00:00Okay, we seriously need to get a handle on what we're calling the burgeoning souls genre.
00:05Souls games, souls born games, souls born kiro I heard at one point, souls likes the success
00:10of this video going with souls games will tell you whether I got it right or not.
00:14Anyway, from software...
00:15...wears acclaimed selection of titles ranging from the demons and dark souls games, bloodborne,
00:19Sekiro and...
00:20...and now Elden Ring are ludicrously popular.
00:22However, if these games are recognised for anything, it's...
00:25...grutal difficulty.
00:26Straight up, being dicked on is just something you have to put up with in these...
00:30...games.
00:31I'm Scott from WhatCulture.com and these are 10 times souls games brutally tricked you.
00:3510.
00:36Following the Rainbow Stones.
00:38Elden Ring.
00:39When Legend...
00:40Legendary Dickbag Patches made his triumphant return in Elden Ring having screwed us over
00:44across the...
00:45Souls series and Bloodborne beforehand, he'd only got more inventive.
00:49In the Mount Gelmir...
00:50...in the region, players can spot a friendly note from Patches informing them that there's
00:53some treasure at the end of a...
00:55...a trail of brightly lit coloured stones.
00:57Unsurprisingly, this was another trap.
01:00When players reach the end of the trail which stops at the edge of a cliff, Patches will
01:04appear.
01:05Go...
01:05...and then kick you straight off the edge.
01:08What makes this trap extra cruel is...
01:10...where players will land in the middle of a group of Basilisks.
01:12Every Souls player's worst nightmare as your...
01:15...but then promptly killed by a supremely gruesome curse.
01:18Thanks Miyazaki!
01:20Number 9.
01:21Sen's Fortress Lift Trap.
01:23Dark Souls.
01:24Located across a bridge...
01:25...near friendly blacksmith Andre in the Undead Parish...
01:28...and accessible only after ringing two bells...
01:30...Sen's Fortress is a supremely unfun funhouse comprised exclusively of traps.
01:35There are pendulums swinging over narrow walkways...
01:37...pressure plates that shoot arrows...
01:39...a boulder rolling...
01:40...going down the main staircase and plenty of pitfalls.
01:43Even your first encounter with a mimic isn't...
01:45...as deviously cruel as a lift found next to it.
01:48In Dark Souls, the discovery of a lift means...
01:50...finding a path forward or a vital shortcut.
01:52However, this lift is splattered in blood...
01:55...warning you there's some foul play about to go on.
01:57While this lift will take players to the floor above...
02:00...loitering for a second too long...
02:02...triggers another mechanism that flings you into an unavoidable...
02:05...spike trap.
02:06Cheers hit attacker!
02:08Number 8.
02:09That item in...
02:10...Irith Hill dungeon.
02:11Dark Souls 3.
02:12When it comes to terrifying Dark Souls areas, it doesn't...
02:15...get much more oppressive than this particularly dank dungeon.
02:18Namely thanks to the horrifying jailers...
02:20...who have a nasty ability of shrinking your health bar.
02:22Still, From Software have more tricks in store...
02:25...for you beforehand.
02:26On entering the initial part of this area...
02:28...players have the brief chance to explore...
02:30...some empty cells.
02:31In one of these cells is a glowing item lying by a corpse...
02:34...just begging to be...
02:35...collected.
02:36Now, at this point you'll be well versed in detecting signs of an ambush...
02:39...and there are...
02:40...indeed no enemies.
02:41However, picking up the item when all seems safe...
02:43...triggers one of the only scripted...
02:45...jump scares in the entire series.
02:47A blood-curdling scream catching you off guard...
02:50...and setting the tone for the rest of the section.
02:56Again, thanks Miyazaki.
02:58I mean look, I'm just gonna say that future...
03:00...thanks go without saying...
03:01...because I'll end up doing this every single time.
03:04Number 7
03:05Number 7
03:06Meeting the Pursuer
03:07Dark Souls 2
03:08Coming up against brutal boss battles is all...
03:10...part of a Soulsborne Kiro-like experience.
03:12Though, these games are typically kind enough to warn...
03:15...you that one is coming...
03:16...with either a wall of fog leading to the boss area...
03:18...or having a large open area...
03:20...clearly made for a suitably large creature to fill.
03:23Clearly then, the Pursuer in Dark Souls...
03:25...didn't get the memo.
03:26A hulking knight with a sword as massive as the damage it deals...
03:30...this boss just drops in without any warning...
03:32...after you've climbed a ladder near the beginning of the game.
03:35One of the many indicators that Souls games couldn't care less...
03:38...about the rules they attempt to live by.
03:40Otherwise...
03:40...you'll promptly be beaten to a pulp.
03:43Number 6
03:44The Suez Centipede
03:45Dark Souls 3
03:46Hands down the enemy that freaked me out so much...
03:49...I actually had to...
03:50...spin my character around and just keep running away.
03:53Enemy ambushes are common in Souls...
03:55...but full on nightmarish spider limb things...
03:58...leaping at you from nowhere...
03:59...that was just...
04:00...a big ol' nope.
04:01Located in the waters surrounding Irithyll, when setting foot in this area...
04:05...you'll...
04:05...you'll notice what looks to be the corpses of women floating in the shallow water.
04:09Bleak imagery like this...
04:10...is nothing new for Dark Souls, so naturally you get a little closer.
04:13Turns out this fake body...
04:15...look was precisely to lure you in...
04:17...and now there's a huge centipede leaping straight at your face...
04:20...often found in groups, these creepy-crawlies can easily overwhelm the unexpected.
04:25Pumping your head off with razor-sharp teeth where their chest is supposed to be.
04:295.
04:30The Doors of Pharos.
04:32Dark Souls 2.
04:33One of the new additions introduced in Dark Souls...
04:35...were Pharos Lockstones.
04:36These limited items are small stones which, as their description in...
04:40...were created by a traveller named Pharos the Vagabond...
04:43...and they're used to unlock his contraption.
04:45These locks are scattered throughout Dark Souls 2...
04:47...and provide players with some useful benefits such as...
04:50...revealing secret passages, illuminating dark areas...
04:53...or regenerating health with a rejuvenating...
04:55...poole of water.
04:56When you eventually reach an area called the Doors of Pharos...
04:58...you'll be wondering what secrets can...
05:00...be found...
05:01...especially as some huge doors require three stones to open.
05:04Turns out though...
05:05...that Pharos was also a bit of a dick.
05:07Many of the locks either spring a trap or release enemies in...
05:10...into the vicinity.
05:11Opening those doors even frees the formidable hulking Mastodon Guard...
05:15...which will then become your newest nightmare.
05:174.
05:18The Flying Nightjar
05:20Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
05:22The memes and reactions to this thing were legendary.
05:25Nothing less than Miyazaki thinking...
05:27...hey, why don't we have a yelling NPC fly out the...
05:30...the sky and just kill the player.
05:32It produced one of FromSoft's best and funniest trolls ever.
05:35Located near the roof of the heavily guarded Ashina Castle...
05:38...you're already sneaking around a group of...
05:40...Nightjar ninjas, all lying in wait.
05:42Even if you've evaded everyone while emerging on top...
05:45...an excited cheer is heard in the distance.
05:47As one remaining Nightjar swoops down through the air...
05:50...to wipe you out.
05:51Brilliantly, once you know this is coming...
05:53...you can actually look out for the enemy hanging...
05:55...you're looking at a kite in mid-air...
05:56...waiting for their time to strike.
05:583.
05:59The Logs
06:00The Logs
06:00The Log Trap
06:01Bloodborne
06:02Like with the Nightjar ninja in Souls games once you know what a...
06:05...where a trap is, you'll be more equipped to deal with it next time round.
06:08Well, Bloodborne's forbidden words...
06:10...decided to F with that assumption too.
06:12Whilst exploring this creepy forest, players will come across...
06:15...a pathway which harbours a nasty surprise in the form of a spiked log that swings down.
06:20...heartening you in the process.
06:21Knowing it's coming next time, you'll instinctively roll back to a void.
06:25Brilliantly though, once you're out the way, that same log breaks off and just comes for you anyway...
06:30...regardless of where you're standing, flattening you all over again.
06:332.
06:34Almond
06:35Almost everything in Undead Burg
06:37Dark Souls
06:38Back in 2011, Hidetaka Miyazaki...
06:40...wrote his intentions large in the original Dark Souls.
06:43Not caring one jot that players could end...
06:45...hosting you from above in a way that you just could never see coming.
06:48One additionally devilish trick...
06:50...that pushed a lot of rage quitters to the edge...
06:52...comes from a small horde of enemies gathered near a set of stairs...
06:55...leading up.
06:56Going up yourself, assuming those enemies must be the challenge at the bottom...
06:59...and you're now...
07:00...safe...
07:01...only sees another holo push a flaming barrel towards you, wiping you out anyway.
07:05Yep, this entire genre is like being in the most high budget Mario Maker level ever.
07:101.
07:11Transporter Chest
07:13Elden Ring
07:14Even with mention of...
07:15...Belden Ring being the most approachable Souls game.
07:17Yeah, dedicated players know to literally never trust...
07:20...a single treasure chest ever.
07:22One of the first you'll stumble across is found in the Dragon Burnt...
07:25...Ruins, located in the centre of Agil Lake to the east of the starting area.
07:29Players can actually find...
07:30...two chests, and after giving them a good whack to see if they'll come to life...
07:33...you're probably just relieved...
07:35...to see no mimics.
07:36However, one of these chests hides something far more unpredictable.
07:40When...
07:40...when opened...
07:41...a cloud of mist is released...
07:42...that envelops the player...
07:43...and transports them deep within the Celia Crystal.
07:45...a much tougher area found in the heart of the hellish Kaleid that's meant to be tackled...
07:50...a much later.
07:51Even after dying, you're stuck respawning in these tunnels.
07:54To escape you...
07:55...you need to find the nearest site of Grey's fast travel.
07:57But that means fighting a group of strong enemies that at...
08:00...this point, anyone other than long-time fans will be too unprepared or under-level to face.
08:05Even for From Software, this was a cruel trick to play.
08:08One last time though, thank you.
08:10Miyazaki and cheers to the entire bigger-than-ever Souls fandom.
08:15And those are our picks for 10 times the Souls series brutally tricked you.
08:19Let me know your favourites...
08:20...down in the comments below...
08:21...and please subscribe to the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast.
08:23For now, I've been Scott from WhatCulture...
08:25...and I'll catch you soon.
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