Poor mossbag, Team Cherry just had to one up him. lmao. Jokes aside, it feels extremely heart warming to see both the community and creator chipping in for the event. Makes me feel extremely proud to be a Hollow Knight fan as well. Awesome job Vysuals, and the couch!
I've already played 9 hours of this game. I decided to watch this hour and half long speedrun until I got into spoiler territory. It only took 15 minutes.
Same. Although I'm 37 hours in (but it is my first time so there's a lot of exploring and backtracking going on...and getting my ass handed to me on multiple occasions). I'm now barely over an hour into this run and I think I'll have to put it back on pause soon.
Massive shoutout to mossbag and team cherry themselves for the big dono's. Such an awesome community, such an awesome game. The run was a bit shaky but still good regarding there were 130k people watching him! I hope this was a window for people to look through and discover that HK is one of the best new games right now. And thanks gdq for choosing hk as the opening game! Was awesome!
Hollow Knight NMG is the only game/route I've ever attempted to speedrun, so I was quite excited for about half a second to see that my best time was slightly faster than the one in the title. Until I noticed that this run included the true ending. Fuck me...
Vys’s giggles when he narrowly avoids death during that fight may be the best thing I’ve ever heard. I was dying watching. Scared to death and my heart was skipping beats and he just chuckles. The absolute madman! Such an entertaining run. Proud of you, Vys!
Easily the best speedrun from gdq, from skill, couch commentary, genuine fun, knowledge, and donation involvement, everyone vibing hard and even Team Cherry supported it. So fun
Not to overlook the fact that this game is a masterpiece, and that Vys is INCREDIBLE at it... But this was honestly probably the most entertaining GDQ video I may have ever seen. These folks are having a blast and it shows :)
The Celeste devs were like "hey, that path of pain is really cool. Let's make an entire game where you don't touch the ground!" And then they made levels that they could practice on as well.
Haha, and also they were like: wow you can play in normal and steel soul mode in which you die once you lose , lets put it into game as golden strawberry challange xD"
Just realized that the graphic behind the timer is lighting up in a binary sequence. That's useless info for anyone reading this comment, but I think it's a cool little touch.
You know the funny thing about this run? He skipped so much of the game that, if you've never played it before but want to after watching this, there's actually a LARGE amount of content that you'll still get to experience for the first time that wasn't spoiled. Hollow Knight is probably the best value for my money I've ever gotten from a single player videogame, and everything from the run to the couch to the donations were great. Well done.
mad respect to everyone involved in this ; vysuals for the run ; team cherry for being fucking awesome ; the founders/backers for helping to fund this dream project ; all the donors for their charity ; and GDQ for posting the video for the rest of the world to watch =]
@@zaooza34 But nightmare king is the harder Version of regular grimm… and radiance is the easier Version of absolute radiance. and absolute radiance is way harder than nightmare king grimm...
@@RePaperBag artificial difficulty tho, lots of RNG, really don't like her after all, I fought NKG like 15 times because it's so fun and fair, absolute radiance one time and never again please lol
Only speedrun I've watched more than once. These guys are great to listen to and the run is really well executed and shows/explains a lot of different elements of speedrunning.
Watching that play through of White Palace and how smoothly it was done you would think that I would feel terrible about my struggle through it. However it actually just reminds me that I'm really proud of the fact that I got through it as well as I did! I can't imagine how many tries that Path of Pain would take!
This was absolutely amazing, i have no words to describe how much I love this game and all the content that we can make through him, it's a masterpiece, and this speedrun was incredible, that radiance fight was intense af xD
That fight against radiance was a thing of beauty. I've never actually seen this game before, but now i kind of really want to play it for the story and to see more of the pretty art style, but I absolutely suck at challenging platformers so I guess I'll stick with watching amazing speedrunners
I've seen this video once before and came back to it after a few years. I seriously love this run. Such a great job on the game and it was fun to hear about all the cool tricks, and so many funny moments from the couch. Well-done!
That Radiance fight was amazing. With full upgrades I can't finish the third pantheon and Vys just did that radiance ending without a hit taken in a marathon. Amazing run overall and great commentary and sweet dono's from mossbag and Team Cherry. Hollow Knight is so underrated it's a shame. This has inspired me to finish the pantheons. Wish me luck because I need it bad lol
So, I watched this to get tips on how to beat Radiance... and it was completely useless to me, you are way above my league. It was, however, one of the coolest speedruns I've ever witnessed
Watching this right after having finished Hollow Knight and Radiance is a different kind of satisfaction, knowing how difficult the regular game is. Nice run.
Damn, the white castle looks easy when he does it. It took me hours to go through it! Also, alternate pathing there s a treat to watch. I could only go not the "intended way" a few times there.
It has to be said, I don't really enjoy watching speed runs, but it's different when it's for charity. There must be so much pressure upon the player to consistently get everything right, knowing that doing so means more more donations will roll in.
Watching this makes me really miss getting this game as a random gift from a friend on steam, hearing how amazing it is, absolutely hating it because I despise side scrollers, and eventually falling in love with it. Magical game. All we need is that damn Silksong release date!
What? They're up already? Good job GDQ. I wanted to watch it live, but missed it because I slept through my alarm clock. Thought I would have to wait weeks before it came out.
Countdown starts at 1:34
Game Start at 1:45
Couch commentary is provided by Hey Im Rex, Ideas, authorblues, aangst, and Mickely.
Host is Skybilz.
Path of Pain at 1:31:51.
Team cherry with a $10,000 donation. That's some good dudes right there.
They aren't the hero we deserve but the hero we need
Also mossbag with the 1,500 if I remember correctly
I almost beat his time by 49 hours
This made me lol out loud. It took me that long first time... and second
Took me about 28 to get the default ending. So yeh, probs about double that before I get all endings.
@@indiefruit you probably missed a lot
You were so close. I thought my time of 6969 hours was good but...
@@patrykchojnowski1485 I did. Think I had like 78%. But I have the full edition, so 78% in that is probs closer to 50% of the base game.
Mossbag flexing that lore money tho
ye
@@GalaxyHap 38:21
Can you make out what his donation reads? 38:23, I have no idea what she's reading except "knight of a great renown"...
@@DiegoTan66 it reads: "RIP Zote, he was truly a knight of great renown"
Love that dudes content...To bad I watched it all already..
That no heal radiance. 100% clenched.
dude, have you ever seen no hit ABSOLUTE radiance ?
That's even worse
Radiant Atomic Radiance
@@boxof Difference being he did this live
@@boxof Gimme some coals so I can make some diamonds. don't ask how '-'
@@codysykes5568 All good dude, nobody is gonna shame you for having buns of steel. :P
Poor mossbag, Team Cherry just had to one up him. lmao.
Jokes aside, it feels extremely heart warming to see both the community and creator chipping in for the event. Makes me feel extremely proud to be a Hollow Knight fan as well. Awesome job Vysuals, and the couch!
I've already played 9 hours of this game. I decided to watch this hour and half long speedrun until I got into spoiler territory. It only took 15 minutes.
Same. Although I'm 37 hours in (but it is my first time so there's a lot of exploring and backtracking going on...and getting my ass handed to me on multiple occasions). I'm now barely over an hour into this run and I think I'll have to put it back on pause soon.
same. I feel bad man. I feel absolutely outgamed.
lol, same!
Lol im doing the same thing except im only about 3 hours in. I'll probably have to turn this off in 5 minutes.
Massive shoutout to mossbag and team cherry themselves for the big dono's. Such an awesome community, such an awesome game. The run was a bit shaky but still good regarding there were 130k people watching him! I hope this was a window for people to look through and discover that HK is one of the best new games right now. And thanks gdq for choosing hk as the opening game! Was awesome!
W4LT3R when was the moss bag donate?
@@wzace5138 38:20
When was the donate by team cherry?
@@wizardian1739 51:42
@@wizardian1739 51:46 10K
What a noob. Adino'd when she should've Shaa'd. smh
she went against her own words. Smfh
Awful strats
There wasn't even a good amount of edinas
Hollow Knight NMG is the only game/route I've ever attempted to speedrun, so I was quite excited for about half a second to see that my best time was slightly faster than the one in the title. Until I noticed that this run included the true ending. Fuck me...
@@j_0anna This would be more encouraging except for the fact that Hollow Knight is the first and only game this runner (Vysuals) speedruns :)
@@Confluence358 I mean, there's nothing wrong about it. He is good at it.
2 years later any% NMG is down to 32 minutes
Vys’s giggles when he narrowly avoids death during that fight may be the best thing I’ve ever heard. I was dying watching. Scared to death and my heart was skipping beats and he just chuckles. The absolute madman! Such an entertaining run. Proud of you, Vys!
Indiana Jo
That reminds me of that meme, *chuckles* I'm in danger
Easily the best speedrun from gdq, from skill, couch commentary, genuine fun, knowledge, and donation involvement, everyone vibing hard and even Team Cherry supported it. So fun
Not to overlook the fact that this game is a masterpiece, and that Vys is INCREDIBLE at it...
But this was honestly probably the most entertaining GDQ video I may have ever seen. These folks are having a blast and it shows :)
Probably the most wholesome run I've ever watched. Love the runner, love the company, love the game. Absolutely amazing.
38:23 Dang mossbag didn’t know u were cool AND rich
Mossbag and team cherry are ballers
Bryce Forsythe I only disagree with your spelling of mossbag
@Bryce Forsythe all lowercase
"mossbag"
Amazing runner, amazing couch, amazing commentary, amazing game. Truly fantastic run, loved every minute of it. Thanks a ton!
51:42 absolutely amazing
Just like your profile pic.
FuzzyD 38:20
Felipe u right
*mushrooms appear, some people in the audience start "WAH"-ing*
"and waluigi's in the game, too?"
*THE ENTIRE CROWD STARTS "WAH"-ING*
The Celeste devs were like "hey, that path of pain is really cool. Let's make an entire game where you don't touch the ground!"
And then they made levels that they could practice on as well.
Corwin Schuerch chapter 9 of celeste makes the path of pain look like a walk in the park
Haha, and also they were like: wow you can play in normal and steel soul mode in which you die once you lose , lets put it into game as golden strawberry challange xD"
Except they actually made it fun.
Path of Pain is just White Palace B-side. Change my mind.
@@Brixxter Path of Pain was great, one of the best areas.
guess who's void
not hornet
That was close, I almost had to fetch my slaughtering knife.
Mossbag: *happy noises*
I approve this comment.
Just realized that the graphic behind the timer is lighting up in a binary sequence. That's useless info for anyone reading this comment, but I think it's a cool little touch.
Yes, and that's what I was watching for half the video
Yeah this is the 2nd or 3rd year they use that binary timer.
Not only that, but the binary sequence corresponds to the timer digits. (As in, a 3 is backed by a 0011, etc.)
They introduced that last year :)
That was in previous GDQ event and before that too
Right from the bat he does such a great job at explaining the game! Love this man ('s playstyle) Had me hooked straight away.
I absolutely adore this game. I haven't beaten it yet but every time I play I find myself exploring with a child-like sense of wonder.
This speedrun became hilarious in the last half hour. Also, shoutout the the epic Radiance fight.
i'm so unironically proud of this community
In 5 minutes, he does what took me my whole afternoon
"so this is big chungus"
The shortcut I never knew about 1:19:30
I'm using that any time I go through the palace. That area up above is not worth it!
I just played that area for the first time and had a fit getting past it. Good to know about this shortcut
You can also dash slash to get the switch
Figuring that out after taking an hour to beat that part hurts
I didn't think the palace was all that hard. Just a little long.
I bought this game after watching part of this speedrun, and I am in love with it. Such a gem
You know the funny thing about this run? He skipped so much of the game that, if you've never played it before but want to after watching this, there's actually a LARGE amount of content that you'll still get to experience for the first time that wasn't spoiled. Hollow Knight is probably the best value for my money I've ever gotten from a single player videogame, and everything from the run to the couch to the donations were great. Well done.
10/10 speedrun, Hollow Knight deserves all the praise it gets. Its a perfect game.
Atleast closest to it i have seen.
It's too underrated for how great it is.
It's definetely my most favourite game that came out in recent years.
Perfect game's a little strong, but it's definitely really good.
A perfect game for me would be somewhere along the level of Undertale and KOTOR but yeah this game is amazing.
Mossbag donation at 38:20
Good job getting this out so fast!
mad respect to everyone involved in this ; vysuals for the run ; team cherry for being fucking awesome ; the founders/backers for helping to fund this dream project ; all the donors for their charity ; and GDQ for posting the video for the rest of the world to watch =]
Props to Team Cherry! For making a truly amazing masterpiece, and for donating during the run.
Quirrel does NOT have a dad bod you stop that
ZekromFury lmfaooooooo
He's got a 'lil gut...
Sunburned Albino made up that joke in his boss video
as someone who has quirrel as their favorite character
yes he does now shut up and leave my bug boy alone
He absolutely does. Hes friend shaped
You might have gotten a good time, but you made Elderbug sad.
It doesn’t get much better than that Radiance fight
well for me Hollow knight was not the Radiance and not the path of pain.
it was the Nightmare King
@@zaooza34 But nightmare king is the harder Version of regular grimm… and radiance is the easier Version of absolute radiance. and absolute radiance is way harder than nightmare king grimm...
@@RePaperBag artificial difficulty tho, lots of RNG, really don't like her after all, I fought NKG like 15 times because it's so fun and fair, absolute radiance one time and never again please lol
wtf? this guy is insane!!! I learned so much from this video.
Excellent job @VysuaLs. It's a pleasure to watch you live - totally different environment to speedrun in and you were great! What an opening.
Only speedrun I've watched more than once. These guys are great to listen to and the run is really well executed and shows/explains a lot of different elements of speedrunning.
I just finished this game at 53 hours. Absolutely astounding job here mate.
Loved the the couch - runner interaction in this run. Had a couple of good chuckles. Also the run itself was great.
One of the very best metroidvanias I've played in a long time.
Watching that play through of White Palace and how smoothly it was done you would think that I would feel terrible about my struggle through it. However it actually just reminds me that I'm really proud of the fact that I got through it as well as I did! I can't imagine how many tries that Path of Pain would take!
Team Cherry donating at 51:46 is the highlight of the run!
Don't forget mossbag!
No mossbag is.
You got my biggest respect my friend! Thx for this amazing speedrun!
This was an amazing speed run! Well done!
Really frustrating the crowd didn't give as much kudos as they should've!
This was absolutely amazing, i have no words to describe how much I love this game and all the content that we can make through him, it's a masterpiece, and this speedrun was incredible, that radiance fight was intense af xD
That fight against radiance was a thing of beauty. I've never actually seen this game before, but now i kind of really want to play it for the story and to see more of the pretty art style, but I absolutely suck at challenging platformers so I guess I'll stick with watching amazing speedrunners
Literally the best run in GDQ history. Undertale from last one is second.
My favourite is Zelda ocarina of time 3ds speed run
I'm here for two reasons. A, because Hollow Knight is an amazing game, and more importantly B, to rep my boi Sunburned Albino
Jonathan Conard Damn straight, that guy needs so much more subs.
Love that guy, he's way too underrated.
Same
The banters from the couch is hillarious. I laughed so much at the anime girl voice and selling short joke.
Ahhh Im so glad someone is speedrunning hollow knight again
I think this is the earliest I've been to a GDQ video ever lmao
Its live rn so you could be earlier
“Broken vessel is kinda a pushover”
I am personally offended I put less effort into my GCSE’s than that damn boss
What is GCSE?
@@Nylspider high school exam in UK.
After every 4 hours I play I earn 4 minutes of watching this speed run without spoilers.
I always love watching these speedruns because I end up learning more about the lore
That Radiance fight was a freaking butt-clencher.
I've seen this video once before and came back to it after a few years. I seriously love this run. Such a great job on the game and it was fun to hear about all the cool tricks, and so many funny moments from the couch. Well-done!
That was an insane ending. I'm glad I watched the whole thing
This is one of the funniest couches lmao, I love the intro to the White Palace the most
Recently started playing this. The run is just beautiful to watch from the beginning all the way to the end. Mad props.
That Radiance fight was amazing. With full upgrades I can't finish the third pantheon and Vys just did that radiance ending without a hit taken in a marathon. Amazing run overall and great commentary and sweet dono's from mossbag and Team Cherry. Hollow Knight is so underrated it's a shame. This has inspired me to finish the pantheons. Wish me luck because I need it bad lol
Enjoy Hallownest and Absolute Radiance after that :)
wonderful to see this game back in a marathon. it's come such a long way since mickely's run last year.
“And now we’re sliding on the ground”
Animation machine br0ke
One of the best runs at a GDQ towards the end
57:21 for sunburned albino’s quote
Bob9600 ty
"She shah'd instead of edina'd and had a bad time" lol!
Wow, perfect start off to a great event! Pleasent runner that did a great job with his commentary!
Mad props to couch! Comedy gold xD. Had me chuckling more than I expected, which is the best frequency to be chuckling :).
So, I watched this to get tips on how to beat Radiance... and it was completely useless to me, you are way above my league. It was, however, one of the coolest speedruns I've ever witnessed
Why do I like GDQ?
good event, good people with good intentions.
Thank you
there are 3 freaken people on the dev team for this game, and 2 of them made most of the game at the beginning.
just let that sink in.
Doma doma, doma doma doma
I finished this game while in quarantine and sad it ended. I can finally watch this speed run without being spoiled. Super excited for Silksong
This dude did an amazing run
Best gdq segment, awesome runner, couch, crowd, game and donations! Hope more will be like this. Funny as hell too.
Just finished watching the SGDQ backlog, how wonderfully timed! Shame I cant watch live, cant wait for all the fulls to be uploaded :)
"most things to one heart. Some things do two"
And some eight.
and some *all of them*
this video has become my on-the-side-feel-good-watch. and god knows i need more of those
best game
Skittlez truer words could not have been spoken
ZzzZzzzZz Yep, but hollow knight is so good too
@@PYROCEFAL idk how is celeste like? Should I pick it up?
This is one of very few games when "Nailed it" is a pun too.
Such an amazing run! Thank you Vysuals!
Insane, this is probably gonna be my favorite run this AGDQ.
I was laughing so much because of the couch, they were great. The run was just as exceptional as well.
Watching this right after having finished Hollow Knight and Radiance is a different kind of satisfaction, knowing how difficult the regular game is. Nice run.
Damn, the white castle looks easy when he does it.
It took me hours to go through it!
Also, alternate pathing there s a treat to watch. I could only go not the "intended way" a few times there.
It has to be said, I don't really enjoy watching speed runs, but it's different when it's for charity. There must be so much pressure upon the player to consistently get everything right, knowing that doing so means more more donations will roll in.
Quirrels dad bod... Posted a fanart of him on insta a while back and that was the first comment i got.
5:15 That was actually simplified Chinese. nice run
19:58 Vysuals responds "shut up"
He probably knows that guy already right
What an absolute Awesome Run ! Loved it ! awesome lad !
It took me one and a half hours to find the false knight...
Bruh
it took me twenty hours to get to Soul Master my first time around :’)
This is a great game to watch speedrun, so fluid in the right hands
Watching this makes me really miss getting this game as a random gift from a friend on steam, hearing how amazing it is, absolutely hating it because I despise side scrollers, and eventually falling in love with it. Magical game. All we need is that damn Silksong release date!
this run made me so happy on so many levels xD
I love how he beats the game in the time it takes me to find the first boss
What? They're up already? Good job GDQ. I wanted to watch it live, but missed it because I slept through my alarm clock. Thought I would have to wait weeks before it came out.