Datai's Dark Souls Play-through- Burpin' Plinkin' Drinkin'

DARK SOULS PLAY-THROUGH. Let's talk about it.

(I'll be posting here every episode with a quick recap, then the subsequent discussion of said episode)

(3/1)- Episodes 1-7 Recap

Ep.1- "Hello and Goodbye, Undead Asylum"
>Anime Hair
>Typical Asylum Shit

Ep.2- "Undead vs. Skeletons"
>Gravelord Sword (STR build incoming?)
>Early Pinwheel Kill
>Mask of the Child|
>Dreams of Giant Dadtai crushed

Ep.3- "New Undead in Town"
>Undead Burg(erking)
>Black Knight Killa
>SHORTCUTS ROADTRICKS
>Plink City (Archery Abound)
>Taurus Demon 2HK

Ep.4- "#pigproblems"
>Sun thoroughly praised
>Dragon thoroughly japed
>BBQ'd Boar with a side of Alluring Skull

Ep.5- "Parish x And x Parkour"
>Titanite Demon Slay'd
>Gravelord Sword + 1
>I can't hold all these Estus
>Fuck you, Lautrec. Your ass will be mine. (Gotta get that F.A.P.)

Ep.6- "The First Bell of Awakening"
>Lautrec is freed
>A Casual's best friend Solaire summoned for Gargoyles
>GEE JAKE, TWO GARGOYLES??
>Gargoyles dispatched with minimal effort
>FIRST BELL RUNG
>OHHHH OHHHH, WE'RE HALFWAY THERE
>Well that was a nice gesture, Oswald.

Ep.7- "Back to the Catacombs"
>SHOTS SHOTS SHOTSHOTSHOT SHOTS
>Vodka is Magical
>BACK TO THE [catacombs] AGAIN
>Titanite Demon Plink'd off
>Giant Crow ride

What do you guys think so far? I think it's interesting from a play-through perspective to choose such a powerful weapon like the Gravelord Sword: it allows him to move through the game faster and make the episodes less tedious.

As a veteran of the series, it's nice to see someone of competence play. Though I do like how he's not MLG Master at it, adds some needed suspense.

I'm also happy that he's drinking, because it's always a good time drinking and playing Dark Souls.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the "Totally Not a Let's Play" so far. Marathoned the first seven episodes today and had a blast watching. Made me want to play more Dark Souls, so I guess it's a rousing success??

Burntnorris wrote:

I'm thoroughly enjoying the "Totally Not a Let's Play" so far. Marathoned the first seven episodes today and had a blast watching. Made me want to play more Dark Souls, so I guess it's a rousing success??

Right?! I'm excited for the future of this play-through.

Was getting my laptop repaired, missed a few episodes (8, 9, 10). Synopsis time!

Ep.8- "Undead Asylum Revisited"
>BYE BYE OSCAR
>Gravelord Sword +2 (DEX nerds on suicide watch)
>Rusty Ring get
>Black Knights, Black Knights everywhere
>Peculiar Doll, Painted World hype
>Slow zoom = hilarity (seriously, laughed hard)
>Doesn't fight second Asylum Demon, alludes to it
>Lautrec allowed to live, snide Firekeeper joke
> Money = Faith

Ep.9- "Moonlight in Darkroot"
>Dank rooms, Dank roots
>THEY'RE ADAPTING
>Gravelord sword +2 puts in work
>Witch Beatrice meme
>MOONLIGHT BUTTERFLY BOSSFIGHT (<1 minute)
>Watchtower basement key
>Wolf Ring got

Ep.10- "The Long Way Around"
>Darkroot Basin
>Crystal Lizard
>BLACK KNIGHT BTFO
>Hotline Bling avoided
>Blighttown entrance lightly canoodled
>Bonewheel Shield jokes
>26 STR (;3)

I'm still really enjoying this series. It reminds me a lot of the "cas" play-through that Diabeetus did on his channel. I also like knowing that it's all pre-recorded so we're going to see the series through. Datai is the best lp'er (or whatever) of our time.

I think he could've taken the second demon in the Asylum, but thats just because his sword is super OP. Hope to see it maxed level by the end of the play-through. He really steamrolls Darkroot Garden, which is good. I think people make that area way too complicated- its super short, realistically.

Ep.11 dropped today (3/15), lets FUCKING TALK ABOUT IT.

Ep.11- "How Low Can You Goat?"
>Crest Shield +2
>HANG ON, ALCOHOL (slow zoom hilarity)
>"How to not get poisoned- Git gud"-Datai 2016 (After he got poisoned)
>Wonderful burps
>Shortcut to Undead Burg
>CREST SHIELD +3 HYPE
>Lower Undead Burg
>Griggs of Vinheim saved
>Notable Corpse (zomg girl)
>But seriously, twin humanities on a female corpse
>Jesus, From. You wanna talk about it?
>Moss Merchant
>CAPRA DEMON BOSSFIGHT
>Success first try, six hits max
>KAWAII DEMON END OF VIDEO EASTER EGG

He's getting a hell of a lot of mileage of that Gravelord Sword's strong attack. I also don't understand the people who have trouble with the Capra Demon. I agree with Datai's point that victory is decided in the first five seconds.