Thread 720157048

A lot of the design philosophy in this game feels like Dark Souls 1 vs 2. There seems to be a complete misunderstanding of what made the original HK, and the wrong aspects were amplified. Things like excessive platforming, everything doing 2 damage (including environment), 90% of the mask fragments being locked behind the last 20% of the game, and even egregious shit like putting a hard boss at the end of a platforming gauntlet, putting flying projectile enemies in platforming gauntlets, or the retarded bench traps

>>720157048 (OP)
skill issue

>>720157048 (OP)
mad cuz bad

>>720157048 (OP)
Sounds like you need an healthy dose of git gud, is the doctor in?

>>720157048 (OP)
The problem with DS2 was that they fucked the most basic shit like combat and movement, not that it was hard.

>>720157336
That was one of the problems. Another one is a complete misunderstanding of what made DS1 successful. The entire design philosophy of DS2 was hard because DS1 was le hard game.

>>720157048 (OP)
You sound retarded

>>720157048 (OP)
I refuse to believe anyone enjoys the entire game pausing when you parry.

>>720157048 (OP)
Git gud

>>720157458
>The entire design philosophy of DS2 was hard because DS1 was le hard game.
This is not true. This is only something we start seeing in the later games.
2 is still following the DeS-DaS1 design where paying close attention to the environment, exploiting weaknesses will give you the upper hand to overcome an interesting challenge, enemy, piece of level etc.
The hard thing was just a marketing thing they used to sell more copies, they started it after 1 released and used it for the DLC.

>>720157336
dark souls 2 was goty of whatever year

>>720157653
It feels good.

>>720157906
This is absolutely not true. DS2 is chock full of Sen's Fortress tier gotchas, the sequels don't. DS2 is chock full of dogshit areas (like Shrine of Amana) and gank squads. DS3 and ER actually had an understanding of intricate level design and difficulty through design rather than numbers/surprise alone.

>>720157653
i finished the game and can honestly say i didn't even notice that it did that. pretty sure this webm is edited as a matter of fact

I'm just happy the game is out and everyone got it out of their system and can move on to better games

>>720158339
>DS2 is chock full of Sen's Fortress tier gotchas
kek this
when I first played ER and explored the imp crypts, where every enemy is waiting behind a corner to get a drop on you, I got serious DS2 flashbacks.

>>720158468
You're coping

>>720158630
Catacombs are arguably the worst part of ER, and this is one of the main reasons. Another is also analogous to DS2: samey looking bland corridors with shitty texture.

>>720157048 (OP)
/v/ when they cant mash a button until the enemy dies

>>720157048 (OP)
>There seems to be a complete misunderstanding of what made the original HK, and the wrong aspects were amplified
Wrong. They very obviously knew exactly what made Hollow Knight good, but then deliberately fucked with those elements to mess with people. They took their experience designing a near-perfect video game and used it to design a near-perfect torture device for people who enjoyed that game, and that's fucking hilarious.

Angry because unskilled.

720158162
nobody asked for your selfies, trannoid

>>720157653
Why not? At least it serves a gameplay purpose of giving you a short time to think if you need to jump/dodge/parry incoming enemy attack chains.