>What's that? Silksong is releasing in two weeks?? Damn, I better play this game I spent years pretending is the greatest thing since sliced bread so I can be a part of new [thing].
>>719794672I wish someone could tell me the name of the marketing company for that game so I could use it for my game in the future
bvmp for this trvthnvke
>>719795203it's called Durgasoft Solutions
>people are excited for a sequel>you wonder what the fuzz is about and play the first game>this is bad according to OP
I don't understand the normalfag hype for this game. It's just a bing bing wahoo platformer? Bizarre
What if people are replaying in anticipation
>>719795203the game sold because it was 2d platformer dark souls in the peak of souls hype era.getting mad at HK success is like getting mad when lightning strikes
>>719795362>Durgasoft Solutions>latest java techthis sitekek
>>719795501it's the literal dark souls of bing bing platformers. people were buying absolute slop at that time if it had bosses and a runback mechanic
>>719795501>It's just a bing bing wahoo platformer?So the most terminally online demographic prome to spaming? Look how much nintendo trash gets posted
>>719795545no sensible takes allowed
>>719794672So that's why the people praising Hollow Knight ask us what we didn't like about the game when we say it's just a 7/10, they didn't play the game themselves. Now that makes a lot of sense.
>>719795973or, you know, the slow trickle of people who bought it over the years all decided to replay it or finish it for silksong
Had this slop in my back catalog for years. Played an hour. Got bored. Uninstalled.
>>719796090cope, most people dropped that mid ass game.
>>719795773>it's the literal dark soulsSo the most terminally online demographic prome to spaming? Look how much nintendo trash gets posted
Compared to the actual good games in the genre, HK is about a 6-7 out of 10. The start is really tedious and the middle has a lot of huge open empty space so a lot of people will get bored.The main appeals are being a decent game in a mostly dead genre where its main competition is often actual trash, and being very fucking cheap.
What now, nigger
>>719795474It is bad since the game sold 15 million copies. Games that sell 2-5 million regularly surpass 100k concurrent players, sometimes 200k. That means that the number of Hollow Knight owners versus the number of people who have actually played Hollow Knight is really, really far apart.Yes, it is bad to buy video games, never play them, and tell everyone you are it's biggest fan.
>>719794672It's literally the biggest Earthbound fan meme.
>>719796590>The people praising it are the same people who haven't played it! This claim makes perfect sense to me so I will just go ahead and make it!Anon. I hate to break it to you like this, but you're completely and hopelessly retarded. Nothing you will ever say or do will have any merit, the best you can hope to achieve with your life is to provide meagre entertainment with your pointless clowning.
>>719796426>metroivanias>dead genre
>>719796426This is what kept happening to me. I've tried to finish it like two or three times and I always stall out like halfway through. The map is really unpleasant and unintuitive to navigate compared to other games in the genre. The combat is fun, and I think the atmosphere and art direction are good, but the exploration feels like butts. I really wish I liked it more. Hopefully Silksong has improved on that.
>>7197956872d platformerone among millions>but metroidvaniaone among millions>but at peak souls hype eraone among hundred thousands
>>719794672Kek
>>719796664For a game that sold 15 million copies?
>>719795756sovl
>>719794672Ban every person who starts Steam chart threads and redirect their banned appeal forms to Reddit /r/IndiaGaming
>game was just on sale>people who haven't played HK getting hyped for SS
>>719796590Steam is not the only platform brainlet
>>719796590HK has sold a lot of copies over its lifetime. It didn't have a major launch, which is why there's no massive concurrent player jump at the beginning. It was mostly carried by word of mouth, so the sales remained consistent rather than having a massive influx then dropping off. I'm imagining Silksong will be a very different chart, given its impact on the servers.
>>719796868>Hollow Knight sequelone of a kind
>>71979686Still more fun than Metroid and IgavaniaStill more succesful than Metroid and IgavaniaStill more sales than Metroid and IgavaniaGonna cry? This genre might as well be called Hollow Knight-esque games.
>>719796902And like 0.1% of them ever finished the game. Who knows how many ever touched that game sitting in their backlog.
>>719796590Were there 15 million people playing on day 1 on Steam? No? Then shut the fuck up.
>>719796902>sold 14.5m copies in humble bundle copiesI can bet you some people have like 10 copies of this game with how often they appear in these bundles.
>>719795501>metroidvania with muh LORE>soulsfag crossover>artfag crossover>women unironically got on to the HK train>20 bucks for poorfag crossoverNo shit it's a popular release.
>>719797023Steam chart retards are a new breed of platform warring behavior. PC fanboy behavior.
>>719797170You forgot furfag coomsomer.
>>7197971340.1% of 15 million is still more than all your JRPGs and Metroidvania games. Keep seething.
>>719797134nigger every steam game going off achievements has like 5% of people as having beaten any game. It used to be worse until they changed the calculation too
It's just a mid flash game, I really don't get it. There are a hundred other 2D indie metroidvanias.
>>7197972585% beat patheon of hallownestNot just the game, the ultra hard ultimate DLC challenge that only the very best of humanity could attempt. Hollow Knight has the most hardcore fanbase of god gamers out of any game
>>719797256>OTHER THING!?
>>719796798Most of the good series are dead, yes. Aka: Metroid, and Castlevania.>B-but Dread?!Solid game, but lets not pretend that Metroid is alive and well as a series as a result.>>719796829To me it's mostly the lack of interesting movement options. You get dash and double jump and that's pretty much it (and I guess abusing the ghosts for skips is neat) but movement never stops feeling awkward and sluggish, which isn't helped by most of the combat feeling very tedious. Ender Magnolia was much better for this since if you mastered air combos you could do some pretty interesting skips. Combat also had a lot more options than HK where you're stuck with the nail and no real other weapon options (compare this to Castlevania DS games and it's inadequacy is very stark) Even weapons with similarly limited weapon options like Rabi Ribi still make things more interesting by allowing all sorts of crazy fighting-game style combo strings.in HK, you've peaked once you figure out how to pogo and combo a basic attack with a spell. It is unironically very souls-like in this regard, where your own skill never really grows beyond very basic attack patterns, and you only really have to learn enemy patterns.
>>7197971346.3% on Steam alone 112%'d the game. That includes people who haven't even started the game.
>>719797748To add to this 17.7% 100%'d, 22% defeated the Hollow Knight
>>719795687Not him and people can enjoy whatever they enjoyI understand why this got popular since it's pretty much Dark Souls but 2D and people love Dark Souls. I don't get why Dark Souls itself got popular.
>>719796726Says the guy who dickrides a game he never played
>5% beat patheon of hallownest>6.3% on Steam alone 112%'d the game.True, that happened. SAM was used by none of those people.
i play *exclusively* first-person shooters, with an exception for minecraft.will i enjoy hollow knight?
>>719795501>"normalfags" play and enjoy more core games than this pseud retard on /v/AHAHAHAHA
>>719797464Indie space was relatively non-competitive in the 2010s and so the first entries with the best marketing got entrenched as huge trendsetters.
>>719798624Early days of indies... dungeon defenders, terraria... SOVL
>>719798173If you're going to be a clown, try not to be so boring, anon.
Imma just play Silksong without playing Hollow Knight. Don't particularly enjoy metroidvania's but might as well give it a go
>>719799175npc behavior
Are you really just now finding out this is a thing that happens? Well guess what, it happens literally all the fucking time.
>>719799379>Not doing the standard everyman thing is "npc behaviour"Anon... you know you can think before you post, right? Try it.
>>719799379Eh but my backlog is empty
>>719799516Playing a game from a genre you dislike exclusively because everyone else is playing it is NPC behavior, yes.
>>719796590>Games that sell 2-5 million regularly surpass 100k concurrent playersfor a solo game you finish in 3 to 8 hours? player charts has friend some people's brains
>>719799716>Trying something new to see if it's actually enjoyable instead of just doing the same shit you've always done over and over is npc behaviourAnon... come the fuck on now, is this really the result of you thinking before you post? Are you genuinely this stupid?
>>719799516>>719800018who are you quoting?
>>719799878Hollow Knight is so bloated and slow that it's definitely not a 3-8 hour game.
CCU is the worst fucking metric.
>>719800124>Greentext is quotesSummer is over faggot. Go do your homework.
>>719799516seems like maybe you should take your own advice and try to filter out all the voices in your head
>>719800018>literally falling for marketing hype>literally clicking and engaging with an ad>sheep mentality>angry when pointed outDamn, you really are an NPC. Prove you're real by exiting the game and playing the game.
>>719794672I'm unironically having more of a blast in shadow labyrinth and never has one game infuriated me more with its awful controls.I've given hollow knight two good tries and it just. isn't. fun.
>>719800374but who are you quoting?
>>719794672sir I have redeemed the hall of night!
>>719794672why are you faggots always complaining about something>new gamebut you didn’t play old game>ok ill try old gamebut you didn’t play it on release>ok ill play nothing thenhaha I knew it you’re a fake gamer>ok ill play new gamebut you didn’t play old game>repeat forever
>>719800565>being this madlol
>>719798060>I don't get why Dark Souls itself got popular.Because it's good, uncompromising, (used to be) unique and it's easy to copy. It also didn't become a giant hit instantly.
>>719800706You forgot that it's extremely simple in its core systems. Input complexity is a huge barrier for a lot of normalfags, look at how much QCF breaks people who don't play fighting games or how people who don't play CAGs rarely use more than the basic string.Most normalfags prefer "builds" that do one thing in slightly different ways over one character who can do many different things because they don't use most of the in-game systems anyway.More normalfags would play a fighting game where every character plays more or less the same with no special moves where they can choose between 2% more health or 5% walk speed.
>>719795203It's called delaying your finished expansion for seven years.
>>719795501Casual exploration slop with Souls systems haphazardously thrown in in because it makes the game seem darker and more mature than it really is. It's a shallow pretty game which draws in pretentious faggots. It's one of the most by the numbers "throw it in because it's trendy" type of soulless indie games.
>>719798060DS was the first game in years of casualization and consolisation that didn't treat the player like an idiot.No wasting your time with hour long intros, tutorial or lore dump text boxesJust a game, that is decently challenging with some player choice freedom.
>>719801574>look at how much QCF breaks people who don't play fighting gamesThat's because not many games outside of FGs force players to use any motion inputs, even simple ones. If they'd play them as kids even most midwits wouldn't have much problem with them. Remember that actual casuals feel the same about any typical controls. Many adults are very lazy.>More normalfags would play a fighting game where every character plays more or less the same with no special moves where they can choose between 2% more health or 5% walk speed.I disagree, normalfags care about playing as "cool characters" more than anything, that's why fighting games have been overshadowed by MOBAs and hero shooters.
