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Hollow Knight |OT| Cute Insects That Just Want to Burrow Into Your Heart
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BackwardCap
Member
My reaction to getting the first spell https://clips.twitch.tv/backwardcap/PerfectDuckBionicBunion
Weapons in the game
nail, which can have its base damage upgraded on three different occasions and has different charms that can be applied which alter its range, power and stability. After the first boss you get the fireball which can have charms be applied to effect its range, damage and shape. Later there's a down-smash ability you get. Finally, some charms add area of effect damage to either your healing focus or after you get it.
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Weapons in the game
nail, which can have its base damage upgraded on three different occasions and has different charms that can be applied which alter its range, power and stability. After the first boss you get the fireball which can have charms be applied to effect its range, damage and shape. Later there's a down-smash ability you get. Finally, some charms add area of effect damage to either your healing focus or after you get it.
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what are the pet / summon style things that the trailer showed then?
afternoon delight
Member
Beautiful cross section, thank you for sharing!
That's a charm that modifies/replaces your fireball.
You only have a few slots for charms, and there are about fifty different charms to discover IIRC, and some charms take multiple slots, so you can't just overload on all the charms and get OP.
Messofanego
Banned
That framerate stutter is a literal killer, especially during boss fights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxT8npe9b9s&feature=youtu.be
Anyway, making progress. Not sure where to place this city crest, but now I can buy a key. Defeated a couple more bosses. I really do like the combat, even if it's simple. The animations and character designs are top-notch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxT8npe9b9s&feature=youtu.be
Anyway, making progress. Not sure where to place this city crest, but now I can buy a key. Defeated a couple more bosses. I really do like the combat, even if it's simple. The animations and character designs are top-notch.
ultrazilla
Member
Instant bought this on Steam.
Folks, this game. THIS GAME! Simply amazing atmosphere. Spot on controls, hand drawn 2D graphics, rock solid frame rates at 1080p(it's Unity so I'm always leery of frame rate hiccups).
The music is God tier and for only $15....I mean what are you waiting for?
As soon as the intro started I fell in love. This game had been on my radar for awhile. Never backed it on Kickstarter(should have damn it) but had always kept on eye on development updates here and there patiently waiting.....
So kudos to the development team, all of you! I hope they're reading this! I bought this is a birthday present for myself as I turned 45 today.
Into the darkness, now I go, with Hollow Knight....into the vast unknown.........
Folks, this game. THIS GAME! Simply amazing atmosphere. Spot on controls, hand drawn 2D graphics, rock solid frame rates at 1080p(it's Unity so I'm always leery of frame rate hiccups).
The music is God tier and for only $15....I mean what are you waiting for?
As soon as the intro started I fell in love. This game had been on my radar for awhile. Never backed it on Kickstarter(should have damn it) but had always kept on eye on development updates here and there patiently waiting.....
So kudos to the development team, all of you! I hope they're reading this! I bought this is a birthday present for myself as I turned 45 today.
Into the darkness, now I go, with Hollow Knight....into the vast unknown.........
Switch.
watching the Nabs stream, he went from the initial zone, then through a
zone, and then through a
zone, and they all looked very different from one another.
There is a thematic look to the overall game, sure, but Im not getting the "zones all look the same" vibe some people are getting :/
the game looks absolutely ridiculous tho, there are SO many little details everywhere, and not just in backgrounds, like little animations and shit. What the actual fuck?
fungal
grassy
There is a thematic look to the overall game, sure, but Im not getting the "zones all look the same" vibe some people are getting :/
the game looks absolutely ridiculous tho, there are SO many little details everywhere, and not just in backgrounds, like little animations and shit. What the actual fuck?
Murgatroyd
Banned
I hope the Switch version hits sooner rather than later. I feel now is the time for indie games to strike and make a ton since the Switch release schedule is so empty the first few months.
Fast RMX and Shovel Knight are going to make so much money for being the first available on launch day.
Fast RMX and Shovel Knight are going to make so much money for being the first available on launch day.
I'm afraid that the framerate on switch might not be stable 60
I've put in about 100 minutes so far if Steam is to be believed. Really enjoying this so far. Just gorgeous to look at and listen to, and really fun to play as well.
Regarding maps,
Regarding maps,
I wish they made it more clear that you had to go back to town to get new maps. I went through what felt like most of Greenpath + a boss before I decided to give up on looking for a map and went back to town. I thought I'd find they guy who sold you the first map down there somewhere and kept exploring for him.
Now that I now the gist, I should have a lot easier of a time with new areas.
Now that I now the gist, I should have a lot easier of a time with new areas.
You just missed where he was on the map. Cornelius can always be found somewhere in the stage, usually on a side path in the first third or so of the area.
Really? I'll keep that in mind. It'd be nice to not have to run back when I get to a new area.
There's actually one exception to this, which is the fungal wastes. But everywhere else yeah. There's a lot of loot to be found by exploring all the side paths strewn throughout the game, especially new charms and geo caches, so it really pays off to explore thoroughly.
yeah I just saw Nabs find him in the actual zone earlier on his stream
Oh, I love exploring. I can't help but look for the trapped grubs because they're so cute and I feel bad for them. I was just getting super lost in Greenpath because I couldn't find the map guy.
OniBarubary
Banned
I'm like 20 minutes in and I'm ADORING this game.
Metroidvania's are my favorite genre and I love the tone/lore of Souls games and this game is NAILING both so hard it's making me freak out while playing it.
It's just...so well done.
Also, the main character is A CUTE
Metroidvania's are my favorite genre and I love the tone/lore of Souls games and this game is NAILING both so hard it's making me freak out while playing it.
It's just...so well done.
Also, the main character is A CUTE
Do you have a link? I don't see a Nabs in the Twitch directory.
Oh, great! Yeah, I was telling Jb1234 I think they intentionally made Greenpath easier to get lost in when compared to the other dozen areas. Either that or you just eventually get a hang for the way levels are laid out.
OniBarubary
Banned
AGH HOLY SHIT
I NEED GIFS
GIFS OF CUTE BUGS
I NEED GIFS
GIFS OF CUTE BUGS
oh sorry I just use the steam thing to just watch him play directly, I dont think hes on twitch
Whoa, I never knew about those. That's cool.
OniBarubary
Banned
omg this cute little mining bug that stutters
OMG THIS CUTE LITTLE WORM IN A GLASS BOTTLE THAT GETS EXCITED WHEN I JUMP NEAR IT BUT WHEN I CAN'T REACH THE LEDGE IT LETS OUT A SAD NOISE OH GOD
*hyperventilates*
OMG THIS CUTE LITTLE WORM IN A GLASS BOTTLE THAT GETS EXCITED WHEN I JUMP NEAR IT BUT WHEN I CAN'T REACH THE LEDGE IT LETS OUT A SAD NOISE OH GOD
*hyperventilates*
After hearing the game was 9gb I decided to get up early to start downloading the game. Got up hours later to find it was only 1.5gb anyway. Doh.
Played about an hour and a half so far, and I'm really liking it. Tight controls, amazing atmosphere, really cool labyrinthine environments. Keen to play more.
Played about an hour and a half so far, and I'm really liking it. Tight controls, amazing atmosphere, really cool labyrinthine environments. Keen to play more.
Oh geez! Thanks dancrane212 for the OT! Super humbled. Thanks to everyone else for jumping into the game.
We've gotta update this FunkyDealer! I think final unpack size is more like 5gig-ish. Download is 1.2. I can't remember when we put this info on Steam. Everything's kinda a blur after the intense last month! We'll get it updated today.
Edit: Woop! Oh boy JaseC is right. I just looked myself. Wow, game size blew up! All that 2D animation. So many frames!
We've gotta update this FunkyDealer! I think final unpack size is more like 5gig-ish. Download is 1.2. I can't remember when we put this info on Steam. Everything's kinda a blur after the intense last month! We'll get it updated today.
Edit: Woop! Oh boy JaseC is right. I just looked myself. Wow, game size blew up! All that 2D animation. So many frames!
The 9GB requirement is correct; the install size is 8.68GB (or 9.1GB with the OST).
ultrazilla
Member
Ummmmmm.....Great answer!
I'll gladly double dip for a Switch copy as well. No hesitation. OniBarubary
Banned
I am single-handedly keeping the Hallownest sign, gate and street lamp economy afloat.
OMG I love the idea of having the map be this upgradable thing.
OMG I love the idea of having the map be this upgradable thing.
mugurumakensei
Member
Hopefully, the unity port is good then it should perform decently. PC is hampered by unity and what appears to be DX9 which is funny considering the minimum requirements is a DX10 card but whatever. Unity and DX9 slowness would explain the occasional frame stutters.
Oh man, just did this optional section in Greenpath where I
Probably nothing, but it made me feel really really good to nail that on the first go.
air-dashed over boiling water onto a big bug that I pogo'd off of like Scrooge McDuck, and then I did it two more times ON MY FIRST TRY to save a grub in a jar.
Probably nothing, but it made me feel really really good to nail that on the first go.
More_Badass
Member
The atmosphere and aesthetic is just sublime
It's DX10/11, but DX9 can be forced with the launch parameter -force-d3d9.
OniBarubary
Banned
The design philosophy in this game is wonderful and beautiful...I could write like...a paper on the things it's doing, like how it introduces you to concepts such as certain bosses by making them look similar to enemies so you know what their moveset might entail and then it's taken to the Nth degree so you still have to learn and adjust to hitting you with cheap shit early on or at some point so that you can then be knowledgeable about it from that point forward which is okay in a game like this because the health regen system is far more forgiving yet still requires you to be active, as well as how in a game with this design it's significantly a better idea than an Estus Flask system.
Like, I'm barely in this game but the design is fucking tight as shit and smart and it makes me feel things.
Like, I'm barely in this game but the design is fucking tight as shit and smart and it makes me feel things.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
Yup, had some fierce freeze frame action going on too. Weird thing I didn't have this issue at all or at least with less severity in the closed beta from ages ago (not the one from the Humble Bundle) so it's rather unfortunate it popped up now. Devs apparently are working on these issues though.
OniBarubary
Banned
Whoops, just sequence broke.
lol, what did you do? (I've seen the whole game so I'm curious if it's an actual break)
OniBarubary
Banned
Spoilering in case:
In the Greenpath I went the lower route past the Hunter and found a water pit that was just a little too out of reach but had an enemy walking back and forth in it. I thought that the way to get across was to jump on his back and he'd carry you but he just did damage instead. So I jumped on him and hit the air recovery after taking damage and boosted off him onto the ledge I couldn't make. I then proceeded into the Jellyfish area.
More_Badass
Member
The titular Hollow Knight has such a simple but effective and memorable design
I hope he becomes the next big indie cameo character
I hope he becomes the next big indie cameo character
You're supposed to down attack on his back to bounce off of him. That's part of the intended path.
OniBarubary
Banned
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