Gamers React to : Gloom Hands [The Legend of Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom]

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00:16 PointCrow
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01:41 RTGame
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03:23 Roamer
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04:25 BornLosersGaming
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05:32 KwingLetsPlays
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06:11 Symbalily
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07:43 Tyranitar2ube
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08:07 Vinesauce
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08:43 ZackScottGames
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09:34 GameGrumps
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the part that gets me is the distorted music, very creepy
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10:19 Outro

[@SorchaSublime]

theyre a lot more intimidating if you encounter them in the wild. Honestly the first encounter with gloom hands might be the greatest open world horror encounter ive ever seen in a game

[@firen0136]

For real. The scariest gaming experiences are always in non-horror games. The hands, random mob in minecraft, radscorpians, etc.

[@theoneandonlyever]

i had used the paraglider down into a forest, i was just walking around collecting mushrooms minding my own business, then one of them popped out of nowhere... when it started CHASING me and grabbed me i just froze and screamed

[@trevorparker6400]

Yeah. I was going to the shrine at the Great Plateau and they jumped me in a clearing just before it. They were so fast and hard to hit that I just started running and was relieved when they hit their invisible wall

[@user-jb1me7wo1e]

@@trevorparker6400 There is also one on the way to Zora's domain. KIlled me multiple times

[@dragonflytoo]

😂😂😂❤

[@whoknows4780]

One of Ganondorf’s best attempts to kill us.

[@deen7530]

Almost killed me of a heart attack irl

[@thunderwe_ryesiam]

Fortunately we've the best ability ever and that is respawning, imagine if Link didn't have that, Ganondorf would've won in every timeline. Hyrule is lucky that it's hero is being controlled and empowered by an intercosmic eldritch entity(us)

[@ExileTwilight]

I wish they weren't so easy to cheese with climbing and bomb arrows.. But on the same token I think they are a bit too difficult and punishing to fight 'fairly'.. They have such odd dodge timing to avoid the grabs :s

[@Kilaueaorph4n]

Attempt? I think he overachieved this one 😂

[@firen0136]

​@raghunandanpatwal4611 that and how easy it is to defeat shadow ganon. Flurry rushes and the ohko protection really do wonders

[@quantumraptor1485]

I was so shocked the game grumps got as far as they did without seeing one and their reaction did not disappoint

[@7h0rr]

Funny thing is, they managed to accidentally miss one encounter several episodes before this one.

[@Zen026]

Well, at least they got that hat

[@jordangeer8964]

Technically they “saw” one, They were climbing a cliff or something in a field and the sky changed but they never saw what caused it, got confused, and left.

[@MereImitation]

@@jordangeer8964Arin has a godlike inability to angle the camera properly in TotK.

[@DizzyEyes94]

"ARIN! PUT ON YOUR LITTLE HAT!" is the best reaction one could possibly have to a gloom spawn imo

[@thetntraider]

My first encounter with these was down in the Depths, trying to get to Hyrule Forest. You can imagine how terrified I was hearing a shriek and seeing 5 glowing eyes looking right at me from the darkness.

[@brawlarcher8915]

😂

[@netherlordgaming995]

mine was very similar but i was just exploring the depths for the first time

[@CindyHelms]

My first encounter with them in the depths was my second ever encounter with them. I was going to The Depth’s Lost woods on the ground everything seemed fine… then I heard a shrill shriek and you want to know what I said right before I decided to go into the depths in the first place? Cuz the second encounter happened the exact same play session with my first encounter… I said “they're going to be in the depths now I just know it!”

[@LunaP1]

My first encounter was in Akkala Citadel. It didn't see me but I spotted first. Before it could do anything, I snuck up on it and flash banged it with Dazzle fruit, then arrow bombed the hell out of it. It didn't spawn the Phantom Ganon (lucky me), but I will be super vigilant from now on.

[@aj-cv8il]

mine was shortly after i got to the surface. it was a quick death 😭

[@ChaosBlitzBeta]

How you make Wall/Floormasters even worse to deal with: turn them into Gloom Hands.

[@solarsounds6061]

And combine them with deadhand lol

[@rhaining]

It surprises me how few people recognize Gloom Hands as Floormasters from Wind Waker. Just dating myself I guess. It also looks like the TOTK decided to revive the ReDead from Wind Waker as the Gibdo in TOTK. Except the ReDead was the single most terrifying monster in any Zelda game yet. (TOTK Gloom Hands does come close, but WW's ReDead terrifying scream and paralysis -- that's brown trousers time.)

[@pancakes8670]

@@rhaining Gibdo are an enemy from the original Legend of Zelda. They've been used as Alts of the Redeads in OOT and MM

[@kriscynical]

No, just make the wall masters have a love child with Deadhand. 😂

[@swaggin1716]

@@rhainingBoth of those enemies are from earlier games lol. If anything, IDing them from windwaker makes you seem young

[@littleguy-ij8jf]

I've never teleported away faster in my life. Edit: 1K likes? Ok, thanks, I guess...

[@Echo81Rumple83]

I had to do that one time; I was not ready for it and I knew it.

[@PokeUFO]

I’m pretty such link was running faster than the game meant him to be

[@UndeadItachi2]

I did that but with the frox. Not being scared of it because of its size only to have it jump at you from long range is nightmare fuel

[@aragaminightmare9527]

Imagine if they could teleport after you that would be the most terrifying thing ever.

[@ivyklobs2662]

I went “oh, floormasters? Girl I gotta go”

[@neptunites]

9:51 “ARIN PUT ON YOUR LITTLE HAT!!!” by far the funniest moment

[@Saitken]

He shouldn't have taken the hat dude

[@leandrodecidueye5045]

I imagine their reaction when they finally managed to defeat the gloom hands, thinking that everything was fine now, but suddenly A freaking "miniboss" with healthbar and all

[@kommeausdemgurkenglas_.4496]

Feel you. I tried to get as many arrows and bomb flowers as possible and I was happy when I finnaly defeated them in the Krok forest and suddenly that mf showed up. After four tries with 4 hearths I defeated him 😭👍🏻 one hit and he killed me instantly it was so so stressing

[@HexTheSecond]

@@kommeausdemgurkenglas_.4496your first mistake was *trying this with 4 hearts*

[@rinyaskyline]

PointCrow's reaction to Phantom Ganon was hilarious

[@Allyspill]

Best example of: Why do I hear boss music?

[@crowsenpai5625]

My first experience was the mountain in the beginning where PointCrow got jumped, only I was driving a car up it… Did you know Gloom Hands can destroy Zonai parts? THEY ATE MY CAR!

[@Mega_Mii51]

That’s an interesting fact about TOTK I didn’t know. Also R.I.P Crowsenpai5625’s car

[@jessicamadsen7092]

I made the mistake of parking my hover bike right next to a Hinox I was beating. He full on jumped and squashed my bike with his butt. I was SO MAD. 😂

[@kymo6343]

"I just wanted some apples!" Yeah well so did the Gloom Hands, you were stealing their apples! XD

[@justinbarton8808]

"hey, quite taking my apples!"

[@lia-ld9ps]

Somehow this just reminded me of Beerus from Dragon Ball Super when Goku and Vegeta ate his pizza... 😂 ,,you ate all of my deliciously cheesy pizza? You didn't save me any?! (running after them at high speed) YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"

[@dietotaku]

my first encounter with gloom hands was in the depths near the fire temple, i didn't even see them but my son saw the screen turn red and recognized the music, and just said "mom, RUN." honestly roamer's reaction is my reaction EVERY time i see gloom hands now. i haven't beat them once and hearing that phantom ganon appears after just makes me nope out even harder.

[@lia-ld9ps]

My tactic I always use is fusing a rocket to a shield, that way I can get to high ground quickly even if there is nothing to climb to nearby. Then, while in the air, I'm going for bomb arrows combined with a bow that shoots multiple arrows. That has always worked until now. ^^ As for Phantom Ganon, he is not nearly as fast as the hands, so you can counter his attacks more easily. :)

[@angeldude101]

"mom, RUN." Top 10 things a mother would never want to hear from her child. XD

[@dawnleaf125]

There is a quest you need to do in the Korok Forest that will have you battle one.

[@dietotaku]

@@dawnleaf125 oh I heard about that already, I made him beat them for me 😂

[@sh4rkss]

fun fact: if you get up on something high they can't climb, after a minute or two they'll dissipate & leave behind their loot still !! climb a wall or tall tree or just anything they can't get you from :)

[@cinthiaMP]

3:22 everything about this dude's first encounter with the gloom hands was a cinematic masterpiece

[@KooriGraywolf]

I love how much people forget they can warp to safety just from the panic 😂

[@Iffondrel]

But if you warp, then how will you know your enemy? You can't run forever!

[@anousenic]

I probably wouldn't warp away if I was streaming either. I'd feel like I'm ruining the encounter for my viewers by chickening out.

[@Hyper_Drud]

I blame it on open world Bethesda games. “You can’t fast travel while enemies are near.”

[@Ironcabbit]

Yes I can… I’ve made a game out of hiding from them anytime they appear and they still haven’t caught up or on. The one time I had to fight I sniped from higher ground, then dipped out, leaving Phantom Ganon to throw a massive gloom tantrum.

[@crazycanyon3028]

I definitely didn’t the second i saw why the sky turned blood red I was no longer there

[@funloop]

The funny thing about BLG's reaction was that, if I remember correctly, this is actually the second time this happened, but when it first happened they were going so fast through the field that they completely missed it appearing so they only experienced the red moon atmosphere and were confused the entire time.

[@cccc8141]

Kinda close to that, they just weren't close enough to the ground to see them, and didnt look down. Truly gamers, never look up or down.

[@AtlasAttakus]

“It’s 8:30 where are your kids” 😂

[@pizzarellayt]

​@@AtlasAttakusErmm, _actually_ it was 8:50 PM

[@LinkMountaineer]

The thing is that even knowing where they spawn once doesn’t help. They have a spawning range and can still jump scare you if you approach that range from a different angle.

[@QuikVidGuy]

I love how everyone who switched weapons switched to a weaker one after realizing how much damage they take

[@PizzaPasta256]

I love how seemingly random these events happen. I first encountered them literally like 10 minutes after getting off the great sky island just messing around on a little cart I made in the grassy plains. It’s amazing how for example PointCrow literally didn’t encounter one til after he had already gone through 2 temples!

[@Supertasticisaword]

Same! Mine was literally 30secs after landing off Great Sky Island and I had to put the game down for a while. Thought TOTK had just had a massive jump in difficulty from BOTW hahah

[@firen0136]

Same. Mine were in the same spot Vinny and other people were in, the cave shrine. I ended up devoting 30 minutes to beating shadow ganon and from then on the difficulty shot WAYYYY up. I don't think I've ever seen a fight in the game without a black monster

[@caitlinmason2353]

Yikes.

[@walls_of_skulls6061]

@@Supertasticisawordsame and I was disappointed when I didn’t get elden ring Zelda

[@rinyaskyline]

I was in the Hyrule Field on a rock the first time I encountered them, I had three hearts, no weapons outside of sticks, and I was terrified lol

[@AlfieLarner18]

Lol the fourth encounter is hilarious when Roamer looks around but then looks behind him and the hands are there 😂

[@TheMeloettaful]

Scene was straight out of a horror movie! The poor guy just wanted to pick some apples lol 🍎🌳😂.

[@pyrusmew5]

A classic “right behind me” moment!

[@SLIN2010]

I love how roamer just doesn‘t notice the gloom puddle💀

[@jakobr_]

To be fair the map has tons of gloom puddles all over the place.

[@SLIN2010]

@@jakobr_ but at *C H A S M S*

[@SLIN2010]

Oh wait. He was a beginner back then

[@SLIN2010]

or probably a beginner

[@3nowStorm]

Just casually walking through the world and having the sky suddenly go red and those hands appear out of nowhere was quite the terrifying experience.

[@LizardKingRequiem]

The grumps are the only ones that really convey the absolute horror and terror of discovering those freaks

[@francismartial6427]

3:23 I dont know about that lol

[@PurpurDragon2014]

Thanks Nintendo for scaring the sh!t out of us lol

[@soraeatsredtireyummyyummy9603]

I noticed that they do this more than people realize

[@LunaP1]

​@@soraeatsredtireyummyyummy9603we will never know peace 🙃

[@hikaru9624]

Brings back memories of playing oot on the n64 and going down that bloody well back in the 90's. Yes my child self was a weak little coward scared of redeads and deadhands.

[@pronounhoarder_8632]

It’s the glomping spiders for me in the older games. I still hate them now 🕷️🕸️😖

[@OkamiPrincess15]

@@hikaru9624Don’t feel bad, I’m STILL scared of them in my mid thirties. I always hate when it’s time to go into the well whenever I play OOT.

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

State 1: Confusion (disgust mostly appears at that state) State 2: Surprise State 3: Terror (hopelessness and/or despair may appear following this state)

[@BorisDineda]

I've never heard of Roamer before but hands down he had the best reaction.

[@theherohartmut]

He just wanted some apples.

[@Jcksnxkwmxbdkdb]

​@@theherohartmutan apple a day brings the gloom hands your way 🍎

[@cubclean]

Calvin also known as roamer is top tier

[@Not_Rachel_A]

Haha HANDS down

[@singingsun04]

I watch the guy a lot and was surprised to see him in one of these videos. He’s a school teacher and a pleasant individual who really enjoys explaining his thoughts on the games he plays. He’s not too afraid of giving his honest opinion if he doesn’t like something but enjoys praising games and focusing on the good aspects, something not all that common in Let’s Players. I recommend subscribing to Roamer. Great content creator.

[@SamTheMarioMan]

I had a good first encounter with them. I was just riding my horse, minding my own business, when THAT showed up. My totally rational first thought after seeing a horrifying abomination was "I'm gonna take a picture of it for the Compendium!" ...Lesson learned: You can't register the hands in the Compendium. I died trying, then my horse and I died 2-3 more times before we *finally* escaped

[@lenn4944]

😂

[@MissyT8173]

😂

[@miss_euphoric]

My first encounter was similar to Roamer, I was minding my own business when the sky suddenly turned red, I was really confused as to why there was a blood moon in the middle of the day. Then I turned round

[@mariogirl8100]

Did you teleport out?

[@contextsensitive8484]

I love how Vinny just sighs and goes “fuck you” before immediately going into a useless two handed spin attack

[@Think_thinkerer]

Bro Roamer's reaction was hilarious 💀 He just looked at the sky terrified and started slowly looking back

[@aedaniammx7559]

My first Gloom Spawn experience was right after I got the Paraglider, when I dropped into the pit beneath Hyrule Castle. I didn’t think it was the end of the game, I just wanted some good gear and thought BotW prepared me for any enemies I’d face, and beating the Lynel gave me confidence. I was not prepared.

[@Marigold11037]

I went under hyrule Castle after doing the Wind temple, figuring that 'since Hyrule Castle is safe, the depths probably are too! AND they might have cool loot!!' It wasn't until I got to the room with the mural that I considered _maybe_ I shouldn't be there yet

[@michmill7007]

The BornLosersGaming reaction to Phantom Ganon was honestly gold

[@Echo81Rumple83]

They seriously freaked out over its turning into Phantom Ganon? Moreso than when they encountered the gloom hands? It's just a mummified tyrant covered in gloomblood with telegraphic moves; at least THAT'S more predictable than figuring out WTF those hands will do to me (sure AF it ain't a heej 😅)!

[@michmill7007]

@@Echo81Rumple83 It's more like they just beat this terrifying monstrosity of an enemy, they didn't expect a full boss fight after something that creepy

[@TriXJester]

Honestly same reaction I had

[@crunchevo8974]

​@@Echo81Rumple83tbf imagine the final boss showing up after you kill some random abomination lol. When you know absolutely nothing it's like when Strahd just randomly shows up in curse of Strahd lmao

[@Dyzmell]

seeing these things was probably the first time i’ve experienced genuine fear in a long time

[@karenstevenson758]

When i first ran into gloom hands, i had a complete meltdown. I was hunting deer for food and i just got grabbed from behind. Music kicked in, everything turned red, and then i had a complete meltdown. I actually screamed and dropped my controllers and ran out of the room like a 2 yr old 🤣🤣

[@quidegohicsum9815]

I love the joy of BornLosersGaming being completely crushed by the arrival of Phantom Ganon

[@WynterStormYT]

Average player: minding their business Gloom Hands: *raptor noises intensify*

[@tea_n_ink]

i love that rt's first enoucnter was the unskippable one on the way to ganon's because he got off the sky island and IMMEDIATELY attempted the final boss DOING A PERMADEATH CHALLENG

[@HazeEmry]

That was certainly a stressful FIRST STREAM. RT spoiling the ending the day it came out is hilarious though, even if it was just the start of the ending

[@kriscynical]

DeeBeeGeek also had a FANTASTIC reaction to them. Then when he went back to get his revenge like two temples later, THEN he discovered the Phantom Ganon while congratulating himself.😂

[@jaytremblay4357]

Unlike a lot of people say, the guardians never really were a problem imo, they were pretty easy to kill. But that f* thing was a living nightmare

[@terranceaskew3165]

The guardins were predictable. These things, especially after an update or two, are absolutely terrifying. Like on release, they couldn't climb certain walls or inclines....but that changed quickly.

[@xotbirdox]

@@terranceaskew3165Wait they can climb now?! Lord help me 💀 I avoid them as much as possible, didn't know they could climb now bc I just glide or warp away 😅

[@terranceaskew3165]

@@xotbirdox Yeah! Not sure which update caused it, but I noticed they can climb slight inclines now, whereas before, they couldn't. As an example, the one that spawns near Hateno Village in the forest, I "used" to just climb that large rock/hill (next to the river) to escape them or just bomb arrow them from there...nah, they can climb that too.

[@endless_del]

the guardians for me were really scary at the beginning, but i quickly started taking them down no problem. i still run or warp away from gloom hands unless i really need dark clumps 🥲 they make any fear i had for guardians at the start seem like relaxation

[@justicemcintosh3294]

Personally, I like to call them Ganon Grippers

[@SolstaceWinters]

I like to call em the "Grabby Hands" myself.

[@Quadraxis]

I will never forget the sheer terror that shot through my soul on my first encounter with this god-forsaken monstrosity.

[@BJGvideos]

I thought for sure that hitting them with brightblooms got rid of them because it *seemed* to work the first few times they showed up, but apparently each time it just coincided with them vanishing on their own.

[@M.E.M.O.10-50]

Dazzlefruit knocks them down briefly. Freezing works briefly. Any amount of pause is welcome.

[@BJGvideos]

@@M.E.M.O.10-50 Still it was that they up and vanished and left loot so I thought that was a sign that they were defeated.

[@boylover_123_12]

i loved the game grumps reaction hahaha

[@lordtouchme77]

Lmao roamer got the best timing and reaction

[@AvianSharkOthala]

I freaked out once, and then somewhere down the line I started hunting down the gloom hands like a psychopath. Also I love Dan's reaction to those things, just immediate panic and then "QUICK ARIN PUT ON YOUR LITTLE HAT"

[@Grilled_Cheeses]

RTGame: It’s over; I have the high ground. 😄 Phantom Ganon: You underestimate my power. RTGame: 😧

[@linklinksson6885]

I cant even put into words how much i love this enemy. Its just so out of nowhere and actually intimidating

[@Anths_art]

Vinny being the only one to be like "so anyway i started swinging" while everyone else was "so anyway i started running"

[@botanbutton]

I love how this is gonna be a talking point for people and video games from now on. "Where'd you encounter Gloom Hands???" 😂 I was running up Mt. Lanayru and they popped out. I immediately jumped off the side of Mt. Lanayru. I almost forgot to use the paraglider. Then I just hung on to a large icicle until they disappeared, lol.

[@zevraluna1899]

How did the first guy get so far without finding the gloom hands?!

[@Dan_G.R.S.]

He beat the game without seeing a single Lynel

[@endless_del]

​@DanGRdS is that possible?? theres one in gloom's approach

[@darkraysofsunshine3113]

Crazy how late in the game some of these guys found gloom hands, when I met them almost immediately off of the great sky island and it greatly hindered my eagerness to explore. Like pointcrow has 3 of the sages and ur telling me this is the first time he's seen gloom hands!?

[@tyeklund7221]

How did so many people go so long without seeing Gloom Hands? I found them while still in Hyrule Field while only having 4 hearts

[@CrepuscularBean]

for born losers gaming, at least, this clip is actually their second time encountering the gloom hands - the first time they were standing high up and looking at the sky, only noticing the blood moon atmosphere and being very confused. iirc, they were still pretty early in the game that time

[@FrozenCampbellSoup]

For the second guy, RTGame, he straight up went to the final boss almost immediately after getting the paraglider. Made it incredibly far too. On a sidenote, he was doing a no-deaths blind run lmao

[@NinjaMaster-og8ti]

​@@FrozenCampbellSoupwell, not exactly a no death run. He did stub his toe

[@grand_admiral_henrich4416]

My first encounter with them was in a cave where Rauru's blessing shrine was. I was watching a friend on twitch enter that same area 3 minutes later😂😂 . Edit turns out it was the same area as Roamer was

[@piplupcola]

I've never missed the guardians more than when i first encounter Goopey the Gloom Hand

[@jethiliusavalar6449]

He just wanted some apples :(

[@davidmcgarry7207]

I love gloom hands. Probably one of my favorite things in this game. I really want Nintendo to keep adding stuff to just put you in your place like the gloom hands do. I've been marking on my map locations where I found them so I can hunt them for more swords and whatnot

[@linabina4832]

That feeling younger when you finally figured out how to defeat them when Phantom Gabon popped out 😭😩

[@leohamada6946]

I got ran up a tree like a cat

[@TheOmegaDragon]

My first encounter with them hands was in the maze. I was there right in front of the shrine celebrating navigating the maze then all of a sudden these grope meisters spawn out of nowhere. My first instinct was to climb the wall because I wanted to enter the shrine. To add insult to injury Phantom A-hole spawned in for an attempt on a revenge kill, I headed straight to the shrine.

[@Chris-gx1ei]

I totally pranked my younger brother with the Gloom Hands, I told him they would drop OP Loot if you kill them, this part is kinda true but I didnt mentioned Phantom Ganon 😂

[@ripesoda7003]

My first encounter with these suckers was right near the landing in a cave for a shrine. Scariest shit, my heart dropped when I saw phantom ganons health bar pop up for the first time

[@mk4-matt6290]

Having the sky turn red is the best thing the devs did to the gloom hands

[@endless_del]

not only atmospheric, it blocks out the sun too so your gloomed hearts cant heal

[@Allacara]

My first encounter with gloom hands happened to be in complete darkness in the depths, so needless to say i was very scared.

[@TheSansationalSans]

My first time I was in the same cave as a couple of those KZbinrs were. I was just minding my own business, saw a pile of gloom but went around it. Suddenly I hear battle music so I frantically start looking around because I didn't see or hear any monsters. Then I see these hands reaching for me. I immediately sprinted for the wall and clung to it for dear life as I look down at this thing in horror.

[@bluezaton]

My first encounter I tried climbing up some rocks to get away and it started raining. I ran out of stamina and died. I thought the change in weather was part of this creature's powers. Turns out I was just extremely unlucky.

[@itsrainingtacos4774]

I remember my first encounter with the gloom hands. I have never screamed so much lol.

[@dyciefisk2535]

My first time encpuntering them was at the end of the arctic labyrinth on the surface. I'd only heard of the gloom hands prior and presumed what I had just died to was them. Wanting revenge I marched straight back there and killed them, only to be met with the greatest panic I had ever felt playing a videogame as it drops a full mini-boss on me after I just barely survived the previous fight.

[@doggylikesicecream]

I went through so many arrows the first time I saw them in a cave on my way to Rito village but finally beat them and then phantom ganon came on screen and I remember just fast traveling to the shrine right next to me to cancel it out 😂

[@Pixel9-Bit]

I remember how I freaked out, the sky suddenly turning red, I thought the Blood Moon came early in a very quicker way and the music changed. I didn't know what to do especially I only had 4 hearts in the game. I was terrified.

[@AlitaLune]

My first encounter was in the Plain of Hyrule at the very beginning of the game, I didn't even have the parabola yet. I had a real panic attack when I saw them !😂

[@aragaminightmare9527]

I first encountered these things in a cave and the moment I saw them I was like wtf are those it didn't help that their shrieking made me go into panic mode and throw all my logic out the window.

[@Wallis_2001]

I don’t understand people who reacted calmly to these things. I was SCREAMING

[@ashlight6107]

Gloom spawn are scary at first. I found them in the great plateau and I was like "NOPE NOPE NOPE"

[@Snowstorm174]

the trick is swapping between ice chuchu and then bombflower arrows. they get frozen by the ice and then the explosion hits all of them for big damage, it’s the way I’ve successfully killed them several times. but when you aren’t expecting them those things are TERRIFYING.

[@Shalyn-ln9tu]

My first encounter was at the Citadel. I jumped off that cliff so fast, i actually turned around while paragliding. Though, not my biggest scare. I actually have a screen recording, reacting to a tree uprooting itself during a lightning storm 😱

[@embrefrosste6044]

My first encounter with Gloom Hands was while I was climbing Mount Lanayru. It was one hell of a scenic view for the occasion, I’ll say.

[@Zinkolo]

I like how says the biggest possible spoiler in the first clip and immediately the game punishes him for it lmao

[@AlejandraHernandez-hk6zr]

It was not my first time but I got to the temple in the cave before I noticed the hands and I remember thinking "why is this temple a blessing? It was not hard to get to". Boy, when I got out they were right there 😢

[@maytheprincessofhoenn619]

My first encounter with those horrifying FloorMasters (I know what they are) was near Sahasra Slope (where the floating sky island housed the shrine) just west of Kakariko. The one time i didn't have enough stamina to climb up and decided to come back later, that one moment I saw a large patch of Gloom appear out of nowhere and 5 hands emerge, that's when i screamed and HIGH TAIL IT!!

[@yappaplay]

When I first saw this I got so scared but determined and end up killing it by waste my limited bombs. Imagine my surprise when Phantom Ganon shows up afterwards 😱

[@armin6047]

My first time was next to a shrine. The sky turned red the music was screaming and gloom hands starring and running after me. I have never been more terrified in my life

[@FaulterYT]

When I first ran into Gloom Hands I thought it was some new spin on a Floormaster/Wallmaster, like maybe it'll drag me to some out filled with gloom and I had to defeat the hands to get out

[@ebusive]

I'm just glad we all shit our collective pants the first time we saw these monstrosities. I have a lot of gripes about this game but they absolutely nailed this

[@WGY_Games]

My first encounter with them was after I managed to get into the Great Deku Tree. I have never been more terrified and enraged in my entire life.

[@infamousshadow2]

y'know? maybe th guardians weren't so bad

[@Hessonite_Dragon_Helen]

My first experience with Gloom hands was in the cave with a shrine that BLG and ZachScott found them in My first reaction was “why is that goop moving?” And when the hands showed up and screeched, I went “OH SHIT” I got to pretty low HP before I just barely escaped onto the hill in the middle of the room, and I used bomb flower arrows to kill them Then, Phantom Ganon appeared. Now, I was lucky enough to be not spoiled at all except for three or so small things, but I’d heard the name “Phantom Ganon” before I started playing and I assumed it was like a precursor to the final boss Like you gotta fight Phantom Ganon before actual Ganondorf So, phantom Ganon appeared and murdered me instantly when I came down from the Coward Hill ™️ like a fool When I respawned, I just went to the shrine and then left Now, I literally got the game a week ago so I’m only about halfway done with the Regional Phenomena quest (I spent most of that playtime doing literally anything else for completion)

[@trashmammal_7]

My first time seeing them was while I was just riding around hyrule and trying to navigate it now that the terrain is slightly different, when my horse made a wrong turn out of nowhere and suddenly I heard a horrible shriek and then the world turned crimson and all of a sudden I was being accosted by hands and music that made me yell out loud in fear. I instantly missed guardians.

[@GardeBlaze]

My first encounter with them was in Castle Town. I was enjoying the surprisingly peaceful ruins now that the Guardians were gone when I noticed a pool of gloom that I thought wasn't there before. Then the arms appeared, they noticed me, and the sky turned red as they reached me in no time flat. I tried to fight, got the notification that gloom damage lowers my maximum health, and warped the hell out of there.

[@SinisterShrink]

My first encounter with these was in that cave where most of the people in the video found them. Almost soiled myself while fighting them and then upon seeing the boss health bar appear I felt my soul leave my body.

[@CybrPichus]

My first experience with these hands was when i was heading to zora's domain, was able to kill the hands but died to thr phantom ganon afterwords

[@GemGames3]

First encountered them at the floating island shrine near Kakariko Village, the music just kicked in the sky turned red and I fled for my life, but I finally had to face my fears cleansing the Deku Tree.

[@MissyT8173]

I went down there with heaps of arrow's and bomb flower's, blasted my way to victory 🎉

[@GemGames3]

@@MissyT8173 I was so afraid of them I blasted them with bomb arrows before I even touched the ground. 🤣

[@Al-ok1lj]

It was a thrill ride for sure but nothing compared to meeting your first guardian.

[@jessicamadsen7092]

I miss the Guardians so much. They are truly one of the most adrenaline-inducing enemies in all of Zelda. Anytime I heard that piano music, I’d immediately start zigzagging my horse all over the place screaming, “GO GO GO GO!” 😂

[@Al-ok1lj]

@@jessicamadsen7092 If only the developers would’ve made that guardian on top of Robbie’s observatory came alive at one point, i would’ve lost my shit! Almost no reference to sheikah tech in totk. Truly sad.

[@jessicamadsen7092]

That would have been SO cool to have that Guardian on the observatory come alive - it could have been part of a side quest to save Hateno from the Guardian or something! And yes, having all the Sheikah tech completely wiped from the map is so disheartening. They literally could have kept the original towers, for example, and outfitted them with the launching pads instead of creating these new towers and having the old ones randomly disappear.

[@estherk2343]

My first encounter was on the road to Lanayru, in the snow, and desperately ran from them into an Ice Like. Somehow i got lucky and its breath attacks missed me and froze some of the hands, and I almost got away, but the hands were just too damn fast. I knew to try elemental attacks on them thanks to that tho, ice being my favourite

[@hikaru9624]

I remember my first encounter with gloom hands. Had like 6 hearts, was just chilling with my horse until I saw the sky turn red during the day. I was confused as to why a blood moon was occurring during the day until those hands caught me, I caught those hands and died soon after :)

[@creativecashier1740]

9:05 Zack: Clearly I"m going to win this fight Zack a few seconds later: runs the hell away

[@jayfeather965]

I love that everyone’s (including mine) reaction was essentially the same. “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!” And “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”

[@JustJamesNotJerry]

The first time I saw these guys was shortly after getting the paraglider near an archway around Hyrule, I was not expecting them to be so vicious.

[@wordedhalo6746]

Love how arin and Dan are treated as separate entities in the thumbnail 😂

[@Robowing779]

My first interaction with gloom hands was in the northern maze, I completed the shrine and then I saw them wandering by in the doorway and was like “wtf is that?” And then I approached them and got grabbed and immediately tp away

[@rickyricardo4331]

Watching them run out of stamina when trying to flee is the Grade-A equivalent of falling over a tree root in the horror movies!

[@edwheezer6231]

Not my first experience with gloom hands, but still a funny one: I was strolling along through a cave, saw a shrine up a ledge, and hopped right up there. I was expecting a puzzle of some kind - I literally just walked right up to the shrine, there was no way it was a blessing shrine, right? Except it *was* a blessing shrine. And I was very confused. What had I done that would've been so difficult to reach the shrine? I walked into a cave, climbed up a small wall, and just went in. Where was the challenge? I left the shrine feeling bemused, dropped off the ledge and started to head for the exit...only to hear loud shrieking from my left, and realized exactly why it was a blessing shrine. XD

[@DryIhs]

I manage to take them down the first time I saw them... but then predictably died immediately to Phantom Ganon 😂