The appeal is that it‘s a great game with beautiful art that runs on just about anything for an affordable price with no modern fuckery attached.
But if metroidvanias aren‘t your thing, it‘s just not your thing. I‘m also not super obsessed with them and played the first game a fair amount but not that much; I do, however, get why people just want to be hyped for something that doesn‘t spit in their face in return for once.
But it’s not hard to find examples of similar games that don’t reach server-crashing levels of popularity. Axiom Verge, for one. Beautiful art, runs on anything, affordable, no modern fuckery. It’s also a metroidvania. Not to imply it’s a better game, but I personally enjoyed it way more than Hollow Knight.
That’s quite normal. There are so many overwhelmingly positive games that don’t interest me, I cannot count. Hades, Fallout New Vegas, Balatro, Slime Rancher, Slay The Spire are some of them. If you like a niche, hold onto that. You don’t have to play or like everything.
No one has to like everything. Everyone has different taste, some things align with more people, some with less. There are thousands of games / books / songs I don’t like but you don’t see me announcing that to the world whenever they are brought up.
I just don’t see the appeal.
The appeal is that it‘s a great game with beautiful art that runs on just about anything for an affordable price with no modern fuckery attached.
But if metroidvanias aren‘t your thing, it‘s just not your thing. I‘m also not super obsessed with them and played the first game a fair amount but not that much; I do, however, get why people just want to be hyped for something that doesn‘t spit in their face in return for once.
But it’s not hard to find examples of similar games that don’t reach server-crashing levels of popularity. Axiom Verge, for one. Beautiful art, runs on anything, affordable, no modern fuckery. It’s also a metroidvania. Not to imply it’s a better game, but I personally enjoyed it way more than Hollow Knight.
That’s quite normal. There are so many overwhelmingly positive games that don’t interest me, I cannot count. Hades, Fallout New Vegas, Balatro, Slime Rancher, Slay The Spire are some of them. If you like a niche, hold onto that. You don’t have to play or like everything.
You don’t have to buy it! Wild concept but it’s true
And you don’t have to like it either!
Doesn’t stop fanboys from downvoting any criticism. Or from trying to inject the game into completely unrelated discussions today
To be fair that’s just what Lemmy people do with any topic.
No one has to like everything. Everyone has different taste, some things align with more people, some with less. There are thousands of games / books / songs I don’t like but you don’t see me announcing that to the world whenever they are brought up.