Music from the Sealed Vessel song that progresses as you go through the Path of Pain area in the White Palace. Each transition occurs roughly 2 minutes after the previous.
Born hollow. Born determined. to learn. Traveled far to feel Traveled far to return to hope and to bring hope. Returned to conquer the past Returned to learn despair to endure Dream on Little Shadow Your siblings are waiting for you Don't be afraid to be the dark in this world of blinding light.
The cutscene is the true pain that thesign talks about. You promised yourself that this horrible platforming segment would have a worthwhile reward, but you went to all that work for nothing
It shows the Pale King and the Hollow Knight having a bonding moment which gives the HK attachment to their father. This means the HK isn’t hollow. This was a memory the Pale King wanted to seal away because it was his fault the Radiance escaped.
If you view the Birthplace memory as proof that the Pure Vessel was truly hollow, then that means that the Path of Pain memory is proof that an idea was instilled.
This game is depressing af to me, I reached soul sanctum after painful fights and defeating soul master I looked up on lore about the Sanctum, it's fucked up after that I go to crystal peak and Myla stopped singing, does it get worse ??? Can I save her ?
I spent 8 hours on the PoP. Half of it was on the last two rooms. I was emotionally scarred by how close I was to dying to the kingsmolds and having to redo those two rooms.
maidenslayer all it takes is beating the beginning and end, if u can beat those, u can finish the rest with patience BUT THE END IS A BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTCH
@@idontknowhowtoname1266 SMB is easier. I could Controls are also better. This is just misery. Like 50% of the time i nailbounced in the right direction but died on the thing i was bouncing for no reason. The analog stick is really finicky and sometimes makes you attack forwards rather than down if you go too enthusiastic. DPAD on Xbox one pad is a tyre fire. Legitimately wish i had played the game with kb+m instead due to responsiveness.
In my opinion, the music is a little repetitive. But, as it builds, it feels like I'm truly ascending an extreme challenge. It's positively invigorating.
In a sense, the White Palace is your boss fight with the Pale King. It's your will against his, as the palace as it's found is all by his design. This place, therefore, is the dream boss variant.
Let's reflect on the idea that the soundtrack doesn't actually finish. You don't hear a final note. Just like the endless suffering one must endure to witness the secrets.
8-bit music theory has a very interesting video about leitmotif in Hollow Knight that also discusses this track. Christopher Larkin is an absolute genius who clearly cared about how his music tied into the story and world of the game.
ur like me, you reflect so much about the music, its very interesting that the music doesn't finish, it's endless, and the music is always getting stronger and more louder, like a investment stock chart always rising more and more.
@@wayv7973 probably said that because they played celeste lmao, trust me everyone i know who didnt play celeste and did path of pain told me it was horrible and only those who did play celeste actually enjoyed path of pain and said its quite easy
This entire thing is pure torture, but holy crap is it satisfying to actually complete it. I don’t even care if I don’t get anything other than a journal entry, the satisfaction of completing this kaizo course from hell is rewarding enough.
imagine, I've made multiple saves just to be able to play through this because the music and gameplay of the path of pain makes me feel so epic, tbh if they had a slightly less crazy "path of crazy" mod, i would take it but as it stands, omg i am not gonna do it until my friend beats the path of pain, then I'll stream it to him and we can both experience challenge at an uncomfortable level
@@mounesimad8844 by “final one” do you mean the kingsmoulds or the room before the kingsmoulds? i got stuck at the room before kingsmoulds for a while i couldnt get the spear timing right
The palace was never designed to be lived in. The buzzsaws, the spikes, the thorns... all there on purpose. To make the Hollow Knight the best warrior, to feel uncomfortable, to see the world in the harshest light, to become as hollow as possible. But even then, the Hollow Knight called the palace home. Known a father that loved him, even as they knew that their end was coming. That kindness that wouldn't break damned them. But, even if the Hollow Knight was a flawed vessel... they were the best prince the land would know.
It was his love for his father that made him a flawed vessel. Hence why the pale king made the path of pain so that only vessels who were strong enough to contain the radiance could know the truth. To be a pure vessel, they needed to relinquish all love and attachment.
It's actually a popular theory. The path of pain was used to test vessels which is why the memory of the hollow knight and pale king having a moment of acceptance is at the end.
@@fakename4678 Nope, The pale king created the path of pain to NO ONE acess his father and son moment with the hollow knight, He knows that by raising him like a son he gave him feelings and a mind, He knows that he fucked up with everything
This game can't be so cheap, it looks beautiful the gameplay is so good and it tooks so much time to end it, there is not way that this cost only 15 usd with this soundtrack just, there is not a fucking way
This game really doesn't have any business existing. Some dudes with no experience other than mediocre flash games on a shoestring budget shouldn't have been able to make something this insanely good.
Pale King: Alright the whole kingdom is built we only need to build the white palace Servant: My king, we have a million buzzsaws left Pale King: Build a secret way and put them all in there Servant: Wh- Pale King: Just do it John
Beating Path Of Pain brings on an indescribable emotion. It’s not relief nor happiness. Not anger or even sadness But it’s not that you don’t feel anything You just feel *Hollow*
No cost too great. (Broke the third controller) No mind to think. (Dashed into a buzzsaw for the seventh time in quick succession) No will to break. ((Managed the path of pain)bonus points for Absolute Radiance on Radiant ;-;) No voice to cry suffering. (Broke all vocal chords while headbutting EVERYTHING IN THE PoP!)
@@toasture9119 Radiant 5 All Bindings, huh? Now I'd like to see that. Shame you didn't upload it to your RU-vid, guess I'm just going to assume it never happened!
nice to see you here, just finished the Path of Pain and wanted to listen to the music again it took me about an hour or so but man, was it amazing, the whole game is incredible
Spoilers for Godmaster DLC: Given the Pure Vessel's unused Dream Nail quotes, this becomes truly sad. They are as follows: Do not think... Do not speak... Do not hope... Do not... ... It's telling itself, "be hollow", and yet all it can do is repress itself, a facade of the true turmoil underneath. Thankfully we all know how it ends: it finally gets its revenge against its tormentor.
"Our great land of Hallownest was created all for this. To create the world's supply of buzzsaws and spikes. My child...Hollow Knight...this is the legacy that you will inherit." "...what?"
DYLAN CAMPBELL you fool: you have fallen for the oldest trick in the book. You have seen thoroughly bamboozled and tricked into an unfortunate situation by me via me yeetin you down before you ever had the chance. Precognition hun is a useful thing
I can imagine going through all that, only to die to the Kingsmoulds. It's be a recreation of Homer realizing Mr. Burns didn't credit him for the chocolates on The Simpsons.
I remember the first time I dwelled into this, spend 5 hours straight only to *die* at the kingsmoulds hands. When that happened, I felt dead.But yet, lingering within, there was hatred. Burning, breathtaking, maddening. I came back 10 minutes after, feeling incomprehencible urge to complete it, and so I went on for another 2 hours of sycophantic buzzing of saws and eardrum-hurting accords, and through sheer perseverance I came victorious. And when that happened, I felt nothing. Because there was nothing left. This path took something from me, and gave me emptiness in return. And I am better for it.
This game really hits you so hard in the feels. I mean every character in it is adorable, you can also sit and listen to the beautiful song of Marissa, give the flower to the Elderbug, sit with Quirrel, then there's the Old Stag, biggest cinnamon bun ever, and of course poor Myla... And you can't help but feel bad for your character but at the same time you want to save those sweet bugs. :(
@@justjoking5252 i fulfilled her wish to listen to her at least one last time and then dreamnailed her so she doesnt have to sing for an empty audience for eternity anymore
Story time: I was under a lot of pressure from a big test so I took a "small" break and decided to try path of pain. I spent around 3 hours suffering death after death (Thankfully the music made it better), when I finished it my hands where shaking and took nap from the mental fatigue. One of the public services came to cut the grass and bushes of the public park using the brush cutters that sound like chainsaws while I slept and when I heard the sound of multiple chainsaws I woke up with the biggest P.T.S. ever. I absolutely love this game made me completely terrified of the sound of chainsaws
If I recall correctly, "Sealed Vessel" is the 24th track in the Hollow Knight album, which is quite a coincidence, because 24 is the same number of hours I spent crying after I encountered the Hollow Knight.
"You-Suck-At-Plat-for-ming" "You-Suck-At-Plat-for-ming" "You-Suck-At-Plat-for-ming" "You-Suck-At-Plat-for-ming" Is what the violin started to sound like after a few dozen minutes of PAIN
I have to say, the music is absolutely beautiful... Once you get to hear it without the constant buzzing of saws and the jarring noises of retracting spikes. Also the background perfectly captures my emotions after half an hour of trying. Then I promptly turned around and woved to 'git gud' before leaving to get my ass kicked my NKG instead.
There is just something emotional for this area, at least for me. especially in the last section just before the two enemies when the music reaches its climax and you have to consistently pogoing off the buzzsaws. the whole scene is just so sad and depressing
Mr. R But the Hollow Knight is not bug, neither human, it's a vessel, and, even something as natural as to bond to your progenitor, it is a fault for him, making him imperfect and thus dooming the fate of Hallownest
the moment the hollow knight looked to ghost as he hung to the exit to the abyss was a sign he was flawed. the fact we see the hollow knight once more looking at something, this time its progenitor, cemented this fact more, for it showed that it had a mind to think. something the pale king was not looking for. this was why hallownest was doomed from this moment and beyond.
The young HK looking back at you in the flashback sequence is not a proof a a flaw in my opinion. It just shows it is aware of its surroundings. The White Lady says the HK was flawed, corrupted by "an idea instilled". Furthermore, a cut Dreamnail dialogue for the HK in its boss encounter is : "... Father ?". Also, after seeing the cutscene here, we can see the entry for the Seal of Binding in the Hunter's journal, which states it is meant to "contain a powerful force, or to preserve something of great importance". It is also present at the very beginning of the Path of Pain. I think that thing of great importance is this very memory the Pale King has with the HK. I also think this moment is the inception of that "idea instilled" : that the Hollow Knight is part of a family. In the end, the King had so much remorse over killing thousands - no, millions - of his creations, his children, that he could not bear bringing his "chosen son" be sacrificed without having had a life before, maybe his only chance to be, for once, a father. There is so much tragedy in the characters of the Pale King and Hollow Knight, I find it one of the saddest story ever put in a video game :'(
I lost my sanity during path of pain. When I defeated the guardians at the end having only 2 hp left I was hyperventylating becouse I was so afraid all my progress, 3 hours of dashing, jumping, nailing, cursing, crying would go away in an instant. I made moved that I din't belive I would ever do, moved in rythm with saws, nail jumped more times than I hit enemies in game and essentially broke my own limits in this game, just to land in the end between 2 guards and lose almost all my hp intantly. I killed one guard with soul bursts but the other was still there almost untouched. I fought slowly having low hp, trying to get into guardian pattern and when I finally struck him down, tears ran down my face.I was broken on the inside, but at the same time filled with joy and pride. I completed path of pain. Many given up, many didn't even try, only few had dedication, resolve, *DETERMINATION* to despite the fails, missed jumps, bad rng and timing achieve the victory. And yet here I am. And so are you. Congratulations. *Path of pain changes man.*
I had about the same experience except i was down to 1 HP after the fight, i was dead inside thinking what if i had taken one more hit. You truly feel like the _hollow_ knight after this.
Ha, just 3 hours? i had the game open for over 24 hours because i was afraid to lose my progress. I switch to the game every once in a while to try for 30 mins to 1 hs. in real game time it took me around 4/5 hoursbut i suffer for over a day.
I feel you so much, It took me 5-6h non stop hour with surely 3 or 2 hours ALONE in the last corridor. I also cried lol at the end (and even more because THK is my fav chara in the game, best boi all the way, Hallownest doesn't deserve him and sur the PK didn't either. (tho no hate PK was trying to do good) It was totally worth it for 2sec cutscene with him in it.
This part of the game is honestly one of the best. Although It could be painful, godamn is it rewarding once you've got to the end and ontop of that the music feels like it's telling you to keep going and it determines you.
A melancholy of hopelessness and approaching darkness. Fitting perfectly with dying on those last two Kingsmoulds after suffering for 3 hours on the rest of the path. ...and the Hollow Knight too, I guess.
What I particularly think is cool about path of pain is that if you want to beat it, you can't give in to anger, it will make you brash and cause you to make silly mistakes, optimism or hopelesness won't help you either. You must focus on the obstacles, in other words, you must BECOME hollow. Focus on nothing, do not think, do not speak, do not feel, and you will beat path of pain. Exactly how the game wants you to be.
First try: Im scared *leaves* Second try: *rages after dying to kingsmoulds* 3rd try: *Exits game to tell my friends how many hours it takes to beat HK and how much I have* 4th try: Hmmm, I take break 5th try: HELL YEAH!!!
me after completing PoP: *empty* 2 days after completing PoP: welp that was fun I wont be doing that every again nope no thank you ba bye me after speculating silksong might have a PoP: ...nah im sure they wouldent do something like that, besides who's gonna afford all those saws again? 1 hour after speculating silksong might have a PoP: *empty*
it's amazing that this theme utilizes the same effect as on the endless stair of mario 64.. I've never heard the shepherd tone in a similiar way before...this is the best execution so far with the ever coming new layers coming in.. a masterpiece
Random Guy: Yes finnaly I made it. *Bosses appear* Random guy: wait what I was not expecting a boss. *Gets Rekt and spawns at bench outside of Path of Pain* Random Guy. : WTF....FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDG
@@threadedknight4219 your so fucking clever my guy that when somebody is trying to share their experiences you come out and say "yOu PoStEd CrInG hAhA" fuck off dude i bet that when everyone is having a good time you just come in and everybody is like: "ugh its THAT guy" youafe the pinnacle of douche bag go fuck off now
I'm almost 30. I have bought this game on Switch and PS4 because I love the music, tone, and character design. Problem is I am burnt out on most games now, and only like playing extremely relaxing games or very familiar games. Anyone else find themselves not have the will to learn new games as they get older, or is it just me?
I am also almost 30 and it took me several hours of running the path of pain to do it fast enough to put together this video. I did it because I wanted the feeling of mastery from overcoming something difficult and because I *really* wanted to immortalize this song for myself and others since this version wasn't in the OST. People play games for different reasons but at the end of the day, playing games should be fun. If those are the types of games you have fun with, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I'll be 30 in May and while this game is unquestionably a treasure I just don't have it in me to 100+% it like younger me would have. I beat Path of Pain and vanilla NKG but I'll be damned if I'm going to spend so much time getting all the Radiant boss victories in the pantheon. I got some of them but others just don't seem worth it, like at some point I just want to be productive elsewhere - even if it's elsewhere in the game itself - and not constantly die. haha Related note: The fact that people speedrun doing EVERYTHING in the game is actually crazy to me.
the quiet pale moonlit night shining down into this pale silver palace, broken only by the sounds of anguish, a vessel unworthy, a king at wit's end, and a queen losing another child. The broken mirror revealing what hell has been quietly hidden throughout the clandestine halls, another child taken down into the abyss. One day, no matter the cost there will be an heir worthy, a vessel pure, to save us all for all of our sins. For the light has betrayed us, and this pale hell drives us forward, step by step. We live this path of pain, we are its artisans, we are its slaves, and for the next child, the next vessel, what hope is there? Silence in screaming mouths, broken by the dark, shunned by the light, lost in the twilight. (So, I wanted to write a small little story/poem regarding the White Palace/the Path of Pain/the state of the Hollow Nest. I think it came out right, thoughts? just reply :) )
The ptsd....*buzz saw noises*...the pain...*the sound of the vessel getting hit*...the torture....*sound of spikes*...the merciless suffering...*the sound of a gank fight at the exit*
This soundtrack inspires me. I'm writing a story about a world Made of corporeal mind cognitions. Most of the characters and the world are Made of darkened variants of colors, like blue or green. (Because maybe is the mind of some kind of pesimist) and with time , the world begins to disrupt and most of characters die. Except one, the one who represents self concept of Will. This one is the protagonist and Also a strong warrior. He enters into a Journey to the weakest and fragile part of the mind , because theres a parasite inside the heart of it. Whose is driving the world to it's end (depression and pressumably suicide) the parasite resembles light. It has a strange and calming beauty (like radiance) and most of enemies in the way are similar to it. At end, the parasite is a unhealty love to someone. The person who owns this mind fell in love with someone who doesnt feel love for him/her and Also this person manipulates and harm the mind owner , this drives the person thru depression . In short therms, this person knows that love is killing him/her. But he cannot stop loving , the protagonist (Will) fights all the Journey ( as a duel of emotional detachment ) and finally defeating the parasite (the toxic love ) or not.
No cost too great No mind to think No will to break No voice to cry suffering No heart to pump blood No soul to cast spells No eyes to see No hands to grab No legs to walk No dreams to achieve No nightmares to fear No fears to mask No joy to call home No breath to sigh No wings to fly No time to lose No past to rewind No scars to bear No laughter to share No essence to exist No warmth to embrace No colors to face No shadows to reobtain your geo No love to encase (?) No destinies to fulfill No secrets to hide No moments to remember Born of God and Void You shall seal the blinding light that plagues their dreams You are the vessel You are the Hollow Knight
this music makes me think of what the original Hollow Knight must've felt like. how he may have developed some feelings for his creator... only to be used by him like a tool. Radiance was only insane, her actions can not be justified, but her actions are understandable to some degree. however, i don't know if i could ever justify anything that the Pale King did to his children, either. creating life-forms, just to throw them away like nothing. ironically, he was celebrated for liberating his fellow bugs... while he was creating his own slaves. and in the end, he couldn't stop the infection. and all of that at the expense of a void-child and his siblings...
Just finished the path of pain I feel empty, this game broke me time and time again but I always picked up my nail and kept pushing on but this was different, every single death wasn't just a blow to my vessel but to my moral, I could feel the buzzsaw and vines tearing through my soul and when I finally finished the last section and fought the kingsmoulds I had a wrath never seen before, every one of their attacks was perfectly dodged and my strikes landed true, for they fought someone who underwent that unspeakable pain over and over again until they perfected it, I never gave up and I never will again I've been broken and it shan't happen again
@@DiegoG2004 Lucky,i didn't die on guards *but if Hollow Knight has a recordation on its files, you gonna see me suffering* *i swear i was sick and i was trying anyway*
I think it took me 1-2 hours to get through the path of pain. but once I was done and saw that 10 second short scene with the hollow knight and the king.... I thought it was worth it.
