The Ruin Sentinels tell their story in armor || Dark Souls 2 Analysis

Man the rotten got some messed up armor

Memento mori remember that you have to die

You dont even play dark souls please stop making video for a games you never playing

They're as hollow as the game itself now i understand!

Memento Mori 🖤🤍

A lot of medieval armor had a very narrow waist so that swords and weapons would just slide off of the cuirass. Not necessarily feminine, just practical.

You speak like salarians from mass effect
I love it

These guys gave me so much trouble in DS2, hated them.

There's no story telling in these games!!! You guys keep making stuff up lol. Literally no story in these games

Completely disagree with your point of skinny armor being for women. Depending on your era the fashion for men armor is slim wasted.

They're easy... 2nd playthrough 😢

Ok cool, but yeah obviously still relates to the dudes in armour statement

Slender dudes: 👁️👄👁️

Im glad youre expanding to other franchises, I love these character analysises

I don't think the idea behind "they're all dudes in armor" is that they're specifically male. The criticism is with humanoids in armor and mostly with oversized weapons. Personally I mostly end up preferring humanoid enemies anyways but I really don't think the fact that they're female coded or hollow suits of armor is a good faith argument.

The thin waistline is closer to historical accuracy than a thick brickhouse.

There was a point in time during the late medieval to early renaissance. Where in hour Glass figure was actually a masculine trait

empty shells just going through the motions they just like me fr

"All the bosses are dudes in armour"
"Well actually, this one is skinny" 😂

Did he just assume ruin sentinels gender?

sounds amazing but I refuse to play ds2 and I don’t know why

That armour bout to make me act up lmao

Ruin Sentinels went from my least favorite boss the first few playthroughs to being one of my favorites when I found out how to 1v1 then 1v2

It’s say it more so emaciated and grotesque.

Honestly. The more I look into it the more I think dark souls 2 is VERY under rated.

slight gripe with the narrow waist = femininity argument: it seems that way from a modern understanding of gender and gender roles, but medieval armor was designed exactly like that, with a pinched waist do distribute the weight of the cuirass on the hips, not just the shoulders. A narrow waist was actually a desirable trait in knights as well precisely because of this aspect of armor design, which started becoming a bit more extreme due to aesthetic and fashion trends (which, yes, were also reflected in armor). It is definitely a feminine silhouette in modern standards of design, though, and It is likely that that is what the creators were actually going for, so take this with a grain of salt lol

A narrow waist was actually regular armour design. By doing that you rest the lower parts of the armour on the waist instead of everything resting on the shoulders. That was why armour in the middle ages could be so much better then in roman times.

The Ruin Set in DS3 implies Vendrick set a group of Knights on a task to retrieve the Dark Soul which led them to the Ringed City, these knights would never return and so Vendrick created Golems in their likeness as an honour to them. These Golems are the Sentinels we fight in DS2. Also we can see these knights are now in service to the Judicators of the Ringed City.

Ruin Set Description reads:

“Armor of the company of knights who were sent to the Ringed City on an old king's orders.

The knights sought the dark soul, but were so soundly crushed, they had little choice but to swear themselves to the Judicator Giant.

The ill-fated company was later immortalized in a dark fable, inspiring the aspect of certain golems in whom their name lived on.”

If anyone uses the “Dark souls 2 is just dudes in armor” argument. That’s how i know they haven’t played it and their opinion is invalid

Damn i wish thet much with them soul you were able to make their hammer or shield😫

Historically speaking a slender waist didnt mean femininity. A lot of real historical armours had slender waists.

I don’t care what anyone says about this gank fight. I like it

they remind me of the dancer of the boreal valley.

like 50% of the bosses ARE just dudes in armor

Their armor makes a reappearance in ds3. Item description reads "Armor of the company of knights who were sent to the Ringed City on an old king's orders.
The knights sought the dark soul, but were so soundly crushed, they had little choice but to swear themselves to the Judicator Giant.
The ill-fated company was later immortalized in a dark fable, inspiring the aspect of certain golems in whom their name lived on." Plz note the line 'inspiring the aspect of certain golems in whom their name lives on.'

Their armor reminds me of the knights of the Ivory King.

Also, if you look at their names, I believe 2 of them have feminine names.

I really love ruin sentinels moveset.. it's so fluid and graceful, but very powerful.. they exert effort flexibly and curved that it packs a wallop when it hits, like a whip! I love fighting these guys..

I don’t think he found the roll button

Doesn't change the fact that this boss sucks

They're called ruin sentinels because they're about to ruin the next 4 hours of your life

I hate ds2

I had so much trouble with this boss fight😂

This fight and the theme were badass. The whole Alcatraz vibe of the Lost Bastille was just really cool as well.

It’s controlled by their own souls, kinda like the Dragonslayer from DS3

If you're going to design dudes in armor. You'd get good at designing dudes in armor.

So the games not loaded with dudes in armor because see look, nobody in this armor set that fights as if it did have someone inside

This mfs gave me a really hard time and every time I see them I remember the 4 hours I spent to kill them 💀💀

DS2 is Dude in armor or Armor without dude

This is why dark souls two Will always be a souls game with its environmental story telling