Ok, this is my favorite game. Gourgeous visual identity, fluid animations and a PERFECT soundtrack. Everything in this game simply... Works. From the loneliness of Dirtmouth to the eerie feeling in Deepnest, this game makes you feel a lot of things and it really messes with your emotions.
The similarities to Dark Souls were what engaged me to this at first, but i fell in love with how original a metroidvania could be, and Team Cherry is a huge part in this. Every single update, or 'DLC' if you want to call it that were free and added a LOT to the story and interesting new stuff to the game.
The initial cutscene gives you little to no information on the lore, but it adds so much to this game aesthetics. Every single character introduced to the player adds something and no one is left off. The bossfights carry a lot with them, and the SPOILER WARNING Crossroads map change is probably one of the most genious way of showing how you, The Knight, is changing the game environment with your quest.
The NPCs are charming and even if they don't have expressions, you can tell how their personalities work just by body language and what they tell you. Quirrel, my favorite NPC has an ambiguous ending (something fairly common in this game) and that, in my opinion is simply perfect. This game know how the player thinks and plays around it really well with this ambiguity in NPC dialogue, readings, visual stuff... That's Hollow Knight. Nothing is clear, nor black, nor white. Everything is gray and you are just doing what you are supposed to do.
Have i mentioned the OST is PERFECT, tho?
The similarities to Dark Souls were what engaged me to this at first, but i fell in love with how original a metroidvania could be, and Team Cherry is a huge part in this. Every single update, or 'DLC' if you want to call it that were free and added a LOT to the story and interesting new stuff to the game.
The initial cutscene gives you little to no information on the lore, but it adds so much to this game aesthetics. Every single character introduced to the player adds something and no one is left off. The bossfights carry a lot with them, and the SPOILER WARNING Crossroads map change is probably one of the most genious way of showing how you, The Knight, is changing the game environment with your quest.
The NPCs are charming and even if they don't have expressions, you can tell how their personalities work just by body language and what they tell you. Quirrel, my favorite NPC has an ambiguous ending (something fairly common in this game) and that, in my opinion is simply perfect. This game know how the player thinks and plays around it really well with this ambiguity in NPC dialogue, readings, visual stuff... That's Hollow Knight. Nothing is clear, nor black, nor white. Everything is gray and you are just doing what you are supposed to do.
Have i mentioned the OST is PERFECT, tho?