I do not typically 100% games because the requirements are often tedious, time consuming and I can lose interest quite quickly after the credits have rolled. It is very difficult to make a game that is genuinely enjoyable to 100%, but I did only beat this game to completion... I beat it to 116% completion! I beat the pantheons. I even beat some of its hardest bosses in steel soul mode. It took my blood sweat and tears but I did it. For one simple reason...

Every single interaction in this game is a chance to learn more about its world and lore, and I fucking love Hallownest. It has my favourite lore and history of any game. Yes the gameplay is excellent, the combat and bosses responsive and risky, the metroidvania world is strategically crafted and genius. It could have a little more tight platforming throughout but the path of pain more than makes up for this.

But all of these incredible aspects are just pieces of something greater that they pail in comparison to. Every one of them has its foundation in the lore. For that reason and that reason alone, I don't believe there will ever be another game that remotely surpasses the painstaking attention to detail of this interactive literary artwork.

Except maybe when silk song comes out in 50 years.