Aja on 27/8/2025 at 15:53
I started replaying Hollow Knight, and suddenly I'm 10 hours in. I still think the cutesy character art and voice acting are at odds with kind of story it wants to tell and the atmosphere it's trying to establish, but the gameplay and exploration is as addicting as it ever was.
Thirith on 27/8/2025 at 16:14
I can see where you're coming from, Aja, but I think for me the music does the magic trick of binding together the story and atmosphere with its more cutesy elements. Whatever the reason, it definitely works for me: for instance, when I came across Myla, the little singing miner bug (and definitely one of the most cutesy characters), I already felt sadness when I remembered what eventually happens to her.
Renault on 27/8/2025 at 17:54
I started up Hollow Knight recently too, as a refresher and for some nostalgia before Silksong comes out. I kind of had the opposite reaction, I played for about 30 minutes and felt like "well, I know all of these locations like the back of my hand." One of the game's best attributes, exploration, was kind of dead for me and I got bored quickly. So I will very much be looking forward to the new game and some new areas to check out and navigate.
