Shadow of the Colossus (2018) by ChurchNEOH in

Runner introduction starts at 0:11.
Run starts at 0:27.
Couch Commentary is provided by grandspaghetti, foxycleopatra, and BeaveItToLeaver.
Host is TiraLyra.
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Runner introduction starts at 0:11. Run starts at 0:27. Couch Commentary is provided by grandspaghetti, foxycleopatra, and BeaveItToLeaver. Host is TiraLyra.

[@Bibbedibabbedibu]

Timer first starts at 0:27 but gets reset. Run starts at 1:20.

[@smoofoperator]

@@Bibbedibabbedibu Thank you, lol.

[@ezimmerman562]

"Two to three minutes, basically. Yeah, it takes a long time." Damn speed runners.

[@Onyxthefem]

E Zimmerman an hour is a fucking eternity to speedrunners

[@ZachBurns04]

I saw him whistling during the Malice section. That bastard knows what just happened in the story and the whistling hurts my soul

[@AnguishXA]

Zachary Burns haha whistling actually speeds you up to your max speed.

[@travis8106]

Mike Church the strats people use to go quicker in every game are always so interesting and cool to find out about. Never knew that!

[@CleversonSantos]

Yeah I also notice it... But Agron never died:!!!

[@doctajuice]

Whistle sprinting - Mash jump and whistle buttons real fast while you run. The jump propels you forward, the whistle cancels the stumble animation when you land, the next jump cancels the whistle animation, etc.. It's a particular rhythm but if you find it you actually run faster than agro's trot speed

[@Markicccccc]

Cleverson Santos no, she did die, but doe in brought her back

[@Kazinator21]

PHALANX DID NOTHING WRONG

[@NFITC1]

PHALANX DID NOTHING RIGHT EITHER

[@Schilani]

What did any of them ever do? Well... except Dirge maybe...

[@ssgoten8]

@@NFITC1 HE NEVER HAD TO, HE WAS JUST BEING HIMSELF.

[@danielq2358]

AVION DID NOTHING WRONG

[@jacklightn]

Phalanx exists that was the problem

[@CardboardMoose]

Timestamps for the Colossi (who did nothing wrong): Valus 1:23 Quadratus 3:27 Gaius 5:22 Phaedra 7:40 Avion 10:04 Barba 12:48 Hydrus 14:46 Kuromori 18:22 Basaran 19:55 Dirge 21:43 Celosia 23:44 Pelagia 25:33 Phalanx 27:32 Cenobia 30:23 Argus 33:38 Malus 35:51

[@ChuckieT266]

how did they all get these names thats what I'm more curious lol

[@ThePigasaurus]

ChuckthatTea it’s ez to find you can look them up and some fans know them

[@Simboiss]

Avion means "plane" in French.

[@andjusticeforall2893]

The colossi did something wrong. Exist. I've beat the game 5 times and counting.

[@user-ts7ct5se1t]

That's true. They're just there to keep the soul of Dormin trapped and Wander just shows up and kills them

[@Raycroissant]

Excellent couch, very active with the commentary.

[@AnguishXA]

Raycroissant I couldn’t have done it without them

[@occasionalshredder]

Sadly the audience was super small, one of the better couches though

[@Nargaroth]

Also these guys are some of the few people Ive seen thank every donation that is being read. Very cool

[@AnguishXA]

nutpro thank you for noticing. I couldn’t help but thank people that chose my time slot to donate.

[@hadinasrallah8928]

@@AnguishXA you’re awesome!

[@panzersnapdragon3087]

This is such a fun run to watch. The physicality and movement physics of the character in this game give it so much potential for cool stunts, best exemplified by that absurd jump during the Gaius fight. What a joy to watch!!

[@anddavepp]

What did the Colossi ever do?????

[@Bibbedibabbedibu]

What did Phalanx ever do???

[@yoshi314]

they stomped on my cabbage field, dammit.

[@thatonescarecrow4692]

Well they kinda sorta big stoney zoo which also contains shards of elder dark God essence, which can grant any wish. So basically you are just slaying some mindless innocent golems to ressurect Ur gurl.

[@coldramentpm1013]

exist

[@Gab98Spyro]

@@thatonescarecrow4692 THANK YOU! I don't understand why everyone seems to forget the part where Dormin LITERALLY SAYS OUT LOUD that the Colossi were just ''boxes'' made to contain his power.

[@aidanumpherson]

7:05 That's such an amazing donation. Brings a tear to my eye.

[@hamil3115]

It's mad how people have that kinda money, I once saw a ten grand donation...

[@cristianfachini5301]

The water colossus is the only one that scares me tbh

[@smess4548]

When he dives, i just cant look at it

[@pineapplepawnch523]

The flying one scares me lol if you fall off he stares at you while circling you

[@DanielRodriguez-gs2xj]

@@smess4548 Dirge is that for me.... also because i hate that asshole

[@itsyaboi1245]

Wow the PS4 version looks incredible

[@walrusman86808]

It plays amazing as well

[@Seriouspup]

It shines when your riding to the colossus

[@AhmadDakhlallah1]

So strange this is exactly how it looked in my childhood memory

[@DarthKrillin]

How strange and now we're in the PS5 days! Imagine that!

[@davidos4023]

He defeated all of them faster than I figured out how to defeat the 15 colossus...

[@just_nokx]

This was such an entertaining run, good job Churchneoh!

[@AnguishXA]

Nokx Thanks homie! Really appreciate the kind words.

[@maken15]

1st time seeing this runner and it was pretty entertaining, the couch was on point too, pretty informative.

[@AnguishXA]

Maken Kruz thank you for your kind words!

[@TheArchworks]

So, is there no tech for moving through the game world faster for SotC regular story mode? I feel like every time I see a run of this game at a GDQ it's always time attack. Not complaining, I mean the colossi are by far the most interesting part so I'm down for getting to them faster. Was just wondering I guess.

[@hammerklav8152]

There's a minor skip getting to the first colossus and another one on the way to the 11th, nothing else. Not very interesting to watch

[@PlushSOJ]

No movement tech sadly besides the odd Agro rear for a 2 second time save, or a small parkour section. Mostly just a horse-riding simulator for the travel segments. The Any%/full-game speedrun is also dicey because on certain colossus there is no easy retry point (you have to die to reset the colossus, so you gotta find a cliff or hope the colossus does a good amount of damage to kill Wander quickly), and some colossi don't have great backup strats in the case of a miss. So it isn't very marathon safe, though still something that can be consistently done under 1:45 so there may be a day where a GDQ sees the Any% run. It was run at ESA by Elajjaz.

[@BackSlashJvb125]

there is, if you switch weapons when juping you can run faster but other than that the is nothing else for moving in the world fater without agro

[@foxyjira]

Amazing run by Church and I hope everyone enjoys watching this run as much as I did commentating. Let's see if our prediction comes true despite my poor wording haha

[@ikillomega]

I just adore this game. All versions. It's so freaking good. It's my favorite PS2 game and one of my favorite games of all time.

[@namelessandsouless1]

I had forgotten how amazing this game looks. This run reminded me of an outstanding game that I Need to get again!

[@Nargaroth]

My favorite game of all time.. And this makes me want to pull it out and play again! Fantastic run holy shit!

[@Altura0]

5:53 This Wander empty: YEET

[@user-ip9eq2hi3y]

Christian Hall he just yeeted that wanderer hard

[@amateurasian]

I love this remake, I actually cried when I saw the trailer cause all my childhood memories flashed before me when I was playing this game , the thing that hurt me is that they didn't include the cut content and lost colossi , good run tho

[@jharvey62778]

Such a beautiful game and just a well played I enjoyed this a lot

[@ThePigasaurus]

I love the golf claps after the colossi. Also the speedrun as well of course

[@TheGenericDavis]

This might have been the most supportive couch I've heard. And I don't just mean the explanations, but there were a lot of reassurances when the runner was getting on himself over making small mistakes. Awesome, runner, awesome couch, awesome game.

[@TheGoodyNL]

Summoning Salt should do a video about this game and its speedrunning community!

[@acronyx991]

Just the community in general is amazing. One of the most dedicated out there I've seen. When you spend 10 years+ to uncover 1 secret it's just mind blowing.

[@knju1monsterhunt656]

Watching this makes me want to replay my PS3 copy. He's so skilled at this!

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

This speedrun will help me get the platinum xD thank you Churchneoh, thank you GDQ

[@JudgeMagistR]

As a long time speedrunner of the game. It was so nice seeing this run. Seeing people mind-blown with the strats, And of course, #Colossilivesmatter, I'm actively talking to those runners everyday and we're still discovering new things together to keep the game alive, and having sotc on agdq makes the game itself prolongs even further! Props to church doing a excellent run. SotC is a tough game and I say that by experience. And he did it very well.

[@JAWS1376]

Very nice to see this game added to the game list!

[@s.t.5993]

awesome video/run !

[@triphazard2906]

Amazing run. I was able to use a few of these techniques myself in order to crack some hard trial mode colossi who were giving me trouble. Got a 4:51 on Gaius after many tries, very pleased with that

[@davemarx7856]

Hitting like button before watching because *you already know*

[@TruMaverick]

But did he find the hidden secret?

[@danestambaugh255]

Theres a platinum trophy run of this game and it takes almost 9 hours lmao

[@user-fy7ru4ii1i]

Watching speed runs helped me get through HARD MODE time trails. Not without a little yelling at the TV though.

[@6DADADA]

Doing time attack was already frustrating by the AI, I can only imagine speedrunning the game. More power to Churcj, great run!

[@Kazinator21]

#justice4colossi #justice4phalanx

[@LipSyncLover]

It feels wrong to clap when they go down :(

[@andjusticeforall2893]

What about argus, pelagia, and hydrus

[@riku988]

This is amazing because sometimes the colossus’ AI doesn’t react the way you want them to be. Good job.

[@MathiasMahieu]

Great run Church!

[@Much_Ado]

I remember a glitch I did on the PS2 version, where in one of the water colossus fights, I jumped out of the water in some weird way so that when the evil spaghetti got to me, it zipped me onto the floor of the lake, and did the land animation for it. I wonder if that's still possible in this.

[@dahfishguy]

Evil spaghetti xD fuck that killed me

[@aidanumpherson]

GLORIOUS!

[@camelcase9225]

Celosia took me forever the first time I played this game. I could not get a hit because it kept shaking every second.

[@PsykoPatato]

i didn't even know there was a 2018 version of this game, i played it on ps3 and made all skips for NTA at the time, really fun to do

[@LupercalRising]

This game was so depressing

[@jarnukvideo3864]

If the game made you depressed it just means you have a heart.

[@snickers_-_-]

This guy is hella good

[@HexxikVSDJCalx]

That sword jump tho

[@weebtrash6119]

Amazing game. Amazing run. This game was very inspirational I would even say maybe even created a sub genre

[@Chief_Bill]

What is that sub genre?

[@salvale9184]

@@Chief_Bill Boss Rush, I would guess but punch out did just that well before this even if sotc arguably popularized it

[@michaellovegrove9467]

Legendary 👌🏻

[@yulianmudihsr2027]

Amazing player..

[@naoufalerrammahy5398]

LEGEND

[@eKoush]

god I love this game

[@Lickicker]

palagia i can definitely see being a run killer

[@NoriMori1992]

Me at 2:02: "Wow, he's doing so well on Valus, he's gonna make the goal for sure!" *falls* Me: (Joseph Joestar voice) "OH NO!"

[@kuekuatzu_6750]

This is such an atmospheric, tragic and slow pased game that it´s almost sad seeing it speed run. But great work anyway. F for every Colossus who died for this run.

[@Vince-re8xy]

I’m surprised theres not dlc for more colossi

[@wastelanda7x]

I love speedrunners bc they're like "yeah that takes a while like 1 or 2 minutes

[@marcvialli8469]

All the credit in the world to Church and his team, but watching this reminded me how infuriating it is to actually play. A lot better to watch than play.

[@Infernoblade1010]

Nate Drake's alternate universe self

[@MK-sw7do]

He's the best pirate i ever seen

[@Yukari_MAiG]

I remember the chat during this run. BibleThump everywhere.

[@AnguishXA]

What did the colossi ever do to this jerk? BibleThump

[@davemarx7856]

I'm a little older and not caught up on memes. What is "BibleThump"? I understand what a _bible thumper_ is but that's usually a derogatory term and BibleThump does not seem to be used that way. Thanks in advance.

[@emeraldviridis1831]

Dave Marx It’s the name of an emoticon on Twitch (a live streaming app) and it looks like a crying baby face

[@applechipsthevideogame5381]

Kappa

[@sip1981]

Church12Hyuk

[@youwouldntremembermeanyway7410]

Existing

[@mommailuvu]

i just started playing this game and comparing how they kill the colossi vs how i did it and omg. i literally struggled so hard on a couple and then he kills them without them even finishing their animations lol

[@chinwenduizenwata6763]

Same here lol

[@zachludolph8154]

My man church

[@dudlecore7358]

this was the one game i allmost bought a playstation 2 for - didn't and kinda regret it.

[@VinMetal666]

Hey just out of curiosity, is the NEOH in Church's name refer to Northeast Ohio? If so, hey to a fellow Northeast Ohio Shadow of the Colossus fan, one of the most legendary games of all time.

[@walrusman86808]

I feel like a lot of these "exploits" were intended mechanics. They almost seem to perfect sometimes

[@lookat_thismonkey9308]

Wot... 20:11 Now thats cool... 34:33

[@user-xv9lj3nq1r]

What did phalanx ever do?

[@Tofilux]

Was here.

[@lolindirlink]

1:23 , Go!

[@davemarx7856]

123 How serendipitous.

[@MartinezPlays]

hope you guys give this game a chance and join our community the community is really nice with a little friendly competition

[@IslesGirl3]

As an avid player of this game it blows my mind to see them do those physics jumps! In the game my leaps were always like leaps of faith and they just slingshot themselves onto the colossus!!! Do these runners have like guides or tutorials of how to practice those jumps? I'd love to try them.

[@hammerklav8152]

Theron has a really good up-to-date guide on his channel. You can also find more on the speedrun. com page. The discord server is also great to ask for tips and advice ; )

[@PlushSOJ]

@@hammerklav8152 Don't use my real name, dad. But yeah, I have a tutorial on my channel for the PS4 version and two tutorials for the PS3 version. I'd recommend trying Argus if you have a PS4 (15th colossus), it's not actually that difficult and it is probably one of the coolest to show off with, the hand is a little rough though.

[@hammerklav8152]

I've just realized he changed his youtube name to PlushSOJ, sorry for the confusion if there was any! :3

[@kuribro443]

I wonder what would have happened if any of the colossi jumped.

[@elchido3517]

I can't even get past the first one.

[@whatsreallygoingon253]

why is this dude killing all these monsters

[@rokl1663]

I feel bad for the colossi

[@doodlecrazydc]

As a kid at quit a kuromori cus I couldn't beat him, only to find out it's the easiest boss when you know what you're doing. That's Vexing.

[@mr.funnyman9765]

Sal dropped off of the Colossus, which makes him tonight's big loser

[@robinedelbauer3030]

speedrunners commentary.

[@applechipsthevideogame5381]

By the way, catch ChurchNEOH at his twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/churchneoh

[@noahstevens4789]

Sal Vulcano?

[@firedrake110]

Wander: *Launches onto Malus' head* Malus: O.O;;;

[@zenplayerx4307]

Dormin:This journey will be very long and difficult...You might not survive...In order to resurrect her soul you will have to deafeat 16 mighty foes... Wander:Ok sure,I have a couple minutes to spare 😄

[@A_Random_Rat]

I played it for the first time today. I'm a trophy collector so I forced myself to speed run in hard mode (that's one of the trophies). 3 giants killed in an hour, and you do it in all in 37 mins?!

[@brxyann]

I’m trying to plat the game too. How was the Hard mode speed run?

[@pineapple4561]

How is the short cut for the 15th colossus done?

[@Solhurst]

Wtf this took me 7hrs

[@WrenchNinja]

Local man murders giants

[@fuse4gaming]

@Xerobladedge is my dude!

[@Markicccccc]

Damn I did korobori in 1:36 and thought I had a record

[@TheLerit]

Save the colossi !

[@FinetalPies]

AGDQ is like, still live but ok

[@Gabriel-wu6ke]

Kd os BR?

[@JaejoongPrincess]

What is is this? Is there a SOTC competition?

[@ejbock5b179]

What did the Colossus do?

[@angelosurla9316]

If the Giant is fighting an ant ("Human") wouldn't it be possible for the Giants wound to clot ? Just like how humans wound clot after being injected by a Syringe or a needle.

[@SebbyPlaysMusic]

Bruh, I'm trying to beat the Time Attacks using these methods and I am raaaaging. x.x Particularly on the 15th. Some of them were surprisingly easy, though.

[@DjClayface]

AGRO!!!

[@grim_bbx2241]

Do Colossi did the ever what!?

[@ZaburFTW]

basically