don't forget hollow knight was developed by *three people. THREE PEOPLE.* edit: yes, there were plenty of others (and all the kickstarter donations) who helped/were hired to help with minor things, but the vast majority of the work was still done by team cherry, who again, consists of ONLY *THREE* PEOPLE.
I just began playing Hollow Knight for the first time and... Are you fucking kidding me? Only 3 people? Damn, I can't imagine how effort they put on this game.
Oh. Oh my god. The game must have taken a looooooot of time to be completed, it's the metroidvania with the biggest map I've ever played. Seriously, the thing's fucking huge
In a generation with BotW, RDR2 and Mario Odyssey, I have no reservations in calling Hollow Knight my game of the generation. I love Metroidvania as a genre and it might have ruined that for me. Hopefully until SilkSong.
For anyone wanting the Castlevania songs: 1. Dance of the Pales - 0:56 2. Marble Gallery - 1:08 3. Wandering Ghosts - 1:17 4. Abandoned Pit - 1:28 5. The Tragic Prince - 1:37 6. I Am the Wind - 1:52
I don't know what game you were playing if you thought every zone was the same. Someone who can look at the city, the edge, and the swamp and call them the same must want duke nukem standard of level variety and I can honestly say that that is a fucking terrible idea. Hollow Knight was fucking great, with the worst part being how little it held your hand and it's sharp difficulty and in retrospect, even that was fucking great. I'm sorry. I know everyone has their own taste, and I just fanboy'd way too hard. Still. Great game. Mastuhpiece.
I didn't say it was hard I said the difficulting scaling was utter trash, and you're not getting what I meant with everything is the same, I don't mean they're all the same looking, I mean they're all the exact some formula for get clothing that makes survival possible>do miscellaneous repeated quests but with different givers> collect far too many korok seeds>do the same shrine that was copy pasted for the 5th time> etc. and so one, LoZ games always had a sort of formula like this but not one that It totally removes the identity of each zone by being completely aware of how to beat it because you did any other one first. I also dislike the total removal chronological order and any aspect of being linear, the game leaves you to wander just a bit too much and people claim "it's like dark souls, it just doesn't hold your hand you big baby" I have over 400 hours across souls games, fromsoft is genius, LoZ BoTW was severely boring.
+Chuck Steak +boxoflostcauses guys, do you realize that hes talking about hollow knight? not about zelda? hollow knight is truly a masterpiece of a game and also for your wallet lol
I’ve been playing only Hollow Knight for the last few days and I can’t seem to get into it. It’s good, but it’s not like BotW where I couldn’t stop myself.
@@broshi1752 it's better than botw because dat game lacks in having a great story ( tho is not bad by all means it's quite enjoyable ) anyway it also suffers a little with mediocre and dissapointing bosses and the voice acting can be a bit off at times while hollow knight just perfectly nails every aspect of what a great game should be it's almost flawless a beautiful gem of work do explain the problem as to why u couldn't get into hollow knight in more detail
Mr. Hater Well first off, BotW’s voice acting is off because they can’t make the lips match seven different languages. Their mouths just move so it somewhat fits any language. As to why I can’t get into hallow Knight? My biggest problem is moving through the map. Sometimes I just want to get to a place, then I go there, then I have to walk all the way back, go to Dirtmouth to buy something, then go back to where I need to use a key or whatever. BotW gives you a warp all over from early on where as hallow knight I sometimes don’t wanna spend so much time just moving one place to another. Especially bosses. I hate when there is a big gap between a bench and a hard boss. It’s annoying as heck when I want just learn a boss’s moves but they kill me and then I spend more time walking back. I actually really enjoyed dream bosses like grey prince Zote. The boss is still hard, but I can actually focus on the boss instead of getting to him. And as for the story? I like good stories when the game itself is fun. I want to keep discovering more to the story, but it’s cheap bosses like Watched Knight that makes me want to just google the plot instead. Sorry to write an essay, but... I like hallow Knight, and I really want to live it, but I just can’t call it a perfect game like everyone else does. Edit: and I actually really enjoyed discovering new areas. One Saturday I played like 8 hours straight and I couldn’t stop because I was just unlocking all these new areas. Then I encountered a boss, fought it for an hour, then haven’t wanted to try again.
@@broshi1752 the game never feels tedious there's stag station's all over the map to fast travel don't know if u notice.... anyway the game is simply hard but fair it requires more skill and patience from the player something u seem to lack watcher knight isn't even dat cheap the game even let's u kill one of them in case it's too hard for u and if u find too much trouble with a boss u can always go someplace else this simply isn't a flaw i can consider being the game own fault it just wasn't ur cup of tea
never knew a major game series which made a whole new genre based off itself, would ever beaten by a 'small' indie game made by three people in its own genre Super Metroid is gud tho
You know, Metroid Prime really is a hugely important series. We really didn't have enough FPS's. They're such a niche genre and I don't get why all the big companies aren't just pumping them out. Before Prime 1-3 came along I really felt like all Metroid was was just another metroidvania, a done-to-death genre by the time of the series' inception. So glad to see such an important series take a step in such a bold direction as making it an FPS. I sure hope they become big someday in the future.
Bobby snoopy Nooperson the third I totally agree. It gets ruined if you go in knowing anything about the game. You begin expecting it’s just this grey and blue network of tunnels, but then you get to Greenpath and you realise that the game is fucking beautiful. You keep going and you find this neat little jellyfish area called Fog Canyon. When you reach the City Of Tears you realise that the game isn’t just a bunch of tunnels. And the fucking rain in that area is *so* atmospheric. And it keeps getting better! You get grossed out by the Flukemons in the Waterways, you get angry at Primal Aspids in Kingdom’s Edge, and by then you’ve only covered like a quarter of the game. If you go down this big shaft you find this basin at the bottom of the world, and even below that you find The Abyss where all the ghosts of your dead brothers are. Then, you’ll get dragged into Deepnest and probably spend some time trying to leave for obvious reasons... you find more hidden areas like the Queen’s Gardens or The Hive... literally every new area in the game feels amazing to first walk into. When I first found The Hive, god I was happy. The game is so satisfying, too.Achieving those big moments like beating Nightmare King Grimm or getting the final nail upgrade... those kinds of moments are why I loved this game. And Silksong is on the horizon. Can’t fucking wait for that!!
@@commanderleo oh I’m sorry but did you just see your own fucking self below you on the way to nosk and not shit your pants. What about when you see it transform into a big ass spider. What about seeing the dead body of a husk turn into a spider and crawl along the walls towards you. Deep nest is ducking terrifying
@@engandaus8815 But is it really less light hearted than a hive of bee warrior who fought against the corruption of Radiance, but ultimately failed and became corrupt, as everything else (except Mantis, cause Mantis ain't bitches).
@@Skylair95 um a spider den full of death monsters crawling out of the ground and copies of yourself luring you into a death trap. YES IT IS LESS LIGHTHEARTED
Hollow knight's definitely a good game, and I'll give it a recommendation, but imo it's more frustrating at times than it is fun. The FUN part of the game is exploring new areas and overcoming challenges, and these parts of the game are superb. The NOT FUN part of the game is having to repeat 20 minutes of gameplay because the last bench/checkpoint was three miles back. The game also throws some prohibitively expensive items at you, meaning you have to hold on to your money for a long time. However, if you carry around a ton of unspent currency while exploring, you run the risk of losing it all if you die. Basically dying in this game feels SUPER terrible, and it happens quite a lot if you aren't familiar with the area. You can get your currency back at the spot you died, but if you die again before reaching it, poof, it's gone forever. They basically added a dark souls artificial level of difficulty and frustration to what was otherwise a beautifully crafted game, and the bad part about that is that it means the game encourages you to spend time farming currency from weak enemies in already explored areas. This SEVERELY ruins the pace and flow of the game for me, and makes it feel like I'm constantly moving one step forward and two steps back. If you want an uninhibited exploratory metroid-vania game with scaling challenges that don't feel unfair or overly punishing, tight mechanics and incredible flow, just play Ori and the Blind Forest. It's better in those areas. Although I will say Hollow Knight has far more compelling characters and a better story. I just hate how much backtracking and grinding there is. It's SO close to being a perfect game.
Hollow Knight totally lives up to the hype. It had been a while since I dumped like 40+ hours into a single player game with the exception of stuff like Xcom 2.
The fact that pepper grinder is only releasing this year after being at PAX 6 years ago is crazy, goes to show how much work goes into some of these seemingly simple games
Dunkey's Good Year List: - Furi - Castlevania - Symphony of the Night - Aladdin (SNES) - Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild - Hollow Knight - Donut County - Pepper Grinder - Dandara - Sonic Mania Mastahpeeces for yo wallet
That last part is extra funny when you consider the developers of Sonic Mania probably were watching that, since they were big enough Dunkey fans to put him in the game as an easter egg!
True, when he brought it up onscreen for a second after dissing Yooka Laylee weeks ago, I bought Hollow Knight, now I owe it to him for introducing me to such an awesome game
Dunno if it's due to my computer (which would be weird since my PC has pretty good specs), but while the game runs smoothly enough normally, the frames just tank during combat. It's made the whole thing unplayable for me. Anyone have any ideas?
For anyone that doesn't already own Hollow Knight, please take a moment to look through the comments and see how many people are genuinely saying that this game is fucking amazing. And it's $15 COME ON!
I see that, but i don't really like metroidvanias that much, only ever liked super metroid. I'll still support the devs tho and got it from the monthly bundle.
@@Th3Espr3ss0 I didn't like metroidvanias too until I've played that game. Buy it for the great lore, boss design and music if not for the "metroidvanian" gameplay
I just noticed Hollow Knight and holy shit is it deep. It's like Castle Crashers meets dark souls meets shovel Knight meets Mushroom Men meets... You get the idea. I love the game it's one of the coolest games ever made in my opinion. Instantly in my top 20
The game is literally just bug souls, the story is almost identical, instead of expecting undead to clean up your fucks up, they just bread like rabbits and made their children void sponges and were like lmaoooo fix dis
I can confirm. After about 15 hours and defeating the final boss for the first time, I was considerably impressed by how well they created their individual atmospheres and their incredible combat system. Once I checked my completion, however, I found that I had only completed 63% of the game. This amazed me. After absorbing so much densely-packed content, I had only seen 63%? Because I was so satisfied with my experience playing, I set out to achieve 100% completion; I wanted to experience everything that it had to offer. Then, after going through once more and examining everything more closely, I got a very strong sense of how polished this game really was. Genuine quality is present all throughout the game. From the visuals to the plot to the exploration, it's awing. Never have I came close to a game that is so artistic.
I remember playing Castlevania 22 years ago, beating it, and being like "Wow, what a great game". After that my buddy and I figured out about the upside down castle and were like "WTF!". What a masterpiece.
4:11 "I want to hold off on talking about the big games..." *Sees in the little corner of the screen, alongside the likes of Mario Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Kingdom Hearts.... Knack 2 hahahaha
@@differentsame9402 idk if this is late but it's pretty long. the map is big, it also has 3 free dlc's and a lot of secrets. you should buy it it's worth your time *4 dlc's if you count lifeblood as a dlc
This level of odd switching between the serious and humor with the exact same tone and voice, is just unrivaled. There are quite a few times where I can't tell whether he's serious or not, but either way the videos are always fairly entertaining.
NieR: Automata, Resident Evil 7, Prey, and Persona 5 are my all time favorites! also Senran Kagura Estival Versus on PC. Furi is pretty badass too and has an awesome soundtrack
Is it just me or does Hallow Knight jumping detection is kinda weird? It really feels abit clunky for the landing and jumping in Hallow Knight. When I play Salt and Sanctuary, it's super smooth when it comes to jumping and plat-forming, not Hallow Knight.
Ventus S I'v nevee had that problem normally. The only time I've had a problem with jumping is when trying to double jump after only walking off a ledge. In that situation it sometimes only registers one jump and I would have to start it again which isn't a problem for me really.
ive been playing the hell out of hollowknight, i love it from every aspect, i wish itd be a little more responsive, but its really fuckin good, its always fun to see how much farther down the runnel goes....the whole world branches from the entrance if the same well, you could literally just go wherever you wanted from the start, there are certain areas that you need specific items for to progress, and thats what keeps you from missing all of the amazing details and corners of the game, when you see a weird path that you cant cross, you think to yourself "what kind of bomb ass ability is gonna get me through this little section...and even when you get the ability, its still a small challenge to get to the other end
It's the double jump... And you won't get for 20 hours... Here have more health bar instead. I just beat it this morning, and it sucked all the way through. Play Blasphemous instead.
And it plays good. The story, the combat, the world, the soundtrack. Everything is just top notch. Also it's hard as fuck and getting that sweet juicy 100% completion takes quite some time, so it's definitely worth the $15. Hell, I would have gladly paid even more for it. 10/10. Can recommend.
Years ago, when this video came out, I just showed up to talk about the games I was familiar with. Since then I've played the Hollow Knight, and I'm just leaving a comment to confirm that I too am completely taken with that game, and I too am now among those obsessively waiting for Silksong.
Botw, Persona 5, Super Mario Oddysey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Echoes and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are the games i have been hyped for this year (since I am a fan of Nintendo primarily) but so far 2017 has been a good year for gaming and with many other promising titles on the horizon I look forward to what the future holds
Echoes is really meh though. Way too close of a remake of an already bad Fire Emblem game. The presentation is on point, but the gameplay on offer is really bad.
Persona 5 is amazing. Legitimately one of the only Triple-A games deserving of a 60-70 buck price tag. I have not heard a single bad word about it from anyone I know.
Dear Videogame Dunkey, Last year I watched this video 11 times. This year, I have watched it once, so far. I am on pace to watch this 73 times. Love, Austin
They fucked up the whole zelda franchise with breath of the wild, as a hardcore zelda fan since the first 3D versions I can tell you with confidence, that this act will not hold up
Enigmatic Danger But they fucked it up really well. I do agree Botw sequel will play totally different and more like the first 3d Zeldas. But actually the new zelda is more zelda 1&2 than the other 3d Zeldas.
I just came back here to find the piece of filth that said Aladdin was the best when knack 2 came for us. That's like saying the sky beat the dunkey kong at the diddly kart 8 deluxe.
My guinea pig passed away a few years ago. I’m not even exaggerating when I say I burst into tears when I heard yours wheaking in the background. Thanks for that, I mean it.
I watched this video in 2017 but I never actually played Hollow Knight, despite all recommendations. I'm playing now in 2019, and it's even better than I could have imagined.
Games mentioned: Furi (2016) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) Disney's Alladin (1993) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Hollow Knight (2017) Donut County Pepper Grinder Sonic Mania
Alkadour Me too, I'm worried he deleted it because every man and his donkey would have commented with Knack 2 baybeee and probably a lot of hate. If he still exists, someone tell me.
"Hollow Knight raised the bar for metroidvanias to infinity." This statement is crazy true! After playing Hollow Knight, most other metroidvanias feel as though they're missing something.
GoodKnightNintendo they just feel so empty, like they can’t live up to the scope of their own worlds (also HK’s are style is so much more beautiful than Metroid and Castlevania games)
@@Ismael-kc3ry Agreed! I feel as though Hollow Knight really captured what the genre was supposed to be about with its progressively expanding map and now whenever I'm hunting down a new game I can't help but compare it to Hollow Knight. It's an unfair advantage lol
Yeah HK has kinda ruined a lot of games for me. I played Blasphemous and Ori and while those are amazing games, I probably would’ve enjoyed them more if I’d played them before HK
@@Ismael-kc3ry For real!!! I was super hyped to play those two and while they're still incredible games, it's tough not to wish they had this or that that HK has. I actually stopped playing Ori because of its directions to everywhere approach but I'm looking forward to finishing it soon. ...right after Steel Soul lol
Getting your game shut down by Nintendo is basically Nintendo's way of saying "stop copying our shit and use your talents elsewhere, here we'll get you started by tossing something on your resume that got national attention"
After a long time, I remembered this video and bought hollow knight on the steam store. I haven't been this infatuated with a game in a very long time. Truly a mastapeece. Thank you dunkey
Playing Hollow Knight got to a point where I felt bad I couldn't give the devs more money
Buy the game for a friend. You make your friend happy and the devs get more money :D
I bought the physical copy with the art book.
@joe neid They better start selling sheet music or I'm gonna have to give them money directly.
@@humphred4912 they're actually selling a book with music sheets for the Hollow Knight OST, made by Christopher Larkin himself.
@@idk_what_im_doing04 wow they actually are, might buy it for my friend that can actually play piano lmao
sonic mania was the light at the end of the tunnel but that distracted us from the second tunnel after the light
Oh hey I watch your streams, hi dad
Oscar Kasiewicz actually I care
Oscar Kasiewicz no I do I also watch his streams
Oscar Kasiewicz don’t start talking like that in sight of one of my fellow Game and Watch mains
Gasp...
I found the Grayman
"I want to wait until E3 to talk about the big games"
Knack 2 appears on screen
SirDabbz 420 and shadow of war
lazlo686 I'm here from his latest video lmao
"YOU JUST GOT FUCKED BY KNACK!"
*here comes the moneeeeeeeey*
Brede Murberg you mean Faked by Knack
Everyone is talking about Hollow Knight and I didn't realize that Alucard was Dracula backwards
0:31
Same
Son of Dracula - 1943
i would like this but its at 666 likes
Hollow Knight backwards is Castlevania
don't forget hollow knight was developed by *three people. THREE PEOPLE.*
edit: yes, there were plenty of others (and all the kickstarter donations) who helped/were hired to help with minor things, but the vast majority of the work was still done by team cherry, who again, consists of ONLY *THREE* PEOPLE.
Yuanyuan Qu And hand drawn. Which is absolutely amazing.
I just began playing Hollow Knight for the first time and...
Are you fucking kidding me?
Only 3 people?
Damn, I can't imagine how effort they put on this game.
I barely started playing this week, and Jesus Christ this game is amazing. It topped Axiom Verge as my favorite Metroidvania game.
Oh. Oh my god. The game must have taken a looooooot of time to be completed, it's the metroidvania with the biggest map I've ever played. Seriously, the thing's fucking huge
Hollow knight is my favorite game.
He was not kidding about hollow knight. Holy shit, what a good game
No shit
Hollow knight Is the best
I wonder if he's biased
@@biggie-cheese2 Nah, it's just a fantastic game
Mastapeece
In a generation with BotW, RDR2 and Mario Odyssey, I have no reservations in calling Hollow Knight my game of the generation. I love Metroidvania as a genre and it might have ruined that for me. Hopefully until SilkSong.
Symphony of the Night is truly a masterpiece.
MASTAHPEECE*
I don't like it.
whatever.
Clout Gang so Dark Souls is shit for you?
Pff, """"gamer""""
Zekthror 1130 yes
I love how the comment section is just Hollow Knight. Hollow Knight this, Hollow Knight that...
And I love it
Omafi Vargas It’s a fantastic game, just got it on switch because of how people spoke of it, so if hype tells more people to buy it, I’m glad too.
you started by saying you love it
why did you have to reiterate it in the read more
I think hollow knight is fucking trash cus it is 2/10
Josh Seddon you are fucking trash
0/10
@@slambotv1334 what a reductive and stupid thing to say
For anyone wanting the Castlevania songs:
1. Dance of the Pales - 0:56
2. Marble Gallery - 1:08
3. Wandering Ghosts - 1:17
4. Abandoned Pit - 1:28
5. The Tragic Prince - 1:37
6. I Am the Wind - 1:52
Kayas Good job, it was tough to get it from that little clip
Kevin Bonneau also, the artist singing "I Am The Wind" is the same as "Snake Eater"
Thank you a ton for this comment
Jeez SOTN had a bomb ass ost
I love you
Masta piece for the wallet is my new favorite saying
Ique he is actually of Puerto Rican decent
^
literally hundreds of square kilometers of the same bullshit in every zone with a retarded difficulty system
I don't know what game you were playing if you thought every zone was the same. Someone who can look at the city, the edge, and the swamp and call them the same must want duke nukem standard of level variety and I can honestly say that that is a fucking terrible idea. Hollow Knight was fucking great, with the worst part being how little it held your hand and it's sharp difficulty and in retrospect, even that was fucking great.
I'm sorry. I know everyone has their own taste, and I just fanboy'd way too hard. Still. Great game. Mastuhpiece.
I didn't say it was hard I said the difficulting scaling was utter trash, and you're not getting what I meant with everything is the same, I don't mean they're all the same looking, I mean they're all the exact some formula for get clothing that makes survival possible>do miscellaneous repeated quests but with different givers> collect far too many korok seeds>do the same shrine that was copy pasted for the 5th time> etc. and so one, LoZ games always had a sort of formula like this but not one that It totally removes the identity of each zone by being completely aware of how to beat it because you did any other one first.
I also dislike the total removal chronological order and any aspect of being linear, the game leaves you to wander just a bit too much and people claim "it's like dark souls, it just doesn't hold your hand you big baby"
I have over 400 hours across souls games, fromsoft is genius, LoZ BoTW was severely boring.
+Chuck Steak +boxoflostcauses
guys, do you realize that hes talking about hollow knight? not about zelda? hollow knight is truly a masterpiece of a game and also for your wallet lol
Symphony of the night transcends all years
It is a fine wine, the kind you would pour into a delicate, crystal glass... right before throwing at the ground as you question mankind's existence.
Salokin Sekwah I'm about to go out of my way to get the classic bet on PS1 since it's not on PS4. Or just get it on PC. Really eager to try it out.
Eh. Aria of Sorrow and Order of Ecclessia are better.
Until we talk about Supah Mario bros 2 lets have a round of applause everybody the champ reigns supreme.
Nah, Aria is pretty good, though not as good as SCIV, SOTN or Rondo, but Order of Ecclesia barely feels like a Castlevania game.
“Mastapiece for your wallet” convinced me to get Hollow Knight and I am grateful
I got it off game pass and it’s been great as well
I need to get it too. I’ve been putting it off for too long. And it’s 15 dollars on the eShop. Like C’MON!
Such an amazing Game for such an amazing price
Hollow Knight is now my favorite singleplayer game ive ever played thank you dunk
Mine's too
I’ve been playing only Hollow Knight for the last few days and I can’t seem to get into it. It’s good, but it’s not like BotW where I couldn’t stop myself.
@@broshi1752 it's better than botw because dat game lacks in having a great story ( tho is not bad by all means it's quite enjoyable ) anyway it also suffers a little with mediocre and dissapointing bosses and the voice acting can be a bit off at times while hollow knight just perfectly nails every aspect of what a great game should be it's almost flawless a beautiful gem of work do explain the problem as to why u couldn't get into hollow knight in more detail
Mr. Hater
Well first off, BotW’s voice acting is off because they can’t make the lips match seven different languages. Their mouths just move so it somewhat fits any language.
As to why I can’t get into hallow Knight?
My biggest problem is moving through the map. Sometimes I just want to get to a place, then I go there, then I have to walk all the way back, go to Dirtmouth to buy something, then go back to where I need to use a key or whatever. BotW gives you a warp all over from early on where as hallow knight I sometimes don’t wanna spend so much time just moving one place to another. Especially bosses. I hate when there is a big gap between a bench and a hard boss. It’s annoying as heck when I want just learn a boss’s moves but they kill me and then I spend more time walking back.
I actually really enjoyed dream bosses like grey prince Zote. The boss is still hard, but I can actually focus on the boss instead of getting to him.
And as for the story? I like good stories when the game itself is fun. I want to keep discovering more to the story, but it’s cheap bosses like Watched Knight that makes me want to just google the plot instead.
Sorry to write an essay, but... I like hallow Knight, and I really want to live it, but I just can’t call it a perfect game like everyone else does.
Edit: and I actually really enjoyed discovering new areas. One Saturday I played like 8 hours straight and I couldn’t stop because I was just unlocking all these new areas. Then I encountered a boss, fought it for an hour, then haven’t wanted to try again.
@@broshi1752 the game never feels tedious there's stag station's all over the map to fast travel don't know if u notice.... anyway the game is simply hard but fair it requires more skill and patience from the player something u seem to lack watcher knight isn't even dat cheap the game even let's u kill one of them in case it's too hard for u and if u find too much trouble with a boss u can always go someplace else this simply isn't a flaw i can consider being the game own fault it just wasn't ur cup of tea
The moment you realize the new metroid has to go up against a indie metroidvania
Potato King
Hi, I'm from the future. The remake lost, but it's still a good game.
never knew a major game series which made a whole new genre based off itself, would ever beaten by a 'small' indie game made by three people in its own genre
Super Metroid is gud tho
UnLImITeD ? That’s just how good this game is
You know, Metroid Prime really is a hugely important series. We really didn't have enough FPS's. They're such a niche genre and I don't get why all the big companies aren't just pumping them out. Before Prime 1-3 came along I really felt like all Metroid was was just another metroidvania, a done-to-death genre by the time of the series' inception. So glad to see such an important series take a step in such a bold direction as making it an FPS. I sure hope they become big someday in the future.
Choinkus what?lol what the fuck do you want from me
We need hollow knight to have a video of its own.
Hollow knight is better played through blind.
Bobby snoopy Nooperson the third he commented that a year ago man
Pie is Amazing It's still a relevant comment.
Bobby snoopy Nooperson the third I totally agree. It gets ruined if you go in knowing anything about the game. You begin expecting it’s just this grey and blue network of tunnels, but then you get to Greenpath and you realise that the game is fucking beautiful. You keep going and you find this neat little jellyfish area called Fog Canyon. When you reach the City Of Tears you realise that the game isn’t just a bunch of tunnels. And the fucking rain in that area is *so* atmospheric. And it keeps getting better! You get grossed out by the Flukemons in the Waterways, you get angry at Primal Aspids in Kingdom’s Edge, and by then you’ve only covered like a quarter of the game. If you go down this big shaft you find this basin at the bottom of the world, and even below that you find The Abyss where all the ghosts of your dead brothers are. Then, you’ll get dragged into Deepnest and probably spend some time trying to leave for obvious reasons... you find more hidden areas like the Queen’s Gardens or The Hive... literally every new area in the game feels amazing to first walk into. When I first found The Hive, god I was happy. The game is so satisfying, too.Achieving those big moments like beating Nightmare King Grimm or getting the final nail upgrade... those kinds of moments are why I loved this game. And Silksong is on the horizon. Can’t fucking wait for that!!
I mean just cuz he makes a review doesn’t mean he’ll spoil the endgame boss. Also if you’re worried about spoilers you can just not watch the review
"Light-hearted playfulness" Dunkey says as he shows The Hive
*OKAY DUNKEY*
It aint Deepnest
It aint fucking Deepnest
@@commanderleo yes but it fucking sucks
@@commanderleo oh I’m sorry but did you just see your own fucking self below you on the way to nosk and not shit your pants. What about when you see it transform into a big ass spider. What about seeing the dead body of a husk turn into a spider and crawl along the walls towards you. Deep nest is ducking terrifying
@@engandaus8815 But is it really less light hearted than a hive of bee warrior who fought against the corruption of Radiance, but ultimately failed and became corrupt, as everything else (except Mantis, cause Mantis ain't bitches).
@@Skylair95 um a spider den full of death monsters crawling out of the ground and copies of yourself luring you into a death trap. YES IT IS LESS LIGHTHEARTED
Ahh yes this year was so fast, but it always ends with the classic Super Mario Bros. 2!!!!
It always ends with a masta peece baybeee
Damn I'm horny now
10/10 mario bros 2 is godly
Nah nah nah hol' up, you think Super Mario Bros. 2 is going to be the best this year aswell? Sorry pal not happening .
Don't play with my emotions so much.
Makes me take it in the ass
It's great to see you promoting Indie Games. You got me really interested in Hollow Knight, Pepper Grinder, and Dandara.
Penguin Publisher Get Hollow Knight. It deserves every ounce of praise.
Penguin Publisher agreeeed. It's so good and the artwork is insane.
"Hollow Knight: Switch Port may be 5-11 months away" Auuughhhh........
They just got someone to port for them so it will be sooner
Hollow knight's definitely a good game, and I'll give it a recommendation, but imo it's more frustrating at times than it is fun. The FUN part of the game is exploring new areas and overcoming challenges, and these parts of the game are superb.
The NOT FUN part of the game is having to repeat 20 minutes of gameplay because the last bench/checkpoint was three miles back. The game also throws some prohibitively expensive items at you, meaning you have to hold on to your money for a long time. However, if you carry around a ton of unspent currency while exploring, you run the risk of losing it all if you die. Basically dying in this game feels SUPER terrible, and it happens quite a lot if you aren't familiar with the area. You can get your currency back at the spot you died, but if you die again before reaching it, poof, it's gone forever. They basically added a dark souls artificial level of difficulty and frustration to what was otherwise a beautifully crafted game, and the bad part about that is that it means the game encourages you to spend time farming currency from weak enemies in already explored areas. This SEVERELY ruins the pace and flow of the game for me, and makes it feel like I'm constantly moving one step forward and two steps back.
If you want an uninhibited exploratory metroid-vania game with scaling challenges that don't feel unfair or overly punishing, tight mechanics and incredible flow, just play Ori and the Blind Forest. It's better in those areas. Although I will say Hollow Knight has far more compelling characters and a better story. I just hate how much backtracking and grinding there is. It's SO close to being a perfect game.
What is a year?! a miserable little pile of months... weeks... days... hou- but enough talk have at you!
2:10 - "Eyes on me" was still better!
525,600 minutes
Alex Jones But, but, but... Leap year?!
Was that a Castlevania reference?🤔
You earned this "W" (or a dub as the kids say) for making me giggle
Thank you dumbly for making me buy Hollow Knight. It truly is a masterpiece.
Yea
@@hollownite6859 name checks out
Hollow Knight is phenomenal. Tough, but tremendously rewarding. Perfect in almost every way.
Hollow Knight (dunkview)
anyone agree?
Nytox x i want it soo bad
DIXYPROO same
because its a Mastapeace
Pleeeease
What we need
Hollow knight is basically just dark souls
Hollow Knight totally lives up to the hype. It had been a while since I dumped like 40+ hours into a single player game with the exception of stuff like Xcom 2.
mobman47 keyboard or controller?
Liam Cad I used controller.
I have +100 hours in this game, with a 112% completion.
Amateur
@@стрелок-ч7р How many hours do you have?
The fact that pepper grinder is only releasing this year after being at PAX 6 years ago is crazy, goes to show how much work goes into some of these seemingly simple games
Seems it was in a very terrible development hell
i came because I saw hollow knight
Because of that and simply because dunkey. Found this channel recently.
@Reojoe why is that?
@Reojoe yeah it does sound wierd but I think your joke works
Me too
Same
Dunkey's Good Year List:
- Furi
- Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
- Aladdin (SNES)
- Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild
- Hollow Knight
- Donut County
- Pepper Grinder
- Dandara
- Sonic Mania
Mastahpeeces for yo wallet
_DomZ_ THANK YOU IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE NAME OF THE FIRST GAME HE SAID FURI
_DomZ_ don't forget Knack 2 Babyyyyyyy
You forgot Kanck 2
_DomZ_ I
What is the jazz song in sotn?
That last part is extra funny when you consider the developers of Sonic Mania probably were watching that, since they were big enough Dunkey fans to put him in the game as an easter egg!
Vishal Singh ikr the easter egg is hilarious HEEEE YAH
Sonic forces is better
@@xanderking9712 You stupid bear who said you could have an opinion. Everybody knows only taking donkeys are allowed to have an opinion on games.
they removed it sadly ;c
Hollow Knight is the first Metroid-Vania I ever played and also now my favorite game of all time.
So glad he likes Hollow Knight. Seriously an amazing game.
True, when he brought it up onscreen for a second after dissing Yooka Laylee weeks ago, I bought Hollow Knight, now I owe it to him for introducing me to such an awesome game
every one should experience hollow knight, i mean you cant dislike it, best metroidvania
zagazsanology after getting 100% in it you start to hate your life if you plan on beating the trail of fools I recommend you start praying now
Dunno if it's due to my computer (which would be weird since my PC has pretty good specs), but while the game runs smoothly enough normally, the frames just tank during combat. It's made the whole thing unplayable for me. Anyone have any ideas?
Looks so dead and colorless... But, then again, so does Nier: Automata and that's an amazing game.... I'll have to try it.
You made me pick up Hollow Knight and now it's consumed my soul.
NO COST TOO GREAT
My god, just played through Hollow Knight...what a wonderful game. Thanks dunkling, I love you.
For anyone that doesn't already own Hollow Knight, please take a moment to look through the comments and see how many people are genuinely saying that this game is fucking amazing.
And it's $15
COME ON!
I see that, but i don't really like metroidvanias that much, only ever liked super metroid. I'll still support the devs tho and got it from the monthly bundle.
@@Th3Espr3ss0
I didn't like metroidvanias too until I've played that game. Buy it for the great lore, boss design and music if not for the "metroidvanian" gameplay
Masterffc please......
Oh I can’t
@Masterffc good lie
@Barrios now now let's don't be salty dude, everyone have their opinions, I too hate the game because 2D is TRASH!
I can't wait for Dunkey's upcoming Metal Album
YESSSSS
I bought Hollow Knight because of this video. Best thing to ever happen to me . . . yet, but I've still got another 80 some years left.
Gerardo Joaquin are you 5 years old?
Or do you just have really high expectations
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Prepare for Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hungry Knight 3
"You play as PBat." Shit Dunky I love you
If this year was so good, why isn’t there a this year 2?
God is afraid
It's coming, 2022
@@toadboydude5015 and Knuckles
2022
Well actually , that year was so good that we have 2022
what a great year for symphony of the night and alaaaadinn
^ The dude was mocking that some of Dunkey's fav games so far in 2017 were games that didn't even come out in 2017.
i made him commit sodoku
@@HolyShitItsHim1 I know I'm like a 1 year late but where did Dunkey say he was pissed off about this comment lol
@@dkDolphino In his E3 2017 video
"Furi, Symphony of the night, Hollow Knight"
aaaaand subscribed. You sir have incredible taste.
Dunkey on Breath of the wild- this is good, but it's no Super Mario 2
Dunkey holding his newborn Son- this is good, but it's no Super Mario 2
I just noticed Hollow Knight and holy shit is it deep. It's like Castle Crashers meets dark souls meets shovel Knight meets Mushroom Men meets... You get the idea. I love the game it's one of the coolest games ever made in my opinion. Instantly in my top 20
I remember Castle Crashers. Btw its gonna be on the PS4. I can't fucking wait
Im so glad you mentioned mushroom men
D A N K S O U L S
The game is literally just bug souls, the story is almost identical, instead of expecting undead to clean up your fucks up, they just bread like rabbits and made their children void sponges and were like lmaoooo fix dis
Omg just play dark souls its wayyyyyyyy better
Hollow knight is the real deal, thanks for reminding me dunkey
I can confirm. After about 15 hours and defeating the final boss for the first time, I was considerably impressed by how well they created their individual atmospheres and their incredible combat system. Once I checked my completion, however, I found that I had only completed 63% of the game. This amazed me. After absorbing so much densely-packed content, I had only seen 63%? Because I was so satisfied with my experience playing, I set out to achieve 100% completion; I wanted to experience everything that it had to offer. Then, after going through once more and examining everything more closely, I got a very strong sense of how polished this game really was. Genuine quality is present all throughout the game. From the visuals to the plot to the exploration, it's awing. Never have I came close to a game that is so artistic.
fif-teen dol-lar
/fif' ten, 'fif, ten/ daler/
noun
plural noun: fifteen dollars
a masta piece for your wallet.
Your IPA is dreadfully wrong, it should be: /fɪf'tin dɑ'lœɹ/
Wouldn't masta piece for your wallet better define the game Hollow Knight? Anyone can drop shit for 15 dollars and define it as a masta piece.
Cheo Pitchford ii
a masta piece for your wallet is actually one of the synonyms for it actually
I remember playing Castlevania 22 years ago, beating it, and being like "Wow, what a great game". After that my buddy and I figured out about the upside down castle and were like "WTF!". What a masterpiece.
“Do yourself a favor, and make getting Aladdin one of your three wishes, and then for the other wishes get two pizzas” ~ Videogamedunky
indie gaming keeps getting better every year, I'm so stoked to watch the indie scene continue to explode
"Do yourself a favor and make getting Alladin one of your three wishes... and then for the other two wishes
get two pizzas"
"Donut County where you play as a little hole who eats the level up"
Michael McGuire but I already used my second wish on spaghetti and meatballs
Get 2 pizzas on the last wish
So like each wish is for two pizzas, and that's four pizzas total? Or just one pizza per wish?
4:11
"I want to hold off on talking about the big games..."
*Sees in the little corner of the screen, alongside the likes of Mario Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Kingdom Hearts.... Knack 2 hahahaha
Obviously
Hollow Knight
"A masterpiece for your wallet" - Dunkey
Truer words have never been spoken.
Was free on ps+ this month and after a week im at 110%... unfortunately the last 2 percent are the pnatheon of the sage and the knight
@@justincoltharp9701 are ya winning now?
Hollow Knight looks really cool!
AvenRave it’s amazing get it right now
Francisco Del Coro I got it yesterday yay
Hey I wanted to know is the game lengthy? I hate spending money on games that can be beaten so fast. Please reply. Thank you.
@@differentsame9402 idk if this is late but it's pretty long. the map is big, it also has 3 free dlc's and a lot of secrets. you should buy it it's worth your time
*4 dlc's if you count lifeblood as a dlc
@@falsealarm747 thanks for the reply bro. Do you believe a physical copy will ever come out?
HOW DID I NEVER KNOW ALUCARD WAS DRACULA BACKWARDS WTF
Moop Bread I feel your pain now I must revisit alucards and say your Dracula backwards
Someones never watched hellsing
I'm here to break the news to you that Dr. Acula isn't a licensed physician either.
But did you know coach feratu was a vampire?
soada159 wait that was his cover name
Symphony of the night has such a great OST. Tekken 3 is another one that springs to mind. Damn, PS1 really captivated games.
ragii Also, the ps1 goes down in history as the best CD-player in existence
Gotta say thanks, that small section was all it took for me to purchase Hollow Knight. 👍
This level of odd switching between the serious and humor with the exact same tone and voice, is just unrivaled. There are quite a few times where I can't tell whether he's serious or not, but either way the videos are always fairly entertaining.
NieR: Automata, Resident Evil 7, Prey, and Persona 5 are my all time favorites! also Senran Kagura Estival Versus on PC.
Furi is pretty badass too and has an awesome soundtrack
Yeah yakuza 0 was pretty cool too.
Giovann Hernandez And Bayonetta and Vanquish coming to PC too!!!
Nioh was the tits.
haha i actually pre ordered vanquish on steam! can't effing wait xD
Actually, I think you'll find that Senran Kagura was the tits.
Man Hallow Knight was amazing. I hope the DLC adds so much more to the game, it's lore, the combat, and more areas.
Zian Xelmeus i think It Will be a DLC that you can play It as Hornet!!
it was confirmed on a kickstarter post that hornet will be the 2nd playable character
Is it just me or does Hallow Knight jumping detection is kinda weird?
It really feels abit clunky for the landing and jumping in Hallow Knight.
When I play Salt and Sanctuary, it's super smooth when it comes to jumping and plat-forming, not Hallow Knight.
Ventus S I'v nevee had that problem normally. The only time I've had a problem with jumping is when trying to double jump after only walking off a ledge. In that situation it sometimes only registers one jump and I would have to start it again which isn't a problem for me really.
ive never had thar problem. but the double jump screwed me sometimes too. White Palace was hard with this problem and keyboards only
if dunkey said "that was a joke" after his jokes the runtime would be incomprehensible
ive been playing the hell out of hollowknight, i love it from every aspect, i wish itd be a little more responsive, but its really fuckin good, its always fun to see how much farther down the runnel goes....the whole world branches from the entrance if the same well, you could literally just go wherever you wanted from the start, there are certain areas that you need specific items for to progress, and thats what keeps you from missing all of the amazing details and corners of the game, when you see a weird path that you cant cross, you think to yourself "what kind of bomb ass ability is gonna get me through this little section...and even when you get the ability, its still a small challenge to get to the other end
It's the double jump... And you won't get for 20 hours... Here have more health bar instead. I just beat it this morning, and it sucked all the way through. Play Blasphemous instead.
@@ballzinferno9793 Good one Armond White.
*W H A T I S A M A N ?*
A miserable little pile of secrets!
Sir born But enough talk have at you
It's not just 'have at you' it's HAVE AT YOU!
Swift as a coursing river.....
Your mom.
I spent a good 20 minutes trying to find the first game, turns outs its Furi, not Fury.
Closed Captions are your friend
thank you so much
lol thought so
I learned about hollow knight from this video and now its one of my favorite games
Hollow Knight looks sooooo good.
And it plays good. The story, the combat, the world, the soundtrack. Everything is just top notch. Also it's hard as fuck and getting that sweet juicy 100% completion takes quite some time, so it's definitely worth the $15. Hell, I would have gladly paid even more for it. 10/10. Can recommend.
Dylan Palmer i Just got to 100% 3 weeks Ago, i fucking went hard on that game haha finished so fast... but it is worth It for sure man!
Is it easily played without a controller? I seem to miss out on a lot of games because i don't have an xbox or ps controller for my gaming rig.
Dylan Palmer Ive played with only keyboard but It is prolly easier with controllers
Dylan Palmer try furi it's fucking amazing
Bruh three years later and I can't find anything about pepper grinder, really sad it looks fun
Im just tryna find the song he played when he was talkin about it
But then... From tha darkness, anotha mastapiece emerges
Years ago, when this video came out, I just showed up to talk about the games I was familiar with. Since then I've played the Hollow Knight, and I'm just leaving a comment to confirm that I too am completely taken with that game, and I too am now among those obsessively waiting for Silksong.
I'm surprised Symphony of the Night doesn't get mentioned more. It was a true masterpiece of a game.
is*
Botw, Persona 5, Super Mario Oddysey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Echoes and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are the games i have been hyped for this year (since I am a fan of Nintendo primarily) but so far 2017 has been a good year for gaming and with many other promising titles on the horizon I look forward to what the future holds
Don't forget the true GOTY
SNAKE PASS!
And oh, also Hollow Knight.
TheGamerGuardian1 doesn't Echoes come out in the US tomorrow?
And ARMS
Echoes is really meh though. Way too close of a remake of an already bad Fire Emblem game. The presentation is on point, but the gameplay on offer is really bad.
Persona 5
is amazing.
Legitimately one of the only Triple-A games deserving of a 60-70 buck price tag.
I have not heard a single bad word about it from anyone I know.
Thanks for the Hollow Knight recommendation, best game for me this year.
Dear Videogame Dunkey,
Last year I watched this video 11 times. This year, I have watched it once, so far. I am on pace to watch this 73 times.
Love, Austin
Nioh, Horizon, Zelda and Persona 5 made this a great year already.
They fucked up the whole zelda franchise with breath of the wild, as a hardcore zelda fan since the first 3D versions I can tell you with confidence, that this act will not hold up
Enigmatic Danger But they fucked it up really well. I do agree Botw sequel will play totally different and more like the first 3d Zeldas. But actually the new zelda is more zelda 1&2 than the other 3d Zeldas.
Mike M Add Nier, DarkSouls DLC, What Remains of Edith Finch, Dead Cells and Quake Champions to that list.
'Since the first 3D versions'
Of goddamn course you're not likely to like BotW, dying Ni-san
Dunkey has yet to even acknowledge Persona's existence.
This makes me suicidal.
Man, he's absolutely right about it all. Can't wait for the Crash Bandicoot n. Sane Trilogy, too.
What is a MAN?!
Dude I finally got around to playing Hollow Knight, and... this game is fuckin amazing.
Hollow knight is such a hidden gem that even this guy right here doesn’t joke about it!
I love how many people were introduced to Hollow Knight through Dunkey then came back and thanked him
why does every dunkey video feels like 5 seconds ?
Drkek I some times have to savor them and watch them a few seconds at a time because you never know when the next donkey will drop.
i came looking for this. 10/10
cause it's 100% quality, no filler, just like aladdin
I just came back here to find the piece of filth that said Aladdin was the best when knack 2 came for us. That's like saying the sky beat the dunkey kong at the diddly kart 8 deluxe.
My guinea pig passed away a few years ago. I’m not even exaggerating when I say I burst into tears when I heard yours wheaking in the background. Thanks for that, I mean it.
Watching a Hollow Dunk video would be awesome.
Dunkey getting spooked by the frog cracks me up every time
Yoda says: happiness you will gain, until you reach the path of pain
I watched this video in 2017 but I never actually played Hollow Knight, despite all recommendations.
I'm playing now in 2019, and it's even better than I could have imagined.
hollow knight Isa masterpeice
You know what's the real masterpiece is?
SUPER MARIO BROS 2 BABYYY!!
"what is the real masterpiece is" grammar, well done
KNACK BabYyyy
Rio115 RETURN OF DA KING.
MASTAHPEECE
Thank you for the Hollow Knight recommendation, it's truly a masterpiece.
5:09 This uhh...
Hits different now..........
This reminds me of the time 2017 beat 2016 in games.
>Last video came out Sept. 2016
>This video comes out May 2017
>greentexting on youtube
This came out in May and it is already a better year for games than 2016
>Existing
Games mentioned:
Furi (2016)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
Disney's Alladin (1993)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Hollow Knight (2017)
Donut County
Pepper Grinder
Sonic Mania
You forgot Dandara
AND lisa
thanks guys!
I. LOVE. YOU.
Thx ma dude, were pissed that i couldnt find furi
VIDEOGAME SOUNDTRACK CREATORS ARE THE MOST UNDERATED PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Persona
BURN MY BREAD
Videogame soundtracks are the best kind of music
Lomax on ps1 was my fave soundtrack back in the day
Yoko Shimomura!!!
playing Hollow Knight currently I'm about 26 hours deep and I can already say this is one of my favorite games, a masterpiece
Glad you enjoyed SotN. The soundtrack is simply one of the finest ever produced for a video game.
Can u make a full video on Hollow Knight please, I think it deserves it.
Just realized that donkey found a way to kinda include LISA the painful
That made me really happy
Mossbag found Hollow Knight because of this video
I'm looking for that fuckin comment that was shown in his e3 video
same
Alkadour Me too, I'm worried he deleted it because every man and his donkey would have commented with Knack 2 baybeee and probably a lot of hate.
If he still exists, someone tell me.
ive seen it before his E3 video. but i didnt comment on it and i regret
^ same
I found the guy's TH-cam channel but not the comment :(
"Hollow Knight raised the bar for metroidvanias to infinity." This statement is crazy true! After playing Hollow Knight, most other metroidvanias feel as though they're missing something.
GoodKnightNintendo they just feel so empty, like they can’t live up to the scope of their own worlds (also HK’s are style is so much more beautiful than Metroid and Castlevania games)
@@Ismael-kc3ry Agreed! I feel as though Hollow Knight really captured what the genre was supposed to be about with its progressively expanding map and now whenever I'm hunting down a new game I can't help but compare it to Hollow Knight. It's an unfair advantage lol
Yeah HK has kinda ruined a lot of games for me. I played Blasphemous and Ori and while those are amazing games, I probably would’ve enjoyed them more if I’d played them before HK
@@Ismael-kc3ry For real!!! I was super hyped to play those two and while they're still incredible games, it's tough not to wish they had this or that that HK has. I actually stopped playing Ori because of its directions to everywhere approach but I'm looking forward to finishing it soon. ...right after Steel Soul lol
Good luck with that then! Hopefully you have better luck than I did and don’t die to primal aspids in Kingdom’s Edge on your first to SS runs
They should make a super Mario bros 2 remake for the switch
you can't perfect perfection
Getting your game shut down by Nintendo is basically Nintendo's way of saying "stop copying our shit and use your talents elsewhere, here we'll get you started by tossing something on your resume that got national attention"
Rest in piece Metroid fan remake, perfection of perfection.
You mean a SUPAH MARIO BRUDDAS TOOO remake?
I love the idea of saying, "This was a great year for video games! I played Symphony of the Night for the first time!" Like, you're not wrong ...
WHAT ABOUT THAT HARDCORE KNACK 3 BABYYY
You gotta save your money for Knack 3D. 200% solid investment opportunity
Jekabs Lusis Nah guys I'm saving up for KNACK 2 BAAAABBBBBYYYY
oh god is it bad that I never realized that Alucard is Dracula backwards until now?
yes
winchellfactor yep
If you're older than 15... yes. I mean I can see a kid not getting that, but eventually, doesn't someone point it out?
I never really looked at it so I just never noticed. I did notice the Pokémon ekans and arboc thing tho
After a long time, I remembered this video and bought hollow knight on the steam store.
I haven't been this infatuated with a game in a very long time.
Truly a mastapeece.
Thank you dunkey
Knowing that dunkey has a guinea pig is the best piece of knowledge I’ve gained in months