Is it actually as amazing as people say or is it just a good

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>>380782191
From box art to gameplay it is a breath of fresh fucking air in a world polluted with nigger protagonists in triple A games and your average Greenlight Steam garbage.

>>380782191
i just bought it on indiebox
$30 isn't shit, so just grab it

>>380782191
It's okay

Not enough porn too be honest

It's in the middle of the two things you said.

>>380782191
It's a meme game, shilled way too much on /v/.

>>380782991
>$30
Anon...

>>380782191

Nu-male tumblr bait with repetitive gameplay and a boring world.

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The latter. It's mechanically uninteresting and mediocre in some other ways as well. What it is is an exceptionally well executed and content rich Metroidvania with a unique setting. Very good game, but not GOAT. I'm thinking of moving it down a tier.

>>380782191
It's a pretty good value for the price. Anything outside of that really depends heavily on who you're asking. I think it's fun.

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>>380783656
This it's complete nu-male shit that rips off Dark Souls' tone and mixed it with tumblr tier artstyle.

>>380782191
the game is utter shit, do not trust the shills.

>>380782191
Good art.
Good atmosphere.
Good platforming.
Good music.
Large, well made map.

Decent combat.

Poor RPG elements.

Much, much more fun with a regenerating health cheat. Exploring the world and seeing the sights is a great experience.

>>380782191
Absolutely massive world, beautifully hand drawn art, secrets everywhere, every character is likable, you're left to go wherever you want, solid gameplay. One of my personal favorite metrovanias, right after SOTN. And it's only $15. Grand slam deal right there.

>>380783902
This chart become more stupid the more I see it.

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I'm enjoying the shit out if it.

>>380783487
it's the physical collector's edition.

>>380783656
>Nu-male
just put a fucking ice-pick in your temple please

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Expansion when?

>>380783902
His stupid as fuck chart aside, his opinions are correct. The game is SLOW and combat is simple as fuck. The game doesn't reward you for being creative, but it has a pleasing style to it. I dropped it about halfway in because it was so fucking slow.

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>>380784954
>absolutely massive world
Only because it takes so long to traverse. It's not THAT big. Movement is just slow and backtracking takes awhile due to infrequent travel points.

>>380785821
Free DLC in July apparently

It's pretty good yeah, not the next messiah of video gaming but pretty good.
Which is great considering it's the most overused genre of vidya.

>>380782191
It's a good game that for the most part succeeds at everything it sets out do

I personally found it a bit too slow (particularly during the beginning) and felt like the gameplay kind of stopped evolving once I had dash&walljump (which happens pretty early), none of the abilities afterwards felt very gamechanging

It's a good game, play it, don't be concerned with what /v/ says

its a great and awesome game but somehow it washes all inbetween its a great game to play but certainly does not have much to talk about

i love the people who made this game and baffled that it isnt mentioned during more kickstarter threads when its clearly one of the best kickstarter games to come out

>>380786345
That's pretty fucking big anon.

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>>380785709
He's right though.
Game is fucking straight up garbage.


Thank fuck I played Marrow right after it which turned out to be one of the best metroidvania games of all time, with the added bonus that casuals got completely locked out of enjoying this masterpiece.

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>>380785709

Big words coming from a guy that looks like this.

>>380786746
It really isn't if you take it to scale. The top middle shows the starting town, which isn't very large. It's one of the larger "rooms" on the map. If this was metroid, that would be a huge map because of what each "square" would represent. Don't get me wrong, it's not a tiny map, but the game isn't a very long one.

Imo it is quiet a good game, definitely worth a shot considering it is rather cheap. Don't worry , there will be la mulana shitposter in a second that will tell you that everything besides it is shit tier

>>380786786
>casuals got completely locked out of enjoying this masterpiece.
Waddyamean

>>380787053
He's already here Anon.

>>380786786
>odallus and ori
>metroidvanias
good to know your opinions are invalid

>>380787069
Marrow, the game that nobody really gives a fuck about, is supposedly really, really difficult.

>>380787053
>Don't worry , there will be la mulana shitposter in a second that will tell you that everything besides it is shit tier

He moved onto Marrow now, get with the times.

>>380786786
WELL AND TRULY POTTERY

Loved this game.

A few times I got very frustrated (there are some BS elements) but I couldn't NOT finish it.

I have to say, backtracking is a chore, though. I also don't see why a compass requires a slot.

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>Hollow cuck - "I l-l-like the art style though, I d-didn't want any detail or well drawn c-creatures in the game e-even though insects are p-p-perfect to draw detailed and beautiful art for"

>>380787069
Marrow is extremely difficult. You have to be genuinely good at video games if you want to make it through the game. As far as I can tell, I'm one of the few, or maybe even only person to beat it. Certainly to 100% it.

I've had a bunch of hollow faggots from these generals try to beat it to rub it in my face but alas, non of these shitters can even make it through the first areas.
One faggot even streamed it and could barely make any progress even when I'm holding his hand by telling him exactly what to do.

>>380782191
>a good game blown out of proportion

I feel like people give it much more shit than it deserves, actually. In particular, there's one ACK-tier autist that roams these threads being extra-retarded about it.

Which is better, this or Ori?

>>380787143
So we are locked out of normal thread as always
>>380787335
>marrow
checked it out on steam it literally have 6 reviews after 1 year after release. Is it meme shit or what?
>>380787514
It depends what you want. Ori is more focused on exploring while hollow have combat more often. If you like one of these you will probably like both

>>380787440
Do you make these threads so you can shitpost in them or do you just happen to be around everytime one is made?

>>380787514
They both have their own strengths. In short, Hollow Knight is a better metroidvania, while Ori is a better platformer.

>>380786786

>Axiom Verge in Great
>Rabi-Ribi in Mediocre

Jesus fuck this list is shit. Axiom Verge is like 90% Metroid nostalgia. Straight up if you swapped the MC with Samus and removed all the dialogue, it would play exactly like a Metroid fangame. It's really overrated as fuck on /v/.

>>380787751
I'll agree with that. Couldn't keep my attention at all. I plan on giving it another shot at some point, but I just found it super forgettable.

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>>380787663
I just happen across them. I'm sure I miss out on a lot of them.

>>380787648
>checked it out on steam it literally have 6 reviews after 1 year after release.
It got greenlit by a bunch of people who loved the art style and atmosphere, but those same people apparently couldn't deal with the difficulty, so that's why if you read the reviews they're like "I love the games aesthetic, music and blah blah blah but it's too hard for me"

>>380787751
Axiom Verge is great, and you must be retarded if you think /v/ likes the game, almost everybody on here shits on it, and they have done ever since it came out (I should know, I used to make the threads shitting on it while I was playing through it :^) )

I don't give a fuck how similar it is too the metroid games, it's one of the only 'metroid' games that I like. The actual metroid games are fucking awful. The only one I could be bothered finishing was Fusion, the others couldn't hold my attention at all.

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>>380787751
>Overrated on /v/
And here i am thinking im the only person here who likes it, ive only ever seen it get shit on

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>>380782191
Really solid game, just got the true ending a couple hours ago. Combat is pretty simple but is still challenging enough, especially a handful of certain boss fights and platforming segments. Movement options bring nothing new to the table and movement is really slow without them, but it's still fun to zip around with them by the end of the game so it's about average in this department. Charms add a little depth to the game and encouraged me to take a few different routes on certain bosses, like going for a damage race or a spellcaster build, or just forgoing focus to max my HP since I had no time to heal. Soundtrack is good, very atmospheric. Speaking of which, despite the abundance of friendly NPCs, this game is unnerving as all fuck. I don't think I've ever been as uneasy as I was mistakenly wandering into Deepnest with 2000+ geo and clinging to life while avoiding surprise spike pits and zombie bugs. Definitely nails the unnerving part of Metroidvanias for sure.

If there's one gripe I have with the game, it's that it has some performance issues and a lot of loading screens between map sections. Granted I'm playing on my old toaster instead of my desktop, but things like taking a hit cause the game the slow massively for about a second. Fast travel stations are also few and far between, meaning you'll spend a lot of time just walking places, which eats up a lot of time with the naturally slow movement. Still a very good game though, I'm glad I bought it.

>here you go bro it's the only flower of its kind left now go to the other side of the map with it
>btw if you get hurt it's gone forever
>btw the game autosaves when you break it you can't even savescum

>>380788390
Jesus fucking christ you couldn't be less likable, could you?

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I told you faggots, music is incredibly important to me. I'd have enjoyed your shitty hollow knight game more if it had music that made me stop in an area purely to enjoy a track.

Axiom Verge has some incredibly good music that I still listen to even now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh5UH_7OUZE

Vital Tide being the absolute best of the bunch. That part from 2:43 onwards is just sheer bliss to my ears.

Let this be a lesson to you faggot devs, don't cut corners with your music, it elevates the atmosphere to whole new levels, it makes certain parts of the game memorable, it's just straight up integral to creating the best games possible.

>Mfw listening to incredible music on my red hot audio system.

What a shame that hollow shit only has mediocre noise.

>>380789060
Aww I'm hurt by your words.

>>380788958
>btw if you get hurt it's gone forever

No, it's not, just go back to the Mourner and you can get as many flowers as it takes. You can even give it to the Elderbug for some extra dialogue.

>>380787440
That's not a random midboss though, that's the last midboss you fight in the game if I recall correctly. Don't know why you'd even do that when you could've just as well made your point with Chi You or something like that.

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So I got the dream nail and I've been wondering
have you guys been absorving the passive ghosts for 1 essence?
Some of them seem so happy to be around and it feels like I'm making the world less alive by taking them out

>>380783656
>Nu-male tumblr bait
What did he mean by this?

>>380782191
Its the most fun I've had with a game for a long time, but its only like 40 hours long with a lot of backtracking.

>>380791093
Whoops I just remembered Beelzebub, but still.

>>380788958
It is not really that hard, there are only few mobs on the way and only one bullshit jump with thorns

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>>380791093
Beelzebub is surely the last midboss, no?
It's been a while since I've played but I'm quite certain of that.

The point is, I could have chose any midboss, which is why I said "Random midboss".

Anyone knows how to make it work with the wiiu gamecube controller adapter? I do get some response out of it but I can't configure any buttons.

>>380791149
I did the first time, but you don't need to if you want to get all the essence you need

>>380791149
Is it every explained if they're ghosts or not? I always interpreted them as residual memories.

>>380782191
>Is it actually as amazing as people say or is it just a good game blown out of proportion?
it's amazing but dark souls tier. only patient gamers can enjoy it. i am a filthy casual and it was a torture for me. i finished it but swore to never play again.

>>380782191
Combat is boring. Some bosses are ok. Art style IMO is interesting at first glance, but wow effect is quickly diminished.

>>380782191
It's the darksouls of megalovanias.

>>380791279
>metroidvania
>-only- 40 hours
what

>>380791914
I didn't want it to be over

>>380786345
That's look huge, man.

>>380791574
>>380791614
Does essence cap out at a certain point?
All the ones from the glade seem to be so at peace, while many others don't even realize they're dead
And other ones are really sad like Marissa that make me feel like she shouls sing one last time before moving on

I'm really thorn about what to do

>>380787440
That boss is fucking annoying

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>>380789190
>trailsfag thinking his criticism matters

>>380792006
You need like 2400 essence to fulfill the Seer's requests and there's 2600+ collectible essence in the game- there's no real reason to collect them, even for a 100% game.

>lost all my geos in the mine AND had to do the laser beam boss

i don't use trainers often but fuck that part and the city of tears holy fuck

>>380792006
1800 essence is what you need to get everything gameplaywise, 2400 gets you some extra lore. I think killing all the ghosts in the game gets you around 500 essence but you can get all you need from essence trees and dream bosses.

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>>380792092
>Literal who thinking my opinion doesn't matter
Sasuga hollow cuck.

just don't try to play it on a keyboard

trust me, just don't

>>380792394
?
I played it with keyboard, was perfectly fine.

It's the best metroidvania i've played since La Mulana. In terms of gameplay, it's a lot more interesting than Ori and the blind forest.
Boss fights are challenging and rewarding, exploration is nice, characters and their dialogues well written. I'm quite close to the finish myself and it's definitely an amazing game. If you like Metroidvanias, it's a no-brainer.

>>380791614
At least from the bosses, I get the impression it's a ghost which is reliving a moment from that bug's past. It's like they're living a lie. I always put them down.

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Fun and decent game for cheap. Looks and sounds great for an indie title with none of that pixel art shit. The only game I've played so far that captures what made exploring the good Souls game fun.

Definitely a better investment than that Bloodstained shit.

>>380792394
I played it just fine on the keyboard.

Maybe you need to get good?

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Its pretty fun, some of the boss fights are really repetitive and some people labeled them as "Super Intensive or rewarding" before I started playing them so I was pretty bummed when they werent that hard (Mantis Lords mostly). But the game's atmosphere is nice and I enjoy exploring the world, and it was only 15 bucks so its fun to try and Boss Rush.

Shame I didn't get into it when /v/ was talking about it, I missed out on all the cute bug pics.

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>>380792769
Imagine having taste this bad.

>Boss fights are challenging and rewarding
False. Boss fights are piss easy to the point that you'll have no issues defeating them the first time you ever see them.

>exploration is nice
Wrong. Exploring in this empty as fuck world gives you nothing but filler trash that you'll never use.
>Oh look, here's another useless crest, glad I went out of my way to find this.

>characters and their dialogues well written
Spoken like a true cuck. Probably thought undertale was well written too. Each character has a few lines of dialogue throughout the game. There's nothing unique or interesting about them.
Their flash tier art only adds to how dull and 1 dimensional they are.

How does it compare to Ori and the Blind Forest?

Memes aside, Marrow looks like it controls a lot like La Mulana, can anyone confirm?

>>380791149
i basically sent them to other world for their piece. singer bug was happy to sing again but i don't want to see her trapped in this world.

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>>380792369
not this guy but
>shitposter thinks he stand higher on the chain than literal who

>>380793432
ori is a platformer, this is combat heavy

>>380793408
youre trying a little too hard there atleast make it look believable

>>380793408
not everyone can be as hardcore as you.
you sound like you just wanted to dislike the game from the start. have you tried enjoying your hobby open-minded with no bias before playing?

Also, name a good metroidvania then.

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>>380793579
I wish I could set Myla free

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>>380793527
It does but you get a bit more control in mid air.
They control very similarly though.

>>380793697
>Implying I'm not the alpha no matter where I go
Come on now.

>>380793824
Marrow.

It's pretty enjoyable. Don't pay attention to what people think. I can't understand people that enjoy the game less just because "other people hyped it up too much"

I played for about 30 minutes and found it very boring. Might give another try someday

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>>380784353
Do you even know what Tumblr artstyle is?

Fucking hell I hate you people. I hate you so much. At least Tumblr has the good fucking graces not to come to the same fucking site as me, but you politicized reddit fucks have to ruin everything. Fuck you, and fuck your dad for not jerking off that morning and shooting you into a tissue instead of your whore mother.

>>380793432
Ori has more movement options and a more beautiful world and OST, but Hollow Knight has MUCH better combat, actual boss fights, a bigger world, and more lore/story and what have you. Despite Ori being more platform-oriented, Hollow Knight still has a really good (debatably better) platforming sequence in the White Palace, but it's an entirely optional area that takes a bit of work to unlock.

>>380793432
>>380794251
Ori is not a metroidvania. It is a platformer only.

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>>380793250
post bugs

>>380786786
>>380783902
I've played and beaten nearly every game on this list. It always bewilders me how La-Mulana gets universal praise especially since the game takes hundreds of hours of backtracking and nearly requires a guide for some of the more cryptic bullshit (ie the red ankh in the endless cooridor is inside a shop that's disguised as an enemy spawner)

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>>380794247
NO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK A TUMBLR ARTSTYLE IS

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>>380794251
>Despite Ori being more platform-oriented, Hollow Knight still has a really good (debatably better) platforming sequence in the White Palace
Imagine being so far gone that you actually think this?
I didn't even finish Ori because I got triggered hard due to a permanent missable, but the escape sections from the trees were much more fun than the boring as fuck piss easy meat boy rip off section that is the white palace.

>>380794247
Anything with a unique style nowadays is considered tumblr.

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>>380795165

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>>380793961
>Marrow

Doesn't look to bad, but it sure does make you seem like you're trying your hardest to be an obscure hipster that is only able to appreciate things no one has ever heard of.
I'm glad I'm not like that and can just enjoy whatever. Even Undertale

>>380795454
They don't have noses or mouths- what are you basing your argument on.

>>380794247
>At least Tumblr has the good fucking graces not to come to the same fucking site as me

Then how the fuck do you explain yourself then, you shameful Tumblrite subhuman

>>380795454
But that's the CalArts style, right? That's a completely different kind of cancer.

Its my GOTY because I dont have a Switch to play botw
9/10 game

+ atmopshere
+ it looks wonderful
+ tight and fluid controls

- level desing is a bit bland

>>380786786

where the fuck is shadow complex

>>380782191
It's really good, one of the best metroidvanias easily. It DOES start off slow, but once you get proper mobility skills, it is a delight to control and fight.

Only problems for me was the artstyle that I'm not a big fan of and the backtracking you have to do to reach areas that you couldn't explore before because you lacked the mobiltiy upgrades.

Other than that it gets mostly everything right, the bosses, the exploration, the combat, the light customisation that gives you some room to play as you like but conserves basic combat mechanics in order to provide a good challenge, unlike many other metroidvanias.

Just fucking play it.

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>>380795682
My top game is La-Mulana, a game /v/ raved about, a game that /v/ still raves about, a game that I probably never would have played if it weren't for /v/ raving about it.

As somebody who is clearly blessed with being too good at video games, I have to wade through piles upon piles of piss easy games that require no thought and no skill. Without difficulty, these games are mind numbingly boring.
There wasn't a single moment in HK where I got stuck. Not one.
There wasn't a single music track in the game that was to my liking.
They go for comic relief juvenile as fuck bosses over serious and intimidating ones.

>I enjoy everything
Well I don't. If something is shit then it's shit. I'm not going to convince myself otherwise.
HK has too many faults.

It's easily among one of the better metroidvanias to come out in quite a while. I nearly 100% on a pirated game, then decided to throw 15 bucks at the devs in hopes of them making more shit like this.

>>380796742
>top game is La-Mulana

Damn, can't really hate you now. Agree to disagree I suppose. I kinda understand you though, after having played La Mulana, you get really jaded and other Metroidvanias can't really surprise you anymore. I still appreciate them, since each one has a slightly different approach and a new world to explore.

>>380795872
Not that anon, but I can see what he's getting at. It might be because they have "super simplistic artstyles", which personally I don't see what the big fuss is all about.

>>380793867
myla wasn't infected right? she was just digging.

>>380798525
Hit her with the dream nail, shes pretty far gone.

>>380798916
i thought infected bugs have that yellow light in their eyes.

>>380782191
It's great, and while the environments are a bit heavy on use of the same assets, where it really stands out, especially from other indie metroidvanias, is in enemy variety. Every area has unique enemies, and in the arena which has upgraded versions of earlier enemies, they aren't just palette swaps, but altered designs that look tougher as well. Compare that to Rabi-Ribi which has a whole bunch of boss fights but only some 30 standard enemies throughout the whole game, most of which are just variations of the PRPR bunnies.

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>>380796742
It's true that Hollow Knight is a cakewalk but is that so bad? I found that the environments and the characters were pretty charming, that was enough motivation for me to get all the endings.
>Without difficulty, these games are mind numbingly boring.
That's a reasonable mindset, myself I fucking hate taking a walk in the park because it's so fucking easy.

>There wasn't a single moment in HK where I got stuck. Not one.
Is that supposed to be something you're proud about? Holy kek nobody got stuck in this game except for 8-year-olds.

>They go for comic relief juvenile as fuck bosses over serious and intimidating ones.
The worm and the spider midbosses were kinda threatening tho.

It's true that it doesn't hold a candle to La-Mulana, we all know and you don't need to be so fucking autistic about it,
The music has good pieces, especially the boss fights. The environment ones (the ones you hear for most of the game) are mostly inferior to La-Mulana though.

>>380786974
But Hollow Knight takes far longer to complete than Super Metroid.

>>380791279
>40 hours
You're pretty damn slow, anon.

I got bored of the combat and exploring 3 hours in. Having to randomly find a map guy is fucking dumb. Every other one of these games fills out a map as you go. If you want to make it "hardcore" the actual alternative is let me do it ala Etrian Odyssey

The combat just caps out after double jump which also doesn't add that much.

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>>380800363
>It's true that Hollow Knight is a cakewalk but is that so bad?
Yes.
They could have remedied this by putting in some option hard as fuck areas and bosses, but those lazy cunts didn't, so it gets marked down for being piss easy.

>I found that the environments and the characters were pretty charming, that was enough motivation for me to get all the endings.
I can play games like Marrow which have interesting areas without sacrificing difficulty though.

>myself I fucking hate taking a walk in the park because it's so fucking easy.
Spicy.

>Holy kek nobody got stuck in this game except for 8-year-olds.
Oh really now? All I hear you casuals talking about when I come into these threads are people getting stuck in various piss easy locations or on various piss easy bosses.
Why this very thread is rife with that shit too.

>The worm and the spider midbosses were kinda threatening tho.
Sitting here trying to recall which bosses you're talking about and yet absolutely nothing is coming to mind. Which worm? Which spider?
It's already a bad sign if I can't even remember what the fuck they are, I highly doubt they'll have been threatening.

>It's true that it doesn't hold a candle to La-Mulana
It doesn't hold a candle to the majority of metroidvanias either.

>The music has good pieces
Nope, it really doesn't.

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>>380795521
>boring as fuck
>piss easy

The escape sequences are EASIER than White Palace you meme-spewing cock-slurper, I probably spent more time in White Palace than all of Ori's escape sequences combined. Ori's a very enjoyable game but if you're going to criticize HK for being too easy at least be consistent and apply the same metric to Ori, because that game's a fucking cake-walk.

>>380788958
>oh wait i happen to have this other one of a kind flower. Now dont mess it up again.

I hope it goes on sale for the Steam sale next week. It probably will since it got a discount on GOG. Just gonna buy it no matter the discount, honestly $15 seems cheap enough.

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>>380801904
What can I say, I'm willing to make exceptions when things are just outright done better.

The 2-3 escape sequences that I did in Ori before I dropped the game were all done in one try, 0 deaths, so yes they're easy, but at least it didn't look and feel like I was playing an easier version of Meat Boy like with the White Palace.

>I probably spent more time in White Palace than all of Ori's escape sequences combined.
Sounds like you have a serious case of being a shitter then because that was some baby tier platforming.

>>380782191
Hipster trash with a terrible newground flash jizz artstyle

When I got to the White Palace I was expecting some insane, SMB Cotton-Alley Dark World level platforming, but it was really fairly easy, considering how much it was hyped as some end-game tier hardcore platforming stage.

Why does this game keep getting compared to Souls? I honestly usually consider that a negative for most games. Is it just because it's hard or there's some sort of "return to body" mechanic? Those aren't the parts I mind.

>>380786786
>Rabi Ribi
>Mediocre
(You)'re right

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>>380787440
>As far as I can tell, I'm one of the few, or maybe even only person to beat it. Certainly to 100% it.
Is this you then?

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Not worth its own thread. While I wait for a Hollow Knight sale, is this worth playing? It seems kind of ugly to me, but I'll still play it if the gameplay is alright.

>>380803730
Yes, we already know that's him.

>>380803891
It's pretty fun, yeah. Post game content is more trouble than it's worth though.

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>>380803730
That's me alright
>Filename
>He doesn't know

I've posted my steam shit here plenty of times and the asshurt image some guy made from my previous posts even says "aka MaZe" on it.

>>380782191
How about you fucking play the game instead of letting the opinions other people ruin your experience?

PLAY
THE
GAME

>>380802330
what fucking newgrounds games have you been playing?

>>380804013
Well people in the Steam forums for it are saying it's better than Axiom Verge and I loved that one. They're outright saying Axiom Verge is shit though so maybe they like ESA for shitty reasons or something. I'll try it myself, already in my library.

>>380804048
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO

>>380804028
Didn't recognize you. I have to say checking out Marrow it looks pretty neat might actually pick it up instead of Hollow Knight

>>380804149
Not that guy, but it's the thick outlines that usually create the "Newgrounds" look, like a flash game. I personally think it looks pretty good, though.

>>380804393
Congrats, you fell for a shill.

>>380804393
Be wary. I haven't played HK or Marrow, but I've been lurking these threads and this dude spams it every time. It might also be a good game, but look into both games yourself, don't base them off this retard.

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>>380782191
>Is it actually as amazing as people say

It's up there. Biggest flaw is a lack of good bosses, but even so I think the general exploration and environments make up for that.

Looking forward to the DLC.

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>>380804393
Go for it, just know that it is legitimately hard. I mean if I had some trouble with it then you know you're dealing with some high level difficult shit.
Just giving you fair warning so you don't get it then get stuck and feel robbed or something.

Then again you could always ask me for help if you want.

>>380804447
lel I would be a terrible shill, I've turned more people off from the game than otherwise probably.
Also holy shit, hollow knight is well known for being shilled out the ass, stop crying you pitiful cunt.

threadly reminder to not reply to MaZe, he's basically a pseudo-tripfag and a newfag
reminder that "don't feed the troll" exists because of reasons

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>>380805913
The absolute state of hollow cucks lmao.
Could you be seething any more?

>>380806530
>reply with an image
>didn't bump the thread
so, you are the OP?
fucking kek, samefaggot

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>>380806872
If only there was a way to post without bumping on this site.

Also shame on you, you should know OP can bump his own thread after a certain time has passed.

Bump.

>>380807186
>sage
>working with images
yeah, no

>>380799756
She has that if you go back later, and even later she turns into an enemy that attacks you

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>>380807359
>Get outted as the newfag you are
>Still try to damage control

Imagine being this underage kek.

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>>380795652
Animation is hard

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>>380808331
Hopefully she's not overly thick. Can't really tell from that.

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>>380801782
>They could have remedied this by putting in some option hard as fuck areas and bosses, but those lazy cunts didn't, so it gets marked down for being piss easy.
So you beat the Colosseum and all the optional bosses in one try? That's pretty impressive, but most people didn't.
The game was supposed to be a cute stroll through the underground with a few dark moments. Did the developpers say they wanted to make a game that is hard as balls? If not, then it's not laziness.

>I can play games like Marrow which have interesting areas without sacrificing difficulty though.
Looks like a game with decent horror and decent music, too bad it looks terrible and runs like shit.

>>myself I fucking hate taking a walk in the park because it's so fucking easy.
>Spicy.
More seriously, if you only find fun in challenging games, that's your problem. Maybe open yourself to other forms of enjoyment in games?
I see you post images from Trails in the Sky, which is a good game even though it is lacking in the gameplay department, because it has good characters, good locations and good story.
Also try OFF? the gameplay is a slog but the atmosphere is top notch, making it a worthwile experience.

>All I hear you casuals talking about when I come into these threads are people getting stuck in various piss easy locations or on various piss easy bosses. Why this very thread is rife with that shit too.
No, that is a lie.

>Sitting here trying to recall which bosses you're talking about and yet absolutely nothing is coming to mind. Which worm? Which spider?
>It's already a bad sign if I can't even remember what the fuck they are, I highly doubt they'll have been threatening.
I remember them distinctly, the worm constantly spits out leech enemies that make weird noises, and the spider one is the only boss in the deepnest.

>>The music has good pieces
>Nope, it really doesn't.
The Hornet theme was great, the Mantis Lords too. I bet I could find more by looking through the OST.

>>380800517
Because the movement is slow as dicks. Super Metroid you can move really fucking fast.

I recommend people looking for another Metroid-esque game to play Environmental Station Alpha.

>>380804329
ESA tries to be its own game with inspirations whereas Axiom Verge tries to emulate Metroid. ESA is the better game, but both are worth playing. Post-game content is tedious, use a guide to save yourself the hassle unless you really like writing shit down.

>>380782191
Good , but not great

Falls into too many dark souls and metroidvania memes including endless backtracking, moronic level design and having to get to boss again after a death often over a bullshit amount of screens.
Combat is great, but its biggest flaw is map design and insane size, i recommend using a walk through if you dont know where to go, its easy to miss an important passage or forget about it after 5 hours and the map is huuuuuug. Sometimes you might even know where you shoudl go but will forget where the exact path was and you will waste 30 min checking different dead end paths.

>>380804048
Yeah, why would anyone try and talk about video games on a video game board? Or even try and find out about something before they purchase it.

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>>380809335
>So you beat the Colosseum and all the optional bosses in one try?
I died a grand total of like 3 times in my blind playthrough of the game.
Once to the dream knight fight and two times to randomly falling on spikes while exploring, since I'm thorough.

>The game was supposed to be a cute stroll through the underground with a few dark moments.
Sucks then, it fails at that.
Something like Yume Nikki does cute strolling with some dark moments much better.

>Did the developpers say they wanted to make a game that is hard as balls?
Doesn't matter what they say, all of the top tier metroidvania's have optional difficult fights that far surpass any of the regular story mode areas and bosses.
HK failed to deliver on that front.

>Looks like a game with decent horror and decent music, too bad it looks terrible and runs like shit.
It runs just fine though. There literally hasn't been a single complaint about it running badly. Meanwhile HK has been known to be a stuttering piece of shit since release.
The music is also far superior. It is atmospheric and memorable. There's at least 5 tracks in the game that I listen to semi-regularly, a few of which aren't uploaded to youtube.

>More seriously, if you only find fun in challenging games, that's your problem.
Challenge is in no way optional. It is integral. If you're going to want to breeze through a game without any challenge then you might as well just watch somebody else play it.
Every game doesn't have to push you to your limit, but they do need to not be so easy that they become boring.

>Maybe open yourself to other forms of enjoyment in games?
If I wanted to do that, then I'd be reading VN's. Playing a metroidvania with no difficulty is wasted potential.

>I see you post images from Trails in the Sky, which is a good game even though it is lacking in the gameplay department, because it has good characters, good locations and good story.
TiTS on the mode I played was legitimately harder than HK.

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>>380812137
>>380809335


>Also try OFF? the gameplay is a slog but the atmosphere is top notch, making it a worthwile experience.
Been in my backlog for a while now.

>No, that is a lie.
It isn't.

>I remember them distinctly, the worm constantly spits out leech enemies that make weird noises, and the spider one is the only boss in the deepnest.
Still not remembering any worm or spider. Your description of the worm sounds like that maggot cocoon thing down in the sewer and if that is what you're talking about then I beat that boss handily to the point that I was wondering what the fuck the point of it was since it didn't even do anything threatening. Just spat out 2 flying maggot things every so often and that's all.

>The Hornet theme was great, the Mantis Lords too. I bet I could find more by looking through the OST.
Don't care for them. They're as generic sounding as it comes.

>163 posts
>75 posters

everytime lmao

>>380812473
im just here for the bug porn

i found it really unexciting tbqh
i dont know why

>>380788390

axiom verge had a great intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_7w6L3W9Y&list=PL-Yui9mwYMtma3WGCfpz93aeRRSZ9ydtK

love this shit, but the game was just so short
guy should make another one

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>>380788958
>actually falling for the Mourner's exaggeration
haha, retard

>>380793408
imagine being such a contrarian that you have to be reaching this hard

>>380812473
Barely over 2 posts per person. Do you think you're only allowed to post once per thread or something? Don't bother replying because you've already hit your limit.

>>380786786
>Momodora on great
>Cave Story on good
Jesus fucking christ this list is hot garbage

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I've just made a brew lads, let's keep the ball rolling.

>>380813227
The soundtrack and aesthetics were just so on point in Axiom Verge.
I wouldn't mind another game by that guy either. I was somewhat disappointed you couldn't fight any of the Rusalka, maybe have it so you're fighting those intimidating as fuck fuckers next game?

>>380813781
Imagine being such a little bitch that you can't refute my points and yet still cry about my post this hard.

>>380814183
Both exactly where they belong.
Cry more you little faggot.
I guarantee I'm better at Cave Story than you too lmao

>>380814778
>That fucking anatomy

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>>380804393
it has some good shit on it, from what i can tell there aren't any monster description besides a couple given by the creator like this:
>"The surface was solid but suspect, not unlike ice near the end of winter, with the familiar crunch and crackle of the pieces jutting out of the ground. Odd reflective pools of muddy liquid dotted the area, pools which moved and writhed and sloshed unnaturally in the damp cave. Peering into the puddles for too long might give the vague suggestion of an almost human form slurping and tossing inside the sludge. Soon after one might see the bright pinpoints denoting eyes, and a face wrought in agony."

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>>380815241
Oh shit wait what, where are you getting that info?
I want to go through and read some shit about all the horrors in the game.
I know all of their names and shit, because they appear in the 100% ending, but no actual description like you've just gave.

That's interesting as fuck.

I get the impression LaMulana fags start these threads so they can have an excuse to shitpost about Hollow Knight.

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>>380815748
https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=57659.0

he also keeps some pretty cool explanations for some monsters as well
>"Accursed, detestable Frederic! Fierce, brilliant Frederic. What would they say of me now? Mournful Frederic? Poor Frederic? Dead Frederic. Tucked motionless and alone inside this chamber, the walls adorned with the faceless cousins and brothers and sisters whose names I can't be bothered to recall. I can feel my life slipping, I can see my body; broken, crusty, disfigured. This death feels like a birth, the fading memories give way to wondrous truths, horrible truths. Even in death the search for the great truths eludes me. Truth is all we have, the pursuit of it, the most noble of deeds. I sought truth, lifted the rocks others were fearful to, and revealed the scope of our ignorance. I plunged the dagger into the very earth and fed on its blood. Let the Stuland name be forgotten, let all my kin be buried here with me, their Patriarch, and let this foul truth remain elusive to all the poor souls above. Curse the truth!"

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>>380784353
Less red noses than I expected

>>380783902
WOAH WOAH WOAH
You need to move Dust up to good tier at least
That is a good game

>>380804830
Pirating Marrow.

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>>380816081
>"The most peculiar of the delegation, the Octave, shrouded in hooded cloaks, skulking about in a crudely inhuman manner, adorned with masks depicting some vaguely lizardly face. Terrifying creatures, easily mistaken for the otherworldly things beneath the Manor, but still normal enough to remind the eye of their human past. They will frighten the children, the women, but it is worth it, to have audience with this most magnificent guest. The Octave, these witnesses of the deeper truths. Beneath the cloaks and masks I've glanced the most gaudy and pitiful of forms, yellow, skeletal things; armless, with a plunging endless hole where instead should be a face."

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>>380817049
>"...it was as if a fleshy maelstrom had passed through the region. Gone were the rocks, the trees, the grass, replaced with this hulking mass of veins and polyps, even bones. The tower, once a prison for those inflicted with the red sickness was crumpled, kept up only by the entanglements of the cancerous growths surrounding it. The members of the envoy attempted to ignore the horrific implications the shapes and smells of the malignance would suggest, that this maze of fleshy caves bore a haunting resemblance to the internals of the human body, but soon they were overwhelmed with terror and began to flee, no longer concerned with confronting the lost Seer. Members of the envoy would later speak of catching glimpses of senseless forms inside the caves. Large masses of grey bulbs, half visible, floating perfectly still, suspended by nothing, with the grotesque suggestion of a face staring back at them."

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>yfw hollow knight stabs himself to help you defeat himself.

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>>380816629
Go for it my petty friend.

>>380816081
>>380817049
>>380817212
I didn't know about this dev log at all.
Kinda annoying, had I known about this before it was greenlit and everything, I more than likely coulda helped test it and got put in the credits

Oh well.

>>380783902

Why does everyone like SOTN so much? I tried the version included in Dracula X recently and it's easy as piss. Especially in the reverse castle. Maybe I got lucky, but I got a sword that attacks with a shockwave within a few zones of starting it, and nothing was ever even close to a challenge after that. Even final form Dracula died in seconds.

>>380817418
>Second half of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdWkZOo-p0M
>Everything about abyss
>When you rip the shit out of the sun.
So many good things.

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>>380817418
>those screams as before he does so

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>>380782991
My negro. Just got the Indiebox too. I never thought I'd like a game so much that had as little exposure as this one did. I literally bought this shit blind on Steam without knowing what I was really getting into.

>>380783902
how are you here in every fucking thread? why do you even come in? the game is great btw.

>>380796742
Have you played Rain World?

>when your game bombs so hard you have to shill it in every thread you can

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>>380782191
What the fuck was his problem? Even in this game Spiders are portrayed as the cocksuckers they rightfully are.

>>380809796
ESA is fucking shit, I'm sure people only recommend it for hipster cred because they know no one likes the graphics.

>>380818438
>his
>spider

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>>380818181
Not yet, but I've been putting some thought into getting it. Aesthetically it looks quite good.
How is the music? If it has some great music, I'll probably buy it tomorrow.

I've avoided looking at too much information about the game, as I usually do since I like to go into things blind.

Only thing I know about it really is that it's 'hard' according to the the few people I've heard talk about it.
Hopefully they aren't just shitters and it is actually hard.

>>380818548
I don't know what other bug besides silkworms who have the capability of creating webbing and entangle innocent bugs on like piece of shit spiders. Are Spiders the niggers of HollowKnight since they make Deepnest a shithole that everybody hates?

>>380786345

it's big as fuck

>>380782191
It's good but the market is so over saturated with piles of over processed causal shit and shovelware mmorpgs that it just sticks out like a sore dick.

>>380808331

oh shit I'm hype

>>380782191
I thought it was great. Trying to go 100% completion shows some of the games flaws, though. Such as there being only 3 fucking stag stations that I really used throughout the game. Some of them are just placed in terrible locations.