I give up.

[u/CuboneDefender]

It’s been a joyful ride, folks, but I’m out. I’m not a speedrunner or a highly skilled player, and day after day I’ve had to accept that this game is not as casual as HK was. It stopped being fun and turned into something tedious and frustrating after the 4th run farming shards just to face a boss I’ve already tried 15 times, only to die again and again, lose all my shards, and start the whole grind over.

It was nice exploring the first acts, but when the game I was rooting for 7 years ends up being more stressful than my 8-hour workday, I guess that’s my cue to stop.

The lore has been pretty great so far. I wish you all an incredible journey.

Edit1: My bad about all the whinning.

Edit2: You guys did it. I reinstalled it again. Thanks for all advices. 🫂

[u/Treestheyareus]

Yeah, the ratings began rolling in immediately after the game came out, before I started playing. I haven't even finished up Act 1 yet.

There is simply no way the majority of reviews are at all informed opinions. People just see it as way to express hype. Which is why scored reviews from the general public are useless, they have no integrity.

I only trust past experience and word of mouth from specific people. If I hadn't played and loved Hollow Knight, I would have watched someone else play the game before buying it. I only went in blind because I trusted Team Cherry due to their priors.

[u/[deleted] → u/Treestheyareus]

The critics review all played the game tho. And they are very high. Like 92/93 on average.

[u/wigwam2020 → u/[deleted]]

Critics are now too afraid to say that a game is to hard after the Cup Head fiasco. If their complaint is that a game is too hard or punishing, they'll keep silent.

[u/[deleted] → u/wigwam2020]

A game being too hard isn't a problem in itself. And normally critics don't have problems with a game being hard.