New game Plus+

[Natacha Gronlova]

Is there a new game plus mode?
What characteristics does it have?
Do you start with the items from the finished game?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvYeLxMKN8

[Natacha Gronlova]

Originally posted by Kat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvYeLxMKN8

English is not the only language in the world.
I edit the original topic so that Kat the gring0 doesn't complain anymore.
Learn one more language too and if you understand, respond.

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Originally posted by Valeria Sukerberg:

Originally posted by Kat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvYeLxMKN8

English is not the only language in the world.
I edit the original topic so that Kat the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ doesn't complain anymore.
Learn one more language too and if you understand, respond.

im not a ♥♥♥♥♥♥, but your english is completely horrible and nobody can understand it, what the hell do you mean by new game plus+???
stop blaming me and take an english class or use the traductor

[Natacha Gronlova]

Originally posted by Kat:

Originally posted by Valeria Sukerberg:

English is not the only language in the world.
I edit the original topic so that Kat the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ doesn't complain anymore.
Learn one more language too and if you understand, respond.

im not a ♥♥♥♥♥♥, but your english is completely horrible and nobody can understand it, what the hell do you mean by new game plus+???

Habla en español si no entiendes.
Te lo pregunto en tu idioma argentino,existe un new game plus ? y deja de llorar.
Si no sabes que es un new game plus entonces no molestes en el tema spamer.
No sabes que es un new game plus y solo entras a molestar.
Mira tu ingles tienes muchos horrores gramaticales,lindo es que alguien se queje de mi ingles con 20 horrores gramaticales en 2 lineas.

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Originally posted by Valeria Sukerberg:

Originally posted by Kat:

im not a ♥♥♥♥♥♥, but your english is completely horrible and nobody can understand it, what the hell do you mean by new game plus+???

Habla en español si no entiendes.
Te lo pregunto en tu idioma argentino,existe un new game plus ? y deja de llorar.
Si no sabes que es un new game plus entonces no molestes en el tema spamer.
No sabes que es un new game plus y solo entras a molestar.
Mira tu ingles tienes muchos horrores gramaticales,lindo es que alguien se queje de mi ingles con 20 horrores gramaticales en 2 lineas.

EL TEMA ES QUE TU INGLES ES INENTENDIBLE, NO ES QUE YO NO SE INGLES, ES QUE EL TUYO INENTENDIBLE.
NO EXISTE "NEW GAME PLUS"

[Natacha Gronlova]

Originally posted by Kat:

Originally posted by Valeria Sukerberg:

Habla en español si no entiendes.
Te lo pregunto en tu idioma argentino,existe un new game plus ? y deja de llorar.
Si no sabes que es un new game plus entonces no molestes en el tema spamer.
No sabes que es un new game plus y solo entras a molestar.
Mira tu ingles tienes muchos horrores gramaticales,lindo es que alguien se queje de mi ingles con 20 horrores gramaticales en 2 lineas.

NO EXISTE "NEW GAME PLUS"

Gracias por la respuesta viste era simple de contestar niño.

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Originally posted by Valeria Sukerberg:

Originally posted by Kat:

NO EXISTE "NEW GAME PLUS"

Gracias por la respuesta viste era simple de contestar niño.

d nada feto.

[aaronlg]

I'm not sure what that other guy's upset about. It's widely known in gaming circles "New Game+" means starting over at a harder difficulty with all your levels and items intact.

Anyway, from a quick search, it looks like Hollow Knight doesn't have New Game+. It does have Steel Soul Mode, which is roughly the same as a normal game, except if you die once, you're permanently killed and have to start over. It doesn't sound like something I'd ever play :).

[Flamie]

Originally posted by Valeria Sukerberg:

Is there a new game plus mode?
What characteristics does it have?
Do you start with the items from the finished game?

There is no new game plus. It was requested many times but never added.Start a new game and take a different route.

Originally posted by Kat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvYeLxMKN8

Dont spam in this forum.Try to learn English too, your writing is horrible.
Your behavior is unacceptable.

[Natacha Gronlova]

Originally posted by aaronlg:

I'm not sure what that other guy's upset about. It's widely known in gaming circles "New Game+" means starting over at a harder difficulty with all your levels and items intact.

Anyway, from a quick search, it looks like Hollow Knight doesn't have New Game+. It does have Steel Soul Mode, which is roughly the same as a normal game, except if you die once, you're permanently killed and have to start over. It doesn't sound like something I'd ever play :).

Thank you so much :)

Originally posted by Antonella:

Originally posted by Valeria Sukerberg:

Is there a new game plus mode?
What characteristics does it have?
Do you start with the items from the finished game?

There is no new game plus. It was requested many times but never added.Start a new game and take a different route.

Originally posted by Kat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvYeLxMKN8

Dont spam in this forum.Try to learn English too, your writing is horrible.
Your behavior is unacceptable.

Leave him alone, he's a child and I already have my answer, but thanks for the support.

[Devsman]

New Game Plus in a Metroidvania? Seems like that would kinda defeat the purpose.

In any case, no, there's not one.

[Phirestar]

Originally posted by Devsman:

New Game Plus in a Metroidvania? Seems like that would kinda defeat the purpose.

In any case, no, there's not one.

New Game+ for a metroidvania actually sounds like it has some pretty great potential, in my opinion. Imagine if they were to go all-out with and introduced brand new gameplay changes, like rearranged enemy placements or even new, NG+ exclusive creatures. I love that sort of thing in games that do it, which sadly aren’t that common.

I suspect that Silk Soul mode in Silksong will probably be more in line with a New Game+ sort of feature, because they did say they wanted to “do more” with it, compared to what Steel Soul was in Hollow Knight. Hopefully we’ll see some changes along those lines with it, if that is the case.

[Muramoth]

Originally posted by Phirestar:

New Game+ for a metroidvania actually sounds like it has some pretty great potential, in my opinion. Imagine if they were to go all-out with and introduced brand new gameplay changes, like rearranged enemy placements or even new, NG+ exclusive creatures. I love that sort of thing in games that do it, which sadly aren’t that common.

Strongly disagree. Especially with the NG+ exclusive stuff. Imho that is always bad and just annoying. For me personally unlocking abilities and items is one of the best parts of progressing through the game, especially in a metroidvania (it's actually pretty much part of the genre's definition), so a second playthrough, where you have everything unlocked from the start just seems bland. And adding abilities/items/bosses, that only appear in NG+ just screams "We ran out of creativity to think of more story, but we want to pad the playtime".

So having any content locked behind an NG+ does not look appealing. If they would add an NG+ where you can just mow through the game with everything unlocked if you feel like it, then fine (as long as there is no achievement tied to it), but please for the love of god, don't lock stuff behind a second playthrough...

[aaronlg]

Well, and I never really tried out the Hall of the Gods, but as I understand, it basically lets you replay any boss you want, plus several boss rushes. I really wish more games had that feature. To name one example, I left Dark Souls 3 aching to fight some of those bosses a third time, but I was just so damn sick of the levels.

Personally, for the main game of Hollow Knight, I'm having a blast replaying it after 5 years. It's been long enough that I'm having to rediscover a ton of stuff I'd forgotten, even if there's a spark of remembrance afterwards. Doing an NG+, especially right after my first playthrough, would have felt too rote and familiar. Though as others have said, it wouldn't hurt me if the option existed and I just didn't use it.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Muramoth:

Originally posted by Phirestar:

New Game+ for a metroidvania actually sounds like it has some pretty great potential, in my opinion. Imagine if they were to go all-out with and introduced brand new gameplay changes, like rearranged enemy placements or even new, NG+ exclusive creatures. I love that sort of thing in games that do it, which sadly aren’t that common.

Strongly disagree. Especially with the NG+ exclusive stuff. Imho that is always bad and just annoying. For me personally unlocking abilities and items is one of the best parts of progressing through the game, especially in a metroidvania (it's actually pretty much part of the genre's definition), so a second playthrough, where you have everything unlocked from the start just seems bland. And adding abilities/items/bosses, that only appear in NG+ just screams "We ran out of creativity to think of more story, but we want to pad the playtime".

So having any content locked behind an NG+ does not look appealing. If they would add an NG+ where you can just mow through the game with everything unlocked if you feel like it, then fine (as long as there is no achievement tied to it), but please for the love of god, don't lock stuff behind a second playthrough...

Yeah, ability acquisition is the name of the game. If you had everything available from the start, you could just go straight to City of Tears, take out the sleepers and finish the game. The only real advantage would be resurrecting the bosses, which you can do with godhome anyway, and replaying the cutscenes, which you can do with a normal New Game.

I do kinda like the idea of relocating stuff for a second playthrough, though. Maybe not for a typical NG+ mode, but maybe call it something like Remix mode, and move everything around while keeping the level design the same, so you'd have to use sequence break-like techniques to get stuff. Could be cool. I don't think HK was really designed for that though.