Hollow Knight
Release Date: February 24, 2017
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Hollow Knight is a 2D metroidvania game developed by the indie studio Team Cherry. The game takes us to a fantasy underground world located bellow the city of Dirtmouth. The place attracts numerous adventurers, who disappear without a trace when they enter it. We play as an adventurer who decides to face the challenge and find riches, fame, and the answers he is looking for in that underground world.
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Videos and Screens
[2:03] Hollow Knight launch trailer
The main pros of the game
- Visuals and Art Style: The hand-drawn graphics are widely praised as beautiful and immersive, contributing to the overall atmosphere of the game.
- Gameplay and Combat: The gameplay is described as excellent, with fluid controls and satisfying combat mechanics. The game is considered challenging but rewarding, with a well-designed difficulty curve that encourages skill development.
- Soundtrack: The music is frequently highlighted as one of the best aspects of the game, enhancing the emotional experience and atmosphere.
- Exploration and World Design: The vast world of Hallownest is filled with secrets, lore, and memorable characters, making exploration engaging and rewarding.
- Replayability: Many players appreciate the variety of content, including multiple endings and challenges, which encourages replaying the game.
The main cons of the game
- Difficulty Level: While many enjoy the challenge, some players find the game excessively difficult, particularly in boss fights and platforming sections.
- Lack of Quality of Life Features: Users have noted that the game could benefit from more checkpoints and easier navigation, as some areas can feel tedious to traverse.
- Story Delivery: The storytelling approach, which relies on indirect lore and exploration, can be confusing for some players, leading to a lack of clarity in understanding the narrative.
The features or elements that are missing from the game according to users
- Multiplayer Options: Players expressed a desire for local co-op or multiplayer modes, as the game currently only offers a single-player experience.
- Guidance and Tutorials: Some users felt that the game lacks adequate tutorials or guidance, particularly for newcomers to the genre, which can make the initial experience frustrating.
- Additional Difficulty Settings: Players have suggested that multiple difficulty levels could help accommodate varying skill levels, making the game more accessible to a broader audience.
Summary
- Overall, Hollow Knight is celebrated as a masterpiece of the Metroidvania genre, with a mix of beautiful aesthetics, challenging gameplay, and deep exploration, despite some criticisms regarding its difficulty and navigation.
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GAMERS Score
Average score from 1390 votes. 50 players anticipated the game.
Hollow Knight Description
Hollow Knight for PC and SWITCH is a metroidvania game developed by the indie studio Team Cherry and crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Initially, the game was supposed to be released on many platforms, including Wii U, but ended up being available on PC and Nintendo Switch.
The Plot
The game takes us to a fantasy city of Dirtmouth, underneath which a precipitous labirynth is located. That labirynth is said to be the remains of an ancient kingdom. It attracts all sorts of adventurers, but as soon as they enter it, they disappear without a trace. The game’s protagonist, the titular Hollow Knight, decides to face the challenge of the labirynth and, by finding its riches, gain glory. He also wants to find answers to the questions that haunt him.
Mechanics
Gameplay in Hollow Knight for PC and SWITCH is presented from a side-scrolling perspective. We will have to explore vast, connected locations, collect more and more powerful equipment, progress our character, and fight with the encountered enemies. Given the character of the game’s genre, accessing many locations requires the usage of a specific item or solving a puzzle. Most of the time we travel by foot, but from time to time we will ride an insectoid mount.
Many various enemies will stand in our way. Along with the regular opponents, we will have to fight with over thirty bosses. Defeating them will require us to learn their attack patterns and find their weaknesses. In combat, we will use melee weapons and magical powers. But enemies are not the only dangers that await us. The underground labirynth is filled with traps and chasms for which we have to look out if we do not want to end our adventures all too soon. But not everyone living below Dirtmouth is hostile towards our hero. We will meet many friendly NPCs who will be happy to share their knowledge with us or give us useful items, teach us new techniques, or upgrade our equipment.
Technical Aspects
Hollow Knight for PC and SWITCH is based on the Unity technology. The game has warm, hand-drawn 2D visuals that in terms of rendition brings the classic animated movies to mind. Its evocative soundtrack was composed by Christopher Larkin.
Last updated on April 4, 2017
Hollow Knight Summary
Game Series: Hollow Knight
Platforms:
PC / Windows February 24, 2017
Switch June 12, 2018
PlayStation 4 September 25, 2018
Xbox One September 25, 2018
Developer: Team Cherry
Publisher: Team Cherry
Hollow Knight System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo E5200 2.5 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce 9800 GTX or better, 9 GB HDD, Windows 7
Recommended: Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 560 or better, 9 GB HDD, Windows 10
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