Can You Beat Plants Vs. Zombies With ONLY 1 Column?

[@RCCH]

To that 1 guy saying that I'm copying Shyguymask, by your definition every person who plays Plants vs. Zombies is copying Shyguymask in a way and I made sure that no one has ever did this video before on KZbin as far as I'm aware, or just anywhere in actuality.

[@coldsandgamer4174]

i cant get pass 2-4 its impossible

[@-JPC-]

Lo xd es que hace poco vi un video con esta misma tematica asi que estas errado 😀

[@Shyguymask]

Stepping in to say that from what I can see this video & challenge is a lot different from the challenges I did, if there is any similarities at all it's that it's taking the "No symmetry" challenge to a step further and making it even harder. Which is good. I don't see the problem here.

[@coldsandgamer4174]

@@Shyguymask hola shyguymask

[@that_one_fucking_idiot]

@@Shyguymask hi ms mask

[@Jim-ef8pv]

I love how the tutorial was technically the most impossible one

[@uklejamini]

tutorial level skip moment

[@ANormalTVSeries]

Wait isn't 1-1 just a sideways column?

[@uklejamini]

@@ANormalTVSeries yea it is since there is only 1 row

[@Gobierno-De-Alemania]

Intenta eso en el hard mode

[@JohnPaulBuce]

forced planting moment

[@KIgaming.]

"gambit a lawn mower" "sack my pool cleaners" guys i think he plays chess

[@vilanokaizo]

Haha i thaut that the same

[@emersonp.machado5258]

The Lawn Mower Gambit! And heee sacrificed his PEA SHOOOOOTERS

[@StormyTea]

En walnut

[@tower_defense_enjoyer]

​@@emersonp.machado5258 rcch now sacrificed. The peaaaaaaaaaaashooter

[@drintrovert4564]

so what I heard is correct

[@clampchamp1822]

Dude should be lawyer, he found 30 loopholes to make the game easier to beat because they were in the "realm of possibility"

[@shrekisbae21]

There's a difference between theorizing it and actually doing it. The point of this video was just to figure out if it's possible to beat PvZ with 1 column IN THEORY.

[@shazamnegroid7379]

@@shrekisbae21 He did beat it, he just had to get a good scenario to beat it.

[@BloxyOfficial90]

It's cool he still beated the early levels!

[@enderyu]

Damn. You went from being beaten by the tutorial, to hacking to survive the night, to having thousands of sun to spare, to beating the final boss with a single tile 🤣

[@RCCH]

that is true

[@zepplinkiwigamer8217]

​@@RCCH One of the arcs of all time

[@filix5634]

Ok

[@pi_man3]

@@RCCH moment moment

[@bay_sabage]

When the game gets easier in the levels that are supposed to be harder.

[@eightteentwo]

That fast-forward section makes it seem like the cattails were reverse-firing, and it took me a good few minutes to stop laughing at it.

[@trollbreeder2534]

same for gloom shrooms

[@LauBauBer]

EVIL cattail sucks the BLOOD out of his enemies

[@RyantheEpic1st]

@ULTRA[k]ILL ick

[@mumtrz]

Time stamp?

[@eightteentwo]

@@mumtrz 22:10

[@aaronthewinner1818]

7:46 If you didn't know, if you click on spawning counting in the "spawn" section of pvz tools 2.5.1, it will actually show you a table of all the zombies in the level and when they will spawn, so there is no need to play the level out given that we are already using tools.

[@RCCH]

incompatible with steam pvz which is the real version i used to play this challenge

[@aaronthewinner1818]

@@RCCH ah I see. PvZ toolkit(different from tools) also has the same option if you click on show details in the spawning tab and is compatible with the steam version

[@enemykiller30]

@@RCCH that's why the old version is better than the GOTY when it comes to modding

[@wufflemuffin9197]

I don't actually understand how this part of the video makes sense. What's the point of seeing the future and making a table when all that's gonna happen is that when you save scum the future you're seeing will just be overwritten from save scumming. It's like extra work when all you really need to do is just load the last save until it's the perfect one?

[@PerfectlyGenericUser]

@@wufflemuffin9197 There's two instances of save scumming going on. First, when the level is started for the first time, the list of what zombies spawn at what time is generated. Restarting the level over and over gets an optimal set of zombies, with a minimal number of hard-to-deal-with special zombies. Second, what wave each zombie spawns in is determined when that zombie would spawn, so you can reload the in-progress level to force each of those pre-determined zombies to spawn in the lane that already has the counter for that zombie planted.

[@concernedcommenter8258]

The first few levels: *easy* Second set of levels: *So I booted up a NASA computer and calculated the probability of particle collision causing a glitch in the game to kill the bucket head which spawns 4 seconds ago.*

[@diketarogg]

I like it how you keep saying that noone should try to do this challenge, but you keep explaining how to do complete it using phrases like "you want to...", "your top priority is...", etc. Like it feels like a tutorial of sorts.

[@cumcumcum148]

Just like ymfah videos. You don't want to repeat these tutorials. But you could Edit. I once was inspired by his "no equip load demon souls run" and completed ds2 with 0 equip load. Didn't use rings also. It was interesting for me

[@diketarogg]

@@cumcumcum148 Isn't the whole point of a difficult challenge to figure out how to complete it on your own though? Don't hints like that feel like cheating or spoilers? For instance, I am trying to beat that brutal chinese mod whatever it's name is, I got stuck on level 2-2 and spent like 6-10 hours on it. But once I finally figured out what I was required to do, it felt like I've genuenly beaten it. If I had rememberd how RCCH played it, it would have probably been just another level, nothing special here kind of thing. But maybe it's just me, idk.

[@digojez]

it's done for people who are insane enough to try it out

[@think_of_a_storyboard3635]

it's more of a "you really don't want do this, but if you think you do, here's how:"

[@masterwolfgaming3436]

On top of what everyone else has said, it commentary just sounds better this way in my opinion.

[@larrymantic2635]

How ironic that the final level just ended up like the very first level; one lane and one column

[@thatonecheesyguy]

poetic

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

Except the game allowed you to beat it

[@monhi64]

@@larrymantic2635 I would call it a single tile, technically means the exact same thing but makes it a bit more obvious how impressive that is

[@yashbhavaraju5511]

VERY APPROPRIATE that this video is coming out on the 14th anniversary of the original pvz game.

[@emformoon]

Yes! More pvz!🎉🎉🎉

[@EliteCameraBuddy]

lol

[@はたまらはあさはま]

he probably has premissin

[@faustus_tatacher9035]

Wait 14? The hell????? That long???? Im old now

[@minhlenq312]

interesting that it's my birbday too (no one asked lol)

[@mike6916]

"Ah finally Rcch is gonna take it a bit easier and not loose his mind with those impossible mode mods :)" "....Nevermind."

[@annadudas2805]

He's loosing his mind with normal pvz

[@18idlesuggest]

I like how this challenge was intimidating on the first few minutes but become more and more of a breeze the more you unlock plants such as Cattail and Gloom Shroom xD

[@KatieHuni]

Gloom shroom can take care of all the zombie types on its own sept for gargs, catapults, and ballon zombies

[@Rubycap]

I love that you have captions for deaf people or people who don’t watch with audio. I am neither, but you rarely see built in captions so this is nice. Great vid by the way!

[@corbindallis1237]

Gotta say, smart move with the title with saying “one column” and not saying “first column” that is a smart move that I didn’t expect to play out in the video, even if it was probably obvious to some (or most idk)

[@FrankEpicness]

Insanely amazing strategizing bro, really efficient use of tools and really stretching the possibilities here. We can all agree this is a BANGER video. One of my fav pvz vid if not my top 1

[@captain3413]

The thing I adore about such challanges is that some zombies or levels suddenly become ultra-difficult to deal with

[@jordandelosreyes5656]

You know it’s RCCH’s level of difficulty when we start Savescunming in WORLD 2

[@EDrie_edits]

The edting is so clean and not those "trendy editing style" where it keeps changing every 5 secs, it just feels refreshing seeing your content

[@skjordan6014]

Makes one think about fun headcannons like Crazy Dave becoming psychic and knowing the future in order to help you out of your dilemma.

[@canacana6484]

when i heard border of life playing in the background I knew we were dewling with a tryhard that would so everin their power to prove this challenge is theoretically possible. Well done, man. Your dedication is worthy of praise xD The video is also well presented, so props for that as well.

[@jaydenborjas4763]

These kinda challenges always are usually a pretty W video to watch. Even though he had some really tough times and had to go through some shiny only nuzlocke type time spending. You still managed to exceed your own expectations in the end. Well done!

[@puppylili]

I love this type of format, changing up nostalgic games to make it more entertaining and informative too knowing I won't ever do it myself but fun to listen to

[@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry]

only one word to describe this=insanity

[@that_one_fucking_idiot]

you described this channel as a whole

[@brinefilopolski33]

​@@that_one_fucking_idiot this is tru

[@AzakiTheDemonWhoLaughs]

Fr

[@Gulaman4k]

Brain damagingly annoying*

[@beneeshbashir5568]

😎 Um that is actually 2 words 😎 (I couldn’t find the nerd emoji so I’m using sunglasses)

[@thethinkinlad]

HUGE thumbs up for the insane amount of effort. And that was a great idea for a challenge!

[@krazie02]

I very much respect that you subtitle everything!

[@dylanwaseating571]

i love how you used the football zombies to your own advantage in world 2 via hypno shrooms, very clever also seeing stars w/ only one column 💀

[@jc___underscore___]

Beghouled:

[@isuck6049]

seeing stars with one column is impossible lol

[@austinglander1337]

This challenge is such a delicate balance between unlocking plants you need and levels getting tougher. I really thought it wouldn’t be possible!

[@gamingchannelhack]

You explain clearly and play smartly, everyone can learn a lot from watching this video

[@superking100]

Mad respect for getting through those nighttime levels - that was crazy!

[@Revermb]

The touhou music caught me of guard lol. Awesome video

[@Bosjesmannen]

fr fr it triggered some flashbacks

[@luizcassiano]

22:16 i love how the spikes looks like they are doing reverse.

[@Goldenboy-q7z]

Cattail undamaging the zombies(not my idea)

[@nonvlogger69420]

This video was really entertaining and well done, good job on this challenge, there has been like 69420 pvz challenges, but this one is super unique and the video it's really well executed, good job :)

[@flushedface]

I absolutely love that u have captions built in the video :)

[@tr_walkway1933]

"A little bit more partial rng manipulation" *starts recreating the level*

[@Phantom-mk1ji]

This is an absolutely in depth and brilliant video, i can see the amount of work put into it and the quality of the video is evidence of that. Amazing.

[@PopheadJo-if6ej]

8:15 “Now, you’re probably wondering what I’m gonna need all these Gattling Peashooters for. After all, I do fill up my entire column up with them! But to answer that, we need to talk about Parallel Universes.”

[@TotallyNotShiny_Stone]

I mean, Crazy Dave have a time traveling car, so save scumming is canon. 😆

[@-Nestor]

In pvz2

[@markfan7065]

god RCCH i fucking love your content, PVZ is such a legendary game and you're carrying the torch to let it be remenbered forever, thank you for these videos

[@sharplily]

world 1: while it was a challenge, it was not that bad, just good insta management and stall plants world 2: "it's eternity in there"

[@tgchc2482]

This makes me wonder what a "minimum plants" run would look like

[@cheeki420]

Man will never beat this game with one column *beats game with only one column *Spits cereal

[@Ihavenohead]

Why you spit cereal

[@cheeki420]

@@Ihavenohead its a meme like stickmin guy says that someone won t make something and they do and he start spitting cereal

[@sunnypii]

ik this is like the most boring thing i could possibly say about this video but i appreciate u taking the time to put the captions bro also i love ur content ive been hyperfixated on pvz for a while and these videos rock

[@MaxerV19]

Thanks, appreciate it

[@dantuch0pro398]

@@MaxerV19 ur not him

[@Customdevwakeup]

Peashooter is finally a viable roof plant

[@penguindoor3776]

intresting assumption

[@MaxerV19]

Yo

[@harleynate-flix]

"How hard do you want PVZ to be?" Him: yes©

[@slorty4494]

Can't wait to see this done for all the minigames.

[@komos63]

Seeing stars:

[@vix17vix07]

This is insane. How can you even think of that solution in the first place. So ridiculously smart.

[@always_incognito0710]

This is a high quality video

[@Tlaloc1]

I thought fog would've been the hardest set of levels, but then it turned out to be a bit of a pushover lol

[@Frieren_a_freira_defeituosa]

22:18 The cattail now is a Vampire than sucks the blood in a spike form

[@thenarrator6846]

Honestly love technical stuff like this

[@uklejamini]

The problem in level 1-1: You are unable to continue the level if you haven't placed second peashooter in 2nd column, and in 1-1 there is ONLY 1 row. So planting in 2nd column in 1-1 is forced.

[@olgabatsak9869]

1-1 is DAY level 1

[@uklejamini]

@@olgabatsak9869 i know

[@brinefilopolski33]

The Last collumn: am i joke to you One peashoter in collumn 1 and one in collumn 9

[@brawlmaster0190]

@@olgabatsak9869 Duh

[@kales901]

@@brinefilopolski33 but you can't do that,that breaks the rules

[@lucas_e_jones]

You should try to complete the game again, with crazy Dave choosing 3 plants!

[@chhineangkheng2191]

I’ma just put this in there because I don’t know what to say for the KZbin algorithm and I appreciate your contact my guy keep it going. 💙

[@lilwizerd9537]

Dear god, the dedication to this challenge is insane Also I have a challenge idea: plants versus zombies but you can only have plants in one row at a time. If you dig all your plants, you can then change rows to another one. I think it would be very interesting

[@RCCH]

Pretty sure this would be impossible on 2-2

[@lilwizerd9537]

@@RCCH now I’m incredibly curious and I’m gonna try this out for myself

[@vilanokaizo]

You don,t have the schoffel in the first copple lavel

[@lilwizerd9537]

@@vilanokaizo well I can tell you that with very strategic placements, I have already unlocked the shovel

[@lilwizerd9537]

@@RCCH I have now determined that this challenge is definitely not possible. You get brickwalled at 1-7 it’s just too long, and it’s not viable to have to shovel up your sunflowers every time you want to defend another row. I’m gonna change the challenge to “you can only have attacking plants in one row at a time” that way it’s still hard but not impossible Edit: way better idea: plants vs zombies but you can only have each type of plant in up to one row at a time One row for sun producers, one for offensive plants, and one for walls

[@Bunkgungle]

Great video!! thank you for making it!

[@cacomelon4768]

You could definitely argue that using the flower pots outside the column at all breaks the rules of the challenge. The rest is insane though, great video.

[@Temmie4Life]

He didn't plant them

[@curiosidaadesiigm6182]

This guy moves the mouse faster than light 22:56 nice done!

[@JchenTheChen]

7:51 there is an option in pvz tools called "wave counting" and it shows you what will spawn for every wave

[@ajl4878]

Not compatible for steam PVZ which was used in this challenge

[@kyllix6303]

I saw those multiple columns in excel, run invalid. Jokes aside, great video. Thanks for the watch

[@the17thvoyager89]

Can I just comment on how utterly wild it is that people are still- STILL!- finding unique and new ways to play Plants vs Zombies after an entire decade?

[@RGC_animation]

This challenge is basically "Relatively easy challenge except for 2-2 and 2-4"

[@vilanokaizo]

I think dhats not treu cuz tiss is a veteren off tiss game en he calles a lavel hard iffbyou need save scum iff a lavel needs save scum it,s to hard

[@Clapkreag]

​@@vilanokaizoyou are either drunk or are to young to be on KZbin.

[@fakhriida9478]

​@@vilanokaizoAre you joking or no?

[@notdog6642]

​@@vilanokaizo please go to kindergarten and learn how to spell

[@kingdynal7735]

Impressive, most impressive. Also it was a pleasant surprise to hear border of life during the video.

[@DarkifyDarkify]

22:17 Is it just me or does the stings from cattail look like they're going backwards?

[@yesilcay5631]

yes theycan go backwards

[@DarkifyDarkify]

@@yesilcay5631 No I mean the point of the stings are going towards the zombies, but it looks like they're going back to the tail

[@yesilcay5631]

YEa cat tail dont have sprie for back spike but spie still go able to back@@DarkifyDarkify

[@lukasthompson9160]

This man endured through hell just to get some content and I respect that

[@raffimolero64]

The TAS Side of gaming is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

[@Osteoporosissimulator]

Fun fact, if the thumb nail was accurate, the zombies would be slightly faster

[@andreworders7305]

Wow, some of these strategies in the latter are better then anything I came up with using multiple rows.

[@DellConagher1]

Who asked lol

[@mulan-jinglesemusicas1513]

22:40 gentle Cattail removing spikes from the zombies...

[@ayushbisht1135]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GrunkoFunko]

To be fair, it is still 1 row in 1-1. Its just not verticle, its just horizontal. 🦀

[@kales901]

but that would be a colum

[@vunshsharma1817]

A column is vertical, a row/lane is horizontal

[@kazumiie_]

🦀

[@stjebvnelabjomskie4417]

I really hope the people who were at PopCap see this video. Such an interesting challenge, I bet even they'd be surprised it's possible

[@jknMEMES]

Challenge failed at 13:20 Gotta start over.

[@jacobwhite934]

you did an amazing job on this video man!! Keep up the great work :D

[@Сидоджи-м1к]

Today is 14 year PvZ anniversary 🎉 Congratulation,PvZ 1!

[@Citron3000gaming]

Yea finally you noticed

[@thebestfan389]

ok

[@WookieRookie]

Zombie: spawns on unfavorable lane in wrong time Player: It's time for the third bomb of Killer Queen - Bite The Dust!!!

[@contone]

Love the touhou music! Keep up the good work!

[@takemi_ree]

My head swerved when I heard Touhou music in the background Anyway cool video, this was surprisingly interesting

[@podiacider]

Great video, great concept, great execution, but I do have one piece of (hopefully constructive) criticism: I appreciate the work you did to put captions in the video, but I feel it would be more convenient to someone like me, who perfectly understands everything you say, to put the captions in KZbin's built-in captions so people are able to turn them off if they like. I don't have a problem if you keep it the way it is, but other people might be different.

[@RCCH]

Turns out putting subtitles that are not optional increase the retention. I know, it doesn’t make sense, but it does

[@podiacider]

@@RCCH Interesting. Do whatever you like with your content!

[@TovaMaster]

For some reason, the way you did level 2-4 just gives off insane "batman with prep time" energy

[@miweneia]

holy shit I love how well the touhou track fit into the whole "time-traveling" segment, especially when you got to the end of it

[@RobloxianGamerFr8888]

I love how my bro explained the answer at 0:17 for those who dont have 28 minutes This guys a legend and doesn't waste our time

[@GDTGaming]

7:11 I was not ready to hear Border of Life in the background but it’s oddly fitting for some reason

[@ssaamil]

Yuyu!!

[@allentan5400]

Lmao crazy Dave casually having a seizure while he talks about vases

[@randomdaydreamer9970]

You know, I've actually kind of been beginning to like how easy PvZ is because it means you can do crazy challenges like this one. PvZ is like Pokemon in that way, both games have deep gameplay mechanics and systems but the games are so easy that you rarely have to think about them in too much depth, which is what challenges like these are for.

[@luhvmelody]

Agreed!

[@Ginger_bit]

I love when games let you do that.

[@SukiKrisztian]

4:34 expired grave stone 💀

[@Markblyy]

25:59 The top peashooter on the threepeaters look cursed

[@averageguy69420]

Snow pea in the normal game: just a weaker winter melon pult. Snow pea if you have only 1 row: a god.

[@josobacana5235]

bro made a childhood game challenging, love your videos

[@EmmetsPage]

Now see if you can beat PvZ while your balls are being prodded with spikes and also slowly crushed by a hydrolic press.

[@UsedNameTag13]

I’ll be honest I was a little disappointed the game didn’t look like the thumbnail, but I still enjoyed it

[@BaileeGina]

thanks for consistently producing such great videos!

[@charmeleonevolves5553]

Immediate respect for the touhou music

[@Gabowsk]

Damn, that's the longest crosswalk I've ever seen

[@imnotkentiy]

13:20 I saw that

[@78diegox]

Bro's thinking in 4k man 😭 but fr, 10/10 video, this is crazy good dude haha

[@12bjorn34]

The tutorial level is impossible? It’s Cuphead all over again

[@odacova3319]

IGN sweating rn

[@randomguy-tu4we]

finally, a scenario that make threepeater actually have some value

[@TheToastBunnyProductions]

This is the first time i saw someone declare Hypno-shroom and Split Pea actually helpful in PVZ 1, outside of their obvious uses (Football Zombies and Digger Zombies, respectively)

[@Seek64]

Love the Touhou music in the background! Had to like as soon as I heard it :D

[@danielmarques8789]

22:20 Looks like the stars are eating their projectiles 😂