Bobby snoopy Nooperson the third I totally agree. It gets ruined if you go in knowing anything about the game. You begin expecting it’s just this grey and blue network of tunnels, but then you get to Greenpath and you realise that the game is fucking beautiful. You keep going and you find this neat little jellyfish area called Fog Canyon. When you reach the City Of Tears you realise that the game isn’t just a bunch of tunnels. And the fucking rain in that area is *so* atmospheric. And it keeps getting better! You get grossed out by the Flukemons in the Waterways, you get angry at Primal Aspids in Kingdom’s Edge, and by then you’ve only covered like a quarter of the game. If you go down this big shaft you find this basin at the bottom of the world, and even below that you find The Abyss where all the ghosts of your dead brothers are. Then, you’ll get dragged into Deepnest and probably spend some time trying to leave for obvious reasons... you find more hidden areas like the Queen’s Gardens or The Hive... literally every new area in the game feels amazing to first walk into. When I first found The Hive, god I was happy. The game is so satisfying, too.Achieving those big moments like beating Nightmare King Grimm or getting the final nail upgrade... those kinds of moments are why I loved this game. And Silksong is on the horizon. Can’t fucking wait for that!!
don't forget hollow knight was developed by *three people. THREE PEOPLE.* edit: yes, there were plenty of others (and all the kickstarter donations) who helped/were hired to help with minor things, but the vast majority of the work was still done by team cherry, who again, consists of ONLY *THREE* PEOPLE.
I just began playing Hollow Knight for the first time and... Are you fucking kidding me? Only 3 people? Damn, I can't imagine how effort they put on this game.
Oh. Oh my god. The game must have taken a looooooot of time to be completed, it's the metroidvania with the biggest map I've ever played. Seriously, the thing's fucking huge
In a generation with BotW, RDR2 and Mario Odyssey, I have no reservations in calling Hollow Knight my game of the generation. I love Metroidvania as a genre and it might have ruined that for me. Hopefully until SilkSong.
I don't know what game you were playing if you thought every zone was the same. Someone who can look at the city, the edge, and the swamp and call them the same must want duke nukem standard of level variety and I can honestly say that that is a fucking terrible idea. Hollow Knight was fucking great, with the worst part being how little it held your hand and it's sharp difficulty and in retrospect, even that was fucking great. I'm sorry. I know everyone has their own taste, and I just fanboy'd way too hard. Still. Great game. Mastuhpiece.
I didn't say it was hard I said the difficulting scaling was utter trash, and you're not getting what I meant with everything is the same, I don't mean they're all the same looking, I mean they're all the exact some formula for get clothing that makes survival possible>do miscellaneous repeated quests but with different givers> collect far too many korok seeds>do the same shrine that was copy pasted for the 5th time> etc. and so one, LoZ games always had a sort of formula like this but not one that It totally removes the identity of each zone by being completely aware of how to beat it because you did any other one first. I also dislike the total removal chronological order and any aspect of being linear, the game leaves you to wander just a bit too much and people claim "it's like dark souls, it just doesn't hold your hand you big baby" I have over 400 hours across souls games, fromsoft is genius, LoZ BoTW was severely boring.
+Chuck Steak +boxoflostcauses guys, do you realize that hes talking about hollow knight? not about zelda? hollow knight is truly a masterpiece of a game and also for your wallet lol
@@commanderleo oh I’m sorry but did you just see your own fucking self below you on the way to nosk and not shit your pants. What about when you see it transform into a big ass spider. What about seeing the dead body of a husk turn into a spider and crawl along the walls towards you. Deep nest is ducking terrifying
@@engandaus8815 But is it really less light hearted than a hive of bee warrior who fought against the corruption of Radiance, but ultimately failed and became corrupt, as everything else (except Mantis, cause Mantis ain't bitches).
@@Skylair95 um a spider den full of death monsters crawling out of the ground and copies of yourself luring you into a death trap. YES IT IS LESS LIGHTHEARTED
For anyone that doesn't already own Hollow Knight, please take a moment to look through the comments and see how many people are genuinely saying that this game is fucking amazing. And it's $15 COME ON!
I see that, but i don't really like metroidvanias that much, only ever liked super metroid. I'll still support the devs tho and got it from the monthly bundle.
@@Th3Espr3ss0 I didn't like metroidvanias too until I've played that game. Buy it for the great lore, boss design and music if not for the "metroidvanian" gameplay
never knew a major game series which made a whole new genre based off itself, would ever beaten by a 'small' indie game made by three people in its own genre Super Metroid is gud tho
You know, Metroid Prime really is a hugely important series. We really didn't have enough FPS's. They're such a niche genre and I don't get why all the big companies aren't just pumping them out. Before Prime 1-3 came along I really felt like all Metroid was was just another metroidvania, a done-to-death genre by the time of the series' inception. So glad to see such an important series take a step in such a bold direction as making it an FPS. I sure hope they become big someday in the future.
I just noticed Hollow Knight and holy shit is it deep. It's like Castle Crashers meets dark souls meets shovel Knight meets Mushroom Men meets... You get the idea. I love the game it's one of the coolest games ever made in my opinion. Instantly in my top 20
The game is literally just bug souls, the story is almost identical, instead of expecting undead to clean up your fucks up, they just bread like rabbits and made their children void sponges and were like lmaoooo fix dis
The fact that pepper grinder is only releasing this year after being at PAX 6 years ago is crazy, goes to show how much work goes into some of these seemingly simple games
For anyone wanting the Castlevania songs: 1. Dance of the Pales - 0:56 2. Marble Gallery - 1:08 3. Wandering Ghosts - 1:17 4. Abandoned Pit - 1:28 5. The Tragic Prince - 1:37 6. I Am the Wind - 1:52
I’ve been playing only Hollow Knight for the last few days and I can’t seem to get into it. It’s good, but it’s not like BotW where I couldn’t stop myself.
@@broshi1752 it's better than botw because dat game lacks in having a great story ( tho is not bad by all means it's quite enjoyable ) anyway it also suffers a little with mediocre and dissapointing bosses and the voice acting can be a bit off at times while hollow knight just perfectly nails every aspect of what a great game should be it's almost flawless a beautiful gem of work do explain the problem as to why u couldn't get into hollow knight in more detail
Mr. Hater Well first off, BotW’s voice acting is off because they can’t make the lips match seven different languages. Their mouths just move so it somewhat fits any language. As to why I can’t get into hallow Knight? My biggest problem is moving through the map. Sometimes I just want to get to a place, then I go there, then I have to walk all the way back, go to Dirtmouth to buy something, then go back to where I need to use a key or whatever. BotW gives you a warp all over from early on where as hallow knight I sometimes don’t wanna spend so much time just moving one place to another. Especially bosses. I hate when there is a big gap between a bench and a hard boss. It’s annoying as heck when I want just learn a boss’s moves but they kill me and then I spend more time walking back. I actually really enjoyed dream bosses like grey prince Zote. The boss is still hard, but I can actually focus on the boss instead of getting to him. And as for the story? I like good stories when the game itself is fun. I want to keep discovering more to the story, but it’s cheap bosses like Watched Knight that makes me want to just google the plot instead. Sorry to write an essay, but... I like hallow Knight, and I really want to live it, but I just can’t call it a perfect game like everyone else does. Edit: and I actually really enjoyed discovering new areas. One Saturday I played like 8 hours straight and I couldn’t stop because I was just unlocking all these new areas. Then I encountered a boss, fought it for an hour, then haven’t wanted to try again.
@@broshi1752 the game never feels tedious there's stag station's all over the map to fast travel don't know if u notice.... anyway the game is simply hard but fair it requires more skill and patience from the player something u seem to lack watcher knight isn't even dat cheap the game even let's u kill one of them in case it's too hard for u and if u find too much trouble with a boss u can always go someplace else this simply isn't a flaw i can consider being the game own fault it just wasn't ur cup of tea
I remember playing Castlevania 22 years ago, beating it, and being like "Wow, what a great game". After that my buddy and I figured out about the upside down castle and were like "WTF!". What a masterpiece.
Hollow knight's definitely a good game, and I'll give it a recommendation, but imo it's more frustrating at times than it is fun. The FUN part of the game is exploring new areas and overcoming challenges, and these parts of the game are superb. The NOT FUN part of the game is having to repeat 20 minutes of gameplay because the last bench/checkpoint was three miles back. The game also throws some prohibitively expensive items at you, meaning you have to hold on to your money for a long time. However, if you carry around a ton of unspent currency while exploring, you run the risk of losing it all if you die. Basically dying in this game feels SUPER terrible, and it happens quite a lot if you aren't familiar with the area. You can get your currency back at the spot you died, but if you die again before reaching it, poof, it's gone forever. They basically added a dark souls artificial level of difficulty and frustration to what was otherwise a beautifully crafted game, and the bad part about that is that it means the game encourages you to spend time farming currency from weak enemies in already explored areas. This SEVERELY ruins the pace and flow of the game for me, and makes it feel like I'm constantly moving one step forward and two steps back. If you want an uninhibited exploratory metroid-vania game with scaling challenges that don't feel unfair or overly punishing, tight mechanics and incredible flow, just play Ori and the Blind Forest. It's better in those areas. Although I will say Hollow Knight has far more compelling characters and a better story. I just hate how much backtracking and grinding there is. It's SO close to being a perfect game.
Hollow Knight totally lives up to the hype. It had been a while since I dumped like 40+ hours into a single player game with the exception of stuff like Xcom 2.
True, when he brought it up onscreen for a second after dissing Yooka Laylee weeks ago, I bought Hollow Knight, now I owe it to him for introducing me to such an awesome game
Dunno if it's due to my computer (which would be weird since my PC has pretty good specs), but while the game runs smoothly enough normally, the frames just tank during combat. It's made the whole thing unplayable for me. Anyone have any ideas?
I can confirm. After about 15 hours and defeating the final boss for the first time, I was considerably impressed by how well they created their individual atmospheres and their incredible combat system. Once I checked my completion, however, I found that I had only completed 63% of the game. This amazed me. After absorbing so much densely-packed content, I had only seen 63%? Because I was so satisfied with my experience playing, I set out to achieve 100% completion; I wanted to experience everything that it had to offer. Then, after going through once more and examining everything more closely, I got a very strong sense of how polished this game really was. Genuine quality is present all throughout the game. From the visuals to the plot to the exploration, it's awing. Never have I came close to a game that is so artistic.
Don't get me wrong, that game is too perfect but not doing an indepth from dunkey is for the better, playing it blind with no knowledge of it is the most immersive shit since Mario 64
That last part is extra funny when you consider the developers of Sonic Mania probably were watching that, since they were big enough Dunkey fans to put him in the game as an easter egg!
Games mentioned: Furi (2016) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) Disney's Alladin (1993) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Hollow Knight (2017) Donut County Pepper Grinder Sonic Mania
I watched this video in 2017 but I never actually played Hollow Knight, despite all recommendations. I'm playing now in 2019, and it's even better than I could have imagined.
And it plays good. The story, the combat, the world, the soundtrack. Everything is just top notch. Also it's hard as fuck and getting that sweet juicy 100% completion takes quite some time, so it's definitely worth the $15. Hell, I would have gladly paid even more for it. 10/10. Can recommend.
Daniel Gurgel Ori is actually brilliant. Hollow knight is my favorite game of all time but ori is probably my second favorite metroidvania ever. And hey there’s a sequel coming out soon that looks a million times better!
Dunkey's Good Year List: - Furi - Castlevania - Symphony of the Night - Aladdin (SNES) - Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild - Hollow Knight - Donut County - Pepper Grinder - Dandara - Sonic Mania Mastahpeeces for yo wallet
So this is where I remember seeing Pepper Grinder before it's announcement in the direct from 9 months ago. I've been waiting for it to come out since watching this video, and it looks like it finally will next year
Alkadour Me too, I'm worried he deleted it because every man and his donkey would have commented with Knack 2 baybeee and probably a lot of hate. If he still exists, someone tell me.
Years ago, when this video came out, I just showed up to talk about the games I was familiar with. Since then I've played the Hollow Knight, and I'm just leaving a comment to confirm that I too am completely taken with that game, and I too am now among those obsessively waiting for Silksong.
My guinea pig passed away a few years ago. I’m not even exaggerating when I say I burst into tears when I heard yours wheaking in the background. Thanks for that, I mean it.
hes not uploading because he made most of his money on his videos through sponsors and partnerships, and he's having a hard time getting those these days.
Is it just me or does Hallow Knight jumping detection is kinda weird? It really feels abit clunky for the landing and jumping in Hallow Knight. When I play Salt and Sanctuary, it's super smooth when it comes to jumping and plat-forming, not Hallow Knight.
Ventus S I'v nevee had that problem normally. The only time I've had a problem with jumping is when trying to double jump after only walking off a ledge. In that situation it sometimes only registers one jump and I would have to start it again which isn't a problem for me really.
Dear Videogame Dunkey, Last year I watched this video 11 times. This year, I have watched it once, so far. I am on pace to watch this 73 times. Love, Austin
Symphony of the Night literally created the genre hollow knight is apart of, Hollow Knight definitely does some things better than symphony of the night but Hollow Knight would not exist without Symphony of the Night.
@@differentsame9402 idk if this is late but it's pretty long. the map is big, it also has 3 free dlc's and a lot of secrets. you should buy it it's worth your time *4 dlc's if you count lifeblood as a dlc
Getting your game shut down by Nintendo is basically Nintendo's way of saying "stop copying our shit and use your talents elsewhere, here we'll get you started by tossing something on your resume that got national attention"
I looked up Pepper Grinder. Not on Steam, last news I can see for it was in 2019, and it's official website is now a wine directory. I guess they couldn't flesh it out.
4:11 "I want to hold off on talking about the big games..." *Sees in the little corner of the screen, alongside the likes of Mario Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Kingdom Hearts.... Knack 2 hahahaha
sometimes I come back to this video to reminisce on the days when some of the greatest games were about to come out. now it’s 2022 and we’re still waiting on more games like these
Throughout the years I keep returning to this video, rewatching the bit about Hollow Knight, reliving the moment I've heard about it for the first time. Man. What a good game.
When dunkey says hollow knights battle is tuned to perfection and raises the bar for metroidvania to infinity (super metroid and AM2R set the bar pretty high) I just have to play it
Fun fact: The creators were going to add a new playable character later, but they couldn't figure out how her moveset would work in the set environment and just decided to make a whole new game just for that character.
Playing Hollow Knight got to a point where I felt bad I couldn't give the devs more money
Buy the game for a friend. You make your friend happy and the devs get more money :D
I bought the physical copy with the art book.
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 there's an art book?!?
I hope they have physical copies of the soundtrack.
@@roachdoggjr1940 They better start selling sheet music or I'm gonna have to give them money directly.
@@humphred4912 they're actually selling a book with music sheets for the Hollow Knight OST, made by Christopher Larkin himself.
Everyone is talking about Hollow Knight and I didn't realize that Alucard was Dracula backwards
0:31
Same
Son of Dracula - 1943
i would like this but its at 666 likes
Hollow Knight backwards is Castlevania
sonic mania was the light at the end of the tunnel but that distracted us from the second tunnel after the light
Oh hey I watch your streams, hi dad
Oscar Kasiewicz actually I care
Oscar Kasiewicz no I do I also watch his streams
Oscar Kasiewicz don’t start talking like that in sight of one of my fellow Game and Watch mains
Gasp...
I found the Grayman
We need hollow knight to have a video of its own.
Hollow knight is better played through blind.
Bobby snoopy Nooperson the third he commented that a year ago man
Pie is Amazing It's still a relevant comment.
Bobby snoopy Nooperson the third I totally agree. It gets ruined if you go in knowing anything about the game. You begin expecting it’s just this grey and blue network of tunnels, but then you get to Greenpath and you realise that the game is fucking beautiful. You keep going and you find this neat little jellyfish area called Fog Canyon. When you reach the City Of Tears you realise that the game isn’t just a bunch of tunnels. And the fucking rain in that area is *so* atmospheric. And it keeps getting better! You get grossed out by the Flukemons in the Waterways, you get angry at Primal Aspids in Kingdom’s Edge, and by then you’ve only covered like a quarter of the game. If you go down this big shaft you find this basin at the bottom of the world, and even below that you find The Abyss where all the ghosts of your dead brothers are. Then, you’ll get dragged into Deepnest and probably spend some time trying to leave for obvious reasons... you find more hidden areas like the Queen’s Gardens or The Hive... literally every new area in the game feels amazing to first walk into. When I first found The Hive, god I was happy. The game is so satisfying, too.Achieving those big moments like beating Nightmare King Grimm or getting the final nail upgrade... those kinds of moments are why I loved this game. And Silksong is on the horizon. Can’t fucking wait for that!!
I mean just cuz he makes a review doesn’t mean he’ll spoil the endgame boss. Also if you’re worried about spoilers you can just not watch the review
don't forget hollow knight was developed by *three people. THREE PEOPLE.*
edit: yes, there were plenty of others (and all the kickstarter donations) who helped/were hired to help with minor things, but the vast majority of the work was still done by team cherry, who again, consists of ONLY *THREE* PEOPLE.
Yuanyuan Qu And hand drawn. Which is absolutely amazing.
I just began playing Hollow Knight for the first time and...
Are you fucking kidding me?
Only 3 people?
Damn, I can't imagine how effort they put on this game.
I barely started playing this week, and Jesus Christ this game is amazing. It topped Axiom Verge as my favorite Metroidvania game.
Oh. Oh my god. The game must have taken a looooooot of time to be completed, it's the metroidvania with the biggest map I've ever played. Seriously, the thing's fucking huge
Hollow knight is my favorite game.
"I want to wait until E3 to talk about the big games"
Knack 2 appears on screen
SirDabbz 420 and shadow of war
lazlo686 I'm here from his latest video lmao
"YOU JUST GOT FUCKED BY KNACK!"
*here comes the moneeeeeeeey*
Brede Murberg you mean Faked by Knack
“Mastapiece for your wallet” convinced me to get Hollow Knight and I am grateful
I got it off game pass and it’s been great as well
I need to get it too. I’ve been putting it off for too long. And it’s 15 dollars on the eShop. Like C’MON!
Such an amazing Game for such an amazing price
I love how the comment section is just Hollow Knight. Hollow Knight this, Hollow Knight that...
And I love it
Omafi Vargas It’s a fantastic game, just got it on switch because of how people spoke of it, so if hype tells more people to buy it, I’m glad too.
you started by saying you love it
why did you have to reiterate it in the read more
I think hollow knight is fucking trash cus it is 2/10
Josh Seddon you are fucking trash
0/10
@@slambotv1334 what a reductive and stupid thing to say
He was not kidding about hollow knight. Holy shit, what a good game
No shit
Hollow knight Is the best
I wonder if he's biased
@@biggie-cheese2 Nah, it's just a fantastic game
Mastapeece
In a generation with BotW, RDR2 and Mario Odyssey, I have no reservations in calling Hollow Knight my game of the generation. I love Metroidvania as a genre and it might have ruined that for me. Hopefully until SilkSong.
Masta piece for the wallet is my new favorite saying
Ique he is actually of Puerto Rican decent
^
literally hundreds of square kilometers of the same bullshit in every zone with a retarded difficulty system
I don't know what game you were playing if you thought every zone was the same. Someone who can look at the city, the edge, and the swamp and call them the same must want duke nukem standard of level variety and I can honestly say that that is a fucking terrible idea. Hollow Knight was fucking great, with the worst part being how little it held your hand and it's sharp difficulty and in retrospect, even that was fucking great.
I'm sorry. I know everyone has their own taste, and I just fanboy'd way too hard. Still. Great game. Mastuhpiece.
I didn't say it was hard I said the difficulting scaling was utter trash, and you're not getting what I meant with everything is the same, I don't mean they're all the same looking, I mean they're all the exact some formula for get clothing that makes survival possible>do miscellaneous repeated quests but with different givers> collect far too many korok seeds>do the same shrine that was copy pasted for the 5th time> etc. and so one, LoZ games always had a sort of formula like this but not one that It totally removes the identity of each zone by being completely aware of how to beat it because you did any other one first.
I also dislike the total removal chronological order and any aspect of being linear, the game leaves you to wander just a bit too much and people claim "it's like dark souls, it just doesn't hold your hand you big baby"
I have over 400 hours across souls games, fromsoft is genius, LoZ BoTW was severely boring.
+Chuck Steak +boxoflostcauses
guys, do you realize that hes talking about hollow knight? not about zelda? hollow knight is truly a masterpiece of a game and also for your wallet lol
"Light-hearted playfulness" Dunkey says as he shows The Hive
*OKAY DUNKEY*
It aint Deepnest
It aint fucking Deepnest
@@commanderleo yes but it fucking sucks
@@commanderleo oh I’m sorry but did you just see your own fucking self below you on the way to nosk and not shit your pants. What about when you see it transform into a big ass spider. What about seeing the dead body of a husk turn into a spider and crawl along the walls towards you. Deep nest is ducking terrifying
@@engandaus8815 But is it really less light hearted than a hive of bee warrior who fought against the corruption of Radiance, but ultimately failed and became corrupt, as everything else (except Mantis, cause Mantis ain't bitches).
@@Skylair95 um a spider den full of death monsters crawling out of the ground and copies of yourself luring you into a death trap. YES IT IS LESS LIGHTHEARTED
If this year was so good, why isn’t there a this year 2?
God is afraid
It's coming, 2022
@@toadboydude5015 and Knuckles
2022
Well actually , that year was so good that we have 2022
Ahh yes this year was so fast, but it always ends with the classic Super Mario Bros. 2!!!!
It always ends with a masta peece baybeee
Damn I'm horny now
10/10 mario bros 2 is godly
Nah nah nah hol' up, you think Super Mario Bros. 2 is going to be the best this year aswell? Sorry pal not happening .
Don't play with my emotions so much.
Makes me take it in the ass
Symphony of the night transcends all years
It is a fine wine, the kind you would pour into a delicate, crystal glass... right before throwing at the ground as you question mankind's existence.
Salokin Sekwah I'm about to go out of my way to get the classic bet on PS1 since it's not on PS4. Or just get it on PC. Really eager to try it out.
Eh. Aria of Sorrow and Order of Ecclessia are better.
Until we talk about Supah Mario bros 2 lets have a round of applause everybody the champ reigns supreme.
Nah, Aria is pretty good, though not as good as SCIV, SOTN or Rondo, but Order of Ecclesia barely feels like a Castlevania game.
Thank you dumbly for making me buy Hollow Knight. It truly is a masterpiece.
Yea
@@hollownite6859 name checks out
For anyone that doesn't already own Hollow Knight, please take a moment to look through the comments and see how many people are genuinely saying that this game is fucking amazing.
And it's $15
COME ON!
I see that, but i don't really like metroidvanias that much, only ever liked super metroid. I'll still support the devs tho and got it from the monthly bundle.
@@Th3Espr3ss0
I didn't like metroidvanias too until I've played that game. Buy it for the great lore, boss design and music if not for the "metroidvanian" gameplay
Masterffc please......
Oh I can’t
@Masterffc good lie
@Barrios now now let's don't be salty dude, everyone have their opinions, I too hate the game because 2D is TRASH!
The moment you realize the new metroid has to go up against a indie metroidvania
Potato King
Hi, I'm from the future. The remake lost, but it's still a good game.
never knew a major game series which made a whole new genre based off itself, would ever beaten by a 'small' indie game made by three people in its own genre
Super Metroid is gud tho
UnLImITeD ? That’s just how good this game is
You know, Metroid Prime really is a hugely important series. We really didn't have enough FPS's. They're such a niche genre and I don't get why all the big companies aren't just pumping them out. Before Prime 1-3 came along I really felt like all Metroid was was just another metroidvania, a done-to-death genre by the time of the series' inception. So glad to see such an important series take a step in such a bold direction as making it an FPS. I sure hope they become big someday in the future.
Choinkus what?lol what the fuck do you want from me
Hollow Knight (dunkview)
anyone agree?
Nytox x i want it soo bad
DIXYPROO same
because its a Mastapeace
Pleeeease
What we need
Hollow knight is basically just dark souls
I just noticed Hollow Knight and holy shit is it deep. It's like Castle Crashers meets dark souls meets shovel Knight meets Mushroom Men meets... You get the idea. I love the game it's one of the coolest games ever made in my opinion. Instantly in my top 20
I remember Castle Crashers. Btw its gonna be on the PS4. I can't fucking wait
Im so glad you mentioned mushroom men
D A N K S O U L S
The game is literally just bug souls, the story is almost identical, instead of expecting undead to clean up your fucks up, they just bread like rabbits and made their children void sponges and were like lmaoooo fix dis
Omg just play dark souls its wayyyyyyyy better
Hollow Knight is the first Metroid-Vania I ever played and also now my favorite game of all time.
Symphony of the Night is truly a masterpiece.
MASTAHPEECE*
I don't like it.
whatever.
Clout Gang so Dark Souls is shit for you?
Pff, """"gamer""""
Zekthror 1130 yes
What is a year?! a miserable little pile of months... weeks... days... hou- but enough talk have at you!
2:10 - "Eyes on me" was still better!
525,600 minutes
Alex Jones But, but, but... Leap year?!
Was that a Castlevania reference?🤔
You earned this "W" (or a dub as the kids say) for making me giggle
Bruh three years later and I can't find anything about pepper grinder, really sad it looks fun
Im just tryna find the song he played when he was talkin about it
The fact that pepper grinder is only releasing this year after being at PAX 6 years ago is crazy, goes to show how much work goes into some of these seemingly simple games
For anyone wanting the Castlevania songs:
1. Dance of the Pales - 0:56
2. Marble Gallery - 1:08
3. Wandering Ghosts - 1:17
4. Abandoned Pit - 1:28
5. The Tragic Prince - 1:37
6. I Am the Wind - 1:52
What about 1:41? Between 5 and 6.
Edit: Nevermind. It's "Lost Painting".
Kayas Good job, it was tough to get it from that little clip
Kevin Bonneau also, the artist singing "I Am The Wind" is the same as "Snake Eater"
Thank you a ton for this comment
Jeez SOTN had a bomb ass ost
i came because I saw hollow knight
Because of that and simply because dunkey. Found this channel recently.
@Reojoe why is that?
@Reojoe yeah it does sound wierd but I think your joke works
Me too
Same
Hollow Knight
"A masterpiece for your wallet" - Dunkey
Truer words have never been spoken.
Was free on ps+ this month and after a week im at 110%... unfortunately the last 2 percent are the pnatheon of the sage and the knight
@@justincoltharp9701 are ya winning now?
5:09 This uhh...
Hits different now..........
Hollow Knight is now my favorite singleplayer game ive ever played thank you dunk
Mine's too
I’ve been playing only Hollow Knight for the last few days and I can’t seem to get into it. It’s good, but it’s not like BotW where I couldn’t stop myself.
@@broshi1752 it's better than botw because dat game lacks in having a great story ( tho is not bad by all means it's quite enjoyable ) anyway it also suffers a little with mediocre and dissapointing bosses and the voice acting can be a bit off at times while hollow knight just perfectly nails every aspect of what a great game should be it's almost flawless a beautiful gem of work do explain the problem as to why u couldn't get into hollow knight in more detail
Mr. Hater
Well first off, BotW’s voice acting is off because they can’t make the lips match seven different languages. Their mouths just move so it somewhat fits any language.
As to why I can’t get into hallow Knight?
My biggest problem is moving through the map. Sometimes I just want to get to a place, then I go there, then I have to walk all the way back, go to Dirtmouth to buy something, then go back to where I need to use a key or whatever. BotW gives you a warp all over from early on where as hallow knight I sometimes don’t wanna spend so much time just moving one place to another. Especially bosses. I hate when there is a big gap between a bench and a hard boss. It’s annoying as heck when I want just learn a boss’s moves but they kill me and then I spend more time walking back.
I actually really enjoyed dream bosses like grey prince Zote. The boss is still hard, but I can actually focus on the boss instead of getting to him.
And as for the story? I like good stories when the game itself is fun. I want to keep discovering more to the story, but it’s cheap bosses like Watched Knight that makes me want to just google the plot instead.
Sorry to write an essay, but... I like hallow Knight, and I really want to live it, but I just can’t call it a perfect game like everyone else does.
Edit: and I actually really enjoyed discovering new areas. One Saturday I played like 8 hours straight and I couldn’t stop because I was just unlocking all these new areas. Then I encountered a boss, fought it for an hour, then haven’t wanted to try again.
@@broshi1752 the game never feels tedious there's stag station's all over the map to fast travel don't know if u notice.... anyway the game is simply hard but fair it requires more skill and patience from the player something u seem to lack watcher knight isn't even dat cheap the game even let's u kill one of them in case it's too hard for u and if u find too much trouble with a boss u can always go someplace else this simply isn't a flaw i can consider being the game own fault it just wasn't ur cup of tea
HOW DID I NEVER KNOW ALUCARD WAS DRACULA BACKWARDS WTF
Moop Bread I feel your pain now I must revisit alucards and say your Dracula backwards
Someones never watched hellsing
I'm here to break the news to you that Dr. Acula isn't a licensed physician either.
But did you know coach feratu was a vampire?
soada159 wait that was his cover name
“Do yourself a favor, and make getting Aladdin one of your three wishes, and then for the other wishes get two pizzas” ~ Videogamedunky
I remember playing Castlevania 22 years ago, beating it, and being like "Wow, what a great game". After that my buddy and I figured out about the upside down castle and were like "WTF!". What a masterpiece.
It's great to see you promoting Indie Games. You got me really interested in Hollow Knight, Pepper Grinder, and Dandara.
Penguin Publisher Get Hollow Knight. It deserves every ounce of praise.
Penguin Publisher agreeeed. It's so good and the artwork is insane.
"Hollow Knight: Switch Port may be 5-11 months away" Auuughhhh........
They just got someone to port for them so it will be sooner
Hollow knight's definitely a good game, and I'll give it a recommendation, but imo it's more frustrating at times than it is fun. The FUN part of the game is exploring new areas and overcoming challenges, and these parts of the game are superb.
The NOT FUN part of the game is having to repeat 20 minutes of gameplay because the last bench/checkpoint was three miles back. The game also throws some prohibitively expensive items at you, meaning you have to hold on to your money for a long time. However, if you carry around a ton of unspent currency while exploring, you run the risk of losing it all if you die. Basically dying in this game feels SUPER terrible, and it happens quite a lot if you aren't familiar with the area. You can get your currency back at the spot you died, but if you die again before reaching it, poof, it's gone forever. They basically added a dark souls artificial level of difficulty and frustration to what was otherwise a beautifully crafted game, and the bad part about that is that it means the game encourages you to spend time farming currency from weak enemies in already explored areas. This SEVERELY ruins the pace and flow of the game for me, and makes it feel like I'm constantly moving one step forward and two steps back.
If you want an uninhibited exploratory metroid-vania game with scaling challenges that don't feel unfair or overly punishing, tight mechanics and incredible flow, just play Ori and the Blind Forest. It's better in those areas. Although I will say Hollow Knight has far more compelling characters and a better story. I just hate how much backtracking and grinding there is. It's SO close to being a perfect game.
fif-teen dol-lar
/fif' ten, 'fif, ten/ daler/
noun
plural noun: fifteen dollars
a masta piece for your wallet.
Your IPA is dreadfully wrong, it should be: /fɪf'tin dɑ'lœɹ/
Wouldn't masta piece for your wallet better define the game Hollow Knight? Anyone can drop shit for 15 dollars and define it as a masta piece.
Cheo Pitchford ii
a masta piece for your wallet is actually one of the synonyms for it actually
Dude I finally got around to playing Hollow Knight, and... this game is fuckin amazing.
if dunkey said "that was a joke" after his jokes the runtime would be incomprehensible
I can't wait for Dunkey's upcoming Metal Album
YESSSSS
Hollow Knight totally lives up to the hype. It had been a while since I dumped like 40+ hours into a single player game with the exception of stuff like Xcom 2.
mobman47 keyboard or controller?
Liam Cad I used controller.
I have +100 hours in this game, with a 112% completion.
Amateur
@@user-rx3js1no3s How many hours do you have?
Gotta say thanks, that small section was all it took for me to purchase Hollow Knight. 👍
Mossbag found Hollow Knight because of this video
So glad he likes Hollow Knight. Seriously an amazing game.
True, when he brought it up onscreen for a second after dissing Yooka Laylee weeks ago, I bought Hollow Knight, now I owe it to him for introducing me to such an awesome game
every one should experience hollow knight, i mean you cant dislike it, best metroidvania
zagazsanology after getting 100% in it you start to hate your life if you plan on beating the trail of fools I recommend you start praying now
Dunno if it's due to my computer (which would be weird since my PC has pretty good specs), but while the game runs smoothly enough normally, the frames just tank during combat. It's made the whole thing unplayable for me. Anyone have any ideas?
Looks so dead and colorless... But, then again, so does Nier: Automata and that's an amazing game.... I'll have to try it.
Hollow knight is the real deal, thanks for reminding me dunkey
I can confirm. After about 15 hours and defeating the final boss for the first time, I was considerably impressed by how well they created their individual atmospheres and their incredible combat system. Once I checked my completion, however, I found that I had only completed 63% of the game. This amazed me. After absorbing so much densely-packed content, I had only seen 63%? Because I was so satisfied with my experience playing, I set out to achieve 100% completion; I wanted to experience everything that it had to offer. Then, after going through once more and examining everything more closely, I got a very strong sense of how polished this game really was. Genuine quality is present all throughout the game. From the visuals to the plot to the exploration, it's awing. Never have I came close to a game that is so artistic.
3 years later, im still waiting the dunkeys metal album
I learned about hollow knight from this video and now its one of my favorite games
why does every dunkey video feels like 5 seconds ?
Drkek I some times have to savor them and watch them a few seconds at a time because you never know when the next donkey will drop.
i came looking for this. 10/10
cause it's 100% quality, no filler, just like aladdin
Hollow Knight is phenomenal. Tough, but tremendously rewarding. Perfect in almost every way.
You should do a full Dunkview on Hollow Knight. Ive played it for many hours, and it is by far my favorite game.
It is Dark Souls, that is all you need to know
Don't get me wrong, that game is too perfect but not doing an indepth from dunkey is for the better, playing it blind with no knowledge of it is the most immersive shit since Mario 64
Thx lol
Holy knight junkan I agree
@@uwnbaw i would absolutely love to see dunkey bitch about the pantheons for 6 minutes and then rate it as a 9/5
Yoda says: happiness you will gain, until you reach the path of pain
That last part is extra funny when you consider the developers of Sonic Mania probably were watching that, since they were big enough Dunkey fans to put him in the game as an easter egg!
Vishal Singh ikr the easter egg is hilarious HEEEE YAH
Sonic forces is better
@@xanderking9712 You stupid bear who said you could have an opinion. Everybody knows only taking donkeys are allowed to have an opinion on games.
they removed it sadly ;c
what a great year for symphony of the night and alaaaadinn
^ The dude was mocking that some of Dunkey's fav games so far in 2017 were games that didn't even come out in 2017.
i made him commit sodoku
@@HolyShitItsHim1 I know I'm like a 1 year late but where did Dunkey say he was pissed off about this comment lol
@@dkDolphino In his E3 2017 video
5:45 was the reason sonic mania was as good as it was.
5:08 hey, it's Chris chan!
I wonder how he's doing nowadays...
Games mentioned:
Furi (2016)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
Disney's Alladin (1993)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Hollow Knight (2017)
Donut County
Pepper Grinder
Sonic Mania
You forgot Dandara
AND lisa
thanks guys!
I. LOVE. YOU.
Thx ma dude, were pissed that i couldnt find furi
Dunkey on Breath of the wild- this is good, but it's no Super Mario 2
Dunkey holding his newborn Son- this is good, but it's no Super Mario 2
I watched this video in 2017 but I never actually played Hollow Knight, despite all recommendations.
I'm playing now in 2019, and it's even better than I could have imagined.
Just realized that donkey found a way to kinda include LISA the painful
That made me really happy
Hollow Knight looks sooooo good.
And it plays good. The story, the combat, the world, the soundtrack. Everything is just top notch. Also it's hard as fuck and getting that sweet juicy 100% completion takes quite some time, so it's definitely worth the $15. Hell, I would have gladly paid even more for it. 10/10. Can recommend.
Dylan Palmer i Just got to 100% 3 weeks Ago, i fucking went hard on that game haha finished so fast... but it is worth It for sure man!
Is it easily played without a controller? I seem to miss out on a lot of games because i don't have an xbox or ps controller for my gaming rig.
Dylan Palmer Ive played with only keyboard but It is prolly easier with controllers
Dylan Palmer try furi it's fucking amazing
I bought Hollow Knight because of this video. Best thing to ever happen to me . . . yet, but I've still got another 80 some years left.
Gerardo Joaquin are you 5 years old?
Or do you just have really high expectations
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Prepare for Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hungry Knight 3
Dunkey getting spooked by the frog cracks me up every time
Hollow knight by far surpasses any other metroidvania ever made. A masterpiece. I don't know how people compare Ori and the blind forest with it.
Daniel Gurgel
Ori is actually brilliant.
Hollow knight is my favorite game of all time but ori is probably my second favorite metroidvania ever.
And hey there’s a sequel coming out soon that looks a million times better!
Without sotn hollow knight wouldn't even exist
Lmao it’s still better tho
@@rhysthomas14 Without SOTN metroidvania would probably be dead genre but we are talking about quality of these games not their impact.
Hollow Knight would be Radiohead
And Ori, maybe Deftones
"Furi, Symphony of the night, Hollow Knight"
aaaaand subscribed. You sir have incredible taste.
Dunkey's Good Year List:
- Furi
- Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
- Aladdin (SNES)
- Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild
- Hollow Knight
- Donut County
- Pepper Grinder
- Dandara
- Sonic Mania
Mastahpeeces for yo wallet
_DomZ_ THANK YOU IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE NAME OF THE FIRST GAME HE SAID FURI
_DomZ_ don't forget Knack 2 Babyyyyyyy
You forgot Kanck 2
_DomZ_ I
What is the jazz song in sotn?
I love how many people were introduced to Hollow Knight through Dunkey then came back and thanked him
So this is where I remember seeing Pepper Grinder before it's announcement in the direct from 9 months ago. I've been waiting for it to come out since watching this video, and it looks like it finally will next year
I spent a good 20 minutes trying to find the first game, turns outs its Furi, not Fury.
Closed Captions are your friend
thank you so much
lol thought so
I'm looking for that fuckin comment that was shown in his e3 video
same
Alkadour Me too, I'm worried he deleted it because every man and his donkey would have commented with Knack 2 baybeee and probably a lot of hate.
If he still exists, someone tell me.
ive seen it before his E3 video. but i didnt comment on it and i regret
^ same
I found the guy's RUclips channel but not the comment :(
When I entered the city of tears hollow knight became my favourite game
Hollow knight is such a hidden gem that even this guy right here doesn’t joke about it!
You made me pick up Hollow Knight and now it's consumed my soul.
NO COST TOO GREAT
"You play as PBat." Shit Dunky I love you
Now that pepper grinder has a release date found myself wanting to rewatch this video
Me too
Years ago, when this video came out, I just showed up to talk about the games I was familiar with. Since then I've played the Hollow Knight, and I'm just leaving a comment to confirm that I too am completely taken with that game, and I too am now among those obsessively waiting for Silksong.
*W H A T I S A M A N ?*
A miserable little pile of secrets!
Sir born But enough talk have at you
It's not just 'have at you' it's HAVE AT YOU!
Swift as a coursing river.....
Your mom.
My god, just played through Hollow Knight...what a wonderful game. Thanks dunkling, I love you.
playing Hollow Knight currently I'm about 26 hours deep and I can already say this is one of my favorite games, a masterpiece
My guinea pig passed away a few years ago. I’m not even exaggerating when I say I burst into tears when I heard yours wheaking in the background. Thanks for that, I mean it.
Why is JonTron uploading videos so frequently?
Martin Naranjo you got me excited for a moment until I looked at jontrons channel and saw the last video was 5 months ago
HE IS THE FUCKING BIRD
Gonta Gokuhara no he cleared that up a couple months ago
hes not uploading because he made most of his money on his videos through sponsors and partnerships, and he's having a hard time getting those these days.
Adolf Schmidtler well it was more recent than that, but it got deleted
Man Hallow Knight was amazing. I hope the DLC adds so much more to the game, it's lore, the combat, and more areas.
Zian Xelmeus i think It Will be a DLC that you can play It as Hornet!!
it was confirmed on a kickstarter post that hornet will be the 2nd playable character
Is it just me or does Hallow Knight jumping detection is kinda weird?
It really feels abit clunky for the landing and jumping in Hallow Knight.
When I play Salt and Sanctuary, it's super smooth when it comes to jumping and plat-forming, not Hallow Knight.
Ventus S I'v nevee had that problem normally. The only time I've had a problem with jumping is when trying to double jump after only walking off a ledge. In that situation it sometimes only registers one jump and I would have to start it again which isn't a problem for me really.
ive never had thar problem. but the double jump screwed me sometimes too. White Palace was hard with this problem and keyboards only
Dear Videogame Dunkey,
Last year I watched this video 11 times. This year, I have watched it once, so far. I am on pace to watch this 73 times.
Love, Austin
Symphony of the night is indeed a masterpiece. But Hollow Knight is arguably better. It's insanely good.
They are both beautiful in their own way
-
Castlevania - So glad I grew up with this
Hollow Knight - But damn this is better
@@slambotv1334 symphony of the knight is better honestly if we are being real. it is just a far denser game.
Aidan Warren
Forget about Deepnest?
Symphony of the Night literally created the genre hollow knight is apart of, Hollow Knight definitely does some things better than symphony of the night but Hollow Knight would not exist without Symphony of the Night.
Hollow Knight looks really cool!
AvenRave it’s amazing get it right now
Francisco Del Coro I got it yesterday yay
Hey I wanted to know is the game lengthy? I hate spending money on games that can be beaten so fast. Please reply. Thank you.
@@differentsame9402 idk if this is late but it's pretty long. the map is big, it also has 3 free dlc's and a lot of secrets. you should buy it it's worth your time
*4 dlc's if you count lifeblood as a dlc
@@falsealarm747 thanks for the reply bro. Do you believe a physical copy will ever come out?
WHAT ABOUT THAT HARDCORE KNACK 3 BABYYY
You gotta save your money for Knack 3D. 200% solid investment opportunity
Jekabs Lusis Nah guys I'm saving up for KNACK 2 BAAAABBBBBYYYY
Nice to come back to these old videos and to realize that even in modern videos dunkey still refers to LISA as one of the best games he’s played
Thank you for the Hollow Knight recommendation, it's truly a masterpiece.
They should make a super Mario bros 2 remake for the switch
you can't perfect perfection
Getting your game shut down by Nintendo is basically Nintendo's way of saying "stop copying our shit and use your talents elsewhere, here we'll get you started by tossing something on your resume that got national attention"
Rest in piece Metroid fan remake, perfection of perfection.
You mean a SUPAH MARIO BRUDDAS TOOO remake?
Almost none of the Castlevania tracks are played on their actual stage, why does this make me so mad.
Nvm its Dance of Pales
Kanz Windrider what's the first track that he played?
FUCK YEAH
Kanz Windrider Wager this was on purpose. Also... man that ending track was so out of place with the rest of that awesome soundtrack.
On the OST, it's called "Dracula's Castle".
Pepper Grinder releases this year, crazy it was announced 5 years ago
I looked up Pepper Grinder. Not on Steam, last news I can see for it was in 2019, and it's official website is now a wine directory.
I guess they couldn't flesh it out.
4:11
"I want to hold off on talking about the big games..."
*Sees in the little corner of the screen, alongside the likes of Mario Odyssey, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Kingdom Hearts.... Knack 2 hahahaha
Obviously
Dumbly 4 president
S L kjhjjjjjn
S L. make Knack Great Again!
Second black president
Simply TrenityGaming it's an inside joke goddamn
bunkley has my vote
I love when people discover SoTN, one of my top 5 games of all time. Masterpiece
mastahpeece*
sometimes I come back to this video to reminisce on the days when some of the greatest games were about to come out. now it’s 2022 and we’re still waiting on more games like these
oh god is it bad that I never realized that Alucard is Dracula backwards until now?
yes
winchellfactor yep
If you're older than 15... yes. I mean I can see a kid not getting that, but eventually, doesn't someone point it out?
I never really looked at it so I just never noticed. I did notice the Pokémon ekans and arboc thing tho
"Do yourself a favor and make getting Alladin one of your three wishes... and then for the other two wishes
get two pizzas"
"Donut County where you play as a little hole who eats the level up"
Michael McGuire but I already used my second wish on spaghetti and meatballs
Get 2 pizzas on the last wish
So like each wish is for two pizzas, and that's four pizzas total? Or just one pizza per wish?
Throughout the years I keep returning to this video, rewatching the bit about Hollow Knight, reliving the moment I've heard about it for the first time. Man. What a good game.
When dunkey says hollow knights battle is tuned to perfection and raises the bar for metroidvania to infinity (super metroid and AM2R set the bar pretty high) I just have to play it
Jason G so?did you play it?
@@ascended313 not yet I'm broke fam
Jason G oof lol,but you have to play it,seriously,it’s amazing
Fun fact: The creators were going to add a new playable character later, but they couldn't figure out how her moveset would work in the set environment and just decided to make a whole new game just for that character.
Milly KKitty also because they had too many ideas
VIDEOGAME SOUNDTRACK CREATORS ARE THE MOST UNDERATED PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Persona
BURN MY BREAD
Videogame soundtracks are the best kind of music
Lomax on ps1 was my fave soundtrack back in the day
Yoko Shimomura!!!
Watching a Hollow Dunk video would be awesome.
This video is why I initially played hollow knight and it turned out to instantly become one of my favourite games of all time
3:22 “If we can expect that same ambition from that new Mario”