Even the story of the final boss is taken straight from Dark Souls. The whole story of Hollow Knight is a retelling of the story of Dark Souls but with insects. This feels VERY ingenious and maybe even a blatant lie. 'Team Cherry's co-director William Pellen revealed that he had not even played Dark Souls during development of the title' Interview with MCV UK. My biggest gripe is with a statement from the co-director of team cherry. Now it takes some skill to flawlessly blend this together, but the lack of innovation keeps this game out of the goat conversation. The world and progression design from Metroid. Every single element from Hollow Knight is taken from or heavily inspired by another game. Hollow Knight deserves absolute respect for mastering a genre, but nothing more imo. The most memorable moments of this game, and the only once I can remember, are the boss fights, which in turn are absolutely great tho.

Where in Metroid Prime I could probably draw you a world map, because every single room has something unique and interesting, Hollow Knight doesnt have this. There are not a lot of very memorable areas and rooms. It makes sense for the world to be dark, since its underground. City of Tears may also be a standout, but its also very grey, just like the rest of the game. There are no big standouts aside from the forest area and the crystal area. Hollow Knight's areas all blend together a bit too much. I dont think I need to go in depth of why this game is awesome. Biggest credits go to the art style, which is absolutely beautiful. There are few metroidvania's with the quality of hollow knight.

Hollow knight completely masters the metroidvania genre.

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