Hollow Knight: Silksong

Staberinde

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I finished Act 3 (92% completion) took me about as long as Act 2 (about 20 hours per act for me) and for me had some of the better gameplay moments in the game even though exploring new zones is less of a thing. Enemies randomly having a chance to be buffed with extra abilities and HP in Act 3 is a bit annoying but I was mostly just parkouring past them to get to objectives at that point.

Difficulty wise it didnt feel like a huge jump, but I did do all of Act 1 and 2 with a level 1 needle cos I was a dumbass so that made things harder early on. I would say most of the Act 3 boss difficulties come in learning movesets rather than throwing mobs around (beastfly). So you tend to feel more of a sense of progression learning bosses rather than frustration at swarms of enemies just being annoyingly in the way all the time.

The story leading up to and finishing Act 3 was much more epic and satisfying for me. To the point were I really wouldnt consider finishing Act 2 to be "completing" the game at all. If you enjoyed the game up to the end of Act 2 I highly recommend continuing to the true ending.
 
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Seananigans

Honorary Shit-PhD
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Finally got around to starting this, enjoying it as much as I hoped I would. I wasn’t able to 100% or platinum Hollow Knight, but I played the hell out of it and loved 99% of it. I’ve never been bothered by these mechanics some of you are saying ruin the experience for you… honestly it’s probably a big part of why it’s so enjoyable. I guess if I had to pick one mechanic I wish were different, it might be the mapping rules. Not being able to update map without first buying the vendor’s area map is often annoying. But at the same time, it forces me to pay more attention to where I am, so alright then.

Still making my way toward the Citadel, but I’ve picked up dash/sprint and just got the cloak upgrade, two extra crests, crafting tools and now I need to go grab the pouch upgrade from Pilgrim’s Rest. Game is paused at the Choir(?) boss after you grab the cloak upgrade, gotta go run an errand for tomorrow. He killed me a couple of times mostly due to my own retardation, as his behavior is pretty easy to learn.

Fun shit!
 
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