Last Topic: 8:24:31pm, 01/19/2025
Last Post: 7:38:43pm, 01/19/2025
Yeah, yeah, I know, skill issue.
Seriously though, I've played and beaten some very difficult games over the years. I can beat the original NES Ninja Gaiden with one hand tied behind my back, I've made Contra III my bitch many times over and have all kinds of experience with "Nintendo hard" games from the 80's and 90's.
And then there's Nine Sols. Good fucking god above, why?
I bought this game because the reviews compared it to Hollow Knight, and I was like "Fuck yeah, Hollow Knight banged". But Nine Sols is impossible. Impossible. Beat the first boss after a few tries and was like "Okay this game is tough, but it's a Souls Like, I knew that going in." Then I got to the second boss. No. Just no. Why is it designed like this? Why does the game punish you for following it's own rules? Why do the bosses have no pattern? Why does everything kill me in one hit? Why do so many people like this?
It's a shame too, because the art style is beautiful, and the story is intriguing, but the gameplay is ridiculous. It reminds me of poorly designed NES games that are hard because they're poorly programmed, except in this case it was done on purpose.
I get that hard games are the "in" thing right now, but even shit like Dark Souls and Blasphemous isn't this outrageous. It's like an arms race to design the most difficult game possible for sadists.
Sorry for the rant, but this is the first game I've bought in a while that's just been a huge disappointment.
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