For a long time, the infection has been trapped within the Hollow Knight, and he in turn, has been sealed away. Long ago, a dangerous infection began threatening Hallownest, and to combat it, the Pale King found a worthy candidate and used him as a living container. That title belongs to the entity locked away in the Black Egg by a powerful magic seal. You see, you're not playing as the Hollow Knight. The world also changes as the story progresses, and not for the better. This game is a Metroidvania, so you'll need to find key items or learn new abilities in order to open new routes and areas. This large world is more or less open for you to explore however you want. Different species of bugs also live as unique tribes: woodlice make up most of the population, the Mantis tribe lives in the Fungal Wastes, bees have created their own small society in the west, flukeworms inhabit the waterways, and much to the chagrin of arachnophobes, a LOT of spiders reside in Deepnest. For example, instead of using a sword, most combatants use sharpened nails - the sort of nail you'd hit with a hammer, not nails like you have on your finger. This has several implications, most of which revolve around scaling down a sword-and-shield fantasy setting so that everything fits our cast. That said, there are some things that are taken for granted by the playerbase, and any discussion of this game will need to be upfront about them.Īs mentioned, this is a game about a kingdom of bugs. I don't want to explain things too much, as one of the things that makes exploring the ruins of Hallownest so rewarding is the sheer amount of lore hidden away for the player to discover. There's a lot of things going on under the surface, which makes a lot of sense when you realize that this is a game about a bunch of bugs. Hollow Knight is a game that constantly surprises. The player will also encounter a range of ghosts and spirits in their travels, and magic of some form is fairly omnipresent.Īnd now we bring the Metroid back into Metroidvanias While the majority of the violence seen in this game isn't anything to write home about, there are a few exceptions. To pause the game, view your inventory or press ESC to bring up the pause menu. From there, the game automatically saves your progress at various points, and you can manually trigger the autosave feature by resting at any bench. Review: Hollow Knight At a Glance ESRB Rating: I'll be around to fix this later, but sorry for the inconvenience in the meantime.

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