Rogue Legacy 2 vs hollow knight

[YanTheMan]

Basically, I am tempted by this kind of games, which I never played before, and I wanted to gather a few opinions on whether I should try Rogue legacy 2 or hollow knight ? To give some context, I like to have a sense of progression, I saw what the progression looks like in Rogue legacy 2, is it similar in hollow knight ?
I like having access to different classes as well for rogue legacy 2, are there such elements to also diversify the gameplay a little bit in hollow knight ? Thanks in advance for your inputs

[Canman]

In my opinion, Hollow Knight is one of the best games ever made. You absolutely should give it a try. It's not a rogue-like though - so progression comes from exploring a big map, finding new abilities and upgrades, and beating bosses.

Rogue Legacy 2 is also an excellent game. You run the same procedural dungeon over and over again, so satisfaction comes from both getting better and incrementally increasing your stats slowly.

Both play great mechanically and are challenging. Play both, but I'd say go Hollow Knight first.

[Vintorez]

Rogue Legacy is good and fun but Hollow Knight is a game that I'd highly recommend to anyone even remotely interested in it.

They are different genres however, Rogue Legacy is about repeating the same randomized world getting a bit stronger and more knowledgeable each run. Hollow Knight is a metroidvania and so you get stronger as you explore the world, and the powers you receive often allow you to explore new sections of areas you've already been to.

Hollow Knight uses a charm system to customize how you play. You're still the same core character with the same main upgrades, but you can lean towards certain aspects as you find the charms to do so.

[Kissaki]

Given what you wrote about progression and classes, go for rogue legacy.

It has faster, more direct, and varied progression and variance.

[Chaoz]

Comparing Hollow Knight to Rogue Legacy is kind of unfair in my opinion, since, as mentioned above, Hollow Knight is literally one of the best games ever made, but by no means does that make Rogue Legacy a bad game, it's just dwarfed by HK. I recommend both, but again, as mentioned by others in this thread, Hollow Knight is a lot more non-linear, you have progression, but YOU explore, and you have to find the objective. For the most part, there are no arrows and objectives telling you where to go, and when there are, you need to figure out how to actually reach said objective. Both have similar story, from what I can tell, both are about a kingdom gone to ruin, you explore its remains, and only get backstory from memories and notes.

Repeating for the final time, there are no classes in Hollow Knight, but through the charm system you can compliment how you want to play (you can go for a "mage" build if you really want to). So, as Canman said, I really recommend both, but Hollow Knight should be first.

[ZirzoR]

Originally posted by Kissaki:

Given what you wrote about progression and classes, go for rogue legacy.

It has faster, more direct, and varied progression and variance.

I wouldn't say that if I were you, "Fast" depends on the persons skill level, I've seen people on here with 20 hours played and they've only beaten the first boss.

I cleared the entire game on my first time in less then 15 hours. (I've only played rogue legacy 1 before this, and even then not that much.)

For me it was super quick and I got to NG+ stuff within my first 2 days playing, someone else might be stuck in the first loop for 100 hours.

[Dingazoid]

Hollow Knight is one of the best games ever made. It feels smoother to play than Rogue Legacy, has better art and less cringe humor, is actually a well-constructed and immersive world that you will think about for a long time.

[AspectZero]

they are not the same, but both games are great, if i absolutely had to pick i would go hollow knight and wait for a sale, and if hollow knight amazes you and you want more from there the ori series is highly reccommended. will of the wisps is the better of the 2 but that does not mean the blind forest is a bad by any means, they just took the same formula and improved it so well.

[Someone]

Rogue Legacy 2 > Hollow Knight > Rogue Legacy 1

[matt]

rogue legacy and hollow knight are both metroidvania - rogue legacy is a roguelite, hollow knight is a soulslite. it just depends on which flavour you feel like splashing with your metroidvania.

... but also hollow knight is a quiet revolution and you should absolutely play it ASAP.

If I were you, I would also check out Dead Cells, if you want something more in the vein of Rogue Legacy.

[AspectZero]

Originally posted by matt:

rogue legacy and hollow knight are both metroidvania - rogue legacy is a roguelite, hollow knight is a soulslite. it just depends on which flavour you feel like splashing with your metroidvania.

... but also hollow knight is a quiet revolution and you should absolutely play it ASAP.

If I were you, I would also check out Dead Cells, if you want something more in the vein of Rogue Legacy.

if you do check out dead cells spring for the complete edition, instead of updating the game for free they released a bunch of 5 dollar dlc packs that add areas and bosses that branch out and diversify your runs, without the dlc i feel the game is still good but it really does add alot and you can get it bundled with the base game cheaper than buying them later.

[Kisama]

Rogue Legacy 2 is more Hadesvania, and less Metroidvania (its a mix). I prefer RL2 because I don't like backtracking constantly like you do in metroidvanias, and you have that option here (to just clear the game zone by zone).

I finished the 100% for RL2, for instance, while in Hollow Knight I did the speedrun achievements and a few others and then moved on.

[Grijm]

I want to say I like Hollow Knight more, but that is only at the start. The ridiculous platforming at the later part of the game is quite cancerous.

But hands down, Hollow Knight has better boss fights which are not just purely mindless bullet hell like RL2.