose in life, and that purpose is, as you say, as a witness.
My Dark Souls experience came right after my first real breakup. I moved from home to Seattle right after breaking up with my high school sweet heart and first love. We'd been living together for three years so going cold turkey completely was the hardest thing I've ever experienced. My roommate introduced me to DSII and it just consumed me for months. He didn't know the most about so I didn't get a lot of help, but I struggled through it and it ended up turning into my favorite video game series of all time, pushing Metro out of that spot. Dark Souls has this ironic ability to bring a profound joy despite being a series designed to make you hate it. Touching video, really.
Dylan Cole I was playing Dark Souls 3 the day my girlfriend broke my heart actually lmao I feel this video so much as Dark Souls was the only game series I played for at least a year and also helped me feel better during a really tough time in my life
I don’t think it was designed to make you hate it more that it was designed that you can’t just pick it up and own it. It takes time and drive and effort to perfect your skills but once you do it becomes much easier. Not many games make you earn it like the Souls games. That plus the universe, lore and level design make for a hell of a game.
Was 17 when I played Dark Souls and was struggling to figure bout my future. Can confirm that this game gives you some kind of conviction and determination that grows you as a person.
This video is so humble and honest, I love it. Thanks for all the amazing content Jakey, for helping us all through hard times, your content is the shining light we all needed. Love your fellow Hot Boy
I know this vid is old but. Dude seriously this is one of the best videos I've seen from you the simplicity of you just laying in bed and talking about something that your really passionate about is very entertaining. Keep the good content coming boy.
Dude, this was my Bloodborne experience. I've never been prouder of myself than when I beat Ludwig the Accursed. I have a master's degree, but Ludwig is my greatest achievement..
Hey Jakey, thanks for always being super real with us. I recently moved to a new city after having graduated and it's been lonely, and I've been in and out of depression. Not being able to connect deeply with new people and learn about them has been one of the most difficult parts about the move, but stuff like this help me feel like I've got a friend to learn deeply about, so thanks man. Hope you're well - you're an awesome guy and influence. Keep it real.
Damn. If you replace anytime you said Dark Souls with Persona 5, that’s exactly what happened to me. All your feelings and experience with Dark Souls is exactly what I had with Persona 5. Persona 5 has been saving me from this very depressing part of my life. It’s just so crazy how much a game can change our lives for the better
@@RhythmGrizz true, it’s not even just video games sometimes people get saved by other things such as music or a tv series or even an anime, sorry if my comment sounded mean or whatever i guess i was wearing my dark souls fan boy pants a lil too tight lol
To be honest, Jakey saved me. As someone is very clinically depressed and suicidal, I say find something that makes you laugh. For me that's this channel. Each video is hilarious, original, and incredibly well edited. And it keeps the dark thoughts from taking over my mind. And the music hosted on this channel has touched me on a profound level, to a point where it has gotten me interested into music making. So for that, thank you Papa Hot Boy, and dog bless
I’m really happy someone else said it. Dark Souls inspired me to be somebody. I was a McDonald’s manager who was probably destined to die sad and alone, and this series taught me what it means to persevere. Why things are worth fighting for. I attribute all of my success in life to these games, which is hella fucking depressing to think about.
It's 2019 and I'm currently on that spot. I've been lurking here ever since, but never clicked on this video. I just finished Dark Souls Remastered as a dare from a friend of mine, and I do feel the same way. As you talk through the video, I can't help but be choked up as the scenarios you were saying hit pretty much close to home. After finishing the game, the thing that I was able to take away from it is the strength that the undead had. You just keep doing what you're doing until you're good at it, or until you make it through. The saying "Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." pretty much sums it up. I can also hope to say that this is not the end. For you fellow chosen undead out there, be more like the chosen undead. Keep on pushing forward.
hey, I just wanna say, this has to be one of my favorite videos on this website. recently I've gone to college with no friends or family, and I just have been watching this video anytime I miss home. having jakey just talk is amazing, and I love how he isnt afraid to talk about things, and shows that he's human too.
Jacob, you have the power to tame the TH-cam comment section. I have individually read every comment, and I have not seen one negative one. I am very proud to be part of such a wholesome and genuine TH-cam community. (Personally, my Dark Souls was Super Mario Galaxy. Nothing reassures my will to keep going more than that game.) Thanks for being a baller. Dog bless.
Jakey, I just sobbed because I’m feeling really overwhelmed. This video has always been very special to me, so I’m rewatching it for probably the 20th time. Thank you.
Going through all of this right now, I’m getting out of the military during covid so it’s really fun trying to find a job 😅 my buddy had me try out ds1 last month and it’s been my escape during this time, it’s really helped with all this worry of how will I support my wife or where will I live in three months, and hearing you talking about it I just relate in such a indescribable way. I’ve been your sub for about a year now and your content has always been amazing, thank you jakey for this indirect connection during hard times man
I had sever depression when i went out of the military and stucked unemployed. Playing dark souls helped me to cure my depression because the game contextualizes your death unlike other games where if you fail or die its not canon so to say. In Dark Souls if you fail you just try again and gitgud that really helped me to relax and overcome self-loathing and panic attacks.
I watch this every so often just to remember how Dark Souls made me feel as well. Its such a hard feeling to have other people understand. I love you Snake Boy, hope you are okay.
Man I feel the same about this game. It's not a perfect game but it has something that makes it almost perfect. The level design, the characters , the story and the freedom that gives you to explore the world uff. And realizing things and reading the lore, the objects description leaves you with this feeling of wtf does that mean man? And you start to ponder and think and understand de game maaaaan. I remember not liking the first time playing it but I loved to watch others to play until my friend recommended actually trying it out and it was amazing. I hadn't experienced something like that in a while and I think it's my favorite game of all time
This: this is why i want elden ring so bad, just to go completely blind and experiencing everything for the first time and having the feeling of; holy shit, this is the greatest thing i have ever played.
@@HonsHon crazy thing is I didn’t even kno elden ring existed and how long people were waiting for it till a week b4 E3. Then boom they drop not only a trailer, but actual gameplay plus a release date😩😩😩😩
I discovered Dark souls when I had the worst breakup of my life and it was the summer before my first year of uni. It was also a time of emotional turmoil for me but Dark Souls made me happy no matter how much I died in the game. Thanks for the video man.
After having both played DS/DS3 and lived my who conscious life with depression, I am yet another soul who can relate to this. I have no words for what this makes me feel. Thank you for making this. Even all these year later. Dark Souls lives on and I will never stop playing it.
Same
Hey Vaati, any dark souls mysteries that need to be uncovered? please don't stop souls videos ;-;
The fuck? A Vaati comment with only 13 likes? Wat
@@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 yea wtf
Zach Layne because it’s a relatively new comment on a 2 year old video
Kinda a basic comment to an otherwise emotional video...
Man I remember beating dark souls for the first time and then discovering Vaati's channel, then realizing I'd missed basically everything the game and had to go back and play it at least two more times.
1) No wonder you sometimes incorporate dark souls into your videos
2) same
Holy fuck you're here cool!
I feel like you watch 100x more youtube videos than you make because somehow your always in the comments of every video I watch
SeaPeanutNation i know right i saw him in a comment of a sam o nella video
Started from the bottom now we here. Started from the bottom now the whole team here.
The format of this video made me feel like the prettiest girl at prom.
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@@jonnyklin2131 which is great, right?
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@@jonnyklin2131 My favorite
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“Don’t get yourself killed, neither of us want to see ye go hollow!”
Hai
God that hits deep for some reason I can’t explain
im playing ds rn (first time) i'm about to do sen's fortress but i have talked to andre so many times his dialogue in in my brain
Don’t you dare go hollow.
Prithee be careful
Nakey Jakey just had a sleepover with 200k people.
And no one brought food
@_M_U_D_A_ no u
Virtual sleepover wtf hqha
Make it half a million
Alexandre Ramos Fuck it ! Make it a million !
This video felt like having a deep nostalgia convo with a friend at 2 a.m.
We all need those convos from time to time
It really did. Like when you let a friend you barely know stay the night, and then y'all become best friends after laying up all night talking about music and video games. This video really made me wish I was 17 again.
Jules Black well how old are you know? 40?
ImThePineapple those kinds of feelings are what Jakey does best. I call this distant feeling of a nostalgic situation that we all somehow went through, a vibe. And jakey knows what I mean but he may call it something else
ImThePineapple literally the same vibe I had. Felt like having the best late night convo with your best friend
Us: Dark Souls is so mysterious and evocative.
Dark Souls: His name is big hat Logan because he has a big hat.
Kelsea Moore **Git gud
*You died
Us: lautrec is a dick
Dark souls: lautrec is in a struggle snuggle with a god
Joseph: "It's called a Stand because it stands next to you"
Pretty sure he was trying to make his gender more ambiguous to Seath's snakepeople so he'd get put in with the chicks.
Dark Souls taught me that life is hard but you MUST NOT give up, ever.
Hell I feel like going through Blight town was worse than anything I've been through in real life lol
@@vceisdead Back when it released for XBox 360, not only was it dark and super choppy but I went in through the depths with no clue where to go. Everything turned me toxic, poisoned me, I don't think you're going to run into a lot of people who'll say their first play through of blight town was easy...
I mean now it is cus I got remastered on PC and I know where to go
Don’t you dare go hollow
Was laying on my side watching this and it felt weirdly intimate.
slimkt same, but I liked it
Same i felt like i was in bed with the guy with him putting his cold toes on me n shit, excuse me while i go for a shower in acid.
slimkt I got that to.
I was watching this whilst lying in my bed too but I just put the phone on the bed, closed my eyes and listened and it was legit like when you and your drunk friend are staying in the same room and you have deep talk with no eye contact and Just speech haha like you said, it was weirdly intimate
slimkt its because he's real. Most TH-camrs are fake AF. He's authentic, Midwest hot boy badass sweetheart.
"Be safe, freind. Don't you dare go hollow".
Albace ❤️❤️❤️🙏👍🦁
oh no... yes i will... 😭
"You have a heart of gold, don't let them take it from you."
Real Souls OG's will know it.
DezuReborn Fark im a grown dude in my feels now cause I’m depressed af not even going out anymore smh games have helped me through life but maybe it was all an illusion damn you Thomas
Haven't spelt 'freind' like that since I was 5.
The positivity in this comment section is astounding and refreshing 😁
Shut up
Akura God 🤣
Lofty Smalls the most toxic pvp communtiy? no thanks
( i dont hate ds)
@@ghostface5559 frikin entrepreneur over here
Same. I know that this video is old, but I still want to share my piece. I had a traumatic experience in 2011. I quickly developed PTSD, and I was really overcome by it. I wasn't experiencing time, I wasn't present in any room. I was stuck in the time and place of my trauma, reliving it over and over with flashbacks and nightmares, while spending the rest of the time trying to process how this happened, what this meant, and how I'd ever put myself back together. I couldn't engage with anything in real life anymore. For months, I kept getting worse instead of better.
I didn't play Dark Souls on release. I didn't own a PS3, I had barely played Demon's Souls, and Dark Souls wasn't even on my radar. I was staying over at my older brother's place for a little while, and he pointed out his copy of Dark Souls and asked me to play it. I didn't want to play it, really, but I did at least have some interest in seeing the game that came after Demon's Souls. My brother pushed me through character creation and got me to start playing. It came easier than Demon's Souls did, probably because of my experience with that game. It somehow engaged me, even though nothing else could, and I started clearing content. It was a miracle I was engaged at all. My big moment came at the Centipede Demon. It was so hard, and I almost quit after over an hour. Then, something clicked. I solved how to survive and fight the boss just enough to progress the battle. I got the ring. I equipped it and downed the boss in no time, and something about it was special for me. The struggle, the patience, the perseverence, the problem solving, the grind, the ring's novelty, all led to feeling driven, valuable, and proud.
Dark Souls was my first connection back to the real world, and it kicked off my very long and labored recovery. I don't know that any other game could have had the same effect on me. It will never stop being special to me, and I will never stop being grateful. I've heard similar experiences from others, even before this video. I'm so glad to see there is a video out there from one of us sharing that confoundingly healing effect this game has, that I believe games, in general, are capable of. Thank you very much for sharing, and thank you for giving this emotional notion exposure. I'm glad it helped you so much; it helped so many of us. Never stop trying.
Incredible man. Hope you’re still doing well and persevering.
Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you are doing well
That's amazing, I'm sure your brother was so happy to see you enjoy the game. I hope you're doing well.
you deserve more likes
Read Berserk, Brother.
Good to hear your thoughts straight off the dome. Sucks you got polio.
For some reason that was hilarious
God works in mysterious ways.
APsychoticSloth he has polio? Wait what?
Rick Moran is lol no he's joking
Rick Moran is - go home buddy
honestly I love how you change formula on a whim. always makes your videos so much more fun and full of personality. I'm glad I subscribed
This channel is a gem
Quit drugs a couple of months ago, started dark souls around the same time. I can accurately say dark souls saved me from getting back into drugs. I had to finish, I had to continue and find the next boss. I didn't want to stop playing the game, something I hadn't done and felt since I was a kid. It made me a better person, relieve myself from depression and fuckery in general.
Morgan Freeman Congrats my friend.
What drugs were you able to overcome if you don't mind asking... I'm 6 months clean from alcohol and oxycodone.
I had the same experience
Morgan Freeman dark souls is a great support structure
I'm going through severe depression and anxiety right now. Time feels useless for me. Should I give Dark Souls a shot?
Absolutely
I relate to this, thank you jakey
Hey, man. Same here.
one day he'll notice you, man
You're late indeimaus
Same.
Dark souls is my depression game rn
Nakey Jakey: Prepare to cry
Jimmy James yes😂
Lmfao I watched this video in the same position you filmed it in, it's like we were in bed together baby
Dood Ranch Same LMAO
Dood Ranch Lmfao. I was doing that too, that's funny
Same
Same
lmao
This video is cozy AF, reminds me of when my brothers and I would have to go to bed and we'd just stay up in bed talking about video games until we all fell asleep. Cheers Jakey
You never really think about those times anymore, but damn... those were some of the best times. As people get older, I feel like we make excuses so we don't have to put effort into the little things. Everyone is always looking how to best spend their time, and most of the time, that doesn't mean sitting down and having a chat. I guess in reality, those times were some of the best times... because we had just that--time. Time for each other. Time to do nothing and be okay with it. I hope to feel that again. Doesn't have to be today, nor tomorrow, but a time where I can appreciate it for what it's for.
TheNovaProspect agreed :) people will appreciate it if you make the effort to reach that level with then though. Everyone is hoping for it deep down I think. To be able to to let go of the constraints of their lives and just connect with another human.
This is some powerful conversation right here :P Glad to be a part of the souls community with you guys!
I'm an only child & still got that feel
I never really just chatted with by little bro, but back in the day I can remember laying down on the floor next to my best friend and we knew we should just fall asleep; instead we would just talk and talk in the pitch black just staring up at the ceiling. Sometimes I wish i could have that kind of bond with my lil bro, but the 8 year difference hindered that possibility a bit too much.
Demon's Souls - "You have a heart of gold. Don't let them take that from you."
thomas
@@elperro8796 the tank
engine
My name’s stockpile thÅmas
I’m keepin a clouse watch on yur belångings dont chu worrry
Jake is lowkey changing the game of how to display content
Myles John ❤
Myles John this man will be one of the most influential youtubers in a few years. Its like watching idubbz blow up again
we're watching the next jontron
Myles John straight up my man
Sooo true
Bro. I can totally relate! Dark souls just awakens the idea in you that persevering through the shit is the way to go. It always gets better, I'm so glad so many people can relate to this. Thank you.
Hollow Knight did the same thing for me.
Same with me! But Bubsy 3D
no other game taught me such patience and perseverance and success, well, expect for kerbal space program!
man i started with Bloodborne, and that was such a trip
Until you get to the Bed of chaos...
"If something like that can exist in this world, this is a world I wanna live in." What a cool thought.
Scrolled right above this comment at the exact moment he said it.
@@erythrozyt1168 DUUUDE!!!You may think that im a liar,but im 100% honest if i say that the same exacly thing happened with me WTF!!!!
@@andalaandame8551 I believe you. 😁
@@erythrozyt1168 well ty because was actually true!Was so "weird" this happen that i got the shivers no lies Lol
Andala Andame you & jakey exist on the same frequency
The fact your brother insisted you play Dark Souls and you fell in love with it really shows how well your brother knows you. There are bands, shows, and games friends have introduced me to that have changed my life in all sorts of ways and I feel eternally grateful to them for bringing me into them.
I wish my friends listened to my recommendations they just say they will then never check them out and worse they find it months later acting like they found it hahahah
@@DECA808 Yeah, that's super annoying but, do you check out things people suggest all the time? :p I know I don't. Not always, anyway. I might look it up and see if it's something that catches my interest but, I feel like most people don't check things out because they only have so much time to watch or play things and go for things they know they will enjoy so they don't waste time on something they may potentially not enjoy. But sometimes you gotta take that plunge and give it a whirl. Some things friends have recommended me have turned out to be favorites of mine after trying.
@@DECA808 dude that happens to me all the time. Mostly with bands. I dont know how many times I've enthusiastically showed some friends a band I knew they would like and then a year later they're stoked saying "kiernan you have to listen to -band I showed them a year ago- you'd love it."
Please pray for our boy Jake, he's lying on his death bed reminiscing on his better days. Fly high little angel xoxo 😘
Top 10 anime crossovers
Rip MandyXD
Fuckkk Weest 😫
is that the real weest
Amamamamamamamandy
I hope that Hidetaka Miyazaki knows the impact his child had on so many people
I think he has an idea at least
his child?
@@newt2120 yee dark souls is the game his brain skeeted into the world my guy yknow analogously speaking and shiii
@@conker13245 Hank i thought you had southern accent?
@@newt2120 uhh uhh i tell you hwhat
Loving the warm cozyboy vibes, beautiful video Jakey and congrats on 200k
definitely feeling the cozyboy vibes, 100% agreed, also loved the dunkey shoutout.
wait how does this hot of a boy only have 216k subs????? way too high quality for that little amount
Personally, i'd kill for 216k subs cuz that's a lot lol, but jakey is quality and definitely does deserve way more
POV: you're Jakey's therapist
jakey is my therapist
@@gremlinonion1323 what he said
We’re two therapists snuggling in bed together
@@NOnameNOnamehdhdhd spooning nude
@@broxton_6802 yeah what he said
2 VIDS IN 2 DAYS? YES PLEASE
Soular NUT
Is this a real person?
Austin Brant I sure hope so dog bless
"it rekindled my love for videogames..."
YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE A SCRIPT
I just had one of those “BRO I READ THAT RIGHT WHEN HE SAID IT!” moments.
@@ironflazambat5815 little late but, bro, the same thing JUST happened to me. "God works in mysterious ways" - NakeyJakey
Tiago Goncalves A wizard is never late.
@@ironflazambat5815 he arrives precisely on time
“Ember restored”
at least 75% of people that played dark souls had some kind of deeply emotional experience.
Genuinely don't think a game can get any better than dark souls
Nice name
@@blakethomas249 gonna have it tattooed on me soon
@@dankbortionschlonkenstein2011 y'all ever heard of dark souls 2? :)
I bought demon souls not knowing anything about it just because it had knights in the cover. It instantly became my favorite game, but then it came dark souls and it became religion. Just came back to DS3 a couple weeks ago. Its like being in love again.
@@marcusborderlands6177 Yea, it's a huge letdown of a sequel, albiet an alright game on its own
I was seriously considering suicide a few years ago, after beating in this order Bloodbourne, ds1 and then ds3 i figured i could manage anything. Clearly I’m still alive and the soulsbourne series is the reason why.
I'm glad you're here
Would’ve made a joke about going hollow here but I’m glad you decided against suicide and realized that life is worth living
Be safe, my friend. And don't you dare go hollow.
Prethee be careful. I wouldn’t want to see me work get squandered
Glad you're here.
And yes, beating soulborne games is no small achievement
Homie I got those same got damn bed sheets, them dogs are good.
Hook me up with a link broham? My girlfriend loved them
Same
Me to wtf
I used to have those bed sheets... not anymore...
Thank you Dark Souls
I'm reading this with Dunkey's voice. Thank you Dunkey. :)
Anthro Apologists IT'S NOT MY FAULT
This game really makes you feel like dark souls
Spaghetti and meatballs
@@HACHIAttack my favorite youtuber from Hispanic decent
“Why’s there a 40 next to your bed?’ ‘god works in mysterious ways” - best line of the decade
Am I then only one that heard a word other than god or am I just repressed?
when did he say that
Paggos Ichor What did you hear him say? 😅😶🤔
"Dear God, I don't know what to do. Just... send me a sign or give me the strength to get through this or... whatever, I-"
[A 40oz. bottle of malt liquor materializes by his bed.]
[Jake inspects it incredulously.]
"It... it's already half-drunk?!"
@@ThePickleBehindTheSlaughter 6:23
I love how he said "rekindled" without realizing the pun
he realized it.
well dark souls itself is a giant metaphore for rekindling some form of happiness back into your life in a bleak and seemingly hopeless situation
@@newt2120 you just connected it all for me, thanks man
"Why is there a 40 right next to my bed? God works in mysterious ways!" 😂😂😂
Im watching this in my bed....
With my phone.
Its like being right next to you
same, it feels weird
SAME lol.
I was picturing how nice it would be to have him lay in my bed, huddled in comfy looking sheets and telling story's while I'm siting next to him in a chair. Is that weird?
Same! It felt like we're staying over with family or something and we're just doing those late night chat things.
Also, started my first Dark Souls run a could months ago, it's really changed my approach to vidya
Lautaro Aguero Omfg😂😂😂
For anyone who doubts the beauty of video games and why people love them, they need to watch this video.
Never thought an upload of just a guy snuggled in bed talking would hit me with such feels.
sometimes when im sad and cant sleep i put this on and pretend we just two homies talking about video games on a 2010 sleepover
damn bro, this hit the feels
i too do this
This comment needs more likes
😂
True
This was really nice change of pace. I would't mind seeing more stuff like this once in awhile
ngl i started crying when you brought up your depression concerning how all of your friends were in college while you were struggling to get by. i’m in the exact same situation now, and this video was the first time in a while i actually felt something.
i hope i can find a dark souls of my own one day, whatever it is. thank you for this. it means way more than you could ever imagine.
If you’re into games with RPG elements (or really fun games) then you should try rdr1, rdr2, Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Doom (hoping to get Doom: Eternal later this year..btw Doom is kinda like Dark Souls), GTA: 4, GTA: San Andreas, Fallout: New Vegas (can be depressing at some points), Halo: Combat Evolved, 2, 3, Reach, and Assassins Creed: Black Flag
Those are my dark souls games if u want to play them. wish u luck and hope u find your dark souls
Oh and Call of Duty: World at War great game (for campaign)
Eugene Harold Krabs What about Skyrim & Horizen Zero Dawn
Hey man, how are you feeling now?
It could be just dark souls
Remember when you brought your friend home to stay over and when it was time to sleep you both got in bed and started talking about random shit ? yh this gave me that nostalgic vibe thanks Jakey
Shit... that just gave me a few flashback of a long forgoten time.
Falfool yeah, just a few weeks ago I hung out with a few friends and we got in bed at 11:00 but ended up talking past 2:00. That's how you know you have good friends.
"why is there a 40 by your bed"
"god works in mysterious ways"
amen brother
Made me fucking cackle
sometimes it just be like that
@@anarmadillowithagun too often 😅
Whats A 40?
@@cmd5789 4 of deez nuts
I'm currently battling depression and general anxiety disorder, so this hit home hard. I feel that the witcher 3 is giving me that same sense of purpose you mention, not to mention the therapy. But thank you dude, I love to see someone rediscover beauty or their passion. Love from Ireland.
well maybe this is 8 months ago but i have had the same struggle and the witcher 3 had the same effect on me.
Michael McMacken dark souls is better
i hope you all doing good my friends, keep it going
Had to say I had the same experience as the two of you. I put off playing The Witcher 3 for so long and played the game as a last resort when I was at my worst. That world and those characters breathed life into me and I was so glad to be alive just to have experienced that story
I've dealt with isolation for long periodic intervals throughout my life and Yume Nikki treats solitude and isolation like its the most attractive and cathartic state of existence you could hope to find yourself in. i open the game, walk around for a few hours and then fall asleep feeing good about myself, like for a brief moment i can romanticize my one dread.
You derserve *_WAY_* more than 200k.
Inflatable Mattress wot.
I thought he has a million or something
Inflatable Mattress my life is a lie
in given time
Yeah me too, I think I found him when he was in the 25k range and bingewatched all his Games That Should Bang videos. After the 1st one I thought that TH-cam was lying to me. After the 2nd one I was furious that it was true. He's easily an over-a-million-sub-worthy content creator that always puts his heart into his videos and he has a really unique comedic flow. I love me this hot boy.
I'm repeating a semester while all my friends are in almost finished college. I spend a lot of time at a shitting restaurant job too. You're right. There's no reason to feel guilty. Early twenties can be tough to adjust to. Some people turn to hard drugs. The way I see it games. Are way better and require commitment and discipline
Mo Run the Feels
The Souls games in general are my cocaine. (I know I sound like an idiot but still) :)
Mo bit of unsolicited advice, don't concern yourself with where your friends are in life. Speaking from personal exp some jump out way ahead and others start way late. But, for whatever reason every decade or so you look around and find that you all are pretty much neck and neck again. It's just bc the race is so very long.
OMG same ... I had only two years left for highschool but I fucked up, being in a big city got me hooked with drugs and "friends", I stopped playing video games and went out drinking and smoking ... I failed that year ... Now I'm back to my old life, staying at home and studying and playing, it's much healthier! :D
Mo shitting resteraunt job
I used to think Dark Souls was just for people to brag about how good they were at stupidly hard games, but after Elden Ring I can truly say I resonate with so much of this. Just an amazing video, Jake
NakeyJakey saved me.
You saved me bro
Tommy Rojas me too man. Me too
this is the best vlog style I've ever seen
my mom passed away a few months ago, soulsborne games were the only games that can be my distraction, their dark and lonely themes somehow matched with my mindset, therefore they became my sense of purposes
Waking up in bed to a new Jakey video, and watching it in my bed while he's in his bed, talking to me from his bed while I'm in my bed, is the best way to wake up.
Nick King are you gay?
@@JBlNN as a lesbian, jakey would probably fall in my grey area
How weird is it that the same thing happened to me.
Saved me from depression
But doomed my grades
Your existence is more important than your grades
@@mide8845 +1
@@mide8845 bravo!
My dad died a month ago, and one game that helped me get through it is red dead 2. I know totally different game but that world helped me forget about everything all I did was play red dead 2, it was the only thing that I looked forward to. I dont.know I'm still fucked up from it, but I am thankful at least I had that game.
I'm so sorry for that. That should be hard, dude. But you'll be fine, be strong! God bless you and your family.
@@Rafa-Silva-Alt thanks a lot bud I appreciate it man god bless you and yours
For me it is like that today, the game that helps me is Hearthstone
@TS Nekros thanks dude, I am doing better.
@TS Nekros hope all is well with you as well
Whoa man you described my personal experience with the game. I had just gone through my first break up, made a lot of stupid decisions, realized my life wasn’t going to be what I was hoping it would be, dropped out of college,got a job hosting at a restaurant, abandoned all connections with any friends I had, and just fell into this looming depression. I picked up Dark Souls and it completely absorbed me, it was almost like some catalyst for me coming out of a really hard time in my life. Dark Souls and Bioshock really helped me grow and that’s the most bizarre thing.
"Dark souls REKINDLED my thirst for games"
My sister and her boyfriend Jon got me Dark Souls III for Christmas 2016. I tried it once and was obviously terrible at it. Barely made it to Iudex Gundyr and couldn't get past him, so I hated the experience and quit the game for a little over a month. Not sure exactly what made me come back to it. Maybe it was my sister and Jon asking me how I liked it and not wanting to lie. But I tried it again, and with a little bit of advice from Jon I managed to make it past Gundyr and into the Firelink Shrine. I kept at it. I wasn't necessarily enjoying the game much more than I had the first time, but something compelled me to continue. Maybe a part of me started to feel like I owed the game more of a chance. Maybe it was Jon helping me to get a little further each time we played together. In any event, gradually I thought about the game more and more and at some point things just sort of "clicked" for me and I became hooked.
I played that game for at least 6 months straight. It was the only game I played in that time. The only game I wanted to play. I played the entire campaign through probably somewhere in the vicinity of 40-50 times as I created new characters to try out mechanics I hadn't used yet, helped Jon or other friends to finish characters of their own, or just played through with random people as a sunbro to pass on what I had learned.
Once I got past the feeling of hopelessness that being bad at the game made me feel I realized that a lot of modern games had conditioned me to feel that way by being childishly easy. By handholding me through every step of the gameplay and rarely offering a genuine challenge. Dark Souls III rekindled in me the sort of love of the challenge of videogames that I can remember feeling when I was like 10 years old playing Super Mario 64, in the days before you could just look up solutions on the internet and had to figure out how to progress all on your own. All you had was your wits and the toolset the game provided to you and you had to make it work.
It's a kind of game design that's sadly underrepresented in most major videogames today. We've become so accustomed to games that tell you exactly where to go and what to do when you get there that a game that asks you to figure it out yourself initially comes across as punishing and tedious, when in reality that's one of the most important points to a videogame in the first place. I was spoiled. I'd forgotten the joy of surmounting a challenge that initially seems impossible. Videogames had become little more than a distraction for me, rather than an enjoyable pastime. Dark Souls III reminded me why I originally loved videogames in the first place.
I used a 32 gold bar glitch on red dead 2 and this post made me feel ashamed that i did because not that glitches are fun because they are, but because i wanted to get the money fast so i could upgrade everything right away and use fast travel to get through riding back and forth through this beautiful well thought out and easter egg ridden landscape. Thanks for bringing me back down to reality and why games are fun to play in the first place. Think ill delete my save and start over.
nina balych :) u should... Lets play videogames the right way
Great comment, bro. I agree with everything, because... Well, I bought and played DS3 because of a friend (my roomie) who helped me to play. It was my first entry in the series. And then I got totally hooked, had a lot of fun with him while we stood together . We streamed the gameplay in Twitch, it was a total blast, some of the best breaks I didn't traveled. And then I played a lot alone as well, once we parted ways. Good memories. I gladly paid full $60 at launch and was some of the best cash I spent.
Try ds1 it's better
Play bloodborne its even better honestly
Reminds me of being a kid again going to school planing a sleep over getting there playing hours and hours of video games then having your friends parents telling you guys to go to sleep and not make to much noise so you lay there all cozy having deep talks while “trying” to sleep and it always starts with “hey you asleep yet?”
ThRash Gaming that feeling is fucking god tier
Oh Yeah Yeah Yah dude
The first Souls games you play kicking your ass and forcing you to persevere is truly a profound life lesson
It was remnant for me. Amazing
I also played dark souls when I was depressed except that I was severely depressed and it didn't really change my life, it may have helped though. What helped me most was exercise, getting a job (even though I hated it) and just over time you get better and accept your circumstance.
To anyone going through severe depression, it does get better. If you're going though hell, just keep going. I thought I was a shattered person going insane with my anger and withering away from my sadness. After many months staying in my room playing games and sleeping. I decided to take solo walks in the morning while listening to podcasts about random shit. I didn't take medicine I just slowly got better. Anyway, here I am two years later and I rarely feel depressed anymore and when I do I overcome it by the next day.
Crash Bandicoot thank you man I'm currently in your past position now and truly hope that I can change for the better
@xiaguan whisky what a sad world you live in man. This dude is talking about how he became a man and you are just saying that his whole existence is depressing
Happy for you Crash Bandicoot :)
The Hard-To-Beat Bosses of Dark Souls teaches us that no matter how hard a phase of life is.. You can beat it if you try hard enough.. And after you do it you will feel a sense of accomplishment and peace.
#nosuicide
"Dont you dare go hollow" ♡
The most important thing I learned from Dark Souls:
No matter how many times the obstacles of the world knock us down, we will always get up. And one time we get up, we have developed ourselves enough to beat the obstacles, and to come out as a winner.
Yea I can definitely relate to that life is a bitch, but if you keep pushing through it you can eventually find a reason to keep going its ultimately up to you to make that decision to find that thing that is worth living for in your mind.
And relating back to the games’ coop elements, that it’s okay to reach out to others for help. There will always be people who would be glad to render their assistance to you.
I forwarded this comment to a friend
The way he talks about this game is like someone sitting around a campfire recounting the tales of an old Legend.
I need to play this game. My God. ❤️🦁🙏👍
Do it! You'll love forever after you finish hating it. And don't you go hollow!
Play it. Right now. All of them.
Tho I'd have to say you missed out on the multiplayer aspect of the games. It gave them basically infinite longevity and had probably one of the most simultaneously great and toxic communities ever.
I have many fond (and bitter) memories of forest pvp, bridge duels, and pontiff invasions.
Definitely play them with a friend after beating them once. It's fun af.
@@hisholiness4537 Yes the community was the best the first two years, the third year still a lot of people where around, now most people are either extreme edgelords or new players and there are few. Wish there would be a Dark Souls 4... Shit.
Its ight I havent played it yet either! Plan too though
It's something you needa take your time with and remember that no one was good at it at first. Also, once you let go of the idea that souls even matter you'll be much better off it's about improvement you improve as you play
This video really resonates with me. I was in a similar situation around this time last year. The girl I loved broke my heart. I gave her my everything. Turns out, it wasn't enough. I was extremely depressed. The only escape I had was Bloodborne. Even though Bloodborne kept kicking my ass over and over again, I kept going. I NEEDED to win. I had to feel like I could accomplish something, even if it was as trivial as beating a video game. One month later, I had done it. I had achieved my goal. This may seem melodramatic and cliched, but I felt as if I could do anything after this. I had endured the worst breakup of my life and I beat one of the most difficult games in the modern video game era. My confidence was given an immediate boost. More importantly though, I finally began to smile and laugh again. I know this was a long ass rant, but I felt convicted to write about it. I think it's really cool how influential video games can be in our lives.
Seth Chafee Same feeling dude. Once I beat dark souls and found the Beauty beneath what I just played, I felt like I could do anything. Marks at school went up, my shyness became almost nonexistent, making me get more friends than I ever thought I would.
Most importantly though,
I felt happy.
Seth Chafee very wholesome
Seth Chafee this is very relatable and something I needed to read right now. Funny how a random comment from a stranger can change your outlook on something in life. Thanks for sharing
Jakeys Parents: “video games will rot your brain”
Jakey: *is saved by video games*
Dude don’t you get it, parents say that so then video games can’t save you and you’ll end up ending your life and they will be free from you, because after all of those years of taking care of a child makes you think of things you wouldn’t think of, it changes you.
ok
Joxyver H I can tell that your comment was supposed to be a joke or something like that but you kinda missed the mark my guy
wtf
Video games will rot your brain
Dark Souls was my destiny. Back in 2009 I started to feel nostalgic about the Sega Dreamcast, so I got one and for some reason while I was playing it, something snapped inside my head and I suddenly felt the urge to play Dark Souls, I thought, I want to play a sword and shield game in a dark medieval fantasy setting. So I started searching for a dark medieval fantasy games, I found a couple of titles like Draconus Cult of the Wyrm and Die by the Sword. I didn't have a PS3 at the time neither did I know Demon's Souls existed, so I played those and I liked them but it wasn't enough. 2011 came and I started hearing about this Dark Project game and it seemed to be the game I was looking for 2 years prior. The game finally came out, I was like, is this it?, is this the game?, I went to youtube, I searched for gameplay footage, because I don't like turn based RPG's so I just wanted to make sure it wasn't turn based, I watched a couple seconds of gameplay, just to see a guy slashing an undead with an axe, in a dark fantasy setting, no music, just ambient sound, and I said: Yup, this is it!, grabbed my savings and bought it. I played that game to death, one day I played ti so much I started feeling sick, I had to go out and take a walk because I got motion sickness. What an awesome game.
what a great story too; i can only hope that my experience with the game turns out to be as worthwhile as i’ve heard from so many others.
Update: *Damn,* man. Not only did it become my favourite video game overall, it made me go out of my way to ply Bloodborne, Dark Souls III, and now Elden Ring.
It all feels so… deliberate. From its setting, to the way that the levels fit together, the enemy encounters - all of it (at least up until Anor Londo) feels fine-tuned in a way that I’d never experienced in a video game before. Exploring Lordran and seeing everything that it has to offer enriched me with this childlike wonder over everything it had in it. It’s one of the few games that I would genuinely describe with the word “beautiful.”
@@swissidol8403 I agree. I'll never forget the first time I exited the great hollow and discovered ash lake. When I looked up and the music started playing, my jaw dropped
Love this video man. You can hear the authenticity and love in the way you talk about the game. I had a similar "religious" experience with The Witcher 3 in 2015. That game reignited my love for the medium and helped me get through a tough time in my life, even when I got the "bad" ending it actually taught me things lol Also helped inspire me to get back to making music strangely enough
It's a special thing when you find a piece of art so well made you feel as though it's your purpose to experience it. Sounds silly but its really not.
I feel like you just put into words a vague feeling I've been struggling to name, which is just a discontent and emptiness because recently I haven't been able to find a piece of art like that. Only when I experience something that great do I feel like I have purpose in life, and that purpose is, as you say, as a witness.
My Dark Souls experience came right after my first real breakup. I moved from home to Seattle right after breaking up with my high school sweet heart and first love. We'd been living together for three years so going cold turkey completely was the hardest thing I've ever experienced. My roommate introduced me to DSII and it just consumed me for months. He didn't know the most about so I didn't get a lot of help, but I struggled through it and it ended up turning into my favorite video game series of all time, pushing Metro out of that spot. Dark Souls has this ironic ability to bring a profound joy despite being a series designed to make you hate it. Touching video, really.
Dylan Cole I was playing Dark Souls 3 the day my girlfriend broke my heart actually lmao
I feel this video so much as Dark Souls was the only game series I played for at least a year and also helped me feel better during a really tough time in my life
I don’t think it was designed to make you hate it more that it was designed that you can’t just pick it up and own it. It takes time and drive and effort to perfect your skills but once you do it becomes much easier. Not many games make you earn it like the Souls games. That plus the universe, lore and level design make for a hell of a game.
Josh Well I didn't quite mean that in a literal sense. I think you get what I mean.
Why did you break it off?
Was 17 when I played Dark Souls and was struggling to figure bout my future. Can confirm that this game gives you some kind of conviction and determination that grows you as a person.
Dammit. Now I have to play Dark Souls again
Kazuhira420 hey I see someone else is in the same boat. Speeded dark souls
wait till the remaster
This video is so humble and honest, I love it. Thanks for all the amazing content Jakey, for helping us all through hard times, your content is the shining light we all needed. Love your fellow Hot Boy
I know this vid is old but. Dude seriously this is one of the best videos I've seen from you the simplicity of you just laying in bed and talking about something that your really passionate about is very entertaining. Keep the good content coming boy.
This video always brings me back. I watch this video cause I miss playing video games, I miss having a distraction like that.
Anias G Whaaat happened?
*Titanic love song commences*
His name is yoga ball gamer boy
Dude, this was my Bloodborne experience. I've never been prouder of myself than when I beat Ludwig the Accursed. I have a master's degree, but Ludwig is my greatest achievement..
I was lying on my bed when watching this video...
Feels like you're sleeping next to me. I luv it
There's nothing gay about wanting to sleep with hot boys.
Hired Sword ain't that the truth
Omininominus Gamer It's the only truth worth following in this world friend.
Imagine having a one night stand with Jake and afterwards he talks about Dark Souls for 9 minutes
McFarvo Jakey is damaged goods. No way he commits to a long term
I dont have to imagine. Its a reality
i see it as an absolute win
Hey Jakey, thanks for always being super real with us. I recently moved to a new city after having graduated and it's been lonely, and I've been in and out of depression. Not being able to connect deeply with new people and learn about them has been one of the most difficult parts about the move, but stuff like this help me feel like I've got a friend to learn deeply about, so thanks man.
Hope you're well - you're an awesome guy and influence. Keep it real.
Damn. If you replace anytime you said Dark Souls with Persona 5, that’s exactly what happened to me. All your feelings and experience with Dark Souls is exactly what I had with Persona 5. Persona 5 has been saving me from this very depressing part of my life. It’s just so crazy how much a game can change our lives for the better
Yea this a video about dark souls tho…
@@bukhabusa4819 it's about being saved by video games. Any are valid. And positivity is worth hearing about.
@@RhythmGrizz true, it’s not even just video games sometimes people get saved by other things such as music or a tv series or even an anime, sorry if my comment sounded mean or whatever i guess i was wearing my dark souls fan boy pants a lil too tight lol
To be honest, Jakey saved me. As someone is very clinically depressed and suicidal, I say find something that makes you laugh. For me that's this channel. Each video is hilarious, original, and incredibly well edited. And it keeps the dark thoughts from taking over my mind. And the music hosted on this channel has touched me on a profound level, to a point where it has gotten me interested into music making. So for that, thank you Papa Hot Boy, and dog bless
Me too
Fraaz Rana wait what this is literally word for word my story about jakey
Everett Jordan I promise I didn't plagiarize lol. this is my story I promise
oh no i'm not accusing you of plagiarizing. I was just relating to you man
Everett Jordan ohh OK I misread it. whoopsies lol
I’m really happy someone else said it. Dark Souls inspired me to be somebody. I was a McDonald’s manager who was probably destined to die sad and alone, and this series taught me what it means to persevere. Why things are worth fighting for. I attribute all of my success in life to these games, which is hella fucking depressing to think about.
Brooks Whalen where u at now?
That's not at all depressing to think about! I think it's kinda cool that a video game can have such a profound impact on a person
@@johnvega5321 he's at Wendy's now
John Vega lmao
It's 2019 and I'm currently on that spot. I've been lurking here ever since, but never clicked on this video. I just finished Dark Souls Remastered as a dare from a friend of mine, and I do feel the same way. As you talk through the video, I can't help but be choked up as the scenarios you were saying hit pretty much close to home. After finishing the game, the thing that I was able to take away from it is the strength that the undead had. You just keep doing what you're doing until you're good at it, or until you make it through. The saying "Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." pretty much sums it up. I can also hope to say that this is not the end. For you fellow chosen undead out there, be more like the chosen undead. Keep on pushing forward.
hey, I just wanna say, this has to be one of my favorite videos on this website. recently I've gone to college with no friends or family, and I just have been watching this video anytime I miss home. having jakey just talk is amazing, and I love how he isnt afraid to talk about things, and shows that he's human too.
If something like that can exist in this world, then this is a world I wanna live in”. *Amen brother* . I went through exactly that
2 vids in one week, dreams do come true
Jacob, you have the power to tame the TH-cam comment section. I have individually read every comment, and I have not seen one negative one. I am very proud to be part of such a wholesome and genuine TH-cam community.
(Personally, my Dark Souls was Super Mario Galaxy. Nothing reassures my will to keep going more than that game.)
Thanks for being a baller. Dog bless.
Jakey, I just sobbed because I’m feeling really overwhelmed. This video has always been very special to me, so I’m rewatching it for probably the 20th time. Thank you.
Going through all of this right now, I’m getting out of the military during covid so it’s really fun trying to find a job 😅 my buddy had me try out ds1 last month and it’s been my escape during this time, it’s really helped with all this worry of how will I support my wife or where will I live in three months, and hearing you talking about it I just relate in such a indescribable way. I’ve been your sub for about a year now and your content has always been amazing, thank you jakey for this indirect connection during hard times man
I had sever depression when i went out of the military and stucked unemployed. Playing dark souls helped me to cure my depression because the game contextualizes your death unlike other games where if you fail or die its not canon so to say. In Dark Souls if you fail you just try again and gitgud that really helped me to relax and overcome self-loathing and panic attacks.
That Dunkey reference at the end was perfect.
Nobody
Jakey in a whisper: "hey you still awake"
I watch this every so often just to remember how Dark Souls made me feel as well. Its such a hard feeling to have other people understand. I love you Snake Boy, hope you are okay.
Oh hell yeah! My favorite boy talking about my favorite game? Dog has blessed me this day
Dog?
Dog bless you
Dog bless
it’s 2 years later now and this is still my favorite youtube video of all time
Man I feel the same about this game. It's not a perfect game but it has something that makes it almost perfect. The level design, the characters
, the story and the freedom that gives you to explore the world uff. And realizing things and reading the lore, the objects description leaves you with this feeling of wtf does that mean man? And you start to ponder and think and understand de game maaaaan. I remember not liking the first time playing it but I loved to watch others to play until my friend recommended actually trying it out and it was amazing. I hadn't experienced something like that in a while and I think it's my favorite game of all time
This: this is why i want elden ring so bad, just to go completely blind and experiencing everything for the first time and having the feeling of; holy shit, this is the greatest thing i have ever played.
Well in January, you can have that
I don't typically fall for hype, but holy shit I think this is going to be the next big thing again
@@HonsHon crazy thing is I didn’t even kno elden ring existed and how long people were waiting for it till a week b4 E3. Then boom they drop not only a trailer, but actual gameplay plus a release date😩😩😩😩
@@cap3423 so lucky, ive known about it since there was rumors of a George rr martin, from software collab
Maybe i will see you on elden ring some day
that which commanded the stars... (just 6 days to go)
Dark souls is a certified hood classic
DAS RITE! YO YO YO
When some dude just lying in bed talking about DS is actually great content
I discovered Dark souls when I had the worst breakup of my life and it was the summer before my first year of uni. It was also a time of emotional turmoil for me but Dark Souls made me happy no matter how much I died in the game. Thanks for the video man.
After having both played DS/DS3 and lived my who conscious life with depression, I am yet another soul who can relate to this. I have no words for what this makes me feel. Thank you for making this. Even all these year later. Dark Souls lives on and I will never stop playing it.