theyre a lot more intimidating if you encounter them in the wild. Honestly the first encounter with gloom hands might be the greatest open world horror encounter ive ever seen in a game
i had used the paraglider down into a forest, i was just walking around collecting mushrooms minding my own business, then one of them popped out of nowhere... when it started CHASING me and grabbed me i just froze and screamed
Yeah. I was going to the shrine at the Great Plateau and they jumped me in a clearing just before it. They were so fast and hard to hit that I just started running and was relieved when they hit their invisible wall
Technically they “saw” one, They were climbing a cliff or something in a field and the sky changed but they never saw what caused it, got confused, and left.
Fortunately we've the best ability ever and that is respawning, imagine if Link didn't have that, Ganondorf would've won in every timeline. Hyrule is lucky that it's hero is being controlled and empowered by an intercosmic eldritch entity(us)
I wish they weren't so easy to cheese with climbing and bomb arrows.. But on the same token I think they are a bit too difficult and punishing to fight 'fairly'.. They have such odd dodge timing to avoid the grabs :s
My first encounter with these was down in the Depths, trying to get to Hyrule Forest. You can imagine how terrified I was hearing a shriek and seeing 5 glowing eyes looking right at me from the darkness.
My first encounter with them in the depths was my second ever encounter with them. I was going to The Depth’s Lost woods on the ground everything seemed fine… then I heard a shrill shriek and you want to know what I said right before I decided to go into the depths in the first place? Cuz the second encounter happened the exact same play session with my first encounter… I said “they're going to be in the depths now I just know it!”
My first encounter was in Akkala Citadel. It didn't see me but I spotted first. Before it could do anything, I snuck up on it and flash banged it with Dazzle fruit, then arrow bombed the hell out of it. It didn't spawn the Phantom Ganon (lucky me), but I will be super vigilant from now on.
My first experience was the mountain in the beginning where PointCrow got jumped, only I was driving a car up it… Did you know Gloom Hands can destroy Zonai parts? THEY ATE MY CAR!
I imagine their reaction when they finally managed to defeat the gloom hands, thinking that everything was fine now, but suddenly A freaking "miniboss" with healthbar and all
Feel you. I tried to get as many arrows and bomb flowers as possible and I was happy when I finnaly defeated them in the Krok forest and suddenly that mf showed up. After four tries with 4 hearths I defeated him 😭👍🏻 one hit and he killed me instantly it was so so stressing
Somehow this just reminded me of Beerus from Dragon Ball Super when Goku and Vegeta ate his pizza... 😂 ,,you ate all of my deliciously cheesy pizza? You didn't save me any?! (running after them at high speed) YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"
my first encounter with gloom hands was in the depths near the fire temple, i didn't even see them but my son saw the screen turn red and recognized the music, and just said "mom, RUN." honestly roamer's reaction is my reaction EVERY time i see gloom hands now. i haven't beat them once and hearing that phantom ganon appears after just makes me nope out even harder.
My tactic I always use is fusing a rocket to a shield, that way I can get to high ground quickly even if there is nothing to climb to nearby. Then, while in the air, I'm going for bomb arrows combined with a bow that shoots multiple arrows. That has always worked until now. ^^ As for Phantom Ganon, he is not nearly as fast as the hands, so you can counter his attacks more easily. :)
fun fact: if you get up on something high they can't climb, after a minute or two they'll dissipate & leave behind their loot still !! climb a wall or tall tree or just anything they can't get you from :)
The funny thing about BLG's reaction was that, if I remember correctly, this is actually the second time this happened, but when it first happened they were going so fast through the field that they completely missed it appearing so they only experienced the red moon atmosphere and were confused the entire time.
The thing is that even knowing where they spawn once doesn’t help. They have a spawning range and can still jump scare you if you approach that range from a different angle.
Yes I can… I’ve made a game out of hiding from them anytime they appear and they still haven’t caught up or on. The one time I had to fight I sniped from higher ground, then dipped out, leaving Phantom Ganon to throw a massive gloom tantrum.
It surprises me how few people recognize Gloom Hands as Floormasters from Wind Waker. Just dating myself I guess. It also looks like the TOTK decided to revive the ReDead from Wind Waker as the Gibdo in TOTK. Except the ReDead was the single most terrifying monster in any Zelda game yet. (TOTK Gloom Hands does come close, but WW's ReDead terrifying scream and paralysis -- that's brown trousers time.)
@@swaggin1716yeah gibdos and wallmasters from zelda 1, redeads from OoT, in Majora's mask if you burn gibdos they turn into redeads but in some 2d zeldas they turn into Stalfos. Someone did some fan art of a gloom spawn dead hand.
State 1: Confusion (disgust mostly appears at that state) State 2: Surprise State 3: Terror (hopelessness and/or despair may appear following this state)
I love how seemingly random these events happen. I first encountered them literally like 10 minutes after getting off the great sky island just messing around on a little cart I made in the grassy plains. It’s amazing how for example PointCrow literally didn’t encounter one til after he had already gone through 2 temples!
Same! Mine was literally 30secs after landing off Great Sky Island and I had to put the game down for a while. Thought TOTK had just had a massive jump in difficulty from BOTW hahah
Same. Mine were in the same spot Vinny and other people were in, the cave shrine. I ended up devoting 30 minutes to beating shadow ganon and from then on the difficulty shot WAYYYY up. I don't think I've ever seen a fight in the game without a black monster
I had a good first encounter with them. I was just riding my horse, minding my own business, when THAT showed up. My totally rational first thought after seeing a horrifying abomination was "I'm gonna take a picture of it for the Compendium!" ...Lesson learned: You can't register the hands in the Compendium. I died trying, then my horse and I died 2-3 more times before we *finally* escaped
Brings back memories of playing oot on the n64 and going down that bloody well back in the 90's. Yes my child self was a weak little coward scared of redeads and deadhands.
When i first ran into gloom hands, i had a complete meltdown. I was hunting deer for food and i just got grabbed from behind. Music kicked in, everything turned red, and then i had a complete meltdown. I actually screamed and dropped my controllers and ran out of the room like a 2 yr old 🤣🤣
I watch the guy a lot and was surprised to see him in one of these videos. He’s a school teacher and a pleasant individual who really enjoys explaining his thoughts on the games he plays. He’s not too afraid of giving his honest opinion if he doesn’t like something but enjoys praising games and focusing on the good aspects, something not all that common in Let’s Players. I recommend subscribing to Roamer. Great content creator.
My first encounter was similar to Roamer, I was minding my own business when the sky suddenly turned red, I was really confused as to why there was a blood moon in the middle of the day. Then I turned round
My first Gloom Spawn experience was right after I got the Paraglider, when I dropped into the pit beneath Hyrule Castle. I didn’t think it was the end of the game, I just wanted some good gear and thought BotW prepared me for any enemies I’d face, and beating the Lynel gave me confidence. I was not prepared.
I went under hyrule Castle after doing the Wind temple, figuring that 'since Hyrule Castle is safe, the depths probably are too! AND they might have cool loot!!' It wasn't until I got to the room with the mural that I considered _maybe_ I shouldn't be there yet
The guardins were predictable. These things, especially after an update or two, are absolutely terrifying. Like on release, they couldn't climb certain walls or inclines....but that changed quickly.
@@terranceaskew3165Wait they can climb now?! Lord help me 💀 I avoid them as much as possible, didn't know they could climb now bc I just glide or warp away 😅
@@xotbirdox Yeah! Not sure which update caused it, but I noticed they can climb slight inclines now, whereas before, they couldn't. As an example, the one that spawns near Hateno Village in the forest, I "used" to just climb that large rock/hill (next to the river) to escape them or just bomb arrow them from there...nah, they can climb that too.
the guardians for me were really scary at the beginning, but i quickly started taking them down no problem. i still run or warp away from gloom hands unless i really need dark clumps 🥲 they make any fear i had for guardians at the start seem like relaxation
They seriously freaked out over its turning into Phantom Ganon? Moreso than when they encountered the gloom hands? It's just a mummified tyrant covered in gloomblood with telegraphic moves; at least THAT'S more predictable than figuring out WTF those hands will do to me (sure AF it ain't a heej 😅)!
@@Echo81Rumple83 It's more like they just beat this terrifying monstrosity of an enemy, they didn't expect a full boss fight after something that creepy
@@Echo81Rumple83tbf imagine the final boss showing up after you kill some random abomination lol. When you know absolutely nothing it's like when Strahd just randomly shows up in curse of Strahd lmao
DeeBeeGeek also had a FANTASTIC reaction to them. Then when he went back to get his revenge like two temples later, THEN he discovered the Phantom Ganon while congratulating himself.😂
I thought for sure that hitting them with brightblooms got rid of them because it *seemed* to work the first few times they showed up, but apparently each time it just coincided with them vanishing on their own.
I freaked out once, and then somewhere down the line I started hunting down the gloom hands like a psychopath. Also I love Dan's reaction to those things, just immediate panic and then "QUICK ARIN PUT ON YOUR LITTLE HAT"
i love that rt's first enoucnter was the unskippable one on the way to ganon's because he got off the sky island and IMMEDIATELY attempted the final boss DOING A PERMADEATH CHALLENG
That was certainly a stressful FIRST STREAM. RT spoiling the ending the day it came out is hilarious though, even if it was just the start of the ending
I love how this is gonna be a talking point for people and video games from now on. "Where'd you encounter Gloom Hands???" 😂 I was running up Mt. Lanayru and they popped out. I immediately jumped off the side of Mt. Lanayru. I almost forgot to use the paraglider. Then I just hung on to a large icicle until they disappeared, lol.
My first time I was in the same cave as a couple of those RU-vidrs were. I was just minding my own business, saw a pile of gloom but went around it. Suddenly I hear battle music so I frantically start looking around because I didn't see or hear any monsters. Then I see these hands reaching for me. I immediately sprinted for the wall and clung to it for dear life as I look down at this thing in horror.
My first encounter with them hands was in the maze. I was there right in front of the shrine celebrating navigating the maze then all of a sudden these grope meisters spawn out of nowhere. My first instinct was to climb the wall because I wanted to enter the shrine. To add insult to injury Phantom A-hole spawned in for an attempt on a revenge kill, I headed straight to the shrine.
My first encounter with them was in a cave where Rauru's blessing shrine was. I was watching a friend on twitch enter that same area 3 minutes later😂😂 . Edit turns out it was the same area as Roamer was
for born losers gaming, at least, this clip is actually their second time encountering the gloom hands - the first time they were standing high up and looking at the sky, only noticing the blood moon atmosphere and being very confused. iirc, they were still pretty early in the game that time
For the second guy, RTGame, he straight up went to the final boss almost immediately after getting the paraglider. Made it incredibly far too. On a sidenote, he was doing a no-deaths blind run lmao
My first encounter I tried climbing up some rocks to get away and it started raining. I ran out of stamina and died. I thought the change in weather was part of this creature's powers. Turns out I was just extremely unlucky.
My first time encpuntering them was at the end of the arctic labyrinth on the surface. I'd only heard of the gloom hands prior and presumed what I had just died to was them. Wanting revenge I marched straight back there and killed them, only to be met with the greatest panic I had ever felt playing a videogame as it drops a full mini-boss on me after I just barely survived the previous fight.
I totally pranked my younger brother with the Gloom Hands, I told him they would drop OP Loot if you kill them, this part is kinda true but I didnt mentioned Phantom Ganon 😂
Crazy how late in the game some of these guys found gloom hands, when I met them almost immediately off of the great sky island and it greatly hindered my eagerness to explore. Like pointcrow has 3 of the sages and ur telling me this is the first time he's seen gloom hands!?
My first encounter with these suckers was right near the landing in a cave for a shrine. Scariest shit, my heart dropped when I saw phantom ganons health bar pop up for the first time
I love gloom hands. Probably one of my favorite things in this game. I really want Nintendo to keep adding stuff to just put you in your place like the gloom hands do. I've been marking on my map locations where I found them so I can hunt them for more swords and whatnot
Every one of these guys first instinct when encountering Gloom Hands is to either jump down from the safety of the high ground where the hands can't reach them and run or fight back, or run away from the safety of a shrine that is RIGHT NEXT TO THEM!! What did I do my first time? I did the obvious solution and warped the fuck out of there!
I first encountered these things in a cave and the moment I saw them I was like wtf are those it didn't help that their shrieking made me go into panic mode and throw all my logic out the window.
My first encounter with them was in Castle Town. I was enjoying the surprisingly peaceful ruins now that the Guardians were gone when I noticed a pool of gloom that I thought wasn't there before. Then the arms appeared, they noticed me, and the sky turned red as they reached me in no time flat. I tried to fight, got the notification that gloom damage lowers my maximum health, and warped the hell out of there.
I remember how I freaked out, the sky suddenly turning red, I thought the Blood Moon came early in a very quicker way and the music changed. I didn't know what to do especially I only had 4 hearts in the game. I was terrified.
My first experience with Gloom hands was in the cave with a shrine that BLG and ZachScott found them in My first reaction was “why is that goop moving?” And when the hands showed up and screeched, I went “OH SHIT” I got to pretty low HP before I just barely escaped onto the hill in the middle of the room, and I used bomb flower arrows to kill them Then, Phantom Ganon appeared. Now, I was lucky enough to be not spoiled at all except for three or so small things, but I’d heard the name “Phantom Ganon” before I started playing and I assumed it was like a precursor to the final boss Like you gotta fight Phantom Ganon before actual Ganondorf So, phantom Ganon appeared and murdered me instantly when I came down from the Coward Hill ™️ like a fool When I respawned, I just went to the shrine and then left Now, I literally got the game a week ago so I’m only about halfway done with the Regional Phenomena quest (I spent most of that playtime doing literally anything else for completion)
My first encounter was at the Citadel. I jumped off that cliff so fast, i actually turned around while paragliding. Though, not my biggest scare. I actually have a screen recording, reacting to a tree uprooting itself during a lightning storm 😱
Not my first experience with gloom hands, but still a funny one: I was strolling along through a cave, saw a shrine up a ledge, and hopped right up there. I was expecting a puzzle of some kind - I literally just walked right up to the shrine, there was no way it was a blessing shrine, right? Except it *was* a blessing shrine. And I was very confused. What had I done that would've been so difficult to reach the shrine? I walked into a cave, climbed up a small wall, and just went in. Where was the challenge? I left the shrine feeling bemused, dropped off the ledge and started to head for the exit...only to hear loud shrieking from my left, and realized exactly why it was a blessing shrine. XD
My first time was next to a shrine. The sky turned red the music was screaming and gloom hands starring and running after me. I have never been more terrified in my life
My first time seeing them was while I was just riding around hyrule and trying to navigate it now that the terrain is slightly different, when my horse made a wrong turn out of nowhere and suddenly I heard a horrible shriek and then the world turned crimson and all of a sudden I was being accosted by hands and music that made me yell out loud in fear. I instantly missed guardians.
My first encounter with these was in that cave where most of the people in the video found them. Almost soiled myself while fighting them and then upon seeing the boss health bar appear I felt my soul leave my body.
Yeah cuz fuck that😭. I was just strolling along, and then suddenly i was grabbed by 5 hands, and the skies turned red Maaanyy hours and many deaths later i encountered them again and beat them by the skin of my teeth just for fucking PHANTOM GANON TO SHOW UP?
My first encounter with those horrifying FloorMasters (I know what they are) was near Sahasra Slope (where the floating sky island housed the shrine) just west of Kakariko. The one time i didn't have enough stamina to climb up and decided to come back later, that one moment I saw a large patch of Gloom appear out of nowhere and 5 hands emerge, that's when i screamed and HIGH TAIL IT!!
My first encounter was in the Plain of Hyrule at the very beginning of the game, I didn't even have the parabola yet. I had a real panic attack when I saw them !😂
When I first saw this I got so scared but determined and end up killing it by waste my limited bombs. Imagine my surprise when Phantom Ganon shows up afterwards 😱
the trick is swapping between ice chuchu and then bombflower arrows. they get frozen by the ice and then the explosion hits all of them for big damage, it’s the way I’ve successfully killed them several times. but when you aren’t expecting them those things are TERRIFYING.
I remember i was sitting with my family when i first encountered these buggers. I genuinely let out a yell and just frantically explained "hands... from the ground... what the f..." it took everything i had to hold back that f-bomb from my folks.
It was not my first time but I got to the temple in the cave before I noticed the hands and I remember thinking "why is this temple a blessing? It was not hard to get to". Boy, when I got out they were right there 😢
First encountered them at the floating island shrine near Kakariko Village, the music just kicked in the sky turned red and I fled for my life, but I finally had to face my fears cleansing the Deku Tree.
My first interaction with gloom hands was in the northern maze, I completed the shrine and then I saw them wandering by in the doorway and was like “wtf is that?” And then I approached them and got grabbed and immediately tp away