Exploring the Hollow Knight Beta

[@Skurry]

I wanted to thank everyone for all the support on my channel lately. I love seeing all the positive comments

[@joaopedroribaslyraloes]

2000 more people since I subscribed.

[@h2oguy955]

Congrats on 5k

[@chewsi]

keep it up! recently found your stuff, really enjoy it.

[@pneumoniacroix6476]

Can we get a 100% speed run of the demo

[@ahgwsn]

i love your videos so much mannnnnn

[@Kelp_shake]

Damn can’t wait for hollow knight to come out

[@WTCAT500]

Yeah I hope it gets a sequel too

[@data4385]

Hmmm... Hollow Knight... Sounds like a good name for a platformer game or something...

[@starsofskies2328]

I hope they don't give up!

[@AxolinaAxolotl]

I really want it to come out now! Been waiting too long for this!

[@Renikee]

When is the release date? I really want to play with it, looks like a good game!

[@spyr0guy]

9:44 “Piss on Monomon” -Sly

[@pogfection787]

WUT

[@thisisaterribleargument_but]

The Hollow Knight Rule 34 Community

[@pogfection787]

@@thisisaterribleargument_but NOONONO-

[@fireplant4769]

I mean sure if you're into that

[@buckethatd9471]

Also in case someone is wondering.... You can't reach salubra with shade skip (Well, you can REACH IT. But theres no bench + You can't enter)

[@buckethatd9471]

wait why im I the only hearted comment- (for now-)

[@noone6991]

@Exo the Vessel shade skip is dying to purposely create a shade, and then essentially using it as a stepping stone by nail pogoing off of it to reach new places. Using a shade skip, you can get to salubra’s shop before getting the mothwing cloak.

[@chractherlastname647]

@@noone6991 can you fireball skip to salubras

[@witch6993]

@@chractherlastname647 I don't think you can it's pretty high

[@neptune7872]

@@witch6993 you can, they do it in hopper%

[@tnarwhal]

It's so interesting to see how a game develops

[@lilacrain3283]

It goes to show how small the margin between being a good game and a great game is

[@EmperorZ19]

So spells used to require half of a meter? That explains why there's a visual effect (eyes appearing) on the meter when you reach 50% even though that's not a significant threshold in the final game

[@J.R.Unbound]

Yeah I always wondered about that. Weird how they never changed it, since that would be a huge help.

[@blastlightstar]

Kinda works with spell twister?

[@artjack59]

@@blastlightstar I was gonna say that...

[@ethanrice1102]

i always thought the eyes appeared at two thirds when you can heal twice. so youd have bright soul for first heal, eyes for second heal, and full meter for three heals

[@h2oguy955]

“ there’s no secret “ Me: something’s wrong I can feel it

[@MazerTime]

Actually, it make A LOT of sense that VK was suppose to be at crosswords. I was wondering why there a crosswors-looking zone in the middle of greenpath. Thats why. They decided to move this enemy for some reason, and had to make it fit in its new zone. I wonder why they moved it. Was it too hard to early zone? Or maybe something with the infected crossword made it not work

[@GamaGamer_]

infected/forgotten crossword(s), my favourite area in hollow knight

[@m1n3c4rt]

Four letters, weak

[@MazerTime]

@@GamaGamer_ omg, i seen this comment and i read it as crossroad so i just thought you said you liked the zone not realising i had a typo 🤭

[@sardonicus1739]

When I first played I actually thought I had accidentally backtracked into crossroads by accident when I made it to that part as I was fairly lost at the time.

[@salvii_4706]

TBH I always thought the area was hinting at the howling cliffs

[@onlyjust7250]

Poison looks like that probably because you would be able to swim in it later (how shown in old trailers)

[@ilyas863]

but you are able to in the main game too...

[@MokaHofi]

@@ilyas863 no but like,in the trailers it showed you INSIDE the acid

[@onlyjust7250]

@@ilyas863 swim under poison

[@neptune7872]

If you menu drop into acid (on current patch, at least) you can get a taste of it bc it puts you under the acid

[@smk7500]

4:20 “I don’t know if he used to say heh heh... heh heh”

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

We dont know if elderbug says hehe but we know skurry does

[@andrew9]

wonder how much silksong is going to change from its e3 demo

[@TheMarioBBB]

God knows the lava bone place will be replaced as a troll to the people who were hyped for forest of bones 2

[@thekerminator6521]

I think the demo we saw was nowhere near reflective of the game areas. If you go back and look the areas are just one big hallway, and looks like it’s meant to be a showcase. Other than this which was just the first area. So I’d say the layout of the Moss Grotto and the Forge are gonna be way different

[@gamingcookiereal]

apparently there are just 2 mask shards out in the open in the demo so id guess a lot

[@hollow1279]

keep digging boys the release date must be hidden in a tik tik

[@wombatpandaa9774]

Really interesting to see how much the game changed for the better from the beta to the release. I think it's safe to say that if the game had released in this state, it wouldn't have gotten as popular as it did, because a lot of what makes HK so fun is its movement and combat, which don't seem as polished in this version as they are in the release build.

[@sirgrem2988]

The atmosphere looks dark as hell that it actually fits the dead world of Hallownest. The crystals in Myla's room looks damn cool to me. Just my preference, really.

[@godomoths2582]

Calm voice. Cute avatar. Chill athmosphere. Damn, feels like i found a gem of a youtuber in the burning dumpster that is the internet. Thanks for the amazing contend! Also, i was excited to see the "too much fun to be implimented" forest of bones...seems like its not here ( ;-;)

[@pluto3194]

I cannot get enough of this guy's voice. It's very relaxing to listen to

[@godomoths2582]

@@pluto3194 hell ye

[@sophiastarkey1832]

@@pluto3194 legit sameee idk what it is about it but it's so good

[@Funnyguy127]

@@evanreloadingbazookagaming1699 Skurry uses they/them pronouns

[@gamingcookiereal]

guess what area is in silksong

[@fynnmollenhauer1460]

Sounds like unity‘s doppler effect is on with those sound effects ^^ the sound effects in the game i recently made at least sounded like that with doppler being higher than 0 and 3D audio enabled 🤔

[@The_Jovian]

Everything looks so bright in this version. I never noticed all the buildings in the background of dirt mouth

[@a.kitcat.b]

📖This is a very important piece of Hollow Knight history and Im glad you got to explore it!!🖤

[@jarnehermans1318]

Seeing this makes me just think how perfect Silksong will be

[@burns0100]

Surprised by the amount of stuff they already had and then even more by the amount of stuff and changes they did before and after release. Amazing dedication to the game.

[@jennasloan396]

That back dash is still in the latest patch, but they changed how the controls work so it's no longer possible to back dash

[@enzodeganiarantes2968]

Is there something you can do to back dash in thr current patch?

[@xpszgamingtool7524]

I just started playing this thanks to PSPlus, but I love it. I have 30 hours on my save already in a week, it’s incredible. Seeing it in the beta is weird, there’s not enough secrets.

[@l4yzeee610]

I really think they should've kept the detailed maps, they look so much cooler!

[@ohlookaflower.5961]

The fact that hollow knight used to be even harder astounds me

[@felix56p]

10:00 actually really interesting - I think the stag cutscene has a different ending. in here it wipes to black with a wooden beam but in the final version it just fades to black. I always thought the fade was a bit too fast and a little jarring; that's probably why.

[@GothGhost]

i think the title screen music at the end is slightly different? it sounds like a version that might have been made before they got actual viola recordings for the soundtrack

[@Skurry]

yeah, it's definitely different

[@solamphi]

8:06 ah yes hollow knight for the nintendo switch

[@uyamuya1343]

Yeah as a switch player I was hearing him describe the nail experience and thinking "well that's just what normally happens" but is it not like that on PC??

[@solamphi]

Rowan McGovern I don't think so but idk I'm a switch player too.

[@bluexans]

@@uyamuya1343 Ya all of the inputs on PC are perfectly fine from my experience

[@domino3861]

It works fine on mine

[@yerman0564]

What's the difference? I have it on Switch, but not pc. Also nice pfp

[@DamageMaximo]

6:13 That sounds so cool holy crap

[@cameronschiralli3569]

I like how the Mawlek fight uses the False Knight music

[@zytuxd]

it's nice to see that the demo game was good as the final version.

[@mikusama8030]

Just thought I'd mention that this beta demo was given to Humble Bundle Monthly subscribers in February of 2017 (at least it looks like it, its possible this version is a slightly early version)

[@Lucky-sq3ky]

Every enemy looked much more cartoonish while the backgrounds were much more realistic.

[@humblehive6502]

Some things were cool i wish they kept, i liked the acid, damage sound effect,vengeful spirit and the particle effects like beating of brooding mawlek

[@dsnever3041]

This is freaked incredible, I love your hollow knight videos

[@zoculus2669]

Anyone else think the acid in the version looks way more like acid than the current version?

[@brandonwithnell612]

my guess is in this version it was more transparent and had that clear surface line as originally there was going to be a swimming mechanic that you could actually dive down and explore water ways, and once the idea was scrapped they made it more opaque and green to show danger and that it was differnt than water

[@chouung11]

Wow so this is basically 2015

[@chevyfighter]

“Damm it its an exe cries in mac” that made me laugh

[@lucaslewis6532]

It would be so cool to se beta version speed runs becasue their would be totally different and new strategies making almost an entirely a new game

[@waarschijn]

10:30 This distortion of the Goam sound is what you get when the same audio is played multiple times at the same time. It happens in many games.

[@lonelyPorterCH]

The game improved a lot since then :D

[@ElleTGC]

I remember crystal peak being lower, I'm pretty sure in the sneak peak from humble bundle it was like that.

[@unapapa8104]

8:18 the water is so strange because origanily the hollow knight will have the ability of dive under water

[@murphmariotwopointoh7714]

Wonder how much of the rest of the game is within the files of this demo. If so, there might be hope of somehow getting to Fungal Wastes.

[@mossbag69]

Unfortunately, there aren't. The beta just contains King's Pass, Dirtmouth and Forgotten Crossroads. There are some really early drawing of the buildings in CoT and some random art assets of Greenpath/Queen's Garden, but you can't go to any of these areas.

[@laultimarebanada]

@@mossbag69 The heck u doing here

[@Furlfoot5]

@@laultimarebanada hollow knight youtuber

[@amberstar7748]

the acid looks really cool

[@evankiefer3467]

I just realized that this video was released on my birthday. lol this is weird.

[@abadhaiku]

It is amazing how just a few small changes turned what would have been a mediocre indie game into one of the greatest games of all time.

[@HeartCalcos]

wow so the beta had a backdash like Symphony of the Night i imagine

[@عبادمحمد-ص3س]

If fog canyon area stayed like that, you could've not done a speedrun the normal way because team cherry where deciding to make you able to go deep in the acid, I saw that on a cut content clip

[@mermer3572]

The even slightly holding down resulting in a down animation when using the analog stick made it through to the full game. I can tell you because the D-Pad is in an awful position on the joycon layout.

[@comicalrando.9849]

What I want is once tou defeat the game You can explore normal(fixed or past) Hollownest And the husks and bugs are npcs

[@punnyperson4663]

I would love to see the backstep be modded in, ngl

[@modiflied]

this channel is so underrated

[@burgesskids2101]

Did anyone else notice that the vengeflys had incresed health, normally they die in 2 hits with old nail, but in this they die in 3.

[@thekerminator6521]

Wish there was a vod for this

[@Hyblup]

10:30 anyone else think those sounds are similar to Crash Bandicoot 4?

[@renssea]

That was pretty cool.

[@minifishvods]

Do you ever worry that Coco is still out to get you after you put barbed wire around her house?

[@stealthdegu7231]

Dude You are intended to do fly pogo

[@fuwameanssoft]

7:03 You ok, Ivory?

[@guizmo_unicorn]

Is that why Vengefly King is first in P5 ?

[@The_Wallflower]

Skurry: They have a grub there but I can’t get to it cause there’s no dash in the demo Double jump if it exist in the demo: :(

[@neptune7872]

You can’t leave crossroads though

[@falxie_]

This is super interesting

[@kumisz2]

mothMoan

[@bigboiplays7743]

Hey earlier people wooooo

[@tubbytoes3005]

wish they kept the back dash

[@Fleilei]

Good video i like this

[@_wheat856]

ive watched enough videos about hollow knight to unlock this one apparently

[@F7actured1832]

so are we just gonna ignore gruz mother's ribcage?

[@cynanthropy]

2:00 among u

[@JustinianTheFirst0]

How do i play the beta? i'm not sure what to do with the drive file

[@thevideogamemorons7193]

Hey skurry say dope😂

[@cann0li_ig]

I was playing a song of a boss from the proper version of Hollow Knight, ( which is yet to come out ) Try 2 guess his name ;)

[@Cosmical_Raddish]

Skurry, friend, if you ever want to do the low % run again, instead of spending 45 hours in green path, do it in the sewers, I'm not sure if it counts as % but the room right before the flukeworm boss there's a bunch of little worms that you could farm for essence, I spent like 10 minutes farming and got soul on every other time I entered the room

[@DrPumpkinz]

You need Dive to get to Flukemarm

[@pluto3194]

You need DD to get down there, which adds 1%. 45 hours in Greenpath is the only way

[@neptune7872]

@@pluto3194 2%. Both Soul Master and the aforementioned Dive give a percent

[@pluto3194]

@@neptune7872 Ah yeah I kinda forgot he existed. So basically double the reason for why it's just not possible for a low% run

[@neptune7872]

@@pluto3194 There is a way to do GPZ for 300 essence by quitting out of Colo 1 after beating zote, but it’s still a lot of grinding

[@waterdog5100]

3:59 anybody else notice, somebody in the backround is yelling: im not shouting, your shouting is that somebody in his family or somebody outside/neighbour

[@kyddsply]

You also get way less soul per nail hit.

[@shade3520]

Ooh cool

[@aubreyfulda9352]

this video is out of order! skurry how could you! (he goes from 4 masks to 5 and then back to 4)

[@pendingchange3776]

am i the only person who plays on keyboard i swear it feels way better then controller

[@starsofskies2328]

Who else looked here to find somebody who didn't know the game was already out

[@Skykayava]

It doesn't work for me ;/ Is it safe to download it without getting viruses? pls I wanna know cuz my pc is too stupid ._.

[@Skurry]

Yes, you might get some warnings but its because not much people have downloaded it. It is also windows only I think

[@Skykayava]

@@Skurry Oh ok thx :>

[@Skykayava]

@@Skurry Still I got big sad updates, it refuses to work for me(and yes I have windows) I was very hyped too and now disappointed.

[@okthisisepic780]

Epic bepis vid

[@337x]

pog

[@EG0909]

This has the same title as mossbag’s video

[@knardd]

*comment*

[@allanbrito217]

you are a genius beyond our time.

[@BigLeahy]

*reply*

[@darkbobblackpants9747]

*reply but better*

[@synphilia4776]

*reply except outrageously angry for some reason*

[@xReclusive]

Reply asking why he said comment

[@fernando98322]

My laptop is so trash the beta runs like ass and the attacks don't register LOL :'(

[@jay-tbl]

Windows Defender is telling me the file in the desc is a trojan virus. Can someone confirm if its safe?

[@GradyDP]

Well my computer still works.

[@geblordofchaos2965]

Wait... Lifeblood was in the beta? Im kinda new tô hollow Knight, but wasnt It added in the lifeblood update?

[@slenderMax28]

I know this is a very late reply, but the Lifeblood update had nothing to do with actual lifeblood, which has been in the game since launch.

[@necros748]

Skurry is cute

[@shadecat663]

why is the kings pass weird

[@ovidijussleiteris8474]

Or hollow knight plush?

[@ovidijussleiteris8474]

Lol

[@Brd6147]

epic

[@alialghoul7397]

Does it delete files?

[@عبادمحمد-ص3س]

Can you do shade skip to dream nail and glowing womb? You know how to do spike tunnel without long dash, right?

[@astrylleaf]

You still need a dash

[@echo5172]

3:22 did he just... wavedash?

[@minifishvods]

Did I not comment on this either... shit

[@mOwOterboat]

couldn't give us Silk Song so they just re-released Hollow Knight

[@jeremiahsnelson5644]

Dude. It's only been three years.

[@flleaf]

1:55

[@visilasai6786]

Wait yuo have 4 masks

[@ovidijussleiteris8474]

PS4

[@shadecat663]

wat