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Varagonax Jun 15, 2017 @ 11:15pm
*SPOILER* The Blood of the Dark Soul
It'sreally useless? Like why even implement it? You cangive it to the painter girl for extra dialogue but thats it. It doesnt even give you a different ending, nothing really to signify that its the last of the souls series. Maybe they have a secret 3rd DLC. They werent going to have dlc for darksouls 2 originally (or they lied about it). I know that the series isnt known for its fantastic stories and writing, but for the love of Gwyn give us some CLOSURE! WHAT IS THE BLOOD OF THE DARKSOUL? WHY IS IT NEEDED TO PAINT WORLDS? WHAT DROVE GAEL MAD? HOW DID HE GET SO BIG? THE HELL WAS THAT EGG THING THAT DESTROYED THE WORLD? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS! And I'm ok with that, I am, truly. But it doesn't even give you an achievement and I, for one, am feeling very cheated by its lacklustre showing.
Last edited by Varagonax; Jun 15, 2017 @ 11:56pm
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sangeo Jun 15, 2017 @ 11:28pm 
the ending was pretty crappy but i think that gael was driven mad by the dark souls that he consumed, but i dont know how he got so big
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MOSLEY Jun 15, 2017 @ 11:39pm 
Originally posted by Varagonax:
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!

Welcome to Dark Souls. That's kind of the point.
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AlmightyDunkle Jun 15, 2017 @ 11:51pm 
It hints at the next Souls title where we play in a main hub world and jump through various paintings to grab star...souls in order to save Princess Gwynevere from Duke Seath cause he's gone mad.

....wait
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Varagonax Jun 15, 2017 @ 11:59pm 
Originally posted by MOSLEY:
Originally posted by Varagonax:
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!

Welcome to Dark Souls. That's kind of the point.
Darksouls does an excellent ob at making you feel inadequate for the job it presents to you, lol. Like, did you destroy the world by breaking the egg? Was the egg space-time? OR is everything you have ever done been for naught?
Last edited by Varagonax; Jun 15, 2017 @ 11:59pm
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MOSLEY Jun 16, 2017 @ 12:05am 
Originally posted by Varagonax:
Originally posted by MOSLEY:

Welcome to Dark Souls. That's kind of the point.
Darksouls does an excellent ob at making you feel inadequate for the job it presents to you, lol. Like, did you destroy the world by breaking the egg? Was the egg space-time? OR is everything you have ever done been for naught?

Seemed to me like you were fast-forwarded to the end of the world when you touched the egg, but what do I know?
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AlmightyDunkle Jun 16, 2017 @ 12:09am 
Originally posted by MOSLEY:
Originally posted by Varagonax:
Darksouls does an excellent ob at making you feel inadequate for the job it presents to you, lol. Like, did you destroy the world by breaking the egg? Was the egg space-time? OR is everything you have ever done been for naught?

Seemed to me like you were fast-forwarded to the end of the world when you touched the egg, but what do I know?
Yeah that's why Gael says "You're still here?"

No matter what happens, the world will perish.
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MightySunbro Jun 16, 2017 @ 12:27am 
Watch Vaati for answers.
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Meat Man (Alfons) Jun 16, 2017 @ 4:00am 
Originally Gael went on an adventure to find his "Pigment" for the painter girl. To paint a new world like Ariandel or Ariamis. Gael knew he'd get corrupted so thats why he guided you through Ringed City where you could end the job and give it to the painter.

The Dark soul. The thing that has been sought for a long time. Now in your hands, in this crumbled world where it has literally turned into dust when Fillianore woke up. When you return to Ariamdel you give it to the painter girl, so she can paint a new world. Where you've technically saved the world now. When she'll do it? A question of time...

Like what the hell did people expect? This is a bit of an unsavoury ending but PLEASE, the Canon ending is STILL the main games ending. Such as the Lord of Hollows one or what not, this is just a side-story on Gaels journey to find the pigment.
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gackie Jun 16, 2017 @ 4:56am 
Originally posted by Meat Man (Alfons):
Originally Gael went on an adventure to find his "Pigment" for the painter girl. To paint a new world like Ariandel or Ariamis. Gael knew he'd get corrupted so thats why he guided you through Ringed City where you could end the job and give it to the painter.

The Dark soul. The thing that has been sought for a long time. Now in your hands, in this crumbled world where it has literally turned into dust when Fillianore woke up. When you return to Ariamdel you give it to the painter girl, so she can paint a new world. Where you've technically saved the world now. When she'll do it? A question of time...

Like what the hell did people expect? This is a bit of an unsavoury ending but PLEASE, the Canon ending is STILL the main games ending. Such as the Lord of Hollows one or what not, this is just a side-story on Gaels journey to find the pigment.
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Terra Blade Jun 16, 2017 @ 5:04am 
Originally posted by MOSLEY:
Originally posted by Varagonax:
I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!

Welcome to Dark Souls. That's kind of the point.

Not sure if that is the point, but yeah vague story elements that you have to draw your own conclusions from is kinda a staple of this series' storytelling.
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Serrassi Effect Jun 16, 2017 @ 7:28am 
It's the key to paint a new world and create life within it.
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Playerjjjj Jun 16, 2017 @ 11:38am 
It's kind of pointless to put " *SPOILER* " in the title if you put the spoiler right next to it, you know. Just a note for the future.

I'm quite happy with the resolution to Gael's story and the Ringed City as a whole. We learned a lot: the fate of the first humans, the nature of the undead curse, a bit more about the Abyss (perhaps it wasn't evil until the gods tried to seal it with fire), and we finally got to face the Dark Soul itself. It's been a long time since a true Lord Soul appeared in a souls game, and we've never really gotten to see the whole "Strength of Lords" thing. Even the lords in DS1 aren't particulary threatening: Nito puts up a half-hearted fight, the Witch of Izalith is twisted beyond lordship, the Four Kings and Seath just have fragments, and Gwyn is all but spent.

As for the Dark Soul's fate, I'm just glad it's going to be put to use. If fire won't obey the natural order, it should be usurped. If Dark will never get a true age of its own, it should be cast out of the world to a new home. Humanity will have to learn to live with its curse.
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gackie Jun 16, 2017 @ 11:42am 
Originally posted by Playerjjjj:
It's kind of pointless to put " *SPOILER* " in the title if you put the spoiler right next to it, you know. Just a note for the future.

I'm quite happy with the resolution to Gael's story and the Ringed City as a whole. We learned a lot: the fate of the first humans, the nature of the undead curse, a bit more about the Abyss (perhaps it wasn't evil until the gods tried to seal it with fire), and we finally got to face the Dark Soul itself. It's been a long time since a true Lord Soul appeared in a souls game, and we've never really gotten to see the whole "Strength of Lords" thing. Even the lords in DS1 aren't particulary threatening: Nito puts up a half-hearted fight, the Witch of Izalith is twisted beyond lordship, the Four Kings and Seath just have fragments, and Gwyn is all but spent.

As for the Dark Soul's fate, I'm just glad it's going to be put to use. If fire won't obey the natural order, it should be usurped. If Dark will never get a true age of its own, it should be cast out of the world to a new home. Humanity will have to learn to live with its curse.
We did get to fight Manus in his prime when he was in possession of the Dark Soul. But yeah, Gael is my favorite fight in the series TBH, and The Ringed City is my favorite DLC, too. I feel like it was very fitting for the final piece of content we got, because the entire theme was light vs dark. And it delivered.
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Lost and Damned Jun 16, 2017 @ 11:59am 
Deus ex machina LOL
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Varagonax Jun 16, 2017 @ 4:14pm 

Originally posted by Playerjjjj:
It's kind of pointless to put " *SPOILER* " in the title if you put the spoiler right next to it, you know. Just a note for the future.
It would be pointless if I put it on the right at the end of the title. But since in english you read left to right, putting spoiler first lets people know whether or not they should be reading it. Its not pointless. Also, I'm not unhappy about the story, far from it. Im just dissappointed that there isnt a new ending to go with the darksoul, and it feels like having the darksoul as a tangible item in the game with only a few extra lines of dialogue seems either lazily implemented, or completely unnecessary. The entirety of the dlc is about the dark and the darksoul but when you get it after such an epic fight nothing happens. No closing cutscene, no acheivement for assisting the painter girl. For the last entry in the series they seem rather ok with letting it die silently. Usurping the fire felt epic, giving the fire to the firekeeper felt rebellious, lighting the fires felt
obligatory. AND after three games. and 7 dlc's we finally get to hold the darksign. To feel it. But it's just another useless item, with just slightly more value then rubbish. I feel the item cheapened the otherwise brilliant dlc conclusion to darksouls.

Edit: Gael missed a pygmy lord. Its on the end of a crucifix.
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