Hollow Knight DLC Review and Critique - Hidden Dreams & The Grimm Troupe

[@tod_98]

I think the reason that you can fight the two new dream bosses multiple times is because unlike the other dream bosses, the two you're fighting aren't dead in the real world. Therefore, in the dream world they can be incarnated infinitely.

[@exotichollow4711]

Adam Fox but was grim ded?

[@musicano3647]

​@@exotichollow4711 Technically, yeah. Grimmchild you have is now the new Troupe Master, and old Grimm is dead with his flames fed to the Grimmchild

[@daytimegaming3122]

@@exotichollow4711 He was referring to grey prince zote and white defender, not grim.

[@exotichollow4711]

I know

[@smocloud]

Exotic Hollow debatable he was ever alive at any point in the dlc, or that he’s even of this world.

[@Schneeregen_]

Didn't realise that the Hidden Station was DLC, getting to the Abyss before that must have sucked

[@SupraShade]

It probably did lol

[@maninacan9780]

I mean King’s station-

[@Schneeregen_]

@@Minilitive I mean it's technically from NieR Gestalt, but yeah.

[@toddhoward841]

15:37 divine even says "shadow and fire will dance so prettily, i think..." refering to grimm and the knight fighting

[@pillowcaseee]

I never thought of it that way.

[@anteatereater4788]

Oh hi

[@fuzzyd1436]

you probably didnt notice but in grimm troupe the zote and bretta quest was finished if you read all the precepts bretta will start to get bored of zote and if you get all 10 candles she will leave to another kingdom searching for her true love (and knowing team cherry dying)

[@Ventus_S]

Dam, I missed that part. I beat all the bosses without knowing their story.

[@apsleymay3531]

FuzzyD I honestly think they've killed off more characters than a From Soft and Game of Thrones combined.

[@cogigo]

Yeah them killing Leg Eater with the Grim Troupe dlc doesnt bode well for the rest of our beloved bugs withthe upcoming Gods and Glory dlc. . .

[@bringoflamingo4196]

Team cherry and Andrew hussie in competition for the kill streaks

[@tarponpet]

I think she'll be fine.

[@molamola9723]

that dude from the tent also gives you a flame without fighting him which is pretty useful

[@Floofv]

Yeah but no grimmchild

[@yeahkeen2905]

DaKingEevee did you read the comment before yours?

[@whitniewoodard3273]

Who?

[@theb2rd]

@@whitniewoodard3273 brumm. he's in deepnest after beating troupe master grimm

[@whitniewoodard3273]

@@theb2rd ??? Why would you need a flame AFTER u beat TMG? The only way 2 fight him is getting ALL of the flames and Brumm talks 2 u about BANISHING the GT. (Edit: TMG=Troupe Master Grimm and GT=Grimm Troupe)

[@TheLiosoul]

In my opinion the fetch quests weren't too bad, annoying for us that already completed the game yes, but I feel that the grimm troupe is an overarching quest, while you are exploring new areas or revisiting places with new upgrades such as the double jump, you are just going to stumble upon the firekeepers, returning to Grimm on your own journey, not prioritizing him. My only problem is that such a huge quest was hidden behind a secret room that was hidden behind a secret wall that was in an already hidden maze area behind another secret wall...

[@TheGallantDrake]

I mean, Dark Souls had the whole Artorias expansion hidden behind a trinket that had to be brought to a specific out-of-the-way location, but I've gotta agree that having the lantern hidden in those cliffs is a bit much.

[@Summer_Tea]

Yeah, it's not nearly as annoying if you just take the fetch quests as you go rather than prioritizing it on a completed file. And I had no issue randomly stumbling across the bonfire. The essence tree in Howling Cliffs pretty much guides you right to it.

[@jimmyh2137]

I think that the Lantern placement is perfect. 1) Even if you never find the "secret Area" you can get free access to it by the Stag Nest 2) once you're there you explore the area and that destructible wall is easy to spot of course if you've already got 100% in the game it's a different story. The problem with Grimm's quest is that you HAVE to keep the charm equipped, and you have so many better charms that you're not gonna put it on during your journey.

[@NorthernRealmJackal]

I'm playing through the game for the first time, and I just beat the Hollow Knight (at 96%). I was probably at about 20 or 30% when the DLC came out, and I was like... 'Nah, not gonna look up what the DLC is about - I want to encounter that myself.' Then, when I never did, I assumed it was something post-last-boss (like a lot of the content in a Pokémon game, only with the Elite Four). Turned out there was no such thing as 'post-last-boss', and now it also turns out that I could have been integrating these quests and acquiring these charms etc. along-side the main game (which seems to make much more sense)... I have to admit... I feel like this DLC was poorly integrated, and that they willfully allowed the inherent non-linearity of the game to bite them in the ass.

[@PsychOsmosis]

I actually found it completely by accident on my first playthrough while visiting the Howling Cliffs!! When I didn't understand why nothing was happening after activating the lantern, I searched on the internet. One reddit comment on Reddit was just so perfect in that I completely believed him: "Return to Hallownest. It's pretty hard to spot but something is different now!!" I also found the Path of Pain by accident! But it's worth saying that I hit every inch of ceiling, wall and floor in the game with my sword!!

[@IronianKnight]

Interesting fun fact: the White Lady has some new dialogue if you go to her with the Grimmchild at your side. She'll have even more to say if it's fully upgraded. It's implied that she's knowledgeable about the Troupe, maybe having seen them before. Further, she makes it clear that their Ritual is one of propagation. By completing it and killing Grimm... we were actually reincarnating him, eventually to be even stronger than he was with the addition of Hallownest's nightmares. The completed Grimmchild is literally the new Grimm, having absorbed the Nightmare Essence from the old one with his defeat. According again to the White Lady, the Grimmchild is like a distant cousin to us, a Vessel. I guess instead of imprisoning the being held within, this vessel is instead meant to be a fresh body from which the being can continue living.

[@tophatoctopus1997]

its going to be fucking hilarious when grimm 2 wakes up in the black egg. edit: or godhome.

[@articdrugs1061]

@@tophatoctopus1997 lmao ikr

[@KingNios]

I hope we get to fight Nightmare King Grimm 2 in Siksong

[@henriquesilva8573]

@@KingNios silksong*

[@theals9605]

That’s..... extremely unsettling. Gosh darn Hollow Knight being an expert at creeping me out

[@samsonb.6572]

No matter how many times he killed me, I could never get mad at nightmare king Grimm for one reason: Every time I started the fight up, that music hit me.

[@smocloud]

Led_ink agreed.

[@nataliegibbs5700]

What about the bow?

[@dedlyocen1684]

Natalie Gibbs NKG doesn’t bow

[@triangletriangle4520]

also its completely fair

[@dotsyt7765]

triangle triangle indeed!

[@mason3872]

New playable character in the new dlc Cherry: *NEW GAME WITH NEW CHARACTER*

[@dotsyt7765]

Mason new game with old character

[@icyboi7039]

*COMING IN 2021!!!!*

[@namegoeshere8564]

@@icyboi7039 hopefully

[@pillowcaseee]

@@dotsyt7765 He means a new playable character.

[@eyaldl]

@@icyboi7039 good jock

[@JP.Q]

One thing to note about the fetch quests: for people who are playing playing the DLC along with the main game, the flames will most likely be collected whilst completing other tasks. It won't be as much of a drag as for players who have already finished the game. Apart from this, I entirely agree with all your praise and criticism (even the 106% thing!).

[@cogigo]

But you have to carry the grimmchild irc. And this charm takes 2 notches. It isnt really passiv collecting.

[@clashcrafter]

honestly the lantern is so out of the way i personally only found the grim troupe by looking through the wiki and randomly finding it. the charms are integrated much more naturally tho.

[@thadsdesktop244]

well, for me first time playing the game, I only discoverd the Grimm Troupe after I was at 90 some percent completion...

[@AndroidHarris]

Yeah I doubt that. I beat the game before even finding out about where to even to start the grimm troupe dlc. This is coming from someone who found the path of pain while going through white palace to get my first half of the kingsoul since I had no idea where the other one could be lol.

[@Cystlib]

Yeaa well this didn't happen to me. I just finished the game and I only found out about the Grimm Troupe after having completed the game for 90+%, thus all of the flame collecting was backtracking

[@EKhan89]

I unfortunately did the banishment route. While I figured it was a definitive divergent path I had figured that either way I'd be fighting Grimm one more time since after the first fight he said to return so we could have our last dance together. So I thought that the banishment route was the "good" choice and the ritual route was the "bad" choice. I didn't know about the ending charms and that's cool that you get different rewards for different choices but I was bummed to learn that by doing what I perceived to be the "good" choice that I had locked myself out of experiencing a cool and difficult boss fight. So now I have to do another playthrough which is a bit irksome. As much as I love this game it does bother me how the developers seem to want to hide away and lock their players out of content.I understand the concept of hidden secrets and all that but with the addition of new areas and bosses and such, all of them seem to be hidden away in seemingly obscure areas that you'd have no real reason to revisit. It would have been nice of them to add an NPC who would kind of tip the players off about these locations when new content was dropped or give some sort of warning about banishing the troupe. "I hear that one of the troupe wants the stop the ritual. It's probably for the best but I can't help but feel like their sudden departure from this place might feel a bit anti-climatic. Their leader has an aura of strength about him. I imagine a fight with him would prove to be a true test for any warrior. Maybe that's just me though..." "My father once told me of a horrible place of torture located in the White palace,. So horrid it was that it was sealed and walled off." "At this time of year I always think back to that strange lantern I found in the Howling Cliffs. So strong was the aura of foreboding around it that I dared not touch it yet it still haunts my dreams." "It's strange.The Dung Defender is gone yet the place still smells as though he never left..."

[@Ichigo1532]

Kite That's exactly why I always look up where the savefiles are located so I can copy them to have a backup. At least for auto saving games.

[@link1864]

You are totally right. But now at least godhome exists so you can fight every boss

[@oliverjacobs8594]

Well at least banishment gives you a a way better charm

[@darkymcsoulface7057]

Hollow Knight is one of my favorite games ever and I can't wait to replay it on the switch.

[@neopabo]

Can someone tell me if this is a virus?

[@edwingibrantdiaz7817]

When is it coming out on the switch?

[@sameerkhatri588]

Edwin Gibrant Diaz now

[@basil8380]

I have it on my xbox however I have the voidheart edition I believe the 3rd DLC

[@catarianepeta]

‘a vessel’ HMM, WONDER WHO THAT COULD BE

[@spookytown7963]

yeah, the Hollow Knight, we know

[@2001CuisinartToasterr]

Yusef Ameli no it zote the mighty

[@josephdavison4189]

The two biggest debates in hollow knight: is hornet void and is site a vessel

[@sparrow2016]

@@josephdavison4189 no and no

[@Thesaurus_Rex]

I admit that I liked the Grimmkin fights quite a bit more than you did. Well, once I realized that before they attack, their position is _on your screen,_ not in the environment, which is probably the most subtle 4th wall break I've ever encountered, and it delighted me to realize this. Their attacks are tricky, but, like everything else in the DLC, one at a time, so it's never overwhelming and you always have time to heal. Also, they kill any enemies that could interfere before you get there, so they're more like minibosses, and they're pretty fun to fight with Grimm Jr. Though, that's just my opinion.

[@evanseifert8858]

The fact that they mirror your movement isn't really a 4th wall break...

[@jeowjshjsj3918]

“And the fourth will be a whole new adventure!” *silksong announced* How did he know

[@itsmeok6205]

It was supposed to be a dlc and then got turned into a full game

[@abnercliff9624]

It was in the kickstarter

[@Abyzz_Knight]

I went for banishment on my main profile because that is my good hollow knight profile and i liked the thought of the melody charm better. I upgraded all the fragile charms then i banished the troupe. Side note the 106% pressumedly means that you can get an 100% steel heart achievement without doing certain tasks like completing the trial of the fool. I might be wrong .

[@fuzzyd1436]

Abyss Knight i agree but i think it would be better if the percentage will be split into 3 (official, hidden dreams and grimm troupe) i would like it if the hidden dreams will have 6 percent (3 times zote 2 times white defender and clearing glade of hope) which will display in pink next to the normal percent. And grimm troupe is the same but will show up in red next to the hidden dream percentage. It would be cool if you still got 100% achievement if you got 98(white) - 1%(pink) - 1%(red). The 6 percent can also be rounded to 100% by each original percent giving more percents

[@DementedDuskull]

Abyss Knight You can indeed beat steel soul mode without doing certain tasks. I beat steel soul with 104% and I was missing lots of charms and I hadn’t done trial of the fool either.

[@TheGroovinGamer]

Hollow knight is a great contender for goty.

[@rimadichman7215]

its probably my second favorite game of all time

[@rimadichman7215]

if anyone is wondering my favorite is bloodborne

[@jakeinator21]

This game is tied with Dark Souls and Bloodborne for my top three all time favorite games.

[@intem333]

without a doubt it's my GOTY. i recommend it to everyone i can

[@LordOberic1]

It deserves GotY. I'm not even very far in it and it's just been amazing on top of awesome.

[@JaxxsinsTrails]

Grimmchild. Not Fiend.

[@ingeniousclown]

Whoops.

[@solarwolf1336]

I banished them before I got to fight nightmare king, so I never knew he existed, but when I played this game, Gods and Glory was out. Wanting to fight grimm again because he was so fun, I went to the Godhome, hoping he would have his own statue just like the other bosses, I perfected it and eventually beat the radiant version without taking a hit. Now I didn't know what to do, out of my curiosity, I blindly dream nailed the statue expecting nothing. And... surprise!! My dream come true, Grimm on steroids, I have yet to beat him, but I am really excited to put my skills to the test and destroy him Edit : thanks for the heart, means a lot! Btw the flame where meet the guy who wants to banish them was the first one I found

[@tyblob9059]

" Another candle lights at the alter to *his m a j e s t y* " I can't tell if that was intended or not but that comment was funny

[@tarael86]

14:18 He disappears during the "forest of thorns" attack, meaning you cant damage him while he's casting it, unlike in the regular fight.

[@TheHaddonfieldRegistry]

Its funny, i played the Voidheart edition for my first playthrough, and i came upon the Lantern incredibly early. I went in blind and was unaware of the amount of upgrades I'd receieve, so by the time i had the dash and mantis claw, i explored literally everywhere that didnt specifically require the monarch wings, just because i could maneuver well enough. So i had explored the entirety of Howling Cliffs and found the Lantern by chance, but couldn't Dreamnail it. After maybe 6 or 7 hours of gameplay later when i actually started roaming with the Dreamnail, and thats when i came back. It felt so organic to me. I had no idea it was post game content. They tackled those DLCs from the viewpoint of someone playing the game for the first time and i think that is wonderfully unique. Also, i grabbed the Dream Shield pretty early into my gameplay, it saved me plenty of times.

[@doctorflamingoREAL]

Just so you know, if you upgrade all the fragile charms before defeating NK Grimm, Divine's tent disappears as well. Also, if you need Geo, I recommend doing the trial of the Conqueror. As far as I can tell it's the most efficient of the three when time, Geo and difficulty are factored in.

[@neptune7872]

Yep. Doing it 18 times is painful though, I suggest collecting relics and farming the Carver Hatchers in Deepnest to change things up if it gets boring.

[@fearkubrick4806]

If the dev adds the feature dat ur mask will be left wherever u died and if the king wasnt dead and came back to check his protected memory in path of pain, he would be like " who the fak moved all the skulls from The Abyss into my palace"

[@Why_It]

Goddamn, I want to watch half an hour's worth of goodness, but I also want to experience the DLC fresh. Guess I'll be back in a couple days.

[@NotGoingToGiveMyRealName]

Ingeniousclown: I wish I could play this boss again Team cherry: adds godhome

[@definitely_not_sans4709]

Anyone else notice that the ‘Monarch Wings’ is the knight’s cloak but turns into wings?

[@Milky_Sock]

9:23 The Cracks In The Wall We’re The Way It Was Supposed To Be Found

[@MarmuDestroyerOfWorlds]

Ah yes, the amazing dlc : silksong

[@ladaas9528]

The Nightmare King was an amazing fight, though extremely difficult. I am fine that they had an alternate option to proceed (banishment), but I agree that it would stink to stumble into that by accident. As a note, Grimm's sleeping position is completely a riff on the whole sleeping vampire trope (update down from the ceiling with his cloke wrapped around him), which is in turn a reference to how bats sleep.

[@SweetSideOfFries]

In all honesty, this is the best Hollow Knight video I've seen while on my binging spree these past 2 weeks. Great video my guy

[@TMProjection]

the restarting bosses, i completely agree, waiting like 30 seconds or so for the battle to restart did my head in

[@youngjaekim6729]

I greatly appreciate you taking the time and effort to create such an informative and detailed review. Very nice!

[@danieltube6344]

I think the reason why you can refight zote is because one of his precepts says “if you’re enemy is stronger than you, then get stonger” or something similar.

[@anthonybowman3423]

Me after beating the second dlc: Man that nightmare heart grim fight sure was hard. Me after reaching grim in the fourth gauntlet of god seeker:

[@ApproachingCriticalSass]

Where did you hear that there were going to be four DLC's? I thought it was only gonna be Hidden Dreams, The Grimm Troupe and the Hornet DLC.

[@ingeniousclown]

Here you go: www.kickstarter.com/projects/11662585/hollow-knight/posts/1887534 Scroll down to the bulleted list at the bottom.

[@ApproachingCriticalSass]

Well, I'm excited to be wrong. Many thanks!

[@ingeniousclown]

I had actually thought the same as you until I decided to look it up. My script even initially said that exact thing, haha. Glad I looked it up though!

[@abnercliff9624]

@@stretch7293 they didn't know that 3 years ago

[@swatchcovers5401]

Not defeating zote was the best decision I made. I do not want home anywhere near my pantheons!

[@quantum6637]

I think that the fetch quest was pretty good and definitely the best fetch quest that I’ve played. 1. It is usually done at the end of the game because of the strength of the enemies and their locations. Also, it will be played at the end if you are coming back to a save file when the DLC comes out. 2. Because it is at the end, it is essentially a world tour taking you back into the world that you fell in love with the first time around. 3. The best part of this fetch quest is it’s tie to the Grimm and NKG boss fights. All 3 of the enemies from the quest use very similar attacks to the bosses which gives you time to prepare without even knowing it.

[@DrazGames]

Still haven't beaten Nightmare King Grimm, but the first fight was fun and I'm sure I'll enjoy the second as I get used to it. Hopefully the next DLC keeps up the quality of boss fights!

[@IVIUT3D]

Its a dream, you can have the same dream more than once. Imagine you have a dream where your hero loses, the next time you have that dream your hero will most likely puff their chest up and come harder.

[@SheepdogThing1]

These were my thoughts on the DLC exactly! Especially the beauty of the final fight being like a dance between the two. NKGrimm has ascended to my 3rd fav boss, with the true final boss being 1st and mantis lords being 2nd. The margin between them is atomic though, mind you. It's amazing they do all this for free. I am very eager to see what awaits in the final huge free DLC, and then what could possibly be there for in a PAID one.. which I for once dont mind. Not only are they using DLC as it should be used, as EXPANSIONS instead of filling in holes (cough EA Bandai etc), but this is probably the first game I felt I didnt pay enough and would love to throw them more money

[@alexdigg]

I played my very first playthrough and found the red lantern about as early as possible, which made the "fetch quest" feel less back-and-forth fetchy since I would discover an area for the first time with the lantern in it. I never did beat Nightmare Grim v2, but I love that its in the game.

[@jhonsmithers4853]

Fetch quests help pace the troupe for first time players. Would be a good thing to have someone walk into NGK with a broken nail being none the wiser that it was just a DLC.

[@TheB0sss]

"I wish I could fight him again" - top 10 things people said right before disaster hit

[@tadho4652]

Played pirated version of Hollow Knight on my Mac, decided to buy it. And I did buy the game yesterday (halloween sale lol). Worth every single penny. This is my first 'metrovania' impression, I'm so fucking impressed!

[@tadho4652]

And guess what? I can even load my pirated version save file on the steam version. No need to configure anything, just spin the game up and load the save! Fuck, this guilty feeling for not buying the game on the first place :'D

[@marienorris3479]

Tadho I did that too :p

[@unclevivid9028]

Don’t feel guilty. Without being able to rent games or try them out. Pirating is the only true way to see if you want to buy a game. Some games aren’t worth being bought. But worth being played

[@SonosVitae]

WHO beat Path of pain?

[@foldingpapers5574]

Chytry I did after only 8 fucking hours (not non stop, that's considering quitting and retrying) the last attempt that finished it took me ~1.5 hours it's truly a path of pain, but I have the feeling the reward will have something to do with the 3rd DLC

[@jimmyh2137]

I did. 5h. More than half for that fucking last fucking fucking room with the fucking damn moving bloody saw. Fuck that saw...

[@honeydarlinggaming9156]

I personally beat it after attempting and stopping for a bit and coming back after a day or fighting Nightare KIng. Which only took about 3 to 4 houes of BACK TO BACK fights at like... 1 in the morning.

[@Bluetanmancan]

Me It was bloody hard for me, since I suck at platforming, but I managed to beat it in 4 hours before dying to to the Kingsmould at the end. Thankfully redoing it only took me two hours, and made me a much better plat-former, but it nearly broke my spirit. Path of pain indeed

[@nokov6517]

Me, it took about 1.5 hours, mostly spent on the first room.

[@coylie3700]

The Grimm Troupe's fetch quest is made more tolerable when you realize its meant to be done on a fresh playthrough. All the flames are placed in such a way that if you start the Grimm Troupe content as early as you possibly can, you will find them as you play casually through the rest of the game. The reason why many of us had a real issue with it is because a lot of us first experienced it on our 100% complete save files. Besides, like you said in the video, its worth it. Grimm and Nightmare King Grimm are my favorite fights in the game right now. That may change with future updates, but it seems unlikely. Team Cherry are really going to have to work hard to top the Nightmare King Grimm boss fight.

[@sammyflinders]

13:38 small error, it's not the penultimate boss fight, that would be the previous one.

[@hole1274]

15:42 "exchanging blows for minutes on end until one of you falls"

[@anthonymous957]

The only thing I'm waiting for is Zote's DLC

[@dotsyt7765]

NKG is my favourite fight in the game lmao

[@eneaganh6319]

Ah yes the "Hornet DLC"

[@A1n2o3s4h5]

That feeling of wanting to defeat a hollow Knight boss first thing in the morning is priceless.

[@riccardogandelli4285]

The hornet DLC is not a DLC but A WHOLE SEQUEL CALLED HOLLOW KNIGHT:SILKSONG WITH A NEW MAP NEW CHARACTERS AND NEW LORE!

[@ingeniousclown]

Why are you yelling

[@Pyrodiac]

Silksong wasn't announced yet.

[@CrimCrim]

Basically the Grimm Troupe: Bug gives you his child and makes you do chores and then murders you

[@seletron8291]

Nightmare King Grimm the hardest boss yet Pure Vessel: Hold my bear Absolut Radience: No you hold my bear

[@thecommentguy9380]

The knight: you wot?

[@vuivraalbastra]

I went to banish the troupe but when Braumm activated the... flame thing I had second thoughts. What if I miss a fight? What if Dirtmouth will be empty again without the red tents? What if I can't upgrade my fragile charms? I needed more time to think... so I just left the trembling room and I never saw Braumm again lol. I'm glad I did this choice because the charm with the little grimm companion is my favourite thing in the game, especially when I am on the bench and it's sleeping near me, it's so cute

[@koriarchen]

Hidden dreams also buffed nosk, and I think you can copy your save files, allowing you to do both banishment and nightmare

[@Silver-Rexy]

Boy did I *love* the Path of Pain, makes me happy just thinking about it...

[@ais6382]

"A new DLC with a new playable character!" Team Cherry: *Laughs in new game and 3 years of development* "Sure."

[@BlackholeJester]

[casually goes back through the video to find the lantern to get the grimmchild so it can help me fight Hornet]

[@jonny0s]

came for paladins and stayed for hollow-knight and Isaac :D thx for the vid and the 1h vod! thx

[@Silly_mcWilly]

“Dirtmiuth”

[@faceless1434]

I mean that's how a lot of real world English place names ending in -mouth are pronounced so I always find it weird to hear people say mouth like the body part although they're called such because they're the mouths of rivers and I'd be shocked if there's a River Dirt in Hollow Knight

[@thadsdesktop244]

22:20 Yep, that was me. Actully, I found the fourth flame first, so I also missed out on a journal entry for the third flame bearer dudes. And the thing is, I didn't know that the choice was un-retractable =(

[@HaxHaunter]

wow. this is crazy. to think so many changes were made to this game since it came out. i just recently played it on the Switch just before the Godmaster update and i have to say. im glad i picked it up so late lol. the game feels complete AF. i didnt know a lot of the bosses were easier before, like Nosk and Lord Traitor lol

[@ThePoetTree]

13:32 Clown:" hit him with your dream nail and be taken to the DLC's penultimate bossfight, and in my opinion, the games hardest boss yet" Absolute Radiance: "wait thats illegal"

[@nerysstuart4210]

"I wish I could take him on again" Godmaster: *allow me to introduce myself*

[@pxldnky7749]

20:38 Dream gate: See what happens when you disobey me?

[@funkinfunkhead]

My personal favorite is The Grimm Troupe. The music was sick! It took me a while to catch on the pattern of Grimm's fight but it wasn't so bad after I learned. I only beat him recently and won't probably do the Nightmare King Grimm battle because I don't really think I'm ready lmao.

[@robertwallen1582]

So glad to be playing this in Switch now with all the DLC included. Can't wait to enjoy it

[@brilliantarrow4125]

Consider the following: using a combination of the hunters journal and the dream nail for a lore friendly way to refight any boss

[@jacksonkustell]

“ The NKG fight, who I wish I could fight again.” Consider your wish granted!

[@lukasnovella9001]

I’ll admit I started playing pretty recently, and I had no idea the palace ground station was a DLC addition

[@mr.p215]

Now we know that "No cost, too great" refers to the palace's buzzsaw budget.

[@HansAlRachid]

I wholeheartedly agree with your critique regarding the death animations.

[@vincenturquhart1370]

funny watching him talk about how hard grey prince zote is just after watching his later video on godhome

[@coolorstool2351]

It took me around three play sessions over three days to beat Nightmare King Grimm and I couldn't agree more with that last bit about how long it takes to get back to his fight.

[@HollowRick]

God it still gives me nightmares having to see that Heart burst open before the boss fight it took me so long to beat him

[@michaeldou5475]

Gotta give you praise for not calling bullshit on the cutscene prize for the path of pain, most people don't understand the real lore it brings.

[@ThatPrimalSnail]

“And a fourth that includes a new playable character and a brand new adventure for her.” *OR SO WE THOUGHT.*

[@jacquelineioannides3080]

NKG’s thorn forest is changed. He doesn’t appear during the attack, making it an even smaller Telegraph

[@suwakomoriya2765]

Good review, and as a side note, I do believe Nightmare King's bullet hell sections are a tad bit faster than the normal Grimm's. Hard to tell, though.

[@griss295]

Zote lesson n° infinity: learn, understand and become your enemy to defeat it

[@matiturock]

Wow! That is an analysis! Congratz!

[@inanimania5129]

It would have been cool if each time you died a box appears outside her house with the player merchandise in the box showing that beretta is thinking that you are like weak to grey prince zote

[@shirogane7106]

I know I’m late but for the Nightmare King Grimm Boss fight he does the bullet hell faze at 75, 50, and 25 percent health, so you can use that to track how close you are to beating him.

[@HeadHunter-mv2ht]

So i only recently realized this but i think that Grey Prince Zote's title is actually a reference to Oblivion, more accurately the Grand Champion of the Arena who goes by the same title of Grey Prince.

[@zeratulrus142]

"Out of the hour it took me to finish path of pain..." An HOUR? Took me 6 over two days

[@gweqo]

One of them is so big it warrants its own game

[@maxs3985]

The Nigtmare King Grimm is one of my favorite bosses in hollow knight Even though it took me 3 hours

[@altermann1991]

The forest of needles-attack is actually a bit different for nightmare king grimm,as nightmareking grimm disappears from the stage completely while doing it,wheras grimm remains on the stage and is still attackable.

[@bringoflamingo4196]

I love how your just like "oh yeh the first few fights with nightmare king Grimm are a trouble but you get used to it" and I'm here still unable to complete the trial of the fool

[@SniperDiplomat]

I found Path of Pain's entrance just due to my habit of hitting literally every flat wall to check for secrets. You're wrong in saying that there's white bugs or spirit statues in everywhere needed, though. I had to restart in several other places than the end fight since most checkpoint platforms don't have a statue, but it's possible I missed some white bugs to farm.

[@Jediahgames]

The teleport is extremely useful for the grey mourner quest

[@elinlaverde]

"You thought the white palace was hard? Well gud luck dude."

[@VladDascaliuc]

I had a ton of fun fighting Grimm and the Nightmare King. Hard, yet satisfactory.

[@bexarath]

Nice review. I actually managed to find the Path of Pain on my own, but gave up after rather quickly deciding that my platforming skills were just not where they needed to be to take it on. I loved the Grimm fights though.

[@Short_Potato]

That vessel by the Pale King is the hollow knight dude.

[@brilliantarrow4125]

My experience with the path of pain: it was the very last thing I did, I already knew what lied at the end and I knew what the path itself would be like. I went into it telling myself I didn’t have to finish it. I got to the end and phew yeah that last part that’s talked about in this video. But I got past it and exactly like ingenious panicked and got myself killed. But while I was sitting on the bench back at the beginning I didn’t feel bad.. I had already told myself that I didn’t have to do this so when I died it meant I didn’t have to do it any longer and I felt a huge wave of relief.

[@MoreLoreThenThereSeems]

White Knights, Grimm fiend, flamekeepers, I don't think he ever found the hunters Journal because he's just making up names at this point