games

I'm playing Hollow Knight for the first time since Silksong is actually gonna be real. My main takeaway is that is so much like dark souls. Obviously it's 2d and has much more of a focus on platforming, but a lot of the design philosophy is very similar. The cryptic NPCs, the gloomy tone, the combat focused on dodging and learning attack patterns, the way the world loops back on itself and connects so much, the bench system, the exploration - dark souls was clearly the main inspiration for hollow knight. And I don't mean that in a bad way, it's a great game and has plenty of it's own original identity.