The “Blight” that killed everyone and leaded them to be zombie-like. Literally a Hollow Knight thing
Why are there two health bars?
Does this game really need a level up system?
Post-tutorial boss
Ok I see there’s a stagger bar and a normal health bar. HK only has stagger for bosses.
Most of the time you kill an enemy before you can stagger them. What’s even the point?
Relic system cool
Upper path
Most of these enemies get staggered when they’re one hit from death. Either way, one more hit would kill them.
Ok the stagger has an impact when there are a lot of enemies
Cheese:
Would be nice to have an option to bring UI in on widescreen
Interesting to note that levers persist across deaths. Returning to a Respite and dying are two different things
Wtf da crow doin’
The “White Parish” having ideas of stopping the Blight is again very HK-coded
I like that the benches look different: Cool bench spots. I also like that my little guys pop out and join me when I’m not moving
The area names are like mentioned once and never again. That’s why this section is names “Map 1” because it’s never shown
Gerrod, the Elder Warrior
Kinda cool attacks, the slam that sends a wave is telegraphed not well imo
Nice that it gets harder after. kinda makes you think about when you wanna stagger and stuff
“HK only has stagger for bosses” Ender lilies > Pre-tutorial boss. Ok this is partially true but also the stagger bar in EL actually regenerates when you don’t attack. This is actually seems really good cause it incentivises you to get attacks in in between boss attacks. Like to bring the stagger counter down faster I had to attack Gerrod while he was doing his slams and stuff. If you don’t do this, well you can play it safe but now you do damage even slower, giving more time for the boss to wack you too. I think so far the stagger counter is good for bosses, but doesn’t seem necessary on simple enemies
DESCENDING DARK GIANTS HAMMER OBTAINED.
I like that characters like the Umbral Knight will give voice lines when stuff happens
There is no reason for this game to have a levelling system
I feel like unlocking a skill should let me go to multiple different areas but right now after completing top path the only thing I can do after is bottom path :/ more pathing stuff in EL Pathing
Interesting to not that early game you can just equip all the relics cause you have enough slots. Don’t have to think about it. I think a boss fight on bottom path is coming
Jelly area
Why can the elevator crush me :c
Dark Witch Elaine
Cool boss, I focused on staggering a lot
The 3 stages thing is good it’s nice having a heavy attack and a light attack
I like how the navigation goes
On the quest to find the area that uses swim now
Catacombs
Confirms my suspicions, you need both skills to get here
The Guardian Silva
This fight was fun! I enjoyed learning it. I didn’t get too good at the second phase but I really enjoyed getting better at the parry mechanics.
I wanted to use heavy attacks at first but the hit windows weren’t big enough sadly
