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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to SideQuest.
We are in the DLC area. We have passed Artorias and I'm trying to make my way down into the Oolacile Township.
Already tried once. Didn't go well.
It's okay, it was my fault. I got to the bottom and I got overconfident.
But, uh...
I will try to not let that happen this time.
Ow!
Nyah! Die!
Still playing a little too recklessly, not quite defensively enough.
How far into the DLC am I, I wonder?
Ah, crumbs. That's probably not good for me, is it?
Ah, okay, well...
Guess that's what we're doing, huh?
Well, this is interesting.
Ow!
Hey! Gotcha!
Cool!
I guess that wasn't a... another player, that was a, uh...
That was a, like a NPC... ghost... thing, right?
I assume.
Chester.
Thought you could get me!
♪ Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo ♪
Hey!
All right, we're getting close to the bottom of those stairs. Gotta start...
...taking some precautions.
Make sure I don't get in over my head.
Not like last time...
...when I definitely got in over my head.
All right, here we go. Now we get the glowy eye versions, which I assume just means they hit a little harder?
Or are they just meant to look a little more intimidating?
I could see that... being the case as well.
[door creaks]
Come on down.
I know you're up there. I know you want to be down here.
Let's not beat around the bush, let's just get down to it!
Got you...
Heal...
Souls...
OK
Whew, that is a lot of them
I wonder...
Will he shoot at me... from here?
I wonder... I won't be able to hit him with a pyromancy, but...
Maybe I can hit him with a bow?
Might be a bit of a long shot, but...
...no pun intended.
Ah!
Maybe I can just kill you, then.
I'm not sure I'm hitting him.
Starting to think I'm not.
Eh, I'm not seeing much flinching, so...
That's all right.
We'll handle this the old-fashioned way...
...which is to say...
...very carefully.
There's a lot of them in there.
Ooh, and an item! "Will I slip and fall and die?"
It feels very likely that on a slant like this...
I will slip and fall and die.
Ah, but I didn't!
Good news for everyone. Hello!
Let us begin this engagement! Hello! Greetings!
You and your friend.
It's getting a bit late in the evening, so I might be getting a little loopy, and I apologize...
...if my silliness...
...gets obnoxious.
Ugh.
I can't tell if I become more or less fun in this mental state.
You coming up the stairs? Thought I saw somebody coming up the stairs.
Yes, I see you.
Both of you!
You dare?!
All right, all right, chill.
Got no time for you.
What's up here?
All right, one of you, fair enough.
Ah! Don't sneak up. Rude.
Lovely view.
And...
Um...
Still a lovely view, but... wait!
No, I can't drop in there yet.
Maybe I should have stuck around long enough to investigate that little nook that had all the enemies in it.
Oh, wait, this is just up where the...
...that other guy was.
The guy who jumped down to pounce on me.
Can I...
Can I... No, okay. Well, it was worth a shot.
And conveniently, we're back here now, so...
Now I can... try to deal with this room.
Which just has the one and the, uh...
...dangerous fellow up there now, so that's good.
Can I get under his platform so he can't cause trouble?
Think I'm safe... ish, here.
I hope.
Thanks for watching!
Let's see what's out here...
Boy, this place is a mess!
All right.
Let's see what we can see.
More enemies that way...
and...
Is this an elevator?
I would welcome an elevator.
Yes!
Yes! This! This is good!
I was right back up to my bonfire over there. That is great!
That is good for me
Hmm
Ah, I've got enough Estus
No need to reset all the enemies
We're good! We've got enough!
[footsteps]
Enough to venture a little further
This is a long bridge
I suspect traps
There that is, right on cue
Ow, ow, ow, okay, well
Uh
Dangerous
Dangerous place
Always grateful for shortcuts
Ah, these DLC areas pose quite the challenge
Okay, this time...
let's move forward and get some cover
Yeah! Okay
Still leaves us a little vulnerable to the melee guys, but at least...
the mages can't hit me
All right
Rush 'em
Gotcha! And you!
Gotcha! All right!
All according to plan
I'm going to make sure they're not hiding anything over in these corners. Good!
And we move forward!
Oh, what's this?
I can't really see from here, but it looks like a problem.
Yeah, this is, uh...
I can already tell. This will be an ordeal.
[footsteps]
How's it goin'?
What are you?
What. On. Earth. Are you?
Okay...
I don't know what you are-- ow!
You hurt.
And I...
still can't tell what you are.
Something that was chained up to...
a rock and a log...
You have legs, I think?
What are you?
Ah!
You don't make any sense!
Grr!
I gotcha!
Yeesh!
Yep, I can't make heads or tails of what you are, but...
It's a pleasure to meet you. All the same.
Schmack.
Alright, stop... doing that. It's annoying.
No! Ow! Man, you hurt!
Okay.
Meh!
Schmack! Okay.
Out of the way.
Almost got you.
Almost got you!
One more.
One more. Okay!
There you go!
What was that?
I don't know.
And what are these?
Statues
holding branches, no heads.
That seems significant.
I don't know what the branches mean, but this is certainly a town that has head troubles.
Maybe that's not the connection, but it's what I've got so far.
Ooh.
Difficult to see.
Ah, hey!
Heh heh.
Hiding on elevators.
Shameless.
Okay.
This is more intimidating now.
Ooh, yeah.
Much more intimidating. I see a bonfire, though, which is...
not a great deal of comfort in this darkness, but we will take what we can get.
I'm really low on humanity, too, which is not great... for me.
Like, I can only kindle so many bonfires at this point
I don't think I can even...
Ooh, purple!
I don't think I can even kindle...
one bonfire up to full at this point
I think I've only got...
three humanity on me
And I don't know if this is the last bonfire, so I don't know if this is, uh...
an ideal place...
to use it all
Chasm of the Abyss
Wow
You!
Come here!
Agh!
No!
Aww...
Oh, boy, it's dark in here.
It's not as dark.
Still dark, though.
Eee, okay, that's...
that's intense.
It's a lot of glimmering red eyes in the darkness.
Not a fan.
Well, last time...
the Skull Lantern came in handy, so...
Let's see, I mean...
Eh, doesn't make a big difference.
A little, a little difference.
Ah, crumbs.
A mage.
Not good.
Thanks for watching!
Agh!
I hate those mages, I can't even block them all the way with this stuff.
Sorry, I can't even...
like, block all the damage with this shield is what I should say.
Let's see if I can take care of you.
Agh, I missed. That's bad.
That's really baaaaaaaaad.
Okay.
It's alright.
[music ends]
Gah! I had to do the same thing! I did the same thing!
Agh!
Next time. I'll get 'em next time.
Ah, boy!
Okay, wow! I, uh... [chuckles]
Thought I was being a bit more...
strategic that time, charging right toward the mage,
but then I missed again and the exact same thing happened, so...
yeah, bad run.
My sleepiness is probably causing a bit of sloppiness now,
but I really want that item, so...
gonna keep trying.
Also, this little crystal bug thing.
I wanna get that.
[scoffs] Overshot, a little bit. It's okay.
Oh, come on! I thought I got you! Agh!
It's alright.
Alright, rush 'em.
Rush 'em and don't get hit.
All right, got the mage. That's a start.
Got these two...
got this guy...
one more...
Gotcha! All right!
Dark bead...
and a titanite shard...
and my old souls.
Good haul!
As long as I'm here in a safe corner, what was that bead?
Oh, it's a spell!
An abyss sorcery discovered by an Oolacile sorcerer on the brink of madness
Fire successive dark orbs
In contrast to standard soul sorceries,
abyss sorceries are weighty and inflict physical damage
perhaps a human soul is closer to matter in its humanity
Interesting, so...
Damaging spells that also hurt you
Intriguing
Or I suppose it would be for someone smart enough to use spells
I am not!
I swing the sharp things. Hello!
All right.
Whoa.
Whoa, that is...
...intense...
...and intimidating, and I hope they don't attack me. I hope they are just for show.
But, given the game I'm playing...
...probably not the case.
Yikes!
That is...
...a little scary.
And they're moving, so...
...this is not a good sign...
...for me and my well-being.
Can I hit you at least? That's a question.
Yes, I can, cool.
And you!
Step right up!
Room for everyone in line!
I'm sorry if you're not...
...actually something I should d-- ow!
Wow, they pass through you and cause harm.
Ugh, no, not what I meant to do.
That's mean. That's... mean.
Why would you...
Why would you make a fake floor?
What?
What is going on down here?
This really feels quite nightmarish. Like, there's lots of scary things, none of it really makes sense, but it's all like... you want to wake up.
I mean, I'm feeling about ready to wake up.
Ugh.
These guys are creeping me out.
See, I could go that way...
Could go... that way...
Hey, cat.
I don't know what the cat is about.
You're large, though you're big.
Very large.
It's okay if I hit you?
Sorry I'm killing all of you, or re-killing all of you.
When you're just kind of approaching me in a semi- friendly manner, but...
Kind of hurts when you do that.
Elevator? Ah!
Have I created for myself a shortcut?
That'd be great!
Where am I?
Oh, I'm back in the royal wood. Where?
Whoa!
Huh, well, that's... kinda convenient... I think?
Am I where I think I am? Yeah!
Huh!
Well, that is convenient. I am glad!
For the nice handy shortcut.
Thank you, game!
You know what? Actually, let me go back and use the, uh...
...use the bonfire on the other side of the coliseum thing here...
...just so I can get healed up...
...and start exploring again.
Oh...
Wait...
What?!
Whaaat?
You know what? Sure
I would be
Very kind. Please take this. I no longer need it.
Cool
May the lord guide thee
Aww, that's sweet
Okay, heading back down
to continue exploring the Abyss
Hello, ghosties
How've you been?
I missed you as well
Have you seen the cat?
Still trying to figure out the cat situation
Ah! 'scuse me
Pardon me
Hmm
Oh, humanity! Great!
I... needed some
Okay...
Cliff, cliff, cliff, cliff, cliff
Lif...
Eh, this looks potentially promising
Let's see what we got
Ah! Hey!
Cheap
Cheap shot
Hmm, do I go up?
No, let's keep pressing downward
Down does sort of feel like our ultimate trajectory here.
All right, move forward carefully.
No rushing.
No reckless behavior.
Careful.
There we go.
Something about these ghosts seems just innocent enough...
...that I feel like the game is setting me up to feel bad again.
Ow.
I just...
I have that feeling.
And I know Dark Souls isn't above it
Item? Humanity? Thank you
It's really great you guys are dropping this 'cause...
I can use it!
Black Flame. My, my
Sounds like a pyromancy
Yes, indeed.
A pyromancy discovered from the dark of the abyss by a pyromancer who wandered into Oolacile.
Conjure a great black flame in one's palm.
Black flames are weighty and inflict physical damage enough to smack away the mightiest of shields.
I mean, that sounds pretty great.
Might have to try it.
In the meantime...
Where to be heading?
Cliffs, cliffs, cliffs...
Not safe, not safe.
Well, maybe I do head up.
Maybe I go up that ramp...
...that I ignored before.
Let's try it!
If it's not up this way, I'm not sure where to go instead.
Gah! Hello! Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello!
Ugh!
Okay.
Okay!
This feels right.
This feels like where to be.
It also feels like they kinda want me to run/slide down that, but I'm not gonna...
...do that as my first choice.
Gonna investigate this first.
Slowly carve my way through this...
Or maybe not. Maybe I'll look up here first.
Eh, I don't know.
I might as well look at it from this angle
See what's up
Oh, this is where we were before. Okay. Yes.
I think. I think this is where we were before and then I wandered to a different path and ended up
stepping "yes" right there and I fell through
'cause it was a trick floor
because
mean dark souls
being mean
Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay.
Alright.
Easy does it.
Meh.
Gettin' too close. One of my swings.
Got you. Got you. Got you.
Got you, too.
Great place to farm humanity, I guess, but...
You'll feel guilty doin' it.
All right, nothin' up here.
I guess it's time to slide.
...which...
...just triggers memories of the Tomb of Giants...
...which are not fond.
Eugh.
Yeah.
Not a fan of this.
Ready to not be on this anymore.
Ready to be on ground. Solid ground!
There we go. That's better.
Where even am I?
All right, I see nothing over here.
Ooh! Item!
Lots of humanity! I appreciate that!
Next time I find a bonfire, I will be equipped!
All right, well let's go this way. It seems like the only direction available.
Ooh!
Looks like a fog gate!
Hope there's a bonfire!
Oh, now you're running from me. Oh, no, you're not running from me.
I thought for a second they were, like, starting to flee, which then would have made me feel really bad.
As it is...
I only feel a little bad.
Sorry little ghosts and big ghosts alike.
Okay.
Let's get rid of this lantern. I don't think I'm gonna...
need it in the near future.
Is this a better talisman than what I have?
It might actually be.
Eh, maybe it's not.
It probably would scale better if I had...
any of that stat to speak of.
All right, "a medium for casting miracles of the gods,"
standard talisman issued to common believers,
equip talisman to cast miracles,
attune miracles from scrolls
Okay.
Medium for casting miracles of the gods,
the talisman of Solaire of Astora,
the knight of sunlight,
is decorated with a holy symbol
illustrated by Solaire himself.
This talisman is a projection of Solaire's upstanding, unwavering faith.
Ugh, I'm sad again.
Okay.
Let's equip the talisman.
Let's heal...
and prepare ourselves...
for whatever awaits.
We can do this.
I've got this.
Okay, I'm losing confidence in my ability to got this.
Oh my!
Whoa!
Now there is a boss design
Good job, From! That is...
...cool-looking
Really intense, too
All right, let's...
...sit back...
...learn the patterns...
...take a shot every now and then...
Okay, okay, okay, okay
Whew! Oh...
...two shots, okay, fair enough
Yee! Boy you hit hard
And I feel like I'm in a limited fighting space here
like there's cliffs nearby
There might not be, it might just feel that way
Okay
Getting a feel for you? Getting a feel
Whew! Boy, all right
Take it easy
Wow, you're fast for your size
Yeesh! Chill out, man
Okay, all right
Easy does it, that hurt
Whoa, boy. You are quick.
Ah, too slow. Okay, too slow.
Yeah!
Ah, stop it!
Okay, give me a second to heal up here.
Alright. At least you don't have incredible reach.
At least that I can be happy for.
Alright. Alright. And three. Cool.
Okay. And then I hit you once...
and here we go again. Hey! Alright.
Easy does it. Ah, I shouldn't have gone for two shots.
Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Whatever you're doing, stop.
Okay.
Alright.
Easy.
Yeesh.
Such a tantrum.
Whew, boy.
Okay, ahhh, that was rough.
Oh no.
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Yeesh.
Getting a little nervous...
about my ability to handle...
this mess.
Ah, shouldn't have gone for two. Got greedy.
Don't do that.
Eeee.
Oof.
I'm doing alright so far, but I'm nervous that...
all that needs to happen is I need to slip up once.
Like... this.
Ahhh.
[flames roaring]
Oh, man.
Ooh, yikes.
I'm up against the wall here.
That cannot be good for me.
Whoa, that's new!
That is new!
Let's do that again.
Okay.
Alright, I need to get in and start actually hitting 'em.
This long-range business is not doing it for me.
Oh, come on.
Ah.
Thought I had you.
Well, at least I got a shot in.
Alright, rush 'em down, rush 'em down, rush 'em down!
D'oh!
Hit 'em, hit 'em!
Oh, okay.
That...
Whew.
I nearly killed myself with that recklessness.
I should know better.
I've almost got 'em, though.
He's down to just about nothing.
Rush him and get him! Yeah! Haha!
Take that, mannose father of the abyss!
Whew! Boy, I am...
...on edge.
Hello!
You okay?
She's fine.
Anywho...
Bonfire!
Always nice.
Ah, I guess I should check on her one more time
Actually, let me read the item description for the...
...thing that dropped
Soul of Manus, Father of the Abyss
Eternally Seeking His Precious Broken Pendant
Oh, I have that!
You want it?
Is this the lady I met out in Darkroot?
I can't tell
Well...
Not a hundred percent sure where to go
I mean...
Did I actually do it? Like, is this the full extent of the DLC?
Maybe it is
Okay, so I consulted the internet real fast just to make sure I had finished the DLC stuff or that there wasn't something that I was missing
And I have! That was the final boss of the Artorias of the Abyss expansion and a very cool one at that
And I think, if I'm correct, this does mean that it really should be Elise of the Abyss because Artorias failed and I finished the job
And he got all the credit
But to be fair, he did kill me like eight times, so...
Fair enough
Anyway, I think we are done with this and...
If you know what that means...
I believe we are done with everything but the final...
...boss, final zone, whatever happens whenever I turn in all these souls...
...to the Lordvessel
We're about at the end here
That's kind of exciting/sad
Mostly exciting
Let's warp outta here
And here we are...
...where it all began
I am very excited to see how this game concludes
And we will be doing that next time, maybe...
...I guess, depending on how long the ending stuff is
Wow, next time could be the last episode
Maybe it won't be. Some of you guys who've played this before probably, like, are thinking to yourselves...
...either "yep, it definitely is" or "not even close"
I don't know what to expect, but I'm looking forward to it
See you then!