This run is comedy gold, from the absurdity of "RICARDO IS INVISIBLE NOW" to stunlocking Lorenzo to death, to the Scooby-Doo door chase that was the Ricardo segment. Hats off to Ecdycis for managing to work his way through that.
I feel sorry for never giving this game a chance, that Ricardo chase was the most stressful thing i watched this year and this runner did an amazing job narrating his course ... in a frog suit!.
Confirming Ecdycis' explanation: a traditional golem has the word אמת or "emeth" carved into its forehead. This is the Aramaic/Hebrew word for "life" and is the animating focus of the golem. Should it become necessary to force the golem to cease, the aleph can be erased, leaving מת or "meth", which is indeed "death".
The improvisation is unreal in this one. Had me on the edge of my seat during the live stream. It's so much fun watching this and you could tell that even Ecdycis was enjoying (?) the moment as well. Great commentary to top it off! Now that's a true horror block for you.
Awesome run! I usually shy away from over-estimates, but I'm glad my love for Haunting Ground kept me around! Timeloss ended up being absolutely nerve-wracking. Really impressive !
Thank so you much for giving love and support for this hidden gem game 🤩this was overshadowed by RE4 and DMC Rule of Rose and Haunting Ground also Clock Tower are the best titles and it has hidden gem to it
I remember playing this game with 4 friends at 10pm in the dark and we were shitting our pants. Amazing to see it here, it brings back a lot of memories.
I've been playing this game for literally 15/16 years. My friend found a PS2 for me to buy so I could play and stream it. I was told by somebody who was on my twitch stream that a lot of people were playing it and I couldn't figure out why. It's a little bit on the unknown side. But then I was curious about how fast someone could actually run this and I saw that gdq did it and now I understand why people actually are giving a fuck about it LOL
The intensity of Ricardo not cooperating was totally worth going over the estimate. That was an awesome run by an awesome runner! Totally gotta check out this game now
Holy shit that Ricardo messing couldnt have happen to a better person. As someone who just discovered this game, and having this very engaging and informative speedrunner explaining every bits, I can understand almost all the shit happening lmaoo. I love this guy 😂
Low-key my favorite old-school survival horror type game I remember even getting alot of money for it back in the day even though I had like disk books full of games with like cut outs of the box art so like no booklet no game box severely used but working copy and the used game store still copped me like 40 for it which was probably low balling but I switched consoles and sold all my games cause no backwards compatibility and wanted cash for games on the new system
A cut scene that was scripted has Ricardo saying "Exire Debilitas". I got it translated from Latin to English and it means "go weakness". So plural Debilitas I guess are weaknesses 😥 Or Debbys 😂
Me during the Ricardo chase, screaming at my monitor: "JUST WAIT UNTIL THE CALM MUSIC RETURNS, DAMMIT." XD I played the hell out of this game as a kid, and all he had to do was wait for the background music to return when Ricardo left him, instead of immediately running into the room Ricardo just left in. Is stressful.
I think the issue was more so he had to make sure Riccardo wasn't going into the room he needed to go to, which of course he kept doing, which is why he had to keep luring Riccardo into rooms and hiding.
From what I understand, the typewriter allows you to input specific words and print them out onto a plate, which is kinda required for a few puzzles throughout the game. However (not sure if this is new game + only or not) there are some extra words that can give you some items to help boost a couple of things in the player’s favor. For example, one of the words that was printed was “POWDER”, and that gives you an item that has a 1 in 6 chance of making Fiona’s kick deal extra damage.
Thank you so much for this run GDQ and Ecdycis. I’ve wanted a speed run of this for the LONGEST time and is easily in my top 3 of favourite games! Huge fan of Ecdycis too, so informative and engaging’
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Runner introduction starts at 0:45
Run starts at 1:34
samorasie is host
this man really had the frog suit on deck.
absolute legend.
A hidden gem of the ps2 library, very knowledgeable and charismatic runner, perfect match
Agreed! Thanks for the great run Ecdycis
This run is comedy gold, from the absurdity of "RICARDO IS INVISIBLE NOW" to stunlocking Lorenzo to death, to the Scooby-Doo door chase that was the Ricardo segment. Hats off to Ecdycis for managing to work his way through that.
I joined halfway through the Richardo fiasco, had no idea how stressful it was until watching this. 10/10 run, would watch live at 4am again
I feel sorry for never giving this game a chance, that Ricardo chase was the most stressful thing i watched this year and this runner did an amazing job narrating his course ... in a frog suit!.
I watched this run live and that Ricardo chase sequence was amazing, Ecdycis is a champ!
Finally Haunting Ground got to AGDQ! The runner is amazing: knowledgeable, charming and funny. Love this run.
Confirming Ecdycis' explanation: a traditional golem has the word אמת or "emeth" carved into its forehead. This is the Aramaic/Hebrew word for "life" and is the animating focus of the golem. Should it become necessary to force the golem to cease, the aleph can be erased, leaving מת or "meth", which is indeed "death".
Thank you for this info.
Lovely
"Hey, it's that dog!" -Leon S. Kennedy
This runner is always super solid
I'm glad Ecdycis didn't load the safety save, that Ricardo sequence was thrilling.
Ecdycis is my favorite runner, always so insightful and fun to watch
Watched him run it live and enjoyed it so much I had to watch again. Thanks AGDQ and Ecdysis!
Funny how I search for this game and this guy shows up. I’ve been falling asleep to his videos for a couple weeks now
That Ricardo was stressful wow
Absolutely awesome commentary, clear, concise, & humorous!
Nice run, Ecdycis! I found out about this game yesterday and found your run here in AGDQ. Looking forward to more of your runs!
The improvisation is unreal in this one. Had me on the edge of my seat during the live stream. It's so much fun watching this and you could tell that even Ecdycis was enjoying (?) the moment as well. Great commentary to top it off!
Now that's a true horror block for you.
Props for having the frog suit ready, lol.
Great run, Ecdycis! And the commentary was also spot-on!
i love watching this era of gameplay
Awesome run! I usually shy away from over-estimates, but I'm glad my love for Haunting Ground kept me around! Timeloss ended up being absolutely nerve-wracking. Really impressive !
Thank so you much for giving love and support for this hidden gem game 🤩this was overshadowed by RE4 and DMC
Rule of Rose and Haunting Ground also Clock Tower are the best titles and it has hidden gem to it
That unfair Riccardo spawn was stressful af but that's the magic of this game. Great run still.
The fact this actually had a spooky part was really cool. This game looks less miserable than most horror games I've seen.
This game is one of the most messed up games I've ever played. Great speedrun.
this guy does quite a few runs! pretty cool do enjoy his commentary
I didnt even know this was going to happen. I have goosebumps. I love this fucking game
Never have heard of this game or Ecdycis, but that was extremely entertaining. Bad Ricardo but good job man.
The Ricardo part was funny as hell, thank you for this awesome run.
I remember playing this game with 4 friends at 10pm in the dark and we were shitting our pants. Amazing to see it here, it brings back a lot of memories.
I really like ecdycis
I love dogs and I love frogs. this game is a match made in heaven.
I've been playing this game for literally 15/16 years. My friend found a PS2 for me to buy so I could play and stream it. I was told by somebody who was on my twitch stream that a lot of people were playing it and I couldn't figure out why. It's a little bit on the unknown side. But then I was curious about how fast someone could actually run this and I saw that gdq did it and now I understand why people actually are giving a fuck about it LOL
The intensity of Ricardo not cooperating was totally worth going over the estimate. That was an awesome run by an awesome runner! Totally gotta check out this game now
This and Rule of Rose are two of my favorite Hidden Gem PS2 games. Funny enough you play a girl with a dog companion in both.
I love this game even though I remain scared of Daniella (and her theme) to this day.
Great commentary (and costume), too!
sadly i couldnt catch the event live but i love this run gg
Holy shit that Ricardo messing couldnt have happen to a better person. As someone who just discovered this game, and having this very engaging and informative speedrunner explaining every bits, I can understand almost all the shit happening lmaoo. I love this guy 😂
blessed frog man
Okay okay okay... imagine if they remake this game and one of the new costumes they add is a jill valentine costume?
Low-key my favorite old-school survival horror type game I remember even getting alot of money for it back in the day even though I had like disk books full of games with like cut outs of the box art so like no booklet no game box severely used but working copy and the used game store still copped me like 40 for it which was probably low balling but I switched consoles and sold all my games cause no backwards compatibility and wanted cash for games on the new system
oh BTW I tested it and the lady statues pushing them up is the O button
cool run!
My favorite.
A cut scene that was scripted has Ricardo saying "Exire Debilitas". I got it translated from Latin to English and it means "go weakness". So plural Debilitas I guess are weaknesses 😥
Or Debbys 😂
Awesome game!!
why does the character look like jill from re5
Runner answered that it's because they used the same head model.
Me during the Ricardo chase, screaming at my monitor: "JUST WAIT UNTIL THE CALM MUSIC RETURNS, DAMMIT." XD I played the hell out of this game as a kid, and all he had to do was wait for the background music to return when Ricardo left him, instead of immediately running into the room Ricardo just left in. Is stressful.
I think the issue was more so he had to make sure Riccardo wasn't going into the room he needed to go to, which of course he kept doing, which is why he had to keep luring Riccardo into rooms and hiding.
So what was that thing with typewriter at the start of the run?
From what I understand, the typewriter allows you to input specific words and print them out onto a plate, which is kinda required for a few puzzles throughout the game. However (not sure if this is new game + only or not) there are some extra words that can give you some items to help boost a couple of things in the player’s favor. For example, one of the words that was printed was “POWDER”, and that gives you an item that has a 1 in 6 chance of making Fiona’s kick deal extra damage.
Thank you so much for this run GDQ and Ecdycis. I’ve wanted a speed run of this for the LONGEST time and is easily in my top 3 of favourite games!
Huge fan of Ecdycis too, so informative and engaging’