Posted on: March 27, 2021

ADeadCell

Игр: 227 Отзывов: 9

Flawed masterpiece, QoL issues

Disclaimer: I used to play a ton, but nowadays I'm a more casual gamer and quality of life matters to me more than it used to. PROs: Hollow Knight is a masterpiece in so many ways. Rarely has a game's atmosphere so captivated me, or the feeling of exploration been so real and wonderful. Almost everything about the game is such a polished masterpiece, feeling amazingly unique among the hundreds or thousands of games I've tried. CONs: What got me to abandon the game was something absolutely ludicrous: checkpoints are far from boss fights. When you lose to a boss, you have to re-travel through up to a dozen screens full of enemies, battling and dodging through them in a desperate attempt to avoid losing any hitpoints before getting your next shot at the boss. This is the opposite of fun and felt like a colossal waste of time to me. There are a few smaller QoL issues in the game, like having to spend one of your limited equipment slots if you want to be able to see where you are on the map, and losing all of your money every time you die in a hard-to-reach place (your ghost keeps it until your next death, but getting there could be deadly, and if you manage, your ghost might kill you). Everything else about this game is an absolute masterpiece and kept me playing for hours despite the frustrations, but somewhere around the midway through the game I noticed I had spent more than half the time of the last few hours re-fighting the same waves of enemies to re-reach the easiest remaining boss. I'd rather watch a movie than continue that loop. The first third or so of Hollow Knight felt like a true wonder of the gaming world, but the frustrating combination of difficulty and low QoL left a bad taste in my mouth. For more enthusiastic gamers: 5+/5 For my casual gaming: 3,5/5

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Posted on: March 29, 2022

Coatl_Mictlan

Владелец игры

Игр: 723 Отзывов: 13

Mixed bag

There are two major elements to the game: The exploration (level designs, NPC's, Quests, Story etc) and the combat (fighting, bosses, weaponry, speels ect). For me the car is far superior in the first, and lacking in the later. The world is fantastic, each map has its own feel, and really makes you want to learn more and fill in the gaps in your map. As you progress each area gets harder but it feels organic, not forced. The NPC's are all interesting and its nice to see how their story archs progress. The overall story is well done (in the classic souls style of show dont tell) and very sad. In terms of the combat, after coming from Cuphead, the fighting feels very clunky. Most the bosses are acceptable, but few are memorable, and quite often when I fought them I was partially battling the mechanics of the game itself. All in all, would recommend highly, but it shines mainly in its world design and exploration aspects, is lacking in bosses (compared to other similar games like cuphead, or the soulsborne franchise which it feels it takes alot of mechanics from)

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Posted on: April 8, 2025

Wolfinston85

Игр: 543 Отзывов: 63

Beatiful world, but with weird choices

The world is incredible, a game that takes place in the insect kingdom? I've always wanted that, but it's mythical in this case, so that's nice. Problem really stems from the actual gameplay and design, the map is deliberately obtuse and obscured so you keep finding a beetle that sells you map pieces and pins; I get the developers were trying to make you feel lost, but... I don't enjoy it. The combat is good, but extremely simplistic, you jump, you hit, and after getting the rhythm for it, it turns into a bit of a slog, mainly because of how repetitive it gets, some of the bosses become more of an exercise in repeating patterns, than in experimenting with the game mechanics. The story is fine, your usual Zelda like kind of thing, there's a lot of evil, you're supposed to cleanse it, the really good part is meeting the characters that the game has, that's what's nice about the tale, not the actual premise but the details in it. Overall, I think it's a fine game, just a tad bit overrated, people treat it as if it's the second coming, when in reality is just alright.

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Posted on: August 27, 2025

Any_ILL

Владелец игры

Игр: 133 Отзывов: 2

The quintessential Metroidvania

Not much to say that hasn't been said. It's great in every single aspect of its design. It doesn't have the most complex combat mechanics but they are very well implemented and enjoyable to use. Maybe weapon arts could be a bit more incentivised as they tend to be a forgotten mechanic. The game has no real flaw. It understands how a great world enhances the joy of playing through it, and it understands how a challenging gameplay makes the player more interested in that great world. The art is stellar, the music is amazing, the gameplay is fun, the level design is great, the progression is perfect for the world in question... There isn't much of a downside to the game.

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Edited on: September 21, 2025

Posted on: February 27, 2017

Schlaumayr

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Игр: 1360 Отзывов: 45

Unforgiving backtracking experience

EDIT: I learned, how to play this. My best gaming experience in 2025 so far. Completion rate 102% and looking for more :)

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