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  • 23:16 look at his foot.

  • I lost count of how many times you sodomized one of those things with your sword.

  • @superblooper123 sodomized?

  • @GarchompOwnsU Anal-rape.

  • How do I get to the part that he gets to at 15:50 without the master key? Because I cannot get the master key and I have no idea how to get through to where he is going. Please help ASAP.

    You would really help me out here. Thanks all.

  • Man, I shimmied the wall to get to the bonfire...

  • 13:55 So unexcpected

  • turn a gundam anyone?

  • The difference between this LP and all the blind LPs out there is really apparent when you do the postmortems at the end of each episode.

    Northernlion: In this episode, we defeated the Moonlight Butterfly, opened up the shortcut to Blighttown, and fought Maneater Mildred.

    Blind LP: In this episode, we got THIS CLOSE to killing the Capra Demon after a thousand on-camera attempts. Maybe next time!

    Not slighting those guys or anything, but I'm so glad you're doing the LP the way you are

  • Those thorny guys are rlly dangerous one of those hugged me throu ground +.+

  • theres a shortcut t blight town? Well fuck i wasted like 9 humanity in blight town and i just got there....

  • last video says crack shield is useless, next video uses it as most valuable shield for boss fight

  • @flredragon1 it's magic resist is it's only useful property.

  • I stopped playing dark souls because i lost 20k souls to fps lag from being cursed 5 times at the same time and on my way back 4 rats mauled me :c

  • @blackoutmovies just 20k? hahaha i just lose 200k souls and i don't care.

    you will used to it later. losing many souls in this game will be normal after awhile

  • that boss fight + its music is absolutely amazing!

  • OH GOD JESSES DREAM HAS COME TRUE THE MOONLIGHT BUTTERFLY!

  • This Let's Play has convinced me to buy this game! But now I can't watch the rest to avoid spoilers...

  • I HEAVILY disagree with your VIT and END pumping. Stats have a HUGE effect on weapons strength (atleast until you get to the soft cap on each stat of about 40-50) And then after you hit that cap you start using weapons that scale with your skills. Its really the only way to do well once the game decides to screw you over. And the build will still be viable in NG+ and PVP. Also, i think its a horrible idea to up VIT and END so early when you could almost have 40 DEX and be owning already.

  • @xThunderxWolfx I'm pretty sure he will be using elemental weapons as soon as he can, so there is no point in raising str and dex. Also it gives a huge advantage to you in pvp when you have higher hp and end, while an overall lower soul level due to low str and dex.

  • @zzzIdividedbyzerozzz But then someone with higher STR and DEX with a scaling weapon would destroy him. I've played this game enough to know.

  • @xThunderxWolfx people with high str and dex are lvl 70+. You can be a level 30, have fully upgraded lightning weapon, havel's armour, and be ninja-flipping all over the place by only raising end and hp. Where your counterparts at level 30 who raised str and dex will never have as much hp and end, and won't be able to roll around in heavy armour.

  • @zzzIdividedbyzerozzz You only need vitality if you suck. I can win 99% of pvps and pves without getting hit, and i can do enough damage to one shot your lvl30 vit/end hybrid.

  • @xThunderxWolfx shows how much you know about the game, mask of the father+havel's ring= rolling around. 

  • @zzzIdividedbyzerozzz And you can't flip in Havel's armor at that low of a level. You can barely roll with FaP ring and Havel's ring with all your points into END.

  • Hey NL, do you have any extra tips on how to get past blighttown because i keep getting killed there, i have the same exact build as you, same class and armor. the only difference is that i have a black knight's sword. i keep getting swarmed and killed by mosquitoes and dart blowers.

  • @ShadowBlade31 Equip the spider shield for extra poison resist (found in the depths). Apart from that, keep your bow equipped in your alternate slot for your right hand so you can easily switch to it. If you see mosquitos, switch to it and target them to kill them easily. Dart guys are just a pain in the ass unfortunately.

  • @Northernlion Uhg, the depths... well thank you so much for telling me this.

  • @Northernlion Thank you! i made it!

  • Wtf is up with thornforgs left leg at the end there, its like he is trying to eat himself D:

  • Call them trents

  • your not very good at this game :o

  • weaponds with B rating get really big boosts from strenght/dexterity for example i recently started a new game dexterity based character, and my sword the uchi 5 does twice the amount of damage of your sword just because it has a dexterity of 21

  • what are you doing with your foot at the last bonfire?

  • Hey Northernlion, great vids as always!

    I have a tip/request thing. If you go to the left of the swamp area in blightown (assuming the side with the boss on it is the right) and go up this tree root into a hollowed out tree, you will find an item. to the left of this item is a fake wall!!!! which leads to a chest. behind this is ANOTHER fake wall which leads to two entirely secret areas. Not sure if you have found this before but definitely have a look as they are pretty dam cool!

  • the only reason i wake up in the moring is to watch this

  • He was not the least bit scared to be killed in nasty ways.

  • Rian, MAJOR TIP for blighttown: get back to the valley of the drakes and get the spider shield from the bridge to a large gate over there. it blocks 100% poison and toxin from attacks. it also blocks 100% physical damage.

  • @Northernlion

    So, how long do you think it will take before you decide to fight Sif? :3

  • Im not sure what it is but almost every video that Northernlion puts up has a very almost cocaine like addictiveness to it. I sure hope I'm the only one that checks my phone every hour to see if a new dark souls has been uploaded, but anyways love the LP so far as well as the way your not using exploits makes me happy. keep it up big guy

  • 15 dmg per hit is what happens when you use a sharp cutting weapon against basically a stone enemy. This is why you want to buff a variety of items - a blunt, heavy weapon would take out those giants *much* quicker.

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  • Your LP wants me to pick the game up and try again. Before I never had any real motivation to play. The game is so vague with its story and everything and the way the levels flow it doesn't feel TOO open-worldish to me so I was wondering...In your first play through how did you go about doing things? Because I think one of the reasons I stopped playing was just because it's so broad with everything I had no clue what to do. But on the other hand I don't want to just follow someone else's guide.

  • @AlwayssDancingg It is probably my all time favorite game. Even though its story isn't that great, there is sooo much to do and its a really good feeling when you finish the game or new game +7 like me :)

  • What are the other stats for, like intelligence and faith?

  • @DynamicDevil : Intel increases offensive magic, pyromancy (fire) and sorcery (lightning), faith increases miracles (healing/force) and damage on divine weaponry.

  • Never stop this LP

  • almost missed this episode

  • Someone learned how to do a proper backstab...

  • Just so you know, you are SEVERELY gimping yourself if you're going to use a divine weapon without any sort of faith in your build, even if it's just for the catacombs. The skeletons don't respawn as long as long as you go in and kill those pyromancer dudes.

  • I don't see you repairing your armor much..unless you do it off camera. Also are you gonna be going more in depth with the different covenants, I wonder which one your gonna choose.

  • the only thing I wish you would do that would make this LP better is to tell us about the characters. I know the game doesn't do much to inform but it would be interesting if you could give tidbits on plot... that said I watched epicnamebro's lore speculation and was a bit lost...

  • @luketheflug EpicNameBro's lore series is really good so far but I can see how you'd be lost if you're not familiar with the universe. My suggestion would be to either finish the game/finish this Let's Play and then watch (youtube username) Quelaag's videos about the story to get a firmer grasp on the fundamentals. After that, ENB will make more sense.

  • do you record your voice during or after video

  • hey NL i think you missed the whip while entering blighttown

  • these videos are addicting

  • Have you ever tried what I do, First bell > The area with the butterfly > The basement, I find that the levels and such help with the lower area, and in the foresty area there the attacks are pretty slow, and you can just beat down on em for some extra souls, Any thoughts?

  • I couldnt concentrate on the commentary because the boss was so pretty!!

  • Hey NL, What are the benefits of being summoned/Invading someone? I don't think I've heard you talk about that yet. Also do you lose all your stuff if you die while doing one or the other?

  • @LuckyJ0n If you are summoned and help the host beat the boss, you're rewarded with 1 soft humanity (the counter in the top left goes up) plus a whole lot of souls. If you invade someone and kill the host, you get 1 humanity and some souls (not as much - depends on host's soul level). Neither have any real risk attached which is why they're so much fun.

  • @Northernlion Being a dick to someone gives you humanity? What a twisted world!

  • I do darkroot before first bell XD

  • @cccqte That's pretty ballsy! How do you do it? Havel's room -> Darkroot Basin?

  • @Northernlion you could or you just ignore the gargoyles and head down that what i did on my first play through and found killling the butterfly to be much easier than the gargoyles

  • @Northernlion

    ccqte's plan of attack was also mine, sort of. I remember that the Gargoyle's achieved about 10 deaths in my 194 demises list. Eventually I examined the darkroot areas first, taking care of rampant weed and slaughtering more or less innocent butterflies before destroying those bloody winged nightmares. And in my world, cheap or professional strategies do not compute... Me = machocist desiring punishment. Hello Northernlion by the way ~

  • this game seems to be quite tough and sometimes could be a bit frustrating, but people still love it because they like the challenge. and furthermore, so many people petitioned for a transfer to PC.

    IMHO, it is a strong proof that Blizzard is dumbing down and simplifying D3 too much in order to reach a wider audience.

  • @veremlim Exactly, And dark souls isnt one of those games that are stupidly difficult, as he said in a different video, thinking things over can make the difference, But the japanese developers have a different point of view on our market, And its not the best on their part

  • Hey NL you could kill sunbro (Solair) for all his armor, his sword, his shield,and his talisman which is the second best talisman in the game (I think) and try to be summoned so you can be a warrior of the sun :D

  • Just so you know, Petrus left with his companions. Remember when you talked to him and he said he was going to leave soon? Anyway, he'll come back later because he got lost on his way.

    *Spoiler*

    His companions will be in the Catacombs

  • i've pumped about 60 hours into this game and I have learned so much just from watching these first 7 videos >.<

  • @Northernlion Much love for the half-hour-long episodes vs shorter episodes. Any chance we could get them this long regularly? I'm not asking for multiple a day -- just longer episodes (even if they're never longer than this because of time/rendering constraints)!

  • Love your LP! I know its a lot of work and your doing it as fast as possible but...but.. YOU SHOULD UPLOAD AT INHUMAN SPEED CUZ THIS LP IS AWESOME....>.> no rush or anything...take your time

  • Generally, I like to wait until after my second visit to the Asylum to fight the Moonlight Butterfly, the Crest Shield makes the boss really easy.

  • Oh God, stabbing those guys right in the butthole with a scimitar D:

  • Butt stab @17:15

  • winning

  • lol "brave sir robin" i see what you did there. so witty, you are.

  • @deathrooster14 Skyrim is waaay too big

  • I leveled up my character too 22 strength, should I create a new one? ):

  • @TisBeMarc depends on your preferred weapon my character is a thief but his strength is 20 so he can use bows

  • NOW I know what Jesse was talking about!

  • Mantapede

  • i beat the moonlight butterfly without the witch Dx

  • Are you going to do Skyrim at some point?

  • @Northernlion can you please show us new pieces of armor when you get them? :) I dont have this game and I wont (if they wont release it on PC) but i would really like to see how can character look like in another pieces of equipment. I doesnt say you should play with it, just little leak, like equip - rotate camera - equip back whatever you prefere :)

    BTW. love this serie ! :)

    have a nice day

  • @ChibiSoma

    So you fought sif before heading to blighttown?

  • Wow, that boss is just mesmerizing.

  • How quickly will you get to Anor Londo? Orstein is being a dick and I want to get past him >:(

  • cool new environments!

    this is definitely my fave series on the youtubez right now! cheeeeeers!

  • I'm really enjoying the series so far, keep up the good work!

  • I heard Mages are OP in Dark Souls?

  • I'm pretty sure everyone telling you to put points in strength haven't played the game. They may be coming from games like Diablo where those stats mean the difference between life and death, and they don't comprehend the way the game mechanics of this game vary greatly from traditional RPGs.

  • Or you can exchange the dung pie for a demon titenite with the hawk girl.

  • Pyromancy is the best spell skill since the only thing that augments the damage is the hand itself.

  • 17:35 what drop did you expect northernlion after assstab that cut his pants?

  • Guys, at this point in the game adding points to str AND/OR dex, does almost nothing in terms of damage. Upgrading the weapons makes ALL the difference. Survivability makes all the difference here

    Btw NL, have you tried combust? I personally like it better than fireball because of its speed and 16 uses for one attunement slot. Loving the LP so far.

  • @ajackza This guy knows what he's talking about. I use combust all the time on my PvP character, should definitely pick it up on Thornforg!

  • Is it just me or is Northernlion striking a crazy yoga pose at the end with his leg in front of his face?

  • This is Northernlion's LP. Why do people suggest him to do something that he doesn't want to do, such as putting points into strength?

  • the moonlight butterfly soul also can be used to create a magic spear that scales with int. and maybe faith but its been a while

  • there's something extremely eerie about the moonlight butterfly :/ maybe its just the music. but its wierd.

  • @DragonArmLeg Yup. That's about halfway through the game.

  • those spiders are fugly.

  • "Am I reaching into their butt after they die?" as he proceeds to reach into the monster's butt.

    17:35

  • Facepalming at the complete ignorance in stating Str/Dex aren't important. Yeah, if you want your damage to be shit and dpn't want to be able to equip anything!

  • @ChibiSoma If u dont like it, dont watch it

  • @ChibiSoma As of yet he doesnt need more Dex to be able to equip any weapons, also his damage is not too shaby yet to be considered he needs more.

  • @ChibiSoma

    Str/Dex isn't always that important you know :V

  • do the binding of isaac when the expansion comes out!

  • I'm about to get this possibly as soon as today. I hope it's as good as you make it look.

  • @seatuttle If u are going to get i have a tip for you. northernlion makes it look 10 times easier than it is!

  • It's a good idea to do this part. It helps to get some souls.

  • You did 15 damage because your Strength stat is 10 and because you're using a sword versus an armored golem. And who does Darkroot after Anor Londo? You do the Butterfly for the souls and Ember before Blighttown. This is how you get a supply of purple moss for free.

  • @ChibiSoma I completely disagree with you on the strength but at least you're more civil this time. If I'm building a dex character, better to not put points in STR and put them in DEX later so that I get scaling bonuses. Not like I'm having trouble cutting the enemies down right now anyway.

    Also, the beauty of Dark Souls is that you can do areas pretty much in whatever order you want.

  • @Northernlion That is all true, but when it comes to hitting down certain enemies, it really is all in the weapon, you could have like 40 STR, and still not phase it much, for very solid enemies and such, magic damage, such as lightning, magic, or fire would help, hence a good reason NL is getting the Quelaag sword, or however you spell it, and the higher level you are, the higher level the enemies are too, moderation is a big key here.

  • @Northernlion ive beat the moonlight butter fly taurus gaping dragon gargoyles and capra where should i go next (ps i skiped blight town)

  • @tibertruth If you have the master key you should go in the back entrance of Blighttown through New Londo Ruins -> Valley of the Drake and fight the boss there. If not, you're gonna have to go the whole way through Blighttown to get to the boss (required to beat it to ring the second bell).

  • @Northernlion tyvm i did it now im farming souls to get through that door after sens fort made me rage :P

  • @ChibiSoma He is right, if he wants to use dexterity weapons it makes sense he won't put points into strength. I personally love strength and disagree with him that leveling isn't important but he is right, the beauty of dark souls is he will be just as effective with whatever load out he chooses as I would be with my load out. Also I did the moonlight butterfly after I got the lordvessel as well, didn't see a reason to go there before that.

  • @ChibiSoma DUDE! IT'S HIS WALKTHROUGH, LET HIM DO WHATEVER THE FUCK HE WANTS! HE'S PLAYED THIS GAME BEFORE! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T WATCH IT, STFU, GTFO!

  • @killerkingNF Don't cry please.

  • @BroceRee whatchu talkin bout willis?

  • @ChibiSoma Your the type that depends on guides and wikis to get through games. While I'm sure NL has checked outside sources for some tips n tricks he isn't reliant on it. You and your comment "who does butterface after anor londo" is very telling! In other words all your doing is regurgitating info our betters have long since found out for themselves (and generously passed onto the community). That is fine and all to do such but don't expect everyone else to play the same way silly chibi.

  • if i dont see a binding of issac or happy wheels or indie games ill be mad northerlion real mad

  • Northernlion's Dark Soul Lets Play: "All killer, no filler"

  • is this only for ps3?

  • @abslutezeroXpie It's for xbox as well. No pc release, sadly, though there have been tons of petitions asking for it lately.

  • @abslutezeroXpie it for xbox and ps3 i do believe hes playing on xbox

  • Went into Blighttown today since I got this game 2 days ago, lost my 10 humanity within 30 minutes, bye bye 210 item find and insane Curse Resist :[ Frustrating, VERY..

  • Loving this LP

  • blight town is fking gay no wonder you skipped it. im really enjoying this lp btw. thanks for making it.

    also, something you didnt cover in the ask you anything was do you still live in korea?

  • northernlion releases a lot of videos weekly that are around 20-30 minutes, so my question is: why doesn't he have a tv show?

    well, i guess those would be some pretty short credits...

  • needs more depth PvP

  • Northernlion might be smart to mention the spider shield, it blocks all poison and toxic damage and has a 100% physic dmg. It's located in the Depths.

  • I may get some biased replies but if I had a choice to buy one game, should I get Skyrim or Dark Souls? I know they're completely different games but certain aspects seem similar.

  • @GoIbat dark souls :D

  • @GoIbat If you like challenge, get Dark Souls, if not get Skyrim

  • @GoIbat i don't know. skyrim is more about exploration and quests. dark souls is a combat based rpg. as you can see, there's very little story in dark souls. skyrim can offer a good challenge as well if you play on master and use some mods like "wars in skyrim" or more powerfull dragons (can't remember the name of this one). if you can, get both, hehe.

  • @GoIbat what kinda play style are you into

  • @Nothernlion for the sake of your subscribers, make longer dark souls videos or release them faster!!!

  • i think u might have mentioned it earlier, but i forgot :( what exactly does kindling the fire do?

  • @RaNdOmNUb011 It costs one Humanity and it gives you more Estus Flasks

  • @RaNdOmNUb011 Fills your Estus flask and acts as a 'checkpoint' for if you die.

  • When it comes for PC than I'll play it, other than that the game looks cool.

  • Y'know, I'm glad you're only doing one part a day. Any more than that and I'd never leave my apartment.

  • loving this playthrough. Please dont stop anytime soon. Cheers brah!

  • Hmmmm sleep or watch northernbaldie play?well this isn't a hard decision ill just sleep during class tomorrow.

  • do you think they'll make another game like this one?

  • @mastermclovin0 well this is the 2end "souls" game there was demon souls before this so i highy doubt it

  • The only thing I like about this let's play is he can refer to later in the game it don't spoil anything just due to the nature of the game.

  • @Northernlion I know you don't plan on completing the depths but is there any chance of seeing you fight the boss in a later video?

  • I cant stop mentioning how much i love this lets play.

    I dunno how long this game is.

    So i hope u have many remaining parts =)

  • @PenguinOnDopee oh there will be MANY more parts if he completes the lets play. Probably upwards of 40-50 videos

  • Bought game.

    Played it.

    Completed tutorial.

    Got stuck between a tree and a wall in Firelink Shrine, unable to move.

  • @TheScousePCGamer This happens rarely and if you just wait for 30 seconds it should release you. If it doesn't, just use a homeward bone.

  • @Northernlion Can you show us some of the other weapons, maybe as a bonus video?

  • @Northernlion Sucks for him if he doesn't have a hoeward bone. Hahaha

  • @TheScousePCGamer Use a homeward bone? The tutorial isn't that hard, just redo it...

  • @OxP2 Believe it, everything in dark souls is hard.

  • @TheUSASpy I've played it 4 times lol.

  • @TheScousePCGamer Open your inventory and use the Darksign. If it isn't a useable item, excuse my stupidity, I've never been dumb enough to get into the position in which I have to use it, but I remember being able to use the Nexial Binding from Demon's Souls.

  • @TheScousePCGamer just make a new character if there's no way out of it, i mean you're what ten minutes into the game?

  • yes this pleases me..

  • I think I should go out shopping for this game after I finish my exams :)

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  • YEAAAAAAh

  • will u do a pvp turtorial-ish video?

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  • YES