not to overhype it but cure is genuinely one of the best movies ever made

i’ve received the nickname “the demon of the garden district” after my 35th attempt at a poison based enemy gauntlet in hollow knight silksong

they are so so good at designing cool bosses but they seem to have spent like 5% of their time thinking about that and about 90% of their time designing smaller rooms to put more basic enemies in

others have talked about this but i also think so many enemies and hazards doing two damage is a mistake. big bosses, fine, but just your regular spikes or drones out in the wild doing two feels terrible. it makes exploring such a slog and makes getting additional health feel pointless.

the other small design decisions are just not fun either. why do tools cost shells? you’re already limited in how many you can use between rests! why are there two currencies? why does every goddamn bench and map and fast travel point cost rosaries? why do some enemies drop one but not the other?

every time i almost got back into the game because of a great boss fight, id be immediately thrown into another boring enemy gauntlet. going from the second lace fight, which is incredible, to the coral tower was among the most dispiriting experiences playing a game ive ever had. it’s insane.

worst contract in the nba?

it doesn’t accept any of the seas as the pacific ocean, despite the fact that the seas are very clearly part of the pacific ocean

huge disappointment. the original hollow knight wasn’t like this! you made a game that feels incredible to play and the primary combat scenario design is just “small room with lots of bullshit and no rewards”. i truly do not understand.

i know i’m beating a dead horse here but these have straight up ruined this game for me. i’m almost done, i’ll finish it, but i kind of wish i quit halfway through. i hate these gauntlet rooms man. they aren’t even that hard. they are just a waste of time.