Getting to create this video with Vaati has been an absolute dream of mine, and I couldn’t be happier with our final vision. Hopefully everyone enjoyed my cinematic editing and recording style. Within the lands between, there are so many stories for us to tell, and this is just the beginning! Big shoutout to Zullie the Witch for help with the Cheat engine, and Frans Bouma for his camera mod, which makes these videos possible
This was top tier. I was watching this on my TV and got onto to my phone specifically to say that the cinematics have gotten so much better. Not even that they were bad before, this was just that noticeably good. Keep it up!
So at some point it will be a team of people & not Vaati making his videos? Although this one was amazing, I think I'll miss your style of writing & editing. That's why I've been watching for years, because I like your work 😊 Hopefully it won't change too much.
For a second I thought we were getting a sad backstory to the legend “LetMeSoloHer” However, this was unexpected and super cinematic. Love the story telling as always
@Charles Bridges “some guy who’s good at the game started helping people with the hardest boss” wow what an epic tale. Maybe people wanna watch the lore content they subscribed to the channel for dingus.
@Tin Can O-Beans this but unironically. He's a sicko but I genuinely believe his ending is the best. The omen "curse" isn't intrinsically bad, it's only perceived as such because it's different. When we're all cursed, nobody is.
Damn you coulda atleast been like Saitama with Boros in One Punch Man, and hold back to let him pretend he's having the battle of his lifetime and it was hard fought one. Atleast jarbro believed it was truly a good battle, where Boros realized right before he died he never stood a chance 😭
of all the people i fought in elden ring, beating juno made me feel the worst :( i read the armor descriptions and just felt so sad. diallos' questline definitely hit the hardest
Nah, killing Alexander is even worse. It feels like such a waste, especially since it's a lose-lose for Alexander: even if he wins, it means that he's killed his best friend.
@Vincent M Manias I got a little bit of cheating as I searched online when I got the first contract, that dude was a NPC summon and helped me in defeating an early boss, it is then I realize you could already find the way to the Rykard (but then again, don't think I would realize that without wiki)
@lee sasukiI assumed you needed to assassinate at least the first dude to get Zaraya's reveal, if you're trying to complete her quest, and the second to complete Diallos and Jarburgs quest
@ReyCo47 If you really want to necro my comment I'll just pivot and double down. The icon of let me solo her comes not only from the fact it's malenia but also the sheer dedication. Over a thousand people helped by one person on one character? That's cool, dude.
Everyone here has already said it, but I just cannot stress enough how GORGEOUS the scenes are, and paired together with your most amazing story telling, VaatiVidya videos are almost illegally free for how much effort is put in it. Claps for you and the team who worked on this!
He has an insane amount of pay pigs. You seen his streams etc? Plus he has a patron. There's plenty of pay piggery going on he's financially fine don't worry about it....
It's interesting how you had to explain much less in this video compared to the Dark Souls ones. The stories in Elden Ring are more complete, and don't require you to add much to them, but this cinematic style really added to the experience.
Man, when I fought Alexander and killed him in two shots before he even got his battlecry out... him saying "As I suspected... Victory was impossible...this vessel was found lacking" actually physically hurt me. I feel I wasn't as big on a lot of Elden Ring characters, but Iron Fist Alexander is right up there with Solaire. Bless his big ol' Jar belly.
Do you know what the saddest part about Diallos's story is for me? It's his fault. Vaati painted this narrative as though a poacher followed you, the player to Jarburg. But you can come and go to and from Jarburg with impunity. Jarburg is safe and healthily populated even after you beat the Elden Beast if you just never talk to Diallos. The poacher followed HIM. He died in the defense of innocents whom he himself endangered. And, what's worse, whom he failed to protect. Far more jars are broken by his defense of them than would have been if he had simply never darkened their doorstep. Diallos Hoslow. A younger brother who breaks the older's heart by emulating him. A master who served the House of those who murdered his servant. A defender who brought death onto his charges. His tale is told in blood - just not the blood of his enemies.
@Mystomachhurt it’s either one or the other y’know. someone like Juno probably told it in the blood of his enemies until we reached him (based on the invaders I’ve faced using his whips outside of Raya Lucaria, I’m looking at you Illious of Mara and your furled finger who I only managed to kill once or twice while trying to do Varre’s quest, and your fight with him himself). Whereas Diallos lacking the ability of his older brother, but with the desire to tell the story with the blood of his enemies despite being the kind of person whose own blood was more likely to tell his story, not understanding the truth of his own house’s saying but doing what he believed he was meant for. At the end of the day even though the world of Elden Ring may punish Diallos for his innocence and naïveté, the Tarnished, if they have a good heart and don’t mind telling a little white lie to someone who will be dead before the lie has time to cause any harm, can give him the ending he so desired. The world itself may be cruel and unfeeling. But the Tarnished can choose to be the counterweight to the cold, unfeeling nature of the world. And if that same Tarnished becomes Elden Lord or consort, the same good hearted, unafraid of moral compromise for the good of a fellow man who only meant well Tarnished, with the power of the Elden Lord, may be able to bring about a world that, while it can’t bring Diallos back, can make the world a better place for people like him in the future. To honor his good heart despite his lack of ability.
@Bob Bobsen "Jarburg would have been found eventually." This isn't provable beyond speculation and given the generations of Jars who apparently lived there and ventured elsewhere - if Alexander isn't a clear example - it's highly unlikely it would've been any time soon. You don't know if Diallos actually did or didn't kill anyone, and the point is moot when you literally assassinate his brother and he excuses the murder of his maiden Lanya by the very people he decided to join. "man I hope you never make mistake in life, mr perfect." I don't have to be perfect not to be an absolute scoundrel like Diallos and to accept accountability for my actions. One noble action doesn't undo a lifetime of missed consequences.
@Mwatuangi V man I hope you never make mistake in life, mr perfect. At least this guy tried in a world where he didn't stand a chance. You'd shit your pants meeting a demi-human
I will not have this slander against Diallos the Champion. Jarburg would have been found eventually. He defended Jar-Bairn and likely others to the death even though he was supposedly a coward. He never killed anyone for the Manor and knew he was outmatched. He would break his brother's heart because telling the tale in blood is a euphemism for dying for a cause.
He definitely made this whole thing into more of a tear-jerker than it already was...of course the fact that there's a "kid jar" just leaves me questioning the logistics of how those jars reproduce. :/
It’s neither. It’s a statement of fact. He’s not warning his enemies that he’ll bleed them. He’s not warning his allies they’ll fall. He’s saying his house and their exploits end in death. As they have. As they will.
Amazing video. Having to kill alexander actually made me tear up since seeing him get one shot by rhadan to how he helped me so much during the fire giant fight. A fellow warrior who grew alongside you. I made it a personal mission to find jarburg and return his remains before doing anything else after. Gone but not forgotten, Alexander, Brave warrior-jar till his last breath.
I was really happy when I started my first run, Blaidd and Alexander were like meeting Solaire again, brothers who’d fight with you. After Rannis’ quest I was sad for killing blaidd, but seeing Alexander in the volcano manor area I held hope “the boys were back!”. I navigated castle sol and consecrated fields and there was my boy Alexander to help me slay the fire giant! Transported to farum, getting jumped by dragons and bullshit I found my friend again. Yet it was a fight to the death. I just wish we’d have a bro who’d find his own sun again.
@Nebulous Cat I don't know if Solaire's wish to be like the sun is a wish for power since he talks in poetic terms about the sun itself rather than of kingship and I'm skeptical that the Sun Bro covenant is in service to Gwyn. IN (undeserved) HONOR of Gwyn, perhaps, but not in service to him or any of the other gods. Solaire may be misguided in honoring Gwyn, but see how it's made him kind and courageous, and that's why people love him.
I love Alexander, but I'll say I really don't like Solaire at all. I honestly think he's a complete fool blinded by the sun, who has a kind heart. Yes he acts valiant but in the end he was just a warrior craving personal power, he wanted his own sun he wanted to be like Gwyn. Who might I add was the bane of all humanity. The entire concept of the sun covenant just blows my mind that it's become so popular with people. On the surface it seems beneficial and good natured. In reality it is a covenant in service to a god who has and forevermore will be the ruin of humanity, Reject the sun. Embrace the dark for it is what we humans are made of. The dark soul.
@The Worst Catholic He gets to the kiln if the player does an esoteric series of actions to save him and there's very little reaction to it from the game. The interview is what I meant by "official headcanon" as there's nothing in the games themselves and is just something he said.
@Fronzel41 Not really. At the bare minimum he gets to the kiln due to his summon sign. Also pretty sure it was Miyazaki who stated that Solaire linking ending in an interview, not the fanbase.
Can we just appreciate how stunning the cinematography is in this video? There are so many cool shots, but my top favourite is the player vs Radhaan scene at @5:55, big props to Vaati and team for creating this!
The beautiful cinematics along with the story was an amazing improvement, the past prepare to cries were amazing but this is a whole new level, lovely work from both of you!
This has to be one of the greatest elden ring videos I’ve ever seen, please keep it up my friend, I’m sure you get plenty of comments, but I’m sure I’ll see more in the future 🙏
@Y P Vati is telling the story directly while the game is letting you find it and piece it together by yourself. Both are very different form of storytelling. I am not saying Fromsoft's story telling is perfect but there is a beauty to it. Like 2 people can perceive the story different ways by finding different things, observing the the environment, finding more or less items.
@Y P it’s funny to say it’s a problem with the Fromsoft games when it’s that exact style of storytelling that has inspired this entire subsection of BRvid videos
Very creative for sure. So this is why we can't find the Poacher huh? Diallos kicked him off a cliff. Much better as the gruesome detail I imagined, that he just left after killing everybody but the small Jarchild.
@Deerstalker Pictures Mise-en-scene does not apply here when he doesn’t set the stage himself. You’re right, this is cinemotpgraphy, but that comment I think is just frustrated how easily swayed people are by fancy camera angles. I found this video dragged out and boring. Nearly all these shots were scenes most people have experienced, so I learned nothing from this video. There was no analysis, or mysteries discovered. This whole video was hardly a Vaati video, it was an editing team trying to make Elden Ring look even cooler. Elden Ring is already super cool thank you very much!
Bruh I’m over actually crying rn easily my 3 favorite elden ring characters Diallos, Iron Fist Alexander and Jar Bairn! the tale of House Hoslow is told in blood 🩸
@Hugh Mann The events that happened are facts, yes. Sure it might be true that Diallos might have led the poachers to the village. But whether you see him as a fool or someone who tried his best is whats left to interpretation. Its how I interpreted said facts that make it different. Bruh.
@Verniy Misaki this isn't up for "interpretation" that facts are in and they are not debatable as most other things are.. what a shitty excuse for just being plain wrong... It's ok though I've been wrong plenty of times as well due to the ambitious nature as you stated.
What really matters is that when time came to Diallos actually stood up and faced the challenge, to the end, I couldn't care less if he was a skilled warrior or not, he did put his own life in danger so the people of Jarburg might live, and who is to say that the jars that were broken, weren't broken before the village found out it was under attack?! Plus, I personally abide by the notion that, that just skill isn't what make a warrior danger, arguably, how far the warrior wants to go and how much he's willing to sacrifice is what really make it dangerous
@The Big Enchilada nah fam. Just because he wasn't some great, fearless warrior, he was a fool? He tried his best, ain't his fault that life kept throwing him to the rock bottom.
That actually brought tears to my eyes…. Dang…. That hit me right in the feels with an intentional hit below the belt….. I need to make some friends…lol
I don't wanna ruin things, but I think Dialos will make Jarbairn weaker ^^" What's fun to think about, though, is that Alexander lives on in Jarbairn, just like how part of us will live on in our offspring, allowing for human flourishing ever more
My god these videos, hairs literally stand up on end man the editing, the cinematic camera, the scenes from the game, vaatis voice and the way he stops speaking to let character dialogue come in and out and the music as well I’m going to have to become a patreon because I feel like I’m robbing you by watching these for free I could watch content like this for hours on end, a massive well done to all involved truly great content 👍
This was AWESOME. Another step up from Prepare To Cry. Looks good, sounds good, fantastic editing and camera work. 100% quality. I need more of this and I can't wait. Best of luck to you Vaati, Mispap1 and everyone else on the team now and in the future!
I love Alexander as a character so much that I know when I fight him and kill him it's like fighting an old weathered Viking that just wants to be sent to Valhalla. Just wants a warriors death from the strongest warrior around.
When Jar Bairn made the statement about needing smooth hands to be Potentate, I definitely had the thought of how it contrasts to the calloused hands of a seasoned warrior, but the main thought I had was of a potter - the artistry that goes into shaping clay into beautiful and strong pottery. Surely a village of jar people would value a skilled artisan with a gentle touch, to help them grow, to repair their cracks.
I thought the same thing and assumed it was obviously intended to be read that way: they're pots; they need a potter to attend to them. I found it strange that Vadya missed that.
Little detail: The model of Alexander actually changes throughout the whole game, as you can see him having more cracks after each time you met. When you met him in Farum Azula, he's already on the brink of shattering.
Yeah. The nature of Diallos' and Alexander's stories meld quite well with each other. Alexander was brave in spite of danger, throwing his own form and safety into the wind. Diallos was timid and didn't seem one to fight, but talked the big game to try and be like his brother. In the end though, they both rised to the challenge. One to be stronger than he was before, and one to be like his brother. A beautiful dicotomy.
Sweet Baby Ocelotte!! That was a masterpiece!! I would pay to watch a series with episodes as good as this!! Well done to everyone involved 👏🏻one day videos like this will be eligible for awards 🏆
oh my god... the editing and everything is SO FUCKING GOOD! It's like watching an Elden Ring movie! I love it so much! and all the epic shots during the combat is just phenomenal!
@R3CKLESSx2 TV I was thinking the same thing… literally just stitching scenes together. He barely even talks himself lol, yet everyone praising his story tailing and the visuals, when it’s all in game graphics 😂
And this is how John Snow lived and died in Elden Ring, how a living jar helped in defeating a god, and most importantly how from Software made it all badass (Seriously these mad men they transformed a jar into a good character)
I cannot believe how much the quality has improved over the last 9 years. Recently played through dsr, 2, and 3 again and watched through the old prepare to cry videos. They’re great videos, but compared to this they’re basically unwatchable lol.
Jar Bairn: Do you know what a poacher is, coz? They hunt us, smash us and then take us away. Me: *Flashbacks of all the living jars I killed from Stormveil to Caria Manor* Also me: No.
I choose to believe these jars became evil by foolishly stuffing themselves with murderous Godrick soldiers and rotten zombie dogs and such. They wanted to be warriors but they messed up. It sucks. But hey, atleast they were still given a warrior's death in the end.
@Captain Zork In real life, sure. But in a game where the rule is that if something attacks you first, it's not your friend and will literally never stop attacking you? Nah. Plus, everyone knows running away in these games gets you killed just as much as fighting does until you memorize the world layout, and even then it's still very dangerous.
@Kailob Moore Did you know that the best way to defend yourself is to avoid combat? As in: running away prevents unnecessary further harm. Killing someone or something just because they're attacking you because you approached *them* with weapons drawn seems excessive to me
Prepare to cry is back!! Can't describe how amazing this is Vatti, I've followed these videos since the early days of DS1 content (has is really nearly been 10 years?!) Thanks for doing what you do, you add so much to the souls community ❤
This is the best video I've ever seen on this channel. The storytelling, direction, music choice, all of it fantastic. Elden Ring deserves a whole movie told like this.
Literally. Which is why I loved the hints. Let Me Solo Her story is about struggling against something and then setting it personal to help others. Just like Diallos did
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