Why You Should Play Hollow Knight - Hollow Knight Review

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Hollow Knight is a 2017 Metroidvania game made by Team Cherry, released on almost as many platforms as Skyrim. The game follows a nameless and voiceless knight, traversing the ancient kingdom of Hallownest. You'll encounter wonderful, varied bugs, along with some intimidating and well-balanced boss fights. In the typical style of a Metroidvania, you collect power-ups to progress and delve further into Hallownest.
In this spoiler free review/critique of Hollow Knight, I focus on why it's a wonderful to experience all these years later. If you're curious about a specific section in the review, you can skip to a specific chapter that's listed down below. If you're still somehow asking yourself, "Should I play Hollow Knight," then you've come to the right place. I hope you enjoy my review/critique/whatever on why you should play this fantastic game.
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I’m Lost. Please Help. - 6:38
Conclusion - 11:45
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@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you all so much for watching the video! It seems like this has been getting a lot of new people, so if you're one of them, welcome! I make a lot more videos like this one, but if you prefer some long-form videos, I made one on Xenoblade if you wanna check that out. I have plans to release another video soon, so subscribe if you're curious about what I'll talk about next. By the way, I apologize about the less-than-stellar audio for this video. I wanted to try recording somewhere else that was more convenient since I didn't have access to where I normally record audio. Apologies for the inconvenience, but I hope the video is still good regardless.

@tconnolly1tc 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to this channel?

@Ismael-kc3ry 3 жыл бұрын

Sad that you thought the story was underwhelming, I think it has some great stuff. I do think the presentation largely sells it but the lore behind the basic story fascinates me. This was a great video, can’t wait for more from you!

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

I think maybe future Team Cherry games might captivate me more in terms of story. But also my enjoyment of the story depends on whether or not you include the character stories. If you do, then the story isn't really underwhelming anymore. But I'm glad you liked the vid anyhow!

@Ismael-kc3ry 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cinnacal

@esoopthederp7672 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cinnacal since the games story is basically just the story of the charecters plus what is basically a tangential revenge plot for the knight, I’d say the charecters stories are the games story

@NT-sx2bd 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cinnacalyou haven't gotten deeper into the games story yet, you need to watch videos and such to understand more of the lore and speculation on it. The story is not as bland as you think.

@BRUXXUS 2 жыл бұрын

The story and lore are wonderfully deep and complex, but it took me actively looking at out of game sources to really fill in the details. I think Team Cherry may have leaned a little *too* far into hiding the lore and story in subtle ways, which is something I appreciate, but I think it came at the cost of the players that don't spend hundreds of hours searching and decoding not really getting to experience just how amazing it all is. The game is nearly flawless, so I'm hoping Team Cherry can tweak a few of the super small things from HK that weren't perfect and work them into Silk Song. :)

@rynejohnson9892 3 жыл бұрын

this is criminally underrated this deserves a hell of a lot more than 25 likes. Keep treading man

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I appreciate the encouragement a lot too

@SwedePotato314 3 жыл бұрын

I feel bad that I just found this game, this video and this channel. This breakdown was really great, and I felt myself very interested in your take until the end, while agreeing with everything. I'm late to the party but I'm subbed now. Hope it makes up for it. For being late to Hollow Knight... no excuse. I refused to graduate from the 3DS until very recently. I sincerely appreciate the work you put into this video. Best of luck!

@Leviajohnson 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the clear pronunciation of your consonants. It’s soothing. Subbed

@giusepperesponte8077 3 жыл бұрын

Whenever I come across a small channel with very good videos I check to see how often they upload and if it’s at least twice a month, I subscribe. If you upload more I’m pretty sure your channel will get big enough to make a living off of.

@RudyVisuals 2 жыл бұрын

I got this on Switch last week and 30 hours later I am completely hooked! It's kicking my ass and frustrating as hell at times, but it's so refreshingly hard, and so refreshingly doesn't hold your hand at all. I love it!

@eliscore 3 жыл бұрын

Found your channel looking for this game. I purchased a physical copy and I will subscribe. You have potential, keep it up.

@gjrl7035 3 жыл бұрын

Im surprised with the quality of this video. Good job!

@tylerblevins500 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is honestly an underrated gem. I hope you're able to get more traction soon!

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying that! I really do appreciate it. I just gotta keep going and making more content. I don’t plan to stop anytime soon so I guess we’ll see what happens eventually

@ran4082 3 жыл бұрын

exactly!

@Eevolved32 Жыл бұрын

1 year later....

@garyhayes7805 3 жыл бұрын

I like the shorter video format. Thought the sound from this recording location was just as good but if you like the other recording location more, just go visit it and then you could record.

@delsinrowe6826 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you haven't reached 10k yet, you surely have the quality to go higher! Good job and good luck :)

@Nezlol 3 жыл бұрын

This game is literally full of bugs No like really

@rgbtrashcan9148 2 жыл бұрын

This video is so well done! It really has swayed me towards playing through Hollow Knight on my channel

@itscriispy 3 жыл бұрын

this video is super well made and is super underrated keep u the good work!

@Ichthyodactyl 2 жыл бұрын

For all that I love about the game, it could definitely have used more platforming challenges, for sure. I DO think I prefer the way the game presented the story though. There was much more of a focus on 'lore' than 'plot' and while I can understand why that might bother people, it's a pretty unique approach to story telling and for me, it fit perfectly with the exploration elements and theme of the game for there to just be constant tidbits of forgotten lore that you can sort of piece together into a backstory (that is very much up to interpretation) rather than a fully-developed plot (which I can get from so many countless other games), but that might just be me.

@eoghancallaghy2634 2 жыл бұрын

Did you go into the white palace?

@TheRenZoG 3 жыл бұрын

Great video my friend and yes I would watch a long video for Hollow Knight if you have the time. Thank you for making awesome content

@alfmewett 3 жыл бұрын

Well done lad you’ve made a great review

@bartstah 3 жыл бұрын

Commenting to help the algorithm. You make great content, you should have a lot more subscribers.

@coffeekat- 3 жыл бұрын

This video is so well made! and i totally agree, this game is AMAZING!

@cloversonthehill 3 жыл бұрын

I had the same problem with DnD character creation, but my friend who DMs us the most absolutely LOVES homebrew, so he makes sure that we know we can use homebrew races, which is why my first DnD campaign, I played a sentient corgi that was unable to talk. I am currently playing a fallen asimar that's only fallen because he's a massive dickhead.

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly that sounds amazing. Now I wanna try home brew DnD with my friends so I might just do that

@evanjoao9678 3 жыл бұрын

It's my second favorite game EVER played it 3 over the course of last year.

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

That's fair; it's a really good game

@tobyk5091 3 жыл бұрын

What is number 1?

@evanjoao9678 3 жыл бұрын

@@tobyk5091 Zelda: Breath of the wild :)

@evanjoao9678 3 жыл бұрын

@@tobyk5091 God of War 4 is also up there

@tobyk5091 3 жыл бұрын

@@evanjoao9678 nice

@robertgaskill8632 2 жыл бұрын

The music in this game is amazing. It almost brings me to tears as Minecraft’s would

@datboi3157 3 жыл бұрын

This channel has the quality of a channel with millions of subs. It’s amazing man good work!!

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying that! I'm hoping to keep up this quality and improve too with future content!!

@Charsept 3 жыл бұрын

6:37 PTSD from that one

@RAM-ke6ee 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I recently got the game and started my playthrough series on my channel. The game is truly a masterpiece

@robslams2324 2 жыл бұрын

I just completed my second play through of metroid dread on hard mode and I loved the game play I needed something else so I decided to pick up hollow knight again and I'm going to try to beat it this time.

@The_Sage_of_Six_Paths 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent review pal!

@drifter031 3 жыл бұрын

I started the game 2 times until now, played 5 hrs in the first and 3 hrs in my second, but there was that feeling that made me stop playing both times, I think I should give it another chance because I keep hearing great stuff about it and really wanna get into it. Also very good review, and I can see the quality writing in the script.

@wallacesousuke1433 2 жыл бұрын

it isnt great at all, just go play something else, Hollow Knight is overrated trash

@thepack9070 2 жыл бұрын

@@wallacesousuke1433 It’s definitely not trash. It’s really good, but I will say it is slightly overrated. Overrated doesn’t mean it’s bad tho, just not as much of a masterpiece as people said it would be.

@wallacesousuke1433 2 жыл бұрын

@@thepack9070 ok, sorry, I really hate when people overhype games that do not deserve such acclaim.. Yeah, it's alright, but I dont like the childish tone and character/enemy design, repetitive design, dull color and how punishing it seems to be.

@thepack9070 2 жыл бұрын

@@wallacesousuke1433it's fine. Honestly neither do I. Very few games I've played were actually deserving of the hype it got. And it's fine to not like the game. I love the atmosphere, artstyle and lore, but the combat is pretty bland for the most part imo. And I just don't like always backtracking to get new stuff etc. But this is just a thing with these Metroidvania style games. I still really like the game tho but it is overrated imo.

@savary5050 2 жыл бұрын

@@wallacesousuke1433 You are one of those people that couldn't get out of the first area because you kept getting lost aren't you?

@thewolverine7619 2 жыл бұрын

I got Hollow knight for my sister for Christmas because I had it as a games for Playstation plus a while ago and didn't have it at the time, I have gotten Playstation Plus again recently and have gotten into it and I have played it a few days and have gotten further than my sister

@furns4040 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, I think I might get the game!!

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! Have fun with it, and thanks for the compliment too!

@Ax0_1t01 3 ай бұрын

I know I'm super late to this video, but if you're bored of the stereotypical fantasy experience still, I would recommend Brandon Sanderson's fantasy series, especially the Stormlight Archives. They have some very unique creatures, magic systems and a deep well of lore you could get lost in.

@TheBrixHub 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say Hollow Knight sits alongside Breath of the Wild as one of my all-time favourite games period

@devinvez3869 2 жыл бұрын

Botw is so overrated

@EmsLionheart 2 жыл бұрын

I was the same w Kingdom Come when I first began. Then I fell in love w the entire game. No other title like it…

@NT-sx2bd 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and the difficulty makes it so you can play it for longer!

@KM-rj4iu 2 жыл бұрын

You know you're addicted when you're playing the game while watching a review how good HK is

@aaronatkinson3050 3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion getting lost is where most of the fun comes from when playing metroidvena games

@calibie6370 2 жыл бұрын

This video gave you a new subscriber

@derekminna Жыл бұрын

I mean, the video was fun to watch but the extreme and frequent tangents were a strange choice.

@oowillio20 Жыл бұрын

Where is the long form video??

@pjstamm2112 2 жыл бұрын

HK is the BOMB!! Very difficult but very rewarding. Great game!

@8bitflea 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of those games that I keep saying I’ll play but it always gets pushed back by another game, I need to buy this.

@fnkyron 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who bought it a few days ago randomly on a whim, after putting it off for years: it’s really that fuckin good, you gotta

@zraxxis9559 3 жыл бұрын

6 minutes in ... "bugs yo, they are bugs!"

@awakenedsoul2638 2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, the second fight with Hornet is harder. The Ball of spikes she lives in the air as booby trap gave me a lot of trouble so it took me like 20 minutes or so to defeat her? When I defeated her it was a DOUBL KNOCK OUT! I killed her she killed me. So "MAN I WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DEFEATING HER BUT SHE ALSO KILLED ME I HAVE TO REPEAT THIS FIGHT AGAIN"! I went back to the nearest save point where I saved my game then travelled back to her location to fight her again but she was not there! THIS WAS HOW I GET PAST HER! After this I passed by her place then continued to go to the secret room down below. The first hornet was relatively easy it only took me less than 3 minutes to defeat her with my NOT YET UPGRADED NAIL!

@mrfancy1653 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing vid

@brody2611 3 жыл бұрын

i only got this game after trying on and of and on my third try i got completely hooked, and now it is proudly say that it’s my favorite game, other than the part on the story this is a great review and i’m interested on how your youtube career will turn out.

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you eventually got hooked! It's fair to disagree on the story, though, and I didn't do a great job of elaborating on that point in this review. Maybe I'll change my mind on it some day 'cause there are some incredibly powerful moments, but I guess I just wanted more of those. I plan to continue this KZfaq thing, so we'll both see how it turns out eventually. . . . . . . . SPOILERS . . . The "incredibly powerful moments" I'm referring to are scenes like when you ascend the Abyss and witness the bond between the Pale King and the Hollow Knight.

@brody2611 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cinnacal i feel like the main problem with the story is that it is hard to understand and comprehend your first time, but other than that i really enjoyed the main part of it and all the lore the game offered

@Grima1805 3 жыл бұрын

Sly=Fly I only noticed that yet

@Shadiss 3 жыл бұрын

I{m not sure if you noticed but there is a typo in the chapters.

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Clever comment. I like it. Sorry, I had my Spanish keyboard on then that’s probably why

@maayanmagal4629 3 жыл бұрын

they plan a 'hollow knight 2' its called silk song

@lamarrussell1732 3 жыл бұрын

sounds like you would like subnautica from the fantasy creatures and surprise elements

@dark12ain 2 жыл бұрын

Boy that game gives me the creeps

@calumgordon5444 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I wasted £30 on that game.

@lucidvijay 3 жыл бұрын

The game is just fun to look at it and chill out with

@aaronatkinson3050 3 жыл бұрын

Good l love hollow knight so much so I got it on the Nintendo switch and got it again on my playstation 4 using playstation plus

@mr.wheezy2357 2 жыл бұрын

Great review! & For anyone who loves these types of games, try Blasphemous, it's fantastic!

@GIRGHGH 2 жыл бұрын

The story of the game IS the journey though, talking to the characters is just as important to the story as the required objectives. If what you classify as story is only things that are required, that would mean no game should ever have ANY optional content. The optionality of the content was intentional, it allows you to create your own story and makes the possibilities of the world feel wider. This isn't really a fault of the game, it's something it objectively does quite well, it just sounds like you want games without optional content.

@Caleb_Plehn 3 жыл бұрын

Lol "Hollow Knight is a refreshing oasis in a desert of sequels, and I can't wait to see what Team Cherry does next." *Looks at Team Cherry's next game "Oh."

@Caleb_Plehn 3 жыл бұрын

Great review, by the way. Glad you enjoyed the game.

@coulsonknight 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video! I definitely need this, I am replaying Hollow Knight months later. I am slightly enjoying it than before, but I still kind of find it boring. I really want this to be my favorite game! Also, you are incredibly underrated, just subscribed!

@savary5050 3 жыл бұрын

Wait you finished it and didn't find it fun?

@coulsonknight 3 жыл бұрын

No, I played it that one time, barely making progress and found it boring. So I decided to start over at the beginning, since I have a bit of knowledge from when I first played it

@savary5050 3 жыл бұрын

@@coulsonknight Hmmm. Maybe Metroidvanias aren't for you? I was hooked within my first hour of playing. I would suggest at least playing until you reach the city of tears because the world really opens up to you at that point and almost triples in size. If you still don't find it fun after that I would suggest giving up.

@kufudokungfu 3 жыл бұрын

Is it as good as. Ori

@Izzak_Beck 3 жыл бұрын

A long form Hallow Knight video would be dope.

@douglasbriel6103 Жыл бұрын

D&D was Tolkien changed just enough to not get sued, by super fans. But yeah, everything derives from the trinity of Tolkien, King Arthur, and Robin Hood.

@stnbl1569 2 жыл бұрын

I played this game 2 years ago… didn’t get it. Got confused and lost after 15 hours. I’m going to try to get back into it. I really wanna “get” it, just to know what everyone raves about

@angsty_saint 3 жыл бұрын

Undertale hollow knight and ori: let's try something different and unique! Rain world: LET'S BREAK ALL THE RULES WE WON'T BE UNIQUE WE.. WILL. BE. ALIEN! But all joking aside I love all of them with rain world having a special place in my heart because sadly.. we will probably never see a game like it again

@ZyKLonBē Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy Hollow knight. There are something’s that are kinda annoying about it. Like the path to upgrading your nail and finding the pale ore. Other than that I really can’t say much negative about it.

@alexduenas5774 2 жыл бұрын

so TLDR: Because the game replaces typical fantasy races with bug versions that makes it...good?....

@It_is_now 2 жыл бұрын

I want to like this game but I couldn’t. The fighting was like two direction. Wish there was more rewards in the item system and a lot more variety of move sets. No voice acting. The scenery and the music was pretty though. Having to buy marker only to show where you are on the map is a joke.

@wallacesousuke1433 2 жыл бұрын

I dont see whats so great about this game, it's nowhere near as great as Metroid and Castlevania

@stannosaurus Жыл бұрын

I'm in love with the atmosphere and style of this game, but I get too easily frustrated with games that are made for skilled gamers. Shooters, platformers, and any real hardcore, high-risk games just make me mad. I really really want to see if this is a game I could still play!!

@laurad7228 Жыл бұрын

I am not skilled at all (I literally never game) and gave it a shot to. It was really frustrating at points. But if you can allow yourself to fail it's really worth it.

@elchappo1320 Жыл бұрын

I wanna play it, but it seems so dang long

@buko4610 3 жыл бұрын

Long form hollow knight vid sounds good

@Cinnacal 3 жыл бұрын

Noted. :)

@Ismael-kc3ry 3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@davidma6616 Жыл бұрын

Does this guy really think that DND o my has a few playable races? You have half demons, crow people, frog people, fae, all kinds of shit!

@switchclaw 3 жыл бұрын

subbed

@dken0r216 3 жыл бұрын

Unsubbed

@pizzaguy_ 2 жыл бұрын

Desubbed

@devonjoseph8753 2 жыл бұрын

Fine review, but it's pretty audacious to make claims like, "No one creates unique fantasy races". There are plenty of books in the fantasy genre that are really pushing the envelope when it comes to different fantasy races. I think your claim is largely true but in my opinion there's been a renaissance in the fantasy genre over the last decade which has deliberately pushed back against old trends. P.S. this review is top tier and convinced me to pick up the game. Keep making content like this and I'll keep coming back.

@chickennwafers 2 жыл бұрын

I played it with a friend. I wasn't a fan of it.

@markymarkzero 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you really haven’t read a lot of fantasy.

@thelinuxcolonel7292 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with everything you said except for your statement that the story isn't involved. Because of how well they utilize environmental storytelling, the entire game pretty much IS the story. There's so much more to the story than just the main points, and I encourage you to look deeper into the lore as you're playing. It's one of the best parts.

@nhodgie 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, a Xenoblade and Hollow Knight fan?!? Ok i'm on board.

@nhodgie 3 жыл бұрын

Also longform would be great. Love longform content

@douglasbriel6103 Жыл бұрын

It's only 15 bucks. Insanely cheap.

@MasDouc 2 жыл бұрын

This guy sounds like he's trying to make his voice sound lower than it really is.

@47sinzil 2 жыл бұрын

this game mid

@coryhughes9178 3 жыл бұрын

Im sorry but when you said LOTR was your 1st fantasy experience i shook my head, I was 5 years ood playing Faxanadu for NES and zelda and Im currently 25, plz tell me how in the fuck your childhood sucked so bad

@coryhughes9178 3 жыл бұрын

And the fact you ask how the director or whatever came up with the characters of lord of the rings is pretty damn self explanatory, fantasy existed since fucking D&D first launched, wake the fuck up, and shame on those that raised you with an ever apparent shitty childhood because jesus christ you're BEHIND if LOTR is the first fantasy thing you witnessed smh 😂😂😂😂

@NameHere100 3 жыл бұрын

please someone tell me this is a joke