Nameless King Comparison (DS1 vs DS3)

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0:00 Restored Sunlight Altar
1:44 Gameplay Comparison
5:55 Model Comparison and Teardown
11:02 Original vs Remaster
12:47 Death Animations
14:06 Concept Art & misc.
16:22 Outro

[riksfaltohuraker]

now, that's touching: the nameless king's fighting style is a mix of his best friend's and his father's

[KamilMalach]

This is my first time seeing Nameless' statue restored in original DS1. He looks completely different, more like a young squire rather than somebody who could really betray his kingdom. He also started using his dad's shampoo after banishment, apparently.

Edit: I just wanted to emend and correct myself - I meant he does not look like betrayer, not that I believed in him being one. Cheers.

[yellowsaurus]

Seeing the playermodel from gwyn/the King's third person perspective makes you realize how big these mfs actually are lol

[jpcsdutra]

Never in a thousand years, after fighting him hundreds of times, had I ever noticed that NK's moveset was pretty much a 1:1 mix of sped up Gwyn and Ornstein attacks.
That is absolutely beautiful and mind blowing at the same time.

[SyntheticShinobi]

Not once in dark souls has the player ever witnessed true sunlight magic/miracles. Gwyn didn’t even use it in 1. All player cast miracles are just imitations used by reciting stories of sunlight magic.

It wasn’t until dark souls 3 do we see sunlight magic used by the Nameless King. It’s no wonder he’s so powerful/difficult to fight.

[isabellegrimes]

Getting to see Nameless’ hollowed face up close is both cool & unnerving. Reminds me of the Mass of Souls from New Londo

[stumpy]

Dude that moment I realized the nameless king was gwyn’s first born… not many things compare to it. It was on the same level of finding out anor londo is a lie.

[dziosdzynes]

I like how Nameless King's leg armor has those flaps, called "pteruges", which were standard grecoroman waist armor in antiquity and medieval times. Makes sense how his armor has Roman parts, seeing how Archdragon Peak (among other areas) is inspired by Constantinople and its architecture.

[A.C_B.]

I never made the connection that the red drake is guarding the altar of the nameless king, who allied with the dragons. that's such a cool connection! Also: really nice work pointing out the similarities in fighting style and clothing between the nameless king and Gwyn. This goes far beyond a simple comparison.

[dingowizard]

2:26 haha I don’t remember Gywn using that move…

[CrestfallenChannel]

I made a self-imposed challenge to make a video without text but I failed it to talk about teeth textures at the very end. I added descriptions/commentary to the subtitles though! Also, the Sunlight Altar has teeth textures too

[TheSeriousSoul]

This was one of my favorite moments in my first DS3 playthrough

When I first fought the Nameless King I genuinely felt his move set was familiar but when I saw how he attacked and what he was wearing he just screamed "Gwyn" in the back of my mind.
I was in complete shock when I realized I was fighting the First Born, like I had always wondered who he was playing through the games after reading the item description in of the Sunlight Medal in DS1
It was like a huge reveal just showing itself to me in single combat honestly the highlight of DS3 for me.

[beyond]

Ive waited since 2011 to see that statue properly, thank you very much

And I wish you all the best with your medical issues, God bless you

[nightscout]

Thanks for showing the Sunlight Altar statue painstakingly put back together and comparing it to Gwyn and the Firstborn. It's curious that Gwyn seems to have ab armor of some kind on the rear plate for his torso. It's almost like the armor was accidentally put on backward, but with how even the intro cutscene uses the final game's arrangement, it probably wasn't an accident. The Firstborn looks and sounds like a hollow in DS3, whereas Gwyndolin, for all the abuse he has suffered and the time that has passed, is still recognizable as his DS1 self. If the queen of Lothric is indeed Gwynevere, rather than a daughter who took closely after her (a Ranni to her Rennala, so to speak), then Gwynevere is still able to have kids, but the Firstborn is all sorts of messed up. It doesn't seem like age did that to him, it's as though someone cursed him and burned his soul to fuel the First Flame. Perhaps removing the Firstborn's deific status wasn't just a symbolic gesture, and he was given the same treatment as the non-divine, the humans, and hit with the Darksign.

Thanks again, Crest!

[DefecTec]

Wonder why Nameless King went hollow or near hollow since he’s not mad or crazed, he obviously found a new home and worshippers. Yet again Allfather Lloyd, his great uncle did kick him out and destroy all mention of him after he supposedly inherited the whole realm. I think it was a coup

[KosOrSomeSayKosmo]

I had forgotten that they used Gwyn's hollowed boss fight model for his statue in DS1, which they corrected in DS3. Awesome stuff, love your channel Crest!

[CrestfallenChannel]

This video was supposed to come out last year, I don't want to say sorry since it isn't my fault that I've been unable to make videos, but I'm optmistic as I haven't yet tried the new migraine meds (CGRPs) and they've worked for some people with the same condition that I have

[ronaldachille]

If Orenstein was his best friend, and attempted to retrieve or stop the Firstborn under Gwyn's orders, it makes it all the more despressing that Orenstein's corpse is where it's located.

[MrJomalley]

Crazy how Fromsoft actually all but confirms that the nameless king IS Gwyn's first born

It makes you think if Manus is truly the furtive pygmy or not

[illusorywall]

Really cool set of comparisons, and I always wondered what it would take to restore the statue like that. Good work!