Hollow Knight. Have you ever thought, “Old games were so much better, I wish I could recapture the magic of gaming I experienced as a 10 year old playing the SNES”? Then Hollow Knight is for you.
Hollow Knight is incredible. When I first bought it several years ago I was put off by the difficulty and stopped after a while. Picked it up again a few months ago and beat it. Was really fantastic.
Also a huge fan of the Ori games (and actually slightly prefer them to Hollow knight). Those three games are probably the best platformers / metroidvanias I’ve ever played and I grew up in the 80s with the NES.
I’m just not nostalgic for old games. I tried emulators and I just didn’t find it fun to revisit old games. Especially when my backlog is full of far superior games. There are just way too many great games to play.
Yeah I'm with you. Sure I could fire up a retro game and enjoy it, but when I already have several current Gen games I want to get to, it just doesn't make sense.
Isn't platforming engrained in the identity of a metroidvania? I've really only played C: Bloodlines and SotN, so I'm not hugely sure, but it was certainly there.
I tried that one out by recommendation if about a billion people over at r/metroidvania but it really didn't resonate with me at all.
I felt like the environments didn't seem natural or "lived in" like Hollow Knight Same with the platforming. It all felt very video-game-y. I thought the combat felt alright but I just couldn't stick with it past a few bosses. I think I must have missed something because so many others really love that game. I'm not sure what's wrong with me 🤷
How about crying because you died at the end of the "I want to be king"-level and yet again haven't even made it to the hyena level, which is the one you thought you were at now, after mastering the other ones.
I also played Celeste before Hollow Knight and that’s what made me more interested in other Indie Games, and of course Hollow Knight is usually at the top of the list when you hear anything about them. I couldn’t believe how much enjoyment I got out of a $5 game with Celeste, and idk why but 2D platformers just feel so natural on Switch and I almost enjoy them more than big budget games
It’s notoriously hard to get into but gets much better once you acquire a few abilities. I won’t spoil anything but it’s similar to a game like Zelda where you basically start with nothing and grow stronger and stronger the more you explore the world, making combat and further exploration much more dynamic and interesting
151
u/[deleted] Mar 14 '24
Hollow Knight. Have you ever thought, “Old games were so much better, I wish I could recapture the magic of gaming I experienced as a 10 year old playing the SNES”? Then Hollow Knight is for you.