Forum Overview :: Hollow Knight :: I do not "get" this game.

[quote name="Ice Cream Jonsey"]Other games I did not get or understand or really enjoy - Vampire Survivors, Hades. I haven't beaten the first monster of Elden Ring either, and I put a lot of time into that one. In Hollow Knight, I quickly got to a screen where there was a crying person. We have "jump" and "attack" as our verbs. The crying person was way up on the screen, so I can't interact and even if I could, I only know those two buttons. Later, I saw the enemy linked below. When I move close, they have their armor close around them and do not attack. When I am a little farther, they spit fire. Okay. I don't doubt that there is something in the expansive levels and boards and screens that will help, but I didn't see anything to pick up and use or whatnot. <img src="https://i.postimg.cc/7Z4Q4Pvj/20250906224850-1.jpg"> Text adventures show you things so that you are motivated to explore to find ways to get around them. So, no prob. I kept playing. It looks nice, sounds nice, feels fluid. It is very responsive. I kept playing and eventually all the equivalent of Sonic's rings fell out of me. There's no ability to save the game except that at a checkpoint that I never saw, going to about 15 different screens, so I am done. I am glad other people are enjoying it and I am glad they made hundreds of millions of dollars. The sequel is only $20, I'll probably get that too. I am missing what others enjoy about it, though. [/quote]