How Hollow Knight Masters Mystery

[@OldGodMachinations]

The “I tend to play the same games” part hit me real hard because I find games I’m comfortable with and I am honestly fine cycling through them over and over. There’s like a weird safety in it.

[@GUS-fc3jg]

I do the same.

[@Kayta-Linda]

Games, movies, books and everything else. I hyperfocus on familiar things until there’s literally nothing new that I could possibly find in them. And I actually cannot start new things until you spoil the hell out of them to me. Or if they just have a *very* enticing first impression.

[@blizzi8428]

​@@Kayta-Linda can relate to the spoiling thing. I usually watch a recap of at least the story if not the entire product before I buy it. Cant help myself.

[@Middlefingestudios1]

Vibes, I played the mass effect games once every year for a while. I've taken a break for a few years cause the franchise is incredibly special to me. Hollow knight hit me like a sack of bricks to the jaw last year and I love it so much, it may enter the yearly cycle as well lol.

[@OldGodMachinations]

@@Middlefingestudios1 ​​⁠I replay Metroid over and over again. The Prime series and the 2D ones. I beat one and cycle through to a different one consistently. I have over 100 hours clocked in Dread alone… And then there’s 20 years or World of Warcraft but idk if that counts 🤣

[@felixhepworth1296]

Fun fact; the dream bosses (gorb, elder hu, xero etc) were all simple bosses designed by Kickstarter backers, which is why they are quite simple.

[@Kayta-Linda]

And the original concept and backstory for No Eyes is pure nightmare fuel. Grimm would be proud.

[@garethteggin2363]

I love discovering youtubers right before they realise a really exciting video

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

Silksong is The Winds of Winter of gaming.

[@SpideyRay99]

If you’re reading the comments early in the video. Absrad stands for absolute radiance, he’s using slang. Just a heads up

[@basedsamtv]

thank you for assisting any new viewers.

[@paulwitrock8411]

“Takes a valuable charm slot” the man does not yet know about the ultimate power of wayward compass.

[@basedsamtv]

real gamers leave it on during the pantheon of hallownest

[@paulwitrock8411]

@@basedsamtvthis is why you are called BASED sam!

[@ThatDwag69]

I don't use it it makes the game wayyy toooo easyyyy

[@Quack_attack_]

​@@ThatDwag69it's way overpowered 🧭

[@koliman1588]

It always gets me that deep nest is what made people quit. Deepnest is what made me fall in love with the game.

[@Wupar]

I actually think Deepnest may be my favorite area in the entire game, for basically all the reasons you gave as to why it's so infuriating. The way you can just kinda stumble into it and get stuck there, the feeling of dread it creates as you creep around every corner, the way it tricks the player and breaks the game's own established conventions... it entirely changes how you approach the world. Just as you're starting to get confident and comfortable with your own abilities, you're suddenly on the backfoot being forced to inch around slowly in order to avoid punishment and trying desperately to stay alive. It certainly had the most emotional resonance out of any area for me, even if that emotion is visceral primal fear. But it's the emotion that stayed with me longest out of any other feeling Hollow Knight gave me, years after playing it.

[@forestchurchill7348]

I wish most games maps work the way it does in Hollow Knight. It is pure Genius.

[@sketchbooksquared]

Loved the video and your delivery/sense of humor

[@marianateixeiraqueiroz3137]

Ah, a fellow Nail Build, Sharp Shadow user. It is good to see one of us around. I gotta say, I know that it may not be "the most optimal" build and I personally know that I leave my soul meter essentially to waste by not using spells when I can spare to. But it is so satisfying to beat a boss like NKG using only the nail and whatever damage the dash ends up doing. It just feels even more like a dance to me. That being said, amazing video. I adore Hollow Knight, it's probably in my top 3 games of all time. And I related a lot with certain parts of the video, like jumping straight into the Mantis and getting folded, or grinding the geo to get into Crystal Peak a bit earlier than I probably should've.

[@Ludi0tik]

I cant fathom how much work got in for such a small team. Nearly every aspect of the game stands on its own : the art, the music, the gameplay, the level design, boss fights, story, customization, endings... While its not my favorite metroidvania its up there with SOTN and Super Metroid (I am a ori 2 enjoyer) Very nice indepth retrospective, i mostly agree with everything you say and you did a good work presenting the shining parts of the game while giving a bit of negative points that i also agree with. And i liked the memes 😶‍🌫

[@Quack_attack_]

I didn't play either ori game or hollow knight until like last year and I fell in love with all 3 , another Metroidvania I've had a blast with is the new prince of Persia

[@Kayta-Linda]

In my first play through, I vowed to beat the whole thing without a compass! I… failed in Deepnest. But after two to four more tries, I think I can do it now! Seriously though, screw Deepnest.

[@CodyRArcher]

Hey dude I have watched so many Hollow knight videos but this one is one of my favorites. Your commentary is great and really helped me feel your experience as you played.

[@soshy.y]

This video is so well done, made me want to re-play hollow knight for the tenth time, so thank you for that :)

[@Etticos.]

Greenpath is so beautiful and makes me so emotional and nostalgic in weird way. In my early 20’s there was a summer where 3 times a week I’d go running at night (mainly a night because it was the only time the temperature was tolerable). My brother would run with me and it was really enjoyable. Our neighborhood had lots of trees in it that would block sections of sky from our field of view. Those runs lent themselves to really enjoyable memories. Fast forward like a decade later and Hollow Knight comes out. The music and design of Greenpath for some reason connected itself to the memories of those summer night runs and made me feel insane nostalgia for them. It is the weirdest thing ever. The music especially does it for me. I can’t explain it, it is just so bizarre.

[@lolmanthecat]

1:09:26 defeating stuff in dreams defeats them in real life as seen with Bretta, dung defender and the normal radiance ending since the infection is gone. What I mean to say is that in the pantheon ending you free the Hollow knight without killing them and also probably, you wake the dreamers if you didn't kill them.

[@engineergaming3830]

You can't play P4 and P5 without beating radiance and hk

[@lolmanthecat]

@@engineergaming3830 why do you believe so?

[@plebisMaximus]

@@engineergaming3830 Yea you can.

[@lolmanthecat]

@@engineergaming3830 so I have just finished a new save file and defeated the third pantheon and I can 1up you: you don't even need to kill all of the dream versions of the bosses you have found for the fourth pantheon as I had forgotten soul tyrant and white defender and still got access to the fourth pantheon. Thinking about it, it wouldn't make sense to have an ending available only when you have achieved other endings on the same save file. You still need void soul for the 5th pantheon though

[@fartgarfunkeljr]

I think you already know this is a good video. My god, you're funny 😁

[@mudshrooze]

Hollow Knight is my favorite metroidvania and it's also the only one I ever fully finished. Its top 10 indie games I've ever played and it took over my creative brain for over 3 years. Writing and drawing stories in the world of Hollownest

[@rotinasemroteiro]

I guess is really common to play it once and move on, even without finishing it, just to come back after a while and developing full admiration for the game. It happened to me too. Played it first on gamepass and after two years tried it again on my pc and it was AWESOME. I'm terrible playing with controllers and on pc everything went so smoothly it was a blessing. Until the deepnest as I have arachnophobia, it was my worst nightmare but I was able to do it and the feeling was so incredible. 😂

[@GeraltORivia]

I bought into hollow knight in early access. Legit the only thing I’d seen was a kickstarter trailer and I was instantly hooked even though I forgot about it for awhile

[@natespurgat6245]

5:27 “your honor, THK will never be ballin” “huh, the prosecution makes a valid point-“ “OBJECTION! THK’s ballin’!”

[@StrawcherryPie]

You are going to blow up sometime soon. I can feel it in my bones. This video is so high quality!

[@obnoxas]

52:15 What, are we gonna fight the SUN???

[@tefo3856]

Amazing video! Super engaging and summarizes the HK experience pretty well... 1:04:38 ... maybe too well

[@radikaldesignz]

"Oh hey Quirrel" Same energy as "Oh hi Mark"

[@Sigart]

I entered Deepnest for the first time through the hidden pit in the Fungal Wastes and... To say I was panicking would be... fairly accurate. Like, it's pretty obvious the area is meant for a much "higher level" than what I could provide at the time XD Luckily, if you do fall down there, it's fairly intuitive that you need to got left in order to get back up. If you go right, the path goes away from the entrance you fell down from, while it goes almost immediately back up if you go left. That being said, I... kinda liked it? It felt like you were constantly under severe threat but also it was exciting to be put under that kinda pressure with no warning and getting out made me feel really good, because I overcame the challenge and such...

[@nolanbutbetter4755]

KZbin recommendation be giving me youtubers that are about to blow up

[@BoomCatOfficial805]

Banger video. Also your charm build is great, I use the same but use Steady Body + Grubsong or Dream Wielder instead of Sharp Shadow.

[@Pr0pheceye]

(Hey bestie, play Outer Wilds if you haven’t already) (Knowledge-based metroidvania about space that makes you have an existential crisis) (Great video btw)

[@basedsamtv]

haven't played it yet, i'd really like to at some point!

[@rmsgrey]

@@basedsamtv Top tip: avoid as much information about the game as possible. Finding out about -redacted-, -redacted-, the secrets of -redacted-, and, if you get the DLC, -redacted-, -redacted-, and getting the -redacted- to -redacted- are all part of progression, and finding out about them yourself is a big part of the game. Minor tip: there's an NPC who knows something no-one else does. Talking to them again later unlocks a quality-of-life feature that's easily missed.

[@basedsamtv]

@rmsgrey very informative, thank you!

[@Class_of_09_fan]

39:10 *Radiant Markoth has been marked on your map*

[@blizzi8428]

Oh no, I feel flashbacks coming on

[@MapleshadeDefender]

19:26 There, you may enter your parent or your guardian's credit card number Bro hornet chill

[@clintk4691]

56:03 it still sounds like Hornet says Get Gud lol

[@obnoxas]

Always bow to Grimm, you gotta show respect

[@mudshrooze]

Moss Prophet Dung Defender Hive Knight Are my top 3 characters. But I mean I dont dislike a single character. I honestly wish I had known about this game and supported it on kickstarter before it was already out and fully dlcd. I'd love to have a character ghost in it

[@kleebaggins]

Great video! Thanks for sharing :)

[@nec5513]

While I agree that it's a weird decision to not lock any achievements behind particularly difficult challenges and then having godhome ending be one, I feel like PoH has a place to be as it is. I played the game and enjoyed exploration a lot, but it would be a waste to have such brilliant combat to not have anywhere to fully shine. If you want to dip your toes into combat you can just do the colloseums and first pantheons, but I for example am fucking obsessed with it. I NEED such a challenge and i love the fact that on top of the existing difficulty there are bindings to test the player's resource management, patience and ability to adapt to downgrades and feeling weaker than they usually are. It's great that after several years after playing I can still return to this game and try pushing myself further. Yes P5 is a drag and yes it might not be the most pleasant experience but i think it's kind of the point, just like deepnest's aesthetic is to be a fucking shithole that you never want to be in, P5's aesthetic is to be a nightmarish test of endurance and skill that forces you to be just THAT good, just THAT strong that you can take on everything at once and beat a boss THAT bullshit at the end. Also kind of a shame that you mentioned spells extensively but barely talked about nail arts, I changed from not being sure if they even should be there to loving them and being in awe to how much they improve combat. Kind of understandable, they are hard to use as a new player, nailmaster's glory appears too late, you already have spells to worry about learning, and by the time you start seeing a usecase for them they are massively powercrept by maxed nail and a full nail build that most people likely used. However just like with spells that each have a use case, every nail art also has a niche, even the weird cyclone slash that I found first in my playthrough and labeled useless actually is the biggest dps in pantheons with bindings and is the fastest way to generate soul because of how many hits it does. I also really like the way they allow you to utilise downtimes in bossfights, rhytmic fights like grimm can be beaten exclusively with nail arts and it's actually a really satisfying experience. Yeah after all that I wanted to say that it was really a great video, you managed to put into words the subtleties of the mapping system and exploration in general that i felt subconciously but couldn't fully grasp. I just think that you should've put a huge spoiler warning at the start because this is a game that is a crime to spoil and some people might've thought that it's an overview of the game's exploration system and not a deep dive into your experiences with it. Cheers

[@basedsamtv]

haha yeah i dabbled with nail arts for a little bit when i was trying to find ways to beat NKG and P5 more consistently before eventually settling on the "unbreakable strength and quick slash go bbbbrrrrrr" strategy. i'm surprised i even talked about the spells for that long, truthfully. i don't use them much, like i said. i was considering putting a spoiler warning but assumed it probably didn't need it, hoping people would either be familiar with my past content or figuring it from the length of the video, but i'll probably start adding them in future videos.

[@kimwasalreadytaken]

This is going to blow up

[@spacepope8495]

Excited for this one

[@Ryna113]

about time you made a video on an actually good video game for once

[@monsieurliquorice]

Are you DISSING on Metroid?!?!?!?! lol (But really, HK takes a TON of inspiration from Metroid)

[@forestchurchill7348]

I watch a channel called Playframe and he played Hollow Knight. he called our player character Bug Knight, which I think fits quite well.

[@DirtyMike124x]

Do you do all your own edits? Was just curious, cuz your videos are really high quality. This was a really good one.

[@basedsamtv]

i do, thanks!

[@PaveltheBugFan]

Good video, but right now the biggest hollow knight mystery for me is if my decaying pc is crashing because of hollow knight or not

[@tjosiahhaynes]

I don't think a lot of players have to look up the "good" ending if they haven't set down the game before attempting it

[@Carter-z6d]

This video is perfect for incredible game. The funny bits kept me focus on this video, and the path of pain and Celeste was funny because i beat farewell and p5 the two hardest points of these games but i thought path of pain was hard but no. 😂

[@engineergaming3830]

Hallownest was called the last civilization cuz the king thought his kingdom will never fall

[@basedsamtv]

true! that's a nicer way of saying the pale king was talking out of his ass haha

[@betterthantrash111]

I love basedsam. Ever since I discovered you over a year ago

[@plebisMaximus]

I adored this game and I've beaten it multiple times. I was so proud when I did the 100% speedrun achievement on my second run, in steel soul too. Finishing Radiance with just one HP, fingers tickling and with more adrenaline than blood in my veins. With that said, I'm never going to do Pantheon 5. It's forever going to be the only achievement I don't have, mocking me every time I hear or see anything related to this game. I genuinely dislike this challenge with a passion. Like you said, it's just 30 minutes of busywork only to be demolished by Sly because you haven't had a chance to get acquainted with winged Nosk yet, so you lost a few masks on that fight. Even if I ever make it past that little turd, I know I won't be able to do NKG and PV ever again in a marathon setting, let alone absrad. It's insane, ridiculous, unfair and a super unnecessary blemish on an otherwise near perfect game. I really don't feel like the bosses in this game were designed with the idea of beating them all in one sitting. But endless congratulations, respect and honour to you for getting through it, man. You're a legend.

[@monsieurliquorice]

UM WOW. I already loved your Metroid series, but THIS. OMG. THIS IS A TERRIFIC VIDEO. Yeah I loved this video so much, you really are based.

[@luizzeroxis]

15:29 Wait, she walked there? I thought she did like a jump back or something. What??

[@basedsamtv]

i think she jumps back at a different run-in with her shortly after that first one. can't remember for sure.

[@warhawk0466]

Yohohohoho yohohohoho yohohohoho yohohohoho Higher beings this is for you alone. Dreams are to be followed and the OnePiece is real.

[@raylyeh6083]

Fine video! I’ve wanted to say this for a long time but haven’t had a chance so my apologies for unloading here. Maybe it’s my love of horror or my inner goth but I’ve never understood the nearly universal Deepnest hate in the community. There are sound cues for all the enemies and they are rather weak. It must just be the atmosphere which is subjective and I’m in the minority. My only real complaint about Deepnest is that it feels incomplete and I don’t mean just the lack of a dreamer guardian. I have no idea whether this true but I’d heard that when finishing the game they either cut content or just hadn’t fully developed content for Deepnest. I’d like to believe this.

[@basedsamtv]

deepnest is pretty tame compared to other horror scenes/locations for sure, but i think it just especially stands out from the rest of hollow knight. deepnest is really dark and chaotic and claustrophobic, in contrast to the beautiful, spacious gothic architecture and almost sort of cutesy character designs of the friendly NPCs and early enemies. guess it shouldn't be too surprising for a game all about insects, though!

[@WesleyGooding]

Yeah I always equip sharp shadow too

[@rmsgrey]

I avoid equipping it precisely because it messes up my dash spacing.

[@goncaloferreira6429]

01:03:58 this "normal attack charges the special" is seen in so may games. what is the history behind this? Any ideas?

[@nutegunray1618]

Ok buddy we arent going to just disrespect hungry knight

[@zaglezigawa8415]

I say its absolutely worth having every boss be in the pantheon, why call it the pantheon of hollowNEST if it doesnt have the whole shebang (Even though markoth exists... Besides it is a tertiary ending... Also boo the shame! how dare ya call it a blemish! Still great review.

[@kikomarurim]

Metroid Dread review pleaseee

[@gregorymifsud5389]

based af dud 😁 what a game .. just exquisite

[@MapleshadeDefender]

1:08:00 Bro you're gonna hate any rad (Even though it's modded)

[@basedsamtv]

i need to give that a try sometime haha

[@MapleshadeDefender]

@@basedsamtv no. Don't do that

[@wellhellothere-x4w]

@@basedsamtv Save yourself

[@Phone-eater]

do it. I only lost all of my sanity and some other things

[@underyoshi]

1:07:31 this made me giggle

[@SliverOfStraw01]

POV Rainworld 5:02

[@WilliamPelton-n5m]

Give the darksouls games another chance hollow knight was the only game I loved intill I tried souls series there my comfort games. Hollow knight takes a lot of inspiration from Bloodborne but while I’m not sure exactly what they were inspired by I can assume some things like the soul system being a way to regain health is attacking like bloodbornes rally system and the endings are similar and the world looks similar in design.

[@migglefliggle]

Great video! Also, if you keep bouncing off dark souls, maybe you'll enjoy Bloodborne instead. If you do: make sure you create another video like this one!

[@basedsamtv]

maybe when they finally release it for PC! :p

[@zetzo27]

you should try playing control (if you haven't)

[@Pearcinator]

Brilliant review! I agree with everything you said! Especially with Pantheon of Hallownest. Only achievement I haven't gotten and it annoys me because I really dislike that there's an achievement for it at all (I even did Path of Pain, honestly the achievement should have been for completing either PoH or PoP because they are both extremely difficult challenges for completely different aspects of the game). I can't even get to Abs Rad, let alone beat him after 40 minutes of constant combat. Fuck UuMuu! Worst boss by far.

[@ethanblack5642]

I comment to help statistics

[@Babbleplay]

Isn;t the 'Granddaddy of Metroidvania games' Metroid and/or Castlevania?

[@basedsamtv]

yeah metroid is the granddaddy and castlevania is the young hot trophy wife

[@monsieurliquorice]

Just wanted to tell you, while Uumuu does kinda suck in the normal game, with having to wait for Quirrell and all, if you refight her in godhome, you'll find the fight becomes a lot better, as you instead need to kill large jellyfish (like the ones in fog canyon) that shes spawns, and then make their explosions hit Uumuu to make her vulnerable. Sadly a moment where the game's story ruins the gameplay a bit

[@monsieurliquorice]

Just wanted to let you know, Uumuu does suck in its first encounter, but if you replay it in godhome, Quirrell is actually gone, and instead you have to hit those large explosive jellyfish and make them smash into Uumuu. Sadly a moment where story made gameplay worse.

[@JustGoodGames.]

Is it a hot take to say Dark Souls 1 is a metroidvania? I think it is a metroidvania.

[@notavailable2374]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@topwomble]

The DLC is a nice addition, but in many ways it felt like they made the game worse. The Grimm boss fights are brilliant but most of the rest of the quests are annoying. Godhome is a great addition but locking new endings off and an achievement is weird and was too time consuming and punishing for me

[@daniezawesome]

MAP

[@DublinskiGames]

:3

[@callmetoast5048]

21:36

[@MoNkDiZzLe6]

Just a hundred more of these from random youtubers before SilkSong comes out...

[@mr.h5566]

A video about the best singleplayer and the best multiplayer game #rockandstone 🪨⛏️