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There were two "lamp needed" areas I intended to go back for and I can't for the life of me figure out where the second one was. Are there story check points in this game? Like if I don't do a side thing before I go after the third dreamer then I'll be locked out of it forever? Also. The abyss. 
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hazardousmouse posted:There were two "lamp needed" areas I intended to go back for and I can't for the life of me figure out where the second one was. Are there story check points in this game? Like if I don't do a side thing before I go after the third dreamer then I'll be locked out of it forever? Also. The abyss. No you’ll never be locked out of anything, gameplay wise.
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Dec 28, 2020 16:46
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SlyFrog posted:Yeah. My biggest issue is my memory. It's one of those games where you are supposed to go down some passage, fail to get through because of "X" (you don't have double jump yet, you don't have wall climb yet, you basically don't have the foozle that lets you do something). Seriously the Switch has made playing Metroidvanias fantastic because everytime I end up somewhere I can't progress through yet I take a screenshot of the obstacle, then a screenshot of the map. Then when I pick up a progression item I go back through my screenshots to see where I should revisit. The only issue with Hollow Knight is that you don't always have a map for an area, and the compass costs a charm slot. Still, for the most part it's so much easier/faster to do this then it is to take map notes like in the old days.
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hazardousmouse posted:There were two "lamp needed" areas I intended to go back for and I can't for the life of me figure out where the second one was. Are there story check points in this game? Like if I don't do a side thing before I go after the third dreamer then I'll be locked out of it forever? Also. The abyss. There’s “a bad ending” that you can get locked out of. When you get to the “late game” stuff, it should become obvious what you need to do to go fight the final boss. Once you’ve completed the three things necessary to open it up, go right ahead and fight him. You’ll get the “bad ending” achievement and you can reload your game on the save bench right outside his room with no penalty towards the rest of the game. But if you get all the secret stuff to unlock the good ending, you’ll miss that achievement and nothing more. Also: go ahead and do the Grimm Troupe DLC up to the point where you fight the Grimm Troupe boss the first time. You get a charm notch for doing so and the boss is do-able by mere mortals unlike the second time you fight him. Cartoon Man fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Dec 28, 2020 |
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Dec 28, 2020 16:55
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ExcessBLarg! posted:On the Switch use the screenshot button! (On PC I'm sure you can figure out how to take a screenshot though.) If you're on Steam, the default key is F12 
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Dec 28, 2020 19:37
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SlyFrog posted:It's not quite Momento like. More that when there are six or seven areas on four-five maps that I can't get to because I need double jump for one, be able to walk on spikes for another, talk to some miner presumably with some object for another, have a source of light for another, presumably find some key that opens a gate for another, etc., it's a bit hard for me to remember which was which across all those maps. Video games, I tell ya
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRDXT1ogchU
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Dec 28, 2020 23:58
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Holy poo poo grubfather just showered me in like 3k geo. What am I going to spend this on? And the mantids all bow to me now? This is AWESOME
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Dec 29, 2020 15:49
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hazardousmouse posted:Holy poo poo grubfather just showered me in like 3k geo. What am I going to spend this on? Go visit the bank and save it. You can withdraw it later when you hit endgame and need that money for the powerful charms.
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Dec 29, 2020 16:45
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I’m being absolutely serious, you earn back your investment plus half the amount in interest when you finally come to collect.
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Dec 29, 2020 16:47
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I think they already dealt with the bank.
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Oops, well I don’t know how much of the game you want spoiled but there’s plenty to spend geo on if you want us to tell you.
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Dec 29, 2020 17:16
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I think it's more of a matter of "at this moment." Still doing some exploring before I take out the last of the sleepy three and I've emptied out the inventories of everyone i have access to atm. I've come across some dude carving a mask who I assume will have more for me later and I bet money sly will have more for me eventually, it's just a matter of holding on to it All before the world changes states.
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hazardousmouse posted:I've come across some dude carving a mask who I assume will have more for me later Spoilers: he does not.
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Dec 29, 2020 20:22
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That was a shame.
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Dec 29, 2020 21:02
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Some NPCs exist just for the world and lore.
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Dec 29, 2020 21:08
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How has the Edge article not leaked yet. Gimme.
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Dec 29, 2020 23:09
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Nephzinho posted:How has the Edge article not leaked yet. Gimme. Yea! Gimme too!
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Dec 29, 2020 23:14
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b_d posted:hmm? this thing February is so far away
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Dec 29, 2020 23:48
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Zaphod42 posted:this thing ... I thought it was coming on 12/31, didn't realize that that was just the cover reveal and that the issue is months away.
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Dec 30, 2020 00:07
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Based on how magazine dating works that'll be out some time in January. According to magazines direct the February issue is scheduled for the 31st. Edge's January issue came out on December 3rd. HMS Beagle fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Dec 30, 2020 |
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Dec 30, 2020 00:14
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Magazine stuff is weird. But hype for things happening soon. Also I still love looking at that cover.
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Dec 30, 2020 02:03
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We will soon have some scraps to live off
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Dec 30, 2020 22:02
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uh Nosk and the lead up to it is fuckin terrifying
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There's a few things I never got around to achieving in this game, and all the recent talk about Silksong has me back in the game. Zote, nightmare king Grimm and Absolute Radiance I have never beaten. The last one I'm not going to manage, but the first two I should do. Problem is after putting the game down for awhile your reflexes are gone so jumping back into a tough boss is pretty rough. I need to start a new game to warm up or something. Managed to beat the first two Zotes at least. Think I'm close to getting the third.
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Dec 31, 2020 01:59
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Lol beat up to level 4 Zote and wondered why there was no achievement popup and checked and I got it years ago  well at least I've gotten my reflexes sharpened. Grimm seems pretty reasonable now just need some practice.
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Whelp I've gotten a task to deliver an item across the map without taking damage or fast travel. Getting echoes of Death Stranding here. As I seem incapable on taking damage from even tiny flies, this is going to be a great challenge. Can I cheese it a bit with charms that turn my healthbar blue and give me tiny fly shields?
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Dec 31, 2020 14:38
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The cheesy (but time consuming) way is to kill every enemy on the route before you start, most of them won't respawn
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Ppppffff that's prudent talk. do they respawn if you use the stag lines?
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You can’t use any fast travel methods while holding the flower.
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hazardousmouse posted:Whelp I've gotten a task to deliver an item across the map without taking damage or fast travel. Getting echoes of Death Stranding here. As I seem incapable on taking damage from even tiny flies, this is going to be a great challenge. Can I cheese it a bit with charms that turn my healthbar blue and give me tiny fly shields? This is your first time playing, right? What's weird is, I've beaten this game twice now, this second time trying to find every nook and cranny and not being shy about spoilers, and I still haven't organically run across this quest. I'll spoil myself on it eventually (no need for you to do so, reader).
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Finding the Collector's map and completing that thing is leading me to all sorts of hidden areas that I missed the first time around the map. It's amazing how many little nooks and crannies and simple alternate paths I missed. it also makes me wonder what secrets I'm missing that it's not holding my hand to find like, apparently I could've accessed the queen's gardens a long time ago but I took a right instead of a left and there I am hazardousmouse fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Dec 31, 2020 |
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I have played through twice on the Switch, but decided to go through on the PC. It's easier to appreciate the visual beauty on a TV but I have found the controls to be tighter on PC sitting near a smaller monitor. On the other hand I recently played a ton of Spelunky 2 and so I definitely feel like I have to relearn the Hollow Knight movement.
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LLCoolJD posted:It's easier to appreciate the visual beauty on a TV but I have found the controls to be tighter on PC sitting near a smaller monitor. This is Video Games: The Modern Era: The Problem, and I hate it. I would love to own a TV that makes games look good and big without the drawback being that the games play like horseshit.
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It's not dreadful but it is noticeable how the controls suffer for the larger and more remote screen. If I could get a 27" OLED computer monitor I'd be so drat pleased.
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have you seen this guys works? https://twitter.com/lubellide00 
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repiv posted:The cheesy (but time consuming) way is to kill every enemy on the route before you start, most of them won't respawn This doesn’t save you from the thorny final jump though, which is seriously the only hard part of the journey.
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