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Hello everybody and welcome back to Dark Souls and to SideQuest!
We've got to decide where exactly we're going to go. Well, I guess I have already decided where to go, but now I guess I just have to tell you!
So ultimately today, I would like to head down to New Londo, I think.
The area downstairs that has lots of water, bad framerate, ghosts everywhere that I can't hit...
Anyway, so we're going to deal with that. But first, I do feel awfully bad about what has happened to "big hat" Logan, I think is his name? This guy's friend.
And just so this guy doesn't wander into a place where he doesn't have a key, 'cause I have it, to help a guy who's in a cell, surrounded by nightmares...
I'm going to go see if I can take care of it. Or at least get myself back there to find him and see if I can do anything about it.
If not, then I will bail, come back here, and down to New Londo we go.
And I'm kind of hesitant to try now, but I suspect I'm going to at least need to engage with one or two.
If I'm going to get in there and have enough time to open a door.
We shall see...
Alright...
Let's turn on the thingy...
Create a distraction...
Let the nightmares run upstairs...
As they do...
As they do... there we go.
And, uh, let them form a little crowd, 'cause they can't handle stairs very well.
Oh, they got tentacles all over their heads. I guess they can't see.
And let's see if I can deal with the one or two that are still down here.
Yeeeep, they're definitely, uh... friendly.
In that they are wanting to see me, not that the- oh!
Oh, they die pretty fast!
That's not- oooookay.
Okay, well now we find out what happens here.
Oh, well, I mean, that hurt. But... that could be worse.
Let's see if I can kill a couple- okay!
Makes me nervous, but it's doable!
This... smack... okay!
This is... manageable.
Oh, but they're coming back downstairs. Okay, well...
I should've figured.
Alright, well, that's fine. It's fine.
It's... fine.
Yep.
Okay!
Anyone else? No? Cool, okay.
In we go!
Is Logan still here...? No, that's... that's not good.
Okay, well, that's... that's not good.
What do we got?
Miracle of soothing sunlight...
Miracle of bountiful sunlight...
Do they have that because he's not here?
That would be sad.
Hmm...
And a firekeeper's soul.
Interesting
I wonder who that might have once been
Well, whatever the case...
He is gone
Probably dead
'Cause I can't imagine he was freed
I am the only one who had a key
The way Dark Souls and, I guess, the whole Souls series handle NPCs and...
The way they each kinda have their own little side quest that quietly happens on the side that you can interact with
But, uh, don't have to, like the way it's entirely optional for the most part
But that you can have a pretty big impact on it if you know where to be at the right time is...
Very cool
Like it's kind of opaque and...
Like you'll never...
Manage to see or do everything...
Your first time through
But, that's kind of okay
Really adds to the replay value of the game
That and the fact that after finishing this game once you'll be so much better at it that you'll just blaze through...
All the stuff that took you hours before
I am looking forward to playing this game again on my own time once I'm done
And I'm really looking forward to...
Binging on all of the, uh...
Lore videos on YouTube and...
Watching Epic Name Bros. play through of this, which I hear is awesome
Ugh, it's gonna be fun
That is propelling me through this...
Side quest series as fast as anything else really, just the excitement of getting to...
Finally see all that stuff once I'm not gonna spoil anything for myself
Okay, what am I doing? I don't have to go up here
Let's go to this bonfire over here, warp out
Leave
It is time we headed down to New Londo again
Oh, I can't warp from here
Well, guess I'm taking the long route, but still going to New Londo! That's still happening!
Alright, we are back! Now to head down to the New Londo ruins
Hello! Actually, since I'm here and I have a couple of Firelink...
Uh, no, not Firelink. What are they called? Firekeeper Souls? Is that the thing?
Yeah, two Firekeeper Souls
Um...
One of them I feel much more sad about than the other
These have different descriptions. Let me read these
So, the Darkmoon Knightesses' Firekeeper Soul... I guess I read this one already
Uh...
"Her brass armor serves to disguise this ghastly form" Right
This other one, the Long Lost Firekeeper... Each Firekeeper is a corporeal manifestation of her bonfire and a draw for the humanity which is offered to her
"Her soul is gnawed by infinite humanity and can boost it" Right
"It can" No
It can be used to gain humanity and restore HP at the cost of losing
Okay, so no... real details or description about this one
I am going to store this one
I probably could use it, but I still feel kind of guilty and bad about it, so I'm not going to now
Maybe I will by the end of the game, maybe I'll have gotten over it
Or maybe you guys have told me to use it anyway
I don't know
But for now I'm going to store that thing and just use the Long Lost Firekeeper Soul I just found
Anyway, let's go ahead and get ourselves an Essos Flask +3, huh?
Might as well
Yeah!
Awesome, okay
I think I'm going to go ahead and stick with the scythe this episode
I really am kind of hovering between the scythe and the sidesword as my favorite dex weapons
of the ones I leveled... so far
I really like both of their movesets
But, since I'm heading down into a place that's all ghostly and full of dead things, a scythe feels right
It'll be so interesting playing through this game again later and learning a bit more about the NPCs and their little side story quest things and doing things differently
like, maybe I do a playthrough where I don't kill Gwyndolin, for example, and see what that changes
Alright, here we are
I think I explored this place pretty thoroughly last time
Huh
I've not much to occupy myself
How about this?
I could forge your weapons, albeit with rather minimal tools
I'll show you what made me the best in Gwyndolin
Huh
Didn't expect to find a blacksmith down here
Interesting
Well, let's go ahead and get that shield up to +5
Since it is clearly the favorite of mine
And I've been kind of slowly, quietly upgrading the elite knight set as well 'cause some of you guys seem to like it and be fans of that
Although, honestly, it really is hard to top this paladin set for me. I'm digging it
What does he sell?
I don't know, some spells? A catalyst? Okay
There's nothing to talk about, I think
We're both cursed, undead. But...what's there really to moan about?
Well, fair enough.
Goodbye, then. Keep your head on, Owen. You really helped break the monotony.
Nice fellow.
Anyway...
Forward!
What is it with everybody and pots in this world? They just love 'em.
They seem pretty unfazed by the destruction of the pots they worship, so...
Perhaps I did not entirely grasp the subtleties of their religion
Hm
Okay, so, as I understand it, the wi--oh, hello
Who are you? Oh! It's you!
There's the guy who was up at Firelink Shrine all the time. When did you go hollow?
Interesting, okay
Well, do something. I'm not gonna kick you off the cliff. You might have something nice
Never much liked you, though, so, uh...
All right, seriously, get away from the cliff. I'm worried I'm gonna accidentally knock you off it.
Oh
I see
Thanks for watching!
Alright
What now?
Ha!
And down you go
He died as he lived
Annoying
What was I saying?
Right!
I think...
I understand how to deal with the ghosts across this little bridge
Let me...
Check this first
Item?
Item!
Transient cur- Ha!
That...
Fits in nicely with what I was about to say
So I believe there's an item I can use, as I've been told, that will allow me to hit...
The ghosts out here
And I believe the transient curse is that item
There we go, temporarily...
A temporary curse allows engagement with ghosts
Limb of the victim of a curse
The only way to fight back against ghosts who are cursed beings is to become cursed oneself
The safest method, however dreadful, is to cut off an arm of the dead
Well...
I just found this one, so...
No giving me any nasty looks about this
It was like this when I found it
How does one "use" this?
I assume it is not ingested. I certainly hope not.
Where are my ghost friends?
I guess I should go and use this, shouldn't I?
"Use"?
Oh. Okay.
I guess I am now cursed!
Fantastic!
Hello, ghost!
"Use"?
Hah!
Oh, you're nothin'!
Nothin'!
Piece of cake!
All right, well, let's explore this ghosty realm.
Uh, nope, can't really go that way.
Frame rate has been better.
I think I will definitely replay Dark Souls on PC...
...next time I do.
I imagine that with the - oop, watch it -
I imagine that with the proper mods and such...
...performance is considerably improved.
And I guess I just can't go over there right now, okay.
Really don't wanna drown.
[water gurgling]
Ugh, that's a dangerous roll.
Eh.
All right, let's roll carefully...
Nnnnope! Okay.
What do you got?
Oh, more transient curses! That'll come in handy.
I can't tell if this one's worn off or not.
I guess I'll know when I fight a ghost and...
...it suddenly doesn't die.
Upward!
Never did figure out why the frame rate is so bad here. Is it just the size of the area?
I mean, this is a big, big zone.
Guess it could be that.
Hmm.
So the - these are the New Londo ruins.
What does that make this place, like, compared to Honor Londo, which is, I guess, Old Londo? I don't know.
The shared name makes me suspect there is some affiliation.
But I don't know what kind.
Don't you grab me. None of that.
All right. Oop, more ghosts. Lots of ghosts.
Many ghosts. They don't hurt much.
I think I'm... Ah, hello. Hello, hello.
Yeah, they still don't hurt much. I think I may be a little overleveled for...
...this area. That's okay.
I suspect as I get further into it...
...I will find harder things.
All right, downward...
Thank you for watching!
Looks clear? Ooh, fog door
Hey! Wait! I see you there! Tricky!
Tricky and mean! Get out of here!
Huh, you're just hiding in the wall. That's obnoxious
Cheap tactics... ghost
But it is good to know that they can do that
Good to know... to watch out for that... behavior
All right
Anything else over here? Ah, there is!
Gotta investigate that!
Don't... no... whatever you did, don't
It makes me uncomfortable
Did you wake up the rest of the ghosts?
I don't see anymore ghosts, we're probably fine
That was unsettling, though
Don't do that anymore
Okay, well, let's... let's go through this
Before something bad happens
Up the stairs...
I see a ghost!
It's probably gonna jump down on me when I try to go this way
Ooh, tricky!
I'm still taking your item
What do you say to this?
Ha!
You can't do nothing
Smack!
I say smack!
Ah, the thing wore off! The thing wore off!
Oh, climb down, climb down! No!
That is not... at all...
what I meant. Okay.
This isn't over, ghost!
Okay, and we're back.
Back here.
Got my souls...
I kinda wanna see what was down this ladder I "missed" before.
There we go.
Frame rate... still poor!
And nothing here.
Ah, I'm being followed, though. That's not good.
There it is.
Use caution.
There we go.
Careful with the footing. There's another ghost.
Do not fall, please.
I am glad that I can kill them in one swipe. This would...
be a bit trickier otherwise.
Not a fan of all these precarious ledges. I think I'm going to head back up that ladder.
All right, forward. Actually...
let's go ahead and... oh, can't use it yet. Okay.
Ah, but if I...
leave it equipped like this, then I assume as soon as it lights up...
and isn't faded out like that, that will tell me...
that it's time to use another. Okay!
Ooh!
Who is this statue I see?
Hmm.
Hmm, branching path.
Ehhh...ah, hey!
Wah! Oh, ghosts! Ghosts!
Many ghosts!
And the item ran out. I better use that again. Okay.
I have many ghosts to contend with!
Hooray for this site's moveset!
Ah, watch it, ghosts. Watch it!
Nah, it's not what I meant to use. Okay.
Get outta here, ghosts. Shoo!
Why all of the ghosts?
Yeah!
Don't do that!
I mean, it doesn't seem to have any noticeable impact, it's just creepy!
Ah! Stop being in the walls!
Go away, ghosts! Shoo!
Had it with ya!
Too high to collect, I suppose.
Ghosts, come on!
I am a guest in your dilapidated castle and you are... terrible hosts.
Terrible ghosts, that's what I should have said. That would have been the better joke.
Hello, ghost.
A lot of bones in here. Not loving that.
Ooh, but there's a ladder!
There was a stairwell down somewhere, too.
Maybe I should have gone there first.
Eugh.
This does look like a bit of a dead end, though.
Can I talk to you?
Maybe we can be social, like we can be friends.
Ooh! Hello!
Is that okay?
Oh.
Thank you!
When kings slumber in the deepest chamber of the ruins, use this key to break the ceiling and open the floodgates.
Oh, and do not forget! The dark wraiths reside in a dark void called the Abyss, but the Abyss is no place for ordinary mortals.
Although, long ago, the knight Artorias traversed the Abyss. If you can find him and learn from him, the Abyss may prove surmountable.
Hello there. What is it?
The key to the seal is now in your hands. I will help you in any way possible.
I don't want to break the curse... currently.
But I may want to buy some stuff. Resist Curse!
That seems nice. I mean, I don't know if I can use it.
New Londo was sacrificed to contain the dark wraiths. Like my words, the dark wraiths are the enemies of man and any living thing that has a soul.
They were never meant to roam again.
Okay, so are the darkwraiths...
Are the darkwraiths the ghosts or are they another thing that I have not yet contended with?
I guess we'll see.
And in fact, I think we will see next time.
This seems like a fine place to leave off.
And maybe we'll find some of those darkwraiths.
But yes, I will see you then! Goodbye!