Hollow Knight fans made their own DLC - and it's AMAZING!
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Pale Court, the long awaited fanmade Hollow Knight content DLC, is finally here; and it's pretty darn awesome! The developers of the mod were super kind to give me early access to it, so here's my playthrough! I'm blown away by the sheer amount of love and hard work that was poured into this thing; the mod really does feel true to the Hollow Knight experience!
Also, there are a few things that i don't do in this video, notably a pretty major chunk of Postgame content! I guess you'll just have to find out for yourself what it is....
PALE COURT: • Pale Court Mod | Launc...
SCARAB (the hollow knight modinstaller): themulhima.github.io/Scarab/c...
Setup guide: • The Complete Guide to ...
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - The beginning!
04:40 - Mysterious Ze´mer
10:35 - Kindly Isma
17:55 - Fierce Dryya
21:00 - Mighty Hegemol
28:25 - Sheo's Hut
30:16 - Credits
32:25 - The Treasure Room and... postgame content?
Mod Credits: docs.google.com/document/d/e/...
I stream Hollow Knight Speedruns here: / blue_sr_
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Editing by Pye: / pyefive
Пікірлер: 622
The Champion’s Call beckons… part 2 soon (?)
@NinjendoPlayz69420
10 ай бұрын
First comment
@Finn_W69420
10 ай бұрын
Second comment
@taintofcartman8064
10 ай бұрын
Next is hitless on this DLC
@Schloog.
10 ай бұрын
Do the charms stack with other charms like how defenders crest did?
@sallysabretooth9969
10 ай бұрын
5th
The community really went "We will have more content, one way or another."
@zello5470
10 ай бұрын
Hollow knight fans: Since we can't get the new DLC from Team Cherry, we'll make it ourselves!!! Rest of the community: YES
@ocomolinaehain1795
10 ай бұрын
"Dread it. Run from it. Content arrives all the same."
I just relised the reason that Ze'mer's attacks aren't telegraphed as easily is because she's "Mysterious" Ze'mer
@onyxperaza8961
10 ай бұрын
Bro we have the same pfp🤣
@tbstew1
10 ай бұрын
@@onyxperaza8961 Lmao yea
@BrekekeReal
10 ай бұрын
It's the small things that make you happy
@BrekekeReal
10 ай бұрын
Bro we have the same pfp
@BrekekeReal
10 ай бұрын
Oh wow!! Even the username!
Ze’mer’s voice actress for this mod here! I also had a hand in ideas for her boss fight/encounter. I’m so excited for people to play this mod! Thank you so much for this video. Watching you experience it brought a huge smile to my face.
@BlueSR
10 ай бұрын
You did such a fantastic job! I couldn't get to do the Challenger's Call stuff in this video but from what i'm seeing you really got to shine there! Cheers :D
@calamari9050
10 ай бұрын
OYU DID SO AMAZING VOICE ACTING HEER it fits so well 19/10.. .....
@GMPranav
10 ай бұрын
You absolutely nailed the defeated "whyyyyy" at the end lol
@nuggy9597
10 ай бұрын
No way You were spot on it was perfect You’re so talented 10/10 VA
@ja-melvinson7994
10 ай бұрын
You did so good! The boss fight looked amazing!!
the bread is indeed moldy
@ectotide
10 ай бұрын
insanely gay moment.
@adude2927
10 ай бұрын
bread.
@otto7588
10 ай бұрын
@@ectotideyes, I am indeed homosexual.
@kycklinggull1
10 ай бұрын
How did you comment 3 days before the video came out???
@RookieGoBoom
10 ай бұрын
i sculpt
I love how their fighting styles reflect their monikers so well. Ze'mer is hard to properly read with bizarre telegraphs, Isma relies on setting up traps and cornering you (since she would probably be the least combative knight when they all fight as one), And Dryya and Hegemol just try to hit you really, really hard.
@mothgirl326
10 ай бұрын
Dryya also employs fast and rapid slashes, which works for her "fierce" moniker and also the charm (which btw I think it got changed in the full release to be more interesting), and hegemol has the double damage and big shock waves and wind ups to be mighty
@mallowwings974
4 ай бұрын
Ze'mer also seems to have Mantis like attacks to refer to her lover. And how she likely learned to fight with or like them.
You have no idea how happy this video made me, it's still hard to fathom that we're finally releasing this mod, and I'm so excited to see everyone's reactions. I feel so proud even if I didn't specifically work on the bosses. Sorry you won't get to be there for the launch, we've definitely polished up stuff since we gave you that build. It's a bit unfortunate I didn't fix the charm descriptions and effects in that one, the two you got confused about were my work, and there's a bit more to them than you saw.
@TheRedKorsar
10 ай бұрын
Great work! As you know, some game teams invite good modmakers like your team. So probably, that project gives you and your collegues more than you think. Probably (I really hope, so talanted people must be rewarded)
@kaiasce2430
10 ай бұрын
Don't feel sorry now, the work isn't even complete. The team is doing a great job!
@dandoozle775
10 ай бұрын
How is this comment posted two days ago
@georgedavid8944
10 ай бұрын
I didn't realize how much I would love this mod. It seemed like just a few more bosses but the fact that you guys added lore, and you gave the champions personalities blew me away. Honestly, I wish this was canon. Absolutely insane mod. Now I just have to beat the champions call.
@charathefa11en
10 ай бұрын
How are you posted from before the video
Dude the fact that the new charms (with the exception of isma's) has references to Pure Vessels attacks, is so freaking cool!
@tommasoperono8671
10 ай бұрын
I like to think that every knight has taught their own technique to pure vessel
@mothgirl326
10 ай бұрын
And then the void tendrils attack as the last new charm as well, that's really cool (although I don't think pure vessel used the stinky charm or ismas deodorant charm)
During Ismas fight you can see Ogram changes his position to always watch her. Cool detail!
@mothgirl326
10 ай бұрын
Same with Che and zemer iirc
The fun fact that all of the Knights combined. makes the Pale Knight's fighting style! If you look close, he uses bites and pieces of all of them as he was trained by them.
How sick would it be if Team Cherry talked to the devs and made this mod a genuine DLC
@eldritchcupcakes3195
10 ай бұрын
Kind of like what videocult (who developed a wonderful game called rain world) did with their dlc downpour. It’s literally just a bunch of mods with added lore
@bigl1204
10 ай бұрын
@@eldritchcupcakes3195 yeah
@AdaTheWatcher
10 ай бұрын
@@eldritchcupcakes3195 I get done playing my artificer run and suddenly I find this comment. Interesting.
@GalactaKiller
10 ай бұрын
Just to see Dryya being officialized, I'd definitely be hyped for that timeline
@bigl1204
10 ай бұрын
@@GalactaKiller yea, the coolest of the bosses for me is Isma, if I had a pc I could play this but I’m strictly console gaming so I can’t download mods
I know it's not likely to happen with Silksong and its DLCs taking up all of Team Cherry's time, but it would be amazing to see this become a collaboration with the official devs and the mod devs. And for Chris Larkin to collaborate on the music with the mod composers. Make this official!
@dr.kraemer
10 ай бұрын
I think it's great as is. I hope TC would agree.
i love that in isma's fight she teleports a lot but u can just look at ogrim and hell stare at isma constantly so you know where shell be
ngl heg_win_1 is pretty drammatic but heg_win_3? it's my favourite
it's finally here, hope everyone can have the same fun we had testing it and we managed to get it before Silksong as well that's a win
@CamalinoFolly
10 ай бұрын
oh hey
@firespread5982
10 ай бұрын
At this point you have time to make another DLC before Silksong
@Bluevooid
10 ай бұрын
@@CamalinoFolly stop stalking me camalino
@fendrikdrake3320
8 ай бұрын
I mean you could have waited another year and still get it out before Silksong😂
Blue could've acted like this was an official new dlc and I doubt we would've even noticed. Such perfect encapsulation of the atmosphere each knight brings with the art, music and fights!
@sunshineandrei2569
8 ай бұрын
I feel like mysterious lady had a VERY janky moveset.
@Myownchaos
5 ай бұрын
@@sunshineandrei2569Did you listen? He got the mod early!
@sunshineandrei2569
5 ай бұрын
@@Myownchaos and?
@kianpierce8847
5 ай бұрын
@@sunshineandrei2569her name was “mysterious ze’mer”. Her fight was purposefully hard to telegraph due to her name. “Mysterious.
This video was such a morale boost
It's crazy how far the community can go to create stuff that fullfills all parts of the game. lore, gameplay, music, aesthetics ...etc Hats down to those who contributed in this. be patient, SilkSong is coming soon, trust my word. (PS: Kindly Isma is too perfect to not exist officially in this game)
You get so used to the somber, dead state of hallownest during the game, even detached at times, that seeing it alive and well in this mod feels so amazing and sad at the same time.
Does nobody realize that Ze'mer calmly and randomly says "shaw" it's hilarious.
Fun fact: If you look closely during the Zemer fight, you can see the Traitor Lords daughter watching in on the fight in the background Edit: wow 176 likes
@dumpsterDeity
10 ай бұрын
It seems like every fight has someone in the background watching: Ze'mer - Traitor's child, Isma - Ogrim, Dryya - White Lady
@josebach02
10 ай бұрын
@@dumpsterDeity nobody is watching heg ;-; he's watching the city
@ethanrose9682
10 ай бұрын
@@josebach02 *The Town Inside Me starts playing*
@monroerobbins7551
10 ай бұрын
@@josebach02his kidnappers are, which is mighty unfortunate.
@mothgirl326
10 ай бұрын
Another thing is her head follows zemer iirc which seems really cool
I feel like you can see where the Pure Vessel learned his fighting style. I think he must have spent a lot of time with Kind Isma because she would have treated him the nicest.
Team Cherry: Take too long to release any form of information or content... The community: Fine I'll do it myself... *Hallownest Vocalized* *Pale court*
5:01 is it only me or the bridge looks like a white version of the bridge outside of the dead guard you dream nail to get into the white palace?
aww man, not the one and only reward room npc place holder.
4:05 "its all abit of a mystery" as hes going to Mysterious Ze'mer
"Insanely gay moment" Is forerever going to be my the most favorite 100% cannon dialogue in existence.
19:14 the way Blue says "that's so COOL!" made me so happy he sounds like a little kid getting a toy racecar
"i think this guy was voiced by mossbag too cause mossbag is in the voice credits" finally mossbag hegemol
Between, this and crowsworn coming out, i think that the silksons shaped hole inside my heart is filled.
My only complaint is that while almost every hollow knight boss has a cool intro, most of these just start
@theguywithsomething8634
10 ай бұрын
I would also add there don't seem to be many opportunities to heal; while some bosses are obviously made to be more difficult than others, the lack of stagger and healing opportunities are a bit too punishing to be considered fair
@LadyMapi
10 ай бұрын
@@theguywithsomething8634 I feel like that's a result of this being designed to be challenging for people who are absolutely cracked at Hollow Knight. Which is fine, but it does blunt my enthusiasm for trying it out myself (since I'm not that good at Hollow Knight).
@wax3825
10 ай бұрын
This doesn't make any sense, most hollow knight bosses have the exact same intro, these aren't much different, besides most people hate long intros on harder bosses anyway.
@spookiiiiiiiii
10 ай бұрын
There's like 2 bosses with an intro
@forkgodsdescendant2503
10 ай бұрын
@@theguywithsomething8634 They’re definitely designed to be equal to or harder than AbsRad Mystic Z’hmer especially. She moves like a DBZ character.
I hope devs of hollow knight will add "Bread" to one of characters in a new update/DLC.
Imagine all the lore you can get from the upgraded defenders crest. Imagine how cool that would be
This is so amazing wow, tysm for sharing your play through. Does anyone know if the devs have released the music anywhere? It’s some of the best stuff I’ve ever heard honestly
@rcrobot7655
10 ай бұрын
Music will be out soon, probably tomorrow. It'll be on the composers personal yt channels
dude im not even past the intro and already ive felt entranced by the dlc clips just the same way i felt entranced when first playing hollow knight, ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY
When i saw that beam attack in Fierce Dryya my brain automatically went "Empress of Light" and then you said it. Safe to say it scared me
Little detail: ogrim follows isma in her bossfight, you can see his head moving
Turns out, if Team Cherry had simply asked their fans, they would've built Silksong for the team, likely for free 😂
17:58 what a beautiful little scene and a beautiful reveal walking in from the tunnel!
25:14 famous last words: "this is actually easier"
I love this community seriously almost never you see one that creates content almost as good as the original game is just so impressive and beautiful.
Do these fights remind anyone else of hornet? I’ve only fought her first encounter so you can probably tell I’m not that far, but the way dryya flies towards you reminds me heavily of hornet’s dive along with isma’s vine whip compared to her needle throw.
@Shrimp_Fried_This_Rice
10 ай бұрын
Now that I think of it, they do- Isma and Dryya really remind me of Hornet because of how fast they move around and the audio queues before every attack
@forkgodsdescendant2503
10 ай бұрын
All of them remind me of Lace (Except Hegemol) very reminiscent of Silksong for a mod released pre Silksong
@xavierbehrens3015
10 ай бұрын
Isma especially seems like a more difficult version of Hornet Sentinel, albiet slightly modified.
@Rassalcon
10 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure Isma is using Hornets character model as a base, Dryya uses THK and Hegemol uses False knight (obviously). I don't know what Ze'mer uses though. might be totally original. Edit: I'm pretty sure Ze'mer is based on Traitor Lord
@eldritchcupcakes3195
10 ай бұрын
@@xavierbehrens3015 yeah she was the first one I noticed
to use mark of purity, you have to hold the nail slash button. also, the last charm is in the abyss near the void tendrils unlock
now we just need the VAs to do "hallownest vocalized dlc: pale court"
This mod is LEGENDARY. It looks almost completly authentic, like a literal Hollow Knight DLC in every way! (excluding those placeholder lines of course lol XD)
I'm so happy you got to play this early! This was amazing. I love being excited over this with the whole community. I am beyond impressed. This was so fun to watch and I can't wait to try this on my own at some point!
17:22 pale king is a god so you are technically a holy shit with this charm
This is so cool! I remember a reddit post from a few years ago where they asked what would be a cool Hollow Knight DLC/mod idea and I actually made a comment how I would love to be able to battle with the 5 great knights, seeing how all of them have some representation left over in the main game. It is so cool to see that people were actually working on that (or even saw that comment and made it, no idea how long this has been in development or even how long ago that reddit post was) In the conversation that followed on that comment of mine we even came to the idea of a certain thing in the mod called the champions call which Blue has sadly missed in his first playthrough, so thats also really cool!
The combo slash charm is SUCH A GOOD IDEA. I really hope this becomes a real thing.
Your joy and enthusiasm are so contagious. Thank you for sharing
First hallownest vocalised and now this? Dammn.
Great effort and taking Knights into this is also a great idea, I loved it. I only have a little bit of critics. Mysterious Ze'mer fight could've been way better. If she didnt start to move immediately at start but start with a gesture (like old big bosses in the game) also flowers on the floor are to high, you cant see where you land which is sucks and why you take that many damage while she is just walking over. And for Isma, even at hardest bosses of this game there is always a small gap for healing. And this one aint have, also there aint any clue about floor plants. I mean the plants on the wall can be trackable cuz she throws'em. But trap plants on floor spawns themselves and no clue for spawn or no clue when you kill one. So you never know did you kill it or a new one just came in. Other then that, its creative for sure. Art looks fine btw. Also, Ze'mer probably the strongest of'em and Ogrim the weakest. So it should've start with Ogrim and going to Ze'mer imo. And about Dryya, White Queen at background glows just too much and Dryya is white too, and her all attacks are white too.. Aint good for clarity which is HK known for in fights imo. Also, I think she talks too much, too repetetive. Just take example of Hornet. She aint say a word with every attacks, most of the times we saw war cries, screams and grunts from her like a Tennis Player but Dryya just talks, and it kills battle vibe imo. I just loved location of Hegemol, the background the lore behind this... Great Job. Great Job at Hegemol's animations too.
Great video blue! Im super excited to play this now that i actually know what it is!
First of all, I wanted to thank you for such a wonderful video. The update came out really fabulous, with a pretty good challenge!
Im so glad you had fun playing this DLC!! I know I had fun watching!
This was such a cool video to watch! Looking forward to part 2😄
what a fantastic fan effort! thanks for showing us.
Yoooo this is so cool!!!!!! I can't wait to see it finished so I can watch a full letsplay
Blue in the mod: I’ve never been happier of getting my asš kicked
Great work from the mods that made that! Also one question is there any place that I can hear the music from the battles without the sfx effects? I loved every music battle and would love to hear them without playing the game :)
Damn, bro made this right after the mod came out, that is some crazy dedication
@dertpert
10 ай бұрын
He got it early
@thatkidoverthere2925
10 ай бұрын
@@dertpert yeah, i kind of noticed that after i posted the comment
I'm so excited!!! I've been looking forward to this mod since the trailer came out. It looks absolutely incredible, it's mindblowing, what this community can do. Thank you so much, awesome job everyone!
I felt that Gauthier did the music as soon as I heard the first fight theme! It sounded SO similar to their Guardian of the Silken Toll song and I love it. God, this mod just blew me away. It’s so amazing
The Isma fight seems straight out of silksong
The upgraded defender's crest is interesting, I wonder if Lemm will have a different reaction if you visit his shop with it?
5:18 Omg, the mantis (presumably Ze'mer's lover) being there is such a nice touch!
“They all bow at the beginning and you can kinda disrespect them” Me, who bows at every boss as I face them: DISHONORABLE
The backrounds of the fights are fire
9:47 It’s a smaller version of the attack Pure Vessel uses later in his fight for those who don’t recognise it.
@thepurestvessel998
10 ай бұрын
Pure vessel vs the young vessel (the Knight)
The ze’mer charm is a reference to the pure vessel attack!
If the devs ever releases the soundtrack, i’m gonna buy it, no questions asked. Thank you for sharing this playthrough(?)! I really enjoy how genuinely excited you are ☺ Also,“now we smell like royal sht” makes me cackle so hard
This proves how badly we need silksong
The final charm is in the Ancient Basin :) and it's EPIC!
@exister6652
10 ай бұрын
What is it and where exactly is it found? I'm so curious
@portiac6097
10 ай бұрын
Pale King?
We need a pale king bossfight
@macu1515
10 ай бұрын
I wonder hwat it would be like
@portiac6097
10 ай бұрын
@@macu1515 spikes raining down and the pale king attacking you with abilities of the 4 great knights
@theunknowman12
10 ай бұрын
@@macu1515 buzzsaw. A lot of buzzsaw
This feels like a mod that is so good that you always play with it on no matter what, like hollow knight vocalized
i love your absolute unbridled joy at all the bosses. like if the true diehard hk players who know the game like the back of their hand love this mod, it HAS to be good. i mean, i can tell the art is beautiful and the bosses are interesting, but as somebody who hasnt played past early game hk i dont think my assessment means as much as yours. also somebody tell me why hegemol's boss arena and the ambient music before the fight made me tear up
Now imagine a Pale King fight 😨😨
During the isma fight the white defender watches isma go across the screen
what an insane mod! enjoyed the vid thank u blue :)
this is so exciting!!!! this mod looks awesome
HK fans really said: "FINE, I'll do it myself!"
Is there a place to get this music? I’d love a download! It was sooooo good! Also, this mod in general was amazing, thanks to everyone that worked on this!
The final charm is Abyssal Bloom and you get it for doing some parkour similar to PoP in the Abyss
25:15 LOL he really said "easier!? hold this bitch!!"
I already finished the game on ps4 but just bought it on pc just for pale court. IM SO HYPED!!!!!
"I wonder how [Isma] died" he said, while killing her
The only way to stop Skurry from making the Hollow Knight everything randomizer
Petition for team cherry to canonize this
I would've enjoyed this a lot more if the lineart was just a few pixels wider on the border.
That was awesome ❤😭 amazing what all this people together achieved, wow.
You have to replay it! There are many extra Dialogues for each Guardian when beaten, one for each other guardian
the ismas fight looks sooo cool holy crap
This was an act of love. Thank you to the creators
Ismas fight looks a lot like the boss from silksong trailers. I love it
Most of the charms turn your attacks into pure vessels attacks qnd that's kinda cool
gave my hand at it, I was humbled once again by Isma. also noticed that tiso is available at the brooding mawlek statue but not sure if that's part of the pale court
@guideoftheriver7112
10 ай бұрын
It is
BlueSR simply must check out the „alley of agony“ located in the abyss that has been added to the Pale court mod.
*CHARM SPOILERS* took me a bit to realize at 9:33 , the Vessel's Lament mimics one of Pure Vessel's atracks where it focuses soul and explodes, which is really really cool! Edit; Just realized Boon of Hallownest does the same thing!
damn this mod is so cool, solidly on the same quality (or in some ways better for some of the less content packed ones like Hidden Dreams and Lifeblood) as the non-modded dlcs also omega pog on Ze'mer's girlfriend cameoing before the fight with her starts.
This DLC mod was needed to hold me over until Silksong!! I’ve already beaten all the bosses and seen most of the content in the DLC but it was so good I’m thinking about replaying the entire game, beating it and then replaying the mod on top of it!! 10/10 mod, at the top of my list when it comes to Hollow Knight mods!