The closest a fantasy book series got to the feeling of Souls to me is Malazan: Book of the Fallen. Ifg you haven't checked it out, I think it'd be a great challenge for you. The idea of death dying essentially happens to a region in the 5th book because the concept of death gets frozen.
@DJYungHoxha
25 күн бұрын
I feel like you might really like BLAME! It's one of the few pieces of manga outside of Berserk that really elicit this "Souls-y" feel for me. The isolation. The dark tone. The quiet, taciturn stretches of pages upon pages of the main character just walking, endlessly searching. It also plays a lot with visual cues over overt story telling, and you're left to figure out the details for yourself. Honestly this is a really cool channel, I like this format. Keep it up!
@leafread2429
25 күн бұрын
Thank you! And yes for a long time I thought BLAME! would make a perfect souls adaptation, it has the perfect tone, I'm glad someone else thinks so! I was hoping The Surge would be like that but its not.
@kennylauderdale_en
Ай бұрын
13:28 [YOU ARE DEER]
@Killer_Space_2726-GCP
Ай бұрын
Very nice analysis, Dark Souls is my favourite game! Your interpretation of Lautrec is also very neat, brings more light to his story.
@BruTalc
Ай бұрын
This channel was such a pleasant find. Really great interpretations and points. Quickest subscription of my life!
@JellyJman
29 күн бұрын
Your interpretation of the Biblical influences is very interesting and I can see a lot of the parts you mention likely being an influence on the game’s plot and ideas. Japan has always made a lot of interesting choices and ideas with Christianity.
@BulletHail1337
Ай бұрын
Xenogears will change your life. Only thing for me that is somewhat close to Umineko in quality.
@lotterydiscounts4326
24 күн бұрын
"Aesthetically Berserk the video game" Couldn't be more true. But yeah, the lore isn't really like Berserk. You're right, it's very Biblical. Man, I'd love to talk to Miyazaki about what his inspirations and intentions were.
@AbystomaMexicanium
Ай бұрын
I feel you might quite enjoy Hollow Knight.
@leafread2429
Ай бұрын
I already have :)
@AbystomaMexicanium
Ай бұрын
Also, to add a note - personally I wouldn't consider the walk away ending of DS1 a "bad" one - once could argue that the fire is just an artificial device created by Gwyn (arguably humanity's opressor) and ushering age of darkness allows humanity to revert to its natural state and reach it's true potential.
@leafread2429
Ай бұрын
@@AbystomaMexicanium I see, I never saw it that way, that's interesting
@Stangrex
29 күн бұрын
@@leafread2429 you might want to check out the firelink conspiracy, he makes videos about the demon's and dark souls stories with proper translations from the original japanese versions, I find it pretty interesting
@yorkie4295
27 күн бұрын
great video.
@yorkie4295
27 күн бұрын
my memory of dark souls 3 is very hazy even though I've beaten it through all the way twice. it has a lot less to say.
@akselivalta7194
Ай бұрын
good video
@ThaddeusExMachina
Ай бұрын
0:22 999 being mentioned startled me in a good way. Would love to hear your thoughts on that game. I like your interpretation of Lotrec. I always thought he was just trying to steal the firekeeper's soul (turns into more humanity than anything else) to offer to his goddess (why he's in annor londo afterwards).
@leafread2429
Ай бұрын
I'll review it on my other channel eventually but my general take on 999 is that its an insanely wild and well? written work of sci-fi. I also think it has a lot of very cool thought experiments and is a very intellectual and esoteric game series. Sadly it had an underwhelming and abrupt ending but I'd be intrigued at a proper trilogy 3-in-1 remaster that tied it all together since it's so much to digest.
@ThaddeusExMachina
Ай бұрын
@@leafread2429 I actually didn't realize you had a second channel for more game analysis, so I'm subscribed to that now. I think that's a pretty good take on zero escape. It can be a bit of a mess sometimes, but I love it to bits nonetheless. Looking forward to your video on it.
@user-nr1py1xe9o
Ай бұрын
are the gravestones behind you staying for all the times you died?
Пікірлер: 23