This game was the most drastic swing from ‘not really feeling this’ to ‘holy shit I must have more’ I’ve ever had from a video game. Started out hating the floating feeling and short jumping ability of Plague Knight, but once you’re a few hours deep switching up bomb components on the fly and almost answering your enemies automatically when you hit that flow state, it’s incredible. Downright stupid fun.

Fun fact, in the end, when you fight Shadow Plague Knight or whatever their name is, if you stay still for about 1 minute or so the shadow gives you a free win

Remember kids, this is the only Shovel Knight expansion that you cannot buy on it's own. If you make the mistake of not getting Treasure Trove, you cannot play this absolute beauty of a game.

I'm honestly surprised more games don't take this format, replaying the same story from the villain's perspective. Imagine how many franchises this would work phenomenally for. For example, if you replayed Halo CE from the Arbiter's perspective or played as Bowser planning the heist to kidnap Princess Peach.

Plague of Shadows will always hold a special place in my heart. I know the next expansions take the idea of playing as a new character way further, but there is something magical about Plague Knight's moveset. It's so awkward at first but once you start getting the hang of it you fly through the levels. I replay all the campaigns every once in a while and I always love returning to Plague of Shadows, even though King of Cards is probably my favorite out of them all.

Shovel Knight just being asleep for practically the whole boss rush has to be the best thing in this DLC. Another great shovel knight video btw! Keep it up!

Plague of Shadows will always be my favorite Shovel Knight campaign because of its *chemistry*, both in actual gameplay with his move set that makes the same levels feel super fresh, and Plague Knight and Mona, I live those two so damn much they carry the experience way more than the gameplay itself already did. Their last dance scene deserves to one of the best in gaming history. I love it so much

Fun fact: if you stand still and don’t attack long enough during the shadow plague knight, you will get some secret dialogue and win the fight

This game would’ve been a 10/10 if Plague and Mona’s waltz at the end was set to the AFV theme song I think

This campaign slowly became my favorite out of the four, I just fell in love with the gameplay. It's the only one where I can claim that Propeller Knight's stage is my favorite to play through.

I was playing Kirby Squeak Squad on mute while listening to this so suddenly hearing the game's music blaring in my ears at 11:52 freaked me out for a second. Heart almost popped out of my chest. 😅

Did you know that in the boss fight against the Plague of Shadows (the fight between the Enchantress and the final boss) you can just stand still for like ten seconds to end the fight? Again, great video as usual. I really relate a lot to how much you love this game. That teaser at the end with From the Shadows playing while Specter Knight appears was just superb. Greatly looking forward to that one.

the Staff of Striking is actually good, tricky to use, but it'll dish out QUICK damage to bosses.

*ITOI idling while monologuing Mona solo dancing* Feat Accomplished: Creep ITOI - freaks the sh!t out after bring called out as a freak

I hope you'll take some time to highlight Specter Knight's "hard mode" as it's way better than the ones you get with other campains. For context it makes your hp bar a countdown and killing stuff is the only remedy, making the already fast-paced gameplay an really fun and devious speedrun. Compared to the usual "now enemies do more damage" options it's incredible.

Man i am lucky the algorithm sent me to this video! The quality in the editing, scripting, and voiceover shows itself in just the first minute. You have my attention and hopefully many more to follow.

AHHHHHH oh my stars this is amazing! I just got shovel knight on my computer after playing it some years ago! Ya just ignited my flame to absolutely complete the game in all ways possible! I love ya fella!

Your eloquence reignited my love for these games and brought back a joyful nostalgia. This video belongs in the Video Essay Hall of Fame. Amazing review and I can’t wait to hear you speak on King of Cards. Rock on 🤘

It's been years since I played Shovel of Hope and I can barely remember the interactions, but Plague of Shadows? This thing engraved itself into my heart and made me want to learn how to dance hahaha!

I got motivated to play the games again after the first introspective but plagueknight’s campaign has to be my favorite of the four.

The fun you have making your videos is infectious. Your uploads always result in a good time.

Time to wait another year for the specter knight Retrospective

33:22 when I first played though Plague of Shadows being just my least favorite campaign somehow the story and especially this ending screen somehow made it all worth it, in fact it makes me feel proud in some way.

amazing video, its crazy that there's so little content about such a great game, luckily there are videos like this so i hope you keep it up!

Man, this does bring me back quite the years... I never played the remaining 2 DLCs, maybe I should give them a shot. Still sad best boi propeller knight never got his own game...

35:25 actually just sent chills down me

I think part of why Plague of Shadows is my favourite campaign of them all (alongside it having my favourite story) is it’s mid-max gameplay potential. On my first play through, i mainly stuck to the loadout I was most comfortable with, and didn’t stray away from it. But upon repeated playthroughs, and ESPECIALLY when I tried to speed run the game, I started experimenting with all the different bomb, arcana and burst combinations to find the most optimal loadout for each level. The Frost Burst would be incredible against bosses that I could jump over like King Knight and Shovel Knight, but for more speedy bosses like Spectre and Propeller Knight, I’d find myself swapping to the spin burst to charge into them like a ballistic missile. This experimentation is at its best when you aren’t just casually strolling through the game, but you’re showing off your big alchemist brain skills and aiming to beat the game in under an hour or beat the bosses without taking damage. Not to say the other campaigns CANT have this with their own special items, but with them their best solutions are usually the same every time (phase locket, judgement rush etc), but Plague Knight rewards you making your own choices so much that I don’t even care that the level design is reused. He’s just THAT fun to play! Great retrospective dude! You’ve got a new subscriber!

A fantastic and mirthful breakdown of a campaign I think often goes greatly overlooked! Thank you giving it the limelight it well deserves, keep up the great work, and have a lovely day.

Incredible video as usual! :) I love this series with all of my heart, and seeing such passion being shared for it is always so wonderful.

Liked and subscribed. This is masterful! Anticipating the next two!

I love the editing style your vids use. Def got a new fan of the channel 😁

I already can’t wait for the Specter of Torment video

Worth the wait

Nice video!

Watching this on Specter Knight’s 7th birthday, hoping there’s a surprise later today

Who up steeling thy shovel (great video as always itoi

Watched your Shovel Knigh video yesterday and was looking forward to this one. only took one day to wait for me too :D

I remember getting these 3 extra games for free and boy was that nice

During the final boss fight you can attack the pink circle he is sitting on to temporarily disable the final boss and have a much larger attack window. You may know this but I didn't see you discuss it nor in the footage shown.

Loved all the campaigns in shovel knigth, but Plague of Shadows is still my favorite one

underrated

Not my problem, but here’s my nice comment :) Stoked be upon thee!

glad to have found the Plague of Shadow fans !

Incredible video, but also 35:42 ACAB, saying this in the video, even though it's somebody's patreon name, makes it difficult to share your videos with people.

10:40 was really good

I've never played this. I played Shovel Knight until the boss rush and then catching red shovel knight. Should I pick this game up?

I haven't played Plague of shadows yet, I've been playing Shovel of hope but this campaign looks really cool, especially the bomb customization, I'm definitely going to play it either after I beat Shovel of hope or after I beat a few more stages, anyways good video, excited for the Spector and King knight videos.

The only bad thing I can say about that ending is that I cant see female plague knight dance Besides that is the best ending in a videogame I ever see

Is king knight still the latest DLC?

Plague of Shadows might have my least favorite gameplay style of the 4 story modes(I still like it I just prefer the others over it) but damn it the story in my opinion is the best of the 4

Instead of brain there is plague knight

Plague of Shadows is fine but I just could not gel with the movement.

The float burst is great and all but I urge anyone who's got the hand of the controls to try the other ones for a second playthrough. The float is slow and predictible and thus kind of boring after a while. Think of it like training wheels! Go on, be a big boy and take them off!

Plague Knight does NOT look like a Patrick. Cancelled immediately. He looks like a Henry or a Tom or a Jack or a Bartholomew