>Because of the Silksong hype I decided to finally pick up Hollow Knight.
>I just defeated this boss, when will the game pick up and become fun?
>It never becomes fun, the soundtrack is good but it's more of a time waster you play while watching a movie or stream on your other monitor
>When you uninstall it and play a good Metroidan like... Huh... That Batman game where he's trapped in an asylum?
>How long to beat says the game is 25 hours long. So 40% is just boring busy work? Is it even worth the squeeze?
>>How long to beat says the game is 25 hours long
>no idea how that came to be, but i did it in 16, then fucked around with completion a few hours. realized the game didn't have much to offer and dropped it
>and no i don't care about your canon boss rush
>>Is it even worth the squeeze?
>not really
>the game doesn't fully utilize your moveset for normal bosses anyway, it's quite nonlinear and has no idea what upgrades you'll have at any particular point
>i believe that the real ending is what the main+sides mean basically.
>also, >>718919939 (OP) # just play Nine sols instead, its fun from the go, and the story is good
>It's a game heavily carried by its presentation. The gameplay and exploration leave a lot to be desired.

>It has clunky movement, poor bosses(except or the mantis lords), and a boring, uninteresting story (what if le everything was..... le grim and le dead!). The praise for this computer game is like a litmus test to show how the average g*mer (read, you) has poor taste. Cope and seethe, as you zoomers say.
>Also, Australians are subhuman; they are the poundland version of England.

>There are games that I hate, but I understand why they are popular (wow, minecraft). And with this game, I don't understand what's special about it at all, it's just a regular metroidvania with reddit artstyle.
>>find powerup
>>have to remember exactly which of the hundreds of active gates were locked by that specific powerup (remember you can't make notes on the map, and there are only five map markers that you have to pay for each one)
>>even if you know exactly which paths were opened by this powerup, they are all spread to complete opposite corners of the map so you have to do a big giant fucking loop around the whole map hitting up each of the dozen different gates
>>if you dare die even a single time while doing this big boring slog around the map, you will be lose a ton of progress and all your money
>>going to retrieve this money wastes even more fucking time, and if you die again while on your way, then you permanently lose that money and wasted your time for nothing
>>10/12 of these paths will be completely worthless garbage like a merchant that sells a couple items, a lore tidbit, a shortcut with no cutback, a rotten egg, a bit of geo, or a grubworm (read: a bit of geo)
>>1/12 might be an actual somewhat useful merchant or upgrade
>>1/12 is the a critical upgrade
>>repeat this tedious slog for every single new key upgrade you find.
>So much fun! I just love modern metroidvania design!