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TopicHow is Hollow Knight?
Solfadore
02/17/18 9:59:45 AM
#21
To clarify, cheap/unfair bosses are few and far between, but there are some.

Crystal Guardian 2.0 is dependent on RNG if you want to beat him legit (and not through stacking up your HP and damage output and facetanking).

Watcher Knights are mostly fair, but if they decide to desynchronize, or if one goes high while the other goes low, you WILL get hit.

Brooding Mawlek is not too bad if you wait for uogrades before killing it, but in a vacuum, one of his attacks can be nigh undodgeable.

This does not apply to other hard bosses, such as NKG, which can be brutal, but require reflexes and pattern recognition, and are therefore entirely fair.
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TopicHow is Hollow Knight?
Solfadore
02/16/18 7:12:50 PM
#2
Pros:
- Good atmosphere
- Flavorful areas
- A lot of content - surprisingly so from an indie game. Full completion takes around 20-25 hours.
- A lot of freedom - after the first few areas, the game opens up and you're (relatively) free to do it in whatever order you want.

Cons:
- The flipside is that the mid-game can feel a bit aimless depending on the order in which you tackle the areas.
- Some of the bosses are a bit too hard - and even unfair/cheap at times.

Overall a solid Metroidvania that's worth a play IMO.
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TopicOri a go go.
Solfadore
11/19/17 10:43:36 AM
#30
It's also one of the hardest areas on a level 1 run, precisely because most of the difficulty comes from the enemies rather than the platforming.
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TopicOri a go go.
Solfadore
11/18/17 12:11:37 AM
#17
I wouldn't neglect red if I were you - the skills that improve the damage and/or attack rate of the Spirit Flame (standard attack) are extremely useful. You really notice the difference between not leveling these up and doing so. The non-Spirit Flame red skills are pretty bad though.

Green is pretty good, although the next 3-4 skills you can unlock are pretty meh. The last two are godly though.

Purple is easily the worst tree - the first skill is a necessity; all the others can wait until you've maxed the other two branches.

Red = Green > Purple IMO.
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TopicSeabassDebeste ranks the Game of Thrones arcs [spoiler]
Solfadore
10/04/16 11:32:33 AM
#14
The Qarth arc's placement is pretty good here, and I agree with the analysis. The main problem with Dany arcs is that post-S1 Daenerys is not a compelling character and Emilia Clarke, not a compelling actress. Iain Glen (Jorah) is doing absolutely all he can to make this part of the plot compelling, but he's all alone in S2, and Jorah alone can't save a plotline by himself.
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TopicSeabassDebeste ranks the Game of Thrones arcs [spoiler]
Solfadore
10/04/16 9:54:02 AM
#4
Tag.

Dorne/Jaime's S5 arc better be dead last, unless I'm forgetting some other terrible storyline
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