Thank you all so much for watching the video! It seems like this has been getting a lot of new people, so if you're one of them, welcome! I make a lot more videos like this one, but if you prefer some long-form videos, I made one on Xenoblade if you wanna check that out. I have plans to release another video soon, so subscribe if you're curious about what I'll talk about next. By the way, I apologize about the less-than-stellar audio for this video. I wanted to try recording somewhere else that was more convenient since I didn't have access to where I normally record audio. Apologies for the inconvenience, but I hope the video is still good regardless.
Sad that you thought the story was underwhelming, I think it has some great stuff. I do think the presentation largely sells it but the lore behind the basic story fascinates me. This was a great video, can’t wait for more from you!
I think maybe future Team Cherry games might captivate me more in terms of story. But also my enjoyment of the story depends on whether or not you include the character stories. If you do, then the story isn't really underwhelming anymore. But I'm glad you liked the vid anyhow!
@@Cinnacal since the games story is basically just the story of the charecters plus what is basically a tangential revenge plot for the knight, I’d say the charecters stories are the games story
@@Cinnacalyou haven't gotten deeper into the games story yet, you need to watch videos and such to understand more of the lore and speculation on it. The story is not as bland as you think.
The story and lore are wonderfully deep and complex, but it took me actively looking at out of game sources to really fill in the details. I think Team Cherry may have leaned a little *too* far into hiding the lore and story in subtle ways, which is something I appreciate, but I think it came at the cost of the players that don't spend hundreds of hours searching and decoding not really getting to experience just how amazing it all is. The game is nearly flawless, so I'm hoping Team Cherry can tweak a few of the super small things from HK that weren't perfect and work them into Silk Song. :)
Thanks for saying that! I really do appreciate it. I just gotta keep going and making more content. I don’t plan to stop anytime soon so I guess we’ll see what happens eventually
I feel bad that I just found this game, this video and this channel. This breakdown was really great, and I felt myself very interested in your take until the end, while agreeing with everything. I'm late to the party but I'm subbed now. Hope it makes up for it. For being late to Hollow Knight... no excuse. I refused to graduate from the 3DS until very recently. I sincerely appreciate the work you put into this video. Best of luck!
Whenever I come across a small channel with very good videos I check to see how often they upload and if it’s at least twice a month, I subscribe. If you upload more I’m pretty sure your channel will get big enough to make a living off of.
I got this on Switch last week and 30 hours later I am completely hooked! It's kicking my ass and frustrating as hell at times, but it's so refreshingly hard, and so refreshingly doesn't hold your hand at all. I love it!
I started the game 2 times until now, played 5 hrs in the first and 3 hrs in my second, but there was that feeling that made me stop playing both times, I think I should give it another chance because I keep hearing great stuff about it and really wanna get into it. Also very good review, and I can see the quality writing in the script.
@The Pack ok, sorry, I really hate when people overhype games that do not deserve such acclaim.. Yeah, it's alright, but I dont like the childish tone and character/enemy design, repetitive design, dull color and how punishing it seems to be.
@@wallacesousuke1433 I think its less that the game is trash, and more that the game isn't for you. If a game is loved by so many people, its impossible for it to be trash, no matter how much YOU don't like it.
For all that I love about the game, it could definitely have used more platforming challenges, for sure. I DO think I prefer the way the game presented the story though. There was much more of a focus on 'lore' than 'plot' and while I can understand why that might bother people, it's a pretty unique approach to story telling and for me, it fit perfectly with the exploration elements and theme of the game for there to just be constant tidbits of forgotten lore that you can sort of piece together into a backstory (that is very much up to interpretation) rather than a fully-developed plot (which I can get from so many countless other games), but that might just be me.
I have watched a lot of videos recommending this game, and you've managed to bring up things about the visual design that no one else did, and gave them a funny but insightful name in "I Hate People Aesthetics", good job.
I like the shorter video format. Thought the sound from this recording location was just as good but if you like the other recording location more, just go visit it and then you could record.
I got Hollow knight for my sister for Christmas because I had it as a games for Playstation plus a while ago and didn't have it at the time, I have gotten Playstation Plus again recently and have gotten into it and I have played it a few days and have gotten further than my sister
I had the same problem with DnD character creation, but my friend who DMs us the most absolutely LOVES homebrew, so he makes sure that we know we can use homebrew races, which is why my first DnD campaign, I played a sentient corgi that was unable to talk. I am currently playing a fallen asimar that's only fallen because he's a massive dickhead.
I just completed my second play through of metroid dread on hard mode and I loved the game play I needed something else so I decided to pick up hollow knight again and I'm going to try to beat it this time.
I know I'm super late to this video, but if you're bored of the stereotypical fantasy experience still, I would recommend Brandon Sanderson's fantasy series, especially the Stormlight Archives. They have some very unique creatures, magic systems and a deep well of lore you could get lost in.
Nice video! I definitely need this, I am replaying Hollow Knight months later. I am slightly enjoying it than before, but I still kind of find it boring. I really want this to be my favorite game! Also, you are incredibly underrated, just subscribed!
No, I played it that one time, barely making progress and found it boring. So I decided to start over at the beginning, since I have a bit of knowledge from when I first played it
@@coulsonknight Hmmm. Maybe Metroidvanias aren't for you? I was hooked within my first hour of playing. I would suggest at least playing until you reach the city of tears because the world really opens up to you at that point and almost triples in size. If you still don't find it fun after that I would suggest giving up.
i only got this game after trying on and of and on my third try i got completely hooked, and now it is proudly say that it’s my favorite game, other than the part on the story this is a great review and i’m interested on how your youtube career will turn out.
I'm glad you eventually got hooked! It's fair to disagree on the story, though, and I didn't do a great job of elaborating on that point in this review. Maybe I'll change my mind on it some day 'cause there are some incredibly powerful moments, but I guess I just wanted more of those. I plan to continue this RUclips thing, so we'll both see how it turns out eventually. . . . . . . . SPOILERS . . . The "incredibly powerful moments" I'm referring to are scenes like when you ascend the Abyss and witness the bond between the Pale King and the Hollow Knight.
@@Cinnacal i feel like the main problem with the story is that it is hard to understand and comprehend your first time, but other than that i really enjoyed the main part of it and all the lore the game offered
To be honest, the second fight with Hornet is harder. The Ball of spikes she lives in the air as booby trap gave me a lot of trouble so it took me like 20 minutes or so to defeat her? When I defeated her it was a DOUBL KNOCK OUT! I killed her she killed me. So "MAN I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DEFEATING HER BUT SHE ALSO KILLED ME I HAVE TO REPEAT THIS FIGHT AGAIN"! I went back to the nearest save point where I saved my game then travelled back to her location to fight her again but she was not there! THIS WAS HOW I GET PAST HER! After this I passed by her place then continued to go to the secret room down below. The first hornet was relatively easy it only took me less than 3 minutes to defeat her with my NOT YET UPGRADED NAIL!
I played this game 2 years ago… didn’t get it. Got confused and lost after 15 hours. I’m going to try to get back into it. I really wanna “get” it, just to know what everyone raves about
The story of the game IS the journey though, talking to the characters is just as important to the story as the required objectives. If what you classify as story is only things that are required, that would mean no game should ever have ANY optional content. The optionality of the content was intentional, it allows you to create your own story and makes the possibilities of the world feel wider. This isn't really a fault of the game, it's something it objectively does quite well, it just sounds like you want games without optional content.
I'm in love with the atmosphere and style of this game, but I get too easily frustrated with games that are made for skilled gamers. Shooters, platformers, and any real hardcore, high-risk games just make me mad. I really really want to see if this is a game I could still play!!
I am not skilled at all (I literally never game) and gave it a shot to. It was really frustrating at points. But if you can allow yourself to fail it's really worth it.
Undertale hollow knight and ori: let's try something different and unique! Rain world: LET'S BREAK ALL THE RULES WE WON'T BE UNIQUE WE.. WILL. BE. ALIEN! But all joking aside I love all of them with rain world having a special place in my heart because sadly.. we will probably never see a game like it again
I really enjoy Hollow knight. There are something’s that are kinda annoying about it. Like the path to upgrading your nail and finding the pale ore. Other than that I really can’t say much negative about it.
D&D was Tolkien changed just enough to not get sued, by super fans. But yeah, everything derives from the trinity of Tolkien, King Arthur, and Robin Hood.
Lol "Hollow Knight is a refreshing oasis in a desert of sequels, and I can't wait to see what Team Cherry does next." *Looks at Team Cherry's next game "Oh."
I want to like this game but I couldn’t. The fighting was like two direction. Wish there was more rewards in the item system and a lot more variety of move sets. No voice acting. The scenery and the music was pretty though. Having to buy marker only to show where you are on the map is a joke.
Fine review, but it's pretty audacious to make claims like, "No one creates unique fantasy races". There are plenty of books in the fantasy genre that are really pushing the envelope when it comes to different fantasy races. I think your claim is largely true but in my opinion there's been a renaissance in the fantasy genre over the last decade which has deliberately pushed back against old trends. P.S. this review is top tier and convinced me to pick up the game. Keep making content like this and I'll keep coming back.
I agree with everything you said except for your statement that the story isn't involved. Because of how well they utilize environmental storytelling, the entire game pretty much IS the story. There's so much more to the story than just the main points, and I encourage you to look deeper into the lore as you're playing. It's one of the best parts.
Im sorry but when you said LOTR was your 1st fantasy experience i shook my head, I was 5 years ood playing Faxanadu for NES and zelda and Im currently 25, plz tell me how in the fuck your childhood sucked so bad
And the fact you ask how the director or whatever came up with the characters of lord of the rings is pretty damn self explanatory, fantasy existed since fucking D&D first launched, wake the fuck up, and shame on those that raised you with an ever apparent shitty childhood because jesus christ you're BEHIND if LOTR is the first fantasy thing you witnessed smh 😂😂😂😂
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Thank you all so much for watching the video! It seems like this has been getting a lot of new people, so if you're one of them, welcome! I make a lot more videos like this one, but if you prefer some long-form videos, I made one on Xenoblade if you wanna check that out. I have plans to release another video soon, so subscribe if you're curious about what I'll talk about next.
By the way, I apologize about the less-than-stellar audio for this video. I wanted to try recording somewhere else that was more convenient since I didn't have access to where I normally record audio. Apologies for the inconvenience, but I hope the video is still good regardless.
What happened to this channel?
Sad that you thought the story was underwhelming, I think it has some great stuff. I do think the presentation largely sells it but the lore behind the basic story fascinates me.
This was a great video, can’t wait for more from you!
I think maybe future Team Cherry games might captivate me more in terms of story. But also my enjoyment of the story depends on whether or not you include the character stories. If you do, then the story isn't really underwhelming anymore.
But I'm glad you liked the vid anyhow!
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@@Cinnacal since the games story is basically just the story of the charecters plus what is basically a tangential revenge plot for the knight, I’d say the charecters stories are the games story
@@Cinnacalyou haven't gotten deeper into the games story yet, you need to watch videos and such to understand more of the lore and speculation on it. The story is not as bland as you think.
The story and lore are wonderfully deep and complex, but it took me actively looking at out of game sources to really fill in the details.
I think Team Cherry may have leaned a little *too* far into hiding the lore and story in subtle ways, which is something I appreciate, but I think it came at the cost of the players that don't spend hundreds of hours searching and decoding not really getting to experience just how amazing it all is.
The game is nearly flawless, so I'm hoping Team Cherry can tweak a few of the super small things from HK that weren't perfect and work them into Silk Song. :)
this is criminally underrated this deserves a hell of a lot more than 25 likes. Keep treading man
Thank you so much!! I appreciate the encouragement a lot too
This channel is honestly an underrated gem. I hope you're able to get more traction soon!
Thanks for saying that! I really do appreciate it. I just gotta keep going and making more content. I don’t plan to stop anytime soon so I guess we’ll see what happens eventually
exactly!
1 year later....
I feel bad that I just found this game, this video and this channel. This breakdown was really great, and I felt myself very interested in your take until the end, while agreeing with everything. I'm late to the party but I'm subbed now. Hope it makes up for it. For being late to Hollow Knight... no excuse. I refused to graduate from the 3DS until very recently. I sincerely appreciate the work you put into this video. Best of luck!
Whenever I come across a small channel with very good videos I check to see how often they upload and if it’s at least twice a month, I subscribe. If you upload more I’m pretty sure your channel will get big enough to make a living off of.
I got this on Switch last week and 30 hours later I am completely hooked! It's kicking my ass and frustrating as hell at times, but it's so refreshingly hard, and so refreshingly doesn't hold your hand at all. I love it!
This channel has the quality of a channel with millions of subs. It’s amazing man good work!!
Thank you for saying that! I'm hoping to keep up this quality and improve too with future content!!
The music in this game is amazing. It almost brings me to tears as Minecraft’s would
6:37 PTSD from that one
I started the game 2 times until now, played 5 hrs in the first and 3 hrs in my second, but there was that feeling that made me stop playing both times, I think I should give it another chance because I keep hearing great stuff about it and really wanna get into it.
Also very good review, and I can see the quality writing in the script.
it isnt great at all, just go play something else, Hollow Knight is overrated trash
@The Pack ok, sorry, I really hate when people overhype games that do not deserve such acclaim.. Yeah, it's alright, but I dont like the childish tone and character/enemy design, repetitive design, dull color and how punishing it seems to be.
@@wallacesousuke1433 You are one of those people that couldn't get out of the first area because you kept getting lost aren't you?
@@savary5050 nope :D game is trash regardless
@@wallacesousuke1433 I think its less that the game is trash, and more that the game isn't for you. If a game is loved by so many people, its impossible for it to be trash, no matter how much YOU don't like it.
For all that I love about the game, it could definitely have used more platforming challenges, for sure. I DO think I prefer the way the game presented the story though. There was much more of a focus on 'lore' than 'plot' and while I can understand why that might bother people, it's a pretty unique approach to story telling and for me, it fit perfectly with the exploration elements and theme of the game for there to just be constant tidbits of forgotten lore that you can sort of piece together into a backstory (that is very much up to interpretation) rather than a fully-developed plot (which I can get from so many countless other games), but that might just be me.
Did you go into the white palace?
I have watched a lot of videos recommending this game, and you've managed to bring up things about the visual design that no one else did, and gave them a funny but insightful name in "I Hate People Aesthetics", good job.
It's my second favorite game EVER played it 3 over the course of last year.
That's fair; it's a really good game
What is number 1?
@@tobyk5091 Zelda: Breath of the wild :)
@@tobyk5091 God of War 4 is also up there
@@evanjoao9678 nice
Thank you for the clear pronunciation of your consonants. It’s soothing. Subbed
Im surprised with the quality of this video. Good job!
I like the shorter video format. Thought the sound from this recording location was just as good but if you like the other recording location more, just go visit it and then you could record.
Great video, I think I might get the game!!
Hell yeah! Have fun with it, and thanks for the compliment too!
This video is so well made! and i totally agree, this game is AMAZING!
I got Hollow knight for my sister for Christmas because I had it as a games for Playstation plus a while ago and didn't have it at the time, I have gotten Playstation Plus again recently and have gotten into it and I have played it a few days and have gotten further than my sister
I had the same problem with DnD character creation, but my friend who DMs us the most absolutely LOVES homebrew, so he makes sure that we know we can use homebrew races, which is why my first DnD campaign, I played a sentient corgi that was unable to talk. I am currently playing a fallen asimar that's only fallen because he's a massive dickhead.
Honestly that sounds amazing. Now I wanna try home brew DnD with my friends so I might just do that
I just completed my second play through of metroid dread on hard mode and I loved the game play I needed something else so I decided to pick up hollow knight again and I'm going to try to beat it this time.
sounds like you would like subnautica from the fantasy creatures and surprise elements
Boy that game gives me the creeps
I feel like I wasted £30 on that game.
This video is so well done! It really has swayed me towards playing through Hollow Knight on my channel
Well done lad you’ve made a great review
I can't believe you haven't reached 10k yet, you surely have the quality to go higher! Good job and good luck :)
this video is super well made and is super underrated keep u the good work!
Found your channel looking for this game. I purchased a physical copy and I will subscribe. You have potential, keep it up.
In my opinion getting lost is where most of the fun comes from when playing metroidvena games
I know I'm super late to this video, but if you're bored of the stereotypical fantasy experience still, I would recommend Brandon Sanderson's fantasy series, especially the Stormlight Archives. They have some very unique creatures, magic systems and a deep well of lore you could get lost in.
Great video my friend and yes I would watch a long video for Hollow Knight if you have the time. Thank you for making awesome content
You know you're addicted when you're playing the game while watching a review how good HK is
This is one of those games that I keep saying I’ll play but it always gets pushed back by another game, I need to buy this.
As someone who bought it a few days ago randomly on a whim, after putting it off for years: it’s really that fuckin good, you gotta
Commenting to help the algorithm. You make great content, you should have a lot more subscribers.
I'd say Hollow Knight sits alongside Breath of the Wild as one of my all-time favourite games period
Botw is so overrated
Awesome! I recently got the game and started my playthrough series on my channel. The game is truly a masterpiece
Nice video! I definitely need this, I am replaying Hollow Knight months later. I am slightly enjoying it than before, but I still kind of find it boring. I really want this to be my favorite game!
Also, you are incredibly underrated, just subscribed!
Wait you finished it and didn't find it fun?
No, I played it that one time, barely making progress and found it boring. So I decided to start over at the beginning, since I have a bit of knowledge from when I first played it
@@coulsonknight Hmmm. Maybe Metroidvanias aren't for you? I was hooked within my first hour of playing. I would suggest at least playing until you reach the city of tears because the world really opens up to you at that point and almost triples in size. If you still don't find it fun after that I would suggest giving up.
6 minutes in ... "bugs yo, they are bugs!"
Sly=Fly
I only noticed that yet
i only got this game after trying on and of and on my third try i got completely hooked, and now it is proudly say that it’s my favorite game, other than the part on the story this is a great review and i’m interested on how your youtube career will turn out.
I'm glad you eventually got hooked! It's fair to disagree on the story, though, and I didn't do a great job of elaborating on that point in this review. Maybe I'll change my mind on it some day 'cause there are some incredibly powerful moments, but I guess I just wanted more of those. I plan to continue this RUclips thing, so we'll both see how it turns out eventually.
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The "incredibly powerful moments" I'm referring to are scenes like when you ascend the Abyss and witness the bond between the Pale King and the Hollow Knight.
@@Cinnacal i feel like the main problem with the story is that it is hard to understand and comprehend your first time, but other than that i really enjoyed the main part of it and all the lore the game offered
To be honest, the second fight with Hornet is harder. The Ball of spikes she lives in the air as booby trap gave me a lot of trouble so it took me like 20 minutes or so to defeat her? When I defeated her it was a DOUBL KNOCK OUT! I killed her she killed me. So "MAN I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DEFEATING HER BUT SHE ALSO KILLED ME I HAVE TO REPEAT THIS FIGHT AGAIN"! I went back to the nearest save point where I saved my game then travelled back to her location to fight her again but she was not there! THIS WAS HOW I GET PAST HER! After this I passed by her place then continued to go to the secret room down below. The first hornet was relatively easy it only took me less than 3 minutes to defeat her with my NOT YET UPGRADED NAIL!
Where is the long form video??
I mean, the video was fun to watch but the extreme and frequent tangents were a strange choice.
Excellent review pal!
I{m not sure if you noticed but there is a typo in the chapters.
Clever comment. I like it. Sorry, I had my Spanish keyboard on then that’s probably why
I was the same w Kingdom Come when I first began. Then I fell in love w the entire game. No other title like it…
You had me at "leave a dislike and hate comment" for me to sub to you
they plan a 'hollow knight 2'
its called silk song
I played this game 2 years ago… didn’t get it. Got confused and lost after 15 hours. I’m going to try to get back into it. I really wanna “get” it, just to know what everyone raves about
The story of the game IS the journey though, talking to the characters is just as important to the story as the required objectives. If what you classify as story is only things that are required, that would mean no game should ever have ANY optional content. The optionality of the content was intentional, it allows you to create your own story and makes the possibilities of the world feel wider. This isn't really a fault of the game, it's something it objectively does quite well, it just sounds like you want games without optional content.
Is it as good as. Ori
This video gave you a new subscriber
Me someone who has 110% completion on hollow knight ah yes I need to watch this
Agreed, and the difficulty makes it so you can play it for longer!
I'm in love with the atmosphere and style of this game, but I get too easily frustrated with games that are made for skilled gamers. Shooters, platformers, and any real hardcore, high-risk games just make me mad. I really really want to see if this is a game I could still play!!
I am not skilled at all (I literally never game) and gave it a shot to. It was really frustrating at points. But if you can allow yourself to fail it's really worth it.
This game is literally full of bugs
No like really
Undertale hollow knight and ori: let's try something different and unique!
Rain world: LET'S BREAK ALL THE RULES WE WON'T BE UNIQUE WE.. WILL. BE. ALIEN!
But all joking aside I love all of them with rain world having a special place in my heart because sadly.. we will probably never see a game like it again
The game is just fun to look at it and chill out with
Amazing vid
A long form Hallow Knight video would be dope.
I really enjoy Hollow knight. There are something’s that are kinda annoying about it. Like the path to upgrading your nail and finding the pale ore. Other than that I really can’t say much negative about it.
HK is the BOMB!! Very difficult but very rewarding. Great game!
D&D was Tolkien changed just enough to not get sued, by super fans. But yeah, everything derives from the trinity of Tolkien, King Arthur, and Robin Hood.
Long form hollow knight vid sounds good
Noted. :)
I agree
so TLDR: Because the game replaces typical fantasy races with bug versions that makes it...good?....
Lol "Hollow Knight is a refreshing oasis in a desert of sequels, and I can't wait to see what Team Cherry does next."
*Looks at Team Cherry's next game
"Oh."
Great review, by the way. Glad you enjoyed the game.
Hhahahahaahahahhaahaha
Good l love hollow knight so much so I got it on the Nintendo switch and got it again on my playstation 4 using playstation plus
Great review! & For anyone who loves these types of games, try Blasphemous, it's fantastic!
I wanna play it, but it seems so dang long
I want to like this game but I couldn’t. The fighting was like two direction. Wish there was more rewards in the item system and a lot more variety of move sets. No voice acting. The scenery and the music was pretty though. Having to buy marker only to show where you are on the map is a joke.
I dont see whats so great about this game, it's nowhere near as great as Metroid and Castlevania
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Fine review, but it's pretty audacious to make claims like, "No one creates unique fantasy races". There are plenty of books in the fantasy genre that are really pushing the envelope when it comes to different fantasy races.
I think your claim is largely true but in my opinion there's been a renaissance in the fantasy genre over the last decade which has deliberately pushed back against old trends.
P.S. this review is top tier and convinced me to pick up the game. Keep making content like this and I'll keep coming back.
I played it with a friend. I wasn't a fan of it.
Does this guy really think that DND o my has a few playable races? You have half demons, crow people, frog people, fae, all kinds of shit!
Wow, you really haven’t read a lot of fantasy.
I agree with everything you said except for your statement that the story isn't involved. Because of how well they utilize environmental storytelling, the entire game pretty much IS the story. There's so much more to the story than just the main points, and I encourage you to look deeper into the lore as you're playing. It's one of the best parts.
It's only 15 bucks. Insanely cheap.
This game was the first souls like game that sucks 😂 salt was way better
Wait, a Xenoblade and Hollow Knight fan?!? Ok i'm on board.
Also longform would be great. Love longform content
This guy sounds like he's trying to make his voice sound lower than it really is.
this game mid
Im sorry but when you said LOTR was your 1st fantasy experience i shook my head, I was 5 years ood playing Faxanadu for NES and zelda and Im currently 25, plz tell me how in the fuck your childhood sucked so bad
And the fact you ask how the director or whatever came up with the characters of lord of the rings is pretty damn self explanatory, fantasy existed since fucking D&D first launched, wake the fuck up, and shame on those that raised you with an ever apparent shitty childhood because jesus christ you're BEHIND if LOTR is the first fantasy thing you witnessed smh 😂😂😂😂
please someone tell me this is a joke