Very disappointed that you didn't show that one death of yours where you jumped on the Taurus demon and bounced off the bridge. That was hilarious. Great job though.
Miracle of Sound: You Died (Dark Souls)
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This song speaks to me in so many ways that it's ridiculous.
First we have the intro that could summarize the game by itself; dark, ominous and unforgiving. Since both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are games that tell the story with little to no words at all I can see no better way to open up.
Then follows the first verse and the feeling that the game is taunting us. You died before the game even started and if you didn't play Demon's Souls you most likely died during your first real encounter with an enemy during the tutorial, which just happened to be a boss monster. And how many have not been killed after pressing the start button, thinking the game is paused?
This mental torturing continues throughout the game, and you will find yourself walking around slowly with shield raised at all times basically crawling around corners. The player's despair is clearly heard in the lyrics, as well as the feeling of accomplishment when you finally defeat a boss (the "look to the sun's rays..." part as a reference to the oh so common phrase "Praise the Sun").
The song's pace is a lot like your life in Dark Souls: You start out with the paranoia and darkness, then suddenly everything is chaos before you realize which ends in a sudden death.
I dare say the only thing this song is lacking is a voice clip of Gavin raging on his controller during his playthrough added to the end of the song.
First we have the intro that could summarize the game by itself; dark, ominous and unforgiving. Since both Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are games that tell the story with little to no words at all I can see no better way to open up.
Then follows the first verse and the feeling that the game is taunting us. You died before the game even started and if you didn't play Demon's Souls you most likely died during your first real encounter with an enemy during the tutorial, which just happened to be a boss monster. And how many have not been killed after pressing the start button, thinking the game is paused?
This mental torturing continues throughout the game, and you will find yourself walking around slowly with shield raised at all times basically crawling around corners. The player's despair is clearly heard in the lyrics, as well as the feeling of accomplishment when you finally defeat a boss (the "look to the sun's rays..." part as a reference to the oh so common phrase "Praise the Sun").
The song's pace is a lot like your life in Dark Souls: You start out with the paranoia and darkness, then suddenly everything is chaos before you realize which ends in a sudden death.
I dare say the only thing this song is lacking is a voice clip of Gavin raging on his controller during his playthrough added to the end of the song.
While not your best piece, I must say I really love this one. Few songs capture the feel of a game as well as this, with all the mocking etc. If anything, this makes me want to yell "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!". Great work.
On different note, might you consider making a little parody of this by slightly altering the lyrics to be CoD related (e.g. A 'capture-point' to explore... HAHA DENIED. // Out of your 'spawn' you ran and then
YOU DIED.)?
I can imagine it being quite amusing.
On different note, might you consider making a little parody of this by slightly altering the lyrics to be CoD related (e.g. A 'capture-point' to explore... HAHA DENIED. // Out of your 'spawn' you ran and then
YOU DIED.)?
I can imagine it being quite amusing.
I don't watch every one of these... but I've really enjoyed the ones I have watched.
It makes me reflect more on how much I disliked Rebecca Muses' work.
"And die another gruesome death
So now you creep around each corner terrified"
That line just makes me laugh.
It makes me reflect more on how much I disliked Rebecca Muses' work.
"And die another gruesome death
So now you creep around each corner terrified"
That line just makes me laugh.
Funny how divided people are over this point. Someone above just said that it sounded like a Disney evil guy song and preferred the slower stuff. I personally agree with you though. I think it has to do with all these people telling Gavin that he is repetitive in his songwriting.Darth IB said:
I liked it, but I still think it was a little schizophrenic. It starts out kinda jokey with the "YOU DIED" lines, so you kinda begin to think that's where the song is going, but then it goes into something a little bit more somber. Still good, but kinda I still felt the it was a little misleading.
I've only WATCHED a friend play through Dark Souls on a shitty webcam,but DAMN I feel this song fits the game perfectly. Even the basic enemies can easily and messily kill you. The bosses can do it with a gesture. Even when fighting smart,you die. It's like...
The game is alive.
The game is alive.
Loved the song never played dark souls but I want to but after this song and playing mass effect's feros as a long ranged sniper I can imagine the cusses, so much cussing. Might get gamefly and get this game first. at first the song was just ok then it got drilled into my head and now i love it.
It really is.Riddle78 said:
You can't even pause it. If you have to leave it for a while you have to just let it sit there, living, breathing, waiting knowingly for you to come back for more torture.
I've not played Dark Souls but it really seems to have nailed the theme of it, even if musically it's a bit tough to get into (a bit like, what was that game again?). It's a shame you can't really do more follow up songs because I'd love 3 or 4 on each game to make mini-albums but this in particular seems to want some kind of sequel.
There's always possibilities to do more than one song on a game, for example I have 2 on Skyrim and 2 more coming, I have 2 on Fallout 3 and 2 on ME2Rack said:
I enjoyed Dark Souls intensely. The game is brutal, but typically quite fair. 90% of my deaths could be attributed to my own clumsy stupidity. There are only a few occasions where you have to learn about something the hard way and could not possibly have known before hand.
But there is nothing more satisfying in a game experience than my learning curve. My first playthrough, the second boss stomped all over me 5-10 times before I managed to fell him. By my second and third characters, I mopped the floor with him and every other enemy. Sure the game was still dangerous and even brief moments of ignorance can get you murdered, and i wouldn't have it any other way.
But there is nothing more satisfying in a game experience than my learning curve. My first playthrough, the second boss stomped all over me 5-10 times before I managed to fell him. By my second and third characters, I mopped the floor with him and every other enemy. Sure the game was still dangerous and even brief moments of ignorance can get you murdered, and i wouldn't have it any other way.
I can understand that some people wouldn't like the jokey tone of the song, but I kinda liked it - it suits my rather cynical character. I am yet to play the game, but when I get around to buying it I am almost certain this song will be one of few things keeping me sane and going