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Welcome Back Tricaster Party! - Part 02

We continue our celebration by taking Ryan down the path of Dark Souls.

Nov. 4 2011

Cast: Jeff, Ryan, Vinny, Patrick

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Dark Souls

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its the second part, but i was first.

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This is looking to be bursting with win.

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Whats this? Dark Souls? In.

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YEEHA!

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I applaud Ryan for giving this game a fair shot, it was a lot of fun watching him tear up those undead, and that boss fight was amazing.

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Now this is what I've been waiting for.

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Ryan's run was pretty impressive for a new comer. Granted, he had people to coach him, but still. Well done.

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Man so much stuff to watch. Giantbomb <3

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Thumbnail says funnytime.

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YES, YES

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Awesome live stream. Ryan held his nerve, too!

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That preview image is great.

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Been looking forward to seeing the Dark Souls part.

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Couldn't stick around for this part, but now that it's been archived I can PRAISE THE SUN!

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really enjoy watching other people play Dark Souls, still looks way to hard for me though :D

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It wasn't the real Dark Souls because Ryan hardly died, but he did really well against the Taurus Demon. Intense stuff right there.

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I know it won't happen but wouldn't it be hilarious if Ryan now became addicted to Dark Souls after he tasted some of the bitter-sweet stuff?

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I'd play the shit out of Dark Souls if I had a couching team like that.

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I really want to show these guys the Dark Souls speed run and hear what they think about it.

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Said this before, but the compression on these HD videos are horrible about 36 minutes in just REALLY shitty jitter. It's REALLY annoying especially when i spent the bandwidth downloading the video. It's so incredibly distracting. Just warning to those who want to watch it in HD and another note to the people to whiskey media that it realllllly sucks.

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@Wholemeal said:

Said this before, but the compression on these HD videos are horrible about 36 minutes in just REALLY shitty jitter. It's REALLY annoying especially when i spent the bandwidth downloading the video. It's so incredibly distracting. Just warning to those who want to watch it in HD and another note to the people to whiskey media that it realllllly sucks.

It's not that bad...compared to Blu ray sure...but c'mon how man other places do you go to a see live streaming HD content...give it some time they'll get the kinks worked out...It's Giant Bomb man

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Praise the SUN! Kind of surprised that Ryan took the plunge into Dark Souls. Wonder if he'll keep playing on his own time, because I know got hyped when he took down the Taurus Demon.

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@chughes737: Are you seeing the stuff i'm seeing man? Like full on spaz every half a second. It's not just HD it's on all the video streams. Don't get me wrong man, i LOVE GB. I just hate that the videos are the way they are. I hope they're working on it because it just makes me a sad panda.

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@Wholemeal: Yeah I get that A LOT also, It is pretty bad and difficult to watch when it happens.

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Same on high. Was OK in the beginning but now 44 minutes in it's worse than a early youtube video...

No idea what happened with the compression, but it should not be this bad.

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Hey, he didn't seem to hate it that much.

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After lurking for a few years here, this video got me to log in and subscribe to Giantbomb.

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Praise the sun!

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@Nurabsal said:

Praise the sun!

I did it!

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Try the rear!

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that was a really good run, but it still hurt to see them NOT equip the Hollow Soldier Shield. That thing is awesome.

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HAHAHA Dark Souls finally gets Ryan. This pleases McQuinn.

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@Ironhammer said:

After lurking for a few years here, this video got me to log in and subscribe to Giantbomb.

See this, GB? More Dark Souls! Make it a Ryan-video feature! I love watching him play this game, how he gets all serious and determined. :)

Also, Patrick's "kill that npc" advice is pretty bad. You can really fuck yourself in this game by killing npcs. Always keep them alive... at least until shortly before the very end of the game. ;)

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Thank god the tricaster is back. It was a great show and one of the best in a long while. Tank you GB.

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I was playing Dark Souls while listening to this.

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Wait, do I see Ryan smiling, maybe laughing, and Dark Souls in the same picture? What. The. Hell?

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You know what? This was a pretty good Welcome Back Party.

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Now, that was tense and amazing. Should have asked Matt Rorie to join in too.

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Great video, although it just makes me want a DS Endurance Run soooo much.

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Ouch, I just hit the 35 minute mark and I'm seeing what the others were complaining about. The video quality totally goes to pot, poorish youtube quality at best with an annoying throbbing to it.
 
edit: I skipped ahead to 52 minutes and it's better again, but the flickering part was unwatchable. Hope there aren't more.
 
edit edit: Ok finished watching and I'm gonna say this has to be GoTY. It genuinely has everyone enchanted.

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Dark Souls Endurance Run with Vinny guiding Ryan. Let's demand it people.

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@R_Coles said:

Dark Souls Endurance Run with Vinny guiding Ryan. Let's demand it people.

Yes please!!

VR Dark Souls endurance run.

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Ryan played this like a pro. Normally you can hear him clacking away with a controller not the case here. Nobody there or himself realized it but he also took advantage of some I-Frames against the first boss with those rolls.

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Man, watching people play Dark Souls makes me wanna play Dark Souls. God I need to finish Dark Souls.

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ryan was playing dark soul like a boss

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@Ironhammer said:

After lurking for a few years here, this video got me to log in and subscribe to Giantbomb.

Same goes for me.

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Every time they go into any sort of stats screen that looks like an Excel spreadsheet my interest in the game plummets.

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@Stubee said:

Every time they go into any sort of stats screen that looks like an Excel spreadsheet my interest in the game plummets.

You must look at some middle school level excel sheets then.

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I love them all giving Ryan conflicting advice. It's like the in game message system in REAL LIFE.

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I would watch more Dark Souls.