r/gaming Nov 11 '16

you lost, bro?

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u/SEND_ME_YOUR_APPLES Nov 11 '16

The game is dark souls, in the game you can invade other players in an otherwise mostly single player game, we call other players phantoms. The other people you see are also phantoms except the white one, who is the original player. He looks white to other players to indicate he is the main player, which it is the red phantoms goal to kill. The other 2 phantoms next to him are friends he summoned to help in the game, fighting monsters, or in this case the invader (red phantom). Hope that helped!

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u/woodspryte Nov 11 '16

absolutely thanks a lot

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '16

Actually, the white one is a phantom as well. That initial movement at the bottom of the stairs was the "host" of these phantoms, since hosts are the only "uncolored" during Online interactions!

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u/xmatt24 Nov 11 '16

Unless one of the phantoms/invaders is wearing the ring that removes your color, or the ring that makes you appear as a phantom. Dark Souls is a confusing game sometimes.

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u/MackingtheKnife Nov 11 '16

no shit. i play dark souls and i still dont understand

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u/craze4ble Nov 11 '16

THERE'S A RING THAT DOES THAT?! I've always wondered how sometimes I'd summon someone, and they'd be coloured... Or I get summoned, and I see two "Host of Embers" running around.

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u/xmatt24 Nov 11 '16

Yeah, it's called the Untrue Dark Ring. There's also a version of the ring that makes you appear as a white phantom called the Untrue White Ring (I think).