AISubs v3.7
Hey everybody, welcome back to Dark Souls in Anor Londo. Things are going well!
Things are going, alright, mostly well.
I realized, when I got back to the bonfire, that I don't actually have a bottomless box or whatever the, uh...
the name of the thing is that lets me drop off items near the bonfire, so...
Yeah, I've still got tons of items.
Need to head back to the Undead Burg and buy one of those one of these days.
But yeah, otherwise, things are going good. I've not died out here once.
I've got a bonfire I can return to when need be.
I do have to say, I...
I think James mentioned this when we were playing together and I kind of agree with him.
I don't know about the decision to...
have bonfires...
be...
really hidden and missable.
Like, this game is hard already. It does not need...
the added difficulty of having...
crucial save points and crucial progress markers...
tucked and hidden away. Ah, really?
I kind of thought these guys would stay down.
Maybe I can run.
Probably not smart.
I'll try fighting them again. I'll, uh...
see if I've learned anything.
Eh, that's a little better.
Let's try that again, see if we're...
learning our lessons.
Eh, nope, missed.
Haha, didn't know you could do that. That's cool.
Gotcha!
Wow!
That's some fast progress on my part, if I do say so myself.
I mean, I'm gonna die... at other times, but...
feeling pretty good about that.
I'm sure I'll die really soon, like...
I have gone... this far... like... karma's going to catch up with me.
All right, let's get the shield back out and start exploring up here.
These guys are a little intimidating.
I mean, they look like the guys that brought me up here, so I don't know why they'd...
...kicking?
Why would I kick?
Oh, there's three of them.
Do I have to?
No, let's explore elsewhere. I'll come back...
...if it looks like I have to.
This place is big. It takes a long time to...
...get anywhere.
Okay...
I feel reasonably certain that's gonna lead somewhere cool...
...buuuut I don't know if I wanna risk it.
You know what, I'm too careful. I've been too careful playing this. Let's...take a chance.
Maybe it leads to nothing. Maybe it leads to something. In this case, I think it leads to nothing. That's okay.
I've got a bonfire nearby. I've...I don't need to be this careful.
Seize the day and whatnot.
Well...
Can I open that door back here? Probably not, I mean it's really big, but...
Locked by some contraption. Okay, so I do have to go this way and I do have to go deal with the little demon-y guys.
Alright, fair enough.
Let's see what these folks are about.
Whew!
You're intense.
Agile little guy.
Ah, almost.
Really would prefer not to deal with two of you at once. Ow. Ooh, you got the lightning on you.
I see.
Whew, close.
Ah!
Ah, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
Okay, yeah, well...
It had to happen eventually, right?
That's okay.
Still learning.
So where is Anor Londo in terms of...
the progression of this game? Like...
is this a...halfway point?
Am I...
Am I like two-thirds through? Am I only like one-third through?
I really have no idea.
So let's see if I can just run by this guy.
'Cause that'd be nice.
Is he gonna follow me?
Yeah...eh.
That's okay. Let's do it.
Let's...do it...better.
All right, you're gonna back off?
Cool.
It's fine by me.
I already fought you a couple times.
I got these other guys to deal with.
Get off my back!
Ha! Gotcha.
Oh, maybe I can kick this guy off.
Yeah, I don't know.
Eh, he does not like me getting behind him.
Fair enough.
Yeesh!
These guys are rough!
Okay, I might die again.
Heh.
Oh boy.
These guys do not mess around.
Man, look at that. You guys are nonsense.
The fact that they still get damage through my blocking bothers me.
Aaah, nuts.
Oh, nuts.
Uh, that's it.
[laughs]
That shouldn't have worked.
I should be dead.
Counting my blessings, but...
I should be dead.
Way dead.
All right, then. Let's explore further...
on our borrowed time.
Truth.
Yeah, all kinds of great, gorgeous views out here. I like it.
I need to learn how to fight those...
little demons, though, because...
that was rough.
Is this the way to go?
Wait, what's going on?
I hear noises.
I think someone's shooting at me.
Oh, maybe I can go this way? Oh, yeah, this is the way. Okay.
But, yeah, those gargoyle... not gargoyles, they're...
whatever they're called, the little demon-y guy, the...
the fight with them did not go well.
So I need to... well, here's some more practice.
Yeah, two of 'em.
That's... gonna go badly for me.
Yeah.
Heh. And it did, so...
Huh, who are these guys shooting at... oh.
Archers, I see.
This may be where Anor Londo... starts getting rougher.
I'm thinking this time, just out of curiosity...
Excuse me.
I'm gonna try running past everything.
Just sprint my way through and see what happens. See if that's actually possible.
Well... not completely possible, obviously, but...
What the hey, let's keep going!
Ow! Ah, they shoot. That's...
gonna cause problems.
Meh. Okay, can't go that way. Ow.
I guess it would help if I knew where I was going. Heh heh heh.
Eh, I guess that's not really an option, huh?
So now it's when things get dicey.
And I suspect these might be the...
Archer... dealies that, uh...
...I keep hearing people talk about when Anor Londo comes up.
My suspicion is that they are talking about these archers making these demon fights a lot more difficult.
And yeah, I can see why that would be, uh...
...a problem.
"Try luring out." Okay.
"Need backstepping." Yep. Makes sense.
Who wants to come fight me?
Preferably just one.
Anybody?
I have fire!
Oh, wait. Hang on a second.
I have fire!
Ah!
Yeah, come get me!
That's right!
That's the ticket!
Oops.
No, no, no, no! Don't shoot at me! Don't shoot at me!
Ow! That's dumb.
No, come actually fight me, jerk!
Okay. You did. Thank you.
Ah, not the button I meant to hit! Ugh...
Okay.
Ah, I'm missing! It's not what I need to be doing right now!
All right, now, yes, you!
So sometimes...
...when they try hitting me, my, uh... ow, great.
My shield makes...
...their attack bounce, which is great!
Ugh.
Okay, okay, doing good, doing good.
All right.
And we've recovered.
And all right, where are those archers?
There's one up there, way up there.
Ah! There's another one! [laughs]
Yeesh.
That is rough.
I wonder if I can get up there to hit 'em.
That may be reckless, but, you know?
Let's see.
Let's do it.
I'm coming for you.
Hope you're a good shot.
Oof.
I don't know if I've got a good option of approach here.
Okay, good, I do.
Coming for you, buddy.
Please don't shoot me.
Whoa, okay.
Hey, that's not good.
Not good for me.
Okay, yeah, these guys are intense.
Okay, yeah, I'm dead.
Outclassed.
Ooh, but they're wearing the cool armor.
And at least he died, too.
That feels good.
Yeah, man, though...
This place is hard.
But this place has not yet made me angry...
the way Blighttown...
and Sen's Fortress made me angry.
This is difficult...
and I may eventually become that angry...
but for right now, it's...
mostly just an interesting challenge to figure out.
Okay, so it seems so long as they're doing one of their strike attacks without jumping...
I can block it, make their attack bounce back, stun them for a second, and get a chance to hit.
Not on that one, not on a jumping one, but one like this, yes!
Still does a little damage to me with the hit, but it's not quite as bad.
Yes! Alright, figuring them out.
Alright, you're not so bad.
Not so bad anymore.
The archers are definitely worse.
Way worse.
Ah, not both of you, just one. Ah, clums!
That's not good.
Ah, I don't like it.
Looks like they are trying and failing to follow and one of them fell. That's good.
You die. All right.
And then take cover. Boy...
So now the trick is to figure out where to go.
What my options are.
Hmm, can't go that way.
I don't feel like I can take 'em head-on. I feel like they will trash me, like last time.
But, I dunno, maybe.
Whew! They're rough, though.
Intimidating, too.
There's gotta be somewhere better to go than this.
Ah, boy, here we go.
Ah, boy.
This isn't gonna work.
Nope.
Well, it seems like if I can just last long enough, they'll kill themselves, but, uh...
All right, let me give this one more try, and if I can't get it this next time, then I think I will call it a night.
I haven't played in for a good few hours now.
Probably not my sharpest... at this point, but, uh...
Gonna figure this out.
My cat's snoring again.
I just put the mic real close so you could hear, but, uh...
Yep, that's my cat snoring.
So, I'm getting a lot faster at dispatching the "demon guys."
I wish I knew what they were called.
"Demon guys" doesn't sound like it's probably the correct name.
There you go.
Ha!
Take. That.
All right.
Now, the hard part.
The very hard part.
Here goes.
Geronimo!
Eh!
Foo-hoo-hoo!
Yeet. Yeet. Alright. Okay. Here we go.
Now...
Try random stuff and see what works!
Agh. Oh, didn't work.
Oh, crap.
Fall off!
I can't believe it.
I can't believe it, I can't believe it, I can't believe it. Okay. Hey!
I'm alive! Yay!
[footsteps]
Fortune has dictated that I survive.
Comfort?
I think so.
Well...
Don't feel like taking my chances with that other guy, so let's drop.
Whew, boy.
It feels like pure luck that got me through that, not any amount of skill on my part.
Darkwraith?
That doesn't sound good.
What a normal looking door.
Normalest looking door in all of Dark Souls.
Hahaha!
That's awesome! It's a bonfire!
Ghost.
And it's Solaire!
Wow, all kinds of great things happening today.
All right, this feels good.
Bonfire!
All right.
I am tired. I am tired now.
My voice is tired, my brain is tired.
I can't believe I got here. I really thought that last attempt wasn't gonna work, but it worked!
This time.
Um, if you guys could tell me in the comments what would have been a smarter thing to do, because I don't feel like that should have worked.
If you could tell me what would have been the right thing to do,
that would be very, uh, enriching and useful for me
for the next time I have to deal with that nonsense.
But thank you guys for watching very much!
And, uh, when we come back, we will talk to Solaire again.
It's been too long, I miss this fella.