Hollow Knight by Vysuals in

Countdown starts at 1:34
Game Start at 1:45
Couch commentary is provided by Hey Im Rex, Ideas, authorblues, aangst, and Mickely. Host is Skybilz.
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Countdown starts at 1:34 Game Start at 1:45 Couch commentary is provided by Hey Im Rex, Ideas, authorblues, aangst, and Mickely. Host is Skybilz.

[@RomSteady]

Path of Pain at 1:31:51.

[@wreckoon8789]

I almost beat his time by 49 hours

[@rklover13]

This made me lol out loud. It took me that long first time... and second

[@indiefruit]

Took me about 28 to get the default ending. So yeh, probs about double that before I get all endings.

[@patrykchojnowski1485]

@@indiefruit you probably missed a lot

[@williambeatty9234]

You were so close. I thought my time of 6969 hours was good but...

[@indiefruit]

@@patrykchojnowski1485 I did. Think I had like 78%. But I have the full edition, so 78% in that is probs closer to 50% of the base game.

[@mileswilliams4807]

Team cherry with a $10,000 donation. That's some good dudes right there.

[@slappo4266]

They aren't the hero we deserve but the hero we need

[@dragonhunter485]

Also mossbag with the 1,500 if I remember correctly

[@Golgiaparatus2]

Mossbag flexing that lore money tho

[@megaloMemes]

ye

[@hakkboi1987]

@@GalaxyHap 38:21

[@DiegoTan66]

Can you make out what his donation reads? 38:23, I have no idea what she's reading except "knight of a great renown"...

[@battletailors7109]

@@DiegoTan66 it reads: "RIP Zote, he was truly a knight of great renown"

[@anthonygrassi4690]

Love that dudes content...To bad I watched it all already..

[@evertime123]

That no heal radiance. 100% clenched.

[@boxof]

dude, have you ever seen no hit ABSOLUTE radiance ? That's even worse

[@danver5622]

Radiant Atomic Radiance

[@cowerinokripperino3946]

@@boxof Difference being he did this live

[@codysykes5568]

@@boxof Gimme some coals so I can make some diamonds. don't ask how '-'

[@edwardevans5759]

@@codysykes5568 All good dude, nobody is gonna shame you for having buns of steel. :P

[@adrikrotten880]

I've already played 9 hours of this game. I decided to watch this hour and half long speedrun until I got into spoiler territory. It only took 15 minutes.

[@NicolaiAAA]

Same. Although I'm 37 hours in (but it is my first time so there's a lot of exploring and backtracking going on...and getting my ass handed to me on multiple occasions). I'm now barely over an hour into this run and I think I'll have to put it back on pause soon.

[@bussyenjoyer6933]

same. I feel bad man. I feel absolutely outgamed.

[@Nick-jb4xi]

lol, same!

[@huckmart2017]

Lol im doing the same thing except im only about 3 hours in. I'll probably have to turn this off in 5 minutes.

[@nimbuscapitalsolution]

Poor mossbag, Team Cherry just had to one up him. lmao. Jokes aside, it feels extremely heart warming to see both the community and creator chipping in for the event. Makes me feel extremely proud to be a Hollow Knight fan as well. Awesome job Vysuals, and the couch!

[@andrew_cunningham]

Hollow Knight NMG is the only game/route I've ever attempted to speedrun, so I was quite excited for about half a second to see that my best time was slightly faster than the one in the title. Until I noticed that this run included the true ending. Fuck me...

[@Confluence358]

@@j_0anna This would be more encouraging except for the fact that Hollow Knight is the first and only game this runner (Vysuals) speedruns :)

[@utkukaragoz8751]

@@Confluence358 I mean, there's nothing wrong about it. He is good at it.

[@cashm5455]

2 years later any% NMG is down to 32 minutes

[@W4LT3Rego]

Massive shoutout to mossbag and team cherry themselves for the big dono's. Such an awesome community, such an awesome game. The run was a bit shaky but still good regarding there were 130k people watching him! I hope this was a window for people to look through and discover that HK is one of the best new games right now. And thanks gdq for choosing hk as the opening game! Was awesome!

[@wzace5138]

W4LT3R when was the moss bag donate?

[@amynxddd]

@@wzace5138 38:20

[@wizardian1739]

When was the donate by team cherry?

[@Ben_R4mZ]

@@wizardian1739 51:42

[@carlosraventosprieto2065]

@@wizardian1739 51:46 10K

[@clawcakes]

"so this is big chungus"

[@clawcakes]

*mushrooms appear, some people in the audience start "WAH"-ing* "and waluigi's in the game, too?" *THE ENTIRE CROWD STARTS "WAH"-ING*

[@fuzzyd1436]

51:42 absolutely amazing

[@drawician3686]

Just like your profile pic.

[@bigzero7720]

FuzzyD 38:20

[@dannadeleon7787]

Felipe u right

[@nomukun1138]

What a noob. Adino'd when she should've Shaa'd. smh

[@friccle_]

she went against her own words. Smfh

[@temporaltoast9692]

Awful strats

[@nathanperez9596]

There wasn't even a good amount of edinas

[@BRoyce69]

Mossbag and team cherry are ballers

[@dragonhunter485]

Bryce Forsythe I only disagree with your spelling of mossbag

[@user-rh7nd5xv7y]

@Bryce Forsythe all lowercase "mossbag"

[@Jordan-bc6xr]

Vys’s giggles when he narrowly avoids death during that fight may be the best thing I’ve ever heard. I was dying watching. Scared to death and my heart was skipping beats and he just chuckles. The absolute madman! Such an entertaining run. Proud of you, Vys!

[@Vysuals]

Indiana Jo

[@nichtrick3308]

That reminds me of that meme, *chuckles* I'm in danger

[@corwinschuerch6691]

The Celeste devs were like "hey, that path of pain is really cool. Let's make an entire game where you don't touch the ground!" And then they made levels that they could practice on as well.

[@khaledmuhanna9665]

Corwin Schuerch chapter 9 of celeste makes the path of pain look like a walk in the park

[@jhinzhao4821]

Haha, and also they were like: wow you can play in normal and steel soul mode in which you die once you lose , lets put it into game as golden strawberry challange xD"

[@Brixxter]

Except they actually made it fun.

[@FiresBZ]

Path of Pain is just White Palace B-side. Change my mind.

[@gu3z185]

@@Brixxter Path of Pain was great, one of the best areas.

[@elementpixles1358]

38:23 Dang mossbag didn’t know u were cool AND rich

[@notmyfullname598]

guess who's void not hornet

[@alchemicalichor1600]

That was close, I almost had to fetch my slaughtering knife.

[@judgment5090]

Mossbag: *happy noises*

[@nhwf6736]

I approve this comment.

[@kisukoev]

i'm so unironically proud of this community

[@Hunter-kp1ve]

Easily the best speedrun from gdq, from skill, couch commentary, genuine fun, knowledge, and donation involvement, everyone vibing hard and even Team Cherry supported it. So fun

[@SirRado]

Not to overlook the fact that this game is a masterpiece, and that Vys is INCREDIBLE at it... But this was honestly probably the most entertaining GDQ video I may have ever seen. These folks are having a blast and it shows :)

[@pom737]

In 5 minutes, he does what took me my whole afternoon

[@r0bba746]

It doesn’t get much better than that Radiance fight

[@zaooza34]

well for me Hollow knight was not the Radiance and not the path of pain. it was the Nightmare King

[@RePaperBag]

​@@zaooza34 But nightmare king is the harder Version of regular grimm… and radiance is the easier Version of absolute radiance. and absolute radiance is way harder than nightmare king grimm...

[@avallach2061]

@@RePaperBag artificial difficulty tho, lots of RNG, really don't like her after all, I fought NKG like 15 times because it's so fun and fair, absolute radiance one time and never again please lol

[@MWKRider]

10/10 speedrun, Hollow Knight deserves all the praise it gets. Its a perfect game.

[@pelieskola5708]

Atleast closest to it i have seen.

[@ZeroKage69]

It's too underrated for how great it is.

[@Keelyn1984]

It's definetely my most favourite game that came out in recent years.

[@dowfreak7]

Perfect game's a little strong, but it's definitely really good.

[@jemuelbanares6698]

A perfect game for me would be somewhere along the level of Undertale and KOTOR but yeah this game is amazing.

[@gavynaltman8638]

You might have gotten a good time, but you made Elderbug sad.

[@slingobobingo9322]

This speedrun became hilarious in the last half hour. Also, shoutout the the epic Radiance fight.

[@rnelson1415]

I absolutely adore this game. I haven't beaten it yet but every time I play I find myself exploring with a child-like sense of wonder.

[@zeldafreak2232]

After every 4 hours I play I earn 4 minutes of watching this speed run without spoilers.

[@SuperJoel193]

Just realized that the graphic behind the timer is lighting up in a binary sequence. That's useless info for anyone reading this comment, but I think it's a cool little touch.

[@VictorLune]

Yes, and that's what I was watching for half the video

[@IntermezzoR]

Yeah this is the 2nd or 3rd year they use that binary timer.

[@GibusWearingMann]

Not only that, but the binary sequence corresponds to the timer digits. (As in, a 3 is backed by a 0011, etc.)

[@GLITCH_-.-]

They introduced that last year :)

[@sportakus3]

That was in previous GDQ event and before that too

[@gawkyadroit5869]

“Broken vessel is kinda a pushover” I am personally offended I put less effort into my GCSE’s than that damn boss

[@Nylspider]

What is GCSE?

[@darthkarl99]

@@Nylspider high school exam in UK.

[@mjschlosser]

The shortcut I never knew about 1:19:30

[@abnorcscreenname8489]

I'm using that any time I go through the palace. That area up above is not worth it!

[@xxmausermanxx8389]

I just played that area for the first time and had a fit getting past it. Good to know about this shortcut

[@danver5622]

You can also dash slash to get the switch

[@apemayor3046]

Figuring that out after taking an hour to beat that part hurts

[@EhCloserLook]

I didn't think the palace was all that hard. Just a little long.

[@jendi56]

Probably the most wholesome run I've ever watched. Love the runner, love the company, love the game. Absolutely amazing.

[@gerovo5299]

I'm here for two reasons. A, because Hollow Knight is an amazing game, and more importantly B, to rep my boi Sunburned Albino

[@colerichard9264]

Jonathan Conard Damn straight, that guy needs so much more subs.

[@MattZelda]

Love that guy, he's way too underrated.

[@ShinDSER]

Same

[@zekromfury]

Quirrel does NOT have a dad bod you stop that

[@RespectThePep]

ZekromFury lmfaooooooo

[@johnsimon8457]

He's got a 'lil gut...

[@TwistedMarshmallow]

Sunburned Albino made up that joke in his boss video

[@scuzzbug]

as someone who has quirrel as their favorite character yes he does now shut up and leave my bug boy alone

[@crystelthewolf]

He absolutely does. Hes friend shaped

[@psykoe3]

Amazing runner, amazing couch, amazing commentary, amazing game. Truly fantastic run, loved every minute of it. Thanks a ton!

[@DarkPhoenix671]

I think this is the earliest I've been to a GDQ video ever lmao

[@AngelGlimmer]

Its live rn so you could be earlier

[@wzace5138]

Mossbag donation at 38:20

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

mad respect to everyone involved in this ; vysuals for the run ; team cherry for being fucking awesome ; the founders/backers for helping to fund this dream project ; all the donors for their charity ; and GDQ for posting the video for the rest of the world to watch =]

[@Cernunn0s90]

Props to Team Cherry! For making a truly amazing masterpiece, and for donating during the run.

[@wolvie90]

One of the very best metroidvanias I've played in a long time.

[@sinom]

"most things to one heart. Some things do two" And some eight.

[@atijohn8135]

and some *all of them*

[@poog9476]

“And now we’re sliding on the ground” Animation machine br0ke

[@vima3852]

I just finished this game at 53 hours. Absolutely astounding job here mate.

[@hanzolo7719]

I bought this game after watching part of this speedrun, and I am in love with it. Such a gem

[@cortster12]

Team Cherry donating at 51:46 is the highlight of the run!

[@persona3chainsawman]

Don't forget mossbag!

[@nhwf6736]

No mossbag is.

[@echopark1993]

The banters from the couch is hillarious. I laughed so much at the anime girl voice and selling short joke.

[@darkmagician8961]

Ahhh Im so glad someone is speedrunning hollow knight again

[@dekeshaw5507]

wtf? this guy is insane!!! I learned so much from this video.

[@ladybuggger]

That fight against radiance was a thing of beauty. I've never actually seen this game before, but now i kind of really want to play it for the story and to see more of the pretty art style, but I absolutely suck at challenging platformers so I guess I'll stick with watching amazing speedrunners

[@LanaLlama20]

Good job getting this out so fast!

[@mjsibylline8418]

Watching that play through of White Palace and how smoothly it was done you would think that I would feel terrible about my struggle through it. However it actually just reminds me that I'm really proud of the fact that I got through it as well as I did! I can't imagine how many tries that Path of Pain would take!

[@jerryye1060]

there are 3 freaken people on the dev team for this game, and 2 of them made most of the game at the beginning. just let that sink in.

[@the3diamonds472]

Literally the best run in GDQ history. Undertale from last one is second.

[@Big_Aq]

My favourite is Zelda ocarina of time 3ds speed run

[@samtoshner8002]

"She shah'd instead of edina'd and had a bad time" lol!

[@chipdog3]

Right from the bat he does such a great job at explaining the game! Love this man ('s playstyle) Had me hooked straight away.

[@jakeinator21]

That Radiance fight was a freaking butt-clencher.

[@Lightstep9]

Such an amazing run! Thank you Vysuals!

[@johnwiswell4022]

Amazing mastery of the platforming on display. Great job!

[@foxhoundfrolic]

Just finished watching the SGDQ backlog, how wonderfully timed! Shame I cant watch live, cant wait for all the fulls to be uploaded :)

[@TylerInTraining]

You know the funny thing about this run? He skipped so much of the game that, if you've never played it before but want to after watching this, there's actually a LARGE amount of content that you'll still get to experience for the first time that wasn't spoiled. Hollow Knight is probably the best value for my money I've ever gotten from a single player videogame, and everything from the run to the couch to the donations were great. Well done.

[@DrBrigitte]

Doma doma, doma doma doma

[@Nagantios]

Recently started playing this. The run is just beautiful to watch from the beginning all the way to the end. Mad props.

[@raichu5458]

I've seen this video once before and came back to it after a few years. I seriously love this run. Such a great job on the game and it was fun to hear about all the cool tricks, and so many funny moments from the couch. Well-done!

[@Bensch85]

Wow, perfect start off to a great event! Pleasent runner that did a great job with his commentary!

[@novy-db6sn]

You got my biggest respect my friend! Thx for this amazing speedrun!

[@jacksonpowell8785]

best game

[@jakehuang1049]

Skittlez truer words could not have been spoken

[@dannadeleon7787]

ZzzZzzzZz Yep, but hollow knight is so good too

[@timsar4809]

@@PYROCEFAL idk how is celeste like? Should I pick it up?

[@Gigotis]

This was an amazing speed run! Well done! Really frustrating the crowd didn't give as much kudos as they should've!

[@lex9739]

Best gdq segment, awesome runner, couch, crowd, game and donations! Hope more will be like this. Funny as hell too.

[@midnightcomes]

Excellent job @VysuaLs. It's a pleasure to watch you live - totally different environment to speedrun in and you were great! What an opening.

[@indiefruit]

Only speedrun I've watched more than once. These guys are great to listen to and the run is really well executed and shows/explains a lot of different elements of speedrunning.

[@KvnLeandro]

This was absolutely amazing, i have no words to describe how much I love this game and all the content that we can make through him, it's a masterpiece, and this speedrun was incredible, that radiance fight was intense af xD

[@uhrguhrguhrg]

Loved the the couch - runner interaction in this run. Had a couple of good chuckles. Also the run itself was great.

[@Ghandjaloodah]

Loved this run. Amazing player, couch and game. Good charity too.

[@aosfemfds]

1:26:31 "You can't fire me, I quit"

[@user-rh7nd5xv7y]

You cant quit, i quit

[@heatherirwin1333]

Ben T you can’t quit you’re a frog!

[@TwistedBananaProductions]

This is one of very few games when "Nailed it" is a pun too.

[@kanvaros4451]

What an absolute Awesome Run ! Loved it ! awesome lad !

[@Great_White.]

This is a great game to watch speedrun, so fluid in the right hands

[@joshuastein1888]

this video has become my on-the-side-feel-good-watch. and god knows i need more of those

[@TheVirginMeri]

One of the best runs at a GDQ towards the end

[@goldenshyne9753]

Insane, this is probably gonna be my favorite run this AGDQ.

[@atticustalker9359]

wonderful to see this game back in a marathon. it's come such a long way since mickely's run last year.

[@dappyhust3056]

Loved this, thank you

[@jon9828]

Mad props to couch! Comedy gold xD. Had me chuckling more than I expected, which is the best frequency to be chuckling :).

[@HNIC_Neochilds]

This dude did an amazing run

[@supersoakher7485]

That was an insane ending. I'm glad I watched the whole thing

[@lizardeyedgamer9910]

I love how he beats the game in the time it takes me to find the first boss

[@AliceWolf]

Amazing work!

[@AnvilPro100]

This is one of the funniest couches lmao, I love the intro to the White Palace the most

[@guguig9746]

So, I watched this to get tips on how to beat Radiance... and it was completely useless to me, you are way above my league. It was, however, one of the coolest speedruns I've ever witnessed

[@BlazeStorm]

What a fun crew, and the mossbag and team cherry donations were really amazing

[@EvilKittyChan]

this run made me so happy on so many levels xD

[@orangerox12]

I finished this game while in quarantine and sad it ended. I can finally watch this speed run without being spoiled. Super excited for Silksong

[@ZeroKage69]

That Radiance fight was amazing. With full upgrades I can't finish the third pantheon and Vys just did that radiance ending without a hit taken in a marathon. Amazing run overall and great commentary and sweet dono's from mossbag and Team Cherry. Hollow Knight is so underrated it's a shame. This has inspired me to finish the pantheons. Wish me luck because I need it bad lol

[@CreativityCurve]

Enjoy Hallownest and Absolute Radiance after that :)

[@Bob960012]

57:21 for sunburned albino’s quote

[@zachfacto8652]

Bob9600 ty

[@Lynas82]

Missed watching this live. Happy it’s up so soon.

[@TommasoDS]

Watching this right after having finished Hollow Knight and Radiance is a different kind of satisfaction, knowing how difficult the regular game is. Nice run.

[@peloncio6779]

One of the best runs ive seen. So funny.

[@darknessdevours5827]

I was laughing so much because of the couch, they were great. The run was just as exceptional as well.

[@rockdaniel123]

5:15 That was actually simplified Chinese. nice run

[@voldy3565]

It took me one and a half hours to find the false knight...

[@taistealai5523]

Bruh

[@sulliedhalcyon]

it took me twenty hours to get to Soul Master my first time around :’)