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Yeah I completely agree there

the flesh-parry mechanic was a lame last one

and while I liked some of the story bits

just makes it take longer because you have to wait to parry to actually kill them

most of it was kind of just a rehash

I really liked the story though

I 100%'d the game btw, so I did get all the story

damn though, I really assumed the Solarian ending was the better one

since you sorta already helped the apemen

depends on your perspective

the apemen are still being used in the facility to harvest their brains and keep the solarians in stasis

in the solarian ending

not the only one who matters tbh

I did think Yi was going to martyr himself in the end

and was pleasently surprised he didn't

It's not really bad ending/good ending, it's just different really

Althought Yi is essentially an immortal with no hope of saving his people in the Solarian ending. Kinda a despairing end.

I think my core issue is that most of the advance combat mechanics and character upgrades still result in the game playing slowly which (for a metroidvania) tends to lean the other way here you get a huge health pool and stalling tech, and while I like parrying when you want to run back through areas and clear out the 1-2 chests you missed it's not super satisfying

Were you ever using water form?

no

setting/art were very good, and I'll admit I did get a bit lost at a couple points figuring out exactly how to progress in the aztec cave area not solving the puzzles, but figuring out exactly what random key item I was missing

IMO using water form, I was able to play fairly aggro. I still had to parry obviously, but I was constantly moving. Again, until the final boss where water form is essentially worthless and I was forced to take it slow.

yeah, I was unlocking those stance nodes last (other than the Qi upgrade one)

I read all the upgrades and then hard rushed water immediately

probably should have done that lol

my gut was to rush the 3-strike dmg increase, since that was the only sword upgrade visible at first

which turned out to be a mistake lol

yeah...

I spent most of my time fighting bosses in the air haha, so no 3-strike combos for me

you know

since that's how I played the entrity of Hollowknight it feels like

I'd 1000% have enjoyed that more

I also played Hollow Knight hyper aggressively. The second I unlocked shadow dash, I just spammed that to stay behind the enemies and spam attacks. Makes it very fun.

also, idk if this is a China thing or what

but I really liked the brain fish

I didn't realize it until I met the 3rd or 4th one

I'm not really sure why I bothered saving them all

same

wasn't really that expensive tbf

I kept expecting one to be 4k rather than 400, or for them to increase

kinda like Hollowknight map prices are

true endings lockign boss phases will always

ALWAYS be gay and retarded

^

true endings should always just be an extra boss

not a phase

that's fair

you shouldnt have a wildly different boss experience

do you consider the Radiance a separate boss or another phase though?

from another player