you you you you you and you you time for Dark Souls 2. So yeah, I set up the path tracing mod. We have that set up. We also have a sponsor we're doing today during the DS2 run. I have a controller sponsor. So we're gonna be using controller cam later. I don't know exactly what my plan is for today. I wanted to do DS2, Bloodborne, and DS3, but depending on how long Dark Souls 2 takes, I might just end up watching State of Play. We'll see. I kind of want to go see the back rooms movie tonight. What's up, Hitman? Yeah, I don't know. It's possible. We might just end up doing DS2 today and then we're going to watch State of Play and then I'll do the other two games tomorrow. But it depends how long DS2 takes. I mean, I don't think DS2 might not take that long. I guess it depends. Hey, yeah, it kind of just depends how long DS2 takes. Six hours of DS2. Well, that's the thing, like it shouldn't take that long to be honest. I mean, I feel like normally DS2 takes like three to four hours, it just depends how good the weapons are. If we want to make the run harder, we could also do the champion's covenant. But I am washed, wow. I am pretty washed at speedrunning the games, to be fair. We are going to have to kill NG plus center for this run. Thank you for the five months. I mean, we could try out the dark drift. I think the cast blade is the best weapon in DS2, or the best katana. The best game is here, true. Very true. Yeah, the thing about Dark Drift actually has, Dark Drift is kind of a bad katana because it's counter, like one of the most important stats in Dark Souls 2 is the counter rating of a weapon which is like how much extra damage it deals when the boss is in a counterable state and the dark drift only has 30% extra damage with the dark drift whereas with the chaos blade you actually, chaos blade has the highest counter rating of all the katanas it has 60% 60% Uchi has 150 which is good nine hours for Elden Ring uh I think it was like eight it's a bit over eight yeah could be a lot faster if we like honestly dude the cuts I don't know how long all the cut scenes in Elden Ring take it's definitely got to be at least like 30 minutes to like an hour I wouldn't be surprised. But then on top of that, honestly, I feel like I just lose so much time in Elden Ring just thinking about where I'm going next. I'll just sit in the map screen for five or 10 seconds being where should I do next. That should definitely add up. challenge hadn't been already done. I mean, of course, people have beaten the game with Katanas. It's not like it's any sort of crazy challenge. Just an excuse to play the Souls games again. I want to do like an SL1 marathon at some point. That one's going to be kind of rough. I mean SL1 in the games isn't too bad, but it's certainly more difficult. It definitely be it would be rough in Alden Ring, that's for sure. What's up, Dara? All right. Why is it P in the marathon? No. Do I expect any news from FromSoft in the Summer Games Fest? Probably not, but I hope there is. All right, well, let's do it. all my characters look hideous what the my characters are beautiful You guys can hear the game. You will lose everything once branded, the symbol of the Curse, an Orge of Darkness. Your past, your future, your very light. None will have meaning, and you won't even care. By then, you'll be something other than human, a thing that feeds on souls, a hollow. Long ago, in a walled-off land far to the north, a great king built a great kingdom. I believe they called it Drangleic. Perhaps you are familiar? No, how could you be? But one day, you will stand before its decrepit gate without really knowing why. Yeah, this part of the cutscene, like, crunches. I don't know why. I have a controller sponsor later today so I have my hand cam set up. Yeah, I stayed at plays today. of I'm going to show you my claw grip. Well, I don't actually have to do a claw grip, because like, this thing has buttons on the back, so... It's got the paddles. Honestly dude, I can't like play with a controller without paddles anymore. Alright, we need 10 strength 16 decks. So... I don't actually know what the best starting class is for this. And it has like no ADP. We just start swordsman. All right, let's hit the randomize. Looking good. Holy Nose I didn't skip the... Dude, it is so dark, what the fuck? I'm using the path tracing mob. I wanted to try it out. I can't fucking see, holy shit. No fucking way. Well, good start. This bodes well for us. I mean, do I even need the binoculars? I don't even really need to do that, Jim. I don't think I need the binoculars for anything, really. The Right well we need to just go Need to rush and get the keys so we could buy the Uchi It is so dark with this mod on this crazy. I am using the path tracing mod. Why do you think it's so fucking dark, bro? I should have the torch, honestly. Whoa. Hey, do I have fucking double enemies on? Oh god. We have a problem, chef. I didn't even notice right away. And this is ass. What is going on? Just kill me, honestly, it's better to just die. Well, I think I know what's happening. Everyone's like... Just trying to get used to this controller because it's... When you when you've used the same controller for so long, it's like so awkward switching two different one. All right. Also, we need to fix... we need to turn off the double... double boss mod. What happened to my DualSense? Nothing happened. I just... I have a controller sponsor here. I'm not keeping double bosses, Chad. Fuck that. All right, hold on. I need to figure out, I don't actually remember how to to de-randomize enemies. Okay. I think hopefully that worked. I have this, like, GameSir G7 controller that I got sent for a sponsor. The only thing that's like... the thing that's awkward for me about the controller, I'm so used to the stick being where the d-pad is here. So like, I normally, like normally when I'm using a controller, I, like my thumb is on this, like the left analog stick. And then I use my like index finger to the D pad, which is kind of like a claw, but it's like more comfortable for me. Yeah, it's like the Xbox Yeah, the paddles are nice. If I get used to it, I mean the thing is I'm used to my PlayStation controller and that's perfectly fine. Yeah, the controller has a lot of options. I just wish I was more comfortable with the Xbox controller scheme because, man, it is so dark. I wish there was a hand lantern. Is there like a cast light spell in this game? I actually can't remember. This is just like a side effect of the mod, right? Is that it makes the darks... like very dark? Well, the double enemies are fixed, so that's good. nice nice fucking baby jump bro you know I wonder I might need to install the Baby Jump mod. I wonder if the path tracing mod is like making the performance of the game. Dude. I didn't even grab the bonfire Did I? Jesus yeah, this DS2 run is gonna go fucking all day at this rate The path tracing mod might be affecting the performance of the game which is making baby jumps more likely to happen Because my CPU, like the, so it's, I can't believe that they never fixed this. It's actually unbelievable. For those who don't know how baby gems work, basically in this game, when you do a jump, the game checks your internal speed right like how fast you're moving and for some god forsaken reason they decided that the source of the movement like the movement speed that's used in the script to check which type of jump to give you it's uses a movement speed that is affected by your cpu load. So basically, let's say hypothetically, I don't know the exact values, but let's say you need to be moving like four units per second to get a strong jump, like a full jump. But the movement speed value that the game uses can fluctuate below 4. It may fluctuate from like 3.9 to like 4.1 and when it goes below 4, then you just lose. there's actually we have a command for the baby jump stuff there's like a five page long PDF document it's falling a katana you know the thing is it's fine don't worry about it Oh yeah, there it is. Yeah, estimation mark baby jumps. I actually really like this controller so far. It's just the analog sticks. I wish I could like swap the like analog stick with the D-pad or something. That'd be super nice. I mean, I'm not even sponsored right now, like I do actually like the controller the the face buttons feel really nice, but Like I can mash super fast All right, our first... Wait, is he- we don't even get it from this guy. It's from McDuff, not- not this fucker. Not Leningrass. God damn it, what am I doing? I need to ki- oh, well this is awkward. I need to kill Pursuer. I guess we're gonna have to just kill Pursuer with- well we can just use the turret. Fuck it. But we also have to kill the last giant. Is there any Any other katana that I could get sooner, I wonder? I don't think so. Yeah, I think the Uchi is like the only one. The turret katana for Perseveran, listen, we do. do what you got to do all right man I'm going to use this brush for a Lan Katana. we're gonna get the Uchi. I want to get the chaos blade but we're gonna have to do NG plus center for that. Which is kind of a pain. I'm gonna buy that. This is the silver serpent ring. I only bought one fire bomb actually what am I doing? Well yeah we'll do it with the ascetic obviously we're not gonna go into new game plus. Need more fire bombs. And I'm so like I'm so bad at using this D-pad. Like how do you use the d-pad with like, like genuinely how do you use the d-pad with the xbox controller layout? I just don't, like I don't understand. Like you just have to clawgrip I guess. Wow, nice. Use the back button plus A, B, X, Y, Z pad. That's interesting. I guess we could have done one less boss if we just did flexos entry. It's not a big deal though. All right, I got it. Oh no. I don't know how I messed this up. That's okay. Saved. Listen, we're getting a katana as fast as we can, guys, alright? Man, the game does look so nice with this mod though. It reminds me of like the lighting that we saw in the... I don't even know what it was, like E3 demo or... There was some sort of like demo thing. I tried. Oh, you know what, actually... I can't get back that way anymore. Oh, I'm just gonna keep going forward and then I can teleport back. I kind of want to grab the branch and that chest. Yeah, the blacksmith up here has the Uchi. the lighting looks so good actually it's crazy All right, take this, all right, the Uchi-Gatana, 5,000. by power stance, um, possibly once we get a second katana. Stop. Wait, what the fuck? I've never had that happen before. should have been perma death well you you can do perma death buddy all right since you know what's best plus six already well that is to be fair plus six already is only like a scholar thing you know I'm gonna go grab the chlorinthy ring I kind of I don't know if I should get the butterfly skirt or not I don't want to do peri walks no ADP I mean we have enough ADP for like the decent rolls So so once you hit Once you hit 86 agility you get I think like eight iFrames Or something like that But if you have below 86 then you have five iFrames and some classes start with only five iFrames Which is like fucked up honestly I should have changed my hair color. of This mod does look so nice though, I will say. that's okay. It's not very, it's not super often. Oh, luckily, we're not getting chased. I don't know. I might get my, I might get stabbed here. I kind of want to go do, well, actually, I guess we could kill Nojka. If we do Nodjka right now, then... Yeah, it might be worth it. Yeah, we can get that Uchi to plus 10. We need to pick up a ton of Petrified Dragon Bones in this run, the only thing that's kind of awkward. Well, I want to get the Chaos Blade and I think Alon's Katana is my plan. damage isn't great but now that we get the counter hits it's a bit better Yeah, I wanted to try to ride her, but she wasn't cooperating. Whoa. Dude, it is so dark. What the f- I better use your torch, the thing is I can't, like unless I have flame butterflies I can't life my torch. You know what? Well, yeah, I can light it at a bonfire, but the thing is, I don't know what areas are necessarily going to be dark, and I don't want to think it wasn't a bonfire close by. Where do you get castlight and dark souls to? From Shraid? You need 14 int. for 50 seconds. of course that's a miss of course I missed how do I miss there what I think I should have done a jumping attack. of of the I just realized I don't have any skulls. This is kind of a problem. Maybe we get this. Bro. My god. That was kind of close. That would be so funny, yeah. So funny! I'll be right back. Everywhere is so fucking dark! Ow! But I can't fucking teleport back because this douchebag is on me. I'm so cropped. Honestly, I could... just kill me. Ugh, just kill me. It's the fastest way. I think I still need one more chunk anyways. I always forget about this guy in Scholar, it's so annoying. Wait, no, I do have enough chunks. Alright, well, we're just gonna run across. Let's run this curse, that's fine. Well, I just realized the death counter is not... increasing. 38. I was increasing it, but the keybind wasn't working. Alright, well we can get the Uchi to plus 10. Pretty nice. We need to go to the DLC. Will DS Rando ever return? No, never. I hate it. Oh. My keybinds just don't work when the game's open. There we go. I mean, we should be able to do the giants with this setup. of of of of Dude, the darkness is like, insane. Oh, look at, look at it light up though. It's beautiful. Maybe we should have lit a torch before we came down here. Nice. Is this room gonna be... oh my god. All right, we definitely need a torch here I'm sorry, I should be using the torch more, it's just, if I get to an area and I'm not like next to a bonfire i don't really want to go back Well, good thing we picked up those three extra sets of torches. uh... oh yeah we need poop It's actually kind of crazy how fast you can get a maxed out weapon in this game. of their body I'm doing Venturic, I'm doing all the bosses. Yeah, we gotta kill that giant. i do wish i had flame butterflies though i think there's a petrified dragon bone in this chest we need to go get the dlc key I think we're just going to rush Flin's ring as usual, it's kind of just a go-to strat. Wait a second, why am I teleporting here? This is also the wrong spot. Alright there's a pretty cool skip we can do here. This time I tried this, I failed a bunch, but I'm not going to fail this time, surely. Easy. of I don't know why the cut... does this mod make the cutscenes not work, I guess? But there's not many cutscenes in VST, though. The damage is insane. Damn, poor guy. I always think there's a mushroom in this chest, but there isn't. Man, it's kind of crazy that, within, I mean, how long did it take, like within 10 minutes So you can have a plus 10 weapon in this game, or maybe like 15 minutes. Kind of silly. use the lighting mod? Well the thing is this is like a different lighting mod now, right? But I feel like they should work, but maybe they don't? I don't know. I'm not sure why the cutscenes aren't playing. I thought it was like an issue with the 2x bosses, but we turned off the 2x so I don't know I don't know why the cutscenes are in playing I'll take a look at my game files real quick. Yeah, I guess it's the randomizer. Hold on, let me delete the rando folder. Let me restart the game real quick. I mean, to be honest, there isn't that many cutscenes in DS2, but I'd still like to see them. I'm not sure if I just need to delete my randomizer folder if there's anything else. Delete DS2 and let's move on. Come on, man. Okay. Might be good now. I'm going to go use the restroom real quick. I'll be right back. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. You you I'm back. My controller cam's still set up. Alright. I know. Don't think he saw. Saw what? all right I'm gonna get the butterfly skirt why not Come on. Now die. It's gotta be done in a shot. lost 40% of his health and he's still chilling on the chair yeah I don't think if I need stats for anything else I think we're okay though Alright, we're gonna go get the DLC1 key. Alright, see you later, Grimstar. I'm probably gonna die here. I'm so youthful and healthy, I'm still youthful and healthy, alright? Alright, where are we going? I guess we could go do flexile. Or actually no, no, we should go through the DLC. i need to get rid of all these shields all right it's time to cheat chat Not quite. No, I don't- I didn't want to turn that on. Man Nice yep, just right off the cliff I don't know what it is with this periwalk. It's fucking hard man This is like one of the most troll periwoks. I'm not periwalking on a control This one this one in particular is weird like the thing is every periwalk in this game is like different Where some some of them you want to like walk further away from the targets others you want to do it like faster Yeah, okay. I'm gonna keep going until I get this. I don't care Why is he just like what are you doing? I can't get it man, I There we go. Yeah, I forgot you skipped the sin encounter during this. I got the slow door opening, my graphic settings are different. Wait do I have a bow? Oh my god I don't have a bow. This is fucking stupid. you like need a bow for this part like just actually need a bow the skirtless peri walk I'm not really sure I never actually learned how to do that I think it's pretty toxic though I think for the skirtless peri walk like lowering your FPS or something helps but I don't know if that's like allowed for the run. I forgot to shoot it a third time. of the of the Well, the brightness isn't low, it's just, we're using the path tracing mod, which makes some areas very dark but I mean I I'm pretty sure my bright and turn it up a bit you guys I can see all right oh come on man poisoned as well That's not good. Hey Jack. I guess I didn't actually need to, well, I didn't really need to grab this bonfire, but it's all right. Up the sampling. Path tracing doesn't feel right. Well, we're just trying it out. I figured since we're doing DS2, we might as well try it out since we haven't had a chance to yet. Uh, trying to think where we should go next. Which game is it you look forward to most? I mean, I look forward to all of them, honestly. I like, I love Elden Ring, I just wish it was a little shorter. But it's also like, I don't know, Elden Ring just takes so long to go through. It could be shorter if I planned like a, and routed stuff more. I didn't just sit in the menus like I'm doing right now, like trying to figure out what I don't want to do next I'm gonna go do flex out Wee! So, how many Dragon Bones? We have eight. There's eleven in the DLC that we can pick up. That's nineteen. 30 total just quite a lot Yeah, I'm gonna And I almost feel like I should just cheat in flame butterflies so I can use, yeah maybe I will do that. I mean I could also, well I can't remember. You can like buy flame butterflies from somebody I think right, but by orn effects? We need to free one effects though if we want to buy those. I don't want to ignore it, it's not even ignoring it, it's just that I don't... If I'm in a situation that I can't bite a torch then I'm kind of annoying. How much ink does this class have? Seven? It's not bad, and I can't talk to him though. What the fucking barrel is in the way? I want to get cast lights, yeah, I have to get it from either Grandall or Strayed. Spells cheating, but it's not that serious, bro. of probably should have buffed already hopefully we can just kill this guy fast enough of them maybe we get this off This game The color of the person everybody That's why well, okay to be fair that's kind of my fault that should I should have killed those I should have killed those guys I mean even in the speedrun we killed those enemies because It's just like they just grief the fuck out of you that them I lost the dragon bone drop to of I don't know how I've been like that straight just doesn't Okay, let's not die to fucking Ornstein now. I I scared a fume knight. Not really. of death of death Uh, where do I want to go now? I mean, we could go do Freya, I guess. Because we still need to get the Chaos Blade. I mean, I guess we could go do Sentinels and try to work on getting the Chaos Blade. Actually, we need to... You know what, let's go free Ornifex first off, because we need to free Ornifex for the chaos glade anyways, so... Damn, poor guy. Just down the way. down the road. Oh you're right, I don't have Ring of Blade Zone. What does this lizard drop? Oh, he drops a bomb. That's actually nice. How the fuck do you get out of this place? of Why is your home surrounded by fucking enemies? Tell me all of your flying butterflies, lady. All right. Well, we got Ornifex ready, so that's good. Uh, let's go. I guess we'll work our way towards center, because we're gonna have to kill NG plus center. Do I have another bonfire aesthetic? I do not. Yo, what's up, man? Thank you for the 49 months, man. Alright guys, it's time for the skip. Oh wait, I just realized... Oh, we got it. of the of the of the of the There's enough that time, I guess the counter window is longer. You know, Juno, thank you so much for the raid, man. Are you doing more Silent Hill speedruns? Thank you very much, man. Why are you sad? Did the run not go well? skips been tormenting you. I see. What's up, Jenny? Character's very beautiful. Thank you. It saves three minutes. Yeah, it's crazy how much time that saves. I need this bomb fire aesthetic. It's a nest. I don't remember. A wilted dusk herb. Great. I don't think I need to kill these guys in Scholar. My last branch. Cast lights. We should probably go do center first, this will rest. My favorite spell, true. Tana's the best weapon type. They're pretty fucking good because they have really high counter rating. I don't know if I'd say they're the best, but they're very good. The Tannas are pretty good in all the games, honestly. Where's Yurn? I'm gonna get Yurn. Holy shit. the water put out my torch why is it so dark? because we're using the path tracing mod locked. What does the path tracing do? Well it makes everything cast light. The cutscenes are fixed. Okay, that's good. All right, so we need to kill Cinder on New Game Plus, which is actually kind of sus. Because there's enemies in the fight on New Game Plus. We also still don't have enough phones. Using the Scythic, they don't spawn? Oh, really? I kind of want to use Cast Light and I guess I'll get Yarn as well. Wait a sec, which? It's this bonfire for Cinder, right? I mean, this is the closest one, so I would assume... Also, I should probably turn on the hand cam soon for the controller sponsor. Oh, I almost dropped into the hole. I forgot to send it back up. Did I need more torches? The controller good? I mean, I'm using it right now. The only thing that I don't like about the controller, and it's more so like a preference thing, is that Uh, I prefer the, like, PlayStation analog stick layout. It has, like, the Xbox layout. Do the enemies spawn like part way through the fight? I can't remember. Oh my god, I'm dead I think. I got lucky All right, the old witch's soul. I was wondering if that chest respawned. Alright. So we can trade the Old Witch's Soul for the Chaos Blade now. We can't fully upgrade the Chaos Blade yet, but... Why not light the lanterns? I don't have the key. I think it's 19 and for yarn and then you should know this it's like 1916 or something 18 all right, I guess let's go do Freya. Or maybe... Oh, how do I want to do this? Yeah, we can get the Chaos Blade right now. The thing is, I can't upgrade it to max, so I don't know if I want to use it quite yet. I feel like I kind of want to get... Can I just kill this guy? Oh my god, he's so tanky though. Is he like, is his AI like broken or something? You can't attack until he gets an emote off. Is it just a chance that these guys drop the dragon bones? If 13 Dragon Bones that's fine, man We need to go to, we need to get some dragonery. I don't know if I want to do all these gates skip. time that was a bit of a nightmare. It's enemies are so tanky. Ah. Give me your ass face. Okay. Nice. Nice. Oh, I'm having a great time. Yeah, he's gonna get poisoned soon. Please! I don't know, there's some sort of... I can't remember exactly the setup for this guy. Some enemies you want to walk back left, some enemies you want to walk back right. I guess this one is back left. I don't know why it's 28 seconds, but I think it's just some random value that they set forward Sub-Misha, how's it going? Also, Mesaug, thank you for the 28 months. Savinsky, Walpergas, grow thank you for the resubs guys this guy talks so much, its crazy It's DS2, my favorite souls game to speedrun, dude, it is so dark down here. Holy crap. What's up, Bob? Dude, I need more torch. I'm getting low on Torch. Oh, well, that's kind of nice, I guess. Oh, he's scared of my torch. Oh no. Oh no. He didn't fucking aggro, did he? Bruh. Wait, how do I fix this? Oh, fuck. I can't remember. Is there a way to reset the aggro? Oh, yeah, I have to, like, pardon. Oh, fuck. How much does that cost Yeah, I guess it is free the first time, well, that's nice. I kind of want to try to do Aldea's gate skip. Hold on, I'm going to need my cheat tool if I'm going to do this. It's not launching though. It doesn't run. Oh wait, there we go. I just want to get the Chaos Blade, man. Wait I actually need the binoculars for this. I forgot. Oh. Oh, maybe whatever. I guess we can just go, let's fucking go do it normally. I'm not actually going to skip any of the bosses, chef. I may skip them temporarily. Lorne, really? Stop saying to skip DS2, bro. I would never. of Alright, hold on. I'm going to go grab a drink real quick. How many do you have? 14 Petrified Dragon Bomb? Well, there's a bunch that we can pick up. There's one in Shrine of Amana, there's one in Undead Crypt, there's three in Aldea's Keep, there's a bunch in Dragon area, so we should be able to get enough for all the weapons we want. I do kind of want to go... Wait, I just remembered though, if I... Well, I have seven Bright Bugs. We should probably go do to Brea and buy her Bright Bugs before we do Mirror Knight, because when we kill Mirror Knight it's going to make the stores more expensive for the Bright Bugs. Alright, hold on, let me go grab a drink. I will be right back. Uh, alright. Hold on, let me... My cam okay? I think it's okay. Alright, hold on. I need to switch my title a little bit since we are... We do have a controller sponsor. So we're going to get some hand cam for a bit. Alright, I want to say thank you to GameSir for sponsoring today's stream. You guys can type XMG GameSir in the chat and click the link to learn more about this controller I'm using. It's the G7 Pro 8K PC. It's a wireless eSports controller engineered for competitive PC gaming, available now for 5% off using my code, which, wait, what is my code? I guess my link. I don't know if they gave me a code. Let me double check. I think it's just 5% off using like the link when you type Xmationmerg game sir. Also let me... camera is kinda ass. Bro, leave my camera alone. I don't need that crystal lizard. Dude, crystal lizards are so bullshit in this game, it's actually absurd. We're gonna drop a PlayStation version soon. Oh really? That's nice. I actually really like this controller so far. It's just I'm much more used to the PlayStation layout. I like how some people, it's definitely like a preference kind of thing because I know a lot of people like the Xbox layout. I prefer the PlayStation one. Yeah, it has backpedals. Oh wait, no. Yeah, rid of the torch. Niren Boss Park. All right, let's see here. We still need one more petrified dragon bone. I don't know where we should get the last one. If we killed the freaking dragon in Heidi's Tower of Flame, you know what, let's just act like that dragon died. Oh, look, guys, the loot from the dragon just appeared. I am in Tori. Thank god. Alright, let's... I think I'm going to have to go back to my room and see if I can get to the other room. Alright we got to be quick here. Chaos of Blade. Alright, we got it. Yeah, there's two extra buttons next to R1 and L1 as well. Yeah, I really like having backpattles. Okay, so Uchi is 230, 161. This is 250, 182. Yeah, that's... It's quite a bit more damage. I wonder if it's worth getting... feel like a little bit of damage, it's not that much though. Controller and lap kind of player. No, I normally play with my controller like on my lap. Yeah, I don't know. It's I feel like it's kind of uncomfortable to keep my controller like on the desk. Two plays like that, well with their controller on the desk or... Alright, I'm gonna buy the chime and homeward. Also buy force. Yeah, the controller is like 8k. Actually, now that I think about it, hold on, I want to check. Oh yeah. Yeah, so there's like an app for it. Do I really care about 8K? Let me try to turn it on. It's like the response rate, I don't really think I need AK for Soul's game, but yeah, I have the paddles set up. It's set to auto run and my roll button. Alright, we're gonna get dark weapon. Uh, I guess we'll grab Resident Flesh. We need to go back to... I can't let him... So bad at recognizing where I'm going. Also I need a staff, but I can buy one from this guy. I feel like Cast Light is actually gonna be really nice in this mod. Oh my. Don't do it. All right. good. I want a little bit more attunement. I don't really know where I can get more souls right now though. Also, I forgot to buy Fray's Bright Bugs. There's Mirror Knight. Yeah, we I can't really get more attunement right now. I don't have, I don't think I have any aesthetics, no. How much damage do we do here? Didn't even see you Why does the health bar disappear so fast? Oh great Nailed it I wonder, if I cast, cast Life, and then swap off, does it stay? It only lasts for 50 seconds though. Also, why do I feel like it doesn't fucking work? I mean, I guess it's kind of working. I feel like it's not that pronounced, though. Jesus. Oh, okay, man. No, I mean, it's definitely working in here. the path tracing mob, yeah. It's time for the best strat coming up, chat. I love this strat so much. All right, come on, group on up for me, gentlemen. I love that strat so much. Yeah we're running out of torch. There's another torch up here we can pick up though. Why wear skin colored pants bro? They're just my pants man, alright? It's not... Why are you making it weird? Why did I just buy solo peas? Oh. Oh yeah, there's a torch there too. We need to get more attunement slots, man. I don't even think that was a counter head. Oh my god, look at that damage. I'm being too cocky, what? do the inventory stuff yeah it's a it's a little awkward for me on this controller because I'm just not used to the I used to the Xbox layout of like the analog sticks I feel like Cast Light could be a bit better. I mean, it's decent. Could be better, though. The thing about this weapon, oh no, you can use charcoal pine for some reason I thought you couldn't. Come on. The damage is so good though. I have vibration on my controller and... no. And is there... I don't know if I should have picked that up. Is there even vibration in DS2? Like, I can't remember. Why am I asking, cause people keep talking about it. Oh there's a dragon bone here. Am I gonna get hit in the back? No. I'm not surprised. Ouch. We should be really be using dark weapon. We actually have all the DLC keys this time. Normally I always forget to get the DLC key. You know what? I'm going to kill the... I'm going to kill this dude. Damage was not as good as I expected. I guess it wasn't a counter hit. How? Ow. That's better. I do wish this game had like a hand lantern or something though because it's kind of a pain. Maybe we'll go back and level up a little bit. What's with the hand gun? Uh, we have like a controller sponsor for the game, sir. I'll tell you guys more about it in like 15 minutes, but that's basically like a competitive eSports controller. Um, alright. Yeah, you guys can learn more all about it by typing explanation mark games are in the chat. actually all right what else do we want i kinda wanna try to uh... we need to get sixty dex if we want to power stance nothing we also need some more strength I got a little bit more of two minutes so I could put on a second. Wait a second, isn't there bright books that I can buy? How many bright books do I have? Seven? I think I still need to buy some more. Alright, well, I kinda wanna rush. I wanna rush along night and get his weapon. Am I playing on my belly? No. I'm playing on my lap. I'm on my belly. What a question. I need the Ash and Miss her from Dragon trying to oh what to like enter the memory. Yeah. That's true. I can't see. Past light. I'll de-escape as much as I can, yeah, well we could still do it. Chat, it's a controller cam. It is not what you are saying, okay? Fast light. Playing with an upside down controller. I mean, I could actually flip a three guys. do that actually. Mirrored? Yeah, I know. Alright, there you go. Chad, why you gotta be so weird about this? I'm showing the controller for the sponsor on the stream. It's as simple as that, alright? Nothing more Okay, I kind of want to try oh Oh, actually, I need to go to Firelink. I kind of want to try all these gates, good. You have a claw grip sometimes, but with back paddles you don't really need the claw grip on controllers most of the time. this PAV as an advertisement I mean what what like what should I do okay tell me if I to show the controller on screen what should know I'm just I this is what's comfortable for me all right now put a pillow it's as they're acting like y'all are crazy All right, well, here we go. I'm going to regret this aren't I. bro I'm so bad, bro. I can't even do the jump Okay, nice I can't remember the line here exactly. Oh no. Right, I have to do it all in one- oh fuck! 30 minutes to do a skip that saves 5 minutes, yeah, I don't care. I want to get access to alarm night Okay, we're gonna have to make our save over here we got this though Okay, first part done. We walk along here and then we need to turn right at this point, I believe. Okay, not quite. Almost. Yeah, this took like 30 minutes in the New Year's Marathon. Hopefully it'll be a bit faster this time. Too much to the sun. Are you falling? The skip is set. Like if you don't remember the exact... How am I missing the wall? You don't remember the exact setup for this? so brutal. I think I want to aim more left. And I was nailing it before. What's going So it's like this. Okay, now it's... Oh! Why? I feel like every time I do this, I just end up regretting it. I feel like this is the type of skip that I need to practice. Beforehand. First try incoming. Yeah. Dude, get on the ledge, man! Okay, we walk forward like this, and then we walk forward like this. too far okay I think we have to walk forward and then we aim and then we adjust and it's like every time I have it's like relearning the skip every time time. So, awful. Now, the last time we did this skip, it took me... It took me a long time. It took me, like, 30 minutes the last time we did this. And I think we aim back left again. And from here I think you just send it. Okay, is it at this one? I think it's at this one. Oh, yes. Beautiful! Uh, okay. There's a dragon bone here. I mean, if I wasn't using the cheat tool to teleport myself, that would have taken like an hour already with all those fails. Uh, there is three in Aldi's Keep. There's one to the left, one in the mirror. Okay, I know where they are. We have two. We're gonna get eleven in the... Yeah, okay. That's good. That's light. Cheating to cheats, yeah. I think I could do the skip again pretty quickly if I, uh, if I try it again now, though. The problem is every time I do it, I have to, like, remember the setup, which ends up taking quite a few tries. He has two of his biggest cheaters, oh okay. What is it going on in there? Okay, before we continue, I want to talk to you guys more about the controller. Just tell you exactly what's going on with it. So this is a GameSir controller. It's GameSir is a gaming peripheral brand with over a decade of experience focused on controller, innovation, and product reliability. They're an officially licensed third party partner with Microsoft. and they have a big strong credibility in the global console ecosystem. This controller that I'm using is the G7 series, which apparently has strong global sales performance and has been widely adopted by gamers across multiple regions. If the controller is plugged in, it runs at 8kHz wired and it has 2.4G wireless polling. The controller is, so it is wireless as well, if you prefer that, which, yeah, with such high refresh rate, delivers smoother control and instant response, ensuring every input is registered with eSports grade precision. And yeah, the 8000 Hertz pulling rate is across both wired and 2.4G wireless connections, highly responsive in-performance with end-to-end latency as low as 0.5 milliseconds it enables near instant response especially valuable in competitive gameplay. It's the fastest in the market apparently. You can also fully customize the controller using this software which I have here I have it set to the 8,000 Hertz. You can customize the button mapping there's also macro support. The controller also has hall effect. I'm not sure exactly what hall effect does on a controller. Yeah, there's two different modes on the controller. You can switch between hall effect, analog triggers, and micro switch triggers like anti-drifting okay I see yeah you guys can all check out the game sir this is the game sir g7 pro 8k aim labs edition controller you guys can check it out by typing exclamation mark game sir in the chat or clicking the message at the top of the pin at the pin at the top of the chat in the pin message. Yeah thank you so much game sir for sponsoring the stream. Switch behind the controller, switches the triggers to a mouse click. Okay, I see. Apparently you can get 5% off using my link in the chat, I believe. Well, they... I thought I had a code, but I'm not sure... Oh, actually, no, I'm just... I'm stupid. Okay, you can use code distortion... I just completely missed this, because code distortion 28A is actually in the message itself, or on Amazon using code 8KAMELabs. You can see it in the pin message. Yeah, you can get 5% off by using my code. Honestly, I really like the controller. I'm just not a big fan of Xbox. I'm not a big fan of Xbox controller layout. I like how some chat chat is so divisive about this because you have you have some people in chat who are like I love Xbox controller layout and then some people I don't I don't know how you guys use it like it's so awkward for me personally to use the D-pad like the only way that I could I could see myself using the D-pad and the left analog stick is if I use my index finger for the analog stick and then my thumb for the D-pad. Because like how else do you do it apart from like moving your right hand to the left? I think the reason I prefer like the PlayStation layout is just because I can put my left thumb on the analog stick, which that's what I'm used to doing right, is using the left analog stick with my thumb, and then I can use my index finger for the d-pad instead, which for me, I mean that's just what I'm used to, so it's like way more comfortable. Because the thing is, I don't want to play the game with my index finger on the analog stick the entire time, and if I'm holding the left analog stick and then I need to use the d-pad, I can't really like, I could like switch to the index finger and then start using my thumb but like the transition of like swapping from your thumb to the index finger on the analog stick is like uncomfortable. Yeah, I know I know I'm not saying that one is better than the other it is definitely like a prep it's a it's a preference thing for sure Well, we need... we need one more dragon bone. Well, I have back buttons on the controller, but... how many branches do I have for? Uh, I have back buttons on the controller, but I use them for... well, currently I'm I'm using the back paddles for sprint, or for dodge, and for auto run. One of these lizards drops a dragon bone. I don't know which one. Ah, here we go. Oh, here we go. It's actually crazy that they added Auto Run to this game and then never added it to any other game. It's like the best feature in this game. I'm dead, aren't I? Nice. My flimsy ring is okay. It almost broke, but it didn't. Yeah auto run is so comfortable, like it's so nice for menuing while on the run. I mean, at least in the other games, you can hold the sprint button while menuing. But holding the sprint button is still kind of awkward because when you... Like, you can't press B to exit out of the menu if you're holding sprint. I think I might go see the back room's movie tonight, shout. Have I played back rooms? Well there's like a million back rooms games, so it's kind of, but yes, I've played some of them. Okay, I'm gonna have to come back here for Aldiol later. I need to... remember not to forget that. Well, many Aldiah will be here later. And we could grab the third dragon ring, I guess. I don't know if that's going to mess up the flin's ring. I don't think it will. No way. This enemy is so bullshit. I should just kill him. He's gonna do it again, isn't he? of What is this? Oh yeah, this is the third dragon ring. I think if I throw away the other ring of blades, we'll get a good ring swap setup. Maybe if I get rid of this one. Well that works. Yeah, we're gonna go Call Ancient Dragon. Oh boy. Alright, we gotta wait for these guys to leave before we fight. If these guys are in the boss arena when the fight starts, then they'll aggro to you and and everything sometimes they'll like glitch out though and they'll get stuck on the doorway I think we're good Man, the damage is so good. Come on, give me one more Dragon Breath. Nice. What's the counter damage? 160 or 60% more damage very good All right Let's go level up a bit Okay, I'm not gonna buy any more bright bugs. I don't think we need any more. Honestly, we might have not needed to even buy those. We want 96 Agility, I mean I want a Power Stance, so. What is Alon's Great Katana, Alon's Katana use? We need to 30 decks. Okay, so we need... We need 33 strength and 60 decks. a lot if we want a power stance and I'm gonna go kill Rodden again Okay. Good wall. Wait, did I just eat my... okay. I remember the last time we somehow wasted a bonfire aesthetic, like it used it and then nothing happened. Is that 1.5 for power stance requirements? Yeah. I mean, we could probably power stance... If we get... If we get 18 strength, we can power stance the Uchi, and the... Hangouts played. What am I doing with my other hand, drinking? We do so much damage, Jim. I'm just gonna kill Rotten twice because why not? Why do you respond? Because I respond to him. Alright, just a quick little soul farm. or rotten. of I guess we'll go 60 dex. Oh right, I actually don't need 60 dex. I needed 45 dex, but I needed 33 strength. I mean, I guess it has S scaling, so it's probably good to go up to 60 anyways. Still not much extra damage though. Alright, let's go get Alon's Katana. No one uses pants while gaming? I do. Sometimes. I need to buy more shorts, actually. I don't have that many shorts. All right, we're gonna try to do the skip here. I think we aim at these pipes. of What? Hmm. Hmm. I think this is where you aim. Might not be standing in the right spot. It's like a bit more to the right. There we go. It's funny you can actually go through this fog gate backwards. Yeah, there's a skip we can do to Fume. I can try it, I'm not worried I'm going to mess it up, but... of bro this is so fucking shank you're just in such a bad position Oh, come on. The parry walks are not good today. It looks like he has a lot of poison for some stuff, at least. to the left is better. So slow. So slow. Okay, I think the axe guy is better. I'm gonna I'm going to kill this guy. I think we want to use them. Oh, man. Ah! Thing is we might die going down here. I don't know if I did this right That's your prep button. That's not good. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, fucking Estus is so slow. I should have just used the life gem. I'm not scared of fume. I just got greedy. Honestly, having a mushroom going there helps so much, though. I'll use another bright bug. Oh come on, the fucking damage from the soul hooker! No way dude! And DS2 doesn't even count. Oh my god, I can't believe that killed me man! This fucking stupid sword dude, god damn it. I should have just went for the final hit, I was worried he was going to jump away, like he always does, but then I kind of hesitated, like I could have just killed him before he We did that A.R.E. My bad. of Oh My god that hit me Oh, what am I doing? I'm not scared. I'm not scared. I think the self-damage is pretty... Pretty annoying. What? No buff? Oh. Oh my god. Oh my god, I should I should have died there dude. I should have died I miss God it almost happened again I thought I was dead too Also, we have like, more Death Stab. I don't know, the Death Counter is definitely... I've been pretty bad at keeping up with the Death Counter. That's why I kind of don't bother with the... doing these marathons sometimes. Yeah, the D-Pad's fine. There's also like, some of these like, like a different D-Pad that you can like swap it to. Oh, okay, major laser. All right, we're going to do the skip here. Yeah, there's a way easier version of the skip that you can do now, Chad. It's kind of dark. It's wired, but you can also use it wireless. So if you get close to the ledge like this, you need to be pretty damn close though. And do a jump attack. And then baby jump and die. Nice. Amazing video game level I guess I should have done the back step strut of I'm going to go back. I'm going to get a bit of a tune then, just so I can put one more spell on. You Okay, Shadow Facts. All right, we just need one more bone. I don't know what I'm doing. Well, that didn't fucking work. Come on, let me do it. I hate this game. Surely, I get this off now. Come on. Oh, it's so bright. Oh my god. How? Why did I do that? Well, actually it's fine, because, well, I guess we can do the skips. it would have been better just to get the scepter though. Alright. Now, you can actually skip the scepter completely with like some glitches. I wasn't planning on doing them, but why not? All right, so we can parry walk. This guy, I believe. We need to jump onto the chest or something. Right, I can't. I don't know if you have to jump on the chest. I don't remember how I did this before. Come on, man. Why am I so bad at the periwoks right now? Okay. Yeah, just go absolutely fucking apeshit. Okay, nice. I didn't do carry walks for half a year, yeah, but I mean the, yeah, yeah, fair. And this place looks so weird with the lighting mod. Wait, I don't have dark weapon. It's okay, I guess. I don't care. That kind of scared me. Uh, well, I wasn't going to stream this data play, but I think I might... I don't know we'll see I might actually I want to go see the back rooms movie tonight So I I don't know I might save Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 for tomorrow. I know it's it would be kind of a short stream, but I know I'm sorry chat four-day marathon yeah I know I mean listen man we're just trying to I'm just doing this for fun it's not like when I used to do these marathons I would be like oh I gotta do it all in one day or whatever but I just I don't really care that much anymore all right where are we going I'm like I'm still locked I guess let's just go do a lawn I've had some people coming to the chat who are genuinely like angry they're You're like, I can't believe you're lying, this isn't a marathon, you're doing it in multiple days, it's like, alright bro chill. Who cares, yeah, I mean that's true. Yeah, we're going to go get a lawn s**t now. I think left is better on these guys, yeah, it seems like it. We're in. Now we just have to wait. I don't remember if there's a way to do this without waiting. I like the controller apart from the joystick positions. I hope that they release a version, or maybe there is a version that has. Oh my god, it's so dark in here. Yeah, I mean, I do really like the controller. It feels nice. The back pedals feel comfortable to use. I mean, it's just like a preference thing, right? I'm just not used to Xbox layout. I know if they're announcing a new game on the 5th, probably not. Not. It'd be cool. Also, I forgot to put dark. Do I even have any resins? Nice. I forgot to put dark weapon on again. Sorry, I kind of like covered the sapuku a little bit. Now he did the sapuku. Sorry, I just wanted my extra souls. Oh, actually, wait, no, did he not do it? I wasn't like paying attention because I was looking at the menu. Yeah, maybe the chaos, maybe just taking any form of damage makes you ineligible for the even if it's not damaged from him. Didn't actually know that. All right, the Bewitched Alon Sword. ourselves a new katana. Handcam, yeah, we're using handcam because we're using the G7, the GameSir G7 Pro 8K controller. You guys can all check it out by typing explanation mark game sir in the chat. clicking the pin message of the link at the top of the chat. Yeah, you can get 5% off by using code distortion 28a or on Amazon using code 8k inlabs. You can see that in the message itself, so. So I'm still a. Hmm. All right, well, we need 22 strength. it has a like 8k refresh rate Alright, so this thing has like a seppuku on it or something, right? How much... Man, it's got such a big range. Does the buff just give extra bleed? Or is it actually damage? Oh, wait, it has plus 80 bleed, regardless. Interesting. Alright, well we still need to do Mirror Knight. I guess we can go fight him. It applies to elemental damage. Oh, you know what? Yeah, I think we want to infuse it. still keeps S scaling in decks. Let's see how this is. So let's put on dark weapon. You can tumble buff any weapon with the Lancer buff. Oh really? Interesting. Did not know that. Hey, wake up. this and use that I don't know how long this buff lasts, because I'm not sure if that's going to be better than just using dark weapon, but we can see you. This is fucking awful so far. That was very... I'll do the buff. Let's just use dark weapon. Oh, I'm surprised that thing. 1070 The DS2 doesn't show up in damage in its menu yet, this kind of sucks. Always annoyed me when I was testing stuff in this game. Yeah, we're using the path tracing mod. I just thought I would try it out because a bunch of people were telling me about it. We already got the Chaos Blade. We were using it for a while. We got the Uchi, and then the Chaos Blade, and then now we have the Alon Katana. I think the Chaos Blade is just the best one, though. At least it seems like it. Yeah, I've seen it, bro. Wow. looks so nice of I guess it's only one mushroom, it's probably not necessary. of I don't know if I'm going to bother getting any other katanas chat. We're probably just going to use these three. At least that's my plan. Spawnfire, yeah. Okay. Okay. I think I'm going to get a little bit more of a beating again. Mm-hmm. Nice. Oh, that was scary. this game sort of know it's a cheated run I don't think they care she did run one Oh, wow. I didn't think I was going to get that. No, the grab isn't guaranteed. The grab does a good amount of damage, but it's not guaranteed death or anything like that. How are you not dead? I don't know, the weapon buff doesn't seem that good, it doesn't last for that long is kind of the problem. You know, I'm curious, if you cast the light, does that piss off Agdain? Or is it just the torch? Guys, it's a controller cam. Stop. Oh, I should have popped some of these souls. Wait, why is Aldi a naut? Oh, no, I just talked to Aldi, what am I... We still need to go to Dragon area. got bit confused I need to wait for my light to disappear. of Hold What is this texture on the wall? of All right, we're gonna jump this gap. Yippee! Yippee! Yeah, the super jump was really nice. I feel like the damage just isn't that great. R2 is good. Oh, I propped a bleed. At least I got to get all the giant souls and we have to do Darklurker. And Giant Lord. You know, let's try some power stance, because we can power stance the Uchi and the Chaos Blade. Oh wait, there we go. Oh, am I gonna survive this? Yeah, it's... It seems pretty good honestly. Oh. Wow, that's... I don't know, PowerStand seems really strong, actually. That might be better than, well, I don't know. It does a lot of damage regardless. Might be better than just using it normally. Just use a lot of stamina. That's the only thing. Alright, we're gonna go get the other giant souls. Then we still have to do Vanguard and Authority as well. Uh, well, I wasn't planning on streaming State of Play, but I think I will. I think it might actually be a bit of a shorter stream today. Oh, I went the wrong way. I think after State of Play, I think I might end stream, and then I'll do Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne tomorrow. I want to, um, kind of want to go see the back room's movie tonight. Yeah, imagine going outside. I've actually gone to the movies a few times recently. I went to see Obsession and Hockham. Oh wait, can I not go into the... Where is this fucking asshole? State of play is in an hour, isn't it? and of death of death of death of Oh, the turn is due to so bad. Fucking kid. Out of here! You haven't been at the movies since 2019? Yeah, I don't go to the movies that often unless there's a movie that I like really want to see I don't think Oppenheimer was bad. It was a little I just I don't know. It was kind of boring for me I didn't like Oppenheimer that much. I'm boring, yeah? Fair enough. I really liked Obsession. Obsession was really really good. Disclosure Day. Yeah, I want to uh... I want to see that. Lars is scared of that movie. Yeah, I watched the new Mummy. That movie was That movie was fricking weird, because it was like... I wasn't... it was not what I was expecting. It was pretty gross. I didn't necessarily think it was going to be a Brendan Razor adventure, but yeah, I didn't realize it was like a horror movie. So I guess kind of. Honestly, I need to get more HP. So I'm gonna do Enviz, Ava. We just need more HP and endurance at this point. Did all the bosses in Iron King DLC, we still have the other DLCs left though. Let's go do Vanguard and Authority. My manicured thumbnail I don't I don't manicure bro. Oh Dude this water looks so good All natural I thought I was going to die there for a moment. I thought the double R2 would have been enough. I thought Huckum was okay. It wasn't good enough for the theaters or like I... Yeah, I don't know. It was, it was alright. It was the type of movie that I think I would have rather just watched at home, but. Hey, Frosted Kiwi, thank you for the 20 months man. No, I haven't seen the passenger. Oh yeah, for any of you, I know all of you guys are playing Dark Souls 2 like all day every day, so you know, big advice here. If you don't move when those dogs attack you, if you just stand completely still, they'll miss you with their attack. Mm-hmm. expert tip to you. Never play these games you just watch. It's fair. You could also just join the rat coven and then all the enemies don't attack you, which is honestly the better option. Oh, that guy died. It's so dark, man. I can't... I can't fucking see! Oh, yeah. That's the damage. Level of faith to cast Solar Peas in this fight. Yeah, Solar Peas is so good for this fight. Uh, alright. I'm trying to think, oh yeah, we can go do chariot. I'm just going through the optional, like, side bosses. We'll do chariot, and then we'll go do vendrick. And then we could do some dark liquor dungeons, I guess. Yeah, we're just gonna watch state of play, and then I think we're gonna do bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 tomorrow. I know it's, I'm not going to be the longest stream, but that's my plan. Oh, I don't have yarn. I forgot my yarn. That was close dodge. Am I super tall now? I'm like 5'10". I'm not very tall. my god the damage go power stance katana's kind of fucking good man actually power sans katanas might be better than just using them normally honestly the thing is we haven't even in I don't know if it'd be worth infusing no sir along katana I honestly wasn't that impressed with the... Sorry to say so far. Depends where you live. Yeah, that's true. Oops, that's not what I meant to do. There's, uh... Some places in the world where the average is, like, so high. This Bloodborne Nav is starting Gatana. No, so that's the thing. I don't know. What do you guys think? Should we just cheat in the weapon or should we get it legit? I mean, we can get it legit. We only have to kill four bosses. We have to kill Gascoyne, BSB. going BSB wishes and the garyus well I mean sometimes I don't like to cheat because if somebody wants to like follow the run or something then they can like I like showing how you would do it normally sometimes I mean I Did these are like Stammit is kind of absurd Oh, come on and we have all the That's crazy. Actually, so good. 17 hours for Elden Ring now. We did four. We did four more games before Elden Ring. Also a first playthrough of Elden Ring is way longer than 17 hours. The hand cam is mesmerizing. Thanks. Yeah, I want to say by the way Chad we are sponsored by GameSir. It's the controller that I'm using, it's why I have the controller can set up right now. You guys can all check out the controller by typing XMHMarkGameSir in the chat or clicking the pin message at the top of the chat. You can use code DISTORTION28A on their website to get 5% off or on Amazon using code 8KAMELabs. all right I'm forgetting oh you know what I'm gonna buy oh you know what let's go do get let's go do grant and off grand off whatever the fuck I think we still have, we still have Bellsot, so we could go get, I might try to get Sacred, uh, what the fuck is it called in this? And get even more damage. Yeah, you do need to cast Sacred Oath before you use the Bright Bug, otherwise it overrides it. God, it's so dark in here. Nice jump. Oh no, not again, not again. We aggro- we aggro'd Grandal already earlier by accident. It's really stupid. Am I gonna see Scary Movie 6? Uh, maybe. I kind of like that you actually need to use light sources in this game. I feel like there's really not enough light sources though. I mean, you have the lantern and you have cast light and that's basically it. I guess maybe also, yeah, maybe there's something else, but like not that many. Options. Ow. We have the double light. of Alright, we need to start speeding up. We need to start speeding this up though. We need to finish this run before fucking... ...for a state of play. I'm trying to think... do we have any other optional bosses left apart from Darklicker? And then, well, the DLC bosses, I guess. Oh, yeah, we still have to do gargoyles. controller I'm using it's the game sir g7 pro and That's not so bad. Alright, I'm trying to lock in. I really want to make sure we finish this in time. I mean, it should be doable unless we get stuck on DLC bosses for a while or anything. come on I Come on I How am I not getting this of I have to use keyboard mouse for this, tech. I don't know, I just can't. Can't f- I can't get it, man. of I Oh, that damage is good. It's flying not allowed in speedruns? Uh, no it is. It's just a different category. This cam makes you uncomfortable. Fly. All right, let's let's go start destroying some DLC bosses, shall we? of us of I can't I can't see what is this combo Where is he I need my cast light All right, I'm getting... getting wrecked. better. How much do I need for Sacred Oath 25 faiths? I'm going to kill one more rotten, hopefully we have enough time for this. I'm just gonna kill him one time. Why? Because I like getting overleveled. How about not chopped off your hand, yeah. Yeah, you need four attunement slots for Sacred Oath, it's kind of brutal, but it's okay. We can do the Tune Man Clutch. More cheating. Mmhmm. of Dude, no way did I ju- No way did I just bounce like that! Unbelievable. of I can't use the bright barricades. This forlorn is invading me. Actually after I grabbed the bonfire I could have just home worded out that would have up in the fastest way. These guys are down here? Okay dude. I didn't finish Darklicker, I know. I know. No, we should be able to finish before stated play unless we die a bunch. Frozen DLC is really fast. Oh my god, we lost the Sacred Oath because we put out... Oh, I clutched out. Oh, wait, no, it didn't. Stupid. All right, again. OK. Holy damage, girl, what was that? Don't fly. Nice. Nice. Alright, to the DLC. Gotta go fast. of of of of of of of Hey, Palo Goose, thank you for the three months. Uh, we're gonna do Dark Worker before the final bosses. I mean, I like Convergence Mod the most. No, I'm not grabbing any of the knights. We don't got time for that. Yeah, remind me to turn the music back on after this fight. five five five five five five five from an Yeah, we should be able to finish DS2 before State of Play starts, I think. Oh, the damage is crazy. I'm almost two-shotting these guys. This face-tinking everything is generally the best strat. They're down. of No way that hits me dude. No way you're doing this to me right now. My god. Alright. That was such a good start to the fight dude. We did like 60% of his health on the opener. Just face tanking. Like face tanking is actually, that is basically the speedrun strat is like you start, you start the second phase with like half HP and you pop up shroom and like an old radiant or two old radiance and then you can just fucking face tank. of this isn't gonna work the timing is like too precise I don't know if we're going to make this or not. I don't think we're going to make it anymore. fine. I don't think it's fine. No, but this time I actually messed up pretty badly. Oh, that would have been perfect. God, give it to me! Oh, we're fucked. Maybe if I parry walk him before this ends, but now he's trolling. Oh, come on, please. Okay. I can actually see the building, is that the building? of on these, like, actually. Well, yeah, the buffs are obviously doing a huge helping a lot, but regardless though, I mean, other weapons with the same buffs, like they're, these are actually really, really good. All right. Alright guys, let's go finish the bosses before state of play. We just have Dark Lurker and then the final bosses, so I think we'll finish basically just in time. of the and and is okay Are you gonna... Alright let's go finish the game, shall we? It's actually insane the timing on this. GameServe is a brand, yep, it's the controller I'm using, the G7 Pro. of the The damage is so crazy. Skip cutscene, yeah, we're running all on time here, man, alright? It's fine, you've seen that cutscene a million times, you'll be alright. Wait a second. Oh. Well, invalid run. I fucked up. I didn't fucking talk to Aldia at the dragon, fucking airy. All right, well, that's okay. Fucking whatever, fuck Aldia. Bone out. I don't- I don't think that there's anything you can do after, like, after you've killed Nashandra, because I'm pretty sure that's like the trigger for it happening, so. It's okay. I forgot. Oopsies. I don't I don't think there's any way to fix the chap You can burn a bonfire so that I get the Kingsgate to do it, and you can fight again. Oh, okay. Well... It's okay. My bad. Alright, well GG Dark Souls 2, let me switch over to State of Play now. But I want to say thank you again, Gameser, for sponsoring the stream. You guys again can all check out the controller. It's wireless or wired. It has 8k refresh rate and a super customizable, it has back paddles. You can all check it out by typing explanation or game sir in the chat or clicking the pin message at the top of the chat. Yeah, thank you. Thank you game sir. No more camera chat. All right. Hopefully we'll see something cool at this state of play. I'm not, honestly, I feel like Summer Game Stress is where we're going to see more interesting, more exciting stuff, but hopefully state of play will have some cool stuff. Sorry, I forgot I'll be a chat, my bad. I'm sorry Aldia, you didn't get to die this time. I Right, oh right on time I'm going to change my YouTube title. Hi, I'm Marcus Knipp, creative director for Marvel's Wolverine. Today we're excited to debut a new look at the game. To set the stage, Wolverine is an race against time to rescue a group of kidnapped mutants before they're shipped off to parts unknown by cybernetically enhanced mercenaries known as the Reavers. However, Logan quickly discovers he isn't the only mutant attempting to save them. Let's take a look. Alright. Hopefully this game is good. It's a lot of blood. he dodged it's a soul of life Not the day, Pop. The hell? Stop, Master! Up there! We need backup! I thought that was the girl from control for a second. I need one of them. Yeah, the block looks a little weird. The Chinese version will have white blood. Oh I Will serve something a party played 50 times. Yeah I got it. Wolverine dies twice I wonder if that's actually like a revived mechanic though. Let's get you guys out of here. Are you a superhero? Fuck it. No. Some folks can't wait to die. of In this game, mutants live in hiding, fearful of those who would hunt them down, while most of the world doesn't even know they exist. As you saw, you'll encounter iconic Marvel characters like Gene Gray, the Steeke, and Saber Tooth. Some folks can't wait to die. We also showed you a glimpse of the brutal combat you'll experience in Marvel's Wolverine. It's fast, fluid, and visceral in the way that only Logan can deliver. Marvel's Wolverine is built to take full advantage of the PlayStation 5 consoles, and we cannot wait for you to get your hands on it when it launches September 15th, 2026. We're also happy to announce that you can pre-order your copy today at the end of the show in Select Markets. Check out PlayStation Blog for more information. On behalf of everyone at Insomniac Games, thank you. See you next time. I've got a ton more to share with news and updates from both PlayStation Studios and third-party studios from around the globe. Let's get right to it with the latest work in the system works, X-dev and Marvel games. Actions are worth more than any word. And the greatest action is to fight. You have defeated so many. You've defeated whole worlds. But you've never lost, Doom. Let me show you why you should leave. Like you're a genius, Doom? Your works are mutual, Gens. My genius is endless. And now my turn. You may promise it, stew, and those promises shall be kept. This violence will solve nothing, Henry. My dearest of all, you can kind shall rise, and I will be the one to lead the way. So kind. You look a little angry, bud. You're still hoping it grabs. Even so many voice lines. Don't you dare! Don't be greedy! It's mine! Knights of Doom! Destroy them! You're my wrath! The end is near. What's this? Well, no doubt be the stuff of tales twice cold throughout the glade of dreams I've never played Rayman before. At least there's a little bit of a chance. Globox Tim, arrest you! I am as fat as a pumpkin! Good times! Proclaim them! You think this ends here? I'm here! Are you ready for our game, Ray Brown? She I Let's just go let it go! Interesting. Sorry, no more crotch can. We need to go. Please! We need to go! We need to go! We need to go! Yeah. Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh! Wow Shou! So, so good! Yeah, I'm gonna even watch him. I think I'm getting sensory overload. Hi everyone, it's been a long time. I'm Anshina Nakamura-Ikumi. Did you miss me? I'm missing you! I don't know much about myself, and there may be people who forget about me, but yeah. Look, it's my sister. Today I have delivered to you a Yokai Hunter Action Game, Kemuri. The stage is Kemuri City. There are various cultures in Asia based on the combination of this and the world. There is a saying that there is a Yokai in a place where there is a Kemuri, and that is what the Yokai Hunter finds. It's a fox window, which only uses a ghost hunter. You can find a paranormal phenomenon or a ghost in this window. You can hide it and hunt a ghost. But you can't just collect a ghost. In our game, we have to make a contract with a ghost. We have to make a contract with a ghost. We have to make a contract with a ghost. We have to make a contract with a ghost. And with the power of the monster that we've prepared, we'll use the super power to make the monster look cooler and cooler, and we'll pray for a stronger monster to come closer to this world. There are two types of hunters. One is a kustana hunter. The other is a yumi hunter. The next is a shaman. As you can see, there's a multi-play. I'm happy to be playing with this Kemuri City as a monster hunter. We want to keep on making a chaos and make a laugh. We want to welcome Kemuri City as close as possible. But we're still developing Kemuri City. We're going to drop a lot of information, so please enjoy Kemuri City. Let's chemally chemally go Some new Tomb Raider game And halfway across the con that looking for you I have I don't know if I've ever finished a Tomb Raider game before. I think I had a sponsor for a while ago. I don't think I ended up finishing it though. They're good. Yeah, I know a lot of people like them. I'm just saying I just I don't know I just I've never finished anything, what's up spicy? I Oh Gotta say catching your good son You're assuming I've got a bad side. Probably try that game out when it comes out. So, what was your favorite from today? I liked the Aniseau. What did you like about it? He's big and loud. I think my favorite is the Diplodon. It's a horror dino game. And the graphics are pretty nice though. Evil I don't know this game looks cool I mean it looks nice hopefully the gameplay is like actually fun I guess that would be my main concern so it looks cool I I I That can early 20s 3 S game first showed us Fanta blade zero in passing in a hotel Maybe we'll see more immediately that this game had incredible potential. I think I watched some gameplay for this game before actually Is it a gameplay and story deep dive coming later this summer a while ago? Next let's head over to the sandworm infested sands of Arrakis in dune awakening In this open-world survival RPG you can fully immerse yourself in the world of doom Unravel a cinematic story filled with mystery and intrigue featuring many of the characters from the books and movies. Find the Fremen, wake the sleeper. Can I turn it up? I feel like it's loud enough. Alone or with friends, you will explore the vast open world of Arrakis and learn to survive and thrive by unlocking the secrets of the Fremen. Along the way, you'll discover new technologies, craft gadgets and weaponry, and build a base of operations that will grow and expand as you progress towards power and fortune. Pursue the path of the Bene Gesserit, Swordmaster, Trooper, or Mentai, and master anything from mind control to brutal Pantheon combat. In Dune Awakening, you can choose to play with your friends or alone in a brand new single-player mode arriving with the PlayStation release. Dune Awakening arrives on PS5 on September 22nd. Pre-orders start today. The fan favorite PS2 classic Dynasty Warriors 3 is getting readmaster for PS5. Dynasty Warriors 3, completed as your remastered, is a modern revival of the 2001 game that established the foundation of the series players can become one of over 40 officers and experience intense one versus 1,000 skirmishes I used to fight I used to play Dynasty Warriors back of my PS2 I had no idea what I I did I every time I play that game I have no idea what I was even doing I'm just like all of yours old knuckling just run around and just Fucking kill shit From the award-winning studio behind the Ori series a bard thank you for the 15 months for action RPGs When is No Rest for the Wicked actually going to come out? I want to play that game again, but I'm waiting for the full release. A world that evolves even when you're offline. The highly anticipated full 1.0 release expands everything. A massive world. A deep class and progression system. And hundreds of hours of content, including Endgame, all with full crossplay and crossade. No Rest for the Wicked launches on PS5 this October. and is available to wishlist now I don't believe it's fully released yet for an update on owning rush out I played it like right when it came out in early access I thought it was pretty fun That castle on the mountain. Masakiya, a sense genma. Prepare yourself. No ordinary genma can move like that. I doubt this area was designed to walk on visitors. The castle's owner must be terribly cautious. I am Sultan Toghi, Niamonto Masashi, the fool who seeks strength yet rejects the power of the army. You shame yourself, child! Witness my right! If you live by this world, fighting is everything. So you've lost. Will you swap the sword for a trowel? Like hell I will. No. What then? Are you going to start taking human souls? If human souls... Oh, it takes. I've chosen to trust Massacha's judgment in all matters. Oni, departed, give me every ounce of power that you have. In return! I've never played Onimusha before. We can't wait to get our hands on Onimusha way of the sword this October. But you won't have to wait long to try it yourself. There's one more update from the Oni Musa team. Well, there's a demo, let me try it out. Is this the- that one weird game with the baby? Ill? I thought it might have been at first, now I'm not so sure. Yeah, maybe this is Silent Hill. This looks- this looks like Silent Hill. Dad? Please say something. Where did you go, Simon? Something doesn't feel right. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, what are you doing here? Don't worry. What the hell is that? What's this bar of stuff? of the Yeah, I mean, I'm probably gonna play the Sound Hill game too. I like the Sound Hill out. We will storm from the sea and take the capital back from our enemy. So you're the next one? The one whose rear we'll have to cover? The people left behind back in the continent need something to hold onto. Some search simple inspires hope. We will be in visual range of the land I'll show you soon. Up, giant! Enemy artillery is dead to my turret. Where's Wings when you actually need him? Huh? Oh, you're this for tough to make. Where are you going, hot-air? To the Toshirin! That's where the Wings of Thief comes in. Legendary savior. DD wants the legendary savior to get as much publicity as possible. More exposure? The better. They're gonna spy on you! We're gonna be washed out! All air-drafts, pull out! Sorry, Rex. Here's the putt, Junker 1. I'll probably fight the wings of these. No harm will come to you. Hand to the sky, everyone! Hope it will be reached! Determinance, Baker. You let the imposter? There's any information there's an obvious amount of time to keep up with the truth. Oh, no, we can offer, right, Junker 1? It's an ambush. Shadows. Justice Clarence, we thank you for the bait. We'll find out. What do you mean? We've got a leak. You'll get time to run, Rex. Hang on. There's a lot down there. You've never ran away, have you? You can go, Rex. Let's go, Rex. This guy's been wanted to you, Rex. Go take what's yours. Hello everyone, this is the corner of the brand director of the Ace Combat series. We are back. Ace Combat 8, the launch of the Wings of Sheave, is September 2nd, 2026. Early access will be on September 29th. In this video, you will be able to see what you can do with the Ace Combat 8. You will be able to use one by one, and you will be able to hold on to it for about 2 minutes. You will be able to fly to the sky in a free time, and enjoy the 5 minutes of the dogfight, and you will be able to experience the dramatic heroes. The sky with no other Ace Combat is already right there. There is one more thing I want to tell you. Did you know there are three kind of aces? This time, on Race Combat 8, Winged Sob Cable, the download version is a Play-O-Dah feature. The package version has a long-awaited purchase feature. Race Combat 0, the Vulcan War version is made. Please enjoy the world of Strangereal, which is the same as the world of 8. Until the release of the announcement, please wait for the preparation of the launch. Thank you very much. I Let's bein' cunt! Great team. Think we got it? Yep, we won't play that. I used to really like playing card games when I was a kid. I don't really play them anymore, but... Are you drunk or something? Do him up and show him out. But he's still weak, so be careful. Fire high. He's strong. Two big clouds. Fire! Move it! Take the ramp. Die, bastard. And you're tough, surprisingly lively for someone who just came out of a coma. If you want to survive, you gotta hustle. You fell from the moon. I will help you, but you must not go there. I'll take my chances. It turns out I'm a lucky man. You'll find nothing there. But death. Well, good luck. Keep quiet in there. I feel like... I'm still curious if... I don't feel like all of that was gameplay. Maybe some of it was cutscenes, I don't know. I'm still like... I'm still a bit sus about this whole ill game. It felt... like an earthquake. But it was just a paperclip. Falling off a desk. The tiniest tremor before the main event. I know what they put you through. You never had a chance. two days before the lockdown fell and uncategorized residents appeared in Manhattan. As things stand right now Dylan, you're our only shot at survival. You're not FBC, you're not in the fucking union. The FBC locked me in that cell for years and forgot about me. This, it was a way out. People can change. The past doesn't matter. Where were you today? I'm excited for this game. We're gonna have a lot of fun together. Yeah, September is going to be, yeah, like every game released in September, this marathon. Darkness for those without eyes to see, the canvas blank and vast, secrets buried in Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Do you crave endless life? The dangerous and cutthroat world of Marathon expands today with its second season, Nightfall. And if you haven't checked out Marathon yet, Bungie announced an open trial period for the launch of Season 2. You'll also be able to pick up Marathon at a discount. Now, let's take a look at what's coming soon to PlayStation Plus. Up first, a beloved fantasy world is finally coming to PlayStation for the first time. Runescape Dragon Wilds is an open-world survival game where you rise from Survivor to Dragon's Edge. I actually played Dragon Wilds a little bit, it was fun, I don't, I wonder how much more content is in the game. trying to do raids for an OSRS. Whenever they come out, yeah. I think I'll probably stream some RuneScape when the new raid comes out. catalogue over the next few months. In June, battle colorful enemies with musical instruments and guitar man, one of the most stylish rhythm games from the PS2 era. In July, PsyOps the Mindgate conspiracy joins the classic catalogue. This PS2 action-adventure mixes run-and-gun gameplay with second powers. And finally, Onimusha Dawn of Dreams, a Capcom classic from 2006, launches later this year in August. Akashina Island, haunted by dark stories. Agol confront the evil corrupting powerless. This is dead true Does no one know this guy? Oh, you two haven't met yet, right? Sebastian, I'll be looking after you. Roland, whenever you're ready. This facility has been shut down for decades. I'm investigating. I'm told. Until... Now. Did you hear that? Night! Are you out there? We got a job! Right! Have a nice evening. Let's get out of there. We're a bit tight. No! He's coming! Take a deep breath. with spoilers wait it's the guy from until wait it's until dawn to what I'm still creative director of fire sprite games and I hope you enjoyed the first look at our brand new installment of until dawn in unfold on to a successful crew of ghost hunters and fake all the best content come face to face with real for the very first time whenever you're ready having just signed a deal with this game seems fun visit and abandon chop the island. But beneath that beautiful surface has dreadful heartbreak and secrets, centuries old and hungry for vengeance. We're looking forward to sharing more details about this very soon, ahead of release in 2027. Thank you. Now we have one more game to show and it is something special. This is a brand new title debuting with more than 20 minutes of uninterrupted gameplay. So turn up the volume, sit back. Yeah, Directive 8020 was ass. I guard two. We're gonna be watching for 20 minutes. The last of us three. Scott of War music. I wonder if this is the... well, no, I don't think this would be the remakes. I wonder if there's gonna be info about the remakes. Well, my PS5 Pro will definitely be useful for this game. is the previous one. Yeah, I know. Do we think it's just a remaster for the original or for the first one? I feel like it's leading on to something. Oh. Carlos! Ah, Jesus. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I'm really sorry. You know where I am? Okay, we're in close. The pyre, it happened, they're starting on the path, it's just, I didn't get to say goodbye. My god, you can jump! I And the spell's crazy. Oh, no. Yeah. Armor. Good idea. I know. I'm a little bit tired. I'm a little bit dizzy. Well, to be honest, I was probably afraid that would happen. But you know, it's not a big deal to ignore. It's true that you can't say anything about your childhood. But you've got to be careful. Yes, I know. I know. You're lying. That's why you guys are here. You're lying. You're lying. I know what you're talking about. I know. out damn i guess i'll find my own way from here it looks pretty good so far And I know we haven't seen much, but like, from what we have seen, I mean, it's. It may seem very similar to God of War, but it seems like you have more control in this game, or at least you can jump, which is the new God of War games. You're literally like, You're like grounded I Creature Hey, hey, hey! Keep it. Let him go! Oh Come on. Another mouse. This is important to you. I wonder... Do you think this could set you free? Touch me again, and I swear, I will kill you. Would you like to see how hard it is to die here, Godly? I can show you. You can't keep me here. The gateway is closed. There is no escape. Resisting the truth, we will make this more painful. I will handle that problem you deal with our new pants Haha, imagine that again. No! Okay, I think they're gone. Be careful. Fresh air. Fuck. Oh, you're different. You're a cube. Talking. You know what? It doesn't matter. How do we get out of here? Yeah, yeah, we've tried. There's no way out. Then you're a talking sword. I'm not the sword. I'm the ribbons, obviously. And my name is Rue. The cube is Frank. I'm Faye. There has to be a way out of here. A way out? But you're not even all here. Of course I'm not here. I'm dead. You have to be dead to come through the gateway. It's like you're holding something back. This isn't working. Where are we anyway? After life with the gods? I call us the everyone. After life with the gods? Great. So, what's the plan, boss? Not your boss, Frank. That cask. That's why you're trapped. Wait, you made that big explosion happen, right? Could you do that again? My magic is wrong here. I feel wrong here. You won out, right? I think we all want that. We definitely do. Faye, you need to accept it. All of it. You're dead. How? How do I accept that? Simple. Focus. You're here. Be... here. But what if I need to be somewhere else? Then focus on what you do need. Okay, we'll take it, now let's get out of here. Okay. Get ready. Wait! Nobody's gonna get a bad idea! I got a stone. I got a stone. I got a stone. I got a stone. Oh I think you should give her the sword this cube is so weird You need to get out of here not until I get you out. I don't need help Come on! Get off! Get out! Got my Diano and not Cage. Get it! Get ready! Come on! No! I got a promise to keep. Fine! But Lady, that sword, it's more than you think it is. Are you all ready? I will kill you. I'm not ready. I will kill you. Don't say Thomas is a bad keep gun. The kid is still there. You're scared of this. Why? I've seen it, nothing! I don't give up! I like how the cube is in the cover, he's like that. Honestly, this was a decent state of play. I mean, until dawn two, control, control two. When you got a wargame look school, that, like, dinosaur game looked interesting. I thought it was good. And Silent Hill, yeah. It was a pretty good state of play. Alright, chat, I think that is going to be it for me today. We are going to finish Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3 tomorrow. I'm going to go get some dinner and then I think I'm going to go see the back rooms tonight. So that's my plan. Sorry for a bit of a shorter stream. I mean, it's still been like seven hours. DS2 kind of took a while. Oh, you're going to go see it tonight too, spicy. Nice. movie sucked to IMO. Alright, well, regardless, I'm excited. I don't care about your opinion. I'll let you guys know what I thought about the movie tomorrow. Yeah, I saw Obsession. I was constantly telling people to go see Obsession because it was so good. Spoilers tomorrow now. Alright, I'm going to find something to raid. Man like every single person I find this is a watching state of play also chat Friday a summer games fest, so that's gonna be pretty cool. Definitely gonna be watching that one. Shirley Fromsoft is going to uh, to show up. This infinite sad nostalgia for outer worlds, why does it have to be sad? Why can't I be happy nostalgia? I don't know who to raid man, I don't know who to raid, yeah I can get QQ raid, why not? state of play. If that is mid, I don't know what is good to you. There was a lot of good stuff at that state of play. He's doing Dark Souls any percent speed runs. Go say that at QQ. Yeah, he got a new record like two or three days ago, I think. Yeah, I'll see you guys tomorrow for Bloodborne and Dark Souls 3. That'll be a lot of fun. Chikage is super good in Bloodborne. I'm actually not sure what we'll use in Dark Souls 3. Madeira's Katana is really good, the Freyred Blade. There's also Onakiri and Ubadachi, which could be cool, but we have to get that in the Grand archives. Yeah, luckily we can get the Uchi like right away from the sword master at the beginning of Dark Souls 3. All right. Anyways, until next time chat. Have a good one guys.