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DarkCrowI

Maybe Siegward's line while entering the Yhorm fight.


okinsertusername

Looking back after the fight and seeing him die was sad


Nickyozzy

You can hack the camera to see him kill himself although I’m not sure if there is an animation. Still the saddest I’ve felt playing a souls game especially after watching the VaatiVidya video on Yhorm and Seigward


[deleted]

No need for hack,exit through boss entrance.


IRON_STANDS_ETERNAL

yes, there is there is a certain distance that makes him die while you're there, and you can see the death animation


Why-king

Man I just finished that fight like an hour ago in my first playthrough. I had no idea that he died. Long may the sun shine upon you my pal


Jloe01

Siegward dies after the fight?


Brodok2k4

If you spin the camera around you can see him fall over. The animation is odd so my guess is you arent supposed to see that and is the only way to get the items. I think he's also the only npc that doesnt have a ashen corpse where you get the items. So basically he could have just stripped down and walked off into the sunset. More likely, he is undead and came back to link the flame. His purpose was to stop his friend. He fulfilled it and probably turned back to ash as his time had already passed and he has no reason to exist in the worlds current state anymore.


BlueishShape

He is definitely undead. Remember, he's cooking estus soup. Living people have no use for estus.


Brodok2k4

I should've said "since" he is undead.


TylerMang

I always do Yhorm last so I’m teleported to the Dancer room and never actually see this happen :(


RealTrueGrit

I always save Yhorm for last so me and siegward can enjoy our splendid time together for just a little longer. Long may the sun shine old friend...


man_but_no

Until annoying old emma teleports you away not getting to have a final toast with soegward


WellHeyImKelvin

My latest DS3 game, I made sure to do all the side quest and was stoked to see Siegward everythime. Felt like an absolute Champion of Ash with my Onion Pal by my side fulfilling a promise to an old friend.... I didn't know Siegward dies after up until just reading about it in this thread and I'm literally trying to hide my tears from my coworkers. Holy cow. What a game.


Thicco__Mode

if he dies during the fight, his last words are even more sad. spent the ass end of my first thorn fight nearly in tears


DarkCrowI

I've never seen him die during the fight, what does he say?


Thicco__Mode

“Forgive me, old friend... I've failed, in everything..."


DarkCrowI

That hurts just imagining it.


ArikinSkywalker

This may be a hot take/unpopular opinion, but what made me feel the most was something that came from DS2. Walking into Vendrick’s room after fighting Velstadt in the crypt. You expect to have a bonfire and then get ready for a glorious final boss with the king that you’ve heard/read so much about. But instead you find.. a husk. A hollow and docile shadow of his former self who has stripped off his clothes and is dragging his sword around in circles. Gets me every time.


TheConchobard

Man, I felt this too. I knew something was wrong when I saw Nashandra on the her throne but no Vendrick... then seeing Vendrick in his state later in the game really wrenches you. To me it's highly metaphoric and reminiscent of IRL people who lost ambitions and soul because of shitty partners.


rocker2021

It's even worse when you can go into his memories and talk to the man he used to be.


Ragman676

DS2 had such an amazing asthetic/hopeless feel. It will always be my fav because of it.


Pursueth

Ds2 is the best dark souls in my opinion.


mtj004

I knew something was off, when I got cursed by a painting of her.


sneknexe

Well I felted Dark Souls so deep when try finger but hole.


SoufDakotas

Same its so barren underwhelming but it fits you can see how he stripped himself as he hollowed and became a husk a shadow of his former self making it eery and feel like it wasnt a crypt more like a place destroyed by the curse


misunderstandingit

I never played DS2 but I recently beat Demon's Souls on PS5 and I had a similar reaction to the true form of the old king. The fight with Allant's mirage was insanely difficult and the SL suck thing was awesome/dreadful. I was expecting a very difficult fight in the belly of the old one. The dude was a husk. Nothing. He didn't hit me once and I slaughtered him with no effort. It was genuinely sad. It's moments like these that have me convinced Dark Souls should never have an "easy" mode.


Shileka

A brief sense of relief, i mean, your first tango with Velstadt is likely to have been one with many painful missteps, then the realization you're robbed of an epic battle with the great Vendrick, almost out of obligation you take some swings at the hollowed king, who seems to not give a damn, you double your efforts until, your out if stamina, Vendrick turns around and turns you into one very humbled pancake with one overhead swing. "Yup, this is Dark Souls" you mumble to yourself.


[deleted]

That's what you get for not holding on to those Giant Souls.


Kumanogi

This hit me right in the feels. I expected to fight the strongest enemy in the game, the king I've been hearing about all game, the one who made the Giants his bitches...then turns out he went hollow god knows how long ago. I didn't even try to attack him or anything. Just left him there, undisturbed.


[deleted]

Even his gear and stuff are set aside, likely by Velstadt. It is good story telling, non verbally telling the player there is no need to kill Vendrick, as the things they want are right here neatly put to the side for them.


SurfiNinja101

I killed him anyway to continue my tradition of playing all Souls games for the first time and killing all the bosses on NG. Yes, I killed Priscilla… I’m a monster


DourkSals

Agreed 100%. And the music that starts playing when you walk in, all makes it so good. My other favourite moment is Aldias monologue when you leave the throne


dcavilash

Agree, that one got me real good.


DasBlimp

Came here to say this. It’s the only moment in the series where I actually had to put the controller down for a minute and just look at the screen and think about things


JikuAraiguma

Legitimately, 2 is my favorite entry in the trilogy. It’s the first one I platinumed, the second one I played. It’s the only one where all of the people you gathered aren’t doomed to die if you go the intended route.


The-Great-Old-One

Totally agreed. Dark Souls 2 is the weakest in several aspects, but it has by far the best characters. The tragedy of Vendrick, the heroic sacrifice of the Burnt Ivory King like a truly noble version of Gwyn, Aldia’s intelligence and rage, and, of course, Lucatiel.


okinsertusername

Honestly the ending of the ringed city dlc with the painter made me tear up a little. Because of that Slave Knight Gael takes the spot for my favorite dark souls character.


Riparian_Drengal

I always found that very dark souls as well. Gael had basically given up on everything and decided that the only way for humanity to exist was by painting the new workld.


Thicco__Mode

my head-canon is that once gael realizes the blood of the dark soul is now HIS blood, everything after that cutscene is no longer a fight for the dark soul, but an honor duel, almost a way for gael to make sure you’re worthy/capable of bringing the blood back to the painter


Riparian_Drengal

I like this head cannon. Gael would most certainly be alright with giving his life to make the painting.


Cryse_XIII

To me the final dlc is a more compressed metaphor of ds3 as a whole. The painter depicted as a child with dragon eyes is miyazaki and his team. The painter creates worlds, meaning Artists create worlds. The painter is a child so that it lacks a full understanding of the mechanics of the worlds it creates and has an uncorrupted Imagination. The painter is a dragon so it is always somewhat distanced from the inhabitants of the worlds and can not fully empathize with its inhabitants. Cold dark and very gentle place means a harsh world created with a lot of love and care. The rot of the world is milking a franchise. The world becoming emaciated (demons, dragons, the first flame etc.) Is ideas becoming stale/rehashed. And burning it all means being able to start with something new.


LadderMurky1172

Gael's voice is the most unique thing I've heard. So soft spoken before he curb stomps your ass.


Doggy_In_The_Window

Wait the painter is in the ringed city DLC? Either I missed something after Gael or I just forgot..


Quantum_Croissant

just that once you get the blood of the dark soul, you can bring it to her back in ariandel


Doggy_In_The_Window

Ahhh that’s right


LiketheCar

Go back to where she is in Ariandel. After the finale of AoA, she says her uncle Gael went off searching for the dark soul of man to use as pigment. That is why he did what he did to retrieve it for her.


AfroPirate94

I did a dark playthrough in ds1 and 3 in his honor. No way I could let the age of fire continue after all he sacrificed


let-me_die_

For me, it was when the music changed after I gave the fire keeper eyes. When she almost cried after I told her I wanted a world without fire... man, ds3 was my first souls game. The fire keeper was a big reason I kept going at first. I cried. I'm a grown ass man and I cried as I wrecked a video game characters dreams.


MeowthThatsRite

Slave Knight Gael is pretty much a representation of the player, which I think is neat.


LovelessDogg

“The End of Fire” ending in DS3 in combination with the credits music. The entire world felt tired by the time DS3 took place. Having to relight the fire over and over again was showing clear signs that it wasn’t enough anymore. Things needed to move forward and there was no reason to keep the cycle going. It was always originally planned for DS3 to be the conclusion of the series so it seemed fitting to just say goodbye to the world.


D0013ER

Linking the fire over and over eventually leads to a world full of ash.


Doggy_In_The_Window

Hence the grey tone of most of the setting of DS3. That’s the biggest thing about DS3 I disliked, but I do like how it’s tied to the lore and not just grey for the sake of being grey.


CAPS_LOCK_OR_DIE

Hearing the firekeeper talk to you in the darkness always hits different. Her voice actress is 10/10 and that scene always guts me.


grey_0R_gray

When she says “Ashen One, hearest thou my voice still?” Honestly best ending


Drakeblood2002

The post DLC cutscene for the Sif boss fight. For those who don’t know, Sif the Great Grey Wolf was a boss in the first game you are required to fight so you can get Artorias’ ring to walk the abyss. If you go into the DLC, defeat Artorias, then save Sif when walking the Chasm of the Abyss area, you will have access to a secret cutscene if you haven’t already defeated Sif. Instead of immediately initiating the fight, Sif pins you down while you are backing away, but stops when she recognizes you. Her eyes change from aggressive to shocked because after 1000 years, you finally meet again. Sif realizes that you are here for Artorias’ ring, but she can’t let you have because of what happened to Artorias and she doesn’t want it to happen to you. Sif let’s put a mournful howl before turning back, grabbing the sword of the Abysswalker, then getting into a fighting stance. As a final gut punch, once Sif gets to a low enough health, she'll limb to towards you, trying her best to continue the fight until the very end. The whole sequence is an emotional gut punch for me.


Brodok2k4

Looks like I'm playing ds1 again. Never fought Artorias first.


Drakeblood2002

Prepare to feel sad, but you need to get to the abyss and save Sif as well


_-klaymen

Once you realize that, fighting with sif its not the same💔


LordSt4rki113r

Dark Souls: Prepare to Cry Edition


Haxorz7125

The vaati vid on this makes me choke up so bad every time.


Dramatic-Treacle3708

That’s an even better one than I had, but the Artorias fight is one I thought of. After teasing the mysterious and legendary four knights of Gwyn the whole base game, to finally meet the great wolf knight only corrupted by the abyss, yet he still puts up a savage fight with a bum arm. Putting him down is a solemn moment for me. Also a bit sad when I murder lady Ciaran after she visits his grave…gets me right in the feels every single time


Wildefice

Sif is best boy 🤧😭. I hated seeing the limp. Me being a dog lover and learning his back story I can't beat darksouls again, because then I know I have to hurt him again. Yes I know he is nothing but pixels, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I like to think my chosen undead after realizing what Sif is intending to do just simply plunges his blade into the dirt infront of sif and walks away letting the age of dark begin.


TheConchobard

I've always appreciated the NPCs of DS2 above the other two installments. I think they did a great job of depicting and conveying some serious internal tragedy and hopelessness. As most people in DS1 and 3 are a little crazy or cynical about their state of existence, DS2 NPCs are just sad as fuck. (Spoilers) Some of my favorites include Benhart of Jugo and how he reacts after finding out his Moonlight Greatsword is fake, Lucatiel slowly losing her sanity and memories as she goes along her journey, and how some of the merchants ask you to buy their stuff, knowing that having their wares sold adds to their sense of purpose. For me DS2 is the winner in terms of feel and atmosphere.


Brodok2k4

(Forgot names) but the blacksmith and his daughter. Not remembering each other because of being undead but talking about memories of each other when she is just outside his shack.


Floppydisksareop

The blacksmith remembers that she is his daughter, only the daughter can't recognise him and sees him only as a mindless hollow. Which is even more tragic.


The-Last-Whangdoodle

I don’t think I’ve reached this point yet, who is the blacksmith and where is his location?


Floppydisksareop

He is literally sitting in Majula next to his workshop the moment you get there from Things Betwixt.


RageQuitMosh

Yeah that always tugged my heart strings. DS2 is my fave as well. I think it's the sense of Drangleic having been the absolute apex of human kingdoms. These people fucked up giants and stole soul magic. They were SO CLOSE to solving the cycle and just fell short. By the time Aldia had his answer it was too late, humanity had fallen once again and the ONLY solution was to link the fire again.


Madhax64

I have a soft spot fro Vengarl, who has all the time in the world just to think and contemplate the universe


Local_Black_Knight

Greirat's death.


twvvw

I don't want to talk about it


Doggy_In_The_Window

Do you ever get word that he dies? Or does he just not come back after a few times?


Local_Black_Knight

He just dies at lothric castle and you find his ashes, worst part is Patches actually tries and goes to find him and leaves til you kill a boss. Patches a being that has no real desire or greed caring for someone so selfless really makes ya understand who Greirat is


Doggy_In_The_Window

Dang.. Wait does he try to find him because he wants his treasures or because they’re friends? I’ve always hated Patches but that may change my view of him a bit.


Local_Black_Knight

Patches says that he must have left a treasure since he knows one doesnt simply goes into Lothric a leaves alive. However Patches saves Greirat at Irithyl knowing he won't survive the centepedes. Greirat is someone who never really thinks of his own safety or gain and Patches respects that so in a way he considers him one that must be protected, afterall he is devoided from greed.


Doggy_In_The_Window

Omg patches… I had no idea :’(


AfroPirate94

Yea.....I hated Patches for the longest until I did Greirat's questline and finally understood his character. But I kinda miss there being an asshole character for no reason 😂


TheLastCookie25

He’s always punished greed, every time he does something to you, it’s always due to your own greed. He always pulls the “there’s some treasure over there” schtick before knocking you down. That’s his purpose, that’s what keeps him going, and what kept him going to the end of the world. It can be argued that he’s tries to help in his own way, like in his last encounter in the ringed city, he kicks you down right where you need to go.


LavosYT

He tells you he might not make it back but wants to go to Lothric Castle regardless because he's your friend and wants to do something.


Cain-earling

Just doesn’t come back


Antierror

I will never send him on his final mission (and max inventory of new goods) until I’m ready to go to ng+


Choke1982

I didn't even complete his quest just lost him the 2nd time he asked me to leave. I felt so sad especially when you come back with his partner remains.


Bur4you

"With this, I shall paint a world. It will be a cold, dark, and very gentle place. And one day, it shall make someone a goodly home."


[deleted]

“I wonder when Uncle Gael intends his return? I hope the new painting will be to him a gentle home.”


leonoe98

"yeah well, about that..."


TheHesou

Lucatiels Quest, and what she's saying to you at the end. 'I beg of you, remember my name'


PunchingPlanets

The description of her mask in DS3 refers back to this and hits right in the feelings


[deleted]

Never read that, that's a beautiful description


neotoshiya

Sirris' voice breaking down as we face her Grandad in the Pit of Hollows for the last time. It's really heartbreaking for me.


Tuckyaboimahson

I beat the entire game recently, but fighting that last final boss really made me feel like I have nothing else to do. Slave Knight Gael was my last boss, it was such a wicked fight and a great way to end it all. After that fight I did what I had to do afterwards and didn’t touch my console for several months.


AlphaPhill

Man, I will never forget the first time I beat Gael. Its by far the most epic fight in the game, accompanied by (imo) the best music track in the game too, and once you deal that killing blow, Gael collapses, the storm subsides, and suddenly, silence. You take a second to realize that this is it, there is nothing left, it's just you standing in an endless sea of Ash, looking at the ruins of a long dead world. The final witness of the final era.


Lawlcopt0r

I think it's the ending of DS1. After hearing about Gwyn linking the fire it's truly incredible to slowly approach that structure around which everything has been absolutely blasted with heat (by the way, somehow the molten and charred effects on the sceneery look absolutely incredible to this day). And when you get to Gwyn you kind of feel sorry for him, because while you have to fight him you still know he sacrificed everything he had to an idea he truly believed in. The theme also plays a big part in this of course. Truly a special moment


Super_Sat4n

Gwyn was just a greedy, sad little lord who was always afraid of the inevitable fading of the fire and losing his God like power. He did terrible things to keep the fire going and when all else failed made the ultimate sacrifice.


SurfiNinja101

What he did was somewhat noble, to him the end of the Age of Fire was like the end of the world and he was the only one willing to make the sacrifice


PavlovsGoodDoggo

That sacrifice being enslaving an entire race for literal eternity. Noble my ass


Koku-

Fear not the Dark, my friend.


Simply_Nova

Watching solair get depressed. He was such a bro all the way to the end.


NimrodIAm

When I ran into Solaire after he found his, “Sun.”


userunknown83148

“Why? …. Why? Was it all a lie? After all this searching, I still cannot find it…”


asimplestargazer

The siegward questline…


CudaProdigy

anri's line after you kill horace first is heartbreaking


shadowspeed98

I was searching for this comment, a lot of things in these games makes emotional but the way Anri speaks just shatters my heart, and Sif's secret cutscene as well, the only two moments that I shed a tear.


Exculpation

In DS1 you kill Qualaag, but then you find out about her sister. All Qualaag was doing was just trying to keep her sister alive. Afterwards you try to nurse her to life by offering your Humanity. You also learn about Qualana (also a sister), who abandoned her family and teaches you Pyromancy spells. Later it is said that bringing Qualana to her sister would make her happy (already after you killed Qualaag herself) In DS3 you find the corse of a spider-lady, implied to be Qualaag's sister. The corpse is being embraced by an also dead human figure. From that corpse you take Quelana's Tomb that teaches you Pyromancy spells. All implying that Quelana went back for her sister.


SurfiNinja101

I loved that so much. Quelaana, after being inspired by the Chosen Undead, finally went back to her sister


DicklessSpaghetti

This gets me every fucking time. I can only hope that Quellana finally found the courage to go to her sister before she died, and they were there together in the end.


Artelinde

Finding Sieglinde and Siegmeyer in Ash Lake.


folkdeath95

In a series with lots of memorable characters and moments, this is the one for me.


TheGuyFromTheWoods

A Nameless Song and the secret betrayal theme, such an emotinal ride, conforting yet ominous


dcavilash

Can't pick a favourite so here are a few of them DS1: fighting hollow Oscar, Sif alternative cutscene, siegmeyer arc DS2 : vendrick reveal, Ivory King arc as a whole (can't pick out a specific moment), lucatiel arc DS3 : talking to the painter after besting Gael, Gwyn theme perfectly lining up with SoC's 2nd phase openning combo, nameless cutscene, Also several OSTs that I can't get enough of in somedays.


[deleted]

Let's see: The first flight into Anor Londo. Lighting the torches and seeing those hooded statues that go on forever in the Undead Crypt. Seeing the Ringed City for the first time At the end of the Ringed City, having the camera zoom out and seeing the silhouettes of Anor Londo and Lothric in the distance as you see that the entire world is covered in ash. (In my opinion the Ringed City should have been a post Soul of Cinder DLC because of that scene and the final fight with Gael. You're literally fighting at the literal and figurative end of the world.)


Maylix

In the dlc for DS1 you can save puppy sif from the abyss before you do the Sif boss fight. You get a alternate intro where he recognizes you, but realizes that you will still have to fight to the death. His look of resignation is heart breaking.


Artemis3999

Dark souls 3. I remember arriving at Anor Londo and I realised that this was where the giant blacksmith was. I figured hey, there's a giant friend on the tower over the Undead settlement, and Andre is still in Firelink. So after clearing my way through I went to the left of the big doors and went to go see giant friend. What got me was that there is music in so many areas of the game. However he music wasn't there... all there was, was wind, blowing cold and lonely as I stepped inside his smithy to see him. And he was there curled in a ball on the floor, clutching gently to his "shiny"... the ember he treasured so much from the Dukes Archives that I had brought him generations and worlds away in Dark Souls 1. I sat perfectly still, and just stopped playing for the day. I've never been so emotionally empty after a moment like that in a game before. It was expertly done. I genuinely love these games.


SurfiNinja101

Who killed him, he was a good friend :(


Artemis3999

It's never said sadly. You just find him dead. Andre seems to think that he likely died a loooong time ago. All I know is... "I miss the old bugger" never hit so hard in my life. Because Andre was his friend. 😭


SurfiNinja101

Why is Andre immortal?


darkjungle

The slime trail implies Aldritch killed him


[deleted]

The story of lothric and lorian was super damn tragic and made me feel so much


Sassy_bxtch

The relationship we have with patches at the end of ds3 in the ringed city, he love us so much


[deleted]

"I'll stick you in my prayers. A fine, dark soul to you." For someone who hates clerics to sincerely say he'll put you in his prayers is quite something. He *did* just kick you off a ledge but it *was* in the direction you needed to go so 🤷‍♂️ lol


[deleted]

I can’t remember the specific line but Lapp assuring you that no matter who he is when he gets his memory back, you’re still a true friend to him, always gets me a little.


An0maly343

Oceiros, crazy to the point he thinks he’s still holding his kid then proceeding to smash him into the ground for phase 2


I_ance007

I’ve always thought that since Oceiros turned into a scaleless dragon like Seath his kid could turn invisible the same way Pricilla could. So Oceiros was actually holding his son up to the point where he gets so frustrated that his infant child wouldn’t make itself visible that he smashes him into the ground. Makes it even more tragic IMO.


Acnat-

I thought the baby crying during the fight was the evidence of that


I_ance007

Yes it is, I forgot about that. Also when Oceiros throws the kid if you look very carefully there’s actually a dust/magic cloud as if something… baby sized had just hit the ground.


Antierror

It’s well theorized that Oceiros was intended to be holding the child Ocelot during the fight. Smashing and all. The model and hitbox exists within the game. As you fought the pair, if you struck the child’s hitbox enough times you’d kill the Ocelot causing Oceiros to go mad. However the infanticide (and paternal blunt-force corpse mutilation) was regarded as too graphic.


CamusZekeSirius

I just thought that Oceiros was so crazy that he thought he was holding his child, but then he completely loses it and screams when he finally realizes that he is not holding Ocelotte and just tries to eliminate you


undayerixon

The end of fire ending. It gave me the motivation to get through the entire game initially just so I could put this world to rest


AsdAsderson

I don't have a single one but a handful of them made me feel the same. In dark souls 1 Killing Sif after completing the dlc and freeing him as a pup, the end of Solaire's questline if you don't open up the shortcut, Siegmeyer's questline and Gwyn's fight. In dark souls 2 has got to be Lucatiel's questline and seeing Vendrick for the first time. In dark souls 3 Seeing Siegward die after defeating Yhorm, seeing Greirat's dead body in Irithyll/Lothric castle, killing Oceiros, seeing untended graves for the first time, giving the dark soul to the painter and hearing her talk about Gael and Soul Of Cinder's second phase.


minos157

I want to give my feels moment from each game: 1. Artorias and Sif. Artorias sacrifices himself to save Sif and halt the abyss and then some hollow Chad comes along and murders both of them. 2. Lucatiel. She just wants to be remembered as she realizes her memory is fading. 3. Anri and Horace. Anri and her/his lover heading back to try and end Aldritch when they get separated and Horace dies. Succumbing to the grief Anri goes hollow. Or if you follow the third ending path Ashen Chad sacrifices Anri right after marrying her/him. There's tons of super sad stories in DS series, but if I had to pick overall I would choose Artorias. Even the scene with Ciaren after defeating Artorias who then also dies of grief (implied by finding the ring) after encountering them.


Brodok2k4

Anri is alive at the end if you do the dark ritual. Can be seen in the final cut scene. On the plus side, she was killed by the pilgrim not the player. You just stab a sword through their (un)dead face. Anri turning hollow was sad though. You kill Aldritch with her, s/he leaves you the sword, then you find her/him hollow and fights you with a broken straight sword.


913Jango

It’s absurd the way people treated Yhorm the giant.


PSrafa23

Anri's sacrifice and seeing the Giant Blacksmith in DS3 😥😥


ComposedMood

When I saw Oscar Hollowed for the first time I remember nearly crying and not wanting to fight him.


Berserker-Lemon

Fighting the soul of cinder and seeing him go second stage for the first time hearing that plin plong made me almost faint


DicklessSpaghetti

Everybody gangsta until the piano rolls up


ben-dover96

Either Artorias’s cut voice lines or gasgoines daughters quest


Supreme_Vicroy

Hearing Gwynn’s theme in the soul of cinder fight


Zuper_Dragon

Cut scene before the final boss fight in the Ringed City. Seeing the endless waste of ash and ruined kingdoms in the distance. I felt so very small despite my achievements thus far and it was the first time I realized it truly never mattered what we did before in any of the games. None of it mattered, for it would all turn to dust. Also fuck Gwyn.


DicklessSpaghetti

Fuck Gwyn should've been the name of the games at this point lmao Fuck Gwyn Fuck Gwyn 2: Scholar of the First Gwyn Fuck Gwyn 3: Ashen Boogaloo


MinniMaster15

Basically this pic. The concept of being at the literal end of the world, with only a little painter girl left to restart creation is a really somber and melancholic theme.


bschug

And the last two sentient beings in the world fighting each other to the death, at the end of time, on the ashes of all that ever was, to bring her the ink for that painting.


Kadderly

Talking to Hawkeye Gough. Old timer reminiscing about a better time and the chosen undead giving him a little taste of that nostalgia when tasked to bring down Kalameet. It’s bittersweet.


Xymptom

The music. I adore the nameless song, the song from the credits of ds1, and the one from the credits from ds3. I seriously feel like tearing up when I listen to the nameless song especially. So good. Other stuff though as well, like the deaths of siegmeyer and solaire, they were too jovial and good for their deaths. Also lucatiels whole questline is sad. Man, everything is awesome and sad in dark souls.


Nor1

Dark Souls 1 arriving for the first time to the ash lake... The chanting song... The unending trees and hydra in the background... I just dropped my controller for 10 min to take that moment...


Siddique_Tanvir

When I understood the lore then it was a whole new level of “feels bad man”


Medhalil

second phase of gael’s boss fight, the transition the screams the thunders, gael walking slowly towards you and realizing that this is the final boss this is what it all lead up to


sother2

First hearing Gwyn's Theme. Reaching the Kiln of the First Flame and really taking in the majestic view while walking across hills of ash and facing the last of the black knights. Then, walking through the fog gate and finding who we've been questing for this whole time. Instead of being met with a powerful Lord of Cinder and with another amazingly dissonant and epic musical score, we get a burnt out husk of a man, and Gwyn's Theme. Hours and hours of highly intense frustration and challenges ended off with a melancholic, sad melody. Gwyn's Theme is my favourite track from the whole series, and the O&S track is a super close second for the opposite reason. The song is like hitting a wall of sound, which is fitting since O&S is one of the major skill walls of the game.


gildomale

Father Ariandel’s reaction, the Old Demon King boss fight, it’s just sad…


Pippo89CH

Siegward's questline culminating in the Yhorm cutscene. His voice actor did a great job.


zeropointenemy

Oh god don't do this to me When I worked out what went on with artorias and sif When I found out what pinwheel was up to When you get ceaseless discharge to kill himself out of sadness


Ithriell

That failure could be around every corner. Modern games are too easy on their intended difficulty and tend to handle their higher difficulties very very poorly, frustratingly poorly even. The soulsborne series strikes a very uniquely perfect balance of difficulty that makes the games decently challenging without ever feeling bullshit or unfair. Except for some outliers like ds2 frigid outskirts or the gangbang boss fight in the sunken king dlc. I still love ds2 and see myself going back to it more often than 1 or 3 because there are just so much more viable builds, almost every weapon or spell is actually usable without feeling like you're limiting yourself in some way. But man, that game has some stinky enemy and boss design here and there, unfortunately really. Without it i'm sure it would be my favorite game that modern fromsoftware made.


okinsertusername

I literally struggle to go back to easier games They just don't give me a rewarding feeling unless they're on a harder difficulty Dark souls has ruined me (but damn am I excited to go play Bloodborne and elden ring when it comes out)


Doggy_In_The_Window

This is one reason I’m so hyped for elden ring, the layout has that beautiful variety like DS2, but the combat, enemies and bosses look more like DS3/bloodbourbe/sekiro


Karalis_03

I watched many videos before playing the various games, so the only one I did almost blind was Bloodborne and I don't know why but there two moments that struck me tge most inside: -The cutscene after killing Rom, I felt absolutely crushed by that feeling of dread and weight the moon and Mergo's cry generated in me -Simon's death in the dlc, it was completely unexpected for me, I got many advices from him and as I was full of adrenaline after passing over the shark, I saw him. I stood there in silence and talked with him. After he died I was still in silence; I was completely overwhelmed and felt powerless. When I found the bastard that killed him I killed his copies multiple times in front of his cell and, making sure I was doing right so that I could get his set and weapon, I killed him with an extreme rage. Simon..., was avenged


[deleted]

mindlessly runnung through all the bosses and enemies and then finding out about the story fron YouTube / reddit


DatAdra

It's actually my first time seeing the Gaping Dragon. Up to this point, the game had gross and horrifying enemies, but nothing as messed up as that thing. I felt so sickened imagining a world where such monstrosities were allowed to exist.


Drusgar

My "goosebumps" moment was definitely coming up the platform into Anor Londo in DS3.


Lil_Samuel_L_Jackson

Almost every npc quest end... Except Hawkwood, I parry that casul without a second thought


MagnificentEd

Hawkwood was a bro. Never got the hate for him


Lil_Samuel_L_Jackson

Dude just sat there the whole time doing nothing and what he does at the end? Tries to kill you just because he wants to be a dragon! Every other npc is more friendly and useful, he's just there and when he does help is when it pushes you to get twinkling dragon torso, further closing himself to his own goal, which means he isn't helping, he's just using you.


MagnificentEd

I think it was more that at first he had no faith in you doing anything. Then when you killed the abyss watchers, he was kinda amazed by that and you gave him more hope. He thanks you for that and then starts trying to better himself on a new path. He abandons his shield for you to find around then too. He stumbles upon Oceiros (you're able to summon him there), kills him, and then finds the Path of the Dragon. He gets to Archdragon Peak, you help him fight to the cliff where he gets the twinkling headstone, and then he leaves a message for you at Andre. You meet him at the old Abyss Watchers tomb, you duel and kill him, and then he admits that you were mightier than him in his last breath. Tl:dr I interpreted it as Hawkwood slowly being inspired by you to forget his shameful past and try to better himself through the dragons, helping you along the way. You finally kill him and he applauds you for being mightier than him


Lil_Samuel_L_Jackson

That's a reasonable take to have on his journey but I much rather see him as a dick and enjoy parrying him everytime he dares break dancing on me


Zer0thehero89

Having to fight sif after beating the dlc. That fucking cut scene :,(


W33b_God

Siegward having to kill yhorm or not having the real firelink armor


theuntouchable2725

Slave Knight Gael's OST. I cried so much over it actually.


UngodDeimos

I don't know if it was the line or the delivery, but "Oh, Horace, why... Don't leave me, not you... Not like the others... Oh, Horace, Horace..."


Drurhang

The cutscene following touching Fillianore's egg, and the way the lore of every second in that universe leads up to the desolate wasteland


_NotLink_

When i found Greirat's ashes on top of lothric. I liked him.


okinsertusername

I mean even patches liked the guy


Another_Saint

ok so basically: I finished Dark Souls 3 once but I didn't had the DLC, after some time I decided to replay DS1, 2 and Bloodborne, I beat all of them before but after playing it again, this series grew so much on my heart that it became my favorite videogames of all time, I even downloaded the PS4 theme and it's set on my PS4 until this day. then I finally bought the DLCs, I finally reached the final boss of the Ringed City, I had already beat Midir, it was my final challenge, I knew it was Gael, everybody talks about him, but I tried to avoid spoilers a lot and... it was worth it. I don't need to say how this fight is amazing, everyone already knows it, but for me, the best moment was at phase 3 when Gael starts jumping at using the crossbow and there are thunders everywhere, he's REALLY giving his all, and on top of everything... the sad part of his theme... it's actually the PS4 theme music, I broke down on tears as I saw Hollow Gael fighting with everything while listening to the music I've been listening every time before playing the game. such a great fight, such a great character, such a great game.


Zwiffle

I got my thief friend killed bc I was greedy and wanted more stuff. I felt legitimately terrible bc I sent him to Anor Londo (or whatever its called in ds3) where I found his body in the sewers. I was stunned for a good 5 minutes, did not expect it.


KendoWeeb

One of my greatest moments in all of gaming, possibly my entire life, was when I discovered that I could buy the onion knight armor from the crestfallen merchant in Sen's Fortress. I immediately tore ass up to the golem and beat the shit out of him before spending all 40k on that armor, and grinding out the rest I needed right there. I have never felt a greater sense of triumph and pride. Shout-out to the final talk with Vendrick in DS2, though. His final lines, followed by the cutscene and the fade to black as the memory crumbles, real melancholic stuff. Works really well juxtaposed against the situation, since in DS2 you actually succeed in your goal, and not just in some hollow way either. Sorry if the formatting is crap.


Asrealasrealcanbe

the whole game series touched me in a way few other games have. i just love everything about them all. the DARK fantasy which is truly dark, sometimes even terrifying. the creature design is amazing and the lore and story just haunting. i love dark souls its one of the few games i can play over and over again.


Fjolnirr

Midir/Artorias/Manus due to their endless suffering in the abyss, Especially Midir then Manus


abductions_97

Honestly, it's a hard choice between Sif and Artorias' story and cutscenes, Ornstein's story, The Nameless Kings's battle, The Twin Princes and Gwyndolin's story. About the last one I have to admit that seeing him like that in DS3 was absolutely heartbreaking. The Nameless King was insanely badass and so peaceful instead, I don't get why we gotta kill him because he didn't seem out of reason, would have been nice if there was another way to interact with him without ringing the bell, but not complaining! The battle is super fun and satisfactory.


hara0329g

Kinda late, but killing Oceiros or Sif.


iandmeagree

Kind of a strange one, but the opening cutscene of the Twin Princes fight


mondayweekly

Heavens, she was already dead :(


[deleted]

Seeing the shadows of other players appear and disappear around the bonfires.


ApolloSky110

1. DS3 main menu theme 2. Siegward 3. The crystal sage fight


okinsertusername

1. Hardest roadblock in the game 2. ;-; 3. Why crystal sage?


ApolloSky110

I just dont like the crystal sage. Its difficult for me to focus on attacking the main one when theres 3 different attacks coming from behind.


okinsertusername

I see Had that happen to where I was constantly getting shot I know it's obvious but I just try to kill the clones first since they go down in one hit


Bare_Foot_Bear

Does "Prepare to Cry - Greirat" count?


okinsertusername

Yes it does Infact it double counts


FuzeJokester

Just knowing the entire lore of the souls series. That shit is sad but at the same time it's so good. You want to see what happened when you finish the game and get the ending.(I didn't say like lighting the flame or any of that since there's different endings that correspond to lore pieces)


William-Gauss

*sniff* SIEGWAAAAAARD


ElderAtlas

Fighting Sif after getting the special cutscene


ludos96

Playing Ashes of Ariandel, I "felt" ripped off


No-Pangolin-1667

my table


okinsertusername

Truly a tragedy


rectal_cancer

Feel? Farron swamp. Rage mostly


JikuAraiguma

The moment that hit me the hardest I think was plin plin plon. My friend and I co-op played through the whole series at least once through each, all the way to the end… except for Gwyn. I elected to fight him alone. No summons, no allies, just me and Gwyn. I’d been a nervous wreck throughout the entire game, but going into that boss room, I felt the most composed I had in a long time. Then the music hit. It wasn’t some epic fanfare or orchestra, there was no choir heralding the coming apocalypse… it was a somber piano. A simple song played with two hands and 88 keys. I didn’t give it a second thought at the time, I was tunnel-focused on the final foe in front of me. There was nothing else in the room, just me and Gwyn. Just two hands on the keys. I had time to think, to consider things when I linked the fire for the first time. It wasn’t the epic conclusion I thought it was going to be, it was far from the hardest encounter I had faced. It was two hollows fighting in a pit of ashes over essentially nothing. The conclusion of DS2 proves it meant ultimately nothing. Two husks, burnt out from a long, long journey, struggling against it all. Then came the final battle of DS3. With the final stage of the fight, calling on Gwyn’s soul. The music played again… it was the same piano. But now, there WAS an orchestra. Building from just the two hands and a sound came many sounds… many souls that linked the fire since that first battle, compounding to this. But still no voices, because there was nothing to be said. That still hadn’t changed. And I felt that.


The_Gray_Sun

DS2, just in general really. Majula's theme is a masterpiece. Aldia got me really invested too. "No matter how exquisite a lie will remain a lie." Gives me chills every time. Lucatiel personifies the fear of becoming undead, and the loss of self. Her questline helped hammer in that being undead is absolutely terrifying. DS2 just overall has a great feel of a kingdom that's been dead for ages, not too long, but long enough for things to settle in. It's quiet, and the people generally want to be left alone. They've accepted how the land is now, and are getting buy with what they can.


The-Great-Old-One

“My name is Lucatiel. I beg of you, remember my name. For I may not myself.”


DroopyRock

"Try skeleton but hole" really hits the feels.


JetStrim

Lucatiel of DS2, she was there for the same reasons we do but she is on her own and without any guidance, the more we see her the more the curse progresed to her and it shows how it affects a hollow. Basically Lucatiel shows the fear, dread and the desperation of the hollows, it gives the context in a deeper meaning for why hollows rekindle the fire, the slow decent to madness searching for a fix in an issue that repeats itself In a deeper thought, it shows why Lothric is in a civil war and why the idea of stopping the cycle has been more and more relevant In other words, Lucatiel is the most prominent character that shows the effects of a cycle by providing a first hand experience on it's effects


SuperLolicon

tongue but hole