I have a few questions about this game?

[Ryu]

Never was a fan of super hard games is this game super hard hard or normal (I can tell it's not easy)
How RPG based is this game? I know they say this is a Metroidvania but i have never played that kind of game before it looks like a RPG kind of game?
Do enemies respawn?

[Heliosaez]

The game itself is normal, its difficulty curve is very well-designed. There are hard and super hard parts, but they are always optional, so you should only do them if you are going for 100%.

I wouldn't say it's RPG based at all, just an exploration-action game. Your character improves as the game go on, that's all. If you defined what you understand by RPG game, I could help you a bit more.

[Gradow]

Originally posted by Noobmaster:

Never was a fan of super hard games is this game super hard hard or normal (I can tell it's not easy)
How RPG based is this game? I know they say this is a Metroidvania but i have never played that kind of game before it looks like a RPG kind of game?
Do enemies respawn?

Let's tackle these questions one at a time:

This game is NOT super hard hard. It's not EASY though. This is a game which rewards quick reflexes, precision and quick thinking, but not on a fighting game level.

This game has SOME RPG aspects to it, but they are not its main focus. You can upgrade your weapon and you can get upgrades as you progress through the game. There's also NPC encounters and development, NPC merchants etc. And... That's about it for the RPG elements. The combat is real-time, there's no concept of classes, there aren't multiple weapons, upgrade paths and whatever... In short, this is NOT an RPG, but it does have some RPG aspects to it (as do all metroidvanias).

Yes, the enemies do respawn.

Hope this helps!

[Ryu]

Originally posted by Heliosaez:

The game itself is normal, its difficulty curve is very well-designed. There are hard and super hard parts, but they are always optional, so you should only do them if you are going for 100%.

I wouldn't say it's RPG based at all, just an exploration-action game. Your character improves as the game go on, that's all. If you defined what you understand by RPG game, I could help you a bit more.

To me a RPG or the way i was thinking of it is it is you gain something from battleing enemies that make you stronger be it "money" you use to buy upgrades (Dark souls games souls) or just out right EXP (JRPG games) the game gives you something to help you out if you just need to be a little stronger to beat a boss do to lack of skill.

[The Renderer]

You do gain money from the enemies and you need that money to upgrade your character/buy equipment. Similar to the souls in DS games, as you already said yourself. Enemies do respawn, also similar to DS.

You lose the money on death but can get it back by going to the spot and collecting it (like DS).

There are no weapons/armor like in DS but there are so called charms that you can equip that have different effects.

Other than that you are basically doing two thing: Exploration and finding your way in a fairly open map, including some light puzzly elements in that you may need certain items or skills to progress one way that you will find elsewhere. And, of course, fighting enemies, in a dark-soulsy kind of way, i.e. you usually need multiple hits to kill them and you will have to dodge, time your attacks, etc. Also, boss battles.

[Ryu]

Originally posted by The Renderer:

You do gain money from the enemies and you need that money to upgrade your character/buy equipment. Similar to the souls in DS games, as you already said yourself. Enemies do respawn, also similar to DS.

You lose the money on death but can get it back by going to the spot and collecting it (like DS).

There are no weapons/armor like in DS but there are so called charms that you can equip that have different effects.

Other than that you are basically doing two thing: Exploration and finding your way in a fairly open map, including some light puzzly elements in that you may need certain items or skills to progress one way that you will find elsewhere. And, of course, fighting enemies, in a dark-soulsy kind of way, i.e. you usually need multiple hits to kill them and you will have to dodge, time your attacks, etc. Also, boss battles.

Man it's right on the side of the coin kind of wish this game had a free demo to try it out.

[Watergun]

Refund if you don't like it.

[Ryu]

Originally posted by Watergun:

Refund if you don't like it.

I did that once i refunded a good amount of games to test them but then steam sent me a warning that refunds are not to be used to demo games so i don't feel safe or even right useing the refund system to demo the game.

[Wondercrab]

If RPG mechanics are what you're looking for then Hollow Knight is definitely pretty light on those. While you do get items that improve your character, they're more of a supplementary reward for exploration rather than the game's core focus. You can hunt around for upgrades if a certain boss/area is proving too hard for you, but (outside of a few specific things) these are usually relatively incremental improvements. It's not like a Souls game where you can grind out levels or upgrade materials from enemies and then stomp things.

It's tough to say whether you'll enjoy it if you're new to Metroidvanias, though. For me the Metroidvania genre keeps the core parts of what I love about RPG reward systems while stripping out all the fluff and replacing it with tighter moment to moment gameplay. You might enjoy it, you might not.

Hollow Knight exemplifies a lot of the best parts of the genre, but be warned that it is potentially very difficult if you're not familiar with this kind of game.

[100% lob juice]

Just playing to get the normal ending isn't very hard and can be done very quickly once you get familiar with the areas.

100% though? That's hard as ♥♥♥♥

[Certified Fentanyl Dealer]

It can get difficult and confusing at times, but there are resources out there to help you through it.