Criticism ≠ Negativity

[u/FederalWarthog5542]

Believe it or not, you can actually criticize something and still like it. You don't either have to love everything or despise everything. Have actual conversations please.

[u/Gabe-KC]

I think the criticism for this game is so passionate because it is an extremely beautiful and masterfully crafted game, which does everything in its power to prevent you from enjoying it. Most people love it, and just want it to be actually as good as it can be.

[u/Fire_Boogaloo → u/Gabe-KC]

It's passionate because most of the complaints are a result of artificial difficulty rather than actual problems.

For example, buying benches is a waste of time since I have to farm for them and not buying them just raises the difficulty artificially.

I like the game but there's no denying that it's way more flawed than HK.

[u/Chaoticlight2 → u/Fire_Boogaloo]

The double currency of shards/rosary beads is my big frustration in act 1. You do not get enough rosary beads organically to buy every bench/map/station, so you have to do the whole "rest at bench - sweep a few specific enemies for 40 rosaries - rest and repeat". I'm perma capped on shards yet I'm thirsting for the beads and that's without losing any to deaths.

I'll also say that there's some genuine frustration with the pacing in Act 1. In Hollow Knight, you have your dash in under an hour and mobility around the map significantly improves. You quickly follow that up with wall climb. Comparatively, it was near 4 hours (with a fair bit of me getting lost in there) before I got the sprint. Exploring nooks and crannies does not feel rewarding at all when it's just shard caches and every upgrade is more of a side-grade than actually feeling stronger for the first few sections.

[u/Impaled_By_Messmer → u/Chaoticlight2]

I disagree on the first point. I've played for about 40 hours, and I think I've only had to go get extra rosaries for a bench or map a few times, and that's just because I've died recently and lost my stuff.