RLog

It took me years to come to grips with the fact that it's okay I don't like Hollow Knight, and that also doesn't make it a bad game. I wanted to like it so much. On paper, it's everything I should love. I love metroidvanias; I love platformers; I love indie games; I love the visuals and atmosphere; I love the music. It feels like the game should have been made just for me. The thing is, it wasn't. It was made for people who love all those things, and also Dark Souls . There is no in-between. It's for people who love all those things, and also grueling, punishing, unfair  challenges. I don't. And that's okay.  And that also does not make it bad. I never actually played Dark Souls, but I did play Bloodborne. Unlike Hollow Knight, I did actually learn to love that game by the end. I still hated significant portions of it, and find restarting it from scratch to be infuriating all over again. Bloodborne was only truly fun for me once I upgraded everything and...