To aid in exploration, the player can unlock a wide variety of movement upgrades. Hollow Knight lets the savvy player navigate like they are in an unfamiliar city, not in a deliberately obfuscated maze.
Corridors loop back in on one another, allowing for Souls style one-way doors to opened for shortcuts, larger areas have very distinct landmarks to help recognize them, and important locations, such as towns or fast travel spots are marked by in game road signs. Until you have all of these items, exploration can be a bit daunting, but it is helped by some expert level design. Seals can also be purchased to label special areas on the map.
The Knight needs a map of the area purchased from a travelling cartographer to even few a partial map, and needs a quill and ink in order to add on to that map. Breaking the mold, however, Hollow Knight also hides the map of each area until the appropriate equipment has been obtained. Most importantly, the game is expansive, and set in a world that urges the player onward and rewards exploration.Īs a Metroidvania, Hollow Knight has a large map that encourages the player to seek every corner, while also gating off areas until new abilities have been obtained.
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Managing to do every aspect of the game in house, all while continuing to develop small, free expansions that are still coming out at the time of writing (the Grimm Troupe will be dropping on Halloween). For a small team, they’ve thrown just about anything you could expect from a large AAA developer. Hollow Knight is yet another massive Kickstarter success story, this time for the small developer Team Cherry.
Platforms: PC (reviewed), Switch (coming soon)
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