Posted on: August 9, 2018

sebt27

Игр: 24 Отзывов: 2

Beautiful, but disappointing game mechanics

I was prepared to really love this game: it's extremely well reviewed, it's odd, the artwork looks (and is) superb. But I always finish a game session by thinking "Oh, I just give up, I can't be bothered". There's none of the feeling of achievement + frustration + excitement + "I'd better stop now, it's 3am" that I've had from other games. This is not because this is wholly a bad game. It's not. It's beautifully designed. The artwork and sound are unique. Reviews tell me that the world is huge and full of a variety of incredible designs. Unfortunately, these virtues make it even more disappointing that - in the early stages I'm in - the designers haven't paid enough attention to the balance between frustration and enjoyment. The first thing that's wholly wrong is the save mechanic. No-one plays a game of this kind and expects that they won't die - often. But when a boss crushes me for the nth time, why do I then have to go back miles away and find my way back to the boss - for the nth time? The path back becomes extremely boring. This repetition gives the atmosphere of the game - visuals and sound - which should (and could, in a game of this quality) be absorbing and inspiring - a bad flavour, because you're doing the same thing again and again. Small enemies on the way regenerate as soon as you leave the room, which adds to the feeling of no progress. If I happen to lose a life on the way, I'm tempted to just suicide and start again with full lives. That urge is not a good sign when playing a game. What stops me is another game mechanic: if you can find your ghost where you died, you can "kill" it with two hits and regain all the "money" you previously gathered. But it's too easy to die while trying to do this, meaning all that money is gone. I just managed to kill the False Knight. I'm rich, and I want to cash in on my triumph. But no, I'm straight in to another - forced, no side turnings - boss battle with a long leadup from the savepoint.

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Posted on: June 1, 2020

TomCollins9999

Владелец игры

Игр: 180 Отзывов: 4

I just don't get it

This game is well loved, but I just don't get it. Pros: the art is fantastic, and the world-building is lovely. The controls feel great, and the skill development system is interesting. Cons: the world is large and non-linear, which should be fantastic but unfortunately just leads to a lot of wandering in circles. Your objectives are unclear, you often have to return to places you visited previously to make use of new skills (but there is no indication or method of tracking these sites). You die quickly and die often. The death mechanic is the part of this game I really don't understand: you respawn in a weakened state. forced to return from your last save checkpoint to the spot you died. This means a lot of re-treading the same route to either a) face the same enemy who just beat you, but in a weaker state or b) to immediately turn around again and re-re-tread the route in reverse to get back to the nearest save point. Maybe I just suck at these sorts of games, but I found myself loving the first few hours and then putting it away in frustration just at the point where the game should be richest.

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Posted on: February 27, 2017

megatron_6

Владелец игры

Игр: 284 Отзывов: 2

Incredible game with some tech issues

Hollow Knight is one of the best metroidvania style games I ever played so far and it became a favorite of mine. As you get further into the game it will gradually become more and more challenging, you will always have different branching paths to explore as you progress and you will be rewarded with powerups that make your character better equipped to deal with the baddies in the game. I personally love exploration based games like this one and it's been a joy to discover new areas, new abilities and new enemies in this game. As a metroidvania game it fulfills your need for exploration and discovery, and always has you wanting to go on further. Alas, I have one gripe with it. There are framerate issues that keep popping up rather often. I have a rather powerful computer and it's odd that a 2d game would have these types of problems for me. I've read up online and it seems that I'm not the only one with this problem.

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Posted on: March 28, 2017

ROCKMAN_77

Владелец игры

Игр: 339 Отзывов: 15

The challenge you have been looking for!

This is one of the best 2D Platformer games I have ever played. I'm clocking 35 hours so far and I wish I could keep going! but I know the end is near... I got all the map pieces, missing only 8 charms.. found my fav combination of charms to keep. I'm serious on this it just keeps getting better and better. My favorite area so far due to music, danger and atmosfere is Kingdom's Edge. Thank you devs for creating such a masterpiece, for using this platform. Thank you GOG for offering the best price. I wish I had backed this on KS. Now I want the printed map and the HK figurine :)

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Posted on: June 28, 2019

mjholst

Владелец игры

Игр: 63 Отзывов: 3

Interesting, but too intentionally mean

The game is pretty interesting, but it has too many bad and intentional design decisions that make the game feel like more of a chore. Save points are very few and far between, and you lose all your money if you die unless you can recover your ghost. This is made much worse by the fact that when you enter a new area, the game doesn't allow you to map it out until you find the hidden map vendor of that zone. And several of the game's pretty difficult boss fights are far away from the nearest save point, making it a huge pain to have to fight your way through several screens of enemies before you can try again. This kind of design just makes the game more frustrating to play, and it's completely unnecessary. Not a fun game.

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