Without knowing this games soundtrack I'm gonna go with Mad World for the accompanying song.

It's been out for ages

I prefer Silksong over the original, I loved that I could play as hornet and I already completed the game like twice, I'm glad that it released at the same time as titanfall 3, I bought both and enjoyed them very much.

So good, friend,

Holy cow this is so well done. The subtle flow of the water and the sparkles are done so well

In my opinion, the difficulty levels are built in.

If you want to play the game, the main story line is tough but certainly achievable with some practicing and strategy.

Let's consider the base game up to the bass final boss fight "easy." There are certain achievements that require fighting different bosses that are more difficult.

Then, there is the Pantheon of Gods which is absolutely fucking sadistic.

I love this game. I was absolutely horrible when I started. I played this game alone and no other game for weeks or months. I got every achievement. Except one. I cannot beat the final boss of the pantheon of God's. And I'm at peace with that. It is an achievement that must be earned with no easy way out. I think that's part of what makes this game special. If you're looking for a quick game to 100% or get a platinum trophy on, this is absolutely not that game.

Oh right, forgot about those jumps. >!You actually can pogo on a primal aspid to get up there, and I've even seen a youtuber do that on their first run. It's not something most people will probably try though.!<

Interesting. I'm rather certain >!wings are required to get the shadow cloak though. I remember there being some pretty hard gated double jump parts to get to the second Hornet encounter.!< It has been some time though I may be misremembering.

Fun to think about though, that little bug is such a tragic part of the game and a playthrough dedicated to saving her would be great.

I have not watched any speed runs of the game, I bet it would be fun.

First playthrough, I did not understand the power of the spike pogo. That is, until >!the white palace, where you damn well better learn it quick!<.

On my second playthrough, I was surprised how much quicker you could breeze through the game with pogo sticking. Especially when you rushed getting >!mark of pride and quick nail.!<

right on

Played them both

Yeah path of pain. If you give me something difficult but solvable I can do it with patience, but NK Grimm requires you to have hands, and I’m old.

Well that's discouraging... I like the game, but the lack of difficulty levels makes it pretty annoying. Maybe I just need to leave it on my digital shelf and admit there are other places to spend my time.

Ah courage brother, one day we shall steel our souls. Also great stuff btw

I despised >!Soul sanctum!< as well like my god those >!Flying mages!< were such a pain in the ass

You should try Ori and the blind forest, a bit like metroid but my god this game is beautiful and the sound track is amazing too.

There is also a third, but I forget where, it's been a while.
But yeah, both those are for upgrades.

Define finish, after I got to the Hollow Knight and was super profound of myself I noticed all this other shit I also had to finish as well, eventually I just had to be satisfied with that rather than get to the ultimate final boss (The Radiance) which just seemed insurmountable for me; so yeah, there are layers upon layers for this game.

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When his name takes up the whole screen... you knew you were about to get beat to a pulp. His theme is top tier though.

I don't think either are required for progression.

Ahhhh, menobis

It came out on Switch years ago and Switch runs on like 6 year old Android hardware, not surprising if it got ported to vanilla Android

Ah, okay; that Miyazaki not being directly at the helm was portrayed as they tried to make the game without his involvement whatsoever. Typically I try to average out player gripes/praises since so many have a penchant for hyperbole, but the average was always 2 being on the bottom rung.

Thank you so much for the insight!

Damn this is incredible. How long did this take?