HOLLOW KNIGHT

7/10

While I do have my fair share of problems with this game. Which I'll get into a bit. This is a phenomenally well put together, beautifully written and the art is beautiful beyond belief. It is in my opinion one of the most visually appealing games I've ever played. Now with the interesting story and beautiful art aside. The game direction is my main problem

First of all. Gameplay is really solid. It's fluent and I do enjoy the feel of playing this game. Although in certain areas and moments it can get REALLY finicky.

The tail lighting in this game was not the best. I get it's a non-linear game BUT certain areas can NOT be accessed if you don't have one of the power ups. So in a sense it becomes a non linear ONCE you have all the upgrades.

The boss fights were difficult of course but they were also so unforgiving. You die to a stupid platform and then you have to back track for 5 minutes to fail again.

Also this game is long....like...LOONNG. it was definitely daunting on me like. Okay come on we gotta wrap this up soon right? Especially when most of the time is just backtracking.

But final thoughts. I love this game. But I wish I could love it way more. I enjoy it, I'm a fan of it, and it sucks that I can't enjoy it to the extent I want without getting frustrated.

I overall finished the game with a 63% and I know there's way more to it. But I think for now I'm good. I enjoyed it.