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Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Been playing a bit of Hollow Knight again. The world is so incredibly vast and beautiful. Got to the distant village and found one of the dreamers, Herrah.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    One of those games that I can tell is a 9.5/10 or more but will never even attempt to play. I know my limits and I know what type of gameplay frustrates me and the combination of near-impossible difficulty, lots of challenging platforming and the corpse recovery mechanic I've heard about means I don't think I'll have much fun playing it.

    I wish it was for me, though. Looks fantastic. I'll watch a Let's Play of it one of these days.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    For what it's worth, I haven't found anything in it super difficult and I'm by no means "a good gamer", the "souls"* recovery mechanic is not bad; but if platforming is not for you I guess that's enough to stay away from it,... (I also haven't found it terrible, and I'm prone to mistakes , ha.)

    I'm not sure how far along I'm in it, so perhaps I haven't reached the turbo hard stuff yet? maybe it gets insane later... I went blind and know nothing apart from what I've seen. So far it's been an excellent experience, the game checks all the boxes for me.

    *there is a different mechanic in the game tied to the term soul but I'm refering to the corpse thing here

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah from what I've heard 90% or so of HK is fine, and it's the remaining 10% that's a true ball buster. Though some of it is probably optional if you're fine with skipping "good endings" and whatnot.

    I don't know why I can't vibe with platforming, but for me it just doesn't give me any dopamine at all. Which is a problem as an ADHD sufferer. Combine that with me being pretty bad at it and platforming games just lead to me being angry and frustrated.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    90% or so of HK is fine, and it's the remaining 10% that's a true ball buster.

    That makes sense. I do like my trophies and good endings so I'll give it a solid try. But yeah, not everything is for everyone, I'm no stranger to enjoying a game I know I'll never play watching someone else go through it; all fine and dandy in my book.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Love that game. Can’t wait for the sequel, whenever it actually comes out.

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