Wunderbar
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all of these added things are meant to be played in the very late game. You can continue from your last save.
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Incline Hollow Knight
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Ivan
Arcane
Hey guys, I'd love to be playing this but am on SF for a friend's birthday.
Can anyone cover from whether or not there is a new difficulty mode. Something along the lines of a Master Quest for us returning players. I believe this was teased during the development of the dlc.
Can anyone cover from whether or not there is a new difficulty mode. Something along the lines of a Master Quest for us returning players. I believe this was teased during the development of the dlc.
Yep, they added this feature with the Grimm Troupe DLC.
Meh, pretty disappointed so far by this third DLC. It's basically a sort of Colosseum of Fools made only with bosses, which are often absurdly enhanced (lol, Uumuu was probably the worst boss of the game, and now it's a pain in the ass) compared to the "vanilla" versions you find during the main game, and sometimes are even quite unbalanced.
The worst thing is that it's organized as a sequence of boss rushes: so, to see the new bosses the developers added (such as the nailmasters), you have to beat again and again and again and [...] the same bosses you have already beaten during the story. And there are absolutely no rewards for the amount of patience and time you spend, apart from % completion rate: no new charms (the "glorified charms" feature was eventually cut by the developers), no upgrades, nothing. You do all of this shit... just to unlock a new ending, which is frankly horrible, and doesn't fit at all with the narrative and the mood of the game.
Hollow Knight was at times an hard experience, but with constancy and will you were always able to eventually pass the difficulties. This DLC, instead, is specifically designed for those hardcore gamers who can beat the game blind in less than 30 seconds, and only for them. It was already clear that Team Cherry wanted to satisfy this (very) small amount of players with the Grimm Troupe DLC (the Nightmare Grimm boss and the Path of Pain were challenging as hell), but this time they exaggerated. And I frankly don't know why.
The base game is one of the most intense and exciting titles I've played in years, but no way I'll play this shit. I thank the developers since it's a free DLC, of course, but this isn't really what I was expecting.
I'll wait for the Hornet DLC.
The worst thing is that it's organized as a sequence of boss rushes: so, to see the new bosses the developers added (such as the nailmasters), you have to beat again and again and again and [...] the same bosses you have already beaten during the story. And there are absolutely no rewards for the amount of patience and time you spend, apart from % completion rate: no new charms (the "glorified charms" feature was eventually cut by the developers), no upgrades, nothing. You do all of this shit... just to unlock a new ending, which is frankly horrible, and doesn't fit at all with the narrative and the mood of the game.
Hollow Knight was at times an hard experience, but with constancy and will you were always able to eventually pass the difficulties. This DLC, instead, is specifically designed for those hardcore gamers who can beat the game blind in less than 30 seconds, and only for them. It was already clear that Team Cherry wanted to satisfy this (very) small amount of players with the Grimm Troupe DLC (the Nightmare Grimm boss and the Path of Pain were challenging as hell), but this time they exaggerated. And I frankly don't know why.
The base game is one of the most intense and exciting titles I've played in years, but no way I'll play this shit. I thank the developers since it's a free DLC, of course, but this isn't really what I was expecting.
I'll wait for the Hornet DLC.
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No Master Quest: you'll unlock a new mode, yes, but it's a simple boss rush (called "Godseeker Mode").
It's absolutely pointless, since to unlock this mode.... you have to beat the same boss-rush in the main game, lulz.
It's absolutely pointless, since to unlock this mode.... you have to beat the same boss-rush in the main game, lulz.
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Okagron
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Yeah, i agree that they went a little too far with this DLC. Apparently to reach the new ending you have to beat every boss in the game in a boss rush, culminating with a fight against a stronger version of
The Radiance
I like that you get to fight the
Hollow Knight in its prime
I'll just wait for the Hornet DLC now.
i was duped into getting this by people who said this was supposed to be fun
so i guess the only question i have is
why the hell is this shit so boran
so i guess the only question i have is
why the hell is this shit so boran
axx
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That's certainly good news. One thing I never used as much as I should were different spells to tackle bosses. Still I managed to fight my way through most of the game (all that's left was the third level of Colosseum and the final boss), but I haven't touched the DLCs yet.
So just out of interest, how many of you use controller or keyboard?
It gets more fun when the game opens up a bit and you unlock more abilities and charms tbh.
Keyboard, never had any issues with it. I hate controllers.
i sure freaking hope so because so far i'm just walking left to right pressing x to smash bugs and wondering wtf the whole fuzz is about
For what it's worth I had a similar initial reaction. It takes a while for the game to find its groove. I'd say it really hits its stride around City of Tears. By that time if you're not hooked, it's fair to check out; the game is just not for you. The nice thing though is that on repeat playthroughs you can use all that meta-knowledge to sequence break in a bunch of kooky ways that significantly alter the pacing and playstyles on offer.
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Jezal_k23
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What grabbed me right at the start was the sheer number of locations I had to leave unexplored and remember to go back to later. I love a big, complex map and Hollow Knight delivers.
Once you've earned the dash, ground smash spell and wall jump, the game becomes a pinata of gaining new useful things all the time which increase your catalogue of things you can do and desire to explore more. Level design becomes more interesting too, and boss fights are almost always enjoyable experiences. Traversing the world also becomes sweeter as you unlock fast travel areas (stagways, tram) and later the ability to set a single custom teleport point you can go back to. Which is a good thing because you will backtrack a lot once you realize how many areas you can gain access to after gaining new abilities.
HK starts really slow and has some pacing issues, but like others said, if you start enjoying the game around the city of tears you are in for a treat.
Protip: practice your downward slash (after jumps) and remember you can infinitely jump off spikes and enemies once you understand the timing.
Also, you can equip more charms than you've got in slots, if you have a single empty slot remaining and repeat the equip action multiple times. The consequence of doing that is that you take twice the amount of damage from enemies, but there are times where this can be genuinely useful.
Lol, I'm getting the weirdest 'bug' now. When starting the game (gog version), I get a pop up window saying there was a critical error and the game will now shut down.
Except the game runs all fine and dandy and I just have to refrain from closing the error message to play as normal.
Except the game runs all fine and dandy and I just have to refrain from closing the error message to play as normal.
Jezal_k23
Guest
City of tears... that music...
hmm ok that mawlek was pretty intense
sullynathan
Arcane
Roxor not playing an rpg?
rpgs are shit why would you ever play one
Roxor you dumb fucking goofy rat, this is one of the very best Metroidvanias in all of human history.
Are you bitching about having to walk in a game AGAIN? Fuck me.
Are you bitching about having to walk in a game AGAIN? Fuck me.
your very best whatever in all of human history means nothing to me
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