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[kitler53]

Yeah I don't like run backs either to bosses and which every game has a check point right before a boss.

the runback is very soulslike.   I like it in souls but hated it in hollow knight.  

I think the difference is in hollow knight I had a lot of bosses last about 5 seconds on the first encounter.  souls is slow enough you can play defensively to learn the movements.  not always true for hollow knight. 

[the-pi-guy]

I've put something like 21 hours into Hollow Knight so far.  I'd wager I've explored like 75% of the game.  

I was stuck for like 4 hours with not a lot of progress, but got over the hump. 

I think the game would be much better if you could just fast travel between any of the benches. 

There's a lot of backtracking when you get new abilities. There's a lot of backtracking when you're trying to figure out where to go.  

[the-pi-guy]

I've put something like 21 hours into Hollow Knight so far.  I'd wager I've explored like 75% of the game. 

I was stuck for like 4 hours with not a lot of progress, but got over the hump.

I think the game would be much better if you could just fast travel between any of the benches.

There's a lot of backtracking when you get new abilities. There's a lot of backtracking when you're trying to figure out where to go. 

I looked later and I was actually ~25 hours in.  

Hour 1-17 was pretty great.

Hour 17-22 was somewhat frustrating. Basically made no progress during that time. Mostly because I didn't know where to go. I would check different ends of the map, and didn't have the abilities to pass whatever barrier was there. 

Hour 22-28 is back to being pretty great.  Beat a few bosses I was stuck on.  


There was a long stretch in there (especially during that slump, where Hollow Knight felt way more like a platformer, and it is a fun platformer. But I also don't love platformers that much - they're fine, but they're not close to my favorite genre. ) 

I think I've explored like 85% of the map now. - (which might not actually be a good measure. Lots of different sections to the map, some are pretty small.) 


This is a lot of fun. 

I've tried playing Hollow Knight 3 times, and I kept getting stuck around the 6 hour point. Was definitely interested in the game, but it just didn't feel like it was clicking. 


I feel more excited about playing games again, and that's really awesome. The last time was Astro Bot, and I'm not sure what it was before that.  

[Legend]

"I feel more excited about playing games again"

Yay!

[the-pi-guy]

Starting to feel stuck again. This time because I'm having trouble with bosses. 

[Legend]

Starting to feel stuck again. This time because I'm having trouble with bosses.

It's that hard? Not the game where you just try it a few times and figure the boss out?

[Legend]

You can watch movies with your alters. They are pretty great!

Spoiler for Hidden:

Chris and Jack youtube vids

[the-pi-guy]

It's that hard? Not the game where you just try it a few times and figure the boss out?

I'd describe the game as 2D Mario crossed with Souls.  

[Legend]

I'd describe the game as 2D Mario crossed with Souls. 

Your first metroidvania?

[the-pi-guy]

Your first metroidvania?

Yeah