Finally, Light Souls

Man, the hollow who's just laying down and relaxing is my favorite NPC in DS1.

Dusk didnt find the bathroom in oolacile, her search continues

Lighting up New Londo really makes it look smaller.

To quote Challenger Andy: "Bet you didn't know the Abyss even HAD a floor, much less that it was made of regular old bricks!"

Cannot wait for the Tomb of Giants version!

I think the real reason Gwyn hates humans is because they implied that Anor Londo was old with the name New Londo

4:48 solaire was looking for his sun in the wrong way, it was the abyss all along

See how nice it is when it's lighter and you still want age of dark...

Hollows in Flooded portion: fused together in ooze horror Darkwraiths in Flooded portion: pass the rubber duckie, my man Kaath.

now it makes me think why the corpses were at the bottom near the gate... imagine them panicking when the water starts filling up and the door wouldn't open

This implies the Four Kings and Kaathe were just chilling in a dark room together underwater for ages. DEEPEST LORE

I still find it crazy just how important lighting is in making games look good

I love how you lit up the entire thing, speedhacked and turned off enemy aggro, only to still struggle to get past those goddamned ghosts in the doorways

This shows us that the Four Kings are really just the Four Brick Masons.

Zullie: *lights up entire areas in game* Solaire: "I approve"

The scariest thing is the sheer length of Kaathe's neck. Also, shout out to /ourguy/ the Fifth King at 5:23

I love that you use Twilight princess music for these, it fits so well! That switch between the two tracks was done perfectly

Ah, so this is what Abyss Watchers see!

Fromsoftware really shines with atmosphere. They have never really been known for super high quality rendered models, but they really know how to frame a scene and make a location feel so unique. It's almost like a painting. When looked at from a distance it looks amazing, but when you observe it up close it doesn't look as good.

The freaking Twilight princess music fits that water lowering part so well

The soundtrack of TLoZ TP really fits on this.

that is a crazy creative way to make a great atmosphere and save tons of time simultaneously

It's for some reason comforting that the abyss has a brick floor at the bottom lol

Love how the 4 kings have actually very long legs and standing on the floor whereas we are just floating

I guess this just goes to show how important lighting is to making a place look and feel the way you want it to in a game, because New Londo really doesn't have the same vibe when it's lit up so much.

Bet you didn't know the Abyss even had a floor, and I bet you didn't know it was made of regular bricks.

The fact that you are strolling and there is not 400 mad ghosts trying to shank you is the best part of this.

I love how some things, in this case the Darkwraiths, have a blue-ish tint to them. Like they are supposed to be grey/black but you as the player will only see them in the blue light, so it makes sense to have them like this instead of using up resources to dynamically light them.

Me seeing the fifth king: I clapped because I know what that is!

I may hate the four kings, but this whole place was actually awesome (aesthetically and genuinely). I’m really glad someone revealed the whole of new londo, because it looks just as intimidating as it does when it’s dark! Also, bonus points to you for the good choice in music! Very fitting.

its funny how new londo looks a lot smaller when you light it up. there was some nice visual trickery there to make it look bigger and more imposing than it actually is.

You can really catch a glimpse of the glory that this city possessed ages past.

Loving the music choice, good to see Twilight Princess getting some love

goddamn mass of souls look even scarier in broad daylight!

"Gwyn, can we have Age of Darkness?" "You have Age of Darkness at home." Age of Darkness at home:

The TP music was a perfect fit for this. Especially in the first half, it managed to bring back a sense of dread I haven't experienced since I first played DS and read the wiki on New Londo's layout.

My eyes can't comprehend what I'm seeing so use to it all being dark

Looks like the four kings had a throne room planned, but their budget ran out after they finished the floor. Guess that's one of the downsides of flooding your entire infrastructure. Heh.

Are you using Dusk in these light up video because she is a light magic user while zullie is a dark magic user?

i like the idea that after she was rescued from the Abyss, Dusk became a student of Zullie, our favorite immortal reality-warping witch, and became powerful enough to conquer the Abyss with light.

It is amazing that i recognize every single place in DS1 and have all routes in my head. I have nearly double the playtime in DS2 and 3 (no pvp) but no area has such a atmosphere as any of the first game.

I only learned that New Londo is in a cave a few weeks ago and I feel dumb

New Londo looks absolutely beautiful. It's such a shame we'll probably never get to see it at its best point in history.

This makes new Londo look like a DS2 map for some reason.

Happy to hear the great soundtracks of loz twillight princess! What a gem of a game. 😊

"Hey, let's build a city to rival the city of the gods!" "Where should we build it?" "In the middle of a cave, of course!"

Thanks so much for doing so many of these videos, I love them

That moment when the lit New Londo looks like 90% of the locations from Dark Souls 2

Why does twilight princess music fit so well with your videos?

Ok, the choice of music in this one is perfect. Chills.

Good choice of ost. I enjoy your videos partly because exploring the lit up places with spooky ambient music gives a haunting nostalgic feeling.

This reminds me of the ruins outside Haven City in Jak II where you find Samos' old hut and Jak and Daxter finally realize they were shot forward in time.

Next vid, lightening up tomb of giants

Yo this song brings back killer nostalgia of twilight princess. Mad.

this is great stuff, your videos are a treat

It’s crazy how much bigger something looks when it’s in total darkness

makes me wonder how they even lit the place up at all in the first place, even without the water damage, decay and enemies, the lack of light mustve made it a shitty place to live. the entire ceiling seems to be natural rock formations, so i dont suppose it was added afterwards ? was the city always that dark ?

INSTANTLY recognized the Twilight Princess Soundtrack. Cool choice. ;)

Man, with the light and all the water gone you really get an idea of how big the city was. Good stuff, subscribed.😁

Thougg it is less intimidatory, I feel at least as much not at ease there even with the lights on. It might be because it's still a dead sunken city, or because the enemies are still as dangerous and concealed... But actually it's prolly just the damn soundtrack.

First! Always wondered what “no-depth-perception-land” looked like lit up

Impeccable music selection, thank you Zullie.

I really love the Zelda soundtracks on Ur video! Amazing video🔥🔥🔥

D.. did i jsut see zullie without a moonlight greatsword?

-"Mom can we have the Scholar of the first sin?" -"We already have the Scholar of the first sin at home." Aldia, The Scholar of the First sin at home: 4:06

Your videos make me happy :)

Very fitting music and timing with it as well, another great vid

next video “plummeting the rest of the game into the abyss”

"Babe wake up! Zullie the Witch is live in New Londo!"

You’re doing Gwyn’s work, Zul! Loving all of these videos peeling the layers back.

Love your souls content, keep up the good work :)

Do you just ask random questions like “but what if it wasn’t dark?” and then go for it?

You use a lot of Zelda music in your videos, have you ever thought of doing a similar style of game analysis and diving into the code of that series? A decent majority of them are available on emulators and have been able to modded and messed with, just a thought!

I haven't explored New Londo yet but your videos are so interesting, thank you for all your work, it's amazing

amazing video and also the twilight princess ost is perfect. good job

I was literally playing Twilight Princess just before watching this

Looks like a tomb raider level!

I love this. Glad to have you back Zullie

Love you Zullie. Glad to see you're putting out more content lately.

When the Chosen Undead *TM* is too strong and when they choose to prolong the age of fire *TM* it becomes the age of Plasma *TM*

Question: is the darkness in the Untended Graves just a skybox or can it be lit up? Because I'd love to have old Gundy see the light again.

The twilight light princess music alone makes this video worth it. It just fit too perfectly!

Love this. One of my favorite areas ever.

Why is this scarier than full dark abyss?

The only dark souls mistery I want to know is why Zullie doesnt use witch costume in her dark souls 1 videos

5:08 this is, in my opinion, the most smart trick used in all of ds 1 boss fights gwyndolin double room and ornstein's room shrinking are nice, but the way the four kings mess up your sense of scale and distance is fantastic. i never saw something like this before

This was super cool :D it's nice to get a clearer look at these darker areas in the game. Also thank you for reminding me of how much I like the twilight princess soundtrack lol

It kinda looks like DS2 now

Yo! Zullie over here with the 5+ minute darksouls behind the scene video!

I really love how you put in zelda soundtracks. Particularly fitting when you open the gate and switch to the twili theme

I LOVE the way you use the Zelda: Twilight princess OST for your videos.

Can you make all the invisible paths in crystal cave visible?

I would love to see this in a mod.

Love your videos, best channel

This game and it's level design never ceases to amaze me. One of the all time greats.

The lit up version of New Londo looks even less like Mont St. Michel (that it was apparently based on) than the dark version, which makes me think that there was some misunderstanding in the Design Works interview. There's just no way the former was based on the latter. Miyazaki must've been talking about Undead Parish. That would've made sense.

this version is lit ;D

I like how much attention to detail went into this area when it's lit up like this and it gave me a giggle when you changed the music like the :)

Man, I love your channel. This game came out 10 years ago and still is talked about everywhere, all the time, I don't think that any other game of that generation still as popular or remembered as this one. I remember first playing it the best way possible : knowing absolutely nothing about the game. September or october 2011 irrc the game was released and the only thing I remember reading on the gaming press is that the game was chalenging and buggy. Fast forward to march 2012, I found this game on a sale and bought it. It arrived at a wednesday, I put it on my xbox and played a bit, around 30 minutes, didnt think much of it tough. There was a hollyday coming up next weekend, I would have 4 free days, I would play it then. On these 4 days I put 35 hours in this game, when I met my friends the next workday I couldnt stop talking about it!! I think that more than reviews, prizes, media atention, this series grew so much because of the love of the players for the game.