This Game Should Have Never Succeeded

Liam Manley April 30, 2024
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New Twitch! Live every other day: https://www.twitch.tv/manleyreviews Level your browser’s STR/DEX by maining Opera at https://operagx.gg/Manley Here is another Dark Souls Video essay by a white guy with a checkmark. From Elden Ring to Demon's Souls, Dark Souls is legendary, but the franchise almost never made it out of blightotwn between Sony almost shutting the whole series down with the release of Demon's Souls, to the troubled launch of the first Dark Souls altogether. It took five years for the majority of creators to start even looking in this games direction to start writing video essays and retrospectives on what is one of the greatest, impactful games of all time. I hope you enjoy :) Hoping Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC gives us more of that classic formula. Liam manley Check out the discord and consider picking up a save file over on the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ManleyReviews Twitter: https://twitter.com/ManleyReviews Discord: https://discord.gg/hMDk7ZN4mn Other Episodes: Tears of the Kingdom: https://youtu.be/Qiah_hJTxjQ Dishonored: https://youtu.be/A-x1pnYIS10 NFS Most Wanted: https://youtu.be/9Oln-5mMZwE Twilight Princess: https://youtu.be/E1tuGbuj18w Links and Sources Used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsYD4QZQ3tU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha6K5KtW3W8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryaryEJ9IrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ55eW5Q2jM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQoAJ0M487M https://youtu.be/8bEBo_CktqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzJDimvPW1Y https://youtu.be/vg-nbN0d110 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzJDimvPW1Y https://youtu.be/E3UtX9Gd75I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AA18rm9iYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcDGMU2weeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdylORaumnw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEcV-x5GWcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7YwoWF1C1o https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/1c7nql/dark_souls_sales_figures_23_million/ https://gigazine.net/news/20120228-darksouls-miyazaki-interview/ https://www.eurogamer.net/demons-souls-was-a-failure-before-miyazaki-stepped-up https://blog.playstation.com/archive/2013/01/22/demons-souls-creator-looks-back-at-the-making-of-an-rpg-classic/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230131201456/https://dondonrv.com/c/103/hidetaka-miyazaki-joins-fromsoftware https://web.archive.org/web/20230201233018/https://dondonrv.com/c/115/the-making-of-demon-s-souls https://www.play3.de/2010/08/05/nachgefragt-exklusiv-interview-mit-den-demons-soul-entwicklern/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/954345-demons-souls/57478996 https://www.destructoid.com/hidetaka-miyazaki-feels-unworthy-of-dark-souls-zelda-comparisons/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-creator-feels-unworthy-of-comparisons-t/1100-6444200/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/31/bloodborne-dark-souls-creator-hidetaka-miyazaki-interview https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/02/dark-souls-miyazaki-talks-artorias-of-the-abyss https://www.gamesindustry.biz/dark-souls-sells-over-a-million-to-push-namco-bandai-financials-forward https://www.famitsu.com/news/201506/30082036.html Timestamps: 0:00 Dark Souls 1:49 Gxit Gxud 3:50 Dark Souls was not an instant hood classic 5:12 2011 and Growing Discomfort 7:27 Sony's Secret Deal to Beat Xbox (demon's souls) 10:21 Miyazaki takes over a failed project. 13:20 Farm To Table Game Development 15:44 How do you Sell Satisfaction 18:50 DS1 Day 1 20:52 Getting Lost 23:44 thE iNtRrcoNnEcted WorLd of Dark Souls 26:32 "The Dark Souls Gameplay Difference" TM 29:17 Someone's First Time Playing Dark Souls in 2024 30:47 Tongue butt whole Embark on an epic journey through the twisted corridors of Lordran as we delve into the Untold story behind the development of one of the most influential games of all time. In this video we explore the challenges faced by From Software during development and the visionary genius of Hidetaka Miyazaki that brought this dark fantasy world to life all while giving a modern retrospective analysis on the game itself. How does it hold up to modern standards? What made this game explode in popularity almost five years after its lukewarm release? What made this game so inspiring that it created a genre? All this and more and answered deep within the depths of Lordran, where danger lurks around every corner and death is a constant companion. ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree | Story Trailer #darksouls #eldenring #soulsborne

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