Dark Souls Trilogy

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#141

Bit of a thread necro #mybad

So a few weeks back I started watching Prepare To Try again, and of course started where it began on Dark Souls 1 through to Dark Souls 3, including their respective DLC’s. This has since spurred me on to watching even more content from other creators, along with those I know and their playthroughs.

Dark Souls still remains my bae and the best of the franchise in my humble opinion. Only recently I have noticed this on thing and was wondering if anyone else had some thoughts on the matter.

Have you ever noticed that you will never find items in Dark Souls that are not attached to something? i.e. you will never find an item standing alone, it’s always attached to an enemy, hollow or dead body or something.

Hmmm… food for thought.

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#142

No one? Okay.

Ever noticed that the Souls games have no music outside of Firelink Shrine and boss fights?

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#143

Sorry, I never noticed the item thing. Are you sure there aren’t items just lying around? I honestly can’t remember. Didn’t know about the music either.

#144

Yeah, they’re both very valid points. I have been looking and listening around whilst playing and they’re both very true.

Anyway, just something I thought interesting.

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#145

What are chests then…

#146

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#147

hehehee…

Ok i’ll try again then.
What do mimics then mimic?

#148

He’s talking about items that you can pick up though.

#149

What do chests contain?

#150

I’m pretty sure he means then that the items are in the chest and not just lying on the ground that you can pick up.

#151

Pretty sure i’ve found white branches under a tree not “attached” to anything…

#152

Ah cool, that’s a good example! I honestly can’t remember.

#153

I am just messing, I do understand the concept :smiley:
I do agree, the game doesnt have “pickups” randomly placed. Everything has context. (ie the branches are under a tree, or the fire ring is on a charred corpse etc). Theres no “lore” reason for an item to just be somehwere…except rubbish. thats another one
theres sometimes rubbish just lying about. that and items in the swamp are usually just under a tree :stuck_out_tongue:

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#154

Valid points… I found some rubbish in the Undead Burg (Berg?) which was attached to a corpse. I will have to check those White Branches, think they’re in Dark Root Basin (DS1) or Undead Settlement (DS3) but I’m sure they’re also attached to a corpse.

#155

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#156

And the rubbish that is a trap in DS3 by that skellie king with the glowing bracelets? that attached to a corpse?

EDIT: Wolnirs rubbish trap does indeed have a corpse… I just never noticed (usually coz im too busy watching for the ambush hehe)

#157

It makes sense that items are attached to something because that something had it equipped and died and dropped it there. The branches fell from the tree.

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#158

Like I said, I agree that lore-wise every item has a purpose and reason for being there. But if we’re looking simply at any items “attached” to a corpse or a something…there definitely are exceptions :slight_smile:

#159

This is exactly the point I’m trying to emphasise. We’re always too busy or too quick to go through the game and levels to notice these things. Slow down and look at the world and it’s intricacies, often there will be clear indication of things like traps and ambushes if we just take the time to look for them.

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