There's an npc that does a "come here" gesture when you are hurt and not in combat then he cast a healing miracle for you

An actual reason to play NG+ is a big one.

One of my Fav things from the DS2 DLCs is being invaded by an NPC only to not find them. Then when I go to open a chest, a nearby Barrel comes up and stabs me in the back.

Love how happy souls is just permanently engrained in the humor of all dark souls players

a few things that i would like to add to this list -if you are with the king's ring equipped, the statues of dragleic castle won't come to life to attack you (unless you attack them first) -on sotfs, if you didn't break enough eggs the dragon warriors will use the bow emote and watch the show of you struggling against drake keepers. They only intervene if you try to run away dishonorably -by joining rat king covenant, the enemies on his areas (doors of pharros and grave of saints) becomes passive -if you kill too many pigs on majula, instead of disappearing they level up to their bigger version .... twice -saintier's spear is a great lance used by a hero of the past to kill a gargoyle. The gargoyle head is stuck on the weapon, so you can only use it as a improvised halberd. Once you "break" the weapon, the gargoyle head is gone and the moveset changes dramatically to something fast and flexible -majestic great sword (aka cursed sword of artorias) have the moveset of a regular greatsword when equipped on the right hand. But once you equip it on the left hand, the moveset changes to spins based on artorias boss fight

This is such a great video

if you use the red sign soap stone anywhere in drangleic castle, the glass knight boss can summon you as a black phantom in other players world to team up with him but it was very inconsistent.

The Editing, the inside jokes, the references to other memes, this really feels like a magnum opus of everything this channel does. Bravo.

In SOTFS there's another summonable NPC in Earthen Peak, Devotee Scarlett, who points you towards the windmill as well!

If you walk into Fume Knight’s arena wearing Velstadt’s helm, he immediately enters phase 2.

Dark souls 2 also happens to be the only fromsoft game that allows you to be completely left handed

I love that dark souls 2 felt like the world was this forgotten ruin inhabited by things that didn’t create it

When you're low on health your character slouches over and breathes more heavily, but I'm not entirely sure if it only happens in DS2. Your character also starts panting and takes a few seconds to catch their breath after sprinting.

You missed the part where if you light all the sconces in The Gutter, you actually DO get something for the trouble. (It's not really a hidden game mechanic per se but I liked how it's basically one of those schoolyard rumor things that DOES have a payoff in the end, also the area looks kinda cool from a distance when you can actually see stuff) (For those that don't know, what happens is that you get a new NPC invasion in the final room of the area, and you get the full Black Witch armor set for defeating her)

The pig quest kicks ass because it makes any other ludicrously hidden urban legend content in future games seem plausible. People would not have done the crab escort mission in DS3 if not for the pig quest.

you also have a 1% chance of spawning a friendly little pig in your world whenever you enter brightstone cove, this little pig is friendly and completely harmless.

One of the things that stuck with me about DS2 was the stuff about the curse of life being the curse of want. Like this idea that greed is inherent to existence, that you always want food, shelter, comfort, and when you have it you're afraid that you might lose it or have someone take it away from you. It's a concept I like and hoped to see more of in DS3 but that swung back in the DS1 direction more or less.

the production value on this video is insane i love you limit breakers

No mention of the Small White Sign Soapstone?? I always thought that was the best thing unique to DS2. It let you be summoned in an area where the boss was already dead! And even failing that, you only had to help for a little bit to get rewards; no boss fight required.

I "figured out" the windmill burning thing. By which I mean I happened to notice the interaction prompt and had no idea what burning it did until several playthroughs later when I neglected to do so and experienced the boss room in it's default state.

Imagine going halfway through the Ivory King DLC to see the enemies in Shaded Woods and complete it safely xD

It's clear light and dark was supposed to be way more important even than it turned out to be. They talked about it when the game was still in development, and the earlier footage shows areas being so dark you really do need to use a torch. More than any other Fromsoft game I really wish they had more time on this one. It's the most ambitious of the souls games by far, the most creatively adventurous, and the most varied. Oh, and backstepping is way more useful since it actually does give i-frames

Don’t forget you could roll through doors before the animation was finished to get through them quicker

I think destructible environments, using the bow, firebombs, and using enemies to break doors to get treasure and open levels up needs to come back in the future. That is how Souls level design should evolve after Elden Ring.

The animation at 11:13 is great, can feel all of the work that was put into this. I appreciate the Happy Souls references 🙌

An hour long - high quality - ds2 video in 2023 You sir are a legend!

That King's Field theme just fit perfectly with the Lost Sinner...I'm amased.

you forgot the covenant of champions. the one that makes the game essentially become new game+ but collecting and offering awestone will give you cool stuff. one particular after offering 80 awestone (i think) being the seal of champions ring in which increase bare knuckle damage by 200 when equipped. probably one of the coolest rings to get as no other dark souls actually does is make bare knuckle brawling viable like this.

Barry and Jill in Majula’s mansion is now probably one of my favorite bits ever 😂

The editing on this one felt like a lifetime portfolio to apply to art uni. What a masterpiece and so much endless effort.

This stuff is why DS2 is my favorite of the whole franchise. The game wasn't perfect by any means but it has this certain charm that the other games lack.

Bonfire ascetics also respawn every wooden chest in that area since they only contain farmable loot and consumables. The important stuff is in the metal chests, that's why you can brake wooden chests. 😉

I also really like how you've got a full move-set for your offhand weapons, running a halberd and straight sword is still the most fun build I've ever played in a Souls title

I actually figured out the whole burning the windmill thing because a sign told me that I needed a torch, so I lit a torch and went over there, expecting an enemy to pop out and try to knock me off. I saw the prompt and burned the windmill and was surprised at how easy the boss fight was. So, whoever put that sign down there, you saved me a massive headache of trying to brute force that boss fight.

I can't get over how good this video was. The production value was insane, it was hilarious from start to finish, and also so informative! The moth intermission was priceless.

Also if you light all torches in gutter you will be invaded and can get unique armour. You can get free humanity if you pray in shrine of amana (if you don't have one in your inventory or on the floor). Chest between majula and forest of the fallen giants becomes mimic. Players can be invaded as dark spirit by Looking glass knight for help. Each game of souls series have unique features and that why i love it so much

You can attack with left hand and block/parry with right hand, I really like this feature which really was only in DS2.

Majula's melancholic feel is unparalleled.

The Barry and Claire segment in Majula Mansion was amazing! I always fight the phantom Clerics in the Undead Crypt. Not least of all because their chest piece is one of my favorites, and their Mace is almost as cool as the Blue Flame swords carried by the Leydia boys.

DS2 is my favorite Souls game and I have over a thousand hours on it. So I find it crazy to find out things I didn't knew about the game after spending so much time in it! I was so shocked when I found out you could shoot the bell in No man's wharf

DS2 had so much going for it. It tried things. Sometimes not that well executed. But it just had so much spirit. Also, I think this is your best editing from all your videos, loved the references.

There is a practical use for the Eye of the Priestess making the invisible enemies in Shaded Woods visible. If you're in the Covenant of Champions, certain enemies will drop Awestones, and those spooky bois are one of them. So if you want the Vanq Seal without making Rhoy commit gravity 50 times, that's a decent place to farm once you can see and lure them.

One of my favorite DS2 builds was dual wielding the red and smelter greatswords. It was so cool hitting a double weapon ability and i wish Fromsoft added similar hidden boss weapon pairings where you could also use both ashes of war at once.

The FF9 segement was really well done

Holy mother of god, I finally feel so vindicated. I ran into the healing mist trap just once in a co-op game with a friend, and we both were extremely confused! In all of my 800+ hours of playing this game, I never ever saw it again. Thank you for finally covering this!

I made a dark souls 2 iceberg a year ago, and I might add some other interesting mechanics -There's an extra giant in the black gulch if you have a co-op phantom, and 2 more if 2 phantoms and so on. -Mostly relevant in vanilla, but you can play some parts of the DLC without owning it. Just put your summon sign around those weird statues at the start of every DLC and the sign will also be transfered to another set of them later in the level. That way you can play the cave of the dead, iron passage and frigid outskirts without owning the DLCs (and in SOTFS without having the corresponding key) -Besides the duke's dear Freja can cut the limbs of many other bosses, rendering some of their attacks useless: One of the last giant's hand, Mytha's and Najka's tails, the Rotten's both arms to name a few

One of the most entertaining Souls videos ever. DS2 got me started with From and Souls. I never understood the hate this game got. So many fun quirks and mechanics. First time playing this I used a mouse and keyboard. Double click for heavy attack. I thought the Covenant of champions was some kind of perk. It was the most fun I think I ever had in a game.

i truly love how each area in dark souls 2 felt like it had some new way of interacting with it. truly magical

Does anybody else remember that super fast running zombie in Huntsman's Copse? Like ridiculously fast with the same animation, so it looked like he was hacking. Same with the invisible enemy in the Forest of Giants that's just there for....some reason?

I keep coming back to rewatch this one. Such a masterpiece in content and editing.

DS2 is such a fascinating game that's so unlike the others. There is so much cut content, so many unused ideas, so many things that went wrong during development that it's more like a abomination stitched together haphazardly to resemble a game. I would love to see a remake of sorts where they go back to drawing board and make the game as it was originally intended.

For some reason, the Sanctum Knight Leggings when equipped give you a secret fusion passive of decreasing movement sound for better sneaking, as well as reduced fall damage. They also give a visual effect for fashion. This effect isn’t described in their description for some reason.

Absolutely love the happy souls. I miss that stuff. I think I'm gonna have to rewatch it again now

Awesome video, i was giggling like the sitting hollows in the Copse. Let me add some more : - After you kill the Demon of Song, instead of going into the Undead Crypt, you go further into a tower. It is blocked with a petrified hollow very annoyingly in SOTFS. Anyway, there is a door up in that tower that only opens if you are dead, meaning slightly hollow. At the end of this section, there is a shrine looking structure with milfanito singing. There is also a strange statue there. If you have no Human Effigies in your inventory, that statue heals your hollowing. - Contrary to this, door to the room that contains Vendrick's soul and crown can only be opened when revived form hollowing. - There is a special plunge attack animation if done on Mastodon Knights, Giant Fire Salamanders and Giants in Memories. As far as i know, it only works if you do the Forward + R2 from a higher ground. Standart dagger has a hidden crit modifier and one shots even the biggest giants with this. I always do it in Doors of Pharros and in memories to have silly fun. Animation is rough tho in DS2 fashion but still fun to do. This is not unique to ds2 but not widely known. I believe Giant Salamander in Forest of the Fallen Giants is the one people are aware of. - Talking to Nashandra before the duo dragonrider boss, marks the undiscovered bonfires in the teleport map as blank. It lets you know there is more without spoiling anything. Very cool feature. - Rotten has a little guy directing his moves on his shoulder and when the left arm gets cut off, director falls dead and drops a pharros lockstone. Strangely, his corpse is cut in half. - Mirror Knight has a different summon animation if he is summoning a real player into the fight. He stabs the ground with his sword and holds the shield with both hands while summoning a real player. Normally if its an NPC, he holds it with one hand and does not let go of his sword. To me this is such an epic detail. - When you save the milfanito from the cell behind the Embedded and use the elevator to go down, you can hear her singing even tho she is not there anymore. - If you invade in Dragon Shrine and the host has the Head of Vengarl npc summon, when you kill Vengarl his head falls off. So far this only happened to me once and i could not replicate this in single player. Extensive testing needed. I might have hallucinated but i do believe it happened. I remember enjoyin that very much since that is how Vengarl dies in his lore.

As someone that just recently played ds2 for the first time the game was so interesting, because even used to fromsoft titles they changed up the formula quite often, which led to many new discoveries.

that breaking the windows to let the light in so you can target the enemy tip around 5:00 actually blew my mind. after all these hours I never knew that about that room. I love stuff like this, games where they don't force you to find every single little feature right away, but keep playing and you'll always discover something new.

The insane amount of support Casters got: 1. Herbs/Waters 2. Spices 3. Iron King Crown 4. No Damage Ring Reliance 5. Large Variety of Catalyst Weapons 6. Catalyst Infusions 7. Caster Armor Effects 8. Hexes 9. Duplicate Spells are Useful 10. Attunement Determines Cast Speed

The feeble cursed one with pillar men awakening cracked me up 😂😂

I’ve been watching your channel for years man it’s been a pleasure and it just keeps getting better, this is literally one of my favourite KZfaq videos of all time now lmao keep up the good work

Spices are unique to DS2 as well, where you can lower stat requirements for spells.

you also forgot how the character acts at certain things, like for example beein at low health your character will seem so tired, or when you consum all your stamina your character will breath harder, the coffin that changes your gender or also if you use one or all pieces of the loyce set if your enemy that you killed is an opposite gender to your character will restore some hp. using off hand weapons would give you the full move set of that weapon. not like ds1, ds3 or er, where you can just use the light attack or blocking with it. the powerstancing system unlike ER was not limited to a specific weapon class, like for example paring greatswords with an ultra greatsword, or spear with a rapier. i would like to add the move set of the magestic sword in these lasts points.

16:04 Fun fact: burning the windmill also drains the poison from the bottom of/entrance to Earthen Peak, and the Poison Pool Bonfire at the start of Harvest Valley. 47:46 He also gets triggered by Cast Light, but oddly, the light from Immolation doesn't seem to effect him.

God I love this video so much. Please do more like this soon. Would love to see what other entries do that is unique!

Armors providing buff was nice. Gave you a reason to use certain pieces for magic and spell buffs. Or to give you those extra few stats points you need use something.

The Shaded Woods bit was incredible

A bossfight that can start immediately in phase 2 if we wear a specific helm (fume Knight, velstadt helm) Unique Death animation for alonne

Absolutely amazing video! Loved every minute and i actually learned alot more about dark souls 2 in the process😊

Despite its flaws, DS2 does hold a special place for me. Something about it harkens back to exploration in Kingsfield more than any other SB game in my eyes. Maybe it's the mixture of experimentation and a return to older design philosophies that led to its mixed reception.

I liked how you could apply affinities to just about everything that wasn't a boss weapon Edit: People are saying you could also affinity boss weapons :0 I just looked at one or two on the wiki and assumed all boss weapons were like that. As a side note; my Lightning Black Knight Axe... Edit 2 (after watching video): Zamn, the B team sure had a lot if interesting ideas

The level of editing in this one is simply InSaNe !!!! Thank you really much for these absolutely needed and crucial facts, I couldn't have lived any longer without that knowledge.

Hot damn the editing here is top tier. You just earned yourself a sub!

That petrification intro was neat and if it was hard to make, it's greatly appreciated.

Only ten minutes in and the Silent Hill 2 and Final Fantasy 9 edits are just so good I can't believe the production quality on this one

Wow you guys have really outdone yourselves with the editing humor in this video.

The use of music from FFIX I was already loving and then the evil forest bit! Major props! Great video all round but that was fun!

52 minutes of pure quality content and it's still not all the secrets the game has to offer - incredible :D

17:20 there is also another NPC you can summon for that area that will do a point forward gesture towards the windmill, which is obviously more useful than just vaguely looking at it

That Silent Hill part was genius 😂 I love your videos old man.

i will never understand how much thought you put into the transitions and otherwise funny cartoons. these aren’t just editing tricks or anything i’ve seen before. this is truly unique to only you and whoever you get involved. and you have my utmost respect, i hope you keep making these for years to come. ❤

It's mind boggling how many secrets ds2 has, it really fits the theme of exploring and rediscovering truths and secrets long lost

It was great to see Helicopter man featured. What an awesome collab I didn't expect.

Something not mentioned in the video regarding doors The fact that the animation is interruptible means you the player can interrupt it too. In DS2 you can begin a door opening animation and then roll through it midway, which results in you bursting through the door. Quicker than just waiting for the door to open, and more stylish too. Only works with outwards opening doors.

woaw that james / sh2 moment was insane, amazing job bro love it

I always thought it was dumb that Scholar added more of those petrified statues for no reason other than arbitrarily blocking off areas (last area of tutorial, Ruin Sentinels, etc.)

Ideas for part 2: 1- variations in bosses like invisible or visible Aava. 2- quirky npc invaders and summons. 3- a lot of gear with bonus stats. The other games did this too, but to a far smaller extent. 4- and the more obvious ones, bonfire ascetic, ng+ and power stance.

Legit the best video for Ds2 I’ve ever seen the commentary , unknown info , and structure of the the video is just immaculate

Great video as always and the Happy Souls references were hilarious 😂

All this really makes me appreciate DS2 all the more. And just an insane amount of editing and effort to spice up the video. Some great bits, well done.

The crows being a gacha was interesting. Made them useful to go back to since drops were no longer guaranteed.

Incredible work. I love how experimental DS2 is and I'm so glad you put up this lovely showcase

I really appreciate the sound design of these videos. Mixing the gag sound bytes to sound like they’re really in the level elevates the jokes a lot. All the speaking voices are just so pleasantly mixed too, coupled with the music choices. Even when it gets loud for a joke the loudness is demonstrated by clipping without actually being that much louder in the mix. good shit!!!

Almost an hour of pure DS2 goodness, thank you Old Man.

This is so well made. I can't begin to imagine how much work went into this.

The living tree in the Sunken King area always fascinated me because of what looks like a staircase spiraling around it. Like it was ment to be much bigger and climbable.

I think my favorite thing about DaS2 was an actually reason for NG+ with the extra enemies and different rewards.

I played DS3 first then DS2 and it still managed to impress me with its intricacies.

Best dark souls video i've ever seen and i'm awake until 3am every day watching this stuff

I found out the hard way that Rosabeth _only_ wears the most recent armor that you give her. That means if you give her an entire set, she'll wear everything. But is she currently has most of an armor set and you give her a pair of gloves to finish it off, she'll ONLY be wearing the gloves after you reload or rest at the bonfire. EDIT: The Happy Souls references are getting out of hand. Keep doing that.

one of my personal favorite things is the fact that left-handed weapons and right-handed shields function pretty much the same as their reversed counterparts as an actual left-handed person, i get to be just that little bit more myself when i play dark souls 2

A+ work. I knew I had to subscribe when I heard the singing-only version of Snake Eater during the ladder part. It's a small thing, but it's too easy to add the version with music, which the game did not use during that part. But the editing sent this video over the top.