>>716410530
/v/ is filled with contrarianism, being assblasted the series they liked arent more popular or not considered as good, and also parroting shit about games they havent played
just ignore it and enjoy, it gets better and better past the early game, it ends up with the best enemy movesets and nonlinear progression of the genre

and remember: back before it got mainstream, the only people who knew about it on /v/ were enjoying it

>>714237997
hollow knight is the longer game that wants more commitment, but nine sols is quicker and more straightforward
so i buy hollow knight if you have a lot of free time and are willing to immerse yourself in a game for a longass time, specially to deal with stuff like nonlinearity. Once you get one of the early game upgrades, it suddenly becomes really nonlinear and its best combined with playing for dozens of hours
nine sols if youre currently needing a more straightfoward linear game that isnt long (but not short either) and is easier to drop and pick up