Which is better

[skibidi rizzler]

Which one do you guys think is a better game and why: Hyper Light Drifter or Hollow Knight? I have HLD and im gonna get Hollow Knight, just wanna know wut u guys think (please only comment if u have both, cuz i want unbaised opinions)

[4thQueen]

Hollow Knight and it's not even close. HLD is okay, good even, but HK has way more content and is consistently excellent. However, given that they're both very different games, I don't know if I would recommend one over the other, they're both distinct enough to merit playing.

[Kein Zantezuken]

Different games and gameplay.

[Clockwork]

apples and oranges

i like oranges better though.

[☆hedge witch☆ @ *dying* <3]

Originally posted by Clockwork:

apples and oranges

i like oranges better though.

Did you just...

[skibidi rizzler]

Originally posted by Clockwork:

apples and oranges

i like oranges better though.

its pinapples...

[laiken]

Hollow Knight. Cuz i haven't played the other one. Still, i'd most likely love HK better.

[The Fountaineer 🖋]

Originally posted by Clockwork:

apples and oranges

i like oranges better though.

[The Snopingasusual]

if you like metroïdvania and platforming with challenge, Hollow knight is very good because you are alone and free to discover the world.
If you like zelda (but more brutal), pixel art, atmosphere and personnal story (because the lore is reffering to the developper), take Hyper Light Drifter

[Wondercrab]

They both very different and very hard to compare, so any judgement one way or the other is largely going to come down to personal preference. Both are great games.

If you like HLD's gameplay style of learning enemy patterns and responding to how they telegraph attacks, then Hollow Knight is definitely cut from the same cloth. Assuming you're a fan of metroidvanias, you'll probably get on well with it. The only real objective comparison you can make is that Hollow Knight is about three times longer than HLD, whether that's a positive or a negative for you.

I'd thoroughly recommend it, though. I enjoyed HLD and I adored Hollow Knight. They're both great games that scratched similar itches.

[MS_Accel]

They're fundamentally different as games, comparing them doesn't make sense.

I easily prefer Hyper Light Drifter though.

[Ice Jester]

I got both Hollow Knight on Pc and HLD on Ps4 and Hollow Knight is way better

[inappropriately_gendered_fungus]

I've enjoyed Hollow Knight a lot more, but I also haven't played HLD since the 60 FPS update.

[RobotGlitch]

I'll let you know after I've played through Hollow Knight. I loved Hyper Light Drifter and this game seems to be good in a different way. It'll be hard to compare... It'd be easier to compare Hollow Knight to Owlboy.

It'd be like comparing the 2d Zelda games to the Metroid series, very much apples and oranges.

[greenknight]

I got both for the same price (HLD steam sale, hollow knight on gog sale)

I am still playing Hollow Knight. Easily the best game to come out of the metroidvania revival in recent times.
Hyper Light Drifter I just refunded today after testing it for about 90 minutes.

I am so tired of games that try to appear profound by being needlessly obtuse. And knowing that the game is very short and only lengthened by the difficulty and hard to find "hidden doors" etc.
it did not seem to come even remotely close to the value that Hollow Knight offers.

artstyle didn't impress me as much as people made me think it would either, but I am over the whole 8 bit thing by now anyway.

[Kypt]

I loved Hyper Light Drifter. I even got the physical release when it came to PS4 but with that said I still got way more out of Hollow Knight. HLD is really good, but Hollow Knight is just better.