Been playing Hollow Knight for YEARS now, only just picked it up on GOG along with Silksong. Hollow Knight (the original) is MY PEAK experience for a perfect game. -Art: Gorgeous -Music: Majestic -Story: Emotional and Deep -Gameplay: Challenging, but Fair THIS is the game I point to when asked how to do game right. Yes, it can be difficult. But with time and practice, and perhaps a bit of build testing, you CAN achieve your goals and WIN! I love this game so much. A shame I can't say the same for it's sequel.
Team Cherry catered to the "hardcore" base on this one. Let's get the good out of the way first. Beautiful visuals. Amazing music. Cool characters. But the BAD. Oh goodness THE BAD. In an effort to both increase the difficulty and set this apart from Hollow Knight, they have fundamentally removed the things I enjoyed about the original. Movement is supposed to be more "flowy" but instead just feels inprecise. Combat is OBNOXIOUS. Pacing is a grind. Nothing seems to flow together like one would expect. The game is brutal just for the sake of it. I feel like I'm being punished just for playing. The original Hollow Knight is one of my favorite games of all time. So for this to come out after the 7 years of waiting... honestly, this is heart breaking. I don't want to keep playing. It hurts. I'm glad team Cherry enjoyed making it. I just wish I could enjoy playing it. tl;dr they made an entire game for Steel Soul players, and no one else.
