Not a bad game at all - Metroidvania successor to the 1st one of course...but it's also very difficult in the sense that some of the boss fights are very unfair or are very punishing (I did beat the 1st Hollow Knight and don't recall it being this challenging): •when you try and dodge multiple projectiles, they suddenly gain the ability home in on you •despite learning their patterns, there's very little you can do as some of the moves they do put them out of your reach but at the same puts you in their reach like an attraction type of ability - in fact this seem sto be how many of the normals enemies are tuned to be slightly out of your reach with the normal swing •only takes 2-3 hits (or touches) from a boss to kill you (still have 5 points of health at this point in time but they can take mulple ) •the 1st couple of bosses weren't too difficult after a few tries The non-boss type of enemies are also very punishing as it only takes an extra 1 or 2 to swarm on you. •some of these are akin to being in a WWE ring where you are fine with taking small fries out but then they throw Yokozuna and Andre the Giant at you and then suddenly the steel cage drops down •Not a big fan of the bounc-back type of mechanic when you swing your sword (sewing needle) into mobs and you get pushed back slightly - even though there's an upgrade which nullifies this and hitting flying enemies from the bottom does not trigger the bounce-back •there's the Souls-like aspect of when you die, you have to go back to retrieve your rosaries If you have the money and time, pick it up, if you are short on play-time, it's probably not a good title to pickup (as this is written on day 2 of release and playing without a guide/navigation for finding upgrades)
