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i think i know my main issue that's stopping me from getting super into this

when i play Hollow Knight, i get hit with very specific memories. discord calls watching someone grind the big horse guy in Elden Ring. late nights in the basement making my buddy run 4 breakdancers in Yakuza. turning Batman into an asshole in those Telltale games.

i need to find someone to watch me play. to me this is the perfect game to just talk shit while you run around and get lost, and that feels like like the biggest aspect im missing out on here.

gonna take a brief hiatus from the game while i go over my candidates for "devil on my shoulder"

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either the gaslighting is working, or maybe i just got over the last hurdle i needed to actually start having some fun. my mood is switching insanely fast now for the better.

mantis claw is an absolute game changer. obviously the game is going to want you to follow a certain path to find what you need to progress, that's kind of what you do in games i've noticed. but now instead of having to explore, i feel like i really have the options to poke around for myself now. i could still be completely on rails, but i like feeling that i have the freedom at least. nail upgrade is helping too.

im starting to get that i really just need to let the enemies play their game. now that i actually think a little bit about the fights, i've been flying through areas that'd take way too long before.

saw Hornet again, thank you for not killing me 8 times in a row. i think we're really starting to bond. i got jumpscared by the cutscene, but i did notice that the statue was "crying". also i am not the "Hollow Knight" apparently. that guy is the Hollow Knight. am i The Vessel, or am i just Deltarune brainrotted? im not looking it up.

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i dont need map supplies i just like her :)

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im getting increasingly frustrated because the setting and ambience of this game is top of the line, it's beyond gorgeous, but i feel like im gaslighting myself into thinking im having fun.

this post is about Hornet. i am mad because i'm bad. consistently break my ankles on the cross up kinda bad. my brain is not wired in the way i need it to be for this game. i did beat her after maybe 9 tries this session, thank god i have a dash now. also i'm really not wanted here, even these astral projections are telling me to leave.

Quirrel is my buddy, i enjoy seeing him every now and then. Zote is still a dickhead, but now that he's also a liar i'm starting to like him. there was another armored guy up top who said something about an arena, and also there's a poison mushroom zone because there's always a poison mushroom zone.

why do people do this to themselves?

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this game has singlehandedly made me lactose intolerant with how cheesed off i am. i have steam coming out of my ears, and i find myself shaking my fist to the sky.

i hate the green area, this shit SUCKS. everything is camouflaged and hidden, which is very rude to me specifically! there's acid everywhere! those guys that explode! fuck em!

i got locked into that room where the tall dude with the shield was, and i hated every second. i hate having to actively space in fighting games, you're telling me i have to actually think a little bit here too?! and not only this, but it's not even a boss i guess! it's just a guy i'll have to deal with more! uh oh!

found Zote, rude ass old man. he, and everyone else, seems to hate me, and i am happy to return the favor. i hope he gets picked up by another big mosquito thing

i died to the Funny Bug Lady and had to call the session off before i could get angy about it. anger is the mind killer. anger makes you hate Video James. he didn't do anything to deserve that. i'll do it for you James.

having a very good bad time so far, i hope a find a cool new sword or any kind of movement option. i know you're out there Dash Ability, we could do something beautiful together.

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that's the lady people go crazy about! there she is!!!

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i already hate green town

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where i would sink multiple hours at a time while playing Octopath, i've had to take frequent breaks during Hollow Knight because i have a severe case of Baby Gamer Rage. i've just learned about the 'Keep Reading' feature on here, and i will now use that to continue my thoughts without care for spoilers.

my experience so far is a lot better than the first time i played this. now that i understand the map system isn't as complicated as i assumed, i've been less weary about exploring as a whole.

i've made a fair bit of progress for the very beginning i think. i fought the big fly mother thing, and i'm pretty sure i killed it at the exact same moment that i died cause i haven't seen it since. i will take this as a win

big guy, i think it was False Knight, really helped in getting me to understand the combat a little better than before. don't get me wrong, this is still an uphill battle, but i think i understand how the game wants me to play now.

i got the spell that lets me shoot things which is cool. i noticed the armored fella was the same as the one in front of the leafy area, so i wanna go there next. it's either that or the one with no light, and that sounds scary

i like the Stag Beetle. horsie :)

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okay nevermind, the game is holding my hand thank god

oh fuck i have to map shit out myself? dont get me wrong, im more than happy to, but i certainly dont trust myself

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oh fuck i have to map shit out myself? dont get me wrong, im more than happy to, but i certainly dont trust myself

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finally home, just sitting down to start Hollow Knight so i figure i'll throw out some of my initial thoughts before i really get into it

why am i revered and regretted according to the opening poem? surely this has something to do with the big fuckass door i broke through to get into town. was i sealed out, or was the town sealed in? whats the deal with the old guy?

i can already tell i am going to be ass at this game for a while, but fuck it i'm here for the long haul. either i will get good, or do it bad. having a map shop is concerning to me, because that tells me the game is gonna let me get lost if i don't have said map, and that's scary if you are stupid (me)

it's very pretty, i see why people go crazy over this. if there's this much care in the opening cutscene and a couple of empty houses, then i'm excited for what the real meat is gonna be like

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the poll is proving to be fairly unanimous, looks like Hollow Knight is my next venture

looking at my steam profile, it seems the last time i played the Bug Game was in 2019 and for less than an hour. aside from that, i don't think i've ever played a proper metroidvania type game before.

this is gonna be a completely brand new experience for me. looking forward to it, and i apologize in advance for invading this tag. you'll learn to love me, i promise.

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i want to go back through and 100% octopath at some point because i enjoy torture, but also i definitely need a little break so i don't burn myself out completely and ignore the second game for years

yapping will shift for a bit, to what i don't know yet, we'll be back with your regularly scheduled programming shortly

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biggerest spoilers got octopath 1

Ophilia!

damn.

the very last of my party to finish up, and i think it's for the best. Ophilia's arc went from something i completely wrote off as boring to one of the most memorable experiences i've had playing a game in a long time.

similar to Primrose's chapter, i got to creep myself out before the chapter even started. everyone's scrutinize descriptions are so eerily similar, and worst of all i can't even steal anything from them! once again Ophilia gets ganked by the village folk obsessed with this "Savior"

and like, of course it's Mattias. he's a day one mystery man, that means he's the final boss, i've seen this pony show before. genuinely thought i was gonna have to fight Lianna though but no, instead i have to fight tears because that goddamn flashback is hitting different i tell you.

i lost my dad suddenly a couple of months ago, and i'm doing alright now, but that grief is way too close to home. if i was in Lianna's shoes, i can't say i'd have done much different. dont even get me started on the ending either. i was crying when i got to her room, i was crying when the guide option came up, i was crying seeing the two running up the mountain like when they were kids. im crying writing this out right now. fuck this game. i love this game

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god party banter will never not be the best thing to me

H'aanit saying "i'me goingthnk to bedde" and immediately falling asleep in jail is so real

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biggerest spoilers for octopath 1

Cyrus!

i've come to really appreciate Cyrus over my time with him in my party, even with how much shit i give him. he reminds me of my very best friend, incredibly smart in anything he puts his mind to and the most socially inept person i've ever met. that so called "passion bordering on obsession" kinda guy.

i think his mechanic is the most well thought out in all of the storylines. it's still just pressing buttons a couple of times, but the way it's implemented just stands out from the others. i'll circle back to this

Lucia's bossfight, first off, would. Second, it's so thematically cool. She's unlocked the "full power" and when i saw she had 30 defense to break through all i could say was "oh fuck" and laugh. it wasn't really all that hard, but god it's so sick that she's unraveling as the fight goes on, like the forbidden knowledge is actively destroying her

and then to not end on the boss, but to go back through the dungeon and search through the library and translate the mural yourself? chefs kiss, i could not begin to imagine how less satisfying that would have been if it was kept to a cutscene.

we should all hope to learn in a way that benefits ourselves and others, which i guess could be construed as a reason for why i'm journaling this. i enjoy the discussion because my thoughts can be fairly surface level, and hearing other people talk about it helps get me thinking more.

"And so I write and speak of all that I learned,"

easily in my top 3 arcs, no doubt about it