AISubs v3.7
Hello everybody and welcome back to SideQuest!
We are in the middle of this...
Whoa.
Didn't know that was gonna do that.
Okay.
So yes, we are still in the middle of this big castle in the middle of the Forest of Fallen Giants?
Is that the name?
Oh, hello.
Where's he at?
[explosion]
Where am I?
I feel like I've gotten myself very lost in general like I should have found another bonfire at some point or like there's maybe some other direction I should have gone way back when.
But I mean, this...this looks like I'm looking out at Majula.
Oh, hello.
Hey, shield! So nice to have a shield again.
All right.
Come on now.
Who wants to take a swing?
Oh, hello.
Who wants to take a swing?
Gotcha.
Alright.
Nope, that didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Okay.
Awesome.
Okay, that's an awesome backstab animation. I like it.
Quagmire.
Huh.
Well, it's a very pretty view.
Oh, and there's an item up there.
Cool.
Yep, totally go enough to get that.
Ah, hello!
Gotta pay attention!
All right. No shortcuts today. All right, whoa. Ow. No explosive boxes or barrels to take advantage of, so I'll just have to play intelligently.
Ah!
Going to have to dodge better, that's for sure.
Ah!
Not doing well with the dodging. Apologies.
Very badly with the dodging. Geez.
Well, let's see if we can at least get this item.
He may follow me up here and I may be quite doomed, but...
Nice, Albert!
Yeah, okay, this was a poor decision.
That's okay.
I deserved it.
Really does feel like I should have...
found another bonfire or opened up some sort of...
shortcut path.
Maybe I'm just...
Maybe I'm just missing all of them.
Oh yeah, that's right, we got a ring and I didn't put it on. What is wrong with me?
Two of them, no less.
Okay, so Covenant Ring of the Apostles of the Blue...
Increases HP slightly, nice.
The Way of Blue is not a developed religion. It is a humble prayer that's spread naturally amongst those seeking help.
When Apostles of Blue are invaded by dark spirits, they can receive assistance from masters of other worlds.
Cool, I should wear that I guess.
And uh...
the Cloranthi Ring?
This ring is named for its decorative green blossom, but its luster has long since faded. It raises stamina recovery speed.
Yes!
That was a godsend in Dark Souls 1.
Can you equip four rings now?
Awesome!
Sorry I didn't equip that stuff earlier, I know it was...
quite silly of me.
I'm gonna have to go on a uh...
item description reading binge...
at some point.
Maybe at the next bonfire, I find, that can be... a reward.
Gotta find one first.
Thank you all for your patience with me, by the way. I do still feel like I'm...
just kinda starting to learn my way around... controls and...
playing properly.
Ah, our friend there... decided to move on.
Fair enough.
So... if I get myself back in that room...
maybe I can cause some more fun explosions.
Oops.
That is really awesome.
I like it.
So, let's try this again...
Fire!
Oh. I guess they, uh... I guess they did it when they fired... earlier.
It's telling me let me check in here.
Didn't check this door last time.
Seems like I missed some stuff.
Let me check up here real quick.
Oh, I'm up here now.
Nice!
And there's the guy who was throwing bombs.
And a crossbow!
That might come in handy.
Hang on, let me...
let me try this out.
Oh, wait, can't.
That's right, I forgot my stats are horrible.
Gonna have to start actually leveling up instead of just dying over and over and losing
all the souls all the time.
Whoa!
Hm.
Not often I come across one of these that's lit.
Is he by himself?
More importantly, can I jump up here?
Think I want to try.
Yep!
Nope.
Gah, there's a lot of them and I'm dead.
Ha ha!
Well...
Should've expected.
Should've expected that room would be a bit more full than it looked.
Oh...
That's right.
I remember hearing about this, how uh...
certain enemies will stop respawning after a while.
Which when I originally heard that...
had me feeling kind of uncertain, just because...
like I don't know, it uh...
well it kind of limits the amount of grinding you can do, but...
it should allow some more uh...oops.
Some faster progression through areas.
That would be a nice change.
Although granted, all the souls I've lost from...
kind of just dying over and over as I push further and further into this are now lost forever, which is...
less cool.
Yeah, I'm not 100% sure...
if I like that or not.
Eesh...
I am playing...
very badly. I apologize.
I can't tell at this point if my...
if the difficulty I've been having is...
just...
poor stats and equipment?
I feel like it shouldn't be at this point.
I feel like at this point it might just be that I am not...
figuring out how to...
play effectively, or how to uh...
it's just that I'm not adapting to the changes in Dark Souls very well.
Or changes in Dark Souls 2 very well, rather.
Which is possible.
Alright, this time, now that I have a decent number of souls, even though it is the non-progression boring option, I feel like I should probably run back and actually spend these leveling up a little.
I think my reckless pushing forward at all costs might be an old dark souls instinct that is not going to serve me well here in the sequel.
[dark souls 2 sound effects]
There we go.
But dark souls 2 definitely brings the challenge.
Whether that challenge is the game's actual difficulty or me having made the game difficult on myself.
Either one is possible.
[dark souls 2 sound effects]
They do not seem to care for that tree.
*BOOM*
It's a cool looking tree, though.
I wonder...
Alas, nothing happened.
Huh.
Got another wingspear, though. That's fun.
And...
Large Soul of the Lost Undead.
Interesting that they'd be attacking this tree.
Whoa, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
That's something.
Okay, light torch.
There's somebody there, what?
I am certain that is important.
And I really want to know what's going on there.
Ah, that's neat.
Whatever it is, it's neat.
Okay, let's see if we can survive this room this time.
I would like to do that, but I'm not confident.
Shame I can't equip any bows or anything yet.
All right, only aggroed one of them, that's good.
Maybe I can go ahead and open this.
Excellent!
Some equipment.
I look forward to trying it out.
Oop, here we go.
That's two down.
And... three.
Okay.
Not much else in here, I guess.
Did I just not make that jump successfully last time?
Kinda tempted to try it again.
Yeah, let's give that jump another try.
Since all the enemies are...
More or less taken care of.
Okay, here we go... click!
Yeah, got there!
And another torch and another soul. I'll take it.
But I think with this number of souls, once again, maybe I'm just getting paranoid. That is entirely possible.
But I think I'm gonna take this back and level up another couple of times, just 'cause...
Yeah, I really need to, uh...
get myself to a place where I am not dying at the drop of a hat...
every time.
Okay, so once I spend these souls, level up a little bit...
Before we end the episode, I'm gonna try to get to that...
I'm gonna try to get to that fog gate one more time...
and go through and see if there's, uh, anything interesting on the other side.
You folks have been very patient with me as I've...
just kinda thrown myself into the grinder over and over...
not getting anywhere, so...
Let's see if I can at least...
make a little bit of progress for you folks...
before calling this an episode.
Eh, not quite.
One more try.
Alright, we are back here now...
I kinda wanna get that item, but I also...
since it's the end of the episode, let's not...
push my luck...
getting into a fight with the big guy again.
Let's just go through this gate, huh?
See what's on the other side.
Might be a boss, I might be in big trouble.
Or, might not be.
Hmm.
In fact, it might be a shortcut...
that I probably should have unlocked earlier.
Boy, oh boy.
Yep, I feel silly now.
Whew.
Wow, that would have made life a little easier, wouldn't it?
Hmm...
So...
The next question...
If we're feeling reckless...
do we try to go grab that item and then run away?
I think we might.
Charge! Grab!
Run! Oh, it's just an amber herb.
That's alright.
But the point is we got it, and we're escaping...
with our lives.
Feels good to have made some...
tangible feeling of progress, though.
I will definitely say that.
And when I come back...
next time...
we will try going in that direction.
See if we can find something new for once.
'Cause I think you folks have been forced to look at the same little...
stretch...
of territory...
for far too long.
Thank you again for your patience, everyone...
as I try to, uh...
And I look forward to progressing further...
in the next episode, so see you then!