Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of Writing on Games, I revisit perhaps my favourite game ever (Dark Souls) for the first time in months. I know a lot of you subscribed based on my previous Dark Souls videos, but since there are a billion people talking about how the game is 'harsh but fair', I didn't want to make another video on it until I had something resembling a unique angle on it. So I decided to defend an area most people hate...
On this playthrough of the game, I realised that Blighttown, an area despised by many, actually became one of my favourite areas in the game, despite the dread I still felt going through it. The way it toys with the verticality of the level design and how this plays into the way the game rewards the player make Blighttown genuinely oppressive in a way no area up to that point can be. The way it turns the world itself into your enemy is quintessentially Dark Souls, and I love it for that.
Also, I'm going to be able to play Bloodborne soon thanks to one of my patrons! I'm very excited, and it means you can stop telling me to play it soon...
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Anor Londo footage from EberonAdventures - youtube.com/watch?v=OCPrxlY4_FE
Lost Izalith footage from BlueLizardJello - youtube.com/watch?v=saPfKfOPQy4
Spec Ops: The Line trailer from MrVg247 - youtube.com/watch?v=kIoJnMT3yUI
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Thank you SO much for watching, subscribing, sharing, pledging to the Patreon, etc. It all helps more than you can possibly know and I can't thank you enough for it. If you want to see your name on the end scroll, or you want early access to episodes/access to soundtracks and scripts, please consider pledging!
Thank you for your continued support!
In this episode of Writing on Games, I revisit perhaps my favourite game ever (Dark Souls) for the first time in months. I know a lot of you subscribed based on my previous Dark Souls videos, but since there are a billion people talking about how the game is 'harsh but fair', I didn't want to make another video on it until I had something resembling a unique angle on it. So I decided to defend an area most people hate...
On this playthrough of the game, I realised that Blighttown, an area despised by many, actually became one of my favourite areas in the game, despite the dread I still felt going through it. The way it toys with the verticality of the level design and how this plays into the way the game rewards the player make Blighttown genuinely oppressive in a way no area up to that point can be. The way it turns the world itself into your enemy is quintessentially Dark Souls, and I love it for that.
Also, I'm going to be able to play Bloodborne soon thanks to one of my patrons! I'm very excited, and it means you can stop telling me to play it soon...
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Patreon - patreon.com/writingongames
Podcast (iTunes) - itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/writing-on-gamescast/id1124674245
Podcast (RSS) - writingongamescast.libsyn.com/rss
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Anor Londo footage from EberonAdventures - youtube.com/watch?v=OCPrxlY4_FE
Lost Izalith footage from BlueLizardJello - youtube.com/watch?v=saPfKfOPQy4
Spec Ops: The Line trailer from MrVg247 - youtube.com/watch?v=kIoJnMT3yUI
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Thank you SO much for watching, subscribing, sharing, pledging to the Patreon, etc. It all helps more than you can possibly know and I can't thank you enough for it. If you want to see your name on the end scroll, or you want early access to episodes/access to soundtracks and scripts, please consider pledging!
Thank you for your continued support!
