Nah. Us Soul Boy Beta... anyway the Souls fans had it easy. It was the Armored Core sickos that REALLY popped the fuck off when 6 was announced.

I was in both communities at the time... Only the OGs will remember when the only thing we had to go off of Elden Ring was a random rumor that called it Great Rune.

Apparently they have to notify Kickstarter backers in advance to prepare all the game keys, people are speculating that's why it wasn't a shadowdrop

Can't help but agree.

This interview is really phenomenal. Among other things, they talk about why it took so many years to release the game.

“We’ve been having fun,” Gibson said. “This whole thing is just a vehicle for our creativity anyway. It’s nice to make fun things.”

The lengthy production wasn’t the result of development challenges or obstacles, they said. They just needed all these years to ensure that Silksong was exactly the game they wanted to make.

“It was never stuck or anything,” Gibson said. “It was always progressing. It’s just the case that we’re a small team, and games take a lot of time. There wasn’t any big controversial moment behind it.”

“I think we’re always underestimating the amount of time and effort it’ll take us to achieve things,” Gibson said. “It’s also that problem where, because we’re having fun doing it, it’s not like, ‘It’s taking longer, this is awful, we really need to get past this phase.’ It’s, ‘This is a very enjoyable space to be in. Let’s perpetuate this with some new ideas.’”

The longer development lasted, the more pressure Gibson and Pellen felt to ensure that everything was as fine-tuned as possible. They’d already spent four years on it — why would they rush now? The more time they spent polishing some parts, the more time they needed to apply it consistently across the rest.

“There’s a level of finish that has to be met throughout the entire game,” Pellen said. “All the way the systems interact, all the hidden work that pops up later on. It’s multiplicative. As you add stuff, the process of tying it all back together just increases.”

Gibson and Pellen say they’re happy that the game is finally coming out — and even happier that they will get to keep working on it, which they still find enjoyable even after seven years. They haven’t burned out or shown any desire to take a break. Instead, they’re already making big plans to add extra content to Silksong in the months and years to come.

This is, of course, what work is supposed to be. But we have lost the way.

Next up: Half Life 3.

Would you happen to know whether the "platinum" rating on protonDB is applicable the GOG version as well ? I'm gradually switching to Linux and would like to do as much as possible there (including games). Cheers

Nice, that's where I bought Hollow Knight. Can keep them in the same place now.

The gameplay loop was solid, but not completely original.

But the lore of the world was interesting and was dolled out fairly well. Neat little chunks of lore that felt like a reward when you get them.

Add in great art and music, and you have a game that you can build a fan base on.

Add in the free expansions and fan friendly developer, and you get a robust fan base.

Which leads to expectations for the sequel.

I think the soundtrack along with the challenging boss fights was the main appeal for me.

I’m into my 5th decade of gaming and to me it wasn’t anything special, good game though.

However my son who was 8ish when he first played the first game ate it up, and I think it’s sort of for the same reason we have those same pedestals for our games from that age.

It’s a genuinely good game with an engaging story AND they dangled a carrot successfully for years.

It’s one of the games that I’ve sunk too much time into during the pandemic. It’s got a special place in my heart. I think I’ve also purchased it on every platform available. It’s good. It’s tight.

I was thinking that too. Her animations are awesome

The game has a high bar to clear...

it has to be more entertaining than the silkposts and silksanity since releasing it will kill silkposting.

Bold of you to assume it will stop

NowI have a hard deadline for my replay of Bloodborne.

At least what the perception of proc gen is. I can only name one metroidvania roguelike (A Robot Named Fight; Dead Cells doesn't count, regardless of its marketing), so this genre is probably way harder to make with proc gen. To me, someone who doesn't enjoy Hades, it feels a lot like people only played Hades, acknowledged its proc gen is bad, and then said all proc gen is bad and asked for hand crafted levels as a response. There are so many games that are good at proc gen.

It uses the second analog to pan the camera vertically. It's not critical, but sometimes you will want to look around before you jump off a ledge.

Yeah, bind two to up/down on rstick and you'll have plenty

It's a melee oriented Metroidvania. Think Ori And The Blind Forest but with more insects and inexplicable frilly faux-Victorian edifices, and less pokey combat. You could play it on a SNES pad if you wanted to. I got to 100% on it back when using a cheap wireless keyboard from my couch.

I don't know about you, but Hollow Knight's main contribution to my household is that my wife and I still call any filigree wrought ironwork benches we see "save points."

both sticks

no

1 sticks 8 buttons

yep, actually I use 9 keys but one of those is quick cast which really good for quick combat but it's not actually needed since you have the same thing on the regular spell button, just a tad bit slower

You can do it without analog stick iirc, it's very much designed for dpad.

If it will be like the first it won't be a wall of difficulty checks thrown in your way. What I liked most of Hollow Knight it was how masterly designed it was. It took you by your hand and thought every skill check you needed beforehand. You got good as you progressed. It it not frustrating as Dark Souls, it has a curve that kept increasing.

Use the keyboard like a real gamer.

Just 20? Come on now.

I'm ready to bet you got lost in those mines without crystal heart. Amirite?

Of course there’s bugs, it’s a sequel to Hollow Knight. It was all about bugs.

I understood the joke but seems nobody else has hah

I very much doubt you'd feel that way had they released the trailer and announced the game was coming in another 7 years

Team Cherry: Make no announcements in six years Fans: Why are they overhyping this game?!

They've barely mentioned it. Any hype is from the fanbase.