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the open world + main story npc animations sell the promise of first person digital immersive theater in a way unlike any other game i've played. realistically sized/detailed spaces, bodies and movements do so much

silksong is too hard. i prefer baby steps which is an easy game because you can't die or even lose multiple pips of health

shame is a useful emotion when it's informed by material reality!

at this point i can't even be mad at people who are disappointed because, yeah, this is a different game that straight up doesn't offer some of what people want out of hollow knight. silksong's not impossibly hard, but it's definitely for the freaks

it's as if after a studio creates their symphony of the night, they're then afflicted by a deep need to move backwards into rondo of blood. and i'm here for it

yes, the bosses are actually *fun* now! i feel like people aren't just responding to difficulty, but to a perceived genre shift. HK was a survival-exploration game in which you could tank through most fights and then return to quiet exploration. silksong is an action-platformer through and through

to be fair, aiming for ledge grab pixels really puts the *precision* in "precision platformer"

have you played The End is Nigh? aka the ledge grab platformer

my cat is ghostly quiet but nothing i do will ever make her scratch her numerous scratching posts instead of our couch