AISubs v3.7
Hello, everybody, and welcome to SideQuest.
We are going to be heading out to the DLC content for the first time today, and I'm excited about that.
But before we do that, we've got one little bit of busywork.
So, I wasn't originally going to do this, but a lot of you have been telling me to in the comments,
and I don't think I've seen anybody telling me specifically not to in the comments.
Basically, what people are requesting I do is shoot her, her being maybe a goddess,
more likely a illusion created by Gwentalin, who we already killed,
and I kind of figured his illusion would disappear once he was gone, but, you know...
I guess I don't know entirely how this works, but because so many of you asked for it,
and because I understand that there are some interesting story ramifications,
we're just gonna go ahead and do it.
So...
Sorry...
Ooh, interesting.
So with that...
all of the illusion falls...
leaving the place in darkness.
That is pretty cool.
Like I said before, that is not what I probably would have done
if I was just playing this completely blind without anyone telling me what to do and without me
really having any idea of...
you know what, I've said it before.
But uh...
I don't know, enough of you were saying that I should do it and it did seem like it might be interesting
and it did turn out to be interesting!
I would just warp out now and go and move on to the next area
but I kind of want to see what else is different now.
Let's do a quick sweep.
See what's changed.
Huh...
These people are new.
Who's this?
Who is this?
Who are you?
Huh
I wonder who those two were
Are the archers and stuff still out here?
Or the golems or the demon-y things or any of it?
Wow
This does look more like what I expect from Dark Souls
I will give it that
Sad to lose such a pretty area, but...
...cool to reveal it for what it actually is
[footsteps]
[chuckle]
And this guy is still smithin' without a care in the world
At least some things never change
Well in the interest of time, I'm not gonna do a full exploration of...
...the darkened Anor Londo, or I guess just normal Anor Londo
Non-illusory Anor Londo
I see why James likes this zone so much
It is...where a lot of the most interesting stuff happens
You know, I wonder, like...
...so much of the interesting lore stuff about Dark Souls...
...started revealing itself around Anor Londo
Just looking back at the whole experience
Like there were little traces and hints here and there, but they were all very vague and...
...because you had, or because I had, rather, just as the first-time player...
...no idea of the complete picture...
...I had no context for any of the little details I was getting, so they effectively...
...at the time, felt meaningless and they didn't have a whole lot to them
Looking back at it now, later in the game...
...I can start, uh...
...to see some of the meaning that was always there, but it was just impossible for me to really discern it
I wonder if...
I wonder if it would have been better...
...if Dark Souls had been able to give some hints of...
...that larger, interesting context and lore earlier in the game
Because I suspect a lot of people...
Quit this game, basically. Like, get a little frustrated at a certain boss and quit before getting to any of this interesting lore stuff.
Which is a big part now of the draw and appeal of the game for me.
Like, the exploration is fun, the combat's fun and all that, but at this point I'm just wanting to find out what happens.
And learn more about this world if I can.
And I wonder if there'd have been any way for FromSoftware to...
Hint more at that greater context and actually give a taste for how interesting that larger context is going to be.
Because I definitely felt like it was not interesting from the beginning.
It didn't show how interesting it was going to be from the beginning.
I don't know, I'm... I would have loved to have gotten an earlier taste of this before Anor Londo in retrospect, but I don't know.
Anyway, enough pondering nonsense.
It is time to go to the new zone and I'm excited!
So let us warp to... where's the closest place to where I'm... wanting to go?
Where is the closest place to where I'm wanting to go?
To, uh, here. Let's warp to here.
Uh, Undead Parish.
That's... not super close, but it is... close-ish.
If my research serves me...
I believe the, uh...
It's not really a portal, I don't think, but I believe the...
Means of access to this area...
Should be near the Hydra I fought out here.
So I will head out that way. In fact, it might be where I fought the golden, uh, giant golden th- I need to figure out the names for these things.
Where I fought the golden... thing... that the Lady of Oolacile... just... apparently... was trapped in? I don't know.
Actually, speaking of things being... really unclear...
I wonder why... FromSoftware opted to have...
the means of access to the DLC's zones and content... be so... scattered, far apart, and seemingly... random and arbitrary... in their location.
Like, okay, so you buy the DLC...
to Dark Souls... even as a person who's played Dark Souls, you buy the DLC... you're excited and interested to see more of it... you... start playing through the game again...
If you don't know where to look...
odds are you are just going to finish Dark Souls again, never find that DLC content and be kinda confused and frustrated...
unless you do some research... which, I guess, to be fair, most Dark Souls players are gonna be researching stuff as they play, so they will probably find it anyway, but...
still, it's weird having... the DLC content... like, tucked away... hidden...
almost entirely, like... you have to... run behind... a mini-boss's area...
to a faraway corner to... kill a thing... talk to the person that comes out of the thing...
then go to a completely different zone... kill a random enemy... for its item, and then come back here...
to go to somewhere... where access to the zone will be.
Seems a bit random... is all.
Okay, so...
Somewhere around here...
Somewhere... what's this?
Yep, good to know.
Alright, let's go check...
near where I originally met the Lady of Luicille...
and see... if that...
is where I am meant to go.
Alright, what do we got?
I see something!
This looks promising!
I would switch to the ring to be able to wade through water faster, if I weren't already so close.
Almost there, come on!
There we go, yes!
And this... should be it.
Making absolute sure that there's nothing else that I'm meaning to do first, 'cause I'm not sure if I can "leave" from this place once I go in.
But no, I think we're good.
I think the only thing left to do in the main game is to put the large lord souls that I've been gathering into the lord vessel and...
from there I assume go on to fight final bosses and finish games, so...
Yeah, no, I think it's time to do this. Now's the time.
Hohohoho!
Of all the ways to enter a portal, that is one of the least pleasant.
Sanctuary Garden.
Wow. Well, here we are!
Here's a bonfire.
Now's the question, can I warp from here?
I can! Okay. Can I warp to here?
Hmm, maybe not. But it might not be in the list now 'cause I'm at this one, but...
Oh, we'll see!
Yeah, we're here! Let's start exploring!
Let's see what's up.
Oh, a fog door already.
I must be at the boss.
Oh, I really am at a boss.
A very cool looking one.
Quite cool looking indeed.
Not very strong, though.
Not very strong.
Okay, well it kind of hurts, but...
not a lot of health.
Ow!
Okay, it's kinda strong.
That's what I get for badmouthing it.
I deserve it.
Alright, let's take two on that nonsense.
All right, easy does it.
Okay, all right, chill.
Whoa, okay, where are you going?
Whoa. Whoa!
You fight dirty.
All right.
Ow!
Oh, this thing's fast. Okay.
Yowch.
Ow! Stop it!
[laughs]
I need to learn to dodge.
Dodge! Ugh!
Ahh!
Boy, is things mean!
It does not leave a lot of openings.
I'm scared to try to heal.
Ehh!
Stop it!
It's annoying!
Gotcha!
Ehh!
Well, this thing is interesting. It's like...
it's like glass cannon.
It's just brutally strong...
or it attacks really fast.
It doesn't have a lot of health, but it doesn't give you a lot of opportunities.
Ehh!
Ehh! I'm gonna get you!
Aww! Just missed.
If this is a sign of what to expect...
from the bosses in this DLC, then...
I'm excited!
'Cause already, this is a pretty different experience.
Ehh! That's not good! That's not good!
Okay!
Ow! Come on!
There you go!
There we go!
Guardian Soul! Cool!
Well, we're off to an okay start.
I'm not off to a great start. I...
died to the first little boss, but, uh...
Still, off to an okay start.
What awaits...
Ooh, alright!
A new place with new challenges
And a bonfire! They're being nice and generous with them
I can appreciate that
I do appreciate that, in fact
Alright, let's start exploring this place
Are you friendly?
You seem friendly
You're not attacking me
Thank you!
Princess Dusk is here no longer, snatched away by that horrifying primeval human
And so I must ask...
Couldst thou once more play the savior?
Sure!
Thank you. I am Elizabeth, guardian of this sanctuary
Something of a godmother to Princess Dusk
I assist thee to my utmost, for I am one with the sorceries of Uraseel
Okay
You seem a friendly mushroom
Hmm. Lots of spells, none of which I am certain I have the capacity to make use of.
Very interesting.
May the flames guide thee.
Off to a very surreal start in the DLC, but I like it.
I like it.
So Princess Dusk, whom I'm assuming is the lady who we met who appeared from the golden giant thing...
I assume that's Princess Dusk.
And Artorias we've already learned a little bit about.
I don't know how he wound up here.
This seems to be like a different time and place entirely.
And I'm guessing the abyss she's referring to is a different one than...
the one I fell into and fought...
Wait a minute.
This looks really familiar, this layout.
This is really familiar, this layout. Hang on.
So...
From this point, this bridge looks an awful lot like the bridge I crossed to go and fight Seath.
Like, coming - like, the door would be right here to go fight Seath the wolf.
And from here - I don't know, maybe it's just a little bit of deja vu or just a bit of repurposing on their part - but this looks...
really very much the same.
Royal wood - like, this royal wood is - hello!
[wood creaking]
Okay. Like, this royal wood is what Darkroot would become.
Or... did become later, or...
what Darkroot turned into. I don't know whether this is past or future or what's happening, but...
this definitely, I think, is Darkroot...
in a different time, place, or age.
And that is interesting.
To me. I don't know. I assume to the rest of you watching as well. Otherwise, why...
why are you watching?
Ah! Yeah, like, see we got the...
we got the big stone golemy guys.
They're still strong.
Stronger, in fact.
We got these little wiry guys who...
are basically the equivalent of the plant life...
running around and attacking me.
Ah, these guys are cool.
There we go.
This is interesting. I am intrigued.
Hmm, where to head first?
Guess I'll kind of hug this edge here for a little bit
for lack of anywhere else specific to go
Ooh, there's something
A cliff
with a very pretty place
I like it
But I can't head there, so...
Ooh, is this the set of buildings where...
I met the Cat Clan leader
Mmm, maybe it's not. Yikes, that's a drop. Don't do that
It may not be that. This may be a different building
Guardian Gauntlets, cool
Maybe this is the sort of building I climbed up earlier to go fight Moonlight Butterfly...
No, that doesn't feel right, geographically
I don't know, I will reserve some of my guesses for later
because I feel like I'm just saying random stuff now
and I actually don't have a lot to go on yet, but...
I am intrigued, and this is pretty cool
Oh, hello, friends!
Alright, let's tango.
Eugh!
That's... too much tangoing.
Hehe, you're strong.
Ouch!
Ow!
Stop it!
Fine, we won't tango, just stop hitting me.
There we go.
All right.
Feel like I'm seeing a lot of enemies off this way.
Hopefully I can just pull some of them.
There we go, there's one...
Ow!
...two...
...and three! Hehe, watch it!
Come on now!
My frame rate tanks just as bad as Darkroot.
Maybe worse.
So much relatively open space, it's hard to...
hard to decide where to go.
Other than just kind of in a general direction.
Ah, let's go ahead and take care of these guys.
Come on.
You know you want to come attack me, so let's go ahead and do it.
Ah, I missed.
There we go.
Now for you.
Haha, that hurt.
All right, so you can't block those overhead swings.
Or at least not very well.
All right.
Ooh, that's nice.
I've gotten a little turned around. Which direction was I headed?
Think I was going this way.
I hope I was.
Yeah, I feel really certain...
...this is Darkroot.
Or this will be Darkroot eventually, or is, I don't know, but...
Ah, yikes, lots of 'em.
Hey, quit it.
Ow.
Guess that's what happens when I stay too close.
All right.
What do we got?
Guardian leggings!
Getting lots of nice guardian stuff.
That is welcome.
Then if I were to head down here...
Gyaah! Okay.
There would be a dragon, and there is! So...
Never mind.
[dragon roars]
Whew! Well... that... startled me.
Um... is it gone? Can I... walk past now, or is it gonna come back? Was that a warning?
Ah. Well, here's a guardian, so...
Well, let's see what's across here.
We may regret this instantly, it's entirely possible, but uh...
Well, let's look!
Gotcha.
Ah, where'd you come from?
Ah, I missed.
I really don't want to fight you in this narrow area.
Ah, and that's why.
Eesh.
Eh, this is dangerous.
Not a lot of...
space here, but okay, we made it.
We're okay!
It's not like I've traveled that far.
I've just fought a lot of things now...
and would...
hate to have to fight my way back through those again.
Ooh, do I want to go this way?
Looks like a bit of a drop-off.
Well, let's do it. Let's explore.
So many potential places to go.
Whole new place to explore.
Ah, hello.
All right, that looks like a bit of a cliff.
Not gonna run off that...
if I can help it.
Anything up here?
Oh, I guess a way to walk back.
That's useful.
Anything up here? Doesn't look like it.
There's some of those guys.
No problem. Ow!
Mostly no problem.
Think this is an item? Or is it a plant?
The plants around here are really deceptive.
Okay, this one's an item. Great.
Hmm, so where am I headed? Like...
Okay, so if this is dark root...
Where does dark root connect to that I would be wanting to go?
Hmm...
Let's see if I can get this thing first.
Eh... run, run, run, run, run!
Catch him!
Ah! Too slow.
And there's all these guys, so...
That's a bit of a trap.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, don't get in the way of two of them. Definitely not.
That is unsafe.
Whew! Okay.
Okay, just...
Methodical.
Slow and methodical.
Take your time.
Okay. We're okay.
Kind of near of a cliff, but otherwise okay.
Whew, whew, whew, whew!
Alright, got one of 'em.
Alright!
That went well.
That went as well as could be expected.
Getting toward the end of the episode here, but let's see if we can at least check this little building out or something first.
What do we got?
Ah, item. Can I get around... okay.
Nice.
Careful... okay.
What's inside?
Anything? Nothing?
Nothing.
Oh!
Oh...
Okay!
I don't know what we're in for, but when we come back, I will maybe head through that fog door.
If not right away, then eventually. But I get the feeling that's what it's in store.