Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment: Scythes and Skills - PART 7

Hey I'm Grump! I'm not so Grump! And we're the Game Grumps!
Arin: Hey guys
Dan: Oh, goodness
Arin: Welcome back
Dan: Welcome back to Game Grumps
Arin: If you're wondering why I'm- why I'm giggling
It's because it just came off of the last episode which... made me giggle
Dan: Yeah, which you probably just watched or watched 24 hours ag-
Arin: ...yesterday.
Dan: Yeah
Arin: I really do wonder
How... because obviously most of our views on episodes are through when they first come out,
Dan: Right
Arin: But like.. I go back to series that I remember having like
200,000 views or whatever
Dan: Uh huh
Arin: ...and now they have like 500,000 views
Dan: Sure
Arin: I'm just like wow. Are there really that many people with like lifetime views they're just like
they watch the whole series throughout like
How many people- I wish we could take a poll or something- like how many people watch Game Grumps™ as they come out
And How many people just like-
Dan: Wait for a whole series?
Arin: Yeah, like wait a couple- awhile and then just like binge watch
Dan: I'm curious about that too. Like... I'm sure some- some series...
play better as- as a series.
Arin: Yeah
Dan: Like something- something like Deadly Premonition I'd imagine is much better if you're just watching them all back to back yeah, I
Arin: Yeah
Dan: God, I wish- I wish we could have finished that but like, they're just weren- people weren't interested enough and like...
From what I'm told, like.. we were like 30 episodes deep and we had like at least 80 more to go yeah
Arin: Yeah
Dan: And I personally couldn't make that commitment to that game
Although it was super funny and entertaining
Arin: Plus, It's one of those games where like
I- I feel like I wouldn't have done it justice, if I kept playing it
Dan: What do you mean?
Like you would have had to mentally check out at some point?
Arin: Nonono
Because it has so much to it.. that like sort of everybody knows about it...
that like, I would have had to do like a ton of research
and like play it at home a bunch and really like
get into the meat of it 'cause there was stuff that I like I wasn't-
People were even like emailing me about it- Like: "you got to do this thing", and I just wasn't understanding
Dan: Right
Arin: So I just wouldn't have been able to like give the proper experience. It's one of those games that like really needs...
Somebody who's obsessed with it to like come over to your house...
Dan: Yeah
Arin: and be like... "Dude. you gotta play- Look, I'll play it with you man
I'll play. I'll show you why it's so great." You know that kind of thing.
Dan: Right
Dan: Although, I think part of the charm, at least of the playthrough we had was, that like, we didn't know it was coming
and it just kept getting fucking weirder
[Arin chuckling]
Dan: What I did learn though, apparently, and maybe I knew this at the time.. and we talked about it, but.. I can't remember
Is that uh...
[Nervous Dan Noises] Ooohhooohhoo
Dan: Oof.. just goOOooOOo
Arin: Fuck it Dan: Okayyy
Arin [In a singlike voice]: I'm saying fuck it
Dan: That would've been a good time for your projectile weapon, too.
Arin: Oh shit. I do have that
Dan: Yeah
umm
Dan [whispering]: Nice
Dan: I'm sure that'll get to him eventually.
Apparently like all- those weird zombie fights and stuff like with the...
[Dan imitating a zombie] OoOOrrrOOoo
Dan: You know the creepy parts where you had to shoot people and-
*overlapping* ... in Deadly Premonition Arin: Oh yeah
Dan: All of that was never meant to be in the game
Arin: Really?
Dan: Yeah, it like, [Suehiro]- or whatever his name is who created it-
Just wanted it to be like that..
Puzzle Twin Peaks type of thing...
but the...
the studio got involved and was like "No we need action"
Arin: Huh
Dan: Yeah
Arin: Well I guess that makes sense, 'cause those areas are the most boring
Dan: They're super boring
and very repetitive and... you could tell the dudes heart wasn't in it
Arin: Huh
Dan: Woah woah woah
Arin: Interesting. I love stories like that.
Dan: Do you?
Arin: Well nonono, I don't mean like...
[Arin reacting to game] shit
Dan: Ruined stories?
Arin: No. I just mean stuff that has like history, and there's like interesting things about it.
Dan: Yeah,
Arin: Not- not stories
Stories like that. I mean stories-
Dan: ..about the production.
Arin: Yeah yeah exactly-
Dan: Yeah, behind-the-scenes stuff.
Arin: Yes
I don't like to see stories where people's creative vision are shattered
Dan: Yeah yeah yeah
Arin: But it always is interesting to see why something came to be the way that it was
Dan: Yeah... And like I'm sure that's the case with most superhero movies out there right now...
like all the good ones...
Tend to be the ones that you hear like...
Were not meddled with. Like they just let the director and the writers do their thing.
Arin: Like Guardians
Dan: Guardians. Perfect example
Arin: And then- and then the antithesis of that: Ant Man
Dan: Oh, is that right?
Arin: Yeah...
Where it was um... Edgar Wright
Dan: Who's Edgar Wright?
Arin: Edgar Wright is... uhh
like Hot Fuzz, Shawn of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim
Dan: Wow
Arin: Um, he...
He was in charge of that movie. He was directing it. I think he had a hand in writing it, as well, and uh...
They just didn't- they didn't-
They were giving him notes and stuff that he just wasn't on board with and so he just stepped off the project
Dan: Oh wow
Arin: Or was kicked off
I don't know the actually politics of it
But right he was on it, and now he is [sic] not and it was passed on to another writer
And I guess there were like a lot of remnants of the old script in the old story boards and stuff
Dan: Yeah
Arin: So it felt very like.. by the numbers
Dan: Awww
And there were parts that were like weirdly- like I can see this being an Edgar Wright movie
but it just doesn't- it wasn't done right
Dan: Kind of like Community, the season that Dan Harmon wasn't a part of
Arin: Yeah
Dan: Yeah like
it's just uhh
I mean, nothing to get the people who like.. took it over because like it's just hard to replace..
someone's like unique vision you know
Arin: Yeah.. exactly
Especially when there's like so many things left over from that unique vision
Dan: Totally
Dan: Oh, King Knight!
Arin [Reading text]: Uh Rururu bruh. You look like death. Haha
Dan: That's a death joke
Arin [reading text]: "As our leader suspected you'd, wa- dawdle and play at nobility I've been tasked with setting you back on schedule"
"What should I do, grab a shovel and start digging?" (haha that's a shovel knight joke). Just thinking about it makes my flawless face flush.
Workings is for commoners! But I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty, Watch!"
Arin: ...and also an Apple watch.
[Dan chuckling]
Check it out!
*overlapping* Arin: Reads my heart beat Dan: They still make those?
Arin: Yeah man...
It wasn't a success though
Dan: Awww
Arin: By no means was it a success
Dan: Really?
Arin: Yeah
But, you know whatever
Dan: Yeah, I mean, I'm sure it'll lead to something later.
Arin: I wonder if...
Like Steve Jobs would have let it happen, or at least would have done it differently
'cause like everything he did fucking turn to gold man like
Dan: Yeah, well he knew what people wanted
Arin: He was an amazing...
salesman, amazing creative dude like...
And then like everything after him...
*overlapping* Arin: ..just didn't do it Dan: Regain yo hea-... nevermind
Arin: Like there hasn't been a huge success since to he- he- he's not there anymore
Dan: Really?
Arin: Yeah
Dan: Yeesh... do you think they can coast on what they've got for a while?
Arin: Yeah, oh yeah, there's still like a huge provider of whatever
Dan: You know one of the biggest companies in the world
Arin: Yeah... and ipads are still a huge thing and all that shit
Dan: It's crazy
Arin: Max
uhhh
Yeah, it's crazy, right? Like one guy...
it just seems like the companies like an imitation of Apple, right now
Dan: Right
Arin: ...you know
Dan: A vague impression
Arin: Yeah, like as if...
uhhh... as if...
... fuck am I trying to say?
As If somebody was like- it's like fanfic of Apple
Dan: yeah yeah yeah
Arin: You know what I mean.
Dan: Oh look you're gonna try this again. Huh?
Arin: Yeah
Dan: Give it one more shot
Arin: Well I'm a lot more like cool now, right?
Dan: Well... yeah, you look better.
Arin: I got a better handle on the game
Dan: Okay...
Arin: I'm gonna do it bro
*overlapping* Dan: ...and you- Arin [in Obama voice]: I'm gonna fucking pre
Arin: Well... I already screwed up.
Dan: Yep
Arin: Check it out, bro. I'm fucking jumping all around, bitch!
Dan: You are doing this faster.
Arin: I am overzealous as shit!
[Arin sing songy]: I know what I'm fucking do-ing
[Dan mhmmmhm-ing]
Arin: ...Jetting all over the pla-ce
I'm a fucking cool guy. A cool ass motherfucker.
Dan: Oh.. uh.. well.. Mmmm
Mm-Hmm
Arin: Well this time I got it..
Dan: Maybe just one more more try..
Arin: Yeah, this one- this one- this one I got
Dan: This is gonna be the one, I think.
Arin: I'm a cool ass motherfucker
[Dan chuckling]
Dan [Imitating a beatbox]: Bshhh, bshh, bsh
Arin: I got my like skating shit now, so I'm skating all over man.
Dan: Oooh I love it.
Arin: Yeah. I'm fucking rad a shit bro. Don't underestimate-
[silence]
Dan: ...This uh- This feels like the one. This is the one
*overlapping* Arin: Yeah, this is definitely the one Dan: Here we go.
Arin: I got this one
Dan: Okay
Arin: I think I'm gonna.. really uh..
show everyone at home just who's the master-
[More singing] I'm the fucking Specter Kni-ght... I got-
Dan: "master of all our civility(?)"
Arin: Everyone is going to be-egg
for their lifes
Because I'm- gotta a scyth.
Dan: Oh, it's got a...
a thing on the side
Arin: yeah yeah yeah. It shows him where he is.
*overlapping* Dan: I did not- Arin: but I'm like never-
Arin: ...I'm never like really far ahead
Dan: Oh, no, I mean, it just shows you how high the tower is
Arin: Oh yeah
Dan: That's really like.. the purpose
[Arin humming]
[Arin singing to himself] Dan: But like you can't like go over and check it out.. 'cause that's when you die... So it's just to fuck with you
Arin: Yeah
[Dan making noises]
Dan: Woah! This really is a good way to develop your skills.
Arin: Yeah
Dan: You got so many skills, *scofs*
Whoops
Ooooh. Getting a little hairy.
Arin: woooo, WOOOO!
There's definitely like.. the easy path and the hard path on each stage.
Dan: Yeah
Arin: You just kind of like have to get lucky with which way you go
Dan: Yeah, kind of
Arin: Or like memorize every single fucking pattern-
[Dan and Arin screaming]
Arin: Go go go go go go Dan: Uhhhhh
Arin: Damn it
Dan: No, you're good.
Arin: No, fuck this one. This one sucks
Damn it
Dan: You're good.
... you're good Arin: It's like deceptively easy but then...
...oooo... WOOO Dan: You're cruising
Dan: Everything is super chill
super chill
Arin: Go go, just go just go just go just go just go just go- AHHHHHHHHHH
FUCKING GREEN SLIMES!
Dan: Oh my fucking God
[Arin slightly yelling] Dan: you've made it to space, to spACE
Arin: go go go go go... go go
[More screaming]
[Dan sighing]
Arin: OHSHIT NO NOO NONONO Dan: AWWWWW
Arin: I didn't do the double jump right oooooh
I was so fucking close!
Dan: You want to give it one last shot?
Arin: Really?
Dan: Do it. Do it! This is the end of our Game Grump's session
So give it one more shot.
Arin: Just one little shot.
Dan: Ooone little shot, you penis.
Oooone shot
Arin: [said] penis?
Dan: No why would I-
Arin: Did you just call me a penis?
Dan: No, why would I do that?
Arin: Huh, you penis
Arin [under his breath]: Fuck this guy
Arin: Does it go faster as I- the further I go?
Dan: I think- I think in my penis because like it just doesn't try like...
[Dan and Arin laughing]
Arin: To invest it in her- in your- SHIT!
To Invest it into your gag, to-
Dan: Yeah yeah
Dan [under his breath]: Penis
Arin: Yeah- no, damn it. One more, one more. Just one more.
Dan: This has gotta be the last penis Arin: I didn't get very far on that one
Arin: Yeah, all right. You- just like it's Super Troopers like what is this?
Dan: Yeah, yeah
Dan: Did I tell you th- there was a hockey player... who did the meowing from Super Troopers in a post game?
Arin: Really?
Dan: Yeah, like interview.
Arin: It's like so disrespectful
Dan: It's super funny. He's like:
"Yeah, I mean, we just had to come out, we knew uhh meow, we were facing a tough opponent
[Dan and Arin laughing]
Arin: "And that's meow we did it, you know?"
Dan: I mean, I definitely laughed
Arin: God dammit! That fucking guy, right there, that sucks
Dan: No...
Arin: I can't do it man ...you suck
Arin: I can't do this
Dan: Penis
Arin: I'm not good enough
Dan: Hey
Arin: Hey
Dan: Next time on Game Grumps
Arin: You got it.
Dan: See you then, everybody
Arin: See you later
Dan: Love you so much
Arin: Love you, too
Dan: Are you talking about the guy?
Arin: Yeah
Arin: Hey
Dan: Hey
Arin: Hey
Dan: Hey
Arin: Nice 'no head'
Arin: HEHEHE
[Dan fake laughing that turns into heavy fake heaving]
Arin: JERK
[Arin and Dan laughing]
Dan [in an accent]: YOU DICK

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