WARNING: THIS WILL BE AN ESSAY PLEASE DON'T BE DISCOURAGED TO READ
So I have about 83 hours on steam record as of now and 108% completion, I am working towards 112% and getting the godmaster ending before the inevitable hornet dlc but I'm not too sure that is entirely attainable but I WILL STILL TRY.
I was a console player for pretty much all my life and wanted to change while I was developing a love for technology so I built my first gaming pc, This is relevant because hollow knight was the first game I ever bought and downloaded for this pc. I hadn't even ordered the parts yet but I already bought the game using the steam app on my phone because I was that confident that I wanted to try this game out, it was cheap, why not.
since then I have played about 83 hours and IT HAS NOT disappointing, I pass a recommendation for this game to anyone I am friends with, have met or will meet if they are somewhat interested in games. It has gotten to the point where some of my friends are honestly getting annoyed at me but this doesn't stop me giving the game the praise it deserves.
When I first started the game I LOVED the menu music, this gave me my first impressions and it was amazing, I literally just sat with my eyes closed for a few minutes just to listen to the GOD DAMN MENU MUSIC. I started my first game and my god was the opening cinematic beautiful, hopping into the game i did the tutorial and obviously it was easy as fuck but my one quick epiphany was when i was hit by my first enemy. When I took my first mask of damage, I was fucking terrified, it was so dramatic and I thought it was going to kill me, so early on, i then realised that the damage sequence was just impact. The game really made you feel like taking damage was dangerous rather than just making your character do a light grunt. I then found that secret where you could do the spike pogo, I am an experimenter and tried to get across because I know you could just because of its design, I figured it out and felt so good.
I ended up dying while trying to pogo and this is when I first fought my shade, this enthralled me as to why this happened and gave me a thirst for the lore. The tutorial for this game feels like actual gameplay and it is masterfully crafted as to teach you the exact mechanics of this game without telling you a single thing other than healing, It provides instant knowledge by making you experience the mechanics rather than telling you
The sound design in this game is masterful, the music is amazing and everything has a sound. The art is beautiful, every place in the map has its own distinct look and feel, and they blend seamlessly while being so different.
the level design is masterful and my satisfaction was immense when i first filled in the ENTIRE map, It felt big when i got a few areas and then I just FELT how much space there is in this map when I saw how much empty space was there and how many routes I had not entered.
When I entered deepnest this game turned into a straight out horror game and I loved it
The games difficult at first was a bit discouraging because I'm usually not the absolute best at games, I never really like games like darksouls despite hollow knight taking a lot of ideas from that. I got good though and that is thanks to the games organic skill progression, I got better and better at the game and I don't really realise until i got to the hall of gods and fought some of the bosses again. I had so much difficulty with some of the bosses but then I go into the hall of gods and I can just breeze through them hitless.
An example I will give is my favourite boss in the game, The mantis lords. I fought them early on as I should have but I hadn't even got an upgrade on my nail yet but I was determined to defeat them so I just kept going, as I kept going I eventually got better as I realised the battle was very rhythmic the music was fucking amazing and I got into the rhythm of the fight. I then fought them again in the hall of gods and I could do the attuned difficulty with getting hit once, I then did the ascended difficulty ad I could do it hitless, I then did the radiant difficulty and I could do it hitless I got the rhythm and it was exhilarating. never mind the bosses that I just breezed through in the hall of gods.
NKG was difficult aswell and It felt unfair at the early stages but then i did it and I realised that it was also just a dance, and then I wished I could do it again (now I've found the hall of gods lol)
The lore is another thing I got REALLY into, It is something you don't have to follow but I did and I loved it.
to wrap this all up, I love this game and can confidently say this is the best game I have EVER played, and I entirely recommend it to anyone who is okay with a bit of challenge. If you are AT ALL interested then GET IT, dont hesitate, it is a steal, GET IT
Submitted November 15, 2018 at 04:36PM by Mild_Curry https://ift.tt/2Fofps3
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