This is genius. You don’t have to worry about seeing an asymmetrical lawn and being morally obligated to constantly fix it even if it’s the wrong move strategically!
I love how he does this cuz blind runs are some of the most common ones to fake (and some of the easiest), but he rose above the accusations by just...giving instructions. Like this man really said "I'm not just gonna do it, I'm gonna break it down and show you how to do it."
I mean I can believe hes actually blind folded and this isn't fake due to him wearing a hat, (preventing him from looking above the blindfold) a mask (to prevent looking below the blind fold) and hes facing away from the monitor too so if he even could I don't think it would help much plus due him constantly looking down really does seal it for me.
@@StoneBox_761a i believe it is real, but this is easy to fake. Just play normaly and record it. Then just have the video play on the monitor while he fakes playing in front with the blindfold.
@@HoradeFidgesThe problem with faking a run is that you don't know the legit strats for the real run. if you see someone doing a very weird strat that *no normal person* would ever play it like that, you know it's legit. like mini zombies in pool level for example 25:30
38:56 This bit had me rolling on the floor laughing. I did not expect this to happen at all, but the fact he jumped out of his camera to berate a sleeping mushroom was gold.
I feel like Crazy Dave would absolutely recommend the player put on a blindfold either for style or because he thinks it's optimal. Thanks for being a little crazy Sample.
I can't imagine how psychologically distressing it was playing through the entire game without one of your main senses! The part where you got the taco and thought it was a plant was hilarious, as well as at 39:01 where it looks like you are throwing the sun upwards.
This was certainly not one sitting haha, I did about half of an area at a time. A full game run would be a full day and being blind for that long is definitely psychologically damaging.
@@SampleChample makes since, I can imagine it being pretty easy to get over-stimulated to spend like 18 hours blind and then just having all your eye sight back all at once. I've had a sensory overload before and it wasn't pretty. I had a full on panic attack.
@@SampleChample I was gonna suggest a run without a different sense, but I realized there aren’t any ones left (that would make sense) I guess playing it without sound, but that’s easy, and both blind and without sound is only a bit harder than this Though much, much more luck based
Too bad he didn't make it blind, that would have been even funnier. Watching all the dumb people writing comments like "he said that the chomper was awful but put it in the middle????"
The song audio cue strat at 7:51 is so GENIUS to me! I love listening to and humming to the soundtracks of all the levels, so using Loonboon's beat drop to time a full screen barage of Wall-nuts is SO COOL.
About the zomboss fight, it makes sense that planting in a lane that lost its cleaner would cause zombies to spawn there again. The flags that prevent spawning are there to give you some time to replant your defenses after losing the lane, so by planting there it’s telling the game “I can defend this lane now, you can send zombies again”
38:56 was my absolute favorite bit, I had to rewind that just to figure out what I just saw. I love seeing all the strategies one can make in these kinds of challenges. The fact that each "world" (aside from the roof) made the game easier in different ways was very amusing.
Yeah for some reason a year ago the community had a war on how the correct way to do sunflowers were, having sunflowers spammed in the front with your main damaging ones in the back, or the way the game taught you by keeping the sunflowers in the back.
@@zerotimeleft even in 25 sun meta mods, it's still the most optimal way to play mainly because of ambushes and more powerful zombies, the game has a lot more threats to the front line than before
This is my favourite kind of challenge run Doing this with Sekiro was an experience i have yet to complete and it's so mentally taxing that I still haven't finished it after 3 years. But 80% there is pretty good So I can appreciate the immense effort that went into doing this, and of course congrats on seeing it through to the end!
Is there a word for the opposite of a nitpick? If so, this is one of those: I appreciate that the title doesn’t pretend like this is some journey we’re all on to see if it’s possible or not. I like that you already did it, take pride in that, and present this more as a documentary of your work than a standard challenge run.
it isn't even pretending when they do that tho, This video would be uploaded even if he failed so we the viewrs can't know if it's possible unless we have done it ourselves, and the creaor obviously didn't know untill they tried
Blindfolded runs of video games are always so fascinating to me because of everything required to progress. It’s insane to see a strategy game done blindfolded
I cant believe Sample has gone from a random "Oh hey, a Kirby video," RUclipsr to me, to being one of my favorites for his unique and intriguing challenge videos. Well done
This man is the absolute RUclips EPITOME of quality over quantity!! It's always a great day when Sample uploads, can't wait to see what you tackle next dude :D
I did not expect to click this video and listen to my favorite music from my favorite games. 999, VLR, Donkey Kong Country, Danganronpa, Ace Attorney... Great selection :)
This video, above everything, shows me how amazing Plants vs Zombie's sound design is. The fact that the big threats have sound cues so that you can immediately react to them, especially.
The fog levels' whole mechanic being that you can't see half the screen was the funniest attempt at challenging you for this. xD 37:42 You know it's over when Sealed Vessel starts playing.
I swear there was the collect all sun on screen button with RT or LT. Only marginally helpful I’m sure but I played this too much to know you just spam triggers. Amazing run!
This is true. On the Xbox version, you can just collect sun by mashing RT instead of moving the cursor towards it. However, this doesn’t apply to money in which you do need to hover the cursor over it.
This is actually really fascinating. With more refinement in the sound design, you could literally create entire "audio only" videogames that could be fun for anyone, but also accessible to the visually impaired. Although, at that point they should be called audiogames since, you know, no "video".
"As my first step to solving any problem is defining the problem, but if I can't see where this thing is, coming up with the strategy to get around, it was a whole new challenge" -Shovel Knight Sample
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Sample is the best gaming challenge RUclipsr on the entire platform and it is absolutely NOT close. Honestly, this mf could take some terrible game I've never heard of before and make the weirdest challenge imaginable and I'd still enjoy the video, just because the structure and scripts of these videos are immaculate.
Playing blind vs playing deaf is an easy decision. While what you did was way harder, you got to do it while being able to listen to an awesome soundtrack and that killer ending song.
Shoutout to you for proving that blindness can't stop someone from achieving their dreams. Thank you for showing this fact to blind people, Im sure they wanted to see it for a long time.
You have quickly become my absolute favorite gaming RUclipsr and it's not a competition. Your videos are a tremendous joy and I've watched them all about a dozen times. Learning about your second channel is even better! More Sample makes me a happy dude.
I saw the notification and bolted to watch. Always excited to see when you upload and this did not disappoint. The commentary was really interesting and funny, and the gameplay was overall really impressive. Your literal blind reactions to things were probably my favorite. Anyways, thanks for all the hard work you put into this to make it entertaining. Awesome video, can't wait to see what you make next.
9:18 This was way overcomplicated for 1-7. You only need 1 Snow Pea on each lane to beat 1-7 with 0 micromanagement reliably every time, and you can literally afford all the Snow Peas with like only 1 Sunflower. But oh well - it's free entertainment to see people play this game in wacky ways 😅 EDIT: Welp now I ended watching that level I completely understand why that was the case. LMAO
@@SampleChampleAn engineer (and wonderful content creator) Simone Giertz mentioned a similar philosophy at some point. She claimed to be terrible at doing some things, but given some arbitrary and severe restrictions, she could do a decent job given the circumstances. I think she said that after attempting to paint a mural on a wall using only her feet and a pulley system
pvz was basically my childhood game so this video intrigued me and then actually watching it was such a blast, this was such an interestign challenge and the way you explained everything was very clear and the editing was phenomenal! fantastic video my friend
This was fantastic. This game was my entire childhood, and I still have a copy of it on my laptop that I've brought with me through all my computer changes. Awesome to see it still getting love today, it really deserves it. Certified classic.
this video is so well edited that moments like 39:00 and how you ranked each plant makes its so unique and fun to watch even a 50 minute video has every moment of your attention. great job dude this is definitely the most sub worthy video ive seen in a hot minute 👌 keep it up
your videos are ridiculously entertaining and high quality. just finished the stardew one (after a stardew youtube challenge binge) and now its time to watch all of your videos. battletoads included
Huzzah the version of PvZ that actually looks good! Also, for roof levels you can place straight-shooting plants like the peashooter even 2 rows back from the flat section. I think some plants need to be placed 1 row back at max like the starfruit because it's shorter but you still get a surprising amount of flexibility on roof levels.
I'm surprised scaredy was in garbage tier, I would have thought it would be incredible for it's long range, cheap damage. This was a really cool challenge, and it was cool to see speedrun terminology and tech elsewhere in the pvz community! I will say, I don't think 4-10 has less zombies because of the darkness gimmick - it's just that a lot of zombies in that level (buckets, diggers, pogos) cost 4 wave points, and so it's less zombies but, in theory, more "threatening" ones. The wave point system was made with the normal levels in mind though, and so the diggers and pogos are really not threatening if you have a thousand starfruit/split peas, as well as magnets for the bucketheads. Can also definitely relate to 5-5 being the worst level. I think it went better than 3-5 because cherry bombs are very rare in 5-5, but super common in 3-5.
5-5 was also easier because despite what SampleSize says, Chompers are pretty consistent due to not caring about when they're planted compared to how far a zombie is from it.
@@tehesprite502 I think the exact plant variety also helps a lot, the exact quartet you're given means that you won't end up with an entire row filled with Wallnuts and no way to fill it in blind, since you get Pot(Mandatory), Pumpkin(Doesn't prevent placing another plant), Cherry(Immediately removes itself), and Chomper, you're always gonna end up with Chompers everywhere as long as luck holds well and you repeatedly comb the field
@viridiannucleon maybe attempt it from an already completed file, on the Adventure 2 mode? You'd have to deal with Dave picking three plants, but it would give you all your plants from the start.
@@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis Nope, that's PvZ2. Sadly in PvZ1 you have to click/tap for each individual sun one by one. Same goes for coins, which is why I actually recommend gold magnet for survival endless since coins can also get in the way of aiming cob cannons and placing instas.
I'm only about 3 minutes into the video but I wanted to say that on the xbox version of pvz, there's actually a way to magnetise sun (and ONLY sun) to your cursor no matter where it is! If I recall correctly, it's pressing the left trigger on the controller.
Another wonderful video from you. I thought when I saw your first video and subbed so long ago, you'd be a Kirby channel. I'm hyped to see you've expanded so much and I've adored every video of yours. Your presentation remains wonderful as ever. You're entertaining, engaging and explain beautifully. I hope you reach 1 mil soon, as you deserve
The fact you're ballsy enough to do this blind the WHOLE TIME is especially impressive to me From what I've seen, people typically take the time between stages to reorient themselves during a casual blindfolded run of any game but going through the plant selection and all blindfolded as well... that's fuckin commitment
This is honestly incredible, probably by far the greatest achivement ever made in this game... At least until people start blindfolded speedrunning PvZ
I love Sample’s content, even if the challenge named in the title isn’t always successful, like some 0 jump runs, I like that more. I don’t feel tricked, I feel like a legitimate question I had (even if it is silly) was answered. Especially when comparing that to other challenge content, it is usually possible, just really hard, which can be answered pretty quickly. Thank you, Sample, for the amazing content! Can’t wait to see what you do next!
As multiple people have probably said by this point you can completely eliminate the sun collection problem by pressing in the triggers. Haven't finished the video yet but really enjoying it so far
Every time I see a blindfolded challenge, I want to see a version of the game where it's actually designed to be played blind. And for PvZ, I think all that involves is: 1) Giving each plant a unique jingle, both when selected in the top row and when placed. 2) Giving each row a unique sound, same with each column. Probably easiest to just use a piano scale, so top-left plays A, then A, the top, second from leftmost plays A, A#, etc. 3) An option to echo-locate, where each zombie growls, followed by the position that zombie is in, based on its row/column. Bucket zombies also make metallic noises, dolphin zombies make dolphin noises, etc. 4) Either adding voice acting that has intelligible words, or having the text in the game be screen-reader friendly. Adding all this stuff wouldn't even be that hard!
This is a good litmus test for a game's accessibility--if it has some good accessibility features, then playing and enjoying the game should still be possible without needing to rely on visuals. I'm glad you shared this!
I really like this video, I've watched it 3 times. I love how well edited it is and how well you explain everything that you are doing and why. It's so interesting to learn with you how you did something so challenging, and the mistakes alonv the way are hilarious. This is the first video that ive seen from this RUclips channel, and its made a good impression. I guess i have to subscribe now.
I’m a new viewer, and the first of many things I love about this video is the use of video game music. As a huge fan of hollow knight, the use of sealed vessel touched me in places my uncle couldn’t.
Great video! I love how this challenge doesn't make any "well I can look for this one level because it is too hard" allowances, even doing the menus blind. It's obvious you know this game really well, and it was a joy to see you take on the seemingly insurmountable odds and win!
I bet you would be thrilled to learn that pulling the right trigger automatically collects all sun on screen, neat little advantage to the console version
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This is genius. You don’t have to worry about seeing an asymmetrical lawn and being morally obligated to constantly fix it even if it’s the wrong move strategically!
I still do this
I hate asymmetrical lawns
Symmetry is suboptimal.
Put sun producers at the front.
@@evilded2Hell yeah! Currently playing altverse so I am getting into the modding scene slowly, Just finished dark ages 2nd half.
@@harshlarose6670Yo same here man. What plants you use?
As a blind person myself, this was a joy to watch
A joy to what ? 🤨
You mean hear? 💀
how u watch if u blind
Its a joke guys
Im sure it was
I love how he does this cuz blind runs are some of the most common ones to fake (and some of the easiest), but he rose above the accusations by just...giving instructions. Like this man really said "I'm not just gonna do it, I'm gonna break it down and show you how to do it."
I mean I can believe hes actually blind folded and this isn't fake due to him wearing a hat, (preventing him from looking above the blindfold) a mask (to prevent looking below the blind fold) and hes facing away from the monitor too so if he even could I don't think it would help much plus due him constantly looking down really does seal it for me.
@@StoneBox_761a i believe it is real, but this is easy to fake. Just play normaly and record it. Then just have the video play on the monitor while he fakes playing in front with the blindfold.
@@HoradeFidges my point still remains plus hes giving real time input while he plays and thats very difficult as far as i can see
@@HoradeFidgesThe problem with faking a run is that you don't know the legit strats for the real run.
if you see someone doing a very weird strat that *no normal person* would ever play it like that, you know it's legit. like mini zombies in pool level for example 25:30
@@StoneBox_761aI mean it can just be pre recorded and he can pretend to play it. We don't see his controller in multiple levels.
38:56 This bit had me rolling on the floor laughing. I did not expect this to happen at all, but the fact he jumped out of his camera to berate a sleeping mushroom was gold.
the 4th wall break was amazing
Him going out of the lil' box was so heckin' funny. Definitely the best moment. xD
I loved that, and I only noticed it on my fourth rewatch
why was a hollow knight song playing then
he also threw a sun up without eve nlooking 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I feel like Crazy Dave would absolutely recommend the player put on a blindfold either for style or because he thinks it's optimal.
Thanks for being a little crazy Sample.
LOL it DOES feel like he would!
(Also LOL, our tastes overlap again! 😆)
Little *CRAZY* sample
I can't imagine how psychologically distressing it was playing through the entire game without one of your main senses! The part where you got the taco and thought it was a plant was hilarious, as well as at 39:01 where it looks like you are throwing the sun upwards.
This was certainly not one sitting haha, I did about half of an area at a time. A full game run would be a full day and being blind for that long is definitely psychologically damaging.
@@SampleChampleyou are incredible man thank you for all the amazing content
@@SampleChample makes since, I can imagine it being pretty easy to get over-stimulated to spend like 18 hours blind and then just having all your eye sight back all at once. I've had a sensory overload before and it wasn't pretty. I had a full on panic attack.
Ok using the song of the level to time when to use your walnuts is brilliant
@@SampleChample I was gonna suggest a run without a different sense, but I realized there aren’t any ones left (that would make sense)
I guess playing it without sound, but that’s easy, and both blind and without sound is only a bit harder than this
Though much, much more luck based
I love the fact that on top of a god tier challenge, he gave us a tier list
Too bad he didn't make it blind, that would have been even funnier. Watching all the dumb people writing comments like "he said that the chomper was awful but put it in the middle????"
@@GelatinCoffee That would be funny, but it would have been way too confusing
@@JeuxAleatoires_B that's the point
Same
The song audio cue strat at 7:51 is so GENIUS to me! I love listening to and humming to the soundtracks of all the levels, so using Loonboon's beat drop to time a full screen barage of Wall-nuts is SO COOL.
yeah, I've also noticed that the zombies always come about 16-17 seconds into grasswalk.
Laura Shigari is a mastermind
@@cevatkokbudak6414 she really is
39:38 made me absolutely crack up with you mixing up the roof cleaners and rakes, yet still getting them both!
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And also violating crazy dave 😂
About the zomboss fight, it makes sense that planting in a lane that lost its cleaner would cause zombies to spawn there again. The flags that prevent spawning are there to give you some time to replant your defenses after losing the lane, so by planting there it’s telling the game “I can defend this lane now, you can send zombies again”
I have a great amount of joy when the games have a "Now you cant see obstacle" in a blind run, also amazing video Sam
Yeah, or there's a difficult puzzle in a game. But the hint is entirely visual so it just doesn't exist for the blind player
Neco arc pfp spotted, point and adore this user
39:37 You buying rakes thinking it was roof cleaners, then going to buy roof cleaners thinking it was rakes is absolutely hilarious
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Bruh😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@rxndomfxndom7405I didn’t find it in my mail, did you put it in the wrong box?
@rxndomfxndom7405 is this a reference to the Henry stickmin collection?
39:00 is genuinely such a great moment, it genuinely feels like something right out of a high quality cartoon like Phineas and Ferb or something
His voice definitely adds to the phineas and ferb vibe- /pos
This is absolutely wild, good job.
The scrunkly youtuber spotted
Hello foekoekoekoekoekoekoe
36:57 This is my favourite moment in the entire video. The joke was so simple yet so effective
Never thought one of my childhood favourite games would be covered years later like this. Congratulations !
that wasnt the only thing that was covered during this
38:56 was my absolute favorite bit, I had to rewind that just to figure out what I just saw.
I love seeing all the strategies one can make in these kinds of challenges. The fact that each "world" (aside from the roof) made the game easier in different ways was very amusing.
I agree, that took me completely by surprise. Putting that much effort into such a brief but creative joke is really impressive.
bro had enough
Subscribed just for that bit. Caught me super off guard lmaoo
Most impressive 4th wall break ever
The sunflower hater formation is a professional strategy used by many top players!
Crazy how there are top pvz players, I didn’t expect my strategies to get criticized haha
Yeah for some reason a year ago the community had a war on how the correct way to do sunflowers were, having sunflowers spammed in the front with your main damaging ones in the back, or the way the game taught you by keeping the sunflowers in the back.
i would love some more pvz challenges maybe the same thing except with pvz 2?
@@SampleChample
@@trist10 didnt this only come with 50 sun meta in pvz2
@@zerotimeleft even in 25 sun meta mods, it's still the most optimal way to play mainly because of ambushes and more powerful zombies, the game has a lot more threats to the front line than before
My high ass thought the zombies gon be blind
LMAOOOOO
This is my favourite kind of challenge run
Doing this with Sekiro was an experience i have yet to complete and it's so mentally taxing that I still haven't finished it after 3 years. But 80% there is pretty good
So I can appreciate the immense effort that went into doing this, and of course congrats on seeing it through to the end!
Is there a word for the opposite of a nitpick? If so, this is one of those: I appreciate that the title doesn’t pretend like this is some journey we’re all on to see if it’s possible or not. I like that you already did it, take pride in that, and present this more as a documentary of your work than a standard challenge run.
how about notpick
compliment
"A small thing I noticed and liked"
@@Tinkatube that isnt A word
it isn't even pretending when they do that tho, This video would be uploaded even if he failed so we the viewrs can't know if it's possible unless we have done it ourselves, and the creaor obviously didn't know untill they tried
Blindfolded runs of video games are always so fascinating to me because of everything required to progress. It’s insane to see a strategy game done blindfolded
There is also Hollow Knight blindfolded lol
45:07 There it is! The classic strat!
The only reason I even attempted this lmao
Shyguy himself. Of course you'd be here.
This video is amazing. The great challenge, the neat editing, the Danganronpa soundtrack… all is too perfect!
YES someone else noticed the danganronpa soundtrack!!!
@@mondooowadalover “mondo owada lover” haha
I cant believe Sample has gone from a random "Oh hey, a Kirby video," RUclipsr to me, to being one of my favorites for his unique and intriguing challenge videos. Well done
wow, just wow. A favorite old childhood game beaten in a creative way. Bravo.
you should watch the game get beaten using only one column.
This man is the absolute RUclips EPITOME of quality over quantity!! It's always a great day when Sample uploads, can't wait to see what you tackle next dude :D
Agreed. This guy makes some of the most quality challenge videos on RUclips.
I feel like summoning salt is the epitome, not this guy
He is close though
So I guess Dave was playing conveyor levels blindfolded during "I, Zombie" levels, huh.
I don't get it
@@uglykid4411 If you've ever played an I zombie level you will notice that the plants have been planted like you were blindfolded
@@Bakachicki OHHH. Thanks I'm a bit slow
42:42 You put WHAT in the garbage tier? You know that melon-pult deserves the “I love him, look at him” or more, and winter melon in the top tier
I did not expect to click this video and listen to my favorite music from my favorite games. 999, VLR, Donkey Kong Country, Danganronpa, Ace Attorney... Great selection :)
Also isaac...
Now we know who made the defense in the intro sequence.
This video, above everything, shows me how amazing Plants vs Zombie's sound design is. The fact that the big threats have sound cues so that you can immediately react to them, especially.
The real reason why playing PvZ blindfolded will be difficult?
The lawn won't be symmetrical. True horror.
imagine TRYING to make it symmetrical blindfolded
39:00 Never have i ever seen a fourth wall break so damn seamless and funny.
The fog levels' whole mechanic being that you can't see half the screen was the funniest attempt at challenging you for this. xD
37:42 You know it's over when Sealed Vessel starts playing.
I swear there was the collect all sun on screen button with RT or LT. Only marginally helpful I’m sure but I played this too much to know you just spam triggers. Amazing run!
big if true
as an enjoyer of the 360 version, yes, pulling one of the triggers does vacuum ALL sun on screen to your cursor
WHAAAAT ?
I played 3 years to this game in 360 without this information 💀
This is true. On the Xbox version, you can just collect sun by mashing RT instead of moving the cursor towards it. However, this doesn’t apply to money in which you do need to hover the cursor over it.
having played the ps3 version, i can confirm that this holds true.
38:58 was so good man, the keying out to do a walk over bit really got me good! no notes!
I love how the tier names are hilarious, “can cook” for mid tier is inaccurate but it makes it funnier than it should be.
This is actually really fascinating. With more refinement in the sound design, you could literally create entire "audio only" videogames that could be fun for anyone, but also accessible to the visually impaired. Although, at that point they should be called audiogames since, you know, no "video".
The fog obstructing your vision definently affected the gameplay!
"As my first step to solving any problem is defining the problem, but if I can't see where this thing is, coming up with the strategy to get around, it was a whole new challenge"
-Shovel Knight Sample
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Sample is the best gaming challenge RUclipsr on the entire platform and it is absolutely NOT close. Honestly, this mf could take some terrible game I've never heard of before and make the weirdest challenge imaginable and I'd still enjoy the video, just because the structure and scripts of these videos are immaculate.
I ain't readin allat because my brain not fully developed
@@drm.himself you'll get there one day🥰
Try Gamechamp3000. Her and Sample are tied for first for me
One of the best, other ones are dangerouslyfunny with his chill voice that people fall asleep too, and Lets Game It Out with his semi monthly chaos.
Honestly him and gamechamp are probably the two best challenge runners on RUclips
Playing blind vs playing deaf is an easy decision. While what you did was way harder, you got to do it while being able to listen to an awesome soundtrack and that killer ending song.
Bro you spitting strait facts
Shoutout to you for proving that blindness can't stop someone from achieving their dreams. Thank you for showing this fact to blind people, Im sure they wanted to see it for a long time.
You have quickly become my absolute favorite gaming RUclipsr and it's not a competition. Your videos are a tremendous joy and I've watched them all about a dozen times. Learning about your second channel is even better! More Sample makes me a happy dude.
I saw the notification and bolted to watch. Always excited to see when you upload and this did not disappoint. The commentary was really interesting and funny, and the gameplay was overall really impressive. Your literal blind reactions to things were probably my favorite. Anyways, thanks for all the hard work you put into this to make it entertaining. Awesome video, can't wait to see what you make next.
I’ve seen several different challenges videos for PvZ, but with Sample, it hits way different compared to those other challenges. Great video.
9:18 This was way overcomplicated for 1-7. You only need 1 Snow Pea on each lane to beat 1-7 with 0 micromanagement reliably every time, and you can literally afford all the Snow Peas with like only 1 Sunflower. But oh well - it's free entertainment to see people play this game in wacky ways 😅
EDIT: Welp now I ended watching that level I completely understand why that was the case. LMAO
Oh yeah I’m super prepared to wave away all my strategic shortcomings by just saying blindness makes things hard
@@SampleChampleAn engineer (and wonderful content creator) Simone Giertz mentioned a similar philosophy at some point. She claimed to be terrible at doing some things, but given some arbitrary and severe restrictions, she could do a decent job given the circumstances. I think she said that after attempting to paint a mural on a wall using only her feet and a pulley system
ok. now we need brutal mode, brutal mode ex and brutal mode+ done blindfolded
That accidental save where you bought roof cleaners and rakes both, not realizing you had them swapped in your head, absolutely sent me 😆
pvz was basically my childhood game so this video intrigued me and then actually watching it was such a blast, this was such an interestign challenge and the way you explained everything was very clear and the editing was phenomenal! fantastic video my friend
Honestly, regardless of what the big PVZ people out there might think, this is really impressive to say the least
It’s always a good day when Sample uploads
This was fantastic. This game was my entire childhood, and I still have a copy of it on my laptop that I've brought with me through all my computer changes. Awesome to see it still getting love today, it really deserves it. Certified classic.
this video is so well edited that moments like 39:00 and how you ranked each plant makes its so unique and fun to watch even a 50 minute video has every moment of your attention. great job dude this is definitely the most sub worthy video ive seen in a hot minute 👌 keep it up
your videos are ridiculously entertaining and high quality. just finished the stardew one (after a stardew youtube challenge binge) and now its time to watch all of your videos. battletoads included
Respect to Sample for doing everything blindfolded, even the editing for this video
Huzzah the version of PvZ that actually looks good!
Also, for roof levels you can place straight-shooting plants like the peashooter even 2 rows back from the flat section. I think some plants need to be placed 1 row back at max like the starfruit because it's shorter but you still get a surprising amount of flexibility on roof levels.
I'm surprised scaredy was in garbage tier, I would have thought it would be incredible for it's long range, cheap damage.
This was a really cool challenge, and it was cool to see speedrun terminology and tech elsewhere in the pvz community!
I will say, I don't think 4-10 has less zombies because of the darkness gimmick - it's just that a lot of zombies in that level (buckets, diggers, pogos) cost 4 wave points, and so it's less zombies but, in theory, more "threatening" ones. The wave point system was made with the normal levels in mind though, and so the diggers and pogos are really not threatening if you have a thousand starfruit/split peas, as well as magnets for the bucketheads.
Can also definitely relate to 5-5 being the worst level. I think it went better than 3-5 because cherry bombs are very rare in 5-5, but super common in 3-5.
Dang that’s a way better explanation that I gave haha
5-5 was also easier because despite what SampleSize says, Chompers are pretty consistent due to not caring about when they're planted compared to how far a zombie is from it.
@@tehesprite502 I think the exact plant variety also helps a lot, the exact quartet you're given means that you won't end up with an entire row filled with Wallnuts and no way to fill it in blind, since you get Pot(Mandatory), Pumpkin(Doesn't prevent placing another plant), Cherry(Immediately removes itself), and Chomper, you're always gonna end up with Chompers everywhere as long as luck holds well and you repeatedly comb the field
not only was that a really fun video, I also LOVE your music choices! Chibi-Robo and Zero Escape are some based picks, yo
I "watched" this while driving, and by that i mean put my phone in the cupholder and didn't look at it, ya know, to get the REAL immersive experience
dangerous! You should uhhh watch it again
I remember when I played through PvZ without sun-producing plants. That was a tough one, but tons of fun to pull off.
I'm actually considering doing a run without plants that create projectiles, I just don't know how I could get past 1-1 through 1-3.
@@viridiannucleonjust skip those levels, ezzzz
@viridiannucleon maybe attempt it from an already completed file, on the Adventure 2 mode? You'd have to deal with Dave picking three plants, but it would give you all your plants from the start.
Sample videos are always great, but this one might just be the best one yet, great job
The battletoads video was pretty good though.
Cant believe sample finally neck revealed
This is essentially the pvz version of "the missile knows where it is by knowing where it isn't"
Amazing journey. Beautifully told as always and super entertaining. I admire your determination really. Congrats!
My favorite youtuber playing one of the greatest games ever made with a unique challenge? YES PLEASE
There is a button on your controller for automatic sun collection.
Just saying.
Very surprised how he could do this based on how much rng pvz has
I literally just subscribed because you used 999 and Danganronpa music in this video and that's one of my all-time favourite games.
The mobile version would be viable for this challenge too, though violently tapping everywhere to collect natural sun might be tedious lol
iirc, swiping your finger across the screen will catch any sun it touches. So you could do that.
@@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis Nope, that's PvZ2. Sadly in PvZ1 you have to click/tap for each individual sun one by one. Same goes for coins, which is why I actually recommend gold magnet for survival endless since coins can also get in the way of aiming cob cannons and placing instas.
@@Duppling oh damn, that sucks.
Sample out there keeping the video challenge genre afloat all on his own.
I always get so excited when I see a new Sample video! ✨
Game: in this level you can't see!
Sample: Oh no, what a nightmare! 🙄
I'm only about 3 minutes into the video but I wanted to say that on the xbox version of pvz, there's actually a way to magnetise sun (and ONLY sun) to your cursor no matter where it is! If I recall correctly, it's pressing the left trigger on the controller.
wowwww ok so now you tell me
@@SampleChample sorry man i rlly shouldve told you before you uploaded to save you the hassle 😔 ill make sure to save you next time
3:30 “We know where the Zombie is by subtracting where it isn’t from it is”
Great video! This is super interesting to see the strats being used, including some super creative solutions
Another wonderful video from you. I thought when I saw your first video and subbed so long ago, you'd be a Kirby channel. I'm hyped to see you've expanded so much and I've adored every video of yours. Your presentation remains wonderful as ever. You're entertaining, engaging and explain beautifully. I hope you reach 1 mil soon, as you deserve
3:25 I immediately heard that and thought of “the missile knows where it is by knowing where it isn’t and subtracting that from where it has been”
The fact you're ballsy enough to do this blind the WHOLE TIME is especially impressive to me
From what I've seen, people typically take the time between stages to reorient themselves during a casual blindfolded run of any game but going through the plant selection and all blindfolded as well... that's fuckin commitment
He did take half day long breaks
uuuuuhh sir, I hope you realise that you could’ve pressed one of the trigger buttons to call all of the sun to you.
I think the true blindfolded runs were the friends we made along the way
This is honestly incredible, probably by far the greatest achivement ever made in this game...
At least until people start blindfolded speedrunning PvZ
I love Sample’s content, even if the challenge named in the title isn’t always successful, like some 0 jump runs, I like that more. I don’t feel tricked, I feel like a legitimate question I had (even if it is silly) was answered. Especially when comparing that to other challenge content, it is usually possible, just really hard, which can be answered pretty quickly. Thank you, Sample, for the amazing content! Can’t wait to see what you do next!
As multiple people have probably said by this point you can completely eliminate the sun collection problem by pressing in the triggers.
Haven't finished the video yet but really enjoying it so far
Watched the whole video NOT blindfolded.
5:16 Proof Sample is cheating. He clearly says "I SEE my issue" Thus making this run invalid /s
He has to be a cheater!! Notice in the thumbnail the zombie represents him, but it can clearly see with it's right eye!!
now do pvz 2
It doesn't have a Console version.
Every time I see a blindfolded challenge, I want to see a version of the game where it's actually designed to be played blind. And for PvZ, I think all that involves is:
1) Giving each plant a unique jingle, both when selected in the top row and when placed.
2) Giving each row a unique sound, same with each column. Probably easiest to just use a piano scale, so top-left plays A, then A, the top, second from leftmost plays A, A#, etc.
3) An option to echo-locate, where each zombie growls, followed by the position that zombie is in, based on its row/column. Bucket zombies also make metallic noises, dolphin zombies make dolphin noises, etc.
4) Either adding voice acting that has intelligible words, or having the text in the game be screen-reader friendly.
Adding all this stuff wouldn't even be that hard!
one of my fav childhood games, super cool to see it covered like this! great video :)
Using other game ost's in PvZ in the perfectly fitting way?
Yes.This man can fo that too.
Genius.
This is a good litmus test for a game's accessibility--if it has some good accessibility features, then playing and enjoying the game should still be possible without needing to rely on visuals. I'm glad you shared this!
I really like this video, I've watched it 3 times. I love how well edited it is and how well you explain everything that you are doing and why. It's so interesting to learn with you how you did something so challenging, and the mistakes alonv the way are hilarious.
This is the first video that ive seen from this RUclips channel, and its made a good impression. I guess i have to subscribe now.
The foreshadowing in 5-5 is insane
I’m a new viewer, and the first of many things I love about this video is the use of video game music. As a huge fan of hollow knight, the use of sealed vessel touched me in places my uncle couldn’t.
when you put "Morphogenetic Sorrow" at the end, absolute break
Great video! I love how this challenge doesn't make any "well I can look for this one level because it is too hard" allowances, even doing the menus blind. It's obvious you know this game really well, and it was a joy to see you take on the seemingly insurmountable odds and win!
definitly going to watch more of your videos man (I know he won't see this but in the chance that he does I want him to know)
I love how he gets so good at the game, he can do what good chess players do, and visualise with his eyes closed.
38:53 This was really clean. Good work
I bet you would be thrilled to learn that pulling the right trigger automatically collects all sun on screen, neat little advantage to the console version