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 Hollow Knight! It's an exploration and combat focused platformer made by tiny South Australian indie studio, Team Cherry. The art is wonderful, the score is evocative and well, I really loved playing it and thought it deserved more attention. So here we are!   It's about bugs! And exploring deep underground remnants of the long dead kingdom of said bugs.  There are mushrooms too!  This friendly moth watches you while you sleep! All these things and more are in the very good game, Hollow Knight. On PC (steam and gog) now and coming at an unspecified time later this year to Switch and *podcast voice* PS4~??? (the dev team is like 3 people, give 'em time) Oh! There's a trailer too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAO2urG23S4 Knorth fucked around with this message at 10:58 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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ground floor on this cute thread for a cute game
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Apr 12, 2017 10:56
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I want to get this game for my wife simply because she loves the animation, but she's not usually into action platformer games, and I hear this one can be pretty challenging.
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Apr 12, 2017 14:25
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It does get pretty challenging, I thought they did a good job of keeping the more difficult fights optional but it is still very much an action game. There are enough upgrades around that you don't have to be great at the combat to finish it (I'm certainly not great at it myself) but there definitely might be some frustrating parts to work through
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Apr 12, 2017 14:56
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I almost thought a thread for this didn't exist because it was 5 pages back. I'm surprised the thread isn't getting more attention, I absolutely love this game. Just the right level of challenging for me, tough but not too tough. I think I'm starting to wrap up, with 2 of the 3 Dreamers dead, and the achievements for all stations and all maps. Nonetheless, a friend who just started messaged me that he got into an area he didn't think he was supposed to and killed a boss. He sent me a screenshot. I have about 20 hours in and I have no idea what boss that is. It's amazing how big this game is.
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Apr 13, 2017 11:58
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marshmallow creep posted:I want to get this game for my wife simply because she loves the animation, but she's not usually into action platformer games, and I hear this one can be pretty challenging. The crit path wasn't too bad, I feel, but there were several optional bosses/zones that thoroughly owned me. If your wife wants to get the ~*good ending*~, she'd probably have to work for it.
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Apr 13, 2017 21:20
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guppy posted:I almost thought a thread for this didn't exist because it was 5 pages back. I'm surprised the thread isn't getting more attention, I absolutely love this game. Just the right level of challenging for me, tough but not too tough.
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Apr 14, 2017 01:30
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I really love this game. There is so much to explore. If you have any interest in metroidvania games, you should definitely get this!
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Apr 14, 2017 07:21
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Beat the game this morning. I'd have liked to do the good ending, but I don't want to deal with the nightmare bosses. Can you get to 1800+ Essence without it?
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Apr 14, 2017 13:59
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I keep hearing about this game, is it PC only?
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Apr 14, 2017 14:06
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Lakbay posted:I keep hearing about this game, is it PC only? Currently PC/Mac/Linux, a Switch version is announced but has no concrete release date. It sounds like the devs are exploring other console options but nothing's been announced.
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Apr 14, 2017 14:25
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guppy posted:Beat the game this morning. I'd have liked to do the good ending, but I don't want to deal with the nightmare bosses. Can you get to 1800+ Essence without it? You can skip one of them and still meet the essence requirement. Possibly two, if you're very thorough otherwise? You definitely need to kill at least one. Lakbay posted:I keep hearing about this game, is it PC only? There's a Switch port coming out at some point, but for now it's PC only, yeah.
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Apr 14, 2017 14:25
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Yeah, you only need to do one of the dream bosses to get up to 1800. I thought the knight would be the easiest but I've heard that certain charm loadouts can make the vessel a pretty simple fight, I think Defender's Crest of all things was meant to be useful for it
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Apr 14, 2017 21:14
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guppy posted:Beat the game this morning. I'd have liked to do the good ending, but I don't want to deal with the nightmare bosses. Can you get to 1800+ Essence without it? Honestly, if you cant deal with the nightmare bosses you are going to have one hell of a time with the alternate final boss. Its an entire different level of bullshit.
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Apr 14, 2017 21:33
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I'm only as far as just getting the cape that lets you dash, myself, but I adore the art and music. Definitely glad someone mentioned this in the chat/steam threads when I said I was looking for another metroid-like to play.
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Apr 14, 2017 23:42
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Just got the true ending for this game and I loved every minute of playing it. The world is massive and a ton of fun to explore. I loved stumbling into entirely new areas even late into the game. The art and music are also fantastic and I especially liked the designs for a lot of the NPCs and bosses.
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Apr 20, 2017 21:29
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One Hundred Monkeys posted:The crit path wasn't too bad, I feel, but there were several optional bosses/zones that thoroughly owned me. If your wife wants to get the ~*good ending*~, she'd probably have to work for it. The good ending requires some poo poo that feels like it came from I Wanna Be The Guy. Nothing else in the game is anywhere near as difficult as that one part. I don't think I could have done it without the badge that sort of gives you unlimited health. Nothing else in the game is anywhere near as tough though, although some of the other optional stuff is still pretty challenging. Not sure about the crit path since I played it completionist style and I'm not sure what the crit path even is. Great game though, I think it really pulled off the souls vibe without mimicking the art style or gameplay much. Knorth posted:Yeah, you only need to do one of the dream bosses to get up to 1800. I thought the knight would be the easiest but I've heard that certain charm loadouts can make the vessel a pretty simple fight, I think Defender's Crest of all things was meant to be useful for it I actually found the knight to be the hardest of the three. That said I did the other two late enough that I could brute force them to some extent. And of course the ~*true*~ final boss is significantly harder than any of them anyway. The Moon Monster fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Apr 20, 2017 |
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Apr 20, 2017 21:35
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The only thing I don't like about this game is that it feels really stingy with the benches at times. I'm sure it's taking that inspiration from Dark Souls, but it seems really unnecessary in this game. The worst so far was the bench before the Mantis Lords that doesn't unlock until after you beat them and no longer need it.
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Apr 20, 2017 21:41
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Darth Nat posted:The only thing I don't like about this game is that it feels really stingy with the benches at times. I'm sure it's taking that inspiration from Dark Souls, but it seems really unnecessary in this game. The worst so far was the bench before the Mantis Lords that doesn't unlock until after you beat them and no longer need it. I'm not sure I agree. One of my favourite things about the game is the way it makes you feel genuinely lost at times, and I think having lots of savepoints in convenient locations would undermine that feeling. Having to remember the path back to the shade definitely contributed to the sense of pressure I felt when navigating an unfamiliar area without a map.
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Apr 20, 2017 22:14
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Alright, I'm totally lost right now. if someone could point me in the right direction, it'd be appreciated: I got the super dash from the mines and I went and cleared Herrah in the deepnest, though I did not fully explore the area yet. I feel like there is clearly some upgrade that extends your jump slightly and one that lets you survive the hot water, judging from obstacles i've seen, but I have yet to locate either and unless one of them is in one of the parts of the deepnest I have yet to explore, I'm stumped. Also, is there anything that can be done with the midwife aside from talking to it a few times before it starts repeating dialogue? What was with the weaver den building? I couldn't find anything to do there and I feel like I missed something, I doubt it exists just for the rancid egg I found.
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Apr 22, 2017 18:11
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I am almost always lost in this game, so I've been looking at a map and just collecting stuff. Can I get both endings in one playthrough btw?
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Apr 22, 2017 18:17
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Obligatum VII posted:Alright, I'm totally lost right now. if someone could point me in the right direction, it'd be appreciated: As far as I know the Midwife won't do anything except say a bunch of stuff and then eventually try to eat you. You can't kill her, either, she'll just go hide. Similarly, nothing to do in the Weaver's Den. Supposedly Hornet is being added as a playable character down the road, and the theory is that these places might be more relevant then. There's definitely a double jump but I would expect you to have that already by the time you're in Deepnest. If not, it's in the Ancient Basin, I believe. There is an upgrade that should be accessible to you now for surviving the acid water. It's in Isma's Grove, which you can access from Royal Waterways now that you have the dash -- remember that place in the descent to the Ancient Basin with the broken elevator, where there's a spiky path with doors on each side that you can't get to from the main shaft there? You can boost across it from the sides. It's also possible to time the dash cancel to fall back down the main shaft without dying, but it's tricky and there's not an easy re-entry -- just useful if you're in the wrong place and want to get there fast. Sgt. Cosgrove posted:I am almost always lost in this game, so I've been looking at a map and just collecting stuff. Can I get both endings in one playthrough btw? Yes, you can just reload from the save point right before and go do whatever. No need for a replay.
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Apr 22, 2017 18:31
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guppy posted:As far as I know the Midwife won't do anything except say a bunch of stuff and then eventually try to eat you. You can't kill her, either, she'll just go hide. Similarly, nothing to do in the Weaver's Den. Supposedly Hornet is being added as a playable character down the road, and the theory is that these places might be more relevant then. Aha, I had not figured either of those locations as progress critical, got both upgrades. Thanks!
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Apr 23, 2017 02:33
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I'm nearing the endgame now, and I just want to say how much I love this game's music. Also that I wish I was better at fighting will wall grabbing The third arena fight is kicking my rear end at the part where it forces you to wall grab to avoid the ground spikes
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Apr 24, 2017 00:17
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Isn't the music just wonderful! I absolutely adore it too, very tempted to buy the OST That third trial is actually the devil, good luck with it! I've seen my brother and a nice youtube guy finish it but I don't think I've got it in me to actually do it myself. Those freaking 3-shot flying bugs...
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Apr 24, 2017 00:48
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Obligatum VII posted:I'm nearing the endgame now, and I just want to say how much I love this game's music. Also that I wish I was better at fighting will wall grabbing The third arena fight is kicking my rear end at the part where it forces you to wall grab to avoid the ground spikes Charge Slash is extremely useful and will kill the small fliers in one hit if you've fully upgraded the nail. Do use Nailmaster's Glory if you aren't already.
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Apr 24, 2017 06:00
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I've now finished Hollow Knight, and one of the things I enjoyed most was its dedication to screwing the player over. Like getting robbed, or the pit trap that wasn't there before, or the save point that doesn't save you because NOTHING WILL SAVE YOU and there are probably a dozen other things. Your typical Eternal Darknesses and Arkham Asylums and Undertales might be very clever-clever with their pretend shenanigans, but eventually they pull back the curtain and the player just congratulates the game for being a smart-rear end. Hollow Knight betrays the player for real, and they yell fuckword after fuckword at the screen, because the game isn't going to take it back. It's fantastic.
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Apr 24, 2017 12:12
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One Hundred Monkeys posted:Charge Slash is extremely useful and will kill the small fliers in one hit if you've fully upgraded the nail. Do use Nailmaster's Glory if you aren't already. Just found that actually, seems super useful. Can't say I expected to get it where I did though. I'm at 92% completion now and it just astounds me that this thread is so small. I am completely enthralled by this game. I just encountered something that I'm pretty sure has no reason to exist aside from being interesting/amusing: Wyrm pulls bugs into its thrall, ages pass and kingdoms fall, caps and shells may go to dust, but Mr. Mushroom readjusts. I may have butchered that somewhat.
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Apr 25, 2017 05:11
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This has got to be the biggest metroidvania map I've ever played. It's humongous and you can easily miss large areas with original assets and a lot of work put into them. It's like Dark Souls in that it's not afraid to let the player miss huge chunks of content. It's especially intimidating to walk across a breakable floor or a ledge you can't quite reach early on and wonder how the hell you'll ever remember to come back to it, especially since new areas don't have a map. The movement feels so good. It's everything I wished Ori had been. It felt like the White Palace was put in just to show off how great it is and they could have straight up made a Meat Boy instead of a Metroid with how precise it is.That goes for the combat, too. It's not perfect. It needed more stag stations for the backtracking and I feel like some of the bosses don't telegraph what they're about to do well enough, but this is easily one of my favorite games at the start of 2017, which is saying a lot. That said I can't see myself replaying it that often because, again, it's loving huge. Edit: Actually forget the praise I'm on the true last boss. gently caress this game. Maybe worst game ever made. Flubby fucked around with this message at 08:22 on Apr 25, 2017 |
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Apr 25, 2017 05:48
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Obligatum VII posted:Just found that actually, seems super useful. Can't say I expected to get it where I did though. Mr. Mushroom actually has a very big secret that leads to the special fourth ending
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Apr 25, 2017 16:35
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Obligatum VII posted:Just found that actually, seems super useful. Can't say I expected to get it where I did though. The location of the Nailsage's hideout is actually foreshadowed pretty cleverly. For one thing, Sly can immediately tell when you've learned a new Nail Art, just by looking at your stance. Flubby posted:Edit: Actually forget the praise I'm on the true last boss. gently caress this game. Maybe worst game ever made. Don't give up, skeleton!
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Apr 25, 2017 17:57
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Ok, I feel real dumb here, but where the heck does "a place of birth" refer to? beat the white palace, got the king soul charm, but I have no idea where to go with the drat thing. I thought maybe that door in the abyss, the one with the blue stone on a dais? But it isn't doing anything for me and I'm out of ideas
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Apr 26, 2017 03:48
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Try heading down from that door, to the ground floor, with the charm equipped
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Apr 26, 2017 03:53
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One Hundred Monkeys posted:Don't give up, skeleton! I gave up but my skeleton persisted. Joni's + fragile strength got me through it. Obligatum VII posted:Ok, I feel real dumb here, but where the heck does "a place of birth" refer to? Ok, what you need to do is transform the Kingsoul. That blue thing you found is unrelated. You can open that door by having like, 15 of the blue life points by equipping certain charms and getting to it without getting hit. As for the Kingsoul, that is also in the Abyss. Deep in the abyss there what looks like a large cracked orb. You'll be able to see your reflection in it. You need to hit that with your dream nail. This cracked orb is way down at the bottem and to the right I believe. You'll know your in the right area if you're killing those black souls. Flubby fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Apr 26, 2017 |
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Apr 26, 2017 03:57
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Knorth posted:Try heading down from that door, to the ground floor, with the charm equipped Well, that certainly was something! Geez, is there anything else I need to do now? Cause the game didn't dispense any more hints... Also, I'm missing 3 charms, the ones to the right of Baldur Shell, Lifeblood Heart, and Sharp Shadow respectively. Flubby posted:Ok, what you need to do is transform the Kingsoul. That blue thing you found is unrelated. You can open that door by having like, 15 of the blue life points by equipping certain charms and getting to it without getting hit. As for the Kingsoul, that is also in the Abyss. Deep in the abyss there what looks like a large cracked orb. You'll be able to see your reflection in it. You need to hit that with your dream nail. This cracked orb is way down at the bottem and to the right I believe. You'll know your in the right area if you're killing those black souls. Thanks for the tip on the door, would I be correct in guessing one of my missing charms is behind that thing?
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Apr 26, 2017 04:17
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Yep. Your other two missing charms are in a chamber just 'south' of the bench in the Waterways and in that big acidic lake in Greenpath 
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Apr 26, 2017 04:25
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Finally found this thread! I finished at about 75%, but apparently that 25% is like an entire extra game's worth of content based what I've been reading in here. I need to go back and try to find some of these areas, I never did much with the Dream Nail, I think I have about 700 essence.
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Apr 26, 2017 19:26
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I'm in the White Palace and I have to say that this is one of the most grueling and unfun areas I've encountered in a game. And it just goes on forever.
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Apr 27, 2017 03:58
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Aw I really liked that area. I mean, it was hard and took me awhile to get through but I enjoyed it. More than the arena at least Are you using a good charm set for healing after taking spike damage?
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I've been using the one that gives me the four additional blue pieces of health. I've read that I should be using one that regenerates health, but I'm unsure if I have it. It's just so frustrating because I keep getting really far, but the spikes just whittle me down over time and I die and have to start over. Also, some of the respawns when you hit the spikes/saws are really frustrating, especially when it doesn't put you back on the last platform you were standing on and you have to do a really tough section perfectly from the very beginning.
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