Knight Artorias Cut dialogue!

hmmm I saw that a while ago, the dialogue is nice, but if I remember, my opinion was that the boss fight is even better without it. Artorias is supposed to be hollow like Gwyn and like the player, so no talking

I knew about the cut lines, but I hadn't actually listened to them until now. Would have preferred a deeper voice, to be honest, though that comment about humans being "more than pure dark" is very intriguing.

I wouldn't have minded if he spoke, but one thing I found refreshing about Dark Souls is how the bosses waste no time in getting on with the killing. Well, except Gwyndolin.

Sanhedrim wrote:I knew about the cut lines, but I hadn't actually listened to them until now. Would have preferred a deeper voice, to be honest, though that comment about humans being "more than pure dark" is very intriguing.

I wouldn't have minded if he spoke, but one thing I found refreshing about Dark Souls is how the bosses waste no time in getting on with the killing. Well, except Gwyndolin.

He's such a drama queen.

I'm all for boss monologues, (ever fought vayne solidor from Final Fantasy XII or hell even almost every Seymour fight in FFX) kind of sad this wasn't in the game.

"My name is Legion,
for we are many."

Love your location, skare!

Gotta promote that thread a little while longer at least.

On topic I'm conflicted. I like the voice but not sure it's what I had in mind. However the contrast between appearance and voice is kinda creepy. Also, the rage is superbly captured. Insanely well. And of course the "chorus" of the abyss on backing vocals is sweet

I would've loved to hear his groaning and grunting. Not because I'm a sick freak who thinks it's a little sexy(entirely), but because it would give you the painful knowledge that he WAS at one time human too.

Was he really a human? He's so big compared to the player character.

WhatDoesThePendantDo? wrote:Was he really a human? He's so big compared to the player character.

Were any of the four knight human?, Is the question. Though at least we put the poor man out of his misery and dark insanity. My opinion: Letting him live through that is a fate worse than anything I can think of.

Ok I shouldn't have said human. He was probably some sort of giant. His body size is similar to Ornstein, Priscilla, and the giant skeletons.

I would have liked him to have a somewhat deeper voice, Vamos too.

British accent doesn't fit a centuries old blacksmith king-skeleton that uses coffins as forges an has a beard made out of bones

Carphil wrote:hmmm I saw that a while ago, the dialogue is nice, but if I remember, my opinion was that the boss fight is even better without it. Artorias is supposed to be hollow like Gwyn and like the player, so no talking

I don't think he was meant to be hollow, he was taken by the abyss, not afflicted by the Undead curse.

densetsushun wrote:

Carphil wrote:hmmm I saw that a while ago, the dialogue is nice, but if I remember, my opinion was that the boss fight is even better without it. Artorias is supposed to be hollow like Gwyn and like the player, so no talking

I don't think he was meant to be hollow, he was taken by the abyss, not afflicted by the Undead curse.

yea but its pretty much the same. His mind is all screwed by the abyss magic, hes completely gone. Its just a body with a few memories, sad and raging, like any other cursed undead

Hachouma wrote:I would have liked him to have a somewhat deeper voice, Vamos too.

British accent doesn't fit a centuries old blacksmith king-skeleton that uses coffins as forges an has a beard made out of bones

I definitely see what you mean, it's just like when they give ancient Greeks British accents. Why in the world would the 300 talk like the English?

Carphil wrote:

densetsushun wrote:

Carphil wrote:hmmm I saw that a while ago, the dialogue is nice, but if I remember, my opinion was that the boss fight is even better without it. Artorias is supposed to be hollow like Gwyn and like the player, so no talking

I don't think he was meant to be hollow, he was taken by the abyss, not afflicted by the Undead curse.

yea but its pretty much the same. His mind is all screwed by the abyss magic, hes completely gone. Its just a body with a few memories, sad and raging, like any other cursed undead

I disagree, being taken by the Abyss means darkness set into him, but it's doesn't mean he's lost his mind completely. I can definitely see Artorias with dwindling sanity working, somehow warning the player from proceeding but you as the Chosen Undead having to face him anyway to save Oolacile. The state we see him in now is probably due to the circumstances which caused From to cut the dialogue from the game.

I don't think he's wholly taken in by the Abyss, either. Oolacile residents don't attack each other, yet Artorias still recognizes them as an enemy despite being corrupted, too. That much is still left.

That's a very good point, and yet he could be out of his mind enough to attack anyone in his blind rage. We don't know how Artorias could've been just judging by these cut dialogues, we only know what he might have said. The opening cinematic could've been entirely different had From not cut the extra parts for Artorias.

Frankly, I believe From wanted to do a lot more with Artorias from the onset of development for DkS but it's just been pushed aside and cut due to time constraints and the importance of the main story. Sif as a boss makes me think Artorias has a larger impact on the story than just being a legendary knight, it seems almost disjoint to include Sif if Artorias didn't have such a large role in DkS lore.