The pinnacle of the metroidvania genre. Tight, skillful, fun combat, solid and occasionally brutally hard platforming, and incredible boss and enemy designs anchor the stellar gameplay, but where I really feel Hollow Knight separates itself is on the artistic side. The world is so well designed and interwoven, the NPCs are so characterized and memorable, and the art style is equal parts adorable and grotesque. The music is one of the best in games. The lore and worldbuilding are close to Dark Souls-level awesome. I wish I was good enough at the game to be able to play some of the endgame content, but ultimately that's part of the fun, isn't it? Hollow Knight is both accessible and fantastically punishing. This is one of the best games of the decade. Silksong when?