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Wasn't expecting hollow knight to be a 30+ hour metroidvania

Truly a GOTY contender

>>13619202

I heard it was long but I didn't realize what that meant. It just seems to keep going on and on, just when I start to get my bearings in the area I was exploring, I run into a completely new area I don't have a map for, and it keeps happening.

>>13619278

That's another game I've meant to play for a while. Maybe I'll get it now.

>the tablet that warns you not to read it.

What does that mean? Will it spoil the puzzles for you? Or make it worse?

>>13619326

It just turns on hard mode

>>13619343

>>13619326

It makes everything harder forever, you may only notice it after it's too late and you already saved.

Not recommended on your first playtrough at all, will make searching for stuff a nightmare.

Another golden hint is ignoring the in-game note app and write down notes on important/peculiar stuff irl on an actual paper. The in-game tool is too barebones and limited.

>>13619377

Ah I see, I was mostly concerned about the game becoming easier.

>Another golden hint is ignoring the in-game note app and write down notes on important/peculiar stuff irl on an actual paper

Thanks. I heard somewhere not to buy the compass in hollow knight, and I think that was good advice. You have to actually think where you are and how to navigate the map, rather than just looking at it and adjusting based on where it says you are.

I wish there was info like that for most games, or even better if the devs thought of it. Things you can do to make the game more interesting.

>>13619084

>What are some other very long non-sandbox/openworld singleplayer games? Preferably no AAA shit.

well open world or open ended games can pretty much last forever (I know the difference)

but anyway, I've been binging on total war for two weeks now, playing attila, one full campaign can easily last the fuck out a whole with you playing it everyday several hours

>>13619084

New update soon.

>>13619448

I like the sentiment of that but people who play metroidvanias naturally do that anyway. It comes with the territory of searching every wall for secrets and becoming familiar with your surroundings through gameplay alone. Even without a map.

>have the dream nail and beat some of the warrior ghosts but haven't had the urge to play since

even with the dash charm moving from place to place can feel kinda tedious in this game

>>13619448

Yeah, that compass is there just in case a player has a reeeeally bad sense of direction or position.

I think even players that use it at first will eventually change it for a better badge.

>>13619550

I sure hope you didn't stop playing a game halfway trough. This kills the motivation.

How about you stop playing indieshit and lurk more, faggot

>>13619722

Part 2 is too long though. Lots of filler.

>>13619568

I probably would have bought it though if I hadn't heard not to.

I mean it's an unlockable I can get, of course I'll buy it. I can't usually think ahead on a meta level like that, especially because games are rarely designed with that decision in mind. Like you can decide in a given game not look at a minimap or objective markers or whatever, but the game may not be build to be navigable that way. I've seen examples of I think Fallout games, where you get a quest with completely insufficient amount of directions because you're supposed to just go where the quest marker tells you to.

I'd love a game where I have to draw the map myself and add points of interests into it, but it would have to be a very good and interesting game to be worth all the effort.

>>13619858

It was just an equipable badge just like the others. I just bought it cheap, noticed later it wasn't necessary and wasting a badge point, then just didn't use it anymore.

>I'd love a game where I have to draw the map myself and add points of interests into it.

Get a notebook ready for La-Mulana.

>>13619938

>It was just an equipable badge just like the others

You sure about that? I can't see anything else that I can "unequip" except for charms, and the compass wasn't a charm as far as I recall.

I almost regret buying the other map badges too, but I don't see a way to disable them. Not that I'd probably want to at this point since I've already explored so much.

>>13619520

>New update soon.

Shit, I just checked it out and it's releasing in 4 fucking days. I think I may just stop playing and start over when the update comes out. I have no idea how significant it's supposed to be though.

>>13619858

>I'd love a game where I have to draw the map myself and add points of interests into it, but it would have to be a very good and interesting game to be worth all the effort.

Would recommend Myst: Riven.

>>13620034

I wouldn't bother. It isn't really the type of game that locks you out of content as you progress except near the very end.

OP if you know where to go, it's 2-3 hours tops.

Enjoy it. It's a solid game and can take 20 hours or more to find all the secrets blind on your first playthrough.

Just don't cheese bosses with all the +dmg shit with iframes

Also

WHEN IS LA MULANA 2

>>13619084

Its a great game anon.

I still feel terrible for only paying 15$ for it, the devs honestly deserved more, especially considering they give free fucking DLC. I'm tempted to buy the soundtrack just to throw money at them even though it'd be near-pointless since i'd likely never listen to it.

hilariously enough Dark Souls fits your criteria fairly well. Its not quite as linear as Hollow Knight (which isn't linear, but is still 2D) but it ends up being very similar

Symphony of the Night will likely take you at least 2-3 days if you're a thorough bastard on your first blind playthrough, as will LttP.

>>13619084

Also Valkyria Chronicles if you bother to listen to watch every cutscene, and Fire Emblem 7 as well.

Again this is all assuming blindness and being thorough.

Chrono Trigger will probably take you a decent chunk of time too when blind, about 20-30 hours most likely.

>>13619888

>Butchered

How?

>>13619888

I just checked and apparently only the loading times minigames are gone? (which is pointless since the game loads way faster now?)

Please stop shilling tumblrknight.

>>13623657

It's a good game, kill yourself.

>>13623920

>maybe if keep being vague I'll seem less retarded

>(You)

Take your halfchan shit memes with you.

>>13623920

>maybe if I just throw shit out no one said I will be accepted here

Go back to 4chan you faggot. We don't want you here.

>>13624175

I agree with everything you said, EXCEPT

>Gender neutral main character

I was 99% sure they called Cuphead or whatever the fuck his name was a boy.

>>13624209

Who are you quoting? Hollow Knight has a transgenderfluid character.

>>13624231

Shit

I saw the cuphead reaction image and lost my train of thought.

>>13624231

Uh yeah, Hollow knight doesn't have a gender because he is an unnatural abomination. Maybe I don't lurk tumblr as much you seem to, but I can't imagine tranny freak or whatever being inspired by him.

>>13619722

>tomboy

Turn on.

>wants to physically beat people up

Massive turn off. If she wants to fight, give her a ranged weapon. Brawling is a masculine behavior.

>>13624331

Sorry zir, I will try to remember zour pronouns from now on.

>>13624175

So it's a tumblr game because the player character's gender isn't mentioned?

Ok anon, what ever you say.

>>13624331

Don't fucking reply.

Report and filter, you're falling for basic derailment.

>>13624175

Vessel isnt gender neutral. Hornet is called the "gendered child", which in Old English meant female

>>13624311

This

Its a lovely game with an outstanding morality system. Atlus definitely did not disappoint.

I unfortunately didn't get to finish it yet, but I've put in something like, 55 hours in it so far? Had to take a hiatus for reason I'd rather not explain

>>13625090

You're asking to be baited more

Also if people couldn't figure out Vessel wasn't a boy by his design, they should've figured it out by him being a reincarnation or w/e of the KING

>>13625180

He achieved the mark of the king and became the new one he wasnt a reincarnation, though the old one stayed at the white palace.

>tfw the shade of the hollow knight rises up and helps you against the radiance

>>13620602

Ending got botched

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