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Dark Souls 1 is BETTER at LEVEL 1! Here's Why!

Feeble King

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Welcome to the Level 1 Run 0:00

Part 1: And Then There Were Two...
Asylum Demon 1:39
Tarus Demon 3:23
Enemy Design 4:17
Gargoyle Demons 5:55
Enemies Teach the Player 6:53
Capra Demon 8:00
Gaping Demon 8:24
Difficulty 9:21
Blighttown 12:07
Quelagg 12:50
A Fast Traveless World 14:11
Sens Fortress 16:11
Iron Golem 18:02
The Catacombs 20:39
Anor Londo 22:51
The Jank 23:52
Smough & Ornstein 24:41

Part 2: To Hell and Back… 27:50
Cheeseless Discharge 28:21
Firesage Demon 29:37
Centipede Demon 30:04
Bed of Crap 30:38
Pinwheel 31:28
Tomb of the Giants 32:58
Gravelord Nito 34:59
Moonlight Magic Spam 35:54
Sif 36:06
New Londo 36:38
Four Kings 38:41
Stay Demon 39:26
You're an Archeologist 40:12
The Painted World 41:25
Crossbreed Priscilla 42:00
Hogwarts 42:50
Seath the Scaleless 44:02
Gwyndolin 44:59
The Problem With DS1 Endgame 45:47

Part 3: The Dark Heart of Man…
Sanctuary Guardian 46:59
Artorias of the Abyss 48:13
Oolacile 50:03
Black Dragon Kalameet 50:28
Manus, Father of the Abyss 52:05
The Story of Dark Souls 56:18
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder 58:07

Push Past Your Limits! 1:00:02

20 Comments

@feebleking21 Creator 4 years ago (edited) Pinned

I had to edit out Gwyn's Theme due to a copyright claim, AND THAT'S MY FAVORITE SONG IN THE GAME! I'm very upset!

Things to correct:
1: I have no idea what T-minus means.
2: Apparently you only have to do the rafters to get back to Gwyndolin if you kill the Firekeeper as you leave, since it would auto spawn me at the entrance of Anor Londo no matter what bonfire I last rested at.
3: Please stop telling me New Londo is good if you use transient curse. It's literally enemies spam with wonky hitboxes who can travel through walls. I dislike New Londo with or without transient curse and I'm not going to fight 100 enemy spam ghosts that hit me through walls at level 1 just to get a key.

@kraeutrpolizei 4 years ago

Feeling lost in Blight Town? Try going all the way down the Tomb of Giants before getting the Lord Vessel with no light because you missed the bridge in Anor Londo that connects to the room with the entry to the Painted World. Bonus points if you kill everything and get every item in the Tomb of Giants because you think you must have missed something and refuse to look into a guide.

@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley 3 years ago

"The point of a lvl 1 run is not to flex about how good you are at the game, it is to feel like you are bad at it again "
Truer words were never spoken, my friend

@xuanathan 4 years ago

17:29 Dark Souls 1 absolutely was based around having some guidance, its part of the social aspect of the game, messages provide this but I honestly think DS1 was designed with talking to your friends about it in mind.

@AmritZoad 4 years ago (edited)

I think after getting good at all the souls games, the one that made me learn new stuff and turn into a noob again was Sekiro. I look at that game in very high regard.

@ishimura67 4 years ago

There's actually an item in the dlc that deflects Manus's magic attacks. I think its called the Silver Pendant which i didnt know about until recently playing the game again after elden ring

@wavez4224 2 years ago

"smough and ornstein" instead of "ornstein and smough" was killing me lmao. Gotta be intentional

@OllieTheBuck 4 years ago

Man, this video takes me back to when I did my first sl1 run a few years back. Normally I don't comment on videos but I just wanted to say that as a souls vet this video was a breath of fresh air and a really well put together peice of content. 11/10 stuff :)

@lokiswager 4 years ago

I'm on my first ever run of DS1, for my very first souls game. I just got out of the asylum for the first time last night lol, and I'm already enjoying the game so much. I'm a little scared of what's coming ahead of me, but also excited to jump into this franchise with an open mind.

I did not think this video came from such a small channel! I clicked it without thinking, and the storytelling drew me in. I loved your commentary, and the thoughts you have on every aspect of the game, and how indepth you go into all of it. This is extremely high quality, and you'll be a big channel in no time!

@mrzero_7883 4 years ago

I'm confused about your choice of boss run for the Four Kings, i always just take the first ladder shortcut and then jump off to the right and go through the room with the darkwraiths and the big slime monster. That way i dont have to fight any ghosts and I'm at the boss door in about a minute, and the only time i fight any ghosts at all i use a transient curse to open the flood gates etc. Personally i prefer New Londo out of all of the late game areas

@zombifiedoll1388 3 years ago

For New Londo, just draining the water is a huge check point. You can skip from the first area with ghosts down to like 2 rooms away from the boss, just go right instead of up the stairs

@THE1vbLLover69_ 4 years ago

Really bundles a video essay, challenge run and tier list into one video. What a legend

@CruelusRex 4 years ago

No move has ever scared me as much as Ornsteins gap closer.

On the topic of lategame areas, except for the Duke's Archives which I personally do like quite a bit, I'm glad I watched quite a few speedruns back in the day so I know the best ways to traverse them as quick as possible lmao. Anyways, SL1 is a fun challenge. I did 4kings with RTSR, which meant basically not getting hit almost any time but I had a lot of fun learning their moveset and mastering it, as opposed to tanking them with havel's, which is how I beat them the first time I played.

@CxdyCxdy 4 years ago

love the effort you put into this bro

@feebleking21 Creator 4 years ago

I forgot to explain it in the video, but for anyone wondering what Berserk is it's the GREATEST MANGA OF ALL TIME!

And some Dark Souls enemies are references to Berserk, like the wheel skeletons by pinwheel that are in the manga.

@lorkhan3488 4 years ago

I was so proud when I finished my LV1 run. It was hard but so much fun and even if I suffered it was so cool

@darreideamos2309 4 years ago

This video made me love ds1 even more than I already did. Sl1 has always been my favourite challenge run and I have done it in every souls game I played. I love how playing at lvl1 forces you to think through your every decision

@itssammymario9077 4 years ago

I loved the video man but gotta disagree that the game is better in every way at SL1 as build diversity is dramatically hampered at SL1 but I do agree that the combat shines and really does give you that against all odds feeling again, but you lose some of that addicting character progression and replayability I find.

@proxy8950 4 years ago

Yo only have 7k subs wht. Amazing video, great dedication, good storytelling, nice gameplay, scene choices, great organisation, 10/10 overall, great job. If u keep up this lvl of quality, the subs will eventually come dw.

@bugothecatplays7864 4 years ago

44:30 No reference to other areas in this, the first time seath kills you and go to those prisons which are kinda nice to explore. But also,. the thing that frustrated me for a long wasn't the duke archives, but the crystal caves outside. I know you can mark your path in various ways, but I'd still fall to my death in those invisible pathways. Some of them are straight run, others I am not confident to run blindly without making sure the next step close is not a fall. I hated this area before the boss for that, if you die you have to do it patiently all over again.