One of the worst things to happen to me once i got my ps5 was that all of my save data for all my ps4 games was pretty much wiped. And one game in particular, i was pretty torn up about
I had noticed throughout these last few years that i compare every game i play to that one. It did this better, it did that better, i think it did this better than you did this.
This game, of course, is Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight is... fucking amazing man, and was my realization that video games could be so much more than just "fun". They can be genuine life altering experiences just like other forms of art. But as i said, anything after it couldnt come close to the absolute brute that hollow knight was.
it was today when i realized ive been looking at this all wrong.
The way I play games is fundamentaly, flawed.
Bloodborne is the kind of thing i could only dream of creating, right? I think thats the universal opinion on this game, but really man it kinda just does everything perfectly.
I could nitpick, but there really isnt a point when you're at a 5 michelin star restaurant.
And yet, i still found myself comparing this game to hollow knight? These are both very different types of games, so there is no excuse here. However i think if figured out whats wrong with the way i play games. The way bloodborne works is once you get your ending, it immediately starts you back up on new game plus. I first thought this as kind of weird and dumb, but then it hit me.
"I didnt do the dlc..."
And then another thing hit me
" I have to go back and do it all over again, don't I?"
And then one final thing hit me
" I have, not once since playing hollow knight, played everything a game had to offer."
Thats why i havent been able to find a game that rivals hollow knight, i havent gone into all the games that i love and gone to 100% them like i did with hollow knight.
Now obviously, you dont have to 100% a game to determine if a game is good, but i think its criminal that most of the games that ive given 5/5 to, i have never gone back to them.
So... thats my goal next year, im gonna go back and 100% some of these games to see if they truly stand the test of time.
Bloodborne will be first up on the chopping block. Because what other game than bloodborne could help me realize this. Thank you, you sweet dark, lovecraftian fucked up nightmare. Also because a hunter MUST hunt.
I had noticed throughout these last few years that i compare every game i play to that one. It did this better, it did that better, i think it did this better than you did this.
This game, of course, is Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight is... fucking amazing man, and was my realization that video games could be so much more than just "fun". They can be genuine life altering experiences just like other forms of art. But as i said, anything after it couldnt come close to the absolute brute that hollow knight was.
it was today when i realized ive been looking at this all wrong.
The way I play games is fundamentaly, flawed.
Bloodborne is the kind of thing i could only dream of creating, right? I think thats the universal opinion on this game, but really man it kinda just does everything perfectly.
I could nitpick, but there really isnt a point when you're at a 5 michelin star restaurant.
And yet, i still found myself comparing this game to hollow knight? These are both very different types of games, so there is no excuse here. However i think if figured out whats wrong with the way i play games. The way bloodborne works is once you get your ending, it immediately starts you back up on new game plus. I first thought this as kind of weird and dumb, but then it hit me.
"I didnt do the dlc..."
And then another thing hit me
" I have to go back and do it all over again, don't I?"
And then one final thing hit me
" I have, not once since playing hollow knight, played everything a game had to offer."
Thats why i havent been able to find a game that rivals hollow knight, i havent gone into all the games that i love and gone to 100% them like i did with hollow knight.
Now obviously, you dont have to 100% a game to determine if a game is good, but i think its criminal that most of the games that ive given 5/5 to, i have never gone back to them.
So... thats my goal next year, im gonna go back and 100% some of these games to see if they truly stand the test of time.
Bloodborne will be first up on the chopping block. Because what other game than bloodborne could help me realize this. Thank you, you sweet dark, lovecraftian fucked up nightmare. Also because a hunter MUST hunt.
Quebbin_
7 months ago