Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks

The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If anything I find the walkbacks much shorter than in the original. There is always a bench 30s/1m away from each boss or tough platforming section. At least so far…

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  • janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    the vastly increased traversal speed also helps mitigate the walkback tedium

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  • subignition@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It's definitely fair most of the time. There are one or two places I've seen so far where it's deliberately ramped up (or appears that way at first.)

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    • loudwhisper@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah I am almost at the end of the act 1 (i think?) and so far the impression is that if something seems to have a long walk or having to repeat a hard parcour section, I didn’t find some hidden bench or shortcut to bypass said parcour section.

      In general I can see this game being started as an expansion for HK, the difficulty is quite high and the curve steeper, but I can’t relate with most of the complains so far (the currency maybe a little, but it’s normal IMHO you can’t just shop everything at once from a new vendor you find).

      Initially I was put off by the double damage, but the heal being short and x3 I think compensates for it (plus, you can do it mid air etc.).

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• Feyd@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Since when do metroidvanias not have save points right outside boss rooms? That’s been the standard since symphony of the night at least…

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  • bilb@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They haven’t really been a thing in either Metroid or Castlevania for a long time, interestingly.

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  • Cybersteel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Doesn’t metroid only have save rooms?

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    • Feyd@programming.dev ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes? metroid.retropixel.net/games/…/metroid3_map.gif

      Notice how there is always one close to each boss.

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• nfreak@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah the game’s definitely harder than HK was, but by no means impossible. It’s not nearly as difficult as say Elden Ring for a recent-ish example.

  None of the runbacks are egregious either. There’s just about always a bench barely 30-40 seconds away at absolute most.

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  • dvlsg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Groal’s runback is egregious. Even if you find the closest bench.

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