illusory wall
Dark Souls Dissected #1 - Sin
updated
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0:00 Introduction
1:31 It's a Puzzle Fight
3:15 Solution 1: Poise
5:01 Solution 2: Stealth
6:47 Solution 3: Diversion
8:50 Not a Skill Check
9:38 Cheese Discourse
12:08 Camera Woes
12:42 Problem-Solving Shortcomings?
14:25 Boss Runbacks, Summary
15:41 Outro
youtube.com/@criticalrants
youtube.com/watch?v=z8Rzjvacxu4
External Footage Credits:
youtube.com/@TheAndyCortez
twitch.tv/andycortez
youtube.com/watch?v=iUqlrqzmklU
youtube.com/@SymbaLily
youtube.com/watch?v=abSfvOSnWqg
twitch.tv/karlgerm
Music:
Jacob Lake's Shadow Tower Abyss Soundtrack - Bewilderment Domain
Dark Souls Menu Theme
Space Quest IV - Shop Theme
Metal Gear 2 - Frequency 140.85
King's Field II - Forest of Varde Ralugo
King's Field - Passage for a Monk
The Secret of Monkey Island - The Scumm Bar
Elden Ring - Limgrave
Dark Souls - Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
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0:00 Introduction
2:58 Why Pausing Online Works
7:40 Pausing In Sekiro
9:03 Pausing in Demon's Souls (Remake)
11:46 Pausing in Elden Ring
15:07 My Thoughts on the Following Objections
16:09 1 - Menuing While Paused
16:24 2 - Difficulty Concerns
18:30 3 - The Quit Out Method
19:49 4 - No Need For Pausing w/ Bonfires
20:43 5 - Maybe This Isn't For You
21:09 6 - Pausing is Bad for Immersion
25:40 Outro
youtube.com/@ryukahr -
If There's No MARIO MAKER 3... THIS IS WHY:
youtu.be/pR_EzURBpeU?si=khbGNPN7cGKSLHCe
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0:00 Introduction
1:26 Collisions Overview
3:14 Purposes of High Collisions
8:48 Northern Undead Asylum
14:12 Firelink Shrine
18:14 Undead Burg
27:44 Undead Parish
32:54 Lower Undead Burg
34:39 Depths
36:32 Blighttown
41:34 The Great Hollow & Ash Lake
47:06 Darkroot Garden
49:37 Sen's Fortress
55:12 Anor Londo
1:01:57 The Painted World
1:08:37 The Catacombs
1:10:49 Tomb of the Giants
1:13:23 Duke's Archives & Crystal Cave
1:17:16 New Londo Ruins
1:20:51 Demon Ruins & Lost Izalith
1:26:17 The DLC Areas
1:29:26 The Kiln
1:31:59 Outro
Soulstruct for Blender
github.com/Grimrukh/soulstruct-blender
youtube.com/@PhobiaSoft - Glitches you can do in Dark Souls PtDE
youtube.com/watch?v=uzchVrhP-4c
youtube.com/@samuelhdiamond42 - Secrets of the Sunlight Altar (alt Depths' entrance)
youtube.com/watch?v=FlSu_WlJ96g
youtube.com/@RegoleSlayer | twitch.tv/regole
youtube.com/@TheRealMcDan | twitch.tv/therealmcdan
clips.twitch.tv/CaringMoistCaterpillarKAPOW
Non-Souls music used in video:
King's Field IV - City Ruins
Space Quest IV - Shop Theme
King's Field - Passage for a Monk
King's Field II - Forest of Varde Ralugo
Eternal Ring - North Shore
King's Field II - Quist
Eternal Ring - Juste
Snatcher (Sega CD) - Cure
Eternal Ring - Fatalism
Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Crystal Teardrop
King's Field II - The Field of Ice Frozen Plains
Castlevania Lament of Innocence - Ghostly Theatre
Metal Gear Solid - Encounter
Castlevania Symphony of the Night - Marble Gallery
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0:00 Introduction
0:49 Invasion Cooldowns
3:19 Clearing the Cooldown Timers
5:54 Limit Levels
9:22 Invasion Frequency Balancing
14:15 Dark Souls 2
15:19 Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring
17:43 Gravelord Cooldowns
18:59 Why Were Limit Levels Removed?
19:44 Vagrant Cooldowns
24:06 Closing Words
Special thanks to Metal Crow, Europa, FenotheFox, Karl Germ, Algi, Ariane, and HotPocketRemix for various assistance (coding / testing / multiplayer help).
Artist of Dank Furtive Pygmy sadly unknown! Original upload here:
reddit.com/r/trees/comments/d44two/oc_was_high_with_my_gf_playing_some_dark_souls
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0:00 Introduction
1:00 Her Name is Hawk Girl
2:12 Why Assume She's A Crow?
3:41 Future Press Guidebook
5:13 Wiki Growing Pains
8:21 Sparkly in Demon's Souls
9:55 Mistaken Crow's Nest
10:50 The Made Up Names Are Semi-Legit
13:13 Possible Hawk Girl Designs
14:57 Outro
Special thanks to Toaster Williams for translation help:
youtube.com/@UpLateWithToaster
youtube.com/@toastedringtail
The Gutter for insight on Japanese naming conventions:
twitter.com/The_Gutter_
Voice acting by:
Toaster Williams youtube.com/@UpLateWithToaster | youtube.com/@toastedringtail
Karl Germ - twitch.tv/karlgerm
Keith Ballard - youtube.com/@BoringKeith | youtube.com/@KeithBallardA
And MASSIVE thanks to Sen for materials assistance:
youtube.com/@SenSad
jonathan frakes telling you you're wrong for 47 seconds:
youtube.com/watch?v=GM-e46xdcUo
Non-Souls VGM in chronological order:
Crystal Teardrop - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
King's Field - Passage for a Monk
Space Quest IV - Shop Theme
Other stock music provided by bensound dot com:
bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/the-elevator-bossa-nova
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0:00 Introduction
0:24 How it Works
1:51 Distance Fallen Breakpoints
2:30 How Big is a Unit?
3:18 Critical Damage Explained
4:35 Moon Review - Experimentation
6:22 Moon Review - Assurance
7:30 Moon Review - Vow and Offense
8:13 Lag Worsening a Fall (probably)
9:00 Moon Review - Titan
10:05 Interior Pitfalls and Killboxes
11:13 My First Lethal Company Death
12:06 Jetpack Weirdness
14:01 Closing Words
Special thanks to joshcantcode for the datamining help once again, Keith Ballard for those silly transmitted title cards, and CrookedHEART for the submitted questionable footage.
Thalonius' V45 Fall Damage video:
youtube.com/watch?v=34nDSoL3LvY
My first Lethal Company death caught on stream:
youtu.be/AZdaiaNZx1Y?si=X0RPaUoaqnN1Z-5F&t=1047
RecordingCamera mod the CE table created by ImJustMaxie were used in the creation of this video.
Credit to @kingborehaha for the in-cutscene bones screenshot.
Credit to this reddit thread for bringing it to my attention:
reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/18s7ldv/ever_notice_how_short_this_snake_is
0:00 Intro / Review
1:14 It Was Never a Mystery
3:31 It Would've Been Solved Day 1
4:03 Rescuing Dusk Was Known
4:41 Connections to Artorias & Oolacile
5:52 The New Crystal Golem
6:54 Entrance Location Was Known
7:29 Cove - Artorias Connection?
10:35 Design Review and Fixes
12:50 Bonus Fun Fact
Video that explains more about the location of landmarks in Darkroot vs Oolacile:
youtube.com/watch?v=0-DmxvELBE0
Website for browsing Dark Souls' maps:
https://noclip.website/
Video Sources in order of appearance:
From Software blog -
web.archive.org/web/20121027053436/http://form.fromsoftware.jp/darksouls/blog
GameFront - How to Access New DLC Content -
youtube.com/watch?v=j7eFaKCYWfA
TechPhantomReviewer - Accessing Sanctuary Guardian Area and Extra Content -
youtube.com/watch?v=9yepwlI2s4M
The Game Station - E3 2011: Dark Souls Interview - TGS -
youtube.com/watch?v=s4fCbpOyV5E
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition retail contents confirmed for SA -
https://mygaming.co.za/news/business/38871-dark-souls-prepare-to-die-edition-retail-contents-confirmed-for-sa
Dark Souls on PC is going to blow the story wide open -
giantbomb.com/forums/dark-souls-6255/dark-souls-on-pc-is-going-to-blow-the-story-wide-o-545337
Unpatched gameplay footage submitted by vergeofapathy (apathetic.bsky.social)
Phrexeus - Dark Souls 3D Map Viewer -
youtube.com/watch?v=tyTB5vhKGSI
Dark Souls: Artorias Of The Abyss Screens Reveal New "Chaser" Dark Magic -
siliconera.com/dark-souls-artorias-of-the-abyss-screens-reveal-new-chaser-dark-magic
Dark Souls: PtDE Confirmed for PC, Announcement Trailer and Co-Op Matchmaking -
co-optimus.com/article/8045/dark-souls-prepare-to-die-edition-confirmed-for-pc-announcement-trailer-and-co-op-matchmaking.html
Additional help / research:
youtube.com/@samuelhdiamond42 - Informing me of the original Crystal Golem placement and supplying 1.0 map data.
youtube.com/@kingborehaha - DSMapStudio assistance.
Non-Souls music used:
King's Field IV - City Ruins
Eternal Ring - Taboo Words
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0:00 Introduction
1:09 What makes it misunderstood
2:33 Firelink Chest Mechanics
6:46 Losing Items & Chest Exploit
10:04 Chest Shortcomings
11:43 Quitting and Reloading Intro
13:39 When Quitting and Reloading Doesn't Work
20:15 Spooky Location Shenanigans
21:51 Offering Box / Chest Demo Outro
Firelink Chest Flowchart:
imgur.com/a/anewnyv
Every Item that can spawn in Firelinnk Chest:
imgur.com/a/7YEP4MM
List of enemies where you can or can't quit and reload to re-obtained dropped loot:
imgur.com/a/EJ2J1jo
Outside Footage Sources:
Fix Ingward No Drop Bug on PC by youtube.com/@luke_rs -
youtube.com/watch?v=CKPaaZDgVak
I played Dark Souls on the PS3 by youtube.com/@muikkunen -
youtube.com/watch?v=565tGUxlC88
Special thanks to king bore haha for research on event flags, particularly everything regarding "Force Character Treasure" -
youtube.com/@kingborehaha
HotPocketRemix for additional assistance (reminding me where in the data all the possible chest items are listed out) -
youtube.com/@hotpocketremix2139
Keith Ballard as Frampt -
youtube.com/@KeithBallardA
Non-Souls Music used:
Space Quest IV - Shop Theme
SD Snatcher - Cure
The Secret of Monkey Island - The Scumm Bar
Silent Hill - Fear of the Dark
SD Snatcher - Spreading Die Hard
Flashback - Main Theme
Grim Fandango - Lost Souls Alliance
0:00 Introduction / Update
1:10 New Strats: 1 Player at a time-ish
2:24 New Strats: Max Weight for Solo Player
4:06 Forest Giant Update
4:36 Bridge Hitbox Demonstration
4:56 Crossing with 4 players?
6:09 Outro
Thanks again to joshcantcode for assistance in datamining and also creating the visualized hitbox:
youtube.com/@joshcantcode
Special thanks to Keith Ballard, The SaD Games, Bird Catcher, and Mandy for helping with multiplayer footage gathering:
youtube.com/@KeithBallardA
youtube.com/@TheSaDGames
youtube.com/@BirdCatcher
Mods / tools used:
-CE table by imjustmaxie
-Recording Camera mod by Graze
-ControlCompany mod by ControlCompany
0:00 Introduction
2:20 Basic Mechanics
3:54 How to Heal the Bridge
4:58 Crossing the Bridge at Max Weight
6:08 Multiple Players & Severe Penalties
8:33 3 Key Strategies for Safer Crossing
9:36 Fastest Collapse
10:55 Enemies on the Bridge
11:42 Closing Words
Special thanks to Thens, Keith Ballard, The SaD Games, and Bird Catcher for helping with multiplayer bridge testing and footage gathering:
youtube.com/@Thens_DeS
youtube.com/@KeithBallardA
youtube.com/@TheSaDGames
youtube.com/@BirdCatcher
My boring research notes:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KWbv-zyiFRglWdCbWeizlo9BqhuasyBuUPjtvjFwWCY/edit?usp=sharing
Also credit to ImJustMaxie and nil for their CE table, which was used to help spawn enemies, modify object weights, and lock the time of day.
If you wanna know where the durability display came from, I'm sorry to report that I don't know CE well enough to, uh, find... pointers I think they're called? So I don't have a script I can share, but the value is very easy to find by looking for a decreasing float value when stepping on the bridge.
Recording Camera mod by Graze and LethalCreature mod by DarnHyena.
0:00 Introduction and Mechanics
2:38 Design Review & Series Context
10:08 All Hidden Developer Messages
35:01 New Discoveries in 2023
43:44 Closing Words
NEW CHANNEL COMING SOON:
youtube.com/@illusoryplays
king bore haha - This tree in Dark Souls walks around!
youtube.com/watch?v=dAk0E-ibbMA
Liquid Blitz - Let's Play Dark Souls - Ep. 2 [Blind Playthrough]
youtube.com/watch?v=vSLGQA_w7rk
Libralonix - 31 Secret Messages In Dark Souls That They Tried To Hide!
youtube.com/watch?v=Yr22NXly2jU
Removed messages assistance crew:
youtube.com/@hotpocketremix2139
youtube.com/@samuelhdiamond42
youtube.com/@kingborehaha
Non-Souls music used in this video:
-Kings Field: Passage for a Monk
-Kevin Macleod: Call to Adventure. Usage is a direct reference and homage to WildPie101's vids, of course!
-and my chiptune souls covers
Want to see more of the Crystal Cave with the invisible walkways visualized? Zullie has a video for that!
youtube.com/watch?v=5HpFbbfvsrI
patreon.com/illusorywall
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Proto Blighttown
8:16 Quelaag's Domain & The Demon Ruins
18:06 Old Londo Ruins
33:56 Firelink Shrine & Loose Ends
37:45 Closing Words
Special thanks to KingBore and Samuel Diamond for the usual troubleshooting, you can find their videos here:
Lost Izalith Swamp - DS1 Cut Content:
youtube.com/watch?v=opRvPILuBkg
Secrets of the Sunlight Altar - Dark Souls:
youtube.com/watch?v=FlSu_WlJ96g
0:00 Intro & Boletaria Revisted
3:51 Welcome to Stonefang
6:25 New Tunnel Viability
7:33 Object Adherence
8:14 Crystal Lizard Safety Barrier
9:26 Road to Boletaria
10:45 The Distant Town & Spatial Violations
14:52 Stonefang Recycling Tutorial Ideas?
16:22 Enemy Stats & Boulder Changes
18:31 Building Exterior Comparisons
19:56 Arriving Indoors & Object Decluttering
21:19 The Miners
24:02 The Fat Officials
26:58 The Primeval Demons
30:13 Interior Comparisons & The Dogs
32:42 Poorly Designed Traps
33:42 Out of Bounds / Skybox
35:41 More Interiors & Offline Lever Ghost
37:42 Cut Content - Cart Room
39:03 Flame Geckos & Smelter Room
41:51 Workshop to Cutscene
44:50 Subtle Lava Pit Alteration
46:25 Opening the Shortcut
47:24 Blacksmith Ed & The Hands of God
52:04 The Filthy Man
54:10 Boss Approach & Boulder Trap
56:42 The Armor Spider
1:04:11 Boss Arena & Cut Content Hallway
1:05:40 Arriving at 2-2 & Photomode Glitch
1:06:44 Interior Drop Down Path
1:09:33 Scirvir, The Wanderer
1:12:02 Elevator Down & Black Phantoms
1:14:05 Crystal Lizard Pit & Mechanics
1:17:00 Exploding Orbs Lore
1:20:36 Exterior Vista Comparison
1:22:27 The Rockworms
1:25:13 The Bearbugs
1:30:02 Exterior Continued & Maze Navigation
1:31:40 Lava Room
1:33:16 The Flamelurker's Design
1:38:34 Flamelurker Arena
1:39:52 Flamelurker Music
1:43:14 The Dragon God
1:52:52 Do I Want More?
1:54:37 Closing Words and Thank You
patreon.com/illusorywall
Dataminers/ Modders/ Helpers:
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
twitter.com/Thens_DeS
Thens also provided the guitar cover of the nexus theme!
Distant View and Cut Town discussion from Part 1-
youtu.be/FgLY3fgG_Hg?si=aMNS0xU1mvFqezI6&t=1170
Ratatoskr - The Demon's Souls Remake Is Inferior To The Original
youtube.com/watch?v=5lx0CRVVvV8
Ashen One - Demon's Souls PS5 - Break Max Level with Coin Glitch
youtube.com/watch?v=zHmh2J6qUsk
old.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/11jnrc3/did_the_ghost_push_me
Research assistance by King Bore: twitter.com/king_bore_haha
0:00 Introduction
0:54 The Basics
1:50 Implementation of Black Phantoms Retrospective
7:06 Black Phantom Mechanics & Placement
8:54 The Upper & Lower Undead Burg
9:45 The Undead Parish
12:51 The Darkroot Garden
15:11 The Depths
16:38 Blighttown
18:15 Sen's Fortress
19:19 Anor Londo
20:30 The Painted World
21:17 The Duke's Archives
22:15 New Londo Ruins
22:52 Demon Ruins & Lost Izalith
24:38 The Catacombs
25:12 Tomb of the Giants
26:23 The DLC
28:16 The Kiln
28:57 The New Game Plus Requirement
33:54 Disconnected & Offline Gravelording
38:59 Traveling Summon & Chained Locations
42:14 The Unpatched Painted World
44:36 The Great Incentives of Gravelording
49:46 5 Ways to Fix Gravelording
57:34 Closing Words
Video credits!
Sunlight Blade - The Best Gravelord Method!:
youtu.be/reKsTlDHlLU
Iron Pineapple - Dark Souls Remastered: The Gravelord Experience:
youtu.be/NOqsYzfhWa8
Ribosome's Channel - Dark Souls - Vagrant in Undead Parish infected by Gravelord:
youtu.be/SmysoRAsmjs
Samuel Diamond:
twitter.com/samuelhdiamond
King Bore:
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
Durza D Shadow - SL 125 NG+7 Perma - Gravelord Aggressive Coop w/ Fumo # Ep.8:
youtu.be/y3kulPMBF8o
McDan:
twitch.tv/therealmcdan
twitter.com/TheRealMcDan/status/1611670751127474183
Keith Ballard - Let's Teach Andrew Soulsborne: Dark Souls Part 23 - Crossbreed Priscilla:
youtu.be/a1_KGzvVvKM
Game Grumps Shorts - The Carbuncle Ate Itself:
youtu.be/HZEKjqR7aCg
Ribosome's Channel - Dark Souls - Gravelord Mechanics: Method to spawn Black Phantoms:
youtu.be/Nz0QR-8b2p4
IGN - Prepare to Try: Dark Souls, Episode 20 - Black Dragon Kalameet:
youtu.be/tHVahIEsH3Q
twitter.com/RKGvideo
youtube.com/RKG
Rho:
twitch.tv/rhofgc
grayfruit - The Lark Souls Supercut:
youtu.be/fwAk2Bp_SZc
Wraff - Lore Fanatic Plays Dark Souls Remastered New Game + Supercut Pt. 7:
youtu.be/Y-QU0uYEMqI
mui - I played Dark Souls on the PS3:
youtu.be/565tGUxlC88
Ruca Burankee:
youtu.be/I4ss9la7YqI
youtu.be/cA-2exxnEsY
Also thanks to LordRadai for some help with Italian translation!
twitter.com/LordRadai
The shorter duration of time allowed by the Small White Sign Soapstone is explored and considered as a feature that would've been nice to have in Elden Ring as well.
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0:00 Introduction
0:46 Co-op Time Limits & Overview
4:28 Co-op Time Modifiers
7:07 Review of Enemy Values
14:20 Area Modifiers & Map Speculation
17:59 Boss Fights
19:02 PvP Time Limits
24:52 Inconsistent Timer Rate?
26:00 Closing Words
In the video I forgot to credit Meowmaritus for creating the area list seen in the video:
gist.github.com/Meowmaritus/8b921e13506a4eff387cfc66b86cd1b3
Doc with all enemy co-op timer subtraction values:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ufDr_7FhEOV_ckFDBBM1D8BqZtMZxl42EVybIQpv860/copy
Dark Souls 2 Design Works interview translated by Peter Barnard:
barnardtranslations.com/post/dark-souls-ii-design-works
OnlyAfro - Silver Knight Shenanigans:
youtube.com/watch?v=Ywyll7GUG5Q
In addition to participating in a bunch of multiplayer for this video, FenoTheFox also provided some footage from his perspective:
youtube.com/FenoTheFox
0:00 Introduction
0:48 All Official Resources on Vagrants
2:44 How the Devs (Probably) Created Them
6:58 Trying to Understand What They Are
13:49 - Conclusion / Closing Words
patreon.com/illusorywall
Special thanks to Erik Peabody for some audio production tips:
twitter.com/VikingGuitar
Concept Art Translation:
twitter.com/Lokey_DS
abyssalarchive.com
Ununtrium's blog post:
ununtrium.medium.com/dark-souls-filianores-egg-and-the-nature-of-time-98f318f63724
Soulslore wiki post:
http://soulslore.wikidot.com/data:princess-filianore
Ciretose's reddit post:
reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/690ymv/dragons_crystals_and_transposing_kilns
Petition Link:
https://chng.it/d5WRtmC7
Patreon:
patreon.com/illusorywall
0:00 Introduction
0:45 The Majula Mansion Chest
6:17 Ramifications of Timed Releases
8:36 When for SotFS? // PETITION
12:08 The Majula Monument & Closing Words
Grohlvana's video:
Majula Mansion Chest Event Final "Secret Item" Revealed - Dark Souls 2
youtube.com/watch?v=2LlpYAFdoSo
BlueLizardJello's video:
PSA - Dark Souls II - Reskinned Weapons Are Back!
youtube.com/watch?v=IYrrzpBVJbE
His and Hers Gaming's video:
Demon's Souls PS5: Reaper Scythe Full Moveset. Preorder Bonus Weapon
youtube.com/watch?v=1mN51qeQunA
Recommended DS2 follows:
twitter.com/LordRadai
twitter.com/Moonlight_Ruin
twitter.com/HalfGrownHollow
twitter.com/Stayd3D
patreon.com/illusorywall
0:00 Introduction
0:37 1: Throwing Knives & Consumables
2:23 2: Backstabs and Ripostes
3:01 3: Stunlocking Octopi
4:03 4: Poise Bar Mod?
5:09 5: Jump Attacks
6:36 6: Powerstancing
8:27 7: Golems with Armored Legs
9:23 8: Poise I-Frames for Standing Enemies
10:53 9: Briar Armor and Negative Poise
11:57 10: Malenia Correction: Stance Break Immunity
13:02 11: Hypo Armor
13:09 12: Summoning Inside the Boss Fight
13:32 13: Effect of NG+ Cycle
14:22 14: Multi-Parry Enemies and Royal Revenants
15:24 15: Golden Tempering Poise Damage
16:22 16: Ash of War: Cragblade
17:36 17: Red Wolves Can't Be Critical'd
18:22 18: Dragonfly Poise Damage
18:37 19: Who does 70 Poise Damage?
19:08 20A: Why Stance IS Poise
22:13 20B: Damage Level - Lighter PvE Stuns
24:00 More Hyper Armor Weirdness ft. AE
26:35 Effective Poise and Tankiest Enemies
32:51 Closing Words
Special thanks once again to king bore for research help and troubleshooting:
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
Spreadsheet with poise damage values:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j4bpTbsnp5Xsgw9TP2xv6d8R4qk0ErpE9r_5LGIDraU/edit?usp=sharing
Elden Ring Hyper Armor Poise Calculator:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gBgj4_QgHSbTfd7pc046PS4BzpA6NMCy3BGSs2Jd68/copy
Intro Music Credits:
Jazzaddict's Intro by Cosimo Fogg (201) soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/jazzaddicts-intro
Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/hY4yspCQRaM
patreon.com/illusorywall
Special thanks to Amir and Kingbore for general help / troubleshooting / research assistance:
twitter.com/AmirTheThe
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
Amir's DS3 Poise video:
youtube.com/watch?v=3ueqJalEHao
Spreadsheet with poise damage values:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j4bpTbsnp5Xsgw9TP2xv6d8R4qk0ErpE9r_5LGIDraU/edit#gid=0
Elden Ring Hyper Armor poise calculator:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gBgj4_QgHSbTfd7pc046PS4BzpA6NMCy3BGSs2Jd68/copy
A few sound effects provided by zapsplat.com/.
0:00 Introduction
2:31 PvE Poise
6:52 The Tankiest Enemy Awards
20:40 Weapon Poise Damage Review
25:56 PvE Poise Damage Modifiers
27:55 PvP Poise Overview
33:48 Hyper Armor
39:16 Poise Breakpoints
43:15 Poise-Boosting Gear
46:04 Credits / Closing Words
(why bleeding an enemy repeatedly gets harder)
0:00 Introduction
1:09 The Basics
3:10 How far does it go?
7:05 Effect on gameplay
9:56 Soft Constraints
12:17 Surprise Immunities
15:25 Closing Words
Here's a link to my pateron, any amount helps!
patreon.com/illusorywall
Friends who helped with datamining for this video:
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
twitter.com/JerpDoesGames
Unlisted patches / Hidden Updates
0:00 Introduction
0:47 #10 - Removed Branches
1:45 #9 - Moved Tombstone
2:19 #8 - Dark Souls Chest
3:26 #7 - Boc's Discoverability
4:56 #6 - Dangerous Spirit Springs
6:22 #5 - Impaler's Catacombs Hitbox
7:08 #4 - 9999 HP Illusory Wall
9:16 #3 - Old Altus Trolls
10:13 #2 - Fallingstar Beast
10:54 #1 - Group Boss Fights
12:47 Bonus Example
13:22 Closing Words & Resources
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tiktok.com/@illusorywall_
A demonstration of an up-to-date Selia skip by GiantCookieJar:
youtube.com/watch?v=pa8c702EG7g
Zullie's video on the 9999 HP illusory wall:
youtube.com/watch?v=_jNtovi2Gds
Lobosjr surviving the Merciless Chariot:
youtu.be/PjJDmdmxLfk?t=23133
I'll work on compiling some more resources for specific updates found in the patches, but here's a deep, deep dive into all of the values that changed between all of the patches, starting with 1.02. Compiled by King Bore:
github.com/illusory-wall/EldenRingUpdates
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
Thanks to HollowInvasion and AllisonByProxy for being the first to help me test and see the group boss fight nerfs were real.
Experimenting with occasional shortform videos, also available on TikTok:
tiktok.com/@illusorywall_
tiktok.com/@illusorywall_/video/7098385212115045678
#shorts
Elden Ring Map Comparisons / Map Alterations
0:00 Introduction
1:47 Limgrave
4:14 Liurnia
9:07 Caelid
12:45 Altus Plateau
14:30 Mountaintops of Giants / Haligtree
16:27 Jarburg and Closing Words
patreon.com/illusorywall
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Stamina Loss
2:47 Spirit Springs
7:37 Double Jumping is Bugged!
9:59 Attacking By Ledges
12:14 Fall Exploits / Speedruns
14:11 Scripted Falls & Deathboxes Revisited
15:39 Closing Words
Wiki page I created on Fall Damage:
eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Fall+Damage
Daravae's video on zips:
youtube.com/watch?v=9uLzEPEq63k
TarnishedSpreadsheet's fall damage calculator:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13i-trk7eewj15mjvmOcBWWmFsRNcuhncCV7jzD_Rh_o/copy
Kingbore does a lot of cool datamining and Souls/ ER hacking:
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
Crusafer's reddit topic about the Beastial Sanctum deathbox error:
reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tgbp7i/patch_103_added_a_deathplane_here_probably_by
patreon.com/illusorywall
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Fall Damage Breakpoints
3:20 Fall Damage Amounts
7:13 Dexterity & Fall Damage
9:38 Equip Load & Fall Damage
13:25 Time Spent Falling
17:06 Torrent & Fall Damage
23:10 Killboxes & the Death Cam
25:47 Scripted Locations / Misc
27:20 Closing Words
Here's the wiki page I made on fall damage-
eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Fall+Damage
patreon.com/illusorywall
0:00 - Introduction
2:38 - Tombstone Revivals
6:15 - Behavioral Exceptions
9:12 - Time Delay & Cost
14:10 - Useless Revivals, etc
17:45 - Aggro'ing NPCs
20:11 - Closing Words
More information about Aggro'ing NPCs in Dark Souls 2:
np.reddit.com/r/DarkSouls2/comments/sj12as/useless_data_npcs_in_dark_souls_2_aggro_based
People that were helpful in some way to making this video, who you should also follow if you like Dark Souls 2:
twitter.com/JesterPatches
twitter.com/Moonlight_Ruin
twitter.com/Stayd3D
twitter.com/ZullieTheWitch
patreon.com/illusorywall
Zullie the Witch:
Relevant video: youtu.be/edm_UJJqGi0
twitter.com/ZullieTheWitch
Catalystz:
Relevant video 1: youtu.be/wFECjN-9oGU
Relevant video 2: youtu.be/Ylu3_O3pto4
twitter.com/catalystz_
King Bore:
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - How it Works
3:50 - The Most Fragile Objects
5:57 - 3 Object Defense
11:25 - 90 Object Defense (and Sen's wall)
19:44 - 999 Object Defense (and other oddities)
23:18 - Did Dark Souls 1 Break Things?
26:14 - Credits / Closing Words
If you'd like to support this channel please consider joining my patreon!
patreon.com/illusorywall
Video by Zullie the Witch on escaping grab attacks:
youtu.be/b0oBah7c5zA
Video source on how to do toggle escapes, by neptunusequester:
youtube.com/watch?v=jmceTuV6ca8
Poise info:
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/poise
Zokye's notes on the glitchy poise values:
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/poise#toc27
A few SFX sourced from zapsplat dot com!
0:00 - Introduction
0:57 - Series' Context & Terminology
4:07 - Overview of Dark Souls 1's Passive Poise
9:41 - The Tankiest Enemy Award
20:26 - Poise Damage and Safe Points
29:14 - Stunlocking, Toggle Escapes & More
31:49 - Iron Flesh & Havel's Greatshield
33:40 - Other Inconsistencies & Glitches
38:02 - Final Thoughts
patreon.com/illusorywall
Ryan Lecocq's out of bounds exploration of Demon's Souls:
youtu.be/gyShKyE4taw
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:17 - More weird stuff from the tutorial
0:03:29 - The starting area of 1-1
0:09:54 - The execution yard and Miralda
0:23:05 - Moving on, book easter eggs and idling animations
0:30:06 - The mausoleum and Old King Doran
0:33:25 - The hanging corpses and Thomas' daughter
0:36:28 - Ostrava and lower 1-1
0:39:44 - The Dregling Merchant and mid 1-1
0:43:59 - Open view and overgrown hallway
0:48:03 - Dragon's nest and bridge
0:50:37 - Going out of bounds with photo mode
0:53:11 - Phalanx boss and music discussion
0:57:52 - Oolan in the death animation and nearby oddities
1:00:12 - The opening area of 1-2
1:01:56 - The distant town below Boletaria
1:06:06 - The dragon's butt got thicker!
1:08:45 - Area leading up to the Tower Knight
1:10:20 - Tower Knight arena and boss comparisons
1:17:10 - Closing words
Demon's Souls Dissected #2 - Sixaxis Motion Gestures:
youtu.be/RL_bhc1TI_I
patreon.com/illusorywall
Special thanks to everyone who let me use their footage with permission:
-VaatiVidya - youtube.com/c/VaatiVidya
-Peeve Peeverson - twitch.tv/peeve
My Patreon:
patreon.com/illusorywall
Special thanks to everyone who let me use their footage with permission:
-ConanTheLibrarian - twitch.tv/conanthelibrarian01
-VaatiVidya - youtube.com/c/VaatiVidya
-Oroboro - twitch.tv/oroboro
-Peeve Peeverson - twitch.tv/peeve
And of course, Krasnoya Ronin for helping me with all the actual testing (once again)!
twitter.com/Krasnoya_Ronin
Part 1 of the Demon's Souls Compare-Through:
youtube.com/watch?v=FgLY3fgG_Hg
0:00 - Introduction
1:34 - Why This Didn't Work Previously
4:35 - The Group Password Mechanic
9:26 - Closing Words
Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=tcr9uh3lv2E
If you're new here, I have a bunch of videos that explore the Dark Souls series in-depth:
Dark Souls 1 Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrYpTFGaU67N4BFauiAL8sIJ
Dark Souls 2 Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrZaWg5fAOtDVQ9d2bNA4yRn
Dark Souls 3 Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrasQ_l6at3gnNlg-DSwOjfJ
Demon's Souls Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrZ7nVu0fYcJ5R-xzbnd8yjY
Here's the Corridor Crew video which tipped me off to this software, which includes a link to the software and a tutorial at the end of it:
youtube.com/watch?v=H4Kqbm1WirU
Software/ Original research credits-
Or Patashnik*, Zongze Wu*, Eli Shechtman, Daniel Cohen-Or, Dani Lischinski
*Equal contribution, ordered alphabetically
I prefer not to link to the colab doc directly since there are specific instructions for use. Please consult the above link and video tutorial first. **NOTE** - I realize there may be ongoing issues with the original link and tutorial instructions. I'll try to make an addendum to their tutorial soon.
Crest's original demonstration of maskless Gwyndolin-
youtube.com/watch?v=Kn5YS55DwHE
Atlas Obscura's fantastic video about the horned helmet-
youtube.com/watch?v=A3pMxvS_bI4
Non-souls music provided by bensound dot com. Various sound effects from zapsplat dot com.
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Gwyndolin
1:44 Anastacia
3:11 Lautrec
4:00 Vince and Nico
4:24 Havel
4:36 Ingward
4:51 Jeremiah
5:21 Maneater Mildred
5:38 Kirk
5:48 Leeroy
6:02 Domhnall of Zena
6:28 Sieglinde
7:02 Oscar and Prince Ricard
7:44 Rickert
8:00 Tarkus
8:08 Shiva and Bodyguard
9:03 The rest of the Forest Hunters
9:45 Darkmoon Knightess
10:11 Fauxlaire
10:36 Character Creation Nonsense
12:07 Corrections from Part 1
13:09 Why Gwyn isn't here
13:41 Channeler
13:58 Undead Merchants
14:12 Wisps and Necromancers
14:32 More Gwynevere
14:45 Statue Mother and Child
15:03 Menu Weirdos
15:26 More Solaire
15:41 Smough
15:50 Giant Blacksmith
16:27 Closing Words
If you're new here, I have a bunch of videos that explore the Dark Souls series in-depth:
Dark Souls 1 Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrYpTFGaU67N4BFauiAL8sIJ
Dark Souls 2 Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrZaWg5fAOtDVQ9d2bNA4yRn
Dark Souls 3 Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrasQ_l6at3gnNlg-DSwOjfJ
Demon's Souls Dissected - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrZ7nVu0fYcJ5R-xzbnd8yjY
Here's the Corridor Crew video, which includes a link to the software and a tutorial at the end of it:
youtube.com/watch?v=H4Kqbm1WirU
Software/ Original research credits-
Or Patashnik*, Zongze Wu*, Eli Shechtman, Daniel Cohen-Or, Dani Lischinski
*Equal contribution, ordered alphabetically
I prefer not to link to the colab doc directly since there are specific instructions for use. Please consult the above link and video tutorial first.
Music provided by bensound dot com. Various sound effects from zapsplat dot com.
0:00 Intro
0:32 Trusty Patches
1:00 Crestfallen Warrior
1:13 Dusk of Oolacile
1:37 Forest Hunter Bandit
1:48 Forest Hunter Cleric
2:02 Forest Hunter Mage
2:09 Petrus of Thorolund
2:23 Rhea of Thorolund
2:37 Griggs of Vinheim
2:58 Big Hat Logan
3:14 Larentius of the Great Swamp
3:36 Quelana of Izalith
3:52 Witch Beatrice
4:05 Oswald of Carim
4:28 Crystal General
4:37 Crestfallen Merchant
4:53 Siegmeyer of Catarina
5:02 Solaire of Astora
5:33 Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight
6:05 Chaos Witch Quelaag
6:15 The Fair Lady
6:32 Crossbreed Priscilla
7:06 Knight's Blade Ciaran
7:23 Andre of Astora
7:55 Eingyi / Egg Burdened
8:19 Marvellous Chester
8:59 Baby Ghost
9:19 Hollow
9:32 Closing Words
patreon.com/illusorywall
Verdegrand's music used with permission, you can find the original upload of his excellent Moonlight Butterfly arrangement here-
youtube.com/watch?v=erUzXvUiwiw
He also steams on twitch as TheUrbanOrb, and right now he's working on an all enemies, not hit run of Sekiro! Check it out-
twitch.tv/theurbanorb
Other stock music provided by bensound dot com.
bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/the-elevator-bossa-nova
Spanish subtitles provided with translation help from:
youtube.com/c/Scirvir
patreon.com/illusorywall
Special thanks again to:
twitter.com/king_bore_haha
twitter.com/samuelhdiamond
0:00 - The Secret of Gwyndolin's Hallway
3:15 - Introduction
5:21 - More Cutscenes and Other Events
13:19 - More Out of Bounds Exploration
27:02 - Closing Words
Here's the playlist for the Dark Souls Video Screensavers-
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrYekuUxwRlaoUNwyZG0mwub
Playlist link:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrYekuUxwRlaoUNwyZG0mwub
Links/ Additional Credits:
patreon.com/illusorywall
Wulf2k's demonstration of the prototype maps:
youtube.com/watch?v=DGcKHwYQdWc
VaatiVidya's video that explores the Baku:
youtube.com/watch?v=YaexFDtAQko
Scan of vaulting mechanic from the game manual taken by @Wallso of twitter. And thanks to StrawberrySimp for sending a scan in as well!
00:00 - Introduction
01:29 - Guided through the fissure & opening section of tutorial
05:41 - Heading towards the first building
08:14 - Dregling comparison and offline ghost
10:55 - Exiting 1st building & becoming a Boletarian outpost
13:36 - The closed-off upper path & distant bridge/ aqueduct
15:19 - Prototype attempts at teaching vaulting to the player
16:51 - Courtyard before second area & new archstone nodes
19:30 - Surprising cohesion of tutorial areas & prototype map
22:25 - Lost balcony & distant view, more prototype map
29:53 - Last observations of first area & ambient audio
31:05 - Entering the second area, the Forlorn Outpost
33:59 - A surprising, lost environmental hazard
35:55 - Rat stew, cut cannibalism, and crocodile stew
37:21 - Continuing towards the Vanguard Demon & fog gates
40:40 - Vanguard Demon comparison and OST mashup
44:32 - The Unknown Egress & Fluted Helmet comparison
46:16 - Continuing on and Dragon God closeup
47:46 - Statues & out of bounds content behind Dragon God
49:17 - Early game design & prototyping concepts, True Death
54:42 - Closing words
0:00 Introduction
3:12 The Co-op Formula (Blue Eye Stone)
11:30 Invasion Ranges (Black Eye Stone)
19:09 OId Monk Summons
21:19 The Password System
24:07 Closing Words
Patreon:
patreon.com/illusorywall
Links:
http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/online-matchmaking
mpql.net/tools/demons-souls
Dark Souls Screensavers:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrYekuUxwRlaoUNwyZG0mwub
Future uploads will be added to this playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH-cMCF0_NrYekuUxwRlaoUNwyZG0mwub
0:00:00 - Intro
0:02:07 - The Looming Landmarks of Lothric
0:17:38 - A Bridge Too Far
0:25:50 - A Sleight of Hand
0:35:05 - The Placement of Firelink
0:39:45 - Lothric Castle
0:50:42 - More Spatial Observations
0:56:55 - Closing Words
Patreon:
patreon.com/illusorywall
Links!
Lokey Lore: lokeysouls.com
2236gaming's Where exactly is Firelink Shrine located?: youtu.be/mmjnSyXZVKg
LeeMoriya's Level Design Discoveries: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGSdeQQYCYL5EsgbY0F3ZdtEZHR2BDdtD
It's of course not very faithful; making the NES rock out and making cool sounds with it is the bigger goal. So in terms of a Majula cover... I might have gotten a little weird with it. Special thanks to 123eldest, their sheet music helped a ton.
As always if you enjoy my content please consider supporting me on Patreon-
patreon.com/illusorywall
00:00 - Introduction
01:34 - What is Miracle Resonance?
05:13 - Resonance Level
11:31 - A History of Bugginess
17:52 - Was it worth it?
21:44 - Do Covenants Matter? & Invasion Priority
27:17 - Credits and Closing Words
Links to some video sources-
Here's the link to Oroboro's video:
youtube.com/watch?v=aWLsLb-tK8A
FinalMessenger13:
youtube.com/watch?v=V0tnaamkYr4
goTha83:
youtube.com/watch?v=SXMqoexWf5I
patreon.com/illusorywall
0:00 - Greetings
2:01 - Introduction to the Early Gutter
10:35 - The Garbage Pillars
14:35 - Early Grave of Saints & More
30:39 - Recap, Loose Ends & Lore
37:47 - Credits
Here you can find most of my previous explorations into Dark Souls 2's early map files, this was all done with help from Demon's Lantern back in the day-
illusorywall.tumblr.com/tagged/dark-souls-2
Relevant episode links:
Frank Cifaldi's Annotated NES Longplay-
[Original] youtube.com/watch?v=zYcf2yUgblc
[With Lost Annotations] invidio.us/watch?v=zYcf2yUgblc&iv_load_policy=1
Gaming Alexandria-
gamingalexandria.com
Acrouzet's youtube channel (with all the oscilloscope soundtrack uploads)-
youtube.com/acrouzet
My Patreon:
patreon.com/illusorywall
00:00 - Introduction to Gimmick!
02:34 - Premise, Gameplay & Difficulty
05:39 - Playthrough: Intro
06:04 - Playthrough: Game Introduction
07:24 - Playthrough: Level 1
08:27 - Playthrough: 1-ups from Points Explained
11:45 - Playthrough: Recognizing Unique Enemy Behaviors
12:36 - Playthrough: Level 2
13:33 - Playthrough: Seagull SFX and Sound Design
17:32 - Playthrough: Inventory, 1-ups, and Phase-Push Mechanic
20:13 - Playthrough: Alternate Level 2 Boss Events
21:15 - Playthrough: Level 3
25:04 - Playthrough: An Anime Inspiration?
25:57 - Playthrough: Level 4
29:07 - Playthrough: The Most Difficult Jump
31:21 - Playthrough: Level 5
32:06 - Playthrough: Point Bonuses Explained
35:09 - Playthrough: 1-up Farming
37:55 - Playthrough: Level 6
40:20 - Playthrough: An alternate Secret Area Strategy
45:08 - Playthrough: Bad Ending
45:54 - Playthrough: Level 7
46:49 - Playthrough: Black Hole (Copy Protection)
53:34 - Closing / Self-Promotion