Dark Souls (complete)

Welcome to my first time trying a souls game. Yes, in 2024. I'm a late bloomer, it's in the channel name. This is the Prepare to Die edition from Steam. I didn't really know much about this genre other than "is hard". I actually thought these were horror games. I was pleasantly surprised to find out they are a blend of action/adventure and rpg. I hope lovers of the series get a vicarious taste of the new experience feeling through me. 0:00 Intro 0:47 Character Creation 4:25 Opening Cutscene 9:45 Learning controls 14:20 Exploring the Asylum 16:30 Asylum Demon 24:07 Run Away! 29:02 Dying Knight 36:20 Asylum Demon 2 40:20 Freedom! 41:35 Unexpected flight 45:07 First Level Up

We delve further into Lordran and meet a couple of interesting people. Still learning the game but it keeps getting more fun. 0:00 Intro 2:24 Exploring the area 4:35 First fall death 9::37 Undead Burg fakeout 13:17 Petrus of Thorolund 17:22 Exploring the area 20:05 Skeletons! 27:27 Back to the Burg 32:00 Undead Merchant 35:25 Exploring the area 43:19 Dead men can't jump 57:15 Level up!/Outro

Still in Undead Burg. I spend a bit of time still getting used to the game. I learn more about the systems but don't make a ton of progress. Big fight with Black Knight takes me quite a while. I didn't know yet that holding your shield up greatly slows stamina recovery. 0:00 Intro 2:03 Undead Merchant again 9:55 Back to the Burg 14:40 Battle Axe! 15:24 Locked house 19:16 Black Knight 1st attempt 28:20 Black Knight 2nd attempt 36:50 Undead Merchant 41:15 Taurus Demon 45:00 Past the Bull 46:57 Solaire of Astora 49:33 Surprise! 55:08 Under the Bridge 1:02:11 Deadly stair sandwich 1:14:55 Outro

I must be hungry this time because I stumble into a couple undead sandwiches. I also die to a couple of stupid decisions! I explore a good bit of the Undead Parish and juke a giant pig. It seems like we are getting somewhere important. 0:00 Intro 1:08 Level Up 4:56 Back under the bridge 7:07 Shooting dragon butt 8:29 Undead Parish 13:17 Derp alert 15:36 Black Knight kills me 17:30 Black Knight again 20:40 Flee the Pig! 21:20 Zombie rave ends poorly 23:46 Zombie rave ends well 26:18 Mist Door 28:04 Another sandwich 32:28 Circling the Chapel 36:35 Derp death 39:18 Level Up 41:48 Outro

After a couple of really stupid (on my part) deaths, we have a pig roast. Then we explore the church, killing both that giant cleric and the magical priest. We parole a prisoner with promise of future reward, and also unlock an elevator connecting to the beginning area. 0:00 Intro 1:55 Undead Parish 4:07 Pun death 8:25 uh..poison bruh 12:50 Pig roast 14:26 Church soldiers 22:12 Andre of Astora 31:12 Siegmeyer 32:46 Sphynx scares me off 36:03 Abundance of caution 44:08 Giant Cleric 46:25 Going down 48:15 Priest wizard 50:19 They Parry?!? 55:41 Prisoner Lautrec 1:00:52 Level Up 1:02:56 Outro

We return to the graveyard and then get scared away from the catacombs. Then we explore a bit and upgrade a bit. No real progress is made in the plot, but I learned a good bit about the game. 0:00 Intro 0:42 Graveyard revenge 15:20 where is the door? 27:28 Prisoners gift 33:58 Learning movement 36:45 Outro

Finally time to ring the bell. We suffer a few deaths to the gargoyles, but it's a good fight and fun to beat. 0:00 Intro 5:18 Gargoyle attempt 1 10:52 Gargoyle attempt 2 14:42 Gargoyle attempt 3 18:18 Gargoyle attempt 4 24:22 Gargoyle attempt 5 28:37 Gargoyle attempt 6 34:20 Gargoyle attempt 7 41:00 Gargoyle succes! 47:24 Super creepy Oswald 58:51 Level Up 1:04:00 Outro

Lot's of flailing around in this one. We go back to the bridge and annoy the drake a few times but fail to progress. Then we take the express elevator down to New Londo Ruins were the ghostly residents don't welcome visitors. Much death. Little progress. 0:00 Intro 1:56 derp 8:14 Dragon surprise 15:00 Dragon teasing 19:48 Dragon shooting 27:30 New Londo ruins 32:00 stupid ghosts 36:45 ghost again 41:50 more ghosts 44:17 Outro

This is a rough one. I even considered skipping this episode. We attempt to progress past the ghosts in New Londo Ruins and fail enough that we run out of transient curses and can no longer fight them. Then we just try to run by, over and over, and fail enough that I lose my temper a bit. I get pretty disheartened but at the end of the episode I make a little progress in a different direction. Next episode goes much better, but I put this up for completeness. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Ghost fail 1 8:10 Rickert of Venheim 10:31 Ghost fail 2 13:13 Ghost fail 3 16:51 Ghost fail 4 19:28 Ghost fail 5 22:40 Ghost fail 6 25:35 Ghost fail 7 27:57 Ghost fail 8 30:15 Ghost fail 9 32:15 Ghost fail 10 34:15 Ghost fail 11 36:22 Ghost fail 12 38:39 Ghost fail 13 40:28 Mad me, and snoring? 42:05 A secret? 44:45 Blind catacomb rush 48:13 Outro

In contrast to last episodes disaster, we actually make lots a progress this time around. We go back to the drake armed with some internet knowledge and take his tail. We still get killed a bunch though. Then we find our way down below the Undead Burg and meet a very scary boss, the Capra Demon! 0:00 Intro 1:24 Back to the Burg 3:13 Shopping in the Burg 4:27 Drake tail 10:35 Drake attempt 11:45 Weapon tryout 16:31 Drake attempt 2 18:46 Going down 23:20 Griggs of Vinheim 26:40 Ninja ambush! 28:25 Another ambush! 31:30 Aqueduct merchant 36:52 Capra Demon! 40:03 Capra Demon 2 40:45 Outro