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MeatwadIsGod posted:I've been loving this game but I'm worried I may have screwed myself (late-ish game spoilers). I have been playing without a guide for 30ish hours but finally looked this up when I had no idea what to do. It’s been a while since I’ve played but I’m pretty sure you can just climb back up to the dreamer using the same path you use to leave normally. You don’t need the scripted event to get up there.
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Thanks, guys. That had me worried. This game is more opaque than Dark Souls at times but it's incredible
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People skip the cutscene when doing speedruns, you can climb the wall and then find the path in the ceiling that lets you get up to the dreamer.
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Oct 24, 2019 08:10
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Any news on the McFarlane toys for Hollow Knight?
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Oct 24, 2019 15:09
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I just found the Fool's Coliseum and goddamn this game is filled with perfect moments.
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Nanigans posted:Any news on the McFarlane toys for Hollow Knight? Nothing yet, but Fangamer is giving us this wonderfully doofy Grimm plush: https://twitter.com/Fangamer/status/1186697513861955584?s=20
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Pigbuster posted:Nothing yet, but Fangamer is giving us this wonderfully doofy Grimm plush: Ahahah, looks like someone in a (cheap) costume. It's great.
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Oct 25, 2019 13:59
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I just found the Fool's Coliseum and goddamn this game is filled with perfect moments. My favourite thing in that place is when in the second challenge the crowd all laughs at you when the mimic turns on you. The crowd's reactions all add to the experience as a whole.
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SirSamVimes posted:My favourite thing in that place is when in the second challenge the crowd all laughs at you when the mimic turns on you. The crowd's reactions all add to the experience as a whole. Yeah, their cheering combined with the rapid drumming really gets you into it. The flower quest doesn't like any workarounds, huh? I thought I was slick because I had the dreamgate by the time I found the grave and thought "well, I can't get hit or ride a stag/tram but she didn't say anything about this." Still didn't work  Also it's crazy that I'm still finding new areas and bosses after more than 40 hours. Granted, probably 10 of those hours were spent aimlessly wandering trying to figure out what to do or backtracking once I get a new ability, but drat. Hallownest is like Lordran on steroids.
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Oct 25, 2019 23:19
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There is one workaround. The dangerous enemies only respawn if you sit at a bench so you can clear out a route in advance. Also yes, there was many an occasion when I thought I'd found all the areas and then surprise there's more
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I skipped the first ten-odd pages of this thread because it's all spoilers but holy cow this game was made by like four people, one of whom posts here?!  This game has more attention to detail than AAA titles with 100 developers. loving insane.
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I just started playing this game, and oh my god this is exactly what I want in a game. The controls are beautifully precise and intuitive, the exploration is fun, the environments varied, and the characters are adorable. I also love how the background story is slowly being revealed as I go along. It took me like 10 hours to figure out that I could slash my sword up and down though, lol.
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Oct 26, 2019 18:38
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wait till you find out you can do it sideways!!
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Oct 26, 2019 18:48
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Oct 26, 2019 18:54
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Hwurmp posted:There's a sword? Well, needle or whatever.
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I'm at 99% after about 50 hours. Once I got to like 90% I started using guides because I had no idea how to get to White Palace. I should be able to go there after fighting Markoth and at least one dream boss. It's crazy that there were hidden areas in even the first couple stages that I had totally missed until today, including a few charms. Still need to finish the DLC, almost done with Grimm Troupe.
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MeatwadIsGod posted:Still need to finish the DLC, almost done with Grimm Troupe. Ahhahahaha.... ahhahaha!!!!
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Arrhythmia posted:Ahhahahaha.... ahhahaha!!!! I'm doing the ending where you help Brumm 
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I'm doing the ending where you help Brumm Good luck finishing God Seeker
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I'm doing the ending where you help Brumm cowardice
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Nightmare King Grimm is perhaps the most fun I had in the game you're missing out!
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In that case maybe I'll reconsider. The first fight was great after all. I just really like Brumm!
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Oct 27, 2019 00:09
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You still get the fight if you do Godseeker
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My first dream boss was a bit weird. I somehow knocked Lost Kin beyond the arena barrier during the latter part of the fight and was free to just spam Shade Soul at him until he died. Got me enough essence for the awoken dream nail though so it's time for White Palace!
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I’m farming Unbreakable Strength before I attempt NKG in earnest because I am Hollow on the inside.
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Oct 27, 2019 15:35
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I just recently found out about charm synergies, by looking at the hollow knight wiki. Weird that they don't explain them in game at all. Is there any in game indication that when charms effect each other?
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super fart shooter posted:I just recently found out about charm synergies, by looking at the hollow knight wiki. Weird that they don't explain them in game at all. Is there any in game indication that when charms effect each other? it almsot always changes the visual effects of the charms on screen, like the color of the spell or the particle effects will be different.
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super fart shooter posted:I just recently found out about charm synergies, by looking at the hollow knight wiki. Weird that they don't explain them in game at all. Is there any in game indication that when charms effect each other? Not to my knowledge, no. Some are accompanied by obvious sfx changes, but others just work in the background and are basically invisible unless you specifically test for them. There's a bunch of "secret" mechanics like that which are never explained in-game.
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The charm vendor tells you that synergies exist, but I don't think the game ever tells you which combinations work.quote:“Do you wear a lot of Charms at once? It's a lot of fun isn't it, mixing and matching them to get the perfect combination? I don't know whether you've noticed, but some Charms seem to like each other. Yes! Mmm! When Charms like each other, they shine even brighter and sing even more sweetly!
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Bust Rodd posted:I’m farming Unbreakable Strength before I attempt NKG in earnest because I am Hollow on the inside. NKG is a dream fight, so regular old Fragile Strength won’t break when you die.
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Bust Rodd posted:I’m farming Unbreakable Strength before I attempt NKG in earnest because I am Hollow on the inside. NKG is considered a dream fight so dying against him won't break fragile strength anyway.
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I mean most of the charm interactions are fairly intuitive aren't they? What blows my mind is, does the game ever reference over-charming? I didn't know about that until I was like 80% of the way through the game already. I guess its not really something you need or are meant to use.
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Zaphod42 posted:I mean most of the charm interactions are fairly intuitive aren't they? I think Salubra mentions something if you keep talking to her, but other than that I don't think so.
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White Palace wasn't that bad?  There was really only one area that frustrated me - the hallway of spears. I have to go back at some point for the Path of Pain assuming there's something worthwhile at the end of it.
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MeatwadIsGod posted:White Palace wasn't that bad? Only a soupcon of story. e: and bragging rights
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Oct 27, 2019 19:05
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There's also a journal entry, but it's not required for journal completion.
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the reward at the end of the path of pain is a t-shirt saying "i beat the path of pain"
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spoiler: you're not allowed to keep the shirt
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ITtPPE-pXE Spoilers, but if you haven't seen these videos before, the Boss Keys series are an amazing deep dive on a game's design and order, especially focusing on metroidvanias. Really really great stuff.
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Watched that video and got the urge to play again, so I went back and started working on a few achievements. I was following a guide for the 5 hour speedrun but got stuck on the Watcher Knights. So instead I loaded up my main file and finished off NKG. That is the most satisfying fight. Feels great to learn his patterns and how to react quickly enough. Maybe I should grind enough to hit Perfect Vessel... TheMadMilkman fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Nov 7, 2019 |
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