*correction: for the dark souls 3 section the anniversary was 7 years, not 8 years. we're not old yet

BB fans when BB gets mentioned in any capacity: "A corpse should be left well alone...."

Aah... The Blood. It's calling. Many years passed in but the blink of an eye and yet. It's fervent stench enters my coil once more yet. I feel, yes, one last time. A final grasp stronger still than any before. Tonight we hunt!

The problem with ray tracing is that Fromsoft has always been fantastic at how they handle atmospheric lighting.

A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream.

The launch of DS3 was really... weird but also a lot of fun. For those of you who don't remember, the game actually released about a whole month earlier in Japan than it did the rest of the world. So myself and a ton of other people bit the bullet and bought the game using a Japanese PSN account, which of course gives you a game in Japanese. In normal Dark Souls fashion, all of the spoken dialogue was in English, so you could kind of cobble together a story as you're going along, but all of the item descriptions, help text, etc was Japanese. This was cool because the community game together posting help articles and translating the item descriptions whenever a new thing was discovered. Someone made a site with all of the item icons, so you could click on what you just found and find out what it is. I did 3 playthroughs like that and had an absolute blast.

Dear, oh dear. What was it? The Hunt? The Blood? Or the horrible dream? Oh, it doesn't matter... It always comes down to the Hunter's helper to clean up after these sort of messes.

Ah, sweet child of Kos, returned to the ocean. A bottomless curse, a bottomless sea. Accepting of all that there is, and can be.

Okay, so ray tracing is a program to simulate photons or light travel. So while it isn't much difference for Elden Ring, them practicing it could be amazing for Armored Core. Ray Tracing really shines or more modern or future settings.

My favourite ds3 memory is when i got the best summon ever for gael. Her name was sora and she carried the whole fight by constantly healing and taking aggro and also doing a good amount of damage until my other summon died and she had no estus left and used her last mana to heal me while i was getting hit because my dumb ass got too greedy and well shes thw only reason i ever managed to defeat gael. I will never forget her

One thing not mentioned is a new bug where Golden Vow and some other buffs now only affect physical damage instead of overall damage.

My favorite change is in the Roar Medallion, which now buffs dragon communion attacks. Luv me dragon shouts.

Honestly the reality of Real Time Raytracing is that its more of a benefit for the developer than the end user. All lighting affects in games in prerendered, meaning an artist makes a concerted effort to get the textures to change how they look under certain circumstances. Some of this is baked into the game engine for volumetric lighting, some is done by hand, but all of it takes a ridiculous amount of time. Raytracing is a simulation of light, it treats the light like particles that bounce off of or are absorbed by surfaces, kind of like real photons. So now instead of a bubble that applies a gradient of color and brightness to individual objects in the scene, technically every object functions like a light source (as objects in real life do). This means reflections are simulated in real time on shiny surfaces, that objects aren't just lit from the primary light source, but also the light that bounces of other surfaces, and on top of that, light that should pass through certain surfaces like a characters skin. All of those things I just described are things a good game developer like Fromsoft already does, but in a manual process... So I can see why people question making a Raytracing option when the game already has all that stuff, not because it does nothing, but because its primary benefit is something that can only be achieved when they DON'T have to do the old option, which requires the majority of the market to be playing on hardware that supports it and runs it well... which is going to be a while. TL;DR Real Time Raytracing will make cheaper games look better in the future because of less dev time and resources. Big budget studios do benefit, but their titles will largely look the same because they already do the work to make realistic lighting manually.

I once knew a man named WoolyMammoth. He was the best assassin I ever knew. I once saw him sneak between me and my compadres to brutally murder the host. I didn’t a man armed with a great bow could be so terrifying, but move swapping Gael’s Crossbow is certainly effective.

Ray tracing basically works the way people used to think our eyes worked. Light rays shoot out from the camera (our eyes) all over the things we see, bounce towards what should be the light source in the scene, eg the sun, then shadows and reflections are rendered based on those bounces.

You can't just assume that you could use Age of Mythology music and no one would notice.... Love that soundtrack

the age of mythology nostalgia oh be damned

Shout-out to SB for having a good AI voice for YEARS before anyone else lol

Heres my fun dark souls 3 story. Your channel is the soul reason (pun intended) im still playing these games 8 years later. Id never really played any hard games couldn't beat the first boss. I gave up after my 11th attempt planning to never touch the game again! Grrr! My curiosity on how to beat gundre lead me to youtube and your channel. I saw your king of the hill, 1 shot build and skeleton build videos and decided to give the game another chance. Ive made some amazing, priceless friendships ive still kept through these games. So technically, your work changed my life for the better

I love this type of videos! Keep making more! There are so many things in the Soulsborne community that go overlooked. It's nice to see them being shined a light on.

Ray tracing was on by default for me after the update and it instantly crashes my game when starting a character, thank you Miyazaki.

Cool new series ! I just wanted to say I loved the Age of Mythology tune (and the video).

Ahh I was wondering why I was seeing so many fine jellyfish squeezers 👀

Beasts all over the dance floor... You'd better not kill the mood.

Been following for a while now, this series that you've started is probably my favorite from you... in a good way. Thank you!

the Age of Empires ost starting in 2:15 brought back memories ty

You say you're bad at Blender, but... *_D A T D O N U T_*

Thank you for reminding me of the old classic that is SunlightBlade's voice over of DS3

The quality of these is only getting better. I liked the less monotone voice you used this episode, in particular

I remember in the launch week of dark souls 3. I killed Lothric's wetnurse and after telling my friends we spent about a week trying to defeat the dancer with our underlevelled characters.

That Age of Mythology song brought me back...appreciate the video and the music choice!

You gotta love these updates one time it’s game changing other times it has elements that r so not see able that it begs the question “why” but ether way keep up the good work love the vids u do my dude

8:05 robots can now beat im not a robot test... so im not convinced

Holy shit that AoM music takes me BACK. Awesome video, love the content!

dat Age of Mythology sound got me in ze feels , really well edited

I caught that Age of Mythology OST you used. Love it.

The first time i got aware of Raytracing was in Battlefield V where you could see your soldiers face in the reflection of the magazine while reloading ^^ Real time reflections are a very neat but subtle thing.

A Hunter is a Hunter even in a Dream

the hyper dancer of dominula in the background at 1:42 gives me life

Love the age of mythology music in the background….brings back so many memories

I just noticed that the music is the one in Age of Mythology, just brings so many memories ! What a good taste he has !

Our eyes are yet to open.

A hoonter must hoont. thanks for the update! great video :D

Great Video can't wait for future FromSoft News

That segment hitting me with nostalgia with that Age of Mythology ost

I love dark souls 3 so much..! Can't believe it's been 7 years🤯 Imo it's the superior game. Who knew replayability counted for so much

Oooh is that age of mythology soundtrack I hear? Didn't expect that from a souls video! Good choice Lightlingblade!

2:36 age of mythology music I know it by heart

I chuckled at your 'clearer picture' joke

Dude the age of mythology music being played was awesome

The Age of Mythology music on the background caught me off-guard lol. Anyways, I love this weekly dose of Souls :)

Ray Tracing is simulating the way light bounces of surfaces. This is mostly an impact on the intensity of shadows (how light or dark they are, how soft or sharp the edges look, and how shadows from different objects overlap each other) to make them seem closer to how they appear in reality. This sometimes eats system resources pretty badly depending on how the lighting is being rendered in the first place.

there is no way dark souls 3 is that old. that was the first fromsoft game I really got into, crazy how that time has zoomed by.

Course it was IGN telling people to use exploits.

I loved this. It's like a Fromsoft news channel.

You nailed it with the ambient lighting thing, if it is present and as well done as Fromsoft usually does it, ray tracing won't be too noticeable unless you use a mobile light source, like a torch, but those don't cast shadow in this game.

I just don't understand why they nerfed founding rain of stars of all things. The spell's situational enough as it was, there's no reason to make its damage bad too. Who in their right mind was complaining about this spell of all things?

Age of Mythology music definitely noticed and appreciated. Good choice sir

Nice video as always, cheers

Man 8 years that is actually crazy to think about

I love how the donut tutorial is so ubiquitous

The ray tracing in the outdoor areas is SO good.

one of my favorite ds3 memory is when I parried fighter pl during a livestream and he congratulated with me :)

dude that Age of Mythology ost got my nostalgia going something fierce.

God, you sent me on a nostalgia trip wh thay Age of Mythology OST!

shoutout to the age of mythology soundtrack in the background doe

Age of mythology soundtrack is a lovely background to this.

We need more 👀👀👀👀👀👀

The age of mythology ost really hit me out of nowhere i need retold

Beasts all over the shop... you'll be one of them, sooner or later.

bro you put the sound track from age of mythology that was something

Happy birthday DS3

love the use of the age of mythology soundtrack, its one of the best

Y'know, with how many times they had to go back and tweak Fire's Deadly Sin, I wish they'd also try to make it viable without the glitches they're trying to iron out. Even if it did no damage to you at all, it'd still probably be a strong contender for worst body buff in the game.

Funny part is AI has actually beaten the “I’m not a robot” click box. It hired someone online while claiming to have diminished sight, to click the box for it.

There's another bug that got added that wasn't mentioned, buffs like Flame Grant Me Strength and Golden Vow no longer increase spell damage.

I didn't know the jellyfish shield could be put away and still keep the buff that's awesome

"Ah hah hah ha! Ooh! Majestic! A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream. But, alas, not too fast! The nightmare swirls and churns unending!"

“a hoonter must hoont.”

Lmao when you showed the Ray Tracing on each setting from Low to Maximum I couldn't tell a difference between clips😂

ooooo and here I thought jelly shield was now obsulete, I was using this and commanders standard buff in a playthrough of coop mod with my fruend, I needed it to keep up with the insane magic damage he has

Damn you using Age of Mythology music now I really really want to play it for the 9999th time! Also I love your content much thank you for another amazing roundup 🙏

Lmao at the music choice, It was driving me crazy trying to recall what it was from. Good game.

You just used Age of Mythology music in your video and you thought i wouldnt notice ;D

* swings torch: * _"away away!"_

2:23 don't tell Rusty

Gods... It's been over 11 years since DS1. Been subbed here a long time 🤣

"my guiding moonlight"

Love the age of mythology track

Bro the Age of Mythology music is such a god tier addition to this video

Bro went on to use Age of Mythology soundtrack, nostalgia is real

"Welcome to the Elden Ring news update..." Man, that brings back so many memories. You should try to get Mordecai to record an intro for these news updates for old times' sake.

Love the AOM tracks

ray tracing is a method for creating light rays, shadows, ambient occlusion, and reflections by drawing from a point on a surface to a light source trough refraction and refection and direct to light path tracing

We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open....Fear the Old Blood

i still have not found the ign flame self flame in my playthroughs

That AoM theme sent me on a nostalgia trip like nothing else.

that age of mythology Soundtrack hitting hard

Yo jamming out to og age of mythology music!

2016 -> 2023 = 7 years 🙃