Name one (1) flaw
I'll wait

>>712666860 (OP)
not good enough to get a sequel

It's boring

>>712666860 (OP)
>platformer
>indieshit
>"emotional experience"
>millenialcore

Backtracking

all environments look the same

>>712666860 (OP)
The early game is too railroaded
It has the best route variety in the genre, contender for the best non-linear+interconnected exploration in games as a whole. But that only starts after you get the mantis claws, during which its very railroaded and sometimes even unrewarding without unintended skips
Id propose the following solution
>Give a different, interesting reward to brooding mawlek, like a charm (the mask shard only becomes relevant a few hours in)
>the charm can be used to do things a little differently in some not-too-obvious way, maybe go to elder baldur early, or get some extra nice stuff
That could quite possibly spice up replays nicely

>>712666860 (OP)
>not enough niggers and trannies
>no pride mode
>zero online to groom children

>>712667350
>during which
before which*

>>712666860 (OP)
the knight walks too slowly

>>712666860 (OP)

>I'll wait

Hey, you said it.

>>712667049
>>platformer
Skill issue
>>indieshit
Better than a AAAA game
>>"emotional experience"
Wut? This is not Journey?
>>millenialcore
Games made for people old enough to tell if a game is shit are bad?

>>712666860 (OP)
bug girls aren't real

No low orbital ion cannon.

>>712667532
There’s a charm for that.

>>712667350
is that even really an issue when you get the mantis claws in like 15-20 minutes when you know where to go?
Besides, they need to railroad you at the start a little bit so normalfags don't get lost and drop the game instantly, but what am I saying? They somehow got lost in the crossroads and quit anyway.
>>712667532
>xhe didn't equip dashmaster
>xe didn't equip sprintmaster
>theyself didn't equip both at the same time
NGMI
>>712667695
Why do you think the surface is a desolate wasteland? You think bugs did that?

>>712666860 (OP)
corpse run

>>712667350
The "Rail Road" is effectively a tutorial.
Once it thinks you've got the hang of it, its mostly hands off.

too large and no indicators of whether you've found all the collectibles in a certain area/part of the world
too much backtracking

>>712666860 (OP)
The Pantheon of Hollowest is too high a hurtle to be gating a cinematic ending behind it.
To be clear, I've beaten it, but I remember how shitty it felt that I couldn't complete all the content that the game had to offer.

>>712667609
>Skill issue
it's 2025, we have three-dimensional moviment these days
>Better than a AAAA game
every single soishit "emotional experience" "game" is a indieshit, but not every indie is indieshit
>Wut? This is not Journey?
yet redditors love make a fool of themselves online stating that it makes them emotional. go figure
>Games made for people old enough to tell if a game is shit are bad?
millenials are subhuman animals that shouldn't even have the right to vote. I say this as a millenial. Pathetic generation.

>>712667829
>bro just equip (obscure shit) 40 hours into the game
You lost the argument

>>712667980
>>712667152
I'll never understand this take.
I've always enjoyed going back to an area that had previously been inaccessible after earning a new skill. The anticipation of what you'll find is half the fun. It's the gameplay loop that makes metroidvanias so good.

>>712668360
>dashmaster is on the way to mantis lords, 2 hours into the game
>sprintmaster is bought in the hub shop
I accept your concession, retard-kun.

>>712668275
>taking the opinions of redditors into consideration for your judgement

faggot.

>>712668554
Some people play an FPS and then get upset when they have to shoot people
Just ignore them, they'll Darwin themselves out of the genepool at some point

>>712666860 (OP)
Souls "story telling" syndrome.

>>712668554
This. The delayed gratification feels so damn good when the devs do it right.
The first time I encountered backtracking like this was in Spyro 2 and I've loved it ever since.

>>712668554
It is one of my favorite games, the backtracking made me forget what I was doing or what my objective was. I rarely play these type of games because of my memory and timing, but I look fondly back to this one.

>>712668554
I like backtracking but I gave up in HK at some point. Finally being able to reach an item for it just to be something you can sell while lots of items are stuck in the shop is ass.

>>712666860 (OP)
I wish that they told you that you can down slash the mushrooms to bounce on them, I got stuck in the Fungal Wastes the first time I played because I couldn't figure it out. Also Winged Nosk sucks. That's about it.

>>712666860 (OP)
>gay subplot
>shit environments arr rook same, exploration isn't satisfying
>padded with filler content
>no memorable music
>plot is basically dark souls
>combat isn't as fun as other metroidvanias

>>712666860 (OP)
Its so boring

>>712666860 (OP)
Nail recoil
Drip fed upgrades
Latest double jump ever
Bad forgettable soundtrack

Unironically too much content, by the end of it I was exhausted

Charm system is dogshit that should've never been introduced to this genre. It's overly restrictive and robs you of satisfaction of getting permanently stronger because you can only equip a tiny part of them.
Some locations are just incredibly dull and go on forever without anything interesting happening in any way.

>>712669198
Nowhere on the Steam page does the game describe itself as a metroidvania.
>inb4 muh user-defined tags

>>712671808
Nowhere on the Steam page does the game describe itself as a soulslike
>inb4 muh zanzibart

>>712671808
>user-defined tags
Yes.
Anything else to add?

>>712672072
My favourite user defined tag is "Psychological Horror"
It resulted in loads of furry and furry porn games being listed on Halloween sales

>>712671383
>Nail recoil
upslash, pogo and steady body
>Drip fed upgrades
yes, that's what a metroidvania is supposed to do
>Latest double jump ever
they were able to place more of an emphasis on fun movement abilities instead instead of overusing "lmao move vertically more than you could before"? splendid
>Bad forgettable soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6PuACnHkNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5_nMrARi-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35pUQDrKy5A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkD5Ceo8KAo

Pantheon of Hollownest is a great challenge but the Godhome Ending should have been behind Pantheon of the Knight instead.

>>712666860 (OP)
The wall jump feels bad.

>>712666860 (OP)
fairly weak structure
metroid does it better when entire zones are locked off behind an upgrade, from the varia suit to power bomb to some dumb door you need a specific laser to go through : they are presented to you early and they stick with you until you can get through
HK has this but in a very limited capacity, and it's not nearly as impactful
also if you have upgrades in your game you probably want to have the character model change over time to give a sense of progression
guess it could be a matter of preference

I have a feeling they cut a lot of shit before shipping it : some upgrades like diving in acid are extremely situational and underwhelming
>capthca

>>712675168
>I have a feeling they cut a lot of shit before shipping it : some upgrades like diving in acid are extremely situational and underwhelming
Isma's tear probably would have been used to swim in the lava in this cut area, which supposedly would've been similar in scale to the city of tears.

>>712676402
>I have a feeling they cut a lot of shit before shipping it : some upgrades like diving in acid are extremely situational and underwhelming
Isma's tear probably would have been used to swim in the lava in this cut area, which supposedly would've been similar in scale to the city of tears.