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Liam Manley making essays that don't feel like essays.
This Game Should Have Never Succeeded
Level your browser’s STR/DEX by maining Opera at operagx.gg/Manley Here is another Dark Souls Video essay by a white guy with a checkmark. From Elden Ring to Demon's Souls, Dark Souls is legendary, but the franchise almost never made it out of blightotwn between Sony almost shutting the whole series down with the release of Demon's Souls, to the troubled launch of the first Dark Souls altogether. It took five years for the majority of creators to start even looking in this games direction to start writing video essays and retrospectives on what is one of the greatest, impactful games of all time. I hope you enjoy :) Hoping Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC gives us more of that classic formula.
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Other Episodes:
Tears of the Kingdom: ua-cam.com/video/Qiah_hJTxjQ/v-deo.html
Dishonored: ua-cam.com/video/A-x1pnYIS10/v-deo.html
NFS Most Wanted: ua-cam.com/video/9Oln-5mMZwE/v-deo.html
Twilight Princess: ua-cam.com/video/E1tuGbuj18w/v-deo.html
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ua-cam.com/video/lEcV-x5GWcg/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/A7YwoWF1C1o/v-deo.html
www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/1c7nql/dark_souls_sales_figures_23_million/
gigazine.net/news/20120228-darksouls-miyazaki-interview/
www.eurogamer.net/demons-souls-was-a-failure-before-miyazaki-stepped-up
blog.playstation.com/archive/2013/01/22/demons-souls-creator-looks-back-at-the-making-of-an-rpg-classic/
web.archive.org/web/20230131201456/dondonrv.com/c/103/hidetaka-miyazaki-joins-fromsoftware
web.archive.org/web/20230201233018/dondonrv.com/c/115/the-making-of-demon-s-souls
www.play3.de/2010/08/05/nachgefragt-exklusiv-interview-mit-den-demons-soul-entwicklern/
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/954345-demons-souls/57478996
www.destructoid.com/hidetaka-miyazaki-feels-unworthy-of-dark-souls-zelda-comparisons/
www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-creator-feels-unworthy-of-comparisons-t/1100-6444200/
www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/bloodborne-dark-souls-creator-hidetaka-miyazaki-interview
www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/02/dark-souls-miyazaki-talks-artorias-of-the-abyss
www.gamesindustry.biz/dark-souls-sells-over-a-million-to-push-namco-bandai-financials-forward
www.famitsu.com/news/201506/30082036.html
Timestamps:
0:00 Dark Souls
1:49 Gxit Gxud
3:50 Dark Souls was not an instant hood classic
5:12 2011 and Growing Discomfort
7:27 Sony's Secret Deal to Beat Xbox (demon's souls)
10:21 Miyazaki takes over a failed project.
13:20 Farm To Table Game Development
15:44 How do you Sell Satisfaction
18:50 DS1 Day 1
20:52 Getting Lost
23:44 thE iNtRrcoNnEcted WorLd of Dark Souls
26:32 "The Dark Souls Gameplay Difference" TM
29:17 Someone's First Time Playing Dark Souls in 2024
30:47 Tongue butt whole
Embark on an epic journey through the twisted corridors of Lordran as we delve into the Untold story behind the development of one of the most influential games of all time. In this video we explore the challenges faced by From Software during development and the visionary genius of Hidetaka Miyazaki that brought this dark fantasy world to life all while giving a modern retrospective analysis on the game itself. How does it hold up to modern standards? What made this game explode in popularity almost five years after its lukewarm release? What made this game so inspiring that it created a genre? All this and more and answered deep within the depths of Lordran, where danger lurks around every corner and death is a constant companion. ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree | Story Trailer
#darksouls #eldenring #soulsborne
Check out the discord and consider picking up a save file over on the Patreon! www.patreon.com/ManleyReviews
Twitter: ManleyReviews
Discord: discord.gg/hMDk7ZN4mn
Other Episodes:
Tears of the Kingdom: ua-cam.com/video/Qiah_hJTxjQ/v-deo.html
Dishonored: ua-cam.com/video/A-x1pnYIS10/v-deo.html
NFS Most Wanted: ua-cam.com/video/9Oln-5mMZwE/v-deo.html
Twilight Princess: ua-cam.com/video/E1tuGbuj18w/v-deo.html
Links and Sources Used:
ua-cam.com/video/rsYD4QZQ3tU/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/Ha6K5KtW3W8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/ryaryEJ9IrA/v-deo.html
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ua-cam.com/video/bzJDimvPW1Y/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/vg-nbN0d110/v-deo.html
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ua-cam.com/video/E3UtX9Gd75I/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/-AA18rm9iYM/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/IcDGMU2weeA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/QdylORaumnw/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/lEcV-x5GWcg/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/A7YwoWF1C1o/v-deo.html
www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/1c7nql/dark_souls_sales_figures_23_million/
gigazine.net/news/20120228-darksouls-miyazaki-interview/
www.eurogamer.net/demons-souls-was-a-failure-before-miyazaki-stepped-up
blog.playstation.com/archive/2013/01/22/demons-souls-creator-looks-back-at-the-making-of-an-rpg-classic/
web.archive.org/web/20230131201456/dondonrv.com/c/103/hidetaka-miyazaki-joins-fromsoftware
web.archive.org/web/20230201233018/dondonrv.com/c/115/the-making-of-demon-s-souls
www.play3.de/2010/08/05/nachgefragt-exklusiv-interview-mit-den-demons-soul-entwicklern/
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/954345-demons-souls/57478996
www.destructoid.com/hidetaka-miyazaki-feels-unworthy-of-dark-souls-zelda-comparisons/
www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-creator-feels-unworthy-of-comparisons-t/1100-6444200/
www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/bloodborne-dark-souls-creator-hidetaka-miyazaki-interview
www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/02/dark-souls-miyazaki-talks-artorias-of-the-abyss
www.gamesindustry.biz/dark-souls-sells-over-a-million-to-push-namco-bandai-financials-forward
www.famitsu.com/news/201506/30082036.html
Timestamps:
0:00 Dark Souls
1:49 Gxit Gxud
3:50 Dark Souls was not an instant hood classic
5:12 2011 and Growing Discomfort
7:27 Sony's Secret Deal to Beat Xbox (demon's souls)
10:21 Miyazaki takes over a failed project.
13:20 Farm To Table Game Development
15:44 How do you Sell Satisfaction
18:50 DS1 Day 1
20:52 Getting Lost
23:44 thE iNtRrcoNnEcted WorLd of Dark Souls
26:32 "The Dark Souls Gameplay Difference" TM
29:17 Someone's First Time Playing Dark Souls in 2024
30:47 Tongue butt whole
Embark on an epic journey through the twisted corridors of Lordran as we delve into the Untold story behind the development of one of the most influential games of all time. In this video we explore the challenges faced by From Software during development and the visionary genius of Hidetaka Miyazaki that brought this dark fantasy world to life all while giving a modern retrospective analysis on the game itself. How does it hold up to modern standards? What made this game explode in popularity almost five years after its lukewarm release? What made this game so inspiring that it created a genre? All this and more and answered deep within the depths of Lordran, where danger lurks around every corner and death is a constant companion. ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree | Story Trailer
#darksouls #eldenring #soulsborne
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Me and my friend started on dark souls 3 in 2017 and have played all of them since I’m kinda glad elden ring has gone mainstream tho, before it felt like if you played dark souls you were a reddit neck beard type guy, someone smelly lol Why I never talked about me playing it as much then 😭
I sure love the hit game sekiro miyazaki
😂 🤣 a lot of Mexicans 11:00
Great graphics work, Periphery drops, and a great script. Subbed.
22:25 just restart the race and quit, the progress will be maintened
If you press the menu button on your gamepad every single stat in the game has a description. That what the menu is there for. 🤦♂
"Every copy of the game should come with three to four older brothers to help you understand the mechanics of the game" can I make that a quote PLEAASSEEE?!
18:21 holy that stage was the best in unreal tournament
Checkmark? UA-cam has checkmarks?
5:51 OMG I'M DEAD 😂😂😂
The lack of Demons souls is disturbing.
The Bartholomew trailer made me change my preorder from skyrim to dark souls. Never looked back.
The saddest moments? It just made me feel angry and used. "I'm so glad she pretended to care so she could throw me away!" Like wow we sure had a connection there. "Guess everything's fixed now, so, bye, call me never" The English version had her half start a sentence that sounded like it had a tinge of lament, but original dialogue is just "sayonara" Should have called it Ice Princess
it disgusts me how easy it is to get the bmw in one of the more recent nfs games like i think its just a dlc. I SLAVED for HOURS to get the car back when i was a kid and then they just hand it to you nowadays, so disrespectful to the car and all of our hard work
Drop the song list bro
I remember first hearing about it from Pewdiepie playing it, it was seen as a punishment game when I first heard of it.
It’s wild to think that some random game jump started what is in my opinion the greatest video game genre and franchise of all time. DS1 will forever be the goat.
First video of yours i ever seen, i have no idea how you managed to look so English and look so American xD Lets pray to algorithm gods, they did a great job
I think what I find least impressive is how nintendo treated tears post launch compared to breath of the wild. Breath of the wild got next to no bug fixes, which led to INSANELY optimized speedruns while being completely unobtrusive to casual players, spawning a MASSIVE speedrunning community. Nintendo decides that they need to make sure none of the tech from breath of the wild works in tears (despite almost certainly requiring extra effort to patch glitches). They then decided to patch all glitches players discovered, forcing the speedrunning community (which was a MASSIVE part of what gave breath its longevity) to just run a much less fun game because you're stuck in cutscenes half the run and have to sit through a forced 5 minute cutscene to start the run
what the fuck are you talking about
I love the wind waker but I gotta admit I'd be interested in seeing that basic plot and gameplay structure with a more mature story and artstyle. Kind of like Zelda Black Flag.
after getting the fuse mechanic the game feels like monster hunter but ZELDA..... I won't know if my comment made sense and i'll never want to know.
the transitions, the green screen, the funny commentary you earned a sub
Twilight Princess was a much needed return to form. I fell off of Zelda during Windwaker, but once TP came around I was hooked from the get go.
Opera is based on chromium. Not worth it.
"Who put this fent in my estus?" \[-|-]/
@13:08was that a fuckin Periphery riff assailing my senses
Cool, I didn't know nakeyjakey had a third channel. Great find!
So who spent most of the time at the bus station on top of the buses to get your bounty
13:03 PV is such an amazing album broooo
Dude. Greatest video thumbnail ever.
Make more videos. You're good at this.
29:20 "Yeah I know he's one of those guys" huh?
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Oh yes Nakey Jakey clone number 7
the inventor of the green screen.
I watched this while high, wow
Elden ring dlc drops, im going I'm going to die a lot. So knowing this i went exploring everywhere till i got stuck on all the end game bosses. Im so happy we have resources to find stuff, this dlc has so many hard to find areas that are required before hitting the bosses. Now im op, elden ring rewards those who take the long path
You definitely said it in the intro. I LOVE these games. So much so I got addicted to Bloodborne, beating every single boss through ng+6. I still find myself playing soulsborne every day eight years later after I picked up demons souls lol. The only PS4 soulsborne I didn't l didn't platinum yet is DS III and I'm working in n that now. It also helped me become a hardcore Berserk fan! 🤘😎What a fantastic series! 🤘😎 (If you're wondering if I'm being sarcastic because of my screen name, I am 💯 up front on this).
Your content is great man keep it up
5:55 Me when my stomach hurts for 0.01 seconds.
i honestly felt like ds1 was relaxing. I wouldnt consider myself good at the game, so i would worry about each encounter, but the general atmosphere and music along with the dated graphics made it feel like sitting in a cabin next to a fire while reading something
I never played a souls game ever, but the first time I booted up Elden Ring, I gave up before getting to Godrick.
27:35 Comparing this game to my country's cinema (Not just Bollywood) where things are way way crazy then a godamn police car cartwheel
What kind of steroids did your editor take? Damn. Which program do you use to do the stand in the middle of the scene thing?
Underrated video
Lol jewish tunnels, perfect
I love your use of the green screen and locations so much
What's the music / track at 23:48?
kingsfield iv dark reality
@@ManleyReviews Thank you very much <3
Sekiro is the best one, your friend is right and anyone who says otherwise is a coward.
agreed they should make more armored core games