It's weird that people who are soulsborne veterans complain about difficulty, we're familiar with the mechanics ofc it'll feel easier

I dunno if Patches will fix these issues... he's a rather shady bloke...

"Getting to Nameless king is most convoluted thing in the series"

Have you ever tried to access the Artorias of the Abyss DLC?

In the catacombs of carthus I got parried by one of the skeletons which didn’t even have a left arm lol

Regarding your comment about DS1 world design being an accident, the devs mentioned in an interview that creating an interwoven world was their intention from the start. However, designing distinct locales to interconnect in ways that made thematic and gameplay sense without using loading screens ate into a lot of resources and dev time, resulting in the lacklustre second half. I think the team is unwilling to create another interconnected world like Dark Souls after seeing how much work that singular feature took to implement.

Thematically, i thought the shards and bones fit the estus flask system. You're finding powerful but failed undeads from cycles past and adding them to your power.

I found Nameless King because there was a note on the bridge that said "time for gesture" and I sat there to admire the view and the cutscene activated.

He’s absolutely right about how unfair some of Sulyvan’s moves are, but I do think it’s funny that he’s basically describing how annoying it is that Sulyvan is a good sword fighter.

as a time traveller i just want to add that the dogs are still broken and the grab attack is now a problem for sekiro

"proper difficulty curve" yeah going from the Vape God to Pontiff "2 hit champ" Sulyvahn

I see many people complain about the frequent bonfires. The issue is loading areas. There are separate "world" maps for each general chunk of game, such as lothric castle and lothric library. These maps need to be loaded when traveling between areas. If your computer isn't strong enough you'll notice a stuttering when walking between bonfires. To avoid needing to load the different maps frequently they add bonfires after each of these loading areas. Unfortunately, many people don't realize this is a hardware limitation, not a design choice.

The parry thing is called a partial parry, it means you didn't get the perfect timing down for the parry so you were punished with some damage but still get the parry off.

"I can heal! The Boss Can't!" - Enter Sister Frieda

Had to laugh at Joe apologizing for a video being three months late. Those were the days.

The Pontiff's attack patterns really come into perspective with Elden Ring, huh.

The two jailers aren't glitched, they're invisible. If you strike that spot the illusion will be broken. It's an ambush to funnel you into the dead end hallway you go down if you don't catch them.

I love how wolnir either has NO children or an elite squad of 12 carthus assasins

I've always said the same. The hardest souls game is always gonna be your first. Then they get easier

Super late but I just wanted to say that Yhorm willingly and knowingly kept the stormruler next to him so that when the profaned flame consumed him he'll still be able to fulfill his role as a lord of cinder. That's why his best friend Seigward has the other storm ruler and will assist you in the fight if you follow his questline.

11:07 I feel like literally everyone stood in this spot for a solid few seconds to admire the view.